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		<title>TONIGHT: The 2009 Trent University Community Leaders Award Ceremony</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Auties & Aspies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lewis Schofield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QuIrked Kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2009 Trent University Award for Youth Leadership]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[2009 Trent University Community Leaders Award Ceremony]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Goodith Heeney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norman Vandenberg]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Regular Contributors, Lewis Schofield, Themes, Auties &#38; Aspies, QuIrked Kids

Congratulations to Goodith Heeney, Norman Vandenberg, and Lewis Schofield. All three will be honoured TONIGHT at the 2009 Trent University Community Leaders Award Ceremony (invitation only) being held at Peter Gzowski College in Peterborough.
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Learn about Goodith &#62;&#62;
Learn about Norman &#62;&#62;
Learn about Lewis &#62;&#62;
Then&#8230;
Read all Irked posts by Lewis
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		<title>Staten Island Technical High School&#8217;s &#8220;Team TechSmart&#8221; gets 10K from M.I.T. to design/create a &#8220;Comfort Control Wheelchair&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/8664/staten-island-technical-high-schools-team-techsmart-gets-10k-from-m-i-t-to-designcreate-a-comfort-control-wheelchair/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Wheelchairman of the Board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assistive technology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Steven J. Raile]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Wheelchairman of the Board
Quoting Diane Lore, writing on SILive.com:
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. &#8212; Staten Island Technical High School is gaining national recognition for its proposal to help design a state-of-the-art wheelchair to assist the physically challenged. The New Dorp school was recently awarded a $10,000 grant from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to research, design [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LAST CHANCE TO CAST YOUR BALLOT: Voting for the 2009 Breast Fest Film Festival Short Film competition closes at midnight tonight!</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/8101/last-chance-to-cast-your-ballot-voting-for-the-2009-breast-fest-film-festival-short-film-competition-closes-at-midnight-tonight/</link>
		<comments>http://irkedmagazine.com/8101/last-chance-to-cast-your-ballot-voting-for-the-2009-breast-fest-film-festival-short-film-competition-closes-at-midnight-tonight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin2</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tumour Humour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amazing Grace Award for Best Short Film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breast Fest Film Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Royal Ontario Museum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[short film competition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Tumour Humour

&#8230;The winning filmmaker will be awarded the Amazing Grace Award for Best Short Film, a $1,500 cash prize, and flown to Toronto to present his/her film at the Breast Fest Film Festival, November 20-22, 2009.
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breastfestfilmfest.com/watchvote.shtml
Then&#8230;
Read all Irked posts tagged &#8220;cancer&#8221;
Read all Irked posts tagged &#8220;contest&#8221;
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		<title>Rethinking Mental Health: Competition for Ideas (LAST day to enter!)</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/8099/rethinking-mental-health-competition-for-ideas-last-day-to-enter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin2</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Campaign Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ashoka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asperger's Resource Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asperger's syndrome]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Campaign Watch
Quoting author, filmmaker and co-founder of the Asperger&#8217;s Resource Group Larry Welkowitz, Ph.D.:

Special thanks to Anisha who sent me a notice about a real cool idea arising from a partnership between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Ashoka (the promoter of social entrepreneurship):  A competition for new ideas about improving mental health, community [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toronto&#8217;s 2009 Projections Film Forum starts TODAY! Purchase your tickets online to guarantee your seat and avoid line-ups</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/8061/torontos-2009-projections-film-forum-starts-today-purchase-your-tickets-online-to-guarantee-your-seat-and-avoid-line-ups/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin2</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Campaign Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2009 Abilities Arts Festival]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Campaign Watch

The 2009 Projections Film Forum &#8220;presents feature films, documentaries and shorts written, produced, directed or starring artists with disabilities.&#8221;
Judging by their official blurbs, this year&#8217;s selections are truly extraordinary.
So if you&#8217;re free tonight (Thursday, Oct. 8th) and/or this coming Saturday (Oct. 10th), definitely head down to Innis Town Hall in Toronto. An event [...]]]></description>
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		<title>United Nations backs Homeless World Cup!</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/6896/united-nations-backs-homeless-world-cup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin2</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bum Deal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[charity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Bum Deal, Campaign Watch
With just two days until the kick off of the 7th annual Homeless World Cup—in Milan, Italy—the United Nations have announced their support. As the Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace, Wilfried Lemke said:


It is with great pleasure that I offer my support to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homeless World Cup Spares Buddy Some Change</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/6731/homeless-world-cup-spares-buddy-some-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin2</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bum Deal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Bum Deal, Campaign Watch

Over 75 submissions were received from filmmakers from 5 continents. And&#8230;
Congratulations to Buzz Films, the winner of the $50,000 Homeless World Cup/Nike film competition (which we first blogged about here). Buzz Films was formed by award-winning directors Jan Bednarz and Robin Schmidt, as a home for diverse documentary and drama projects.
Buzz [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Total Access&#8221; Product Promotion: Irked spotlights the Trekker Breeze</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/6499/total-access-product-promotion-irked-spotlights-the-trekker-breeze/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin2</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blind Visionaries]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Blind Visionaries, Irked Videos

The Trekker Breeze, designed and manufactured by the company HumanWare, is a handheld talking GPS for people who are blind/visually impaired that &#8220;can be controlled by one hand&#8221; and is &#8221;as simple as your TV remote.&#8221; It costs $895USD, and here&#8217;s what it can do: It verbally announces names of streets, intersections and landmarks (including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>URGENT APPEAL: Julia Barry&#8217;s &#8220;In Her Image&#8221; outreach project needs our help!</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/6453/urgent-appeal-julia-barrys-in-her-image-outreach-project-needs-our-help/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin2</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art therapy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Campaign Watch



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An urgent appeal from Julia Barry:

Hi everyone, I wrote in my last e-news about the Nau Grant for Change that’s based partially on public vote—“In Her Image” needs at least 100 votes to be considered for the grant and right now I only have 24, so I’m writing with my chutzpah pen  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Headlines Theatre&#8217;s After Homelessness Photography Contest</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/6271/headlines-theatres-after-homelessness-photography-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Bum Deal, Campaign Watch


After we published info on July 1st about Headlines Theatre&#8217;s fantastic AFTER HOMELESSNESS&#8230; project, we received a very gracious thank you note from Artistic/Managing Director David Diamond. A few days later, we received another email, this one from Headlines&#8217; official publicist Gabriela De Lucca:




Thank you so much for posting the call out to [...]]]></description>
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