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Givi Targamadze (born 23 July 1968) is a Georgian politician in the United National Movement. An ally of Mikhail Saakashvili, Targamadze was one of the leaders of the United National Movement and the 2003 Rose Revolution. He served as Defense and Security Committee Chairman of the Georgian Parliament from 2004 to 2010, a period marked by tensions with Russia and a brief 2008 war over the breakaway province of South Ossetia.

On 5 October 2012, the Russian channel NTV aired a documentary titled Anatomy Of A Protest 2, which claimed to show secret footage of Targamadze meeting with Russian opposition activists Sergei Udaltsov and Leonid Razvozzhayev to plot the overthrow of President Vladimir Putin. Targamadze and Udaltsov both claimed that the documentary had been faked.

Role in "color revolutions"
He is closely allied with President Mikhail Saakashvili, and in 2003, was one of the leaders of the Rose Revolution which forced the resignation of long-time president Eduard Shevardnadze, allowing Saakashvili to assume the office. He also traveled to Ukraine during the 2004 Orange Revolution, in which Viktor Yushchenko assumed office following an annulled presidential election found to have been fraudulent, and to Kyrgyzstan during the 2005 Tulip Revolution, which overthrew President Askar Akayev. In March 2006, Belarus accused him of a role in "an alleged election-day terror plot aimed at overthrowing the government", a claim the Associated Press described as "widely dismissed as scare tactics".

Defense and Security Committee Chairman
From 2004 to 2009, Targamadze served as Defense and Security Committee Chairman of the Georgian Parliament, during which time he frequently criticized the Russian government and military. In August 2004, Targamadze showed footage to journalists of Russian military forces moving to the border of the disputed territory of South Ossetia, a breakaway Georgian province that had declared independence. He called for a greater Georgian military build-up in response, calling Russian aggression "evidently unavoidable". In March 2005, he urged the Georgian government to develop a plan "to prevent any movement on Georgian territory by Russian servicemen" if Russia failed to withdraw from its two remaining military installations on Georgian territory. In May, following a unanimous vote by the Georgian Parliament to force the closing of the bases by 2006, he warned that Russia would face sanctions followed by more severe measures if it failed to withdraw.

In July 2005, Targamadze accused Russia of "taking a direct part in an internal conflict in Georgia" through as many as 120 military intelligence agents on sabotage missions. In November, Russia initially denied him a visa to travel to St. Petersburg for a Commonwealth of Independent States meeting, causing the Georgian delegation to boycott the gathering. When the Russian State Duma banned Georgian and Moldovan wine imports in April 2006, Targamadze described the decision as "revolting".

In April 2008, when Russia stated that it would consider military action if Georgia came into conflict with South Ossetia and Abkhazia, another breakaway province, Targamadze condemned the statement as "aggressive" and "a direct threat to Georgia". Following an unsuccessful August war in South Ossetia, in which Georgian troops had been quickly repulsed by Russian forces, Targamadze headed negotiations for the release of Georgian prisoners. In November, when Erosi Kitsmarishvili, a former Georgian ambassador to Russia, testified before a parliamentary committee that Georgia had been responsible for the war, Targamadze threw his pen at the man and had to be restrained from attacking him.

Targamadze joined his party in November 2007 in criticizing former defense minister Irakli Okruashvili, who accused Saakashvili of corruption after leaving office. Targamadze described the remarks as a "ploy" by opposition candidate Badri Patarkatsishvili. Later that month, he announced that the government was suspending the broadcasts of pro-opposition television stations Imedi and Kavkasia as part of a state of emergency declared by the president.

Anatomy Of A Protest 2
On 5 October 2012, Russian pro-government news channel NTV aired a documentary titled Anatomy Of A Protest 2, which accused Russian opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov, Udaltsov's assistant Konstantin Lebedev, and Leonid Razvozzhayev, a parliamentary aide to Russian opposition MP Ilya V. Ponomaryov, of meeting with Targamadze for the purpose of overthrowing Putin. The documentary purported to show a low-quality secret recording of a meeting between Targamadze and Russian activists, which NTV stated had been given to its staff "on the street by a stranger of Georgian nationality". The Investigative Committee of Russia (SK) stated it had found the footage to be genuine, while bloggers debated its validity, stating that at least one fragment of footage was used twice with different voice-overs. Targamadze stated he had not met Udaltsov, and dismissed the video as "propaganda" without further comment. Razvozzhayev attempted to apply for asylum in Kyiv, Ukraine through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, but was allegedly kidnapped and returned to Moscow. Udaltsov, Razvozzhayev, and Lebedev were subsequently charged with plotting riots, carrying a potential ten-year prison sentence.

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1968 births
Living people
Members of the Parliament of Georgia


1948: Awarded Life Membership of the East Fremantle Football Club.
1988: Inducted into the Western Australian Institute of Sport's Hall of Champions.
1995: Inducted as an inaugural member of the Fremantle Football Club's Hall of Legends.
1997: Selected in the East Fremantle Football Club's Team of the Century.
1998: Inaugural Inductee of the City of Fremantle's Sporting Wall of Fame.
2000: Selected in the West Australian Newspaper's Team of the Century.
2002: Inducted as a Member of the Australian Football League's Hall of Fame.
2004: Inducted as a Member and Inaugural Legend of the West Australian Football League's Hall of Fame.
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Interview | Questions & Answers With Sophia Shy
Sophia Shy is on my list of the hottest female DJs in the world! I had the pleasure of doing a short interview with the artist so that she can update us about the current course of her music career. Nowadays, electronic music isn't just for boys anymore. Through the years, she has proven that her DJ sets make the crowd go wild. Her winning attitude and charisma have led her to be a favorite among DJanes in Canada and USA. Learn more below.
1 — Thanks for your time. Let's talk about your latest single "Feel It". What was the inspiration for this track?
The inspiration was because of the Bass House sound. Raw vocals. Some power and funky rhythm lines.
2 — Definitely, I think your vocals sound amazing on this tune. How do you take care of your voice?
I stay away from hot sauce and over talking especially when prepping to record. And good warm-up tracks to sing to or exercises.
3 — What did you first learn: singing or music production?
Singing! I loved only that for so long. Then I started writing then came DJing and Producing 3 years ago!
4 — As an artist, have you experience a transition towards your current music style?
Oh yes! Times have changed but I love the way it used to be. Strong melodies catchy vocals true music production. It's less effort now.
5 — How different and similar is "Feel It" from your previous dance hit "You And I"?
A little less melodic. But funkier bass. Sassy soul vocals. "You & I" was more graceful in my melody riffs.
6 — What famous DJs would you love to remix it?
Wow. Hard one. Malaa music, Patrick Topping, Don Diablo… Too many!
7 —Is there any specific song you're listening to right now on repeat?
Yes. BLOCK & CROWN! You got the body! Old track but so good! Remixed so well.
8 — What keeps you motivated into making electronic dance music?
The industry. Dance music has hope and it's here to stay. Every genre needs dance music. It's a strong conversion between the original track and remixes.
9 — What can we expect from Sophia Shy in 2019?
In 2019, I'm hoping to perform in different places. Open for some special event festivals and new tracks.
10 — Finally, do you have plans to perform your music live before the new year?
Yes. Expected to play NYE 2018. Secret place. LOL. 😄
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Discover more about Minneapolis-based artist, Roman Non aka stAlkid here! Personally, I think he brings a new kind of energy to the world of Triphop. Be sure to listen to "Dreams In The Witch House", an interesting track that evokes a spooky/mysterious feeling. There's no doubt, his signature sound is distinctive and original, and you'll like it!
1 – You've been composing songs since…
I've been writing songs since I was 14 years old when I got my 1st guitar.
2 – You got involved in the music realm because…
It's the life I've always wanted.
3 – Your sound is…
My sound is dark, emotive, and mysterious.
4 – Your biggest inspiration is…
My biggest inspiration is every song I've ever heard.
5 – Fans should listen to your new single "Dreams In The Witch House" because…
It's my 1st track and its a well-rounded representation of my sound.
6 – If you want to know who stAlkid is, listen to the track…
"Dreams in the Witch House".
7 –Your most memorable career moment so far has been…
My most memorable career moment thus far, is probably my 1st show, which I'm about to play tomorrow so I guess it hasn't happened yet.
8 – Your dream is…
My dream is to play shows and release music for people that vibe with my songs, simple as that.
9 – Your next release is called…
My next release is my debut album, 'Spooky Tunes, for Lovers and the Dead'.
10 – Your all-time favorite track is…
My all-time favorite track is either "Something About Us" by Daft Punk or "Woodland Cathedral" by Wolves in the Throne Room.
11 – Your favourite place to write songs is…
My favorite place to write songs is in solitude.
12 – If you weren't an artist you'd probably be…
If I weren't an artist I'd probably be dead.
13 – You'll only stop making music if…
I will only stop making music if I die.
14 – In a few years, you want to be…
In a few years, I want to be more powerful than I am now.
15 – What are you doing for the rest of the day?
For the rest of the day, I'm practicing magic.
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UK DJ and Producer Joe Hawes has been working his way to being a firm figure in the Future House scene. Living and breathing all things music from a young age, Joe's natural talent for drumming led to him developing a love for creating all sorts of rhythms and beats. He has gone on to release some major hits such as "Shakin" and "Always". Having played some major clubs and festivals we decided to catch up with Joe for a quick short fire round.
1 — "Nowhere" or "Shakin"?
"Shakin".
2 — Big Room or Future House?
Future House all the way!
3 — Drumming or DJ'ing?
Oooh, that's a tough one but I would say DJ'ing.
4 — Originals or Remixes?
Originals.
5 — Clubs or Festivals?
Festivals, you just can't find an atmosphere like it.
6 — Big nights out or chilled nights in?
Big nights out!
7 — Ibiza or Miami?
Ibiza, never been to Miami… yet.
8 — UK music scene or US music scene?
US music scene.
9 — Melodies or Basslines?
Melodies.
10 — Don Diablo or Martin Garrix?
Don Diablo.
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Prior to the album release, John Glenn Kunkel aka The New Division shares with us full details about this fresh project. Lovers of electronic music, New Wave, and Synthpop are the proper target audience that will enjoy 'Hidden Memories'. Get all the facts down here!
1 – Thanks for your time, why did you pick 'Hidden Memories' to be the title of your album?
It's a bit of a running joke at this point but I normally don't approach songwriting with any concrete meaning. I like to pick words that go well together and sometimes that ends up making sense but other times it doesn't. When I look back at any song I've written I always feel like that process of word picking ended up being something I meant to say deep within my subconscious. I chose the title 'Hidden Memories' because when I write songs, I know I'm trying to make meaning of a certain nostalgic feeling, even though I'm not fully aware of what that emotion is. My 'hidden memories' are in the songs I write, and within a year from now, those songs will take me back to what I was feeling when I wrote them and shine a new light on other past memories.
2 – What were the three most important aspects you took in mind during the recording process?
Given that I wrote this album over two years, it's hard to say. I know that I wanted to go back to my older sound back from the 'Shadows' era (my first LP). I also wanted to blend melodic techno, synth-pop and indie rock as much as possible. I knew from the start that this record had to sound slightly different but I also wanted to preserve the "new division" feel without compromising my own sound.
3 – Is your sound influenced by vintage bands or 80s classics?
I'm not sure its really influenced by either. I'm really more influenced by whatever I'm currently listening to which can be a wide range of music. No doubt, I'm a huge fan of Depeche Mode, New Order, and all of those classic new wave era bands, but I also really appreciate a lot of dance music. I think my inspirational 'anchor' sits with creating music that's very melodic but also has a dark tone.
4 – Do you admire the work of any contemporary artist these days?
Most definitely. I mean the list is quite endless as there's so much good music being put out every day. It'd be hard to pinpoint anyone down specifically but I generally admire what everyone else is doing, within the style/influences I mentioned earlier. It's a really interesting time to be alive music-wise because everyone's sort of doing their own thing without much care as to whether or not it will be successful – people are just making music because they understand it's fun and it's a great outlet for pleasure.
5 – Analog synths or digital synths, what did you use on this album?
90% digital synths no doubt. I love analog synths but a lot of times I'm starting songs out of a coffee shop or outside the studio. It'd be great to have the time and resources to tweak with analog gear, but I just kinda prefer to sit in front of a computer and load something with two clicks, do a couple of sound choices and call it a day.
6 – What's your most favorite track on 'Hidden Memories'? Why?
"Ride" is probably my favorite song because it was one of the last ones I wrote and it really tied the album together. I feel like even though this record doesn't really have a 'narrative arc,' sonically that song just brings everything together.
7 – What's one thing you want listeners to take from this album?
I'm not sure I've really thought about that too much. I just hope they like it and can feel what I felt while I wrote the songs. Euphoric!
8 – Are you planning to release a music video or a tour in 2020?
Yes, there's a tour likely happening in the fall of 2020 and potentially a few overseas dates although nothing is confirmed at the minute. Music video-wise, there's one coming out when the album releases but no plans for any others at the minute.
9 – What about remixes?
Yes! Super excited that we'll be releasing loads of remixes this year from a lot of talented artists.
10 – Finally, do you believe all your new songs carry a tangible message?
Not really. The message is whatever it makes the listener feel. Whatever I do is open to interpretation, as far as I'm concerned!
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Vargo Knowles aka VK da General is a name in the urban music industry set to shine in 2020. Hailing from the Bahamas, he talks with us about his recent single "Top Of The World", which was recorded by two of the best producers in NYC. Moreover, this interview will give you a better insight into his artistic career. Discover more down here.
1 – First of all, can you describe your music style?
With my style of music, I talk about "real life" situations, the good, the bad and the ugly.
2 – Is it true you started your music career as a Reggae artist?
No, I never was a Reggae Artist, always a Hip-Hop Artist. But I do love Reggae and the whole dancehall vibe.
3 – How did you find your way into Rap and Hip-Hop?
Growing up I always listened to the Notorious BIG, the way his lyrics flow got my attention, and I was on the chubby side, so listening to him and seeing him perform, made me felt like the sky was the limit, and I could be on a stage performing for thousands of people.
4 – What's the most unique aspect of your lyrics?
The most unique aspect of my lyrics is my wordplay, the way I line up my punch lines to make people say "wow, did you hear what he said".
5 – Who would you like to dedicate your track "Top Of The World" to and why?
I would dedicate "Top Of The World" to all the underdogs, everyone who started from the bottom, because once you dream it, you could achieve it, there are no limits.
6 – What's your favorite line/verse?
My favorite verse is when am naming some of the great men who came from humble beginnings and made history, achieving what many deemed impossible.
7 – Can you share with us any funny anecdote while shooting the "Top Of The World" video?
I honestly can not think of any funny moments while shooting the music video. Overall it was a very dope/ great experience.
8 – Who would you like to collaborate with in the future?
There are so many great artists I would like to collaborate with, like Jay Z, Rick Ross, Drake, Rihanna, Beyoncé, Chris Brown, Meek Mill. I would like to collaborate with Davido, with that Afrobeat, Popcaan with the dancehall twist. That's just to name a few.
9 – Can you give us more information about your next single or projects?
Well, we have already recorded a number of songs, with 2 of the best producers in New York Budda and Grandz and our aim is to promote one single after the other. We are in the process of planning a US tour.
10 – What are 3 things you couldn't go a day without?
I can't go a day without Praying, spending quality time with my 3 sons/kings and writing lyrics.
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California-based music project, The Golden Coast shares with us all the details of their debut album, 'Elevenses'. Combining organic and electronic sounds, all the eleven tracks feel like a hypnotic delight to the ears. Scroll down in order to discover more about it, but make sure you play the album from start to finish for the best listening experience.
1 – First of all, why is your debut album entitled 'Elevenses'?
Elevenses is a small morning snack break, typically some sort of sweet bread or pastry served with coffee or tea around 11 am. While the origins of "elevenses" as a type of meal appears to be European, this album is deeply American, so I used Homer Simpsons' pink donut for my album art to emphasize those cultural roots.
This album for me is all about the psychology of play and reward, the sweets or metaphorical carrots that get us through a long day at work, and the nature of reality. Can we choose or create our experience? Humans often try to get themselves or other people to do stuff with incentives, usually because they are envisioning a future state with a different experience than the one they have right now. If I work harder I'll get that promotion. If I run faster I'll wear smaller pants. That desire for a different reality, a different experience, makes humans do a lot of crazy stuff. Or at least it looks crazy from the outside.
There is a dark and a light side to reward. We can be hijacked by our natural human reaction to pleasure and reward of any type. Or we can understand our reaction to these enticements and design our own experience.
2 – What led you to choose an electronic music style?
I've always been attracted to electronic music. Some of my earliest memories are of my father getting his first Mac Plus and the whole family gathering around and driving him nuts while he tried to install DAW software, probably Pro Tools, which took hours. I remember the first time he got a Yamaha keyboard. My mind was blown by the sounds that it could make. I would just listen to the sample songs on repeat. His interest was always in simulating the real instruments, so he was measuring everything against its comparison to the "real thing", but I was attracted to the electronic sounds, the artificial stuff was really attractive to me on its own. I didn't need it to be anything else. I've learned a ton from hip-hop and trap about weaving together both organic and more synthetic sounds to create a coherent space with both. For me, hip-hop was like finding the answer to a question you've had for a long time.
3 – What is the inspiration behind this material?
I work as an experience designer in Silicon Valley. I am fascinated by the challenges that we encounter in experience design as we work to understand what people want and how they experience the world. The farther you dig into the nature of "reality" you realize that experience design is all happening within the individual. I fell down a rabbit hole this year studying the nature of experience, how we can control and design experience and what influences the reality that we individually encounter. This album is my attempt to design emotional experiences that let the individual listener attach their narratives, their reality framework, to the work. Ideally, they can use this music to make the world they want to live in.
4 – Do you have any favorite track?
"Eight". But every time I listen to the album I hear something different in a track that I hadn't quite heard in that way before and I'm surprised, even though I made them.
5 – How long did it take you to finish your debut album?
Twenty years or a week, depending on how you slice it. I had some time off this year and was able to focus on music, but nothing quite gelled. Towards the end of the year, I had another ten days off and this time around everything just clicked. These songs came together quickly and formed a cohesive unit, the timing was just right. I guess I had learned enough about the nature of reality to be able to design what I wanted.
6 – Is your music designed to stimulate listeners' imagination?
Definitely. Primarily. I'm very interested in what listeners bring to the music. The songs can be both open and very layered, and I'm interested in seeing what people bring into that open space.
7 – How much importance do you give to UX Design in your music project?
It's a strong facet of the project. I am very interested in the philosophical aspects of experience design. What is the nature of reality in which we are designing, because that's pretty relevant if you want to make something that actually works. What drives us? What incentivizes us? Do we live in a purely materialistic world or is there more than meets the eye? Elon Musk's favorite theory is kind of wacky, but once you start to examine the scientific frameworks and chase down the logic, the idea that we might live in some type of hologram or matrix doesn't seem that far out. And it opens up a world of possibilities in designing your own experience, charting your own path.
Homer's pink donut is a nod to the inherently artificial nature of the work experience in America. In Silicon Valley, the drive to succeed and chase sweet rewards, and the dark results that can produce, is particularly pronounced.
8 – Is anonymity an important factor as artists?
I think anonymity is useful because we are associative creatures. The less detail I provide about myself, the more the music becomes what people need it to be for them. We can bias experience when we saddle things with a bunch of associations.
9 – What elements are part of your visual identity?
I bring a lot of pink into my visual identity. I like pink because it can be a little jarring and scary but is also quite rewarding in the right combinations. It's a surprisingly polarizing color and people attach a lot of unnecessarily gendered associations with it. Out here on the west coast, the light quality will often take on this amazing pink hue at sunset that is just intoxicating. It is a magical experience. And the pink donut is so American, and so associated with the idea of work.
10 – Lastly, are you going to release a music video or a live performance anytime soon?
I'm collaborating on a dance video with the Desi Hoppers, the 2015 winners of World of Dance. I'm hoping to release that in the next two weeks.
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FPH members win The Queen's Award
FPH members win Queen's Award following success of innovative sexual health service, SH:24
Dr Gillian Holdsworth and Dr Paula Baraitser have today been given the Queen's Award for Enterprise for SH:24, the London sexual health provider that the pair co-founded in 2015.
Since it was introduced, testing rates in Lambeth & Southwark have doubled and there has been an 8% reduction in STI rates. It's also led to an estimated £500k saving to the local sexual health economy.
The award recognises the not-for-profit's innovation through its free online STI testing and support service, which makes it easier for people to get tested for the four most common sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in London. Free test kits, information and advice are provided 24 hours a day and the service is quick, discreet and completely confidential.
Co-founders Dr Gillian Holdsworth and Dr Paula Baraitser collected the award at a royal reception at Buckingham Palace along with people from the other 230 organisations announced nationally as winners of the prestigious business award.
Dr Gillian Holdsworth said: "We are very honoured to have received The Queen's award for Enterprise for SH:24. We initially developed and launched SH:24 (with the support of the Guy's and St Thomas' Charity) in Lambeth and Southwark, which had the highest STI rates in England. The service aimed to address sexual and reproductive health need in an area with insufficient capacity – but also to meet the growing demand for easy, hassle-free STI testing with clinical support.
"Our free STI home sampling kits can be used at home, without the need to spend time finding and attending an appointment, particularly in areas where the free NHS services are unavailable or oversubscribed, which has led to an 8% reduction in STI rates in the local area.
"But our legacy goes beyond hyperlocal impact. We have extended the reach of the service and are currently commissioned in 18 regions across England, launching soon in Germany. We also take a shared learning approach to our work and have published some of the most important research papers in the last 18 months, to change clinical practice."
To find out more about SH:24 go to www.sh24.org.uk or follow them on Twitter @sh24_nhs.


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Bessemer Updates Its Cloud Index
Morning Markets: Bessemer, a venture firm, has updated its cloud-focused market index in concert with Nasdaq.
Earlier this week Bessemer, a well-known venture crew, announced several updates to its Cloud Index. The new tool has useful features like real-time updates, but it has shed some of its usefulness along the way.
Index 1.0
The index was a tool that helped Crunchbase News understand private companies, private companies on their way to going public, and public companies—all at the same time.
The original index tracked a basket of public, cloud-centric software as a service (SaaS) companies. It provided quick updates on the market's feelings towards a number of tech's growing players.
At a glance, the index could tell you if investor sentiment was rising or falling for public cloud companies, many of which were still firmly in their growth era. Even more, the Index helped this publication keep tabs on startups that worked in SaaS or cloud areas.
If the index went up—stretching certain financial metrics that private and public investors track—we could infer that fundraising activity for analogous startups was likely to be warm. Also, higher valuations for public cloud and SaaS companies also trickle backwards into the private market. This impacted companies that later needed to go public, as sometimes their public valuation could leave reality, setting up later fundraising and pricing issues for the startup.
The new Cloud Index, properly known as the "BVP Nasdaq Emerging Cloud Index," tracks a slightly amended set of companies.
Per Bessemer's own words, here's how it was changed:
"There are a number of companies in the BVP Nasdaq Emerging Cloud Index that were not part of the BVP Cloud Index due to the new index's refined eligibility requirements. For example, Adobe is included in the initial index given that it has masterfully transitioned to a cloud company, and 2018 cloud IPOs DocuSign, Dropbox, Zuora, and Zscaler have been included as well. Additionally, given the partnership with Nasdaq, we believe the new benchmark will be even more reflective of the sector's performance as the index will be calculated on an equal-weighted basis and employ Nasdaq's index maintenance and rebalancing standards."
Don't worry about the phrase "equal-weighted." It just means that each company's stock in the index has the same impact on the basket as any other. As a result, larger, more valuable companies don't carry more heft.
Now here is the good and the bad.
The good: The new Cloud Index updates in real-time. This is useful for you and I as it means that we don't have to wait for bi-monthly updates to the Bessemer-provided chart.
The bad: Bessemer previously provided a set of useful metrics for the collected companies, such as cash flow and next year's revenue divided by current enterprise value. Those figures were laid out with median, and mean numbers, and more. Now those features are gone. Now Bessemer nor the Nasdaq list the figures.
So now we have a far better cloud and SaaS public market pulse; however, the financial summations we will have to do ourselves. Nothing in life that is worth having is free. Or perhaps that's not true, but it applies in this case.
We've cited the original index just a few times over the past few quarters and expect to keep it up. Happy charting, everyone!
Illustration: Li-Anne Diass
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Fish's John Dragseth Quoted in Law360 Article, "What Attys Need To Know About The High Court's 3 IP Rulings"
Nevertheless, the decision is likely to prompt many arguments by litigants that the board engaged in behavior that the Supreme Court suggested merits appellate review, though the Federal Circuit will be wary of accepting them, Dragseth said.
"The Federal Circuit has to be worried that if they find some sort of due process violation in an inter partes review, the next day, their mailbox will be filled with claims of due process violations," he said.
To read the entire article from Law360 published on June 21, 2016, click here.


U.S Department Of Housing And Urban Development (HUD) requires buyers sign a Consumer Notice advising them to get ahouse inspection in addition to a house appraisal before purchasing a house with a FHA mortgage. Additionally, HUD now allows homebuyers to include the costs of appraisal and inspection in their FHA mortgage.
We take our inspection reports seriously. Every inspection is a complete and thorough analysis of all the major systems and components in the home. The report includes a clear description of what we've found with any problem areas noted, so you can easily identify them. Our inspectors also provide a free telephone consultation after your inspection.


Understanding and Living Successfully with Dementia – Open and free to all who are interested. This event will be conducted by Jill Lorentz, President and Owner of Summit Resilience Training, Inc., Dementia Education for Caregivers and will provide families and caregivers with strategies and techniques to help them feel understood and to relieve stress to enjoy life while caregiving. The sessions will be held at Colorado Mountain College Vail Valley (Edwards campus) on March 27th and 28th. Session details on the flyer below and please RSVP by March 20 to healthyaging@eaglecounty.us or (970) 328-2607. — in Eagle, Colorado.


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Mirelly Taylor is known for her performance in the ABC's series "LOST" playing Isabella Alpert, Nestor Carbonell's wife. Appearing in both worlds, the old and the new, as both his young wife who died of Yellow Fever in the 1800′s and as her ghost reappearing in her husband's modern day world. Her performance created quite a buzz for this young actress who made an impression on the die hard "Lost" Fans.
That role led to terrific parts in series such as FX's "Terriers," and A&E's/Happy Madison pilot "Big Mike" and also landed her a couple of key lead roles in films coming out soon, such as the western genre film "Hot Bath an' a Stiff Drink," a classic western tale of revenge, where she plays a bad-ass sharp shooting bank robber opposite Rex Lynn ("CSI Miami,") William Shockley ("Dr Quinn Medicine Woman,) and Tim Murphy ("Sons of Anarchy.) She is currently shooting the sequel reprising her role.
She also stars in the film "Roswell FM," a quirky romantic comedy, playing a radio-show host focusing on the paranormal, opposite Brendan Fehr ("Roswell") and Jason London. The film has been creating an indie cult following in film festivals, landing Mirelly a Best Actress nomination at the Hill Country Film Festival 2014.
At the end of 2012 she also appeared in "Elf-Man" the top kids Christmas comedy on REDBOX opposite Mackenzie Astin ("Iron Will") and Jason (Wee-Man) Acuna.
Mirelly was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco MEXICO to a mother finishing her last year of medical school, trying to make a better life for her and her family. Shortly after, her mother moved them to Tijuana where she started a free clinic, which thrived for many years before moving them to Texas when Mirelly was 11. Since the age of three, Mirelly has loved performing. She was always involved in theatre and would jump up on any stage that would have her. She graduated with honors and went on to study at SMU in Dallas, TX where the acting bug kept biting at her and she decided to pursue it full time, starting out by enrolling herself into a 2 year intensive conservatory for actors.
She soon found herself appearing in films like "Serving Sara," with Elizabeth Hurley, Matthew Perry, and Amy Adams, "Hollywood Homicide" with Josh Hartnett and "Down with Love " with Ewan McGregor. And she kept going, landing lead roles in "Kiss Me Again," with Jeremy London and Elisa Donovan, and cult classic "The Prodigy."
But it was her lead performance in the powerful and controversial film "Beyond Honor" that garnered her rave notices. The New Yorker commented that her character was "the emotional center of the film," "fiercely incarnated by (Taylor) a brave and inspired actress." Variety concurred in saying that "Taylor creates a heart wrenching portrait of Greek proportions."
Her notable theater work includes regional productions of "Les Miserables" as Eponine, "The Rainmaker" as Lizzy, "The Odyssey" as several characters, "Pillow Talk" as Meche, "The Spell" as Katherine, "8 Reindeer Monologues" as Blitzen, and "Senora Tortuga" as Leticia. She also toured nationally with Kids WB show for a year.
A multidimensional artist, Mirelly elevates her career in all facets and mediums. She sang lead vocals for Knockturn'al's music video directed by Brad Furman, and guest starred on many TV shows which include "Numb3rs", "PunK'd', "Las Vegas", "Crash", "CSI:NY," and more.
Mirelly continues to work on her craft coaching at Ivana Chubbuck Studio, Lesly Kahn Institute, Lee Strasberg Institute, and Morong Aquila Studio, to name a few. She has studied with personal coaches and continues to do so today. She studied many years with Allan Miller, acting coach to many legendary actors such as Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Barbra Streisand and more.
Mirelly looks for challenging roles that allow her to work in areas that are not comfortable and have wide range. Her work stems from playing millionaire spoiled brats all the way to brutally abused victims. She hopes to continue to work and is grateful to each and everyone that has supported her in her career.
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Q: Python per-seat license protection I would like to create a per-seat licensevalidator for my python application. The python code is compiled. The goal is to prevent the costumer from sharing the application across his company.
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*I will create a signature of the hash-string (license key file) and send the signature back to the user

*The application reads the hash-string and validates it against the signature

Maybe there is already a middleware solution?

A: Python is an interpreted language. That means decompiling of your code is always possible and relatively simple to do (using e.g decompyle). And as a result any protection mechanisms you'll implement can be easily turned off. So:

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Cedar Shoals High ROTC cadets raising money for D-Day trip
Cedar Shoals High School's ROTC unit has been asked to represent their school, the state and the country on June 6, when the French town of Sainte-Mere-Eglise will stage a parade and other events to mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day.
The village of about 1,600 people was one of the first towns liberated from Nazi Germany's soldiers after Allied troops landed in the June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion.
But the cadets in the Jaguar Battalion have a steep hill to climb before they can make the trip.
The unit is considered one of the best in the state, but Athens is also one of the poorest cities in the country, and many of the cadets are from families with low or modest incomes.
Cedar Shoals High School has a poverty rate of 82 percent, said Lt. Col. Eric Cleveland, the retired Army officer who is Senior Army Instructor at the school.
They're trying as a group to raise the about $90,000 to make the trip.
Members of the 260-strong Cedar Shoals cadet corps have sold discount cards, attended events to ask for help and solicited donations in other ways.
So far, they've got about $22,000 in donations, fundraising income and pledges.
Cleveland and 31 cadets, the number who have signed up to go, hope they can raise the rest soon. They're going to have to buy airline tickets in March, he said.
Organizers of the French observances say at least 25 must come in order to march in the D-Day parade. Cedar Shoals is the only Georgia high school asked to participate.
Those who go will spend eight days and six night in France. The tour package includes hotel accommodations, two meals each day, bus transportation, tour guides and entry to world-famous places including the Louvre museum and the Eiffel Tower.
The cost, Cleveland said, is nearly $3,000 per cadet or chaperone - $1,578 for the tour package and airfare of about $1,289.
"A lot of these kids have never traveled anywhere. Their whole world consists of their neighborhoods," Cleveland said. "To get them out of Clarke County, out of Georgia, to a different continent and different country, it will open up their eyes to a whole new world of opportunities they've never even imagined."
Donations can be sent to Cedar Shoals High School, ATTN: JROTC, 1300 Cedar Shoals Drive, Athens, GA 30605.
For more information, including information about tax deductions, contact Cleveland at (706) 546-5375, ext. 21461,or at clevelande@clarke.k12.ga.us
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Kong: Skull Island – Film Review
Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L Jackson, Brie Larson
by Roger Crow
We didn't need another King Kong movie 12 years after Peter Jackson gave us his bum-numbing three-hour epic. That featured some of the ropiest CGI and most stomach-churning scenes I've seen in a mainstream monster smackdown.
However, the makers of Godzilla have a plan: they revamp the classic old radiation-born lizard one year; wait a while; resurrect the king of all monster movies and then team them up for the ultimate smack down.
But first we have Kong: Skull Island, the two-hour epic which sees SAS veteran James Conrad (Tom Hiddleston striking heroic poses in a tight tee shirt). His surname obviously a nod to Joseph Conrad, author of Heart of Darkness.
"Looks like it has been edited in the dark with garden shears"
He's teamed with a small army of US soldiers and assorted experts sent to investigate mysterious goings on before enemy forces do. Thrown into the mix is Mason Weaver (Brie Larson), a likeable photojournalist and one of the few speaking women in the movie; obsessed military man Preston Packard (Samuel L Jackson); John Goodman, adding gravitas to the proceedings as Bill Randa, one of the team who get the mission green-lit, and countless military and money types who may as well walk around with VICTIM stamped on their jackets.
The whole thing is brisk, snappy and looks like it has been edited in the dark with garden shears. There's barely a chance to build up any tension before another poor soul has met their fate at the claws or jaws of another monster predator.
But let's start at the beginning. After a Second World War-set intro when two opposing soldiers face off on a rock on that isle of mystery, we are given another Godzilla-style intro: fast cuts, and flashes of information before things jump to 1973 Vietnam and the assorted members of the mission are assembled.
"Roller coaster sense of fun"
We know what a couple of them do because the tools of their trade are shown in close up. Thankfully it's a gimmick that isn't pursued for long. The influence of Apocalypse Now (inspired by Conrad's Heart of Darkness) is so obvious in its scenes and one advertising poster that I'm amazed it wasn't crowd funded by a Francis Ford Coppola fan club. But if you're going to lift inspiration from somewhere, lift it from one of the best war movies ever made.
Following the Army's squad of helicopters through an electrical storm, in which Sam Jackson spouts the sort of rousing dialogue probably polished by an uncredited Quentin Tarantino, we emerge in the Jurassic Park-style land that time forgot. Had a Doug McClure lookalike turned up with a U-boat full of extras as a homage to those creaky 1970s fantasy movies involving plastic dinosaurs, I would not have been surprised. Oh, and there's no end of classic pop tracks to keep things moving and give us a reminder of the era.
What Kong: Skull Island gets right is that roller coaster sense of fun. Yes, it's nonsense, but those assorted films with prehistoric creatures and daring explorers have been the staple of books and cinema for centuries, and they're not about to fall out of fashion any time soon. Dan (Nightcrawler) Gilroy was one of the writers, and while some of the dialogue is so-so, the creature effects by ILM are mostly terrific.
"An engaging B-movie with a great cast"
The nightmarish skull-headed lizards are gloriously creepy, and it's hard not to feel for the star every time he takes a bullet or a bite. I'm glad Kong isn't shipped off to the States for yet another New York-set finale. We've seen enough of those in previous incarnations, though arachnophobia-sufferers be warned: one scene is bound to give you nightmares.
While the cast is rounded out by Toby Kebbell and Richard Jenkins, John C Reilly chews the scenery as the obligatory crazy character with the big bushy beard who offers valuable exposition. Even Woody Harrelson's lovably bonkers character in 2012 might suggest he dial it down a bit.
Is it the best film of the year? No, but it is an engaging B-movie with a great cast and some wonderful action scenes. I don't emerge from the cinema feeling short changed, but I do wonder whether 'Godzilla vs King Kong' will be a let down on a par with Batman vs Superman when it finally sees the light of day in a few years.
Obviously it'll pop up on DVD, Blu-ray and download in a few months, but like all Kong movies, this is best seen on the big screen with a decent sound system. Watching on your phone will diminish the impact by 95 per cent.
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3 hurt in Roseland drive-by shooting
Someone in a black SUV opened fire in the 8800 block of South Princeton Avenue, Chicago police said.
By Sun-Times Wire Jan 6, 2022, 11:31pm CST
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Three people were wounded in a shooting Thursday night in Roseland on the South Side.
About 8:40 p.m., someone in a black SUV opened fire in the 8800 block of South Princeton Avenue, Chicago police said.
A woman, 41, was sitting in a parked vehicle when she was struck in both legs, police said. She was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in serious condition.
A man, 50, was struck in the arm while walking on the sidewalk, police said. He was taken to the same hospital in good condition.
Another man, 20, suffered a gunshot wound to the face while standing in the doorway of a home, police said. He went to the Little Company of Mary Medical Center in good condition, police.
There was no one in custody.
Teen boy among 2 shot in West Pullman
A teenage boy was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center in serious condition, Merritt said.


Ohio FFA Camp Muskingum, 3266 Dyewood Road SW, Carrollton, will host the Great Backyard Bird Count from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 18.
Participants will tally the number and kinds of birds they see and may count for as long or short of a time frame as they please. The camp offers varied habitats such as lake front, forest, and open fields. Bird watchers can choose from many outdoor and select indoor locations on the 200-acre camp. All ages and abilities are welcome. The camp requests that participants age 15 or younger be accompanied by an adult.
Tally sheets, instructions and suggestions of possible bird watching locations will be available. The sheet totals will be entered by the camp, or individuals who are members of EBird can use the camp as their birding site. The camp also will have binoculars available for a deposit fee. Hot chocolate, tea and coffee will be provided.


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Kerala Class 12 Student Accused By Minor Girl Of Raping And Impregnating Her Gets Bail After Negative DNA Test Report
The police said investigation is still on in the matter as there was one more accused in the case who is absconding.
The minor girl, who was hospitalised, gave a statement against the 18-year-old man
Updated: 30 Aug 2021 10:18 am
A class 12 student, arrested in June after a minor girl accused him of raping and impregnating her, was released on bail by a court in Kerala's Malappuram after the DNA test result came in favour of him.
The Police have said that the investigation is still on in the matter as there was one more accused in the case who is absconding.
The 18-year-old student and his parents have sought a detailed investigation to identify the culprits involved in the crime.
"I was picked up from my home at midnight. I was taken to the police station where I came to know about the charge. However, I asked for a DNA test as I was sure that I have not done any wrong," the youngster said.
The police said he was picked up after the minor girl who was hospitalised, gave a statement against him.
"She gave the date of the incident and the location, which is apparently his house. She gave the statement against him to the doctor, woman police officers and a statement to the magistrate under section 164 of the CrPC," police said.
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Cuomo bros feel the heat after gushing love-fest segment glosses over nursing home travesty
June 25, 2020 | Robert Jonathan | Print Article
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Chris Cuomo of very fake news CNN has concluded that his big brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is the best politician in America. In a surprise to absolutely no one who's had the misfortune of watching his nightly anti-Trump rants on Cuomo Prime Time, Fredo also finally admitted that he'll "never be objective."
On Wednesday night in yet another bro-fest, the younger Cuomo — who likes to make things up –heaped praise on his brother for the way he handled the coronavirus outbreak, this despite the governor sending COVID patients into nursing homes, reportedly resulting in thousands of fatalities.
"I hope you are able to appreciate what you did in your state and what it means for the rest of the country now and what it will always mean to those who love and care about you the most. I'm wowed by what you did, and more importantly, I'm wowed by how you did it. This was very hard. I know it's not over.
"But obviously I love you as a brother, obviously I'll never be objective, obviously I think you're the best politician in the country. But I hope you feel good about what you did for your people because I know they appreciate it. Nothing's perfect, you'll have your critics. But I've never seen anything like what you did and that's why I'm so happy to have had you on the show. And I hope you know that."
CNN Anchor Chris Cuomo to his brother, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo:
"I'm wowed by what you did… Obviously I'll never be objective. Obviously I think you're the best politician in the country… but I've never seen anything like what you did."
This passes for "journalism?" pic.twitter.com/SsjSWUS47O
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) June 25, 2020
Charles. C.W. Cooke of National Review perhaps put it best in reacting to this latest interview. "It remains astonishing that CNN thinks it's appropriate for the governor of New York—who has presided over more than ten times as many deaths as Florida, a more populous state—to be interviewed as a matter of course by his own brother. And now this."
Despite massive medical mobilization by the Trump administration including an unprecedented and streamlined public sector-private sector partnership. they both predictably threw shade on the federal response.
In a further form of extreme irony, both Cuomos also congratulated each other on being truth-tellers of all things.
Earlier in the interview, relying on a lot of word salad, the Democrat governor ducked responsibility for the thousands of nursing home deaths even though he ordered the transfer from state hospitals. About 4.000 COVID-positive patients were reportedly sent to nursing homes in New York.
The Cuomo-on-Cuomo love didn't escape the notice of, among others, FNC meteorologist Janice Dean, whose in-laws both tragically died of the coronavirus while in nursing homes.
The luv guv's brother did ask about the nursing home deaths, but @NYGovCuomo rambled on and blames everyone else for his mistakes. @ChrisCuomo "forgot" about the order that forced Covid patients into homes that had his brothers name on it. pic.twitter.com/0xguu7wLDu
— Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) June 25, 2020
That mask can't help with all the lies you're covering up pic.twitter.com/FoLPGH3VMw
I'm actually impressed he brought the nursing home deaths up! I think it's a first on @CNN. But, not surprised about the horrible answer and the zero follow up.
Many other social media users determined that the Brothers Cuomo act is wearing thin. Here is just a sample:
@CNN #CNNisFakeNews has some Conflict Policy (Not) for the #Fredo twins – who are both awful at their day jobs. Chris very existence is based on his last name – given how horrible he is at his job unless u compare him to stelter or lemon. andrew wouldn't be gov without mario
— Robert Johnson (@RobertJ92623620) June 25, 2020
Chris Cuomo interviewed his brother Andrew Cuomo, Gov. of NY & he finally asked him about the fatalities (7,000) & he still didn't take responsibility for putting sick people in w/ healthy people. Harry Truman is the only Dem I know of who said the buck stopped with him.
— Robert Wells (@RobertW71454460) June 25, 2020
Coronavirus fear porn. As long as Andrew Cuomo doesn't put you in a nursing home you should be okay.
Anybody remember when Chris Cuomo had the coronavirus and the worst thing he had was a tummy ache?
— Geral Hammonds (@GeralHammonds1) June 25, 2020
He is definitely the best at killing the elderly.
— Karmen Rose (@KarmenRose1991) June 25, 2020
He murdered our grandmothers and grandfathers by purposefully seeding nursing homes with COVID-19 patients. We have suffered more than any other state, and it isn't even close. He frankly belongs in prison.
20,000 elderly. Murdered.
That's your brother.
— Elihu Yale Sold Slaves (@ScalitoPundit) June 25, 2020
Your brother sent sick Covid patients to nursing homes where they infected and killed thousands!! of seniors. Until he admits his mistake, I hear nothing.
— HappyGirl (@JL42789377) June 25, 2020
Mr. Propaganda over here interviewing his brother the governor. #pathetic journalism-img going on at #cnn
— JustJen (@JenZillion) June 25, 2020
Fact : He forced nursing homes to take covid patients , instead of using the provided temp hospitals President Trump provided
— Kdawg42 ⭐⭐⭐ (@Kdawg421) June 25, 2020
#CNN has no ethics and has long ago abandoned any pretense of being news. It is a propaganda arm of the Democratic Party.
— Fafman (@Realfafman) June 25, 2020
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Jonah Girand's path to the NCAA baseball tournament had more movement than a knuckle ball.
The 23-year-old Florida catcher started at nearby Santa Fe College, left after one season, returned home and took a job in retail. He was away from baseball for a year before ending up at another junior college near Orlando.
He started playing again, got his associates degree and reached out to Florida coach Kevin O'Sullivan last spring.
His timing was impeccable. The Gators were losing starting catcher Mike Rivera and backup Mark Kolozsvary, and in need of some depth.
"I just thought he maybe could be a good bullpen catcher," O'Sullivan recalled.
Girand turned out to be a lot more. The junior stepped in for injured captain JJ Schwarz (hand) last week, homered three times in four games and was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Gainesville Regional. He also caught two first-round draft picks, right-handers Brady Singer and Jackson Kowar.
Girand likely will be behind the plate again this weekend when overall No. 1 seed and defending national champion Florida (45-18) hosts Auburn (42-21) in one of eight best-of-three super regionals. The winner advances to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.
For Girand, getting to Omaha would be another trip on his unpredictable journey.
Girand began his college career at Santa Fe in 2015. After failing to hit his weight in 19 games, the 6-foot-2, 200-pounder returned home to the Orlando area and got a job. It didn't take long for him to realize he would rather deal with curveballs than customers.
He revved up his workouts, put out some feelers and traded in his name tag for a jersey number. He landed at Seminole State College in nearby Sanford.
"It sits in the back of your mind as to whether or not you're going to get back to it," Girand said.
Playing big-time college baseball was still Girand's goal, even after hitting .256 in 39 games with the Raiders in 2017.
So he contacted O'Sullivan, who had seen Girand play in high school and in summer leagues. Girand figured it was a long shot, but O'Sullivan needed help.
Girand flashed potential during fall practice, but was buried on the depth chart behind Schwarz and highly touted freshmen Cal Greenfield and Brady Smith. It stayed that way through much of the season, with Schwarz starting 45 games behind the plate. Greenfield started eight, and Smith five.
Girand spent his time in the bullpen.
He got his chance after Schwarz took a ball off his right hand in the final regular-season series at Mississippi State last month. Schwarz broke a bone in his hand and would miss several weeks, at the very least.
In the Southeastern Conference Tournament, O'Sullivan made a gut decision to start Girand over Greenfield and Smith. Girand doubled in his first at-bat as a starter.
Girand made O'Sullivan look great in the regional.
Girand homered in each of Florida's first two games, the second one a solo shot that turned out to be the winning run against Jacksonville. He was at his best with the team's season on the line.
Trailing 2-1 against Florida Atlantic in a win-or-go-home finale, Girand delivered a towering, two-run shot to left that put the Gators ahead for good.


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Q: Regex for username that allows numbers, letters and spaces I'm looking for some regex code that I can use to check for a valid username.
I would like for the username to have letters (both upper case and lower case), numbers, spaces, underscores, dashes and dots, but the username must start and end with either a letter or number.
Ideally, it should also not allow for any of the special characters listed above to be repeated more than once in succession, i.e. they can have as many spaces/dots/dashes/underscores as they want, but there must be at least one number or letter between them.
I'm also interested to find out if you think this is a good system for a username? I've had a look for some regex that could do this, but none of them seem to allow spaces, and I would like for the usernames to have some spaces in them.
Thank you :)

A: So it looks like you want your username to have a "word" part (sequence of letters or numbers), interspersed with some "separator" part.
The regex will look something like this:
^[a-z0-9]+(?:[ _.-][a-z0-9]+)*$

Here's a schematic breakdown:
           _____sep-word…____
          /                  \
^[a-z0-9]+(?:[ _.-][a-z0-9]+)*$             i.e. "word ( sep word )*"
|\_______/   \____/\_______/  |
| "word"     "sep"   "word"   |
|                             |
from beginning of string...   till the end of string

So essentially we want to match things like word, word-sep-word, word-sep-word-sep-word, etc.

*

*There will be no consecutive sep without a word in between

*The first and last char will always be part of a word (i.e. not a sep char)

Note that for [ _.-], - is last so that it's not a range definition metacharacter. The (?:…) is what is called a non-capturing group. We need the brackets for grouping for the repetition (i.e. (…)*), but since we don't need the capture, we can use (?:…)* instead.
To allow uppercase/various Unicode letters etc, just expand the character class/use more flags as necessary.
References

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*regular-expressions.info/Anchors, Character Class, Repetition, Grouping

A: Although I'm sure someone will shortly post a 1 million lines regex to do exactly what you want, I don't think in this case a regex is a good solution.
Why don't you write a good old fashioned parser? It will take about as long as writing the regex that does everything you mentioned, but it's going to be much easier to maintain and read.
In particular, this is the tricky part:

it should also not allow for any of
  the special characters listed above to
  be repeated more than once in
  succession

Alternatively you can always do a hybrid of the two. A regex for the other checks ([a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9 _-\.]*[a-zA-Z0-9]) and a non-regex method for the no-repeat requirement.

A: You don't have to use a regex for everything. I find that requirements like the "no two consecutive characters" usually make the regexes so ugly that it's better to do that bit with a simple procedural loop.
I'd just use something like ^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9 \.\-_]*[A-Za-z0-9]$ (or the equivalents like ::alnum:: if your regex engine is more advanced) and then just check every character in a loop to make sure the next character isn't the same.
By doing it procedurally, you can check all the other rules you're likely to want at some point without resorting to what I call "regex gymnastics", things like:

*

*not allowed to contain your first or last name.

*no more than two consecutive digits.

and so forth.


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Belgium found itself in a very unenviable position upon the outbreak of World War II. Geographically and demographically small it was faced with powerful warring factions on three sides of its borders. To the south east was Nazi Germany who had instigated the war through its annexation of territory in the east. To the south west was France with whom the Belgian's shared a common ancestry and to the north west over a small strip of water was Britain. Like so many nations, Belgium suffered a form of national post-traumatic stress disorder after the First World War and so became determined not to repeat the horrors it suffered when war loomed once again. The Belgians therefore took the position of declaring itself neutral in Europe and as such had little part to play in confronting Hitler's ambitions in 1939.
Almost invisible in the grand scheme of things throughout the 1930s, the country walked a rather fine line in maintaining its neutrality not wanting to show preference to one side or the other even if many of its citizens rightly feared the Nazis. In order to emphasize this point the Belgians took a very dim view on any of its neighbours who might try to violate its territory intentionally or accidentally and this was dramatically highlighted on the 9th September 1939. It had been a little over a week since Germany had invaded Poland prompting Britain and France to declare war in response. For the small and relatively poorly equipped Belgian air force, the Aeronautique Militaire, it meant constant patrolling to ward off any unwelcome visitors that might threaten the country's neutrality and drag the country in to the war.
Just a short distance over the water at RAF Driffield in Yorkshire the men of No.102 Squadron, Bomber Command, with their Armstrong-Whitworth Whitley bombers were taking off for their third mission in to Germany. Much to the frustration of most of the crews involved the mission was not to drop bombs on a strategically vital target but to litter the Ruhr area with leaflets. These leaflets delivered propaganda messages encouraging the German people to either rise up in revolt against the brutal Nazi dictatorship or commit acts of passive resistance such as refusing to work in the arms factories. All involved in this effort questioned its usefulness. The Germans appeared to be holding all the cards with Britain and France apparently powerless to stop Germany from decimating Poland. Hitler had not only restored German pride but had developed an almost cult following from his people so why on Earth would they listen to a propaganda letter dropped in the night by the RAF encouraging them to rise up against him?
What the operations did do however was give the crews valuable experience in flying at night on an actual operation and this would be put to good use when bombs finally replaced the useless leaflets. In the early hours of September 9th the Whitleys began their massive 'littering' exercise over the industrial Ruhr. In all the squadron had helped drop nearly 60,000 such leaflets on the three operations it had carried out over the previous week and with their bomb bays now empty they began to turn for home. One thing the RAF had learned very quickly in those early operations was that their night flying ability was woefully inadequate for the job at hand thanks to a combination of obsolete training and a lack of suitable navigation aids. In the early operations this often meant that instead of a stream of bombers going in to a target area together they often arrived in dribs-and-drabs if they arrived at all. Many simply got lost and headed for home without ever seeing the target.
As the sky behind them began to singe in to an orange colour with the rising sun the crews of three Whitleys from No.102 Squadron began to suspect that as well as being separated from the main force they had also strayed off course in a northerly direction – in to Belgium. This was bad news because as well as violating international law by carrying weapons (in this case their defensive machine guns) over a neutral country they also risked being interned by the Belgians should they be forced to land or bail out. Strictly speaking; if they were intercepted over Belgian territory then they would be required to land or else the Belgians would have the legal right to shoot them down.
At around 0600hrs, as the crews tried to find their location using landmarks for reference in the early morning light, Whitley K8985 piloted by Flying Officer William Cogman was spotted by a Fairey Fox and a pair of Fairey Firefly IIMs (not to be confused with the Royal Navy's Fairey Firefly of a few years later; the Belgian Fairey Firefly IIM was a single seat development of the two-seat Fairey Fox built in Belgium by Fairey Avions). The biplane fighters swooped down on the Whitley with the intention of forcing it to land. In order to signal their intentions the lead Belgian fighter fired a spray of bullets ahead of the bomber. For the bomber crew this was their first taste of aerial combat and they mistook the warning for an attack.
The bomber's gunners defended themselves and fired a spray of bullets in to the lead Fairey Firefly IIM causing its engine to cough and spit. Realizing his aircraft was doomed the Belgian pilot took it down and force landed while his two wingmen now attacked for real. The fighters and the bombers exchanged fire for several seconds until the tail gunner of the Whitley scored a succession of hits on the Fox resulting in the aircraft becoming uncontrollable and the two crew bailed out. The Whitley had not come off entirely unscathed however and with one Firefly remaining the crew decided to surrender. The surviving Firefly escorted the Whitley to the airfield at Nivelles where both the aircraft and the crew were interned.
Meanwhile more Belgian fighters had stumbled across one of the two remaining Whitleys and were attempting to force it down as well. The crew were having none of it however and the tail gunner opened fire on two Fairey Fox VI biplane fighters. The lead Fox broke off its attack but the tail gunner then turned his weapons on the second aircraft causing fatal damage to the control mechanism. Once again its Belgian crew were forced to abandon their aircraft and the remaining two Whitleys escaped out of Belgian territory leaving behind three destroyed Belgian fighters and one interned Whitley.
It is a miracle that no one was hurt in the engagement but the damage to Anglo-Belgian relations was immediate if short lived. The British government offered to compensate the Belgians for their lost aircraft (reputedly by supplying Boulton-Paul Defiant turret fighters) but the deal was rejected because of the fear that it would show favouritism to the British and encourage German aggression. The RAF tried to amend its operating principles in the wake of the incident and indeed these seemed successful with only a small handful of accidental incursions occurring over the coming months including an incident where an RAF Hawker Hurricane landed in Belgium only for its pilot to literally run back across the border to France rather than be interned.
If Belgium was truly neutral in those early months of the war it certainly didn't seem like it as 1939 gave way to 1940. The Luftwaffe frequently violated Belgian territory, far more than Britain or France ever did, and the Belgian air force fought numerous battles with their German counterparts until May 10th 1940 when Hitler dropped all pretence that he was going to honour Belgium's neutrality and his forces smashed through country in a classic Blitzkrieg. The interned Whitley K8985 was destroyed by the Germans on the ground at Nivelles but by then its crew had long been repatriated.
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A really interesting blog post. Thanks very much.
It always amazes me how a country can simply declare itself neutral and expect no one to walk through it. Clearly it didn't work here! Very interesting to read.
I remember this post. It was very interesting to read.


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How 'schools not prisons' became a favorite rallying cry for criminal justice reformers
Razor wire surrounds Solano State Prison in the rolling hills near Vacaville.
(Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
By Melanie MasonStaff Writer
April 23, 2017 12:05 AM PT
Reporting from Sacramento —
A bill winding its way through the Legislature proposes a creative way to fund early childhood education: imposing a tax on companies that do business with California's prison systems.
A tax on the "privilege" of such contracts, as Assemblyman Tony Thurmond (D-Richmond) puts it, is an unorthodox policy prescription. But by directly tying the state's incarceration system to its education programs, Thurmond is treading familiar political territory.
The slogans vary: "Books not bars, "schools not prisons," even "educate not incarcerate." The messengers range from former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to the rapper Jay Z. Increasingly, the rallying cry for prison overhaul is linked to education.
"There's a natural nexus," Thurmond said. "The fact that we pay so much for prisons — if we had spent just a portion of that on education, we would've prevented so many people from being incarcerated."
Social science has consistently found data on education achievement — particularly drop-out rates — to be a strong indicator of who ends up behind bars.
The benefits extend to early childhood programs. A University of Chicago study released in December found that low-income children enrolled in high-quality child care programs tended to commit crime at a lower rate as adults.
"The research shows early investment is a better, more sound, more humane, more cost-effective investment. I just think that's a fact," state Sen. Holly Mitchell (D-Los Angeles) said.
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Other factors, such as income, mental health and substance abuse, all figure prominently as drivers of crime. But schools, like prisons, are a major budget item for the state, making it convenient to compare the two.
"For Californians, the quality of the public education system has been a concern for a long time," said Lenore Anderson, executive director of Californians for Safety and Justice, a nonprofit group advocating an overhaul of the criminal justice system. "It is front and center on the minds of voters that there are better things that we can do with this money."
The idea that corrections and schools were in competition for scarce state dollars was embraced by Schwarzenegger, who grappled with prison overcrowding during his tenure.
"What does it say about our state — about any state that focuses more on prison uniforms than on caps and gowns? It simply is not healthy," Schwarzenegger said during his 2010 State of the State address.
Schwarzenegger proposed an amendment to cap prison spending relative to higher education, but that soon fizzled. And while California has substantially reduced its inmate population under the order of a federal three-judge panel, state spending on corrections hasn't similarly declined.
Thanks to the healthy state economy, "funding for education has improved as well as funding for prisons. We were able to have our cake and eat it too in this way," said Joan Petersilia, a criminology professor at Stanford Law School. "We never had to run the test of whether or not we were willing to forgo prison spending in favor of education spending."
Then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, left and California Rehabilitation Center Warden Guillermina Hall, right, tour a prison gym in March 2007 in Norco, Calif.
(Terry Pierson / Associated Press)
Education for grades K-12 is the largest area of spending in the state budget, although a recent survey found nearly 40% of Californians thought prisons were the the biggest line item. In the current budget year, the state spends more than $71 billion on K-12 education, around $14 billion on higher education and $10 billion on corrections.
The prisons-versus-schools messaging figured prominently in the 2014 campaign for Proposition 47, which reclassified certain drug and theft felonies as misdemeanors.
"Prop. 47, California: Build more schools, less prisons," Jay Z said at the start of a concert at the Rose Bowl that fall. The slogan was common on social media among the initiative's backers.
The measure, branded the Safe Neighborhood and Schools Act, requires that savings from the declining prison population go to drug treatment, mental health and anti-truancy programs.
Schoolchildren are not the primary beneficiaries of those dollars. But Magnus Lofstrom, an expert on criminal justice with the Public Policy Institute of California, said by playing up the benefits for youth, criminal justice advocates are appealing to popular sentiment.
"There's a broader acceptance of directing resources toward a population that's maybe less responsible for their actions … as opposed to saying we need to help offenders convicted of a crime," Lofstrom said.
Thurmond's measure, Assembly Bill 43, is an attempt to turn the rhetorical link between schools and prisons into a fiscal one.
"The idea just hit me," he said, "why aren't we taxing those who profit off of incarceration to generate a new funding stream to pay for the services that we know make the most sense?"
Thurmond, who is running in 2018 to be state schools superintendent, is proposing a 10% tax on companies that provide goods and services, such as food, office supplies and reentry programs, to California's prison system. His office estimates the tax would generate between $110 million and $170 million annually for early childhood education and after-school programs.
According to the California Budget and Policy Center, the state is spending around $3 billion this fiscal year on such programs.
The concept of finding new revenue dedicated to preschool and other child-care programs is "absolutely music to our ears," said Moira Kenney, executive director of the First 5 Assn. of California, which represents the state's county-level commissions that run early childhood development projects.
But as the bill faces its first committee hearing Monday, it will see steep hurdles with opposition from business groups.
"It unfairly targets the contractors that are providing goods and services to the prisons," said Marti Fisher, a lobbyist with the California Chamber of Commerce, which branded the bill a "job killer."
Fisher said the chamber supports funding for preschool and after-school programs, but added "this is not the way to get there."
But Thurmond said his intent isn't to harm prison contractors.
"This isn't per se about punishment," he said. "This is just about saying if you benefit from state dollars, why shouldn't you also give back and contribute to helping to prevent the problem?"
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Mayweather vs. Tenshin Rules Revealed
Undefeated boxing legend Floyd "Money" Mayweather and kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa will battle in a special exhibition fight on New Year's Eve from Saitama Prefecture Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
The fight will be based on the following rules and regulations:
– Three minutes per round for three rounds
– Straight boxing rules
– Both will wear either RIZIN 8 ounce gloves
– Weight: 147lbs/67.7kg
– No judges
– This will be full contact competition, but the bout is not going on boxing or MMA records
Floyd Mayweather: "This is a great way for me to go out there and give people some entertainment. It's an exhibition match, but it's giving me a chance to do something different.
"I love competing against fighters from all walks of life like in my amateur days. It's all about entertainment. Nine minutes of entertainment. It's going to be amazing.
"I'm in the entertainment business. That's what I go out there to do. I love to do this. I'm working out to put on a show for three rounds.
"I'm going to go out there, have fun and do what I do. I'm enjoying life and I'm going to enjoy this experience."
Tenshin Nasukawa: "This is my first time coming to Las Vegas and I'm very excited to be here. The fight is very close and I'm training hard every day to face Mayweather and leave a mark.
"This is a great opportunity and we're happy to take it. I'm going to put everything out there and show my strengths. I think that I'm the faster fighter. I'm going to use my weapons against him.
"There's never been a Japanese fighter to face Floyd Mayweather in the ring. As an athlete, this is something that's a great honor and a challenging task. I'd like to make a big impression.
"I want to get the whole fight community, the whole country of Japan and the entire world involved in this fight. I'm going to go in there believing in myself and ready to prove myself."
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Persimmon boss asked to leave after £75m pay deal causes 'distraction'
Jeff Fairburn has agreed to leave the North housebuilder after massive pay deal brought widespread criticism
Graeme WhitfieldBusiness editor
Jeff Fairburn (Image: BBC)
Persimmon boss Jeff Fairburn has been asked to leave the company at the end of 2018 after the housebuilding giant said the "distraction" over his controversial £75m payout was damaging its reputation.
The group, founded by Northumberland landowner Duncan Davidson, said Mr Fairburn had agreed to leave on December 31 by "mutual agreement" and at the company's request.
It comes just weeks after he walked off camera during a BBC interview after being asked about his mammoth payout.
Mr Fairburn will be replaced on an interim basis by David Jenkinson, currently group managing director. Persimmon has begun a search for a permanent successor to Mr Fairburn.
The group said the distraction caused by the public and political outrage over the bonus was having a "negative impact on the reputation of the business and consequently on Jeff's ability to continue in his role".
But it said that, as he was leaving at the company's request, it was not legally able to withhold any of the share payouts due under the controversial 2012 long-term bonus scheme.
It said it had agreed with Mr Fairburn to cut his 12-month notice period and that he will not receive any further salary or benefits after December 31.
He also has no bonus entitlement for 2018.
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Chairman Roger Devlin said: "Given the continuing distraction around the scale of his remuneration resulting from the 2012 LTIP (long-term incentive plan), the board believes that it is now necessary for there to be to be a change of leadership."
Mr Fairburn said: "I had hoped that revealing my plans to create a charitable trust and to waive a proportion of the award would enable the company to put the issue of the 2012 LTIP behind it.
"However, this has not been the case and so it is clearly now in the best interests of Persimmon that I should step down."
Mr Fairburn's pay packet sparked outcry among politicians and shareholders earlier this year.
His mammoth £75m payout would have been an even higher £100m, until Mr Fairburn voluntarily moved to calm the furore by handing back £25m in bonuses.
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He also pledged to forgo his next annual bonus and hand over a "substantial amount" of his pay award to charity.
Other executives also picked up bumper pay deals under the lucrative share scheme, collectively worth more than £100m.
The group saw 48.5% of investors vote against the pay plans in April as they vented anger over the payouts.
Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell, said: "Persimmon chief executive Jeff Fairburn may have thought he had successfully navigated the furore over his £75m bonus, but a disastrous TV interview in which he uncomfortably failed to acknowledge the issue may well have been the final straw for the housebuilder."
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WHO IS YOUR PLAYER OF THE MONTH FOR DECEMBER?
On Saturday January 10, 2015
The year 2014 came to a memorable end for Southport - and voting for the Trust in Yellow Player of the Month for December is now open.
Every month throughout the season, fans are asked to nominate their star performer from the Southport team and one supporter will be selected to make the presentation to the winning player.
As well as booking their place in the third round of the FA Cup for the first time in 16 years with victory over Eastleigh, Southport secured two excellent wins at Woking and Kidderminster Harriers.
Richard Brodie scored twice - one against Eastleigh and also in the draw against Gateshead - while Micah Evans, Andy Mitchell, Dom Collins and Charlie Joyce were also on target.
The most spectacular goal - and arguably most important - was scored by Luke George, who found the net in some style to secure the win at Kidderminster. Goalkeeper David Raya Martin and captain Luke Foster have also been in fine form.
Or has another player caught your eye in December? There are sure to be plenty of contenders this month.
The FA Cup third round match at Derby County, of course, took place in January, so any votes based on this match should be kept for the next round of voting.
Voting is open until 8pm on Friday 16 January and the presentation will be made ahead of the home match against Chester on Saturday 17 January.
You can submit your vote in any of the following ways:
- E-mail fans@trustinyellow.com
- Text POTM followed by the players name and your name to 07861416859
- Complete a voting slip at the Trust office (next to the club shop)
A polite reminder that all votes are vetted, so any multiple entries or ones submitted without a name or valid e-mail address will not be counted.
Since the award was introduced, the club's junior supporters have taken real delight in making the presentation to the winning player.
In a slight change to previous seasons, you can now nominate yourself, your child or any other friend or family member to present the award by contacting the Trust in the same ways you can vote above.
The Player of the Month award is one of several initiatives run by the Trust to promote greater supporter-involvement and strengthen the link between fans and players.
MEMBERS' MEETING - TUESDAY 13TH JANUARY
The meeting will commence at 7.30pm in the Grandstand Bar. The agenda is below.
1. Apologies for Absence.
2. Minutes of last meeting and matters arising
3. Treasurer's report
4. Membership.
5. Coach Travel. Review of the Derby County trip Arrangements for future matches.. Bristol weekend.
6. Cooperation with the club. Trust's statement about the new floodlights. Any further developments
7. Fundraising. ( Racenight, etc,) and other Trust events. (Meet the Manager etc,)
8. How to build on the Cup success. Ways TIY and the club can build on the Cup run.
9. Any other business.
10. Dates of next meetings.
DERBY PICK UP TIMES
On Tuesday December 30, 2014
The following are the pick up times for COACHES 1 AND 2 ONLY:
The Arion, Kenilworth Road, Ainsdale 9.40am
The Crown, Liverpool Road, Birkdale 9.45am
The George, Duke Street 9.55am
KGV College 10.00am
ALL OTHER COACHES WILL DEPART FROM KGV ONLY AT 10AM. WILL ALL SUPPORTERS PLEASE ARRIVE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE TO ENSURE A PUNCTUAL DEPARTURE TIME.
WEEKEND VISIT TO BRISTOL
On Monday December 22, 2014
Trust in Yellow will be arranging a weekend visit to Southport's match at Bristol Rovers on 11 April.
Departing in the afternoon of Friday 10, the package includes travel, as well as two nights' stay in Bristol city centre.
The trip follows on from the Trust's highly successful previous weekend visits to Eastbourne and Lincoln.
The package is available to supporters for just £97. Options to include accommodation or coach travel only are also available through the Trust.
Trust treasurer Phil Carder has worked hard to ensure that fans can access the full package for less than £100.
With heritage dating back to medieval times, Bristol is an historic city, which has developed into a vibrant, popular place to visit with plenty of sights to see and places to go.
It will be the first time Southport have visited the city for a match since 1974.
As in previous years, the trip is also open to family members who may prefer to come along to spend more time in the city rather than go to the football.
The trip can be paid for in stages with final payments needed by 31 March and supporters are asked to register their interest as soon as possible.
To do so, phone Alan Scarisbrick on 07980911693 or visit the Trust office of a matchday.
NO COACH TO BARNET
Trust to meet with Charlie Clapham
Members Meeting - Thursday 9th January
Tuesday December 24, 2013
TRAVEL WITH THE TRUST OVER THE FESTIVE PERIOD