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  • Emotions and the campaign for victims' rights in Canada.

    ... But how to evaluate the place of these emotions in the campaigns for victims' rights without running into the problems of traditional ...... The latter may help make audiences more aware of abuse victims while, at the same time, merely engendering pity and a conviction that the victims are ...

    In Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice > Vol. 51 Nbr. 4, October 2009

  • Mondomagazine

    Winkler reviews , an Internet resource located at .net. is a volunteer-run, Toronto-based arts, culture and humor webzine.

    In Broken Pencil > Nbr. 40, July 2008

  • Winnipeg Free Press - July 26, 2007

    Site Seeing

    When asked about the show on Craig Ferguson's late-night program, [David Milch] said, "If God were trying to reach out to us, and if he felt a certain urgency about it... that's what it's about, and if God were trying to reach out to us, and teach us something about the deepest nature of matter, he might use some drugged-out surfers." DON'T get too excited about this slick site for [Medellin], a movie about drug kingpin Pablo Escobar. If you're a fan of Entourage, you already know that Medell...

  • American Theocracy The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century.

    ... Without the zinger of "theocracy" and the deliberately ...... This is a pity, because Phillips knows the value of historical ...

    In International Journal > Vol. 62 Nbr. 4, September 2007

  • Winnipeg Free Press - November 19, 2009

    Guy Fieri's Road Show

    YOU probably know the Food Network's rock 'n' roll chef [Guy Fieri] from his popular shows Diners, Drive-ins and Dives and Guy's Big Bites. Since winning the second season of The Next Food Network Star, Fieri has been putting his unique spin on fast, fun cuisine and travelling across the U.S.A., eating at popular greasy spoons. "Why can't we have a concert with food? Your typical cooking demonstration, there's just no enthusiasm," says Fieri. "There's no energy behind it. I said, 'What if we ...

  • Winnipeg Free Press - May 14, 2008

    Monty's Shooting for Ryder Cup Slot

    "It's very important for me to sustain my career," he said. "If I don't make the Ryder Cup team this year, it will be more difficult next time around in 2010. I plan to try to prove to (captain) Nick Faldo that if I can't make it automatically, that I can still compete at that level and to have him select me as one of his captain's picks." "We are living in a very, very special era," [Colin Montgomerie] said. "It's very good for the game. I don't think the press of Jack Nicklaus's time really...

  • Winnipeg Free Press - September 09, 2009

    'Lunch' with the Master of Lunching

    [Keith Waterhouse]'s lifeline was his twice-a-week newspaper column. For nearly 60 years, it appeared Monday and Thursday, first in the Daily Mirror and then, for the last 23 years, the Daily Mail. He gained a reputation for being "a brilliant choronicler of modern life" and "a scintillating satirist." He was not only loved by millions of readers, in 2004 he was chosen by his peers as United Kingdom's best national columnist. A 1994 report set his annual income from journalism at 130,000 Brit...

  • Winnipeg Free Press - October 28, 2006

    Theme (Swan) Song

    "It's a rarity today," TV historian Tim Brooks said of the catchy, tuneful opening. "It's kind of like the Broadway musical producing hit songs -- it just doesn't do that anymore." Back in the day, even into the '90s, shows usually had a "main title," a 40- to 60-second opening montage that introduced the cast and was often set to music written by a composer, said Jon Burlingame, author of TV's Biggest Hits, a history of themes. Songs summed up what a show was all about, whether spinning the ...

  • Winnipeg Free Press - December 19, 2007

    Letters to the Editor

    Christmas is not just a holiday we celebrate but a holy day -- the birth of Jesus Christ. The word "holiday" is a derivative of the term "holy day." On its own "happy holidays" is merely a term of exclusion signifying nothing other than the happy wish to have the freedom to do as one pleases -- i.e. to have a holiday from whatever it is that binds. Taken to its logical conclusion, this is a wish for anarchy. In contrast, "Merry Christmas" is all inclusive. It's about faith, prayer and offerin...

  • Christians are on the front lines everywhere--first: it is a myth that the church just follows along to do its modest bit.

    ... I have never been able to reach these front lines without finding Christian volunteers already in the ...... I witnessed Bishop Desmond Tutu in Soweto, South Africa, under apartheid, as he counselled Christians of all races how to mobilize against injustice without losing their humanity. Rev. Martin Luther King ...

    In Presbyterian Record > Vol. 128 Nbr. 9, October 2004

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