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Siebel System Monitoring and Diagnostics Guide > Configuring Client-Side Logging for Siebel Applications Running in High-Interactivity Mode >
About Client-Side Logging for High-Interactivity Applications
Client-side logging for high-interactivity applications allows you to diagnose and troubleshoot session and browser issues for Siebel Web Clients running in high-interactivity mode.
The two fundamental modes of deployment for a Siebel Web Client are:
Siebel employee applications are typically deployed in high-interactivity mode, whereas customer-facing applications are not. For more information about each of these modes, see Siebel System Administration Guide.
Client-side logging for high interactivity is supported only for computers running Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer (IE) and that support running applications in high-interactivity mode. UNIX is not supported. For more information about which versions are supported, see Siebel System Requirements and Supported Platforms on Oracle Technology Network.
Client-side logging for high-interactivity applications uses the Siebel event logging system to collect data and write the information to a text log file. The log file resides in the
Client-side logging for high interactivity allows you to:
For examples of client-side logging files, see Examples of Log Files for Client-Side Logging for High-Interactivity Applications.
Use the client-side logging for high-interactivity feature as a complement to the Siebel Diagnostic Tool feature and other system management tools. For more information about Siebel Diagnostic Tool, see Monitoring and Analyzing Data Using Siebel Diagnostic Tool.
NOTE: For the sake of brevity, when referring to client-side logging throughout the rest of this chapter, be aware the content is specific only to high-interactivity mode, whether stated or not.
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Photograph by Simon Norfolk National Geographic August 2008
Archaeological evidence indicates that Iran—a Middle Eastern country bordered by Iraq and Pakistan and touched by the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea—has been inhabited for approximately 30,000 years. By 6,000 B.C. people there were farming, and by around 4200 B.C. they'd established the city of Susa, thought to be one of the first urban centers in the world. The first pre-Islamic dynasty in the land known to the ancient Greeks as Persia, the Achaemenid Empire, lasted from 530 to 330 B.C. and was followed by the brief reign of Alexander the Great and then by the Parthian (250 B.C. to A.D. 226) and Sassanid dynasties (224 to 641). Arabs invaded Persia during 641 and 642 as part of the larger Arab conquest, which led to a Persian Islamic renaissance in medicine, literature, law, and religion. Later Persia was invaded by the Seljuk Turks (1040 to 1157) and the Mongols (1221 to 1501), but then Persians regained control of their land. The Safavid dynasty ruled from 1502 to 1736, followed by three more dynasties: the Zand (1750-1794), the Qajar (1795 to 1925), and the Pahlavi (1925 to 1979). The country continued to be known as Persia until 1935, when the government asked the world to begin calling it Iran, a cognate of Aryan and the name its people had always used.
Iran's last king, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, was overthrown in 1979 when conservative Shiite clerics and their associates took control of the government in a religiously inspired popular uprising. Ayatollah Khomeini, the "supreme leader" of the new Islamic government, was succeeded in 1989 by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who continues to serve in that role. The current president of the civil government, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was elected in 2005.
Today the Islamic Republic of Iran, a country of 1.65 million square kilometers (636,313 square miles) and a population of 71.2 million, has large reserves of natural gas and oil—its proven conventional oil reserves are second only to those of Saudi Arabia. For eight years, from 1980 to 1988, Iran was embroiled in a war with Iraq over oil and borders. Iraq's widespread use of chemical weapons led to protests by Iran and by the United Nations. The war ended in a truce negotiated by the UN. Exact casualty figures are not available, but some sources indicate that as many as 200,000 Iraqis were killed and 375,000 wounded and that 300,000 Iranians were killed and another 500,000 wounded.
The current Iranian government has been accused by the U.S. and other Western countries of sponsoring terrorism, particularly in Iraq, Lebanon, and the West Bank. Several UN members also claim that Iran is trying to build nuclear weapons. President Ahmadinejad says the nation's nuclear program is strictly for peaceful purposes and argues that Iran is entitled to have such a program. But his government has repeatedly defied the International Atomic Energy Commission as it has tried to investigate Iran's nuclear program, and it has yet to satisfy the international community that its efforts are exclusively peaceful. These concerns have led to international sanctions on Iran's banking industry and a freeze on many Western exports to Iran.
Ahmadinejad, who was once mayor of Iran's modern capital, Tehran, claims to have broad support within his country. His ultraconservative administration harks back to the days of Ayatollah Khomenei and is backed by a regular army of 350,000 and an additional 125,000 men and women in the Revolutionary Guard Corps. The corps—which also controls the Basij Resistance Force, a paramilitary group made up of approximately one million volunteer conscripts—is reportedly involved in channeling arms to Iraq and training terrorists there and elsewhere.
In the 1990s Iran had a more open government that granted journalists increased freedom, but the liberal press was targeted by hardliners in the religious sector, the government, and the military. After Ahmadinejad's election the hardliners began repressing free speech and closing down more-vocal publications. Some independent media remain, but the major news service, the IRNA, and the top newspapers are all outlets for the government. There are also several conservative daily newspapers and a state-run broadcasting service, Iran Broadcasting, or IRIB.
Yet millions of Iranians have access to the Internet, a major communications outlet both for dissidents and those more comfortable with the policies of the current regime. Internet censorship is possible, but the government claims its efforts are aimed primarily at preventing pornography and attacks on Islam. Weblogs number in the tens of thousands, and even President Ahmadinejad writes a blog under his own name, in which he addresses the citizenry. Expatriate TV and radio programs are also broadcast to Iran and can be received through satellite antennae.
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Fathi, Naszila. "Iran Is Defiant, Vowing to U.N. It Will Continue Nuclear Efforts." New York Times, December 25, 2006.
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Thousands of important sites, many still to be excavated, sprinkle Iran's landscape—archaeological treasures that reveal the nation's complex history of invasions and power struggles. Over the course of more than 5,000 years, Iran has shown a remarkable ability to assimilate different religions and rulers, from the early settlers who arrived in the Zagros Valley around 6,000 B.C. to the Arabian tribesmen who conquered ancient Persia in the seventh century A.D. The legacies of Bronze Age peoples, Elamites, Achaemenids, Alexander the Great and the Seleucids, Parthians, and Arabs are all woven into the fabric of today's Iran. Below is a list of some of the nation's richest archaeological finds.
The Zagros Valley In western Iran, the Zagros Valley, a highland region with limited resources near the Fertile Crescent of the Mediterranean and Middle East, was an important early pastoral center. About 8,000 years ago herders based in villages began living nomadically as they moved sizeable herds over large areas—the first stages of nomadic pastoralism. Recent excavations have indicated that animal domestication could have started in the Zagros region; they've also uncovered important stone artifacts.
Konar Sandal The development of agriculture eventually led to the urban civilizations of the Bronze Age. Excavations that began in 2000 near the modern-day city of Jiroft have revealed exciting new clues about a possible Bronze Age civilization at Konar Sandal (ca 3000 B.C.). Archaeologists believe they may have found a stepped, mud-brick platform and a citadel mound constructed by Bronze Age contemporaries of the great builders of Mesopotamia.
Susa Located on the Susiana plain, Susa was an important Bronze Age city—it was once a capital of Elam—with structures that date back 4,000 years. It was destroyed by the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal around 640 B.C. and rebuilt a century later, becoming a favored residence of Persia's King Darius I. After the fall of the Achaemenid Empire in the fourth century B.C. and the brief reign of Alexander the Great, Susa became part of the Seleucid Empire; it would remain an administrative center until its decline in the 13th century A.D.
Dur Untash The Elamites who lived in southwestern Iran (ca 2400 to 539 B.C.) are often divided into groups: Old, Middle, and Neo-Elamite. Members of one of the world's early civilizations, the Elamites constructed an impressive ziggurat, or pyramidal tower, in the city of Dur Untash. Among the largest in the world, the ziggurat has been partly restored. Locals call it Choga Zanbil, or basket mound, since its shape resembles an upside-down basket.
Cyrus Cylinder Cyrus the Great founded the first Persian Empire (ca 530 B.C. to 330 B.C.). During the course of 200 years, its rulers subjugated numerous realms in a region that stretched from the Indus River in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west, making Persia the largest empire the world had yet seen. The cosmopolitan kingdom of the Achaemenids tolerated many of the local customs of the groups it absorbed and conquered.
Known as the King of the Four Quarters, Cyrus freed the Jews from Babylon and was admired as a champion of human rights. He respected the customs of those he conquered, allowing him to absorb many people into his empire with much less bloodshed than previous conquerors. The Cyrus Cylinder—a cuneiform clay cylinder bearing words Cyrus wrote to describe his treatment of the people of Babylonia after the Iranian conquest—has been called the first charter of human rights. Today it's in the British Museum in London; a copy is displayed at UN headquarters in New York.
Pasargadae The tomb of Cyrus the Great, about 25 miles northeast of the ancient city of Persepolis, is located in Pasargadae. Archaeologists are striving to restore the building's roof, but industrial pollutants from nearby factories are eating away at the stone.
Isfahan Famous for its handicrafts, including silks, cotton weaving, pottery, and metalwork, the city of Isfahan was likely in existence during the Achaemenian period; it was also a Parthian capital during the rule of Artabanus V in the third century A.D. Isfahan, meaning "place of the army," was used as an army camp and gathering place. Arabs conquered the city around A.D. 640, and the Ummayads and Abbassids controlled it until A.D. 931. The Mongols overtook it in 1397. The Safavid ruler Abbas I rebuilt it in 1598 and erected impressive mosques, leading to a new golden age for the capital. Today it's home to the important Islamic monument Masjed-e Jami, or Great Mosque of Isfahan, a giant complex.
Persepolis Often referred to as a ceremonial capital built by Darius the Great, who reigned from 522 to 486 B.C., Persepolis is the site of ruins that speak to a past shrouded in mystery: Its function is still debated by scholars. One theory says it could have been a residential palace; another, an administrative center. Yet the mountainous geography of the remote capital would have made it an inconvenient residence, and scholars generally agree that the capitals at Susa, Babylon, and Ecbatana were used more often.
Whatever its function, the complex of colossal stone buildings and columns was designed by Darius to symbolize Achaemenian power and rulership, dramatized by powerful symbols of lions and winged bulls with human heads. The Gate of All Lands served as an entry hall into the city; winged stoned bulls with human heads, called lamassu, protect its inner doorway. Inside Persepolis, a monumental stairway led to the Tripylon, a magnificent throne hall. Enormous stone doorways and false windows, once adorned with fabric window decorations, are nearly all that remain of Persepolis, but in its day it "was a brilliant advertisement for the measured rule of the Achaemenid kings," says David Stronach, professor of Near Eastern Studies at the University of California at Berkeley. At Persepolis, carved staircases show Persian elites holding hands, perhaps symbolizing their fraternity.
Contemporary Iran retains a strong Persian identity. Builder Hossein Sabat modeled his Dariush Grand Hotel on the island of Kish after Persepolis. Some of the artwork blends Persian mythology with contemporary themes, in a style the New York Times described as "more Las Vegas than Disneyland."
Naqsh-e Rostam Near Persepolis, a wall of rock called Naqsh-e Rostam contains tombs that once held the bodies of Darius and his immediate successors. The cubelike building in front of the tombs may have played a role in Achaemenid coronations, according to Stronach's recent research.
Rayy One of the great cities of Iran, Rayy dates from the third millennium B.C. and was famous for its silks and ceramics, including fired brick and glazed earthenware. An early Zoroastrian document calls it a sacred place. Rayy was taken by the Muslim Arabs in A.D. 641 and grew to be an important city under the Muslim caliph al-Mahdi in the eighth century. Other significant cities of the time included Damascus and Baghdad. Religious rivals brought down Rayy in the 12th century, and the Mongols destroyed it in 1220.
Nishapur Destroyed and rebuilt many times, Nishapur, a capital of Iran, is said to have been the wealthiest city in Iran during the ninth century A.D. It produced impressive Islamic ceramics, particularly in the tenth century A.D., with bold, symmetric motifs that showed links to Sassanid and Central Asian craftsmanship, including images of black and ochre birds and green and white painted lines. In 1037 A.D. the first Saljuk king made Nishapur his capital, turning it into a center of learning by creating a dozen libraries and a university.
From Darius the Great to Ardashir, Iran has adapted to many styles of rule. The accomplishments of these historic figures can still be seen today. Below is a list of some of Iran's most remarkable leaders.
Alexander the Great and the Seleucids Called Eskander the Accursed by some Iranians, Alexander the Great plundered Persepolis around 330 B.C., burning down much of the city. He conquered the Persian Empire but died in Babylon shortly afterward, in 323 B.C. With his general Seleucus in control, Alexander's successors continued to spread Greek influence over Asia, before eventually losing power to the Parthians.
The Parthians The Parthians (247 B.C. to A.D. 224) were tribal warriors from northeast Persia who created what's been called the second Persian Empire, which challenged Rome's power.
The Sassanids The Sassanids (ca A.D. 224 to A.D. 641) formed a new ruling family that became the third Persian Empire—a golden era of city building and art. Firuzabad (built after A.D. 224) was the palace of Ardashir I, founder of the Sassanid dynasty. Major design elements of the palace include an arched open-fronted hall, or iwan, that leads to an inner domed chamber. Centuries later these same two conspicuous elements still distinguished classic Islamic mosque architecture, according to the University of California's David Stronach. The Sassanid dynasty was the last flowering of ancient Iranian culture before the Arabs conquered it in 641 A.D.
Zoroastrianism, the state religion of the Sassanid dynasty, had likely been observed since the beginning of the first Persian Empire. The mostly monotheistic religion influenced Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The teachings of Zoroaster were celebrated during the autumnal festival of Mehregan, which is still observed by about 30,000 people in Iran. About 200,000 people practice Zoroastrianism today, though most live in India—only about 30,000 Iranians practice Zoroastrianism.
The Arab Conquest In 641A.D. Arab nomads spreading Islam brought Persia under Arab rule, but Persian identity remained a strong cultural force in the Muslim world.
The Abbasids The Abbasids (ca. 750 -1258 A.D.) were among the great dynasties of the Muslim empire. They ruled from the eighth century A.D. until the Mongol invasion of the 13th century. The Abbasids embraced Persian heritage, and their international empire blended elements of Islamic and Persian thought. An early focus on literary, artistic, and scientific achievement elevated the Abassid Empire. The dynasty ultimately fell to the Mongols during a siege of Baghdad, the Abbasid capital.
Allen, Lindsay. The Persian Empire. University of Chicago Press, 2005.
Curtis, John E., and Nigel Tallis, eds. Forgotten Empire: The World of Ancient Persia. University of California Press, 2005.
Del Giudice, Marguerite. "Persia: Ancient Soul of Iran." National Geographic (August 2008), 34-67.
Frye, Richard N. The Heritage of Persia. World Publishing Company, 1963.
Garthwaite, Gene R. The Persians. Blackwell Publishing, 2005.
Persians: Masters of Empire. Time Life Inc., 1995.
Matheson, Sylvia. Persia: An Archaeological Guide. Noyes Press, 1973.
Ruthven, Malise. Historical Atlas of Islam. Harvard University Press, 2004.
Stronach, David. "Hertzfeld and Pasargadae." Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. 12. 2004.
Wiesehöfer, Josef. Ancient Persia. I. B. Tauris and Co., 2007.
Lawler, Andrew. "Middle Asia Takes Center Stage," Science (August 2007).
Fathi, Nazila. "A Passion for Persia, Disneyland, and Dolphins." Dariush Grand Hotel New York Times, April 24, 2008.
Iran Chamber Society. Links to history of Iran
Other Resources
Film of Persepolis.
Forgotten Empire: The World of Ancient Persia.
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After graduation she went to work for Marriott International, holding numerous positions in operations and sales and marketing. Heather worked for properties in both Kansas City and Nashville, TN.
Heather also worked for Holiday Inn Founder Kemmons Wilsons private company out of Memphis, TN, as a director of sales and marketing.
Heathers first experience in higher education came at Lambuth University in Jackson, TN, as Director of Advancement and Public Relations.
In 1993, Heather married Paul Troth. Paul and Heather moved to Huron, South Dakota where they accepted positions as the head football coach and director of student services respectively. As the director of student services, Heather implemented the schools first full orientation weekend and semester long freshman orientation class.
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Do you own your identity online? The answer may surprise you.
The internet atmosphere is the infrastructure that makes the cloud possible.
Continuing through a series of predictions for 2009, in this entry I examine the media space and present some of my thoughts about what might happen in the coming year.
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Join the Mid-American Chapter of Association of Corporate Counsel as they present The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly --How to Protect Your Brand with a Social Media Policy. The seminar is on Wednesday, November 9, atSwiss Re America Holding Company, 5200 Metcalf Avenue in Overland Park, Kansas. It begins at 11:30 a.m. and ends at 1:00 p.m.
Savvy companies recognize the vast potential in social media for recruiting, hiring, retention, name recognition, credibility and public relations. But along with the exciting opportunities and social media success stories, there are plenty of horror stories. It's all too common to hear about the release of confidential customer data, regulatory violations and public-relations disasters, all resulting from employee and employer misuse of social media. While there is no foolproof way to eliminate all the risks, there are ways to minimize the potential pitfalls. The speakers will discuss how to craft the right social media policy for a large organization, how to implement it, and how to avoid confusion in implementation. The panelists will also point out areas of social media that appear to be presenting unexpected challenges to businesses, and provide tips on how participants can avoid the hazards and take advantage of all of the latest social media platforms.
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The term medical device often elicits mental images of solid, fabricated objects such as coronary stents, replacement joints, surgical sutures or adhesive bandages. Nonetheless, the term can also refer to fluid, formulated products. Personal lubricants (PLs) are a prime example of such formulated medical devices. Not only are PLs an important accessory to the practice of medicine, they also are the cornerstone of the rapidly growing intimate health or intimacy enhancement category in the over-the-counter (OTC) consumer health care marketplace. The purpose of this article is to provide a general review of PLs and to demonstrate how polymer science is essential to enabling innovation in this unique class of medical devices.
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- The department of Physics owns a Department license for the product LabView of National Instrument.
This department license includes tools like "Department license", "LabWindows/CVI",
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At present 6 working groups divide the costs of this license. The share per working group is fixed to 1.000 Euros (one time). The annual update costs 1.102 Euros is shared by the working groups involved. If other working groups of our department should be interested in a participation, the yearly update costs would degrade according to the incoming financial contributions.
- The departments of Biology, chemistry, pharmacy and physics together have acquired an Origin campus license (Windows).
For the FB physics a refinancing plan has been decided for the working groups involved:
1-3 licenses with 100 Euros/year and unlimited licenses with 300 Euros/year of participation.
In approx. 7 years the refinancing of the network license is complete and only the regular update costs remain.
If other working groups - even from other departments - should be interested in a participation, the refinancing rate would degrade according to the incoming financial contributions.
At the moment there is only an English version of Origin, but with the next update to the version 8.0 (which is announced for May, 2007) there will a combined German/English version.
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- the network license: this is intended for all PCs with permanent connection to the FB LAN. A central network server will activate Origin during start up.
- There are 30 Mathematica network licenses + 30 Home Use licenses in physics FB on the base of an annual lease contract.
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From Eden to the New Jerusalem: An Introduction to Biblical Theology by T. Desmond Alexander
Many thanks to the kind folks at Kregel for this review copy!
Interest in biblical theology (hereafter BT) has been on the rise in recent years and a number of fine volumes have been published on the subject. One of those entries is T. Desmond Alexander's From Eden to the New Jerusalem: An Introduction to Biblical Theology . One thing that quickly becomes apparent is that Alexander's approach is hardly like most others. Rather than an introduction to the discipline of BT per se, it's more an example of how one can do BT. There is no discussion of the history of the discipline, nor of what constitutes such—it's simply a demonstration of one approach to BT.
He states that this book has its origins in a study he was doing on what Revelation 20-22 reveals about death and the afterlife. Using that study as a springboard, Alexander explores the meta-story of scripture from…end to beginning? Yes, Alexander puts it in reverse and explores the grand story of scripture by starting at the end—Revelation—and working back to Genesis. By that I mean that his study of Revelation 20-22 serves as a catalyst to study from the beginning—Genesis0—and work through the Bible, tracing the development of particular themes.
You should not expect, however, a detailed walkthrough of the whole Bible, but rather a thematic exploration that hits on some of the more central themes in Scripture, the temple motif in particular. Admittedly, I had reservations about this approach; however, Alexander capably accomplishes the purpose he set out to achieve in this book, which is to answer the questions "Why does the earth exist?" and "What is the purpose of human life?"
Having said this, it seemed a bit odd (initially) that Alexander would have entitled the book From Eden to the New Jerusalem. Given his approach, shouldn't it have been the other way around? Not really, because Alexander vacillates back and forth between the two canonical bookends and discusses not only how each serves to frame the biblical story, but how the temple motif figures into the intervening material. Obviously this is not an exhaustive discussion of the motif, but a survey to show at minimum how the temple, from the garden of Eden to the New Jerusalem, is developed throughout the biblical story.
Overall, Alexander's take on the meta-narrative of scripture is one with which I can mostly resonate. If someone wanted to know what my general take is on the big picture of scripture is, I would recommend this book. While I remain unconvinced that the whole of Scripture is bound by a single unifying concept or theme (Heilsgeschichte would be the most likely contender), Alexander ably answers the questions asked at the outset.
Though a few years old now, I gladly recommend this title, particularly if you are interested in biblical theology in general or the temple motif specifically. This book clocks in at only 208 pages (including bibliography and scripture index), so it will leave many questions unanswered or partially addressed. However, Alexander amply footnotes his discussion throughout. That and the bibliography should provide plenty of resources for additional study of this topic.
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Wake up at 5 a.m. Shower, eat a small breakfast (if there's time), then drive to O'hare International Airport to start a 7:30 a.m. shift. Clock out at 2 p.m., drive home for shower number two then change clothes and head to Verizon Wireless. Work a few hours, clock out and go to class. Get home by 11 p.m. Sleep. Repeat.
For Brian Flynn, 32, this is a typical Monday. A part-time digital photography student at Harrington College of Design (where he also works in the equipment cage), Flynn juggles three part-time jobs, school and his true passion, capturing images.
"[The challenge is] having enough energy to keep up with doing everything that I do, said Flynn in a phone interview. "I'm probably a very crazy individual at this point because I do so much, and there's simply not enough time in the day to accomplish everything."
If he has the weekend off from his ramp services job at United Airlines, Flynn starts his Saturday around 9 a.m. with a photo shoot or editing in his shared studio space. In his last semester at Harrington, Flynn said he is ready to focus more on his company, B Flynn Photography. Still, he is nervous about putting himself out there as a full-time photographer.
"It's a little scary because there are so many ups and downs between how often I have paying clients," he said. "I still need to work, still need a steady paycheck."
Laid off from Blue Cross Blue Shield last November, Kylisha Alsberry, aspiring fashion designer and creator of online boutique Haute Sheek, knows this fear all too well. Though given the option to stay at her company, she said she opted for a severance package and invested nearly $5,000 in her own business.
"When I finally decided to step out and call my own shots…there's nothing like it," Alsberry said. "I was meant to be a boss; I have to be a boss."
Sporting closely cropped magenta hair that stands out against her light brown complexion, Alsberry, who is 27, says she has always had a weird sense of fashion. She started out by styling her friends and family, taking their pictures and posting them on sites such as Model Mayhem. Models noticed her work, she said, and began inquiring about working with her.
"I have to get up, I have to move and make things happen," Alsberry said.
28-year-old Marcus Turner recently opened his photography studio, Marcus Turner Movements in Aurora. Self-taught, he has a degree in electrical engineering from Southern Illinois University. Turner says one of the greatest challenges for a rising businessperson is letting people know you exist.
"My best advice is to work on developing relationships," Turner said. "Your business doesn't actually come from the relationships you built this year, it comes from the relationships you built last year."
Turner, who specializes in sports portraits, said he is partnering with the city of Aurora for a Christmas shoot, as part of the city's rebranding campaign. He is also developing an online marketing company and lifestyle blog featuring health and wellness issues. Turner says he always wanted to have his own business and enjoys the process of creating something and witnessing its growth.
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It may surprise some that News Corp's political donations history features so many Democrats, but by following the money we can see that this is politics as usual.
The Hill published an article that was based a post on the Sunlight Foundation that emphasized News Corp's donations to Democrats,
Political donations by News Corp., its employees and their families were evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, with President Obama the all-time leading recipient, according to a report from the Sunlight Foundation.
The transparency watchdog noted Tuesday that Democrats received 51 percent of contributions while Republicans received 49 percent, despite the firm's highly publicized links to the GOP, such as a $1 million donation to the Republican Governors Association in August.
That sounds like a juicy story, and it is, but not for the reason that you may think.
Let's follow money and see where it takes us.
News Corp's top recipients in 2009 and 2010 were three Democrats, Sen. Barbara Boxer ($58,900), Rep. Henry Waxman ($28,900), and Rep. Howard Berman ($19,360). At first glance this doesn't make much sense until you know that Barbara Boxer sits on the Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet. News Corp has also given oodles of money to Sen. John Kerry, and I'll bet you'll never guess which Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet he is the chairman of?
Rep. Henry Waxman is currently the Democratic Ex Officio of the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. Before 2010, Waxman was the chair of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which just so happens to be responsible for the oversight of the subcommittee and oversight of the telecommunications industry. Big time News Corp donation recipient Republican James Sensenbrenner is the current chairman of the House Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet, which fellow News Corp cash getter Rep. Howard Berman also sits on.
Ed Markey was donated to because he sits on the House U.S. House Energy Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, and he also sits on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce which has jurisdiction over the FCC. Chuck Schumer sits on the powerful Judiciary Committee and the Judiciary subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law, and the subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights. (Keeping competition laws and regulations loose is a priority for News Corp).
The donations to Obama are the easiest of all to understand. News Corp like the rest of the corporate world donated to Obama because it looked like he was going to win. They donated heavily to Hillary Clinton and Obama both because they wanted to cover their bases, and make sure that they backed the 2008 winner.
The real story here isn't that News Corp donated to Democrats. It is why they donated to Democrats. News Corp did nothing unusual. Every corporation donates to powerful elected officials regardless of party in order to sway the oversight of their industry. Every corporation uses their money to buy influence on the political process, and the Supreme Court's Citizen's United decision will only make the problem worse.
Before you start to think that Rupert Murdoch is some sort of closet liberal, keep in mind that his personal political donations went 100% to Republicans. News Corp used their money to influence those who make the laws and perform oversight on the agencies who regulate them.
The important story isn't that News Corp donated slightly more to Democrats during a time when they were in the majority. The dirty little secret that every American should know and be outraged by is that their democracy is owned, bought, and paid for by corporate America.
It is still one person, one vote, but in our broken campaign finance system corporate dollars completely trump the voice of the people.


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Have you ever pondered as to why you experience unknown feelings of joy and happiness when you see babies? Did you ever wonder as to why you can't stop smiling when you stare at their big beady eyes? Well, the reason is - babies are humans adorned with innocence. They enter into this world totally unaware of its cruelty and unjustness. Some of the misfortunate ones do not make it alive. However, there a few, who are not allowed to make it alive. Yes, I'm talking about the abortion babies. Here are 5 ways as to how abortion affects people:
The perception
One has to understand that the basic meaning of abortion goes with the perception. For some, it might mean forcefully killing the child before birth. Although scientifically it is proven that you cannot kill a baby unless it is fully formed, which is not till the first-trimester ends, people still believe that abortion means killing a child. The analogy for people who think likewise might be this. Just like how we are facing disasters by forcing the earth to fulfill our needs, in a similar fashion when the baby is forced out to death, the reproductory organs of a woman are adversely affected. The last part sadly is true to some extent. The reproductory organs might get affected if proper caution is not taken.
Effect on health
Before discussing the effects that generally people don't give a thought about, it's important to know about the effect on health. Certain diseases such as insomnia, anorexia, infertility and pain in the cervix may be caused. It is also believed that abortion may lead to breast cancer.
Emotional issues
Apart from the physical issues, women are also affected emotionally. The women who have undergone abortion face serious psychological problems and trauma after seeing such a ruthless act in front of their own eyes.
Society and its views
Since abortion is still considered as a social evil, many a times such women are looked down upon for taking away the life of an innocent. In societies with little or no education, the perception might be more prominent.
Effect on society
Abortion has now become an easy way for teenagers to get away with their mistakes. Indirectly abortion is the reason a lot of unnecessary pregnancies are arising. While in many instances abortion is a necessity, it is used as a tool by many teenagers to get away with unprotected sex.
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Well, it's the card pack, front and back. This pack is odd as CCG packs go. Almost nobody uses wax-packs anymore, since collectors hate the inevitable discoloration that happens to the card that's pressed against the wax sealed flaps. Instead they use foil packs, which are crimped at both edges and along the back of the pack, not unlike how a candy bar is packaged. These, however, are packaged in clear plastic packs that have a design printed on them in the middle. The result is that you can sorta peek in through the ends, but I've found that while you can work the cards enough to determine which foil card you have in a loose pack, I was unable to do so with a pack that was still attached to the bag. Since the cashiers typically pick the bag at random, you don't really get a choice as to which pack you get, so I'm guessing this was done as a cost-saving measure.
I'm not sure why anyone would really care about seeing the back of the card pack, but I figured that as long as I was doing everything else I might as well do that also.
And there we have scans of the fronts of the fifteen non-foil cards and a scan of their standard card back. Obviously the #14 NUI-JAGA is the coolest card, since the layout designers were wise enough to choose the purple one over the baby-blue one, but the #7 TAHNOK card is the most interesting as a part of the whole collection. The three RAHI feature chunks of the box art from the RAHI sets. The even numbered BOHROK cards feature the artwork that was used in the TECHNIC? catalogs, and the other five odd numbered BOHROK cards feature the artwork that was used on the pods from the BOHROK sets. The #7 TAHNOK, however, uses the same artwork that has been used in various advertisements, a poster, and even once on the front page of BIONICLE.com. I find myself very curious as to why the did not use the TAHNOK pod artwork.


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Considering the purpose of section 502, the language of the prohibition should be considered to apply to persons who because of election, employment or change in duties begin to handle funds or other property during the course of a particular fiscal year. Bonds should be secured for such persons, in an amount based on the funds handled by their predecessors during the preceding fiscal year, before they are permitted to engage in any of the fund-handling activities referred to in the prohibition, unless coverage with respect to such persons is already provided by bonds in force meeting the requirements of section 502(a).


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This elegant necklace was featured in the Beads 2011 Buyer's Guide special issue magazine that came out earlier this year. I made this necklace months ago and when it came back to me, I hung it up with the rest and completely forgot to blog about it. Luckily, Sara was looking through that magazine yesterday and reminded me. Thanks Sara!
The pendant in this necklace is a beautiful black obsidian piece from Lillypilly Designs. It is complemented with glass rondelles and pearls from my stash, Lucite rounds from The Beadin' Path, and brass beads and findings from Vintaj. Soft Flex Craft Wire in 24-gauge Black and 26-gauge Vintage Bronze were used to connect everything together.
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On the needles right now are a pair of my love squared fingerless gloves. The pattern can be found in Shannon Okey's AltFiber, a book I am very proud to be a small part of. The gloves are worked in two colors with a two color rib and thumb gusset that I'm particularly fond of. This is the third pair I've made and have plans to work on a chartreuse and brown pair once these are finished.
I'm also working on a sock project for Shannon right now. Can't say much about it other than the yarn, which she dyed, is phenomenal. Can't wait to share all the details on this project.
I'm very lucky to be sharing Shannon's intern, Carrie, this afternoon. We are making a visual tutorial for our production knitters and since language is a barrier, the photos will work very well. This is a common technique to use for people with language delays or deficits and we used visuals almost exclusively when Ben was younger, so it seemed like a good idea here.


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Update: June 12, 3 p.m.: The Weekly has obtained footage from the raid containing what seems to be a surprising anecdote from one of the officers onscreen regarding the judge who signed the search warrant. Hon. Jonathan Fish has been an Orange County Superior Court Judge since 2008, but before that he was a prosecutor with the district attorney's office who specialized in narcotics cases.
In the footage, an unidentified Santa Ana Police officer is talking to another cop as they wrap up their raid on the marijuana dispensary.
"You ever work with John Fish, the DA?" the officer asks.
"He was just in when I got there," his partner responds.
"He's the judge that signed our warrant," the first officer continues, adding that he had just spoken with Judge Fish and had enjoyed a good laugh with him about their old times together. "He's the fucker that pulled into a gas station on our way to the Staples Center and goes, "Let's buy some beers and drink 'em out of a red cup.' I go, 'That's not going to be obvious.' There we are at an am/pm getting styrofoam cups and pouring our beers into them. That fucking blew me away."
The Weekly attempted to interview Judge Fish about the footage, but after describing it to his secretary at the North Justice Center in Fullerton, she placed the call on hold and then got back on the line. "He can't make any comment on it," she said. "Sorry." Then she hung up the telephone.
In an interview with the Weekly, SAPD Commander Revere said he hadn't seen the video footage containing the above conversation, but did confirm that all the officers he'd seen so far in the footage were indeed Santa Ana police department employees. Revere added that once the department had access to all the footage from the raid, it would be in a better position to determine if any wrongdoing had taken place.
"If they are doing anything else that involves misconduct, the chief will take the appropriate action," Revere said. "I want to investigate: if it's an ugly baby, it's an ugly baby, let's move on. But it's frustrating when we get a little snapshot of an incident where we're not able to substantiate or corroborate anything either way. Hopefully, that won't be the case in this instance."
Original Post: June 11, 12:21 p.m.: The Weekly has received footage from a recent marijuana dispensary raid that appears to show Santa Ana police officers eating pot candy and throwing darts after destroying–or so they thought–all the surveillance cameras inside the cannabis shop.
The video footage shows an officer stuffing something into his mouth and handing something to another cop, who asks him "What flavor?" The officers then laugh. The footage is too grainy to be certain that the item that the officer picks up from the counter of the cannabis shop is in fact a pot edible, although the behavior of the officers suggests this is the case.
Also in the footage: a female police officer joking that she wanted to kick Marla James–a marijuana activist and wheelchair-bound amputee who was present during the raid–in her "nub."
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Yikes! Presumably, the police officers depicted in the video thought their actions and statements would not be recorded, but they were: the officers failed to remove all the secret cameras. Other footage obtained by the Weekly shows police officers, some of whom are wearing ski masks, battering down the dispensary's front door and then storming the establishment with guns drawn. The footage also shows the officers using a crowbar to dislodge various surveillance cameras and a DVR machine.
As the Weekly reported yesterday, a Superior Court judge has issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the city's Measure BB, which will allow some 20 dispensaries to operate legally in Santa Ana. The judge's order came in response to lawsuits filed by dispensaries that failed to win during the city's controversial Feb. 5 lottery process.
The May 26 raid depicted in the video–which led to a dozen arrests and shut down the Sky High Collective on 17th St.–is just one of numerous busts of dispensaries that failed to qualify in the ballot and which the city says are operating in violation of Santa Ana's current ban on marijuana dispensaries. James and her husband David told the Weekly that they were present at Sky High because their attorney, Matt Pappas, had learned the collective would be raided from Santa Ana's city attorney, Sonia Carvalho."
"When they came back into the back room when David and I were, they asked us why we were there, and I told them we were there to observe them, the police," James recalled. "And they were really surprised about that." When James told the officers that "Sonia" had told her attorney about the raid, the officers didn't recognize the name. "They had no idea and it made them seem kind of stupid and maybe that's why they got mad."
James struggled to understand why the female officer in the video would make fun of her disability.
"You know what, I was really nice to that woman," James said. "I even complimented her on her hair. I treated that woman with respect and I have no idea why she wanted to kick my stump."
Commander Chris Revere told the Weekly that he'd watched the footage, which he described as "edited" and "non-chronological."
"Obviously we are concerned with what we see on the video," Revere said. "We have initiated an internal affairs investigation. I'd like to see the unedited video to get a clearer picture of what is happening."
Revere said he could not comment further on the video because the department's investigation was "ongoing."
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Dementieva: The Most Overlooked PlayerDecember 21, 2009
It occurred to me that in my column yesterday I forgot to mention Elena Dementieva. She is consistently one of the top players in the game. She always challenges at grand slams. She's won an Olympic Gold Medal, but yet she's always so easy to overlook.
That's in part because she still hasn't won a grand slam or been to No. 1 in the world. I hope that I am wrong, but I don't think that trend will change this year. I love Elena. I love watching her play. I think she is the best mover in the game.
She moves gracefully around the court, but she can also come up with some big shots on both sides of the ball. Her serve has improved, but it can still be a liability on important points.
To me the biggest problem with Elena is that she gets too tight when the match is on the line. I still don't think she fully believes she can win a slam. She played a great match against Serena Williams at Wimbledon. The best women's match of the year. However, Serena came up with the goods on the big points, while Elena got tight.
I hope that 2010 will be the year Elena loosens up and goes for it on the big points and finally believes she can be the best. The game is there all she needs is the belief. And if she does believe, the women's game will be that much better for it.


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