Friday February 12, 2010

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Ted Talks

Parag Khanna maps the future of countries

Many people think the lines on the map no longer matter, but Parag Khanna says they do. Using maps of the past and present, he explains the root causes of border conflicts worldwide and proposes simple yet cunning solutions for each.

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Tourism

Tourism Ingersoll to Distribute New Tourism Guide 2010

Ingersoll – The Town of Ingersoll will distribute 50,000 copies of its new Tourism Guide 2010 beginning March 1. The Guide will be distributed to over 650 tourist information kiosks throughout Ontario, with special emphasis on tourist information centres on the 400-series highways.

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Finance

Black Creek MicroCredit Program to help build businesses in Jane-Finch community

York University, financial community and local residents collaborating to put research into action

TORONTO - A new microcredit loan program, launching on Tuesday, will give residents of the Black Creek community of Toronto the opportunity to build up their neighbourhood, one business at a time.

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Family Day

Make a healthy choice on Family Day Families invited to get active together YMCA Strong

Kids Campaign kicks off

Kitchener - YMCA Strong Kids Campaign Kick-off – 10:30 Youth from the Leader Corps will conduct a kick off ceremony for the YMCA Strong Kids Campaign between 10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.

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Energy

Queen’s researchers propose rethinking renewable energy strategy

Kingston - Researchers at Queen’s University are urging policy makers to examine greenhouse gas (GHG) emission implications and if necessary to slow the rate of replacing fossil fuel sources with windmills, solar panels and other sources of renewable energy.

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Housing

The New Housing Price Index rose 0.4% in December, the same increase as reported in November.

Statscan - Between November and December, prices rose the most in Ottawa–Gatineau (+0.8%), followed by St. John's, Toronto and Oshawa, as well as Vancouver, which all registered 0.7% increases.

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R&D

McMaster-led study finds short-term radiation therapy successful against breast cancer
by Health Sciences Advancement

An intense three-week course of radiation therapy is just as effective as the standard five-week regimen for women with early-stage breast cancer.

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Innovation

Toronto Rehab scientists develop SoleSensor to help older people stay on their feet

Waterloo - In an aging society, falling is a growing problem. Just one bad fall can mark the start of a downward spiral in an older person's health and quality of life. The cost of treating falls also puts a heavy burden on the health care system. Toronto Rehab scientists have developed a simple footwear insole called SoleSensor(TM), which has proven to improve balance and prevent falls.

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Trends

2010 World Order
by Naseem Javed

2010 may not be that easy and sooner we figure this out the better... The following 10 new trends will get you through

Miniaturization – Every business process will go through intense compression and digitalization so when it comes out on the other side of the tunnel, it will have already considerably reduced its operational costs.

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Education

ABCs Help Older Kids Learn to Read, Study Finds

Guelph - Those beginner alphabet books you may have put away once your child started kindergarten should be put back on the shelf, according to a new University of Guelph study.

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