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Spiral Zetsu is a subordinate of Madara Uchiha and was assigned to aid Obito Uchiha alongside White Zetsu during the young Uchiha's rehabilitation.
He was one of many Zetsu clones created using the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and Hashirama's living clone.[3] Serving as one of Madara Uchiha's loyal minions and spies, he met and befriended Obito shortly after the latter was saved by Madara being designated the task of making sure the young Uchiha was of use to Madara when he woke up. He, along with White Zetsu, enjoyed annoying and teasing Obito about things such as what he murmured in his sleep and bodily functions. Over time, the duo became friends with the young Uchiha.[4]
Months into Obito's rehabilitation, White Zetsu returned to the underground base and urgently alerted Obito that he saw Kakashi and Rin being cornered by Kirigakure shinobi while he was outside. Resolved to save his friends, Obito tried to break the huge stone blocking the exit in an effort to escape, but destroyed his artificial arm, only cracking the wall in the process. Seeing how desperate Obito was, the spiral-patterned Zetsu noted that his limbs were not strong enough to break through stone yet, and offered himself as a suit of sorts for Obito to wear in order to make it to the surface. Although Obito was sceptical about whether they had permission to help, White Zetsu noted that it would be fine.[5]
Attaching itself to the living clone in order to access the power of the Demonic Statue, Spiral Zetsu is able to break the rock barring the passage way. Opening up itself to form a hood of sorts, the pair mobilise with Spiral Zetsu giving directions to the young Uchiha. While en route, the clone offers to fight in Obito's stead seeing the young man as weaker than himself. When this offer is refused, Spiral Zetsu informs Obito of the added benefit of the access he now had to Hashirama Senju's DNA because of his artificial limbs. Pointing Obito towards the location where giant bodies of water is being displaced, the clone and Obito arrive to find Kakashi's hand run through Rin's chest.[6]
After Obito and the clone witness Rin's death, Spiral Zetsu witnesses as Obito slaughters the opposition using a combination of Kamui and Wood Release — the latter of which the clone marvelled that the young man could already use, stating that he now understood why Madara had chosen the young Uchiha.[7] After this incident, Spiral Zetsu would remain attached to Obito, accompanying him to Amegakure, when he confronted Nagato.[8] His current status and whereabouts in the present day, however, remain unspecified.
When first meeting Obito, Spiral Zetsu was playful and enjoyed teasing him about things such as what he murmured in his sleep. He was also very curious about bodily functions as they had no need for them. Although Obito was initially greatly annoyed by the pair, the two befriended each other during the former's rehabilitation. He believes that the Eye of the Moon Plan is good for mankind, and sees Madara as a benevolent man. He is also kind-hearted, as shown when he and White Zetsu decide to help Obito without Madara's permission. Because he does not carry out normal bodily functions, he is very curious to know about the mechanics behind them.[9]
Spiral Zetsu is fully white and can be easily distinguished by the spiral-pattern that stretches all over ending in a circular eye-hole. This pattern does not cover his forearms and legs, but can open up in a similar manner to the fly-trap extensions of the original Zetsu to reveal that the clone is hollow inside. This Zetsu shows no visible orifices at all, but has a fully defined body.
As a clone, Spiral Zetsu is presumed to have the standard abilities all clones normally possess. Spiral Zetsu and White Zetsu also claim to have a vocabulary and brain that surpasses that of a human's.[10] Being an artificial human created from Hashirama's cells, he can survive without food or water and needs to carry out no normal bodily functions.[11]
Spiral Zetsu has also displayed the ability to open up his top half entirely, and use himself as a suit of sorts to encase someone in.[12] By attaching itself to Hashirama's living clone and using the power of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, Spiral Zetsu was also able to greatly augment his strength to the point that he was able to destroy a boulder with just a single punch.[13]
Nature Transformation
As an artificial human, created through the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path using Hashirama Senju's DNA, Spiral Zetsu has access to Wood Release, albeit on a much weaker scale than Hashirama himself.[14] Spiral Zetsu also seems to have knowledge of several Wood Release techniques, as he was able to discern that Obito was using the Wood Release: Cutting Technique during the Uchiha's first usage of the said technique.[15]
- Spiral Zetsu's face resembles the mask Obito wore prior to the Fourth Shinobi World War.
- ↑ Fourth Databook, page 124
- ↑ Special page for Naruto chapter 666 in Issue 14 of Weekly Shōnen Jump
- ↑ Naruto chapter 602, page 13
- ↑ Naruto chapter 603
- ↑ Naruto chapter 603, page 17
- ↑ Naruto chapter 604, page 17
- ↑ Naruto chapter 605, page 13
- ↑ Naruto chapter 606, page 16
- ↑ Naruto chapter 603, page 4
- ↑ Naruto chapter 603, page 2
- ↑ Naruto chapter 603, page 1
- ↑ Naruto chapter 603, pages 16-17
- ↑ Naruto chapter 604, pages 1, 4
- ↑ Naruto chapter 545, page 3
- ↑ Naruto chapter 605, page 17


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Houston drowned in her hotel bathtub Feb. 11, 2012, the day before she was to attend the awards show. The Grammy Awards took place as scheduled Feb. 12, including tributes to the 48-year-old recording star.
CBS said it will air a 1-hour special, "The Grammys Will Go On: A Death in the Family," Feb. 9.
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Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland will not seek to reclaim his old job in 2014, saying in a statement Tuesday that he would "continue to stand with working men and women to build a stronger Ohio" but not as an elected official.
"Today I am announcing my decision not to seek election as governor of Ohio in 2014," the Democrat said. "In many ways, this has been a very difficult decision. I look back fondly on my time as Ohio's 68th governor — and am proud of my administration's efforts to guide our state through the greatest national economic crisis since the Great Depression."
"My administration was about positioning Ohio as a leader in our rapidly changing economy and global world," Strickland continued. "In short, I believe my Administration stood and spoke for the causes that count. Frances and I will continue to be politically active private citizens. We will continue to stand with working men and women to build a stronger Ohio — and to defeat anti-worker and anti-middle class legislation that may arise."
A Strickland 2014 campaign would have set up a rematch between Strickland and current Ohio Gov. John Kasich, the former congressman who narrowly won a bloody campaign in 2010.
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According to manager Matt Williams, Zimmermann felt fine on Wednesday evening when the two had a chat in the outfield. But early Thursday morning, Zimmermann felt "sick to his stomach" and was vomiting.
"Jordan is feeling really bad. He was up all night," Williams said. "Right now we are getting some fluids in him and we'll get him back to DC, get him some rest today and re-evaluate tomorrow. We have to go day by day."
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The Ghost Writer opens as young Nathan Zuckerman comes to visit the distinguished stylist E. I. Lonoff at his home in the Berkshires. Zuckerman is filled with admiration and awe for the older writer, with whom he enjoys discussing literature. He is struck, moreover, by the young woman, Amy Bellette, a former student of Lonoff, who is helping Lonoff assemble his papers for deposit in the Harvard library where she works. He is also struck by Lonoff's wife, Hope, the descendant of New England families different from Lonoff's Russian-Jewish heritage. At several points, she expresses extreme frustration with the life her husband leads and asks him to "chuck her out" in favor of Amy Bellette, who is obviously in love with him. Lonoff has no intentions of doing any such thing; although he recognizes the young woman's attractions and devotion to him, he is loyal to his wife and rejects all of her exhortations to the contrary.
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Jill Stein is running for president of the United States this fall, but just like every Green Party candidate who sought the office before her, she faces dismal odds of actually winning. That doesn't seem to faze her, though — as a Harvard-trained physician, she says her campaign is about long-term rehab as well as urgent care.
"I'm still practicing medicine," she tells MNN by phone from Lexington, Mass. "But I'm practicing political medicine now, because politics is the mother of all illnesses."
Stein's career as a doctor led her into politics, she says, by revealing how social and ecological issues can affect human health. "As a doctor and as a mother, I found myself really troubled by these epidemics of disease descending on young people — cancer, asthma, learning disabilities, diabetes, you name it. I felt like it wasn't enough to hand out pills and send people back to the things that were making them sick. These rising rates of disease were new, and our genes didn't change overnight."
Her first campaign was for governor of Massachusetts in 2002 — against current Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, no less. Romney won, but Stein says the race still gave her a new perspective on politics. "I entered the race in 2002 out of utter desperation," she says, "but I came out of that race with utter inspiration."
Her change of heart, she adds, came from an epiphany that America's political ills are part of a broad, systemic infection — one she thinks is treatable. "That's what got me into politics, learning that if we want to fix our collapsing climate, collapsing economy, the offshoring of our jobs, the skyrocketing costs of health care and higher education, we have to first fix the broken political system," she says.
On getting attention
Stein and her running mate, anti-poverty advocate Cheri Honkala, will be on at least 85 percent of U.S. ballots this year. That's a big deal for any third-party ticket, and the campaign also qualified for federal matching funds. But Stein still hasn't appeared in a televised presidential debate, despite her experience debating Romney in 2002. To be eligible for those, the Commission on Presidential Debates requires support from "at least 15 percent of the national electorate" in five major polls. Stein is polling at about 2 percent, but she says that could change with more TV exposure.
She has appeared in some alternative debates with other independent candidates, however, including one hosted by NPR and another by the Independent Voter Network. She's also scheduled to join an Oct. 23 third-party debate moderated by Larry King (update: see the video). And Stein has issued scathing critiques of the major-party debates, too, arguing that President Obama and Romney both lost the first one "because the voice of everyday people was left out."
Stein sees herself as that voice, and after she was denied a spot in the second debate as well, she and Honkala took matters into their own hands. They held a rally outside the debate venue at New York's Hofstra University on Oct. 16, and were later arrested as they tried to enter the venue. Supporters filmed this video of the incident:
On the Nader effect
It's common for third-party candidates to conflate Democrats and Republicans, but Stein's critiques of Obama inevitably bring up the "Nader effect," a theory that suggests Green Party candidate Ralph Nader siphoned enough progressive votes from Democrat Al Gore in 2000 to help Republican George W. Bush win the race.
The 2000 election largely boiled down to Florida, where Bush received just 537 more votes than Gore. Since Nader had 97,488 votes in Florida, it's hard to argue he wasn't consequential — and since Nader's policies more closely resembled Gore's than Bush's, it's reasonable to suggest Gore could have won if not for Nader.
It may be unfair to single out Nader, though, since more than a dozen independent candidates ran in 2000, seven of whom surpassed Florida's 537-vote gap between Bush and Gore. And while Stein is aware of the Nader effect, she calls it a myth.
"If you look at exit polls from 2000, Nader drew votes equally from Democrats and Republicans," she says. "But most of his votes were from Ross Perot voters who wouldn't have voted for either major party anyway. So the election was given to Bush not by Nader, but by the Supreme Court and Democrats who allowed that to happen."
Ralph Nader gives a speech in Florida during his 2004 presidential run. (Photo: ZUMA Press)
On the silent majority
As Stein sees it, partisan voters are just a small piece of the puzzle anyway. She insists victory would be within reach if she could mobilize America's silent majority — the hordes of eligible voters who, for whatever reason, don't vote. "There are 90 million voters now who are not voting," she says. "They could change our entire political landscape going forward. And even if the vote fell short of winning, it would essentially win the day by showing there is an enormous constituency."
Of the roughly 131 million Americans who voted in 2008, more than 98 percent leaned either Democrat or Republican. But 225 million Americans were registered to vote that year, so Stein isn't necessarily on a wild goose chase. She does face an uphill slog, though, since she not only must persuade millions of nonvoters to vote, but also to support a fringe party that usually loses. It's like asking ballet fans to watch football, then asking them to fill a stadium for a winless team.
Stein points out that unlikely uprisings have become an international trend lately, from the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street to niche protests against things like bank fees and oil pipelines. Social media have played a major role, and Stein says Twitter and Facebook could give the U.S. Green Party a long-sought spark.
"Look at Tahrir Square," she says, referring to the public arena for Egypt's 2011 revolution. "Young people can lead the way in this country, too, to take back our democracy. Thirty-six million students are essentially indentured servants [from loan debt], and if word gets out to them, it would turn this election on its head."
On the 'Green New Deal'
Fighting apathy, of course, is just half the battle. Stein also has to convince former nonvoters to vote for her, and selling a third party in the U.S. isn't easy — despite the success of multiparty systems overseas, including powerful Green parties in places like Germany and Australia. Stein is optimistic, though, arguing independent voters will jump on her bandwagon if she can just convey where it would take them.
"We have the solutions, and we actually have the numbers," she says. "If those 90 million people come out to vote for their best interest, we would win this election. These are policies the American people are clamoring for in large numbers."
The centerpiece of Stein's platform is the "Green New Deal," which her website calls "an emergency four-part program ... for moving America quickly out of crisis into the secure green future." Asked why it's an "emergency" program, she cites not just economic risks, but also the threat of climate change. "We're seeing the hottest 12 months on record, devastating droughts, fires, and all of this is happening with less than 1 degree centigrade warming," she says. "Yet we're on pace for 6 degree warming in this century alone. We're facing an all-out climate emergency."
President Obama speaks at a U.N. climate summit in 2009. (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Obama has taken steps to curb U.S. carbon emissions — raising fuel-efficiency rules, for instance, and investing in clean energy — but Stein says he's dragging his feet on the global stage: "When Obama undermined the climate accords in Durban, South Africa, he was basically saying we can wait until 2020. Even the most basic science says we need to make major, concrete progress before 2020 if we're going to survive."
Rather than distracting from other issues like energy prices and job growth, Stein argues fighting climate change will have a domino effect on many problems. "Thankfully, by fixing the climate crisis we can fix the economic crisis as well," she says, adding that "for every dollar spent on jobs in fossil fuels, we could create three jobs in the green economy." The specifics of her Green New Deal are on her website (and in the video below), but here are some highlights, divided into four "pillars":
- "Economic Bill of Rights" — The first pillar deals with labor issues (e.g., fair pay, workplace safety), health care (a "single-payer, Medicare-for-all" program), education (tuition-free public education from pre-K through college), housing (mortgage help, public utilities) and taxes (i.e., "fair taxation that's distributed in proportion to ability to pay").
- "Green Transition" — Environmental issues are a big part of Stein's platform, from multi-use "complete streets" to subsidies for organic farms, CSAs and farmers markets. This pillar has three subsections: investing in green businesses (via grants and low-interest loans), prioritizing green research (by redirecting funds from fossil fuels) and providing green jobs (with a goal of 16 million).
- "Real Financial Reform" — Many of Stein's financial reforms sound similar to Obama's, but she argues the president is too friendly with Wall Street. Her goals include: reducing homeowner and student debt, nationalizing the Federal Reserve banks, ending taxpayer-funded bailouts, breaking up "oversized" banks, and creating a 90 percent tax on bonuses for bailed-out bankers.
- "A Functioning Democracy" — The last pillar contains a wide range of policy ideas, such as: revoking corporate personhood, making Election Day a national holiday, abolishing the Electoral College, making the District of Columbia the 51st state, increasing federal support for local media outlets, repealing the Patriot Act and cutting military spending by 50 percent.
Many of these policies are costly, but Stein says her plan to halve military spending would free up more funds, along with cutting high-income subsidies and tax breaks. Some of her proposals might also intially cost jobs in certain sectors — phasing out coal, for example, would hurt employment in parts of West Virginia and Wyoming — but she insists they would be replaced and expanded upon by greener ones.
"We can begin to convert this bloated military budget into a job-creation budget," she says. "We can convert weapons manufacturing into wind-tower and solar-energy manufacturing. We can put people who need work — people being phased out of the coal industry or nuclear power — put them to work practically overnight in a national effort of weatherization and efficiency to conserve energy."
This may all be a moot point, of course, given Stein's tiny poll numbers and her party's history of losing by huge margins. But she looks at American politics like a sick patient, and the doctor in her knows it's unwise to quit a course of medication before you're finished. "It's time to embrace the politics of courage, not the politics of fear," she says in describing what it would take for her to win. "If people decided to stand up for the politics of courage, like those people in Tahrir Square, that's all it takes."
For more information about Stein, Honkala and the Green Party, check out the video below. And to keep up with all the environmental angles in this year's U.S. presidential race, plus other political news, make sure to visit MNN's Politics page.
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Oliver Queen and his dad are lost adrift when their extravagance yacht sinks, clearly in a tempest. His dad bites the dust, yet Oliver makes due for a long time on an unfamiliar island and in the end returns home. Yet, he wasn't the only one on the island where he learned how to battle and make due as well as of his dad's debasement and corrupt business dealings. He comes back to human advancement a changed man, resolved to put things right. He masks himself with the hood of one of his strange island coaches, arms himself with a bow and starts chasing down the men and ladies who have debased his city.
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Archives and data protection: The important differences
While the two are both equally important, it's vital that you don't confuse archiving with data protection. Marc Staimer explains their differences.
In the course of my consulting practice, I receive hundreds of emails and phone calls about a vast array of storage issues. I can usually determine what the vendors are saying to the users by the consistency of certain questions. Lately, I have been asked the following question repeatedly:
If the user implements an ILM strategy that eventually migrates the data to some form of archival storage (usually tape), can they forego backups or other forms of data protection?
After I pick up my jaw off the floor, my answer is an emphatic, "No." Archiving does not protect the organization or user's data. Archival data is, by definition, aged and very rarely accessed. It's fabulous for providing long-term access for older data. Some vendors are even providing a very convenient method to search and retrieve archived data online (Powerfile, Archivas, EMC/Centera, Permabit, to name a few). This is incredibly important as eDiscovery becomes more imperative in our litigious society.
As wonderful as archiving is, it is not data protection. If a disaster occurs, the organization could not effectively recover their data from the archive. All of the data they recovered would be obsolete and out-of-date. Any current data would be lost. It would be very ugly.
If an individual user lost a file, had a corrupted file or one infected with a virus, they would be apoplectic when they found they could only recover a very old version of that file, if at all. (Ugly in that case would be an understatement.) Hyperbole aside, the differences between archiving and data protection reveal that the IT organization must have plans for both.
The data protection plan must take into consideration the needs of the organization and the individual -- as well as regulatory and legal compliance. It needs to be broad enough to protect data inside the data center, the remote office/branch office, or ROBO, and the mobile user. Different types of data have different value. The age of the data affects its value. A data set's value is affected by how frequently it is accessed. The higher the value, the better (which typically means more expensive) the data protection must be. Lower value data sets can have less data protection. Each type of data set must have rules that define how much data can be lost in case of a loss event (recovery point objective or RPO) in order to return to the normal course of business. Also, each level must define how quickly the data must be recovered back in production (recovery time objective or RTO.) The data protection plan should take all of this into account.
Archiving too must have a comprehensive plan if it is to be used effectively. All data sets have a life expectancy to them. The archival plan must take into account the length of retention, the value of the data sets, the type of data sets, whether it needs to be encrypted and even if it needs to be destroyed digitally at the end of its life with a certificate of destruction.
The point to remember is that an IT organization must (and I do mean must) have separate plans (typically separate products) for their data protection and archiving. Failure to do so puts the organization at significant risk.
About the author: Marc Staimer is president and founder of Dragon Slayer Consulting in Beaverton, Oregon. He is widely known as one of the leading storage market analysts in the network storage and storage management industries. His consulting practice of six plus years provides consulting to the end-user and vendor communities.
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Somalia sets 100 days for Al Shabab militants to surrender
[Shabelle] Somali interior and security minister, Abdikarin Hussien Guled has set an ultimatum of hundred days for A
... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
fighters to surrender and join the process of peace and nation building.
The minister, who spoke to journalists inMogadishu, said that the youths fighting along side Al-Shabaab should abandon the group's ideology of violence and surrender to the government and the rest of the peace loving Somalis, promising that they would be welcome and wouldn't be subjected to any harm but instead would get a proper care from the government.
The interior minister called on the Somali national army not to sacre or harm any youth from Al-Shabaab who surrenders peacefully.
"The army should welcome any defeting youth from Al-Shabaab with open arms because the young guys have been brainwashed and misled. If they decide to join the peace building efforts, let us welcome them,, said Mr. Guled.
Somali government now controls much of south and central Somalia after they routed Al-Shabaab from almost all major urban centers.
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Mission & History
Our Mission
The mission of the Norfolk Airport Authority is to manage the operation, maintenance, development, and marketing of Norfolk International Airport to serve the air transportation needs of coastal Virginia and northeast North Carolina.
Norfolk International Airport History
As early as 1903, coastal Virginia was making a connection with aviation. The Virginian-Pilot based in Norfolk, Virginia was one of the first newspapers in the country to publish an eyewitness account of the Wright Brothers' historic first flight.
1920s. In 1926, Norfolk citizens flew commercially for the first time on the Mitten Line, operated by Philadelphia Rapid Transit Air Service, Inc. Round-trip service to Washington and Philadelphia was available only a few months before high costs forced its discontinuance. In 1929, Ben Epstein, a veteran World War I flyer, started an air taxi service between Norfolk and Richmond from his airfield on Granby Street in Norfolk. That same year, the Luddington Line began the first daily scheduled service from Epstein's field to Washington, D.C. Far from today's routine business travel, a flight in 1929 was an occasion for family, friends, photographs and fine clothes. Women dressed in their finest climbed aboard the 10-passenger Fokker Trimotor and men followed in their broad brimmed hats.
A week later, Eddie Rickenbacker's booming Eastern Airlines made its first appearance in Norfolk with twice daily round trips to Richmond, Virginia.
1930s. Commercial air travel hit a snag in 1932 when the Navy opposed the expansion of the Granby Street field because of its proximity to flying operations at Norfolk Naval Air Station. Commercial air flight operations moved to Glenrock Airport, but in 1932, the Great Depression had taken its effects on aviation and all commercial flights were suspended indefinitely. Norfolk was ground bound for the next five years.
In 1938, city-owned Truxton Manor Golf Course was converted to Norfolk Municipal Airport, complete with a 3,500-foot runway. This site would become southern Tidewater's permanent home of commercial air travel. Penn Central Airlines (now United Airlines) used a renovated clubhouse for a passenger terminal. The first permanent terminal was complete by 1940.
1940s. With World War II, Norfolk Municipal Airport became a vital resource to the war effort. The Army Air Corps assumed control of airport operations between 1942 -1947, extending the runway and adding two more to handle the vastly increased number of flights with larger and larger aircraft. As the troops returned from the war, the Army Air Corps returned the Airport to the city's domain, and commercial travel took off with two new airlines providing regular flights.
In 1948, Piedmont Airlines initiated flights. That same year, ground was broken for a larger, more modern terminal building.
1950s. By the early 1950s, there were more daily flights in Norfolk than New York's La Guardia Airport.
In 1950, responsibility for the airport was turned over to the newly established Norfolk Port and Industrial Authority (NPIA) which could proudly call Norfolk Municipal Airport one of the finest in the nation and one of the busiest. In 1951, the new terminal was officially dedicated.
1960s. In the 1960s, the transition from propeller driven aircraft to jets gathered full steam. Norfolk Municipal Airport took on the new demands for longer and stronger runway and taxiway facilities easily, and jetliners here became the rule, not the exception. As a result, in 1968, the Airport was officially recognized as the air transportation center for the entire Coastal Virginia region, and became known as Norfolk Regional Airport. To prepare for exponential growth over the next three decades, NPIA developed a comprehensive master plan that would move the airport into the 21st century in full stride.
1970s. In 1974, the Airport dedicated its new, state-of-the-art terminal and additional land was secured for further expansion. In 1976, the Airport's name was changed to Norfolk International Airport with the addition of Federal Customs facilities. New outbuildings housing the fire station, maintenance depot, ATC tower and more were also planned and came on line as needed. However, one of the challenges in expanding was capitalizing on the location of the Airport's neighboring Botanical Garden, creating a beautiful buffer zone between the Airport and the outside world. Norfolk International Airport, surrounded by year-round beauty, has become a national role model for reconciling expanding air facilities and a delicate ecological sanctuary.
1980s. In the 1980s, many changes were taking place. A new general aviation facility opened and a new air cargo terminal was completed for all operations. Parking facilities were also expanded. Even the name of the supervising body changed in 1988 - from Norfolk Port and Industrial Authority to Norfolk Airport Authority.
1990s. Changes continued throughout the 1990s as Norfolk International prepared for growth. The air cargo terminal and parking facilities expanded and public areas of the passenger terminal were renovated. In 1991, Norfolk International completed a new concourse extension comprised of 10 additional gates, for a total of 24 gates. A new state-of-the-art fire station and new FAA air traffic control tower facility also began operation.
To take advantage of the ever-changing computer age, Norfolk International was the first airport to develop its own web site, and new Internet access booths were installed to let travelers plug in and log on for e-mail, banking, business, or reservations.
Information upcoming.
In addition to dining and retail additions and upgrades, in-airport advertising and service improvements, the Airport completed renovations of General Aviation Facilities, Phase I renovation of the Departures Terminal Lobby to include a 10,000 skylight complex, expanded TSA passenger screening checkpoint on Concourse B, terrazzo flooring in the center of the lobby and the length of both concourses. Phase II will include expansion of the TSA's passenger screening checkpoint on Concourse A, new restrooms, upgraded concourse wall and lighting treatments, renovation of airline gate areas on both concourses and upgrades to lighting and flooring in the airline ticketing lobbies.
Norfolk Airport Authority continues to pursue funding for a parallel runway through the Federal Aviation Administration. The Airport's Master Plan calls for a parallel runway of approximately 6,700 feet in length which would provide a concomitant capability to handle all of the commercial aircraft currently operating at Norfolk International. The runway will be located approximately 850 feet east of existing Runway 5/23. All construction will take place on existing Airport property; there are no plans to acquire additional property to accommodate the proposed runway.
Norfolk International Airport Historic Highlights
- April 7, 1938 The present Airport site opened with Penn Central (now United Airlines) providing the first air service. Named Norfolk Municipal Airport.
- March 3, 1940 The first terminal was dedicated.
- 1942 -1947 During World War II, the U.S. Army Air Corps assumed command of the Airport.
- October 1947 The Airport was returned to the city by the U.S. Army Air Corps.
- July 1, 1948 Norfolk Port and Industrial Authority (NPIA) was created.
- May 1, 1949 NPIA given "supervision" of the operation and maintenance of the Airport.
- January 1, 1950 NPIA received full responsibility for the operation of the Airport.
- May 5, 1951 The new Norfolk Municipal Airport was dedicated, then serving as the primary passenger terminal facility.
- 1968 - Name changed to Norfolk Regional Airport.
- October 6, 1970 City conveyed Airport title to NPIA.
- January 18, 1974 New state-of-the-art terminal building was dedicated by local dignitaries and a two day open house.
- January 21, 1974 Flight operations commenced in the new terminal buildings by the airlines.
- January 19, 1976 Name officially changed to Norfolk International Airport due to availability of federal inspection facilities; the International Terminal facility dedicated.
- February 1, 1983 New FBO (general aviation facilities) opened by the Airport.
- January 1, 1985 New air cargo terminal opened for all operations.
- October 1, 1986 Phase I of Airport Parking garage opened.
- April 4, 1988 Name of supervising body officially changed from Norfolk Port and Industrial Authority to Norfolk Airport Authority.
- April 7, 1988 Norfolk International Airport celebrated its 50th anniversary.
- May 1, 1988 Cargo terminal Phase II completed.
- October 1, 1990 Phase II of Airport parking garage completed.
- June 1991 Expansion of concourse B is completed, adding 10 gates.
- June 1992 Refurbishing of public areas of passenger terminal completed.
- August 1993 New fire station completed, boasting leading edge aviation industry standards.
- January 22, 1995 New FAA air traffic control tower facility began operation.
- August 1996 New field maintenance facility completed to house snow removal and maintenance equipment, as well as field maintenance personnel.
- January 1, 1998 Airport begins celebration of 60 years of service to Hampton Roads.
- August 2000 - Airport completes new retail and food/beverage concessions program; New fire training facility opens, complete with leading edge emergency preparedness equipment and systems.
- August 2001 - Main terminal lobby refurbishment completed.
- June 27, 2002 - Arrivals terminal and parking garage dedicated.
- July 1, 2002 - New arrivals terminal complex opens to the public.
- April 7, 2013 - Norfolk International Airport celebrates its 75th Anniversary
- November 1, 2013 - The first of several phases of interior renovations began in the main lobby, concourses and screening checkpoints.
- November 2013 - Renovations to general aviation facility at Landmark Aviation completed.
- March 2014 - Phase I renovations to main lobby, concourses and security checkpoint on Concourse B completed.
- September 2015 - Phase II renovations to concourse restrooms, airline gate areas and security checking on Concourse A expected completed.
- September 2016 - Phase III renovations to restrooms in the main lobby and ticketing lobby, construction of three "Mother's Rooms" in the main lobby and on the concourses and a visitor information center in the main lobby are underway. Completion expected May 2018.
- 2017: HMSHost opens new dining: The Local @ ORF, Here's to the Heroes and ORF|MKT. Hudson News Group opens new retail: Sweet Indulgences.
- 2018: Projects underway include a US Customs entry facility at the general aviation terminal, relocated rental car return facility in Garage A, expanded public and employee parking, improved ramp access on Concourse A, improved wayfinding, landscaping and rehabilitation of the airfield.


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Three ways phishers are hooking users
Researchers say the bad guys are getting a lot better at catching users on the phishing hook. Three methods are of particular concern.
Most people think of phishing as authentic-looking but bogus e-mails designed to trick them out of their bank account numbers. But recent research by the Honeynet Project & Research Alliance shows it's much more complicated -- and scarier -- than that.
Phishers are using malicious Web servers, port redirection and botnets with stunning success to hook users, the alliance warned in a new report. Their efforts are far more elaborate and organized than first thought, and in many cases they're coordinating with other phishing groups and mixing methods.
"The speed with which the site was set up was very quick indeed, and all pre-prepared," Honeynet researcher Arthur Clune said of one attack the alliance studied. "The guys who installed the site were obviously ready for it since we started seeing connections even before it was ready. And the whole process was heavily automated, including scanning for new vulnerable servers. It all indicates attackers who are serious, prepared and looking for as many hosts as possible."
He said the quality of the sites and spam is improving. "There's better use of English and embedded graphics to make it look more like the real site…" he said by e-mail. "As users become more aware of phishing and how it works, attackers have to raise their game."
Another researcher, David Watson, said by e-mail the number of users who seem to be getting duped by these attacks surprised him.
"In a number of observed incidents we were surprised that users did attempt to access fake phishing content," he said. "Education and safe Internet usage messages are clearly not always getting through to end users."
Research was done using honeypots, computers deliberately set up without protection. When attacked, researchers can study them and get a better sense of the tactics used. In this case, researchers watched as phishers successfully used three distinct attack methods:
Compromised Web servers
For one approach, phishers broke into vulnerable servers and installed malicious Web content. In a typical scenario, attackers:
- Scanned for vulnerable servers;
- Hacked them and installed a rootkit or password-protected backdoor;
- Accessed the server through the encrypted back door;
- Dowloaded pre-built phishing Web sites in cases where the compromised server was Web-based;
- Performed limited content configuration and Web site testing, potentially revealing their true IP address when first accessing the Web server;
- Downloaded mass e-mailing tools, using them to advertise fake Web sites via spam e-mail; and
- After that, Web traffic began to arrive at the phishing Web site and potential victims accessed the malicious content.
"Often the time taken for this incident life cycle is only a matter of hours or days from when the system is first connected to the Internet, and our research suggests that such activity is taking place on many servers and targeting many organizations at once," the alliance said in a statement.
Port redirection
On Jan. 11, 2005, an attacker successfully entered a honeypot by exploiting a flaw in Redhat Linux 7.3, the alliance said.
"This incident was unusual in that once the attacker had gained access to the compromised system, no phishing content was uploaded directly. Instead, the attacker installed and configured a port redirection service on the honeypot," the researchers said.
The attacker then downloaded and installed a tool called "redir" on the honeypot, a port redirection utility "designed to transparently forward incoming TCP connections to a remote destination host," the researchers said. "The attacker configured the tool to redirect all incoming traffic on TCP port 80 [HTTP] of the honeypot to TCP port 80 on a remote Web server in China."
Between September 2004 and January 2005, the German Honeynet Project deployed a series of unpatched Windows-based honeypots to observe botnet activity. During this period more than 100 separate botnets were activated.
Researchers said some versions of the bot software they captured had the capability to remotely start a SOCKS proxy on a compromised host.
"If an attacker with access to a botnet enables the SOCKS proxy functionality on a remote bot, this machine can then be used to send bulk spam e-mail," the alliance said. "If the botnet contains many thousands of compromised hosts, an attacker is then able to send massive amounts of bulk e-mail very easily, often from a wide range of IP addresses owned by unsuspecting home PC users.
"Perhaps unsurprisingly, resourceful botnet owners have begun to target criminal activity and it is now possible to rent a botnet," the alliance continued. "For a fee, the botnet operator will provide a customer with a list of SOCKS v4 capable server IP addresses and ports. There are documented cases where botnets were sold to spammers as spam-relays."
Bottom line
Having picked apart these attack methods, researchers concluded that phishing assaults can happen very quickly, with little time between the initial system intrusion and a phishing Web site going online. This makes the attacks hard to track and prevent. The research also showed many phishing schemes are the work of multiple, complex organizations and that the methods described above are often combined.
What's an IT administrator to do?
"Blackhats are routinely scanning large blocks of IP address space looking for vulnerable hosts to compromise, and this activity is indiscriminate," Watson said. "The lowest hanging fruit will usually fall first, so always follow security best practices and patch your systems, deploy firewalls and implement strong authentication or block unnecessary inbound connections altogether."
Clune agreed, recommending IT managers:
Keep a good eye out. "This stuff gets set up and goes active very quickly," he said. "These guys expect the site to not last very long, which is why they need so many of them. But a lot of harm can be done in a short period before it's noticed, say, over a weekend."
Mind the simple things. "Simple things like blocking direct outbound SMTP access to all your machines and inbound HTTP/HTTPS would make your machines much less useful to any attackers and so they would be more likely to go for the low hanging fruit elsewhere," he said. "A combination of forcing SMTP via your gateway and running some spam-spotting software on it would probably stop any e-mail from being sent out at all -- a very good thing from a reputation point of view."


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Steve Kennedy designer and artist is an adjunct professor in Communication Design and Illustration at Parsons The New School for Design. He teaches Typography, Language & Letterforms, Pictozine, Type & Visual Design and Visual Narrative. Steve is founder and owner of Interrobang Design Studio, and a founding trustee and Vice President of the Graphic Communications Scholarship Fund.
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jenart brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 48 Designs von 19 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Ripper Rentals is a new Australian web site for private landlords to list their rental sites and potential renters to come and search for their next home. It also serves as a resource for landlords with information to help them with the management of their properties.
Ripper Rentals - Unlocking the Rental Market
Ripper Rentals is looking for a simple, fresh logo that reflects our brand:
- Ripper Rentals - Unlocking the Rental Market"Ripper" in this sense is part of the Aussie Vernacular that means great or fantastic. The site contains resources for helping landlords manage their properties, hence the 'unlocking' reference. ie. taking the mystery out of doing it yourself.
The website features searching capabilities for renters and property listing and listing management features for landlords. The logo needs to be serious in the message it conveys, but not overly so. Something casual, and inviting, suitable for both target audiences of the site is required.
*** UPDATE *** The words "Ripper" and "Rentals" don't have to be on the same line. Mix it up a bit and try some alternate layouts, rotations etc...
- Simple, clean design.
- 2-3 colours at most.
- Lighter colours preferred - but this is not set in stone if we see a great design that grabs our attention.
- Logo and Text may be separate or mixed together - we are unsure what might look best.
- Obviously suitable for the web.
- Image(s) in Vector Graphics Format
- Do not want photographs
- Do not particularly want cartoon style imagery
- Something in between - sorry we can't be more specific on this.
Finden Sie heraus, wie ein Designwettbewerb funktioniert, oder lernen Sie mehr über unsere Logo-Design-Angebote.


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Sky House Hamarikyu 1BR
|Kaigan 1-chome, Minato-ku
|Monthly Rent:
|330,000 yen
|Floor Area:
|63.95 m2
|2 months
|Date of
|Floor Plan:
|1 bedroom
|Floor Level:
|22nd floor
|Total Units:
|169 units
|6 min. walk to Hamamatsucho JR station on Yamanote line.
2 min. walk to Takeshiba station on Yurikamome line.
|Middle of April
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Layout,orientation,photos,specifications of interior décor shown in this website may differ from those of actual property. In such cases, those of actual property prevail.
Furniture shown in the photo is not included in the sale price unless otherwise specifically indicated.
There may be charges for use of certain facilities or equipments of the subject property for sale.Please confirm such charges by yourself.
A brokerage fee based on the officially approved percentage of the transaction plus consumption tax will be charged both to the seller and the buyer upon conclusion of contract.
The property in this website is offered on a first-come,first-served basis.
Subscriptions terms and conditions for viewing BS,CS,other cable TV programs, and Internet connection may vary depending on systems in use of each property.Please contact relevant organizations for updated information.
Use of some equipments attached to the subject property for sale may require extra charges, of which please take note.
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For select 2006 and up Alpine iPod Full-Speed radios, this connector cable (equivalent to Alpine part# KCE-422i) provides full iPod integration with any iPod featuring the dock connector, and it also charges the iPod while connected. This one cable between the iPod and the stereo offers simple installation plus the fastest data transfer of any interface available.
Alpine's Full Speed control allows management of almost every playback function right from the face of the radio. The QuickSearch™ feature makes it easy to find by jumping between artists, albums, and playlists at the push of a button. You can even scroll through songs using the rotary control knob on certain model radios. Album, artist, and song information are shown on the radio's display.
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Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady are fierce. As Loki Films they have produced countless works for television and four feature length documentaries, with a fifth currently in production. Their work has taken them from inner city Baltimore to East Africa, from the jungles of Sri Lanka to a non-descript looking corner in Florida that is actually ground zero for the fierce debate around abortion rights. They have snuck into abandoned buildings and the country of Cuba, fearlessly following where the story takes them. Their work has premiered at Sundance, appeared on networks like HBO A&E and Al Jazeera and been nominated for an Academy Award.
That's all to say that when I heard they were coming to Silverdocs to spill all of their secrets on the craft and process of directing, I was more than a little excited to go hear them speak. Let's just say the discussion lived up to the hype. Read on for some of the highlights.
Grady and Ewing opened the "Master Class: Directing" by showing a scene from their film "12th and Delaware" about an anti-choice "family counseling" clinic that opened up across the street from the area's only abortion clinic. The scene gave a great feel for their special brand of verite filmmaking – where the audience feels like a fly on the wall of the action that's unfolding in front of the camera.
That sense of being in the moment with their characters is a hallmark of Grady and Ewing's films. Ewing explained it this way "There are lots of different ways to approach making a documentary…for us, if action has happened in the past or we've missed the action, we probably won't do it, because it doesn't suit our style. The action or the drama needs to unfold on camera for us to consider it."
She went on to say that one of the biggest mistakes that filmmakers can make is letting their passion for a subject blind themselves to the fact that the story may not actually make a good doc. "They don't ask themselves 'is this visual?' We're not doing radio here, " Ewing said, "You have to be able to show the action. You have to ask yourself would this be better as an article in The New Yorker?"
Before they take on a new project, Ewing and Grady also have to agree they are both passionate — and curious — about the subject matter. "If we have all the answers or a strong opinion we won't make that film," Ewing explained, "If we feel like there's nothing to learn, we don't' make that film."
Grady explained that six months into the edit on their latest project, "Detroit Hustles Harder" they're just now starting to figure out what the film is really about. "Hopefully your assumptions are going to turn out wrong because that's where the magic happens," she explained, "It's exciting. We just watched the first act and it's starting to work and the themes are starting to emerge."
Grady went on to site their Oscar-nominated film "Jesus Camp" as an example:
"That film is really about the next generation of the Christian Right. Going in, we thought it was film about religious children, and that's certainly there, but it's also about forming a child and is it brainwashing? And don't we all brainwash our children? And isn't that what raising a child is?"
Ewing explained that they want to make sure whatever film they're making is not just a niche story, but that national, international or universal themes emerge. She cited their film 'Boys of Baraka' and explained while it is about two boys from the inner city that go off on a crazy adventure; it's also about so much more. "It's a commentary on our educational system and about the potential of the human being, and the luck of family you're born into. We hope that happens in all of our films."
The women switched gears from overall story to talking more specifically about the technique and craft of filming interviews and creating a story arc. Grady explained that they never want to go for the stiff, sit-down interview. "Our interviews are meant to feel organic and in the element." Grady also stressed the need for a three-act structure – at least to start out. "You need an organizing principle, some way to structure the narrative," she explained, "If you give something away too soon, you can ruin the story."
The women then showed a clip of scene from "Boys of Baraka" where one of the main characters goes to visit his father in prison. "We were in the world's ugliest room," Ewing recalled, "but we had no choice. Lots of times life is not cinematic. We like to go for the emotion rather than a perfectly composed shot. A lot of times the most interesting thing in the room is not always the person talking." Ewing underscored the importance of making a solid choice about where to place the camera and then having the courage to go for it with as few moves or takes as possible. "Too much direction can remind subjects that they're part of a movie," she explained, "and it gets in the way of capturing the intimacy of the moment."
Both women stressed their need for interviews have to both form and function. They showed clips from their work that illustrated alternatives to the formal sit down interview: an elderly Cuban dissident discussing free speech while gutting a fish in her kitchen, two boys talking on a burned down playground, a woman speaking as she paced in front an abortion clinic holding a protest sign. "Try to think of things your character can do while you're talking to them, " Grady suggested, "it makes them more comfortable, it gives you something to cut away to, and you might discover something about your character in the process."
Grady went on to say that when it comes to developing a story, casting is key. "You want someone who is consistent, who is the same off camera as they are on camera, that they're genuine and true to themselves," she explained, "Audiences are sophisticated. You can't trick them. They don't miss a beat. If character isn't genuine, it won't ring true."
In terms of getting a subject on board, Grady suggested leveraging a character's own agenda, or figuring out what it's in it for them to participate in the film. She referenced one of the main characters in "Jesus Camp" as a prime example. "She felt like she had something to gain and a message to get out there," Grady explained, "it helps if subject has an agenda but only if you realize that your subject has an agenda and don't get caught up in it and give the film over to them."
Ewing then introduced the topic of story structure, specifically the ever-vexing question of how to create a compelling story arc out of dozens – and sometimes hundreds — of hours of footage. She pointed out that most documentary filmmakers struggle with this issue, because "unless you follow someone everyday for 6 years, you're going to have arc problems. There are going to be holes in the story."
The story arc for "Jesus Camp" presented the filmmakers with a particular challenge. "We watched an early cut together and said 'we have kids speaking in tongues, and flailing around on the floor. Why is this boring?" Ewing recalls. The women showed it to editor they respect who pinpointed the problem immediately: no conflict.
Grady explained it this way "We realized that watching it you felt like you were going crazy, because no one [in the film] was saying what the audience was thinking which was 'this is crazy' and 'are these kids being brainwashed?'"
Ewing and Grady realized they needed another perspective to counterbalance the strong voice of the ultra religious characters in the film. They found their solution on the airwaves. "There was this Christian radio host on the local radio station, and even though he was Christian, he spoke really passionately about how the eroding wall between church and state was dangerous," Ewing explained, "he was the perfect voice because he had credibility in that world but he was a voice of dissent."
The filmmakers were already nine months into their edit, but they knew they needed to restructure "Jesus Camp" to include the radio host. The question then became how to incorporate him into the storyline. Grady and Ewing decided to include a clip from his broadcast under their opening credits. Since the audio from the broadcasts would become a through line in the film, they wanted to establish the device at the outset. "The audience will go wherever you want for the first five to ten minutes," Ewing explained, "They'll accept what you do, but if you throw something new in the second or third act, they'll reject it."
An audience member asked the women to talk about their unique collaboration, how they decide who does what when two people are steering the ship. Grady explained that they decide on the topic and characters and determine a visual look and feel together, but then take turns in the field once production starts. Whenever whoever is directing in the field gets back, the other will watch the footage and comment. "It really works well because you get fresh eyes on your footage and whoever was not in the field doesn't have as much emotional attachment to the material."
Grady explained that sometimes the person filming will feel like they got nothing, but back in the edit room, the other partner will see a great moment that really serves the story. Or on the flip side, the person in the field may think a scene totally reads, but then get it back home and discover through the eyes of the other that it's just not there. Ewing explained it this way. "Sometimes when you're in the moment or in the room, that it all went great, but after you get it home, you realize the camera was in the wrong place. A lot has to come together to make a scene work."
Another attendee wanted to know at what point in the process do Grady and Ewing decide to start working with an editor. "There are advantages to shooting and editing at the same time," Ewing explained "you should have most of the material in the can before you bring in an editor, but early enough that you can still rectify problems and film more if need be."
As for when a film is considered "done" and ready for prime time, they both agree that having a satisfying third act with a solid ending is the best indicator. "Also when new material feels like repeat of what you're already gotten, what's already clear in the film," Grady said. She also reminded that at the end of the day, it's also driven by the budget. "You can't edit forever. You have to set deadlines for yourself, even if you don't always meet them."
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Ken North is an author, consultant, industry analyst, and database specialist.
A new generation of low-cost, high-performance database software is rapidly emerging to challenge SQL's dominance in distributed processing and Big Data applications. Some companies have already traded SQL's rich functionality for these new options that let them create, work with, and manage large data sets.
A big reason for this movement, dubbed NoSQL, is that different implementations of Web, enterprise, and cloud computing applications have different requirements of their databases. Not every app requires rigid data consistency, for example.
Also, when an application uses data distributed across hundreds or even thousands of servers, simple economics points to using no-cost server software as opposed to paying per-processor license fees. Once freed from license fees, you can scale horizontally with commodity hardware or opt for a cloud computing service and avoid the capital expenses altogether. Previous tools didn't always facilitate this.
Challenges to SQL's hegemony are coming from specialized products built from the ground up for large-scale analytics and document storage, as well as for building operational systems that require high availability more than consistency when partitioning data.
Applications such as online transaction processing, business intelligence, customer relationship management, document processing, and social networking don't have identical needs for data, query, or index types, nor do they have equivalent requirements for consistency, scalability, and security.
For example, BI applications run analytical and decision-support queries that can exploit bitmap indexes for operations with gigabyte- or terabyte-sized databases. Web analytics, drug discovery, financial modeling, and similar applications look to distributed systems for efficiently processing gigabyte- to terabyte-sized data sets. OLTP puts a premium on reliability. And social network applications such as Facebook and Amazon.com have adopted BASE (basically available, soft state, eventually consistent) properties over the more familiar ACID (atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability) ones to serve their massive Web user communities of millions.
These differences are one reason non-relational NoSQL data stores, document-centric databases, and column stores have gained traction. They're more like specialized tools rather than the Swiss Army knife functionality of SQL platforms.
System architects should consider the specialized features and functions an app needs in choosing a database. NoSQL databases can be built specifically for functions such as BI, OLTP, CRM, social networks, and data warehousing, and include features such as scalability, partitioning, security, and elasticity.
Scalability And High Availability
For cloud computing and high-volume Web sites such as eBay, Amazon, Twitter, and Facebook, scalability and high availability are essential. In fact, they're the reason distributed databases have relaxed consistency requirements.
Operational systems in high-availability environments must survive software, server, and network segment failures, and provide scalability despite unpredictable surges in demand for computing resources. One approach to building such systems is to use distributed databases with a shared-nothing architecture and horizontal partitioning. Elasticity and sharding (partitioning) -- both NoSQL features -- are solutions for scaling out horizontally to provide availability and for processing Big Data.
A variety of data stores are gaining popularity for creating applications for scalable Web sites and elastic environments such as the private or public cloud. Distributed key-value stores are great when you don't need SQL rule enforcement, strong consistency, complex queries, integrated queuing, or the ability to operate with operational databases that exceed available RAM.
New low-latency data stores provide scalability for applications that don't require rich query and analytics capabilities. Amazon has developed SimpleDB, and Google developed Bigtable. Other low-latency, open source options include Cassandra, Hypertable, MongoDB, Project Voldemort, Redis, Tokyo Tyrant, and Dynamo, the database used for Amazon S3, which as of March was hosting 102 billion objects.


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The Fox at the White House
There's a red fox living on the grounds of the White House. The elusive critter has called the presidential residence home since last fall, and no one's been able to catch him. WSJ's Carol Lee reports from Washington, D.C.
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I learned a lot making my contribution for the All We Are Saying peace blanket. As soon as I started, I should have known geometry would rear its ugly head. All I wanted to do was make a circle in a square using yarn.
MISTAKE NUMBER ONE: Deciding to make a circle.
Crochet rocks flat circles, as the wonderful mandalas designed by Marinke prove. However, I have a lot more experience with knitting, and since I need a square to go around my circle, I decided to knit instead of crocheting.
MISTAKE NUMBER TWO: Thinking "I should knit this!"
I know that knitting a flat circular shape is possible. In fact, I was certain it would be easy. The sides of the East Meets West Satchel I made a few years ago were originally knit as one big flat circle. (Actually, it's a decagon — a polygon with ten sides. But it approximates a circle and generates a circular pattern, which is what I wanted.) The only trick was figuring out how many stitches to increase by as the circle got bigger.
My first "circle" was a complete experiment. I just added stitches when it felt right. Not surprisingly, when the piece was big enough to transfer from double-pointed needles to a circular needle, I discovered that my circle was actually a circle and a half and not even remotely flat.
MISTAKE NUMBER THREE: Winging it.
Since I had a deadline to meet, I stopped re-inventing the wheel. I got online and found a pattern for knitting flat circles. The pattern was simple and what I expected. Unfortunately, it didn't work. After 10 rows, my flat circle looked like a mouse hat. I figured I was doing something wrong, unraveled it, and tried again. I got a cup, when I wanted a coaster.
By now, I was annoyed. The pattern promised a flat circle but didn't actually make a flat circle. The pattern didn't say anything about gauge (the size of the stitches). The instructions were extrapolated from another pattern, and the knitter must have used yarn and needles similar to those called for in the original pattern, because the circle in the picture is flat. I tried to fix the non-flat circle pattern with my own adjustments. Things improved, but the circle wasn't flat no matter what I did.
MISTAKE NUMBER FOUR: Trying to fix something that was clearly broken.
I stepped back and thought about what I was doing, and that's when the light bulb went off. If the size of the stitches mattered, then I needed to apply geometry.
THE THING I DID RIGHT: Stopping a minute to think about what I was trying to do.
THE OTHER THING I DID RIGHT: Realizing geometry was the answer.
Math often comes up when knitting, so I wasn't completely daunted. However I got a C in geometry in high school, something my husband loves to tease me about since I also worked as a computer programmer for years. Although I am good at math in general, I'm not quite as confident when I have to use my ancient C-level geometry skills.
The key was to think about the circles my knitting was making. I looked up the equation for calculating the circumference of a circle (2πr) to make sure I had it right. Then I got out my gauge swatch (which I already had for this particular yarn and needle size) to measure both the height and width of my knit stitch.
I calculated number of stitches for the outside edge of each successive row of my circle and noticed a pattern was forming. The difference between the outer circumference of adjacent rows of knitting was a fixed number and that number told me exactly how many stitches I needed to increase in every row to get a flat circle. When I did the algebra (which is probably where I should have started), I found the single equation used in my simple pattern.
I sat down to knit, finally certain I would have my circle. However, increasing by five stitches in the same places every round gave me a pentagon, not a circle.
MISTAKE NUMBER FIVE: Spacing my increases at regular intervals.
I started again, this time knowing what I needed to do: increase by the same number of stitches in every row, at irregular intervals. Finally, I got something circular in design.
That I had to chase my tail a bit before realizing the elegant and simple solution to my knitting problem could be construed as proof that my C in geometry was well-deserved. However, I'd like to think my teacher would be proud to learn that more than 30 years later, I am finding ways to use geometry in my everyday life.
Of course, my ordeal was not yet over. I had to solve the problem of adding corners to my circle to make a square, plus my first block came out too large and I had to do it all over AGAIN. In the end, I think all the effort was worth it. My finished work is on display, starting today, along with the other textile contributions about world peace at the All We Are Saying show in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England.


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Despite the current financial crisis, prestigious American and British law firms continue to maintain a presence in Continental Europe, Latin America, and China. Yet, in one economically fertile, democratic country - India - such global legal powerhouses are scarcely found. This study seeks to understand empirically why there is a general absence of these and other foreign law firms practicing in India. Based on fieldwork and compiled interview data of lawyers, judges, government officials, activists, and clients from India, the United States, and Britain - the latter two being the foreign countries most interested in gaining access to the Indian legal market - I show that the conventional wisdom on this subject is inadequate, and that there are multiple layers to this debate. But as I also show, what makes this story so fascinating is how both supporters and opponents of foreign law firms in India have strategically coupled their policy arguments with potent symbolic rhetoric to champion their perspectives. The study concludes by outlining a set of preliminary proposals that would permit American, British, and other foreign law firms gradually to enter India but would also incorporate the concerns held by opponents and could serve as the foundation for reaching a comprehensive resolution.
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Globetrotting Law Firms is a new article by Jayanth K. Krishnan, Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington, which draws upon the legal history of India. It is forthcoming in the Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics (2009). Here's the abstract:
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