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Music Review – Black Coffee Sigh

Album: Black Coffee Sigh Artist: Sunshine Riot Formed in Boston in 2011, rock band Sunshine Riot has been passionately promoting their music as they tour across the United States. Their music has been described as rock infused with a southern blues sound, although they seem to have tried to develop their own style of music… Read more »

The Mindful Bard – 8 Animazing Short Stories

Film: Eight Animazing Short Stories “Love and death are the two great hinges on which all human sympathies turn.” – B.R. Hayden These international animated shorts, winners of the first ever AniMazing Spotlight competition, have some common elements. There’s no dialogue in any of them, for one thing, which makes them watchable in any country,… Read more »

In Conversation with Leah Warshawski, Part II

Leah Warshawski is one of the producers and directors of Finding Hillywood, a documentary about the use of film for healing in post-genocide Rwanda (read the Voice review here). Recently she took the time to answer Wanda Waterman’s questions about what inspires her and what we might expect from her in the near future. (You… Read more »

Dear Barb – The Secrets that We Keep

Dear Barb: I am in my early thirties and recently single. My wife and I were married 7 years before things just fell apart and we decided to go our own ways. We both had Herpes 2 therefore it wasn’t a problem. Now that I am dating the situation has changed. I haven’t been intimate… Read more »

The Study-Dude – Learn or Die

There is nothing more that The Study Dude wants for you than to be the first to figure out what all this “critical thinking” rant is about. Well, in these articles, as The Study Dude, I’ll try to give you the study tips you need to help make your learning easier. I’ll also give you… Read more »

From Where I Sit – Not Showing Up

In the days since Wednesday, October 22, 2014 much has been said, written, and televised about how Canada will be forever changed by the tragic murder of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, as he stood guard over the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. This handsome twenty-four-old reservist from Hamilton has become the face of all that is… Read more »

Primal Numbers – How’s the Weather?

Besides checking the headlines and traffic updates, there’s one daily ritual almost everybody follows. We check the weather forecast. Rain or shine, we can’t help tuning in to see what the weather report has in store for us. But meteorology is far from an exact science, and a lot of times it’s just plain wrong…. Read more »

Dear Barb – Christmas Cancer

Dear Barb: My younger sister has been battling cancer for the last five years. She seems to be in remission at the present time. Lately, Leah has been going to the casino and gambling at least once a week. She enjoys going there and has a lot of fun. The problem is her adult children… Read more »

The Study Dude – Mind Maps

There is nothing more that The Study Dude wants for you than to have all kinds of free Mind Map software at your disposal. Well, in these articles, as The Study Dude, I’ll try to give you the study tips you need to help make your learning easier. I’ll also give you straight and honest… Read more »

Music Review – EP

Album: EP Artist: Ménage Ménage has achieved a great deal of success this year, having won Best Rock Song of the Year at the 2014 International Portuguese Music Awards. This is the second mini-EP in a series of four mini-EPs that the band will be releasing this year. Compared to bands like Arcade Fire and… Read more »