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      <title>Updating a lighting classic</title>
      <link>http://tandemnews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=11672</link>
      <description><![CDATA[One of the big winners of last summer’s Italian Compasso d’Oro design awards competition was the Hope suspension lamp, a chandelier type light manufactured by leading Italian lighting company Luceplan. The Hope lamp is a modern update of the classic crystal chandelier, and it’s one of a few recent re-interpretations of the classic overhead light with its multiple light sources or [...]]]></description>
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      <author>Mark Curtis</author>
      <pubDate>2011-11-20</pubDate>
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      <title>The Devilish sound of Sunparlour Players</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[When Sunparlour Players burst onto the scene with their acclaimed 2007 debut album, Hymn For The Happy, they were rightfully placed alongside the likes of Elliott Brood and Deep Dark Woods as Canadian roots-rockers who were looking to the past for lyrical and musical inspiration. Some of that description still applies, but Sunparlour Players have really expanded and modernized their sound on [...]]]></description>
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      <author>Kerry Doole</author>
      <pubDate>2011-11-20</pubDate>
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      <title>Toronto</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Maya:  Secrets of their Ancient World
Explore the ROM’s newest exhibit as it delves into the world of the ancient Mayan civilization.  Learn about their culture, traditions, end of world predictions, and more.  Over 250 artifacts will also be on display including sculptures, masks and ceramics from Mayan temples and palaces.  Some of these are discoveries that haven’t been shown outside of [...]]]></description>
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      <title>Hot Moves and Sounds of Memphis</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The hot moves and music of Memphis, the musical makes its way to Toronto from December 6 to 24.  Winner of the 2010 Tony Award for Best Musical, the show has been a hit on Broadway, capturing audiences time and time again.  Now is your chance to view the production for a limited engagement.
Memphis takes place in the smoky halls and underground clubs of the segregated 50’s.  It tells the story [...]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2011-11-20</pubDate>
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      <title> Interactive Toronto Exhibition taps into theme of Excess</title>
      <link>http://tandemnews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=11679</link>
      <description><![CDATA[An art installation of a truly unique kind is on at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre.  Museum of Indulgence will combine the work of MC, DJ and producer, More or Les with that of artist Shelley Miller.  The exhibition, centered around the theme of excess and indulgence, will be presented in a museum-like setting and will include historical artifacts and an interactive recording studio where [...]]]></description>
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      <author>Rosanna Bonura</author>
      <pubDate>2011-11-20</pubDate>
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      <title>Famous 1564 painting transforms to film</title>
      <link>http://tandemnews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=11680</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Thanks to innovative techniques, Lech Majewski’s sumptuous The Mill  &amp; the Cross takes us right inside “The Way to Calvary” – the famous 1564  painting by Flemish master Pieter Bruegel – which sets Christ’s crucifixion in Flanders during the brutal Spanish occupation.  The 500-figure canvas is recreated by actors, posed against a majestic background, both real and painted.  Bruegel himself [...]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2011-11-20</pubDate>
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      <title>Maya Secrets of their Ancient World at ROM</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) premieres Maya: Secrets of their Ancient World on Saturday, November 19, 2011. On display in the ROM’s Garfield Weston Exhibition Hall until Monday, April 9, 2012, this original exhibition vibrantly brings to life the Classic Period (250 - 900 CE) of this ancient Mesoamerican culture.
The exhibition is an international collaboration between the ROM, INAH, and the [...]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2011-11-20</pubDate>
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      <title>Mario Monti sworn in as Italian premier</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mario Monti was sworn in last Wednesday as Italy’s new President of the Council of Ministers along with 16 new ministers. “The task is difficult, but the mood is positive,” said Italian President Giorgio Napolitano at the swearing-in ceremony. “There are already signs of faith from the European Union”.
Former European Commissioner Monti will act as interim minister of the economy himself. [...]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2011-11-20</pubDate>
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      <title>“Terroni” and unspoken truths related to Italy unification</title>
      <link>http://tandemnews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=11688</link>
      <description><![CDATA[“There are things no one will tell you – you were born in a country of half truths.”

So says a hit song by an Italian singer-writer who is very popular among the youth.  How many times has the truth about painful events, slaughters, massacres, and attempted murders, been concealed by the logic of “State secret” which – by definition – is a veto applied to “not seriously injure the [...]]]></description>
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      <author>Caterina Rotunno</author>
      <pubDate>2011-11-20</pubDate>
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      <title>Parliament Members in wards abroad fight to avoid pension cuts</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Parliament members (in Italy) elected in wards abroad are mobilizing to request more resources.  But they bicker about the government they feel should be allocating the funds required to avoid the dismantling of services for Italians abroad and above all cuts to their pensions. 
Pdl (Italy’s Popolo della Libertà, People of Freedom party) senator Esteban Juan Caselli and Pd (Italy’s Partito [...]]]></description>
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      <author>Mario Cagnetta</author>
      <pubDate>2011-11-20</pubDate>
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      <title>U of T Examines Olive Oil Culture in the Mediterranean</title>
      <link>http://tandemnews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=11693</link>
      <description><![CDATA[“The olive is the thing that defines the Mediterranean, it’s at the basis of much of the cultural heritage of Mediterranean countries.  It’s part of our literary history, religion, and mythology.  Virtually every aspect of culture around the Mediterranean gives importance to the olive tree.  The olive tree and olive oil are central to it, it’s a unifying factor”, says Domenico Pietropaolo, [...]]]></description>
      <category>upfront</category>
      <author>Rosanna Bonura</author>
      <pubDate>2011-11-20</pubDate>
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      <title>On The Beat</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[SLEEPWALK: The first Toronto Sleepwalk Guitar Festival has to be rated a major artistic success. Held over a weekend in the pleasant space of The Great Hall, it featured top Canadian and American guitarists and singer/songwriters in a wide range of genres. Sleepwalk was curated by one of Canada's best players, LUKE DOUCET, and presented by fine local roots music label SIX SHOOTER RECORDS. Doucet [...]]]></description>
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      <author>Kerry Doole</author>
      <pubDate>2011-11-20</pubDate>
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      <title>The Fun-Filled Journey of Mary Poppins</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[One of the most beloved characters and stories of all time hits the stage in Toronto now until January 8, 2012.  
Receiving rave reviews by critics and audiences alike, Mary Poppins is one of the most successful musicals in years.  It also marks the first collaboration of Disney producer Cameron Mackintosh.  To date, the successful production has captured over six and a half million people [...]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2011-11-20</pubDate>
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      <title>Céline Sciamma’s Tomboy in Toronto</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[With a sprinkle of humor, Céline Sciamma’s Tomboy is a bittersweet story about a 10-year-old French girl who passes herself off as a boy.  The film played in both the Panorama (as opening film) and Generation programs at the 2011 Berlin Film Festival, where it won the Teddy Award.  It’s also earned awards at several 2011 gay and lesbian film festivals, including Torino (Best Feature), [...]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2011-11-20</pubDate>
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      <title>President Mario Monti, there are Italians abroad</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Following in Veronica’s footsteps, Italy too has divorced her “emperor”.  But the worst is not yet over.  Monti will have to lead Italy’s economy out of the chasm, so we can expect tough times and sacrifices ahead.  And it won’t just be up to the politicians to provide a good example, but all citizens:  the pensioner, the labourer, the baker, and let’s hope “Scrooge McDuck” too.
What [...]]]></description>
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      <author>Paola Bernardini</author>
      <pubDate>2011-11-20</pubDate>
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      <title>COSTI’s Ralph Chiodo Family Immigrant Reception Centre</title>
      <link>http://tandemnews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=11686</link>
      <description><![CDATA[COSTI’s newly renovated downtown building will now be known as The Ralph Chiodo Family Immigrant Reception Centre.  The edifice at 100 Lippincott Street was built 90 years ago, and for the past 22 years has offered temporary shelter to over 15,000 refugees.  The building is being re-named today after the well-known Calabrian entrepreneur, Ralph Chiodo, president of Active Green &amp; Ross and head [...]]]></description>
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      <author>Mattia Bello</author>
      <pubDate>2011-11-20</pubDate>
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      <title>Not fraud, but failure, leading to deportation</title>
      <link>http://tandemnews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=11692</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Immigration authorities are preparing to make immigration status “conditional” or “probationary” in an attempt to discourage marriage fraud.  The basic idea is that when a Canadian resident sponsors his or her spouse or partner to come to Canada, the couple must live together for at least two years (it might be longer) or the immigrant will lose his or her permanent status and be removed from [...]]]></description>
      <category>focus</category>
      <author>Gregory James</author>
      <pubDate>2011-11-20</pubDate>
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      <title>Swimwear for beyond the beach  </title>
      <link>http://tandemnews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=11671</link>
      <description><![CDATA[With over 10 years of international experience, Toronto designer, Tosca Delfino knows what success in the fashion industry is all about.  Like many who pursue a career in the arts, Tosca knew from a young age that fashion was her calling.  “I knew that I wanted to be a fashion designer since I was a teenager. I would watch my mother sew outfits for herself and would start doing the same”, says [...]]]></description>
      <category>periscope</category>
      <author>Rosanna Bonura</author>
      <pubDate>2011-11-20</pubDate>
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      <title>From Toronto to India: A Music Success Story</title>
      <link>http://tandemnews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=11675</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Nothing could have prepared singer Natalie Di Luccio for the life-changing experience she encountered after a simple post on YouTube.  One post, and everything changed for this young Canadian.  One minute she was an aspiring Canadian singer, the next a Bollywood superstar.  Natalie Di Luccio was born and raised in Toronto and started taking singing lessons at the young age of five.   
Music [...]]]></description>
      <category>periscope</category>
      <author>Rosanna Bonura</author>
      <pubDate>2011-11-20</pubDate>
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      <title>Twentyfour Countries participate at European Union Film Festival: Italy with “Basilicata Coast to Coast”</title>
      <link>http://tandemnews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=11682</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The European Union Film Festival is a unique cultural collaboration of EU Consulates and Cultural Institutes in Toronto featuring 24 Films from 24 EU Countries in 2011. Celebrating cinematic excellence with national and international award-winning Films, the Festival will be held exclusively at The Royal Cinema from November 17 –30, 2011. Seven years after the Festival’s premiere, the Festival [...]]]></description>
      <category>movies</category>
      <author></author>
      <pubDate>2011-11-20</pubDate>
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      <title>Health Matters</title>
      <link>http://tandemnews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=11687</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Back in the horse and wagon days when my father first came to  Canada, people were astonished when news of the first cars started circulating. You could just sit down, roll the windows up or down, turn the heater on or off and just turn a key and it would go by itself. No horses needed. Just step on the gas pedal or the brake. It was called an automobile, because it would make you mobile [...]]]></description>
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      <author>Lillian Freedman</author>
      <pubDate>2011-11-20</pubDate>
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      <title>Alderman of Gaeta, Antonio Ciano</title>
      <link>http://tandemnews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=11689</link>
      <description><![CDATA[He is an authentic meridionalista (southerner), registered with the Partito del Sud (Party of the South), and rather than celebrating the Unification of Italy, he celebrates June 2, 1946, the day the Repubblica Italiana (Italian Republic) was born.
Antonio Ciano is responsible for government-owned property for the town of Gaeta.  He has written books including Le stragi e gli eccidi dei Savoia [...]]]></description>
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      <author>Caterina Rotunno</author>
      <pubDate>2011-11-20</pubDate>
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      <title>Journalist Pino Aprile Speaks</title>
      <link>http://tandemnews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=11690</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalist and author of several books, Pino Aprile was born in Puglia and worked in Milan for many years.  He has been director of Gente and vice-director of Oggi.  He also worked in TV with Sergio Zavoli on the Viaggio nel sud (voyage through the south) investigative series.  In March of 2010 he published his book Terroni – Tutto quello che è stato fatto perchè gli abitanti del Sud [...]]]></description>
      <category>mainstreet</category>
      <author>Caterina Rotunno</author>
      <pubDate>2011-11-20</pubDate>
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      <title>Sisters Conquering Toronto’s Fashion Scene </title>
      <link>http://tandemnews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=11648</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Being nominated and selected as a finalist for Chatelaine magazine’s Women of the Year 2011 is something every Canadian woman would be proud of.  For Melanie Bozzo, that’s not the only thing she’s accomplished in her young career.  Melanie, along with her sister Kristina Bozzo, have been conquering Toronto’s fashion scene for the past few years and show no signs of stopping.	 
The sisters and [...]]]></description>
      <category>periscope</category>
      <author>Rosanna Bonura</author>
      <pubDate>2011-11-13</pubDate>
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      <title>Ancient stone with modern relevance</title>
      <link>http://tandemnews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=11649</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Italian white Carrara marble is an ancient stone, but it’s also a building and design material with as much future as it has a past. The ancient limestone sourced from northern Tuscany’s Apuan Alps was used to build the Pantheon during the Roman Empire and centuries later Michelangelo created his David with the famous white Italian marble.	 
Today, we tend to think of the distinctive marble for [...]]]></description>
      <category>design</category>
      <author>Mark Curtis</author>
      <pubDate>2011-11-13</pubDate>
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      <title>Cinque Unites Five Ace Musicians</title>
      <link>http://tandemnews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=11650</link>
      <description><![CDATA[It comes as no surprise to learn that brand new jazz-funk quintet Cinque is already attracting serious attention and rave reviews. The name is new, but the group includes top instrumentalists that have achieved success in many different musical roles. Three Torontonians have joined forces with two American musicians, but this city can lay true claim to Cinque.
The group is the brainchild of [...]]]></description>
      <category>music</category>
      <author>Kerry Doole</author>
      <pubDate>2011-11-13</pubDate>
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      <title>Toronto</title>
      <link>http://tandemnews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=11652</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival 
The annual event presented by Workman Arts is back, a unique take on film not seen with other festival. Now in its 19th year, the festival offers audiences thought provoking films that concentrate on mental illness and addiction.  Workman Arts is a non-profit multidisciplinary arts organization that supports those who receive mental health and addiction [...]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2011-11-13</pubDate>
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      <title>The Classic Story of Aladdin Comes to a Canadian Stage</title>
      <link>http://tandemnews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=11655</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Over the years, Disney has brought us some of the most memorable stories.  These are tales that we always remember and pass along from one generation to the next.  One of these classics is Disney’s Aladdin.  Now the magical story comes to a Canadian stage as The City Playhouse Theatre in Vaughan presents a production of Aladdin.  
Aladdin, the story of three wishes and a young man and hero in [...]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2011-11-13</pubDate>
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      <title>The Power of Scent Explored at Toronto Exhibition</title>
      <link>http://tandemnews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=11657</link>
      <description><![CDATA[We’ve all had this experience- you smell something and it instantly triggers a personal memory of a time, place or person.  The sense of smell is without doubt one of the most powerful of the senses.  Now the power of scents is explored at a new installation exhibition in Toronto entitled The Lure, created by artist Janet Bellotto.	
The Lure emerges from olfactory investigations of fact and [...]]]></description>
      <category>art_and_culture</category>
      <author>Rosanna Bonura</author>
      <pubDate>2011-11-13</pubDate>
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      <title>Battle for Best: Bicycle Thieves vs. Rome Open City</title>
      <link>http://tandemnews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=11658</link>
      <description><![CDATA[As I was preparing my talk for the TIFF Bell Lightbox series on Italian neorealism this summer, I began to ruminate on the ongoing competition between Roberto Rossellini’s Rome Open City and Vittorio De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves for top spot in the pantheon of Italian neorealist films. (Rossellini’s Paisan, while meriting number one in terms of neorealist purity of style and structure, seems to [...]]]></description>
      <category>movies</category>
      <author>Frank Burke</author>
      <pubDate>2011-11-13</pubDate>
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      <title>Emigration and identity of Italian language</title>
      <link>http://tandemnews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=11661</link>
      <description><![CDATA[“We are – individually and collectively – what our languages make us – those (languages) that we receive from our fathers, those we choose to live.”
Language – as a togetherness of values, the key to reading and interpreting the history of a people, a family, a person – is the topic of Storia linguistica dell’emigrazione Italiana nel mondo (SLEIM), (linguistic history of Italian [...]]]></description>
      <category>periscope</category>
      <author>Caterina Rotunno</author>
      <pubDate>2011-11-13</pubDate>
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      <title>Umberto Eco in Toronto to discuss his latest novel</title>
      <link>http://tandemnews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=11662</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A great Italian writer and his latest work that is already a success in the Italian publishing scene:  Umberto Eco, with his The Prague Cemetery, will be in Toronto on November 16 to speak about his highly anticipated novel.	
Following Il nome della rosa (The Name of the Rose) and Il pendolo di Focault (Foucault’s Pendulum), Eco recreates last century’s historic period, adapting it to his [...]]]></description>
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      <author></author>
      <pubDate>2011-11-13</pubDate>
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      <title>Angel Foundation Hosts Feed the Soul Gala</title>
      <link>http://tandemnews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=11664</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Malnutrition affects one in three children and is one of the causes of bullyism in schools.  This shocking find by The Angel Foundation for Learning doesn’t refer to underdeveloped countries, but concerns the 90,000 students of the Toronto Catholic District School Board.  The Foundation, through its Student Nutrition Program, provides daily breakfast, lunch, and snacks to over 30,000 students, [...]]]></description>
      <category>spotlight</category>
      <author>Mattia Bello</author>
      <pubDate>2011-11-13</pubDate>
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      <title>Awareness Campaign Highlights Importance of Organ Donation</title>
      <link>http://tandemnews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=11668</link>
      <description><![CDATA[“Let’s stop for a moment.  Let’s stop to reflect.  Let’s forget about the daily problems.  And let’s think of how to help others.  There are 953 Canadians waiting for a bone marrow transplant.  My name is on that list too.”	
Leonardo Kosarew raised the Torch of Life together with Reg Green and Ismael Khatib – the two courageous fathers who donated the organs of their children killed in [...]]]></description>
      <category>focus</category>
      <author>Simona Giacobbi</author>
      <pubDate>2011-11-13</pubDate>
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      <title>Urban Lifestyle and Projects for the new Vaughan</title>
      <link>http://tandemnews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=11669</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The subway and a new hospital by 2015, and a fully operational Vaughan Metropolitan Centre by 2031.  These are the dates that Vaughan Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua, a year since his election as first citizen, forecasts for the series of public works that will serve the “City Above Toronto” to “project towards the future.”	
“The subway is very important in the context of Vaughan Metropolitan [...]]]></description>
      <category>upfront</category>
      <author>Leonardo N. Molinelli</author>
      <pubDate>2011-11-13</pubDate>
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      <title>On The Beat</title>
      <link>http://tandemnews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=11651</link>
      <description><![CDATA[BONZAI SUZUKI: The name may make you think of a Japanese cartoon character, and there is definitely something cartoonish (in a good way) about this new Toronto band. We here at OTB are big fans of renaissance man (jazz radio host, bandleader, bon vivant) JAYMZ BEE, so we were keen to check out the latest product of his fertile if twisted brain. His chief creative partner in Bonzai Suzuki is [...]]]></description>
      <category>music</category>
      <author>Kerry Doole</author>
      <pubDate>2011-11-13</pubDate>
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      <title>Brother and Sister Trio Celebrate Bond with New Album</title>
      <link>http://tandemnews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=11653</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Siblings Yuval, Anat and Avishai Cohen know a bit more than just the importance of family, they combine that special bond with music, creating jazz band, 3 Cohens.  Based out of the U.S., the three have been creating music both together and individually for years, performing at theatres, jazz clubs and festivals around Italy, Canada, Brazil, Israel, Australia and the US, and recently released [...]]]></description>
      <category>periscope</category>
      <author>Rosanna Bonura</author>
      <pubDate>2011-11-13</pubDate>
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      <title>From stage to reality, man proposes to girlfriend</title>
      <link>http://tandemnews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=11654</link>
      <description><![CDATA[How to be original when asking your loved one for the fateful “yes”?  Simple, just climb onto a theatre stage and recite the marriage proposal at the end of a show that traces your own love story.  The main star of this singular scene is, obviously, Italian:  Michele Frisoli, originally from Orsara di Puglia (in Foggia province), who came to Toronto to see his girlfriend again who was [...]]]></description>
      <category>periscope</category>
      <author>Mattia Bello</author>
      <pubDate>2011-11-13</pubDate>
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      <title>Canada’s Best Urban Dance Crews at Harbourfront</title>
      <link>http://tandemnews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=11656</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Experience Canada’s best b-boys and girls and urban dance crews at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre this November.  Break it Down presents Enter The Shadow while Gadfly presents Klorofyl.  Come see these very talented groups of dance professionals in two entertainment-packed shows.
Enter The Shadow:  Presented by Break it Down, this high-octane journey examines the life of a break boy through the [...]]]></description>
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      <author></author>
      <pubDate>2011-11-13</pubDate>
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      <title>Photographer and celebrities team for a good cause</title>
      <link>http://tandemnews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=11659</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Renowned celebrity photographer and video director, Andrew MacNaughtan has teamed up with Canada’s top recording artists to produce his latest project, GRACE: Africa in Photographs.  This wonderfully created art book captures and showcases the beauty of Africa and the transformational work of World Vision through a sequence of striking black and white photographs.  The images of a distant land [...]]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[With the Christmas season fast approaching, people are often thinking of holiday parties, décor, gifts and more.  But humans aren’t the only ones taking part in the Christmas cheer.  Winter Woofstock is back and better than ever, welcoming the holiday season with lots to see and do with your furry pets.  Woofstock is the largest and most unique festival for dogs and their owners in North [...]]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ever wonder why there are more Italians living outside of Italy than in Italy today?		
This event will discuss the truth behind the so-called unification of Italy- the counter-story behind the Risorgimento. Was it the unification of Italy, or the invasion and massacre of southern Italy (the Kingdom of Two Sicilies)?
Who was behind the  unification or invasion? The presentation will look [...]]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The University of Toronto along with Rotman Commerce present Inspire 2011 with special guests, Nick Di Donato and Enrico Colantoni on November 16. The event in partnership with Rotman and sponsored by the university, is also part of Inspire mini sessions that will take place on three campuses this year including events at York University and University of Guelph- each to have different speakers. [...]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2011-11-13</pubDate>
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      <title>Health Matters</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The other evening on a television news show, they mentioned a study that was recently completed on mental illness in families. One of the conclusions of the study was that children whose parents have untreated depression or other mood disorders, have a far greater risk of developing similar conditions. This factor is in addition to any genetic predisposition.  While not a surprise, these findings [...]]]></description>
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      <author>Lillian Freedman</author>
      <pubDate>2011-11-13</pubDate>
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      <title>Accounts Prior to and After the Second World War</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[After September 8, 1943, Italy was not only a nation torn between Partisans and Fascists, but also between racist assassins and those who risked their own lives to save Jews from concentration camps.	  
For Susan Zuccotti, former Holocaust and Western European history teacher at Barnard College, that date marks the watershed – the date that definitively drew the boundary between those who [...]]]></description>
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      <author>Mario Cagnetta</author>
      <pubDate>2011-11-13</pubDate>
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      <title>Musical event will share passion of Southern Italy</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The passion of Southern Italy comes to life with a musical event presented by the Vesuvius Ensemble.  On November 23, the ensemble will perform traditional folk music of Campania (the area surrounding Naples, Italy).  Join Francesco Pellegrino, Marco Cera, and Lucas Harris for a soulful experience accompanied by rustic string, wind and percussion instruments.  Dedicated to performing and [...]]]></description>
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      <author>Rosanna Bonura</author>
      <pubDate>2011-11-13</pubDate>
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