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The Library of Congress > Blogs > The Signal > Sprinting toward a Lab: defining, connecting and writing a book in five days
Sprinting toward a Lab: defining, connecting and writing a book in five days
October 31, 2019 by Abbey Potter
A lab is where experimental and research-focused tools, methods, and services are incubated. The starting premise for a lab is often wanting to spur change and make space for new practice and new people. Yet calling something a lab can also signal separation between traditional services and new approaches. Labs, and innovation in general, can seem like a passing fad that promotes shallow thinking about the application of digital technologies. Considering the limited resources and lack of cutting-edge technologies available at most galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAMs), should GLAMs consider opening labs?
To begin to answer this question, the British Library Lab, which opened in 2013, held a meeting in September of 2018 called "Building Library Labs" to start a conversation among practitioners who were currently running a lab or thinking of opening one. There was a lively enough discussion to warrant another meeting in March of 2019 in Copenhagen. The buzz from these events created a community of "labbers" and the lab-interested that has grown to 250 participants from 20 countries.
Even with this momentum and interest, participants identified a need to articulate lab values, share relevant experience and case studies, and suggest some best practices for those starting up cultural heritage innovation labs. One year after the first gathering in late September 2019, a group of 16 librarians, developers, archivists, curators and academics from around the world (including myself) landed in Doha, Qatar, to embark on a BookSprint, a collaborative and rapid publishing methodology to write a book in five days.
At the end of that five days, the authors strongly argue, yes, "Open a GLAM Lab".
Labs can be directly tied to achieving the missions of GLAMs and they can be inclusive change-makers. GLAM Labs build on the work of their institutions to create, preserve and provide access to collections. They can work with and share new technologies and methods for creating and disseminating expertise embedded in and adjacent to cultural and memory organizations. By explicitly inviting new users into GLAMs and designing new partnerships with communities, labs can address contemporary challenges around reaching new audiences, collaborating with communities, and sharing the value of collections broadly.
Tools and services created in a GLAM Lab are not devised as permanent. Therefore, space emerges where researchers, artists, educators and the interested public can collaborate with a group of partners with the time and remit to explore questions that help create new collections, tools, and services. These outcomes help transform the future ways in which knowledge and culture are disseminated. The exchange, experimentation and data created in a Lab are open, iterative and shared widely, which can feel risky to authoritative organizations. But GLAMs are full of people who are passionate about connecting collections to communities; Labs provide opportunities to combine new ideas with the deep expertise of existing staff and a mechanism to imagine and test future possibilities.
All this positive thinking about the future of digital transformation in GLAMS can be contagious, and we (the authors) hope that it is. But, there is very hard work involved and a resilient mindset is required. Bureaucracy-hacking, risk-taking and reacting to criticism are all everyday activities in a Lab. It is challenging to navigate ingrained processes, anxieties, user expectations, and technical limitations while generating momentum toward future progress. Not all experiments or partnerships end with the hoped for results. Labs can help articulate criteria and provide evidence for hard choices that GLAMs make everyday.
As exciting as the new methods and technical possibilities are, people are the center of a GLAM Lab. Only through engaging with people can you change the culture and direction of an organization. A GLAM Lab helps to translate expertise and generosity from across the organization to make collections and technologies approachable and usable. Establishing values for a GLAM Lab provides guiding principles for how to engage with partners and communities. Nurturing staff and taking an inclusive and transparent approach to engaging with collaborators and user communities help to ensure all groups feel welcome and supported in lab environments.
GLAM Lab Booksprint in Action
People were also at the center of the experience of writing the book. Capturing the collective experience and perspective from 16 people was a unique experience. As we reflected in the Introduction: Making this book was hard but is was also very special. The themes you see reflected in this book: being open to experimentation, risk-taking, iteration, and transformation also capture the methodology of the BookSprint. The process of extracting ideas from sixteen heads and making a coherent narrative under extremely tight deadlines sometimes got messy. There were highs and lows, moments of brilliance, feelings that we'd never finish, and very late nights. We had to push each other to keep going, be uncomfortable, debate, disagree, come to a decision, and move forward to finish. Sometimes we didn't do this well, but we were always able to come together again. The five days of intense work resulted in a book, but it also resulted in a very bonded group that is galvanized to make positive change. The process allowed diverse experiences and perspectives to meld together into a unified book that we hope you find useful in answering questions about why time, space and resources for experimentation are important to create.
You can download the open access e-book from http://glamlabs.io and sign up for the GLAM Lab listserv for updates. The book is a collective product with contributions from Mahendra Mahey, Abigail Potter, Aisha Al-Abdulla, Armin Straube, Caleb Derven, Ditte Laursen, Gustavo Candela, Katrine Gasser, Kristy Kokegei, Lotte Wilms, Milena Dobreva-McPherson, Paula Bray, Sally Chambers, Sarah Ames, Sophie-Carolin Wagner and Stefan Karner who are from the following institutions.
Austrian National Library, Austria
The British Library, UK
Fundación Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes, Spain
Ghent Centre for Digital Humanities, Ghent University, Belgium
History Trust of South Australia, Australia
Library of Congress, USA
KB National Library of the Netherlands, The Netherlands
National Library of Scotland, UK
Qatar University Library, Qatar
The Royal Danish Library, Denmark
State Library of New South Wales, Australia
UCL Qatar, Qatar
University of Alicante, Spain
University of Limerick, Ireland
The University College London, Qatar, Qatar University, the British Library and the Library of Congress provided funding to hold the BookSprint.
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Esteemed medical journal bans term 'tobacco products' from vaping studies
Scientists from around the world often publish research studies in a variety of fields on the highly regarded medical journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research (NTR). Last month, its Editor-in-Chief Marcus Munafò made the remarkable but somewhat controversial announcement that the organization will no longer allow publications of studies that refer to vaping technology and e-liquids as tobacco products. The announcement is receiving high praise from advocates within the vaping community who have long refuted use of the term by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a guideline to implement overly harsh regulations that threaten to bankrupt the entire industry by 2022.
Taking a stand in favor of vaping
The move was made public in an opinion piece authored by Munafò and published on the Oxford Academic website on June 20. The article entitled Are e-cigarettes tobacco products suggests that even though the FDA insists of labeling both tobacco-free vaping devices and combustible tobacco products into the same category, the scientific community is smart enough to make clear the discernable differences between the two.
"Our preference is for the term 'tobacco products' to be reserved for those products that are made from and contain tobacco (rather than contain constituents such as nicotine extracted from it). The term 'nicotine-containing products' is more general, and can be applied to tobacco products but also non-tobacco products such as e-cigarettes and nicotine replacement therapies. However, even the term nicotine-containing products does not apply to cases where aerosol-producing devices are used with liquids that do not contain nicotine – in this case distinguishing between vaping devices and liquids (which may or may contain nicotine) could be helpful."
Munafò also seems to take issue with a couple of other terms. For example, he suggests that authors of published vaping studies should avoid calling vaping devices ENDS or Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems. After all, not every vaping device is electronic, and not all e-liquids are infused with nicotine. The rise in popularity of zero-nicotine e-liquids makes the use of the term only more confusing for the general public and can easily be viewed as intentionally misleading.
"Another common description is electronic nicotine-delivery systems (ENDS), but again this is potentially problematic because not all devices are electronic (and again may deliver liquids that do not contain nicotine). A simpler approach would therefore be to refer to 'cigarettes', 'e-cigarettes' and so on, without reference to broad categories. The exception would be cases where e-cigarettes are being referred to in a specific policy context (e.g., in relation to the FDA). The guiding principle is that the terminology used should be clear, unambiguous, and scientifically appropriate."
Mr. Munafò seems to be taking a very courageous stance by insisting that the scientific community do its part to responsibly educate the general public regarding vaping versus smoking. He calls this obsession to identify vaping devices and e-liquids as tobacco products an American phenomenon, and one that is not consistent throughout the global scientific community.
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The inventor of the L'Autopatte
We all know that Martin was not the inventor of all his toys himself.
Many of his toys were invented by small toy makers who took their inventions to the annual "Concours de Lépine" a competition in Paris to present and hopefully sell their inventions.
One of these inventors was Mr Boucheron from whom Martin has bought several inventions.
One of these inventions was the L'Autopatte.
On the box and the catalogue page of this Martin toy you can see that it won a "Grand Prix" price on the "Concours Lépine".
In the magazine "La Nature" from 1909 page 204 a small article of this invention was described the L'auto-pattes
Catalogue Page
The translated description is as follows:
A production by M. Boucheron that solves wishes.
The L' Autopatte is a motor vehicle a african boy sits in front of the person falling to the ground that is propelled in circular long durations.
The mechanism is simple.
A lever that performs the functions of the femur is placed in the extended mechanism where it is received in an arc.
A cam enhances this lever to move up and down.
Finally, each leg carries a lever.
The knee joints are more than primary.
The legs hang at the end of the knees.
But when the toy is walking, the controlled bars go up one by one, and the legs take the vertical position by their own weight, and when they are lowered, the legs touch the ground.
As the toy rolls, these feet stay on the ground for a short time and lengthen to return vertically to the next move.
Because this steering is alternate, the feet land on the ground one by one and the africa boy feels in fact he is actually responsible for the propulsion of the vehicle with his feet in reverse. –
Mr. Boucheron lived on the rue Rachel, in Vitry-sur-Seine.
In January 2023 a blog with more about this nice toy
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Next ›Don't miss the January 2023 issue of the Antique Toy World Magazine.


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The KC Beer Blog has carved out a space as the authority on all things brewed. They feature an up to date calendar of beer related events, video reviews of the latest local hits and even some tips on how to brew at home. Be forewarned, these guys can geek out a little bit and we love it.
Jenny Vergara's flavor packed take on local food is sincere and inviting. Her blog captures her own journey to becoming a foodie. Jenny features monthly restaurant roundups that she calls "Table Hopping". Her April post was titled "Oodles of Noodle Bowls" and featured four less known places to get some delicious noodles. Other posts cover topics like local pizza, desserts and comfort food.
Mary Bloch is an attorney by trade, but her passion is for food and travel. Mary does a great job of regularly updating her blog and unearthing restaurants that are not on the beaten path. In addition to blogging on her own, Mary also writes the Restaurant Guide for the Kansas City Star. Expect to see occasional recipes in the mix as well.
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Out of the Ordinary sounds like a great read and one that I'm putting on my TBR list for sure. Thanks for the review. I also enjoyed reading the Q & A with Jen Turano.
Love your peacock story. I can just picture you running, your son laughing, and the zoo staff telling you that you'll be alright! Thanks for making me smile today!
I always love Jen Turano books...and I can't wait to read this story!
I love Jen's books! I can't wait to read this one.
The peacock story is a hoot! I've only been chased by one peacock, mean old bird. I can only imagine being chased by a flock.
I have read a few of Jen's books and just won Behind the Scenes. Looking forward to reading it!
This book looks so good! I love the cover also. Thank you formthe giveaway opportunity.
Sounds like a great book! I love stories with detailed plots and characters and great writing (who doesn't?). Those characters always get to me. I try to give away most of the books I have, but there are a few I can't part with....because I want to enter those characters' worlds again and again.
Your new book sounds like one I would enjoy reading Jen. Love that animals are part of your books!
I really like historical fiction and "Out of the Ordinary" sounds like a great read.
Enjoyable reading with a bit of humor - that is what I like about Jen's books. Looking forward to this new release. I am still smiling about the zoo escapade - sounds like something from a slapstick I Love Lucy or similar!
I so enjoy Jen's stories. Every one that I have read has made me laugh out loud. I'm really looking forward to reading this latest one. Thanks so much for the giveaway!
Jen's books are such fun to read. I absolutely adore her and her sense of humor. I'm looking forward to reading this book soon. Thanks, Rachel and Jen, for this delightful post and review.
I'm looking forward to reading Out of the Ordinary since I've read all of Jen's other books and absolutely love them. The humor and quirky characters set these books apart and make them so fun to read. Jen's answers to the reader questions were fun to read too. Thanks for the giveaway.
Looking forward to reading this one! Thanks for the interview.
I have read Jen Turano before and look forward to reading this new book too! I love her writing.
Absolutely love animals in your books!
Like everyone else, I'd love a copy of this book. I enjoyed the fun author interview, thank you for the giveaway chance!
Out of the Ordinary sounds like a fun read. Great Q & A interview! I always enjoy getting to know an author more. The peacock story was a hoot! Poor Jen!
Would love to win a copy of this book. I've read some of Jen Turano's books. Good author!
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'Child's Play' Finishes in Second Place at Weekend Box Office
June 23, 2019 /0 Comments/in Horror Movies and TV Shows, News /by Nick Banks
Child's Play (2019) finished second at the box office this weekend, making an estimated total of $14 million. While finishing in second is never a bad thing at the summer box office, it's not terrific when your opening total is $104 million less than the top spot (which was Toy Story 4, a much kinder and gentler breed of toy).
Many in the industry predicted a slightly higher opening for Child's Play, especially with the film currently sitting at a healthy 60% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. Viewers were less impressed with the return of Chucky, as the film only scored a C+ from ticket buyers surveyed by opening night polling service, Cinemascore.
When compared to recent horror films, Child's Play under performed at the weekend box office. Both Ma and Pet Sematary had larger first weekends (with Ma earning 18 million dollars and Sematary earning $24.5 million) along with less horror competition.
The biggest problem for Child's Play however is the imminent arrival of Ed and Lorraine Warren's devil doll, Annabelle, in Annabelle Comes Home, due out Tuesday afternoon, allowing Chucky no room to breathe at the box office. Most films have at least one full week before they face head-to-head competition, so expect Child's Play to not only drop off sharply next weekend, but also throughout the week.
Be sure to check out HNN's Official Summer Preview Guide and come back early next week for a review of Annabelle Comes Home and next weekend's box office report.
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Nick joined the website in 2015. His lifelong love of comics and horror began with Universal Monsters and the Incredible Hulk. He has fond memories of going to Waldbaum's supermarket with his mother and being rewarded with a 3-pack of sealed comics. It's been all downhill from there… Since those early days, his life has been immersed in four color action and scares on the silver screen.
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Molson Coors plans to sell California brewery
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Molson Coors is planning to sell its brewery in Irwindale, California. Credit: MillerCoors LLC, Chicago, IL.
US-based Molson Coors Beverage Company is planning to close production at its brewery in Irwindale, California by September.
The company has also signed an agreement with the Pabst Brewing Co granting them an option to acquire the brewery for $150m.
Molson Coors chief integrated supply chain officer Brian Erhardt said: "This move will allow us to optimise our brewery footprint while streamlining our operations for greater efficiency across the network.
"While it was a very difficult decision, we have extra capacity in our system and Irwindale's production can be absorbed by other breweries in our network."
Established in 1980, the Irwindale brewery is engaged in the production of various trademarks for Pabst. Brands include Coors Light, Miller Lite, Miller High Life, MGD, Steel Reserve and Miller 64. It is said to be Molson Coors' lowest-volume brewery in the US.
Last year, the brewery produced 4.8 million barrels, shipping products to 261 distributors.
The decision to cease production at the facility was not part of the company's corporate restructuring and revitalisation plan announced in October.
Molson Coors' plan focuses on streamlining the organisation and re-investing $150m annually back into its businesses across the world.
Brands produced at the facility will be moved to its other breweries over the next nine months, noted the company.
Erhardt added: "I want to be clear our decision in no way reflects the Irwindale brewery's performance, which has been strong over the years.
"We recognise this decision creates uncertainty for our employees in Irwindale and we will support them throughout the transition. Although this decision was difficult, we are making it in the best long-term interest of the company."


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El Rally del Sherry de 1971 fue la 3.º edición y la decimocuarta ronda de la temporada 1971 del Campeonato de España de Rally. Se celebró del 20 al 23 de septiembre y contó con un recorrido de 1800 km de los que 200 eran cronometrados y repartidos en veinte tramos. La salida se efectuaba en Jerez de la Frontera y el recorrido cruzaba las provincias de Cádiz, Sevilla, Jaén, Granada, Almería y Málaga visitando entremedias la cumbre del Veleta, Sierra Morena y las localidades de Torremolinos, Fuengirola y Ronda. Organizado por la Real Club Automóvil de Andalucía y el Automóvil Club Jerezano contó con el apoyo del consejo regulador de la denominación de origen «Jerez-Xeres-Sherry» y premios de un millón de pesetas.

En la prueba se inscribieron 56 equipos, mayoritariamente españoles e ingleses. Paddy Hopkirk, Brian Calceth, Chris Sclater o Thrish Ozanne figuraban entre los extranjeros más destacados.

El ganador fue el español Julio Gargallo con Porsche 914-6 GT, segundo Alberto Ruiz-Giménez con Porsche 911 S y tercero Lucas Sainz con Renault 8 TS. La segunda posición de Ruiz-Giménez muy meritoria ya que se quedó sin embrague y tuvo que empujar su coche en la salida de algunos tramos. El piloto extranjero mejor clasificado fue el francés Bernard Tramont en sexta posición. Entre los abandonos más destacados se encuentran Antonio Zanini por rotura del soporte motor; De Cos por rotura de palier en su peculiar Barqueta-Adidas; Estanislao Reverter por problemas en el motor del Alpinche y Juncosa por quedarse sin gasolina.

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PANAMA CITY, Fla. – Tuesday night, city officials and developer Robert Sonnenblick held a special meeting to reveal updated Marina Redesign Plans. Sonnenblick presented the public with a 3D model that provided a detailed showing of the revisions. The updated plans were designed and revealed after a string of special meetings to get public input.
"I'm excited about the marina project. I think having a lighthouse, restaurant, hotel, all of the things I've heard about it are really positive things," said Little Mustard Seed Owner Greg Snow.
Snow has operated his business out of a shop off Harrison Avenue for two years. He, along with the commission, believe the revised plans will improve economic growth downtown.
"I'd really like to have some residents at the marina project, more people that will eat at our restaurants here, shop at our store, shop for a quick gift maybe on the way home," said Snow.
"The mayor has said and all of us have said we want to unleash the potential of downtown Panama City, and this is the catalyst that can do that. This can bring Harrison Avenue to life," said Panama City Commissioner Billy Rader.
Wayne Wright has been a Panama City resident for over thirty five years. He has followed the redesign plans every since they began years ago and remains hopeful that the project is actually moving forward.
"I think it would be beautiful now that they got the wheels in motion, if they can get it to go in the way that it's supposed to go and everybody do their end of it," said Wright.
Rader believes Sonnenblick has incorporated the components that citizens have emphasized the most.
"He can't do everything that everybody he wants, but he's going to do the best that he can and what his bank will allow him to do and what the commission will approve. Nothing has been approved. No contract has been signed. We need to be realistic about this," said Rader.
The final plans for the redeveloped marina are due by late May. However, Sonnenblick is requesting an extension. The commission is assuring that more public meetings will be held before any plans are finalized.


my rear tire, after less than 4000 miles, for the second time now, is completely gone only on the left side.
Any ideas what might cause uneven wear like this?
I'd take it the Kawasaki dealer and buy their rear tire / have dealer mount it.
Then their shop warranty should cover it and they might ID problem.
Just 'cuz I don't know reasonable cause.
left hand turns resulting in increased wear.
Nothing abnormal about it at all.
I think most of us with C14's have accepted this as normal. Keeping a MINIMUM of 42 lb. in it seems to slow down that wear a little bit.


If this is not your first SuppVersity article, you may have read about the potential negative effects of (high dose) anti-oxidant supplementation in previous SuppVersity articles about, or touching on the effects of hormesis, i.e. the beneficial effects of "good oxidative stress". Up to now I have yet often said that it is possible that this effect occurs mostly in people who can handle stress pretty well and thus have to hammer it to trigger a measurable adaptive response.
The elderly subjects in the latest study from the University of Agder in Norway (Bjornson. 2015), however, don't exactly belong to the group of people I was thinking about, when I phrased this hypothesis.
In said study, thirty-four elderly males (60–81 years) were randomized to either an antioxidant group (500 mg of vitamin C and 117.5 mg vitamin E before and after training) or a placebo group. Needless to say that both groups adhered to the same standardized strength training program.
The number of sets per exercise was increased progressively from 1 to 4 sets during the first 10 weeks, and then reduced with one set each of the last 2 weeks of the intervention (tapering).
Will the same mess happen with curcumin? I get this question whenever I am writing articles about hormesis and I still cannot answer it. I believe it is less likely than with vitmamin C, E and NAC, for which it has already been shown that they impair your gains (read the full story on NAC), because curcumin, green tea and co are not only targeting the free radicals, but also the inflammatory processes that occur in response. This does not mean that it is not possible that even these supplements are diminishing your gains, though. It just appears less likely.
Update: In fact, the ill effects of NAC specifically have - as you may have read in the 12+ Facebook news I post per day - been confirmed recently, a study that showed a 5.9% (p<0.05) reduction in insulin sensitivity compared to a non-supplemented control group (Trewin. 2015).
The participants conducted one additional "warm-up" set at 50% of their target weight in each exercise before the main sets started. The last set of each exercise was performed with maximal number of repetition, and if the number of repetitions exceeded the sessions target repetitions, the load was adjusted for the next week's sessions. Two experienced instructors supervised all strength training sessions and the loads were weekly adjusted" (Bjornson. 2015 | my emphases).
At he end of the 12-week study, the changes body composition was assessed with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, the subjects' muscle thickness was diagnosed by ultrasound imaging and the muscle strength was measured as one-repetition maxima and the results were quite unambigous.
Figure 1: Changes in muscle thickness. Percent changes in muscle thickness after 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and post-exercise in the placebo group (●) and the antioxidant group (▲), measured in three locations; m. rectus femoris (a), m. vastus lateralis (b) and armflexors (c).Data presented as median with 95% confidence intervals (Bjornson. 2015).
While the total lean mass increased by 3.9% (95% confidence intervals: 3.0, 5.2) in the unsupplemented group, the provision of only 500mg Vit C and 117.5mg vitamin E which is actually what some special "sports mulitvitamins alone have) decreased the mass gains by 64% (total lean mass gain was only 1.4% for the antioxidant group.
What about people with inflammatory diseases? I guess different rules apply for different people. Assuming you have a high baseline inflammation it may be wise to do everything to lower it to make the "good" inflammation "heard" - think of it as the guy on a ship who screams whenever people have to row to synchronize the rowing. You mess up if you shut him up, but what's even worse is if 100 people are trying to do his job. Several studies show that in the obese, for example, anti-oxidants will not trigger weight loss, but facilitate it - in lean, non-inflamed people, on the other hand, they won't. Ok, that's a different domain, but the same principle. After all the inflammation is relevant for a healthy metabolism, as well | learn more.
That's a difference that reached statistical significance and despite some outliers on both sides of the "divide" and mustn't be ignored as random (P = 0.04).
Figure 2: There are differences on the individiual level, but for the total muscle mass and the largest muscle group (the legs), there's little doubt that (a) the gains of the majority of subjects was reduced (Bjornson. 2015).
Similarly, the thickness of m. rectus femoris increased more in the placebo group [16.2% (12.8, 24.1)] than in the antioxidant group [10.9% (9.8, 13.5); P = 0.01]. This leaves us with the lean mass in trunk and arms, and muscle thickness of elbow flexors groups and the 1RM which improved in the range of 15–21% (P < 0.001), but didn't differ between groups.
Minimal, recommended and maximal intakes for all vitamins and minerals (Wikipedia. 2015).
So what? The study at hand complements evidence from studies in younger individuals, where the beneficial health effects (Ristow. 2009), the anabolic signalling, but not the 10-week gains were reduced (Paulson. 2014a, b) and confirms that "high" dosage vitamin C and E supplementation blunts certain muscular adaptations to strength training in man. In that, the dosages are too high to be derived solely from foods (ok, I admit you can get that much from food, but no one really does). Therefore, the common recommendation to eat more fruits and vegetables is not affected by the scientists's observation. You should still eat more of these healthy foods.
What you shouldn't fall for, though, is the bogus false promise that suffocating all the flames by using exorbitant amounts of vitamin C and E (aside from NAC, those appear the only antioxidants w/ sign. anti-gains effects) would be good for you, let alone your training progress and muscle gains. Even though, some subjects in the placebo group, have almost identical gains, the number of those who didn't gain anything or even lost lean mass is so much higher that and the number of subjects that benefited (ZERO) so much lower that you cannot recommend extra-vitamins for people who work out - specifically not the elderly | Comment!
Bjornson et al. "Vitamin C and E supplementation blunts increases in total lean body mass in elderly men after strength training." Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports (2015): Early view article.
Paulsen, Gøran, et al. "Can supplementation with vitamin C and E alter physiological adaptations to strength training?." BMC sports science, medicine and rehabilitation 6.1 (2014): 28.
Paulsen, G., et al. "Vitamin C and E supplementation alters protein signalling after a strength training session, but not muscle growth during 10 weeks of training." The Journal of physiology 592.24 (2014b): 5391-5408.
Ristow, Michael, et al. "Antioxidants prevent health-promoting effects of physical exercise in humans." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106.21 (2009): 8665-8670.
Trewin, Adam James, et al. "Effect of N-acetylcysteine infusion on exercise induced modulation of insulin sensitivity, and signaling pathways in human skeletal muscle." American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism (2015): ajpendo-00605.
Wikipedia contributors. "Dietary Reference Intake." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 23 May. 2015. Web. 2 Jul. 2015.


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Home / Back to the future – the fashion industry shines a light on the future for jewellery
Back to the future – the fashion industry shines a light on the future for jewellery
Consumer appetite for jewellery is at an all time high and it is forecast to increase year on year by a compound of 5-6%, according to Forbes. However beneath those impressive growth figures a number of seismic shifts are occurring, in both consumer behaviour and the industry itself, which look set to transform the sector by the end of the decade. Those that will thrive off these challenges are the players that are agile enough to adapt to and pre-empt these changes. Predicting the future is notoriously difficult but in the case of fine jewellery we do have an interesting precursor, the apparel and fashion industry. Many commentators have asserted that over the past three decades the fashion industry has acted as a reliable indicator for the trends that will later emerge within the adjacent and often closely related jewellery sector. The first clear example we can see from this comparison is the growth of globalised trade and international brands. Up until the 1980s the fashion industry was largely controlled by national players in each major economy. Today however 'borderless' global labels dominate from North American to Europe and the Far East. We have seen some early indications that the jewellery industry is starting to head in that direction.
(Fashion and jewellery have long sat side by side but can one predict the future of the other?)
As recently as 2014 the 10 biggest jewellery groups combined controlled just 12% of the global market and only two, Tiffany & Co and Cartier, found their way into Interbrand's top 100 global brand ranking. De Beers only opened their first retail outlet in China, the world's second largest and fastest growing economy, as recently as 2011. The firm inference is that this will begin to change rapidly over the coming years, with brands such as Swarovski, Harry Winston and De Beers often tipped to be front runners. Many industry experts foresee a raft of M&A (merger and acquisition) activity swallowing up significant numbers of local and regional brands into larger conglomerates. Indeed MacKinsey & Company "project that the ten largest jewellery houses will double their market share by 2020, primarily by acquiring local players." The logical run through from this will be the entry of private-equity players in significant numbers, as was the case in the apparel industry in the 1990s and 2000s. MacKinsey also point to the fact that in 2014 the fashion industry is about ten times the size of the jewellery sector in terms of annual sales but the average M&A deal value in fashion was around $12 billion versus $700 million for jewellery, a figure some twenty times lower. Interestingly the average deal value in jewellery has risen by a compound annual rate of 9% between 1997 and 2012, contrasting to around 5% for fashion.
(One of the brands tipped to lead the charge of branded jewellery manufacturers)
Within the watch market branded items already account for over 60% of sales, whereas branded jewellery only constitutes 20% of its sector but this has more than doubled over the past decade and some experts believe it could reach 50% by the end of the decade. This can be explained by a number of factors, not least the desire within the burgeoning emerging markets in Asia for branded goods that are viewed as aspiration investments that provide a visual demonstration of their new found wealth. An interesting point of cross over between the fashion and jewellery industries is the fact that, in contrast to the past, much of the future growth within jewellery may actually come from players that were traditionally solely fashion retailers, such as Dior and Louis Vuitton, who are now eagerly advertising their jewellery collections. Within the realm of ecommerce, online fashion sales have grown from roughly 1% of the market in 2003 to almost 20% in 2015. Estimates of jewellery sales in 2015 by Forbes.com suggested only around 5% were online but they predicted a doubling of that figure to more than 10% by 2020. When variations across the market are fully considered, it is clear that the mid market will see the fastest growth in internet business and will likely cross 15% by the end of the decade.
(China is a key driver of the growth in branded jewellery sales)
One of the key advantages of a developed online presence will be its value in conveying information, building brand awareness and identity and developing customer relationships. A recent survey conducted by MacKinsey suggested that as many as 70% of luxury customers engage in online research prior to making a purchase face to face and as many as 50% use social media as a source of guidance. The fashion industry has also shortened the time to market for new products and the time it takes for those products to be delivered to their customers. This also serves to keep a brand's offering fresh, with some bringing out new ranges as frequently as once a month. This started within the affordable clothing brands in the 1990s and these "flash programmes" rapidly grew across the spectrum in the years that followed. Figures from the United Kingdom suggest that items sold in this way now account for 25% of total fashion sales and it they are becoming increasingly commonplace in emerging markets. In China 'fast fashion' only accounts for around 5% of the market at present but the number of Western brands opening in the country is expanding by 60% per year, indicating the clear direction of travel.
(Jewellery brands are now investing heavily in social media to drive brand engagement)
There are conflicting views on how far this trend will translate into the jewellery sector although it clearly has already penetrated the fashion jewellery market, with brands such as the German Beeline adding hundreds of new products every month in an industry where two or three collections per year was the norm. The digital world is clearly having a profound effect on the speed at which consumer preferences are mapped and translated into products. Many retail brands across all sectors use algorithms to track social media comments that may indicate future consumer trends and tastes as they emerge real time. Some stores also now have a fast feedback system that enables employees at the point of sale to enter customer comments into the system, enabling them to map the collective hearsay that can give a brand a slight edge over its competitors. It is clear that the world around us is changing apace and the jewellery industry must and will be sculpted by this. It is the businesses that are the most dynamic, forward thinking, visionary and adaptable that will reap the rewards of this brave new world.
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The South African ambassador to Angola, Fannie Phakola (seated, third from left) with the South African business delegation in Luanda, Angola.PHOTO: Supplied.
CAPE TOWN - The South African business delegation arrived in Luanda, Angola on Monday, for a five-day trade and investment mission.
The mission is led by the Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Bulelani Magwanishe, and is set to take place from Monday until July 21.
Addressing the business delegation on their arrival, the South African ambassador to Angola, Fannie Phakola shared that the president of Angola João Lourenço had chosen South Africa for his first state visit after his inauguration.
During the state visit, Lourenço declared that the doors were open to South African businesses who were keen to enter the Angolan market.
"These developments are encouraging gestures by the Angolan government to the South African business fraternity. I urge the business delegation to respond positively to the economic opportunities that have been made available," said Phakola.
"The Angolan government is undertaking reforms in the political arena as well as institutionalising economic changes aimed at aggressively diversifying the economy away from traditional reliance on oil as well as opening up the economy for international companies to enter the market as solely owned foreign entities."
He described the passing of a private investment law that scrapped the requirement for local partners to hold a stake of at least 35 percent in the share capital of the companies as a move intended to attract more foreign direct investment into the country.
"The Angolan market is promising. Business people must work hard in narrowing the current negative trade balance against South Africa. The Angolan government has opened doors for you, seize the moment. As the South African government we are committed to offer the support to businesspeople and create access to markets," said Phakola.
Earlier in the week, Magwanishe said that the mission was one of many that grant the trade and industry department the opportunity to solidify economic collaboration and partnerships with African countries for the realisation of higher levels of industrialisation through sustainable trade and investment.
Magwanishe said he anticipated an increase in trade and investment between South Africa and Angola, the strengthening of existing relations between the two countries and the formation of commercial partnerships and joint ventures as a result of this mission.
The business delegation consists of 20 South African companies funded by the trade and industry department. These companies represent the aerospace and defence, built environment professionals, mining products and services, and infrastructure sectors. The mission will include a trade and investment seminar, targeted business-to-business meetings and sector-specific site visits.


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Q: How do i call async function xamarin I'm trying to call an async function but when I try and do it it has the red line underneath it. I want the function to be called when the page is opened, thanks in advance.
public partial class Home : ContentPage
{

    public class GoogleProfile
    {
        public string Id { get; set;}

    }

    public Home()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    protected override async void OnAppearing()
    {
        await Check(/*What do i put in here*/);

    }

    public async Task Check(GoogleProfile googleprofile)
    {

        if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(googleprofile.Id))
        {

        }
        else {
            await Navigation.PushAsync(new LoginPage());
        }
    }

}

how would i call this? Sorry im new to C# and xamarin

A: You should make your async calls in ContentPage.OnAppearing(). The OnAppearing() event will be called, as the name suggest, right when your page is being displayed. This is the expected behavior by the user. Also note that I changed your Check() method to return Task because, if you are able to edit the method signature, always try to change the return type of async methods from void to Task:
public partial class LoginPage : ContentPage {

    public LoginPage() {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    protected override async void OnAppearing() {
        await Check(/* Add code here to get your GoogleProfile object */);
    }

    public async Task Check(GoogleProfile googleprofile) {
        var ID = googleprofile.Id;

        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(ID)) {
            return;
        } else {
            await Navigation.PushAsync(new Home());
        }
    }
}

Technically, if you are dead set to not use OnAppearing() you could do the Check() before pushing your LoginPage, though without seeing more code, that would seem like it would defeat the purpose of the LoginPage.

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The 14th Karpov International, held in Poikovsky, Russia, brings us a remarkable victory by the tail ender in the tournament. Ivan Cheparinov, the Bulgarian 2012 champion, playing White against Emil Sutovsky of Israel, exhibits a total vacuum when it comes to inhibition. In declining to castle and promoting a vaccinated king over the board, he produced a wild and fascinating conflict.


The second day's battle of Gettysburg was the largest and costliest of the three days. The second day's fighting (at Devil's Den, Little Round Top, The Wheatfield, The Peach Orchard, Cemetery Ridge, Trostle Farm, Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill) involved at least 100,000 soldiers of which roughly 20,000 were killed, wounded, captured or missing. The second day in itself ranks as the 10th bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
While the right wing of Kershaw's brigade attacked into the Wheatfield, its left wing wheeled left to attack the Pennsylvania troops in the brigade of Brig. Gen. Charles K. Graham, the right flank of Birney's line, where 30 guns from the III Corps and the Artillery Reserve attempted to hold the sector. The South Carolinians were subjected to infantry volleys from the Peach Orchard and canister from all along the line. Suddenly someone unknown shouted a false command, and the attacking regiments turned to their right, toward the Wheatfield, which presented their left flank to the batteries. Kershaw later wrote, "Hundreds of the bravest and best men of Carolina fell, victims of this fatal blunder."
Meanwhile, the two brigades on McLaws's left—Barksdale's in front and Wofford's behind—charged directly into the Peach Orchard, the point of the salient in Sickles's line. Gen. Barksdale led the charge on horseback, long hair flowing in the wind, sword waving in the air. Brig. Gen. Andrew A. Humphreys's division had only about 1,000 men to cover the 500 yards from the Peach Orchard northward along the Emmitsburg Road to the lane leading to the Abraham Trostle farm. Some were still facing south, from where they had been firing on Kershaw's brigade, so they were hit in their vulnerable flank. Barksdale's 1,600 Mississippians wheeled left against the flank of Humphreys's division, collapsing their line, regiment by regiment. Graham's brigade retreated back toward Cemetery Ridge; Graham had two horses shot out from under him. He was hit by a shell fragment, and by a bullet in his upper body. He was eventually captured by the 21st Mississippi. Wofford's men dealt with the defenders of the orchard.
As Barksdale's men pushed toward Sickles's headquarters near the Trostle barn, the general and his staff began to move to the rear, when a cannonball caught Sickles in the right leg. He was carried off in a stretcher, sitting up and puffing on his cigar, attempting to encourage his men. That evening his leg was amputated, and he returned to Washington, D.C. Gen. Birney assumed command of the III Corps, which was soon rendered ineffective as a fighting force.
The relentless infantry charges posed extreme danger to the Union artillery batteries in the orchard and on the Wheatfield Road, and they were forced to withdraw under pressure. The six Napoleons of Capt. John Bigelow's 9th Massachusetts battery, on the left of the line, "retired by prolonge," a technique rarely used in which the cannon was dragged backwards as it fired rapidly, the movement aided by the gun's recoil. By the time they reach the Trostle house, they were told to hold the position to cover the infantry retreat, but they were eventually overrun by troops of the 21st Mississippi, who captured three of their guns.
Humphreys's fate was sealed when the Confederate en echelon attack continued and his front and right flank began to be assaulted by the Third Corps division of Richard H. Anderson on Cemetery Ridge.
The advanced Union line arranged by General Sickles stretched from Devil's Den to this point- the Peach Orchard, then angled northward on the Emmitsburg Road. This orchard at the intersection of Wheatfield Road and the Emmitsburg Road was owned by Joseph Sherfy whose house sat on the west side of the Emmitsburg Road. Mr. Sherfy maintained a substantial orchard of peach and apple trees and operated a small fruit canning business from his home. Not only were Mr. Sherfy's orchards ruined during the battle, but his house was ransacked, his fences torn apart by Union troops and then Confederate artillerymen, his fields were covered with the dead, and his barn burned to the ground at the height of the fighting. To make the Peach Orchard a strong position, four Union batteries were initially posted here. These guns bombarded southern forces on Warfield Ridge and fired on Kershaw's men crossing the Rose Farm to attack the Wheatfield. The batteries continued firing until about 6:30 P.M. when a final Confederate charge by General William Barksdale's Mississippi brigade shattered the position.
(Right) Joseph Sherfy's House on the Emmitsburg Road. The monument to the 114th PA Infantry stands in the front yard of the home. Gettysburg NMP.
Barksdale's soldiers snapped through the thin Union line after overpowering two Union regiments placed just west of the Sherfy house. The house was riddled with bullets as the combatants swept around it. Wounded men crawled into the house and barn for protection. The fiery Barksdale whipped his men forward across the Emmitsburg Road, north of the Peach Orchard where Union gunners and infantrymen found themselves surrounded. In the melee that followed, Union General Charles Graham was knocked from his horse and captured as his line disintegrated. The "Excelsior Brigade" of New York regiments, positioned in the orchard and along the Emmitsburg Road, fought back furiously and temporarily blocked the center regiments of the Mississippi brigade. The 73rd New York Infantry raced into fill a sudden gap in the line and hit Barksdale's soldiers head on. It was no use- within minutes the fight in front of the Sherfy House was over and the New Yorkers were ordered to retreat so that they would not be outflanked by the Confederates who were then sweeping around the tightening knots of Union defenders.
(Left) Captain Charles Phillips and gunners of the 5th Massachusetts Battery drag a gun by the Trostle Barn as Confederates close in. An eyewitness sketch by Charles Reed drawn soon after the battle. National Archives.
With the positions at the Peach Orchard crushed, Sickles' delicate line could no longer be held. Closely followed by General Wofford's Georgia brigade, the Mississippi brigade seemed unstoppable as they pushed through the Peach Orchard and into the valley toward Cemetery Ridge. The fields ahead were filled with confused, splintered Yankee regiments and retreating artillery, an inviting prize for the battle hardened men.
General A.A. Humphreys, in command of the Union division on the Emmitsburg Road, resolved to fight a stubborn withdrawal and slowly pulled his men back, stopping to turn and fire on Barksdale's men who were soon joined by two additional southern brigades from A.P. Hill's Corps. The field between the road and Plum Run was soon covered with blue-clad bodies as Humphreys' men stubbornly bought time with their lives. Yet they gave most of the Union artillery the precious time they needed to get away and reform on Cemetery Ridge.
Union batteries positioned on the Wheatfield Road had only seconds to spare to make their escape. South Carolinians rushed from the Rose Farm toward the road, shooting as they ran while desperate gunners dragged their heavy guns to the rear by hand. The 5th Massachusetts Battery had lost so many horses that guns, limbers and caissons had to be dragged off by man power, stopping only long enough to load and hastily fire canister at their pursuers. The last battery to leave was the 9th Massachusetts Battery. Horses and gunners tow their guns across the pasture toward the Trostle Farm buildings, stopping just long enough blast rounds of canister into pursuing infantry. The South Carolina soldiers were soon joined by the 21st Mississippi of Barksdale's brigade who joined in the pursuit of the fleeing artillerymen.
The artillerymen could only delay the inevitable. The Confederate attack was sweeping over and around the Peach Orchard from three directions. As the Third Corps line crumbled, the vulnerable center of the Union line on Cemetery Ridge was exposed. Only a token force of Union infantry and several batteries were available to fill this inviting gap. It was Lt. Colonel Freeman McGilvery, whose artillerymen had already been fought to pieces, who recognized the emergency. He dashed off to gather what batteries he could to fill the gap as the Confederates swarmed through the Trostle Farm and Plum Run area.
The Peach Orchard today is on the same ground where part of the original orchard stood. The orchard was much larger in 1863, the bulk extending northward of the Wheatfield Road in front of the Sherfy House. Sherfy's orchard was heavily damaged by the fighting, the trees broken and cut. Sherfy repaired and salvaged as many of the trees as possible, then planted new ones to replace those lost. He also sold canned peaches from his orchard with an advertisement authenticating them from his original peach trees on the battleground.
Strategically, the southern capture of the Peach Orchard and Emmitsburg Road gave Confederate artillerists an excellent position to fire on the Union line on Cemetery Ridge. Yet there was also a disadvantage- cannon, gunners, and horses alike were exposed on the top of the ridge and vulnerable to accurate Union artillery. On July 3rd, the Washington Artillery of New Orleans was positioned in the northern section of the orchard and fired two signal guns to open the cannonade prior to "Pickett's Charge".
Brig. Gen. A.A. Humphreys's fate was sealed when the Confederate en echelon attack continued and his front and right flank began to be assaulted by Maj.Gen. Richard H. Anderson's division, Third Corps, on Cemetery Ridge.
The remaining portion of the en echelon attack was the responsibility of Maj. Gen. Richard H. Anderson's division of A.P. Hill's Third Corps, and he attacked starting at about 6 p.m. with five brigades in line, commencing on the right with Brig. Gen. Cadmus M. Wilcox, followed by Perry's Brigade (commanded by Col. David Lang), Brig. Gen. Ambrose R. Wright, Brig. Gen. Carnot Posey, and Brig. Gen. William Mahone.
The brigades of Wilcox and Lang hit the front and right flank of Humphreys's line, dooming any chance for his division to maintain its position on the Emmitsburg Road and completing the collapse of the III Corps. Humphrey displayed considerable bravery during the attack, leading his men from horseback and forcing them to maintain good order during their withdrawal. He wrote to his wife, "Twenty times did I [bring] my men to a halt and face about ... forcing the men to it."
On Cemetery Ridge, Generals Meade and Hancock were scrambling to find reinforcements. Meade had sent virtually all of his available troops (including most of the XII Corps, who would be needed momentarily on Culp's Hill) to his left flank to counter Longstreet's assault, leaving the center of his line relatively weak. There was insufficient infantry on Cemetery Ridge and only a few artillery pieces, rallied from the debacle of the Peach Orchard by Lt. Col. Freeman McGilvery.
The long march from Seminary Ridge had left some of the Southern units disorganized, and their commanders paused momentarily at Plum Run to reorganize. Hancock led the II Corps brigade of Col. George L. Willard to meet Barksdale's brigade as it moved toward the ridge. Willard's New Yorkers drove the Mississippians back to Emmitsburg Road. Barksdale was wounded in his left knee, followed by a cannonball to his left foot, and finally was hit by another bullet to his chest, knocking him off his horse. His troops were forced to leave him for dead on the field, and he died the next morning in a Union field hospital. Willard was also killed, and Confederate guns drove back Willard's men in turn.
As Hancock rode north to find additional reinforcements, he saw Wilcox's brigade nearing the base of the ridge, aiming at a gap in the Union line. The timing was critical, and Hancock chose the only troops at hand, the men of the 1st Minnesota, Harrow's Brigade, of the 2nd Division of the II Corps. They were originally placed there to guard Thomas's U.S. Battery. He pointed to a Confederate flag over the advancing line and shouted to Col. William Colvill, "Advance, Colonel, and take those colors!" The 262 Minnesotans charged the Alabama brigade with bayonets fixed, and they blunted their advance at Plum Run but at horrible cost—215 casualties (82%), including 40 deaths or mortal wounds, one of the largest regimental single-action losses of the war. Despite overwhelming Confederate numbers, the small 1st Minnesota, with the support of Willard's brigade on their left, checked Wilcox's advance and the Alabamians were forced to withdraw.
The third Confederate brigade in line, under Ambrose Wright, crushed two regiments posted on the Emmitsburg Road north of the Codori farm, captured the guns of two batteries, and advanced toward a gap in the Union line just south of the Copse of Trees. (For a time, the only Union soldiers in this part of the line were Gen. Meade and some of his staff officers.) Wright's Georgia brigade may have reached the crest of Cemetery Ridge and beyond. Many historians have been skeptical of Wright's claims in his after-action report, which, if correct, would mean he passed the crest of the ridge and got as far as the Widow Leister's house before being struck in the flank and repulsed by Union reinforcements (Brig. Gen. George J. Stannard's Vermont brigade). Others believe his account was plausible because he accurately described the masses of Union troops on the Baltimore Pike that would have been invisible to him if he had been stopped earlier. Furthermore, his conversations with General Lee that evening lend support to his claim. It is possible that Lee derived some false confidence from Wright about the ability of his men to reach Cemetery Ridge the following day in Pickett's Charge.
Wright told Lee that it was relatively easy to get to the crest, but it was difficult to stay there. A significant reason Wright could not stay was his lack of support. Two brigades were on Wright's left and could have reinforced his success. Carnot Posey's brigade made slow progress and never crossed the Emmitsburg Road, despite protestations from Wright. William Mahone's brigade inexplicably never moved at all. Gen. Anderson sent a messenger with orders to Mahone to advance, but Mahone refused. Part of the blame for the failure of Wright's assault must lie with Anderson, who took little active part in directing his division in battle.
(Left) Twenty five years after the battle, Generals Carr, Sickles, and Graham stand by the Trostle Barn where Sickles was wounded July 2. Gettysburg NMP.
General Sickles visited the Gettysburg battlefield many times after the war, often as an invited guest of battlefield historian John Bachelder. Sickles' interest in the development and care of the battlefield never waned, and he was active supporter of the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association. While representing the state of New York in congress, it was Representative Sickles who introduced the bill to establish Gettysburg National Military Park and transfer the property to the Federal government in 1895. It was during one visit in the 1880's when the general stopped by his old headquarters site at the Trostle Farm. Accompanying the former corps commander were two of his brigadiers who also had fought at Gettysburg, General Joseph B. Carr (left) and General Charles K. Graham (right). Both stand with the one-legged general at the site where he was wounded on July 2nd. General Graham was also wounded during the battle and captured by Confederates near the Peach Orchard. General Carr commanded the Union troops arrayed along the Emmitsburg Road. A granite monument that commemorates the general's crippling wound now stands at this site.
(Right) The same location today. The monument marks the site where General Sickles was wounded and was dedicated in 1901. Gettysburg NMP.
Sickles' last visit to Gettysburg was in 1913 as a special guest during the 50th Anniversary Celebration and Grand Reunion. The general established a headquarters in the Rogers House on the Emmitsburg Road, where he received many veteran visitors. When asked whether he was disappointed that there was no monument to him on the battlefield, the proud old man replied, "Hell, the whole battlefield is my monument!"
Stubborn and defiant to the very end, General Sickles died in New York on May 3, 1914, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
Peach Orchard combat began with Union artillery in the orchard counterfiring on Alexander's batteries which reduced Ames' supply of Union cannon ammunition. When Hood's Assault advanced eastward over the Emmitsburg Rd and across the slope south of the orchard, "Ames had all of his spherical case carried to his left section, Lt. James B. Hazelton's," to fire on the infantry, while Ames' "center and right sections continued their counterbattery fire with shot."
With the Confederate left flank to the south exposed to the orchard's Union forces, the cannon and infantry in the "Peach Orchard were able to rake Kershaw's lines severely". As Union officer Watson's guns fired a last volley of canister at the Carolinians, the 2nd New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry advanced southward into "the Peach Orchard to save the guns and, crowding between the limbers and guns, reformed, and emerged at the orchard's southwest corner, its right extending to the Emmitsburg Road."
"The Second opened fire on the South Carolinians in its front, the Second Battalion and the Eighth Regiment. The South Carolinians fell back to the bottom of the slope 150 or so yards from the orchard's edge. Bailey then shifted the Second's line to the rear of some fence rails that were piled along the side of the orchard where a fence had been."
At the 6 p.m. start of McLaws' Assault, Barksdale's and Wofford's Confederate brigades charged from the west directly into the Peach Orchard. Graham's Union brigade, with the 3rd MN & 3rd MI, "held the Peach Orchard until nearly dusk"; and at "6:30 p.m., McLaws' Division broke Birney's line at the Peach Orchard".
The 21st Mississippi Infantry Regiment passed through the Peach Orchard toward Bigelow's 9th Massachusetts Battery farther east. The 2nd NH entered the Battle of Gettysburg with 353 soldiers. In under three hours, 47 were killed, 136 wounded and 36 men went missing. Of the 24 officers, only three survived without being wounded.
Sources: National Park Service; Gettysburg National Military Park; Pfanz, Harry W (1987). Gettysburg – The Second Day. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. pp. 315, 317–9, 341–2. ISBN 0-8078-1749-X.
He also details the Union defense that eventually succeeded in beating back these assaults, depriving Lee's gallant army of victory. Pfanz analyzes decisions and events that have sparked debate for more than a century. In particular he discusses factors underlying the Meade-Sickles controversy and the questions about Longstreet's delay in attacking the Union left. The narrative is also enhanced by thirteen superb maps, more than eighty illustrations, brief portraits of the leading commanders, and observations on artillery, weapons, and tactics that will be of help even to knowledgeable readers. Gettysburg—The Second Day is certain to become a Civil War classic. What makes the work so authoritative is Pfanz's mastery of the Gettysburg literature and his unparalleled knowledge of the ground on which the fighting occurred. His sources include the Official Records, regimental histories and personal reminiscences from soldiers North and South, personal papers and diaries, newspaper files, and last—but assuredly not least—the Gettysburg battlefield. Pfanz's career in the National Park Service included a ten-year assignment as a park historian at Gettysburg. Without doubt, he knows the terrain of the battle as well as he knows the battle itself.
Recommended Reading: The Artillery of Gettysburg (Hardcover). Description: The battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, the apex of the Confederacy's final major invasion of the North, was a devastating defeat that also marked the end of the South's offensive strategy against the North. From this battle until the end of the war, the Confederate armies largely remained defensive. The Artillery of Gettysburg is a thought-provoking look at the role of the artillery during the July 1-3, 1863 conflict. Continued below..
During the Gettysburg campaign, artillery had already gained the respect in both armies. Used defensively, it could break up attacking formations and change the outcomes of battle. On the offense, it could soften up enemy positions prior to attack. And even if the results were not immediately obvious, the psychological effects to strong artillery support could bolster the infantry and discourage the enemy. Ultimately, infantry and artillery branches became codependent, for the artillery needed infantry support lest it be decimated by enemy infantry or captured. The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia had modified its codependent command system in February 1863. Prior to that, batteries were allocated to brigades, but now they were assigned to each infantry division, thus decentralizing its command structure and making it more difficult for Gen. Robert E. Lee and his artillery chief, Brig. Gen. William Pendleton, to control their deployment on the battlefield. The Union Army of the Potomac had superior artillery capabilities in numerous ways. At Gettysburg, the Federal artillery had 372 cannons and the Confederates 283. To make matters worse, the Confederate artillery frequently was hindered by the quality of the fuses, which caused the shells to explode too early, too late, or not at all. When combined with a command structure that gave Union Brig. Gen. Henry Hunt more direct control--than his Southern counterpart had over his forces--the Federal army enjoyed a decided advantage in the countryside around Gettysburg. Bradley M. Gottfried provides insight into how the two armies employed their artillery, how the different kinds of weapons functioned in battle, and the strategies for using each of them. He shows how artillery affected the "ebb and flow" of battle for both armies and thus provides a unique way of understanding the strategies of the Federal and Union commanders.
Recommended Reading: Lost Triumph: Lee's Real Plan at Gettysburg--And Why It Failed. Description: A fascinating narrative-and a bold new thesis in the study of the Civil War-that suggests Robert E. Lee had a heretofore undiscovered strategy at Gettysburg that, if successful, could have crushed the Union forces and changed the outcome of the war. The Battle of Gettysburg is the pivotal moment when the Union forces repelled perhaps America's greatest commander-the brilliant Robert E. Lee, who had already thrashed a long line of Federal opponents-just as he was poised at the back door of Washington, D.C. It is the moment in which the fortunes of Lee, Lincoln, the Confederacy, and the Union hung precariously in the balance. Conventional wisdom has held to date, almost without exception, that on the third day of the battle, Lee made one profoundly wrong decision. But how do we reconcile Lee the high-risk warrior with Lee the general who launched "Pickett's Charge," employing only a fifth of his total forces, across an open field, up a hill, against the heart of the Union defenses? Most history books have reported that Lee just had one very bad day. But there is much more to the story, which Tom Carhart addresses for the first time.
With meticulous detail and startling clarity, Carhart revisits the historic battles Lee taught at West Point and believed were the essential lessons in the art of war-the victories of Napoleon at Austerlitz, Frederick the Great at Leuthen, and Hannibal at Cannae-and reveals what they can tell us about Lee's real strategy. What Carhart finds will thrill all students of history: Lee's plan for an electrifying rear assault by Jeb Stuart that, combined with the frontal assault, could have broken the Union forces in half. Only in the final hours of the battle was the attack reversed through the daring of an unproven young general-George Armstrong Custer. About the Author: Tom Carhart has been a lawyer and a historian for the Department of the Army in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of West Point, a decorated Vietnam veteran, and has earned a Ph.D. in American and military history from Princeton University. He is the author of four books of military history and teaches at Mary Washington College near his home in the Washington, D.C. area.
The movement of supplies and troops over the challenging terrain of mountain passes and in the adverse conditions of driving rain and muddy quagmires is described in depth, as are General George G. Meade's attempts to attack the trains along the South Mountain range and at Hagerstown and Williamsport, Maryland. Lee's deliberate pace, skillful use of terrain, and constant positioning of the army behind defenses so as to invite attack caused Union forces to delay their own movements at critical times. Brown concludes that even though the battle of Gettysburg was a defeat for the Army of Northern Virginia, Lee's successful retreat maintained the balance of power in the eastern theater and left his army with enough forage, stores, and fresh meat to ensure its continued existence as an effective force.


And I hadn't even check into the hotel yet! We arrived too early for check-in, so waited at Bryant Park. I stopped by Kinokuniya Japanese book store, where I picked up Ryuichiro Shimazaki's men's coats book.
I've been tempted ever since Peter of Male Pattern Boldness gave us a peak inside. The pea coat he made from the included pattern looked fabulous & oh so professional. But as it's men's coats, and I only really do selfish sewing, I stalled.
All I have to do next is to learn to read Japanese and figure out how to do transatlantic fittings. Or so I thought.
Well, it turned out I needn't have worried my pretty little head. My brother was smart enough to know that he could be waiting a long time to get a trench out of me. So he went ahead and save up for the real McCoy. It was just as well since he's obviously a Burberry snob, and probably wouldn't have been gratified by my run of the mill trench without all the neat details that goes into a real Burberry. I manage to get some photos of these details. Some of them are actually shown in the book as well.
See, not really a vent!
Fascinating innit! Not sure I'd bother with all of them details myself. But the sewing geek in me just can't resist peaking.
The Burberry trench itself does look quite good on my brother. I've read elsewhere some complaints / concerns about them being a bit too big and baggy. But this one has a smart slim fit. Maybe those complaints apply to trenches from the yore years when baggy was in. As for personalized fit, the only alteration the store could offer was sleeve length. That's where being able to sew a wannabe might come in handy. There is only so much that RTW could cater for. We'll see. Maybe someday this book will come in handy. If not for my brother, maybe for MR – if I could ever convince him to dress up outside work!
Thanks for the Burberry snaps; some nice ideas there.
Is your MR a 'leave the suits at work' guy? I had to drop something off for my bestie with her husband the DA, and it was the first time I had seen him in a suit, except for his wedding photos. The suits all live at the office. I made him give me a tour. Brooks Brothers the lot. Boring.
You're very welcome! His investment is our gain.
MR is most definitely leave suits at work guy. Though I don't think he'd last a job that requires suit wearing every day. He has turned down jobs that require tie every day. I do like him in a suit – he looks good. But there was no way he'd let me tell him what to wear. I think suits can be fine. In my book, too much of anything can be boring. So a sea of jeans & ts would also give me the yawn. Let there be diversity!


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The List [2015] (Movie Review)
Jack Stone was dealt a bad hand as a foster kid, but he decided to strike out on his own and not let it get him down. With hard work and determination, he completed law school and passed the bar before landing himself a lucrative job at a top law firm. He always abided by his list of goals, and one of them was to start a family, so once he finally found the woman of his dreams, they become frustrated when they cannot have children. But one day a miracle occurs, yet Jack consistently puts his work first. Eventually, he will have to face the ultimate choice of what is important in his life.
The List unfortunately had a limited budget, as most startup films do. There is shaky camera work and one too many dark lighting scenes. Audio quality is seemingly inconsistent, including a loud soundtrack. Sets and locations are fairly realistic. As for the editing, there are too many awkward cuts and transitions in pursuit of cramming tons of content into this film. However, it seems like more money was given to the second half of the film, as the production quality overall improves as the movie goes on. With that being said, it might have been better to make this film shorter so that money was saved and used more wisely. In the end, this is an average effort and is commendable for a pilot.
It was very difficult to concisely summarize the plot of this film above because this story tries to cover so much content all at once. Beginning with a collection of unexplained and random scenes, The List grows and changes as the story jumps all over the place with no continuity. In an attempt to be an epic, all focus and purpose are lost in pursuit of covering ground and making time pass. There are also too many failed attempts at comedy and other wasted scenes that do nothing to build characters. Things just randomly happen and the empty and mindless characters are swept up in them. They need much more development and deepening through better dialogue. The only thing that keeps this plot from being a zero is the good message that is hidden somewhere in here. With this, there are loads of untapped potential that make for a disappointing watch.
As a slightly amateurish cast, sometimes the performances here can be lazy and goofy. At other times, the cast members seem robotic and overly coached. Thus, emotions are sometimes hard to connect with and lines are sometimes delivered awkwardly. But there are also good aspects to this cast as they show some potential for the future.
Epics are very hard to make and should be seldom attempted unless there is a really good (and probably true) story for the plot to build on. Characters must be developed even though time is passing quickly, and this is a difficult feat to pull off. If the creative team is not prepared to make an epic perfect, it can easily become a huge failure. Sometimes it's better to stick with small ideas, especially if you are still trying to hone your film making skills. However, this team has potential for the future and we look forward to what they have planned next.
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The Watchers: Revelation (Movie Review)
Creatures claiming to be extraterrestrials are controlling the world's leaders by revealing information on weapons to some. The humans who know about this are either controlled by the beings or are ordered to be killed. It seems that no one stands a chance against these alien forces, but a small group of Christians claims to have to tools necessary to fight these creatures. Thus, it comes down to a battle between good and evil inside a warehouse (where else?), where all will be revealed, including some end times stuff.
So another random company sets out to create a Christian sci-fi\horror film with a very limited budget. These are the most difficult genres to craft, so doing so with a limited budget makes it nearly impossible to do properly. Sets, locations, and props in this film are very cheap and limited. There is poor lighting in some of the scenes, although camera work, video quality, and audio quality are mostly okay. One of the biggest detractors in this production is the existence of ridiculous and over the top special effects that come off as very juvenile. Finally, the editing is horrible as scenes cut from one thing to the next, leaving the audience very confused as to what is happening. In short, no care was given to this production as it was just slapped together for the purpose of pushing an agenda.
Filled with heavy-handed propaganda messaging and isolating information dump dialogue, Watchers: Revelation is a real doozy. The characters are very empty and only exist to robotically download ideas and theories the writers have, which are actually quite absurd and childish. There are also a lot of conversations about things that happen off-screen as the storyline jumps all over the place with no continuity. Things just randomly happen that leaving the viewer scratching their head. On a lighter note, this plot has an interesting spiritual concept that is of course wasted and used improperly. However, this fact is not enough to overcome all of the other glaring errors here.
This film contains the most robotic acting I have ever witnessed. The overly practiced line delivery sounds like a computer is talking instead of a person. Thus, there are zero emotions and many cast members do not have a future in acting. There are also some amateurish makeup errors. Basically, this entire film is a wash.
It never pays to use a cheap film to push your personal propaganda. It also is a bad idea to try to make your first movie a complex idea that requires special effects and explanation of foreign ideas to the audience. Also, if you're going to write a sci-fi plot, please make sure it's actually a good idea and not some half-baked theory that invites unintentional comedy and mockery. Writing a story because of a theory never pays off, so please don't continually clutter up Christian entertainment with it.
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CLAIHR and Hot Docs
In the Spring of 2009, CLAIHR's innovative spirit found new expression in its exciting new alliance with the Hot Docs Film Festival, North America's largest documentary film festival which showcases films and filmmakers from over 35 countries around the world.
As a premiere festival sponsor, CLAIHR proudly presented Mugabe and the White African, the true story of white African farmer Michael Campbell's desperate struggle to keep his farm in the face of brutal violence by Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe. Boldly charging him with racial discrimination and human rights violations before an international court for his brutal land reclamation policies, Campbell and his family risk their lives in the pursuit of justice. The film was presented to a sold-out audience and was followed by a post-screening CLAIHR reception where guests and members had a opportunity to mingle with the producers and directors of the film.
In its capacity as a recognized leader of human rights in Canada, CLAIHR was also invited by Hot Docs to the Good Pitch Forum, an initiative providing filmmakers with the unique opportunity to pitch social issue documentary projects and their associated campaign strategies to NGOs, charities, foundations, campaigners, advertising agencies, brands and media. The directors and producers of various film proposals were invited by turn to take a seat at one end of an exquisite antique boardroom table in the historic Hart House and to share a synopsis of the film and show a brief trailer. Following each presentation, industry participants seated around the table made comments or suggestions about the film and offered channels of distribution or other forms of assistance including, in some cases, funding. Participants included notable groups such as Amnesty International, Witness, Rights and Democracy, Ford Foundation, American Civil Liberties Organization and the American Bar Association. Set up in the style of a great theatrical production, all around the Good Pitch table in rows of increasingly elevated seating were hundreds of interested observers. This was a novel and laudable approach to uniting filmmakers and organizations fighting for a common purpose.
CLAIHR has continued its exciting association with Hot Docs. In the Fall of 2009, Hot Docs invited CLAIHR to the World Press Photo Exhibit, which featured photos from the winners of the annual worldwide photojournalism contest. As part of the 2010 Hot Docs Film Festival, CLAIHR has once again been invited to participate in the Good Pitch Forum.
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Caroline Kruger read notarial civil law at Groningen University (NL) and worked in Rotterdam (NL) for one of the biggest law firms of The Netherlands, practicing family law and estate planning for close to ten years. Then she started a family. Her own journey in breastfeeding led her to read up on breastfeeding a lot. She began the VBN training for peer-to-peer breastfeeding counseling and also volunteered at a local hospital. She went to Artevelde Hogeschool in Ghent (BEL) to follow lectures by Gonneke Veldhuizen-Staas (amongst others). She then assisted the start up of the only milk bank in The Netherlands (while still in Rotterdam). After the milk bank moved to Amsterdam, she started her private practice Nultien Borstvoeding.