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The Artspace provides numerous opportunities for KCAI students to experience working in a gallery setting. Students also have the opportunity to exhibit their work at the Artspace, as part of the annual Bachelor of Fine Arts exhibition.
Annual BFA Exhibition
Every year the Artspace organizes and hosts the BFA exhibition for students graduating from the Kansas City Art Institute. The annual BFA exhibitions are among the most popular and widely attended exhibitions organized by the Artspace. They are highly anticipated by the KCAI community and the general public, appealing to the business, corporate and arts communities alike. Dozens of public tours for area high schools, community colleges and groups from outside the region frequently occur.
The Artspace also offers a range of professional practice programming for graduating seniors in conjunction with the exhibition and in collaboration with KCAI's Career Services department, the office of student life, the exhibition and outreach committee and the academic departments at the college. Workshops and programs include an introductory presentation by Artspace staff highlighting past BFA exhibitions and projects; providing basic information on preparing work for exhibition and advice on site-specific and complex installations. The entire experience of the B.F.A. exhibition and related programming provides professional practice for these emerging artists and a unique opportunity to exhibit with their graduating class.
2018 Annual BFA Exhibition
April 7-May 5, 2018
Block Internships
The Block internship was initiated in 2004 through financial contributions from the H&R Block Foundation. This compensated internship provides the intern with the opportunity to gain critical professional experience and job skills that augment the rigorous academic education received at the Kansas City Art Institute.
It also supplies staff with support that enables the Artspace to more fully realize its mission as a unique contemporary art institution focused on both visual art and visual art education. Block interns work closely with the Artspace staff to provide mentorship to work-study assistants and academic interns. They are involved in all aspects of the Artspace's programming including exhibitions, educational and outreach programs and collection management. The experience they gain from this internship prepares them for promising futures.
Academic Internships
The Artspace offers academic internships for outstanding KCAI students. Academic interns are required to assist with various projects under the supervision of senior Artspace staff. Areas of focus for academic interns include management assistance with the permanent collection, research assistance for main gallery exhibitions and advanced administrative support including maintenance of the Artspace resource collection, exhibition archives and permanent collection files. The internship culminates with an independent curatorial project.
Interns are expected to have a strong background in art history, preferably pursuing a double major in studio art and art history at KCAI and should have prior experience working with art objects and/or collections. Academic internships are organized by the Career Services department at KCAI. All applicants must apply and be interviewed by senior Artspace staff. For more information, contact Career Services.
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The Artspace emphasizes visual art education and professional development for emerging artists and arts professionals. As a teaching museum, the Artspace offers a range of educational opportunities that allow students to gain critical insight into careers in the field of gallery work and provide practical, hands-on experience in a gallery setting.
In addition to internships, the Artspace also offers opportunities for KCAI students to work as gallery assistants through the work-study program at KCAI. Gallery assistants are responsible for monitoring the gallery, working at the reception desk, answering questions, conducting gallery tours, assisting with gallery preparation and art installation and assisting with office administration. Often gallery assistants remain on the staff for the duration of their academic career at KCAI. Working as a gallery assistant also can lead to an academic internship during the student's senior year, as well as extended work opportunities or a professional internship at the Artspace after graduation.
Students interested in applying to the work-study program can make an appointment with the financial aid office. Applicants must submit a resume, a letter of interest and three references.
The Artspace serves the mission of the Kansas City Art Institute by providing extraordinary learning opportunities for KCAI students through a student work program and an internship program. Student interns and assistants are involved in all aspects of our gallery –– from the inception of an exhibition's beginning to its design and installation to its reception by a public audience.
Through their roles at the Artspace, students gain insight and expertise that expand their educational opportunities at KCAI and an introduction to a range of professional opportunities available for them after college. Artspace interns also have an opportunity to curate one exhibition in the Roger Cohen Resource Room to implement all they have learned and contribute publicly to Artspace programming.
Artist-in-residence Program
On occasion, the Artspace invites artists to create new work for an exhibition or project while in residence at the Artspace. Artists are invited to interact and collaborate with KCAI students, faculty and Artspace staff as well as meet with Artspace visitors during their residency.
Artist-in-residence Ghada Amer working with KCAI students and alumni at the Artspace.
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2014: Kate Gilmore
2012: The Xijing Men: Tsuyoshi Ozawa, Chen Shaoxiong and Gimhongsok
2007: Mel Ziegler
2006: Jeffery Vallance, Sean Foley, Marc Swanson
2005: Ghada Amer
2003: Wenda Gu
2002: Jamie Walker, Sadashi Inuzaka, Frances Whitehead, Jeanne Quinne, Walter McConnell
2000: Lee Boroson
1998: Eve Sussman, Karen McCoy and Don Wilkison, Bill Botzow, Adam Kuby, Li Shen, Susan White, Lynn Hull

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Featuring distances so vast and detailed calculations so precise and complex that they each in their way seem to approach the infinite, the astronomical research conducted by Dr. Peter Gonthier of the Hope College physics faculty provides a stellar learning opportunity for the students who work with him.
Gonthier, working in collaboration with Hope students, has been studying the rotating stars known as pulsars for nearly 20 years. His research is currently supported by three federal grants - two from NASA, the second of which he received this summer; and a third, awarded this fall, through the "Research in Undergraduate Institutions" program of the National Science Foundation (NSF-RUI).
He is engaged by the opportunity to address fundamental questions about how the universe works, but - like his colleagues throughout the division of the natural and applied sciences at Hope--he is particularly driven by providing a chance for students to learn how science works by involving them in the process. Students are regularly co-researchers with him, working on campus during the school year and summer as well as at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., for a number of weeks each summer; making presentations at professional conferences; and even earning co-author status on publications.
The research itself matters as scientific inquiry - hence the multiple competitive federal grants that Gonthier has received through the years - but it's the opportunity for undergraduate-level students to participate that he feels especially stands out at Hope. It's a trait that he notes is found not only in his discipline of physics, but across the natural and applied sciences.
"Basically, anybody that wants to do research can do research at Hope, and that's what makes it unique," he said.
Gonthier's background is in experimental nuclear physics, but he became interested in pulsars during a 1991 sabbatical in Germany. He has pursued a variety of research questions related to them in the years since, with his current projects - conducted with colleagues at NASA and other institutions - focusing on how they work and developing computer models to further aid in understanding them.
Pulsars are extremely dense neutron stars which have the mass of one and a half of the earth's sun packed within a ball 16 miles in diameter. They rotate rapidly, completing a revolution in a range between once every 10 seconds and a thousand times a second. Highly magnetized, they shoot out a beam of radiation that, given the spinning, makes the star seem to pulse as the beam passes into view.
Gonthier's newest funding from the NSF, a three-year, $124,103 grant that will provide support through August of 2013, has been awarded collaboratively to Hope as well as Goddard and Rice University. The research leads at both other institutions - Dr. Alice Harding of Goddard and Dr. Matthew Baring of Rice University - are each scientists with whom he and his students have worked on other projects. In fact, one of his former student researchers, 2007 graduate Sarah Story, now a graduate student working with Baring at Rice, will benefit from the portion of the new grant awarded to Rice University.
Gonthier is currently working with Hope juniors Caleb Billman of New Ringgold, Pa., and Caitlin Taylor of Kalamazoo, both of whom have been conducting research with him since last year. Through the newest NSF award, they are continuing, in collaboration with Harding, to develop and refine computer models to reflect the behavior and even predict the presence of gamma-ray pulsars, drawing upon the new data made available since the 2008 launch of the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope. With Baring's team at Rice, they are studying the characteristics of magnetars, a variety of pulsar that has an intensely high magnetic field - the highest in the universe, according to Gonthier.
The work involves scale that is simultaneously unimaginably enormous and microscopically small. For example, one of the stars being studied in the Hope-Rice project is located about 200,000 light years away - some one million trillion miles. Conversely, in conducting its investigations the team is considering the way that tiny particles called photons in the form of X rays emitted from the hot surface of the stars and extremely rapidly moving electrons interact, boosting the photons to even higher energies. The interaction is called inverse Compton scattering to reflect the relationship as the particles essentially bounce off from one another. In Compton scattering, photons lose energy that they transfer to the electrons with which they connect; in inverse Compton scattering, the photons instead gain energy from the electrons. The interactions in the case of the magnetars, Gonthier and his fellow researchers believe, are distinctive.
"What we want to do is develop some very clear analytics for the scientific community to use," Gonthier said.
"There's a resonance in the scattering process, and this resonance has not been properly taken into account," he said. "Basically, we are trying to improve our understanding of the resonance scattering process by developing an accurate, exact description of the process."
Pulsars were discovered in the 1960s, when scientists observed radio waves coming from them. The range of electromagnetic radiation, however, is much broader, covering also microwaves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet light, X rays and, at the highest end, gamma rays.
Gonthier said that the pulsars that produce radio waves remain the best known - some 1,880 have been recorded - because their emissions are detectable from earth by their radio waves. The gamma radiation, in contrast, requires space-based instruments to discover because earth's atmosphere blocks it. Some pulsars emit gamma radiation but no radio waves, which means that they've been harder to find.
He noted that the highly sensitive Fermi telescope has made a significant difference in the discovery and study of gamma-ray pulsars. Where Fermi's predecessor had discovered seven to eight gamma-ray pulsars during its entire nine-year life, Fermi found about 60 in its first year. At the same time, other instruments are able to detect pulsars of other radiation types.
"Fermi has opened up a new and very exciting field of astrophysics that is fertile ground for students to explore," Gonthier said.


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The "Featherlight Folding Survival Slingshot Crossbow" makes use of a clever folding 'barrel' that lets this ball-bearing slinging machine not only have a suitably long draw-distances, but also gives it a portable form factor. And the hinge isn't just a size concern; it also helps you cock the bad-boy. I've got no plans to be hunting scarce, mutant wildlife on The Road any time soon, but if I did, I'd be giving Joerg a call. [Slingshot Channel]


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Thespiphobia is a theater humor comic with a few supernatural elements like the theater ghost, demonspawn publicist, and sentient (possibly secretly evil) soundboard (so in other words, it's about a normal theater). I update four times a week with regular story-based hilarity and various shades of mayhem.
More importantly, I've just kickstarted a forum for it, and I am looking for members who are interested in helping me build a community. Basically if you're interested in theater, or mayhem, or theater mayhem, this is the place to be.
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7 facts and figures about Christmas trees in Canada – Business – CBC News
A white Christmas might be a slim possibility for much of the country this year, but at least one other ho-ho-holiday tradition is sure to be widespread.
Christmas trees are everywhere during the holiday season, as the nordic tradition has taken root and spread across all parts of the globe. But Canada's winter makes the country a natural home for the seasonal favourite, whether it's real or artificial.
The number crunchers at Statistics Canada have come up with some fun facts about one of Canada's favourite holiday traditions.
1,738,212 — Total number of fresh-cut Christmas trees that Canada exported last year. Almost half of those came from Quebec. By way of contrast, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Newfoundland and Labrador did not export a single Christmas tree.
$51.3 million — The total value of all fresh-cut Christmas trees sold in Canada last year. Sales were down in every province except British Columbia. Sales were down nine per cent last year and have declined by 22 per cent since 2006.
$47 million — Value of artificial Christmas trees imported into Canada. More than $46 million of that came from China, with the rest coming from Thailand, the United States, Mexico or Vietnam.
via 7 facts and figures about Christmas trees in Canada – Business – CBC News.
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Orange usurps Talk Talk as most complained about broadband provider – Telegraph
Talk Talk has topped the quarterly league table since the record began in 2010, but the telecoms company has finally surrendered its unenviable crown after a surge in complaints about its rival.
Orange, which is owned by Britain's biggest mobile operator, EE, angered customers in the three months to the end of September after it changed the rules around its home broadband service. The company had been offering free home broadband services to its mobile customers but said in September that they would lose the free service unless they agreed to pay £14 a month to rent a telephone line from the firm.
Ofcom received around double the number of complaints about Orange than in the previous quarter, largely from customers who had expected to keep the free service until the end of their mobile contract.
"The spike in complaints came at around the same time as the company withdrew its free broadband offer, which reflects how customers felt about the changes," said an Ofcom spokesman.
On average, 0.5 customers in every 1000 Orange customers complained about the broadband service in the three-month period, compared to an industry average of 0.24. At the other end of the spectrum, Sky and Virgin Media had the most satisfied broadband customers.
via Orange usurps Talk Talk as most complained about broadband provider – Telegraph.
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8 things that will cost more this holiday season – Business on NBCNews.com
It's hard enough to scrimp up enough discretionary cash to pay for holiday gifts. But for Ben Tischler of New York City, getting ready for the holidays also means preparing to wed his fiancee, Alicia.
It has been especially taxing since he learned that jewelry prices would be higher this season.
"Everything was more expensive than I expected. The jeweler told me the price of gold has skyrocketed," Tischler says. "This clearly isn't the kind of thing I can wait to buy to see if prices come back down, so I bit the bullet."
This holiday season could be a mixed bag for consumers, retail experts say. Electronics such as big-screen televisions keep going down, but if you want that laptop that turns into a tablet — Microsoft Surface, anyone? — or that fancy new camera, expect to pay a bit more than last year. And some traditional gift items could also take more of a bite out of your wallet as stores tap into the growing trend of using well-known designers or celebrities to hawk their goods.
All in all, prices are about 2 percent higher than last holiday season, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Here are eight things that will cost you more this season.
via 8 things that will cost more this holiday season – Business on NBCNews.com.
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Americans Providing $154 Million for College Football in Seattle – Bloomberg
With its 92-year-old football stadium starting to crumble, the University of Washington began contemplating a renovation half a dozen years ago. One financing idea — getting $150 million from Seattle-area taxpayers — ran afoul of state Representative Ross Hunter. The state was reducing college funding, and tuition was surging.
"We were cutting billions of dollars out of our budget, and we are going to build a stadium. Really?" says Hunter, 51, a Democrat from Medina who is chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. "I was OK with saying 'No.'"
That didn't prevent taxpayers in Seattle and the rest of the U.S. from subsidizing the $250 million project anyway. Tax breaks on municipal bonds issued for the stadium, donations for construction and increased contributions tied to ticket purchases will cost the U.S. Treasury $154 million over 30 years, based on data compiled by Bloomberg. Without the exemptions, Athletic Director Scott Woodward says, he couldn't have financed the overhaul.
As the school's football team prepares for a bowl game Dec. 22 in Las Vegas, the field at Husky Stadium is dotted with earth movers and dump trucks. The construction shows how even some of the most soundly run college football programs benefit from indirect tax subsidies totaling hundreds of millions of dollars. In addition to the deductions that helped fund this project, sports departments are exempt from taxes on ticket, television and other income generated by their stadiums.
via Americans Providing $154 Million for College Football in Seattle – Bloomberg.
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Carlsberg ramps up pressure on PM over alcohol price plan – Telegraph
Plans for a 45p-per-unit minimum price were set out last month and have the support of the Prime Minister. They would mean beer could not be sold for less than 90p a can while wine would cost at least £4.20 a bottle.
The Sunday Telegraph reveals today that political pressure is growing on the Prime Minister from Cabinet colleagues to abandon the policy.
Carlsberg chief executive Jorgen Buhl Rasmussen said he is strongly against the idea, which follows a proposal for a 50p-per-unit alcohol pricing floor in Scotland that is now being tested in the European courts. "They're the only two in Europe where we see this happening," Mr Buhl Rasmussen said in an interview with The Sunday Telegraph.
"We're a little surprised about the UK proposal because the proposal in Scotland has been taken to court in the EU as to whether it would be in line with the free market principles.
"It could take between six and 18 months before there's a decision so we didn't really expect England to come out with a proposal at this time.
"But we were also surprised because we have so much evidence across Europe that price does not change or reduce abuse. What changes and reduces abuse would be education and information.
via Carlsberg ramps up pressure on PM over alcohol price plan – Telegraph.


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HOT SPRINGS — Headed for work, two Oaklawn Park employees aboard Chris Zwahlen's elevator had to get off on the second floor.
"Oh, no," the man behind her said. "We're going to be late."
It was 11:02 a.m., two minutes after the racetrack gates opened, and the backseat driver was dead set on commandeering one of the 20 tables in the third-floor nook 10 steps from the elevator. The four codgers who traveled two flights of steps beat the elevator group to the area. Quickly, the first-to-arrive pushed two square tables up against a round one and arranged the chairs so they could have a straight-on view of the eight elevated TVs.
"I"m 71 and it's not as easy as it was when I was 70," one said.
"I don't know how many more years I can do this," said one of his cohorts.
As long as they can, they will. They are part of what former Oaklawn announcer Terry Wallace calls the "thundering herd."
"They've been doing it since before I came here," Zwahlen said, "and this is my eighth year. The only person they would wait for was 'Miss Virginia,' and she was in her 90s."
Another man who admitted to 75, said he had been coming to the races since 1969 and had squatted at the free tables for at least 25 years. He used to sit in the smoking section at the other end of the grandstand, but moved as soon as he learned about the non-smoking section.
By 11:04 a.m., more than a dozen men, each one clutching a Racing Form or some other handicapping tool, occupied chairs.
"We bet our own picks," one man said, "but we all talk about what we're going to do."
He met his carpool partner at Bryant at 8:30 a.m., and they had breakfast in Hot Springs. The next time, they agreed, they might try the place behind the racetrack.
The group is a snapshot of the tradition that separates Oaklawn from most racetracks. Like Keeneland in Kentucky and only a couple others, Oaklawn is heavy on the social aspect. On sunny Saturdays, when the crowds outdo many cities in the state, people come to watch both the horses and the crowds. Some don't wager at all; others bet very, very sparingly.
A year ago, there were record crowds in the infield for Oaklawn's two biggest 3-year-old races, but many of the folks — children in tow — took in the music and the petting zoo and there was virtually no change in the amount wagered in the infield.
Per capita, wagering at Oaklawn pales compared to the numbers at the hard-core racing centers in major cities, but Oaklawn officials are fine with that.
The ambiance helps Oaklawn retain on-track attendance better than most.
In the barber's chair a week ago, I missed the origin of the conversation between the woman with the clippers and her elderly customer. "Horses," I heard.
Tidying up the few hairs on the man's head, she said she didn't know anything about picking ponies, but she liked going to Oaklawn on occasion.
"I take the money I would spend on dinner and a movie," she said. "If I don't win, that's OK. It's entertainment."
The man in the chair mentioned taking his grandchildren to the track.
Uninvited, the haircut-in-waiting said he won $100 one time."If I break even, I did good," he said.
Eavesdropping, I wondered if Oaklawn and the Razorbacks were the only topics that freed up Arkansans to the point that they would join a conversation with complete strangers.
Despite a 70 percent chance of rain on Friday, 15,031 showed up for opening day and I thought about something the CEO of a major racetrack said about the future of Oaklawn. Mingling with horsemen in the grandstand, he proclaimed, "Oaklawn's dead."
That obituary was uttered almost 20 years ago.
Harry King is sports columnist for Stephens Media's Arkansas News Bureau.


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The District of Columbia is now becoming a model for communities across America for the way its government is handling a critical environmental issue – The DC Government introduced a plastic bag tax in 2010 to discourage single use bags and clean up the Anacostia River. Now this money is restoring the river's health, creating jobs and the tax has helped bring down the use of plastic bags across the District.
In an on-going effort to prevent trash from entering local waterways, the District has installed two new Bandalong™ Litter Traps in the Anacostia River Watershed, the District Department of the Environment (DDOE) announced in January.
The two Bandalongs, one installed at Watts Branch near the District/Prince George's County line and the other at an MS4 outfall near the James Creek Marina in SW, will be instrumental in preventing trash and debris from reaching the mainstem of the Anacostia River. Since the installation of the first Bandalong at the mouth of Watts Branch in 2009, the District and its partners have collected more than six tons of trash and debris.
Funds from the Anacostia River Clean Up and Protection Fund (the $.05 Bag Law) were used to pay for the Bandalong installations. The Fund raised approximately $3.4 million through September 2011 and is used for restoration, education, and trash-reduction projects in the District's waterways, as well as for outreach, implementation (including enforcement), and reusable-bag distribution.
DDOE Director Christophe A.G. Tulou said,
"This is another progressive step towards restoring our rivers and streams. With these Bandalongs, we are doing what is necessary to ensure that our waterways are trash free and, at the same time, improving the quality of life for District residents."
"I'm thrilled about today's announcement," says Council member Tommy Wells (Ward 6) and the principal author of the bag law. "The city is keeping its promise to use the funds collected to invest in the clean-up and restoration of the Anacostia River. Today we are marking another step in restoring the River's health for all of our residents to enjoy"
Mike Bolinder, Anacostia Riverkeeper and manager of the Bandalong project added, "Everybody wins with a Bandalong project. The river is cleaner, jobs are being created, the City has help meeting its TMDL obligations and we're gathering crucial data about litter. This is a model every city in America should follow." The Bandalongs were installed as part of a grant awarded by DDOE to Anacostia Riverkeeper.
Groundwork Anacostia River DC, another local non-profit that uses environmental restoration as a means for community development, will be conducting annual maintenance on both devices. "Hopefully going forward, other jurisdictions will follow DC's lead and see the incredible benefit in investing in this technology and supporting the resources that can work right along with it," commented Dennis Chestnut, Executive Director of Groundwork Anacostia River DC. "By combining effective equipment, the Bandalong, with a community's most valuable resources, the people, we are able to make the Bandalong the most efficient system operating."
Watts Branch is the largest non-tidal tributary in the District's portion of the Anacostia watershed. Installation of these devices will help ensure that the District moves toward making Watts Branch a trash-free tributary.


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After a weekend spent vying for peace, U.S. President Donald Trump is punching back against actor Robert De Niro, calling him a "low IQ individual."
Trump, who has just left Singapore after a historic meeting with the North Korean leader, was retaliating after De Niro spent the past few days publicly denouncing Trump.
Trump, Kim commit to 'complete denuclearization' of Korean peninsula after historic summit
"Robert De Niro, a very Low IQ individual, has received to many shots to the head by real boxers in movies," Trump tweeted Tuesday afternoon.
"I watched him last night and truly believe he may be 'punch-drunk.' I guess he doesn't realize the economy is the best it's ever been with employment being at an all time high, and many companies pouring back into our country. Wake up Punchy!"
De Niro a staunch Trump opponent, repeatedly dropped the f-word to an audience at the Tony Awards Sunday night while referencing Trump.
WATCH: Robert De Niro calls Donald Trump 'f***ing idiot, f***ing fool'
The CBS television audience heard dead silence instead before he raised his arms — twice — and earned a sustained standing ovation.
He also urged people to vote in the November elections.
Then on Monday, De Niro apologized to Canadians for Trump's insults after Trump called Prime Minister Justin Trudeau "weak" and "dishonest."
WATCH: Robert De Niro apologizes to Canadians for Trump's 'idiotic behaviour'
De Niro said Trump's remarks were a "disgrace."
This isn't the first time De Niro has gone after Trump. In January of this year, the actor called Trump a "f**king idiot" in a profanity-laced rant.
WATCH: De Niro's past criticism of Donald Trump
*with files from Chris Jancelewitz
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Another Fabergé egg and in front of an old terracotta pot
Small glass ornaments that I bought very cheaply in a 'Tobacco store' in Stockholm ages ago when I still was a student, they were so very cheap that I bought 3 dozen of them.
This is the oldest one - Old Vintage Santa
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What counts as "young"? I've found no age cut-off in the membership materials for this well established organization. The webpage explains that
Except for professors the Association – as it is stated in its Statutes – is open to all young legal historians. This exemption has been made to provide the possibility for young legal historians, who cannot present their ideas on other conferences to share their research results and have it discussed with other legal historians but without the watching eyes of tutors and mentors. Professors and institutions are only welcome as sustaining members.
Their annual forums "are open to everyone interested in legal history but is still not to a professor holding a chair in legal history."
Here's the call for papers:
Law on Stage
Call for Papers for the XVIth European Forum of Young Legal Historians, 24th-28th March
2010 in Frankfurt am Main
Call for Papers for the XVIth European Forum of Young Legal Historians, 24th-28th March
2010 in Frankfurt am Main
Law appears in various forms. Whether within codes of law, in files, legal documents, by handshake and contracts vis-à-vis a notary, or as finally implemented in courtrooms – law adopts a unique expression. Graceful, sacred, authoritative, and pragmatic: law is being staged.
The European Forum of Young Legal Historians seeks to investigate how these particular forms have emerged and shifted throughout history, and their significance for the legal culture of that time.
Law is only evident through its forms. The perspective of Legal History, however, offers an opportunity to approach this relationship between law and its various forms, where these forms may operate as a facade for normative claims or carry significance on their own. Legal forms emerge from traditions, as a product of shifting legal customs, and through the inherent dynamics of form. Also, legal forms have legitimated new legal contents serving lawmakers' strategic ends. Change also arises through the action of those subject to the legal norms. So the question to be addressed is: How does law achieve its forms?
This view on the forms of law is also an invitation to reflect on different theoretical and scientific approaches taken in the jurisprudence throughout history. Rules and practices of interpretation, attempts to systematize and integrate legal norms, as well as discussions of the autonomy of law, were also always questions of form. Did one believe in the "pure core" of law behind the form or was the form itself of value? The question we would like to explore is: When and how was the relationship between form and the content of law discussed within jurisprudence?
Finally, the variety of forms evokes questions pertaining to the methodology of legal history. Historical sources can only reveal a fraction of the forms chosen by law in a certain period of time. In order to properly analyse these forms, we usually draw upon thick contextualisation of the subject matter; however, there are a variety of difficulties encountered depending on the period and theme being studied. The Forum should open a space for discussion of such methodological problems; therefore we invite the participants to offer insight and critical reflection on their research method.
We are looking forward to receiving contributions addressing the diverse ways of "staging" law throughout legal history. Please send your abstract (max. 2000 characters) by 16th of November 2009 as well as a short academic CV at firstname.lastname@example.com. The regular fee for participants giving a paper will be 50 €, for all other 70 €. We are trying to arrange scholarships.
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Tuesday, September 03, 2013
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A win, and validation, for Henrik Stenson
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NORTON, Mass.
(AP) -- Henrik Stenson didn't need a big trophy to prove himself that he belonged among the elite in golf.
After enduring the second slump of his career -- the latest a product of bad play more than a lost swing
-- he began to turn the corner late last year by winning the South African Open. He was back in all the majors again for the first time since 2010. And he was playing better than anyone in the summer.
A runner-up to Phil Mickelson in the British Open and to Tiger Woods in a World Golf Championship. A tie for third in the PGA Championship.
The 37-year-old Swede broke through on Labor Day with his best performance of the year to win the Deutsche Bank Championship.
"It's been long, hard work getting back to this place," Stenson said. "Playing as well as I've done in these last couple of months, there's no magic, no quick fix. It's just hard work. It's been a good four months, and I hope I can keep it going."
He started the final round two shots behind Sergio Garcia, surged ahead with three straight birdies, came out even sharper after a two-hour rain delay, and put away Steve Stricker by holing a bunker shot on the 17th hole.
Stenson closed with a 5-under 66 for a two-shot victory over Stricker. He didn't refer to it so much as validation as "icing on the cake."
"I was longing for a win, and I got it," said Stenson, who tied a tournament record at 22-under 262 on the rain-softened TPC Boston.
He wasn't the only guy who felt like a winner, nor was he the only player who felt the nerves.
The Deutsche Bank Championship, the second of four FedEx Cup playoff events, had a little something for everyone on a wild and rainy Monday. It starts with Stenson, who moved to No. 1 in the FedEx Cup and is assured a clear shot at the $10 million prize at the Tour Championship.
Coming out of the rain delay, the focus shifted to the top 70 players in the FedEx Cup standings who would advance to the third playoff event at Conway Farms north of Chicago in two weeks.
Brendan Steele thought his season was over until he birdied his last four holes, the last one with a 2-iron onto the green at the par-5 18th. Steele knew his only chance was to tie with Ernie Els
-- he was three points ahead in the standings going into the weeks -- and they were in the same group.
"I did everything that I can do, especially on a day that wasn't going my way for a long time," Steele said.
Els made par on the 18th and both finished at 12-under 272. Els figured he would be the odd man out with so many players still on the golf course, all of whom in position to drop him lower in the standings.
"It feels like I just missed the cut," Els said when he finished.
But the Big Easy was given a big reprieve. K.J. Choi made a bogey on the par-5 18th. Charley Hoffman made bogey on the 17th. Kevin Chappell missed an 8-foot birdie putt on the last hole. That combination was enough for Els to grab the 70th spot by a fraction of a point.
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Stricker's third runner-up finish this year allowed him to move into the top 10 and qualify for the Presidents Cup team, despite playing a part-time schedule. That put the 10th spot up for grabs between Webb Simpson and Zach Johnson, who were playing together on the other side of the course.
They were tied at 8 under -- big advantage to Simpson -- until the former U.S. Open champion dropped two shots on the last four holes. Johnson faced a 25-foot birdie putt on his last hole that determined whether he made the team, and he poured it in the middle.
Johnson last week gave up a chance to earn points by skipping The Barclays to be in his brother's wedding.
Lost in all this commotion was Jordan Spieth, the 20-year-old Texan dressed in a shirt with the Dallas Cowboys' silver-and-blue colors. He went birdie-birdie-birdie-eagle at the end of his round for a 62 right before the rain delay.
With such soft conditions, his 17-under 267 was never going to hold up. Spieth wound up tied for fourth, and is No. 10 in the FedEx Cup standings. He is assured of becoming the first player since Woods in 1996 to start a season with no status and reach the Tour Championship. Woods, however, did it in seven tournaments.
Whether it was enough to make the Presidents Cup as a captain's pick won't be decided until Fred Couples announces his selections on Wednesday.
Stenson's win was only part of the high drama Monday, so much that Woods became an afterthought. He closed with a 73 and tied for 65th. The best image of him all day was walking back out to the course after a rain delay with him and his 6-year-old daughter dressed in matching red.
All that mattered to Stenson was the trophy.
It looked like it might go down to the last hole when Stricker, two shots behind, reached the par-5 18th in two and faced a long eagle putt. Behind him, Stenson finally blinked and pulled his approach into a bunker on the 17th.
Right when the tournament was in doubt, Stenson holed the bunker shot to effectively wrap up the win. Stricker could hear the roar.
"I just kind of rolled my eyes," Stricker said. "But I told my caddie that he's been knocking at the door for a couple of months. And he's been playing some great golf. ... Good for him. Great shot. Like I say, he's been knocking at the door for quite some time and finally got his win."
Stenson got his win. Stricker made the Presidents Cup team. Els got a reprieve.
Garcia, meanwhile, fell to 3-8 when having at least a share of the 54-hole lead on the PGA Tour. He closed with a 73 and tied for fourth.
Stenson was outside the top 200 in the world at the start of last season, and this win took him up to No. 6
-- almost where he was when he captured the Match Play Championship six years ago. Back where to he felt like he belonged the whole time.
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I have been baking cookies under a different name where I donate 100% of my profit to charity. Now I'm branching out with a second company that will sell wholesale and retail for profit. I need something that will get attention and become an icon for the best cookies you have ever tasted. I love the color red. I like classy and timeless but not old fashioned. Fun is good too. What does Mrs. Chips look like to you??? The best selling cookies are chocolate chip and oatmeal cherry. I don't want to limit myself to cookies though, hence the name 'kitchen.' Just giving you some background.
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My only requirement is NO PINK. I really like red, if that helps. The design will need to be able to go from a business card to a 3 inch circle label that will go on the cookie packaging itself. I'm completely open to your ideas and can quickly narrow my taste once I see them. I will attach my current business card which looks too much like 'bewitched' but hey...it was free. But I do like the feeling of the card. Remember too that the colors will have to tie into the ribbon for package etc. Please do not limit yourself to something like the existing card. Feel free to show me what you think Mrs. Chips Kitchen feels like. I'm looking to evoke an emotion. Thank you.


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Yesterday was the Houston Tour de Cure. As you might know, I have been training for several months for this event. And unfortunately the rides were canceled due to weather. Bummer! Though disappointed, I understand the cancellation because it has been very rainy the passed few days and the routes were very flooded and covered with debris.
Despite the rain out, they still had the after race activities. There was a lunch, live music, and various diabetes awareness booths. They served brisket, potato salad, green beans, and rolls. And the band played various tunes; from country music to Pink Floyd and Foo Fighters covers. So all in all it was a good day even though I did not get to ride. There is talk of rescheduling the ride for a later date but we'll see what pans out.
On the bright side there were over 2,000 riders registered and were able to raise over $600,000. And team red (the team for people with diabetes) had over 300 riders and we were able to raise over $100,000. Which is awesome! It is great that we were able to raise so much money towards such a just cause. I am definitely planning on riding next year and hopefully we can raise even more money next year.


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Value Chain Struggles, Work Organization, and Outcomes for Labor in the Football Manufacturing Industry of Jalandhar, IndiaLund-Thomsen, Peter; Khara, Navjote (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Recent academic writings have emphasized that an increasing proportion of world-wide manufacturing is taking place through extensive subcontracting networks that connect consumers in the United States and Europe with workers laboring in the informal economies of developing countries where they often lack social protection or legal recognition under national labor laws. In this article, we make a contribution to this literature by exploring how three different forms of work organization – factory-based, center-based, and home-based football stitching - came into being in the brand sensitive, export-oriented football manufacturing industry of Jalandhar in North India. We argue that the evolution of supply chain linkages and work forms within this industry can best be understood through the 'prism' of value chain struggles between the intra-chain actors such as international buyers and local suppliers and the extra-chain actors such as national governments and international NGOs. In particular, struggles over supplier upgrading and labor standards first led to the creation of football stitching as a cottage industry in the latter part of the 20th century and then its re-establishment as industrial factory-based work in the early parts of the new millennium. We conclude that shifting preferences of the upstream buyers and the global consumers, somewhat ironically, offer a Hobson's choice to the Jalandhar football manufacturers: either insource football stitching within factory-based settings, adopt new technologies, and comply with labor laws/standards, or perish in the highly competitive global market. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8937
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Hockerts, Kai (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper draws on interviews with 12 investor relations directors. These were used to elicit the mental models respondents used when explaining their firms' motivation to engage in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Four dimensions of CSR-induced competitive advantages emerged: risk, efficiency, branding, and new markets. Respondents from firms with lower social performance drew on less differentiated and less balanced cognitive frameworks (focussing on risk and efficiency). Respondents from firms with higher social performance reported not only more links between CSR and competitiveness, their underlying cognitive models were also more balanced across the four dimensions. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7117
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Strand, Robert (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The metaphors of strategic management are predominantly rooted in competition in support of the objective to achieve a "competitive advantage." Drawn from military, sport, and (oftentimes incomplete) interpretations of evolutionary biology, these metaphors imply that business is a zero-sum competitive game. Metaphors are not "just" words but, rather, they impact thoughts and actions. Hence the use of competitive metaphors encourages competitive behavior in business. We argue that this misdirects the purpose of business from being about value creation and, moreover, that value creation is most effectively achieved by approaching business as a fundamentally cooperative endeavor. Furthermore, these "survival of the fittest" sorts of metaphors inhibit considerations toward ethics, humanism, and sustainability. We call for a shift toward metaphors rooted in cooperation and as a means to do so we also call for a shift in focus from achieving "competitive advantage" toward achieving "cooperative advantage" as the objective of strategic management. We conclude by laying out some promising research avenues for further considerations. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8880
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Rahbek Pedersen, Esben (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The purpose of this article is to develop a model of how managers perceive the responsibilities of business towards society. The article is based on the survey responses of more than 1,000 managers in eight large international firms. It is concluded that the managerial perceptions of societal responsibilities differ in some respects from the mainstream models found in the corporate social responsibility (CSR) and business ethics literature. The article is an output of RESPONSE: an EUand corporate-funded research project on managerial perceptions of CSR. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7126
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Casanova, Lourdes; Crone Jensen, Elisabeth; Sloan, Pamela; Gradillas, Maria; Hockerts, Kai (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This report summarizes selected findings of a three‐year research effort undertaken by INSEAD, Copenhagen Business School (CBS), Bocconi University, and the Leon Kosminski Academy. It is part of a larger European Commission‐funded study, entitled "RESPONSE". This project has aimed at understanding how multinational firms see their responsibility towards society and how this is aligned (or not) with the expectations of their stakeholders. Preliminary findings were developed in a final report which was presented at a conference in autumn 2007 at INSEAD, Fontainebleau (please find link in the appendix). URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7120
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Yokoyama, Keiko (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The growing practice of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has led to increasing research attention in the literature to the role of CSR strategy. CSR strategy is a concept for maximizing profits or benefits for both society and the company. Studies of CSR strategy during the 1990's and the early 2000's were mainly limited to examining the concept of CSR, and merely discussed the needs and importance of the strategic development of CSR. Recently, strategy researchers have proposed more specific CSR strategies by applying their knowledge of strategic management. This paper first summarizes these CSR strategy studies and then proposes an approach to CSR strategy from a new perspective. This paper also identifies issues that a company may face when implementing CSR and suggests approaches to CSR strategy to overcome these issues. To overcome the CSR issues, the paper discusses (1) a framework for recognizing the contribution that CSR activity makes to corporate performance, and (2) approaches to CSR strategy for resolving tradeoffs inherent to the CSR activity. This paper proposes that a company design its CSR activity so that it expands the company's stakeholders, resources and capabilities. Secondly, because the impact of CSR activity occurs both through external factors, such as legitimacy and reputation, and through internal factors, such as implementation and learning, efforts to stimulate the processes are discussed. Lastly, based on the above considerations, the outcome of CSR, corporate performance and the resolution of tradeoffs inherent to CSR are further examined. This paper concludes by pointing out that, from the perspective of CSR strategy, it is most important for a company to implement CSR activity regarding it as a social business, based on a careful review of its core business. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7124
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Roepstorff, Anne (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7121
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Abstract: Over the past decade product service systems (PSS) study has established itself as a research field. Most recently scholars have occupied themselves with the design and implementation of product service systems, which they posit help reduce environmental and economic inefficiencies. However, extant literature leaves open the question why such inefficiencies exist in the first place. This paper proposes opportunistic behaviour, bounded rationality, and asymmetric information as possible explanations for the existence of the inefficiencies discussed by PSS scholars. It continues by exploring five types of property rights and the role they can play in increasing eco-efficiency. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7123
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The Relation Between Policies concerning Corporate Social Responsibility and Philosophical Moral TheoriesAn Empirical InvestigationFrederiksen, Claus S. (Frederiksberg, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper examines the relation between policies concerning Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and philosophical moral theories. The objective is to determine which moral theories form the basis for CSR policies. Are they based on ethical egoism, libertarianism, utilitarianism or some kind of common-sense morality? To address this issue, I conducted an empirical investigation examining the relation between moral theories and CSR policies, in companies engaged in CSR. Based on the empirical data I collected, I start by suggesting some normative arguments used by the respondents. Secondly, I suggest that these moral arguments implicitly rely on some specific moral principles, which I characterise. Thirdly, on the basis of these moral principles, I suggest the moral theories upon which the CSR policies are built. Previous empirical studies examining the relation between philosophical moral theories and the ethical content of business activities have mainly concentrated on the ethical decision-making of managers. Some of the most prominent investigations in that regard propose that managers mainly act in accordance with utilitarian moral theory (Fritzsche and Becker, 1984; Premeaux and Mony, 1993; Premeaux, 2004). I conclude that CSR policies are not based on utilitarian thinking, but instead on some kind of common-sense morality. The ethical foundation of companies engaged in CSR thus does not mirror the ethical foundation of managers. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7822
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Theory and Practice of Stakeholder Engagement in ScandinaviaStrand, Robert; Freeman, R. Edward (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In this article we clarify the historical roots of stakeholder theory to establish that a much larger role was played by Scandinavian thinkers in its development than is currently acknowledged. We show that important contributions to the stakeholder concept were being made by Eric Rhenman and his Scandinavian contemporaries in parallel to the contributions from the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) in the early 1960s and thereafter and thus are not a "historical trail" as they are currently labeled. Therefore we offer a significant modification to the historical narrative as presented in Strategic Management: A Stakeholder Approach (Freeman, 1984). These important Scandinavian contributions include the first publication and description of the expression "stakeholder" in management literature accessible to scholars throughout the world and the introduction of the first stakeholder map to the management literature. We use this occasion to consider potential relationships between these early Scandinavian contributions to the stakeholder concept with current practices of well-known Scandinavian companies. Through this we contend the evidence suggests relationships worthy of further considerations. We conclude by endorsing the expression "Scandinavian cooperative advantage" through which we intend to provoke increased attention from beyond Scandinavia. Cooperation between companies and their stakeholders is increasingly recognized as necessary for the social and environmental sustainability of world and the long-term profitability of companies where we contend inspiration for such cooperation may be prosperously drawn from Scandinavia. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8657
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Abstract: Whereas strategic management in the U.S. has traditionally focused on competition and a competitive advantage, Scandinavian strategic management has long centered on effective cooperation. In light of recent calls in the U.S. to shift toward cooperation to realize opportunities for shared value creation and address sustainability challenges, the Scandinavian context can effectively serve as an inspiration for this shift. We conduct our exploration with two interrelated objectives: to increase awareness of the Scandinavian cooperative approach and encourage practitioner and researcher inquiry, and to provide a stepping stone to a more thorough research agenda on cooperation in the Scandinavian context. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9464
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Abstract: An increasing number of firms are engaging in social and environmental initiatives beyond their core business activities. While much has been written on the question of why business should be spending resources on social and environmental causes, relatively few studies have systematically addressed the question of why companies actually do engage in such activities. A notable exception is literature on the 'business case' for corporate social responsibility, which argues that good social and environmental performance will positively affect a company's financial results. Empirical evidence, however, has failed to prove this. Moreover, even if there is an economic rationale, it is not clear why some companies engage in social activities while others do not. And, why do many more companies today 'see' the business case than in the past? Our paper attempts to conceptualise the motives of companies to engage or not to engage in such activities. Drawing on theories from Management Studies, Sociology, Political Science and International Relations, we suggest modifying the notion of the business case by opening the black box of the corporation's identity as a social actor. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7337
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Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to present a strategy for applying discourse analysis to the debate concerning the legal status of Corporate Social Responsibility ("CSR"). In the 1990s activists concerned with corporate involvement in activities that harm workers and the environment encouraged corporations to adopt voluntary initiatives, which have come to be known as CSR policies or corporate codes of conduct. Roughly ten years later NGOs like Christian Aid, which at first was a strong proponent of voluntary corporate codes of conduct, have begun calling for a greater emphasis on law and accountability mechanisms. Trade unions especially have expressed deep scepticism of the idea of CSR initiatives and the attendant industry that has grown up around them. The trade union movement criticises CSR initiatives for being a strategy to avoid regulation and trade unions. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7119
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I'm cross-posting this to this forum from comp.lang.lisp in hopes of getting more discussion. Enjoy.
The CL spec is mute on this point. If a destruct definition includes another struct and the new struct has a slot with the name of a slot in the included struct, what happens?
1. It's an error and the new struct can't be definded.
2. The new struct masks the included struct's slot.
3. It is #2 but the accessor for the new struct will access in the new struct (ignoring the hidden original slot), and the original accessor function will access the hidden in the included struct.
(defstruct person name age)
(defstruct (astronaut (:include person)) age position)
;;; the astronaut definition is either in error (redefining age slot)
;;; or it hides the person-age (perhaps with a warning)
(setf ex-one (make-person :name "Tom" :age 29))
(setf ex-two (make-astronaut :age 27 :position 'captain))
;;; the make-astronaut is either non-existent (the defstruct was in error), or it works
;;; if we get to this point, what happens with the accessors
;;; everyone would agree that this works
(astronaut-age ex-two) => 27
;;; On the other hand, what happens if we use the person accessors
;;; is it -->
(person-age ex-two) => 27 or 29
My warped mind is inclined to allow hiding of an included slot. That would mean that
(person-age ex-two) => 29
Is there a consensus among the various CLs? thanks
defstruct and included slots
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Pascal C. answers the question in response #3. Looking farther down on the CLHS page, the "Exceptional Situations" section says it should signal an error.jboetje wrote:I'm cross-posting this to this forum from comp.lang.lisp ... The CL spec is mute on this point. If a destruct definition includes another struct and the new struct has a slot with the name of a slot in the included struct, what happens?
--Dan B.
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Yes, I just got Pascal's post. Thanks!
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Factory: A factory that creates objects that derive from a particular base class.
Abstract factory: A factory that creates other factories, and these factories in turn create objects derived from base classes. You do this because you often don't just want to create a single object (as with Factory method) - rather, you want to create a collection of related objects.
1. Createobject through inheritance
2. Produceonly one product
3. Implementscode in the abstract creator that make use of the concrete type that sub class produces.
1. Createobject through composition
2. Produce families ofproducts
3. Concretefactories implements factory method to create product
Real Life Example. (Easy to remember)
Imagine you are constructing a house and you approach a carpenter for a door. You give the measurement for the door and your requirements, and he will construct a door for you. In this case, the carpenter is a factory of doors. Your specifications are inputs for the factory, and the door is the output or product from the factory.
Abstract Factory
Now, consider the same example of the door. You can go to a carpenter, or you can go to a plastic door shop or a PVC shop. All of them are door factories. Based on the situation, you decide what kind of factory you need to approach. This is like an Abstract Factory.


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Saturday, August 20, 2011
Cake Slice Bakes Last Cake from Cake Keepers
The Cake Slice Bakers have been baking for a while from Lauren Chattman's Cake Keeper Cakes cookbook, mostly with good to great results. Now we are getting to the end of this cookbook and thinking about the next one.
The August recipe that was chosen by the group is Hungarian Coffee Cake, a type of Monkey Bread. Balls of muffin-like dough are rolled in cinnamon-sugar and put into a Bundt cake pan, interlaced with walnuts, raisins, (and in my case shredded Gravenstein apples). August is Gravenstein apple time, and the apple flavor goes so well with cinnamon and raisins and walnuts that it seemed like a match made in gustatory heaven.
As I often do, I made some changes to the recipe. My raisins were a bit dry so I soaked them in 1/4 cup warm rum for 15 minutes. I saved the rum I drained off the raisins and added it to the butter/brown sugar mixture...why waste good rum? The cake batter seemed bland so I added 2 tablespoons of sugar, about 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg and I added a beaten egg to the buttermilk. I also used my food processor to make the cake dough, which worked well since the butter was totally frozen. I had planned to make this cake earlier in the week and had left the butter in the freezer, already cut into small pieces.
The resulting cake was delicious! Everyone wanted seconds. I loved the way the topping shone and it was a sweet counterpoint to the less sweet cake. Because of the added egg, the cake was moist and similar to a muffin instead of being like a scone. I loved the flavor combo of walnuts/apple/rum-raisin/cinnamon, like a hint of autumn in summer.
If I make this again I'll probably bake it in two loaf pans instead of the Bundt pan. That way I can freeze on loaf for later enjoyment.
Do visit the other Cake Slice Bakers to see their versions of this cake that makes your home smell like cinnamon buns. The recipe below includes the changes I made. Come back at this time next month for a surprise!
XO Elle
Hungarian Coffee Cake
(a variation of a recipe from Cake Keeper Cakes by Lauren Chattman)
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted and cooled (unsalted is called for but I used salted and it was great)
3/4 cup light brown sugar
rum drained from raisins (see below)
Whisk together the melted butter, light brown sugar and rum. Set aside.
1/4 cup raisins
1/4 cup rum
9 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled
1/2 cup granulated sugar, plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar, divided
1 tsp ground cinnamon
3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup buttermilk
1 egg, slightly beaten
1/4 cup walnuts, chopped
1/4 cup shredded tart apple
Combine raisins and rum in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave at full power 15 seconds. Set aside for 15 minutes, then drain, reserving the liquid to add to the topping mixture (see above).
In a zip-lock bag combine the 1/2 cup granulated sugar and the cinnamon. Set aside.
Cut the 9 tablespoons (1 stick plus 1 tablespoon) into small pieces and put into a bowl, then into the freezer while doing the next steps of the recipe.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a nonstick 12 cup Bundt pan and set aside.
Place the flour, the 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar still left, the baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg in the bowl of a large food processor or electric mixer. Use knife blade in food processor or whisk attachment in electric mixer to combine the dry ingredients.
Add the chilled butter pieces to the dry ingredients. In the food processor pulse to cut the butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture resembles coarse meal. In the electric mixer mix on low speed until the mixture resembles coarse meal. For both, add the buttermilk and the egg.
In the food processor pulse to blend the liquid and dry ingredients into a dough, stopping when dough comes together. In the electric mixer bowl, stir the liquid into the dry ingredients until a dough forms.
Scoop up small balls of dough (I used my fingers and sort of pinched off pieces the size of a walnut). Place the dough balls into the bag with the cinnamon sugar mixture and shake the bag to coat the balls.
Placed the coated balls into the prepared pan, sprinkling the walnuts, raisins and apple shreds over them as you go. Once all the dough balls, nuts, raisins, apple shreds and any leftover cinnamon-sugar mixture have gone into the pan, pour the melted butter mixture over it all. Rotate the pan briskly to settle the topping.
Bake until the cake is firm and well risen and the caramel is melted, about 35 - 40 minutes. Let the cake cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Invert onto a serving platter and serve immediately. Store uneaten cake (if any) in a cake keeper or wrap in plastic and store at room temperature for 1 day.
12 comments :
Your coffee cake turned out really nice looking :) I still don't get the refference to the cake being like a scone, mine was perfectly tender. Oh well.ReplyDelete
Your addition of the apples and the rum and nutmeg are pure genius. You transformed this recipe into a fall like cake. It sounds wonderful and I'll have to try your version sometime. yum!ReplyDelete
Your cake looks wonderful, I tried to make mine gluten free but it didn't really work. I'll have to try it again as yours looks so good! I think your idea of soaking the raisins in rum was genius! I thought the batter itself could have done with an egg too as it seemed a bit dryReplyDelete
;-) NEVER NEVER waste good rum especially when in can go into beautiful cake like this.ReplyDelete
I didn't get round to this one this month, but yours looks lovely.ReplyDelete
Your cake looks delicious - love your additions!ReplyDelete
I agree with Monica - your additions are genius!ReplyDelete
Apples , that sounds soo good!ReplyDelete
And ur cake is soo pretty !
Mine was cakey like too ,and soft and moist ,not at all scony or biscuity!
I love how you can always find a way to make any recipe your own. It looks delicious!ReplyDelete
I bet those rumed raisons were delicious! I'll have to try that next time!ReplyDelete


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At an early age, the brilliant makeup artist Charlotte Tilbury saw the light:
[A]s a redhead with pale eyelashes, she never felt attractive until she tried mascara when she was 13. Suddenly people she had known for years started remarking on how pretty she was. "It traumatized me to instantly become more popular just because of the mascara," Ms. Tilbury said. "But then I realized that to achieve the power of beauty, sometimes you need a little makeup, darling."


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Model A Build - Cable Ready Hot Rod Part 2
"Overhaulin" Takes on a Model A
Last month we looked behind the scenes of the "Overhaulin'" TV show as they got started on their very first early hot rod project. At first the task seemed like it would be easier than all the rest-heck, the car didn't even have a roof or fenders, how hard could it be? Well, it turns out it can be very hard when the whole team is used to primarily rebuilding musclecars and late-models. Everything would have to be researched for the very first time and a whole new set of suppliers would need to be found to deliver the parts required to rebuild their latest "victim."
Another major unplanned obstacle would be a body that required much more work than originally planned. The "Overhaulin'" crew found that under the black primer, nearly every panel had suffered some form of major abuse in the past that would require all hands on deck to pick a panel and get to repairing the Model A's metal. The chassis switch would be from a butchered and poorly engineered Model A chassis to a top-of-the-line '32 Ford unit from Total Cost Involved. The swap to the '32 unit would mean that the entire floor and the body mounts world need to be changed, but that really wasn't a problem since the floor in the body wasn't worth saving in the first place.
With the additional bodywork pushing them dangerously close to the due date, the team focused on the chassis and the Ford Y-block drivetrain, turning it all into a piece of rolling automotive art. From nose to tail, the entire car was nearly 100-percent replaced with new pieces put together in a very traditional style. Surprising to most was designer Chip Foose's choice of wheels-an original set of '36 Ford rims and hubcaps-since most of his creations receive a set of one-off rollers of his design. Here is where Chip's true talent shines through, as any choice toward wide rims in low-profile tires just would not have had the same effect as the skinny Ford 16-inch units wrapped in genuine Firestone bias-ply wide whites from Coker Tire.
When the final day came and the car was nowhere near close to being done, the crew faced something they had never dealt with before- a missed deadline. Not wanting to just slap it together before it met their high standards, the crew stretched the deadline and spent an extra day making it happen for pranked owner Matthew Wyatt. Knowing it would take a lot of extra days of his own to build the car, Matthew took the entire situation in stride and nearly passed out when the final version was unveiled to him and his family. Stay tuned for next month's issue when we will give you an up-close look at this overhauled wonder.


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North Penn Wins State Title
The North Penn Knights needed extra innings but in the end earned their second state baseball championship in five years with a 6-5 nine inning win over Lower Dauphin. With one out in the ninth, Bobby Scott singled to left to score Eddie Posavec from second giving the Knights the walk off crown. North Penn, who trailed 3-0 after three innings, scored five in the fifth before the Falcons got one in the sixth then one in the seventh to tie the game. The North Penn defense was huge in the seventh getting out a a bases loaded jam with a force out at the plate. Scott went 2 for 5 while teamate Chris Kersey got three hits on five tries. Pitcher Dylan Borawski went nine inngs to earn the complete game win. North Penn finishes 18-10. Lower Dauphin, making their first state title game appearance, closes the season with a 22-6 mark.


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I'm a Soccer Mom/Baseball Mom living the American Dream in northern Virginia. I work as a Business Advisor & Consultant focusing on small-medium sized businesses in my local community. I've drunk the chardonnay, practiced the yoga, driven the minivan, atomized the essential oils, made the spinach dip and attended many Southern Living at Home, Stella & Dot, and Pampered Chef parties. I'm a Catholic, Conservative, Spiritually Awake individual sharing my opinion on whatever catches my fancy and occasionally entertaining a few folks with tales from my ADDiva life!


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Astros pull ahead late, then fend off A's in ninth
Houston defeats Oakland for first time in six tries as Fowler delivers
HOUSTON -- One night after a tie game got away from the Astros in the ninth inning, they delivered a little payback -- albeit an inning early and not without some sighs of relief.
Dallas Keuchel gamely pitched into the seventh inning, allowing Chris Carter's power surge and four runs in the Astros' final at-bat to finally eke Houston past Oakland, 7-6, on Saturday night at Minute Maid Park.
The win smoothed over some lingering frustration following a rough week, one that featured a walk-off loss at Seattle and two ejections in two losses to the A's by a combined score of 22-6.
Entering the home half of the eighth with the score tied at 3, Marwin Gonzalez and Jose Altuve posted base hits to set up runners at the corners and no outs against Oakland lefty reliever Sean Doolittle.
After losing so many recent break points -- as manager Bo Porter likes to call high-leverage moments -- Dexter Fowler delivered a go-ahead RBI with a single past diving shortstop Jed Lowrie.
"Really good job of situational hitting," Porter said. "Altuve, with Marwin on the move, shooting the 4 hole and Dexter knowing the first and third situation, bringing them in. When you have speed on the basepaths, it dictates pitch selection for their guy."
The go-ahead single capped a big night for Fowler, who also drilled a solo home run in the first and has a seven-game hitting streak.
"Just simplify things at the plate and seeing good pitches," Fowler said. "I'd been swinging at some bad ones, so I settled down a little and found some that were in my zone."
Given Oakland's seven-run final inning in Friday's 12-5 triumph, the Astros kept their foot on the gas in the eighth, and it would prove necessary.
Jason Castro brought Altuve home with a base hit before ballyhooed rookie George Springer delivered another run with a fielder's-choice groundout. Marc Krauss finished the barrage with the eventual game-winning RBI on a groundout.
"The pitch that Gonzalez hit was on the outside corner., the pitch that Altuve hit was away [and] the pitch that Castro lined was in," Doolittle said. "Only one I really thought I missed my spot was to Fowler. I don't know. That's tough."
Little has come easy for this year's Astros, though, and the ninth was further proof. Brandon Moss roped a three-run shot off righty Jerome Williams with no outs, considerably slimming Houston's hard-earned lead.
Suddenly, the good vibes in Minute Maid had melted away and another A's hit had the game in jeopardy.
"Pretty interesting, huh?" Porter quipped. "I try to keep my emotions intact, though. Your thought process has to stay clear. I thought we were going to win the game the whole time.
He was prophetic in this instance. Williams settled down with a fielder's choice and fellow reliever Raul Valdes finagled out of the inning to ease the home crowd's unrest.
The late drama obscured a gutty outing by Keuchel, even though the first inning suggested it would be another long night against the Athletics. The southpaw surrendered a walk and three hits in a two-run opening frame, managing through it by inducing a double play and a fielder's choice.
"Just felt sluggish out of the gate," Keuchel said. "That's not like me, but you're not going to feel your best every time out. Feel like I was lucky to get out of it with two runs."
After that, the red-hot A's offense was mostly powerless against the lefty, as he set down 13 in a row at one point.
He wasn't overpowering, yet plenty effective by using a mix of sharp breakers and low fastballs to keep the high-flying A's frustrated with 12 groundouts. Keuchel didn't factor into the decision. He did post his fourth straight quality start, lasting 6 1/3 innings and allowing three runs while striking out six.
"He's probably pitching the best he's pitched in his career," Porter said.
Along with the A's recent dominance against Houston, Carter's power struggles have been another major story for the struggling Astros.
Carter entered Saturday with just two home runs, both against Seattle, after belting 29 last season.
He finally found some juice on his swing, mashing a two-run homer off the Community Leaders signs high up the left-field facade to give Houston a 3-2 lead in the second. All three of Carter's home runs have come in the last five games.
The teams' breezed through the next five innings, setting up a back-and-forth final third.
Williams bailed Keuchel out of a seventh-inning jam, though the A's did nab a run credited to the starter on Coco Crisp's sacrifice fly to tie it at 3.
It looked like advantage A's at that point, especially with Oakland's bullpen far fresher than Houston's.
Instead, the Astros finally held on for a win during what has been a testy series against a team that is a thorn in their side.
The win snapped a six-game home losing streak and was Houston's first victory against the Athletics in nine tries dating back to last season.


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Minnesota Teen Brings Tears to Crowd at Wrestling Championship
It would be easy for a high school wrestler to storm off the mat after losing a match in the state championships after intense training to bring home a title. Not Malik Stewart, our new inpsiration for class and sportsmanship.
After falling to Mitchell McKee in Minnesota's 120-pound class of the state championship, Stewart went over and embraced McKee's father, Steve, who is battling terminal cancer.
The amazing heartfelt gesture after a loss brought tears to the eyes of many spectators, and thunderous applause.
"I just prayed to God to help me win the match so I can win a state title for my dad." - Mitchell McKee, KARE 11 News
As it turns out, Stewart can relate to what Mitchell McKee is going through. Stewart's father suffered a heart attack and died when Stewart was only 7 years old.
For more on the story and see the photographs, see the KARE 11 video report.
source: thePostgame.com