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		<title>trust the salesman</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;to make sure the profit is maximized at the cost of the buyer. i&#8217;ve been in the market to purchase a new car for the last month or so. prior to even walking into a dealership, i started looking online to see the options given my student budget. the cars that stood out were the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>customer safety, it matters too</title>
		<link>http://blog.barzan.ca/2009/11/customer-safety-it-matters-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[most consumer/customer safety issues usually are related to ensuring injury or health related issues do not occur due to the use or consumption of the product purchased.  however, a store is and should be responsible for the safety of its consumers while on all the premises of the respective store. some might argue that they are, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>british columbia environmental &amp; occupational health research network</title>
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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>
		<link>http://blog.barzan.ca/2009/11/show-must-go-on/</link>
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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>contract stranglehold</title>
		<link>http://blog.barzan.ca/2009/08/contract-stranglehold/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.barzan.ca/2009/08/contract-stranglehold/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[i recently ran across a friend&#8217;s post about customer service, and while i was tempted to add my 2 cents on to his blog&#8230;i figured i&#8217;d share my thoughts on my latest experiences (and yes i do mean experiences). prior to diving right in, a quick update. given the latest changes in my life, i [...]]]></description>
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		<title>how bored are you?</title>
		<link>http://blog.barzan.ca/2009/07/how-bored-are-you/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.barzan.ca/2009/07/how-bored-are-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[if you&#8217;re connected online then you definitely know what facebook is. and if by chance you don&#8217;t, then chances are you&#8217;re not reading this either&#8230;anyhow, if you visit facebook once in a blue moon then it&#8217;s safe to assume you&#8217;ve seen the following &#8216;test&#8217;: &#8216;how well do you know &#8216;x&#8221;, &#8216;where should you live&#8217;, &#8216;what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>must wash hands</title>
		<link>http://blog.barzan.ca/2009/06/must-wash-hands/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[during yesterday&#8217;s coffee break, i stopped at a starbucks in vancouver to have the morning &#8216;fix&#8217;. while i was sipping away&#8230;i had to take a short trip and &#8216;check-out&#8217; the facilities at the location. the first thing that jumped at me was the sign &#8216;employees must wash their hands&#8217;. first thing i thought about was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>this is love&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.barzan.ca/2009/06/this-is-love/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.barzan.ca/2009/06/this-is-love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[one could arguably define it as the most complex and important emotion that humans hold&#8230;it comes in various shapes and sizes, and for the most part there&#8217;s as many definitions of love as there are people. instinctively each person at some point or another will say they felt as if they did &#8216;love&#8217;, however agreeing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>playing for change</title>
		<link>http://blog.barzan.ca/2009/06/playing-for-change/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.barzan.ca/2009/06/playing-for-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[music, an omnipresent part of the world. it signifies joy and sorrow, it is used to entertain and sooth&#8230;and it&#8217;s been used to unite. mark johnson started his journey to find &#8216;peace through music&#8217; and his journey can be followed at the playing for change website. in the meantime, enjoy the following video, and then [...]]]></description>
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