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Friday July 2, 2010

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Ted Talk

Carter Emmart demos a 3D atlas of the universe

For the last 12 years, Carter Emmart has been coordinating the efforts of scientists, artists and programmers to build a complete 3D visualization of our known universe. He demos this stunning tour and explains how it's being shared with facilities around the world.

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Regional PSA

Waterloo Regional Council meeting: June 30, 2010

Council approves modifications to the Regional Official Plan

Regional Council approved modifications to the Regional Official Plan, adopted June 16, 2009. The modifications are part of the approval process with the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. The proposed modifications will be submitted to the Province for consideration as part of final approval. The Plan focuses on the livability and sustainability of our community.

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Recognition

Desire2Learn exemplifying outstanding collaboration, leadership and innovation

Users to be recognized at FUSION 2010: Architects of Education in Chicago

Kitchener - Desire2Learn announced the nominees for this year's Desire2EXCEL awards. The annual Desire2EXCEL Awards Program recognizes the multitude of Desire2Learn users and the leading edge contributions they make toward their respective organizations and the eLearning community.

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Productivity

Canadian Employers Implement Workplace Strategies to Enable Employees to Achieve Better Work/Life Quality

Measures Designed to Counter Fact that Two-Thirds of Employees Work More than Regular Full-Time Hours Each Week

TORONTO—Many Canadian organizations are offering programs to help employees better balance workplace and personal demands on their time, according to a survey conducted by Hewitt Associates, a global human resources consulting and outsourcing company. At the majority of employers surveyed, flexible work hours, telecommuting, extra paid time off for personal reasons, education leave, and job sharing are the norm for some or all of their salaried full-time employees.

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Off

ATS Automation discontinues discussions in relation to potential acquisition of Rohwedder Group

CAMBRIDGE - ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. announced that it has withdrawn from acquisition discussions relating to its non-binding indicative offer to the insolvency administrator of Rohwedder AG.

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Nominations Sought

Nominate an inspiring woman, the search has begun

Kitchener/Waterloo/Cambridge - The search for qualified nominees for the 2010 Waterloo Region Inspiring Woman Award is underway. Do you know an extraordinary woman? If so, we'd like to hear from you.

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Education

Laurier business students travel to China to host leadership workshops

WATERLOO – Ten senior business students from Wilfrid Laurier University will travel to post-secondary schools in China beginning July 2 to lead workshops in business and entrepreneurship.

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Research

'Cottage' Rolls into McMaster to Test Solar Technology

Cottage traffic of a different kind

HAMILTON - Drivers on the Queen Elizabeth Way and Highway 403 between Oakville and Hamilton were doing a double-take as a ‘cottage’ to be used for testing solar technology was moved to McMaster Innovation Park.

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World Economy

WTO's Lamy Sees 2010 World Trade +10% In Volume

WTO's Lamy Sees 2010 World Trade +10% In Volume - World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy Wednesday said that world trade will probably rise 10% in 2010.

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