There is just over one week remaining to take advantage of the early booking discount for the Cloud Computing World Forum Middle East & Africa - http://www.cloudcomputinglive.com/mea - taking place at the Grand Millennium Hotel, Dubai on the 9th March, 2011. The agenda will include a number of high-profile case studies presenting how the cloud has worked for them, how it has been integrated and the strengths and weaknesses of strategies adopted. Speakers confirmed include: - Raj Patel, Vice President, Information Technology, Majid Al Futtaim - Arun Tewary, CIO, ...

The International Academy of Science today announced the release of the Credit Recovery model of the Acellus Learning System. The credit recovery model of Acellus uses Deficiency Diagnostic technology to provide in-depth training on the specific areas where students are lacking in understanding. "Acellus Credit Recovery takes a revolutionary approach to helping at-risk students more effectively regain lost credits," said Dr. Maria Sanchez, President at the International Academy of Science. "By leveraging technology to focus remedial efforts on the specific gaps in each ...

Bruce Clarke, president and CEO of CAI, Inc. (http://www.capital.org), a human resource management firm that helps organizations maximize employee engagement while minimizing employer liability, has announced the release of the results of The 2011 Economic Trends Survey conducted by the Employer Associations of America. This comprehensive survey of nearly 2,800 organizations reflects a consistent, cautiously optimistic view of 2011 by employers across the nation. While the survey had responses from all 50 states, the results did not vary significantly by region or state. ...

The Partis Building comprises new office accommodation to further expand an existing development and has been designed to integrate with the surrounding buildings, while featuring improved environmental performance. Arun Thaneja, MICIAT, Chartered Architectural Technologist at Woods Hardwick said, "I'm proud of the technical aspects of the design - the building is a focal point, especially the glass rotunda and main entrance 'feature". Woods Hardwick worked closely alongside Winvie Construction Ltd to consider the building's end-user, the facilities to be provided, ...

At Home Assessments is the only provider of durable home medical equipment in the southeast that offers clients a comprehensive set of services to accompany the purchase of vital medical equipment for the home. The company has garnered a reputation as a business that cares about the improvement of customers' lifestyles. Unlike other durable medical equipment vendors, At Home Assessments provides on-site home assessments conducted by medical equipment experts, product-to-needs and environmental matching, and custom home installation of medical equipment. Recently, At ...

Global timeshare and fractional industry information provider Perspective Magazine announces that AMDETUR will be involved as a GNEX 2011 Supporter during the First Annual Global Networking Expo. "The continuous growth and consolidation of our industry is a result of important aspects such as its essential value and the professional work its participants fulfill. For this reason, we are glad to work together again with Perspective Magazine and support the GNEX 2011 global networking expo," said Juan Vela Ruiz, Chairman, AMDETUR. AMDETUR (which stands for Asociación ...

Family fights, job interviews and all the drama that comes with being unemployed is the focus of a new reality series filmed in Detroit. Metro Detroit's laid off and underemployed have a chance to tell their stories on camera. The casting call, a partnership between non-profit, Upgrade Detroit and Los Angeles-based JR Stern Creative Group, will take place from 12-2 pm on Saturday February 5th in Southfield, Michigan. The reality show will air as a part of a web-series and a series to be aired on network television. The casting call is a series of auditions in various ...

Mandoki Hospitality, Inc. will engage in a year-long celebration of the company's 25th anniversary with Gulf Shores Plantation. The festivities officially began on January 15th with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres at Connections, the Internet cafe at the Plantation. Both Gulf Shores Plantation homeowners and Mandoki staff were in attendance. To commemorate the anniversary, Gulf Shores Plantation guests and homeowners will be invited to participate in contests, special offers, and drawings throughout the year, among other events. Originally founded by Peter Mandoki under ...

Publishing company WriteWordBlackInk, which publishes a series of English-Chamorro children's books, has selected online shopping website Guam Catalog to be the exclusive seller of its book series on the internet. The first book came out in local book stores on the island of Guam and is already available for purchase online at Guam Catalog. Because of the exclusive agreement, consumers won't be able to find the book on other popular online shopping sites like Amazon or Barnes & Noble. The books can only be purchased online at Guam Catalog. "We are pleased to enter into ...

Trafford Publishing, one of the leading "print on demand" companies in the book publishing industry, offers top of the line marketing packages that maximize a published author's book exposure in the market and is now bringing its expertise in the film industry. Trafford increases self published authors their chances of hitting an on-screen adaptation of their book and making it available to agents, producers, directors, writers and actors who are on the lookout for fresh material to develop into full length feature films and serial TV shows. Here are Trafford Publishing's ...

Susan W. Reynolds, after being widowed at age 49, found that no matter where she went change in her surroundings were needed. Combining her training in physical therapy and interior redesign, Susan created a system for looking at your home as your haven and where creative healing can start. She is the author of Room For Change: A Story of Healing through Photos and Poems. Open to Hope Radio broadcasts every Thursday. To listen to this show, go to http://opentohope.com . About Dr. Heidi Horsley Dr. Heidi Horsley, PsyD, LMSW, MS, is a bereaved sibling and a licensed ...

Novosoft, the international company specializing in development of data backup and recovery software for home and business, announced the release of the new version of innovative disaster recovery utility (http://www.handybackup.net/disaster-recovery.shtml ) - Handy Backup Disaster Recovery. The software the widest ever range of options for disk imaging and provides tools for file recovery, disk partition editing, and antivirus protection. "It's been a lot of innovation and feature evolution for Handy Backup Disaster Recovery several recent versions. As we released ...

Devart announced a new extended version of dbForge SQL Complete, a powerful SQL Server Management Studio add-in that introduces extended SQL code autocomplete and formatting for fastest writing SQL statements. dbForge SQL Complete 2.0 will bring SQL Server database developers and DBAs around the world new speed in writing SQL statements to increase efficiency and code quality. dbForge SQL Complete 2.0 Technical Advancements Close collaboration with SQL Server database developers and DBAs resulted in the following new features: - Working with large scripts dbForge ...

Habitat Hunters, an Austin apartments locator with complete real estate services since 1972 announces its expansion in San Marcos, Texas. With an office located at 109 E Hopkins, Suite 200c, now the same level of service and access from one of Austin's most established real estate companies is available to those who live and work in San Marcos, Texas. "Central Texas is growing even in this economy, coupled with an existing strong university student population along with our experienced group of Realtors , Habitat Hunters has the ability help those who live and work in ...

He discussed compound ACR16 or pridopidine, which is a generic name, that was developed in Carlsson Research about ten years ago. It belongs to a new class of compounds called dopidines which are developed from an in vivo screening method. Carlsson Research started with the hypothesis that there is no target but rather you have to change the way the brain works, the system, the connectivity of the various brain areas associated with Huntingdon's disease. ''What we've found out is these compounds that can modulate dopamine transmission but also strengthen glutamartology ...

January is always a time when we like to get our businesses, and our bodies, in shape for the coming year, and industrial supplies company Key are helping their customers to do both, with their 'Get in Shape for 2011' initiative. The company wanted to encourage new and existing customers to think about their supplies needs for the coming year, as well as rewarding the individual buyers from these companies with gifts which would help them look after themselves. So to help turn their customers' bodies into one less thing to worry about, Key have put together an incentives ...

Datafinity and Document Dynamix announced today that Chiorino UK Ltd is achieving significant cost savings since deploying a new document management system to handle all accounting and HR documents. The system, which was installed at the end of last year and comprises of PSIGEN PSI:Capture software and DocuWare document management software, has reduced the amount of manual data entry required and improved access to documents across the company. Datafinity, UK distributor of PSI:Capture, formed a partnership with Document Dynamix in 2010 to offer advanced document management ...

British engineering specialist Cosworth Group has been named as the winner of the New Markets Award by the Motorsport Industry Association at its annual event to showcase business excellence. Cosworth Group Chief Executive, Tim Routsis said the business was recognised for its diversification programme which has seen Cosworth Group apply their motorsport technology and engineering skills in other sectors including aerospace, defence and marine. "To be acknowledged by the Motorsport Industry Association for our work in other sectors is a privilege for the Cosworth Group. ...

Spread betting expert Sean Power of City Index (http://www.cityindex.co.uk/) takes a look at market activity on 25th January, including a positive start to the day for Europe's equity markets. "Equity markets across Europe started the day in positive mood following a strong US session yesterday evening and better than expected results from Siemens this morning. However, gains were eroded shortly after the opening bell as commodity prices weighed heavily on the UK mining index. Yesterdays US session saw intraday highs of 11,982 for the Dow and 1291 for the S&P, ...

Cruise ship companies make about 35 % of the annual sales through the months of January to March. This booking period is traditionally considered the busiest for the cruise industry. It's also the time of the year when cruise liners compete with each other to grab the cruise traveler's attention with hard to resist cruise deals that may include irresistible perks. Cruise travel enthusiasts are sure to gain a lot from these appealing offers, provided they keep their eyes and ears wide open to deals announced in newspapers, email alerts, and newsletters. Cruise travel ...

The travel industry, especially the cruise travel industry, is experiencing a revival from the recession days of 2009. Though unemployment rates haven't changed much, the overall atmosphere is much more positive than it was in 2009. In fact, the U.S Travel Association which represents airlines, cruise ships, rental cars, and hotels predicts that cruise vacations ( http://williamsburg.cruiseholidays.com/ ) are likely to rule the roost in 2011.* With major promotions like 'Sarah Palin's Alaska' (the TLC program where Sarah Palin discusses life in Alaska) and events like the ...

Crystal Pharmatech Co., Ltd has reached an agreement with Siber Hegner China (A Division of Siber Hegner Ltd.) to provide in-depth solid state characterization training to their large base of Chinese Pharmaceutical Customers. Siber Hegner China is the exclusive distribution vendor for many solid state characterization instruments including particle size analyzers, density meters, polarimeter, contact-angle measurement devices, BET, in addition to many other professional analytical Instruments. "The Chinese government is investing heavily in the pharmaceutical industry ...

Precision Polymer Engineering (PPE), a unit of IDEX Corp. is driving up valve performance in demanding oil and gas, and chemical applications with the announcement of two new perfluoroelastomer sealing materials at Valve World 2010. Perlast G75TX is the ultimate 'next generation' perfluoroelastomer, offering excellent chemical resistance and ultra-high temperature stability, simultaneously extending the elastomer's operating limits in all aspects. Resistance to temperatures up to +327OC (+621OF), G75TX has a compression set of just 8%, significantly increasing the efficiency ...

ProRes is an intermediate codec which is produced for video editing. The benefit of Prores is that it can retain higher quality and requires much less hard disk systems. For FCP users, this codec becomes their first choice for importing and editing. For HD camcorder owners, video recording editing is their common occurrences. But how to keep its original HD video and do a faster video editing puzzle most of users. One shortcut to edit video in Final Cut Pro and retain HD quality is trans-coding AVCHD footages from camcorder to high quality video codec-Apple ProRes and ...

The Paris Half Marathon is coming up in March and is sure to attract plenty of running enthusiasts to the French capital. While a full marathon may be a little too much for some people, a half marathon is seen as a more manageable - and often enjoyable - experience for individuals who want to prove or improve their fitness. With the Paris Half Marathon due to take place on March 6th 2011, there is still time to book a stay in the hotels Paris has available and do sufficient training to manage the challenge. According to the race's official website, the first wave ...