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		<title>McDonald&#8217;s, Coca-Cola, and Obese Olympics: A Public Health Threat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love watching the Olympics, especially final competitions for Pairs Free Skating and Short-Track Speed Skating. There is a very touching story behind Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo, the free skating gold medallists: having been partners on ice for nearly 18 years, the happily married couple retired in 2007, but made a glorious return to [...]


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		<title>Biopsychology Musings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are some brief, last-minute thoughts as I consolidate multiple traces of memory and march into the Biopsychology exam.
What is wrong with the set-point assumption?
With regards to eating and hunger: Over Eat Rest Sleep

Obesity epidemic &#8212; the set-point assumption fails to explain the increasing incidence of obesity in much of the affluent world
Evolutionary pressures &#8212; [...]


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		<title>life-in-a-disk-yet-to-come</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are some quick thought&#8217;s on Linda&#8217;s &#8220;memento hoarding, or space and stuff&#8221;. This was supposed to be a comment, but since I was not allowed to leave a comment with simply my name and URL, here is a short post instead.
So true. I recently replaced the 100 GB hard drive on my laptop with [...]


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		<title>The Ethics of Eating Meat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Remember my to-read list from December? I&#8217;m still getting through it. It&#8217;s difficult to stay on course when &#8212; no, not exams &#8212; so many other great books get in the way. For example, earlier during the week, I was reading 4 books simultaneously, including Food and Society: A Sociological Approach, by William C. Whit.
From [...]


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		<title>Thoughts On Stuff</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s posts from both Grapefruit Symphony and Undefined Blog landed on a similar note, leading to the following thoughts.
Being carried away by your writing? I guess that&#8217;s the beauty of blogging. It&#8217;s a literal train of thought with a diverse cargo: a little bit of organic veggies (here and there), some free-range chicken singing into [...]


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		<title>AMS Election: Disability Seat Referendum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bowen Tang, a second-year student in the Faculty of Science, is currently involved in the &#8220;YES&#8221; Campaign for creating a voting seat for Students with Disabilities on the AMS Council by amending ByLaw 5.2(a). Please read his message, below, and support this cause.
UBC is made up of many different faculties and in each faculty there [...]


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		<title>UBC Orientations: Leaders Wanted</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Remember your first GALA and/or Imagine experience at UBC? Being an Orientation Leader is an excellent involvement opportunity for developing one&#8217;s leadership skills while making valuable connections from all over campus.
UBC Orientations is currently seeking leaders to fulfil the following roles:

GALA Group Leader
GALA Welcome Leader
Imagine UBC Squad Manager
Imagine UBC MUG Leader
Imagine UBC Welcome Team Leader

Apart [...]


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		<title>To Read</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks
Roméo Dallaire&#8217;s Shake Hands With the Devil
Sea Sick: The Global Ocean in Crisis by Alanna Mitchell
The Scalpel, the Sword: The Story of Doctor Norman Bethune by Ted Allen and Sydney Gordon
David Suzuki: The Autobiography
How to Write A Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic [...]


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		<title>Culture and Social Support as Determinants of Health of Chinese Canadians</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Introduction
The increasing understanding and acceptance of multiculturalism in Canadian society results, in part, from Canada&#8217;s growing immigrant population. The proportion of visible minorities in Canada is on the rise, with a 13.4% increase between 1996 and 2001 (Statistics Canada, 2003). Since 1999, the majority of immigrants entering Canada have been Chinese, Indian, and Filipino (Citizenship [...]


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		<title>Newspaper Articles: A Sociological Perspective</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Culture
In “Commercialization of Art Broadens Its Impact,” Emily Ross discusses the increasing accessibility of art to the public and its potential to enrich our lives and communities. As common symbols of expression and creativity to all cultures, art is a culture universal and an integral part of our non-material culture. By highlighting its increasing accessibility [...]


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