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|Algo Trading - a CEP use case
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In my previous blog post on Complex Event Processing, I demonstrated the use of Esper, the open source CEP software and Twitter4J API to handle stream of tweets from Twitter. A CEP product is much more thanhandling just one stream of data though. Single stream of data could be easily handled through the standard asynchronous messaging platforms and does not pose very challenging scalability or latency issues. But when it comes to consuming more than one real time stream of data and to analyzing it in real time, and when correlation between the streams of data is important, nothing beats a CEP platform. The sources feeding streaming platform could vary in speed, volume and complexity. A true enterprise class CEP should deal effectively with various real time high speed data like stock tickers and slower but voluminous offline batch uploads, with equal ease. Apart from providing standard interfaces, CEP should also provide an easier programming language to query the streaming data and to generate continuous intelligence through such features as pattern matching and snapshot querying.
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If you are an existing user of any CEP product, I encourage you to compare Aleri with that product and share it with the community or comment on this blog. By somewhat dated estimates, Tibco CEP is the biggest CEP vendor in the market. I am not sure how much market share another leading product StreamBase has. There is also a webinar you can listen to on Youtube.com that explains CEP benefits in general and some key features of Streambase in specific. For new comers, this serves as an excellent introduction to CEP and a capital markets use case.
An application on Aleri CEP is built by creating a model using the Studio (the gui) or using Splash(the language) or by using the Aleri Modeling language (ML) - the final stage before it is deployed.
Following is a list of the key features of Splash.
- Data Types - Supports standard data types and XML . Also supports 'Typedef ' for user defined data types.
- Access Control – a granular level access control enabling access to a stream or modules (containing many streams)
- SQL – another way of building a model. Building an Aleri studio model could take longer due to its visual paradigm. Someone proficient with SQL should be able to do it much faster using Aleri SQL which is very similar to regular SQL we all know.
- Joins - supported joins are Inner, Left, Right and Full
- Filter expressions - include Where, having, Group having
- ML - Aleri SQL produces data model in Aleri modeling language (ML) – A proficient ML users might use only ML (in place of Aleri Studio and Aleri SQL)to build a model.
- The pattern matching language - includes constructs such as 'within' to indicate interval (sliding window), 'from' to indicate the stream of data and the interesting 'fby' that indicates a sequence (followed by)
- User defined functions – user defined function interface provided in the splash allows you to create functions in C++ or Java and to use them within a splash expression in the model.
Advanced pattern matching – capabilities are explained through example here. – Following three code segments and their explanations are directly taken from Sybase's documentation on Aleri.
The first example checks to see whether a broker sends a buy order on the same stock as one of his or her customers, then inserts a buy order for the customer, and then sells that stock. It creates a "buy ahead" event when those actions have occurred in that sequence.
within 5 minutes
BuyStock[Symbol=sym; Shares=n1; Broker=b; Customer=c0] as Buy1,
BuyStock[Symbol=sym; Shares=n2; Broker=b; Customer=c1] as Buy2,
SellStock[Symbol=sym; Shares=n1; Broker=b; Customer=c0] as Sell
on Buy1 fby Buy2 fby Sell
if ((b = c0) and (b != c1)) {
output [Symbol=sym; Shares=n1; Broker=b];
This example checks for three events, one following the other, using the fby relationship. Because the same variable sym is used in three patterns, the values in the three events must be the same. Different variables might have the same value, though (e.g., n1 and n2.) It outputs an event if the Broker and Customer from the Buy1 and Sell events are the same, and the Customer from the Buy2 event is different.
The next example shows Boolean operations on events. The rule describes a possible theft condition, when there has been a product reading on a shelf (possibly through RFID), followed by a non-occurrence of a checkout on that product, followed by a reading of the product at a scanner near the door.
within 12 hours
ShelfReading[TagId=tag; ProductName=pname] as onShelf,
CounterReading[TagId=tag] as checkout,
ExitReading[TagId=tag; AreaId=area] as exit
on onShelf fby not(checkout) fby exit
output [TagId=t; ProductName=pname; AreaId=area];
The next example shows how to raise an alert if a user tries to log in to an account unsuccessfully three times within 5 minutes.
LoginAttempt[IpAddress=ip; Account=acct; Result=0] as login1,
LoginAttempt[IpAddress=ip; Account=acct; Result=0] as login2,
LoginAttempt[IpAddress=ip; Account=acct; Result=0] as login3,
LoginAttempt[IpAddress=ip; Account=acct; Result=1] as login4
on (login1 fby login2 fby login3) and not(login4)
output [Account=acct];
People wishing to break into computer systems often scan a number of TCP/IP ports for an open one, and attempt to exploit vulnerabilities in the programs listening on those ports. Here's a rule that checks whether a single IP address has attempted connections on three ports, and whether those have been followed by the use of the "sendmail" program.
within 30 minutes
Connect[Source=ip; Port=22] as c1,
Connect[Source=ip; Port=23] as c2,
Connect[Source=ip; Port=25] as c3
SendMail[Source=ip] as send
on (c1 and c2 and c3) fby send
output [Source=ip];
Aleri provides many interfaces out of the box for an easy integration with source and target systems. Through these interfaces/adapters the Aleri platform can communicate with standard relational databases, messaging frameworks like IBM MQ, sockets and file system files. Data in various formats like csv, FIX, Reuters market data, SOAP, http, SMTP is easily consumed by Aleri through standardized interfaces.
Following are available techniques for integrating Aleri with other systems.
- Pub/sub API is provided in Java, C++ and dot net - A standard pub/sub mechanism
- SQL interface with SELECT, UPDATE, DELETE and INSERT statements used through ODBC and JDBC connection.
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Couple of things here: First, Oklahoma, like Texas and 21 other States is a STAND YOUR GROUND State, so forget this "Warning Shot" business. If you feel your life is in danger, USE YOUR WEAPON. Second, Always better to HAVE A GUN ON YOUR PERSON and NOT NEED IT than NEED A GUN and NOT HAVE IT! Stay Armed 24/7 because the World is an Unforgiving Place, even in YOUR OWN FRONT YARD! -SF
News in 6 reports in Tulsa Oklahoma this week (5/23/2016)police are investigating a shooting in south Tulsa. About a dozen police cars responded to a 911 call to the 9400 block of South 68th East Avenue around 9:30 Monday night.
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System of a Stout: Brewing the world's first Armenian coffee beer
Sip on this SoCal: As you read this dinky blog post, the world's first Armenian coffee beer is being brewed. Just for you. And it's going to be friggin delicious.
I wrote up a piece for this Sunday's Times Community News/Glendale News Press on the stuff, which will be showcased at the 10th Dionicess event on June 10 at Beachwood BBQ.
The beer itself is a collaborative effort between Dionicess founder Gevork Kazanchyan, Beachwood BBQ brewer Julian Shrago, and Jeff Duggan of Portola Coffee Lab. It's appropriately named System of a Stout after L.A.-based Armenian rock group System of a Down, and will include Armenian ingredients like cardamom, Armenian coffee, and cognac. Full details on the brewing process can be viewed in the original story linked above.
As for when you can try it, the best opp will be the upcoming Dionicess event. Says the TCN story:
"Dionicess X's theme is appropriately named Coming of Age, and will showcase five courses (plus a few bonus rounds) of aged beers paired with dishes that feature pickled and fermented foods from around the world. Guests will get to take home commemorative bottles of the beer, as well as some of Beachwood's house-made, barrel-aged hot sauce. Of course, System of a Stout will play a central role in the meal."
You can buy your tickets to Dionicess X, which will take place at Beachwood BBQ in Long Beach on June 10 at 5 p.m., here. Proceeds will go to the Armenian Real Medicine Foundation. But in case you can't make it, they'll be releasing 10 kegs around SoCal after the event, one of which will be at Tony's Darts Away.
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Math Jokes
Two hyperbolas were sitting on a plane.
The first hyperbola says to the other "I sure wish I could oscillate."
The second one replies, "Holy crap! A talking hyperbola!"
Fooled you there, didn't I? I bet you were expecting some atrocious mathematical pun instead of a variation of the Great Muffin Joke. Me too, and that's why I laughed.
On a more conventional note, the site includes great lists of "...walks into a bar" jokes, of dubious proof methods (also here), and my favourite math joke ever:
The cocky exponential function e^x is strolling along the road insulting the functions he sees walking by. He scoffs at a wandering polynomial for the shortness of its Taylor series. He snickers at a passing smooth function of compact support and its glaring lack of a convergent power series about many of its points. He positively laughs as he passes x for being nondifferentiable at the origin. He smiles, thinking to himself, "Damn, it's great to be e^x. I'm real analytic everywhere. I'm my own derivative. I blow up faster than anybody and shrink faster too. All the other functions suck."
Lost in his own egomania, he collides with the constant function 3, who is running in terror in the opposite direction.
"What's wrong with you? Why don't you look where you're going?" demands e^x. He then sees the fear in 3's eyes and says "You look terrified!"
"I am!" says the panicky 3. "There's a differential operator just around the corner. If he differentiates me, I'll be reduced to nothing! I've got to get away!" With that, 3 continues to dash off.
"Stupid constant," thinks e^x. "I've got nothing to fear from a differential operator. He can keep differentiating me as long as he wants, and I'll still be there."
So he scouts off to find the operator and gloat in his smooth glory. He rounds the corner and defiantly introduces himself to the operator. "Hi. I'm e^x."
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Holy Saturday, April 15, 2017
Repent, Rebirth, Reconcile, Rejoice, Redemption, Restore
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Lamentations 3:1-9, 19-24 (19-24)
The thought of my affliction and my homelessness is wormwood and gall!
My soul continually thinks of it and is bowed down within me.
But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope:
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
"The Lord is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I will hope in him."
Psalm 31:1-4, 15-16
In you, O Lord, I seek refuge;
do not let me be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me.
Incline your ear to me;
rescue me speedily.
Be a rock of refuge for me,
a strong fortress to save me.
You are indeed my rock and my fortress;
for your name's sake lead me and guide me,
take me out of the net that is hidden for me,
for you are my refuge.
My times are in your hand;
Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and persecutors.
Let your face shine upon your servant;
save me in your steadfast love.
1 Peter 4:1-8
Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same intention (for whoever has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin), so as to live for the rest of your earthly life no longer by human desires but by the will of God. You have already spent enough time in doing what the Gentiles like to do, living in licentiousness, passions, drunkenness, revels, carousing, and lawless idolatry. They are surprised that you no longer join them in the same excesses of dissipation, and so they blaspheme. But they will have to give an account to him who stands ready to judge the living and the dead. For this is the reason the gospel was proclaimed even to the dead, so that, though they had been judged in the flesh as everyone is judged, they might live in the spirit as God does.
The end of all things is near; therefore be serious and discipline yourselves for the sake of your prayers. Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins.
Matthew 27:57-66 (57-61)
When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus. He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus; then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. So Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn in the rock. He then rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb and went away. Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.
"Learning to Wait in the Dark: A Holy Saturday Reflection"
By Barbara Brown Taylor
Resurrection is always announced with Easter lilies, the sound of trumpets, bright streaming light. But it did not happen that way. Whatever happened to Jesus between Saturday and Sunday, it happened in the dark, with the smell of damp stone and dug earth in the air. It happened where no one but him could talk about it later, and he did not talk about it—at least not so anyone could explain it to anyone else.
That is what Holy Saturday has taught me about being a Christian. Between the great dramas of life, there is almost always a time of empty waiting—with nothing to do and no church service to help—a time when it is necessary to come up with your own words and see how they sound with no other sounds to cover them up. If you are willing to rest in this Sabbath, where you cannot see your hand in front of your face and none of your self-protective labors can do you one bit of good, then you may come as close to the Christ as you will ever get—there in that quiet cave where you wait to see how the Maker of All Life will choose to come to you in the dark.
The Challenge of Easter
By N.T. Wright
Following Christ in the power of the Spirit means bringing to our world the shape of the gospel: forgiveness, the best news that anyone can ever hear, for all who yearn for it; and judgment for all who insist on dehumanizing themselves and others by their continuing pride, injustice and greed.
Your calling may be to find new ways to tell the story of redemption, to create fresh symbols that will speak of a home for the homeless, the end of exile, the replanting of the garden, the rebuilding of the house.


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9 HUGS, 4 children, 3 adults (1 husband, 2 neighborhood friends)
My first hug of the day was around 1:00 AM. I was woken up by my husband letting me know that one of the neighbor's children would be sleeping over so his parents could bring their other child to the ER. (he has croup, but is ok!) I jumped out of bed and raced downstairs waiting to welcome him in to our home. I hugged his mom and wished her the best. Since settling down here in NC with no family around, all of us neighbors have come to rely heavily on each other. It helps us to not feel so alone. This wasn't the first time an arrangement like this has been made and won't be the last.
Later in the day, another neighbor came by with her son that I agreed to watch so that she could work on taking care of her elderly father. She receives my hugs on a daily basis and I wanted her to know that today's hug was not just for a blog, not just for her friendship, but also to let her know that she is not alone. I wanted to be sure she understood that it was a hug saying, I am here for you, I feel for you and I love you. I am not sure that she felt all of those things, but this was the first time I have heard her say thank you after giving her a hug.
These kind of hugs don't have to take place in person. My mom gave me a very warm, caring, lengthy hug over the phone tonight. Goodbye loneliness, you have no power over us huggers.
Please accept this blog as my virtual hug to you.


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Marjorie Bonadies 88th District State Representative
Please donate to our Hamden candidates to help them qualify for state funds.
Marjorie Bonadies 88th District State Representative
George S. Logan is the Republican candidate for State Senate to represent the towns of the 17th District – Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Derby, Hamden, Naugatuck and Woodbridge. It is his belief Connecticut has suffered too long at the hands of the political class. Record debt, historic tax increases on the Middle Class, punishing rules have dimmed the future for the next generation at all economic levels.
Mr. Logan believes a prosperous future for all requires new thinking in Hartford to unleash the potential of our people. And while this is Mr. Logan's first attempt at elected office, he is no stranger to public service.
During the course of his life, Mr. Logan has supervised numerous projects that have benefited consumer and businesses while devoting his spare time to various community based causes that have improved the quality of life for thousands of families.
Mr. Logan began his formal education at Notre Dame High School in West Haven, then earning his Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering from Trinity College and a Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Bridgeport.
He has spent most of his professional life working through the ranks of the largest private water company in the state – Aquarion – where he learned every aspect of providing clean drinking water to customers. During this time, Mr. Logan has engaged in capital projects, sustainability programs, alternative energy programs, watershed maintenance, environmental compliance, natural resources management and government relations.
At each stage of responsibility, Mr. Logan earned the trust of numerous local officials, environmental organizations, property owners, government officials and businesses – to complete capital improvements to the water delivery system.
Mr. Logan believes his successful career as a manager and problem solver will be essential to getting Connecticut's economy growing for everyone. He believes action is immediately needed to responsibility modify state regulation and taxes that destroys hard work, investment and short changes the necessary priorities of government.
Offering his experience and volunteer time is an essential part of Mr. Logan's life, including being a girl's basketball coach at Assumption School and as a board member for Griffin Hospital, the Greater Valley Chamber of Commerce, the Central Connecticut Coast YMCA and Junior Achievement of Western Connecticut.
Mr. Logan lives in Ansonia with his wife, Lisa, who is a Registered Nurse for the state Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services; his son, Hunter – a PSAT National Merit Award Finalist at Notre Dame and daughter Tracey – a freshman at Saint Joseph's School in Trumbull. Tracey is also a member of St. Joseph's track and field team.
The Hamden Republican Town Committee will hold a buy proscar hong kong Special Meeting on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 7:30 PM in the Miller Library-Senior Center Social Hall, 2901 Dixwell Ave., Hamden, CT, 06518 to elect town delegates to the 2016 Connecticut Republican Convention. Registered Republicans of Hamden are invited to attend.
Congratulations to the newly elected officers of the Hamden Republican Town Committee 2016-2018:
Don't forget to come on down to the fundraiser for Bob Anthony's mayoral election, it will be held at Dunbar Hill, Fire Station 8, 420 Dunbar Hill road, Hamden. on May 20th.
Starts at 5:30.
Enjoy great food, have an opportunity to meet Bob, and hear about his plan to make Hamden a great town. Tickets will sell for $10.00 per person at the door.
Phil Tripp has just unleashed his first television ad: "Service." The ad will air on local cable stations in the weeks to come.
Service to country and community has always been an essential part of Phil Tripp's life story. From his years of military duty to his time as elected representative in Ansonia, Phil Tripp has embraced the opportunity to work hard in the best interest of others.
Share it with your friends and family.
Let the 17th District know that Phil Tripp is ready to serve…again!
Trumbull, CT- On the campaign trail, State Treasurer Denise Nappier has consistently touted the balance of the pension fund and a single year 2014 performance in an effort to mask the underlying issues facing the state's beleaguered pension funds. But like most of Ms. Nappier's statements about her track record over the last 16 years, she has failed to acknowledge reality.
According to the highly regarded and respected investment advisory firm Cliffwater's 2014 Annual Report on State Pension Asset Allocation and Performance:
"Public pensions are today grappling with how to achieve actuarial expected returns in a low growth, low interest rate world. Our 2014 Report on State Pension Asset Allocation and Performance tracks changes in investment strategy among state pension systems and examines performance over the last 10 years." The "returns range from 5.9% to 8.8% with a 7.2% median return."
However, Connecticut has not even achieved its own measurements or benchmarks. According to the State of Connecticut's Combined Investment Funds 2013 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report the Teachers and State Employees funds total return did not meet their own benchmarks on an annualized bases looking back 3, 5, 10 years.
Below please find a chart outlining the 3, 5 and 10 year benchmarks for the TRF, SRF and MRF:
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|5 years
|10 years
|Teacher's Retirement Fund
|TERF Custom Benchmark
|The State Employee's Retirement Fund
|SERF Custom Benchmark
|Municipal Employees Retirement Fund
|MEFT Custom Benchmark
According to Denise Nappier and the State of Connecticut's Combined Investment Funds 2013 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. None of the three largest funds, Teachers, State Employees and Municipal Employees beat the median return of 7.2% referenced in the Cliffwater report.
"The underperformance of just three years (2010-2013) of Denise Nappier's investment management, missing the benchmark on over $26 Billion dollars in investments has cost the retirees, current employees and the taxpayers of Connecticut $600 million dollars," said Tim Herbst, Republican candidate for State Treasurer.
"Ms. Nappier is clearly cherry-picking reports, rather than being honest with Connecticut voters and pensioners about the state of these funds," said Herbst. "For the last ten years the state's pension funds have underperformed our own expectations, adding to the ever-mounting unfunded liabilities and putting the burden on taxpayers and putting pensions at risk."
Residents of Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Derby, Hamden, Naugatuck and Woodbridge!
Candidate for State Senator, Invites You and Your Children to Meet
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Monday, October 20th, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m få reda på det här nu. at
Saint Sebastian Club, 86 Father Salemi Drive, Ansonia
John, host of the popular documentary series, Made in America, is a renowned actor. His voice characterizations have been featured in all of the Pixar movies, and he is well-known for his acclaimed role on the long-running hit sitcom, Cheers. A Connecticut resident, John is one of America's leading champions of protecting and reviving American manufacturing jobs.
This FREE EVENT is open to all residents of the 17th Senate District
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Stopping in to say hello to you on this first day of November. Hope all is well, and that you enjoyed the beautiful month of October. Here in the Mitten, we had a mostly balmy month full of sunny days, brilliant color and warm enough temperatures to get out and enjoy. I've already spoken of the twins birthday party, as well as a couple other happenings in October, I've just got a few other happenings to share to get caught up.
I took a little trip with Mom and her watercolor ladies to Lexington,. Michigan. We rented a gorgeous cottage on Lake Huron and spent a few days just enjoying…
They are a lot of fun to be around!
We all were so happy to get away from routine, and enjoy this environment…that's my mom, second from the left:
The moodiness of the lake and sky could have entertained me forever:
Do you see the eyes, below?
And I learned there are iris's that rebloom in the fall….I would really love to have some of these!
We also found time to paint, although this was the only table available…we managed:
Lastly, we celebrated Halloween! Which is fun again now that there are little people around.
Pumpkin carving evening:
Halloween party!
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The charisma of the designation "trial lawyer" is not shared by "negotiator." However, since less than 5 percent of civil cases go through trial, enhancing your negotiating repertoire will likely reap rewards. In contrast to trial, where control of the outcome rests with the Court and/or Jury, a skilled negotiator can retain control of the outcome for the client. Therefore, it behooves the prudent litigator to augment your negotiator prowess. In the past, negotiation was not a part of law school curriculum. Today, law schools have entire sections devoted to negotiation and allied disciplines (e.g., mediation). While there is much to be gained from these courses of study, simply adding the following implements to your negotiator's tool belt will likely have a positive impact on your scorecard.
Develop a game plan for your negotiations. Research key issues, check jury verdicts for results in similar cases and work out a realistic evaluation of your client's case. Identify the issues, risks and interests of your client and opponents.[1] Outlining your offers and responses to anticipated counters enables you to maintain the tempo of the process, during actual negotiations.[2] Look for "value added" non-monetary items such as an apology[3] that can be just what is needed to clinch a deal. Googling opponents may yield valuable insights for your strategy. An absolutely inviolable rule is to provide your adversary with sufficient information (e.g., records, data and evidence) to obtain maximum authority.
Try a little civility. Start by setting a more positive tone for your negotiations at the outset. Instead of insisting on your preferred mediator, engage your opponent in a more collaborative way by asking for suggestions. This is likely to create a more collegial interaction for the negotiations. In pre-mediation communication such as teleconferences, refraining from pyrotechnics is more likely to build trust that can pay dividends as the negotiations progress.
If adversarial "hardball" tactics are not settling your cases, isn't continuing imprudent? If you want your opponent to agree with your position on issues, is belittling your opponent's case, overstating yours, or making pejorative comments the key to making that happen? Ratchet down your rhetoric. The same applies to puffing and posturing with excessive demands countered by lowball offers and the tired old classics "… I won't negotiate against myself!"[4] Avoid being drawn into personality conflicts (it is your clients' case, it is not about you).
Instead follow the lead of the masters, "… When negotiations stall, stop (to think), look (keep your eyes on the prize), identify the stakeholders and listen (to yourself; reactions and emotions) then step to their side (step into their shoes), listen more than talk, acknowledge their point …"[5] For those accustomed to the "settlement conference model," in which the Judge dictates the process and does the heavy lifting by pressuring and cajoling the parties to remove the case from the docket, it may take some time and effort to develop a comfortable transition.
Include a "plan B" to deal with unforeseen roadblocks. If in the midst of negotiations, your client is stuck, is unrealistic or is fixated on a zero sum game, consider requesting a mediator proposal. This non-binding tool can be an effective way of easing the process past a stalemate. Another possibility is med-arb. This hybrid process has a history in labor-management and commercial disputes, though it is not without its' detractors.[6]
Be mindful of cultural differences, which can scuttle a resolution if not handled adroitly. If you don't have a copy of "Kiss, Bow or Shake Hands"[7], it's a great quick resource for avoiding cultural faux pas. A person's culture or cultural identity is formed by a constellation of factors, inter alia, education, religiosity, ethnicity, social affiliations, vocation, gender identity and philosophic perspective. "Culture is more often a source of conflict than synergy …"[8] Gender based stylistic differences in speech must also be considered in your strategy. Women tend to engage in "rapport" talk, which they tend to lace with validation, while engaging in non-verbal conduct (nodding, leaning forward coupled with eye direct contact). Men generally use "report" speech to convey information.[9]
Don't overlook your client's role in the negotiations. Make sure that you and your client(s) are on the same page. Reduce client anxiety by making sure that there is an understanding of the negotiation process and the client's role. In contrast to the 'settlement conference model" your client's participation is likely to be the key to maximizing the outcome. Restricting the client's role to speaking only through you is likely to constrict the negotiations. Don't scrimp on the time devoted to client preparation lest your client's misconceptions about the process will undermine the negotiations. Make sure your client understands that not being combative is not capitulation and that shaking hands with opposing counsel is strategic, not selling out. Be sure that you and your client allocate sufficient time for the negotiations. Leaving the mediation before its completion regardless of the reason, may cause irreparable harm to the negotiations.
Preparation of a brief statement of your client's case serves multiple essential functions. It will cause you to focus on key issues and how to deal with them. Word selection in the drafting of your brief and framing demands can pay dividends.[10] Providing a copy of your brief to your client will aid client preparation and minimize the likelihood of mishaps during the negotiation process. The brief should be focused on the issues and only long enough to cover them. Provide a copy of the brief to your opponents to ensure that they will come to the table with sufficient authority. Finally, make sure to provide the brief to all necessary parties, including the mediator, sufficiently in advance of the negotiations. Otherwise, your mediator will be required to learn about the case during the mediation session, which will add to its length and cost.
In an earlier century a country lawyer said ""¦ discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser–in fees, expenses, and waste of time …"[11] So follow the lead of Abraham Lincoln, one of our wisest presidents. Prepare, keep a cool head and remember that compromise is not a dirty word, it is synonymous with negotiation.
[1] Beyond Winning(supra, pages254-261
[2] Legal Counseling, Negotiating and Mediating: A Practical ApproachbyG. Nicolas Herman, Jean M. Cary (pages 230-231, 268-269); Negotiation Mastery for the Legal Pro by Douglas E. Noll (pages 82-85)
[3] The Power of Apology by Beverly Engel.
[4] Beyond Winning(Robert H. Mnookin 2000, pages 24-43)
[5] Getting to Yes, Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In(Roger Fisher, William Ury and Bruce Patton, 1991 update of the original)
[6] Med-Arb and Its Variants: Ethical Issues for Parties and Neutrals. by Richard Fullerton; See also Med-Arb: The Best of Both Worlds May Be Too Good to be True; by Brian A. Pappas; Note that AAAdoes not recommend same-neutral med-arb "except in unusual circumstances because it could inhibit the candor which should characterize the mediation process and/or it could convey evidence, legal points or settlement positions exparte improperly influencing the arbitrator." However, the AAAsays it will administer a case using same-neutral med-arb if that is what the parties want. JAMS, also, does not recommend same-neutral med-arb, but will administer such a process if the parties expressly agree to it. The International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR), on the other hand, promotes having two neutrals. "[T]o ensure the integrity of the arbitration process, Med/ Arb agreements should provide that then arbitrator shall not be the same person who served as mediator in the matter."'? In contrast, Deborah Katz of the Expanded Conflict Management Processes Committee of the Dispute Resolution Section of the ABA has said: After completing the mediation session, it is not unusual for the parties to agree to have the mediator continue on as the arbitrator as long as the parties do not feel that they have shared any private or confidential information with the mediator that might adversely affect the decision of the mediator/arbitrator." No professional dispute organization has been found that recommends the practice of med-arb without conditions.
[7] Kiss, Bow or Shake Hands by Terri Morrison, Wayne A. Conaway
[8] Culture's Consequences, 1983, Geert Hofstede
[9] You Just Don't Understand: Men and Women in Conversation. by Deborah Tannen
[10] Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive by Noah Goldstein, Steve Martin & Robert Cialdini
[11] Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, edited by Roy P. Basler et al Lincoln Presidential term March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865
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|October 6, 2018
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Night Fall Hartford
Elizabeth Park - Intersection of Asylum Ave. and Whitney St. Hartford, CT
Saturday, October 6th, 2018
2pm pre-show activities, 6pm performance
Night Fall is Hartford's community celebration of seasonal change through art, music, dance and Anne Cubberly's legendary giant puppets. Grounds open at 2pm with vendors, art, food trucks, and sideshows.
Bring a chair or blanket to sit on, show starts at 6pm. The performance is FREE and family-friendly.
The event's enchanting storyline – different each year – features singing, dancing, comedic antics, and magical, whimsical creatures from Cubberly's workshop.
Various woodland creatures, a hat tip to the history of Elizabeth Park, and the ongoing adventures of the (in)famous Night Fall Squirrels round out the production. The evening culminates in a procession of illuminated lanterns created from repurposed plastic bottles at a series of public workshops led by Cubberly.
Opening at 2 pm in the field adjacent to the performance area, attendees can make art, enjoy sideshows, shop with vendors, and purchase food from various local food trucks.
Guests are invited to bring a blanket or chair and settle in for an evening of visual, musical and literary surprises in celebration of the changing seasons and our natural environment. Organizers have arranged for a bike valet area for those who choose to ride to the park.
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DISPENSING OPTICIAN | MANCHESTER | DOMICILIARY | INDEPENDENT | FT | £25k + CAR |
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Match2Match Recruitment are currently seeking a Dispensing Optician for their Client in the North West England region.
Are you an experienced Dispensing Optician looking for something different? Does a value based role working Monday to Friday interest you?
Job purpose: Supporting branch manager in maintaining a high standard throughout the optical team in terms of dispensing and customer service.
- Assisting Lead Optometrists and Senior Management in the Training and Development of Dispensing Team and Being Proactive in Learning and Teaching New Skills and Techniques
- Supporting the Training of any New Members of Staff when Required and Helping to Develop and Maintain the Companies Practice at All Times
- Assisting the Dispensing Team with any Issues and/ or Problem Solving Required
- Taking Responsibility for Dispensing and Fitting of Our Partially Sighted/ Registered Blind Patients
- Interpreting Optical Prescriptions Written by Optometrists
- Giving Advice to Patients on Lens Type, Frames and Styling
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- Ensuring All Administration is Efficiently Processed in a Timely Manner
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There is a growing movement for developers and city planners to put more emphasis on generating varied commercial venues for local entrepreneurs in large new buildings and creating more flexible commercial and retail spaces around the city. These initiatives can help to tap into the broad community-building benefits of main-street retail spaces like a more vibrant street, local jobs and small-business development.
Regent Park Catering Collective is on the search for a commercial space due to their increase in orders and support in the last few years! This is happening at a time where the Regent Park Revitalization Project is putting together it's second phase of its retail efforts, known as the Community Commercial Program.
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Key Partners:
Employers and business owners that rely on staff and goods reliably being able to access their business.
City council: infrastructure – roads, traffic signals, public transport.
Private infrastructure companies: privatised public transport, car park operators, toll road companies
Taxi, private car and car sharing companies.
Telecommunications network companies
App developers
Connecting key partners and their existing data, processing this into an easily accessible and understandable format for commuters. Allows for more informed choice of transport type for commuters, live route information for commuters enroute, and for businesses and councils to plan resources and policies.
Key pieces of this infrastructure already exist. Metro networks such as the one in London have route planners http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/ which feed live information about cancellations, delays or construction work, providing commuters with route suggestions based on factors of transport type, number of interchanges and shortest time to destination.
To create a complete transport solution this concept of route and live information mapping should include private vehicles which currently have more atomised data sources.
Collecting this data to analyse trends, predict areas of future infrastructure need and develop policies to alleviate stress points in the system.
Initiatives that incentivise public transport and car sharing are not new. Many cities have congestion charges, transit lanes for multi passenger cars or reduced public transport fares outside of peak travel. The use of integrated data and forecasting could make these programs better tailored to the actual needs of commuters, their performance tracked and improved upon.
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Anyone who has ever received an email asking the reader to send money to a Nigerian bank account or confirm a password knows the Internet can be a hazardous place. But these threats are minor compared to what's now stalking cyberspace.
In the last few years, there has been a huge upsurge in hacker attacks on the Web sites of private businesses, government agencies, intelligence services, banks and other organizations. The Ponemon Institute, which, according to its Web site, "conducts independent research on privacy, data protection and information security policy," has recently estimated that nine out of 10 US companies have experienced an online attack in the last 12 months. In this year alone, according to Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, online security breaches have compromised the data of more than 22 million people. In addition, the federal government has seen attacks on its computers increase more than six-fold since 2006. The Internet has become a scary place.
Companies and governments are often unprepared for increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks. The giant New York banking company Citigroup was recently hit, and hackers stole data on more than 2 million credit card users, potentially exposing them to disastrous identity theft and fraud. Electronics firm Sony failed to encrypt account information for members of its PlayStation Network and, as a result, hackers recently made off with credit card information, phone numbers, passwords, email addresses and account histories for as many as 10 million people. Sony has estimated this breach will cost the company more than $170 million from loss of revenue, increased spending on security upgrades and legal fees.
In the effort to bolster their cyber defenses, US businesses this year have so far spent approximately $100 billion on cyber security, which is as much as was spent during all of 2010. Last month, a UCLA conference on cyber security was attended by 400 executives, doubling last year's attendance. The demand for security experts has also risen dramatically, but at this point it is running far ahead of the supply.
The trend toward "cloud computing," in which companies outsource computing tasks to firms that maintain huge amounts of data on large servers all over the world, is drastically increasing the possible scale of information thefts. This is because hacking a single cloud server can provide access to data from hundreds of companies stored on such a server — a process referred to as "hyperjacking." The alarming erosion of cyber security is also being driven by the ever-increasing legions of hackers. Some of these outlaws live in developing countries where unemployment is high and programming jobs are scarce. Furthermore, easily obtainable hacking software has automated the hacking process for novices and made it possible for many more people to wreak havoc in cyberspace.
More recently, concerns about the damage that can be caused by computer attacks has moved beyond infiltrated databases and crashed Web sites. Within the last year, the so-called Stuxnet virus, the malicious software or "malware" that attacked Iran's nuclear program, has demonstrated just how vulnerable machinery can be to a well-designed electronic virus. This virus, which some experts believe was developed and deployed by Israel, targeted computers, controlling the speed of the centrifuges Iran uses to enrich uranium. How many of these centrifuges spun out of control and were damaged is not exactly known, but Stuxnet is clearly a game changer and demonstrates the potential for cyber attacks in disturbing new ways.
Every facet of modern power plants and the electricity grid, water and sewage treatments plants, oil and gas refineries and the heavily automated food-packaging industry is run by computers that use programmable logic controllers, the devices targeted by Stuxnet. This means key pieces of our physical infrastructure are dependent on computers that are vulnerable to malware like Stuxnet. In the July issue of Scientific American, the article "Hacking the lights out" describes a 2004 study that estimated an attack which incapacitated a mere 8 percent of our electricity transmission substations could bring down the entire grid and cause a nationwide blackout.
Stuxnet also demonstrates how humans have now gained the capacity for cyber-warfare. During his recent confirmation hearings, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta testified there is a "strong likelihood that the next Pearl Harbor [could be] a cyber-attack that cripples" US power grids and pipelines as well as financial and government systems. In his 2010 book, "Cyber War," former National Security Council adviser Richard A. Clarke describes how Israel may have used radio waves to transmit computer data packets that disrupted the Syrian air defense network during a 2007 bombing of a Syrian nuclear facility. Similarly, the US Navy's new EA-18 Growler Jets are also thought to have the ability to launch cyber-attacks by transmitting viruses into enemy computers from an altitude of several thousand feet.
Whether humans control technology or technology controls us is the subject of ongoing debate. Either way, we must take urgent action to protect our deteriorating cyber-security.
John Grula, PhD, is affiliated with the Southern California Federation of Scientists.


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Cairo is the capital city of Egypt. It also happens to be the largest city in the Middle-East and Africa. No matter how much you read about Cairo, you will never be prepared for what you will experience there.
Cairo is the capital city of Egypt. It also happens to be the largest city in the Middle-East and Africa. No matter how much you read about Cairo, you will never be prepared for what you will experience there. The travel industry has been the bread and butter of the city for quite a long time now and thus travelers are a common feature in the city. Below are some tips that will help you have a better Cairo experience.
1. If you want to sample much of Egyptian culture, it is advisable to travel alone. However, be prepared to spend a little more. Your negotiation skills can never match those of the locals.
2. Always make sure you are travelling with updated guidebooks. This ensures that you know the current changes to travel hotspots attractions as well as new rules and regulations. You do not want to get in trouble with Egyptian authority...do you?
3. Tipping generously will get you to places other travelers will never get to see. The local tour guides will go out of their way to make your experience pleasant if you 'take care of them' properly.
4. Be wary of scammers when negotiating your transport. In Egypt, there are several types of transport including; camels, donkeys, buses, taxis, caleche, horses and trains. If you do not feel like haggling for fairs, use public transport. However, this may not take you to the interior attractions. In such circumstances, you can negotiate for favorable terms.
5. When asking for directions, you are better off asking an old woman (if you can speak Arabic). However, an urbane 30 something gentleman will most probably speak some English. He is a safer bet for the traveler that does not speak Arabic.
6. Egyptian kids are friendly to foreigners. They are fascinated by foreigners and will want to take pictures with you as well as follow you around. Do not be afraid. They want nothing from you. Carrying some candies around to give to the kids will put you in their good books.
7. Egyptians will want to sell you everything in the shop. If you want something, do not show interest in it. You will just make your bargaining more difficult.
8. Egypt is largely an Islamic country. Dressing skimpily is looked down upon. This is not to say they will not tolerate you - It is one of the most tolerant Islamic countries.
9. Excessive public display of affection is also looked down upon. Holding hands is alright, but kissing in public is a no-no.
10. Crossing the busy Egyptian highways is a nightmare. Do what the locals do and you will not have problems.
Egypt is an old country with a lot of world's history within its museums. If I were you, I would get a professional tour guide to show me around. You are more likely to cover more ground with a professional than alone.


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John Mauldin
Oct 09, 2013
David Kotok, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Cumberland Advisors (and our host at "Camp Kotok" for the annual "Shadow Fed" fishing expedition), leads off today's Outside the Box by meticulously dissecting the roadkill that is our federal government's process for deciding whether they will continue to pay their bills and federal employees' wages.
Will the US default? David doesn't think so, and neither do I; but oh, the foolishness, even to tempt the economic fates (read: the markets) this way. David notes that global investors think differently about US default risk than we US-centric types do. Well, David Zervos is with me here at Barefoot, and we just heard that one foreign prime broker (and now maybe two?) is calling hedge funds to say they will not take short-term T-bills as collateral and will mark T-bills down to zero in the event of an actual default. The ultimate risk-free asset is now full of risk? REALLY? This is an unthinkable event. This broker is a Primary Dealer, and I assume they will very shortly get some irate phone calls; but these things start with one bank and then it turns into a herd.
David Zervos, Managing Director at Jefferies, gives us his own slant on the ups and downs and ins and outs of default in today's second OTB selection. He fills us in on some key constitutional history regarding default and makes it clear what is legal, what is illegal, and what is downright perverted about the process playing out in Foggy Bottom. David remains confident that the Fed is the "one adult in the room that can (and will) put a stop to the madness if we go down the highly unlikely path to default." We'll see.
As we confront that possibility, let's note that Social Security is a trust fund, so the money is set aside in bonds. Not to make Social Security payments would be an administrative decision, not one due to a lack of funds. Other entitlements, you can argue. It will be interesting to see what gets priority if it comes to that, as money comes into the Treasury every day, so there is plenty to cover the interest on the debt, and rollovers could be done under the limit.
However it shakes out, we can only hope that the parties who made the decision to close down the public memorials as a way to demonstrate the "costs" of the government shutdown will not be allowed to come anywhere near the decisions on prioritizing payments. Those idiots should be fired and barred from ever having any level of public responsibility. It cost far more to put up barricades and man them than it would have cost simply to leave the memorials open. To tell WW2 veterans that they cannot see their own public memorial when they have come, perhaps for the last time, to acknowledge the lives of those with whom they served, is beyond appalling. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier? The Lincoln Memorial? These are public places that could and should have been left open. To barricade them was a petty, punitive act with the most venal of political motives.
It is one thing to disagree on budgets and process and the constitutional order of things. I know that many of my readers are very passionate about which side the bulk of the blame belongs to. But I come down on both sides with almost equal frustration. I understand the American political process and know some of the history of how business gets done in Washington, but some things are just beyond the pale. I would say to our "leaders," cultivate some perspective and get a grip.
And since we're getting all the nitty-gritty on federal sausage-making today, I just had to toss in a note from the incomparable, indomitable Joan McCullough, who dredges up for us an esoteric but not irrelevant gem called the Feed and Forage Act of 1861. I will let Joan explain, as only she can.
I get to spend the next three days at the Barefoot Ranch, partaking of an intensive economic/investmentfestival (calling it a conference simply misses the energy in the room). All hosted Texas-style by Kyle Bass. His connectivity is astounding: the people gathered represent some of the finest thinking anywhere – and he has managed to get them in one room. Some of the names are old friends to this letter (Lacy Hunt, Niall Ferguson, Anatole Kaletski, Jon Sundt, Mark Yusko, Larry Lindsey, and David Zervos), and others are names that ride under the radar, yet run some of the best trading funds in the world. I can't tell you how excited I am to be allowed in the room. I will report back this weekend on what I learn.
And now I'm off to try to figure out where the world is going, eat a lot of BBQ and chuckwagon food, and just have some fun. Life can be so good at times.
Your forever amazed at the US political process analyst,
John Mauldin, Editor
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Years ago, in the early 1990s, I was a sports columnist for The Post-Standard. One November night, during what for Syracuse University was a relatively 'down' year, SU played an especially sloppy game against some forgettable opponent. In my column, I said it was a good thing SU didn't play that way against Le Moyne, a school with a powerful hunger to beat the Orange.
One of my colleagues came up to me the next day and said, "Le Moyne? Come on. Le Moyne beating Syracuse?" And he chuckled. It was clear it was one of those things he never expected to see in his lifetime.
I had forgotten that conversation for many years, until Tuesday night.
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The aim of this dissertation is to explore and understand three important social contexts for the becoming of an artistic subjectivity: education, work and family life. The empirical data consist of interview material with alumni from the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm, staff of the institute, and a survey material from the Swedish National Artists Organization (KRO/KIF). Generally, the thesis employs a theory of conflicting understandings of labour as well as the importance of discourses and narratives for the formation of subjects. The contribution of the thesis is the analysis of a continuing conflict between being and working as an artist actualized in the social contexts explored. The arts education encouraged a romanticized understanding of art as unrelated to market value, which clashed against societal norms of career progression, survival and supporting a family. This conflict informed the subjective way in which the respondents related to their activities as artists, workers and relatives. The concept of freedom can be understood as mediating this conflict in the sense of forming the basis of attraction to the arts but also a burden as it relates to insecurity. The analysis found several subjective representations of the artist that indicate strong norms of individuality and self-direction, understood as the outcome of a working life fraught with personal responsibility for coping with insecurity. As such, the thesis is part of ongoing research on changes in working life towards non-standard and sometimes precarious working conditions.
Syftet med avhandlingen är att undersöka och förstå tre betydelsefulla sociala kontexter för konstruktionen av en konstnärlig identitet: utbildning, arbete och familj. Avhandlingens material består av intervjuer med alumner från Kungl. Konsthögskolan i Stockholm, undervisande personal på skolan, samt ett enkätmaterial från Konstnärernas riksorganisation KRO/KIF. Teoretiskt utgår avhandlingen från olika forskningsperspektiv på arbete samt diskursiv och narrativ konstruktion av subjektivitet. Avhandlingen påvisar en kontinuerlig konflikt mellan att vara eller att arbeta som konstnär. Den konstnärliga utbildningen positionerar konsten enligt romantisk tradition i motsättning till marknadslogik vilket efter utbildningen skapar en konflikt för konstnären som måste förhålla sig till normer av karriär, överlevnad av arbete och försörjning av familj. Denna konflikt påverkar hur konstnärerna subjektivt förhåller sig till sin konstnärliga aktivitet, totaliteten av sitt arbete och sin roll som anhöriga. Frihetsbegreppet kan förstås relatera till denna konflikt dels genom att utgöra en attraktion till konsten, dels genom att relatera till osäkerhet. I analysen framträdde flera konstnärliga subjektspositioner vilka alla indikerar starka normer av individualism och självtillräcklighet. Dessa kan relateras till ett arbetsliv karaktäriserat av eget ansvar för att hantera osäkerhet. Avhandlingen är därför del i en pågående forskning kring ett arbetsliv i förändring mot atypiska och även mer prekära arbetsförhållanden.
Higher education can function as an important marker of seriousness in fields characterized by diffuse professional standards. Using the case of a fine arts institute, the article outlines the role of higher education in promoting the interconnection of a professional and individual subjectivity; being an artist is not merely something one does but something one is. By primarily examining interview material, it explores how an ideal position of individual self-reliance relates to the alumni of the institute. Some respondents were not "in sync" with this position and needed to seek out other resources in order to construct themselves as professional artists. However, they seldom rejected the kind of subjectivity promoted by their education, but rather renegotiated it as part of the uncertainty of their chosen field.
Artists are known to manage low income and work insecurity by holding multiple jobs. Through an analysis of interview data, this study explores the narratives of 20 visual artists in Sweden regarding breadwinning work. Positive and negative experiences of such work are analyzed in relation to the artists' work behavior and identity as either 'bohemian' or 'entrepreneurial.' Breadwinning work may be seen by artists as either enabling autonomy from the market or hindering the construction of a professional identity, depending on these behaviors/identities. However, conditions such as low wage, temporary contracts, and low control over work hours ultimately decides artist's experiences of breadwinning work. This article adds to the existing knowledge on artistic labour markets by highlighting the role of multiple job holding in mediating between an understanding of the bohemian art for art's sake artist role and the entrepreneurial role of the artist.
This article explores contemporary Swedish artists' experiences of work–family conflict from a gender perspective. Sweden is a critical case as the country is well-known for its official gender equality policy stressing the importance of possibilities for women and men to balance family and paid work. The analysis of survey data collected from 2,025 Swedish professional visual artists shows their self-reported levels of work–family conflict to be generally low. Women artists, however, were found to experience more conflict than men artists. The results suggest that women face more pressure from the demands of both work and home than men. While an OLS regression analysis showed a relationship between the artists' parenting responsibility and their perceived level of work–family conflict overall, for men artists this was so only at the second child. An unequal division of housework had negative consequences for women artists' work–family balance, while the effect of being single was in this regard more pronounced among men than among women. This suggests that men, to a greater extent than women, depend on a spouse to handle the balance between work and family. Although much has happened regarding the gender issues in the art world, patterns of dependence and traditional gender roles in work and caring thus continue to persist, limiting individuals' choices and actual ability to work as an artist, especially for women.


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Snap Thursday - Rufus Dufus
I'm totally high jacking this idea.
My main chica, Jenn over at Knitty Baker is celebrating her new camera and got the bright idea of designating Thursdays as the day of documenting via photos what she find interesting, and amusing and all with a click of her camera.
Insert thought here :::GREAT IDEA, I should have thought of that!:::
But, I did not, so I asked her if I could totally join her and she totally agreed… so here is my first snap Thursday.
I give you our 190-pound baby of the house – Rufus.
Yes, ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY POUNDS - he weights 30 pounds more than me! He is basically a walking human with fur and four legs.
We adore him. Because, he scares people away, but he has the biggest baby heart you can ever imagine. In his mind he is still a puppy and acts like one.
In this picture he is patrolling our front porch, while I was yelling for him to "stay in place!" - Fun times!


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By Lola Olvera
The play is now showing at the University Theatre in CSULB. Last day is Oct. 20.
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This past weekend, Los Angeles hosted VegFest, a vegan festival that gave LA locals the opportunity to try new foods. Learn about cruelty-free products and networking with various animal-rights organizations by checking out some of the highlights at the festival!
By Tanner Hewitt
Dig Magazine took to the Bixby Park in Long Beach, CA for the March for Our Lives rally on March 24, 2018.
B y: Paola Fernandez
Here are three different recipes to try when dealing with avocados!
By: Monica Gallardo
The Growing Experience Urban Far is home to many organic foods, plants and even chickens! Here's a brief look.
By: Jose Oliver De Castro and Denny CristalesO'Reilly Auto Parts Round 1: Streets of Long Beach kicks off the 14th season Formula Drift Black Magic Pro Championship circuit. The two day event took place on the Grand Prix of Long Beach street course. Here is a peek at what it's like to be on the track.
By: Kristopher CarrascoStudents and teachers at California State University, Long Beac are seeking to introduce Project Rebound, a rehabilitation program for formerly incarcerated individuals entering higher education, by Fall 2017.
By: Paola Fernandez
Saint Patrick's Day might be over, but that doesn't mean the celebration is over. Here is our recipe for vegetarian shepherd's pie!
By: Sedonah Najera
Want to make the perfect at home Shamrock Shake? With these simple steps, you'll have the perfect, tastiest shake for Saint Patrick's Day.
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CSULB student Jordan Daniels created a project that focuses on the concept of self-love and acceptance of our perceived flaws.
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Stop the Press: the Allure of Ink – by Caren Florance
The following is an article written by our Canberra colleague Caren Florance, aka Ampersand Duck. It was commissioned by Big Fag Press co-director Lucas Ihlein for his UNDERGROUND edition of Artlink Magazine, launched in June 2010. Since it relates directly to the seizing of obselete printing technology by ratbags, we thought it germane to reprint here on the Big Fag website.
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Stop the Press: the Allure of Ink
Caren Florence, June 2010
There is something magical that happens to text when it is printed. In print, a scramble of handwritten words becomes solid, legible and above all, authoritative. Some of the most outrageous propaganda and religious doctrine throughout world history have been believed because they have been printed. Printing brings ideas to the surface and imbues them with power in a way that cannot ever be underestimated. Even these days, with so many ideas shared over the internet, there is still glamour and prestige in having your words transformed into printed matter: witness all the blogs that turn into books.
Printing, however, takes money, and distribution needs connections. When people want or need to share their ideas without the necessary money and connections, you get underground publishing, and ingenious methods of print production and distribution.
When printing with moveable type and presses first took hold in Western civilisation, there were always sympathetic printers who would print for political and religious groups on the side. In the 18th century (deemed the golden age of printing by those nostalgic for manual work that they probably would never had done themselves), private presses emerged, originally owned by noblemen who had the money and time to buy and use the equipment for their own enjoyment, later run by less noble (but no less cashed up) individuals. Privileged, maybe – but much of what these private presses produced over the centuries has set the design standards for more commercial printing.
As printing equipment evolved (dramatically, with the development of the iron press during the Industrial Revolution, and even more so when technology like the linotype machine came into being, decreasing the number of people needed to set type and run machinery)1, obsolete technology provided opportunities for alternative print production. Sometimes old equipment was deliberately used to obstruct. When Louisa Lawson, mother of poet Henry Lawson, wanted to start a newspaper for women to be set and printed completely by women (The Dawn), she got little help and a lot of hindrance from the — male — Sydney printing community. She asked a number of printeries for donations of type, and what she received was so worn and damaged that her first productions were dreadful, far beyond the usual amateur printing and binding mistakes, with barely-visible and damaged letters scattered through the text.2
Throughout the twentieth century in Australia, there was a small but vibrant private press community. Australians generally are keen to embrace new technologies, and the printing industry was no exception. Large commercial presses upgraded fast and furiously. Old machines were often scrapped without thought to their potential alternative usefulness. Those who had private presses could still, for much of the century, purchase fresh type and other supplies, thanks to the retention of older press technology by small printing establishments who couldn't afford to upgrade.
Suddenly, in the late 1980s, these supplies dried up. Computers were evolving more rapidly than presses had, and desktop publishing decimated small printing businesses. A generation of private press printers (outlined in a book-length list by Geoffrey Farmer in the mid 1970s)3 reached retirement age, dusting off their machines only for the annual Christmas card. Eventually they died, and their families either scrapped the presses, handed them over to a museum, or passed them on to someone with a garage and dreams of "getting to it one day". These days, a few traditional private presses survive (like the reclusive Wayzgoose Press in Katoomba, NSW), and there are a few careful hoards of press paraphernalia4 but few working letterpresses, and even fewer institutions that teach type-based printing methods remain. Hold that thought.
So: presses and moveable type were abandoned in favour of linecasters and lithographic plates. As always, there were sympathetic printers who would throw something on the end of a run to help community groups and the occasional prosaic nutter. But even though there was a lot of cast-off machinery in a window of opportunity in the 1960s and 1970s, machinery needs money to operate, and space to house it, and knowledge to run. Students were activating, culture was vibrating, and there were things to be said. It was time to get alternative, time for tactics more radical than just buttering up the local printery: time, that is, to seize the means of production!
Young poets were rebelling against the mainstream publishing machine dominated by large publishing houses like Angus & Robertson (with whom you needed connections to gain entry). Artists wanted to print images, but intaglio and relief presses were also expensive and cumbersome. Community printing facilities like Redback Graphix (Sydney), Studio One and Megalo (Canberra) and small magazines like Magic Sam, Final Taxi Review and others sprang forth, usually from university English departments, using cheap and cheerful technologies: screenprinting; relief printing; typewriters and office duplicating machinery like mimeographs, gestetners and roneographs; photocopiers; and the humble stapler.5 There was a revolt against slick commercial production (a handy attitude to have when you are producing rough and ready publications) and it was encouraged by people like American printer Clifford Burke, who took time from his fine press printing endeavours in 1972 to teach students how to get print-savvy with his friendly how-to book, Printing It: A Guide to Graphic Techniques for the Impecunious.6
Much of the impetus and populist communicative energy behind these alternative printings has now been deflected into online forms of publishing like websites, blogs and chatrooms: relatively egalitarian venues for all kinds of self-expression with potentially limitless audiences. Surely this would reduce the lust for alternative published matter? No: living in the digital, online age, there are few signs that printed matter is disappearing. No matter what is produced on computers, much of it emerges as hard copy. There also remains, comfortingly, resistance to the slick glossiness of the dominant print paradigm. Photocopiers are still used for zines, along with the new cheap favourite, inkjet printers; and a renaissance of typewriters, drawings and handwriting is contributing to a retro aesthetic that ephemera collectors (a broader and more avid group than ever before) just can't get enough of.
The extreme economic rationalism of the Howard era killed off a lot of community arts activity, but groups like Megalo (Canberra) and the Firestation Print Studio (Melbourne) still exist, and there are more of these facilities brewing. Big Fag Press in Sydney is attempting to reinvigorate the less sexy end of the obsolete press spectrum, using lithographic plate processes instead of letterpress to bridge the gap between community image-making and textual print production.7 It would be hard to do a comprehensive survey of what has survived in Australia: there are 'print hermits' scattered through the country, doing unseen but remarkable things8 that few people will ever know about (how much more underground can you get?). There are new discoveries at poetry slams and zine fairs, and also in the burgeoning artists' books exhibitions and events around the country.
A new generation of private (perhaps independent, or 'indy' is a better term) printers is emerging – of which I am proud to be a part – and most of us who use obsolete processes and technologies are aware that we need to work with others collaboratively to encourage more interest in our craft in society. We share resources, we hold classes, and we plan ways to keep our small pool of equipment and knowledge alive. This is another aspect of the survival of underground printing technology. Over the years, printing knowledge has been shucked like corn husks as its plant evolves. Like many crafts and languages, this knowledge cannot be replaced by reading a manual. It is gleaned from touch and intuition and repetition, and unless it is kept in practice, much of the intricacy and skill is lost. Taking on an obsolete process – and the machinery and attitude that comes with it – is to become a tradition-bearer, a keeper of the flame, and, on the surface, a completely unfashionable geek. But that's another aspect of being underground: if you become appreciated, popular even, you start to rise to the surface, and suddenly what you do bobs up into the mainstream.
This is happening to letterpress machinery at the moment, with the popularity of 'letterpress' designer stationery. Designers, not content with the flatness of a conventionally printed sheet, are lusting after texture in their work. They use letterpress processes to deeply imprint thick, fluffy papers, and the results are seductive and beautiful. These designers are, on the one hand, saving machinery from the scrapheap, but the pressure they use during the printing process to deeply bite the paper ('How else can you tell it's letterpress?') is damaging the machines, and the subtleties and beauty of hand-set typography is being ignored in favour of computer-designed plates and fashionable colour-swatches. Letterpress is consequently now 'popular', but this means many people now think it's just a way of making cool wedding invitations. Other, subtler uses of the craft are overlooked, and under-utilised.
Still, the whole point of any of these printing endeavours is to put things back into hands, to allow people the tactile pleasure of holding something while they look or read. It's irrelevant whether the object is fine or roughly printed, whether wedding arrangements or poetry, whether the poetry is fresh and raw or mellow and well-seasoned, or if the pages are sewn or stapled. There's a deep longing in humankind to feel, and that's something a screen can't (yet) provide. The underground nature of printing practices may well win the battle for hearts and minds over time: the dominant printing paradigm has increasingly shifted sideways to the production of ever cleaner, ever glossier units. Offset printing (outwardly neat products that are produced by dirty, grubby processes involving ink and oil and machines) is being overtaken by digital printing (products that spit out of the inkjet printer in full colour ready to distribute after a quick cut and fold). People and processes are ostensibly moving away from mess.
But there are many out there who value mess, and process, and the products and by-products that result. For example, print collectors sometimes only want to buy artists' proofs rather than the edition; some people love print ephemera, the brochures and labels and other working papers, more than fine press books and posters. These collectors encourage folks like me, and my undergound peers, who love the noise and grot and grubbiness of manual process and the wonder of standing next to a press and looking at the beauty of a fresh wet print, knowing that even though the print may look simple, the process behind it involved thought and skill and generations of knowledge. Knowledge that, if it disappears, might never come this way again.
Digital printing: inkjet or laser printing, usually printed directly from a computer command with no human intervention other than replenishing paper stock.
Ephemera: incidental printed matter, not considered important or notable: menus, envelopes, labels, receipts, etc.
Gestetner: a spirit-based duplicating machine (predecessor to the photocopy machine), similar to the mimeograph but more automated.
Intaglio printing: printmaking that prints from marks dug into a flat surface to produce images: etching, mezzotint, drypoint.
Iron Press: From Gutenberg's time through to the Industrial Revolution, printers used presses made mostly of wood, with only the most essential, hard-wearing areas using metal, which was very expensive. Once iron could be cast cheaply, presses became nearly wholly metal, hence the term iron press. The term is now used to categorise non-automated metal hand presses.
Linotype / linecasters: A machine that replaced much moveable type, capable of casting lines of letters for printing (composed using a typewriter-like keyboard) and then melting the printed type slugs down to be reused later.
Lithographic plates: thin zinc or aluminium plates that can wrap around a rotary drum on a press and can carry photographically-produced text and images, working on the principle of oil repelling water. Still used in offset printing now.
Mimeograph: a cheap rotary printing press that forced ink through stencils onto paper. Stencils could be produced by typewriters and or by hand. Played a huge role in very early zine production. 'Mimeo' was a brand name, as was 'Roneo'.
Moveable type: metal letters cast as single units, instead of more modern methods of casting in line slugs or blocks that have spacing included.
Offset printing: printing that is indirect: starting with an original design that is transferred to plate or stone, and then printed from the plate or stone onto paper.
Presses: the machines that print type or image plates.
Relief printing: printmaking that prints from the surface to produce images: linocuts, woodcut, wood engraving.
Roneograph: a variation of the mimeograph.
Screenprinting: printmaking process using ink pushed though stencilled or masked fine mesh screens onto paper or cloth. Very low-tech and relatively inexpensive process.
Type: small units of lead alloy, cast from moulds (mats) to form printable letters that are gathered and clamped together to print text on a press.
Zines: small, cheap, usually handmade publications using quite low-tech methods, originally a simple and inexpensive way for groups like sci-fi fans to communicate with each other (like newsletters), derived from term fanzine.
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About the Author:
Ampersand Duck is an umbrella term for a number of activities, both personal and collaborative, undertaken by Caren Florance, including letterpress printing. Her website is here.
- For further information about the development of printing presses, see http://www.briarpress.org/. [↩]
- Observed from handling a volume of Henry Lawson's Short Stories in Prose & Verse, printed by The Dawn Office, 1894 and owned by Professor Paul Eggert, UNSW@ADFA. For more info about Louisa's troubles with the printing establishment, see Patricia Clarke, Pen Portraits: Women Writers and Journalists in Nineteenth Century Australia (Sydney: Pandora Press, Allen & Unwin Australia, 1988), pp. 160–171. [↩]
- Geoffrey Farmer, Private Presses and Australia, (Melbourne: Hawthorn Press, 1972), and a extra chapbook list printed by hand, Private Presses and Australia: A First Supplement (Hobart, Geoffrey Farmer, 1976). [↩]
- For example: Melbourne Museum of Printing; Armidale Printing Museum; Queanbeyan Printing Museum. [↩]
- Listed in Michael Denholm, Small Press Publishing in Australia: the early 1970s (Sydney: Second back Row Press, 1979). [↩]
- Clifford Burke, Printing It: A Guide to Graphic Techniques for the Impecunious (Berkeley, California: Wingbow Press, 1972, reprinted many times; my edition 1981). [↩]
- Megalo, Firestation, Big Fag Press. [Editor's note: every author, no matter how competent, occasionally makes mistakes. Obviously, here, when Caren Florance writes "less sexy end of the obselete press spectrum", she actually means to write "more sexy"…] [↩]
- Like Richard Jermyn, building a Common Press from scratch in a tin shed on the far south coast of NSW: see http://ampersandduck.blogspot.com/2009/10/uncommon-press.html [↩]


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