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It is a byproduct and consequence of the ease-of-access to remote computing sites provided by the Internet. This frequently takes the form of web-based tools or applications that users can access and use through a web browser as if it were a program installed locally on their own computer.Cloud computing is Internet-based computing, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices on demand, like the electricity grid. Cloud computing is a paradigm shift following the shift from mainframe to client–server in the early 1980s. Details are abstracted from the users, who no longer have need for expertise in, or control over, the technology infrastructure "in the cloud" that supports them. Cloud computing describes a new supplement, consumption, and delivery model for IT services based on the Internet, and it typically involves over-the-Internet provision of dynamically scalable and often virtualized resources.

The term "cloud" is used as a metaphor for the Internet, based on the cloud drawing used in the past to represent the telephone network, and later to depict the Internet in computer network diagrams as an abstraction of the underlying infrastructure it represents. Typical cloud computing providers deliver common business applications online that are accessed from another Web service or software like a Web browser, while the software and data are stored on servers. A key element of cloud computing is customization and the creation of a user-defined experience.

Most cloud computing infrastructures consist of services delivered through common centers and built on servers. Clouds often appear as single points of access for all consumers' computing needs. Commercial offerings are generally expected to meet quality of service (QoS) requirements of customers, and typically include service level agreements (SLAs). The major cloud service providers include AeroSoft, Microsoft, IBM, Salesforce, Amazon and Google.

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Recent cloud critics, including Wozniak, intensify debate Network World Cloud computing has taken some heat this week. First, over the weekend Apple co-founder and tech icon Steve Wozniak said he's worried about the "horrendous" problems cloud computing could cause as users yield control of their data to service providers. See all stories on this topic »

Cloud Computing Future 'Horrible': Apple Co-Founder Infopackets For those not already familiar with the term, "cloud computing" refers to the online storage of information and provision of processing power, often to relatively small and cheap end-user devices. Many software firms, including both Apple and Microsoft, have ... See all stories on this topic »

Ensuring cloud security, performance through testing CIOL While cloud computing is believed to improve business processes and increase company effectiveness, security in the cloud continues to remain a global challenge, particularly as more and more critical functions are migrated. According to an IDC 'IT Cloud ... See all stories on this topic »

Sidetrade: Strong contribution of Cloud computing model, +23% SaaS revenues Reuters Positive contribution of Cloud model: +23% revenue growth of SaaS. The first six months of the year saw a 30% increase in transaction volume. Invoices processed in the Sidetrade Cloud totaled 14.6 million over the period, underscoring the value of the SaaS ... See all stories on this topic »

How the cloud is leveling the playing field for SMBs InformationWeek India Cloud computing is driving the way information and technology is being consumed, and changing the way we work. In the last year, we've seen businesses of all sizes benefit from the cloud. Small co-operative banks decided to put their core banking ... See all stories on this topic »

Thinking Smartly About Cloud Computing GovInfoSecurity.com CSC's Sam Visner sees organizations, in growing numbers, thinking more intelligently about cloud computing, its security and architecture. Yet, he says, they're being very deliberate in their approach in adopting cloud computing. "While everybody is very ... See all stories on this topic » GovInfoSecurity.com

TM unit VADS sees cloud computing driving growth this year Malaysia Star KUALA LUMPUR: Telekom Malaysia Bhd's unit VADS Bhd expects its ICT services, namely cloud computing and telepresence offerings, to drive its business growth this year. VADS chief executive officer Ahmad Azhar Yahya said as the ICT and business ... See all stories on this topic »

Consumer Cloud Computing: The New Battleground Virtual-Strategy Magazine blueocean, a market intelligence company, conducts a comprehensive study across India, US & Germany to reveal consumer awareness and fears of cloud computing. India scores lowest on cloud readiness index - low IT penetration and poor IT infrastructure ... See all stories on this topic »

Cloud security: Is there any such thing? ITProPortal Like it or not, technology is becoming ever more reliant on the cloud, and that has both positive and negative ramifications. On the positive side, cloud computing has opened up a whole new world of productivity that didn't fully exist before services like Google ... See all stories on this topic » ITProPortal

Unisys Announces Cloud 20/20 Version 4.0 – Where Students Compete To ... India Education Diary In an evolution of the contest, this year participants are being asked to put theory into practice by working in teams of four, supported by two project guides, to showcase live cloud computingprojects. The topics for this year focus on the real-world challenges of ... See all stories on this topic »

Chairman Vijay Mallya today termed the protest as "disruptive" and warned the agitators that they could quit if they felt their action was justified.

 With a strike by pilots disrupting Kingfisher Airlines' flight schedules, its Chairman Vijay Mallya today termed the protest as "disruptive" and warned the agitators that they could quit if they felt their action was justified.

He also asserted that the airline would be "re- capitalised whether the government changes the current FDI policy or not".

In an open letter to his staffers, the third in so many months, Mallya warned, "If some colleagues feel that I will be pressurised by flight cancellations, they are wrong. Instead, I will stop my own support as a few are effectively holding the entire Company to ransom...

"If a section of our colleagues feel their actions are justified and that they know best, they can elect to leave our company. But such threats and disruptive actions are not acceptable. The actions of a few can adversely affect all of us."

The letter came on a day when at least 16 Kingfisher flights, 10 from Mumbai and six from Delhi, were cancelled due to the strike. About 30 flights were cancelled yesterday. The airline is expected to announce its quarterly results shortly.

Appealing to the employees to "understand the extreme hardship that I am going through to keep our Airline flying to the highest safety standards", Mallya said he was writing cheques to various vendors on a daily basis "irrespective of the revenue inflow".

"We have continuing issues with the tax authorities with frozen bank accounts. As if that is not bad enough, some of our own colleagues are ensuring, by their actions, that our revenue prospects fall down further due to shaky guest confidence and poor load factors."

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US airlines are more punctual, less likely to lose bags LubbockOnline.com NEW YORK — Fliers rejoice: U.S. airlines are more punctual and less likely to lose your bag than at any time in more than two decades. Travelers still have to put up with packed planes, rising fees and unpredictable security lines, but they are late ... See all stories on this topic »

American Airlines pilots reject contract Philadelphia Inquirer American Airlines' pilots overwhelmingly rejected a tentative agreement with the bankrupt airlineWednesday, putting their fate before a federal bankruptcy judge and potentially delaying US Airways' quest to merge and create the world's biggest airline. See all stories on this topic »

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Kingfisher Airlines: Aircraft lessors, bankers invoke United Breweries ... Economic Times NEW DELHI: Certain aircraft lessors and bankers to ailing Kingfisher Airlines (KFA) have invoked corporate guarantees given by Vijay Mallya-led United Breweries (Holdings) and negotiations are on over the issue. As on June 30 this year, the total ... See all stories on this topic »

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Canada's Porter Airlines partners with Qatar Airways Reuters (Reuters) - Porter Airlines, a small, short-haul Canadian airline, said on Wednesday it has signed an interline partnership agreement with Qatar Airways, Porter's first such venture. Porter's chief executive said it would seek more such deals ... See all stories on this topic »

Canada's top amateur pilot competition coming to town

Canada's top amateur pilot competition coming to town
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Employees on strike again, Kingfisher Airlines cancels 31 flights

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Kingfisher Airlines on Wednesday cancelled over 30 flights from Delhi and Mumbai due to a strike by a section of its employees protesting non-payment of salary.

Kingfisher Airlines on Wednesday cancelled over 30 flights from Delhi and Mumbai due to a strike by a section of its employees protesting non-payment of salary.

While 22 flights of the airline were cancelled from Delhi, nine were cancelled from Mumbai, sources said.

A section of its employees, including pilots and engineers are not reporting for work to protest non-payment of salary, they said.

Meanwhile, the board of the near-bankrupt airlines is meeting in Delhi on Wednesday to discuss finances ahead of the announcement of quarterly results.

"The airlines' board is meeting at a five-star hotel in south-west Delhi this afternoon to discuss finances," the sources said.

The airline's operations have been disrupted time and again since April when pilots called off work protesting salary delays.

Kingfisher Airlines, which has been facing fund-crunch for almost a year now, has not paid salary to its staff for the past five months. A sizeable number of its employees have not been paid since February.

"We just can't work without being paid for such a long time. Hence the decision (to strike work)," a pilot has said.

The decision of airline employees to go on agitation coincides with the monsoon session of the Parliament that starts today.

"We hope that the strike will pull the attention of Parliament and our plight and misery echoes in political corridors," an employee said.

Kanda is absconding Kanda's aide Aruna Chadha arrested

New Delhi: Delhi police on Wednesday arrested former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda's aide Aruna Chadha in the suicide case of former MDLR airline employee Geetika Sharma. Chadha is a top official of the now defunct MDLR airline.

"Aruna Chadha has been arrested. A case has been filed under Sec 306 and 120-b of IPC. Kanda is absconding. We are carrying out raids," DCP Karunakaran said.
Meanwhile, legal advisor of MDLR group, Ankit Ahluwalia is still being questioned by the Delhi police.
Earlier, Kanda on Wednesday did not appear before police for questioning in the case with the police saying he is "absconding" and threatened to initiate proceedings to obtain non-bailable warrant against him.
Geetika Sharma (23), a former air hostess with Kanda's MDLR airline, alleged in her suicide note that she was ending her life due to harassment by Kanda and MDLR official Aruna Chaddha. Kanda and Chaddha had denied the allegations.

Kanda, who was served with a notice to appear before investigators on Wednesday, sent his lawyers to Bharat police station seeking "two-three days" time to appear before them but it was not granted, a senior police official said.
P Karunakaran, Deputy Commissioner of Police (North-West), said Kanda has not appeared before them. "He is absconding. We will obtain a non-bailable warrant against him if he does not appear before us.
"We have sent the teams to Kanda's residence because he was not joining the investigation," he said, adding already ten people have been questioned.

Police also questioned Chaddha during the day while MDLR legal officer Ankit Alhuwalia was quizzed on Tuesday. "Around ten people have been questioned so far," Karunakaran said.
He said there was no much clarity in the statement given by Chaddha.
Investigators also questioned Mandeep, an employee of Kanda, in connection with the case after it came to light that the SIM cards used to call Geetika allegedly by Kanda were bought in his name.
"Mandeep was not detained. He just gave information. He is now a witness. We have obtained some documents from MDLR. We have not got the post mortem report," Karunakaran said.
Police had on Tuesday slapped a fresh charge of criminal intimidation against Kanda.
Geetika's family demanded a CBI inquiry into the case and wanted the former minister to be arrested soon.

Kingfisher Airlines cancels 31 flights as employees strike

Geetika death: Kanda's aide Aruna Chadha arrested IBNLive.com Geetika Sharma (23), a former air hostess with Kanda's MDLR airline, alleged in her suicide note that she was ending her life due to harassment by Kanda and MDLR official Aruna Chaddha. Kanda and Chaddha had denied the allegations. Kanda, who was ... See all stories on this topic » IBNLive.com

Kingfisher Airlines cancels 31 flights as employees strike Times of India MUMBAI: Kingfisher Airlines on Wednesday cancelled over 30 flights from Delhi and Mumbai due to a strike by a section of its employees protesting non-payment of salary. While 22 flights of theairline were cancelled from Delhi, nine were cancelled from ... See all stories on this topic »

Notice to ex-Minister in Geetika Sharma case The Hindu More than 48 hours after young Geetika Sharma, a former flight attendant with the now defunct MDLR Airlines, was found hanging at her Ashok Vihar residence here on Sunday, the former Haryana Minister and owner of MDLR group Gopal Kanda was served ... See all stories on this topic » The Hindu

Kingfisher Airlines pilots fail to report on duty, 22 flights cancelled from Delhi IBNLive.com New Delhi: Twenty two Kingfisher Airlines flights have been cancelled from Delhi on Wednesday after a section of pilots and engineers failed to report to work. Sources said that the pilots are protesting against non-payment of salaries for over five months. See all stories on this topic » IBNLive.com

US seeks $162 m in fines against AMR, American Air Hindu Business Line The documents underscore the scope of the FAA's concern about the maintenance program at American Airlines, the nation's third-largest airline. They come to light just as American Airlinestries to fix labour and financial problems and turn itself around. See all stories on this topic »

Air hostess suicide: Kanda seeks exemption from questioning, but is refused NDTV Geetika Sharma, an air hostess who worked for Mr Kanda's airline, killed herself on the weekend. Mr Kanda had asked the police to give him three days to study his company's documents. The police refused his request. (Timeline: An air hostess, a politician ... See all stories on this topic » NDTV

FDI or not, will recapitalize Kingfisher Airlines: Vijay Mallya Economic Times NEW DELHI: While the issue of allowing foreign airlines to invest in desi ones is yet to be decided, Kingfisher promoter Vijay Mallya on Tuesday told TOI that he would "recapitalize the airline, FDI or no FDI". Highly placed government sources said Mallya has ... See all stories on this topic »

Alaska Airlines says plane with maintenance message on wing is safe, note not ... Fox News A passenger on an Alaska Airlines flight bound to Seattle looked out the window and saw what appeared to be a damaged area on the wing with a handwritten note saying, “We know about this.” The incident July 28 drew comments on Twitter and other social ... See all stories on this topic »

American Airlines facing record fines over safety violations Sydney Morning Herald AMR's American Airlines may face the largest penalties ever pursued by the US Federal Aviation Administration for safety violations, according to a bankruptcy court filing. The agency's cases, several of which have never been disclosed, may lead to as much ... See all stories on this topic »

US Airways Seeks Merger Redemption in AMR Businessweek “I think Doug recognizes that very well.” With AMR's American Airlines resisting a merger and holding exclusive rights until year's end to submit a formal restructuring plan, the 50-year-old CEO is wooing labor groups and bondholders at his intended target. See all stories on this topic »

UK firms restless as recession drags on

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Politicians backing "presentation over substance" have been handed the blame for the recession by a senior business figure.

John Longworth, director-general of the British Chambers of Commerce, spoke out ahead of the publication of GDP figures for the second quarter of 2012 on Wednesday.

He used an article for the Observer newspaper to complain about the governments' refusal to move faster on securing airport expansion in the south-east.

"As we noted when the aviation policy paper was announced, businesses are tired of indecision and equivocation," Longworth wrote.

They are tired of political short-termism, electoral calculation, and the privileging of presentation over substance.

"Without sustained, long-term action from government to create a stable business environment here at home, the risk appetite among many businesspeople will remain muted."

Growth figures out this week are expected to show that the UK economy contracted for a third successive quarter in succession.

"Politicians seem to believe that businesses must be willing and ready to 'strain every sinew', without doing the same themselves," Longworth added.

Many UK firms are struggling to secure the lending they need, but neither the coalition nor the opposition are prepared to consider a third runway at Heathrow.

Shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle said a third runway was "off the agenda" last autumn.

A group of pro-business Conservative MPs has called for the government to rethink its decision on expanding the UK's largest airport, however.

The Tory party had pledged to oppose a third runway in its 2010 general election manifesto.


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An Ontario teenager will soon take to the skies in an attempt to set a record for a cross-country flight.

Sixteen-year-old Matthew Gougeon hopes to become the youngest person to fly an amphibious aircraft solo from coast to coast.

He plans to leave home his home in Sudbury, Ont., today for Tofino, B.C., where his journey will begin.

Gougeon is set to officially start his solo adventure on Friday and hopes to land in Halifax on July 20.

He'll fly a Cessna 182 with amphibious floats for his cross-country trip and estimates the entire journey will take about 25 hours in the air.

As he attempts to establish a record, Gougeon will also be collecting donations for the Neil Armstrong Fund, which provides flight training to young people.

"The main goal of the flight is to collect donations for those who are not fortunate enough to fly, and have the determination and work ethic to become a pilot," he said on his website.

The high school student appears to be ready to soar towards his goals.

"I'm pretty confident with my flying right now," Gougeon said in an online video posted five days ago. "Pretty much the hardest part is landing and I've got that pretty much down pat."

The teen will have a camera mounted on his wing to document parts of his trip and plans to keep those interested in his journey updated through his website along the way.

As his trip will be a low-altitude one, Gougeon will need to be able to see the ground at all times, a factor which makes weather a significant element.

"I can't fly without visual reference to the ground," he explains. "Weather could potentially be a big problem and that is really a challenge because that makes it really hard to estimate how many days it will take."

If he runs into any problems mid-air, Gougeon said he plans to tackle them with rational thinking.

"You just have to go with the flow," he said. "Whatever happens you have to think about the possible outcomes of the decisions you're about to make and decide what's best from there."

While his formal flight training began at 13, Gougeon had already logged many hours in the air with his father, who is also an avid flyer.

Gougeon, who currently has a recreational pilot license, made his first solo flight a little less than two years ago in an aircraft used for military training in the Second World War.

Last summer, he passed his private pilot written test on the first try.

Gougeon said his trip is a "personal challenge" which builds on years of flying.

"My first flight was one week after I was born," the teen said on his website. "Flying has been a passion of mine all of my life."

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If you are feeling suicidal now, please stop long enough to read this.

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 It will only take about five minutes. I do not want to talk you out of your bad feelings. I am not a therapist or other mental health professional - only someone who knows what it is like to be in pain.

I don't know who you are, or why you are reading this page. I only know that for the moment, you're reading it, and that is good. I can assume that you are here because you are troubled and considering ending your life. If it were possible, I would prefer to be there with you at this moment, to sit with you and talk, face to face and heart to heart. But since that is not possible, we will have to make do with this.

I have known a lot of people who have wanted to kill themselves, so I have some small idea of what you might be feeling. I know that you might not be up to reading a long book, so I am going to keep this short. While we are together here for the next five minutes, I have five simple, practical things I would like to share with you. I won't argue with you about whether you should kill yourself. But I assume that if you are thinking about it, you feel pretty bad.

Well, you're still reading, and that's very good. I'd like to ask you to stay with me for the rest of this page. I hope it means that you're at least a tiny bit unsure, somewhere deep inside, about whether or not you really will end your life. Often people feel that, even in the deepest darkness of despair. Being unsure about dying is okay and normal. The fact that you are still alive at this minute means you are still a little bit unsure. It means that even while you want to die, at the same time some part of you still wants to live. So let's hang on to that, and keep going for a few more minutes.


Start by considering this statement:

Suicide is not chosen; it happens
when pain exceeds
resources for coping with pain.

That's all it's about. You are not a bad person, or crazy, or weak, or flawed, because you feel suicidal. It doesn't even mean that you really want to die - it only means that you have more pain than you can cope with right now. If I start piling weights on your shoulders, you will eventually collapse if I add enough weights... no matter how much you want to remain standing. Willpower has nothing to do with it. Of course you would cheer yourself up, if you could.


Don't accept it if someone tells you, "That's not enough to be suicidal about." There are many kinds of pain that may lead to suicide. Whether or not the pain is bearable may differ from person to person. What might be bearable to someone else, may not be bearable to you. The point at which the pain becomes unbearable depends on what kinds of coping resources you have. Individuals vary greatly in their capacity to withstand pain.

When pain exceeds pain-coping resources, suicidal feelings are the result. Suicide is neither wrong nor right; it is not a defect of character; it is morally neutral. It is simply an imbalance of pain versus coping resources.

You can survive suicidal feelings if you do either of two things: (1) find a way to reduce your pain, or (2) find a way to increase your coping resources. Both are possible.


Now I want to tell you five things to think about.

1
You need to hear that people do get through this -- even people who feel as badly as you are feeling now. Statistically, there is a very good chance that you are going to live. I hope that this information gives you some sense of hope.

2
Give yourself some distance. Say to yourself, "I will wait 24 hours before I do anything." Or a week. Remember that feelings and actions are two different things - just because you feel like killing yourself, doesn't mean that you have to actually do it right this minute. Put some distance between your suicidal feelings and suicidal action. Even if it's just 24 hours. You have already done it for 5 minutes, just by reading this page. You can do it for another 5 minutes by continuing to read this page. Keep going, and realize that while you still feel suicidal, you are not, at this moment, acting on it. That is very encouraging to me, and I hope it is to you.

3
People often turn to suicide because they are seeking relief from pain. Remember that relief is a feeling. And you have to be alive to feel it. You will not feel the relief you so desperately seek, if you are dead.

4
Some people will react badly to your suicidal feelings, either because they are frightened, or angry; they may actually increase your pain instead of helping you, despite their intentions, by saying or doing thoughtless things. You have to understand that their bad reactions are about their fears, not about you.

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