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	<title>Irked Magazine &#187; montreal</title>
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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>
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				<category><![CDATA[Campaign Watch]]></category>
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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>“Total Access” Product Promotion: Irked spotlights The DeafBlind Communicator</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/6928/%e2%80%9ctotal-access%e2%80%9d-product-promotion-irked-spotlights-the-deafblind-communicator/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Blind Visionaries, Deaf Jam, Irked Videos

Last week, we told you about HumanWare&#8217;s very groovy Trekker Breeze handheld talking GPS for people who are blind and visually impaired. But the company makes MANY cutting-edge, disability-friendly products! Check out these two BBC videos about another one of HumanWare&#8217;s groundbreaking devices—The DeafBlind Communicator (DBC), conceived by Washington state&#8217;s Office of the [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://irkedmagazine.com/6499/total-access-product-promotion-irked-spotlights-the-trekker-breeze/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
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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>Brian Segal&#8217;s &#8220;Braindroppings&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/5475/brian-segals-braindroppings/</link>
		<comments>http://irkedmagazine.com/5475/brian-segals-braindroppings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Regular Contributors, Brian Segal, Themes, Wheelchairman of the Board

Irked recently received the following one-sentence email from the Wisecracker Grandmaster—the ALWAYS funny, and NEVER dull Mr. Brian Segal:
 

&#8220;Just a thought I had. If there really is life after death then why can&#8217;t dead people get life insurance policies?&#8221;

 
Brian Segal is living in the country north of Montréal. He was diagnosed with multiple [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I&#8217;ll do the pedalling for all of us!&#8221;: A message from Amelia Robinson, longtime friend of Irked Magazine</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/5102/ill-do-the-pedalling-for-all-of-us-a-message-from-amelia-robinson-longtime-friend-of-irked-magazine/</link>
		<comments>http://irkedmagazine.com/5102/ill-do-the-pedalling-for-all-of-us-a-message-from-amelia-robinson-longtime-friend-of-irked-magazine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 11:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin2</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Campaign Watch

 
Hi Friends,
This July some friends and I will be participating in a two-day cycling event called The Ride to Conquer Cancer benefiting the Jewish General Hospital.
We&#8217;ll be cycling from Montréal to Québec City with thousands of other Riders. All the proceeds will go to the Jewish General Hospital to support cancer research, treatment, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Fragments,&#8221; an unputdownable new essay by Brian Segal</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/5095/fragments-an-unputdownable-new-essay-by-brian-segal/</link>
		<comments>http://irkedmagazine.com/5095/fragments-an-unputdownable-new-essay-by-brian-segal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 15:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Regular Contributors, Brian Segal, Themes, Wheelchairman of the Board

Fragments
by Brian Segal
You had better write it down before your mind locks it up and throws away the key.
Walking down Crescent Street in Montreal at about 3:00 in the morning circa 1971. The colors and slightly mad thoughts of psychedelic drugs done hours earlier fading away. Finding a club [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;My Shoes Will Last Forever,&#8221; an original essay by Brian Segal</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/4974/my-shoes-will-last-forever-an-original-essay-by-brian-segal/</link>
		<comments>http://irkedmagazine.com/4974/my-shoes-will-last-forever-an-original-essay-by-brian-segal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Regular Contributors, Brian Segal, Themes, Wheelchairman of the Board

My Shoes Will Last Forever
An original essay by Brian Segal



It may seem odd to be writing an essay about shoes. I have my reasons, though. I have one pair of boots to use in the winter, two pairs of dress shoes, and two pairs of Reebok&#8217;s classic running shoes-or, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Campaign Watch: Because Heroes Are Human &#8211; The Tema Conter Memorial Trust</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/4387/campaign-watch-because-heroes-are-human-the-tema-conter-memorial-trust/</link>
		<comments>http://irkedmagazine.com/4387/campaign-watch-because-heroes-are-human-the-tema-conter-memorial-trust/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Campaign Watch, Irked Videos

“This is my way of doing something for Tema. Although I was unable to help her in any way, this award will ensure her memory lives on.” —Vince Savoia
Excerpted from Tema.ca:

The first people to arrive on the scene, emergency services personnel witness traumatic events with every shift. Yet they continue to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;A Tomb With A View,&#8221; by Brian Segal</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/3734/a-tomb-with-a-view-by-brian-segal/</link>
		<comments>http://irkedmagazine.com/3734/a-tomb-with-a-view-by-brian-segal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:33:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Regular Contributors, Brian Segal, Themes, Wheelchairman of the Board


A TOMB WITH A VIEW (or Things seem to be looking up)
by Brian Segal

 
As most people know, our little planet is getting quite crowded. I am not just talking about the teeming cities in certain countries, but more so about the available liveable space on our planet. It is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Surrounded By Time,&#8221; an essay about insomnia by Brian Segal</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/3497/surrounded-by-time-an-essay-about-insomnia-by-brian-segal/</link>
		<comments>http://irkedmagazine.com/3497/surrounded-by-time-an-essay-about-insomnia-by-brian-segal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
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Filed under: Regular Contributors, Brian Segal, Themes, Standard Insomniatic Fare, Wheelchairman of the Board

Surrounded By Time
By Brian Segal

I have had problems with insomnia. Perhaps that is not exactly the truth. I used the past tense in the first sentence. My difficulties concerning sleep deprivation were only artificially overcome with a &#8220;cocktail&#8221; of sleep aids (medications). My sleep may not be [...]]]></description>
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