Of course I just had to mention this first didn't I? Pinterest has become the go-to source of visual inspiration for just about everything wedding related. And, it's with good reason. With all the major blogs adding images from their newest posts and features to Pinterest on a daily basis, you'll always find fresh inspo here.
If you find that you're adding too many images to one board, don't be afraid to split your boards up to make them more manageable. Having one for bouquets, one for table centres, one for large arrangements and one for details could be a great idea. Now you're able to view all your ideas for certain elements in one place and see at a glance if there's a clear theme or style that repeats itself.
Oh yes, I do adore Instagram and you'll find endless floral inspiration here. Some of my favourite accounts include Emma Soulsby Flowers, Jay Archer Floral Design, Joanne Truby Floral Design, Hiding in the City Flowers, The Rose Shed, Lily Violet May, All For Love London, Leafy Couture, Floribunda Rose and Cherfold Flowers. I also have to mention Friend of Faux for proving just how gorgeous artificial blooms can be!
As well as the amazing static images that these talented florists post, I really enjoy checking out their Instagram Stories too. Do keep an eye on these, particularly at weekends, when you quite often get behind-the-scenes glimpses into weddings that they're working on. Such a treat!
I can't write a feature about wedding inspiration without giving a huge shout out to the brilliant wedding blogs that publish stunning content on a daily basis. Whatever your wedding style, there'll be a blog that's just perfect for you. Obviously Rock My Wedding covers all kinds of stylish weddings, Love My Dress can be incredibly elegant, B.Loved is always on trend and blogs such as Mr & Mrs Unique, Festival Brides and Way Out Wedding are great reads with a strong aesthetic.
When it comes to the best blogs from overseas, I really recommend Magnolia Rouge, Style Me Pretty, Junebug Weddings, Green Wedding Shoes and Ruffled for the prettiest wedding flower inspiration ever.
For a bit of paper-based reading, all the UK wedding magazines are worth a look, particularly when they focus on flowers but Wedding Flowers & Accessories is definitely the best floral mag. However, the overseas titles, particularly those from Australia, are just amazing. If you can, order yourself a copy of Hello May from Newsstand and give yourself a real treat!


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Q: compute symmetric function efficiently I have two dataframes.
I need to apply a function to all possible couple of rows within the dataframe.
L=product(df.iterrows(),df.iterrows())

res=map(myfunc,L)

where myfunc(r1,r2)->float take two rows in input and returns one single value.
now,myfunc is symmetric thus
  myfunc(f1,f2)=myfunc(f2,f1)

for all possible input couples.
with product/map I compute the function twice the number of required times.
how to avoid elegantly these double computations?

A: IIUC, you can use itertools.combinations with the dataframe index:
np.random.seed(0)
df = pd.DataFrame(np.random.randint(0,100,(10,10)), index=[*'abcdefghij'], columns=[*'ABCDEFGHIJ'])

from itertools import combinations

def addTwoRows(r1, r2):
    return r1.sum() + r2.sum()

[(addTwoRows(df.loc[i], df.loc[j]),(i,j)) for i, j in combinations(df.index, 2)]

Output:
[(1166, ('a', 'b')),
 (1074, ('a', 'c')),
 (1035, ('a', 'd')),
 (922, ('a', 'e')),
 (849, ('a', 'f')),
 (920, ('a', 'g')),
 (968, ('a', 'h')),
 (1046, ('a', 'i')),
 (1043, ('a', 'j')),
 (1190, ('b', 'c')),
 (1151, ('b', 'd')),
 (1038, ('b', 'e')),
 (965, ('b', 'f')),
 (1036, ('b', 'g')),
 (1084, ('b', 'h')),
 (1162, ('b', 'i')),
 (1159, ('b', 'j')),
 (1059, ('c', 'd')),
 (946, ('c', 'e')),
 (873, ('c', 'f')),
 (944, ('c', 'g')),
 (992, ('c', 'h')),
 (1070, ('c', 'i')),
 (1067, ('c', 'j')),
 (907, ('d', 'e')),
 (834, ('d', 'f')),
 (905, ('d', 'g')),
 (953, ('d', 'h')),
 (1031, ('d', 'i')),
 (1028, ('d', 'j')),
 (721, ('e', 'f')),
 (792, ('e', 'g')),
 (840, ('e', 'h')),
 (918, ('e', 'i')),
 (915, ('e', 'j')),
 (719, ('f', 'g')),
 (767, ('f', 'h')),
 (845, ('f', 'i')),
 (842, ('f', 'j')),
 (838, ('g', 'h')),
 (916, ('g', 'i')),
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< Episodes ~ Carpathian Eagle - what was Nathalie doing ?
When Nathalie opens her windows and puts something under the ledge and later takes it back. What was all that about ? Could never work that out.
Haven't watched it recently, but wasn't she hiding a knife as she decided not to murder the detective, then later changed her mind when she realised he didn't trust her.
Been a while for me too , was it a key ? gonna have to have a viewing again.


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«Осоавиахим-1» («ОАХ-1») — стратосферный аэростат, построенный в Советском Союзе.

На этом стратостате в 1934 году был установлен рекорд высоты: «ОАХ-1» впервые в мире сумел достичь высоты 22 километра над уровнем моря. После этого стратостат стал слишком быстро спускаться и рухнул на землю; все члены экипажа погибли.

Подготовка полёта
В 1930 году несколько талантливых инженеров Ленинградского отделения ОСОАВИАХИМ загорелись идеей построить новый стратостат для покорения рекордных для того времени высот. Однако из-за финансовых трудностей непосредственная работа над проектом началась только в конце 1932 года. Главным конструктором стратостата назначили Васенко, а руководителем работ — опытного инженера Чертовского.

В июне 1933 года оболочка «Осоавиахим-1» была доведена в объёме до 24 940 м³. В августе того же года готовый стратостат осмотрела комиссия Гражданского воздушного флота под руководством Спасского и, несмотря на то, что люк кабины признали неудовлетворительным по возможности его закрывать, допустила летательный аппарат к эксплуатации.

Для проведения научных опытов и наблюдений стратостат «ОАХ-1» оснастили лучшими на то время приборами, созданными в Главной геофизической обсерватории, часть оборудования подготовили в Радиевом и Физико‑техническом институтах. Институт экспериментальной биологии ходатайствовал, чтобы в стратосферу взяли мушек‑дрозофил.

Первоначально старт «Осоавиахима-1» был назначен на 30 сентября 1933 года, но метеоусловия заставили повременить с полётом. Из-за неулучшающейся погоды полёт стратостата по решению Центрального совета Осоавиахима отсрочили до тёплых дней весны 1934 года. Научную аппаратуру гондолы демонтировали и отправили в Ленинград, оболочку «Осоавиахим-1» сложили и убрали в чехол.

Осенью в беседе с журналистами командир стратостата «СССР-1» (который незадолго до этого достиг отметки в 19 000 метров) Прокофьев сделал революционное заявление, что он и его экипаж готовятся повторить рейд в стратосферу, не дожидаясь наступления тепла, — зимой.

Это побудило Павла Федосеенко подать рапорт в Центральный совет Осоавиахима с предложением осуществить полёт зимой. ЦСО дал добро, и испытатели стали готовиться к полёту. Несмотря на все усилия членов Осоавиахима, подготовить полёт в 1933 году не удалось, и его вновь перенесли на январь 1934 года.

28 января 1934 года «Осоавиахим-1» был доставлен к месту старта в Кунцево. Полёт было решено посвятить XVII съезду компартии, который проходил в те дни в Москве, о чём члены экипажа дали ряд интервью и выступили по радио.

30 января 1934 года с 8:00 до 9:00 прошла завершающая предполётная подготовка «ОАХ-1» и было произведено окончательное взвешивание стратостата. Накануне к расчётному весу осоавиахимовцы добавили 180 килограммов балласта. Благодаря использованию манёвренного и аварийного балластов стало возможным поднять полётный потолок до 20 500 метров.

Полёт
По окончании предполётной подготовки «Осоавиахим-1» с экипажем в составе трёх человек — командира экипажа Павла Фёдоровича Федосеенко, бортинженера Андрея Богдановича Васенко и научного сотрудника Ильи Давыдовича Усыскина — оторвался от земли.

Это был первый в истории воздухоплавания зимний полёт стратостата. Павел Федосеенко, который руководил подготовкой стратостата, был очень опытным советским аэронавтом, летавшим ещё в Гражданскую войну и участвовавшим в полётах с Фридманом. Он считал, что риск зимнего полёта был чрезвычайно велик.

В 9:16 на земле принимают первую радиограмму «Осоавиахима-1»:
«Слушайте, слушайте! Говорит "Сириус"! Высота 1600 м. Прошли облака. Температура минус 3 градуса».

Всё шло в расчётных пределах, риск обледенения был минимален.

В 9:56 экипаж «ОАХ-1» передаёт вторую радиограмму:
«Говорит "Сириус"! Высота 15 000 м по альтиметру. Ведём непрерывные наблюдения космических лучей. Взяты три пробы воздуха. Внизу сплошная облачность. Определить направление невозможно».

В 10:14 следующее сообщение:
«Говорит "Сириус"! Высота 19 000 метров!»
Аэронавты достигли рекордной высоты, установленной на «СССР-1». Подъём продолжался, несмотря на выявленную неполадку — сбои поглотителя углекислоты и влаги.

Затем были получены сообщения:
«Говорит "Сириус"! У микрофона командир стратостата Федосеенко. Штурмуем высоты двадцатого километра».
и
«Говорит "Сириус"! Время сейчас 11:16. Высота по альтиметру 20 500 метров».
«Осоавиахим-1» установил новый мировой рекорд.

Потом были получены ещё несколько радиограмм, которые службы обеспечения полёта не могли разобрать полностью из-за низкого качества связи и сильных атмосферных помех:

«11:42. Говорит "Сириус"! Высота 20 600 м. Слушайте, слушайте! Передаём радиограмму XVII съезду партии…»
«11:49. Говорит "Сириус"! Производим непрерывные наблюдения и опыты… для изучения космических лучей…»
«Алло! Говорит "Сириус"! Временно прекращаем приём и передачу, для того чтобы включить патроны для поглощения углекислоты…»
Это были последние радиосообщения, переданные «ОАХ-1».

Авария

Около полудня связь с пилотами «Осоавиахим-1» была утрачена, и о его судьбе ничего не было известно около пяти часов. Около 17 часов покорёженная гондола была обнаружена в 16 км от станции Кадошкино Московско-Казанской железной дороги около деревни Потиж-Острог Инсарского района Мордовской автономной области (сейчас — деревня Усыскино Яндовищенского сельского поселения Инсарского района Республики Мордовия). Полёт завершился катастрофой, всё оборудование стратостата было разбито, члены экипажа погибли. Тщательное изучение дневников, бортжурнала и показаний приборов позволило по большей части установить картину катастрофы. Из записей, сделанных Васенко и Усыскиным, следует, что стратостат в 12:33 достиг рекордной высоты 22 000 метров и продержался на этой высоте около двенадцати минут, после чего начал плавное снижение.

Экипаж около трёх минут держал открытым клапан, но прогретый солнечными лучами воздушный шар опускался чрезвычайно медленно. Лишь через 45 минут начался безостановочный, медленный, не внушающий никаких опасений спуск к Земле. Через час с четвертью стратостат, несмотря на то, что пилоты выпустили значительное количество газа из оболочки, всё ещё находился на высоте около 18 000 метров. Тем временем световой день подходил к концу, и возникла опасность, что после заката резкое снижение обогрева аэростата Солнцем может привести к быстрому снижению подъёмной силы газа в оболочке.

До высоты 17 800 метров «ОАХ-1» снижался со скоростью 1 м/с, скорость не превышала расчётную. В бортовых журналах было отмечено, что на высоте 14 300 метров была взята очередная проба воздуха за бортом. Однако скорость снижения нарастала, километром ниже она удвоилась. Пропорционально нарастанию скорости охлаждался и газ в оболочке шара.

За несколько минут до гибели Васенко записал в бортовом журнале:
 «Альтиметр 13 400 м. Время 16:05. Идём вниз. Солнце ярко светит в гондолу. Красота неза…»
 «16:13,5 Альтиметр 12 000 м».

На высоте около 12 000 метров температуры газа и наружного воздуха практически сравнялись, вследствие чего подъёмная сила стратостата резко упала. Для спасения «Осоавиахим-1» экипажу необходимо было сбросить более 700 килограммов балласта. На борту же имелось 420 килограммов балласта, включая аварийный, но даже его экипаж сбросить не успел. К этому времени отказали практически все приборы, так как единственный питающий их аккумулятор сел. Скорость снижения составляла уже 15 м/с и продолжала расти. Гондола с увеличивающимся усилием тянула за собой шар стратостата, и на высоте полтора-два километра от земли стропы оборвались. Экипаж в течение последних десяти секунд падения находился в беспорядочно вращающейся кабине, ударяясь о корпус и приборы. Выбраться наружу и воспользоваться парашютами в таких условиях было практически невозможно, особенно с учётом того, что конструкция гондолы не предусматривала аварийного сброса крышки, открыть которую изнутри было возможно, только открутив двенадцать фиксирующих болтов.

Расследование
По официальному заключению, причиной катастрофы стратосферного аэростата стало превышение предельной безопасной высоты полёта для этого аппарата (около 20,5 км). Вследствие перегрева солнечным теплом оболочки произошёл сброс объёма газа, что затем сказалось на скорости спуска. Снижение происходило слишком быстро, скорость падения стала критической, и на высоте около 2 км произошёл отрыв гондолы от баллона. Дополнительными факторами, повлиявшими на исход полёта, были слабое крепление гондолы, запутывание клапанной верёвки и сложные условия полёта. Комиссия также установила, что удар гондолы «Осоавиахим-1» о землю произошёл в 16 часов 23 минуты.

Память

 Все члены экипажа «ОАХ-1» были посмертно награждены орденом Ленина (впервые в СССР — посмертно).
 Урны с прахом героев были захоронены в Кремлёвской стене лично К. Е. Ворошиловым, И. В. Сталиным и В. М. Молотовым.
 На месте падения стратостата поставлен обелиск, установлен памятник в Саранске. Он установлен на площади Стратонавтов, рядом с железнодорожным вокзалом.
 История стратостата лежит в основе повести Сергея Синякина «Монах на краю Земли» (1999).
 «Гибель "Воздушного Титаника". Стратонавты» — документальный фильм телеканала РТР (26 октября 2010).
В честь полёта экипажа стратостата выпускались почтовые марки в 1934, 1944 и 1964 годах.
 В собрании Русского музея есть картина Г. Н. Бибикова «Стратостат "Осоавиахим"» с изображением запуска статостата.

 В честь стратонавтов названы:
 проезд Стратонавтов в Москве;
 улица Героев Стратосферы в Воронеже;
 улица Федосеенко в Санкт-Петербурге;
 улица Васенко в Санкт-Петербурге;
 переулок Усыскина в Санкт-Петербурге;
 улица Федосеенко в Нижнем Новгороде;
 улицы Васенко, Федосеенко и Усыскина в Саранске;
 село Усыскино, бывший посёлок Потиж-Острог Инсарского района Мордовии, близ которого упал стратостат, колхоз этого села носил имя Федосеенко.

См. также
 Катастрофы в истории воздухоплавания

Примечания

Литература
 Молчанов П. А. Полёты в стратосферу. — М.; Л.: ОНТИ НКТП СССР, 1935.

Ссылки

 Катастрофа стратостата «Осоавиахим-1»
 Полёт и гибель стратостата «Осоавиахим-1»
 Документы о катастрофе стратостата «Осоавиахим-1»

Стратостаты
Авиационные происшествия в Мордовии
События 30 января
Происшествия в воздухоплавании
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Student Loans for Nuclear Plants?
A bi-partisan group of US Senators is pushing for an increase in the nuclear federal loan guarantee program. They argue the USA can not meet air pollution goals without a sizable nuclear expansion, and the loan guarantee program is essential to getting new construction underway. As it stands now the Federal government has approved $18.5 Billion in loan guarantees, but the industry is pushing for $50-100 billion.
Anti-nuclear groups are mounting a full assault, much as they did earlier this year when a small group in the House tried to get a similar provision added to the Waxman-Markey bill. In that case the anti's succeeded and the pro-nuclear provision was struck from the bill.
Anti-nuclear groups like Greenpeace call the proposal a "massive subsidy," but that stretches the truth. Loan guarantees are not subsidies, they are a guarantee by the government to repay investors for a portion of the cost if the borrower defaults. Their purpose is to reduce the risk of the loans so lenders can offer lower interest rates. The borrowers bear the full cost of the program plus administrative fees.
There's a parallel that many of us are familiar with: the federal college student loan program. The government guarantees student loans so that college students with limited resources can borrower money with favorable terms and at low interest rates. The program allows them to invest in an education they might otherwise be unable to afford. Even though the government backs student loan, the borrower is still required to repay the loan. If the borrower suffers some kind of financial catastrophe and is unable to repay, then the government pays off the loan and works with the borrower to recoup their losses. The program helps people invest in their future and the cost to the government is very, very low because the default rate is almost zero.
Think of the loan guarantees as student loans for nuclear plants. The government stands behind the loans, allowing the borrowers to get favorable terms for large investments they otherwise could not afford. The borrowers pay for the program, and they pay back the loans. Just like the student loan program, the nuclear loan guarantees are a wise investment in our future!


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Planning ahead for 2015, Fenway Park will host college football - Boston College vs. Notre Dame. This harks back to days long gone by, when the park hosted dozens and dozens of college games. It will be interesting to see another one.
The two teams apparently never did match off at Fenway, but Notre Dame played there against Dartmouth in 1944. That year, Fenway hosted these football games:
September 26 Philadelphia Eagles 28, Boston Yanks 7 (professional football)
October 8 New York Giants 22, Boston Yanks 10 (professional football)
October 14 Notre Dame 64, Dartmouth 0 (college football)
October 15 Washington Redskins 21, Boston Yanks 14 (professional football)
October 28 Boston College 19, Syracuse 12 (college football)
November 19 Boston Yanks 13, Brooklyn Tigers 6 (professional football)
November 26 Holy Cross 30, Boston College 14 (college football)
That was the last time Notre Dame played at Fenway.
The last year B.C. played college football at Fenway was 1956:
November 2 Boston College 7, Villanova 6 (Football)
November 10 Quantico Marines 20, Boston College 6 (Football)
November 17 Boston College 13, Boston University 0 (Football)
November 24 Boston College 52, Brandeis 0 (Football)
December 1 Holy Cross 7, Boston College 0 (Football)
NEW BOOK - 521: The Story of Ted Williams' Home Runs
My latest book is out.
521: The Story of Ted Williams' Home Runs.
It's a thick one. 369 pages. Not quite a page a home run, but there's a lot packed into those pages. Where he hit it. Who he hit it off. The age of the pitcher and whether he was a lefty or a righty. The game situation at the time. Where the ball went.
"Hitting a baseball – I've said it a thousand times – is the single most difficult thing to do in sport." – Ted Williams, The Science of Hitting
"I wanted to be the hitter who could hit every pitch out of the park." – Ted Williams, remembering himself at age 12
"Boy, I feel great. There ain't nothing like hittin' a home run!" – Ted Williams, quoted after winning the 1941 All-Star Game with a ninth-inning come-from-behind homer.
The book tells the story of each and every one of Ted's 521 homers in the majors.
And I don't stop there. I get into writing about his homers in the All-Star Games, in exhibition games, in spring training games, in the minor leagues, even in high school. Anything I could think of regarding Ted Williams and home runs. This is the place.
Guess what? The book is for sale, too! You can get a hard copy from Amazon, or download an e-book.
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Al Dean, DEVELOP3D, says about SM 2.0: "It doesn't get much better than this."
By Sustainable Minds on August 11, 2011
This is a repost of Al Dean's review of Sustainable Minds 2.0.
Read the review on DEVELOP3D >
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is increasingly pushing towards the cloud and Software as a Service (SaaS). Al Dean takes a look at one of the industry's pioneers.
Life Cycle Assessment is a corner-stone of any environmentally aware organisation's toolkit, but there's one serious issue if you're looking to both integrate environmental impact assessment as part of your design process - particularly at the early stages.
Many of the historical solutions are mono- lithic systems targetting in-depth, expert led analyses once a product is complete. As such, they aren't suited to the rapid fire, often quick and dirty conceptualisation and product development process.
Into this comes Sustainable Minds (SM) and its cloud-based service.
Essentially, it gives you tools to upload a BOM (which can quickly be extracted from your assembly) or create one from scratch, then add in the manufacturing (materials and processes), transportation, use phase and end of life data and find out the environmental impact of that product.
While that's pretty much standard fair for LCA tools, what SM has done is combine eco-concept modelling capablities with LCA.
This allows product teams to generate many concepts and credibly estimate, eval- uate, compare and track the life cycle environmental and human health performance.
The ability to rapidly model and compare is powerful to determine which changes will yield meaningful environmental per- formance improvements to make informed trade-offs. You can tweak either the prod- uct itself or play with other factors, such as manufacturing location, process, materi- als and such. This makes it ideal for new product development in R&D, early stage prototyping or if you're conducting a design refresh on a product.
Data sourcing
The biggest change in the Sustainable Minds 2.0 release is an update in the meth- od used to calculate the impact factors.
SM 2011 uses the latest science from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the latest life cycle inventory data.
Within the LCA world, data and how you interpret it is key. Sustainable Minds is using the most up-to-date version of the Ecoinvent data (which is perhaps the world's most widely used environmental impact dataset) enhanced with some addi- tional background information from other leading sources.
This release also brings in an expanded dataset of impact factors. The system already includes impacts such as materials, processes, use stage consum- ables, transportation, end of life - the 2.0 release added in more processes for metal work, more bio-based materials (such as bamboo and bagasse) and extension of the 'end of life' impact factors.
Having been following what Sustainable Minds has been doing for a while, I like the direction it is taking with the latest release. There's expansion of the impacts that allows you to closer match the values you feed into the system to real-life conditions (metal working is something in particular that's been worked on).
Also, the ability to quickly replicate a project, fine tune it and see the impacts, allows you to take existing or pre-worked data and use it as the basis for experimentation - and in these days of more and more pressure on the environmental factors involved in our products manufacture and use-phase, that's going to be key, particularly if you're serious about this and want to bring it in as part of your development process.
With Sustainable Minds, product teams can quickly build and compare multiple concepts and investigate their impacts - clearly and concisely Each concept is compared to a baseline. Results are perfect for including in presentations and documents to support decisions
The perfect cloud solution?
The cloud or SaaS (Software as a Service) nature of the offering makes huge sense. Database updates can be quickly rolled out and updated once you request them and the data is sourced and verified. I had an experience of this myself, working through a test project.
There wasn't specific information pertaining to the impact of machining aluminium from a billet. I contacted support and the impact factors were added within three working days. That's both an indicator of the benfeits of the cloud (as everyone also had that data rolled out to them) and of the service that Sustainable Minds is offering.
The team is also offering an enterprise level version if you want your own data hosted, want to include custom and proprietary impact factors and want to allow access to a much wider range of your team. That comes at an additional cost as you would expect.
If you're looking at LCA becoming part of your design process, I couldn't recommend Sustainable Minds offering more.
Its light in terms of user experience, has a tonne of learning resources to help you both use the system and understand the concepts while being heavyweight in terms of data and potential benefit.
It's available now, up-to-date and frankly, it's pretty damned cost- effective at $120/month, or $1200/year for one user. Because products get designed by teams, it's $3,500 for five users.
It doesn't get much better than this.
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Go-to-Market Program with Accelerator Frankfurt open for application!
(Frankfurt am Main, 01.08.2017) Accelerator Frankfurt https://acceleratorfrankfurt.com offers a "Go-to-Market Program" for later stage startups in need to accelerate their business development. Accelerator Frankfurt is a private initiative and works in close cooperation with the finance industry and SMEs in Germany.
"Our unique approach gives the international startups access to the German market, the engine of Europe. We bring in startups that we feel we can sell to large corporates and SMEs. If we don't succeed we don't get paid. We are in the same boat as the startups." says Maria Pennanen co-founder Accelerator Frankfurt.
Accelerator Frankfurt is an international hands-on program focused on getting startups investment and helping with business development. The later stage startups are required to commit at least one week a month during the program in Frankfurt. The four-month program offers startups mentoring and networking by successful serial entrepreneurs, coaching, office space and professional services. We accept web entrepreneurs with the potential to scale internationally. The program focuses on B2B startups mainly (but not solely) from FinTech, RegTech, InsureTech, Cybersecurity, Proptech & Blockchain.
"Fintech and cybersecurity decision-makers are based here in Frankfurt. If you need to sell a product to a large bank, you need to be where the banks are." says Ram Shoham founder and general manager of Accelerator Frankfurt.
To apply for the program starting 25th of September, go to https://acceleratorfrankfurt.com. Email ram@acceleratorfrankfurt.com or maria@acceleratorfrankfurt.com. Follow us on twitter @accelerator_ffm and like us on Facebook.
Maria is ranked top fintech influencer in the DACH region. She is an investor and CEO of monetizationAI, a FashionTech startup. She is an experienced manager with 20 years of in-depth experience in B2B sales and marketing within Europe and Asia where she developed a passion for learning and profitable growth. She is a qualified executive coach educated in INSEAD. She is involved in numerous German, Finnish and Israeli start-ups and invests in SAAS and Fintech startups.
After working with startups for years and running an accelerator program, I can confirm that the key to success is quite simple. Obviously after you read this article, my 'secret sauce' will not be a secret anymore, so why am I writing this? The reason is that what we have built in Accelerator Frankfurt, cannot be built overnight.
Why is cooperation with startups and accelerators an opportunity for the SMEs?
Frankfurt is aiming to win a place as a startups hub in Germany and as a Fintech hub in Europe. Startups are often seen as the disruptors of businesses. The fear is that the use of modern technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Big Data, will make most of the repetitive tasks automated and the people doing them today redundant. On the brighter side the new technologies enable companies find new business models and markets. Big corporates are starting to see the necessity to engage with startups and there are strong reasons why SMEs should do the same.


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This is an excellent vehicle at an affordable price! Top features include leather upholstery, power front seats, heated front and rear seats, and 1-touch window functionality. Under the hood you'll find a 4 cylinder engine with more than 170 horsepower, and all wheel drive keeps this model firmly attached to the road surface.


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Does the EU Have a Foreign Policy?
The EU has a Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), in which member states adopt common policies, undertake joint actions, and pursue coordinated strategies in areas in which they can reach consensus. CFSP was established in 1993; the eruption of hostilities in the Balkans in the early 1990s and the EU's limited tools for responding to the crisis convinced EU leaders that the Union had to improve its ability to act collectively in the foreign policy realm. Previous EU attempts to further such political integration had foundered for decades on member state concerns about protecting national sovereignty and different foreign policy prerogatives.
CFSP decision-making is dominated by the member states and requires the unanimous agreement of all 28. Member states must also ensure that national policies are in line with agreed EU strategies and positions (e.g., imposing sanctions on a country). However, CFSP does not preclude individual member states pursuing their own national foreign policies or conducting their own national diplomacy.
The European Union (EU) is a political and economic partnership that represents a unique form of cooperation among sovereign countries. The Union is the latest stage in a process of integration begun after World War II, initially by six Western European countries, to foster interdependence and make another war in Europe unthinkable. Today, the EU is composed of 28 member states, including most of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, and has helped to promote peace, stability, and economic prosperity throughout the European continent.
The EU has been built through a series of binding treaties, and over the years, EU member states have sought to harmonize laws and adopt common policies on an increasing number of economic, social, and political issues. EU member states share a customs union; a single market in which goods, people, and capital move freely; a common trade policy; and a common agricultural policy. Nineteen EU member states use a common currency (the euro), and 22 participate in the Schengen area of free movement in which internal border controls have been eliminated. In addition, the EU has been developing a Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), which includes a Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP), and pursuing cooperation in the area of Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) to forge common internal security measures.


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Sure, we could have done another generic interview with K-Pop superstars BTS when we caught up with the guys in Las Vegas recently, but what would the fun in that be?
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Meanwhile, the group's incredible success in the United States continues. Their latest single, "Fake Love," just reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week. It's the first time that a K-Pop track has broken the top 10. How high will it climb on the charts? We'll have to wait and see!
"Fake Love," of course, appears on their new album, Love Yourself: Tear. The album just became the first foreign-language LP to top the Billboard 200 in 12 years. You can get your copy (as if you didn't already have it) by clicking here.
Want more from the biggest boy band in the world? Don't worry! Keep checking back because we'll have more from our time backstage with BTS very soon.


GOP senators are urging the president to preserve NAFTA — and hope to get some assurances at the State of the Union.
Forget the stalemate over immigration and spending. Right now, Republicans are most worried about President Donald Trump's trade policy.
Fresh off new tariffs aimed at imported washing machines and solar panels, GOP lawmakers fear a round of tariffs targeting steel and aluminum — or worst of all: a sustained attack on NAFTA and dissolution of the trade agreement entirely. Trump's populist trade policies dominated the Senate GOP's strategy sessions last week, privately eliciting handwringing from the party's large bloc of free traders, according to GOP sources familiar with the matter.
As the White House teases a conciliatory approach for Trump's first State of the Union, Republicans hope he also will offer them an olive branch on one of the most yawning divides between the president and his party.
While most Republicans have fallen in line behind a president they largely did not support in the 2016 presidential primary, many in the GOP are still comfortable taking on Trump when their states' interests are jeopardized. Senate Republicans are now circulating a letter addressed to the president asking him to preserve NAFTA, according to GOP officials on Capitol Hill.
It's a pointed example of the party's lingering divisions under Trump — on an issue where there may be significant action amid an otherwise unproductive legislative year. And it's a reminder that on trade, Trump can largely do what he wants through the executive branch with little recourse from Congress.
The GOP has long been a party of free traders. During the past two years of President Barack Obama's presidency, Senate Republicans labored to pass a bill giving him the ability to quickly negotiate new trade deals. Now they have a president of their own party who prefers to scrap trade deals and slap tariffs on other nations.
Republican sources said GOP senators' disagreements with Trump on trade surface far more often in party lunches than what the president said on Twitter or the chaotic story of the day from within the White House. Senators will often wait to complain about Trump's policies until Tuesdays, when Vice President Mike Pence often visits the GOP lunch, hoping that bending Pence's ear will help moderate Trump.
And in some cases, Trump has listened. His decision to impose tariffs on solar panels wasn't as severe as some senators had feared. And Trump opened the door last week to re-engaging on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a massive deal negotiated by Obama with Pacific Rim countries that Trump rejected shortly after taking office. The Trump administration has also sought to soothe some senators over NAFTA in recent weeks, according to GOP senators.
But some are still wary that Trump's policies in general, like new potential tariffs on steel and aluminum, could lead to major pain in rural America and states that rely on agriculture.
In Ohio, however, Trump's trade actions cut a different way: The state's manufacturers have been struggling to compete with cheap washing machines produced in Asian countries.
The biggest fear is Trump will follow through on his long-held threat to scuttle NAFTA, which could dramatically reshape the global economy and disrupt a number of conservative states that sell goods across North America borders. Many lawmakers believe they would have little ability to stop Trump if he decided to dissolve the trade pact, so they are pressing for Trump to work on improving NAFTA rather than kill it.
"Any agreement that's as old as NAFTA could be modernized or updated. But it's fundamentally sound policy, and a majority of our members believe we need to make it clear we're committed to it," said Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.).
Some Republicans said privately they are confident Trump won't actually pull out of the agreement and is using his threats as a negotiating tactic. Others said they trust his instincts when it comes to forging economic deals.
For Trump, the first step would be to formally notify Canada and Mexico of his intent to withdraw. Such an action would start a six-month clock, at the end of which he could terminate the agreement if he wanted to — though he wouldn't have to.
Some lawmakers said they believe Congress could stop him from withdrawing after the six-month clock expired, but worry that Mexico and Canada would use that time to begin forging new trade agreements with other countries. Plus it would provoke an ugly intraparty feud that would distract from all other issues.
Most Republicans would rather just hear Trump say during the State of the Union that he's keeping NAFTA but working to improve it, rather than entertain doomsday scenarios.
Megan Cassella contributed to this report.


Fill your house with the scent of caramel, toasted pecans and fruity apples.
1) Preheat oven to 180C/Gas 4. Generously butter and flour the bundt pan.
2) Whisk the flour, 300g of the sugar, 1 tsp of the pie spice, the baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, and salt together in a large bowl.
3) Toss the apples with the remaining 55g sugar and 1/2 tsp pie spice and set aside.
4) Whisk the eggs and oil together in another bowl. Whisk in the sour cream, orange zest and juice, and vanilla. Pour the egg mixture into the dry ingredients and stir with a wooden spoon just until combined but still a bit lumpy.
5) Using a slotted spoon, scatter about 1/3 of the apples in the bottom of the bundt pan. Put about 1/3 of the batter on top. Repeat, alternating with the remaining apples and batter, ending with the batter.
1) Stir the sugar, corn syrup, and 2 tbsps water in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat and cook, swirling the pan but not stirring, until the sugar is dark amber-colored caramel, about 15 minutes.
2) Pull pan from the heat and carefully pour in the cream (take care it will splatter).
3) Stir in the pecans, vanilla, and salt. Cool until caramel becomes thick and syrupy, then evenly pour over the cake and cool until set.
Cook's Note: We like to bake this cake the day before we serve it so the flavours and texture ripen. If you bake it a day ahead glaze with the caramel the day you plan to serve it.


Umbilical cord blood is tested and cryopreserved after donation, which makes it readily available. This may provide the best chance of survival for a patient who has a rapidly progressing disease. For such patients, waiting four to six weeks for a donor to be identified, medically cleared and to have cells harvested before shipment to the treating physician may mean losing the battle.
The success of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation from bone marrow and peripheral blood donors is linked to how closely they match the patient. However, those receiving umbilical cord stem cells will do well with a less stringent match. This makes it possible for patients with rare markers related to their racial or ethnic descent to find a suitable unrelated umbilical cord.
Can Every Mother Donate her Child's Cord Blood?
All mothers who are older than 18 years can donate their child's cord blood. However, some mothers may be unable to donate if they do not meet eligibility criteria that are designed to ensure a safe product. You can determine your eligibility using guidelines on the National Marrow Donor Program at bethematch.org/Support-the-Cause/Donate-cord-blood/Learn-if-you-can-donate-cord-blood/.
Remember, the blood is drawn from the cord and placenta after your baby is born and therefore has no effect to your baby. Your personal information is also protected by law.
▪ Donate to a public cord blood bank to be made available to patients who need a stem cell transplant or for research. There is no cost to parents who elect to donate the umbilical cord blood of their baby. However, not all hospitals are set up to collect umbilical cord blood for storage in public cord blood banks, so make sure you ask before delivery.
▪ Store in a private cord blood bank for anticipated need by a family member. These centers are available in many states to collect and store your cord blood product for a fee.
▪ Direct a donation for a family member who has a medical need. Families with a member diagnosed with a condition that may be treated with stem cell transplantation can choose to save their baby's cord blood for directed donation. Collecting and storing cord blood for directed donation is offered at little or no cost to eligible families.
Donating your baby's umbilical cord blood is a big decision. For more information, visit bloodcell.transplant.hrsa.gov/CORD/ and bethematch.org/Support-the-Cause/Donate-cord-blood/Cord-blood-is-changing-lives/.
Martin Andreansky, M.D., Ph.D., is assistant professor of clinical pediatrics and Director of the Pediatric Bone Morrow Transplant Program and Edward D. Ziga, M.D., MPH, is an assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at UHealth – University of Miami Health System. For more information, visit UHealthSystem.com/patients/pediatrics.


Mellott Company's team member commitment separate us from the competition. Many team members have worked for Mellott Company for decades, enabling growth and allowing us to remain an international leader in the aggregate industry.
We sat down with one of our longest tenured employees, Rodney Divelbliss, to discuss his experience working with Mellott Company and how the company has changed over the years. Rodney has been a recipient of our Respect Award in 2016 and Lifetime of Service Award.
Rodney, tell us, how long have you worked at Mellott Company?
What kind of work did you do when you first started at Mellott Company?
I started working on heavy equipment. I really didn't fill out a job application. Forrest had called my house and I called him back and he set up an interview Saturday morning for me to come down and see the place. I was still going to Vale Tech. I probably had three or four months left of school. I met with him and he showed me the shops and quarry at Warfordsburg. He said he'd probably start me out on trucks. And I graduated at Vale Tech on Saturday the 28th and started to work on the 30th of October, 1978. My first morning he took me up with Galen Shaw and there was a 15-ton haul truck sitting there that had a transmission clutch that needed to be replaced. The transmission needed to be rebuilt and that was the first thing I did. Started on that and I worked on heavy equipment pretty much the rest of the time.
You never did any crushing site work specifically?
Oh well, yeah. I mean, if I was out at a job site working on the equipment or if somebody got sick I had to fill in. Yeah, I got some experience. Norm Mellott, was good for, "Hey I need you to do this" whenever he was working on something else. They had their priorities, and I worked on the crushing equipment helping to repair.
What do you do at Mellott Company now? You still do a lot of heavy equipment work and repairing?
Well I don't work on the heavy equipment so much now. They outsource a lot of that work. I rebuild a lot of components and make the hoses. I identify fittings and what they need. I also rebuild, test small components, and anything that needs overhaul. I help with Mellott University to mentor the students from 1 pm to 5 pm. They have two hours' shop time and then two hours of classwork. I follow through with them. I also show them tools, how to use them, and tricks of how you do things to not damage other parts (laughs) and how to put it together properly. Whatever you're working on, you want to do the job right the first time.
Are you kind of the expert that a lot of the Mellott University students and a lot of the young guys go to when they need advice?
Well, I've had a good bit of experience here, (laughs) and I didn't do the same thing day after day. I'd start overhauling an engine, and I might get four or five hours into it, and a phone call would come and I ended up going somewhere. I would work at another job and I might be there for a week. Then I come back and start back where I stopped.
What was Mellott Company like back then versus now? From your perspective?
We did a lot of running. I'd go from New Jersey to Augusta to Georgia. All over. We had a lot of equipment. We had 19-98 B's at one time. I guess it was 25 or 35's running. And we had 22 plants crushing. I'd done the scales for all those job sites also. That was with a monthly scale check. And whenever I went to that job I'd do whatever repair work there was. Check the equipment over. Make a list. Then the next time I went there, I that got addressed. Yeah, it was very, very busy. I usually only talked to Galen Shaw, my supervisor. It was just a couple of people making decisions. He would talk to Paul and Forrest (Mellott) and they would say do it or don't do it. There's a lot more managers now than there was back then.
What about Mellott Company has impressed you the most or been the most consistent throughout your 40 years?
Some of my classmates, they'd work somewhere and say how great of a job it was. But then they'd get laid off and they'd end up going somewhere else. Here, I didn't have to worry what I was going to be doing. There was always work to do.
How do you see Mellott Company changing or any future growth in the company?
Oh it has boomed actually. (laughs) I mean – it's just hard to imagine. It has really, really expanded.
What stands out from the company that you most like? What separates Mellott Company from other companies?
I don't have much experience with other companies. (laughs) It's like you're part of the family here whenever you come here. It's just a total family environment. They respect you for what you do and what you know. You get to help other ones to get to the point where you're at.
Did you feel like there were good learning opportunities? Would they teach you something if you needed to learn it?
Back in the day we didn't do a lot of training. You pretty much learned what you were doing on the job. That held us back some but as long as you could retain that, it was good. Galen was my supervisor and he had a lot of experience. If I got stumped on something I would call him. Sometimes I'd call the dealership and ask for assistance. Right now they have tremendous amount of training which is good. It helps the guys. But, the main thing is to retain it when you learn it.
Any final thoughts or memorable things you want to talk about in your 40 years here?
Whenever I was working, we always tried to have fun. And that made the job go a lot better. The time has flown by though. (laughs) It really has! I always had fun doing the job and definitely enjoyed it.
Mellott Company has been a family owned and run business for nearly a century. If you are looking to get a start on your long term career, apply for a job with Mellott Company. Check out our current job opportunities.


HUNTINGTON, West Virginia -- Authorities say a driver overdosed on heroin behind the wheel and crashed into a police cruiser leading a funeral procession in West Virginia.
The Herald-Dispatch reports that Huntington police say a green sedan ran a red light and struck the cruiser driven by a reserve officer about 3:40 p.m. Saturday. No one was injured and the cruiser was damaged but still drivable.
Criminal complaints from Cabell County Magistrate Court say the driver is identified as a 44-year-old Hurricane woman who told police she'd injected heroin before driving. She was found unconscious and revived with naloxone.
The woman refused medical attention and was arraigned for a misdemeanor DUI charge before being held in Western Regional Jail.
Police Chief Joe Ciccarelli says two passengers in the sedan also were cited for misdemeanors.


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It's done! The last of my Boyne Berries was launched last evening in the Castle Arch Hotel, Trim. It was a most enjoyable function and I was delighted at how well it went and how well those who attended seemed to enjoy it.
Paddy Smith as MC was his usual bright self with plenty of attempts at humour, most of which worked well! He suggested that Fr Sean Henry, who launched the issue might give a general absolution to writers present who do such violence to the English language in the work!
The local PP, Fr. Sean Henry, then officially launched the issue and complimented the group on their work in the community and on the publication of the magazine. He spoke of the importance of the word, of reading and of books and mentioned his own love of poetry. Emily Dickinson is one of his favourites.
Then the readers. A total of seventeen contributors read. As well as the locals they came from Louth, Cavan, Dublin, Longford and Kildare. A great variety of material, prose and poetry and some nice humour as well. Sometimes these occasions see a lot of "serious" stuff read but last night there was plenty of laughs as well.
The night ended with presentations of framed prints of Greg Hasting's cover image to Fr. Henry and to myself as retiring editor. Orla Fay, incoming editor, made some very kind remarks about my tenure as editor and told us how excited she was to be taking over.
Then I was delighted and surprised to be presented with a beautiful Children of Lir by Genesis, Mullingar on behalf of Boyne Writers Group to mark my retirement. Thank you all very much.
Top: Paddy Smith presents the Children of Lir on behalf of Boyne Writers Group.
Middle: Orla Fay presents a framed copy of Greg Hasting's cover image.
Bottom: Sharon Tighe Mooney, Mary Melvin Geoghegan and Orla Fay at the launch.
The latest issue of Boyne Berries magazine will be launched on Thursday 27 March at 8pm in the Castle Arch Hotel, Trim. This is issue 15 of the magazine, which has been published twice yearly by Boyne Writers Group, Trim since 2007. This issue has contributions from various parts of Ireland, the UK and the USA.
This is the last issue under the editorship of Michael Farry, a founder member of the writers group and editor since the beginning. Having successful edited fifteen issues Michael has decided it's time to pass on the responsibility to some one else. Orla Fay from Dunderry, a long-time member and well-published poetry and prose writer is taking over.
The seventy pages of prose and poetry in this issue reflect a wide range of topics. A quick glance at the titles gives a flavour of the variety of the contents: Accordion Lesson, An Existentialist's Wedding Vows, McDonalds Saturday Afternoon, The Snaring of the Snark, The Harpist at the Top of Grafton Street, Loughcrew, The New Curtains and The Hayfield.
A feature of this issue is the number of pieces which deal with ageing and dementia. Andy Jones wonders why he bothers planting an tree – Ten years will see me planted as sure as the Acer, Noel Carey's poem on an old woman, possibly his mother, has the ironic title The dignity of life and Monica Corish titles her poem about a parent dying The Road Rising to Meet You.
There is also humour; a short story, Cathy Conlon's Gran's Shopping Trip, tells of an expedition to Cleary's with Granny to buy a present for her ninety third birthday. Gran proves quite a handful and a misunderstanding about the meaning of the word "wardrobe" results in her getting something she didn't want!
And there is plenty of humour elsewhere in the magazine. Dawn Lowe's science fiction story The Chairwoman involves a female explorer from the planet Chair attending a writers group meeting with hilarious consequences. Louisa Moss from Trim has a short, amusing, cynical gloss on Dorothy Parker's famous lines: Men seldom make passes /At girls who wear glasses. Caroline Carey Finn's story House of Cards is a hilariously whacky account of the first day after a divorce settlement. She held on to the pub!
The passing of Seamus Heaney is marked by a poem from well-known midlands poet, Mary Melvin Geoghegan. Entitled A Response to Hearing Mid-Term Break Again it pays homage to one of Heaney's best-known and best-loved poems. Padraic O'Dowd from Boyne Writers has a poem about the experience of soldiers in the trenches during the First World War, The Enlisted. Margaret Galvin from Wexford writes about donating an item from her wardrobe to charity: My wedding suit is gone off/ in a truck to Belarusse/ among bales of old curtains/ and sacks of wellingtons.
Many of the contributors will attend and read their work at the launch. All are welcome to attend the launch and admission is free. Previous launches have been very enjoyable occasions and have been very well attended.
Boyne Berries 15 costs €8 but will be on sale at a reduced price at the launch. It will also be available in Antonia's Bookshop, and in SPAR, Trim. Copies can be purchased on the group's webpage.
The latest issue of Boyne Berries magazine will be launched on Thursday 27 March at 8pm in the Castle Arch Hotel, Trim. This is issue 15 of the magazine, which we in Boyne Writers Group, Trim, have published twice yearly since 2007.
As with previous issues the publication includes poems and stories by local writers authors and those from far away, first-time authors and well-published authors. This issue has contributions from various parts of Ireland, the UK and the USA.
This is the last issue under my editorship. I felt it was time to pass on the work and the enjoyment to another and I'm delighted that Orla Fay is taking up duties from issue 16. Orla Fay is a long-time group member and well-published poetry and prose writer.
I have enjoyed my years as editor. I've made lots of friends all over the work and was delighted to publish work from new writers and well established ones. It did involved a lot of work, everything from sending out the call for submissions to compiling a print-ready pdf for the printers. I've had great support from the group over the years and am very grateful to have been entrusted with the task.
I've learned a lot during my time as editor - a lot about writing, a lot about submitting to magazines and a lot about writers. I must expand on that at some stage but not at the moment. I have to prepare for the launch on Thursday.
Our launches are usually most enjoyable. We get audiences of between 40 and 60 usually with lots of contributors attending and reading. As well as those who travel long distances from far flung parts of Ireland, Cork and Galway for instance, we have had poets from Canada, the USA and the UK attending and reading.
So I'm looking forward to a good launch on Thursday. Cover of Boyne Berries 15 above, cover image, as for each previous issue, by Greg Hastings.
The afternoon will see announcement of the winners of the Hanna Greally Literary Awards for 2014, entries for which are now being accepted. The closing date is Friday, 10 October. Entries may consist of poetry, prose, short stories (maximum 60 lines or 300 words) on any subject or theme.
I was lucky enough to win this competition last year; picture of presentation by judge, Eleanor McGrath, above.
The annual Ger Hanily Memorial Cup, which forms part of the awards ceremony, will be awarded to the best entry on the theme of Coman's Wood.
The incentives for entrants to this years Hanna Greally Literary Awards, includes cash prizes, trophies and certificates. The overall winner will come away with a €1,000 publishing services package from The Manuscript Publisher, the Irish-based publishing solutions provider. The prize is designed for self-publishing authors and independent publishers. It will result in the winning entrant having his or her book published, in print and e-book format, with full editorial, design, ISBN registration, sales and marketing support.
In the afternoon, a writers workshop with Mario Corrigan will be hosted, on the subject of Writing for Children: Historical and Mythological Adventures.
More information about SiarScéal Festival 2014, including the full Programme of Events and competition entry details for the Hanna Greally Literary Awards, are available from the festival website.
The Munster Literature Centre is reviving its Fool for Poetry Chapbook Competition. Two winners will each have their manuscript published, receive €500 in cash and fifty complimentary copies of their chapbook.
The competition is open to new, emerging and established poets from any country BUT at least one of the winners will be a debutante (with no chapbook or book published previously). 25-50 other entrants will be publicly listed as "highly commended".
Manuscripts must be sixteen to twenty-four pages in length, in the English language and the sole work of the entrant with no pastiches, translations or 'versions'. The poems can be in verse or prose. An entrance fee of €20 will be charged for each manuscript. Entrants may enter more than one manuscript of 16-24 pages.
The winning chapbooks will be published in August 2014 with striking cover designs, ISBNs, barcodes and will be offered for sale internationally through our own website, Amazon and selected independent book sellers.
The winning poets will be considered for the 2015 Cork Spring Poetry Festival programme and have their chapbooks entered for the UK Forward Prize for best poem and anthology. The winners will be selected by a panel chosen by the management board of Southword Editions. Deadline: April 30th 2014.
Two previous winning chapbooks, Done Dating DJs by Jennifer Minniti-Shippey and Never Trust Where a Cat Sits by Irene A. Mosvold, (pictured above) are still available from the centre for €10 post free.
An excellent review of my The Irish Revolution 1912-1923: Sligo in the latest issue of the Irish Literary Supplement, extract above. This is a twice-yearly publication of book reviews of books of Irish interest, founded in 1982. It is published in association with the Center for Irish Programs of Boston College, Massachusetts.
The next volume in this Four Courts Press series of county histories of the Irish Revolution edited by Mary Ann Lyons and Daithí Ó Corráin, Tyrone by Fergal McCluskey, is due to be published very soon. My volume was of course first in the series.
Carolyne Van Der Meer's Motherlode, A Mosaic of Dutch Wartime Experience was recently launched to great acclaim in Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore in Montreal, Canada.
The book is published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Ontario, Canada in their Life Writing series and the publisher's website contains more information and you can purchase copies of the book there.
Carolyne is a friend of Boyne Berries having had poems published a number of times in the magazine and making the long trip from Canada to be at the launch of our special Boyne Berries 10 issue.
Motherlode: A Mosaic of Dutch Wartime Experience is Carolyne Van Der Meer's creative reinterpretation through short stories, poems, and essays of the experiences of her mother and other individuals who spent their childhood in Nazi-occupied Holland or were deeply affected by wartime in Holland.
The book documents the author's personal journey as she uncovers her mother's past through their correspondence and discussion and through research in the Netherlands.
Motherlode also considers mother—daughter relationships and the effect of wartime on motherhood.
Photographs of the launch are by photographer Bassam Sabbagh.
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Ó Bhéal launched the Five Words International Poetry Competition last April. Each Tuesday from April 2013 to January 2014 five words were posted online. Entrants had one week to compose and submit one or more poems that included all five words. A new set of words was posted each week.
Congratulations go to Don Nixon, England, who is the winner of this inaugural competition for his poem, Fado in a Lisbon Bar. Highly commended were Afric McGlinchey, Ireland, for Frozen moment and Janet Lees, England, for A boy of six thousand parts.
Among the nine poets shortlisted was Boyne Writers Group member Tom Dredge for his poem The Choice. Well done Tom!
These winning, highly commended and shortlisted poems will appear in Five Words vol VII, to be launched at Ó Bhéal on Monday the 14th of April, along with an award presentation and readings from available contributors.
Windows Publications in association with Cavan Crystal announce details of their 22nd National Student Poetry Competition 2014. Adjudicated by Heather Brett & Noel Monahan.
Entries will also be accepted on line as well as by post and from individual students as well as school entries. For email entries please send to: heatherbrett22@hotmail.com or by post to Windows/Cavan Crystal Poetry Competition, Cavan Crystal Hotel, Dublin Rd. Cavan, Co. Cavan, Ireland on or before Friday 18th April 2014 (Extended closing date) Please state which category you are entering.
Award ceremony will be held in Cavan Crystal Hotel on Sunday 25 May at 3pm. It is a condition of the award that prize winners must present themselves at the ceremony before a prize can be awarded.
Junior Category-Open to all students throughout Ireland and the U.K. in primary or national school education or equivalent.
Senior Category-Open to all students throughout Ireland and the U.K. in second level education or equivalent.
Irish Language Category - Open to all students between 10 - 18 years of age.
The Irish National Teachers Organisation (INTO) is proud of its tradition in supporting the Arts and were privileged to share the company of one of our most eminent poets Séamus Heaney at the Consultative Conference on Education in Athlone in 2011.
Heaney was involved in the education of undergraduate teachers as a lecturer of English in Carysfort College of Education, Blackrock, Dublin, in the 1970s and early 1980s. There is a video of Seamus Heaney reading his poem Valedictory Verses at the INTO Consultative Education Conference in 2011 on this page..
In honour of his memory the INTO, in collaboration with Poetry Ireland, is launching a poetry competition for members. All members, North and South, are eligible to submit a poem.
Entries are limited to one poem per member, which can be in Irish or in English. Closing date is 31 March 2014. The decision of the judges is final. The winner will be announced at Congress 2014. The INTO will publish the winning poem in the union's publication InTouch.
All entries must be accompanied by an entry form and posted to Poetry Competition, Áras Vere Foster, 35 Parnell Square, Dublin 1.
Download entry form in PDF format or Word format here.
The INTO and Poetry Ireland will appoint an adjudicator to judge all applications. There will be a prize of €300 for the best poem in English and the best poem in Irish, in addition to an option of spending some time in the Tyrone Guthrie centre in Annaghmakerrig.
Just back from a busy two days in Galway - busy but very enjoyable. The Over the Edge on Thursday evening was great. A very large crowd in the library to hear Kate Ennals, Alvy Carragher and myself read our work.
In fact Alvy performed her poems and did so very impressively. Her material was great and the delivery excellent, making it an extremely hard act to follow.
Fifteen minutes is the perfect length of time to read I have decided. It's short enough to make you choose your poems very carefully, plan everything to the second and avoid digressions. I read a mixture, some from Asking for Directions and more recent ones, including one just finished.
Kevin Higgins was a great compere and the audience, over 60 I think, was very responsive as you expect from a Galway audience. The fact that the library closes at eight o'clock concentrates all the readers. The open mic was, as usual, great with a fantastic variety of material.
Late evening I attended the launch of the latest issue of Crannóg and the presentation of the WOW! Awards. The Crane Bar is a more intimate venue and the upstairs room was crowded. Again great readings. Crannóg 35 is a fine production, congratulations to the editorial board, Ger Burke, Sandra Bunting, Jarlath Fahy and Tony O'Dwyer.
James Harrold, Galway City arts officer, presented the WOW! 2014 awards and the anthology was on sale and can be purchased on the website. Congratulations to the WOW Award winners and runners up. Full list is on on the Wordsonthe page website.


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Q: Mac browsers seem to swallow initial CORS XHR preflight request I have a very simple CORS-enabled Node.js web server running on another machine in my office. I set it running on port 8080.
If I send it, as an initial request, something that triggers a preflight (such as a request with content-type application/json), it will fail, but only under very specific conditions:

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*The server is running on port 80 or 8080. Any other port works fine.

*I'm sending the request from a Mac (OS X 10.8.5). No matter if I run the server on the local machine or a separate Windows machine, same effect. If I run the server on my Mac and make the request from my Windows machine, it works fine.

Here's the code I'm using to send the request:
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open('GET', 'http://myserver.domain.com'); // NOT the real URL of course...
xhr.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json'); // Triggers the preflight OPTIONS request.
xhr.send();

Very simple. No bells nor whistles, but for some reason, if I run that request on a Mac, the browser seems to swallow the OPTIONS request before it's ever sent. I receive no indication it was ever received by the server, and the browser console displays a (relatively useless) error. All three major browsers (Chrome, Safari, and Firefox) display the same behavior.
Other colleagues with similar Macs have tried this as well with the same results, so it doesn't appear to be specific to my machine in particular.
I thought it may be an issue with my server, because I tried the same against a well-known CORS-enabled API server (namely api.github.com) and that worked just fine. However, I've run it against 2 completely different server applications locally with the same results.
CORS response headers seem fine - as I said it works perfectly if I send the request from a Windows browser. Also, if I initially send a non-preflighted request, subsequent preflighted requests also work fine.
I thought it may be an issue with running the server or client on "localhost" or "127.0.0.1", but I've also run both using their hostnames with the same results.
There's no SSL involved, everything is cleartext over HTTP.
Has anyone ever seen this sort of behavior before, specific to Mac browsers?

A: Found the answer to my own question.
Cisco AnyConnect client for Mac appears to cause problems with CORS requests.
Tipped off by this: Computer Blocking CORS OPTIONS Request I uninstalled it and now everything works perfectly.
The commenters on my question were onto it, but I hadn't suspected VPN software would cause this sort of issue when it was, y'know, not running.
UPDATE
Apparently reinstalling it without the Web Security module will solve the problem.
http://www.bennadel.com/blog/2559-Cisco-AnyConnect-VPN-Client-May-Block-CORS-AJAX-OPTIONS-Requests.htm


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The Yahoo XP group has been having a fairly heated debate about the term "refactoring". When you refactor, do you change the behaviour of your code, or not? I decided to go have a look on dictionary.com, my ever-ready friend, for a definition.
To figure in: We factored sick days and vacations in when we prepared the work schedule.
For me, that implies that the thing associated with the factoring in changes as a result of the new information.
We associate the root "fact" with "making things", like factory. So sometimes I think of "refactor" as "remake", which usually implies that there was a flaw in the original, or some new requirement, necessitating the remake. That means changing the behaviour.
I guess if you have a "refactoring phase" or you explicitly separate the idea of tidying up the code from remaking it, you might want to insist that refactoring shouldn't change any of the code. I don't think of refactoring as a process, and I haven't found "refactoring phases" useful except as a smell that I'm not doing it enough as I'm going along. I just change things to put new behaviour in, so any "refactoring" I do is usually accompanied by a change in the code.
Refactoring techniques, though, are important tools that mustn't change the behaviour of my code, because otherwise I won't be able to control the explicit changes which I'm trying to make. I guess that's where I see the confusion coming in. Refactoring isn't a process. It's just another tool, or a set of them, which lets me maintain my relationship with my code. My relationship with my code involves legibility, maintainability and predictability, and that particular behaviour should never change.
The 'factoring' in re-factoring refers to how something is made up. For example, 12 can be (6 + 6) or (4 + 4 + 4). Refactoring the code is changing it from two 6s to three 4s.
That makes sense; I wondered where the original use (ie: non-behaviour-changing transforms) came from. Aren't words fun?
The 'factoring' in re-factoring refers to how something is made up.
For example, 12 can be (6 + 6) or (4 + 4 + 4). Refactoring the code is changing it from two 6s to three 4s.
I did not participate in the XP list discussion, because it was… well… heated though insignificant. But as a side note, the use of the word refactoring to refer to a behavior-preserving transformation, this use probably is similar to "remake." That is, we have something, it does what we want, but it doesn't do it exactly the way we want it to. So let's remake it, to do the same thing but by a different method.
The etymology of language can be funny, and you can't really rely on it to determine the meanings of words. Look at the word bar, for example. It refers to a long, straight, rigid piece of solid material, thus to a horizontal structure at which lawyers used to serve. The word remains in a related sense, even though the physical bar is lost in history. Also, a bar is a counter (a "bar") on which drinks are served as well as an establishment containing such a bar. All these senses of bar are related.
Now, I do something I call "refactoring." It involves changing the structure of code without changing its behavior. As a professional, I only refactor in order to improve the design, and then only if I expect that improvement to pay off immediately. Also, I tell whether or not the behavior has changed by running the tests. Ancillary behaviors may in fact change, but as long as all tests still pass, including manual tests, I consider the refactoring to be sound.
Sure. I think of refactoring techniques, and I do also think of refactoring phases in the same way – as behaviour preserving.
Unfortunately, my behaviour-preserving transform and their behaviour-preserving transform have just collided in merge to completely change the behaviour of the system, dammit. This happens so often that I think the idea that refactoring can, and sometimes will, change the behaviour of a system – and that I need to be aware of that, and watch out for it – is important. More so than arguing about the definition of refactoring, or whether a refactoring phase should be purely about maintaining behaviour, etc.
More often than not, the change helps anyway. This time it didn't, and it took me an hour to track down.


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Following the recent Junior Summer League Forum, I am pleased to present the finalised details for the Skelmersdale Junior Summer League at JMO Sports Park.
The League will take a small sided format which is recognised as the best way to develop players' basic skills and games will be played on Sunday Mornings starting on Sunday 2nd June 2012. The league will be run as a preseason league with teams playing at the age group for the new season (ie 2012/13) they are about to take part in. In order to accommodate all age groups, games will be set up as follows;
Team Sizes, Pitches, Match Durations and Fees will be as follows:
Under 7's and 8's – 6 a side on enclosed 7 a side pitches – 30 min games - £12 per team per game
Under 9's and 10s – 7 a side on enclosed 7 a side pitches – 40 min games - £15 per team per game
Under 11's and older – 9 a side on a third of a full size pitch – 50 min games - £17.50 per team per game
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How Quebec's Charter Can Bring Canada Closer Together
The divisive PQ secularism initiative in fact provides our national leadership with a valuable opportunity to invite Quebecers to engage with all other Canadians in a broader debate -- one that brings us together to confront the challenges of the 21st century and build a country that matches our highest aspirations for the future.
Deborah Coyne constitutional lawyer, activist
The proposed Charter of Quebec Values is rightly recognized both inside and outside Quebec as a cynical ploy by a weak sovereigntist government to create an issue that may help divide Quebec from Canada.
Playing to a shrinking base, the PQ tries to define "secularism" as a distinctive Quebec value, versus "multiculturalism" as an alien Canadian value that is undermining Quebec society. This, of course, creates a false debate -- because all Canadians support a secular liberal democracy where we reasonably accommodate our differences.
We are building one of history's most fascinating, diverse and cosmopolitan societies. And yet, Canadians have yet to have a national debate about the essence of Canada.
In 1982, when our Charter of Rights and Freedoms was adopted, we settled for a threadbare, placeholder preamble that is almost laughable: "Whereas Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law."
For better or for worse, politicians at the time did not consider it possible to have the kind of extended debate needed to write something more inspiring. No one is entirely clear as to how this particular wording came about. Fortunately, given the fundamental principle of the separation of church and state, constitutional scholars and judges generally accord little or no legal meaning to it. Indeed, Pierre Trudeau is on record as stating at the time that "I don't think God gives a damn whether he's in the constitution or not."
Whereas the Charter is now viewed as a model for many other nations, the preamble is not surprisingly considered only a quaint curiosity. So, while South Africa's 1996 Constitution certainly reflects a Canadian influence, it opts for a stirring preamble starting with "We the people of South Africa..."
A national debate around a new constitutional preamble is long overdue. We need an inspiring and inclusive preamble that accurately describes our great nation, that celebrates our diversity and what we share in common, and expresses our collective aspirations for our future.
A new preamble would also address the constitutional recognition of Quebec as a distinct, free and democratic society such as in accordance with the principles of both the Canadian and the Quebec Charters, and with a unique contribution to Canada's constitutional identity. Most federalists in Quebec, including the Quebec Liberal Party leader, Philippe Couillard, advocate the further recognition of Quebec's distinctiveness in some way in the Constitution before a vote in the National Assembly in Quebec endorsing the 1982 Constitution Act. Such a vote is not legally necessary, but is certainly politically desirable.
With all Canadians engaged in drafting a new preamble, the effort at constitutional change would be a unifying force, not a divisive one. To maximize success, however, we must recognize two lessons from recent constitutional debates. First, it can be confusing and unmanageable to undertake multiple constitutional reforms at the same time. Linking different reforms can be unprincipled and deprive people of a chance to decide each on its own merits. So a new preamble should be addressed separately.
Second, the Constitution belongs to the people of Canada, who must be consulted directly with respect to all significant reforms by way of referendum, a constitutional convention established with the 1992 Charlottetown referendum. If discussions do proceed simultaneously on different subjects, there should be a separate referendum question on each.
Seen through this lens, the divisive PQ secularism initiative in fact provides our national leadership with a valuable opportunity to invite Quebecers to engage with all other Canadians in a broader debate -- one that brings us together to confront the challenges of the 21st century and build a country that matches our highest aspirations for the future.
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