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	<title>the stick, the stone and the puddle &#187; politics</title>
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		<title>while in the air</title>
		<link>http://blog.barzan.ca/2010/03/while-in-the-air/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[this is one reason why i went into the field of occupational hygiene. check out the video on the &#8216;testing for toxic air&#8216; story from cnn. while exposure to passengers is negligible due to the short time low level exposure, the real concern are pilots and air flight attendants. i have had the pleasure of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>british columbia environmental &amp; occupational health research network</title>
		<link>http://blog.barzan.ca/2009/11/british-columbia-environmental-occupational-health-research-network/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[i just returned from the annual general meeting for the british columbia environmental &#38; occupational health research network (in short bceohrn). it&#8217;s a network for everyone who is involved in some sort of research in bc. the network strives to get researchers from different disciplines talking to each other. why? well it&#8217;s simple&#8230; applying things learned in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>show &#8216;must&#8217; go on</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[given the media attention given to the latest flu, there&#8217;s no surprise that controversy appears due to it. now, while i won&#8217;t be talking about the h1n1 flu and how it can or cannot affect one, or the symptoms or how one can prevent it. a vaccine has been rolled out by pharmaceutical companies (in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>on strike – to save ‘our’ lives</title>
		<link>http://blog.barzan.ca/2009/10/on-strike-%e2%80%93-to-save-%e2%80%98our%e2%80%99-lives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[if you live in the greater vancouver are then you&#8217;ve probably seen the sign &#8216;on strike to save lives&#8217;. well, as it turns out&#8230;we might as well get used to the idea of strikes. 2010 is fast approaching, and while many are blindsided by the olympics, there&#8217;s bigger events on the horizons for bc&#8217;s population. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>another four&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.barzan.ca/2009/05/another-four/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 23:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[after 8 years of sitting in opposition the best the ndp could come up with was &#8216;take back your bc&#8217;. fair enough, however one must ask if this was the best approach. the statement is quite direct and if analyzed a bit it summarizes the method intended to be used in order to defeat the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>keep bc &#8216;strong&#8217;&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.barzan.ca/2009/05/keep-bc-strong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 13:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[question is, for whom? the ones that steal from the population, the ones that already have the funds and thus acquire more&#8230;or the common folk? so, given it&#8217;s the 13th of the month&#8230;might as well start with some &#8216;good&#8217; news&#8230;the liberals seem to have gotten what they&#8217;ve asked for&#8230;a 3rd consecutive majority government and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>may 12&#8230;it&#8217;s approaching, fast!</title>
		<link>http://blog.barzan.ca/2009/05/may-12-its-approaching-fast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 06:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[the provincial elections are less than a week to go. if you haven&#8217;t done this yet&#8230;visit the elections website. and if you haven&#8217;t done so yet&#8230;it&#8217;s perhaps time you think clearly of who to vote&#8230;get out and vote&#8230;it&#8217;s your right and your duty&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>just around the corner</title>
		<link>http://blog.barzan.ca/2009/03/just-around-the-corner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[a recent wall-to-wall conversation sparked over facebook with an old school mate about the upcoming elections. now, in all fairness i won&#8217;t hold it against him that he&#8217;s involved with the liberal party&#8230;we all choose our paths&#8230;anyhow, long story short, i started to throw various comments at him in regards to the elections and some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>more tax&#8230;more tax&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.barzan.ca/2009/03/more-tax-more-tax/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[how&#8217;s the crisis from your side of the monitor? well&#8230;as it seems some things are good (somewhat cheaper gas &#8211; yet not nearly as cheap as it should be given that the oil price is incredibly low), and some&#8230;quite bad. this morning some stats were provided&#8230;and without anyone getting surprised&#8230;in british columbia there were 4900 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>if you built it, they will come</title>
		<link>http://blog.barzan.ca/2009/03/if-you-built-it-they-will-come/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.barzan.ca/2009/03/if-you-built-it-they-will-come/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;and that&#8217;s probably what the solicitor general is hoping for. as it seems, the solicitor general&#8217;s plan is to build a maximum security prison right in the middle of burnaby (one of the cities making up the greater vancouver area), across from bcit (british columbia institute of technology &#8211; post-high school education facility), down the [...]]]></description>
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