Hand-crafted dolls for a hand-crafted world: Coraline

Posted by: Wes Filed in Writersbox 16th February 2009

By: Wesley MacDonald

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While it is surprising that Gaiman’s original story provided enough material for an entire movie, the story lends itself well to the stop-motion animation medium, and director Henry Selick has a visual style that is well suited to Gaiman’s work. It was great to see a 3D movie without the “in your face” effects that usually tend to be the only payoff for these presentations.

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[My] Chemical Romance

Posted by: Mikhail Filed in Technovox 16th February 2009

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By Sofia Ramirez

The Science of Love is an alluring topic that has always inspired active human curiosity. For this reason, the study of love (and lust) made its way quickly out of the medieval apothecary and into the most sophisticated research labs. Advancements in the field make it clear that romance requires certain chemistry. Love at first sight is not a made-up cliché.

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Not Alone in the City: Couchsurfing 2.0.

Posted by: Shamim Filed in Technovox 16th February 2009
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Anfernee, Maria, Abe and Garry showing us how it's done at the weekly CouchSurfing meetup. This happens at the Rivoli (334 Queen St. W) every Tuesday at 7 pm.

Anfernee, Maria, Abe and Garry showing us how it's done at the weekly CouchSurfing meetup. This happens at the Rivoli (334 Queen St. W) every Tuesday at 7 pm.

By Shamim Ahad

The CouchSurfing Project is a free Internet hospitality service that launched in 2004. With over 700,000 members world-wide, couchsurfing.com averages 30 million daily page views. The concept is based on an existing social convention: the couch exchange. We have all borrowed a friend’s couch, and we’ve probably referred people to someone else’s couch. Trust built upon the strength of the referral.

Couchsurfing.com accelerates and enhances the hospitality process by acting as an internet-based social networking hub and matching prospective CouchSurfers to possible hosts and activity partners. To date, there are 543,520 couches found in 299 countries. However, it cannot be stressed enough that the CS Project is not about providing free accommodation, although that is a definite perk. The CS mission is: “To internationally network people and places, create educational exchanges, raise collective consciousness, spread tolerance and facilitate cultural understanding. As a community we strive to do our individual and collective parts to create a better world, and we believe that the surfing of couches is a means to accomplish this goal.

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Famous Canadian Scientists and Inventors of African Descent

Posted by: Shamim Filed in Technovox 16th February 2009

In celebration of Black History Month, Alternavox is proud to present some notable personalities who made significant contributions to science and technology. Two of these three also became prominent Toronto citizens and were thoroughly engaged community activism.

Anderson Ruffin Abbott (1837-1913)

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In 1861, Abbott became the first Canadian-born man of Black heritage to become a licensed physician. He was born to a prominent family in Toronto. His parents, Wilson Ruffin Abbott and Ellen (Toyer) Abbott, were two “free people of colour” who left Alabama to flee violence and eventually settled in Toronto in 1835 or 1836. His father owned several properties in Toronto and was active in politics. Thanks to his family success, he able to have access to an extensive education. An honour student, he eventually studied medicine at the Toronto School of Medicine and did his medical matriculation at the University of Toronto.

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Nurse.Fighter.Boy

Posted by: Heidy Filed in Boxoffice 15th February 2009

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By Heidy Morales

Charles Officer’s first feature, Nurse. Fighter. Boy free vanilla sky

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free rambo movie download introduces us to three wonderful characters whose lives are connected by birth, circumstance and chance. We meet single mother and nurse, Jude (Karen LeBlanc) who suffers from Sickle Cell Anemia and devotedly takes care of Ciel (Daniel J. Gordon). Ciel is a very receptive 12 year-old, who turns to music and magic for healing. By circumstance and chance, Jude meets Silence (Clark Johnson); a street fighter looking for meaning in his life.

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Impressions and Expressions: My Art Gallery of Ontario Experience

Posted by: Alison Filed in Paintbox 15th February 2009

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By Alison Brown

Today I went to the opening of the new Art Gallery of Ontario. I was looking forward to seeing the changes that Architect Frank Gehry had made to this boring ugly structure.

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From Baghdad, With Love

Posted by: Yasmeen Filed in Livingvox 15th February 2009

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Iraq was invaded by US-led Coalition forces between March 20, 2003 and May 1, 2003. Of the approximate 295,000 troops, the United States supplied the majority of the invading forces.

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The Anti-Valentine’s Day Hit List

Posted by: Jennifer Filed in Livingvox 15th February 2009

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By Jennifer Finjan

We all know people who loathe the idea of Valentine’s Day. The pressure of providing that perfect combination of gifts and praise as dictated by Hallmark and ravenous retailers. I am not one of them.

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Queen East Needs More Props

Posted by: Ola Filed in Livingvox 15th February 2009

by Ola Roks

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Queen Street East has this underrated art scene and for some reason I feel it is my civic duty to make it known.

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Sunday Morning

Posted by: Forest Filed in Livingvox 15th February 2009

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It was one of those Sunday mornings. It was only a few days before Valentine’s Day and the snow had already begun to melt, but not my heart.

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