Monday November 1, 2010

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Ted Talks

Miwa Matreyek's glorious visions

Using animation, projections and her own moving shadow, Miwa Matreyek performs a gorgeous, meditative piece about inner and outer discovery. Take a quiet 10 minutes and dive in. With music from Anna Oxygen, Mirah, Caroline Lufkin and Mileece.

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Product Upgrade

Latest Version of the High-performance Physical Modeling and Simulation Tool

Offers Modelica import capabilities and an enhanced simulation engine

Waterloo - On October 28 Maplesoft announced the release of MapleSim™ 4.5, the latest version of the high-performance physical modeling and simulation tool. Based on advanced symbolic computation technology, MapleSim is an advanced engineering software tool for design, modeling, and high-performance simulation, including real-time and hardware-in-the-loop applications.

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PSA

FOOD DRIVE GOES OVER THE TOP

Cambridge – With thanks to a generous community the Cambridge Self - Help Food Bank has exceeded their goal for this year’s Thanksgiving Food Drive.  To date 100,553 pounds of food has come in, an all time high for our Food Bank.

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Best MiniVan 2010

TOYOTA SIENNA NAMED BEST NEW MINIVAN IN AJAC'S 2011 CANADIAN CAR OF THE YEAR AWARDS

All-new 2011 Toyota Sienna's mix of convenience, comfort and cool makes it the top choice for Best New Minivan

TORONTO - The Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC) named the 2011 Toyota Sienna as the Best New Minivan in the 2011 Canadian Car of the Year Awards following rigorous testing during the annual TestFest for the Canadian Car of the Year Awards competition.

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Grand Opening

Patients and families to benefit from new Freeport mental health expansion; part of continuum of care for patients

Kitchener - A $13.5 million expansion to Grand River Hospital’s Freeport Site will provide new specialized services for mental health patients in the Waterloo Region and Wellington County, helping them receive care and support closer to families and loved ones.

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Guest Column

WE ARE IN INTERESTING TIMES: ARE YOU AT THE TOP OF YOUR GAME?
by Martha George, P.GSC, President, GVCA

There is an old Chinese curse, "May you live in interesting times." While not the direst of curses, it certainly highlights the fact that "interesting times" means that change is afoot. Life is always changing, but in business (and perhaps especially the construction industry) change is something we struggle with because it requires us to constantly learn new skills, new information and not rely on "what we have always done."

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Competitive Advantage

Disapointment in the Competitive Service Provider Consortium

TORONTO - The Canadian Network Operators Consortium (CNOC) was disappointed that the CRTC, in Telecom Decision 2010-802, has failed to recognize the harm to both customers and competitive Internet service providers that will occur in light of the changes it approved for Bell's proposed usage based billing framework.

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Global Markets

Bahrain Ranked as Most Economically Free Arab Nation; New Report Shows Arab World Weathered Global Recession Better Than Other Regions

TORONTO - Bahrain is ranked No. 1 among Arab nations for economic freedom, according to the Economic Freedom of the Arab World: 2010 Annual Report.

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Arts & Culture

World’s “most interesting pianist” to perform at Wilfrid Laurier University Nov. 4

WATERLOO — Lauded by The Globe and Mail as “quite possibly the most interesting pianist in the world,” and The Seattle Times as “a famous thinker and philosopher of the keyboard,” David Owen Norris will visit Wilfrid Laurier University Thursday, Nov. 4 to give a lecture/demonstration.

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Cold Weather Research Location

Pratt & Whitney Canada and Rolls-Royce Canada Open State-of-the-Art Cold Weather Engine Testing and Research Facility

THOMPSON, MANITOBA - The Global Aerospace Centre for Icing and Environmental Research (GLACIER) Inc., a limited joint venture company comprising Rolls-Royce Canada and Pratt & Whitney Canada, has officially opened its new, state-of-the-art cold weather testing and research facility for aircraft engines, in northern Canada.

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Quarterly Results

CO-OPERATORS GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY REPORTS THIRD QUARTER 2010 NET LOSS OF $11.5 MILLION

GUELPH - Co-operators General Insurance Company today announced its consolidated financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2010. For the third quarter, Co-operators General reported a consolidated net loss of $11.5 million, compared to a net loss of $16.1 million for the same quarter in 2009.

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Energy

Sandy Falls Generating Station In Service, On Schedule

New facility will provide clean, renewable energy for 3,000 homes

TORONTO - Ontario Power Generation (OPG) announced last Friday that the new 5.5 megawatt Sandy Falls Generating Station, located on the Mattagami River near Timmins, Ontario is now in service.

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Education

Journalist Amanda Lindhout will be keynote at Carleton Student Leadership Conference

Ottawa – Carleton University has announced that kidnap victim Amanda Lindhout will be the keynote speaker at the Yes, You Can!, student-run leadership conference in January. An estimated 400 students and faculty are expected to participate in the conference on Jan. 15, 2011.