It is with great pleasure that I welcome everyone back to the 2018 academic year.
I trust that students, parents and staff had a great holiday break and are ready for another successful year.
I extend a special welcome to our new Year 7 students and their families who joined us this year. On Monday 5, February at a welcoming parents & students iPad distribution evening I was pleased to meet and talk to many of our new Year 7 student families.
Also, special welcome to all new Year 8 to 12 students and their families to our school community.
In the last two weeks, it has been great to observe classes settled in their new Home Groups, developing a clear focus on achieving their goals and personal best for this academic year.
To the Year 12 students, as they embark in their final year at North Geelong SC, I take this opportunity to wish them a year full of success. I can't promise that it will be without any challenges, however, applying themselves is the only way to succeed. Last year's Year 12 cohort has set a high benchmark with great outcomes; however, I believe that this year's Year 12 students are capable of greater results, pushing the benchmark even higher.
Over the Christmas break there has been a lot of work completed on the physical environment of the school. Painting around the school, new Junior Sub-School Office in A Wing, Refurbished Wellbeing facilities in A Wing, refurbishment of the woodwork facilities in E Wing, new undercover outdoor student areas, just to mention a few projects.
The 4.75 million dollars capital works have begun and stages of construction/refurbishment are in place. The first stage of refurbishment is Block B and the court yard between B and C wings, these works will begin at the end of February and will see the full refurbishment of the Food Technology area, including two x state of the art kitchens, a larger dining area wrapped around by an outdoor decking, complete refurbishment of the courtyard and the walk way between B and beginning of C Wings. Provisions are in place to relocate all classes from this area including the Food Technology room. It is anticipated that Stage One will be delivered to the school half way through Term 2.
We are proud of our school community and place high importance on the way we look and behave in the wider community. Our aim is to continue improving the learning and teaching environment of our students, enabling all kind of learners to reach their full potential.
Once again, welcome back to what promises to be another great year for our school community. I look forward to meeting and working closely with as many parents/guardians as possible during the course of the year.
Wishing all the students and staff a great academic year.
I welcome the following staff to our College and wish them a very productive and enjoyable year. We are looking forward to working closely with our new staff to ensure the best possible learning opportunities are provided to our student body.
With the new school year started on 30 January, it is an opportune time for school communities to be reminded of the importance of road safety around schools.
School Speed Zones are enforced from the commencement of the school year and parents/carers are reminded to adhere to all VicRoads School Speed Zones rules.
Thank you to the City of Greater Geelong, new 40 Flashing lights have been installed on Separation Street to ensure better visibility of the school zone limit to motorists. Thank you to Ms Tonia Tigani who has initiated and led this inquiry through the council.
Also parents/guardians are reminded to take care and obey these parking signs and observe the Road Rules when picking up or dropping off students around schools. The City of Greater Geelong Parking and Information Officers monitor all supervised school crossings on a regular roster and issue infringements to drivers who stop in unsafe areas, such as "No Stopping" zones, within 20 metres of a school crossing, parallel to a yellow edge line, or if double parked, even for a moment to drop off or collect a student. Queuing to enter a pick up/drop off zone can often lead to traffic congestion with vehicles being stationary in prohibited areas. Should the pickup/drop off zone be occupied with vehicles, to avoid the possibility of receiving an infringement it is advised to drive around the block and return when legal parking is available.
Statistics show that illegal parking around schools is greatly reduced due to an Officer's presence and Council prefers to achieve these results though education and awareness.
Designated school speed zones: Specified times (8.00 - 9.30 am and 2.30 - 4.00 pm).
The Australian Bureau of Statistics keeps track of the number of students engaged in paid employment. Their most recent report on the subject shows that the number of school age students involved in paid employment continues to rise. Another interesting trend that has emerged from this report is that a growing proportion of younger students are now working on a regular basis.
The main reason students work is to obtain spending money. Very few of the jobs that they undertake have any reference to likely future fulltime sustainable employment and very few supplement family income.
There are many advantages to students that can arise from paid employment. Exposure to the world of "real work" can be an eye-opener for young people. They often take far more notice of the expectations of employers regarding punctuality, appearance and communicating with others than they ever do of the same requests made by parents or their teachers. It can also attribute to improving organisational skills and the meaning of responsibility. It can also provide them with a degree of financial literacy and independence. As Principal and a parent, I have long been an advocate of students contributing to the cost of sometimes expensive educational extra-curricular activities such as state, interstate and overseas camps or exchange visits.
There are, however, some disadvantages at times. The main concern with students undertaking paid employment is the impact that it can have on school performance. The additional income, at times can be negative, as it enables and encourages students to become engaged in a more sophisticated social lifestyle or may divert them from their school-work and other social, family or recreational activities which are essential to their development.
Like most things there is no clear-cut answer to the question. The most important thing is getting a balance between work, school-work, social, family and recreational activities.
Casual work is most common, followed by holiday jobs, regular part-time work, and then rostered work. Obviously any work on week nights is a problem as it means students cannot complete set homework. Similarly work straight after school can prevent students meeting school commitments, which is not a good thing. Rostered work which often involves the student being called in to work at short notice can also cause problems.
Not surprisingly research has established a clear correlation between hours worked and impact on student performance. Working up to an average of 12 hours per week (providing that the work is not on a week night) had little measurable impact on academic performance of high school students. Working more than 16 hours per week, however, was directly correlated with deterioration on academic progress.
Overall, holiday jobs are no problem. Part-time or casual work limited to 12 hours per week and done at a time which does not interfere with homework, school commitments, recreation or sleep is seldom a cause of concern. Students working 16 hours or more a week, however, inevitably suffer a deterioration in their academic performance. Students who work at times which interfere with their other needs and commitments also suffer adverse effects to their progress.
The school supports students that are in paid employment, provided that the work they do and the hours they work per week do not interfere with the students' academic performance. I encourage parents to communicate with the school if they have any concerns about their children having paid employment.
On behalf of the Assistant Principal team we welcome all students to the 2018 academic year. As well as the new Year 7 students we have quite a number of new students in other year levels.
From our perspective, everyone has started the year well; we are noticing most students with their new books and pencil cases, iPads and student planners. All of these items need to be taken to classes and relevant items taken home to complete homework. Remember to put labels and names on student belongings, including items of uniform that may be removed during the day, e.g. Jumpers and jackets.
If you are concerned about providing your child with the correct school items please contact the wellbeing team at school.
Adult attitudes count - even if the school experience of adults closely connected to a child was not ideal this negative attitude can be easily passed to the children if we are not careful. Schools are places that will make a real difference to the future of children. Positive and encouraging attitudes can inspire everyone.
Learning parents help children learn - any and all forms of learning that we do as adults encourages and models that learning is not just for students at school but how we live in the world. Sharing our skills or knowledge is important too: learn to make scones, learn to weld, learn a language. Learning is a lifelong pursuit.
Read to/with/around your child - reading is a vital part of education and an essential aspect of daily life. As adults we demonstrate to children the value of reading in everyday examples but also as a reader of books. We read to younger children, we encourage older children to read independently and we read for ourselves. We can enhance their reading experience by discussing the content, characters and messages from the reading.
Attend Parent/teacher/student conferences - these events are important in connecting with your child's teachers and finding out more about your child's learning successes and areas for improvement. Reading and discussing school reports with your child also demonstrates your interest in their education especially at significant times, transition to high school and as children move to senior courses requiring input about pathways.
If you would like further information about supporting your child with their learning contact a student manager or a member of the wellbeing team.
This year North Geelong Secondary College is implementing a Performance Average (PA) score that is based upon the learning behaviours on the Progress Report. The aim of this program is to improve your child's learning skills and enhance their results.
Please take note that the Progress Report covers your child's performance at school over the first 4 weeks of the school year and they will receive a Progress Report twice a term thereafter.
1. Attendance - The student's attendance will be assessed based upon the following description "students are able to meet the minimum NGSC 95% attendance requirement".
This information will be derived from the 'In class' percentage column, which is accessible on the Compass portal.
3. Participation in class – "The student is prepared to apply themselves diligently to all set tasks, participate positively in class discussions and endeavour to attempt all tasks to the best of their ability".
4. Respect to peers and staff – "The student is able to respectfully interact with peers and staff in all classes. They are able to follow all instructions, interact politely with fellow class members".
5. Homework – "The student is able to complete all set homework and catch up on any work that is missed from classes whilst absent (students must be proactive in sourcing this missed work)".
6. Achievement – "The student is progressing towards meeting the expected level of the relevant outcome or standard".
You will notice on your child's Progress Report that each learning behaviour is marked 'consistently', 'usually', 'sometimes', 'rarely' or 'never' and for each of these levels of performance a corresponding value 4, 3, 2, 1, 0 is provided.
Four (4) is the maximum PA a student can receive. From a student and parent point of view the expectation is that every student should be aiming at receiving a PA greater than 3.5. The PA data will identify students performing well and also those in need of extra support. Students receiving a PA below 2.0 will be monitored carefully and provided with support to help them get back on track with their learning. The PA will also be used for promotion purposes. Students who receive an average PA score of 2.0 or below for the year will be in jeopardy of non-promotion.
It must be noted that the PA is a reporting mechanism where students' levels of effort and application to their studies are measured irrespective of their level of academic ability. The implementation of PA will provide a framework whereby teachers, families and students can work together to promote positive learning habits and behaviours.
Access to the Progress Reports will be available on the Parent Portal in one month's time. Please contact the school if you have forgotten your login details. An instructional login letter will be sent to parents who have yet to login to Compass. If you have any further questions about the new Performance Average please contact your child's Year Level Coordinator.
Please note that a letter containing the details about the Performance Average will be mailed home soon.
Parents are also able to access similar details about their children.
This year a number of parents have contacted the school to correct their child's timetables or electives. This was fantastic and enabled us to quickly address the situation. Thank you to parents for this kind of support.
All students in Year 7 have received the immunisation card and a letter explaining consent to transfer data to Barwon Health. These cards need to be returned immediately. Barwon Health will collect the cards from school on 13 February. The dates for Year 7 immunisation in 2018 are 24 April and 20 November. All cards must be completed and returned even if your child will not be having their immunisations at school.
The Year 10 immunisation cards for Meningococcal vaccine will be distributed soon. There is a consent letter that will be distributed at that time. The date for this vaccine is 24 July.
Order envelopes for portraits and family photographs will be distributed next week.
Welcome all parents and carers to the 2018 schooling year, I hope that all students had an eventful and safe break. After the first two weeks, students are really starting to settle in and get their heads around the structured routine we call secondary schooling! At present we are in the process of choosing our Student Representative Council, so keep an eye out for the forms coming home that allows students to apply for such positions.
Before we know it, the Year 7 camp will be here, so please ensure that you have returned the relevant forms and payments to the main office. If you are a parent of a Year 7 student, please ensure that your child is not spending copious amounts of their time using their iPads (if they have just had this exciting new device placed in front of them!). Parent login details will be provided very shortly for you to access Compass so that you can keep up to date with what is going on for your child and the school. I look forward to providing you with informative articles throughout the year.
Welcome to 2018. Goes quickly doesn't it? Can I firstly say thank you for taking the time to read the Newsletter, keeping yourself informed and abreast of whats happening in and around North Geelong.
The Middle Sub School has a reputation of engagement and growth. It is the time when students shed the Junior School and begin their journey towards life after school through specific middle school programs, tailored time tables and electives. As a Middle Sub School we relish the opportunity for growth and engagement. Below we have Jo Taylor who works closely with both year nine and ten students in a largely pastoral role.
Alessandra Friedrich the Year Nine Assistant Coordinator and Aaron Milsome our very experienced Year Nine Coordinator.
In Year Ten we have Liz Fagan assisting Sherryn Martin as Year Ten Coordinator.
The one thing I really want to stress to all students and parents is the importance of coming to class prepared with an electronic device and attendance. Quite simply if you're not in class you're not learning. I know life can get in the way, however we need to really question what is a legitimate reason for being away. The last photo is Lisa our Attendance Officer and Sub School Assistant. Please contact Lisa if your child is absent.
Welcome to the 2018 academic year. I trust that all our senior students will participate in all the learning opportunities presented to them throughout the year. It has been a very positive start and students are settling well in to the routine of classes and study.
Please contact the relevant staff member if you wish to discuss your child.
Students need to ensure that they have joined the relevant google classrooms so that they receive important information. This includes a year 12, year 11 and VCE classroom.
Students are reminded to ensure they are attending their School Based Apprenticeships and VET. This is an integral part of the program and students are unable to attain an Intermediate or Senior Certificate without a VET.
Special Examination Arrangements: Students are eligible for special examination arrangements if there is a diagnosed medical condition including health impairment, physical disability, mental health condition, hearing or vision impairment, language disorder, specific learning disorder. This applies to the sitting of VCE exams and not to the VTAC applications (students will be advised of this later in the year). Please see Ms Bridges if you think you are eligible.
Students need to be up to date with all their work so they do not fall behind and feel overwhelmed. To avoid being at risk and not meeting the Performance Average students will be placed in the homework catch up sessions where needed.
These sessions are available to provide support for students and a teacher will be there to offer assistance.
Staff will be referring students who have not completed set homework or have missed a SAC (provided they have a medical certificate).
Students will be given 48 hour's notice and parents will be notified.
Welcome back to all students for their final year of secondary school. This is a big year for all of you: students, parents and carers. We are all looking forward to the Year 12 Warrnambool Camp this week where everyone will get a chance to plan for the year ahead and how to make the most of it. It can be quite stressful and hopefully the students will go away with some strategies to get the best possible outcomes for their future pathways.
The students have had a great start to the year. They have their diaries and look amazing in their new year 12 jumpers. It is important that students are constantly checking electronic mail for any school news and important information. All students must ensure that they have joined the 'Year 12 2018' Google Classroom that has been set up for them.
Welcome back to the new school year. I trust you all had a restful festive season and are refreshed and recharged to start the busy and exciting year that is upon us.
The Multicultural Committee will commence the year with its first meeting on Monday 19th February at lunch time (12:45pm) in the Discussion Room.
Pako Festa is being held on Saturday 24th February and as every year we will be taking part in this multicultural festival to celebrate NGSC's diverse multicultural community. We invite parents and friends to attend the Multicultural Committee meeting or contact us at the school if you would like to take part in the Pako Festa. The Multicultural Committee greatly values input from NGSC parents and the wider school community.
Parents are invited to participate in an evaluation of the Doctors in Secondary Schools Program.
Through the Doctors in Secondary Schools program Dr Bianca Forrester provides a GP service to NGSC students every Wednesday during school terms, she is supported by a practice nurse, Faith Field.
North Geelong Secondary College is fortunate to be participating in the Doctors in Secondary Schools Program.
Parents of NGSC students are being invited, via email and Compass, to take part in an online evaluation survey of the program. We encourage parents to participate in the survey to share their perspectives.
If you do not have access to the internet or need support to access the survey please contact Sef in Student Wellbeing.
We are excited to introduce our Secondary School Nurse, Merryl Arnold.
Merryl will work with the Student Wellbeing team to support students. Merryl will also co-facilitate health classes by arrangement and provide up-to-date health information relevant to our student population.
Hello, I would like to introduce myself. My name is Merryl Arnold and I am the new Secondary School Nurse at North Geelong Secondary College. My office is in the Wellbeing area. I work at the school four days every fortnight. Wednesday/Thursday/Friday and following Thursday. My main role is Health promotion. Within this role I will be involved in some classroom activities, some small group activities and individual student consultations as required. You may also see some articles in the newsletter regarding health and wellbeing.
The sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation is the best natural source of vitamin D. However, too much UV exposure from the sun, is a major cause of sunburn, premature ageing, eye damage and skin damage leading to skin cancer. It's important to take a balanced approach to UV exposure to help with vitamin D levels while minimizing your risk of skin cancer by using a combination of sun protection methods.
Skin cancer kills nearly 2,000 Australians each year – more than the national road toll – and two in three Australians will be diagnosed with skin cancer by the age of 70.
Slop on SPF30 or higher broad-spectrum, water-resistant sunscreen at least 20 minutes before going outdoors and re-apply every two hours.
Slap on a broad-brimmed hat that protects your face, head, neck and ears.
Slide on sunglasses: make sure they meet Australian Standards.
During this time of year, most people will only need a few minutes of mid-morning or mid-afternoon sun exposure to help with vitamin D.
On Sunday February 25th at Federation Square in Melbourne, the 8th Japanese Summer Festival will be held. There will be performances of Taiko drumming, martial arts, and dance performances on stage and a variety of activities. There will be a raffle with some great prizes, and a prize for best dressed in Yukata/Kimono or Cosplay.
Kumamon, the Kumamoto Prefecture Mascot and Japan's favourite bear will be making a special guest appearance.
There will also be a great range of Japanese foods and cultural activities to enjoy. Some costs may apply for food and some games. There will be free Origami classes throughout the day.
Come and join the parade, walk along Pakington Street celebrating cultural diversity. Throughout its history North Geelong Secondary College has boasted a proud tradition of cultural diversity, which it celebrates throughout the year. In 2018, students and staff at the college are from all inhabited continents of the world with over 60 nationalities represented. It has a broad inclusive curriculum that respects, celebrates and values this diversity. North Geelong Secondary College has a long relationship with the Pako Fest dating back to its inception.
Last year we took out the prize for best school entrant, let's defend our title with even more students dancing, chanting and singing their way down the street. More information will be posted closer to the date. Family and friends are welcome to join the celebration.


Swaffham is a Georgian Market Town and a street market is still held every Saturday morning. The Methodist Church was built in 1813 and is situated close to the heart of the town and within sight of the town's famous Butter Cross.
The church is active in the life of the local community, sharing its Christian values, renowned for its hospitality and offering a safe place of welcome and encounter for all.
John Wesley, himself, visited Swaffham on two occasions which are recorded in his journal. An entry from 1790 states: "A congregation was ready here, that filled the house, and seemed quite willing to take instruction." Worship at Swaffham Methodist Church has continued unbroken for over 200 years.
Address: 3 London Street, Swaffham, PE37 7DD.
Volunteering Matters Tea and Chat – 3rd Wednesday in the month, hosting international students on the Volunteering Matters scheme in Norfolk.
Thursday Group – 2nd and 4th Thursdays with guest speakers, tea and fellowship.
Power of Prayer Group – every Friday at 9:30am.
Saturday Coffee Morning – every Saturday from 9:30am till 12pm, to support good causes.
In addition, there are Ploughmen's Lunches, evenings of music, poetry and history.
Please click here for more information on any of these activities.
Hearing Loops in both Church and Hall.
Large Print books and service sheets.
Parking in Swaffham is free and there are many spaces within easy access including a row in front of the church. There is a drop-off space in front of the church and a pedestrian crossing immediately outside the church.


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Nigeria plans to invest N265-billion (R10.4-billion) in broadband infrastructure over the next four years as the government sets its sights on nationwide coverage and to boost an economy recovering from a 2016 contraction.
The government will provide N65-billion for the project and six private infrastructure companies the balance under a public-private partnership, according to Umar Danbatta, the CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission.
The government of Africa's biggest producer of crude oil wants to increase connectivity for the nation's almost 200 million people as part of a drive to boost business and help diversify the economy away from the commodity.
The West African nation plans to roll out an additional 30 000km of fibre across its 774 local governments, taking the total to 71 000km by 2024, Danbatta said in a telephone interview from the nation's capital, Abuja. The penetration rate could rise to 65% from 38%, he said.
The commission plans to start the project this year after obtaining government approval, Danbatta said. "There will be data everywhere in the country and it will be cheap." — Reported by Emele Onu, (c) 2020 Bloomberg LP
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Tours and Experiences > Traveller Stories > Rio de Janeiro
Steve mckenna heads to brazil's 'marvellous city'.
It's a sunny Saturday morning and I'm strolling, in vest, shorts and Havaianas, beside Guanabara Bay, the great natural harbour of Rio de Janeiro. I'm not sure where to look: at the glitzy yachts drifting across the water, the hill-top statue of Christ the Redeemer or the moveable feast of tanned cariocas (Rio residents).
While some places fail to live up to the hype, Rio – AKA the Marvellous City – rarely disappoints. It has its issues - crime, traffic and poverty among them, yet for me, no other city in South America can match its breathtaking blend of natural beauty and vibrant culture. The climate isn't bad either. It's 24°C today. And we're in the middle of winter.
Flamengo and Botafogo, the once-elite waterfront suburbs that I'm ambling through now, aren't your typical tourist hang-outs. This this is the joy of revisiting or extending your stay in Rio. You get to savour spots that you missed when you were busy ticking off all the must-sees and dos. Not that you should skip the obvious. The views from Christ and Sugarloaf, especially at sunset, are unforgettable.
Ranging from teens to those in their 70's, the cariocas are rollerblading, skateboarding, jogging and cycling past muscle-bound figures shifting weights at possibly the most scenic outdoor gym in the world. Further along, families and couples, several post-exercise, sip coconuts in the shade, the mighty granite hulk of Sugarloaf looming opposite.
Rio's most vaunted beach, however, is Ipanama. Immortalised in the bossa nova tune, The Girl from Ipanema, it's chockablock at weekends, offering oodles of people-watching potential - best done, behind sunnies, while sipping a cold beer or fruit juice from one of the beach-side kiosks, and it's hard to beat the thrill of stepping on Copacabana's soft white sands for the first time as people watch the beach volleyballers, footballers, scantily clad women in tiny bikinis and the surfers tackling the Atlantic waves.
Ipanema's backstreets are packed with fashion and souvenir stores, watering holes and restaurants, and fancy nightclubs catering for Rio's moneyed and glamorous, with a few venues charging $40 cover charges. Yet arguably the city's best night out – barring the legendary Carnival – is free. Every Friday, beneath the Arches of Lapa, a street party draws tens of thousands of revelers, both cariocas and tourists. Bars and clubs pump out mesmerising samba beats and street-side vendors sell a range of alcoholic tipples. One chirpy guy rustled me up a couple of mind-bendingly strong caipirinhas, the national cocktail, a crushed blend of lime, ice, sugar and cachaca (distilled sugar cane juice). I was soon well away and receiving impromptu samba lessons from a grinning 40-something Brazilian temptress.
Rio isn't all hedonism. Lurking above Lapa, Santa Teresa is a tranquil hilltop tangle of twisting cobbled streets, elegant old mansions and bohemian cafes, while Centro, Rio's bustling, skyscraper-filled heart, contains fine museums, cultural spaces and picturesque traces of Portuguese colonial rule. Of all the tours available in Rio, the most insightful are those that delve into the favelas - the shanty towns depicted in the 2002 movie City of God.
Rich or poor, cariocas are united by Brazil's unofficial religion – football. Rio has produced some of the beautiful game's greatest players and you'll see fleet-footed talents juggling balls all over the city. I was lucky enough to catch a live game at the Maracana, Rio's footballing mecca. The atmosphere was electric. Currently closed for renovations, the iconic stadium will re-open in time for the 2014 World Cup – one of two massive sporting events that Rio is gearing up for. The other is the 2016 Olympic Games.
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Лексичний розбір — це процес перетворення послідовності символів в послідовність токенів (груп символів що відповідають певним шаблонам), та визначення їх типів. Програма, чи функція що виконує лексичний аналіз, називається лексичним аналізатором, токенізатором чи сканером. Часто сканер є звичайною функцією що використовується парсером (синтаксичним аналізатором), для отримання наступного токена з потоку вхідних символів в процесі компіляції. Також часто лексичний аналіз використовують для підсвітки синтаксису певних мов.

Використання
Лексичний аналізатор формує першу фазу аналізу коду, що відбувається під час початкової стадії компіляції. Аналіз зазвичай відбувається за один прохід.

У старих мовах, таких як ALGOL, початкова стадія була замість реконструкції рядків, яка виконувала  та видалення пробілів і коментарів (та мала парсери без сканерів, без окремих лексичних аналізаторів). Ці кроки зараз виконуються як частина лексичного аналізатора.

Лексичні аналізатори та парсери найчастіше використовуються для компіляторів, але можуть використовуватися для інших мовних засобів, таких як лінтерів. Лексичний аналіз можна розділити на два етапи: сканування, яке сегментує вхідний рядок у синтаксичні одиниці, які називаються лексемами, та класифікує їх у класи токенів; та обчислення, яке перетворює лексеми в оброблені значення.

Лексичні аналізатори, як правило, досить прості, причому більша частина складності відкладена на фази парсера або семантичного аналізу, та можуть бути згенеровані генераторами лексичних аналізаторів, особливо за допомогою , або похідних. Однак, лексичні аналізатори можуть іноді мати деяку складність, таку як обробка структури фрази, щоб полегшити вхідні дані, та спростити парсер, та можуть бути написані частково, або повністю, вручну, або для підтримки більшої кількості функцій, або для більшої продуктивності.

Будова
Лексичний розбирач є скінченним автоматом, перехід в певні стани якого викликає функції, які зазвичай повертають тип лексеми, і саму лексему (токен).

Позначка (лексема/токен)

Токен — це рядок літералів, впорядкованих відповідно до правил (наприклад, IDENTIFIER, NUMBER, COMMA). Процес утворення позначок з вихідного потоку називається видобуванням позначок () і розбирач впорядковує їх за відповідними типами.
Лексичний аналізатор зазвичай нічого не робить з об'єднаннями позначок, це завдання припадає на синтаксичний аналізатор. Наприклад, типовий сканер розпізнає дужки як позначки, але саме синтаксичний аналізатор перевіряє відповідність '(' і ')' дужок.

Припустімо наступний вираз на C:
 sum=3+2;
Переводиться в таку таблицю:

Позначки часто визначаються за допомогою регулярних виразів, що зрозумілі генераторам лексичних розбирачів таким як lex. Лексичний розбирач (чи створений автоматично приладдям на кшталт lex або вручну) читає потік символів, визначає лексеми в потоці, і впорядковує їх як позначки.
Це називається «видобуванням позначок». Якщо розбирач натрапляє на непридатну позначку, він звітує про помилку.

Наступним кроком іде синтаксичний розбір. Звідти, витрактовані дані можуть бути завантажені в структури даних для загального використання, інтерпретації, компіляції.

Лексична граматика
Специфікація мови програмування часто містить набір правил, , що визначає лексичний синтаксис. Лексичний синтаксис зазвичай є регулярною мовою, граматичні правила складаються з регулярних виразів; вони визначають набір можливих послідовностей символів (лексеми) токена. Лексичний аналізатор розпізнає рядки, та для кожного рядка, знайденого лексичною програмою, вирішує як обробити, найчастіше просто створюється токен.

Дві важливі загальні лексичні категорії — це  і коментарі. Вони також визначаються в граматиці і обробляються лексичним аналізатором, але можуть бути відкинуті (не виробляючи жодних токенів) та вважатися незначними, не більше, ніж розділення двох токенів (як у випадку if x замість ifx). Існують два важливі винятки з цього приводу. По-перше, у мовах, що дотримуються , які розмежовують блоки з відступами, початковий пробіл є значним, оскільки він визначає структуру блоків і, як правило, обробляється на рівні лексичного аналізатора. По-друге, в деяких випадках використання лексичних аналізаторів, коментарі та пробіли мають бути збережені — наприклад, деякі інструменти зневадження можуть надавати програмісту повідомлення, що показують вихідний код. У 1960-х роках, особливо для ALGOL, пробіли та коментарі були усунені як частина фази реконструкції рядків (початкова фаза аналізу кода, що виконує компілятор), але ця окрема фаза була усунена, і тепер вони обробляються лексичним аналізатором.

Токенізація
Токенізація — це процес розмежування та, можливо, класифікації секцій рядка вхідних символів. Потім отримані токени передаються іншій формі обробки. Процес можна розглядати як підзадачу парсингу вхідних даних.

(Примітка:  в області комп'ютерної безпеки має інше значення.)

Наприклад, у рядку:
 The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

рядок не є неявно сегментованим на пробіли, як це зробить людина, котра спілкується звичайною мовою. Вхідні дані, 43 символи, повинні бути явно розділені на 9 токенів з даним розділювачем (тобто, відповідним до рядка " " або регулярному виразу /\s{1}/).

Ці токени можуть бути представлені в XML:

<sentence>
  <word>The</word>
  <word>quick</word>
  <word>brown</word>
  <word>fox</word>
  <word>jumps</word>
  <word>over</word>
  <word>the</word>
  <word>lazy</word>
  <word>dog</word>
</sentence>

Або як s-вираз:

 (sentence
   (word The)
   (word quick)
   (word brown)
   (word fox)
   (word jumps)
   (word over)
   (word the)
   (word lazy)
   (word dog))

Коли клас токенів представляє більше ніж одну лексему, лексичний аналізатор часто зберігає достатню кількість інформації, щоб відтворити оригінальну лексему, щоб її можна було використовувати у . Парсер зазвичай отримує цю інформацію від лексичного аналізатора та зберігає її в абстрактному синтаксичному дереві. Це необхідно для того, щоб уникнути втрати інформації у випадку чисел та ідентифікаторів.

Токени ідентифікуються на основі конкретних правил лексичного аналізатора. Деякі методи, які використовуються для ідентифікації токенів, містять: регулярні вирази, спеціальні послідовності символів, які називаються , спеціальні розділювальні символи, що називаються роздільниками та явно визначені за словником. Спеціальні символи, включаючи символи пунктуації, зазвичай використовуються лексичними аналізаторами для ідентифікації токенів через їх природне використання у письмових мовах та мовах програмування.

Токени часто класифікуються за вмістом символів або за контекстом у потоці даних. Категорії визначаються правилами лексичного аналізатора. Вони часто включають елементи граматики мови, що використовується в потоці даних. Мови програмування часто класифікують токени як ідентифікатори, оператори, символи групування або тип даних. Письмові мови зазвичай класифікують токени як іменники, дієслова, прикметники або знаки пунктуації. Категорії використовуються для подальшої обробки токенів або парсером, або іншими функціями у програмі.

Взагалі, лексичний аналізатор нічого не робить з комбінаціями токенів, ця задача залишається парсеру. Наприклад, типовий лексичний аналізатор розпізнає дужки як токени, але нічого не робить для того, щоб кожна «(» відповідала «)».

Коли лексичний аналізатор подає токени парсеру, він зазвичай представляє їх як перелічений список числових представлень. Наприклад, «Ідентифікатор» представлений як 0, «Оператор присвоєння» як 1, «Оператор додавання» як 2, і т. д.

Токени часто визначаються регулярними виразами, які розуміють генератори лексичних аналізаторів, такі як . Лексичний аналізатор (згенерований автоматично інструментом, подібним до lex, або написаний вручну) читає в потік символів, ідентифікує лексеми в потоці і класифікує їх у токени. Це називається токенізацією. Якщо лексичний аналізатор знаходить невірний токен, він повідомить про помилку. Наступним за токенізацією проводиться парсинг. Починаючи звідси, інтерпретовані дані можуть бути завантажені в структури даних для загального використання, інтерпретації або компіляції.

Сканер
Перший етап, його називають сканером, зазвичай базується на скінченному автоматі. В ньому закодована інформація про можливі послідовності символів, які можуть міститися в будь-якому з токенів, які він обробляє (окремі екземпляри цих послідовностей символів називаються лексемами). Наприклад, цілочисельний токен може містити будь-яку послідовність цифрових символів. У багатьох випадках перший символ, що не є пробілом, може бути використаний для виведення наступного токена, далі наступні вхідні символи обробляються один за одним до досягнення символу, який не знаходиться в наборі символів, прийнятих для цього токена. У деяких мовах правила створення лексем є більш складними і можуть включати пошук з вертанням попередньо прочитаних символів. Наприклад, у C одного символу 'L' недостатньо, щоб відрізнити ідентифікатор, який починається з 'L', від , який є послідовністю символів.

Оцінювач
Лексема, однак, є лише рядком символів, відомих як певний тип (наприклад, строковий літерал, послідовність букв). Для того, щоб побудувати токен, лексичний аналізатор потребує другий етап, — оцінювання, який проходить по всім символам лексеми, щоб отримати значення. Тип лексеми в поєднанні з його значенням — це те, що правильно становить токен, який може бути наданий синтаксичному аналізатору. Деякі токени, такі як дужки, насправді не мають значень, і тому функція оцінювання для них може нічого не повертати: потрібний лише тип. Аналогічно, іноді оцінювачі можуть повністю приховати лексему від синтаксичного аналізатора, що є корисним для пробілів і коментарів. Оцінювачі для ідентифікаторів, як правило, прості (буквально представляють ідентифікатор), але можуть містити деяке . Оцінювачі  можуть передавати рядок (відкладаючи оцінювання до фази семантичного аналізу), або можуть виконувати оцінювання власноруч, яке може бути залучено для різних основ або чисел з рухомою комою. Для простого літералу у лапках оцінювач має видалити лише лапки, але оцінювач для екранованого  містить лексичний аналізатор, який скасовує екранування послідовності.

Наприклад, у вихідному коді комп'ютерної програми, рядок

може бути перетворений у наступний лексичний потік токенів; пробіли відхиляються, а спеціальні символи не мають значення:
 IDENTIFIER net_worth_future
 EQUALS
 OPEN_PARENTHESIS
 IDENTIFIER assets
 MINUS
 IDENTIFIER liabilities
 CLOSE_PARENTHESIS
 SEMICOLON

У зв'язку з обмеженнями ліцензування існуючих парсерів, може виникнути необхідність створити лексичний аналізатор самостійно. Це можливо, якщо список токенів невеликий, але в цілому, лексичні аналізатори генеруються за допомогою автоматизованих інструментів. Ці інструменти зазвичай приймають регулярні вирази, які описують токени, дозволені у вхідному потоці. Кожен регулярний вираз пов'язаний з правилом виводу у лексичній граматиці мови програмування, яка оцінює лексеми, що відповідають регулярному виразу. Ці інструменти можуть генерувати вихідний код, який можна скомпілювати і виконати або побудувати таблицю переходів станів для кінцевого автомата (який підключений до коду шаблона для компіляції та виконання).

Регулярні вирази компактно зображують шаблони, за якими можуть слідувати символи в лексемах. Наприклад, для мови, що базується на англійський, токен IDENTIFIER може бути будь-яким англійським алфавітним символом або символом підкреслення, за яким слідує будь-яке число екземплярів ASCII символів та/або підкреслення. Це може бути компактно представлено рядком . Це означає «будь-який символ a-z, A-Z або _, за яким слідує 0 або більше a-z, A-Z, _ або 0-9».

Генератори сканерів
 lex
 Flex

Див. також
 Синтаксичний аналіз

Примітки

Джерела

 Compiling with C# and Java, Pat Terry, 2005,
 Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs, Niklaus Wirth, 1975,
 Compiler Construction, Niklaus Wirth, 1996,
 Sebesta, R. W. (2006). Concepts of programming languages (Seventh edition) pp. 177. Boston: Pearson/Addison-Wesley.

Посилання

 Word Mention Segmentation Task , an analysis

Засоби розробки
Синтаксичний аналіз
Теорія компіляторів
Статті з прикладами коду мовою Scheme
Статті з прикладами коду мовою XML

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Week in Geek: February 25th, 2014
Posted by Jeff Penner Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Sony announces "Spider-Man movies every year" post The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
My take: Wow. I think they are sugar coating the reception The Amazing Spider-Man got. The film was thrown together with a completely unlikable Peter Parker and a Saturday morning cartoon-worthy plot. This idea will backfire big time, and Sony will have to beg Marvel to buy back the rights or agree to a partnership of some kind.
The Fantastic Four has been recast; Michael B. Jordan is The Human Torch??
My take: Sure, sounds great! The movies are a version of these stories and characters. Many fans consider them adaptations or introductions that will get people to read or not read the books. Not the case. Enjoy them for what they are, people. Yes, it's certainly going to feel different at first to have a black Johnny Storm, but that's also how it was with Nick Fury, Perry White, and many other characters. Let's just see how it plays out, all they have to do is outperform the original two films. How hard could that be?
Xbox One cuts price to compete with PS4 sales.
My take: This speaks volumes; on a global scale, the PS4 is (and will continue) outselling the Xbox One. Fans feel they know exactly what to expect out of the PS4, whereas the Xbox One was shrouded in mystery and confusion leading up to its release.
PS4 will announce its first VR headset in March.
My take: If you don't think this will lead to a huge explosion in the pornography video game market, you're insane.
Heroes Reborn, announced.
My take: In a very surprising move, the Heroes series will return with a 13-episode series next year. Considering how the series faltered so quickly, I'm willing to let it redeem itself after enjoying season 1 so much. Will this relaunch a new ongoing series?…Nope.
The Spectacular Spider-Man Blu-Ray set to release before The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
My take: As far as I'm concerned, this series had a much better tone to it than its replacement, Ultimate Spider-Man (and Friends?). The only fault I give this show was its awful handing of The Green Goblin story. However, the personality of Peter, the villains, the action, and the comedy all worked really well. The writers had a long-term plan and were as disappointed as I was when this series was cancelled!
Star Wars REBELS character reveals.
My take: I like that the people behind this project are controlling how information is coming out. They understand fans need little tidbits, and they are giving them. It's consistent, and it's enough to keep fans sedated while the team continues its work. I hate everything to do with The Clone Wars era, but I'll be checking this series out to see if they distance themselves from enough of that to start a new, heated interest in Star Wars on TV.
Daredevil leaves Hell's Kitchen.
My take: A small change on the surface—the world is a big place—but this is really huge. The character identifies with his surroundings, and Waid taking him to San Francisco has me excited for the happy-go-lucky DD that he introduced in the original issue #1. Although I hate new #1s all the time, I'm excited to see where this goes.
Superior Foes of Spider-Man!
My take: Sorry I'm a little behind in my comic books recently. However, I just discovered this series and found it to be a breath of fresh air. What I enjoyed about DC's Secret Six was the character interaction while they continued doing what they had to do (sometimes dark stuff, too). This book looks to be a fun series that doesn't take away from the threat these villains pose as much as it shows us some of the behind the scenes antics.
Harold Ramis passed away.
My take: Mostly known to the general public as Egon from Ghostbusters, we in the know realize we lost a comedy icon. The fact that this has sparked Ivan Reitman and Dan Aykroyd to move forward with Ghostbusters 3 is a silver lining.
I discovered Spritz on reddit.
My take: This is a developing technology that helps you read up to 500 words per minute. I thought it was pretty impressive. Very hard to imagine getting used to, but the sample on their site made perfect sense to me and I still remember what I read 12 hours later.


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Rebels with a Cause: The Kremlin's Wolves in Ukraine
The Night Wolves are Russia's largest and most notorious biker gang, boasting strong ties to President Vladimir Putin and diehard chapters across the former USSR. Members of the club's outpost in war-torn, eastern Ukraine took up arms in 2014 and joined Moscow-backed separatists. Now, against the backdrop of a shaky ceasefire, what does the resurgence of these paramilitary petrolheads mean for Russia's ever-deteriorating relationship with the west?
Desert Fire
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NEW COUNTRY HOUSES – HOW DID THEY DO IT?
They are a rarity in the British countryside, so much so that they are in danger of extinction. The modern country house has become a victim of a strained planning system which has stifled the evolution of a new breed of contemporary, architect-designed English rural homes, while allowing developer estates to drown rural villages and towns with off the peg pastiche period designs.
Having just written a new book charting the international development of a new breed of innovative rural homes (New Country House, Laurence King), it was a shock to find how few projects we could include from the UK because so few one off country homes have been built here over the last five years. While architects in other parts of Europe and the States have been busily reinventing the country home for a new century, focussing on key issues like sustainability and sensitivity to the landscape, British architects have had their hands bound up in bureaucratic ribbons.
So much so that having done much to build a great country house tradition, British rural architecture is now struggling to raise itself out of the mud of mediocrity. But some UK architects and their clients are finding a way through the planning maze and finally getting some exceptional houses built across the country. It's a process which always takes persistence, time and energy but it can and does happen. Here four architects explain how they got planning permission for their new country houses.
With three young children, engineers Will and Libby Duckett were looking to move out of London and adopt a rural family life. But they also wanted a contemporary home and having found a small farmhouse in a picture perfect site on the edge of a New Forest village they turned to architect John Pardey to design a new home to replace the old.
Having fought a series of running battles with New Forest District Council over designs for one off houses in the region, both Pardey and the Ducketts were expecting a rough ride with the planning authority. But fortunately for them the site happened to be in a conservation area and so a conservation officer was appointed to handle the application, rather than the standard planning officers. While it might sound as though being in a conservation might make things even tougher, ironically it was just the reverse.
The fact that the Ducketts wanted to replace an existing house, rather than build on a fresh site, was also a major consideration in the planning process. The vast majority of one off rural new builds in the UK are now replacement houses, so that a small army of aficionados will end up competing for a semi-derelict bungalow in a prime countryside spot in the hope of replacing it with their dream home.
Another major factor in getting permission was, naturally, the design of the new house itself. It's a modestly sized house of 190 square metres, which sits well in the landscape and looks out across fields and woodland, built on a budget of £340,000. With a black pitched roof, sitting on a layer of timber cladding and then a level of white rendered wall, in both form and materials it echoes local farmyard architecture although brought fully up to date.
IDEN CROFT Architects Nick Eldridge and Piers Smerin turned to an underused clause in the planning laws to get permission for their striking new eco-house in Staplehurst, Kent. Planning Policy Guidance Note 7 (PPG7) allows for an isolated new house in the countryside 'if it is clearly of the highest quality' and 'truly outstanding in terms of its architecture and landscape design'.
Eldridge Smerin's anonymous client wanted to build a new house for himself and his family on a nine acre rural site which is also home to a working nursery. Having seen The Lawns, an award-winning modern house that the practice built in a Highgate conservation area, he rightly assumed that the practice had experience in getting potentially contentious modern houses through the system and could deliver the kind of outstanding architecture that PPG7 demanded.
Client and architect are now waiting for the right moment to start building the house and reordering the nursery, as well as carefully looking over the budget, given that a house of this size and high specification could cost in the region of £1.5m to £2m to build.
WESTLAKE HOUSE As if to prove that not all one off modern country houses have to be big budget dreams, along come John and Terri Westlake and their architects Spacelab UK. The Westlakes bought a small, derelict Victorian house in a stunning location near Peterborough: an isolated site with woodland behind and open fields to the front and half a mile to the nearest village.
Having spent £170,000 on the house and grounds, the Westlakes initially looked at trying to renovate. But realising that building from scratch means that no VAT has to be paid, they decided to try and build the house they really wanted, all for £135,000.
Budgen was able to argue that they were replacing an existing house, although sought permission to move off the footprint of the existing building to create a better position for their elegant new timber clad, glass fronted box house. The site was not in a conservation area but was well away from the local village and well out of anyone's way, which helped to get the plans passed.
The new house is small and relatively cheap, but its design – with a glass frontage leading to terraces and gardens, plus double height spaces – make the house feel much larger and more generous than it is. Certainly the Westlakes were delighted with a striking bespoke home in an idyllic location and without a neighbour in site.
THE PRIVATE HOUSE – In the beginning, things did not look too promising for architects Fraser Brown McKenna and their clients, who hoped to build a new house on the edge of a Hertfordshire village. Despite being willing to knock down a house in which they had lived for the past 15 years to build a radically contemporary and new home, the would-be house builders met with resistance from Haslemere District Council.
Like The Duckett House, the key ingredient was the fact that the site was in a conservation area and that the architects found themselves talking to a conservation officer willing to champion the house with his colleagues. Even though there were certain members of the planning committee hostile to the scheme, the conservation officer was able to push it through without an appeal, arguing in his report that 'the proposed replacement house will be a distinguished and distinctive addition to the architectural heritage of the area, expressing the best of modern design'.
'It was a surprise and reassuring that here were people who did feel the area needed modern architecture and that you can't just endlessly restore the past or create a pastiche of the past,' says Brown.
Brown's clients moved out of their old home, watched it being demolished and rented while their bespoke house was built for them, facing out across the existing gardens and trees with some additional landscaping. A high degree of flexibility was built into the layout of the house, which was also designed around the client's collection of modern art. The spec was high, with much of the fittings and furniture bespoke, adding up to a budget of £1.5m.
New Country House, by Dominic Bradbury, is published by Laurence King, in April, £30.


WASHINGTON — A freshman US senator is wasting no time letting his new colleagues know he plans to be aggressive on national security and foreign policy matters.
Just three weeks after being sworn in, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., sent a message about how he views his role on issues like Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions.
"So first, I would say that I think it was a mistake to ever go down this path," Cotton said, referring to the Obama administration's decision to enter into talks with Iranian leaders.
The former House member minced few words in describing his view of the Iranian regime and its intentions.
"Iran is a radical Islamist theocracy whose constitution calls for jihad," he said during a Senate Banking Committee hearing where the panel easily approved a bill that would slap new sanctions on Iranian individuals and businesses.
"Its leaders have honored that constitution for 35 years, killing Americans in 1983, killing Americans in 1996, having a nasty habit with their proxies of killing Jews all around the world in Argentina and Bulgaria and in Israel," Cotton said.
"And most recently, controlling or exerting dominant influence over five different capitals in the Middle East — Tehran, Baghdad, Damascus, Beirut and now Sanaa," he added.
Cotton offered two strict amendments, but the panel shot down both.
One would have altered the Iran sanctions bill — crafted by Banking Committee members Mark Kirk, R-Ill., and Bob Menendez, D-N.J., also the Foreign Relations Commitee's ranking member — to make all its new sanctions effective July 6. As the duo crafted those penalties, they will be phased in over a series of months.
The other Cotton amendment would have limited President Barack Obama's ability to waive existing waivers to one more 30-day period.
In explaining the amendment, Cotton sounded like his more experienced GOP mates in hammering Obama.
"I would say that the president has overlooked or turned a blind eye to Iran's actions over the last 14 months," Cotton said, "and if he's so hellbent on getting a deal that he will continue to waive the sanctions in this legislation.
He wasn't finished, penning a Wall Street Journal op-ed that appeared Friday morning.
The 37-year-old Cotton received plum committee assignments, especially for a young freshman.
He was placed on the Armed Services Committee — where he was welcomed with open arms by Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., who handed the first-term senator the gavel of the Tactical Air and Land Forces subcommittee.
Cotton also landed on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee; and Joint Economic Committee.
GOP sources say the assignments appear strategic, with Republican leaders clearly tapping the Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran for bigger things.
Michael Herson, president and CEO of Washington consultancy American Defense International, said Friday that Cotton already is "a star" in Republican circles.
"His star will continue to rise, but he's not just a rising star. He's already there," said Herson, a former Pentagon official who also worked for former-President Ronald Reagan and then-Vice President George H.W. Bush.
"I mean, he only did two years in the House, and he's already a Senate subcommittee chairman," he said. "I don't think he has to buy his time at all and hope to get amendments passed.
What's more, unlike lawmakers who hail from states with large military bases or defense industry facilities that are economic engines back home, Arkansas lacks both.


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Brick on Wood and Lime
by Jimmy Limit, 2012
"CHINATOWN has a lot of exotic fruits that I would buy based solely on their colour and shape, without always knowing what they were. I would create these still-life arrangements, take photos, and eat the fruits as a studio snack."
— Artist Jimmy Limit
Artist Jimmy Limit is on Wondereur because influential curators such as Tanya Taylor believe he is important and on the rise.
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In collaboration with the Globe and Mail, Wondereur invited celebrated fashion designer Tanya Taylor to share the work of an artist that deeply touches her. Tanya Taylor's namesake label is one of today's most sought-out fashion collections. A graduate of Parsons School of Design, the Toronto-born, New York-based designer has shown two of her collections at the MoMA and became a 2014 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalist – all before the age of 28. Her signature prints and bold colours have adorned some of today's high-profile figures, including Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, and the first lady, Michelle Obama.
Exclusive 18-page photo documentary from our investigative journalist team in collaboration with award-winning photojournalist Johan Hallberg-Campbell. Location: St. Catharines, Canada. Copyright Wondereur 2020.
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2015 "Surplus," Solo show, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, Canada
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# each user who belongs to the 'master" group has all the power on the server.
# each one who belongs to the "monitor" group is a "read-only" user.
- brand new default config files !
# use "mkpasswd" to generate the encrypted password.
#   filename = "path"          # use this variable if type is not "dvd"
#   device   = "device"        # use this variable with type "dvd"
Added a comment about input numbers for pvr input.
# commands shall be like they would be typed in a telnet console.
vls.cfg : updated to new format.
#  command1 = "start dolby localhost local1 --loop"
#  command2 = "start 28009 client1 dvb"
#  command3 = "start video localhost webcam"
#  command4 = "start video localhost pvr"


NETVA 2011: French entrepreneurs "dive" into Boston's ecosystem !
From September 18 to 24, five promising French startups, laureates of the 2011 National competition NETVA (New-England Technology Venture Accelerator), came to Boston to participate in a unique and customized coaching and business development program prepared by our office.
The ultimate objective of NETVA is to connect these innovative companies withBoston based corporate and academia partners, and facilitate the development of innovative French startups in theU.S.
Selected nation-wide by a Franco-American committee, the five laureates of the 2011NETVA edition have been granted an intensive accelerator week in Boston from September 18 to 24, during which they received customized coaching from local U.S. entrepreneurs and experts of early stage international development.
Moreover, they have been matched with a personal U.S.mentor as well as with some prominent technology and entrepreneurial leaders in the Bostonarea. During July of this year, both the laureates (5) and candidate startups (28) were offered a three-day long preparation workshop at the invitation of the Microsoft Inc. headquarters inParis.
During the week, the laureates met more than 250 new connections in the Boston area, and each of the laureate had 15 one-on-one meeting scheduled with potential partners, investors and advisors !
NETVA partners with a large range of Boston institutions, including "MassChallenge",the French-American Chamber of Commerce (FACCNE), the French Foreign Trade Advisors (CCEF), MLSC and MOITI.
The highlight of the 2011 NETVA edition was a panel discussion, held at "MassChallenge" premises in South Boston. Entitled "Traditional and Alternative Startup Funding, a Transatlantic Perspective. The event attracted more than 100 experts of the area !
3 of them are already envisionning to set up a subsidiary in the area !
NETVA will come back next year, fostering new relationships for promising French Startups !


The Rail Passengers Association applauds the Senate Commerce Committee approval of Patrick J. Fuchs and Michelle Schultz for the Surface Transportation Board, and calls upon the Senate to swiftly vote to confirm.
"During Schultz's tenure as associate general counsel for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, she developed a reputation for diligence and competence among our Pennsylvanian members, and I believe she will bring the same aptitude to her work at the STB," said Mathews.
Critically, during the April 25th nomination hearing, Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) discussed the delays plaguing rail passengers and highlighted the freight train interference that is causing this problem.
Rail Passengers has the utmost confidence that these two nominees will help the STB to expeditiously and fairly remedy bad actions taken by host railroads. For more information, refer to Amtrak's Host Railroad Report Card.


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Q: Using numpy and scipy from Anaconda in xcode on a mac I want to use the numpy and scipy Python libraries in combination with Xcode on my Mac, but do not get it up and running.
I use:

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*macOS High Sierra

*Xcode 9.2

*a local programming environment for Python 3.6

And I am able to run pure (no additional libraries) Python code in that environment without any problems. Now I also want to use numpy/scipy functionality and therefore installed Anaconda 3 on my machine. But when I try to run the following simple code in Xcode:
 import numpy as np
 a = np.arange(1, 10)
 print(a)

I get the following error message:

File "/Users/oliverewald/Python/Python/Work.py", line 1, in
      import numpy as np
  ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'numpy'
  Program ended with exit code: 1

Somehow the libraries that came with the Anaconda installation are not known/available in my local Python environment.
What am I missing? How can I get it running?

A: Modules installed in the Anaconda environment work only within the environment. I no longer have a working Mac to check this with, but I think you can enter the Anaconda environment from within Xcode.
The other option (without using Anaconda) is to use Python's pip to install the modules in the Python 3.6 environment.

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Record number of Americans gave up US citizenship in 2020, report says
By Kelly Taylor Hayes
Dr. Ashish Jha on why America needs to rethink its testing strategy
U.S. testing for COVID-19 is dropping, even as cases continue to surge and the death toll rises.
NEW YORK - According to new research, a record number of people gave up their U.S. citizenship in the first half of 2020, possibly due to the coronavirus pandemic, a volatile political climate and burdensome U.S. tax reporting.
A total of 5,816 Americans gave up their citizenship in the first six months of the year, compared to 2,072 Americans who renounced their citizenship in all of 2019, according to Bambridge Accountants, a New York-based firm specializing in U.S. expat taxes, U.K. expats, actors and other creatives.
As part of the report, the firm examined data from the U.S. government that is published every three months on Americans who gave up their citizenship.
An undated file image shows a person holding a United States passport. (File photo/El Nuevo Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
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"The huge increase in U.S. expats renouncing from our experience is that the current pandemic has allowed individuals the time to review their ties to the U.S. and decide that the current political climate and annual U.S. tax reporting is just too much to bear," said Alistair Bambridge, a partner at the firm.
The estimated 9 million U.S. citizens living abroad are still required to file U.S. tax returns each year, as well as potentially pay U.S. taxes and report all of their foreign bank accounts, investments and pensions held outside the country.
"For many Americans this intrusion is too complicated, and they make the serious step of renouncing their citizenship as they do not plan to return to live in the U.S.," Bambridge said.
He added that U.S. expats were still able to receive the $1,200 stimulus check and $500 for each child as part of the $2 trillion CARES Act passed by Congress in March.
Americans must pay a $2,350 government fee to renounce their citizenship, and those based overseas must do so in person at the U.S. Embassy in their country.
RELATED: US lifts Global Level 4 warning against international travel amid COVID-19, but countries still bar Americans
For Americans who do wish to relinquish their citizenship, there are few places in which they'd be able to travel amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The United States recently lifted its Global Level 4 warning against international travel amid the pandemic, but many countries are still barring American travelers from visiting due to the surge of COVID-19 infections in the U.S.
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Q: How do I combine if and button? when you press the button, it counts down from 33. and I want repeat value 33 after 0 How do I with 'if'?

export default class App extends PureComponent {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);

  }
  harrik = {
    number : 33
  };
  onPressDecrease = () => {
    this.setState({
      number: --this.harrik.number,

    })

  }

A: onPressDecrease = () => {
    this.setState({
      number: --this.harrik.number,
    });
    if(this.harrik.number === 0) {
       this.harrik.number = 33;
    }
}

A: Using the ternary operator ?: is the best approach,
I'm using the callback, which setState accepts as the second parameter, then returns the object to change the state.
onPressDecrease = () => {
    this.setState((prevState) =>
     ({ number: prevState.number === 0 ? 33 : --prevState.number })
    )
}

A: If you want values to roll over after a certain point, your best bet is usually a modulo operation.
// modulo function using JavaScript's `%` (remainder) operator
const modulo = (num, modulus) => ((num % modulus) + modulus) % modulus

modulo(-1, 33) // 32
modulo(0, 33) // 0
modulo(1, 33) // 1
// ...
modulo(32, 33) // 32
modulo(33, 33) // 0
modulo(34, 33) // 1


The Living Library's Selected Readings series seeks to build a knowledge base on innovative approaches for improving the effectiveness and legitimacy of governance. This curated and annotated collection of recommended works on the topic of crowdsourcing was originally published in 2013.
Crowdsourcing funds, or crowdfunding, is an emerging method for raising money that allows a wide pool of people to make small investments, gain access to ideas and projects they feel personally connected to, and spur growth in small businesses and social ventures. Popular crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo helped bring the practice into the public consciousness. Now, civic crowdfunding platforms like Citizinvestor and Spacehive are helping to apply this innovative funding model already in use for helping to fund artists, charities and inventors to help address public concerns traditionally considered under government's purview.
Crowdfunding has also received recent attention from policymakers in the US through the US Securities JOBS Act, which provides an exemption from the registration requirements for offerings of securities by a company made through an SEC registered Crowdfunding Platform.
Tanja Aitamurto — The Impact of Crowdfunding on Journalism — an article exploring crowdfunding in journalism, particularly related to reporting for the benefit of the public good.
Peter Baeck and Liam Collins — Working the Crowd: A Short Guide to Crowdfunding and How It Can Work for You — a general overview of crowdfunding models and the technological advances that make them possible.
Jason Best, Sherwood Neiss and Davis Jones — How Crowdfund Investing Helps Solve Three Pressing Socioeconomic Challenges — a paper describing the various public benefits of the rise of crowdfunding.
Kristof De Buysere, Oliver Gajda, Ronald Kleverlaan, Dan Marom and Matthias Klaes — A Framework for European Crowdfunding — an exploration of the crowdfunding ecosystem in Europe with an eye toward developing strategic crowdfunding policy frameworks for the continent.
Matthew Hollow — Crowdfunding and Civic Society in Europe: A Profitable Partnership? — a paper on crowdfunding's effects on civil society in Europe.
Ethan R. Mollick — The Dynamics of Crowdfunding: An Exploratory Study — an overview of the varied dynamics of success and failure in crowdfunding initiatives.
Abbey R. Stemler — The JOBS Act and Crowdfunding: Harnessing the Power—and Money—of the Masses — a discussion of the JOBS Act's effects on the public, including changing the relationship between businesses and the government.
Aitamurto, Tanja. "The Impact of Crowdfunding on Journalism." Journalism Practice 5, no. 4 (2011): 429–445. http://bit.ly/1bk4wNI.
Baeck, Peter and Liam Collins. Working the Crowd: A Short Guide to Crowdfunding and How It Can Work for You. Nesta, May 2013. http://bit.ly/Hkl3rx.
Best, Jason, Sherwood Neiss and Davis Jones. "How Crowdfund Investing Helps Solve Three Pressing Socioeconomic Challenges." Crowdfunding PR, Social Media & Marketing Campaigns. http://bit.ly/1aaTGwQ.
This paper outlines the forces driving the widespread use of crowdfund investing, namely social media, the existence of funding systems that marginalize people outside of major urban centers and the ability of people to function remotely from their work spaces.
De Buysere, Kristof, Oliver Gajda, Ronald Kleverlaan, Dan Marom, and Matthias Klaes. A Framework for European Crowdfunding, 2012. http://bit.ly/1aaTFsE.
Hollow, Matthew. "Crowdfunding and Civic Society in Europe: A Profitable Partnership?" Open Citizenship 4, no. 1 (May 20, 2013). http://bit.ly/1cgzefL.
Mollick, Ethan R. "The Dynamics of Crowdfunding: An Exploratory Study." Journal of Business Venturing (June 26, 2013). http://bit.ly/1aaTJIV.
This paper "offers a description of the underlying dynamics of success and failure among crowdfunded ventures," focusing on how personal networks and the project quality and viability have an impact on the success of crowdfunding efforts.
Mollick also highlights how other factors, like the geography of the project, design choices made by crowdfunding sites and developments in technology in this space all have an influence on the relationship between backers and project founders.
The paper finally demonstrates that projects that succeed do so by a small margin and those that fail seemingly by a large margin suggesting the influence of social bias and crowd influence.
Stemler, Abbey R. "The JOBS Act and Crowdfunding: Harnessing the Power—and Money—of the Masses." Business Horizons 56, no. 3 (May 2013): 271–275. http://bit.ly/1ih9lts.
This paper discusses the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act signed into law by President Obama in 2012, with a specific focus on the CROWDFUND Act, which enables entrepreneurs and small business owners to sell limited equity in their companies to a "crowd" of investors.
The objective of the Act is to exempt crowdfunding from registration requirement costs, allowing the potential of equity-based funding to be realized, by creating a pathway for underfunded entrepreneurs to access otherwise inaccessible streams of funding.
Stemler argues that the Act helps to legitimize crowdfunding as a community-building and fundraising tool for the business community, and also helps build better relationships between small business owners and government.


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The fight against descent-based slavery in Mali
Bakary Camara
Leah Durst-Lee
Lotte Pelckmans
Marie Rodet
Slavery existed in the Sahel before the Transatlantic Slave Trade and endured beyond its abolitions. To this day.
Image credit Direct Relief on Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
On September 1, 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, four anti-slavery activists were murdered in western Mali for their work against descent-based slavery—a form of slavery considered hereditary, which in its worst forms manifests in forced labor without pay, denial of education, and civil rights abuses. This practice has a long history in colonial and contemporary Mali and West Africa where people with alleged "enslaved ancestors" live at the bottom of the social ladder, facing discrimination and social exclusion on a daily basis. As forced migrants and newcomers escaping wars or economic deprivation, having been sold into slavery or not, their ancestors were ascribed the status to be treated as a slave by those in power.
In 2017, the anti-slavery group, Gambana, was formed to fight systematic discrimination and violence mainly among the Soninke, an ethnic group in several West African countries. Activists denounce the anachronistic and demeaning use of the word "kome" (slave) and the worst forms of exploitation this gives way to in some settings. Their protest generated a violent backlash: since 2018 more than 3,000 Malians with ascribed "slave status" have fled slavery-related violence in the Kayes region. Activists and members of the movement have also been attacked and are threatened in several localities in the Kayes region and beyond, yet the state and global community have remained largely silent.
Slavery existed in the Sahel before the Transatlantic Slave Trade and endured beyond its abolitions. In the 19th century, Kayes was a major transit zone of slave caravans and experienced an expansion of internal slavery through war and conflict. French colonial authorities abolished the internal slave trade in 1905 as they searched to recruit liberated slaves for forced labor. They soon turned a blind eye on the continuation of what they called "domestic slavery," pretending it had simply transformed into salary contract work thanks to the colonial legislation. Indeed, they feared that true abolition would destabilize local slavery-based economies and prevent full colonial control of labor and taxation. Thus, descendants of those enslaved continued to inherit "slave status" and their labor continued to be controlled by the local historical ruling class with the complicity of the colonial state, a system that allowed historical hierarchies to persist to present day.
Despite the lack of implementation of the 1905 abolition decree on the ground, some formerly enslaved managed to take their destinies into their own hands, escaping a violent institution to live freely in independent communities. Although the region experienced successive waves of emancipation in the colonial and postcolonial era, descent-based slavery continued under disguised forms of kinship, marriage, and adoption/fosterage. Today, poverty and discrimination continue to exclude Malians with ascribed "slave status" from social mobility, as highlighted by the Benbere blog campaign #MaliSansEsclaves. Both past and present, some victims of descent-based slavery have found in migration a way of escaping slavery.
Whether living in France or Mali, as first, second, or third generation immigrants, transnationally imposed social "embargos" are used to punish those who try to change this social order. For example, when youth in the diaspora want to marry outside of the "right" social group, their relatives back home can be punished severely for such a transgression and will very likely be denied access to vital village resources (water, land, market, shops, etc.), which can lead to forced displacement.
Slavery has never been criminalized in postcolonial Mali. In 2012, Mali passed a law criminalizing human trafficking. However, plans to pass a law criminalizing descent-based slavery in 2016 failed to materialize; the Malian government appears unable or unwilling to act in support of those affected by descent-based slavery. Many officials claim that victims are not "slaves," but participants in "traditional" practices. As long as descent-based slavery is not criminalized in Mali, prosecuting slavery-related abuses will prove difficult.
A protective legal framework and awareness campaigns are also crucial to support these communities to escape the vicious cycle of poverty and exploitation. Forced displacement and re-settlement are onerous processes which may increase the vulnerability of already vulnerable populations, especially girls and women. In such cases, new forms of servitude strongly overlap with the legacies of historical slavery. These displaced populations often live in precarious conditions because of marginalization and stigmatization in new host communities. This precarity is amplified by the politics of land access as managed by local elite groups, but also the degradation of land in the fragile ecological Sahel zone particularly affected by climate change.
Our research on Slavery and Forced Migration (SlaFMig) in the Kayes region will analyze and map the history of slavery-related protracted displacements as strategies of resistance. We propose concrete measures to redress this long-term crisis by training legal professionals and advocating for the passage of a law that criminalizes descent-based slavery, as well as informing local and national government how to efficiently manage protracted displacements of people with ascribed "slave status." We also campaign for more education aimed at the younger generation on the history of and resistance to slavery in Mali. Finally, the project aims at supporting displaced communities to achieve sustainable living by identifying their specific needs and helping them to access aid for microcredit projects.
Bakary Camara is the Dean of the Faculty of Public Law of the Université des Sciences Juridiques et Politiques and an expert in rights.
Leah Durst-Lee is a graduate student of Advanced Migration Studies at the University of Copenhagen.
Lotte Pelckmans is Associate Professor at the Centre for Advanced Migration Studies at the University of Copenhagen.
Marie Rodet is Reader in the History of Africa at SOAS at the University of London.
On September 1, 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, four anti-slavery activists were murdered
Tales of a civilized slavery
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The slave holders on the border
Melchisedek Chétima
Scott MacEachern
Walter van Beek
Why do people on the border between Nigeria and northern Cameroon refer to Boko Haram as slave holders?
The slave auction in Libya
Haythem Guesmi
Racism and discrimination are central to the social and cultural hierarchy in the Maghreb. Libya is no exception.
A Short History of the Slave Trade in Nigeria
Cheta Nwanze
A public service as a response to Nigeria's removal of history from its school curriculum


I am the mum of two fabulous girls, married to the wonderful Mr Beach, who I have know from our school days. We live in the middle of the beautiful Ashdown Forest in Sussex, with a crazy menagerie of creatures, at the last count 7. I grew up on the forest and love it with a passion but my heart belongs to the sea. All of us (even our dogs ) enjoy water sports from Stand up Paddle boarding (SUP), Surfing,Kayaking and Coasteering. Luckily our girls are as enthusiastic as my husband and I and a lot of our free time is spent on the M4 heading to idilic Pembrokeshire to get wet!
Our wedding day at the wonderful Upwaltham Barns, was one of the best days of my life. It was a day we spent celebrating with the people we love and was truly magical. For me the only concern was the thought of being photographed, I have always been camera shy…..so if this worries you too, I completely understand!
I am passionate about telling the story of your day and creating beautiful art in the process. I am inspired by love, laughter, family and friendship.
My life long love affair with the camera began at the age of ten when my Dad bought me my first SLR camera. Since that day I have only ever wanted to be a photographer.
I studied Fine Art Photography at degree level and then went onto complete a Post-Grad in Photojournalism. My professional experiences includes twelve years as a staff photographer for IPC Media, working on magazine titles ranging from Marie Claire and Country Life to Loaded.
Danni Beach Photography has evolved from my experience in Fine Art Photography, Documentary Photography and Photojournalism into the wonderful world of wedding photography, these genres give me a unique perspective as a wedding photographer. With over a decade of experience as a wedding photographer and several hundred weddings under my belt, I bring professionalism, artistic integrity and a high standard of craftsmanship to your Wedding.
The key to working as a documentary wedding photographer is to capture those fleeting moments that tell the story of your day, the nerves, the tears and the joy. I aim to be as non-intrusive as possible while photographing everything from the smallest details to the loudest laughs.
My experience as a bride and the feedback from clients confirms that my approach to wedding photography allows you and your guests to truly relax and enjoy your day.
I believe the secret to my success is getting to know you, my client, understanding your vision by listening to your plans and aspirations for your wedding day. Every wedding is unique and I love sharing this journey with you. From the first time we meet over a relaxed cup of tea in my kitchen to you receiving your final images that you can cherish for a life time.
Underpinning everything I do is a strong belief that allowing you and your guests to feel comfortable around me and my camera is fundamental to the way I work. I would love the chance to meet you both, and informally chat about your wedding plans.
Time for me to step out from behind the camera and introduce myself…arhhhh!!!
I am very happy to photograph a handful of formal Group Shots. I ask for a list of these in advance so I can photograph these as quickly and efficiently as possible so you can get on with the important business of enjoying your day!
I am very lucky to work closely with many of the top venues in London and the south East, whom I am a recommended wedding photographer for. I have also built up great relationships with numerous other venues and wedding suppliers (Please see my friends page,) this allows me to offer you a range of knowledge and contacts to draw upon if you would like any advice.


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The third season of Stargate Atlantis, an American-Canadian television series, began airing on July 21, 2006 on the US-American Sci Fi Channel. The third season concluded after 20 episodes on February 5, 2007 on the Canadian The Movie Network. The series was developed by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper, who also served as executive producers. Season three regular cast members include Joe Flanigan, Torri Higginson, Rachel Luttrell, Jason Momoa, Paul McGillion, and David Hewlett as Dr. Rodney McKay.

Cast
 Starring Joe Flanigan as Lt. Colonel John Sheppard
 Torri Higginson as Dr. Elizabeth Weir
 Rachel Luttrell as Teyla Emmagan
 Jason Momoa as Ronon Dex
 With Paul McGillion as Dr. Carson Beckett
 And David Hewlett as Dr. Rodney McKay

Episodes

Episodes in bold are continuous episodes, where the story spans over 2 or more episodes.

Production
 Richard Kind, who played Lucius Lavin in "Irresistible" and "Irresponsible", also played a minor role as Gary Meyers in the original Stargate film. He is the only actor to appear in both the film and Stargate: Atlantis.
 "Common Ground" introduces the "Todd" Wraith character that plays an important role in the later Seasons.
 "Sunday" marks the last to feature Paul McGillion as a regular cast member, although he is still in the opening titles for the rest of Season 3.
 "First Strike" introduces Jewel Staite as new Chief Medical Officer Dr. Jennifer Keller.

DVD releases

Awards

"No Man's Land" won a Gemini Award for "Best Visual Effects". For "McKay and Mrs. Miller", writer Martin Gero was nominated for a Gemini Award in the category "Best Writing in a Dramatic Series".

References

External links

 Season 3 on GateWorld
 Season 3 on IMDb
 Season 3 on TV.com

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2006 American television seasons
2007 American television seasons
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2006 Canadian television seasons
2007 Canadian television seasons


Last week, as I began to pack for a four days in New York, I was lacking my normal enthusiasm. I attributed my mood to my ill and darling, Orchid, and my recent surgery. My husband and I had deliberately stayed home for the past six months(so unlike us) because of our devotion to our pooch; now I was leaving. My surgery came and went with no down time. Not smart. And thirdly, thoughts ran through my mind of the non-stop frenzy that would begin immediately upon our return from the Big Apple. Three dear friends were arriving for the rest of the week from out of town and one was moving in with us for a short time. As I placed the last item of clothing in our luggage I smiled because part of me was looking forward to what lay ahead… spending time with Susan, Patricia, and Sharon. I said out loud as I finished packing, "I will stop and smell the flowers with girlfriends." This will be good. What I did not know was.. how emotionally marvelous it would be, darlings.
Susan was staying in our home for four days and was arriving from New York before we landed back in Chicago. She would greet us at our home when we returned. The next friend to arrive was Patricia, from Dublin, Ireland, and just as Susan was leaving, Sharon was arriving from LA. These friendships go back as far as 26 years.
The week has come and gone. The words and feelings that come to my mind of the experience: warm and cuddly, refreshing, hours of laughter, sharing secret thoughts, learning, and genuine caring. It is called friendship. It was a time of wishing that all the girlfriends I genuinely love lived near instead of many living far. It was a time of wishing I could gather all my wonderful girlfriends, living here, there, and everywhere in one large room and tell them how much they have enriched my life and how much I need them and how I will always be there for them. From Michigan, to Minnesota, to England and Florida, to Idaho and France, to Ireland and LA, to next door and down the street and in the suburbs; from 27 years old to into their 90s and to all of you at Honey Good who don't know me, yet reach out to me with such love, I am grateful.
My busy life with my husband, Orchid, family, travel, and my love of writing isolates me from continuous interaction with girlfriends. I am fortunate I have managed to keep close friends over the years because I am not in a group who have a constant interchange of everything.
It is now early Monday morning, after my out-of-town friends have flown to their respective cities, and I just said my good-byes to two Chicago girlfriends. We journeyed out in the cold( it was in the low 40s in Chicago!), for our weekly Monday morning walk. Our togetherness is important.
My husband did not want to me to go because of the cold weather.
I said that because of the loving bonds and experiences I have with girlfriends who go back to the time I was six years old. Oh sure I have had my disappointments with women. I have weeded those women out. You know our word, 'delete.' Use it darlings. Visualize the delete key on your keyboard, your index finger and hit, 'delete.' It is as easy as that. You will breathe a sigh of relief.
I am drawn to women of substance whose warmth, sincerity, openness, laughter and desire to live outside the box 'runneth over.' That is my prescription; my Sisterhood.
Take a moment to sit down with a cup of coffee, some nice Hawaiian music (I am listening to it now on my Alexa) a pen and paper and make a list of new friends and old friends and… women you want to 'weed out with a quick delete.' Make a promise that the women on your list will make your heart sing and you will make time to nurture your new and old relationships. What a great way to start a day.
I am a person who dislikes confrontations and will go to great lengths to avoid them if possible so how would you advise me to 'delete' someone that is toxic to my well being? She lives close and we have other connecting friends.. To make matters worse she is always telling me how much she likes my company and relishes our friendship. This is causing me a lot of stress and guilt over hurting her.. She isn't a bad person but she is too negative for me. My secret name for her is " Debbie Downer." Help!
Thank you for this! Your "heart" always reaches and touches mine, I love your words, please be good to YOU in all your doing. Love on….