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From Bare Docs to Bare Metal
Programming a Raspberry Pi 3 without an OS and without copy/paste
raspberry-pi-3 / arm / assembly / bare-metal
Many tutorials show how to do bare metal programming on a Raspberry Pi. Some are very good, but they tend to have a certain magic vibe on them. "Trust me, just use the following magic constants and it will work". I can't help but ask, hey, where did this magic come from? What if I wanted to figure out all details by myself?
This post describes my moderately successful attempt to find the sources of all information needed to create a very simple bare metal assembly program that sets one of the Raspberry Pi 3 GPIO pins to high (AKA 1 or "on").
The program running in all its glory. LED attached to the GPIO pin to show it is really going high.
To me the beauty of bare metal programing is its conceptual simplicity. Gone are all the layers that usually stand between the code we write and the device running it. I know, these layers are there for a reason and more often than not I am glad they exist – but being able to look at a software system as a whole and (more or less) understand everything all the way down is very cool.
How simple is it? When a computer boots up, at some point it will start to look for code to execute at a certain memory address. All we need to do is:
Find a way to get our binary code loaded into that certain address, so that the computer will run it upon start up.
Design, write and build our code so that the resulting binary relies only on features provided directly by the computer itself.1 Remember, there is no operating system here, so we can't make use of things like system calls.
The plan is to dig into the official documentation of the Pi 3 and its components looking for how to execute these two tasks. Spoiler #1: I found the official docs to be on the disappointing side; it was only with some supplemental material from the community that I achieved my goal.
Boot sequence on a Raspberry Pi 3
Our first task is to find our how to get the binary code loaded into the address from which the Pi will start executing it. I couldn't find any official Raspberry Pi 3 documentation with a proper description of its boot process. The docs about the config.txt file give us some hints, though. Reading the description of the kernel and kernel_address settings makes me believe that (by default), the boot process of the the Pi 3 will read a file called kernel7.img from the SD card, load it at the 0x8000 memory address and start running from there. The same doc suggests we also need other files on the SD card: start.elf, bootcode.bin and (optionally) fixup.dat – all of which are proprietary, closed source binaries available from the Raspberry Pi Firmware repository.
In summary, we just need to name our binary code kernel7.img and copy it to the root of the SD card along with start.elf, bootcode.bin and fixup.dat. The Pi 3 will load our program into memory address 0x8000 and run it from there. We can change some of these defaults by adding a config.txt file into the mix with the proper settings overrides.
Now, the official docs don't say any of that clearly. I want to believe that, if I had to, I would be able to figure these steps out after some amount of trial and error. Anyway, at this point the community has already gathered much better information about how the boot process. I particularly liked the descriptions from the OSDev Wiki and this sligthly outdated reply from StackExchange, which go into details on the fairly interesting boot process of the Raspberry Pi.2
What is a Raspberry Pi 3 anyhow?
I wanted to write software that will run on a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+, a piece of hardware I didn't know much about. I headed to the Raspberry Pi website and looked for the product page of this specific model. It contains these lines:
Broadcom BCM2837B0, Cortex-A53 (ARMv8) 64-bit SoC @ 1.4GHz
1GB LPDDR2 SDRAM
That's a start. I am particularly interested in knowing that my device is built around a SoC (System on a Chip) model BCM2837B0 by Broadcom, and the CPU within this SoC is a 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53.3
The CPU itself seems to be pretty well documented. A quick search led me to the official ARM page about it, from where we get the Arm Cortex-A53 MPCore Processor Technical Reference Manual, a 600-page grimoire. From there I guess we'd be able to reach all other required CPU documents, including the instruction set. I didn't dig much deeper here, though.
But the CPU is only one of the components of the Pi 3 Model B+. If we want to use the GPIO, we need the documentation for the SoC itself. A search for "BCM2837B0" led me once again to the official documentation provided by the Raspberry Pi Foundation. It says this SoC is just a minor improvement over the SoC used in the original (non-"+") Pi 3 Model B:
The underlying architecture of the BCM2837B0 is identical to the BCM2837 chip used in other versions of the Pi. The ARM core hardware is the same, only the frequency is rated higher.
Good, so let's scroll up and look for the docs on the BCM2837:
The underlying architecture of the BCM2837 is identical to the BCM2836. The only significant difference is the replacement of the ARMv7 quad core cluster with a quad-core ARM Cortex A53 (ARMv8) cluster.
Please refer to the following BCM2836 document for details on the ARM peripherals specification, which also applies to the BCM2837.
The document they mention, BCM2836 ARM-local peripherals, is a 20-page PDF in which I couldn't spot any relevant information about how to use the GPIO. Hopefully I'll find the info about the SoC on the docs for the previous model. Scroll up a little more:
The underlying architecture in BCM2836 is identical to BCM2835. The only significant difference is the removal of the ARM1176JZF-S processor and replacement with a quad-core Cortex-A7 cluster.
This is getting tiring. Scroll up yet more, and aha!, here's a doc called BCM2835 ARM Peripherals, a 200-page datasheet describing our SoC in depth. This is what I was looking for! (Spoiler #2: no, it isn't!)
Let's dive into the SoC datasheet to find out how the GPIO works from a programmer's perspective. Chapter 6 explains that the GPIO is controlled through a set of special registers that are conveniently mapped to the Pi memory.4
This datasheet is, by the way, the source of the magic numbers used in all bare metal programming tutorials! It describes all the registers used to control peripherals, tells what they do, and which memory addresses they are mapped to.
Chapter 6 further tells that the GPIO hardware registers start at memory address 0x7E20_0000, but this is misleading: this is not the address we programmers are supposed to use. Section 1.2 explains that all addresses that appear throughout the datasheet are "bus addresses" but programmers must use "physical addresses" instead: whenever they mention an address like 0x7Enn_nnnn, we are supposed to use 0x20nn_nnnn in our code.5
I'd be happy enough with this documentation if it wasn't for a detail. Recall that we are looking at the datasheet for the SoC used for the original Raspberry Pi – they told us the Pi 3 is identical. Turns out it isn't! On the Pi 3, the mapping between bus and physical addresses changed, so we really need to use addresses in the form 0x3Fnn_nnnn!
How do I know that? Just because I stumbled upon an unofficial BCM2837 ARM Peripherals edited by the community. It is based on the official BCM2835 datasheet I was looking at before, but it takes into account the known hardware differences and fixes known errors. This is the best documentation I know for bare metal programming for the Pi 3.
My assembly code is well-documented and available on GitHub. (Warning: it's surely not a good lesson on ARM assembly! First time trying this!) Here I'll just make allusions to the portions of the datasheet that helped me to get to the code. If you want to understand how it works in more detail, you'll need to spend some time alone with the datasheet.
We can configure each GPIO pin in one of various modes. The datasheet explains that we need to use the GPIO Function Select Registers (GPFSELn) to select how each GPIO pin behaves. In our case, we want to set the GPIO pin 16 as a digital output. Pin 16 is controlled by the bits 20-18 of GPFSEL1, mapped to physical memory address 0x3F20_0004. We just need to set these bits to 001.
Once we have the pin 16 configured, we can set it to high by writing 1 to the bit 16 of the GPSET0 register, which is mapped to 0x3F20_001C.
And that's it. All our code does is two writes to memory addresses that correspond to the GPIO controller. Our binary code is mere 28 bytes long (how cute!). From powering the Pi up to complete execution it takes less than 2.5 seconds!
One final thing that might be worth mentioning: all Pi bare metal examples I saw used a linker script to tell that the code will run from address 0x8000. Mine doesn't. My code is super simple and is compiled (or rather assembled) to a "pure" binary image that is completely independent of where it is loaded into memory. I can imagine situations in which the linker script is required, but I opted to keep my example as simple as possible.
Going deeper
As a bonus, here are a couple of nice links for going deeper.
Baking Pi – Operating Systems Development: A great, all-assembly introductory tutorial by Alex Chadwick. Just be aware that the code is targeted at the original Raspberry Pi 1 boards, so you'll need to make some changes to make it work with more recent models.
Writing a "bare metal" operating system for Raspberry Pi 4, by Adam Greenwood-Byrne. I didn't read much of it, but looks like a great resource for more advanced topics. Code is in C with a touch of assembly where required.
ARM Cortex-M Load/Store Instructions. This is one of a series of YouTube videos by Joe The Professor. My assembly code uses only three different instructions, and this video helped me understand two of them. I intend to watch the whole series soon, never mind the fact that the Pi 3 has a Cortex-A CPU, not a Cortex-M.
LED Warning Flash Codes. This is not really a resource for diving deeper, but it's good to know what the Pi is trying to tell us when it blinks LEDs to complain about something we did wrong.
Simplest Raspberry Pi 3 bare metal program in Zig. Plug to another repo of mine, in which I do about the same thing as here, except the LED blinks and most of the code is written in Zig instead of assembly.
By "computer itself" I mean not just the hardware per se, but also anything the system provides via firmware. For example, in the classic IBM/PC we could invoke routines provided by the BIOS. Similarly, the RP2040 microcontroller (used by the Raspberry Pi Pico) provides a number of usable functions on their Bootrom (see the RP2040 datasheet, section 2.8.3). We'll stay away of those in this post. ↩
It is the GPU, not the CPU, that drives the initial stages of the boot process! Isn't this interesting? ↩
If you are wondering, a System on a Chip (SoC) is a single chip that includes a CPU and a number of peripherals. In the case of a Raspberry Pi, the SoC includes not only the ARM CPU, but also things like the GPIO, I²C, SPI, and USB controllers. The Raspberry Pi board can be relatively simple because it is built around this single chip that already does so much. ↩
In other words, whenever we access certain memory addresses, we are not accessing real memory, but the GPIO controller itself. ↩
Rant time! The BCM2835 ARM Peripherals introduction says that "the purpose of this datasheet is to provide documentation for these peripherals in sufficient detail to allow a developer to port an operating system to BCM2835." In other words, the document is made for programmers. Why then, just why, do they provide "bus addresses" that, as far as I understand, are interesting only for hardware developers, and especially those designing that very SoC? I guess they based the datasheet on the hardware documentation they wrote as they designed the chip. Instead of being nice and rewriting all addresses to match the needs of the datasheet target audience, they were lazy and just added a note telling "go and convert all addresses yourself." Not such a big deal, but come on, be nice to your community! ↩
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This month I am in the mood for a deck that challenges the ways our eyes are used to looking at tarot imagery. I have chosen The Orbifold Tarot by Michael Bridge-Dickson, and I love the beautiful, shiny, colourful, geometric shapes contained therein. On the inside of the box containing this tarot deck are the words, 'Explore the chaotic patterns & rhythms of life's endlessly changing cycles.' Yes. Let us.
What calls to our solitary heart?
What calls to our community's heart?
What calls to our global heart?
What will keep us wise?
1. What calls to our solitary heart?
Again? The Tower has been showing up so much this year! It was Card of the Month in February, and turned up for the Tarot Readings for the Collective in January, May, August, and now September!
Clearly you haven't figured out what to do with me yet. You won't just let me retreat to the back of the tarot deck. If I am calling to your solitary heart, consider what that might mean. And consider my shape, as I look somewhat different to my usual depiction of a tower struck by lightning.
Something is building in your heart, and is asking you to pay attention. Something that you've been mulling over for some time, something that requires a response from you, an action of some kind. Around and around the thoughts go, sometimes strongly, sometimes quietly, but there they roll nonetheless. And you usually find a way to push them away for whatever reason.
Well, I'm calling to say, stop rolling and start acting! All this rolling will eventually erode you, and when you are eroded you are weakened and more easily overwhelmed by external forces. Listen to my call, and start to move in the direction that your own wise heart knows you must. No one wants to witness a self-implosion.
2. What calls to our community's heart?
Your communal heart is more aligned than you give it credit for. Yes, you often find yourselves at different stages of the wheel, but that is where your strengths lie.
In a healthy community, you will all be dealing with life in varying ways at the same time. Your life experiences will be full of diverse wisdom, and instead of clashing with each other for thinking and acting differently, you can absorb this vast spectrum of knowledge and learn from the lessons you are walking through, together.
By observing each other with kind eyes and ready ears, your hearts can soften and you can move together in a way that defies control from any outside source. I, The Wheel, am calling to your community's heart so you can be at peace with the flow of things, and so you can be curious about what lessons you hold for each other.
3. What calls to our global heart?
When writing down the cards that turned up for each question, I wrote this one down as '4 Earth'. Looking at it next to the question, it looked to me like wet-cement-graffiti of a couple of lovers' names: 'Heart 4 Earth'.
Of course. The Earth wants your heart. I am calling to the global heart of the Collective, by reminding you to stay present to cohesion. Find your way to the global heart via introspection and care. Dance with me in structured way, but be prepared for surprises. Watch for the openings, where you will be required to take centre stage and show your stuff. Trust that when it is time, it is better you turn up, rather than retreat, even if your anxieties and fears threaten your focus.
If I am to call to your global heart, I am asking you to lay down plans that are straightforward and accessible. I am asking you to connect with each other and find common ground rather than separating off into camps. Take separate space, certainly, for the purpose of healing, but then seek commonality once more. Is there something that joins your lives together? I am asking you to consider that each of you belong to each other's story in some way, and you are going to have to get clearer about why you might react to others, whether positively or negatively. It is the responsibility of those in more privileged positions to work cohesively within themselves and pick up the slack.
Staying together is important. Boundaries are vital of course, and if you find it personally hard to let someone in, no need. But make sure that at the boundary where you end and they begin, there is no animosity.
4. What will keep us wise?
It's so simple really. Your wholeness keeps you wise. When you try and separate off and compartmentalize your different ways of being, things get so confusing. You need to use your heart as much as you use your mind, and you certainly cannot ignore your spiritual needs. By spiritual I mean your need to sit quietly, and act from clear and peaceful realisations that heal rather than harm. Belief systems aren't necessary for this, only ethics. Practice brave actions that cultivate ethical ways of connecting with the world around you, rather than relying on dogma that may no longer have true and peaceable value in today's world.
Open the communication channels so that you take on only the lessons that you are truly meant to: no over-committing or under-committing. Find the balance by choosing to simplify. Get rid of the circus and invite in the bare bones. You can connect with the circus if you wish, but dig deeper to see where it first was born into this world, so that you can trust in the authenticity of what you seek to become.
Lovely reading from Sarah Barry using the Orbifold!
Sarah has a wonderful way of looking at these cards, skillfully blending her experience of tarot's archetypal structure with what she sees in each image, including the simplified but evocative images in the Orbifold.
Continue enjoying Sarah's work by visiting her blog for previous monthly readings and much more!


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ABOUT ROLLER SKATING CLUB
We are a local volunteer based, family orientated roller skating club based just outside of Bognor Regis, West Sussex.
We meet up on Saturday evenings 7-9pm in the large hall of our local leisure centre and for those daring enough we run a variety of things from 9-10pm also, depending on what week it is we run coaching lessons to roller hockey or maybe just and additional hour skating on the general sessions
In 1977 a small group of artistic skaters who had hired the main hall at the newly opened leisure centre was told that to guarantee a weekly block booking they would have to form a club. So the arun roller skating club was formed.
To cover the costs, memberships were offered to the local skaters. The club became and still
is very popular for all level's of skaters young and old alike.
Past events have included skating competitions, xmas skating shows, roller disco's and yearly entries into the local carnival's where we have won many trophies over the year's
At one time over 300 people were members, today there are about 100 members and the club is open to the general public who wish to skate.
In may 2002 the club held a 25 year reunion and about 200 skaters past and present attended, video's of old xmas shows were shown, carnival float photo's and local press write up's were displayed in the bramber studio.
Skating in the main hall was accompanied by the music from the 70's and 80's etc when vinyl ruled. the artistic skaters were not forgotten with the set dance's being played at regular interval's, everyone who attended seemed to have a good time.

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I just found this pattern on Ravelry. KnitPicks sold this as a kit, but it is no longer available. However, I am anxiously awaiting the pattern which is being emailed to me as I write. This photo is a bit fuzzy, but it is a "Clock Tam". You can make it as either a tam, or a knitted clock! How cool and kitschy is that?
This is beautiful and you would wear it well. You will have to take lots of pictures when you are done.
The pattern is no longer available unfortunately. I will have to recreate it one day.
That is really cool. The colours are beautiful too – hope you manage to recreate the pattern.


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Sylvia Norris
Co-Principal Harp
Robert & Nancy Giles Chair
Harpist Sylvia Norris is well known to Michigan audiences as both a recitalist and orchestral musician. A Michigan native, for over 25 years she has played principal harp with the Traverse Symphony Orchestra and loves playing under the outstanding leadership of her old friend and fellow Lansing symphony orchestra musician Maestro Kevin Rhodes.
Sylvia currently shares the chair with fellow harpist Joan Holland. She is also currently principal harpist of the West Michigan Symphony Orchestra, as well as the Battle Creek Symphony. She held the position of second harpist with the Grand Rapids Symphony for 17 years, has appeared with the Detroit Symphony as well as every other Michigan orchestra of note and recently appeared as guest harpist with the Billings, Montana Symphony.
She is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music, where she studied with Eileen Malone. Sylvia loves to play chamber music and plays in many chamber settings, including the Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck, the Dancing Bear Music Series and the Interlochen Arts Camp, where she works as a summer instructor of harp.
In 2005, she was chosen to tour with Josh Groban to Bermuda, where she was privileged to also appear in recital with legendary flutist Sir James Galway. Sylvia and her family reside in Traverse City, where she continues to teach privately and is active in her church and community.


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Uniformed Opportunist Chasing Clicks
I saw a Facebook video of a Free National Movement (FNM) supporter alleging that a controversial media personality and political opportunist has described Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis as being an Uncle Tom. Undoubtedly, this latest inflammatory rhetoric by the political opportunist is stemming from the awarding of several government contracts to Bahamas Hot Mix, a company which St Anne's MP Brent Symonette reportedly has familial ties with. When Symonette's father, the late Sir Roland Symonette, was honoured by the Advisory Committee for National Honours in July 2018, Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) National Chair Fred Mitchell vehemently opposed the move, even going as far as labelling Free National Movement Chair Carl Culmer as an Uncle Tom. Among the list of reasons cited by Mitchell for not awarding the late Symonette with such a prestigious honour was that "he gave aid and comfort to a group that wanted to break up the nation." In all likelihood, the PLP chairman was referring to a group of white Abaconians called the Greater Abaco Council or the Abaco Independent Movement. The Greater Abaco Council, led by former Marsh Harbour MP Errington "Bumpy" Watkins, Leonard Thompson and Sherwin Archer, all fought tirelessly for Abaco to secede from The Bahamas, after it was revealed by the then PLP government under Sir Lynden Pindling that it would push for independence, no later than 1973. With a debilitating economic recession in the United States due to OPEC's oil embargo on the West for its support for the State of Israel, independence figured prominently in the PLP's 1972 general election platform, seeing that Pindling and Co. were utterly powerless to curtail the negative impact of the economic drought, brought on by external forces.
In late 1971, Watkins along with Messrs Thompson and Archer went to England to plead on behalf of hundreds of white Abaconians who feared the prospects of being severed from the United Kingdom. They apparently did not trust the black PLP government managing this country's external affairs.
With the dissolution of the Greater Abaco Council in 1972, Watkins would go on to lead the Council for a Free Abaco along with Chuck Hall and Albert Albury, which also vehemently opposed The Bahamas becoming an independent state. Watkins' initiative was supported by FNM Parliamentarians Cleophas Adderley, Michael Lightbourn and Sir Roland Symonette. For all intents and purposes, Sir Lynden and the PLP were successful in countering the anti-independence arguments of the Abaconians before the English. Apparently, the PLP has never forgiven Sir Roland for lending moral support to the ambitious Watkins and his Abaco Independent Movement, whose undertakings could've easily been construed as treasonous to black Bahamians. Serving for a staggering 52 years in the House of Assembly, Sir Roland's support for Watkins and Co was one of the few mistakes committed during his illustrious career in politics. I don't believe the PLP should hold this against him anymore than FNMs should hold anything against Sir Lynden, despite allegations that they were systematically victimised by his PLP administration during the 1970s and 1980s. As for the Uncle Tom reference by the controversial media personality, he was undoubtedly influenced by Mitchell. As a well read politician, Mitchell, unlike the political opportunist, is obviously familiar with Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, which laid the groundwork for the Civil War in the United States between 1861 -- 1865. One of the main factors leading to the war was the 11 Southern States seceding from the Union in 1860, over their unwillingness to end slavery. Thankfully, the Abaco Independent Movement did not lead to an civil war in The Bahamas, although one can argue that the motivating factor which led to the opposition to independence was fear among the white Abaconians and United Bahamian Party elements within the FNM. It had nothing to do with racial superiority. That's one reason I have no issue seeing Sir Roland on our $50 banknote or him being considered a national hero by the Advisory Committee for National Honours.
While I didn't read Beecher Stowe's novel, I did watch the 1987 film adaptation of the novel, starring prominent African American actors Avery Brooks, Phylicia Rashad and Samuel L Jackson. In the United States, an Uncle Tom is an African American who is devoutly loyal to white people. This may have been the thinking of renown American entertainer Harry Belafonte, when he in 2002 labelled then Secretary of State in the George W Bush administration Colin Powell a "house slave." Considering the United States' abysmal record in its treatment of African Americans and other ethnic minorities in the Antebellum South during Jim Crow, Belafonte's controversial remarks had historical context, especially in light of the lopsided ratio of whites to blacks on Capitol Hill. In The Bahamas, however, the racial situation is markedly different. With a population of nearly 400,000, 92.7 percent of which is black, whites make up only 4.7 percent. Clearly, if there's any racial marginalisation in this country, it has to be felt by our white brothers and sisters.
In both the Lower and Higher Houses of Parliament, of the 39 MPs and 16 senators, only three are white: Brent Symonette, James Albury and Clay Sweeting. This ethnic disparity in The Bahamas in 2019 is unacceptable. With that being said, Minnis being labelled an Uncle Tom is totally inappropriate. The charge makes no sense, considering the racial context of The Bahamas in 2019. If anything, it should be the other way around. The uninformed political opportunist was only looking to create a clickbait among his gullible grassroots following.
KEVIN EVANS
Grand Bahama
Sir Roland Symonette honours decision 'inexplicable'
Mitchell: Culmer is an Uncle Tom
'We won't reverse Sir Roland honour'
Symonette the FNM's Washington
Why the row over Sir Ronald?


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Bisys
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Bisys seals two fund support services deals
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BISYS, a leading provider of outsourcing solutions for the financial services sector, today announced new relationships with fund complexes Arrivato Advisors, LLC (New York, NY) and Bjurman, Barry & Associates (Los Angeles, CA).
Both companies represent significant client wins for BISYS: for Arrivato, BISYS will provide services to support the launch of a new product to the US marketplace, whereas Bjurman, Barry, & Associates will utilize BISYS' full-service outsourcing offering including fund accounting, fund administration, transfer agency, distribution, legal, regulatory, and compliance services.
Fred Naddaff, president of BISYS Fund Services, said, "We are pleased to be selected as the mutual fund provider of choice by Bjurman, Barry & Associates. After careful scrutiny of our service model, depth of resources, technological support, and fee structure, the company committed to the total BISYS enterprise of fund solutions. We are also very excited about our association with Arrivato Advisors. This pioneering firm is introducing a new concept in life-cycle, indexed investing, and we look forward to contributing to the success of that initiative."
The Arrivato Dow Jones U.S. Target Date Funds are the first indexed, life-cycle funds specific to the U.S. market. BISYS will serve as sub-administrator to these portfolios, providing transfer agency, fund accounting and compliance services. The Arrivato series of five portfolios -2010, 2015, 2020, 2030, and 2040 are designed for investors who have date-specific savings goals such as affording retirement, college or other life events. Using the Dow Jones U.S. Target Date Indexes as benchmarks, the Arrivato funds are unique in that they adjust their asset allocations over time, moderating potential risks as the target goal date approaches. They are slated to be open to investors in the fourth quarter of 2005.
According to Eric Rubin, president of Arrivato Advisors, LLC, "Launching a series of new portfolios is a labor intense process. We chose BISYS to help us in this endeavor because they are among the industry's premier outsourcing providers. We can't afford to take chances with a firm that hasn't the expertise or resources that BISYS has."
In support of its $620 million fund portfolios, Bjurman, Barry & Associates will employ BISYS' comprehensive range of administrative support for its family of funds. G. Andrew Bjurman, president and chief executive officer of Bjurman, Barry & Associates, cited the client-centric service model among its primary reasons for selecting BISYS, "Accuracy, best practices and the efficiencies of our administrative services are key to the successful operations of our firm. We believe that BISYS possesses the service commitment, proven capabilities and resources to seamlessly administer the complexities of various fund operations."
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The Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection () is an art museum in Berlin.  Its collection of paintings, graphics and sculptures, spanning the period from French Romanticism to Surrealism, is currently housed in former rooms of the Egyptian Museum in Charlottenburg on a ten-year loan.  It was founded in 2008, and is part of the National Gallery of Berlin.

The foundation

The works on display are owned by the Foundation of the Dieter Scharf Collection in Remembrance of Otto Gerstenberg. Otto Gerstenberg was an early 20th-century Berlin art collector, whose collection was partly destroyed and partly seized as plunder (ending up in Russian museums) during the war. After Gerstenberg's death in 1935, his paintings went to his daughter, Margarete Scharf, who stored most in the bunker of the Nationalgalerie in Berlin during the war. These were taken to the Soviet Union. But some were put in storage and burned in an air raid. The surviving artworks remained in family ownership and were inherited by his grandson, Dieter Scharf.  This collection of graphics was to be the foundation of Scharf's own acquisitions, and in 2000 Scharf's collection was put on display in Berlin under the name "Surreal Worlds".  Shortly before his death in 2001 he transferred these works to the new Foundation.  There is currently a ten-year loan agreement between this foundation and the Berlin State Museums, while the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has allowed it the use of the East Stüler Building in Charlottenburg.

The building

The Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection is located on Schloßstraße, opposite the present-day Berggruen Museum (in the West Stüler Building).  Both buildings are separated from Charlottenburg Palace by the Spandau Dam.  They originate from designs by the Prussian king Frederick William IV, implemented by the architect Friedrich August Stüler from 1851 to 1859.  Both the Stüler Buildings originally served as officer barracks for the Gardes du Corps regiment.  The East Building is part of the old Marstall Building (constructed 1855-58 by Wilhelm Drewitz), and together these two housed the Egyptian Museum between 1967 and 2005.  From 2005 to 2008 they were renovated for future use by the Scharf-Gerstenberg Museum, under the architectural direction of Gregor Sunder-Plassmann.

The collection

The works inherited by Dieter Scharf from his grandfather's collection include graphics by Goya, Hugo, Klinger, Manet, Meryon and Piranesi.  The works by these artists formed the foundation on which Scharf built his own collection of symbolist and surrealist art.

Besides paintings by Dalí, Dubuffet, Ernst, Magritte, Masson, Moreau, Redon, Rousseau and Tanguy, as well as sculptures by Ernst, Laurens, Lipchitz and Tàpies, the key works of the collection are graphics, following the example set by Gerstenberg.  Other artists in the collection include Baumeister, Bellmer, Brauner, Éluard, Ensor, Giacometti, Grosz, Janssen, Klee, Léger, Miró, Munch, Oelze, Picabia, Picasso, Schwitters, Seurat, Tobey, and Wols.

The Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection thematically complements the exhibition "Picasso and His Time" in the Berggruen Museum located opposite.  Some artists, such as Picasso, Klee and Giacometti, are featured in both collections.  The Kalabsha Gate and the columns from the ancient Sahure Temple, both owned by the Egyptian Museum, will also be on display in the Scharf-Gerstenberg Museum until the completion of the Pergamon Museum's fourth exhibition wing.

Further reading
 Karin Schick, Ulrich Luckhardt: Surreale Welten, Stiftung Sammlung Dieter Scharf zur Erinnerung an Otto Gerstenberg. Milan, 2000, .
 Melanie Franke, Silke Krohn and Dieter Scholz (editors): Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg in Berlin. Prestel, Munich, 2008, .
 Melanie Franke, Dieter Scholz (editors): Surreale Welten Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg. Nicolai, Berlin, 2008, .

External links

 Homepage of the Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg Berlin State Museums website

Notes

Art museums and galleries in Berlin
Buildings and structures in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
Art museums established in 2008
2008 establishments in Germany
Berlin State Museums
Former private collections

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I just had to make this edit.
Fun Fun Fun on Friday from Brent Callow on Vimeo.
lets see. i actually really liked the edit. like the colors and the shots but of course that song.
i figured someone would use it soon enough but atleast yours was pretty good.
someone was gonna do it eventually nicely done.
haha that was so awesome. great colors!
Thanks man. I didn't color correct anything in post because i wanted to try and get my colors right while filming, so i tried out some new picture style settings that i think turned out pretty well. Any critiques on the colors or anything but the song (because obviously it was a joke) are welcome.
Thats dope what picture styles were you using?
Bad white balance unless you were going for the "golden hour" look.
Wow. I'm on fire... apologies.
I did want it to be a bit more golden like that yes and also the snow at COP that day was very "not white" because of the way the sun was shinning on it.
A lot of people dont like this because its "bad" for color correction but i really like it for filming skiing in the first place.


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Belchertown mother advocates for military caregivers like herself
U.S. Air Force veteran Kevin O'Brien, 28, of Belchertown, left, and his mother and caregiver Betty O'Brien talk about potentially installing a gazebo at the back of the house April 20, 2018. Kevin O'Brien was diagnosed with a rare brain cancer in November 2013 and, years later, underwent surgery that left him with handicapped with impaired motor skills. —GAZETTE STAFF/SARAH CROSBY '; }
U.S. Air Force veteran Kevin O'Brien, 28, of Belchertown, right, opens the sun roof while his mother and caregiver Betty O'Brien drives to Stop and Shop in town April 20, 2018. Kevin O'Brien was diagnosed with a rare brain cancer in November 2013 and, years later, underwent surgery that left him with handicapped with impaired motor skills. —GAZETTE STAFF/SARAH CROSBY '; }
U.S. Air Force veteran Kevin O'Brien, 28, of Belchertown, eats cereal for breakfast April 20, 2018 at his home. O'Brien was diagnosed with a rare brain cancer in November 2013 and, years later, underwent surgery that left him with handicapped with impaired motor skills. Cereal is easy for him to prepare without assistance. —GAZETTE STAFF/SARAH CROSBY '; }
U.S. Air Force veteran Kevin O'Brien, 28, of Belchertown, and his mother and caregiver Betty O'Brien share a laugh while shopping for groceries last week. Kevin O'Brien was diagnosed with a rare brain cancer in November 2013 and later underwent surgery that left him handicapped with impaired motor skills. GAZETTE STAFF/SARAH CROSBY '; }
U.S. Air Force veteran Kevin O'Brien, 28, of Belchertown, right, shops for groceries with the assistance of his mother and caregiver Betty O'Brien April 20, 2018 at the Stop and Shop in town. Kevin O'Brien was diagnosed with a rare brain cancer in November 2013 and, years later, underwent surgery that left him with handicapped with impaired motor skills. —GAZETTE STAFF/SARAH CROSBY '; }
U.S. Air Force veteran Kevin O'Brien, 28, of Belchertown, right, works with his mother and caregiver Betty O'Brien to take measurements for a potential gazebo project at the back of the house April 20, 2018. Kevin O'Brien was diagnosed with a rare brain cancer in November 2013 and, years later, underwent surgery that left him with handicapped with impaired motor skills. —GAZETTE STAFF/SARAH CROSBY '; }
U.S. Air Force veteran Kevin O'Brien, 28, of Belchertown, left, works with his mother and caregiver Betty O'Brien to take measurements for a potential gazebo project at the back of the house April 20, 2018. Kevin O'Brien was diagnosed with a rare brain cancer in November 2013 and, years later, underwent surgery that left him with handicapped with impaired motor skills. —GAZETTE STAFF/SARAH CROSBY '; }
U.S. Air Force veteran Kevin O'Brien, 28, of Belchertown, pours cereal April 20, 2018 at his home. O'Brien was diagnosed with a rare brain cancer in November 2013 and, years later, underwent surgery that left him with handicapped with impaired motor skills. Cereal is easy for him to prepare without assistance. GAZETTE STAFF/SARAH CROSBY '; }
By Sarah Robertson
Published: 4/23/2018 10:21:37 PM
BELCHERTOWN — After her son joined the Air Force, Betty O'Brien imagined a military career for him filled with adventure and reliable job benefits.
Now, after he was stricken at 23 with a deadly illness, she drives him to doctor's appointments, balances both their finances and prepares meals for them as a full-time job.
Kevin O'Brien was working as a fighter jet mechanic for the Air Force when he was diagnosed with a rare cancer called medulloblastoma in November 2013. After a surgery that left him handicapped with impaired motor skills, he underwent dozens of proton radiation therapy treatments and five weeks of chemotherapy, before returning home in a wheelchair.
"In the beginning it was very hands-on and very intense," Betty said. "When we came home it was all about rehabilitation — learning how to walk again, learning how to talk."
In February, Betty was named a 2018 Elizabeth Dole caregiver fellow for her work advocating on behalf of disabled military veterans and their caregivers like herself.
Caring for wounded, sick and disabled military veterans is a full-time job for more than 5.5 million caregivers across the country who rely on support from the government to get by. Founded in 2012 by the former Republican U.S. senator and Cabinet member, the Elizabeth Dole Foundation works with leaders from public, private, nonprofit and faith-based organizations to advocate on behalf of military caregivers nationwide.
Giving up her career as an asset manager and business owner, Betty O'Brien dedicated herself to caring for her son. In the hospital, doctors told her that Kevin could die, and every day since has been a small victory.
"After that moment of crisis was over, we've always been on a positive path. We knew the way out was staying positive," she said. "My son has never complained about anything."
Kevin served as an avionics technician on F-15 fighter jets for nearly eight years before he was medically discharged in March 2015. He loved his job as a fighter jet mechanic, never saw combat, but did get sent to Dubai to work on jets overseas.
"Thankfully, before my surgery, I got to do a lot of things, but now it's just a little tough," he said.
Betty described the guilt of grieving a loved one still living, learning to accept they will never be the same, and cherishing every experience. Building a support group of caregivers grappling with these feelings is a goal of hers as an Elizabeth Dole fellow.
"So many people had given to us, I just felt that we needed to give back somehow," she said.
Another goal for her is to widen the scope of services provided to veterans and their caregivers to include those who served before 9/11 and those who are ill, not just wounded. She also served as a legislative ambassador for the American Cancer Society of Boston prior to winning the fellowship.
The Dole foundation has in place a network of military caregivers called Hidden Heroes, connected through a secure Facebook group where they can ask questions, share stories and support one another. Betty also hopes to expand on this work through a career in advocacy. She started taking classes online and will graduate with a bachelor's degree in business administration this year, then plans to earn a master's in health care administration.
"I went back to school because in order to be credible in this human service industry you have to have a degree," she said.
After he returned home, Kevin underwent another five months of rigorous chemotherapy in addition to regular speech and physical therapies.
At first, his mother helped him with everything from walking to eating, bathing and communicating, but with time he grew stronger and more independent. In less than five years he progressed from wheelchair-bound to walking with help of a walker, when doctors had told her it could take decades.
VA complications
Because Kevin was on active duty when he was diagnosed, the military covered expenses for the best care available, but that changed after he was medically and honorably discharged.
"The VA is under the impression he doesn't need the amount of care that he does," Betty said. "He's ill, so he doesn't qualify for a lot of the programs that are military programs."
She explained her frustration with the Department of Veterans Affairs, the VA, and the complicated process of navigating its health care system. Duplication of services, long waits, and lots of paperwork are some areas she said need improvement.
"The reason why I started going down that road was because it was very complicated," she said. "The VA is a complicated system to navigate."
While it still has many shortfalls, she sees the VA's military caregiver program, which provides stipends to military caregivers, as a step in the right direction. Kevin's retirement and health insurance still come from the VA, but communication is sparse.
"We don't hear from the military much anymore," Betty said. "We don't hear from anybody from his unit or base."
An Elizabeth Dole fellow serves for one two-year term advocating for the support of military caregivers and veterans politically, financially and emotionally. About 50 caregivers are chosen each year to be Dole fellows. Their priorities are raising public awareness and advocating for policies that benefit caregivers.
"The reason why I do this is because I don't want people to go through what I went through," Betty said.
She said she applied for the fellowship because Kevin's illness changed her life forever and she wanted to help make life easier for military veterans and caregivers like herself.
"Trying to go through his retirement, trying to, you know, navigate all the things that we've had to do, it's been tough, so I wanted to try to make it easier and better for other people," she said.
The financial incentives of military service convinced Kevin to enlist, benefits he and his mother rely on heavily to this day. Betty O'Brien spent seven years in the Air Force, and Kevin's father, Tom, is an Air Force veteran of 42 years.
"At first I didn't want to, but my dad and my mom were like, maybe it's a good idea," Kevin said. "At the time there wasn't much stability in the economy … It's like a full-time job with health care, school and dental."
Both Kevin and Betty live off the stipend they receive from the military.
The Dole foundation also advocated for the passage of the Recognize, Assist, Include, Support, and Engage (RAISE) Family Caregivers Act of 2017, which was signed by President Trump on Jan. 22. The bill formed a Family Caregiving Advisory Council to help the Department of Health and Human Services form a national strategy for how to better support military caregivers.
Fisher House of Boston
Kevin spent 102 consecutive days at Massachusetts General Hospital, while Betty lived at a hotel paid for by Fisher House of Boston, a charity that provides lodging and transportation for veterans' families while their loved one is receiving care.
"If it wasn't for Fisher House I would have been sleeping in my car," Betty said. "I was there with no money, no financial help at all, no car, nothing, and all the different things I tried to apply to for help through military families we were denied because I didn't fit the criteria."
The national Fisher House network has helped more than 335,000 families since 1991, according to the website. Jennifer DeLuca, executive director for Fisher House of Boston, said Betty was the reason the organization instituted the hotel stay program, because a veteran, or those caring for a veteran, should not have to sleep in their car.
"It is the largest piece of our program to date because we have so many military families that are coming into Boston for treatment," DeLuca said.
To date, the charity has spent over $1 million on hotel stays for military families. Occasionally, Betty and Kevin O'Brien still partner with Fisher House to speak about veteran and caregiver support.
"She is an inspiration to anyone that hears her speak," DeLuca said of Betty O'Brien. "She doesn't make anything about herself. She is always thanking others for what they did. She's truly an amazing woman."
Kevin is done with hospital stays for now, but still goes to the VA for dental appointments and visits an oncologist in Boston once a year for follow-up exams. He will never be able to drive due to sight and coordination impairments.
"Going through that whole process, I improved as a person. It gave me a different perspective on stuff," Kevin said.
Keeping relationships with other veterans is important, Kevin said, because they understand what his life was like before his diagnosis.
"They can relate to me more," Kevin said. "They can understand the stories I tell because they've lived it."
With a cat named Khemo, he now lives in his own house in Belchertown just down the road from his mom's house. She visits every day and spends her time preparing meals, helping with hygiene, doing laundry and cleaning the house.
Kevin keeps busy with household projects like remodeling the bathroom and landscaping to the best of his ability. Worsening tremors in his hands and difficulty balancing make it hard for him to do tasks independently, but he can do basic tasks with supervision. Someday, he hopes to write a book about his experience.
Betty realized she was a lot stronger than she thought, too.
"What happened was terrible but we never let that define our futures," Betty said. "We knew that God would turn it into something good."
Sarah Robertson can be reached at srobertson@gazettenet.com.
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Q: regular expression for validating fields Validations i'm trying :

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*regular expression of : 9999.99 and no spaces (0009.99 it should convert 9.99

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var regex = '(?!0)\d+(?:\.\d+)?$';

function getValue()  {
    // passing value 0009.99 and 0009.00 and 100
    return document.getElementById("myinput").value;

}

function test() {
    alert(regex.test(getValue()));
}

function match() {
    alert(getValue().match(regex));
}

A: Your first and second seems to Work just fine, the third can be achieved with the following regex:
/(?!0)\d+\.\d+$/

It starts by looking forward for zeros (skipping them), then it matches any number of digits followed by a dot and more digits. If you want the digits to be optional you can replace the plus '+' with a star '*'.
Edit:
If you want to allow integers, you can use this regex:
/(?!0)\d+(?:\.\d+)?$/

That makes the dot and the digits after that optional.
BTW: Your jsfiddle does not help in answering.
Edit2:
To create a Regex using quotes you must use the following syntax:
var regex = new RegExp('(?!0)\d+(?:\.\d+)?$');

Edit3:
I forgot to mention, you need to double escape backslashes, it should be:
var regex = new RegExp('(?!0)\\d+(?:\\.\\d+)?$');

Now it should Work directly in your code.

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Fostering a culture of equity across the entire Health and Human Services System is not just a lofty strategic goal for Fairfax County, Virginia. It is also something the Community Health Care Network (CHCN) has been actively working to achieve for many years. In the 1980s, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors became concerned about the difficulties encountered by the County's low-income and uninsured residents in obtaining health care, and financed a study of the issue.
Childbirth is the number one reason for hospital admissions in the United States. Postpartum care offers a window of opportunity to impact the current and future health of underserved women. There are significant disparities in the receipt of postpartum care: approximately 60 percent of Medicaid insured women attend their postpartum visit whereas approximately 80 percent of commercially insured women go to their visit.
What do you get when you invite 15 to 20 diverse patients over to dinner to talk about their health care in their native language? Pure magic!


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Fire & Brimstone The17 Simmering Volcanoes Of Flores
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Did you know that the island of Flores in Indonesia is home to approximately 17 individual volcanoes? The highest volcano is Mount Inerie, which stands at an impressive 2245 metres, and is located in the Ngada district. Fortunately, Mount Inerie has never erupted, although plumes of smoke can sometimes be seen at its peak. Nearby, you can find geothermal springs and hot-springs which are popular destinations for both locals and visitors alike.
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The second highest volcano in Flores is Mount Egon, which stands at 1703 metres and is located in the district of Sikka. According to volcanoediscovery.com, Mount Egon is one of the most active volcanoes in Flores – after about a century of being dormant, the volcano came to life in 2004, causing the evacuation of about 7000 people. Volcanic activities at Egon were also recorded in 2006 and 2009. Within Egon's peak, there's a crater that sometimes contains a lake and around it, there are multiple crater lakes that flank the cone. If you're feeling adventurous, there are plenty of tour guides offering hiking trips up Mount Egon – it's a wonderful opportunity to come face-to-face with a sleeping giant.
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Of course, the most famous of all the volcanoes in Flores is Mount Kelimutu in the Kelimutu National Park in Ende with its tri-coloured crater lakes. Kelimutu means "the boiling lake" in the local dialect. The locals believed that the souls of the dead find eternal rest here. Each of the three lakes has its own name; Tiwu Ata Polo or Enchanted Lake, Tiwu Nuwa Muri Koo Fai or the Lake of Young Men and Maidens and Tiwu Ata Mbupu, Lake of Ancestors. The locals believe that the changing colours of the lake is caused by the neglected spirits of departed ancestors. According to science the water in each lake changes colours over time due to its mineral contents. At the time of writing, one of the lakes is mossy dark green, one is green, and one is somewhat blueish-green. Mount Kelimutu is a sacred place for the locals, and it comes with a myth which explains the origins of the mountain.
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There are lesser known volcanoes too, such as Hobel Volcano and Mount Sarong Gong. Gunung Anak Ranaka in Manggarai Regency stands at 2277.5 meters high and erupted once in December 28, 1987. In Flotim district, the Male Lewotobi volcano is 1548 meters high – it erupted for the first time in 1932 and then again in 2003. The Female Lewotobi volcano in the Flotim Regency stands at 1703 meters high and let's not forget Mount Ile Api in Lembata, East Flores which stands at 1450 metres high.
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Tea is the second most widely consumed beverage worldwide, following only water. In 2015, global tea production amounted to about 5.2 million metric tons. China, India, Kenya, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia were among the main tea producers in 2016, based on production volume. China was responsible for about 50 percent of total tea production with 2.35 million metric tons that year. When it comes to trade, the Russian Federation was leading tea importer, with about 548 million U.S. dollars in trade value.
Total wholesale tea sales were estimated to amount to 12 billion U.S. dollars in 2016. The tea market comprises four broad segments: ready-to-drink tea (RTD), the traditional market, the specialty segment and the foodservice segment. The RTD category increased consumer penetration over the past years and continues to be the largest market segment. The leading RTD tea brands were Arizona, Lipton Pure Leaf, and Gold Peak in 2017.
Although coffee is often thought of as America's preferred beverage, tea has proven itself to be vastly popular as well. A 2017 survey among U.S. consumers showed that 23 percent of respondents drink tea every day, while only ten percent never drink tea at all. Industry experts expect the entire tea market to grow over the next years. Increasing health awareness among shoppers, new flavors and the demand for convenience are seen as major growth opportunities.
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In order to launch the application use the Altami Studio shortcut at the desktop or the menu item Start→Programs→Altami Ltd→Altami Studio 3.1. Besides, application can be launched from the folder where it was installed (usually it is C:\Program Files\Altami Ltd\Altami Studio 3.1\).
By the fist launch of the application there appears a dialogue allowing to indicate the folders for saving images, reports, and frames received as the result of fast capture and autocapture. Folders for saving reports and frames are indicated according to working folder (Folder for saving images). It is also possible, having put the tick at the respective menu item, to change the folder for saving.
After you have closed the dialogue window for defining the saving path of files, you can start working.
In order to connect the camera, use the menu item File→Connect device, please find more details on camera adjustment in Work with camera section.
If you have no camera, you can use demonstration possibilities of the application. In Altami Studio the opportunity to conduct measurements on video stream without connecting camera is worked out. In order to do that, in Connect device panel select in the Device menu Test sequence device : birds or Test sequence device: fish options. As the result of this action you will have a videostream of frames is if you were reproducing it from camera. You can make measurements on this stream, and apply to frames any of the presented in the application filters.
On the use and application of filters in Altami Studio application you can read tutorials (illustrated step by step instructions). In order to do that, enter the menu Help→Tutorial… and select from the appeared list tutorial on the filter which interests you.
Reading tutorial you can, following the author, repeat in the application its actions on processing the image. Images used by writing tutorials are in the folder of the Altami Studio 3.1.0 application you have installed (by default it is C:/Program Files/Altami Ltd/Altami Studio 3.1/tutorials/pictures/). For opening the image in the application select the menu item File→Open. After that the document window must open in the application.
With the help of tutorials you will know not only the purpose of filters, but also understand what values of filter parameters you should change in order to achieve the necessary result of image processing.


Andy decides to take a detour to, yes, his 4th country on his 5-day weekend in Europe. If that sounds exhausting, you're in the right place. If it sounds right up your alley, you're also in the right place. Cesky Krumlov was a heck of a town and Andy tried to make the best of his picture-filled few hours there.


Unsurprisingly, Disney Animation has instantly gone viralviral after the debut of their new animated short film, Paperman. The Oscar nominated black and white short features groundbreaking techniques that seamlessly melds antiquated hand drawn pictures with CGI, creating a one of a kind animation experiance.
The video tells the story of a young man in New York City whose destiny is shaken after he runs into a beautiful woman on the subway platform. Already, the new video has garnered over 1.3 million views, and is further featured on LATimes, Forbes, Telegraph, and Wired.


To participate, simply bring in a copy of the flier and the pizzeria will donate 20% of your bill to the cause.
The fundraiser is good on dine-in, take-out and phone orders.
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As I have mentioned a time or two, Grand Staircase-Escalante in central Utah is my favorite national monument. This is the case primarily for one reason; variety. This sprawling tract covers close to two million acres, almost as big as immense Yellowstone National Park. The monument was established in 1996 with the former Escalante Wilderness as its core, primarily as a means of protecting this chunk of central Utah from the prospective strip mining of its extensive coal deposits. At the same time, whether by accident or design, it has the simultaneous effect of protecting some of the most spectacular rock formations in all of the Southwest. Lucky us!
There are several wonderful areas within the boundaries of "The Escalante" so it can be a challenge to decide where to begin. Whether or not you have researched the monument online in advance of any trip here, it's a good idea to make an initial stop at one of the BLM / multi-agency ranger stations serving the Escalante. They are located in the towns of Kanab and Escalante, Utah. Stopping to speak with a ranger can help to put some of the photo opportunities here in some degree of logical order.
My favorite time of the year is fall and I'm venturing to Michigan's Upper Peninsula to photograph the beautiful red and gold colors of the season. Perhaps even a wolf, a bear, or a Great Horned Owl may cross my path as I travel through the vast area of the North Woods adjacent to Lake Superior. Pictured Rock National Lakeshore and the Hiawatha National Forest are two of the photographic jewels of the Midwest.


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Quist is a free app for iPhone, iPad, and Android phones that brings lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) and HIV/AIDS history to life.
Each day when a user opens the app on their smartphone or tablet, they will see the events from LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS world history that occurred on that date. Each event entry contains a brief description and an image, links to websites, videos, and products like DVDs or books, and a cited source. Events are searchable by date, year, country, and U.S. state.
Events range from LGBTQ individuals' contributions to the arts and sciences, watershed moments in the LGBTQ liberation movements, milestones of the HIV epidemic, specific love stories from the last several hundred years, significant court cases and executions, and worldwide "firsts" from the first transgender member of parliament's election to the first time a same-sex wedding aired on a sitcom.
There are currently approximately 800 historical events in the app and new events are being added every day. Examples of stories in the app can be found here.
Sarah Prager, a 28-year-old lesbian, is the creator and director of the project. She is available for interviews over e-mail, by phone, or in person (contact [email protected]). A Baltimore-based firm, Web Adaptive, did the coding and design of the app, while a team of volunteers from Massachusetts to Belgium collected the historical content.
Launched in late July 2013, Quist has been downloaded over 20,000 times in over 100 countries.
Quist's mission is to educate the world about the roots of the LGBTQ community, make LGBTQ history more engaging and relevant, and let LGBTQ youth know that others have shared their struggle.
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A New Vision June 15, 2015


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WITH a first "dream" appearance at Wembley within touching distance, Lucas recoiled in horror at the memory of the Moussa Sissoko x-rated challenge which came close to ending the Brazilian's season.
No wonder he was touching wood for good luck as the 28-year-old midfielder contemplated a first ever game under the iconic arch.
Now in his eighth year at Anfield a cruciate knee injury suffered in a collision with the then Chelsea star Juan Mata in a League Cup quarter-final victory cost him a place in the 2012 final win over Cardiff City.
It also ruled Lucas out of another two trips to Wembley that season in the FA Cup, the semi-final success against Everton and the final won by Chelsea.
For a few seconds following Sissoko's attack on Lucas's ankle during Monday night's Premier League game at Anfield - one which was deemed "indefensible" by Newcastle boss John Carver and which led to a second yellow card - it appeared the samba star's injury curse had struck again.
Wembley was disappearing in front of his eyes as he was suddenly wracked with pain.
"It was a bad challenge and I thought I could have broken my leg."he admitted."I think it could have broken my leg. He apologised after the game which was very mature and nice of him.
"But I have been dreaming to play at Wembley to be honest. I have been here for so long and I have always wanted to play these types of games. I've been to Wembley before but I've never played there."
Signed in the summer by Rafa Bentiez following the 2007 Champions League final defeat against AC Milan it's been a largely frustrating time for the personable midfielder who struggled at first to win The Kop over.
Now he is a firm favourite, admired for his energy and industry.
"It is very disappointing that we have won just one trophy in this period but the club has gone through a lot in those years -the change in owners and everything that happened with that, affected the club."he said.
"There was also a big change in the squad which is not normal. At some point you pay a price for that. But now the club is moving forward. Of course I'd like to have won more trophies with the club. That is what we have to fight for now."
Lucas like everyone around Liverpool is aware of the Steven Gerrard factor - the skipper's birthday falling on FA Cup final day as he bids farewell before heading off to California.
"But it would be special for everyone, for myself and other players who have not had the chance to win the FA Cup."Lucas stated.
"Of course it would be nice for him and he deserves it. But I think everybody else here deserves a trophy and we are all working really hard for that."


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Magic mushrooms as a cyberdelic technology for hacking consciousness
Magic mushrooms are like a technology for hacking consciousness that connect users to a web of infinite information where they can download hidden wisdom.
If you think of magic mushrooms as a sort of cyberdelic technology for consciousness hacking, you will find that there are many parallels between the psychedelic experience and how computers and modern technology operate.
A cyberdelic Library of Alexandria is available to anyone who traverses these invisible landscapes and is able to penetrate that ever-present firewall called the ego.
To illustrate my point of psilocybin being a technology, I'll start slow at the onset before shooting straight up to the peak of the argument, and then gradually come back to reality with the wisdom learned.
Virtual Reality onset
During the onset, the magic mushroom experience is like looking through a lens of virtual reality.
It makes notable enhancements on your senses. Your eyesight seems to be more acute, colors appear more vibrant, and later your peripheral vision is fine-tuned.
For example, four hours after ingesting 3.5 grams of Psilocybe cubensis earlier this month, I was able to detect an opossum crawling from a tree branch to my roof from 30 feet away in the dead of night out of the corner of my eye while my gaze was firmly fixed on the fire in front of me!
"Answers lie on the periphery; they have 'peripherential' treatment" — The Mushroom
In this way, psilocybin is a particularly helpful technology that augments your physical abilities that give you an evolutionary-like survival advantage in fight or flight situations.
Some shamans even give psychedelics to their pets to sharpen their senses for hunting!
The visual enhancement is like looking into virtual reality goggles and experiencing another layer of perception, and I assure you, the analogy intensifies with the dose.
Let's move on and log on to the Logos, shall we?
Logging on to the information superhighway of the 'Logos'
With computers, we log onto the internet. With magic mushrooms, we log onto the ether, the other, the source, or the Logos — – the informative, divine voice that teaches wisdom to those who seek it.
What I'm trying to say here is that there is a whole database of information available to us if we are able to connect with it through altered states of consciousness, and this usually arrives during the peak of the magic mushroom journey and stays through the finish.
"A question is a seed. Plant it. Its fruits shall be your answers" — The Mushroom
This source of information speaks in words and in visual patterns. It is greater in size and scope than anything that has ever been uploaded to the internet, and it is the source from which the likes of Francis Crick, Carl Jung, Nikola Tesla, and countless Silicon Valley developers have tapped into over the years for their groundbreaking contributions to society.
Psilocybin connects the user to a type of information superhighway like the internet, but the psychedelic "network" for lack of a better term, transmits information to the "bemushroomed" user that cannot be found through conventional technological means.
The result is a complete download of information that you could never access under normal, everyday states of consciousness.
Breaking through the 'ego firewall'
However, not everyone that takes the entheogen (something that produces divinity within) can communicate with this being, entity, reality, or whatever you want to call it.
There is a firewall that prevents psilocybin from giving you access to the great, invisible network of prophetic wisdom, and that is the ego.
The ego is the firewall that blocks psilocybin from allowing you to communicate with the other, which has also been described as the Logos.
"We could see how we are a part of everything" — The Mushroom
Luckily, at higher doses, psilocybin breaks through that ego firewall because it dissolves boundaries — it paralyzes the ego temporarily, so that the user becomes one with the experience. There is no self. There is no "I" at higher doses. Everything is one. Duality is an illusion. There is no separation between anything.
If the ego firewall is too strong, it will try to control the experience, and this is where so-called bad trips can occur. Better to surrender.
This is what the mushroom has taught me over 17 years of exploration. Once the ego is dissolved, the Logos speaks. When the Logos speaks, the listener receives its mystical downloads.
Mystical downloads from an unknown source
Our ordinary, problem-solving state of consciousness places an emphasis on identifying problems to solve. Through the technology of psilocybin, problem-solving is less of a task and more of a revelation.
"When infinite intelligence presents itself, there are no questions to be asked" — The Mushroom
I'll give an example from my most recent magic mushroom journey from earlier this month.
I wrote my experience as it happened in my journal, time-stamping each entry, with one hour missing where I went into the woods and completely lost my mind for awhile.
When I emerged three hours after ingestion, I begin to receive downloads that took on the language of mystical writings.
"A question is a seed. Plant it. Its fruits shall be your answers," was one such download.
The phrase came instantaneously, it was never formulated in my mind before I began writing. It just came out that way on paper and only reading it later after the trip ended did I realize what I had written.
Before that phrase "magically" appeared on the page, I was seeing visions — what you might call hallucinations.
I saw everything around me as a sort of library or encyclopedia that was present everywhere, 360 degrees of information. Think of yourself in the middle of a bubble or a sphere. Everywhere you look, information comes pouring in.
These types of informational downloads from a non-physical source are common among psychonauts.
Rerouting circuits to make new connections for problem-solving
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As a technology for problem-solving, the mushroom experience led me to the realization that solutions were everywhere to any given problem.
There's a reason why people say you have to "find" the solution — it's because it really is just waiting there to be found.
Bob Dylan was on to something when he sang, "The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind. The answer is blowin' in the wind."
In a bemushroomed state, "finding" the answer to anything is as simple as looking around you, especially when out in nature. Then, prophetic phrases just appear out of nowhere.
When you begin to understand cause and effect — how one thing is part of a system that connects to other systems — what you are left with is a giant, 360 degree canvass (your field of vision) of processes in motion.
"Patterns manifest. Systems intertwine. Problems do not exist" — The Mushroom
If you see a "problem" in one area, you can simultaneously see its "solution" in another.
Where you might be tempted to focus on solving the problem found in one area, you can see that it has already been taken care of in another.
It's just a matter of time before the solution presents itself when those connections interact. It's like seeing the future through the natural augmented reality — psilocybin.
In that respect, problems don't exist. Problems are a human construct.
So, what the mushroom taught me is that it is better to be mindful and to try to fully understand or see how things work first before attempting to solve them or meddle with them in some way.
We create our own problems, and if ever find ourselves stuck in trying to find a solution, it may very well be that we need to rethink the problem and whether it really is a problem to begin with.
Psilocybin is a habit-breaking defrag tool for the mind
One of the most transformative properties of the psychedelic is that it is believed to cause neuroplasticity and neurogenesis in the brain. What this means is that it changes the pathways by which different parts of the brain communicate with each other.
The brain makes new connections, thus it forms new ways of thinking and problem solving while altering old habits and ways of thinking that had been previously hardwired in our brains.
It breaks habits while opening the "user" up to more creative ways of doing things.
"You don't have to be useful all the time. Better to be mindful" — The Mushroom
What does this have to do with technology?
Think of it like the defragmentation tool on a computer. In the good old days, whenever my computer was running slow or continuously got stuck, I would run the defrag tool to consolidate, organize, and optimize the system, so it could run smoother.
I think a similar thing occurs with higher doses of magic mushrooms.
Psilocybin is like a habit-breaking defrag tool for the mind.
After the mind is defragged with the psilocybin defrag tool, and the ego firewall is bypassed, it opens up the possibility for a faster, more direct communication with "the network" and its voice assistant — the Logos.
Psilocybin is nature's augmented reality with a voice assistant
Here are some of the things the mushroom told me concerning mindfulness, action vs inaction, and "problem-solving" through simple observation.
"When infinite intelligence presents itself, there are no questions to be asked."
"Moments of lucidity are only good for lucidity's sake."
"You don't have to be useful all the time. Better to be mindful."
"Usefulness is only useful when it needs to be used.
"If we were more alert with our senses, but open with our souls, we could see how we are a part of everything. Patterns manifest. Systems intertwine. Problems do not exist."
"All there is is unity and love/understanding."
To me these downloads combined sound similar to the advice that Krishna gave Arjuna in the Hindu text, the "Bhagavad Gita," and the deeper wisdom behind knowing when it is time to act and when it is time not to act.
These are just some of the takeaways from my most recent journey into the mystic, but I don't believe they are just the ramblings of a drug-addled psychonaut.
After hitting the peak of the magic mushroom trip, which occurs at about two or three hours after ingestion, the user whose ego has been tranquilized begins to receive messages from the Logos — nature's own voice assistant.
Solutions to problems automatically appear as thoughts which come fully formed in language, and that language tends to be messianic in nature — it sounds like something from the Bible.
Can you imagine hearing something like that coming from Cortana, Siri, or Alexa?
User: "Alexa, what is a question?"
Alexa: "A question is a seed."
The lessons received from the mushroom trip are not like a typical learning system where you have to study and memorize something, but rather a complete download and software update for your body, mind, and soul.
When you read old axioms, proverbs, religious texts, and aphorisms you begin to think my god! these people were high out of their minds!
But I have no doubt in my mind that sages of old were experiencing altered states of consciousness, whether through psychedelics, meditation, rhythmic drumming, or even extreme pain or exhaustion through performing certain rituals.
"Usefulness is only useful when it needs to be used" — The Mushroom
Magic mushrooms and other entheogens are nature's augmented reality. They not only show you a different reality, but they tell you about it as well.
The psychedelic experience offered by magic mushrooms mimics technology in a way that allows the users to hack consciousness by connecting them to an anonymous network where they can download its mystical messages.
Through my personal experiences, I fully believe that the psychedelic experience with psilocybin is like a technology for hacking consciousness, but that's only just one dimension of the sacred mushroom experience.
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Tim Hinchliffe
The Sociable editor Tim Hinchliffe covers tech and society, with perspectives on public and private policies proposed by governments, unelected globalists, think tanks, big tech companies, defense departments, and intelligence agencies. Previously, Tim was a reporter for the Ghanaian Chronicle in West Africa and an editor at Colombia Reports in South America. These days, he is only responsible for articles he writes and publishes in his own name. [email protected]
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