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	<title>the &#124; New Mainstream™ &#187; Meaningful Diversion</title>
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		<title>Happy Birthday, Canada</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doreen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First a caveat: for close followers of our corporate activities and online destinations, you will note that some of what follows has been posted and re-purposed elsewhere on one of our other websites. Sometimes, that&#8217;s the challenge of being a contributor for two separate websites, the luxury of a day off, and ultimately, the ease [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catching Up: 5 sites, language-related</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doreen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year, I made an earnest effort to create a series of posts,  categorized as “Catching Up”, that would spotlight some links of  interest.  So, I&#8217;m  resurrecting that and, without planning to, I seem to have hit on the theme  of language:

An online database of names, HearNames.com lets you type in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Top 9 of 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 04:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doreen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With 2009 coming to a close, end-of-year lists seem to be on everybody&#8217;s mind. So, like last year, below are some of the online &#8220;wows&#8221; I discovered over the last 12 months.  Limiting this list to nine was daunting, but here&#8217;s what I came up with &#8230; in no particular ranking:
1. Journalistics Blog &#8211; is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five years today&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doreen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://diversitymediaservices.com/blog/?p=1778</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was a little torn on what to post today &#8230; it was between two very different ideas.  In the end, &#8220;the risotto&#8221; (below) won out, albeit a little NSFW. (I&#8217;ll leave the other for Twitter.)
My Dad loved Big Night &#8230; in fact, in more ways than one, Stanley Tucci (&#8220;Secondo&#8221;) reminds me of him in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Well worth a minute of your time</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doreen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of you may recall that last year I wrote about Filminute, the International One-Minute Film Festival.  Founded in 2006 by Canadian filmmaker John Ketchum, the festival has been increasing in popularity; last year&#8217;s submissions came from 60 different countries and attracted audiences from 94 countries.

What I find so fascinating about the festival&#8217;s entries, is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For Paul</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doreen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Meaningful Diversion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[

As I was writing this, the sky was softly crying, as were likely a lot of people &#8212; openly, or silently in their hearts; for me, both.
I remember sharing lunch with him often, here in the office  after my own Dad’s passing.
In many ways, he was a deep and obvious connection with my Dad; someone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emmanuel Jal: The music of a war child</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doreen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meaningful Diversion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always believed that Hip-hop at its best is, first, poetry; and, if explored in that context, it can hopefully be more easily accessible to those who profess, &#8220;I just don&#8217;t get it.&#8221;
Below is a video clip of Emmanuel Jal, former Sudanese child soldier, speaking and performing at a recent TED conference.  It is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just because: Ali Akbar Khan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doreen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A little over a year ago, I wrote a post about a concert I will never forget.  Ravi Shankar. While trying to convey the overwhelming experience of that performance, in my haste, I omitted one detail.  Ali Akbar Khan. Being swept away by the incredible music and brilliance of Shankar, I remember thinking, at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Luc Besson celebrates World Environment Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doreen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Meaningful Diversion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, one of my favorite filmmakers, Luc Besson, is celebrating World Environment Day.  In his role as distributor, Besson is using YouTube to promote his latest project:  Home, a 50-minute film directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand dedicated to our beautiful planet. The film is also being released in over 50 countries &#8212; in movie theatres, TV, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Earth Hour 2009</title>
		<link>http://diversitymediaservices.com/blog/2009/earth-hour-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 04:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doreen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year, 50 million people around the world, throughout 35 countries and over 370 cities turned off their lights for one hour; in Canada, 10 million participated.
Earth Hour 2009, a global WWF climate change initiative, represents a significant increase in global participation: in numbers released today by organizers, over 2,800 cities in 83 countries &#8220;will [...]]]></description>
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