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Chiropractic schools train students in the structure and foundation of the human body. The University of Rio Grande has a 3 + 3 matriculation agreement with Logan University in Chesterfield, MO. More information on this agreement can be found on the Logan University website. Many Chiropractic schools only require a minimum number of credit hours for admission, but a Bachelor's degree will better prepare a student for the Chiropractic school curriculum.
Courses for Chiropractic School Preparation
Chiropractic schools vary widely on the course requirements for admission. A variety of commonly required and recommended courses have been compiled for student reference. Provided the necessary required courses for admission are fulfilled, any Bachelor's program would be an acceptable choice. Two choices that include most of the required courses for admission to Chiropractic school are the Bachelor of Science in Biology and the Bachelor of Science in Chemistry. (If majoring in Biology, a Chemistry minor should be strongly considered. If majoring in Chemistry, a Biology minor should be strongly considered.) To be certain that all required courses are completed in a timely fashion, a recommended schedule of courses has also been provided. Interested students should still consult the desired Chiropractic school(s) for specific course requirements. See our Chiropractic School Preparation Checklist.
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Director says if 12 Years A Slave starts a new conversation about slavery that'll be "about time."
Director Steve McQueen's lauded latest feature, 12 Years a Slave, offers frank portrayal of the American slave trade and 19th century race relations.
But according to the London-born filmmaker, there's more to the unapologetic historical drama than viewers are initially letting on.
"This film for me is about love," he said during a press conference at TIFF Bell Lightbox on Saturday (7). "That's it."
Adapted from the 1853 autobiography of black freeman Solomon Northup (played by National Theatre-veteran Chiwetel Ejiofor), McQueen's third full-length feature follows the protagonist as he tries to return to his family after being kidnapped and forced into slavery in the American south.
Following the release of 2011's Shame, McQueen knew he wanted to tell a story about the life of a slave, but wasn't sure how to go about doing research for the project. But after his wife handed him a copy of Northup's memoirs, he "couldn't let it go."
"It was just remarkable," he said. "Each turn of the page was a revelation."
But for such a captivating story, McQueen was surprised by the lack of attention it had received in the 160 years since its initial publication.
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Outside of bringing Northup's story to the silver screen, McQueen hopes the film will inspire researchers to investigate the forgotten historical figure and other instances relating to the tumultuous time period.
"There's been a lot of investigation into what happened to him, but nothing has occurred," he said. "Maybe now there will be more."
And if the film also causes critics to reexamine the cinematic depictions (or lack thereof) of the American Slave Trade—and the questions about race and identity that surround it—that's fine by him.
"I made this movie because I wanted to tell a story about slavery—a story, which for me, hadn't been given a platform in cinema," he said. "If that starts a conversation, wonderful. It'll be about time."


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Transformer configuration names like "delta" and "wye" derive from the way the windings are connected inside the transformer. These connections determine the way the transformer will behave, and they also determine the methods of calculation required for properly applying a given transformer.
Delta-connected transformers have the windings of three single-phase transformers connected in series with each other to form a closed circuit. The line conductors are connected to the unit where the two single-phase transformers meet. This configuration gets its name because in an electrical drawing it looks like a triangle (Greek symbol Δ for the letter "delta"). Many call it a high-leg system because the voltage from Line 2 to ground is higher than that of the other legs. For example, a 120V delta transformer will have a 208V leg.
Delta transformer current. In a delta transformer, the line current doesn't equal the phase current (as it does in a wye transformer). Because each line from a delta configured transformer is connected to two transformer phases, the line current from a 3-phase load will be greater than the phase current by the square root of 3. Note these formulas:
ILine= IPhase×√3
ILine= VALine÷(ELine × √3)
IPhase= ILine÷√3
IPhase= VAPhase÷EPhase
If you plug some numbers in, you can more clearly see the effects of the delta configuration on currents. Let's try this with a 240V, 36kVA, 3-phase load (Fig. 1 above).
First, let's solve for the line current (total line power=36kVA).
Now, let's solve for the phase current (phase power=12kVA, per winding).
You can also find the line and phase currents using the other two formulas shown above.
ILine=50A × 1.732=87A
We can also use the formula: ILine = VALine÷(ELine×√3). For example, what is the secondary line current for a 480V to 240/120V, 150kVA, 3-phase delta transformer (Fig. 2)? The answer is found as follows:
ILine=150,000VA÷(240V×1.732)= 360A
You can calculate the phase current of a delta transformer winding by dividing the phase VA by the phase volts: IPhase = VAPhase÷EPhase. The phase load in VA of a 3-phase, 240V load is the line load divided by three (one third of load on each winding). The phase load in VA of a single-phase 240V load is the line load (all on one winding). The phase load in VA of a single-phase, 120V load is the line load (all on one winding).
Let's look at another example problem. What is the secondary phase current for a 480V to 240/120V, 150kVA, 3-phase delta transformer (Fig. 3 above)?
Phase power=150,000VA÷3 per phase
Phase power=50,000VA per phase
To better understand what happens in a delta system, try running these numbers with a 10A load and then with a 75A load.
Delta transformer balancing. To properly size a delta/delta transformer, the transformer phases (windings) must be balanced. You can do that with a two-step process:
Step 1. Determine the VA rating of all loads.
Step 2. Balance the loads on the transformer windings as follows:
3-phase loads: one-third of the load on each of the phases.
240V, single-phase loads: 100% of the load on Phase A or B. You can place some of the 240V, single-phase load on Phase C when necessary for balance.
120V loads: 100% of the load on C1 or C2.
To size the panelboard and its conductors, you must balance the loads in amperes. Why balance the panel in amperes? Why not take the VA per phase and divide by phase voltage? Because line current of a 3-phase load is calculated by the following formula:
ILine=150,000VA÷(240V×1.732)= 208A per line.
If you took the per line power of 50,000VA and divided by one line voltage of 120V, you would come up with an incorrect line current of 50,000VA÷ 120V=417A.
Delta transformer sizing. Consider this method the next time you're sizing delta-connected transformers, where most of the loads are line-to-line. Once you balance the transformer, size it to the load of each phase. Size the "C" transformer using two times the highest of "C1" or "C2." The "C" transformer is actually a single unit. If one side has a larger load, that side determines the transformer size.
Let's try another practice problem to reinforce these concepts. What size 480V to 240/120V transformer is required for the following loads: one 240V, 36kVA, 3-phase heat strip; two 240V, 10kVA, 3-phase loads; three 120V, 3kVA loads, single-phase (Fig. 4)?
(a) three single-phase, 25kVA transformers
(b) one 3-phase, 75kVA transformer
(c) a or b
(d) none of the above
Phase winding A=22kVA
Phase winding B=22kVA
Phase winding C=(12kVA of C1×2) = 24kVA
The answer is (c), a or b. You can use one single-phase 75kVA transformer or three 25kVA transformers for this load.
Now that you understand some transformer calculation basics and specifics on delta transformer calculations, you'll be able to size delta transformers correctly when the majority of the loads are line-to-line. You find delta-delta transformers most often in special applications. The most common configuration is the delta-wye. In the case of a delta-wye transformer, you now know how to size the primary side. After next month's article, which will address the wye transformer calculations, you'll be able to size any combination of delta and wye transformers.
Sidebar: Know Your Terms
To avoid confusion with transformer calculations, it's important to have a firm grasp of some basic concepts (Fig. 5 below). Once you're comfortable with these terms, you should be ready to tackle all types of transformer calculations.
Line — The ungrounded (hot) conductor(s).
Line current — The current on the ungrounded conductors (B1 and B2 in Fig. 6). In a delta system, the line current is greater than the phase current by the square root of 3, which is about 1.732). In a wye system, the line current equals the phase current.
Line voltage — The voltage between any two line (ungrounded) conductors (A1 and A2 in Fig. 6). In a delta system, the line voltage equals the phase voltage. But the delta system also has a high-leg.
Phase current — The current flowing through the transformer winding (D1 and D2 in Fig. 6). In a delta system, the phase current is less than the line current by the square root of 3. In a wye system, the phase current equals the line current.
Phase load — The load on the transformer winding.
Phase voltage — The internal transformer voltage generated across one winding of a transformer. For a delta secondary, the phase voltage equals the line voltage. In a wye system, the phase voltage is less than the line voltage by the square root of 3 (A2 and C2 in Fig. 6).
Ratio — The number of primary winding turns divided by the number of secondary winding turns.
Unbalanced load (neutral current) — The load on the secondary grounded (neutral) conductors.


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Nil, eh? I bet more than one person said that before about the probability of the Orthodox adopting the Latin calendar.
Nil, eh? I bet more than one person said that before about the probability of the Orthodox adopting the Latin calendar. I wouldn't recommend dismissing we liberals that easily.
I am just a newbie but I am going to throw my two worthless cents in. This kind of garbage was one of the many reasons I left the Latin Church. Most RC Priests I come across 50 and over want women ordained. Everything is fine with that now but, one day one of these 50 year+ old Vatican II Priests could be Pope then its bye bye any sanity in the Latin Church if you think the Modern Mass is banal think of what it could be under a "Social Justice Gospel" Pope.
You need to stop reading Commonweal, buddy. The wishful thinking of the "progressives" aside, even clerical celibacy isn't on the horizon. Female ordination is a pipe-dream. The "progressives" are on the decline. If there ever were a time for a "liberal" pope to be elected, it was 1978. But God intervened with his great servant out of Poland.
Do you honestly think female priests, liberal theology and gay weddings would help re-evangelize Greece or Russia? It is a "tonic" our mainline Protestant friends have taken, and it has made their churches even less "significant" than ours.
Do you honestly think female priests, liberal theology and gay weddings would help re-evangelize Greece or Russia? It is a "tonic" our mainline Protestant friends have taken, and it has made their churches even less "significant" than ours.
.I don't know that the ordination of women and would 're-evangelize' Greece or Russia it's probably too late to get those who have already left to return to the Church, but I do believe it would prevent a greater exodus
And, you are absolutely right lubeltri - conservative/traditional Catholicism is what has grown the Roman communion from 1/5th of the Pentarchy to the massive global 1 billion strong church it is today. They didn't do it by selling unrestrained sexuality, priestesses, or 'liberalism' (also known as 'Yankees sticking their nose in your business'.) That path eventually leads out of religion altogether (not just Christianity) - it is the story of the Unitarian Universalist movement (and other groups that have moved from Christianity towards their position). The other way is the Christian continuity that is making the Global South or Third World the new majority of Christianity - and they aren't compromising Christianity for politics. That's a First World disease. Of course, those who have been to the end of the path know - but sometimes there is no convincing the folk you meet on the return journey that they should turn around...That, and I don't buy the claim that to beat the enemy, one must become the enemy. One doesn't beat secularism by becoming secularist. You don't hunt the bear by feeding yourself to him. First - the Church will survive as Christ promised, it doesn't have to 'adapt' to secularism. Rather, its survival is dependent on its anathematizing secularism just as it did other heresies. Secondly - secularism isn't winning, it is being replaced - as it is a rather outmoded 18th c. European philosophy. The last stand of the Jacobins is what we're seeing, rather than a 'last charge' of the Church. The Church only needs to stand firm upon Christ and His Revelation, we'll roll with the punches (persecution) we'll get/are getting from the secularists/liberals.
Right. And what GreekisChristian calls our "last glorious cavalry charge" is exactly what we should be doing. In Christianity, the defeat is the victory. Did Christ compromise to avoid "defeat," or did he go to the Cross? I don't agree with the idea of saving the Ark by filling it with the sea from outside.
Charge! (Though it could be Helm's Deep rather than the Pelennor Fields... things are not so dire as Wormtongue wants to make them appear ... despair is the enemy's hoped for weakness.) As a soldier - I'll charge, given the options... better light than darkness, or 'half-light'. I think there has often been controversy on what to do with madman saboteurs who try to punch holes in the hull - does one simply tie them up so they can't harm themselves and others? Or does one give them the old 'heave ho' and make them walk the plank?
Can see this topic wandering "off topic" so making this observation re "evangelizing" Russsians, etc. Here in Tacoma WA last month there was a tragic murder-abduction of an 11-year old girl by a predator. The family belonged to a "conservative pentecostal" church called the Slavic Christian Church which has seating for 1300 worshipers. Now how many Slavic Orthodox or GC churches anywhere have a capacity for 1300 worshipers?? The church consists of Russians, Ukrainians, Belorussians and probably others. Someone someplace is evangelizing the Slavic people.
Of course, we are never alone. Christianity is at its best when it is alienated. Bleed us, and we grow - join with society, and we wither.
Christ never called to adapt, but to faithfulness - to he that overcometh... Christianity, of course, is only ignored when it isn't offensive. Persecution comes only from offense - which might include maintaining the iconic Male priesthood, opposition to sexual immorality, etc. (The secret is, of course, Christianity has *always* been treated as an anachronistic curiosity, a trivialized group - making liberal changes won't change that, it won't make Christianity acceptable. It would become just another activity "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.")
Ah yes, we sure withered during our golden age under the protection of the Empire. We withered right into Northern Europe and over to Russia.
Actually Christianity was not always an anachronistic curiosity, early on it was the new hip thing on the block. We were there hand in hand with mithraism, if that isn't cool I don't know what is...lol.
However, I think your assessment of the Church and hoping for some growth under a perceived persecution is triumphalism, at best.
...the whole package will never be accepted,
The archdiocese of St. Louis authorized the video recording of a Catholic women's ordination ceremony that took place in a synagogue last November. It then used the video, along with photographs apparently taken from the video, as evidence to punish a Catholic nun who attended the liturgy, according to several people familiar with the case
It's a shame that this stuff is allowed to go on while catholic charities and catholic schools receive government money and this corrupt church is given tax exemption.
Ever the troll.
My apologies that I am somewhat upset and angered by the fact that I am forced to indirectly pay for these evil and diabolical men to engage in their crimes against humanity.
Your own hierarchs would think nothing of casting any would-be priestesses into the outer darkness of perdition, either, GiC. If they are so evil and diabolical, why do you persist in remaining in communion with them?
I removed my reference to jurisdiction from my profile, hope that helps clear up any misconceptions.
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There are two possible situations that this applies to:
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When you have a large user base and the LDAP server does not respond in a timely manner to queries from Cisco Unified Presence.
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Virtualization, as a distinct IT industry segment, is getting blurrier as the cloud space grows more defined. Nonetheless, there are still plenty of big acquisitions, emerging trends, pitched battles and intriguing newcomers. In other words, there's no shortage of drama.
This year was perhaps even more drama-filled than normal, with marketing saber-rattling, major executive changes and a licensing change whose impact reverberated around the hallways of organizations large and small. CRN scoured the news archives from the past 12 months and here presents 10 virtualization news stories that stood out from the rest.


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Talk about tapping into the zeitgeist.
With most polls now showing a majority in favor of marriage equality, 12 states legally recognizing gay marriage and the U.S. Supreme Court poised to rule on the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, the timing would seem ideal for "I Do," the romantic drama that opened May 31 in Los Angeles and more than a dozen other cities that involves gay rights, same-sex marriage and the definition of family. Yet this heartfelt tale took a more circuitous route to the big screen than its opportune release might suggest.
David W. Ross, the writer and star of "I Do," — and onetime British boy band sensation as a member of the popular Bad Boys Inc. from 1993 to '95 — began working on the script more than eight years ago. In a recent joint interview with the film's director, Glenn Gaylord, Ross explained how he was "catapulted" into writing the movie after the collapse of his relationship with a fellow Brit.
Ross' then boyfriend was denied immigration status and, without the option of a nationally recognized marriage to keep him in the United States (DOMA denies federal benefits to legally married same-sex couples), had to move back to England. "'I Do' came out of heartbreak, really," Ross said with a rueful smile.
Despite the gravity of the breakup, Ross first conceived the screenplay as a kind of comedic, gay-themed twist on 1990's "Green Card," the romantic comedy in which an American woman marries a Frenchman so he could remain in the U.S. Ross continued in that direction until a watershed moment in 2009 while he was working as the official photographer for a rally in Fresno against California's Proposition 8 banning gay marriage.
Ross said he was struck while watching so many dedicated gay and lesbian parents and their children marching in support of gay marriage. "I realized 'I Do' shouldn't be some funny, quirky movie but one that honestly portrayed American life when you're in a same-sex couple and you don't have the same rights [as a straight couple]," said Ross, his dashing good looks offset by thick-framed eyeglasses and a self-deprecating warmth.
The experience caused Ross, who previously acted in the 2006 Sundance Film Festival hit "Quinceanera," to switch gears and turn his script into a more serious look at the weighty issues he'd been humorously exploring.
This led to another realization for the tyro screenwriter. "I began to notice that a lot of binational couples live in the shadows," said Ross. "The people from another country can't live their life fully — don't want to live their life fully — because they're worried about being deported at any moment." (Last month, a Senate judiciary panel withdrew a proposed amendment extending immigration rights to same-sex couples as part of an immigration reform bill.)
In the movie, Jack Edwards (Ross), a fashion photographer's gay assistant with an expiring work visa, marries his lesbian best friend in a last-ditch effort to stay in the U.S. As complicated as that sham proves, matters snowball when Jack falls in love with a gentle architect born in New York but raised in Spain (a country where, not incidental to the plot, gay marriage is legal).
Two years — and many script drafts and several successful crowd-funding campaigns later — "I Do" was on its way to being shot. Additional financing was raised by long-attached producer Stephen Israel ("Swimming With Sharks," "Boy Culture"), who then brought on Glenn Gaylord, who'd previously worked for Israel as writer-director of the 2007 comedy "Lez Be Friends."
Gaylord said he was "blown away" when he first read Ross' screenplay. "It was the kind of character-driven drama that I was really aching to make," enthused Gaylord, who also directed 2009's "Eating Out: All You Can Eat" and wrote the 2011 indie musical feature "Leave It on the Floor."
Like Ross, Gaylord had his own personal connection to the story of "I Do." The director's stepsister, Mimi, although legally married in California in 2008 to an Israeli-born woman, could not obtain U.S. citizenship for her spouse (whose work visa had expired) because of DOMA. Mimi ended up moving to Israel to be with her wife and their young son, thus separating her from much of the large, tightly knit Gaylord family. (Another of Gaylord's sisters lives with her same-sex partner in Australia where, as a binational couple, they also enjoy more rights than they currently would in the U.S.)
"I knew I had to make this movie," Gaylord said. But first, he had one request for Ross: to infuse a bit more of the comedy back into the script. "Not in a wacky way," recalled Gaylord, "but in a real, character-driven way."
After a brief final rewrite, production on the micro-budgeted film was underway in Los Angeles, which quite effectively doubled for Manhattan and Brooklyn. The movie, which co-stars Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Alicia Witt, Maurice Compte and Grant Bowler, shot locally for 16 days at such locations as Hollywood's trendy Redbury Hotel. The crew then filmed two days of exteriors in New York, with a final day in Temecula, , which subbed for, let's just say, a pivotal, far-flung location.
"I Do" went on to spend the better part of the past year on the festival circuit beginning with a premiere last summer at L.A.'s Outfest. Award-winning stops in Miami, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Seattle, Palm Springs and elsewhere followed. A review in the Hollywood Reporter singled out the film's "sympathetic characters and moving elements."
(Coincidentally, just two weeks after "I Do's" theatrical opening, "Married and Counting," another film involving gay marriage, will hit the big screen. The documentary, narrated by openly gay actor George Takei of "Star Trek" fame, follows two men celebrating their 25th anniversary together by traveling the U.S. to marry in every state that will let them.)
Ross and Gaylord have high hopes that audiences will not only be moved and entertained by "I Do" but stirred to action.
"I want people to walk away from the film realizing that 'love is love,'" Ross said. "And if they're as completely gobsmacked by it as people who've spoken out in our [post-festival screening] Q&As, that they'll want to do something about the fact that we have DOMA."
Gaylord added, "If people watch 'I Do' and really understand how the issues it portrays affects entire families — and not just the gay person in the family — that is a contribution that I'm really proud of with this film."


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Ha! Talk about nutters. I wish I had that kind of time on my hands. I imagine some smelly, unkempt person with serious social issues living off Top Ramen and 5 Hour Energy maniacally posting away convinced they are making a difference.
This is my thoughts exactly! Maybe he/she could also get laid? And go out into the sunlight sometime??? .
I was actually on that forum. My intentions were not to argue, but they escalated it that far.
They are very self-righteous, pretentious, arrogant, blind and ignorant idiots.
They speak as if they are some kind of robot???? LOL??.


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From: Sander Ressler
Jonathan G. Katz, Secretary
Dear Mr. Katz:
Thank you for giving us the opportunity to comment on File No. S7-04-04, Proposed Rule: Investment Adviser Codes of Ethics ("Proposing Release").
We understand and appreciate the need for all federally regulated investment advisers to have adequate procedures in place for the protection of the investing public. We note that the Commission has recently adopted rules requiring all investment advisers to adopt and implement written policies and procedures in Release No. IA-2204 Compliance Programs of Investment Companies and Investment Advisers (December 24, 2003). It is noteworthy that in announcing the final rules relating to investment adviser procedures, the Commission stated:
Rule 206(4)-7 does not enumerate specific elements that advisers must include in their policies and procedures. (footnote omitted) Commenters agreed with our assessment that funds and advisers are too varied in their operations for the rules to impose a single set of universally applicable required elements. Each adviser should adopt policies and procedures that take into consideration the nature of that firm's operations.
That rule, effective October 2004, is, indeed, flexible and requires that investment advisers "(a)dopt and implement written policies and procedures reasonably designed to prevent violation, by (the investment adviser) and (its) supervised persons, of the Act and the rules the Commission has adopted under the Act?." The adopting release suggests a number of areas that should be addressed, depending on the nature of the business of the investment adviser, but does not mandate specific procedures. This made logical sense given the variety of investment adviser operations.
Now, the Commission is proposing that all investment advisers adopt a Code of Ethics ("Code"). In the proposed rule, the Commission is requiring specific procedures to be implemented that it had declined to mandate in actual compliance procedures. While a Code of Ethics might make sense in framing the general ethical considerations by which a particular investment adviser might conduct its business, it is questionable whether such a Code should, in essence, take the place of actual compliance procedures.
Further, for the reasons set forth below, the proposed Code and other rule amendments are unclear and would impose substantial burdens on many investment advisers that would outweigh the anticipated benefits.
The Term "Access Persons" is Unclear
The proposed rules place a number of restrictions and/or requirements on "access persons." The rule defines an "access person" to include any supervised person who "has access to nonpublic information regarding any clients' (sic) purchase or sale of securities," or who is "involved in making securities recommendations to clients, or has access to such recommendations that are nonpublic." This definition is unclear and for many investment advisers could include a large number of persons.
Multi-Financial Securities Corporation, like many investment advisers, is a registered broker-dealer as well as a registered investment adviser. As such, a large number of our registered representatives are also investment adviser representatives ("IARs). These IARs regularly make recommendations to their advisory clients. As a rule, Multi-Financial Securities Corporation does not make such recommendations from a central location. A strict interpretation of the definition would mean that not only would each of our IARs be considered an "access person," but also all of his/her office personnel and administrative assistants. The rule, as written, could also be interpreted to include all of the broker-dealer operations personnel who effect the trades for advisory clients. While these persons may not know of the recommendations being made by an IAR, they certainly have access to customer purchase and sale information. Although the Proposing Release states that access persons would not include employees of "affiliated organizations such as broker-dealers," it does not clarify that this exemption applies in the case of dual registrants. Further, even if one reads the explanatory material in the proposing release to exclude our brokerage personnel who process the trades, the rule itself includes no such exception.
While we understand that the proposed rules are modeled after Rule 17j-1 of the Investment Company Act, many of the considerations in that rule do not apply to investments adviser/broker-dealers such as Multi-Financial Securities Corporation. Further, even Rule 17j-1 does not include such an expansive definition of "access person." Greater clarification in the rule of the term "access person" is necessary.
The Commission is requesting comment on whether the term "access person" should include employees of companies that control or are controlled by the adviser. We believe that extension of the definition in this manner would be unworkable. We are owned by a large financial institution. Theoretically, for us such an expansion of the term could include upwards of 10,000 persons, almost none of whom would be in the position to know or take advantage of any of our investment adviser recommendations or client information.
The Reporting Requirements of the Rule are Overbroad and Unclear
The proposed Code would require "access persons" to submit reports of current holdings and transaction reports. Depending on the definition of "access person," this requirement could be extremely burdensome and of questionable value. We note the Commission's statement in its Cost-Benefit Analysis in the Proposing Release that it believes that extending the reporting requirements beyond IARs to "access persons" would not be burdensome because "most SEC-registered investment advisers have so few employees?" The proposed definition, however, does not depend on investment adviser "employment" status. As stated above, for dual registrants, the number of persons potentially subject to the rule could be extensive depending on the final definition of "access person." If the term "access person" includes the individuals described above, this requirement will result in firms, such as ours, receiving such a large number of records that meaningful review and supervision will become virtually impossible. We note that the transaction reports will not be required where trade confirmations would duplicate information required by the rule. However, trade confirmations do not always include all of the information required in the proposed transaction report. Further clarification in the rule in this regard is necessary.
Similarly, it is not clear why, in addition to transaction reports, the proposed Code would require holdings reports. It is also not clear whether the holdings reports which are proposed to be required on at least an annual basis, must contain information in addition to trade confirmations, if trade confirmations are deemed sufficient for transaction reports. Should the Commission determine to require a holdings report, it is requested that clarification in any adopting release be made as to when such reports would be required of existing personnel.
The Commission is proposing to amend current Rule 204-2 to apparently incorporate the requirements of the Code of Ethics. It would appear more appropriate to include the proposed Code provisions in the books and records rule than in a Code of Ethics.
Pre-Clearance of Certain Transactions
The proposed Code would require that "access persons" obtain pre-approval of purchases, directly or indirectly, in an initial public offering or private placement offering. The release explains that this provision is to prevent investment adviser employees from misappropriating an investment opportunity that should first be offered to eligible clients. However, this provision is of questionable value for investment advisers who do not advise fund that may also invest in such securities or to dual registrants that do not participate in the underwriting of securities. Further, for those dual registrants that do participate in underwritings, such a prohibition should not include securities that are not underwritten by the firm. We believe that it should be left to the individual investment advisers to determine if such a restriction makes sense based on the nature of the business conducted.
Books and Records
It is troublesome that the proposed amendments to Rule 204-2 of the Advisers Act would require personal transaction reports to be maintained electronically in an accessible computer database. For many firms, such as ours, this would require development of a computer database that currently does not exist resulting in substantial programming and possible inputting costs. Maintenance of such records should be left to the investment adviser to determined based on existing resources. The Commission notes in the Proposing Release its belief that "all but the smallest firms currently use client portfolio management software platforms that could easily be used by access persons to report their holding and transactions?." However, in the case of firms such as ours that are dual registrants with independent contractor representatives, there is no central platform in use for the investment adviser entity, nor do all of our IARs use such software. Those IARs that do use portfolio management software have the ability to choose among a number of available programs. Further, as currently defined, the term "access persons" certainly would include a number of individuals who have no need to use portfolio management software because they do not manage customer accounts. There would be substantial costs associated with providing these individuals with software solely for the purpose of reporting their personal transactions.
We note the Commission's statement that added costs for compliance with the proposed rule may be passed on to clients in the form of advisory fees. We question the benefit of these added costs to the investing public by requiring electronic maintenance of the records.
Amendment to Form ADV
We do not believe that the rule should require that a description of the Code be included in the firm's Form ADV. Clients of brokerage firms and investment advisers currently do not have access to firms' written supervisory and compliance procedures. Inasmuch as the Code, as proposed, is essentially a supervisory procedures document, there appears to be little reason to provide it to clients. Should the Code take on a more generic nature describing a firm's general ethical requirements, it would be appropriate for clients to have access to such a document. In this case, placing the Code on a firm's web site and referencing that web site should suffice. Requiring yet more information to be included in a firm's Form ADV might detract from other, more important information.
Reporting Requirements
While the proposed Code permits supervised persons to report violations to the chief compliance officer or "other designated persons," it requires that holdings and transaction reports be made to the chief compliance officer. An investment adviser should be permitted to designate a person other than the chief compliance officer to receive such reports and be charged with supervision of them. In the securities arena, there is often a distinction between a compliance officer and a supervisor and dual registrants should be free to continue to keep these functions separate. This distinction gives a compliance officer greater ability to advise management without apparent conflicts of interest.
Miscellaneous Matters
The Commission requests comment on whether rules addressing insider trading should be included in the Code. For dual registrants, there are already provisions in the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 prohibiting insider trading. There seems little purpose in duplicating a rule in a Code of Ethics.
Similarly, proposed Rule 204A-1(a)(2) would require "provisions requiring (the investment adviser's) supervised persons to comply with applicable securities laws." Our "supervised persons" are already required to comply with applicable securities laws and there seems little reason to mandate such a statement in a Code of Ethics.
For the reasons set forth above, it is respectfully submitted that the proposed Code be substantially amended to differentiate between compliance and supervisory procedures and ethical considerations. Having rightly decided to decline to mandate specific procedures in investment advisory compliance programs, the Commission should not set out specific procedures in a "Code of Ethics."
It is further requested that substantial clarification of the issues above be made and that any such rule implementation be given more flexibility for entities that are dual registrants.
Respectfully submitted
Sander Ressler


text: We have had plenty of rain in this part of NW Ohio since mid-August. It has made crops mature later and slowed down the harvest. Commercial tomato growers mudded out their crops. The soybean harvest around here is about 60% done and corn harvest is about 40% done. Wheat planting has not been completed. This year is shaping up a lot like last year when only about 50% of the wheat was planted and combines made ruts everywhere. The difference is this year it rains, and about a day later it is dry enough to work in the fields because of the extreme drought earlier in the summer. Our soybeans on our farm are shaping up to be the best ever. One of our fields made over 80 bu./acre with a well calibrated yield monitor showing patches up to 106 bu./acre. We have only harvested one field of corn; we are getting less than half of our usual yield with several bushels of corn left on the ground from dropped ears. Hopefully some of our other fields will do better. Most of my summer was spent recovering from a tractor roll over. I spent three weeks in the hospital and several more weeks passed before I could walk unassisted. I would say I am 75% recovered. I don't do any jumping on and off tractors or the combine and I don't do any heavy lifting. I got some good counseling, I have a highly supportive wife, and I had the prayers and well wishes of many people, even people I don't know who heard about the accident on TV, radio or in the newspapers. The rest of our summer was spent cleaning up and fixing up after the windstorm we had in late June. Most of the neighbors are in the same situation. We are finding all kinds of debris in our fields as we are combining.


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Mr. Sunshine has been getting up later and later these days. I love the sky's gradient just at the beginning of dawn.
Bob says HI! I haven't seen him much lately, but he comes around once in a while.
Lately, bike commuters in Kansas City have been looking more like this (sorry for the blur) - it's interesting to see people in dress clothes with bikes. Most of them, like this guy, are seen walking the bikes on the sidewalks. I'm not sure if any of them actually ride these bikes, or what. This isn't an uncommon sight at all, though. I've seen more bike commuters this summer than ever before. With the mild weather we've been having, it's not much of a surprise.
As seen on my homeward commute. This is beyond the usual foreclosure stuff I see a lot of. These are respectively Nuisance Abatement and Unfit For Human Habitation notices. I did not read them to figure out what they were put up for. I just took the picture.
Here's my new phone. I just ordered some vinyl skins and a protective cover for it, in hopes that it won't end up scuffed and battered like my old phone. This is probably the last time it will look like this for a while. I'm thinking camouflage.
It opens with a full QWERTY keypad for email and text on the go. I'm liking it so far.
Fishies! Last weekend, Jeff gave us one of his old fish tanks. Behold.
It's finally ready for habitation, so we picked up some inexpensive tropicals to help fill it out: Black Mollys, Rummy-Nose Tetras, Neon Tetras and Blackline Rasboras
They joined the Chinese Algae Eater (shown below, we named him Wiggles) and some other unknown-species Tetras we've had in a 10Gal tank for the last 5 years or so.
Also, while scoping out fish, I made a new friend. I didn't bring her home, though. Perhaps I'll get a tarantula one of these days. I kind of like them. I'm pretty sure my wife would freak.
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Noma - What's Out There?
INXS - Need You Tonight
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Mr. Sunshine
Mr. Sunshine has been getting up later and later these days. I love the sky's gradient just at the beginning of dawn.
8 comments:
- Josh Mitchell said...
;) I wear my office clothes all the time when I ride to work. Now, polo + khaki is fine in my work environment, so it's easy to do "performance fabrics" and still blend it. It would be more challenging if I had to wear a shirt and tie.
- September 02, 2009 7:02 AM
- Noah said...
Yah, I can get away with khaki and cargo pants, as long as they look nice. No denim, no shorts. And anything with a collar works for a shirt. So I often ride in my work attire, especially when it cools off and I ride to the bus. Just throw an ankle-strap or rubber band around the right leg cuff (or roll the cuffs up if it gets warm) and I'm on my way.
I find the pushing-of-the-bike thing fascinating, though.
I can only think of a limited set of circumstances where someone would be in business formal attire, pushing a bicycle around. I suppose riding the bike to the bus, taking the bus downtown, then changing into work clothes somewhere (a fitness center with showers?) would be one of those circumstances.
- September 02, 2009 7:32 AM
- shan said...
I'm lucky to be able to work in shorts and a t-shirt.
Maybe the bike is just now the ultimate accessory, hence the dude walking it?
Noah, cut your thumbnail. That thing is looooong.
- September 02, 2009 10:26 AM
- Noah said...
It's not a thumb nail. It's a wire stripper.
Actually, I cut them Sunday night, but that was after the tarantula photo was taken.
I suppose it's also about time for my weekly shave and quarterly haircut. :P
- September 02, 2009 10:36 AM
- shan said...
Quarterly? That's pretty good! I'm on top of things if I get a semi-annual hair cut. Oh, and shaving? Pshaw. That's what beards are for!
- September 02, 2009 10:38 AM
- Josh Mitchell said...
Shave and a Haircut? 1mm guard on my cranium. No guard on my face. Same trimmers.
I hate having to actually shave.
- September 02, 2009 12:17 PM
- BluesCat said...
On my 8 mile ride through Phoenix in the morning, I get too sweaty to wear my work clothes, even in the middle of winter. If it weren't for being able to shower at the fitness center in the same building as my office, commuting would be much more of a problem.
Haircut every 4 weeks, too much hair underneath the helmet makes it too hot. Same for a beard.
- September 02, 2009 1:00 PM
- Scott Redd said...
I'm lucky enough to have an employer with a fitness center and showers on site. I've adapted my morning routine so that I shower, shave, and change at work.
I change into riding clothes for the trip home, but a few times a year, the weather is mild enough here in Omaha that, if I take it easy, I can ride home in my work clothes and not sweat too much.
I've seen people pushing bikes for mechanical reasons. Once I guy had some kind of busted frame. He was walking forward, but the front wheel and rear wheel were on separate lines.
The other time was a guy pushing a flat and water was oozing through the valve stem hole. Not sure what was going on there.
I pushed two bikes home once. I had purchased a used bike from a guy at work. The trouble was, I had also cycled to work that day. So to get both bikes home, I pushed them both to the bus stop. I got a bus within 1/2 mile of my house and then pushed again. I am sure I looked like a bike thief.
- September 02, 2009 5:19 PM
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More than 200 cars and 1,700 spectators gathered in Jarrettsville on April 13 to celebrate Harford County's car culture at the 2nd Annual Romancing the Chrome Car Show hosted by Harford County Public Library and the Jarrettsville Lions Club.
Car enthusiasts and onlookers alike enjoyed a beer garden, live music by The Diamond Heads and concessions by Pond View Farm and Pit Crew, WOLO gourmet food truck and catering and Jarrettsville Creamery and Deli. Attendees explored a variety of exhibits from vendors including the Jarrettsville Volunteer Fire Company, the Harford County Sheriff's Office, Harford County Public Library and several of the event's sponsors: Keene Dodge, Mr. Tire, Harford Sanitation/Waste Industries, WXCY, Race On LLC, Bill Schilling & Chad Shrodes/Long & Foster Realtors, Liberty Mutual, Atlantic Tractor, WAMD and the Jarrettsville Friends of Harford County Public Library.
"We are thrilled to have so many cars and spectators return this year," Amber C. Shrodes, director of the Harford County Public Library Foundation and an organizer for the event, said. "Since its inception the community support for the Romancing the Chrome Car Show has been outstanding and continues to grow."
A total of 206 cars registered to compete for the $500 Best in Show prize.
The winners are, Best in Show: John Emory – 1966 Pontiac Lemans, Domestic 1993+: David Bender – 2005 Chrysler Crossfire, Foreign 1993+: Howard Sheppard – 1999 Mercedes SL500, Muscle 1993+: Doug Wilson – 2002 Corvette Coupe, Imports/Tuners: Mark Walters – 2006 Honda Civic, Custom (1949 to 1992): Jessica Kilby – 1950 Chevrolet Pickup, Street Rod: Leroy Clark – 1939 Chevrolet Sedan, Historic (pre-1949): Ned Cockey – 1929 Ford A Roadster, Muscle Car, Mopar: Dave Shaw – 1966 Dodge Coroner, Muscle Car, Ford; Bob Johnson – 1968 Shelby GT500 KR, Muscle Car, GM: Ted Groncki – 1969 Chevrolet SS Chevelle, Jeep/Truck/SUV (pre-1992): Mike Zerski – 1953 Ford, Jeep/Truck/SUV (post-1993): Adam Balanker – 2001 Chevrolet S10, Stock (1949 to 1992): Michael Dilutis – 1972 Plymouth Barracuda, Foreign (pre-1992): George Hubbard – 1959 Mercedes 190SL.
Proceeds from the car show were more than $10,000, and were to be divided between the library and the Jarrettsville Lions.
"We are delighted with the success of the 2nd Annual Romancing the Chrome Car Show and our partnership with the Harford County Public Library," said David Goff, King Lion of the Jarrettsville Lions Club. "The event is becoming a spring tradition for car enthusiasts throughout the County."
"The Romancing the Chrome Car show is a terrific event," added Mike Baldwin, general manager at Keene Dodge and the presenting sponsor. "The show launches the car show season, is well organized and has a great location. Further, the cash incentive brings out a very high caliber of car. We have been exceedingly pleased with our partnership with the library and the Lions Club and look forward to sponsoring again next year."
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - On May 2, MIT started work to resurface and refurbish Jack Barry Field, a 100,000-square foot field constructed in 1999 and lined for intercollegiate field hockey as well as numerous club and intramural activities.
Barry Field is located along Amherst Alley between the J. B. Carr Tennis Bubble and the Zesiger Center. "The original Astroturf surface just completed its 12th season and has served the community well," said Dan Martin, DAPER's assistant department head for facilities and operation, "but it has reached the end of its useful life."
The field will be resurfaced with Poly Tan Ligaturf, a synthetic surface designed to mimic the feel of natural grass. This surface will be similar to the one installed on Roberts Field inside the MIT Track but shorter for better playability for field hockey. With the new surface, the field will also be more conducive to lacrosse, soccer and numerous club and intramural sports.
"This field is widely used not just by our intercollegiate teams but by a broad section of the MIT community," said Julie Soriero, department head and director of DAPER. "We're grateful to the Committee for the Review of Space Planning for supporting this vital renovation."
Along with the new turf, Barry Field will get enhanced lighting, which will make more sports playable into the evening, plus safety netting, a new walkway around the field, and an improved sound system.
Construction is scheduled for completion in the first week of August.
Click here to view a photo gallery of the progress.
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Over all we thought the whole chalet, food, and F&P experience was just incredible. We were so impressed by the standard of food which was exceptional, and how well we were looked after. Never had such amazing food and experience with a chalet company.
We have had a brilliant time. Superb staff and beautiful Chalet Arbe made our holiday fantastic. We can't wait to return. Thank you all so very much.
Fizz every night. Jack's music. Niall's canapes. Lipbalm on pillow. Kids food eg. Spiderman face. Napkin folding. Inventing the Genepi bomb. Niall and Jack with the kids. Niall and Jack have been most excellent - couldn't have done more.
Food exceptional. You guys offer a fantastic holiday!
Another amazing week with the best ski company in the world! Tried self catering this time and was so impressed. Pre-prepared meals by Adam were fantastic! Best company and best people thank you all!
Would say you have good recruitment policy / process as all staff excellent / friendly so do NOT change it.
Wonderful food and excellent hosting - Oli and Josie could not have done more to make our holiday fabulous. Thank you!
This has been the perfect ski holiday. Bec and Laurette have been fabulous. Thank you so much for everything.
Mark was the most amazing host - love him. Amazing nature. Pips cooking is better than Michelin star restaurant - superb.
We had a marvelous time and were brilliantly looked after by Sophie, Annabelle , Niall and Lewis. The flat was spick and span and the food and wine were stunning. Back in London after a great time in Val and nothing but praise for the team.
I just wanted to drop you a line to say how impressed we all were with our holiday in Meribel! Everyone, from three to fifty three, had a ball – so much so that we all want to return next year!
Josie and Richard were the perfect hosts, the food was out of this world, and together along with Sam and Nicky - they were a tremendous advertisement for Fish & Pips . They were so impressive that Shay, our thirteen year old, wrote them a thank you note at 6am on the day of our departure – I'm not sure which surprised me more that fact that he felt compelled to do so at all or the fact that teenagers can still use a pen and paper!! Anyhow, I just thought you should know how impressed everyone was with you and your team – and I shall speak to Emma about booking the chalet for next year – hopefully it will be available!!
Josie and Rich have been absolutely wonderful! Food was a particular highlight and above any expectation. Both food and service were of the standard of a good restaurant. Nicky was incredibly helpful in arranging ski passes and lessons. Sam is great, very friendly!
Thank you for attention to our gluten free guest. Great that beer and soft drinks included. A special mention for our host Jack and Niall who were 'totally awesome'
Our second year. Superb - beyond expectations.
My other half and I have had the most incredible week. The staff have been extremely helpful, friendly, welcoming and have gone over and above to make our stay very special. I'd like to say a special thank you for the extra efforts that went in to make my other half's birthday such a fabulous experience. We shall not forget how great you have been to us!
Once again we've had the perfect holiday with F&P. All the way through the process it has been a slick and professional. Can't fault it. Niall and Jack have been absolutely superb. The food has been fantastic and Jack's hosting faultless. Hope we can hijack Niall next year when we return.
Awesome team in Killy and Val. Very welcoming fun, professional, great gluten free options!


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Not long ago, I watched a documentary about The New Yorker magazine reviewer and satirist Dorothy Parker. Though highly popular, she seemed to be an unhappy person who became more of an alcoholic and reclusive over the years. A fellow author explains it like this: "I don't think Dorothy had anyone in her life who would love her no matter what."
But God does love us no matter what we do. Jeremiah said, "The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying: 'Yes, I have loved you with; an everlasting love'" (Jeremiah 31:3). Paul said, "But God demonstrates His own love toward us in that while we still sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8, NKJV), And John sums it up best: "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life" (John 3:16).
Do you want to know just how far God's forgiveness goes? Read the story of bad king Manasseh, who for decades led his nation into idolatry and child sacrifice. However, he repented and the Lord forgave him (2 Chronicles 33:1-13).
Knowing that the one who created me loves me no matter what I've done and will ever do gives me an incredibly secure feeling.
When I was in my teens, our family lived in a small farmhouse in South Dakota not far from a creek. One year, the heavy winter snow melted so fast that the water crept across the pasture, surrounded the house and rose to within an inch of our living room floor. I still remember the horror of seeing our house standing in the middle of a gigantic blue lake. Later that year, Dad had our damp little dwelling moved to higher ground.
That's what God does when He saves me. He not only loves me, He also rescues me. "For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins" (Colossians 1:13-14).
Jesus showed perfect selflessness. While Lucifer tried to "ascend" to be like God (Isaiah 14:14), Jesus descended four levels below God on our behalf: God to man, man to servant, servant to death and death to a criminal's death (Philippians 2:5-8).
And He did this to rescue us from our sinful selves. "There is no one who does good, not even one," David said (Psalm 14:3). His son Solomon echoed, "There is no one who does not sin'" (1 Kings 8:46). Paul assures us that nothing had changed in New Testament times: "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). That's me—and that's you.
Yet God is instantly willing to forgive us. Listen to the details of His rescue plan: "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9).
Salvation means I'm justified
Back in fifth grade, I was the victim of a particularly nasty bully. Let's call him Jake. Though his bullying happened decades ago, and even though we're supposed to love our enemies, I still can't think of Jake without a shudder of loathing. That guy was cruel.
From what I hear, Jake has since grown up and turned his life over to the Lord. That means God now regards Jake as though he were as righteous as Jesus Himself. The word "justify" means "to judge, regard, or treat as righteous and worthy of salvation." So if I ever meet Jake again in this life, I must greet him as I would Jesus Christ—not as an elementary school bully.
Unfair? Of course!
But can any of us claim to be better than Jake? Which of us doesn't need Jesus' garment of righteousness?
Here's Bible backup for justification: "Therefore, have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ" (Romans 5:1, NKJV). "For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him" (2 Corinthians 5:21, NKJV).
An incredible offer
Keep in mind that salvation isn't so much a checklist as it is a relationship. No one has to provide a high school-aged boy with how-to steps for developing a crush on the cute girl sitting at the desk next to his. Just consider how that boy falls in love. First, he is attracted to the girl. Soon, he begins spending a good part of each day thinking about her. Then he tries to get her attention—he chats shyly with her, passes her notes and tries to be wherever she is.
Getting saved is like that, only easier. The more you read Jesus' four biographies (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) the more you realize how tremendously lovable and good-humored and sometimes intriguingly unpredictable He is. And, better yet, there's no need to try to get His attention. He fell in love with you first—He gave His life in the hopes that He can spend eternity with you!
So the next step is yours. Read the third chapter of John's Gospel and then just keep reading. And at every step, ask Him to deepen your love for Him. You'll immediately discover one more astounding gift from a kindly God.
Salvation means I'm empowered
One of God's most precious blessings is that He doesn't simply save me, then pat me on the head, and shoo me out into the wide world to survive on my own. If He did, I would quickly crash and burn. Paul agrees with me: "When I want to do good," he says, "evil is right there with me. For in my inner being I delight in God's law; but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?" (Romans 7:21-24).
Happily, Paul answers his own question in the next verse: "Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!" And what's so wonderful is that Jesus doesn't merely forgive us and leave us to our own miserable resources again. Not only did the angel Gabriel tell Joseph his son's name; he also told him what it meant: "'You shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins'" (Matthew 1:21).
Let's get the preposition right. Jesus will save us from our sins, not in our sins. Jesus wants me to be a better Christian a month from today than I am right now.
And He will help me to become that kind of person. Here's how He does this: First, He provides us His Holy Spirit, who—if we give Him permission—will dwell in us, will teach us, and guide us into all truth (see John 14:17, 26; 16:13). Second, God promises to "reprogram" us to do what's right: "'This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them,' then He adds, 'Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more'" (Hebrews 10:16, NKJV).
That's what salvation means to me.
This article originally appeared in Signs of the Times magazine, January 2011.


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To obtain the v3 sources, refer to [[Download coreboot]]. Further v3 documentation is provided in the coreboot-v3/doc subdirectory.
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## activate CAR (CPU dependend)
## activate CAR (CPU dependend)
# At the end, its time to jump into the stage0_1 code at label stage1_main(). From now on, there is no more need for any special physical layout
# At the end, its time to jump into the stage0_1 code at label stage1_main(). From now on, there is no more need for any special physical layout
Revision as of 18:29, 26 February 2008
To obtain the v3 sources, refer to Download coreboot. Further v3 documentation is provided in the
coreboot-v3/doc subdirectory.
How to add a new board support
To add new mainboard support to v3:
- add mainboard vendor to
- add mainboard model to
- create
mainboard/$vendor/$model/Makefileby copying from a similar model and modifying accordingly,
- perform same copy/modify procedure for
mainboard/$vendor/$model/stage1.c, and
- create mainboard-specific files
mainboard/$vendor/$model/dtsand (possibly)
mainboard/$vendor/$model/irq_tables.c, populate with board-specific data.
For embedded boards,
initram.c and
stage1.c may need significant changes between different boards.
How to add a new SuperIO device
TODO. Please refer to documentation in the source tree.
How to add a new northbridge
TODO. Please refer to documentation in the source tree.
How to add a new southbridge
TODO. Please refer to documentation in the source tree.
How to add a new architecture support (CPU)
Implementation specification for the CAR code
- What's to be provided to the rest of coreboot v3
- Exported labels to the rest of coreboot v3
- Example implementations
- via cache test registers TBD
- via MTRR registers TBD
- what else is possible?
How coreboot starts after Reset
Whenever an x86 CPU wakes up after reset, it does it in Real Mode. This mode is limited to 1MiB address space and 64k offsets and the reset vector of the original 8086/88 was located at 0xFFFF0.
As there was no change even if we run current processors like P3, these newer CPUs also feels like they where start at 0xF0000:0xFFF0 after a reset. But they do not. The base of the code segment register is 0xFFFF0000 after reset, so the CPU generates a physical address of 0xFFFFFFF0 to the chipset. And the chipset is responsible to forward this area to the boot ROM. Its confusing: The CPU "thinks" it runs code at 0xF000:0xFFF0 but instead it uses code at 0xFFFFFFF0. The developers must have been tanked up when they realised this design into silicon.
On some chipsets there is an additional pitfall: The so called A20 gate. It was introduced to support full compatibility for the 80286 CPU with their predecessor 8086. When the old CPU accesses space "behind" the 0xFFFFF (=1MiB) limit, they wrap around to 0x00000. On 80286 and newer processors accesses above 0xFFFFF natively do not wrap around. The external A20 gate forces this wrap also on newer CPUs. On older CPUs its open after reset, so the CPU cannot generate addresses with A20 set.
Next pitfall on some chipsets is, if they are able to forward two address spaces to the boot ROM: 0xFFFF0000 and 0xF0000. If not and the opcode at the reset vector does something like "jmp 0xF000:xxxx" this crashes the machine immediately, as this will force the baseaddress of the code segment register to 0. After this, the CPU really outputs address with 0xFxxxx to the chipset. And if the chipset cannot handle the forwarding of two address spaces, the boot ROM cannot be accessed anymore. You are lost.
How to escape from these restrictions?
First of all, we must ensure not to touch the baseaddress of the code segment register. This will keep us in the 0xFFFF0000 address space. We can ensure this by using branches only instead of jumps. So the opcode at the reset vector must be nothing else than a branch command! The next step depends on the used chipset. Does it open the gate A20 after reset? If yes, we must close it prior switching to Linear Flat Mode.
Mandatory steps
- loading a Global Descriptor Table
- activating the pm bit in the CCR0 register
- reloading of the code segment register (with a far jump)
This only requires a small amount of code. So we can shrink the pain of the real mode to only a very small part of our whole program.
Everything becomes easy when we are reaching the Linear Flat Mode. No more hardware pain, no more toolchain pain. Why Linear Flat Mode and not Protected Mode? Most people call this operation mode Protected Mode, when they switch the CPU to its native 32bit operation mode in this way. But it's only a Linear Flat Mode, as there is no protection at all. Its more like a 32 bit real mode. There is no address translation, no paging and no protection
The Linear Flat Mode
When all segment registers uses the same baseaddress and limits, it is called the Linear Flat Mode. Advantages:
- no limits in the 4GiB address space
- everything is allowed
- no access restrictions to RAM and I/O
- clear and easy to understand source code, no "tricks" required to access space above 1MiB
- no protection if someone is working with a NULL or invalid pointer
- no protection if any accessed address is invalid
- as everything is allowed, everything could work against you
- no protection of stack overflow
There is still one pain after entering the Linear Flat Mode: The lack of system RAM. This issue will be addressed by the Cache As RAM solution. See below.
The Toolchain Pain and how to solve it
It seems modern toolchains handle the Real Mode opcode generation in a correct manner. But they do not really support Real Mode sections across all parts of the toolchain. The flaw is the linker: You can't link Real Mode sections (means 16 bit), if they contain unresolved symbols (the direction doesn't matter).
But you can link every Real Mode section if it does not contain any unresolved symbols! So to solve the toolchain pain we only must avoid unresolved symbols in our Real Mode sections! As we control their content this is a way to go.
To avoid unresolved symbols we must use fixed addresses in our commands that refer external symbols when we use it in a common way. To ensure that fixed addresses are working correctly at runtime, this forces a special layout in our ROM image.
All we need are four fixed addresses, and the correct code at these points:
- reset vector
- the program code to load the GDT and switch to Linear Flat Mode
- the Global Descriptor Table for Linear Flat Mode
- the program code entered in Linear Flat Mode
The first two of this list are realmode sections we need special handling for, the last two are allready 32 bit section, we can link and use as expected.
These four fixed addresses are defined in the coreboot v3 menu when the expert mode is enabled. This menu is only important for developers, as they must define the addresses and sizes of this four areas to fit platform's requirements.
The linker script to achive this layout looks like this:
OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf32-i386", "elf32-i386", "elf32-i386") OUTPUT_ARCH(i386) SECTIONS { .stage0_1 CONFIG_STAGE_0_PA_BASE : AT ( 0 ) { _stage0_1 = .; *(.text); *(.data); *(.bss); *(.rodata.*) *(.rodata) _estage0_1 = .; } /* ############## Create the delicate workflow for reset ################### */ .stage0_flat_mode CONFIG_STAGE_0_PA_FLAT_SIDE : \ AT ( CONFIG_STAGE_0_PA_FLAT_SIDE - CONFIG_STAGE_0_PA_BASE ) { FILL(0xFF); *(.flat_mode_first); *(.flat_mode); } .stage0_gdt CONFIG_STAGE_0_PA_GDT : \ AT ( CONFIG_STAGE_0_PA_GDT - CONFIG_STAGE_0_PA_BASE ) { FILL(0xFF); *(.global_gdt); } .stage0_real_mode CONFIG_STAGE_0_PA_REAL_SIDE - 0xFFF00000 : \ AT ( CONFIG_STAGE_0_PA_REAL_SIDE - CONFIG_STAGE_0_PA_BASE ) { FILL(0x90); /* fill with NOP opcodes */ *(.real_mode_first); *(.real_mode); } .stage0_reset CONFIG_STAGE_0_PA_RESET_VECTOR - 0xFFF00000 : \ AT ( CONFIG_STAGE_0_PA_RESET_VECTOR - CONFIG_STAGE_0_PA_BASE ) { FILL(0xFF); *(.reset_first); *(.reset); } /* fill the image up to the end */ .stage0_filler 0x0000FFFE : AT ( 0xFFFFFFFE - CONFIG_STAGE_0_PA_BASE ) { FILL(0xFF); BYTE(0xFE); /* Computer type (XT) */ BYTE(0xFF); /* Checksum byte */ } /DISCARD/ : { *(.comment) *(.note) *(.note.GNU-stack) } }
With this lables our layout now looks like this:
After linking the whole code we could check the result with:
[jbe@jupiter]~/coreboot-v3> objdump -h build/stage0.o build/stage0.o: file format elf32-i386 Sections: Idx Name Size VMA LMA File off Algn 0 .stage0_1 0000199d ffffc100 00000000 00000100 2**5 CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, CODE 1 .stage0_flat_mode 00000178 fffffc00 00003b00 00001c00 2**0 CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, READONLY, CODE 2 .stage0_gdt 00000028 ffffff00 00003e00 00001f00 2**0 CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, READONLY, CODE 3 .stage0_real_mode 0000002e 000fffa0 00003ea0 00001fa0 2**0 CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, READONLY, CODE 4 .stage0_reset 0000000e 000ffff0 00003ef0 00001ff0 2**0 CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, READONLY, CODE 5 .stage0_filler 00000002 0000fffe 00003efe 00001ffe 2**0 CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, DATA
This is the layout.
Now we will fill the sections with code. The first one is the last one in the ROM: The reset vector. To avoid any unresolved symbols in this section we must create the branch opcode manually.
.code16 .section ".reset_first", "ax" .globl reset_entry reset_entry: .byte 0xe9 .word CONFIG_STAGE_0_PA_REAL_SIDE-(CONFIG_STAGE_0_PA_RESET_VECTOR+0x3)
We can check the result with objdump:
[jbe@jupiter]~/coreboot-v3> objdump -mi8086 -d -j .stage0_reset build/stage0.o build/stage0.o: file format elf32-i386 Disassembly of section .stage0_reset: 000ffff0 <reset_entry>: ffff0: e9 ad ff jmp ffa0 <gdt_limit+0xff79>
The next step is to load a GDT, enabling protected mode and jump to the flat mode code. This is also 16 bit code so we cannot use any labels to load the GDT and to jump to the correct flat mode code address. But we alinged both to fixed physical addresses, so we can use these addresses now:
.code16 .section ".real_mode", "ax" .globl real_mode_fallback_entry real_mode_fallback_entry: cli movl %eax, %ebp; /* save the BIST result */ xorl %eax, %eax movl %eax, %cr3 /* Invalidate TLB */ data32 lgdt %cs:(CONFIG_STAGE_0_PA_GDT-0xFFFF0000) movl %cr0, %eax andl $0x7FFAFFD1, %eax /* PG,AM,WP,NE,TS,EM,MP = 0 */ orl $0x60000001, %eax /* CD, NW, PE = 1 */ movl %eax, %cr0 movl %ebp, %eax /* Restore BIST result */ data32 ljmp $ROM_CODE_SEG, $CONFIG_STAGE_0_PA_FLAT_SIDE
We can also check the result with objdump:
[jbe@jupiter]~/coreboot-v3> objdump -mi8086 -d -j .stage0_real_mode build/stage0.o build/stage0.o: file format elf32-i386 000fffa0 <real_mode_fallback_entry>: fffa0: fa cli fffa1: 66 89 c5 mov %eax,%ebp fffa4: 66 31 c0 xor %eax,%eax fffa7: 0f 22 d8 mov %eax,%cr3 fffaa: 66 2e 0f 01 16 00 ff lgdtl %cs:-256 fffb1: 0f 20 c0 mov %cr0,%eax fffb4: 66 25 d1 ff fa 7f and $0x7ffaffd1,%eax fffba: 66 0d 01 00 00 60 or $0x60000001,%eax fffc0: 0f 22 c0 mov %eax,%cr0 fffc3: 66 89 e8 mov %ebp,%eax fffc6: 66 ea 00 fc ff ff 08 ljmpl $0x8,$0xfffffc00 fffcd: 00
How it works at runtime
- After reset the CPU starts to fetch opcodes virtually from address 0xF000:0xFFF0 (=0xFFFFFFF0 = CONFIG_STAGE_0_PA_RESET_VECTOR). It will fetch our branch command and continues at 0xF000:0xFFA0 (=0xFFFFFFA0 = CONFIG_STAGE_0_PA_REAL_SIDE)
- The real mode code loads the GDT at the real mode offset 0xFF00 relative to the CS register. This results into the address 0xF000:0xFF00 (=0xFFFFFF00 = CONFIG_STAGE_0_PA_GDT)
- The switch to the protected mode jumps to 32 bit offset 0xFFFFFC00, but now CS register's baseaddress is 0 (from GDT entry at offset 8), so we match CONFIG_STAGE_0_PA_FLAT_SIDE
- the flat mode code does
- activate the full Linear Flat Mode by loading the remaining segment registers
- activate CAR (CPU dependend)
- At the end, its time to jump into the stage0_1 code at label stage1_main(). From now on, there is no more need for any special physical layout
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