[UPDATE]
#1 I have talked to one of the curecoin devs and when the coin is released I plan on working to create a cloud mining guide for it within the first few days. The reward for signing up under me will most likely be split: you will get roughly $2 in curecoin + $2 will also be sent to the red cross, or another popular charity.
#2 I am running a test on digital ocean for ~24 hours for 5 of the $80/month 4 CPU instances. I will let you know how it goes and whether or not it is profitable. The cost for this time will be $14.40, so I want to get 1.75 PTS to start making a profit.