ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, August 5th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

In five different humanitarian missions, an air ambulance from the Abu Dhabi Police airlifted six injured people to Sheikh Khalifa and Al Mafraq hospitals in Abu Dhabi, and to Tawam Hospital in Al Ain to pursue further medical treatment. The paramedics onboard the air ambulance provided the necessary medical treatment to three patients, two of which were children, who sustained injuries in a car accident, in addition to three other patients.

In the first case, the air ambulance transferred two Emirati children from Ibri Hospital in Oman to Tawam Hospital in the city of Al Ain. The children, “S.D,” age 10, and “H.D,” age 12, had sustained injuries in a traffic accident in Ibri while traveling to Salalah with their family. In a separate mission, the air ambulance flew a 30-year-old woman from the same family with a poor health condition to Tawam hospital.

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Newly certified U.S. carrier to offer low cost, high quality freighter service

SARASOTA, Fla. - Tuesday, August 5th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Western Global Airlines LLC (WGA), a low cost, high quality all-cargo carrier, announced today that it received final FAA certification and has been issued a Part 121 Air Operator Certificate. In addition, WGA has been certified by the U.S. DOT to be fit, willing, and able to engage in interstate and foreign air transportation of property and mail. WGA plans to commence operations immediately.

Founder and CEO, Jim Neff, said, “We are very pleased by these approvals. As the first newly certified U.S. based wide-body air cargo operator in almost a decade, WGA is poised to offer the global marketplace a new large-scale, customer-oriented platform, focused on low cost, flexible service and high reliability. We also expect to benefit from the relative shortage of wide-body cargo carriers in the market today.& ... Read more »

Immersion Training for iPhone and Android App Development

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CARMEL, Ind. - Tuesday, August 5th 2014

Scott Jones, a prolific entrepreneur and inventor who brought voicemail, music discovery and recognition, robot lawn mowers, and several other technologies to billions of people around the world, is at it again. This time, he is launching Eleven Fifty, a sophisticated immersion training program to teach Web and App development.

Eleven Fifty offers a variety of courses including beginning and advanced iOS and Android development, Apple’s recently announced Swift programming language, Java, .Net, and soon, JavaScript, HTML5, SQL, Ruby, PHP, and Python. The courses will have two primary scheduling options for students – immersive courses lasting two to seven days designed to attract students from all over the world in addition to locals. For strictly local students, eight week courses will meet three nights a week.

OKLAHOMA - Mardi 5 Août 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--LSB Industries Inc. (NYSE : LXU) (« LSB »), un fabricant industriel diversifié de produits chimiques et de produits de CVAC, a passé une commande de 5,3 millions USD à Rockwell Automation (NYSE : ROK). Rockwell Automation servira de prestataire d'automatisation principal pour la fourniture d'un système de processus automatisé PlantPAx représentant 3 500 000 USD. Le contrat porte également sur la fourniture de composants électriques, de dispositifs de contrôle, de services d'instrumentation et d'un système de commande de moteur Ethernet de 1,8 million USD. Les systèmes seront installés dans les deux nouvelles usines de LSB (consacrées à l'acide nitrique et à l'ammoniac) actuellement en cours de construction dans l'installation d'El Dorado, en Arkansas.

 « Rockwell Automation a obtenu la commande en raison de son important parc existant, de la sophisticati ... Read more »

Danube Properties plans to develop 175 townhouses at Al Furjan by 2016, marking a significant development in Dubai’s growing real estate sector

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, August 5th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Danube Group, a Dh2 billion annual turnover conglomerate, announces its much-awaited foray in to the UAE’s real estate sector with the launch of Danube Properties – a wholly-owned subsidiary of the country’s biggest building materials supplier. At a press conference organised at the Grand Hyatt, Danube Properties announced its plan of making a gallant entry into the property market, and declared legendary Indian cricketer and Interim BCCI President Sunil Gavaskar as its brand ambassador. The company also took the majestic opportunity to unveil its first residential project ‘Dreamz by Danube’, which Mr. Gavaskar inaugurated at the event.

The new developer will offer luxury living at affordable price in a well regula ... Read more »

Partnership Provides Consistent Patient Experience Measurement Platform Across Facilities on Three Continents

BOSTON - Tuesday, August 5th 2014

Mediclinic International, a private hospital group providing acute care and specialist-oriented multidisciplinary hospital services in South Africa, Namibia, Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), signed a multi-year agreement with Press Ganey to better understand and improve the patient experience across the organization’s 69 hospital campuses. Using Press Ganey’s census-based surveyingTM approach, Mediclinic will capture deeper patient experience data to generate insights and pinpoint opportunities for actionable improvement specific to each of the facilities’ unique patient populations.

“To improve the patient experience, we need a partner that can support our global organization in providing consistent, deep patient data to develop targeted action plans,” said Danie Me ... Read more »

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Monday, August 4th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

During the Al Fitr holidays, the Ras Al Khaimah Police General Headquarters arrested 11 reckless drivers and seized six vehicles for performing dangerous stunts in one of the main streets of the Ras Al Khaimah Emirate. The police are still searching for four others, who are outside of the country. An all-points bulletin have been put out for the remaining suspects throughout the ports and borders of the country in order to arrest and take proper legal procedures against them.

Brigadier Mohammad Al Noubi, Deputy General Commander of Ras Al Khaimah Police, said, “The Operations Room received several reports about a group of young men performing dangerous stunts and drifting in plate-less vehicles with illegally tinted, and completely covered windows and windshield on one of the main roads in the emirate. These reckless drivers not only endangered their own lives, but they also endangered the ... Read more »

OKLAHOMA CITY - Tuesday, August 5th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) LSB Industries Inc. (NYSE: LXU) (“LSB”), a diversified industrial manufacturer of chemical and HVAC products, has awarded a $5.3 million contract to Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK). Rockwell Automation will serve as main automation contractor, providing a $3.5 million PlantPAx process automation system with electrical, controls, and instrumentation services and a $1.8 million Ethernet motor control system. The systems will be installed at both of LSB’s new plants (nitric acid and ammonia) currently being constructed at its El Dorado, Ark. facility.

“Rockwell Automation won the order based on its strong installed base, plant preference at our El Dorado ammonia plant, and its strategic partnership with the Casale Group,” said Dallas Robinson, Vice President of Operations at LSB.

Working with Casale Group, a Swiss systems integrator specializing in ammonia and me ... Read more »

Ooredoo, STC et Huawei s'engagent comme parraineurs principaux

LONDRES - Mardi 5 Août 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Mobile 360 Series-Middle East

(BUSINESS WIRE) La GSMA a annoncé aujourd'hui le nom des premiers intervenants clés de la conférence Mobile 360 Series-Middle East qui se tiendra à Dubaï les 13 et 14 octobre prochains. La GSMA a également présenté un certain nombre de parraineurs de l'évènement dont Ooredoo, STC et Huawei. Il a été décidé, au sein du secteur de l'industrie de la téléphonie mobile, que cet évènement d'experts serait à nouveau organisé dans les mêmes locaux et en même temps que le GITEX, au World Trade Centre de Dubaï. L'évènement est ouvert à toutes les organisations de l'écosystème mobile s'intéressant au Moyen-Orient et à l'Afrique du Nord.

«La conférence Mobile 360 Series-Middle East a pour objectif de rassembler des acteurs clés afin de débattre des problèmes, défis et opportunités que conn ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Monday, August 4th 2014

The Abu Dhabi Police distributed as many as 30,000 Iftar meals to motorists before Itfar during the holy month of Ramadan. This humanitarian initiative was part of the Iftar meals project carried out by the Abu Dhabi Police in collaboration with the Abdul Jalil Al Fahim & Family Endowment.

Lt. Colonel Mubarak Bin Muhairom, Head of Department of Community Police, stressed the keenness of the police to strengthen partnerships with all segments of society. “The initiative to distribute Iftar meals has been carried out by the Abu Dhabi Police GHQ, in collaboration with the Abdul Jalil Al Fahim & Family Endowment throughout the holy month of Ramadan each year. It is an expression of social cohesion, which is a feature of UAE society,” he said.

He added, “In collaboration with police patrols, the Community Police Department sent out foot patrols to distribute free Iftar meals to dri ... Read more »