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The small gods men have made for themselves are jealous fathers, only a little greater than their sons, only a little stronger, only a little wiser. Immortal fathers, afraid of their mortal children, they are unjustly protected by a too fortunate immortality. To fight with them requires at once heroism and despair.
The man who does not know the Living God is condemned by his own gods, to this despair: because, knowing that he has made his own gods, he cannot help hoping that he will be able to overthrow them. Alas, he realizes too late that he has made them immortal. They must eventually devour him.
The Promethean instinct is as deep as man's weakness: that is to say, it is almost infinite. Promethean despair is the cry that rises out of the abyss of man's nothingness—the inarticulate terror man cannot face, the terror of having to be someone, of having to be himself.
The fire Prometheus thought he had to steal from the gods is his own identity in God, the affirmation and vindication of his own being as a sanctified creature in the image of God. The fire Prometheus had to steal was his own spiritual freedom. In his own eyes therefore, to be himself was to be guilty. Guilt was the precious gift of the false gods to him.
Not knowing that fire was his for the asking, a gift of the true God, the Living God, not knowing that fire was something God did not need for Himself (since he had made it expressly for man), Prometheus felt he was obliged to steal what he could not do without. Why? Because he knew no god that would be willing to give it to him for nothing. He could conceive of no such god.
No one was ever less like Prometheus than Christ on his cross. For Prometheus thought he had to ascend into heaven to steal what God had already decreed to give him. But Christ, who had in Himself all the riches of God and all the poverty of Prometheus, came down with the fire Prometheus needed, hidden in His Heart. And He had Himself put to death in order to show him that in reality God cannot seek to keep anything good to Himself alone.
Far from killing the man who seeks the divine fire, the Living God will Himself pass through death in order that man may have what is destined for Him.
If Christ has died and risen from the dead for us, why do we continue to see ourselves defeated and in despair?
Because we think our life is important to ourselves alone, and do not know that our life is more important to the Living God than it is to our own selves.
Because we think our happiness is for ourselves alone, and do not realize that is also His happiness.
Because we think our sorrows are for ourselves alone, and do not believe that they are much more than that: they are His sorrows.
There is nothing we can steal from God at all, because before we even think of stealing it, it has already been given.

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Fuck off WMG! I had to change the song but now, I used one by LORDI. Get it? God, Lord - LORDI?! XD
This guy just pissed me off not only by saying GTA4 should be boycotted but... he even said Super Mario and Mario Kart were violent. Super Mario Is Violent? LOL WTF?! I admit GTA as a series is a T for Teen game *not early 20's dumbshit* and is not for little kids. Then again, I knew kids wjo were playing Mortal Combat at 9 years old. In fact - I LOVED THE OLD SCHOOL GAMES. I knew they were NOT real however and it DID NOT influence me at all. If your child goes and shoots someone because a game said it was "cool" or something then, guess what? YOU FAILED AS A PARENT. You say "protect your children" but, are you "PREPARING your children" for the real world? You can't shelter them forever but, I do see your side. However, GTA4 not being allowed for ANYONE to play? That goes too far. And because you attack the game and others in such a facist and totalitarian way, I decided to counter-strike with a much better weapon than debunking something by saying "it isn't good!11!!" - LAUGHTER. Thats right, laughter IS the best Medicine and is more powerful than even a gun/bomb. Know why? It targets more than 1 person and it is peaceful. No propaganda is a match for COMEDY. *Seeing him cry over a comment was almost TOO funny.*
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Travel and Expense Policy – part one February 12, 2011Posted by solutionsbconsultants in Business Improvement, Increase Profitability, Procurement, Travel Policy.
Tags: chief financial officer, corporate policy, corporate travel, expense, Procurement, purchasing, supply chain, travel
I have had quite a few requests for a travel and expense policy. Before I go into the philosophy and nuts and bolts, let me make a few comments.
First, most companies have severely curtailed travel, both for internal group meetings as well as attendance at training, seminars, and supplier visits. I am actually glad that a good number of these trips have been curtailed. With communication mechanisms like Apple iChat, Skype, Webex, Go-to-Meeting and other low-cost, highly effective tools, the goals and accomplishments of an in-person trip can be achieved without an unnecessary hit on the pocketbook. Why send three people to the same training? Send one and have him/her train the others – or film the training and put it into your training library for future hires.
Let's look at a hypothetical scenario: A few years ago a IT executive wanted to send two of his personnel to make a presentation at an overseas conference. I challenged the $10,000 cost of the trip (which probably cost more than $15,000 if you count the loss of two IT resources for 10 days) for three reasons. 1) If you are invited to present, the body sponsoring the presentation should have covered the cost; 2) the virtual communication technology available at the time could have easily have achieved the goal; 3) the economy was showing signs of decline and it would send a negative message to the rest of the company (besides being fiscally irresponsible). I was told that this presentation was not only prestigious for the company but it would also serve as a reward for the employees. Actually, the company did issue a press release, however, both employees left the company before the year was out. There was no measurable ROI or any direct benefits to the company. Anyway, I lost the argument but would still make the same plea today.
Enough pontificating, let us talk about what you want to accomplish with a good travel and expense policy.
First, create some goals and objectives for your policy:
1) To fairly compensate the traveler and provide for his/her safety and comfort away from home
2) To ensure company resources are managed responsibly, ethically and legally and minimize costs when possible
3) To ensure consistency in travel administration, yet provide reasonable flexibility
4) When in doubt, use common sense.
5) Apply the same rules to everyone regardless of position.
6) The traveler should neither lose nor gain financially as a result of business travel
Think about these and let me know if I left anything out – I will follow up shortly with more on this in Part II.
Yours in Supply Chain,
Remember what the Aberdeen Group says……….
"For a typical enterprise, it takes an increase
of $5 in sales to equal the impact of
a $1 reduction in procurement costs."
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Carmel Sepuloni
Tax cuts when kids go hungry shows National's lack of moral compass
National's campaign of tax cuts that give $400 million to the top 10 per cent of earners, at a time when 120 Kiwi kids every year are being hospitalised for malnutrition, shows they have lost their moral compass, says Labour's Social Development spokesperson Carmel Sepuloni.
"It is shameful that in a modern country that the rate of children who are in hospital due to malnourishment has doubled in the time that National has largely been in power.Read more →
Cheaper to stay at The Langham than emergency housing motels
Labour's comprehensive plan to fix the housing crisis and ensure there's enough state housing, means we won't be paying through the nose for emergency accommodation like the current Government has to, says Labour's Social Development spokesperson Carmel Sepuloni.
"National has hocked off state houses all over New Zealand, and now has to put families up in motels or – as we revealed yesterday – buy motels at more than double the most recent QV valuations.Read more →
Government pays twice the price for emergency housing motels – with two more on the way
Under Labour's plan to build at least 1000 state houses each year, New Zealand wouldn't be paying more than double the valuations for motels to house Kiwis needing emergency housing, says Labour's Social Development spokesperson Carmel Sepuloni.
"Under questioning today, the Government revealed it has plans to buy another two motels to house Kiwis in need of emergency housing, in addition to the four it has already bought.Read more →
Alfred Ngaro might be sorry – but to whom?
The fact that the number of people classified as homeless on the Social Housing Register has doubled over the past year alone should be the real reason for Alfred Ngaro's recent apologies, says Labour's Social Development spokesperson Carmel Sepuloni.
"As at 31 March 2017, there were 898 applications on the Social Housing Register where the main reason provided for the application was 'homelessness'. That's an increase of 470 or 110 per cent in one year.Read more →
Government's data-for-funding backdown embarrassing
The Government's U-turn on their shambolic attempt to collect private client data from social services is an embarrassment for a senior Minister, says Labour's Social Development spokesperson Carmel Sepuloni.
"After months of criticism and mismanagement, the Government has finally cut its losses and backed down from its callous demands for private client data from social services in their new contracts.Read more →
Government can't be trusted with private data
The independent review of the Ministry of Social Development's data breach in April has shown, once again, that the Ministry cannot be trusted with private client information, says Labour's Social Development spokesperson Carmel Sepuloni.
"The investigation by former Deloitte chairman Murray Jack exposes the portal, intended to be used by all social services to upload private client information, as simply not up to scratch.Read more →
Cancer support changes far too little, certainly late
Anne Tolley's belated backtrack to finally allow Jobseeker clients suffering from cancer to submit only one medical certificate to prove their illness fails to adequately provide temporary support for people too sick to work, says Labour's Social Development spokesperson Carmel Sepuloni.
"I've been calling for greater support for those with temporary illness and have had a members' bill in the ballot for more than a year, but only now has Anne Tolley partially implemented one of the changes I proposed.Read more →
More beneficiaries heading to jail, fewer to study
The latest quarterly benefit figures show a rising number of beneficiaries have left the benefit because they have gone to prison, while fewer are going into study, says Labour's Social Development spokesperson Carmel Sepuloni.
"According to recent figures, in the three years to March 2017 there were 38 per cent fewer beneficiaries leaving the benefit to go into fulltime study.Read more →
Social data security review too little, too late
The independent review into the Ministry of Social Development's individual client level data IT system is too little, too late, says Labour's Social Development spokesperson Carmel Sepuloni.
"The Minister of Social Development has finally seen some sense and called for an independent review into the IT system that will hold private client information from social services.Read more →
Govt drops ball on Masters Games housing squeeze
Families currently living in emergency accommodation face being forced out onto the street as motel accommodation in Auckland is filled up by contestants and visitors of the World Masters Games in coming weeks, says Labours social development spokesperson Carmel Sepuloni.
"The World Masters Games are very welcome, bringing 25,000 registered contestants with 10,000 travelling supporters to Auckland from April 21-30, but the Government has dropped the ball by failing to plan for the significant impact on families currently receiving emergency accommodation.Read more →


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"Jeremiah Johnson, nominated for the "Rock Blues Album of the Year - Straitjacket" and the "Sean Costello Rising Star Award" by Blues Blast Magazine in the 2019, 12th Annual Blues Blast Music Awards."
"Jeremiah Johnson has been nominated, in two categories, by the Making-A-Scene 2019 Independent Blues Awards. "Best Independent Blues Rock CD - Straitjacket" and "Best Song for the Common Good - Believe in America"."
"Named one of the '50 Modern Blues Rock Soul Artists You Must Hear 2019'"
"Jeremiah Johnson delivers biting blues rock with his commanding guitar attack bolstered by his hearty pipes and a crack backing band... This is grade 'A' primo stuff."
"Jeremiah Johnson is the real deal, a honky-tonk hero for the blues just like Waylon was for outlaw country."
— Goldmine Magazine - October 2018
"Jeremiah Johnson serves it up hard and nasty, St Louis juke joint blues punctuated by Johnson's piercing Albert King riffs. "
— Grant Britt - Blues Blast Magazine 1/19/2019
Ruf Records recording artist Jeremiah Johnson is set to have the biggest year of his career in 2019. After signing a record deal with Ruf Records in March of 2018, Jeremiah immediately went to Texas to record his debut Ruf Records release, Straitjacket, with BMA award winning Mike Zito producing. Straitjacket debuted #1 on iTunes New Blues Releases and #6 on Billboard Blues Album Chart and has been in the top of the Roots Music Report ever since. With a European tour with Mike Zito already scheduled for 2019, Jeremiah is poised to bring his passionate songwriting, powerful blues voice and commanding guitar work to a world-wide audience in 2019 and beyond.
"What makes Johnson's music worth its salt is that it's honest, and it's real. No white-washing, glossing over, or glitzy production; no sir, just stories about people living their lives that hits home."
- American Blues Scene
Jeremiah Johnson has been writing original music for decades and continues to polish his art through consistent rehearsals and tireless touring. Though born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, he seasoned his songwriting by spending a decade on the Gulf Coast of Texas, working hard at making a name for himself as an original blues artist. Boasting a five-album discography, Johnson can deliver original southern blues-rock all night long. Johnsons' world class band is well known for being one of the tightest live acts on any stage and can put on a show that you won't soon forget.
"Straight up, honest American blues rock music. Jeremiah's writing is passionate and from the heart."
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The Academy of Art University, previously known as the Academy of Advertising Art, has made a prominent name for itself across a variety of fields. This phenomenal school for the arts has produced talent in liberal arts, in fashion, in design and in entertainment. Its urban campus sits in the heart of "The City by the Bay." Of course, this is San Francisco, and the school has more than 12,400 students. Academy of Art University was founded by a painter named Richard Stephens, and the school has been passed-down through the Stephens family.
David Arriaga, a former-graduate of the school, was honored for his work in the film "Cocoa." "Cocoa" just so happened to earn a win for the Best Animated Feature Film at the 2018 Oscars. While studying at AAU, Arriaga studied in illustration and in artistic direction. Being the senior director at a major studio is a big deal as Arriaga played a huge role in bringing this film to life. Designing elements within the film, providing detailed drawings and providing cultural history of Mexico took a lot of hard work. "One of the best things that aspiring artists can do is to build-up a solid portfolio," said Arriaga.
In addition to that specific win, "Coco" won another Oscar for Best Original Song thanks to its mariachi-inspired tune. The Academy of Art University has done an amazing job in the fashion industry. The school has talent that displays it work at the prestigious New York Fashion Week. Of course, Academy of Art University has well-represented itself as it has participated at this exclusive event for a number of consecutive years.
Certificates, online programs, online degrees and undergraduate degrees can be obtained from this institution. The school has exhibits, has housing, has galleries and is state-of-the-art. All in all, the Academy of Art University is at the apex of its class because it's setting new standards in a multitude of fields.


text: What now? 2015 individual market pricing: Morbidity and other considerations Print Connect Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Google+ By Scott Katterman | 04 October 2013 The effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) on the individual health insurance market continue to evolve. With 2014 being the first year of implementation, participating insurers have been scrambling to get pricing prepared for the plans they will offer on the state health exchanges, also commonly referred to as Health Insurance Marketplaces. With regulatory frameworks still being clarified, the entrance of new and potentially costly populations into the market, and many risks that simply cannot be measured with any confidence, forecasting can be quite challenging. To succeed in this dynamic environment, insurers need to look as far ahead as possible. At first glance, it may seem that the information available to them for 2015 will not be any richer or more useful than what they have going into 2014. Yet there are several known regulatory and market differences that will become effective in 2015 that are almost certain to be relevant to pricing. For those that are unknown—particularly the morbidity of new populations of insureds—it may be possible to use available data to create useful estimates that can assist in managing pricing risk beyond 2014. It may be tempting not to consider 2014 experience in 2015 pricing; however, at the conclusion of this paper, we present a technique for incorporating 2014 experience that many insurers may find useful. Known regulatory and market changes impacting 2015 estimates Actuaries can incorporate certain known structural changes into 2015 pricing estimates now, without waiting for 2014 data. These include such items as reduction in the federal transitional reinsurance program and increases in the ACA insurer fees. Some of these are likely to increase rates, while others are likely to have the opposite effect. And, of course, their impact will vary by insurer. Reduction of federal transitional reinsurance To ease the transition to a guaranteed issue environment, ACA includes a federal reinsurance program to help mitigate the risk of extremely high-cost individuals entering the individual market. While the reinsurance program will be a significant help to insurers in 2014, its impact will shrink over time. The budget allocated for reinsurance payments will drop from $10 billion in 2014 to $6 billion in 2015. All else being equal, this will reduce reinsurance payments to individual health plans by 40%. Actuaries estimate that the reinsurance program has reduced premiums by 10% to 15% in 2014, so slimming it down will have a certain and material impact on pricing in 2015. The bottom-line impact of this shift will depend on the size of the individual market in 2015. If individual market growth is significant in 2015, the transitional reinsurance program payments into the individual market may well go down more than 40% on a per-member basis, simply because the $6 billion budget will be spread across a larger individual market in 2015 relative to 2014. As a result, actuaries need to estimate the size of the (non-grandfathered) individual health insurance market in 2015. There are reasons to think the market may increase materially, such as increasing tax penalties for remaining uninsured in 2015, as well as organic growth of the market as knowledge of and familiarity with the exchanges increases. Rising ACA health insurer fees While reinsurance for individual insurers under ACA will go down in 2015, health insurer fees will go up. The ACA mandates that the total fees collected will rise from $8 billion in 2014 to $11.3 billion in 2015. On the surface, this seems to indicate that health plans should expect to pay roughly 40% more in fees in 2015. However, the true picture is more complicated. The 2015 fee will be allocated to each insurer based on its 2014 total health insurance premium revenue from all lines of business, with adjustments that depend on the size of the insurer, whether they are for-profit or not-for-profit, and the markets they serve. Thus, to accurately estimate their share of the $11.3 billion 2015 insurer fee, insurers will not only need to estimate their own premium volume for 2014, but also that of the entire 2014 health insurance market, taking into consideration the impact of the size and profit status factors on the overall market. Milliman has published an analysis of the impact of the insurer tax on the U.S. health insurance industry which includes detailed estimates by year out to 2023.1 Morbidity changes Many actuaries believe that the total morbidity of the 2015 individual market will improve relative to 2014 due to increasing participation in the market. This increasing participation will be driven by two factors: The U.S. population will have greater awareness and familiarity of insurance reforms, exchanges, and federal subsidies in 2015 compared to 2014. They will have had an additional year to digest the information that will become available as the exchanges come online. This may drive increased enrollment in exchange-based individual market plans. The federal tax penalty for not having health insurance coverage will increase from at least 1% of annual income (after a deduction) in 2014 to at least 2% in 2015. This will incent more individuals to seek coverage in 2015 compared to 2014. As these factors drive increased participation in the market in 2015, overall morbidity is generally expected to improve, which will help to mitigate rate increases. The magnitude of the morbidity change will be far less significant than in 2014, but will require modeling and assumptions similar to what went into 2014 rate development. An additional consideration will be the impact of the employer mandate, scheduled to come into play in 2015, having been delayed from 2014. All else being equal, this may reduce the size of the individual market by driving some employers to begin offering employees coverage in 2015. With many variables in play, the impact this will have on the overall morbidity of the individual insurance market is uncertain, but the subject may be worthy of further consideration and modeling by actuaries. Wear off of pent-up demand While the morbidity shifts in the post-ACA individual insurance market are generally seen as a permanent phenomenon—reflecting the true long-term underlying healthcare needs of the population—many insurers anticipate that a related but relatively short-term driver of increased health costs is relevant in the early years of ACA implementation. Known as pent-up demand, this factor reflects the temporary increase in health-related expenditures as previously uninsured or underinsured individuals seek care that was delayed due to a prior lack of adequate coverage.2 Many believe that the impact of pent-up demand lasts a year or less. Thus, as the proportion of the 2015 population that was previously uninsured is expected to decrease—as many uninsured individuals will have obtained insurance in 2014 thanks to ACA—the impact of pent-up demand on claim costs is also expected to decrease relative to 2014. This should help to mitigate 2015 rate increases in the individual market. Techniques and approaches for adjusting morbidity assumptions in the absence of claims data The largest uncertainty about the post-ACA individual market is morbidity. This is true for both 2014 and 2015. When comparing figures from internal Milliman modeling, client modeling, and publicly available analyses, the estimated impacts of this item vary widely among different sources. Many of these estimates for a given state differ by more than ±10%. Thus, there is by no means a common consensus on this issue among actuaries. Fortunately, there are ways to gain additional insight on morbidity for 2015 pricing compared to the approaches used for 2014. One way is to examine morbidity assumptions of other insurers from 2014 rate filings. The availability of filings, and the details contained therein, will vary among states. Oregon, for example, has posted all 2014 individual market rate filings online for public viewing. Most of these filings clearly outline the morbidity assumptions used for pricing. For states like Oregon, insurers can explicitly compare their morbidity assumptions to other competitors in the market to see if they stand out as high or low. Of course, competitor assumptions are not necessarily correct, so actuaries will need to use good judgment and reasonability tests when reviewing such data. For states where rate filings are not publicly available, or do not contain the needed details for this analysis, insurers will at least be able to compare premium rates to those of their competitors on the exchanges. Premium rate differences will be attributable to a number of reasons in addition to morbidity, such as provider reimbursement rates, the breadth of the provider network, and degree of healthcare management. This will make it more difficult to gain a clear picture into competitor morbidity assumptions compared to reviewing rate filings, but it may still give some insight on morbidity differences. A murky picture is better than no picture at all. Milliman is preparing a 2014 rate database using publicly available rate data that could be used for such an analysis; for more information, contact your local Milliman consultant. Another source of insight will be the number of individuals that actually enroll in exchange products. A greater participation rate in the exchanges is generally believed to correlate with lower overall morbidity levels. This is because the costs of the most morbid individuals, who presumably are among the first to obtain coverage due to their immediate medical needs, becomes spread across a larger population. Most insurers will have assumptions regarding the size of the market underlying their overall morbidity estimates. If the actual size of the market comes in much higher or lower than anticipated, this would be a clear indication that morbidity assumptions should be revisited. Cohort studies: estimating morbidity using actual 2014 data Finally, we come to a more analytical approach to looking at actual emerging 2014 morbidity, which can help inform assumptions for 2015. Actuaries spent the first half of 2013 working feverishly at estimating what might happen in 2014, but in a few short months we will start to see actual experience data. However, claims data will be incomplete and of limited use to most carriers to meet the spring 2014 filing deadlines for 2015 rates. A technique that we believe will be useful to many carriers is examining the risk scores of cohorts of the individuals which make up their 2014 insured populations. Risk scores based on prescription drug data are likely to provide the most accurate estimates, since that data will be far more complete at that point compared to medical claims data. Prescription drug risk scores can be calculated for each enrollee based on the few months of 2014 data that will be available. These partial-year risk scores can then be adjusted based on analyses of risk score development and completion patterns from prior years, taking into consideration potential differences in completion patterns for new vs. existing enrollees. These adjustments will allow comparisons of 2014 risk scores to prior year risk scores on a more "apples to apples" basis. Once risk scores are estimated, the membership can be split into cohorts of new vs. existing members for both 2014 and prior year data. Comparisons can then be performed to help answer the following questions: How has the overall risk score of our 2014 population changed compared to 2013? How do the risk scores of new 2014 enrollees compare to existing members? How do the risk scores of new 2014 enrollees compare to new enrollees in 2013 and prior years? Has our existing member block risk score increased significantly due to lapses of younger/healthier individuals? The answers will be very valuable when developing 2015 premium rates. It is important to note that, due to the ACA risk adjustment program, assumptions regarding the morbidity of the entire 2014 individual market are necessary for pricing—not just one particular insurer's members. While the latter is valuable, it does not provide a complete picture. To provide the most value, actuaries will need to make assumptions regarding: How the morbidity of the insurer's 2013 population compares to the 2013 market average. Some insurers participated in statewide risk score simulation studies to help answer this question for 2014 pricing. This information will remain relevant when reviewing 2014 data. Whether or not the morbidity of the insurer's new 2014 enrollees reflects new enrollees market-wide. Are there reasons to believe any particular insurer would attract subsets of the previously uninsured population that exhibit greater morbidity? This assumption will be important when interpreting the results of the cohort study. Consequently, the most valuable cohort studies will be those performed by the largest insurers in a given state, who will have more accurate answers to the questions above because of their larger market share. There are limitations to such a cohort study that should be taken into consideration: Pharmacy detail and therefore risk scoring data will be incomplete, with newly insured individuals needing time to visit a doctor before getting prescriptions. This uncertainty can be partially addressed by reviewing the behavior of new members relative to existing members from more complete prior-year data and adjusting risk scores accordingly. Open enrollment does not end until March 2014, meaning a significant portion of business may simply be too new to accurately capture what is going on. This approach will work for existing insurers only. Insurers who are just entering the individual market in 2014 will not have a cohort of existing policyholders to compare to. Small insurers may have difficulties producing usable results if they are unable to account for relativities to market averages. Nevertheless, in the dynamic world of post-ACA individual insurance, some insight into future pricing is better than none. Insurers should take advantage of any data source or analytical tool at their disposal to maintain a competitive advantage in a world of new frontiers and shifting markets. 1Doucet, M. & Yahnke, J. (April 2013). ACA health insurer fee: Estimated impact on the U.S. health insurance industry. Retrieved October 1, 2013 from http://www.milliman.com/insight/healthreform/ACA-health-insurer-fee-Estimated-impact-on-the-U_S_-health-insurance-industry/. 2Damhler, R. (August 2009). Experience under the Healthy Indiana Plan: The short-term cost challenges of expanding coverage to the uninsured. Retrieved October 1, 2013 from http://publications.milliman.com/research/health-rr/pdfs/experience-under-healthy-indiana.pdf. 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Sunday, July 6, 2014
Saturday we stood in line for an hour to see this off-beat art exhibit in the old Domino Sugar Refinery on the East River in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. The main statue was made of sugar - a bit gimmicky, but it was in memory of the workers (mainly African American and Hispanic) who toiled away in there in what must have been hot, hard and smelly work.
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A year soon runs its length and never returns the same,
And the end seldom seems to belong to the beginning.
So this Christmas was over then, and the last of the year followed it,
And the seasons went by in turn one after the other.
After Christmas came crabbed Lent
That chastises the flesh with fish and plainer food.
But then the weather of the world makes war on winter,
Cold cringes downward, clouds lift,
The shining rain comes down in warm showers,
Falls on the fair meadow, flowers appear there,
Both the open land and the groves are in green garments,
Birds hurry to build, and they sing gloriously
With the joy of the soft summer that arrives
on all the hills,
And blossoms are opening
In thick hedgerows, and then the noblest
Of all songs ring
Through the lovely forest.
Then comes the season of summer with the soft winds,
When Zephyrus breathes gently on the seeds and grasses.
Happy is the green leaf that grows out of that time
When the wet of the dew drips from the leaves
Before the blissful radiance of the bright sun.
But then comes harvest time to hearten them,
Warning them to ripen well before winter.
It brings drought until the dust rises,
Flying up high off the face of the field,
A fierce wind wrestles with the sun in the heavens,
The leaves fly from the lime tree and light on the ground,
And the grass is all withered that before was green.
Then all that was growing at first ripens and decays,
And thus in many yesterdays the year passes
And winter comes back again as the world would have it,
in the way of things.
Until the Michaelmas moon
When first the days feel wintry
And Gawain is reminded then
Of his dread journey.
(trans W. S. Merwin)
Source: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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The Kindergarten children are off to a great school year. We are pleased with their excitement for learning.
We have been focusing on the following areas: Reading, Language Arts, and Writing; listening to a variety of literature; participating in reciting poems, rhymes, songs and stories; retelling familiar stories; identifying an author and illustrator; match voice with print; read and explain own writings and drawings; identify upper and lower case letters; understand that letters represent sounds; identify parts of a book; print his/her name; and draw pictures and/or use letters and phonetically spelled words to write stories.
- Math: Counting by l's to 20 and backwards from 10; recognize numerals 1 to 20; shapes; sort and classify objects; patterns; sets of objects 1 to 20.
- Science: Conducting investigations, discussing physical properties of objects, weather, fall seasons, and school and home routines.
- Health: Self-esteem, friendship, respect, responsibility and good choices.
- History/Social Science: Qualities of a good citizen; famous Americans, pledge to the flag, positional words.
Parents please take the time to discuss each school day with your child. Ask open-ended questions and offer positive feedback. Please check his/her bookbag daily. Review all work brought home and set aside a special place for displaying the work. Remember to read 15 minutes nightly with or to your child. Your constant interest will play an important part in your child's learning success.
Welcome to 1st grade! Our team of teachers consists of Mrs. Stewart, Ms. Tate, Mrs. Bowling, Mrs. High, Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Bevis. We are all very excited to be working with your children this year at Greenwood!
Our first graders have been hard at work. The students have been learning about the importance of rules to keep our school a safe place to learn and grow. Being good citizens is also being emphasized throughout the year focusing on being trustworthy, responsible and honest. These traits will help each student to be college, career and citizenship ready which is Newport News Public School's emphasis for all students regardless of grade level.
Our days are filled with reading, math, writing, social studies and science. In reading, the students are meeting daily with small guided reading groups in which instruction is differentiated based on the needs of each student. Fluency, vocabulary, phonemic awareness, word study and comprehension are all emphasized daily. Students are expected to read nightly at home so this practice can occur both in school and at home.
Writer's Workshop occurs daily in which students to through the steps of the writing process with each piece of writing. Students brainstorm, pre-write, draft, revise, edit, publish and share their work. This process is again individualized and students work at their own pace to create their masterpieces!
In math, we have started addition and graphing of classroom data. Many strategies are taught and shared with students. Please practice addition facts up to 18 at home. Allow your child to talk to you about math as we do "math talk" daily where we share how we solved a problem and share our strategies with each other. Allow your child to practice skip counting at home as well. Students are required to skip count by 2's, 5's and 10's. Use common objects around your home for math practice such as pencils, canned goods, pieces of cereal or noodles.
In social studies, students are learning about citizenship, voting and famous Americans such as Christopher Columbus, George Washington Carver, Abraham Lincoln and Benjamin Franklin.
Science has us talking about seasonal changes, day versus night, types of motion and life cycles of plants and animals. Science is very hands on and often students get to investigate and create their own theories as they learn.
Technology is a big piece of your child's education across the curriculum. SmartBoards have been put in each classroom and students will amaze you with what they know already about technology! We are thrilled to be able to share our projects with you throughout the year so you can see just what we have been up to!
Thank you in advance for your cooperation and support this year. Education is a partnership and we couldn't do it without you. Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns and we look forward to a great year with your child!
Math: We are working on place-value. Please help your child learn the basic addition and subtraction facts. Flash cards are a good way to practice. They also need to be able to count a group of coins and skip count by 2-3-4-5 & 10.
Reading: The children should know the long and short vowel sounds. We are working on comprehension strategies like finding the main idea, finding details in stories, summarizing, characters, and setting. The children should be reading at least 15 minutes every night to a parent and telling them about the story.
Content: We are learning about Ancient China in Social Studies and Matter in Science. In November, we are going on to our Civics unit concerning our government.
English: The children are writing sentences using the correct capitalization and punctuation. We are also learning about nouns and verbs.
Teachers: Ms. Dawson, Mrs. St.Pierre, Mrs. Glassgow, Ms. Leonard, and Ms. Gardner
Third grade teachers are involved in preparing students for test taking. Strategies are being taught to address the Quarterly Assessments, and the SOLs. The Quarterly Assessments will be administered every nine weeks.
Math objectives being taught include addition and subtraction with regrouping, money and time telling skills, as well as beginning multiplication. Please continue to work with your child on mastering the basic math facts.
In Social Studies, we will be covering Jamestown and the ancient civilizations of Mali, Greece and Rome.
Our Science curriculum includes natural events such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and the major components of soil and its importance to plants and animals.
We continue to read, read, read at school. Make sure your student is also doing home reading each night for at least 25 minutes.
The Fourth Grade Team: Ms. C. Brown, Mrs. K. Joos, Ms. H. Trueblood, Mrs. K. Whitfield, Ms. D. Deiulio
Homework: It is very important that all students complete their homework every night. Homework is assigned Monday through Thursday and should take about 45 minutes to one hour to complete. Please be sure that your child is completing his or her homework and is reading at least 20-30 minutes from an AR book every night. A student's grade can drop very quickly if they are not doing the extra practice that homework provides each night. All of their homework is written in their agendas every day, so make sure to sign the agendas every night.
AR - Accelerated Reader: Students should be taking at least two AR tests every week. Students have the opportunity to take their AR tests during their ILA time at school. They check out AR books from the library once a week. They are allowed to check out 5 books at a time. It is important that they return their books so they can get new ones every week. Students should be getting a mixture of chapter books and nonfiction.
AM - Accelerated Math: Accelerated Math is a wonderful asset to our math program. It is an individualized math computer program that allows each student to master math objectives at their own level and pace. Each time your child misses something on a practice, they are required to go back and figure out how to make it correct. You will receive the practice with a grade on it to see how your child is progressing. Students will also take AM tests about once a week. The AM tests are based on the objectives they have mastered through completing practices. Students will not be tested on any objectives that they have not mastered. AM Exercises may be used to review a certain objective or skill with individual students or the whole class, whichever is necessary.
Content: This is what we are currently learning in the fourth grade.
- Social Studies - Virginia geography, American Indians, Virginia history
- Science –Scientific Investigation, VA Resources
- Math – place value, word problems, rounding, subtraction, addition
- ILA - grammar, sentence structure, writing, reading strategies, various genres, word study on different sounds and patterns
PTA: Please help all of our classes obtain 100% membership! Thank you for your continued support!
Accelerated Reading (AR): Your child is expected to take at least one AR test each week. Students must bring their AR book to school each day for SSR.
Accelerated Math: Accelerated Math is a supplemental program that we use with our math instruction. All fifth graders will be participating at his/her math level, similar to AR. The goal is to master 20-25 objectives per marking period.
Homework and Agendas: Please check over your child's homework and sign the agenda each night Monday through Thursday. Getting the agenda signed and bringing homework to school on time is your child's responsibility. To avoid any confusion, please use your signature instead of your initials in the agenda. Your child is responsible for copying missed assignments in agenda.
Testing: Newport News has developed a new math assessment to replace the ORT test that was previously given to students in May in grades 1-4. The new test is called Quarterly Assessment and will be given every nine weeks towards the end of the marking period to students K-5. It will assess what your child has learned each nine weeks in math and will be a helpful tool in preparing students for the SOL test.
Students will take SOL tests in Math, English, Reading, Writing, Science, and Technology. The writing test is usually given in February, while the rest of the tests are given either in May or June.
PTA: If you have not already joined, please have at least one member of your family join the PT A so that our class can have 100% participation. The dues are only $3.00 and belonging does not obligate you to anything. The money, however, can greatly benefit our school with books, computer software, programs for the students, etc. The information is on page 16 in the agenda.
Class Rules: In addition to the Rights and Responsibility handbook, our class rules are:
- Respect others and property.
- Ask permission before leaving.
- Speak respectfully.
- Be prepared for school.
Please be sure to read carefully through the Rights and Responsibilities section of the agenda. A few changes have been made. Familiarizing your child and yourself with the policies in this handbook will help keep your child and all children safe at school and assist in establishing the best learning environment. We greatly appreciate your help.


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The project, sited in the IJsselmeer lake, along the northern and western Noordoostpolder dykes, will use 48 Siemens direct-drive SWT-3.0-108 turbines with hub heights of 95 metres. The deal includes a comprehensive 15-year operations and maintenance contract.
The project layout consists of three turbines rows placed from 500 to 1,100 metres from the dyke, electrically split into six 33kV cable strings (4x8, 1x10 and 1x6 turbines). These six export cables individually feed power to shore through the dyke, where it is collected in a Siemens-designed sub-station and delivered at 100kV level to the Tennet high-voltage network in Ens.
For project permission, the export cables are required to be submerged 2-2.5 metres into the seabed to avoid damage by fishing nets and vessel anchors. Siemens will use a water-jetting tool for this task. This is only one of the many technical challenges the company has had to face, says Willie Wienholts, Siemens' Westermeerwind project manager. "Apart from installing turbines in only 3-7 metres water depth, we have had to cope with sluice gate passage constraints and the lake's busy shipping traffic and recreational usages," he said.
This combination of technological and logistical challenges required Siemens and its partners to turn innovative ideas into novel dedicated solutions for turbine pre-assembly and installation.
Stabilising legs
The sluice gates prevent the delivery of large components and assemblies, and even smaller-size jack-up barges and self-propelled vessels," says Siemens' construction manager for the project, Lars Jakobsen. "Our installation partners, civil engineering contractor Ballast Nedam and heavy-lift specialist Mammoet, decided that the best installation equipment solution would be a barge offering limited draught and equipped with stabilising legs."
The BM4Wind Ballast Nedam/Mammoet joint venture will deliver feeder (transport) barges, tugs and additional supply and service vessels. The installation barge, Schelde, will be fitted with a crawler-type crane to install the monopiles and turbines, with an anchor system for relocating to new positions. Prior to the installation work, the hull will remain in the water, jacked and elevated only high enough to provide a stable working platform.
Ballast Nedam is responsible for the design, delivery and installation of the monopile foundations. Each one measures five metres in diameter with an average length of 40 metres and a mass of between 250 and 300 tonnes.
Flange connection
An unusual feature of the design is the direct flange connection between tower and monopile, which eliminates a traditional transition piece, implying that the pile-ramming operation is performed directly on a pile's flange. The monopiles, manufactured by the Dutch SIF group, will be delivered to the site on transport barges.
Mammoet is responsible for the transport and installation of the towers and turbines. "Individual feeder barges will carry a complete tubular steel tower in two sections and a fully assembled nacelle by water from Amsterdam harbour via the sluice gates to the construction site," said Jakobsen.
Another strategic choice is that the full rotor star will be pre-assembled, rather than adopting the current trend for single blade installation. This is the only available technical solution for the time being as there is a restriction on the boom height that can be applied on the installation barge/crawler crane solution. Rotor pre-assembly will either be conducted at the lake or onshore. "The lake assembly options incorporate multiple interconnected barges, again fitted with stabilising legs. Both options are still being evaluated," said Jakobsen.
Westermeerwind is an independent venture, though it simultaneously forms part of a 429MW onshore/near shore overall project called Windpark Noordoostpolder. This further comprises two separately owned onshore sub-projects, with 26 and 12 Enercon 7.5MW turbines respectively, all with hub heights of 135 metres.
Residents of the neighbouring councils - Noordoostpolder, Urk and Lemsterland - will be offered an opportunity to invest in the project around one year after the expected commissioning in early 2016.


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INTERPOM | PRIMEURS is the most specialised indoor trade fair for the potato and vegetable sector in Europe where the whole chain is represented: from growing, to processing and marketing. INTERPOM PRIMEURS offers a complete and above all sharply focused range of products and services for all professionals in the potato and vegetable sector: growers, contractors, processors, packers, buyers and traders of fresh and processed potatoes and vegetables from all corners of Europe – and increasingly, from other continents as well. INTERPOM | PRIMEURS continues to grow and become more international each time round with 315 exhibitors from 14 countries and 20.000 visitors from 49 countries at the past edition.
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Teachers have been using various technologies going back to before the industrial revolution, though to a more exclusive audience. Today, the technology that people talk about is generally computer based rather than physical as in machines. On these pages, I'll be discussing various technologies that are meant for, or can be used for educational purposes.
Several sections will be presented:
- The Softer Side - programs that are relatively simple to use, and have usage for school settings.
- The Hard Side - Physical items that can be used in the classroom including projectors, 'clickers' and other items that can be felt and held.
- Run Your Web - This will discuss what is perhaps the most technical portion as these items will require operating your own website, and perhaps web server.
This series of articles explores technology available for classroom usage. Many of the packages discussed here may also have other applications. Please feel free to explore. If you need help, or have a suggestion, please contact me at your convenience.
Where it is: www.dropito.me
What it is: A web service that allows people to upload only to a selected folder on Google drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive
How does it work:
Teacher: After creating the account, select your cloud service, the folder, and password. The password is passed on to your users to direct the file to the proper location. Other options include receiving an email when a file is uploaded, and having multiple addresses for uploading, for example one for each class period.
Student: Goto www.dropitto.me, enter the password to permit an upload, then either drag-and-drop the file into the upload box, or use a file browser to locate and select the file.
What data do they collect: Information you supply such as your email address, IP address, any communications you have with them, any info that Google Analytics may collect.
How do they support the site: As this point, partly by donations of users, and also by offering custom branded pages to those who don't want the Drop-It-To-Me logos showing.
Additional Notes: Instructions on the site are scant. Since you have given them the ability to read/write files to a particular section of your web drive, in theory, they could read anything in that folder.
Where it is: www.getkahoot.com
What it is: A service to do quick, informal multiple choice tests
How does it work: There are actually two sites to work with:
GetKahoot.com – This is where the teacher makes their account, and creates the questions they wish to use. There are also many question sets that other people have made available to the public. On the public sets, one thing to be aware of is that I have found a few that had errors in the answers. Public question sets generally cannot be edited.
Making Questions – Can be a drag and drop affair. If you have an image, you may either drag and drop the image onto the page, or browse to the file on your computer. Enter the text for the question. The question is designed for four answers, so enter one or more correct answers with the remainder as incorrect answers. Repeat for as many questions as you want. To start the quiz, log into your account select the quiz and play. You must project the site onto a screen. Users go to another site.
Kahoot.it – This is the site where the quiz is played. Users go to kahoot.it on their own connected device, and enter the game number that is being displayed on the classroom's projection screen, and his or her name (or other identifying info). Teachers can kick out any players they don't want, for example, if a student has entered an inappropriate name. When all players are registered, or at any time really, the teacher can start the play. Once the quiz has started, players can no longer be entered. Also, if a player leaves the game they cannot reenter.
Game Play – Each question has a time limit as determined when the question was created. That question will also end early if all players answer before the time has expired. After the question is closed, the top five players, as determined by the number of correct answers, and the speed of the answer, is displayed. At the end of the game/quiz, the top five players are displayed as determined by the right answer / speed determination.
After the Game – Teachers can download a spreadsheet that displays the student's names, their timed scores, the un-timed scores (count of right v. wrong), as well as the individual answers for each student on every question played.
What data do they collect: Any information you enter such as name, email, questions, etc, they collect and hold. Additionally, automated information such as IP addresses, browser info, pages visited, cookie info and again, anything you add to the site. Any public information, such as questions marked public, they do not attempt to control. Other info as previously listed, may be shared and used for promotional purposes: opt out instructions will be provide.
How well does it work: In light testing, and in multiple instances where I was on the student side, I haven't seen a glitch.
How do they support the site: Currently, kahoot is running on startup money based out of Oslo, with offices in London and San Francisco. They intend on keeping the education aspect of it free, but will be creating a commercial version for non teachers which will carry fees. When this will happen, is uncertain. For more details, visit: http://goo.gl/doIH3e
Where is it: www.voice.google.com
What it is: A service to tie your voice and texting requirements together.
How does it work: There are two aspects to this service:
Phone - You can get a telephone number in an area code of your choice, they will even give you a limited choice of the prefix and the final number. From here it works similar to any other phone number, but with enriched features. When someone calls your Google Voice number, it will forward the call to any, and all numbers that you program into the system. It's possible for someone calling your Voice number to actually be ringing your cell, home, and office phone at the same time. Whichever one you answer on, your then connected. (The calling person will not know what phone you're answering on.) If you don't answer, then the Voice message system takes over, takes a message, and sends you an email transcript of the message. (The quality of the transcript varies greatly from message to message.) To place a call, you can initiate the call from your computer, or smartphone app. The person you're calling will see only your Voice number regardless of what phone your actually using. Each call received is saved in a record, as is each call. Each record can be individually deleted. There is also a notepad application so you may annotate each call individually. Finally, you can block individual numbers with a choice of one of several messages. Any calls and texts handled on your cell phone do incur the time/cost of your cell carrier. It is also possible to place calls from within Gmail.
Texting - Using the same number, you can send and receive texts just like on your phone. One additional feature however is that received texts are emailed to the email address of your choice, and you can respond by replying to the email. (This type of response will appear as a normal text response to the other person.)
What data do they collect: What you supply them with, for example: telephone number, name, email, etc. Additionally, they may also collect data such as you IP address, place cookies on your system, etc. They do not disclose information to third parties. This service becomes part of your overall Google presence, so any other information on their other services will be tied in such as from Gmail, YouTube, Plus, etc. For the transcription service, you are given the option of releasing the call recording and transcription to Google to help improve the service.
How well does it work: I've used this system for several years and it works nicely. I give student and parents this number. I don't really get many parents calling me, but they always appreciate the ease of contact. Students have never called me but tend to text an occasional question about an assignment, or other related class issue. If anything, I think that both the parents and students under utilize the service, but it does at the least provide the possibility of better communication.
How do they support the site: There are three ways Google makes money off this service:
Foreign calls - They charge for calls to foreign countries. I'm not really sure of the actual rates, but it appears to be, in general 2¢ a minute: and they provide a 10¢ credit to start.
Businesses - Businesses can sign up for paid accounts that have additional features such as consecutive numbers, shared mail boxes, etc.
Sponsored Ads - Like Gmail, Voice may present ads on the page.
Trivia: This service started out life as GrandCentral, and was purchased by Google in October 2009.
Where is it: www.socrative.com
Update coming - Socrative has been purchased by MasteryConnect (announced June 23)
What it is: A web based response system: It allows students to use any web device (phones, tablets, etc.) to respond to prompts from teachers. For example, a teacher can verbally ask the class a question, and the students respond via their phones. The teacher gets an instant response and can see how many got the answer correct. This allows for a quick check for understanding. Responses are recorded in a Google Docs spreadsheet and may then be used for part of a grade.
How does it work: This is a variation of the ""clickers"", but without the devices. Students use their phone or other web device to answer a single question which can be Multiple choice, True/False, or Short Answer. Exit Tickets, and full quizzes are also supported. The Questions need to be created in advance, and the class is given a specific ""Room Number"" (all students get the same room number) to enter at a student site (m.socrative.com). When responding, students get a screen to enter their name so the answers can be associated to the student. Teachers can see the answers as the students complete the question(s), and save the results for later grade collection.
What data do they collect: It varies on who you are: Students don't have to sign up for an account, so they disclose limited information to respond to quizzes. (They enter a ""room number"" given by their teacher.) Teachers must have an account which requires at least an email address, and they ask for the reason for your usage. They do not disclose information to third parties, but may have links to other sites that they do not control, and their policies may differ.
How well does it work:I cannot speak first hand as I have not tried the service. One university professor I have spoken to, and who uses it, states that it is very useful for doing a check of understanding.
How do they support the site: The site is currently in a Beta (testing) stage. In the Terms Of Service, there is mention that when the Beta is complete, all accounts may convert to a commercial account. You will have the right to delete your account at that time if you do not wish to continue with the new service.
Where is it: www.Remind.com www.Remind101.com
Update - Name changed to Remind as of June 2014
What it is: A site that allows mass texting to groups, specifically designed for schools.
How does it work: First, a teacher creates an account, and then their classes. Texts can be created and sent immediately, or scheduled for a future date and time. Students and parents can sign up via text, or the website. Website sign up allows for either an emailed reminder (which also sends a verification email), or text message. This is a one-way system: You cannot see their email addresses or phone numbers, and they can't see yours. Then cannot email or text you through this service.
What data do they collect: What you supply them with, for example: telephone number, name, email, etc. Additionally, they may also collect data such as you IP address, place cookies on your system, etc. They do not disclose information to third parties, but may have links to other sites that they do not control, and their policies may differ.
How well does it work: I'm experimenting with it in my classes now for homework reminders, for the last two weeks. With a single announcement about the service, around 20% of my students immediately signed up for the service. (I allowed them to use their phones to sign up in class.) These were mostly students who have been late, or have missed homework assignments. Comments have been positive enough that I'll be using the service in Fall 2014 and see how it does during a full semester.
How do they support the site: At this point I don't know, outside of investor infusions. Their Terms Of Service state that in the future, they may provide new premium features for a cost, but the system as it now runs is free. TechCrunch has an article Red Hot Remind101 Gets $15M (http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/04/remind101-gets-15m-from-john-doerr-to-bring-free-secure-text-messaging-to-teachers/) that covers this and other aspects of the service.


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|Original author(s)
|Vikram Adve, Chris Lattner
|LLVM Developer Group
|Initial release
|Stable release
9.0.0 / September 19, 2019[1]
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Apache License 2.0 with LLVM Exceptions (v9.0.0 or later)[2]
The LLVM compiler infrastructure project is a set of compiler and toolchain technologies,[3] which can be used to develop a front end for any programming language and a back end for any instruction set architecture. LLVM is designed around a language-independent intermediate representation that serves as a portable, high-level assembly language that can be optimized with a variety of transformations over multiple passes.[4]
LLVM is written in C++ and is designed for compile-time, link-time, run-time, and "idle-time" optimization. Originally implemented for C and C++, the language-agnostic design of LLVM has since spawned a wide variety of front ends: languages with compilers that use LLVM include ActionScript, Ada, C#,[5][6][7] Common Lisp, Crystal, CUDA, D, Delphi, Dylan, Fortran, Graphical G Programming Language,[8] Halide, Haskell, Java bytecode, Julia, Kotlin, Lua, Objective-C, OpenGL Shading Language, Ruby,[9] Rust, Scala,[10] Swift, and Xojo.
The LLVM project started in 2000 at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, under the direction of Vikram Adve and Chris Lattner. LLVM was originally developed as a research infrastructure to investigate dynamic compilation techniques for static and dynamic programming languages. LLVM was released under the University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License,[2] a permissive free software licence. In 2005, Apple Inc. hired Lattner and formed a team to work on the LLVM system for various uses within Apple's development systems.[11] LLVM is an integral part of Apple's latest development tools for macOS and iOS.[12] Since 2013, Sony has been using LLVM's primary front end Clang compiler in the software development kit (SDK) of its PlayStation 4 console.[13]
The name LLVM was originally an acronym for Low Level Virtual Machine. This acronym has officially been removed to avoid confusion, as the LLVM has evolved into an umbrella project that has little relationship to what most current developers think of as virtual machines.[14] Now, LLVM is a brand that applies to the LLVM umbrella project, the LLVM intermediate representation (IR), the LLVM debugger, the LLVM implementation of the C++ Standard Library (with full support of C++11 and C++14[15]), etc. LLVM is administered by the LLVM Foundation. Its president is compiler engineer Tanya Lattner.[16]
"For designing and implementing LLVM", the Association for Computing Machinery presented Vikram Adve, Chris Lattner, and Evan Cheng with the 2012 ACM Software System Award.[17]
Since v9.0.0, it was relicensed to the Apache License 2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.[2]
LLVM can provide the middle layers of a complete compiler system, taking intermediate representation (IR) code from a compiler and emitting an optimized IR. This new IR can then be converted and linked into machine-dependent assembly language code for a target platform. LLVM can accept the IR from the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) toolchain, allowing it to be used with a wide array of extant compilers written for that project.
LLVM can also generate relocatable machine code at compile-time or link-time or even binary machine code at run-time.
LLVM supports a language-independent instruction set and type system.[4] Each instruction is in static single assignment form (SSA), meaning that each variable (called a typed register) is assigned once and then frozen. This helps simplify the analysis of dependencies among variables. LLVM allows code to be compiled statically, as it is under the traditional GCC system, or left for late-compiling from the IR to machine code via just-in-time compilation (JIT), similar to Java. The type system consists of basic types such as integer or floating point numbers and five derived types: pointers, arrays, vectors, structures, and functions. A type construct in a concrete language can be represented by combining these basic types in LLVM. For example, a class in C++ can be represented by a mix of structures, functions and arrays of function pointers.
The LLVM JIT compiler can optimize unneeded static branches out of a program at runtime, and thus is useful for partial evaluation in cases where a program has many options, most of which can easily be determined unneeded in a specific environment. This feature is used in the OpenGL pipeline of Mac OS X Leopard (v10.5) to provide support for missing hardware features.[18]
Graphics code within the OpenGL stack can be left in intermediate representation, and then compiled when run on the target machine. On systems with high-end graphics processing units (GPUs), the resulting code remains quite thin, passing the instructions on to the GPU with minimal changes. On systems with low-end GPUs, LLVM will compile optional procedures that run on the local central processing unit (CPU) that emulate instructions that the GPU cannot run internally. LLVM improved performance on low-end machines using Intel GMA chipsets. A similar system was developed under the Gallium3D LLVMpipe, and incorporated into the GNOME shell to allow it to run without a proper 3D hardware driver loaded.[19]
For run-time performance of the compiled programs, GCC formerly outperformed LLVM by 10% on average in 2011.[20][21] Newer results in 2013 indicate that LLVM has now caught up with GCC in this area, and is now compiling binaries of approximately equal performance.[22]
LLVM has become an umbrella project containing multiple components.
Front ends[edit]
LLVM was originally written to be a replacement for the existing code generator in the GCC stack,[23] and many of the GCC front ends have been modified to work with it, resulting in the now-defunct llvm-gcc suite. The modifications generally involve a GIMPLE-to-LLVM IR step so that LLVM optimizers and codegen can be used instead of GCC's GIMPLE system. Apple has historically been an important user of llvm-gcc.[24]
LLVM currently supports compiling of Ada, C, C++, D, Delphi, Fortran, Haskell, Julia, Objective-C, Rust, and Swift using various front ends, some derived from version 4.0.1 and 4.2 of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC).
Widespread interest in LLVM has led to several efforts to develop new front ends for a variety of languages. The one that has received the most attention is Clang, a new compiler supporting C, C++, and Objective-C. Primarily supported by Apple, Clang is aimed at replacing the C/Objective-C compiler in the GCC system with a system that is more easily integrated with integrated development environments (IDEs) and has wider support for multithreading. Support for OpenMP directives has been included in Clang since release 3.8.[25]
The Utrecht Haskell compiler can generate code for LLVM. Though the generator is in the early stages of development, in many cases it has been more efficient than the C code generator.[26] There is a Glasgow Haskell Compiler (GHC) backend using LLVM that achieves a 30% speed-up of the compiled code relative to native code compiling via GHC or C code generation followed by compiling, missing only one of the many optimizing techniques implemented by the GHC.[27]
Many other components are in various stages of development, including, but not limited to, the Rust compiler, a Java bytecode front end, a Common Intermediate Language (CIL) front end, the MacRuby implementation of Ruby 1.9, various front ends for Standard ML, and a new graph coloring register allocator.[citation needed]
Intermediate representation[edit]
The core of LLVM is the intermediate representation (IR), a low-level programming language similar to assembly. IR is a strongly typed reduced instruction set computing (RISC) instruction set which abstracts away most details of the target. For example, the calling convention is abstracted through call and ret instructions with explicit arguments. Also, instead of a fixed set of registers, IR uses an infinite set of temporaries of the form %0, %1, etc. LLVM supports three isomorphic (i.e., functionally equivalent) forms of IR: a human-readable assembly format, an in-memory format suitable for frontends, and a dense bitcode format for serializing. A simple "Hello, world!" program in the IR format:[28]
@.str = internal constant [14 x i8] c"hello, world\0A\00"
declare i32 @printf(i8*, ...)
define i32 @main(i32 %argc, i8** %argv) nounwind {
%tmp1 = getelementptr [14 x i8], [14 x i8]* @.str, i32 0, i32 0
%tmp2 = call i32 (i8*, ...) @printf( i8* %tmp1 ) nounwind
ret i32 0
The many different conventions used and features provided by different targets mean that LLVM cannot truly produce a target-independent IR and retarget it without breaking some established rules. Examples of target dependence beyond what is explicitly mentioned in the documentation can be found in a 2011 proposal for "wordcode", a fully target-independent variant of LLVM IR intended for online distribution.[29]
Back ends[edit]
At version 3.4, LLVM supports many instruction sets, including ARM, Qualcomm Hexagon, MIPS, Nvidia Parallel Thread Execution (PTX; called NVPTX in LLVM documentation), PowerPC, AMD TeraScale,[30] AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN), SPARC, z/Architecture (called SystemZ in LLVM documentation), x86, x86-64, and XCore. Some features are not available on some platforms. Most features are present for x86, x86-64, z/Architecture, ARM, and PowerPC.[31] RISC-V is supported as of version 7.
The LLVM machine code (MC) subproject is LLVM's framework for translating machine instructions between textual forms and machine code. Formerly, LLVM relied on the system assembler, or one provided by a toolchain, to translate assembly into machine code. LLVM MC's integrated assembler supports most LLVM targets, including x86, x86-64, ARM, and ARM64. For some targets, including the various MIPS instruction sets, integrated assembly support is usable but still in the beta stage.
The lld subproject is an attempt to develop a built-in, platform-independent linker for LLVM.[32] lld aims to remove dependence on a third-party linker. As of May 2017[update], lld supports ELF, PE/COFF, Mach-O, and WebAssembly[33] in descending order of completeness.[32] In cases where lld is insufficient, another linker such as GNU ld can be used.
Using lld allows link-time optimization. When link-time optimization is enabled, the compiler generates LLVM bitcode instead of native code, and native code generation is done by the linker.
C++ Standard Library[edit]
The LLVM project includes an implementation of the C++ Standard Library called libc++, dual-licensed under the MIT License and the UIUC license.[34]
Since v9.0.0, it was relicensed to the Apache License 2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.[2]
This implements a suite of cache-locality optimizations as well as auto-parallelism and vectorization using a polyhedral model.[35]
Version history[edit]
|Release date
|August 1, 2019[37]
|March 20, 2019
|December 21, 2018
|September 19, 2018
|March 8, 2018
|December 19, 2017
|September 7, 2017
|July 4, 2017
|March 13, 2017
|December 23, 2016
|September 2, 2016
|July 11, 2016
|March 8, 2016
|January 5, 2016
|September 1, 2015
|July 16, 2015
|May 26, 2015
|February 27, 2015
|April 2, 2015
|January 20, 2015
|September 3, 2014
|June 19, 2014
|May 7, 2014
|January 2, 2014
|June 17, 2013
|December 20, 2012
|May 22, 2012
|December 1, 2011
|April 6, 2011
|October 5, 2010
|April 27, 2010
|October 23, 2009
|March 2, 2009
|November 9, 2008
|June 9, 2008
|February 11, 2008
|September 26, 2007
|May 23, 2007
|November 19, 2006
|August 9, 2006
|April 20, 2006
|November 8, 2005
|May 18, 2005
|December 9, 2004
|August 13, 2004
|March 19, 2004
|December 17, 2003
|October 24, 2003
See also[edit]
- AMD Optimizing C/C++ Compiler
- Amsterdam Compiler Kit (ACK)
- LLDB (debugger)
- GNU lightning
- GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)
- Pure
- OpenCL
- Emscripten
- TenDRA Distribution Format
- Architecture Neutral Distribution Format (ANDF)
- Comparison of application virtual machines
- University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign discoveries & innovations
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- ^ "The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure Project". Retrieved March 11, 2016.
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- ^ Mono LLVM, retrieved March 10, 2013
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RubyMotion transforms the Ruby source code of your project into ... machine code using a[n] ... ahead-of-time (AOT) compiler, based on LLVM.
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- ^ Adam Treat (February 19, 2005), mkspecs and patches for LLVM compile of Qt4, archived from the original on October 4, 2011, retrieved January 27, 2012
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- ^ Developer Toolchain for ps4 (PDF), retrieved February 24, 2015
- ^ Lattner, Chris (December 21, 2011). "The name of LLVM". llvm-dev (Mailing list). Retrieved March 2, 2016.
- ^ ""libc++" C++ Standard Library".
- ^ Chris Lattner (April 3, 2014). "The LLVM Foundation". LLVM Project Blog.
- ^ "ACM Software System Award". ACM.
- ^ Chris Lattner (August 15, 2006). "A cool use of LLVM at Apple: the OpenGL stack". llvm-dev (Mailing list). Retrieved March 1, 2016.
- ^ Michael Larabel, "GNOME Shell Works Without GPU Driver Support", phoronix, November 6, 2011
- ^ V. Makarov. "SPEC2000: Comparison of LLVM-2.9 and GCC4.6.1 on x86". Retrieved October 3, 2011.
- ^ V. Makarov. "SPEC2000: Comparison of LLVM-2.9 and GCC4.6.1 on x86_64". Retrieved October 3, 2011.
- ^ Michael Larabel (December 27, 2012). "LLVM/Clang 3.2 Compiler Competing With GCC". Retrieved March 31, 2013.
- ^ Lattner, Chris; Vikram Adve (May 2003). Architecture For a Next-Generation GCC. First Annual GCC Developers' Summit. Retrieved September 6, 2009.
- ^ "LLVM Compiler Overview". developer.apple.com.
- ^ "Clang 3.8 Release Notes". Retrieved August 24, 2016.
- ^ "Compiling Haskell To LLVM". Retrieved February 22, 2009.
- ^ "LLVM Project Blog: The Glasgow Haskell Compiler and LLVM". Retrieved August 13, 2010.
- ^ For the full documentation, refer to llvm
.org /docs /LangRef .html.
- ^ Kang, Jin-Gu. "Wordcode: more target independent LLVM bitcode" (PDF). Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ^ Stellard, Tom (March 26, 2012). "[LLVMdev] RFC: R600, a new backend for AMD GPUs". llvm-dev (Mailing list).
- ^ Target-specific Implementation Notes: Target Feature Matrix // The LLVM Target-Independent Code Generator, LLVM site.
- ^ a b "lld - The LLVM Linker". The LLVM Project. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
- ^ "WebAssembly lld port".
- ^ ""libc++" C++ Standard Library".
- ^ "Polly - Polyhedral optimizations for LLVM".
- ^ "Download LLVM releases". llvm.org. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
- ^ Stellard, Tom (August 1, 2019). "[llvm-announce] LLVM 8.0.1 Release". llvm-announce (Mailing list). Retrieved August 6, 2019.
- Chris Lattner - The Architecture of Open Source Applications - Chapter 11 LLVM, ISBN 978-1257638017, released 2012 under CC BY 3.0 (Open Access).[1]
- LLVM: A Compilation Framework for Lifelong Program Analysis & Transformation, a published paper by Chris Lattner, Vikram Adve
External links[edit]
- ^ Chris Lattner (March 15, 2012). "Chapter 11". The Architecture of Open Source Applications. Amy Brown, Greg Wilson. ISBN 978-1257638017.


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Question: What do Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Emmylou Harris, Wyonna Judd, Gillian Welch, Cowboy Jack Clements, Joe Ely and Buddy Holly all have in common? Answer: They were all namechecked by Kimmie Rhodes last night during her Bristol show, reflecting the depth and breadth of her musical associations over the last thirty plus years. Of course Buddy Holly is the odd one out of not working professionally with Kimmie but, being the source of the Waylon story, a fellow original inhabitant of Lubbock Tx and one of her heroes, made his presence relevant. In fact Kimmie chose to end the show with a cover of 'Raining in My Heart' to cap a performance running deep in a wealth of classic country and immaculate song writing.
This beautiful hall now converted to a vibrant music venue hosted a one off double bill of two contrasting touring musicians reflecting a diversity of styles becoming encompassed under the Americana banner. While Kimmie is a certified Texas treasure born with the gift of Lone Star song writing sentiment, Awna Teixeira beautifully blends the nuances of Canadian and European folk to present a sound extolling in haunting brilliance. Although technically billed as opening for Kimmie, Awna's set was just a mere 15 minutes shorter and if maybe the bulk of the audience were initially attracted to the more country sound, leaving enthralled by the essence of the 'support' was just shy of mandatory.
Both artists were touring in the duo format with Gabe Rhodes assisting Kimmie and Jay Speed doing likewise to Awna. The mother-son comments frequently flowed in the second half of tonight's show, although Gabe's value to Kimmie's music is immense whether playing effective guitar in a multiple of styles or being more than tempted to make full use of the venue's grand piano. Gabe was also a key architect on Kimmie's latest and very impressive album COWGIRL BOUDOIR. Perhaps it was a solitary regret from the show that we only heard two songs off this record. While 'Yes' and 'Worthy Cause' are fine numbers, there is so much more on offer to enjoy on the disc and it could have easily filled another half an hour.
Awna did focus more on her latest album featuring amongst others, the title track 'Wild One', 'Thunderbird', 'Away We Go' and 'Blue Heart on Your Sleeve'. Jay started and finished his supporting contribution on lap steel, with faint electric guitar adorning the mid-section. Although Awna's solo career is gathering momentum, we remember her eclectic musicianship as part of Canadian roots combo Po Girl and tonight during her allotted 45 minutes we were treated to banjo, guitar and accordion. Whether reflecting on her Portuguese heritage, passionately campaigning for increased mental health awareness or celebrating the wonders of her surroundings, the latter captured in 'Stargazer', the composed Awna enthrals and entices with equal measure. One note to the venue would be to turn the sound up on the vocals a little, as it was quite tricky to listen to Awna's inter song chat from an allocated seat towards the rear of this cavernous hall.
This situation was resolved for Kimmie's set by finding a couple of empty seats nearer the front and there was no issue listening to her informative and entertaining tales punctuating a series of songs stretching across her back catalogue. There was a different take on the Buddy Holly/Waylon Jennings much told plane crash story, as well as Kimmie paying humble homage to her mentor Willie Nelson. This peaked with a gorgeous version of 'Love Me Like a Song' which was neatly followed by one of the first songs she recorded when re-locating to Austin at the outset of her career, the very Tex-Mex sounding 'Contrabandistas'. Other songs sung during this engaging set with illustrious connections were 'Love and Happiness' (Emmylou Harris), 'I Just Drove By' (Wyonna Judd) and 'God's Acre' (Gillian Welch).
On the plus side it was great witnessing two exceptional artists sharing a single bill but, with the inevitable frustration of seeing their sets cut in mid-flow due to time constraints. It's a shame that no West Midlands venue was prepared to give either artist a solo gig especially as Awna was an integral member of the popular Po Girl. However fair play to St. George's in Bristol for hosting a fine evening. No doubt both artists will be keen to continue to develop their presence in the UK in the future as Awna Teixeira will without doubt prosper by dazzling audiences with her exclusive take on roots induced Euro-Canadian Americana and there is little hesitation in hailing Kimmie Rhodes as the personification of 'three chords and the truth'.


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Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University women's soccer team kept up its impressive play at home as the Bulldogs beat Northwood by a 3-1 count in non-conference play on Tuesday (Oct. 15) at the FSU Soccer Field in Big Rapids.
FSU avenged an earlier one-goal road loss to the Timberwolves in Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) action back in September with the non-league victory under rainy conditions in Big Rapids.
The win was the Bulldogs' fourth home triumph in as many tries this campaign.
Ferris State scored the lone goal of the first half as freshman Meredith Smith notched her first goal of the campaign on a header in the box at 41:18 of the opening half. Sophomore forward Nichole Boehnke provided the assist on a cross pass from the corner.
The Bulldogs struck again at 53:27 of the second period when junior midfielder Riley Wood tallied her third marker of the season on a shot near the net to make it a 2-0 contest. Both Casey Shauman and Boehnke earned assists.
Northwood trimmed the margin to 2-1 as Jessica Kalbfleisch scored in front of the goal off a Jessica Flores pass at 69:02 with the goal allowing the Timberwolves to close the margin.
However, FSU's Taylor DiCicco sealed the victory as she scored on a shot from the middle at 77:15 with Abby Meirndorf providing the assist. The goal was DiCicco's third of the year.
Ferris State held a 24-14 edge in total shots with 16 on goal compared to 10 for the Timberwolves. FSU had 12 shots in each half while the Timberwolves totaled eight in the opening 45 minutes and six in the final stanza.
Senior Rachel McCollum went the distance in net for FSU and made nine saves while Samantha Cook had 13 saves for Northwood in the loss.
The contest was physical at times as the Bulldogs had a pair of first-half injuries, but the foul count was relatively low as Northwood totaled eight to four for FSU.
The Bulldogs also had some other scoring opportunities with five corner kick tries to two for the Timberwolves. FSU also was called for offsides five times, which limited a few breakaway opportunities.
Smith had five shots to lead the Bulldogs with Boehnke and Shauman netting four each. On the Northwood side, Flores totaled seven shots with three on goal.
Ferris State improved to 6-5-0 overall with the win while NU fell to 3-7-1 overall.
The Bulldogs will play a pair of home contests this weekend as they resume GLIAC play. FSU hosts Tiffin on Friday (Oct. 18) at 2 p.m. (ET) before facing Findlay on Sunday (Oct. 20) at 12 p.m. (ET).
Ferris State Soccer Keeps Home Unbeaten Streak Alive With Non-League Triumph
|Northwood (3-7-1, 3-5-0 GLIAC)
|Ferris State (6-5-0, 4-3-0 GLIAC)
Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University women's soccer team kept up its impressive play at home as the Bulldogs beat Northwood by a 3-1 count in non-conference play on Tuesday (Oct. 15) at the FSU Soccer Field in Big Rapids.


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