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	<title>Irked Magazine &#187; toronto</title>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Tumour Humour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amazing Grace Award for Best Short Film]]></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
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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>
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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>Tony&#8217;s not doing well</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/7434/tonys-not-doing-well/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Bum Deal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cathy Crowe]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dying for a Home the book]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Philip Stern]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Toronto Disaster Relief Committee]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Bum Deal

Remember Tony Clemens, the warmhearted homeless blogger we first profiled in March 2008 and then again in October &#8216;08?
Tony&#8217;s not doing so well.
Updates&#8230;after the jump


***
Quoting Tony, on homelessmanspeaks.com, September 3, 2009:

I never told you about the times Sharon [Tony's younger sister] and me got taken away by Children’s Aid. Once when they had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The World&#8217;s First Bionic Eye?: Checking in with the slightly Orwellian, but very cool &#8220;Eyeborg&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/7104/the-worlds-first-bionic-eye-checking-in-with-the-slightly-orwellian-but-very-cool-eyeborg/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Irked Videos]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Blind Visionaries, Campaign Watch, Irked Videos


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Quoting The Belleville Intelligencer:


Rob Spence is part man, part machine and loving it. Spence, 37, is a Belleville native and Toronto-based filmmaker and founder of the Eyeborg Project. The goal: create a prosthetic eye containing a video camera and transmitter to be worn by Spence. He compares himself to Steve Austin, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Translating the heat from someone’s mouth into speech: &#8220;The radiation that&#8217;s emitted can be measured&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/6871/translating-the-heat-from-someone%e2%80%99s-mouth-into-speech-the-radiation-thats-emitted-can-be-measured/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin2</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[assistive technology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[speech impairment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tom Chau]]></category>
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A University of Toronto professor says he has developed technology that will allow people with severe speech impairments to communicate using infrared cameras. It is believed to be the first time the technology has been harnessed to translate the heat from someone&#8217;s mouth into speech. &#8221;This is something I&#8217;ve researched for many years and we have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A review of The Sunshine Boy: Fridrik Thór Fridriksson&#8217;s &#8220;incredibly inspiring&#8221; documentary about autism</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/6812/a-review-of-the-sunshine-boy-fridrik-thor-fridrikssons-incredibly-inspiring-documentary-about-autism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Auties & Aspies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[autistic spectrum]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kate Winslet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keli Ericsdóttir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Margrét Ericsdóttir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sigur Ros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soma Mukhopadhyay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taylor Crowe]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Auties &#38; Aspies
The Sunshine Boy has been playing in cinemas in Iceland since January. It will have its international premiere at the Toronto Film Festival next month. Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet has agreed to do the English narration for the film, and Icelandic musicians Bjork and Sigur Ros will also contribute. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anna Quon Book News (and bonus concert footage!)</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/6659/anna-quon-book-news-and-bonus-concert-footage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Books & Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Quon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baby Beluga]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Invisible Publishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Migration Songs novel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Migration Songs the book]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nova scotia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raffi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toronto]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Books &#38; Book Reviews

Details about Anna&#8217;s book tour&#8230;after the jump!

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Quoting Anna Quon&#8217;s website:

8.16.2009: It&#8217;s been a year since I wrote here and William is indeed running, talking and living it up. he&#8217;s very attached to his mum and dad, and when Soonya left the house one day leaving me to babaysit, William lay down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eating in complete darkness: a review</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/6536/eating-in-complete-darkness-a-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin2</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Themes, Blind Visionaries


Unique restaurant review&#8230;after the jump

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Psychology Today:

There is an enormous amount of trust we show to strangers without even paying attention to it: the pilot flying your airplane, the chef preparing your dinner, or the taxi driver taking you across town. We often trust strangers with our lives, blind to their identities or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CALLING ALL DISABLED FILMMAKERS: Toronto&#8217;s Abilities Arts Festival is accepting submissions until July 1st</title>
		<link>http://irkedmagazine.com/5642/calling-all-disabled-filmmakers-torontos-abilities-arts-festival-is-accepting-submissions-until-july-1st/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin2</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bill Shannon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Campaign Watch


 
About the Abilities Arts Festival:

Abilities Arts Festival is a disability arts organization that promotes diversity, inclusiveness and the enrichment of the cultural fabric of our communities. Since 2003, the Abilities Arts Festival has added a new dimension to Toronto, Canada’s diverse arts scene by showcasing the work of artists with disabilities. Abilities Arts Festival [...]]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin2</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hal Newman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marten Holdenreid]]></category>
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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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