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Thursday August 20, 2009

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Ted Talks

Kevin Kelly on how technology evolves



Tech enthusiast Kevin Kelly asks "What does technology want?" and discovers that its movement toward ubiquity and complexity is much like the evolution of life.

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Appointments

Balsillie School appoints five new distinguished professors

Waterloo – Dr. Ramesh Thakur, director of the Balsillie School of International Affairs, recently announced the appointment of five new faculty members who will fill new academic chairs at the school.

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Global Economy

Global Economy Begins To Recover: IMF Chief Economist.

"The global economy is beginning to recover from the worst recession since the Great Depression, but sustaining it will require engineering greater U.S. exports and larger Asian domestic demand, the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) chief economist said Tuesday.

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Innovation

Innovative Spirit Earns Rewards for Students, Prof

Guelph - University of Guelph graduate students Brittany Huschka and Falguni Chauhan won first prize at a national competition promoting the use of pulse seeds in food recipes.

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Education Links

New joint university centre aims to make Internet more accessible to Chinese people

WATERLOO - A new international research centre based at Tsinghua University in China with support from the University of Waterloo in Canada aims to develop refined Internet search engines that give more accurate answers in order to enhance access to information for millions of Chinese people.

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Science & Technology

New program examines the impact of science on our lives

TORONTO - Students in a new graduate program at York University will study the role that science and technology has played in our lives, past and present, using the tools of the social sciences, philosophy and history.

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Quarterly Report

BIOREM reports record second quarter revenues

GUELPH - BIOREM Inc. announced today its results for the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2009.

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Sustainable Trends

A Record 150 New England Communities Take Steps to Save Energy and Money

Boston, Mass. – EPA New England’s Community Energy Challenge program reached a new milestone by accepting its 150th participant recently.

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Alliance

eSolutions Announces New Alliance to Protect Business Critical Data

Waterloo – eSolutionsGroup announced a new alliance with Recovery Force Inc., a North American leader in data recovery and computer forensics for more than 10 years, to help businesses, municipalities and associations recover business-critical data.

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Climate Change

CIP Unveils Climate Change Policy

OTTAWA - The Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP) announces the formal release of its policy on climate change. The policy establishes CIP's commitment to raising awareness of climate change impacts and better preparing its members to build adaptation and mitigation strategies and tools into their professional practice.

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MEDIA

Reader’s Digest to file for bankruptcy protection

Reader’s Digest Association, owner of the world’s biggest-selling magazine, has announced plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

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Research Recognition

Carleton Scientist Wins Early Researcher Award

Ottawa – A rising researcher at Carleton’s Faculty of Science who is researching alternatives to synthetic antibiotics was honoured this week with an Early Researcher Award (ERA).

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Art & Culture

LAST CHANCE TO SEE FREDERICA VON STADE PERFORM LIVE

KITCHENER – Opera super star Frederica von Stade launches her final North American tour in Kitchener with music director Edwin Outwater and the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony (KWS). The concert, Fête de Frederica von Stade, features music of Bizet, Saint Saëns, Berlioz and more, takes place at Centre In The Square (CITS) on Friday, September 18 at 7:30 pm.

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Entrepreneurs

The Yin and Yang of a Start-Up.

Waterloo - "David Leung and Mehdi Ravandi of ViewOh are the first business partners to be awarded $20,000 in seed funding from the C3 Network Start-a-Business Program." C3 Network Project Director, Kathleen Webb, made the announcement on Monday, August 17, 2009.

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Aquaculture

CAW Calls for Emergency Action on Fishing Crisis

QUEBEC CITY - The CAW is calling for immediate intervention on the fishing crisis that has hit the Fraser River in British Columbia.






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