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Cayman Enterprise City sets out to attract clients in Canada and US with unique benefits package that includes tax-neutrality. George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (PRWEB) March 29, 2013 After a successful first year as the only high-technology and knowledge-based Special Economic Zone in the America’s region, and a growing list of clients currently operating international businesses from the Zone, Cayman Enterprise City (CEC) is announcing a series of outreach campaigns to...
Cayman Enterprise City (CEC) the Special Economic Zone in the Cayman Islands designed to attract companies from the knowledge-based sectors of Internet and technology, new media, commodities and derivatives and biotechnology, is marking its first anniversary. After a slow start in February 2012, the Zone gained traction and leaders say Cayman Enterprise City is primed for major growth and development this year, as more and more companies seek to expand their operations overseas from a...
Esri Forestry GIS Conference Keynote: Forest Census Data and GIS Together Create Tremendous Value REDLANDS, Calif., March 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Richard Guldin, PhD, acting associate deputy chief for Research & Development of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, will be the featured keynote speaker at the Esri Forestry GIS Conference, to be held May 14-16, 2013. In the address, titled "Creating Value from America's Forest Census," Guldin will explain the...
Growth capital enables pioneer of wastewater disinfection with renewable energy to expand team to service customers and manage growing sales backlog in commercial and industrial sectors SAN LEANDRO, Calif., March 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Pasteurization Technology Group (PTG), innovator of the only wastewater disinfection process that creates renewable energy, announced it closed $5 million in Series A financing. EIC Ventures, a previous investor in PTG, led the round and was...
BAAR, Switzerland, March 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Manas Petroleum Corp. ("Manas") (TSX-V: MNP; OTCBB: MNAP) has filed its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 on EDGAR and on SEDAR. The annual report is available on the Manas website at www.manaspetroleum.com and at www.sedar.com or www.sec.gov. In addition, Manas has filed its Form 51-101F1 - Statement of Oil and Gas Information and Form 51-101F3 - Report of Management and Directors on Oil and Gas...
TORONTO, March 27, 2013 /CNW/ - Guyana Goldfields Inc. (TSX:GUY) (the "Company", "Guyana Goldfields" or "GGI") is pleased to announce that it has awarded its detailed engineering contract for early works at the Aurora Gold Project ("Aurora"). The Company has engaged Tetra Tech Inc., the leading author of the Updated Aurora Feasibility Study, for detailed engineering and design of early works at Aurora. Detailed engineering of the early works will be completed over the next 2...
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Have you been experiencing the coldest spring weather in recent memory? It’s probably because of global warming. According to climate scientists, warmer than average temperatures have thrown a monkey wrench into global weather patterns by melting Arctic sea ice at record rates during the summer months. "Ironically ... as the ice pack retreats and the Arctic heats up, there's a counteracting tendency in middle latitudes for colder...
New visual identity unites all 3-GIS services and products DECATUR, Ala., March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- 3-GIS will roll out a new visual identity, including an updated logo, over the next few weeks. It is the first significant visual identity change in 3-GIS' history and follows the development and implementation of a master-brand strategy earlier in 2013. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130327/CG84312) "Our new visual identity allows us to better reflect our...
Former Massachusetts Secretary of Environmental Affairs Brings First Hand Public Policy Experience and Unique Perspectives on Energy, Environment, Education, and Workforce Development Issues BOSTON, March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A.D.S. Ventures, Inc. announced today that Jamie Hoyte, former Massachusetts Secretary of Environmental Affairs and Associate Vice President at Harvard University, has joined the firm. As Of Counsel, Hoyte will advise A.D.S. Ventures clients on a wide...
Claims Adjusters Can View Maps with Real-Time Weather Information on Mobile Devices REDLANDS, Calif., March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Esri announces that the Catastrophe Services Department of the Property Loss Research Bureau (PLRB) has released a mobile version of PLRB Map, a mapping service that provides real-time severe occurrence data and information to members of PLRB, an association of 900 property and casualty insurance companies. Esri Gold Tier partner...
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Desert greening is made up of any number of methods used to revitalize deserts. So far, only arid and semi-arid desert are meant when using this expression. The icy deserts and other types are considered to be unsuitable. The different methods include landscaping methods to reduce evaporation, erosion, consolidation of topsoil, temperature, sandstorms and more, permaculture in general, planting trees, regeneration of salty, polluted, or degenerated soils, floodwater retention and...
Mudflats, or otherwise known as tidal flats, are coastal wetlands that form when mud is left behind by tides or rivers. They’re found in sheltered regions such as bayous, lagoons, estuaries, and bays. Mudflats might be seen geologically as exposed layers of bay mud, a result from the deposition of estuarine silts, marine animal detritus, and clays. The majority of the sediment in a mudflat is within the intertidal zone, therefore the flat is submerged and exposed about twice per day. In...
A wetland is an area of land that is saturated with water, either permanently or seasonally, such that it takes on the traits of a distinct ecosystem. First and foremost, the factor that distinguishes the wetlands from other land forms or water bodies is the unique vegetation that has adapted to its characteristic soil conditions. The wetland consists mostly of hydric soil, which is supportive of aquatic plants. The water that is found in wetlands can be saltwater, brackish, or freshwater....
The Arctic Ocean which is located in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Arctic north polar region, is the shallowest and smallest of the world’s five major oceanic divisions. The International Hydrographic Organization recognizes it as an ocean, although, some oceanographers consider it as the Arctic Mediterranean Sea or simply, the Arctic Sea, classifying it a Mediterranean sea or an estuary of the Atlantic Ocean. Alternatively, the Arctic Ocean can be considered as the northernmost...
Baffin Bay, which is located between Baffin Island and the southwest coast of Greenland, is a marginal sea of the North Atlantic Ocean. It’s connected to the Atlantic by Davis Strait and the Labrador Sea. A narrower Nares Strait connects the Baffin Bay with the Arctic Ocean. The Baffin Bay is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is bordered by Baffin Island towards the west, Greenland towards the east, and Ellesmere Island towards the north. It is connected to the Atlantic through the Davis...
