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		<title>Mental Illness in Newspapers: Emerging Trends</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eastwood</dc:creator>
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Newspapers carry an important responsibility in informing the general public of current issues. Being an inseparable part of the news media, they have been identified as a major source of information and misinformation regarding mental illness (Yankelovich). By analysing articles through various time periods and examining the portrayal of mental illness, we see that newspapers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Psychology and International Relations: Operant Conditioning of North Korea</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 08:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[North Korea has been a popular topic in the news lately. We are seeing a gradual escalation in provocative behaviour. For example, North Korea&#8217;s recent test of a nuclear detonation shortly after a missile launch clearly sends out a message. What can account for this, I wonder. It is clear, however, that the actions taken [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feeling Good</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eastwood</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.eastwoodzhao.com/?p=2167</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite having numerous obstacles ahead, I&#8217;m feeling good.
Of course, summer term 1 classes are nearly over &#8212; satisfaction is high. Is this what learning feels like? I&#8217;m I beginning to find a grip? Aye. Aye. 
But that&#8217;s not all. No, no.
Though I have miles to go before I sleep, miles to go before I sleep [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reclaiming the Night: an Essay</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eastwood</dc:creator>
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We, students, live in a sleep-deprived world. I can easily recall many dreadful early-morning classes – having rushed to a lecture before the sun had fully risen, sitting at a desk with a pounding headache, feeling warmer and warmer, eyelids becoming heavier and heavier. I was certainly not alone.
We, as complex biological systems, need to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If I Had Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eastwood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If I had [more] time
I would
Blog
Do the Grouse Grind more than just 1x a week
Listen to hours worth of accumulated BBC podcasts, ones that I never got around to
Read The Lancet through ScienceDirect, especially The Lancet Infectious Diseases
Finish the last two chapters of Tall Tales About the Mind &#038; Brain, which has been collecting dust [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Found the Elixir of Life!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 00:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eastwood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, not exactly. But I did find a treatment that does the following:

Strengthens memory
Increases concentration
Boosts mood
Moderates hunger and obesity
Fortifies the disease-fighting immune system
Lessens the risk of fatal accidents

And guess what? No clinical trials or FDA approval are needed for this magical cure-all. For a limited offer &#8212; while supplies last &#8212; it&#8217;s completely free!
Still not convinced? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deinococcus radiodurans: a radio-resistant bacterium with a multitude of applications</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 09:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eastwood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Allan Bisnar, Garrett Hinchey, Eastwood Zhao
University of British Columbia; Biology 112
March 2009
In this report, the organism Deinococcus radiodurans is examined in detail, with a specific focus on its incredible resistance to radiation, as well as its ability to survive in a multitude of different environments.  Also covered are D. radiodurans gene and cell structure and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intuition. Fear. Reluctance.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Ergo, we will spend tens of billions to save future thousands, yet are reluctant to spend a few billion to save millions&#8221;.
I&#8217;m currently reading &#8220;Tall Tales about the Mind &#38; Brain&#8221; &#8212; a collection of scientific essays (with many references to peer-reviewed papers) aimed at addressing society&#8217;s often erroneous take on Neuropsychology.
Our intuition often leads [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Outbreak of Human Swine Influenza (H1N1)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a considerably serious news item: a mutated strain of the H1N1 virus &#8212; responsible for the human form of Swine Influenza &#8212; has made its debut in Mexico and parts of the US.

Could this, finally, be the &#8220;jump&#8221; of a highly pathogenic virus from animals to humans that public-health officials have been, for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Janet Napolitano on Canada-US Border</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[9-11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[border]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Janet Napolitano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a rather laughable, news-worthy item.

Yesterday, Rex Murphy did a superb commentary on the newly-appointed Secretary of Homeland Security of the United States, Janet Napolitano. In short, according to Napolitano:

The 9-11 attackers came from &#8220;borderless&#8221; Canada
If the US-Mexico border needs to be &#8220;fixed&#8221;, so does the Canada-US one

What is Barack Obama doing appointing someone to [...]]]></description>
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