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      <title>Community</title>
      <link>http://www.corrieretandem.com/viewstory.php?storyid=9908</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Each week, Tandem profiles a volunteer in the community whose work inspires readers to reach out and lend a hand.	 

This week, Tandem spoke with Stuart Smith, who volunteers in the School Mentoring Program with Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Toronto (BBBS).  BBBS is the leading child and youth serving organization providing mentoring programs across the country. Providing support to more than [...]]]></description>
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      <author>Elisa Ionadi</author>
      <pubDate>2010-03-07</pubDate>
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      <title>Strong institutions are key</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Italian communities in Canada have a strong need for institutions. This was the assessment of the recent meeting between Corriere Canadese/Tandem, Teresio Onorato, who is responsible for Regione Molise emigrants, and Molise artist Maurizio Santilli.	 
Santilli is a musician/comic/singer and the headliner of a concert and show tour in Canada organized and financed by Regione Molise. The event is [...]]]></description>
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      <author>Elena Serra</author>
      <pubDate>2010-03-07</pubDate>
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      <title>Free and fun-filled programs</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Vaughan Public Libraries (VPL) offers a variety of free, fun-filled  programs for children to enjoy throughout March Break. Check out VPL’s March Break Headquarters, March 13-19, where your child can explore Astronomy, learn more about the peregrine falcon and get a close-up look at this magnificent endangered bird of prey, play Wii for FWii and discover the world of mad science!	
“The March [...]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2010-03-07</pubDate>
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      <title>Pressure to maintain the image</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[In most western countries, politicians face pressure to maintain a moral image, however, according to some, this varies significantly between Canada, the United States and Europe.	
David Rayside, a political science professor at the University of Toronto believes this pressure is greater in the United States than in Canada. 
“There is a more substantial component of morality generally in the [...]]]></description>
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      <author>Tanya Kostiw</author>
      <pubDate>2010-03-07</pubDate>
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      <title>Pensioners abroad await INPS</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The campaign for the 2009 pension income recalculation gets underway again this year. This month, Istituto Nazionale Previdenza Sociale (INPS) will be sending pensioners abroad a large envelope containing all the forms for the “Red/Est” campaign.  This year, over 300,000 packages will be sent out throughout the world.  More than 269,000 went out last year, with 217,000 certifications returned [...]]]></description>
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      <author>Concita Minutola</author>
      <pubDate>2010-03-07</pubDate>
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      <title>A rebel finds his cause in humanitarian work</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Marc Vachon isn’t interested in being called a hero. “How would I describe myself today?  I’m a normal person who thinks life is wonderful,” says the former drug dealer who has dedicated his life to helping others.
Vachon, 46, is a consultant for NGOs throughout the world. The French-Canadian’s life story is now the subject of a biography that he co-authored with Italian writer Frank [...]]]></description>
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      <author>Alessio Galletti</author>
      <pubDate>2010-03-07</pubDate>
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      <title>Oscars prepare to bid farewell</title>
      <link>http://www.corrieretandem.com/viewstory.php?storyid=9919</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Kodak Theatre goes quiet as the big screen at centre stage begins flashing images of actors and filmmakers who have died. A photo of Heath Ledger or Paul Newman might move the audience to spontaneous applause. Other images inspire deep sighs, as viewers reflect on the entertainers who have touched our lives.	
The In Memoriam segment can be the most moving part of the Oscar telecast. It’s [...]]]></description>
      <category>movies</category>
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      <pubDate>2010-03-07</pubDate>
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      <title>Listings</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Monster Under 
the Bed
Ben’s got problems. His dad is away and his best friend Vince has stolen his prized binoculars. When the monster under the bed offers to switch places with Ben and get back his binoculars, Ben accepts — only to have his life turned upside down. March 8-April 1 at the Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People, 165 Front St. E. For more information call 416-862-2222 or [...]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2010-03-07</pubDate>
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      <title>March Break Events in and Around Town</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Max &amp; Rudy: 
Our Favourite Things
TV’s highest-rated bunny siblings come to Toronto during March Break for Max &amp; Ruby: Our Favourite Things, an interactive production full of stories, catchy songs and fun.  Max &amp; Ruby are bunny siblings who never, ever, want the same thing.  Takes place Mar.13 at The Danforth Music Hall, 147 Danforth Ave.  For more information call 416-461-1844.  

March Break [...]]]></description>
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      <title>A bowl of flavour</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A bowl of soup is a symbol of home and family. One of the best comfort foods, soup is brimming with nutritious goodness that is guaranteed to warm you up. It’s no wonder that at the first sign of a cold or other malady, a soup is the most obvious choice.	
Soups are just about as old as the history of cooking, according to food historians. And they are the ultimate egalitarian meal: enjoyed and [...]]]></description>
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      <author>Rita Simonetta</author>
      <pubDate>2010-03-07</pubDate>
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      <title>Chris Bartos angles for solo success</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[It has primarily been his fiddle-playing that has brought Chris Bartos international acclaim, but he has turned to another instrument he loves, the guitar, to provide the primary sonic focus of his just-released solo debut record, Fort William. 	
Bartos has long been a respected member of the Canadian roots music community, but predominantly as a sideman, accompanying a wide range of artists in [...]]]></description>
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      <author>Kerry Doole</author>
      <pubDate>2010-03-07</pubDate>
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      <title>From the industrial to the elegant</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[From traditional type seating with modern variations to the outright avant-garde, Italian furniture manufacturers are offering a wide range of choices for consumers in early 2010.	
Jasper Morrison’s recent Trattoria seating for Italian furniture brand Magis offers a variation on traditional dining chairs. While the frames of the new Magis chairs are a fairly conventional beech, Morrison updates [...]]]></description>
      <category>design</category>
      <author>Mark Curtis</author>
      <pubDate>2010-03-07</pubDate>
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      <title>Golden Opportunity</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[When elementary school teacher Karen Waller returned from a six-day volunteer stint at the Olympics sporting a Team Canada jersey, her younger students thought she was leading a double-life.	
“The little ones said, ‘We know where you were. You were in Vancouver and you got the gold medal in hockey,’ and I said ‘OK, cool!’” she laughs. 
She may not have won a gold medal, but Waller certainly [...]]]></description>
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      <author>Tanya Kostiw</author>
      <pubDate>2010-03-07</pubDate>
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      <title>Life without Bosh isn’t so sweet</title>
      <link>http://www.corrieretandem.com/viewstory.php?storyid=9927</link>
      <description><![CDATA[It has definitely been a hard couple of weeks for the struggling Toronto Raptors as they have been bitten by the injury bug with some of their key players out of the line-up. With some major talent out with injuries, including NBA all-star Chris Bosh, the Raptors are going on a four game slump, only winning two of the six games without him.  Wins against the New Jersey Nets and Washington Wizards [...]]]></description>
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      <author>Elisa Ionadi</author>
      <pubDate>2010-03-07</pubDate>
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      <title>Premier's party cannot run in Rome area</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Premier Silvio Berlusconi's People of Freedom (PdL) party suffered another setback on Wednesday after a Rome appeals court upheld a ruling barring its candidates from running in the Rome province in this month's regional elections.
The court confirmed a decision by a court on Sunday, excluding the PdL from standing in the Rome area because party officials had missed a noon cutoff to present the [...]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2010-03-07</pubDate>
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      <title>Nuoro fetes early 20th-century Italian art</title>
      <link>http://www.corrieretandem.com/viewstory.php?storyid=9929</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A selection of masterpieces by the greatest stars of early 20th-century Italian art is opening in the Sardinian town of Nuoro shortly. The exhibition at the Nuoro Museum of Art, opening on March 5, will showcase over 60 works on loan from top institutes around the country. The ten artists featured are among those credited with ushering in some of the greatest developments in Italian art during [...]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2010-03-07</pubDate>
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      <title>Bressani Literary Prize</title>
      <link>http://www.corrieretandem.com/viewstory.php?storyid=9910</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Vancouver (Cultural Office of the Italian Government) is proud to announce that it will take part in the 2010 edition of the prestigious F. G. Bressani Literary Prize.	 
Organized by the Italian Cultural Centre, the Biennial F. G. Bressani Literary Prize was established in 1986 with the aim of honouring and promoting the literary work of Canadian writers of [...]]]></description>
      <category>focus</category>
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      <pubDate>2010-03-07</pubDate>
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      <title>March Break at McMichael</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[With March Break looming, parents begin to fret as youngsters excitedly plan for a well-deserved vacation from notebooks, teachers, and math class. While sitting around the house might be the ideal relaxation for kids, parents still want them to keep busy, especially with something they love. Budding artists can hone their craft at the McMichael Art Collection in Kleinberg, not far from the heart [...]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2010-03-07</pubDate>
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      <title>Fiat Auto spinoff plan on the table</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The possibility of Fiat spinning off its automobile division will be addressed when the group presents its new business plan on April 21, CEO Sergio Marchionne said on Wednesday.
Speaking on the sidelines of the Geneva automobile show, Marchionne said “the option of spinning off the auto division is a very complex one. It is part of a framework of hypotheses which we are analysing very [...]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2010-03-07</pubDate>
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      <title>An inside look at Haiti</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[It’s 24/7 for humanitarian workers in Haiti. “The situation is serious and the needs of the people are great,” says Luc Dumoulin who works in the Red Cross camp at Port-au-Prince and is the coordinator for the logistics team that routes aid out as it arrives on the island.

Can you describe the current situation in Haiti?
“It’s still serious.  Some sanitary emergencies have been handled well [...]]]></description>
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      <author>Letizia Tesi</author>
      <pubDate>2010-03-07</pubDate>
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      <title>Hollywood makeover</title>
      <link>http://www.corrieretandem.com/viewstory.php?storyid=9920</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In a century of filmmaking, the movie industry has produced over 4,000 films on North American Indians – images that have made their rounds throughout the world, moulding people’s notions, and drawing an invisible but clear line between cowboys and Indians in a sort of good versus bad delineation, which established winners and losers over and above what history shows.
Jesse Wente sums it up in [...]]]></description>
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      <author>Letizia Tesi</author>
      <pubDate>2010-03-07</pubDate>
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      <title>On The Beat</title>
      <link>http://www.corrieretandem.com/viewstory.php?storyid=9930</link>
      <description><![CDATA[WINTER OLYMPICS: With the Winter Olympics hoopla dying down (and good riddance to that pathetic Own The Podium hype), it’s time to reflect on the musical component of the Games.  There was almost unanimous disapproval of 16-year-old jazz-pop rising star NIKKI YANOFSKY’s rendition of the national anthem at the opening ceremony. Definitely not a good choice, but one perhaps spurred by the fact [...]]]></description>
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      <author>Kerry Doole</author>
      <pubDate>2010-03-07</pubDate>
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      <title>Four projects to promote Italian culture</title>
      <link>http://www.corrieretandem.com/viewstory.php?storyid=9911</link>
      <description><![CDATA[“Our collective, and the associations network through which it acts, is an extraordinary strength with an immense potential.”  But, “will it always be so?”
Asking the question is Consul General of Italy in Toronto, Gianni Bardini, in his second letter to the community published by Corriere Canadese/Tandem.
Further to the debate unleashed by his first open letter, Bardini offers four concrete [...]]]></description>
      <category>focus</category>
      <author></author>
      <pubDate>2010-03-07</pubDate>
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