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Hey, whatcha watching? I saw you with those two "ladies of the evening" at Elzars. Explain that. Yeah. Give a little credit to our public schools. Yep, I remember. They came in last at the Olympics, then retired to promote alcoholic beverages! Check it out, y'all. Everyone who was invited is here. Why would a robot need to drink?
Check it out, y'all. Everyone who was invited is here. WINDMILLS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY! GOOD NIGHT! Daylight and everything. Morbo can't understand his teleprompter because he forgot how you say that letter that's shaped like a man wearing a hat. You're going to do his laundry?
Uh, is the puppy mechanical in any way? Then throw her in the laundry room, which will hereafter be referred to as "the brig". Alright, let's mafia things up a bit. Joey, burn down the ship. Clamps, burn down the crew. Hey, you add a one and two zeros to that or we walk! We can't compete with Mom! Her company is big and evil! Ours is small and neutral! Yeah, I do that with my stupidness.
Oh, all right, I am. But if anything happens to me, tell them I died robbing some old man. You guys aren't Santa! You're not even robots.  Leela, are you alright? You got wanged on the head. Okay, it's 500 dollars, you have no choice of carrier, the battery can't hold the charge and the reception isn't very…
Dr. Zoidberg, that doesn't make sense. But, okay! Goodbye, friends. I never thought I'd die like this. But I always really hoped. Hey, tell me something. You've got all this money.  Look, last night was a mistake.
Soothe us with sweet lies. And so we say goodbye to our beloved pet, Nibbler, who's gone to a place where I, too, hope one day to go. The toilet. It's okay, Bender. I like cooking too. Who are you, my warranty?!
You won't have time for sleeping, soldier, not with all the bed making you'll be doing. Fatal. It doesn't look so shiny to me. Say it in Russian!
It's a T. It goes "tuh". Oh yeah, good luck with that. No! The kind with looting and maybe starting a few fires! Wow, you got that off the Internet? In my day, the Internet was only used to download pornography. Hey, what kinda party is this? There's no booze and only one hooker. Okay, I like a challenge.
Yes. You gave me a dollar and some candy. I haven't felt much of anything since my guinea pig died. Oh dear!  Well, that's love for you. Goodbye, cruel world. Goodbye, cruel lamp.  Cruel though they may be…
Yeah, I do that with my stupidness. Yes, if you make it look like an electrical fire. When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all. Yeah. Give a little credit to our public schools.
Incidentally, you have a dime up your nose. Hello Morbo, how's the family? Look, last night was a mistake.
Is the Space Pope reptilian!? Bender! Ship! Stop bickering or I'm going to come back there and change your opinions manually! Stop it, stop it. It's fine. I will 'destroy' you!  Five hours? Aw, man!
Large bet on myself in round one. But existing is basically all I do! You are the last hope of the universe. Shinier than yours, meatbag. I barely knew Philip, but as a clergyman I have no problem telling his most intimate friends all about him.
Who am I making this out to? It's toe-tappingly tragic! And so we say goodbye to our beloved pet, Nibbler, who's gone to a place where I, too, hope one day to go. The toilet.
Bender?!  Why am I sticky and naked? Did I miss something fun? Please, Don-Bot… look into your hard drive, and open your mercy file!
Incidentally, you have a dime up your nose. Why did you bring us here? Five hours? Aw, man!  Five hours? Aw, man!  Why would a robot need to drink?
Ooh, name it after me! Switzerland is small and neutral! We are more like Germany, ambitious and misunderstood! You lived before you met me?! You won't have time for sleeping, soldier, not with all the bed making you'll be doing.
Who are you, my warranty?! Ummm…to eBay? You've killed me!
Oh no! The professor will hit me! But if Zoidberg 'fixes' it… then perhaps gifts! Well, then good news! It's a suppository. That's not soon enough! Um, is this the boring, peaceful kind of taking to the streets?
Spare me your space age technobabble, Attila the Hun! Really?! What are you hacking off? Is it my torso?! 'It is!' My precious torso! Oh, how awful. Did he at least die painlessly? …To shreds, you say. Well, how is his wife holding up? …To shreds, you say.
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_Battlefield_Earth:_A_Saga_of_the_Year_3000_ (PG-13) no stars (out of ****)
Although trailers for _Battlefield_Earth_ have been playing in moviehouses since December, the reaction has remained constant over the last few months. With each new audience for each different film at each different time of day, no less than thunderous peals of derisive laughter greet the sight of John Travolta done up like a ten-foot-tall alien beast bearing talons and a moptop of dreadlocks. The television ad campaign, bearing the ludicrous catch phrase "Get Psychlo!" (Psychlo being the name of the monstrous alien race), has done little to change the negative public perception.
That said, I must give credit to the Warner Bros. marketing people. As poor as all the ads look, they don't even begin to touch upon the unfathomable awfulness of _Battlefield_Earth:_A_Saga_of_the_Year_3000_ (the film's full, onscreen title).
As stated by the complete title, the film takes place in the year 3000 A.D., where the planet is in post-apocalyptic ruins after being taken over by the evil alien race from the planet Psychlo a thousand years prior. "Man is an endangered species," as an insanely large text card states, with most of the remaining humans being held prisoner and/or enslaved by giant, grotesque Psychlo. A certain few, however, live freely as primitives in secluded mountain villages. One such person is a bright, resourceful young hunter (Barry Pepper) who may very well be the one to lead the human race to winning back its freedom from the alien invaders.
That summary could've been written by anyone who had just seen _Battlefield_'s trailer, which makes clear what is completely incoherent in the complete film. _Battlefield_ tells a simple, simplistic story, but somehow director Roger Christian and screenwriters Corey Mandell and JD Shapiro have made it virtually incomprehensible. After twenty or so dead-end minutes of people wandering through an obviously matte-composited wasteland comes the first of the showcase action scenes--which are all haphazardly cut and slow-mo'ed to oblivion. Pepper's doozy of a character name--Jonnie Goodboy Tyler--is not made evident until about halfway through the film. But at least his name has a consistent pronunciation, unlike that of Terl (Travolta, who also produced), the "head of security" for the aliens' Earth operation; sometimes it rhymes with "girl" and other times it rhymes with "Carol." However you say his name, Terl devises some sort of evil scheme against his superiors after being passed up for a cushier job (yes, even aliens get frustrated by career stagnation), but it beats me just how exactly it's supposed to work. Even so, his plan is not nearly as nonsensical as the humans' plan for revolt.
Travolta has called Terl "the definitive evil character." With creature designer Patrick Tatopoulos failing to come up with a menacing look for the Psychlo--their appearance looks ridiculously slapped together from bits of cheap leftover Klingon and rastafarian costumes, with a touch of bondage gear thrown in--it's up to Travolta to turn Terl into a convincingly vicious, truly hateful villain. But his smug, jokey take on the character is a complete miscalculation. A similar approach worked for him as the bad guy in John Woo's _Broken_Arrow_, but there that flip cockiness fit the quirky character. Terl is supposed to be pure, unironic evil--not so much a character to hate as one to feel genuinely threatened by.
However, the filmmakers take _Battlefield_Earth_ extremely seriously, and their reverence of the source novel--and its writer, Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard--blinds them to the fact that the story they're trying to adapt is nothing more than a pulpy genre piece, not an "important" work of literature. Hence, the film is riddled with laughable and utterly baffling moments of self-importance: a crowd is inspired to give exuberantly savage grunts and barks--by flowery statements about the value of freedom; pseudo-profound ruminations about destiny incongruously pop up during a big prison break sequence.  Needless to say, we're gonna need more supplies before we do that" with grave seriousness are in no position to condescend to their audience, but that's exactly what Christian does. At one point, Jonnie is shown reading a reproduction of the Declaration of Independence, but so ignorant are we movie audiences that he has to then flip to a page that says "Declaration of Independence" in huge type.
Usually a subpar sci-fi film can at least fall back on its visuals, but _Battlefield_Earth_ can't even count that as a saving grace. Forget the not-so-special effects--Christian and his crew can't even get the basics right; the rubbery Psychlo creature design is just the tip of the iceberg.  The would-be futuristic weaponry and gadgets don't look quite as state-of-the-art as stuff you'd find on a toy store shelf.
Catch Travolta on any talk or magazine show, and you'll see him all smiles over _Battlefield_Earth_. Exactly why is up for question. Given the fact that he's tried to bring to the project to the big screen for nearly twenty years, the obvious read is that he's beaming with pride that it finally came to fruition. But after seeing the final product, I cannot help but think that maybe, just maybe, he's laughing that he was able to sucker otherwise sensible people into pouring tens of millions of dollars toward making such an unspeakable, inexcusable waste.
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WITNESS LIST
Finance
May 22, 2015 9:00 AM
FOR:
Lee, Tim Executive Director (TX Retired Teachers Assoc.), Austin
Reed, Cyrus Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter (also providing written testimony)
(Conservation Director), Austin, TX
ON:
Rodell, Leora LBB Staff (LBB)
Scallion, Marva LBB Staff (LBB)
Registering, but not testifying:
FOR:
Barnes, Bill Leg. Coordinator (TRTA)
Plemmons, Mary Francis Retired (TRTA) (TRTA)
Turner, Bob Consultant - Rancher (Texas Poultry Federation - Independent Cattlemen
Assoc.), Voss, TX
Wickersham Jr, Theodore (Tod) Beneficial Results LLC (Public Citizen Inc.), Austin, TX
ON:
Clark, Nancy CFO (Texas Department of Insurance)
O'Rourke, Terence Attorney (Harris Country, Texas)
Odam, John Attorney (Harris County)
Scallion, Marva LBB Staff (LBB), TX
ON:
Jarrell, Jeremiah LBB Staff (LBB)
Smith, Zelma LBB Staff (LBB)
Registering, but not testifying:
FOR:
Minick, Steven V.P., Government Affairs (Texas Association of Business), Austin, TX
ON:
Clark, Nancy CFO (Texas Department of Insurance)
Registering, but not testifying:
FOR:
Minick, Steven V.P. Government Affairs (Texas Association of Business), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
FOR:
Esparza, John President, Texas Trucking Assoc. (TXTA) (Trucking Industry), Austin, TX
Grabner, Matt Tax Consultant (Ryan, LLC), Austin, TX
Hinkle, Dan Lobbyist (Association of Energy Service Companies), Sugar Land, TX
Minick, Stephen V.P. Gov't Affairs (Texas Association of Business), Austin, TX
Stewart, Michael T. Consultant (Lattimore Materials Company), Austin
WITNESS LIST
Finance
May 22, 2015 9:00 AM
FOR:
Rodriguez, George Member of the Board of Trustees of NHI (National Hispanic Institute
(NHI)), Dallas, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
FOR:
Nieto, Chris Business leadership consultant (the National Hispanic Institute), Kyle, TX
Nieto, Ernesto President - Founder National Hispanic Institute (National Hispanic
Institute), Maxwell, TX
Soto, Arthur Student (Self)
AGAINST:
Lavine, Dick Fiscal Analyst (Center For Public Policy Priorities), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
FOR:
Garza, Steven Governmental Affairs Representative (Texas Association of Realtors),
Austin, TX
Gonzalez, Daniel Consultant (Texas Association of Realtors), Austin
FOR:
Minick, Stephen V.P. Government Affairs (Texas Association of Business), Austin, TX
ON:
Ashley, Phillip Associate Deputy Comptroller-Fiscal (Texas Comptroller of Public
Accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
FOR:
Turner, Bob Consultant (Myself as a former member/AND/Texas Poultry Federation),
Voss, TX
ON:
Coleman, Rob Director, Fiscal Management (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)


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PinnedKind
public enum PinnedKind : UInt32
Metadata kinds that are known to LLVM.
-
Debug information metadata.
dbg
metadata is used to record primary debugging source-level debugging information for values and functions.Declaration
Swift
case dbg = 0
-
Type Based Alias Analysis metadata.
In LLVM IR, memory does not have types, so LLVM’s own type system is not suitable for doing type based alias analysis (TBAA). Instead, metadata is added to the IR to describe a type system of a higher level language. This can be used to implement C/C++ strict type aliasing rules, but it can also be used to implement custom alias analysis behavior for other languages.
To read more about how to do TBAA in LLVM, see the Language Reference.
Declaration
Swift
case tbaa = 1
-
Profiling metadata.
prof
metadata is used to record profile data in the IR. The first operand of the metadata node indicates the profile metadata type. There are currently 3 types:branch_weights
,function_entry_count
, andVP
.Branch weight metadata attached to a
branch
,select
,switch
orcall
instruction represents the likeliness of the associated branch being taken.Function entry count metadata can be attached to function definitions to record the number of times the function is called. Used with block frequency information, it is also used to derive the basic block profile count.
VP (value profile) metadata can be attached to instructions that have value profile information. Currently this is indirect calls (where it records the hottest callees) and calls to memory intrinsics such as
memcpy
,memmove
, andmemset
(where it records the hottest byte lengths).Each VP metadata node contains the “VP” string, then an unsigned 32-bit value for the value profiling kind, an unsigned 64-bit value for the total number of times the instruction is executed, followed by an unsigned 64-bit value and execution count pairs. The value profiling kind is 0 for indirect call targets and 1 for memory operations. For indirect call targets, each profile value is a hash of the callee function name, and for memory operations each value is the byte length.
Note that the value counts do not need to add up to the total count listed in the third operand (in practice only the top hottest values are tracked and reported).
For example:
call void %f(), !prof !1 !1 = !{!"VP", i32 0, i64 1600, i64<PHONE_NUMBER>802541373, i64 1030, i64 -4377547752858689819, i64 410}
Note that the VP type is 0 (the second operand), which indicates this is an indirect call value profile data. The third operand indicates that the indirect call executed 1600 times. The 4th and 6th operands give the hashes of the 2 hottest target functions’ names (this is the same hash used to represent function names in the profile database), and the 5th and 7th operands give the execution count that each of the respective prior target functions was called.
Declaration
Swift
case prof = 2
-
Floating-point math metadata.
fpmath
metadata may be attached to any instruction of floating-point type. It can be used to express the maximum acceptable error in the result of that instruction, in ULPs, thus potentially allowing the compiler to use a more efficient but less accurate method of computing it. ULP is defined as follows:If
x
is a real number that lies between two finite consecutive floating-point numbersa
andb
, without being equal to one of them, thenulp(x) = |b - a|
, otherwiseulp(x)
is the distance between the two non-equal finite floating-point numbers nearestx
. Moreover,ulp(NaN)
isNaN
.The metadata node shall consist of a single positive float type number representing the maximum relative error, for example:
!0 = !{ float 2.5 } ; maximum acceptable inaccuracy is 2.5 ULPs
Declaration
Swift
case fpmath = 3
-
Range metadata.
Range metadata may be attached only to load, call and invoke of integer types. It expresses the possible ranges the loaded value or the value returned by the called function at this call site is in. If the loaded or returned value is not in the specified range, the behavior is undefined. The ranges are represented with a flattened list of integers. The loaded value or the value returned is known to be in the union of the ranges defined by each consecutive pair. Each pair has the following properties:
- The type must match the type loaded by the instruction.
- The pair
a,b
represents the range[a,b)
. - Both
a
andb
are constants. - The range is allowed to wrap.
- The range should not represent the full or empty set.
That is,
a != b
. - In addition, the pairs must be in signed order of the lower bound and they must be non-contiguous.
For example:
%a = load i8, i8* %x, align 1, !range !0 ; Can only be 0 or 1 %b = load i8, i8* %y, align 1, !range !1 ; Can only be 255 (-1), 0 or 1 %c = call i8 @foo(), !range !2 ; Can only be 0, 1, 3, 4 or 5 %d = invoke i8 @bar() to label %cont unwind label %lpad, !range !3 ; Can only be -2, -1, 3, 4 or 5 ... !0 = !{ i8 0, i8 2 } !1 = !{ i8 255, i8 2 } !2 = !{ i8 0, i8 2, i8 3, i8 6 } !3 = !{ i8 -2, i8 0, i8 3, i8 6 }
Declaration
Swift
case range = 4
-
Type Based Alias Analysis struct metadata.
The
llvm.memcpy.*
family of instrinsics is often used to implement aggregate assignment operations in C and similar languages, however it is defined to copy a contiguous region of memory, which is more than strictly necessary for aggregate types which contain holes due to padding. Also, it doesn’t contain any TBAA information about the fields of the aggregate.tbaa.struct
metadata can describe which memory subregions in amemcpy
are padding and what the TBAA tags of the struct are.The current metadata format is very simple.
tbaa.struct
metadata nodes are a list of operands which are in conceptual groups of three. For each group of three, the first operand gives the byte offset of a field in bytes, the second gives its size in bytes, and the third gives its tbaa tag. e.g.:!4 = !{ i64 0, i64 4, !1, i64 8, i64 4, !2 }
This describes a struct with two fields: The first is at offset 0 bytes with size 4 bytes, and has tbaa tag
!1
. The second is at offset 8 bytes and has size 4 bytes and has tbaa tag !2.Note that the fields need not be contiguous. In this example, there is a 4 byte gap between the two fields. This gap represents padding which does not carry useful data and need not be preserved.
Declaration
Swift
case tbaaStruct = 5
-
Load addreess invariance metadata.
If a load instruction tagged with the
invariant.load
metadata is executed, the optimizer may assume the memory location referenced by the load contains the same value at all points in the program where the memory location is known to be dereferenceable; otherwise, the behavior is undefined.Declaration
Swift
case invariantLoad = 6
-
Alias scope metadata.
alias.scope
metadata provide the ability to specify genericnoalias
memory-access sets. This means that some collection of memory access instructions (loads, stores, memory-accessing calls, etc.) that carrynoalias
metadata can specifically be specified not to alias with some other collection of memory access instructions that carryalias.scope
metadata. Each type of metadata specifies a list of scopes where each scope has an id and a domain.When evaluating an aliasing query, if for some domain, the set of scopes with that domain in one instruction’s
alias.scope
list is a subset of (or equal to) the set of scopes for that domain in another instruction’s noalias list, then the two memory accesses are assumed not to alias.Because scopes in one domain don’t affect scopes in other domains, separate domains can be used to compose multiple independent noalias sets. This is used for example during inlining. As the noalias function parameters are turned into noalias scope metadata, a new domain is used every time the function is inlined.
The metadata identifying each domain is itself a list containing one or two entries. The first entry is the name of the domain. Note that if the name is a string then it can be combined across functions and translation units. A self-reference can be used to create globally unique domain names. A descriptive string may optionally be provided as a second list entry.
The metadata identifying each scope is also itself a list containing two or three entries. The first entry is the name of the scope. Note that if the name is a string then it can be combined across functions and translation units. A self-reference can be used to create globally unique scope names. A metadata reference to the scope’s domain is the second entry. A descriptive string may optionally be provided as a third list entry.
For example:
; Two scope domains: !0 = !{!0} !1 = !{!1} ; Some scopes in these domains: !2 = !{!2, !0} !3 = !{!3, !0} !4 = !{!4, !1} ; Some scope lists: !5 = !{!4} ; A list containing only scope !4 !6 = !{!4, !3, !2} !7 = !{!3} ; These two instructions don't alias: %0 = load float, float* %c, align 4, !alias.scope !5 store float %0, float* %arrayidx.i, align 4, !noalias !5 ; These two instructions also don't alias (for domain !1, the set of scopes ; in the !alias.scope equals that in the !noalias list): %2 = load float, float* %c, align 4, !alias.scope !5 store float %2, float* %arrayidx.i2, align 4, !noalias !6 ; These two instructions may alias (for domain !0, the set of scopes in ; the !noalias list is not a superset of, or equal to, the scopes in the ; !alias.scope list): %2 = load float, float* %c, align 4, !alias.scope !6 store float %0, float* %arrayidx.i, align 4, !noalias !7
Declaration
Swift
case aliasScope = 7
-
No-alias metadata.
noalias
metadata provide the ability to specify genericnoalias
memory-access sets. This means that some collection of memory access instructions (loads, stores, memory-accessing calls, etc.) that carrynoalias
metadata can specifically be specified not to alias with some other collection of memory access instructions that carryalias.scope
metadata. Each type of metadata specifies a list of scopes where each scope has an id and a domain.Declaration
Swift
case noalias = 8
-
Temporal metadata.
The existence of the !nontemporal metadata on the instruction tells the optimizer and code generator that this load is not expected to be reused in the cache. The code generator may select special instructions to save cache bandwidth, such as the
MOVNT
instruction on x86.Declaration
Swift
case nontemporal = 9
-
Loop memory access metadata.
If certain memory accesses within a loop are independent of each other (that is, they have no loop-carried dependencies), and if these are the only accesses in the loop, then tagging load/store instructions with
llvm.mem.parallel_loop_access
signals to the optimizer that those accesses can be vectorized.Declaration
Swift
case memParallelLoopAccess = 10
-
Non-null metadata.
This indicates that the parameter or return pointer is not null. This attribute may only be applied to pointer typed parameters. This is not checked or enforced by LLVM; if the parameter or return pointer is null, the behavior is undefined.
Note that the concept of a “null” pointer is address space dependent. it is not necessarily the 0 bit-pattern.
Declaration
Swift
case nonnull = 11
-
Dereferenceable metadata.
This indicates that the parameter or return pointer is dereferenceable. This attribute may only be applied to pointer typed parameters. A pointer that is dereferenceable can be loaded from speculatively without a risk of trapping. The number of bytes known to be dereferenceable must be provided in parentheses. It is legal for the number of bytes to be less than the size of the pointee type. The
nonnull
attribute does not imply dereferenceability (consider a pointer to one element past the end of an array), howeverdereferenceable
does implynonnull
in the default address space.Declaration
Swift
case dereferenceable = 12
-
Dereferenceable or null metadata.
This indicates that the parameter or return value isn’t both non-null and non-dereferenceable (up to a given number of bytes) at the same time. All non-null pointers tagged with
dereferenceable_or_null
aredereferenceable
. For address space 0,dereferenceable_or_null
implies that a pointer is exactly one ofdereferenceable
ornull
, and in other address spacesdereferenceable_or_null
implies that a pointer is at least one ofdereferenceable
ornull
(i.e. it may be bothnull
anddereferenceable
). This attribute may only be applied to pointer typed parameters.Declaration
Swift
case dereferenceableOrNull = 13
-
Implicit checks metadata.
Making null checks implicit is an aggressive optimization, and it can be a net performance pessimization if too many memory operations end up faulting because of it. A language runtime typically needs to ensure that only a negligible number of implicit null checks actually fault once the application has reached a steady state. A standard way of doing this is by healing failed implicit null checks into explicit null checks via code patching or recompilation. It follows that there are two requirements an explicit null check needs to satisfy for it to be profitable to convert it to an implicit null check:
- The case where the pointer is actually null (i.e. the “failing” case) is extremely rare.
- The failing path heals the implicit null check into an explicit null check so that the application does not repeatedly page fault.
The frontend is expected to mark branches that satisfy both conditions using a
make.implicit
metadata node (the actual content of the metadata node is ignored). Only branches that are marked withmake.implicit
metadata are considered as candidates for conversion into implicit null checks.Declaration
Swift
case makeImplicit = 14
-
Unpredictable metadata.
Unpredictable metadata may be attached to any
branch
orswitch
instruction. It can be used to express the unpredictability of control flow. Similar to thellvm.expect
intrinsic, it may be used to alter optimizations related to compare and branch instructions. The metadata is treated as a boolean value; if it exists, it signals that the branch or switch that it is attached to is completely unpredictable.Declaration
Swift
case unpredictable = 15
-
Invariant group metadata.
The experimental
invariant.group
metadata may be attached to load/store instructions referencing a single metadata with no entries. The existence ofinvariant.group
metadata on the instruction tells the optimizer that every load and store to the same pointer operand can be assumed to load or store the same value.Pointers returned by
bitcast
orgetelementptr
with only zero indices are considered the same.Examples:
@unknownPtr = external global i8 ... %ptr = alloca i8 store i8 42, i8* %ptr, !invariant.group !0 call void @foo(i8* %ptr) %a = load i8, i8* %ptr, !invariant.group !0 ; Can assume that value under %ptr didn't change call void @foo(i8* %ptr) %newPtr = call i8* @getPointer(i8* %ptr) %c = load i8, i8* %newPtr, !invariant.group !0 ; Can't assume anything, because we only have information about %ptr %unknownValue = load i8, i8* @unknownPtr store i8 %unknownValue, i8* %ptr, !invariant.group !0 ; Can assume that %unknownValue == 42 call void @foo(i8* %ptr) %newPtr2 = call i8* @llvm.launder.invariant.group(i8* %ptr) %d = load i8, i8* %newPtr2, !invariant.group !0 ; Can't step through launder.invariant.group to get value of %ptr ... declare void @foo(i8*) declare i8* @getPointer(i8*) declare i8* @llvm.launder.invariant.group(i8*) !0 = !{}
The
invariant.group
metadata must be dropped when replacing one pointer by another based on aliasing information. This is becauseinvariant.group
is tied to the SSA value of the pointer operand.%v = load i8, i8* %x, !invariant.group !0 ; if %x mustalias %y then we can replace the above instruction with %v = load i8, i8* %y
Note that this is an experimental feature, which means that its semantics might change in the future.
Declaration
Swift
case invariantGroup = 16
-
Alignment metadata.
This indicates that the pointer value may be assumed by the optimizer to have the specified alignment. If the pointer value does not have the specified alignment, behavior is undefined.
Declaration
Swift
case align = 17
-
Loop identifier metadata.
It is sometimes useful to attach information to loop constructs. Currently, loop metadata is implemented as metadata attached to the branch instruction in the loop latch block. This type of metadata refer to a metadata node that is guaranteed to be separate for each loop. The loop identifier metadata is specified with the name
llvm.loop
.The loop identifier metadata is implemented using a metadata that refers to itself to avoid merging it with any other identifier metadata, e.g., during module linkage or function inlining. That is, each loop should refer to their own identification metadata even if they reside in separate functions. The following example contains loop identifier metadata for two separate loop constructs:
!0 = !{!0} !1 = !{!1}
The loop identifier metadata can be used to specify additional per-loop metadata. Any operands after the first operand can be treated as user-defined metadata. For example the
llvm.loop.unroll.count
suggests an unroll factor to the loop unroller:br i1 %exitcond, label %._crit_edge, label %.lr.ph, !llvm.loop !0 ... !0 = !{!0, !1} !1 = !{!"llvm.loop.unroll.count", i32 4}
Declaration
Swift
case loop = 18
-
Type metadata.
Type metadata is a mechanism that allows IR modules to co-operatively build pointer sets corresponding to addresses within a given set of globals. LLVM’s control flow integrity implementation uses this metadata to efficiently check (at each call site) that a given address corresponds to either a valid vtable or function pointer for a given class or function type, and its whole-program devirtualization pass uses the metadata to identify potential callees for a given virtual call.
For more information, see Type Metadata.
Declaration
Swift
case type = 19
-
Section prefix metadata.
LLVM allows an explicit section to be specified for functions. If the target supports it, it will emit functions to the section specified. Additionally, the function can be placed in a COMDAT.
Declaration
Swift
case sectionPrefix = 20
-
Absolute symbol metadata.
absolute_symbol
metadata may be attached to a global variable declaration. It marks the declaration as a reference to an absolute symbol, which causes the backend to use absolute relocations for the symbol even in position independent code, and expresses the possible ranges that the global variable’s address (not its value) is in, in the same format as range metadata, with the extension that the pairall-ones,all-ones
may be used to represent the full set.For example (assuming 64-bit pointers):
@a = external global i8, !absolute_symbol !0 ; Absolute symbol in range [0,256) @b = external global i8, !absolute_symbol !1 ; Absolute symbol in range [0,2^64) ... !0 = !{ i64 0, i64 256 } !1 = !{ i64 -1, i64 -1 }
Declaration
Swift
case absoluteSymbol = 21
-
Associated metadata.
associated
metadata may be attached to a global object declaration with a single argument that references another global object.This metadata prevents discarding of the global object in linker GC unless the referenced object is also discarded. The linker support for this feature is spotty. For best compatibility, globals carrying this metadata may also:
- Be in a comdat with the referenced global.
- Be in
@llvm.compiler.used
. - Have an explicit section with a name which is a valid C identifier.
It does not have any effect on non-ELF targets.
For example:
$a = comdat any @a = global i32 1, comdat $a @b = internal global i32 2, comdat $a, section "abc", !associated !0 !0 = !{i32* @a}
Declaration
Swift
case associated = 22
-
Callees metadata.
Callees metadata may be attached to indirect call sites. If callees metadata is attached to a call site, and any callee is not among the set of functions provided by the metadata, the behavior is undefined.
The intent of this metadata is to facilitate optimizations such as indirect-call promotion. For example, in the code below, the call instruction may only target the add or sub functions:
%result = call i64 %binop(i64 %x, i64 %y), !callees !0 ... !0 = !{i64 (i64, i64)* @add, i64 (i64, i64)* @sub}
Declaration
Swift
case callees = 23
-
Irreducible loop metadata.
irr_loop
metadata may be attached to the terminator instruction of a basic block that’s an irreducible loop header (note that an irreducible loop has more than once header basic blocks.) Ifirr_loop
metadata is attached to the terminator instruction of a basic block that is not really an irreducible loop header, the behavior is undefined.The intent of this metadata is to improve the accuracy of the block frequency propagation. For example, in the code below, the block
header0
may have a loop header weight (relative to the other headers of the irreducible loop) of 100:header0: ... br i1 %cmp, label %t1, label %t2, !irr_loop !0 ... !0 = !{"loop_header_weight", i64 100}
Irreducible loop header weights are typically based on profile data.
Declaration
Swift
case irrLoop = 24
-
Memory access group metadata.
llvm.access.group
metadata can be attached to any instruction that potentially accesses memory. It can point to a single distinct metadata node, which we call access group. This node represents all memory access instructions referring to it viallvm.access.group
.When an instruction belongs to multiple access groups, it can also point to a list of accesses groups, illustrated by the following example:
%val = load i32, i32* %arrayidx, !llvm.access.group !0 ... !0 = !{!1, !2} !1 = distinct !{} !2 = distinct !{}
It is illegal for the list node to be empty since it might be confused with an access group.
The access group metadata node must be
distinct
to avoid collapsing multiple access groups by content. An access group metadata node must always be empty which can be used to distinguish an access group metadata node from a list of access groups. Being empty avoids the situation that the content must be updated which, because metadata is immutable by design, would required finding and updating all references to the access group node.The access group can be used to refer to a memory access instruction without pointing to it directly (which is not possible in global metadata). Currently, the only metadata making use of it is
llvm.loop.parallel_accesses
.Declaration
Swift
case accessGroup = 25
-
Callback metadata.
Callback metadata may be attached to a function declaration, or definition. The metadata describes how the arguments of a call to a function are in turn passed to the callback function specified by the metadata. Thus, the callback metadata provides a partial description of a call site inside the function with regards to the arguments of a call to the function. The only semantic restriction on the function itself is that it is not allowed to inspect or modify arguments referenced in the callback metadata as pass-through to the callback function.
The function is not required to actually invoke the callback function at runtime. However, the assumptions about not inspecting or modifying arguments that would be passed to the specified callback function still hold, even if the callback function is not dynamically invoked. The function is allowed to invoke the callback function more than once per invocation. The function is also allowed to invoke (directly or indirectly) the function passed as a callback through another use. Finally, the function is also allowed to relay the callback callee invocation to a different thread.
The metadata is structured as follows: At the outer level, callback metadata is a list of callback encodings. Each encoding starts with a constant
i64
which describes the argument position of the callback function in the call to the function. The following elements, except the last, describe what arguments are passed to the callback function. Each element is again ani64
constant identifying the argument of the broker that is passed through, ori64 -1
to indicate an unknown or inspected argument. The order in which they are listed has to be the same in which they are passed to the callback callee. The last element of the encoding is a boolean which specifies how variadic arguments of the broker are handled. If it is true, all variadic arguments of the broker are passed through to the callback function after the arguments encoded explicitly before.In the code below, the
pthread_create
function is marked as such a function through the!callback !1
metadata. In the example, there is only one callback encoding, namely!2
, associated with it. This encoding identifies the callback function as the second argument(i64 2)
and the sole argument of the callback function as the third(i64 3)
.declare !callback !1 dso_local i32 @pthread_create(i64*, %union.pthread_attr_t*, i8* (i8*)*, i8*) ... !2 = !{i64 2, i64 3, i1 false} !1 = !{!2}
Another example is shown below. The callback callee is the second argument of the
__kmpc_fork_call
function(i64 2)
. The callee is given two unknown values (each identified by ai64 -1
) and afterwards all variadic arguments that are passed to the__kmpc_fork_call
call (due to the final i1 true).declare !callback !0 dso_local void @__kmpc_fork_call(%struct.ident_t*, i32, void (i32*, i32*, ...)*, ...) ... !1 = !{i64 2, i64 -1, i64 -1, i1 true} !0 = !{!1}
Declaration
Swift
case callback = 26


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--- layout: default title: Nicholas Christopher-Hayes, BA - Research ---
| Author List | Date/Status | Title | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiesman, A. I., Christopher-Hayes, N. J., Wilson, T. W. | (Submitted). | Stairway to memory: left-hemispheric alpha dynamics as a progressive visual memory store. | Cerebral Cortex. |
| Wiesman, A. I., Christopher-Hayes, N. J., Eastman, J. A., Heinrichs-Graham, E., Wilson, T. W. | (Submitted). | Response certainty during bimanual movements reduces gamma oscillations in primary motor cortex. | Neuroimage. |
| Warren, D. E., Rangel, A. J., Christopher-Hayes, N. J., Eastman, J. A., Frenzel, M., Stephen, J. M., Calhoun, V. D., Wang, Y.-P., Wilson, T. W. | (Submitted). | Resting-state functional connectivity of the human hippocampus in periadolescent children: associations with age and memory performance. | Organization for Human Brain Mapping. |
| Author List | Date/Status | Title | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warren, D. E., Christopher-Hayes, N. J., Rangel, A. J., Eastman, J. A., Frenzel, M., Stephen, J. M., Calhoun, V. D., Wang, Y.-P., Wilson, T. W. | (2018). | Measuring the relationship between memory performance and hippocampal structure/function in periadolescent children: a longitudinal investigation from the Dev-CoG project. | Nanosymposium and poster presentation at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. |
| Christopher-Hayes, N. J., Rangel, A., Stephen, J. M., Calhoun, V. D., Wang, Y.-P., Wilson, T. W., & Warren, D. E. | (2017). | Adolescent changes in hippocampal volume and functional connectivity affect memory performance. | Organization for Human Brain Mapping. |
| Spooner, R. K., Christopher-Hayes, N. J., Stephen, J. M., Calhoun, V. D., Wang, Y.-P., Wilson, T. W., & Warren, D. E. | (2017). | Intrinsic functional connectivity of the striatum covaries with cognitive performance in adolescents. | Organization for Human Brain Mapping. |
| Spooner, R. K., Christopher-Hayes, N. J., Stephen, J. M., Calhoun, V. D., Wang, Y.-P., Wilson, T. W., & Warren, D. E. | (2017). | Childhood development of behavioral and brain network changes related to basal ganglia: resting-state functional connectivity of striatal regions varies with performance on cognitive tasks in children. | Cognitive Neuroscience Society. |
| Christopher-Hayes, N. J. | (2017). | Neuroimaging and Neurostimulation in Alzheimer’s. | Fremont Area Alzheimer’s Collaboration. |
| Pham, D., Christopher-Hayes, N. J., Rangel, A., Stephen, J. M., Calhoun, V. D., Wang, Y.-P., Wilson, T. W., & Warren, D. E. | (2017). | Brain correlates of memory ability in youth. | UNMC SURP Symposium. |
| Sajja, K., Christopher-Hayes, N. J., Warren, D. E., Madhavan, D. | (2017). | Predicting outcomes after corpus callosotomy using FreeSurfer for processing and analyzing pre-surgical MRI images. | UNMC Dept. Neurological Sciences Annual Research Symposium. |
| Hopkins, L. S., Christopher-Hayes, N. J., Helmstetter, F. J., Hannula, D. E. | (2016). | Contingency awareness is not required for fear conditioned capture of attention. | Visual Sciences Society. |
| Christopher-Hayes, N. J., Hopkins, L. S., Helmstetter, F. J., Hannula, D. E. | (2016). | Oculomotor capture by aversive stimuli. | UW-Milwaukee Undergraduate Research Symposium. |
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☮development


Ballarat's John Ditchburn aka Ditchy: Week in cartoons November 11-17, 2019
Welcome to a weekly feature for The Courier, where we show a selection of cartoons from our resident artist, John Ditchburn.
More commonly known throughout Ballarat as 'Ditchy', the veteran cartoonist brings you a different take on what's making news in Ballarat.

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This class holds static routines accessed by assertion macros. These routines should not be called directly, but accessed from the macros provided. These macros expand into appropriate calls unless BWASSERTDISCARD is defined.
| bwassert() | Asserts that the expression X is true. |
| bwverify() | Unit test assertion. |
bwassert( X );
Asserts that the expression X is true. If not, it throws an exception containing the file name and line number where the error occurred along with the expression that failed. If BWASSERTDISCARD is #defined, then the expression is not evaluated and no exception is thrown.
This macro is intended for additional checking for unexpected errors in inner loop (frequent) operations too inefficient to verify in production. Non critical applications should never #define BWASSERTDISCARD. Code not in high frequency code segments should throw regular exceptions, such as std::invalid_argument or std::domain_error, etc.
bwverify( X );
Unit test assertion.
Verifies that the expression X is true. If not, it displays a message on std::cerr containing the file name and line number of the bwverify along with the expression. Execution then continues.
If BWASSERTDISCARD is #defined, X will still be tested and this type of assertion will throw an exception if X is false.
This macro is intended for use in test harnesses and unit tests, and should not be used in application code.


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{% extends "base_template_steps.html" %} {% block title %} Step 2 - Create Maliciously Looking Domains Guided {% endblock %} {% block page_specific_stylesheet %} {% endblock %} {% block step_specific_scripts %} {% endblock %} {% block progress_step2 %}{% endblock %} {% block headline %} Step 2 - Create Maliciously Looking Domains Guided {% endblock %} {% block instructions %}
Similarly to the previous step, we ask you again to create convincing fake domains for ten given well-known domains. In contrast to the previous step, we provide common techniques used by cyber criminals you can use to create your domains.
{% endblock %} {% block counter_label %}10 domains created{% endblock %} {% block experiment %} Click on one of the following techniques to get started - you can change at any time!:Select a typosquatting technique you would like to use:
You will create:
Click to create this domainSelect a character to remove:
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Click to create this domainSelect a character to swap with its right neighbor (swapping the last character is equal to swapping the second to last character):
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Actual source code: tsreg.c
petsc-3.8.0 2017-09-26
1: #include <petsc/private/tsimpl.h>
3: PetscFunctionList TSList = NULL;
4: PetscBool TSRegisterAllCalled = PETSC_FALSE;
6: /*@C
7: TSSetType - Sets the method to be used as the timestepping solver.
9: Collective on TS
11: Input Parameters:
12: + ts - The TS context
13: - type - A known method
15: Options Database Command:
16: . -ts_type <type> - Sets the method; use -help for a list of available methods (for instance, euler)
18: Notes:
19: See "petsc/include/petscts.h" for available methods (for instance)
20: + TSEULER - Euler
21: . TSSUNDIALS - SUNDIALS interface
22: . TSBEULER - Backward Euler
23: - TSPSEUDO - Pseudo-timestepping
25: Normally, it is best to use the TSSetFromOptions() command and
26: then set the TS type from the options database rather than by using
27: this routine. Using the options database provides the user with
28: maximum flexibility in evaluating the many different solvers.
29: The TSSetType() routine is provided for those situations where it
30: is necessary to set the timestepping solver independently of the
31: command line or options database. This might be the case, for example,
32: when the choice of solver changes during the execution of the
33: program, and the user's application is taking responsibility for
34: choosing the appropriate method. In other words, this routine is
35: not for beginners.
37: Level: intermediate
39: .keywords: TS, set, type
41: .seealso: TS, TSSolve(), TSCreate(), TSSetFromOptions(), TSDestroy(), TSType
43: @*/
44: PetscErrorCode TSSetType(TS ts,TSType type)
45: {
46: PetscErrorCode (*r)(TS);
47: PetscBool match;
53: PetscObjectTypeCompare((PetscObject) ts, type, &match);
54: if (match) return(0);
56: PetscFunctionListFind(TSList,type,&r);
57: if (!r) SETERRQ1(PETSC_COMM_SELF,PETSC_ERR_ARG_UNKNOWN_TYPE, "Unknown TS type: %s", type);
58: if (ts->ops->destroy) {
59: (*(ts)->ops->destroy)(ts);
60: }
61: PetscMemzero(ts->ops,sizeof(*ts->ops));
62: ts->default_adapt_type = TSADAPTNONE;
64: ts->setupcalled = PETSC_FALSE;
66: PetscObjectChangeTypeName((PetscObject)ts, type);
67: (*r)(ts);
68: return(0);
69: }
71: /*@C
72: TSGetType - Gets the TS method type (as a string).
74: Not Collective
76: Input Parameter:
77: . ts - The TS
79: Output Parameter:
80: . type - The name of TS method
82: Level: intermediate
84: .keywords: TS, timestepper, get, type, name
85: .seealso TSSetType()
86: @*/
87: PetscErrorCode TSGetType(TS ts, TSType *type)
88: {
92: *type = ((PetscObject)ts)->type_name;
93: return(0);
94: }
96: /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
98: /*@C
99: TSRegister - Adds a creation method to the TS package.
101: Not Collective
103: Input Parameters:
104: + name - The name of a new user-defined creation routine
105: - create_func - The creation routine itself
107: Notes:
108: TSRegister() may be called multiple times to add several user-defined tses.
110: Sample usage:
111: .vb
112: TSRegister("my_ts", MyTSCreate);
113: .ve
115: Then, your ts type can be chosen with the procedural interface via
116: .vb
117: TS ts;
118: TSCreate(MPI_Comm, &ts);
119: TSSetType(ts, "my_ts")
120: .ve
121: or at runtime via the option
122: .vb
123: -ts_type my_ts
124: .ve
126: Level: advanced
128: .keywords: TS, register
130: .seealso: TSRegisterAll(), TSRegisterDestroy()
131: @*/
132: PetscErrorCode TSRegister(const char sname[], PetscErrorCode (*function)(TS))
133: {
137: PetscFunctionListAdd(&TSList,sname,function);
138: return(0);
139: }


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filmcritic.com presents a review from staff member James Brundage. You can find the review with full credits at http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/2a460f93626cd4678625624c007f2b46/26d2b7f0e671d82188256902000457dc?OpenDocument
CHICKEN RUN A film review by James Brundage Copyright 2000 filmcritic.com filmcritic.com
Since the beginning of time (or at least the domestication of animals), the chicken has been man's feathered enigma. Like so many of its feathered friends, it has fallen into the realm of the metaphor (i.e. `He's a chicken.'). Unlike so many of its edible counterparts, it has survived the hassles of religious communities unscathed (no one will persecute you for eating a chicken wing). It has found its way into the realm of ontological questions (which came first: the chicken or the egg), as well as into sanguine curiosity (why does a chicken continue moving around after you cut its head off). It has become the basic standard for all foods (taste's like chicken). It has changed with the times, entering the debate about genetic engineering (see the accusations against KFC using frank-n-roosters). It has even, through its progeny, entered into the world of our children (I do not like green eggs and ham, I do not like them Sam I am). As long as civilization has existed, the chicken has haunted our collective hubris with its often-charming idiocy.

In fact, let's admit it: there's NOTHING interesting about chickens.  These dumb animals simply run away whenever you get more than five feet from them and, after those few minutes of chasing chickens at the petting zoo when you are in your younger years, your fascination with chickendom cracks like an egg broken for the omelet. So even after seeing Peter Lord and Nick Park's feature debut, Chicken Run – by far the single smartest family animation feature I have seen since Toy Story – I still wonder what the hell enticed these guys into crafting a story about chickens in the first place.
I don't know why they did it, and I probably never will. All I know is that I am glad that they did.
Chicken Run, a version of The Great Escape with Ginger (Julia Swalath) taking over the part of Steve McQueen, tells the story of a farm full of chickens at the Audubon-Auswitzch of the Tweedy egg farm. At the Tweedy egg farm, things are fairly routine… try to escape when you can and lay your eggs, or it's off to the chopping block for you. Ginger doesn't like this life, and dreams of living anywhere outside of the farm. Baba (Jane Horrocks) is a complete lemming and has no trouble following anyone, but believes that whenever Ginger is put in solitary confinement (the trash can) she is on holiday. Fowler (Benjamin Whitrow), a former RAF rooster, reminisces about the good old days of fighting Jerry.
Meanwhile, inside of the farm, Mrs. Tweedy (Miranda Richardson) focuses herself on transforming the slave labor camp into a full-blown death camp (by use of a pie machine) while Mr. Tweedy (Tony Haygarth) tries (and fails) to outsmart the chickens. Everything continues along said routine until Rocky the Flying Rooster (Mel Gibson) arrives, having accidentally hit the weathervane on a misfire from the circus. His arrival gets Ginger cooking, and pretty soon she lays the golden egg that may lead to freedom from the farm… they will fly out.
Numerous attempts to do this fail, laughs ensue, and the movie speeds along at a chipper pace towards a conclusion that makes the rocket sequence in Toy Story look like child's play.
Chicken Run's main strength as a family film comes in its ability to seamlessly meld humor that can pander to the children and not go under adult heads and give more intellectual parodies to adults that will still seem funny to children, and it does this by always being aware of just how bizarre a version of The Great Escape with poultry in it really is (i.e. the advertised line `I don't want to be a pie' is followed by `I don't even like gravy.').
In the realm of claymation, Chicken Run finds itself only in the company of itself and other Oscar nominees. 1999's Humdrum (Peter Lord and Nick Park's Oscar-nominated short), in which shadow puppets played with shadow puppets, had the same level of detail in character animation, whereas 1998's More (Mark Osborne's (Dropping Out) Oscar-nominated short) featured the same level of detail in claymation sets and lighting. However, Chicken Run marks the first time near-perfection in both arenas has come together to form near-perfect claymation… it raises the bar for the genre as a whole.
 While the average chicken may hold as much interest to you as a dead duck, this film's chickens are well-defined characters that make you laugh, feel worry for them, and then laugh even more.
All that, and you only get one `chicken and the egg' joke.
What more can you ask?

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Football: Newcastle edge West Ham to move out of danger zone
LONDON: Newcastle United eased their Premier League relegation woes after goals from Ciaran Clark, Federico Fernandez and Jonjo Shelvey helped them to a nervy 3-2 win at West Ham United on Saturday.
Defenders Clark and Fernandez sent the Magpies on their way with first-half headers and Shelvey added their third in the 51st minute before Fabian Balbuena and Robert Snodgrass struck for West Ham to set up a dramatic finish.
The result lifted Newcastle to 15th place on 12 points from 11 games while West Ham, who stretched their winless league run to five games, slipped to 12th on 13 points.
Former Liverpool midfielder Shelvey was relieved his side were able to hang on after being pegged back by the home side in the closing stages.
"It's a great win, we dug deep in the last 20 minutes but I think we should have been at least four goals up in the first half," he told Newcastle United's television channel.
"We just need to be a bit more clinical and when you're down in the bottom half of the table, you have to take your chance as it comes."
Ireland centre-back Clark headed the visitors into a 16th-minute lead after good work by Joelinton and Shelvey before Fernandez took advantage of sloppy defending to double the advantage midway through the opening half.
Newcastle missed several chances to increase their lead before the interval as West Ham keeper Roberto Jimenez made three good saves and Shelvey hit the crossbar with a superb shot in the 35th minute.
Shelvey appeared to have sealed the game as a contest with a sublime free kick before Balbuena pulled one back for West Ham and Snodgrass volleyed home in the 90th minute, forcing Newcastle to defend desperately in stoppage time.


I remember when I was a boy.
My little brother and I were taunting each other.
Well, little brother went a step too far, and I judged that it would
be best if I pushed him through a nearby plate glass storm door.
Unfortunately, my plan didn't work, as it turns out that plate glass
is surprisingly strong. Even more unfortunately, my mother heard
the racket my brother made as he riccocheted off the glass, and every
kid in the neighborhood soon received an object lesson on why it's not
a good idea to attempt to push your little brother through a window.
Ever since then, I've been a pacifist.
Growing up in the seventies, I was subjected to mind controling
influences from organizations like The Brady Bunch, Sesame Street,
and Dan Fogelburg (in the late eighties, rumors circulated in the
underground that Mr. Fogelburg was connected with a certain
Aisian-subcontinental government, and that it was he who emasculated
US men with the introduction of the minivan). Millions of
people were under their spell, and by the eightees their sadistic
urges had transmuted into such pseudo-aggressive activities as the
hostile corporate takeover, Van Halen, and lasertag.
Thank god, then, for the nineties when
those urges broke free, giving us Gangsta Rap and Mortal Kombat.

Children were encouraged to carry nine mils to school, and adults
were urged to solve their problems with the high-speed liberal
application of lead. From there, it was only natural that
Quake I and Quake II would capture the imagination of a generation
that had had their hunter instincts clobbered into dust.
Why do we play? Because we were
inadvertently programmed by our role models. They thought they
were discouraging our basest instincts. Well...we showed them.


Defines the classes needed to properly generate debugging images for the searches performed over TicTacToe boards.


Press release
Ofsted finds a third of 39 settings inspected less than good with too many children’s services providers judged inadequate
Today sees the outcome of Ofsted’s first multi-remit focused inspection carried out in the Somerset area.
It finds that while education standards are improving, the county council is not providing good enough support for its most vulnerable children, young people and families. As a result too many of the services inspected were judged inadequate.
In the four children’s homes inspected none were judged good or better. In addition, two children’s centres, running 10 stand-alone sites, and serving over 13,500 children under five years old living in the centres’ catchment area were judged inadequate.
Thirty-nine inspections were carried out across all children’s services remits in Somerset between 8 September and 3 October. The inspections included primary, secondary, special and independent special schools, pupil referral units, children’s homes, children’s centres and nurseries.
The outcomes of the 39 inspections were:
Bradley Simmons, Ofsted’s Regional Director for the South West said:
Bringing together this series of inspections for the first time has given a unique insight into the quality of services children in Somerset receive. The council deserves credit for its role in improving the performance for primary and secondary children from both disadvantaged backgrounds and the most able students.
However, it is disheartening to see that the most vulnerable children, young people and families who rely on crucial services for care and support are being let down.
It cannot be right that children’s centres serving over 13,500 children under five years old living in the centres’ catchment area are receiving a poor service.
Urgent action is required if the council is to secure timely and effective arrangements for the safety and wellbeing of children living in the county.
The majority of pupils going to primary and secondary schools that were inspected achieved well in all key stages. The authority’s effective brokering of school-to-school support through the Local and National Leaders in Education initiative has been particularly successful in the primary schools inspected.
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds and those in care are making improved progress in their education. As a result the gaps between the attainment and progress of pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds and their peers have narrowed.
In the further education college inspected, the majority of young people whose starting points were low catch up with their peers because they receive particularly good support and their progress is monitored closely. This has led to them gaining qualifications and employment.
The local authority has failed to take timely action in children’s homes to ensure that the service improves. As a result it does not provide children and young people living in the homes with a consistently good quality of care.
The safety and welfare arrangements of the most vulnerable children and families in children’s centres are inadequate. This is due to the council’s lack of support where there are safeguarding concerns or the need for early intervention.
Support and advice to schools about safeguarding and child protection concerns are insufficient and the authority has been slow to act on improving this service.
Somerset County Council needs to improve the consistency and quality of care of its children’s homes through clearer strategic direction and management oversight.
The council needs secure arrangements for the safety and welfare of all children living in the county by:
The Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted) regulates and inspects to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children’s social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, work-based learning and skills training, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children’s services, and inspects services for looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.


public interface Jsonb
extends java.lang.AutoCloseable
Jsonb
provides an abstraction over the JSON Binding framework operations:
fromJson
: read JSON input, deserialize to Java objects content tree
toJson
: serialize Java objects content tree to JSON input
Instance of this class is created using JsonbBuilder
builder methods:
// Example 1 - Creating Jsonb using default JsonbBuilder instance provided by default JsonbProvider
Jsonb jsonb = JsonbBuilder.create();
// Example 2 - Creating Jsonb instance for a specific provider specified by a class name
Jsonb jsonb = JsonbBuilder.newBuilder("foo.bar.ProviderImpl).build();
// Example 3 - Creating Jsonb instance from a custom provider implementation
Jsonb jsonb = new CustomJsonbBuilder().build();
Deserializing (reading) JSONCan de-serialize JSON data that represents either an entire JSON document or a subtree of a JSON document.
Reading (deserializing) object content tree from a File:
Jsonb jsonb = JsonbBuilder.create(); Book book = jsonb.fromJson(new FileReader("jsonfile.json"), Book.class);If the deserialization process is unable to deserialize the JSON content to an object content tree, fatal error is reported that terminates processing by throwing JsonbException.
Serializing (writing) to JSON
Serialization writes the representation of a Java object content tree into JSON data.
Writing (serializing) object content tree to a File:
jsonb.toJson(object, new FileWriter("foo.json"));Writing (serializing) to a Writer:
jsonb.toJson(object, new PrintWriter(System.out));
Encoding
In deserialization operations (fromJson
), encoding of JSON data is detected automatically. Use theJsonbConfig
API to configure expected input encoding used within deserialization operations. Client applications are expected to supply a valid character encoding as defined in the RFC 7159 and supported by Java Platform. In serialization operations (toJson
), UTF-8 encoding is used by default for writing JSON data. Use theJsonbConfig
API to configure the output encoding used within serialization operations. Client applications are expected to supply a valid character encoding as defined in the RFC 7159 and supported by Java Platform.
For optimal use, JsonbBuilder
and Jsonb
instances should be
reused - for a typical use-case, only one Jsonb
instance is
required by an application.
All the methods in this class are safe for use by multiple concurrent threads.
Calling Closable.close()
method will cleanup all CDI managed components
(such as adapters with CDI dependencies) created during interaction with Jsonb.
Calling close()
must be done after all threads has finished interaction with Jsonb.
If there are remaining threads working with Jsonb and close()
is called, behaviour is undefined.
Jsonb
,
JsonbBuilder
,
ServiceLoader
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
|---|---|
<T> T |
fromJson(java.io.InputStream stream,
java.lang.Class<T> type)
Reads in a JSON data from the specified InputStream and return the
resulting content tree.
|
<T> T |
fromJson(java.io.InputStream stream,
java.lang.reflect.Type runtimeType)
Reads in a JSON data from the specified InputStream and return the
resulting content tree.
|
<T> T |
fromJson(java.io.Reader reader,
java.lang.Class<T> type)
Reads in a JSON data from the specified Reader and return the
resulting content tree.
|
<T> T |
fromJson(java.io.Reader reader,
java.lang.reflect.Type runtimeType)
Reads in a JSON data from the specified Reader and return the
resulting content tree.
|
<T> T |
fromJson(java.lang.String str,
java.lang.Class<T> type)
Reads in a JSON data from the specified string and return the resulting
content tree.
|
<T> T |
fromJson(java.lang.String str,
java.lang.reflect.Type runtimeType)
Reads in a JSON data from the specified string and return the resulting
content tree.
|
java.lang.String |
toJson(java.lang.Object object)
Writes the Java object tree with root object
object to a String
instance as JSON. |
void |
toJson(java.lang.Object object,
java.io.OutputStream stream)
Writes the object content tree into output stream.
|
java.lang.String |
toJson(java.lang.Object object,
java.lang.reflect.Type runtimeType)
Writes the Java object tree with root object
object to a String
instance as JSON. |
void |
toJson(java.lang.Object object,
java.lang.reflect.Type runtimeType,
java.io.OutputStream stream)
Writes the object content tree into output stream.
|
void |
toJson(java.lang.Object object,
java.lang.reflect.Type runtimeType,
java.io.Writer writer)
Writes the object content tree into a Writer character stream.
|
void |
toJson(java.lang.Object object,
java.io.Writer writer)
Writes the object content tree into a Writer character stream.
|
<T> T fromJson(java.lang.String str, java.lang.Class<T> type) throws JsonbException
T
- Type of the content tree's root object.str
- The string to deserialize JSON data from.type
- Type of the content tree's root object.JsonbException
- If any unexpected error(s) occur(s) during deserialization.java.lang.NullPointerException
- If any of the parameters is null
.<T> T fromJson(java.lang.String str, java.lang.reflect.Type runtimeType) throws JsonbException
T
- Type of the content tree's root object.str
- The string to deserialize JSON data from.runtimeType
- Runtime type of the content tree's root object.JsonbException
- If any unexpected error(s) occur(s) during deserialization.java.lang.NullPointerException
- If any of the parameters is null
.<T> T fromJson(java.io.Reader reader, java.lang.Class<T> type) throws JsonbException
T
- Type of the content tree's root object.reader
- The character stream is read as a JSON data.type
- Type of the content tree's root object.JsonbException
- If any unexpected error(s) occur(s) during deserialization.java.lang.NullPointerException
- If any of the parameters is null
.<T> T fromJson(java.io.Reader reader, java.lang.reflect.Type runtimeType) throws JsonbException
T
- Type of the content tree's root object.reader
- The character stream is read as a JSON data.runtimeType
- Runtime type of the content tree's root object.JsonbException
- If any unexpected error(s) occur(s) during deserialization.java.lang.NullPointerException
- If any of the parameters is null
.<T> T fromJson(java.io.InputStream stream, java.lang.Class<T> type) throws JsonbException
T
- Type of the content tree's root object.stream
- The stream is read as a JSON data. Upon a
successful completion, the stream will be closed by this method.type
- Type of the content tree's root object.JsonbException
- If any unexpected error(s) occur(s) during deserialization.java.lang.NullPointerException
- If any of the parameters is null
.<T> T fromJson(java.io.InputStream stream, java.lang.reflect.Type runtimeType) throws JsonbException
T
- Type of the content tree's root object.stream
- The stream is read as a JSON data. Upon a
successful completion, the stream will be closed by this method.runtimeType
- Runtime type of the content tree's root object.JsonbException
- If any unexpected error(s) occur(s) during deserialization.java.lang.NullPointerException
- If any of the parameters is null
.java.lang.String toJson(java.lang.Object object) throws JsonbException
object
to a String
instance as JSON.object
- The root object of the object content tree to be serialized. Must not be null.JsonbException
- If any unexpected problem occurs during the
serialization, such as I/O error.java.lang.NullPointerException
- If any of the parameters is null
.java.lang.String toJson(java.lang.Object object, java.lang.reflect.Type runtimeType) throws JsonbException
object
to a String
instance as JSON.object
- The root object of the object content tree to be serialized. Must not be null.runtimeType
- Runtime type of the content tree's root object.JsonbException
- If any unexpected problem occurs during the
serialization, such as I/O error.java.lang.NullPointerException
- If any of the parameters is null
.void toJson(java.lang.Object object, java.io.Writer writer) throws JsonbException
object
- The object content tree to be serialized.writer
- The JSON will be sent as a character stream to the given
Writer
.JsonbException
- If any unexpected problem occurs during the
serialization.java.lang.NullPointerException
- If any of the parameters is null
.void toJson(java.lang.Object object, java.lang.reflect.Type runtimeType, java.io.Writer writer) throws JsonbException
object
- The object content tree to be serialized.runtimeType
- Runtime type of the content tree's root object.writer
- The JSON will be sent as a character stream to the given
Writer
.JsonbException
- If any unexpected problem occurs during the
serialization.java.lang.NullPointerException
- If any of the parameters is null
.void toJson(java.lang.Object object, java.io.OutputStream stream) throws JsonbException
object
- The object content tree to be serialized.stream
- The JSON will be sent as a byte stream to the given
OutputStream
. Upon a successful completion, the stream will be closed
by this method.JsonbException
- If any unexpected problem occurs during the
serialization.java.lang.NullPointerException
- If any of the parameters is null
.void toJson(java.lang.Object object, java.lang.reflect.Type runtimeType, java.io.OutputStream stream) throws JsonbException
object
- The object content tree to be serialized.runtimeType
- Runtime type of the content tree's root object.stream
- The JSON will be sent as a byte stream to the given
OutputStream
. Upon a successful completion, the stream will be closed
by this method.JsonbException
- If any unexpected problem occurs during the
serialization.java.lang.NullPointerException
- If any of the parameters is null
.


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Today, I was trying to implement a simple Staircase problem. With implementation 1 I wrote it using two for loops. Its works and I was able to see staircases on the browser. But as I tried to increment n by multiple of 10000, browser stop to respond. Thereafter I used String.prototype.repeat for the same problem. This native method then shows its features. There was a huge performance gain and was able to achive the same result. Just check below two approaches and the time difference. console.time() helps a lot. 787 ms improvement for n=10000
// n = 10000
// processData: 798.195ms
console.time('processData');
function processData( n ) {
var i, j, str;
for( i = 0; i < n; i++ ) {
str = '';
for( j = n; j > 0; j-- ) {
if(j <= i+1) {
str = str + '#';
} else {
str = str + ' ';
}
}
// Below statement is commented explicitly since n is a large number.
// console.log( str );
}
}
processData(10000);
console.timeEnd('processData');
Output (n=5):
#
##
###
####
#####
// n=10000
// processData: 11.759ms
// n=100000
// processData: 97.847ms
console.time('processData');
function processData( n ) {
var i,
str;
for( i = 1; i <= n; i++ ) {
str = ' '.repeat( n-i ) + '#'.repeat( i );
// Below statement is commented explicitly since n is a large number.
// console.log( str );
}
}
processData(10000);
console.timeEnd('processData');
Output (n=5):
#
##
###
####
#####


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Defending champion Korda leads in Taiwan Swinging Skirts
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Defending champion Nelly Korda shot a 7-under 65 to take a three-stroke lead after Saturday’s third round of the LPGA Swinging Skirts.
Korda, who started the round one stroke back of overnight leader Mi Jung Hur, carded seven birdies at the par-72 Miramar Golf Country Club to finish at 18-under 198, three strokes ahead of Minjee Lee, who shot a 67.
“I think I’ve gone over 36 holes without a bogey, which is something that I always strive to do,” Korda said. “I don’t remember the last time I did that. I don’t think I’ve ever actually done that. But I’m just playing really solid golf, and there’s still so much golf to be played.”
Lee briefly moved into a tie with Korda after back-to-back birdies on the 11th and 12th. But Korda quickly regained the lead with a birdie of her own on the par-5 12th.
Caroline Masson shot 66 and was in third place, four strokes behind.
Top-ranked Jin Young Ko withdrew during the third round. She was 2 over after 10 holes and 5 over on the tournament. No immediate reason was given for her withdrawal.
Mi Jung Hur, who is looking for her third victory this season, shot a 71 and was in fourth place at 13 under.
Brooke Henderson, who shot a 64 on Friday, had five birdies against a pair of bogeys and a double bogey for a 71 that left her at 10 under.
Azahara Munoz was tied with Henderson in ninth place after a 64 that included seven birdies, an eagle and a bogey.
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