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Iconic fashion designer subject of major art show MONTREAL–At what point does a simple piece of fabric become a work of art? The short answer is when it lands in the right hands, but the curators of a groundbreaking new exhibit at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts are conducting a deeper…

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Ongoing Perfection. Game 2: Detroit 3 Pittsburgh 0.

Ongoing Perfection. Game 2: Detroit 3 Pittsburgh 0. Hard to imagine the Detroit Red Wings could be better in Game 2 of the 2008 Stanley Cup final than they were in Game 1, but it seems that just when you think you have the Wings figured out, they shift into another gear. Monday night at Joe…

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Potshow

Potshow May 26th, 2008 by Garry One event that I attended on Saturday night combines two of my favorite things - no, it is not what you think! It’s about food, photos and art and is the Slideluck Potshow. Hosted by Casey and Alys from New York; they travel the world hosting potlucks and…

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GeoHoliday Resort - Sato Vacation Europe

How can a Geo Holiday membership help if your goal is to see as many of the sights of Europe as possible within your lifetime? By creating affordable options for Geo Holiday resort accommodations the company provides those with more limited means the opportunity to live their travel dreams. Enjoy…

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alexandra o hara

Fatal Vows The Alexandra O'Hara StoryCity Of Toronto List Of Productions Shot In Toronto Representing Other Cities1979 1999 Page 1 of 102US LOCATIONS REPRESENTEDALASKATitle: Type: Year Shot: Production Company: Place Represented: Toronto Location(s): The Pretender TV Madame Alexander Doll…

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Basia Balut @ Terminal 5 — 2008.05.20

In a set that ranged between soulful pop and lilting, vibrato-tinged folk, Ontario’s Basia Balut ripped though a spirited and undeniably charming performance opening for Devotchka at Terminal 5 in NYC. Whether her fingers were flicking across the strings of her effervescent Autoharp or her…

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Werth To The DL

Werth To The DL By Jonathan Atwood on May 26th, 2008 11:06 PM After finally proving to be the player many thought he could be, Jason Werth has again found himself on the disabled list, this time with a strained oblique. He injured himself during Thursday’s win over the Houston Astros and…

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Toronto Bike Laws

More and more I’ve been heading into heavy traffic. It’s not pretty. None of it. Me on the “Free Spirit”, or the the balls-out nature of urban cycling. Every moment aware it could be your last. A Toronto cyclist was killed last week. Car door opened sending the cyclist under the…

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PhotoTO: Pedestrian Sunday

Yesterday marked the return of Pedestrian Sunday to Kensington Market with a celebration of spring that included parades, music, acrobatics, environmental displays, and a giant piñata that transformed into a butterfly (above). There's a Pedestrian Sunday on the last Sunday of every month…

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The Coast Crack the CBC R3-30

Episode 64 of the CBC R3-30 podcast was the Survival Guide to the NHL Playoffs, featuring Dave Hodge, a very special surprise guest and 10 songs from the top 30. Toronto’s The Coast cracked the R3-30 with their track No Secret Why. The Coast released their much-anticipated debut full-length,…

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DrupalCamp Toronto 2008

DrupalCamp Toronto 2008 Posted May 26th, 2008 by jay Drupal Drupalcamp Drupalcamp Toronto 2008 FIS Well the weekend is over and DrupalCamp Toronto 2008 has come and gone. Thanks to the amazing group of volunteers and presenters, we managed to feed, clothe, and entertain approximately 150…

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Los Angeles Angels at Toronto Blue Jays Tickets

Los Angeles Angels at Toronto Blue Jays Tickets Buy Los Angeles Angels at Toronto Blue Jays Tickets at Rogers Centre in Toronto ON on May 20 2008 click here to learn more Tags: MLB Tickets 2008 MLB Regular Season Tickets Toronto Blue Jays Tickets [IMG [Slashdot]] [IMG [Digg]] [IMG…

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Los Angeles Angels at Toronto Blue Jays Tickets

Los Angeles Angels at Toronto Blue Jays Tickets Buy Los Angeles Angels at Toronto Blue Jays Tickets at Rogers Centre in Toronto ON on May 21 2008 click here to learn more Tags: MLB Tickets 2008 MLB Regular Season Tickets Toronto Blue Jays Tickets [IMG [Slashdot]] [IMG [Digg]] [IMG…

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Episode 47 - Manu Ginobili best bald man in the league, ever

NBA Play-offs - Conference Finals Boston Celtics versus Detroit Pistons - Celtics winning the series 2-1 - Detroit needs to be consistent, will Billups' injury be their down fall? - Where has Ray Allen been? LA Lakers versus San Antonio Spurs - LA has a deeper team - San Antonio has been here…

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Kansas City Royals at Toronto Blue Jays Tickets

Kansas City Royals at Toronto Blue Jays Tickets Buy Kansas City Royals at Toronto Blue Jays Tickets at Rogers Centre in Toronto ON on May 24 2008 click here to learn more Tags: MLB Tickets 2008 MLB Regular Season Tickets Toronto Blue Jays Tickets [IMG [Slashdot]] [IMG [Digg]] [IMG…

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Internalized Oppression Rendered This Halfie Invisible

This past weekend, my friend L and I were in the restaurant across the street from where I live.  The food is good and cheap.  Usually the people who go to eat there are on their lunch break, and will say nothing more than “Provecho” when they walk by someone else’s table.  Kinda like…

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News: May 26, 2008

Hot enough for ya? Today was quite  a humid day, sure looking forward to NXNE and a bunch of great summer shows right around the corner. Here’s what we’ve been up to: Interview: The Monster Show Interview: Elliott Brood Next update: June 2, 2008 Want to write for us? Are you 19+? Drop…

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Fear for the Mo’

This afternoon, the Jays usurped the Royals (yesssss) 7-2 to finish off the sweep. Marcum continued his brilliant 2008, giving up 1 earned and maintaining his petty 0.87 WHIP. This guy hasn’t given up more than 6 hits all year. From what I understand about sabermetrics, that is money. The…

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Geo Holidays Vacation club - Cheap Vacation Packages In Europe

How can a Geo Holiday membership help if your goal is to see as many of the sights of Europe as possible within your lifetime? In addition to the many wonderful GeoHolidays resort accommodations in Europe, the price involved in lodging makes the travel much more affordable. Members of GeoHolidays…

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Last Minute Addition to the Class Schedule

Hilma will be teaching her Sewing Machine basics class on June 3rd and June 10th from 10:30 - 4:30. We have 2 spots available if you would like to join in. After this two day class you will have complete mastery of your machine and won't ever struggle with it again ... this class is a great…

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Neat-O

At some point this year, I'll complete my sixth year of blogging. These past few years, as my SEO skills improved and my Google-fu strengthened, I've had a few kicks over how highly I'd rank for certain keywords. I still think it's pretty cool that I rank #2 behind Wikipedia when people Google…

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Your tax dollars at work... police support Walk with Israel

Toronto Police Services news release; "Broadcast time: 08:00 Saturday, May 24, 2008 Special Events 416−808−5053 The United Jewish Appeal will be holding its annual 10k walk on Sunday, May 25, 2008." details; http://www.torontopolice.on.ca/newsreleases/pdfs/1 4021.pdf ... Click on the…

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GeoHolidays Services - Week Vacation Itinerary Europe

Will your family be able to experience the splendor of the European countryside with your GeoHolidays membership? By offering the very best in GeoHolidays resort accommodations throughout Europe, Geo Holidays is able to present an affordable method by which you can travel Europe. The ability to…

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I guess it was too good to last

Toronto FC's six-game unbeaten streak is at an end, with their 3-2 loss to DC United on Saturday. TFC had beaten DC 1-0 at home on Wednesday -- Danny Dichio pounced on a sloppy back-pass and just managed to get the ball over the line to give Toronto an early lead, and they held on for the win --…

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Sex and Our City: A Degree of Separation

What's better than sex? Maybe writing about sex. Sex and Our City is a special week-long series that looks for questions and answers about love and sex in our city.

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SPACING PRESENTS: Toronto the Good, May 27th

WHEN: Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 starting at 7pm WHERE: Fermenting Cellar, Distillery District DJs: DJ trio Track Meet HOW MUCH: $10 gets you into the site, plus food • CASH BAR DRESS CODE: look nice! RSVP: feel free to RSVP or share the Facebook event listing Dear Torontonians, The Festival of…

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Because it's there

Staring at a map some months ago, I guessed at the distance between my home in downtown Toronto and that of my in-laws, near the gates of Presqu'ile Provincial Park in Brighton. I figured that, because this was a 165-kilometre run down the 401, the Lake Ontario Waterfront Trail, which runs even…

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GeoHoliday Resort - Importance Of Vacation In Europe

Will your family be able to experience the splendor of the European countryside with your GeoHolidays membership? By offering the very best in GeoHolidays resort accommodations throughout Europe, Geo Holidays is able to present an affordable method by which you can travel Europe. Enjoy the luxury…

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Isn't It A Pity

Call me a Vagisil user, but there were times during today's 7-2 victory over the Kansas Cities in which I actually felt badly for the baby Royals. Tony Pena and company looked completely out of their element for most of this series, but in today's game they didn't even appear as though they were…

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Hello again

Hey,  I’ve been kinda lazy last week and today was school’ days so i was kinda out of place -.- I’ve been thinkin’ a lot lately, i have seen my friends yesterday and we talk about a lot of things. Some kinda funny and other that i just couldn’t believe. They told me 3 or 4 of my…

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NHL to honor award winners Wednesday in Pittsburgh

NHL TO HONOR 2007-08 AWARD WINNERS IN PITTSBURGH WEDNESDAY at the Omni William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh The National Hockey League will honor the winners of three major regular-season trophies and will present two special awards at a luncheon Wednesday in the Grand Ballroom of the Omni William…

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GO BUS

Queens Quay East, Toronto I GO Bus in a parking lot that's soon to become a condo by the lake.

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なやみのたね…

土、日、月… 3日連続頭が痛くなりました。。 今日はさすがにしんどくて、午前中 授業が終わってすぐに帰宅しました 今まで授業休んだことなかったから 残念無念…。…

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GeoHolidays Services Toronto - Europe Paris Italy Vacation With Justine Shapiro

Can becoming a Geo Holidays member really put Europe and the rest of the world literally at your fingertips? By creating affordable options for Geo Holiday resort accommodations the company provides those with more limited means the opportunity to live their travel dreams. Wouldn’t it be…

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Family Ecology

The Eco Show is a new Necessary Angel co-pro currently playing at Buddies. It's also the latest work written and directed by Daniel Brooks, so it would seem to go without saying that it's one of the most visually striking plays of the season, with masterful use of sound, lighting and A/V. …

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Time gets it wrong: John McCain is funny - Metro Canda - Edmonton

Time gets it wrong: John McCain is funny - Metro Canda - Edmonton May 26th, 2008 Time gets it wrong: John McCain is funnyMetro Canda - Edmonton,?Canada?- 44 minutes agoTime even gets it wrong with the title of the piece: John McCain, You’re Not Funny. Quite the contrary – in his recent…

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Franke James: The Real Poop on Social Change

Franke James: The Real Poop on Social Change Credits: The Real Poop on Social Change © 2008, Franke James, MFA LEADERS Change Analysis Chart © 2008, Franke James, MFA Photographs, illustrations and writing by Franke James, MFA …

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GRTTWaK Podcast 011

Mike reads reads a collection of grade 6 short stories. (mp3 download) You can subscribe to this podcast via RSS, or subscribe via iTunes. The music is a version of All Of Me by Paul Whiteman with Mildred Bailey.

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Relay for Life

Like last year, our lab will again be participating in Relay for Life. My pledge page is here, and I have two motivations to participate: 1. We’re funded in part by the Canadian Cancer Society to carry out cell biological research, and this is our way of doing something in return. 2. Funds…

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Chicago White Sox at Toronto Blue Jays Tickets

Chicago White Sox at Toronto Blue Jays Tickets Buy Chicago White Sox at Toronto Blue Jays Tickets at Rogers Centre in Toronto ON on May 5 2008 click here to learn more Tags: MLB Tickets 2008 MLB Regular Season Tickets Toronto Blue Jays Tickets [IMG [Slashdot]] [IMG [Digg]] [IMG [Reddit]]…

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Reds Set For Canadian showdown

Reds Set For Canadian showdown Posted in Toronto FC by Toronto FC News on May 26th, 2008 No Comments Toronto FC are set to face Canadian opposition for the first time when the battle to be named "kings of Canadian soccer" starts Tuesday night against the USL First Division Montreal Impact at…

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Need to Sell your Toronto Home Faster?

Stage Your Toronto Home to Sell Faster and For More Money!! We all know that first impressions don't tell the whole story but we also know that they go a long way in establishing one's will to continue investigating compatibility. I would bet that every real estate agent could tell you…

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Courtney & Mark engaged!

Bright, beautiful, bold & beyond lovely are all the b words I can think of to describe this fantabulous couple!  We had a great time wandering around near the distillery district in Toronto and I was totally geeking out about the cool grundgy buildings!  Thank you guys so much for the much…

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Streeter: Insecurity Edition

A man is questioned by a security officer at Pearson International Airport as he places his items on a conveyor belt to be scanned. Security officer: Do you have any liquids, gels, or solids? Passenger: No. Oh, wait. Solids. I have solids. (The security officer is taken aback with concern,…

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