When a Rhode-Island-sized ice chunk separates from Greenland, is the calving due to typical seasonal variations or a long-term warmer world? A project called the Scalable, Efficient, and Accurate Community Ice Sheet Model, or SEACISM, on the Jaguar supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, aims to use state-of-the-art simulation to predict the behavior of ice sheets under a changing climate. ORNL computational Earth scientist Kate Evans leads the effort to develop scalable algorithms, which includes other researchers from ORNL as well as Los Alamos National Laboratory, ...

A process called gasification can turn carbonaceous fuels—coal, petroleum, or biomass—into syngas, a cleaner-burning fuel mix of carbon monoxide and hydrogen. Scientists from the National Energy Technology Laboratory are concluding a three-year project using supercomputers at Oak Ridge and Argonne national laboratories for simulations to reduce the cost and time of building commercial-scale gasifiers. The efforts will inform the design of advanced technologies to supply clean, reliable and affordable electricity. NETL's Clean Coal Power Initiative, a cost-shared venture ...

Nuclear reactor technology research dwindled away when nuclear power fell out of favor several decades ago. Renewed interest in fission-based energy means knowledge gained in past research is relevant again. Researchers at DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, working with Idaho National Laboratory, revived work to fabricate high-quality coated-particle fuel for high-temperature gas reactors (HTGRs). The ORNL researchers coated uranium-based fuel kernels with carbon and silicon carbide, relying in part on techniques developed years ago by scientists, many of who have long ...

Alerts from an early warning system developed in part by DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory could help protect forests across the U.S. from the threats of insects, disease and wildfire. Led by the USDA Forest Service, the multi-agency project uses high-performance computing to incorporate remote sensing data from NASA satellites with other climate, soil and weather data to identify abnormal vegetation patterns and the timing of seasonal changes. "We can develop signatures of disturbance dynamics and teach the system to tell us not only where potential threats are, but ...

Operation: Western Front (OWF) - a very special initiative organized by mission commanders and philanthropists Warren M. Spitz and W. Brett Wilson to raise awareness and funds for military causes - has collected a stunning $1.5 million in sponsorship and donations. The funds will be donated to various military programs - including Outward Bound for Veterans and Canada Company, a charitable, non-partisan organization that builds a bridge between business and community leaders and the Canadian Military Forces, including providing scholarships to surviving offspring of fallen ...

Creomate.com announces the release of .NET Metadata Expert, a solution to explore metadata of .NET assemblies without disassembling or using the source code. By offering disassembler-free performance, the new .NET metadata analysis toolkit provides developers with blazing-fast visualizing of the most complex projects. .NET Metadata Expert offers developers a quick and easy way to visualize metadata dependencies of .NET assemblies. Supporting 32-bit and 64-bit versions of .NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0, .NET Metadata Expert offers true cross-platform and cross-framework ...

Personal matchmaking and dating agency businesses are attracting a lot of people who failed to find partner at a regular dating site. Match making is just right for them: it provides personal approach, coaching and perfect match for potential couple. There's no doubt, that both professional and new matchmakers need to have their site online to attract more leads. You can write site from scratch and spend a lot of money, "lease" your site and share clients database with others (which is not very acceptable for many), or get an out-of-a-box matchmaking software and be ...

Great Britain has a wealth of interesting towns, cities and coastal curiosities to satisfy most discerning visitors, but there is one place that could be said to defy the norm and that's Bournemouth. The town, which was only founded in 1810, is situated directly to the east of what is known as the Jurassic Coast, a 95-mile section of stunningly beautiful beaches and rugged pre-historic coastline at the very southern most end of the country providing a rich and complete geological record of the Jurassic, Triassic and Cretaceous period - or Age of Reptiles for those that ...

Dr. Ava Frick has been called 'The Animal Whisperer who makes miracles happen' by KSDK-TV in St. Louis, and for good reason. Dr. Ava Frick is known in Union and the surrounding areas as the person to take one's pets to whenever the animals is in pain or is in need of physical therapy. No matter what breed of animal it is or what it is suffering from, Dr. Ava Frick will employ her love of animals and many therapeutic techniques to help the animal feel better. The services Dr. Frick offers include treatments for: • Animal chiropractic care • Animal joint pain • Animal ...

Roaring Penguin Software Inc., the email filtering experts, makers of the acclaimed CanIt-PRO, CanIt-Domain-PRO and Hosted CanIt anti-spam solutions, announced the release of the Advantage Interactive Case Study. Advantage Interactive is a UK-based ISP and Domain Hosting Solutions Provider. Advantage Interactive is the parent company to LCN.com and serverchoice.com. Advantage Interactive has been using Roaring Penguin Software's CanIt-Domain-PRO anti-spam software to provide anti-spam services to their clients since 2007. Combined, Advantage Interactive's group of companies ...

Home Instead Senior Care focus on reliable non-medical service for your dear ones or elders. Their goal is to provide quality care, dedicated assistance and support with all the needs of daily life to their clients and their family. They proudly provide home care in Sacramento, CA and Surrounding Cities. They show their love in action and not only in words. Home Instead Senior Care surely makes your elders feel comfortable with their care and love. There are several good reasons for home care. Several old people prefer home care than any other option because home is ...

Scientology founder, L. Ron Hubbard's (http://www.lronhubbard.org) 100th birthday to be celebrated in Clearwater, FL March 11th through the 13th. Born March the 13th, 1911, Hubbard had a varied and exciting life. An International celebration of what would have been his hundredth birthday is being attended by thousands of guests from countries as far away as Hungary, Commonwealth of Independent States and South Africa. The weekend of events will include a special presentation about the life of Mr. Hubbard, a dinner for the Church membership and the grand opening of greatly ...

KPIs are today some of the most popular management tools. From the National Museum of Australia, to the First Bank of Nigeria, from the Panama Canal Authority to Rolls Royce, from the Ministry of Education in Brunei Darussalam to the American Medical Association, KPIs are used to understand, learn and improve performance across industries, departments and teams. A KPI is a selected indicator considered key for monitoring the performance of a strategic objective, outcome, or key result area important to the success of an activity and growth of the organization overall. The ...

In response to the severe flooding in the city, caused by the highest levels of torrential rainfall recorded for many years, BOLIVIA VOLUNTEERS has sent four of its volunteers currently in COCHABAMBA to help individual displaced families and the community. ´Just take a look around you - the place is devestated,´ says Tony Lee - in Cochabamba with Bolivia Volunteers on a three month Building Trades project - ´Nothing I´ve ever seen before has been anything like this.´ Tony, along with construction project volunteer Marston Adabaye, will be helping in the massive clean-up ...

InfoStreet Inc., Cloud pioneer and provider of business Cloud applications (apps) has expanded their flagship solution, StreetSmart, to now include both Employee Directory and Email Archiving at no extra cost to the users of the StreetSmart suite. This move to provide the expanded offering is in recognition of the growing importance of email archiving for protection against accidental or intentional deletion of emails. StreetSmart's automatic Email Archiving solution is easy to use, requires no setup for users, and is Cloud-based - providing convenient anytime, anywhere ...

Local arts and culture fans have been flocking to Carnival of Illusion, the exciting Vaudeville-inspired magical theater show presented by nationally award winning illusionists Roland Sarlot and Susan Eyed. After selling out over 100 shows with thousands of guests in just two seasons, Sarlot and Eyed have invited their first guest performer to the Carnival of Illusion theater. "We really wanted to treat our guests to someone special. Scott Hitchcock was house magician at Las Vegas Caesars Palace and Excalibur for years," said Roland Sarlot, "and has literally performed ...

Brazil's economic output dipped a tiny 0.2% in 2009 and is on course to grow by about 6% — well above the 4.5% or so that many economists regard as the potential or noninflationary rate — in 2010. Industrial production, retail sales, employment, business and consumer confidence are all on the way up. Consumer price inflation is seen rising to 5.4% a year, 90 basis points above the government's target of 4.5%. Brazil's IPCA consumer-price index stood at 5.22% in the 12 months through mid-April. In order to control inflationary expectations, Brazil's central bank has increased ...

The Preiss Company, one of the largest off-campus student housing providers in the nation, is pleased to announce its first student housing acquisition in Elon, North Carolina—The Crest at Elon. The acquisition was headed by company Vice President of Business Development, John Preiss and was financed by RBC. Sara Clark of The Preiss Company will be managing the property. The Crest at Elon is a multi-family property located adjacent to Elon University at 756 E Haggard Avenue and offers four-bedroom/four-bathroom units. Amenities include clubhouse with gym and a game room. ...

Reputed photographer and marketing extraordinaire Sandy Puc' and renowned wedding photographer Jerry Ghionis will be in Raleigh on March 9 to share their extensive knowledge in photography and marketing with the Power of Passion Tour. The tour will visit over 30 cities throughout the U.S during late winter and early spring. Audiences have been captivated by Puc's and Ghionis' positive energy. Techniques, tips and tricks focusing on wedding photography and boudoir portraiture are the main themes of the seminar, however all of these techniques are applicable to any aspect ...

Reddy-Care Physical Therapy provides a variety of physical therapy treatments in Great Neck, New York and serves a variety of communities, families and businesses. There is one group in particular that the practice has had its eyes on, however. That is the group without proper transportation to and from physical therapy treatments. For these individuals and families, Reddy-Care has instituted its new BES-Transportation, which offers a way for these people to finally get the physical therapy they need to improve their quality of life. The staff at Reddy-Care began to ...

NALMCO Member Ron Potoczny Jr. of All Star Lighting, Inc., took the Certified Lighting Management Consultant (CLMC ) exam offered through the interNational Association of Lighting Management Companies (NALMCO ) and successfully achieved this distinguished designation on October, 21, 2010. "NALMCO congratulates Ron Potoczny Jr., CLMC , of All Star Lighting, Inc. on this great accomplishment. Mr. Potoczny joins an elite group of lighting professionals who have achieved this designation" Ali Ryan, NALMCO Executive Director, said. The interNational Association of Lighting ...

According to Koyama, "Growing up in a community where fry bread is as common as hamburgers, I was surprised that a city as large and culturally diverse as Los Angeles did not offer fry bread." Koyama's family has owned and operated Koyama Indian Tacos at the Little Big Horn Days Festival in Montana for over 20 years. Little Big Horn Days is a four-day festival honoring the anniversary of the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Their family recipe for fry bread and fry bread tacos (also called Navajo Tacos or Indian Tacos in different parts of the country) is a hit with both ...

Cruise broker AdventureSmith Explorations, http://www.adventuresmithexplorations.com/, the active travel company that secures matches between adventure-seeking clients and a treasure trove of small, expedition ships, announces re-configured Australia cruise itineraries made possible by a fleet of three small ships carrying only 46 (Coral Princess), 50 (Coral Princess II) and 72 (Oceanic Discover) passengers. Their sizes mean that the ships can maneuver hard-to-reach points of interest such as the Great Barrier Reef that larger vessels can't. For example, an 8-day Great ...

Viva Marketplace has announced its Grand Opening for March 12, 2011 in Salt Lake City. It will be a festive party, bringing the Salt Lake City area a great asset to the business community. Viva Marketplace is prepared to grow rapidly in the coming months, and will bring additional attention to smaller businesses in the area due to the increased traffic the store will attract. Come to an enjoyable Grand Opening for everyone, which will include: music by Mariachi Sol de Jalisco and Renascer de la Sierra, La Gran D and Homero FM radio stations, as well as huge giveaways which ...

Renowned photographer and marketer Sandy Puc' and acclaimed wedding photographer Jerry Ghionis will be in Nashville on March 10 to share their expertise in photography and marketing with the Power of Passion Tour. The tour kicked off in Denver in February and received two standing ovations. The successful seminar captures the audience's attention with Ghionis' ability to connect his clients to their emotions and Puc's vast passion for volunteering her time and services to multiple charities. Their knowledge on photography techniques and marketing fundamentals makes this ...