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		<title>General Corporate Assholery</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/9792/general-corporate-assholery-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Campaign Watch

The family of an 11-year-old girl with cerebral palsy has accused the Blackpool Transport tram company of abandoning her on a day out after they refused to carry her wheelchair back from the seafront.
Has the whole darn world gone bonkers??

***
Quoting telegraph.co.uk:

Eleven-year-old Shelby Watson, who has cerebral palsy, was sent on the trip to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MARK YOUR CALENDARS, Nov. 24-26 in Vancouver! Headlines Theatre presents three days of &#8220;Community Dialogue Sessions: housing the homeless&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/9594/mark-your-calendars-nov-24-26-in-vancouver-headlines-theatre-presents-three-days-of-community-dialogue-sessions-housing-the-homeless/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Bum Deal, Campaign Watch
The sessions—which are free and open to the public—will be moderated by highly-acclaimed journalists Kathryn Gretsinger and Charlie Smith, and the great David Diamond (Headlines Theatre’s trailblazing co-founder and current Artistic Director). They &#8220;will get at the nuts and bolts of creating safe, affordable and supportive housing. Each day deals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philip Patston puts down his razors to &#8220;grow a Mo&#8221;!</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/9210/philip-patston-puts-down-his-razors-to-grow-a-mo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin2</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Regular Contributors, Philip Patston, Themes, Cerebral Ballsy, Wheelchairman of the Board, Tumour Humour, The UpDown Report, Campaign Watch

&#8220;Movember is an annual, month-long celebration of the moustache, highlighting men’s health issues, specifically prostate cancer and depression in men. Mo Bros, supported by their Mo Sistas, start Movember (November 1st) clean shaven and then have the remainder of the month to grow and groom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Creative ways to tread water&#8221;: Spotlighting Digital Panhandling</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/8948/creative-ways-to-tread-water-spotlighting-digital-panhandling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin2</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Bum Deal, Campaign Watch, Irked Videos
Cyberbeg.com offers hope, by providing a way for homeless people to connect with potential donators. Think of it as a website dedicated to tangibly helping people. Before the emergence of &#8220;digital panhandling,&#8221; homeless people had no way of broadcasting their need for help to a large audience. After two years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blind man sails passenger ferry!</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/8696/blind-man-sails-passenger-ferry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin2</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Blind Visionaries
Quoting BBC News:
&#8220;A blind man has piloted a £3m passenger catamaran across the Solent to raise awareness for stem cell research, which could one day help restore sight. Colin McArthur, whose blindness is caused by a genetic condition, took the controls for the hour-long return trip. The father-of-five from Sandown, Isle of Wight, said he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>General Corporate Assholery</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/8805/general-corporate-assholery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin2</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Campaign Watch
Hey PoolTablesDirect.com&#8230;quit being assholes! It took the members of the Mental Health Association in Jefferson County nearly three years to raise the funds for their new 8-foot pool table. You cashed their $2,297 check July 11 and never sent them their table.
Your new slogan should be:
.
&#8220;PoolTablesDirect.com
We put the &#8216;liar&#8217; in billiards!&#8221;
.
Read all Irked posts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There have been some BIG (and joyous!) Stuart developments&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/8351/there-have-been-some-big-and-joyous-stuart-developments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin2</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Regular Contributors, Stuart Baker-Brown, Irked Videos, Campaign Watch

A movie trailer spoofing horror films, being shown in theaters in Britain and online, was launched a couple months ago to challenge the stigma surrounding schizophrenia. The segment is part of the &#8220;Time to Change&#8221; campaign run by British mental health charities Mind and Rethink, and funded by the Big Lottery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Support Hal Newman&#8217;s 250km &#8220;Fat Man On Trek to Conquer Cancer&#8221; bike ride</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/8169/support-hal-newmans-250km-fat-man-on-trek-to-conquer-cancer-bike-ride/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin2</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Tumour Humour, Campaign Watch

Quoting Hal Newman, current managing editor at BigMedicine.ca, former firefighter and paramedic with 3+ decades of experience in emergency services who &#8220;reinvented&#8221; himself after leaving the streets by becoming a Network Accelerant:


If you had to pick someone who would be the least likely to become addicted to road cycling more than 30 km [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help The Steins: Mother Who Went Blind To Save Her Children&#8217;s Sight Struggles With Medical Debt [UPDATED]</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/8167/help-the-steins-mother-who-went-blind-to-save-her-childrens-sight-struggles-with-medical-debt-updated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:54:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin2</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Blind Visionaries, Campaign Watch
Quoting The Huffington Post:

On September 28, HuffPost featured the story of Monique Zimmerman-Stein, a mother who shares a rare genetic disorder with her children that causes blindness. Though Zimmerman and her family have health insurance, they are still saddled by astronomical debt from medical bills, which has forced this mother to save [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An alternative way of treating young people with mental health problems: sail them out to sea</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/7001/an-alternative-way-of-treating-young-people-with-mental-health-problems-sail-them-out-to-sea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin2</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, The UpDown Report, Campaign Watch
Quoting BBC News:


Sea Sanctuary, a charity based in Falmouth, will offer placements on a 43ft (13m) yacht. Sessions led by mental health professionals are aimed at helping young people address their illness and gain sailing qualifications. The scheme has won funding from the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Primary Care Trust. Sea Sanctuary [...]]]></description>
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