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BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern men's and women's soccer and volleyball teams all open their 2011 seasons this weekend.
Men's soccer and volleyball are both at home, with men's soccer hosting the Jim 'n Nick's/PUMA Labor Day Classic, Friday and Sunday, and volleyball hosting the MaK Attack Tournament, Saturday and Sunday. The women's soccer team travels to Lynchburg, Va., for the 2011 Shellenberger classic, hosted by Lynchburg College, who is ranked 18th in the nation.
On Friday, men's soccer faces Blackburn College at 7:30pm. On Saturday, volleyball takes on LaGrange at 2 p.m. and Piedmont College at 7 p.m.
On Sunday, volleyball faces off against Huntingdon at noon and Stillman College at 2 p.m.
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KABUL, Afghanistan — Secretary of State John Kerry sought Friday to broker a deal between Afghanistan's rival presidential candidates as a bitter dispute over last month's runoff election risked spiraling out of control.
Kerry, who arrived predawn in Kabul on a hastily arranged visit, met with former Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai and former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah as well as the current leader, President Hamid Karzai.
The objective was to convince both candidates to hold off on declaring victory or trying to set up a government until the United Nations can conduct an audit of extensive fraud allegations in the voting.
"We are in a very, very critical moment for Afghanistan," Kerry told reporters as he met with the U.N. chief in Afghanistan, Jan Kubis. "Legitimacy hangs in the balance. The future potential of the transition hangs in the balance. So we've a lot of work to do."
For the United States, the political crisis threatens to undermine more than a decade of efforts to leave behind a strong Afghanistan capable of containing the Taliban insurgency and preventing extremist groups like al-Qaida from using the territory to endanger the American homeland.
Kerry said the United States was trying to create a process that confers legitimacy on whoever emerges as the rightful leader of Afghanistan. "But I can't tell you that's an automatic at this point," he said.
With Iraq wracked by insurgency, Afghanistan's election is posing a new challenge to President Barack Obama's effort to leave behind two secure states while ending America's long wars.
Both Ghani and Abdullah have vowed to sign a bilateral security pact with Washington, which says it needs the legal guarantees in order to leave behind some 10,000 boots on the ground in Afghanistan after most American troops are withdrawn at the end of the year.
If no clear leader emerges, the U.S. may have to pull out all its forces, an unwanted scenario that played out in Iraq just three years ago. Karzai has refused to sign the agreement, leaving it in the hands of his successor.
The preliminary runoff results suggested a massive turnaround in favor of the onetime World Bank economist Ghani, who lagged significantly behind Abdullah in first-round voting.
"Our commitment is to ensure that the election process has the integrity and the legitimacy of Afghanistan and the world," Ghani told reporters as he met with Kerry. Ghani voiced support for the fullest audit possible.
Abdullah, a top leader of the Northern Alliance that battled the Taliban before the U.S.-led invasion in 2001, claims massive ballot-stuffing and his supporters have spoken of establishing a "parallel government," raising the specter of the Afghan state collapsing. Abdullah was runner-up to Karzai in a fraud-riddled 2009 presidential vote before he pulled out of that runoff.
"The future of our achievement depends on the success of the democratic process," Abdullah said as he began his meeting with the secretary of state. Abdullah praised Kerry's efforts toward "saving the democratic process in Afghanistan."
The winner amid all the chaos could be the Taliban, whose fight against the government persists despite the United States spending hundreds of billions of dollars and losing more than 2,000 lives since invading the country after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Many Afghans fear Taliban forces will only gain strength as the U.S. military presence recedes. And internal instability could fuel the insurgency.
Kerry said Afghanistan needed a leader "recognized by the people as having become president through a legitimate process." With Abdullah at his side, he stressed that the preliminary results announced four days ago "are neither authoritative nor final, and no one should be stating a victory at this point in time."
A U.N. audit, however rudimentary, probably could be done within two weeks, U.S. officials believe. The focus would be on clear fraud indicators, including districts with high turnout or more women going to the voting polls than men.
Abdullah's campaign mistrusts Afghanistan's electoral institutions.
Chief electoral officer Zia ul-Haq Amarkhail resigned this week, though he denied wrongdoing. He cited national interest in stepping down.
Obama spoke to each candidate this week, warning that any move outside the law to seize power would mean the end of U.S. financial aid to Afghanistan.
Before becoming president, Obama differentiated Afghanistan from Iraq, which he declared a "dumb war." In contrast, he described Afghanistan a fight worth waging, ordering tens of thousands of new troops into the country in his first year in office.
The risk of a prolonged Afghan political crisis has alarmed U.S. officials already struggling to respond to sectarian tensions in Iraq that have broken out in open warfare.
The situations in Afghanistan and Iraq are distinct. But in each, the U.S. has spent years trying to ensure the survival of democratic governments able to effectively police their own territories.
In both countries that objective is in peril, their futures threatened by a combination of poor leadership, weak institutions, inter-ethnic rivalry and fierce extremist rebellions.


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AC/DC Biographer Claims Malcolm Young Won't Return to Band
Since AC/DC formed in 1973, guitarist Malcolm Young, along with his brother Angus, has been rocking the planet basically nonstop. After over 40 years with the iconic rock band, Malcolm Young has been sidelined with serious health issues. Malcolm's future with AC/DC is still in question, but Jesse Fink, author of the new book The Youngs: The Brothers Who Built AC/DC, says he's "not expecting to see Malcolm return."
The Young family and AC/DC have kept the details of Malcolm's illness private, though it's been rumored that the rock legend had suffered a stroke, could be dealing with Alzheimer's, dementia or possibly cancer. A source has also claimed that Malcolm is having trouble recognizing familiar faces.
Boston radio station WZLX spoke with AC/DC biographer Jesse Fink about Malcolm Young, uncovering what could be the most detailed explanation of Young's future to date. "I'm not expecting to see Malcolm return," says Fink. "I think the important thing is we all let Mal be and hope he can recover. But I think we should all expect that Stevie Young (Malcolm's nephew) is in the band now."
Though Fink's insight is somber news, the biographer speaks well of the band's upcoming album, their first ever without Malcolm. "I'm hearing on very reliable authority the new album is up there with [2009′s] Black Ice or even better," Fink reveals. "So Stevie must be a good replacement for Mal."
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Both Sides Now: One Man's Journey Through Womanhood
Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2006 - Biography & Autobiography - 319 pages
The courageous and heart-wrenching story of a man's decision to risk it all to be true to himself.
Imagine waking up one morning in the wrong body-and that body is the wrong gender. What would you do? Would you experience the world differently? Would your politics change? Would you just accept that this was how you were destined to live out the rest of your life? Or would you fight with every ounce of strength you have to find your way back home- to the body that is familiar and comfortable, to the person you know yourself to be?
Both Sides Now is a vivid and compelling account of how one man's search for wholeness led him through multiple, complex, and life-threatening surgeries that transformed him not only physically but emotionally and spiritually as well. Born with the body of a female, Dhillon Khosla never felt fully at ease in his own skin. He knew very early on that his true identity was male, but spent nearly twenty years repressing this knowledge and trying to embrace his female form. Shortly after turning twenty-eight, he came across an article about men who were born with female bodies and had undergone surgeries to reclaim their male identity. As soon as he began reading their stories, Dhillon felt flashes of recognition stirring within and-for the first time-hope.
In this spellbinding memoir, Dhillon discusses openly and honestly what it has been like to live first as a woman and now as a man. Through anecdotes from his work in the courthouse, and his experiences on dates, in bars, and at strip clubs, he shares unique and profound insights into the sexes and our social mores. He also shows us that experiencing life as both genders leads to the understanding that the spiritual consequences of our actions are far more important than the political ones. But ultimately, Both Sides Now is a story about what it truly means to love oneself: the willingness to endure numerous trials and tribulations to be true to your inner voice, even in the face of extreme adversity, and no matter what the cost.
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MIDDLEBURY –– Hazel Devino was born the year Fenway Park was built — 1912. It seems she was destined to be a big Red Sox fan.
"I love it when the Yankees get beat," she said in an interview last Friday.
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In split vote, city commission rules building Walmart supercenter at Ringling Shopping Center would be incompatible with area
The results are in: Walmart cannot build the store it had planned at the site of the Ringling Shopping Center.
The commissioners weren't lacking community input when they voted, 3-2, to deny the site plan on Tuesday.
Reasoning that Walmart's plan is incompatible with the neighborhood, Commissioners Willie Shaw, Terry Turner and Shannon Snyder voted against it, while Paul Caragiulo and Suzanne Atwell voted to allow the store.
Indeed, hundreds of people have called or emailed the elected officials about the proposal over the past few months. Last week, Sarasotans packed City Hall to watch the first part of the appeal brought by the Alta Vista Neighborhood Association.
And Tuesday night, more than 50 people spoke passionately and personally about the proposed store during the community-input section of the appeal. Many begged commissioners to vote one way or the other, with the majority opposed to the plan.
One woman told commissioners she would weep if the big-box store were added to the "jewel" of a neighborhood she'd grown up in.
Walmart is not new to Sarasota — the area has three of the stores. So why did a plan to replace a nearly vacant strip mall with a small supercenter lead to a months-long battle that will likely end in circuit court?
For the six people who brought the successful appeal against city staffers and the world's largest retailer, it boiled down to one belief: The city would be breaking its own rules for the location.
The group banked on the interpretation of recently retired zoning expert Mike Taylor, who worked for the city for 30 years and helped write the zoning code. He said that only structures smaller than 15,000 square feet could replace the shopping center.
His take was pitted against the views of current city employees, who said Walmart's plan to tear down the shopping center and replace it with a 98,000-square-foot store was allowed.
Walmart's attorney, Jim Porter, argued that Taylor's credibility is undercut by a chain of emails showing he knew about the Walmart plan before he retired but failed to bring up any zoning concerns.
"This decision needs to be based on competent, substantial evidence. You heard your staff testify," Porter said.
"That's your staff, I have to go with them all day long," said John Harshman, a realtor and member of the Downtown Sarasota Alliance, who urged the city to replace the "dilapidated" center with Walmart.
The shopping center property owner, Louis Doyle, also asked the city to accept the Walmart plan, and warned them that no other stores are waiting in the wings.
Over the past few months, people asked commissioners to consider or disregard any number of underlying factors: the city's economic situation, trust in city staff, politics, zoning interpretations and community concerns.
In the end, the majority of commissioners decided that the arguments raised by the community members were valid.
Commissioner Terry Turner called the plan "essentially a suburban big-box store in an urban environment."
Many neighbors said the 24-hour store would not be compatible with the quiet, largely middle-class Alta Vista neighborhood southeast of downtown. Alta Vista's streets are lined with trees, bungalow-style homes, small apartments and condo buildings.
Walmart would increase traffic and noise from delivery trucks and create a disruption for residents, many speakers argued Tuesday.
"Would you like to have this in your backyard?" asked Joann Hillman, who said she lives on Ringling Boulevard.
She depicted the appeal as a "David and Goliath" situation, and said she believed the commissioners had already made up their minds to support Walmart — a fear others echoed.
Many were shocked by the vote in their favor.
The Alta Vista neighborhood has organized against proposed development before. In 2006, some of the same people appealing the Walmart fought a plan to build high-rise condos, which they feared would tower over the neighborhood.
The community members convinced the developer to scale down the project.
The people appealing the Walmart plan said they don't oppose the company altogether. They just want it to follow the rules.
Alta Vista Neighborhood Association president Candy Spaulding even said at the November Planning Board meeting, where the plan was initially approved, that the store would be great for the community if it made some changes.
The old Ringling Shopping Center and its longest tenant, Publix, were on the site for about 50 years. Spaulding said the community wants a well-designed building it can live with for another half a century.
Walmart spokesman Bill Wertz said the company's poll of the community showed the majority of people supported the project.
In a statement issued by Walmart on Tuesday night, the company said that in spite of the commission's decision, it felt building a Walmart at Ringling Shopping Center would offer affordable prices and new jobs while revitalizing "a neighborhood eye sore."
Walmart officials would not comment on whether the company plans to sue the city. Many anticipate that this will be the next chapter in the saga.
"We will continue to pursue our efforts to better serve our customers in Sarasota," Walmart said.


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To the Case Western Reserve University Community:
I write today to present our institution's new policy regarding sexual assault.
At its best, a college campus promotes ideals of respect, tolerance and mutual support in the pursuit of knowledge. Our policies and programs seek to advance these values through education, conversation and, when necessary, consequences for those whose actions violate the rights of others.
Sexual assault represents one of society's most devastating crimes. Sadly, national statistics show that college-aged women are four times more likely than any other group to suffer this tragedy. Case Western Reserve University actively seeks to raise awareness of the dangers of sexual assault, and to provide responsive and appropriate assistance to those who have been sexually assaulted. A critical element of this work is ensuring that our policies and procedures are clear and comprehensive.
Last fall a university task force began examining our previous policy, which had not seen significant revision since 1994. Deputy Provost Lynn Singer and Vice President for Student Affairs Glenn Nicholls charged the committee to ensure the policy (1) addressed the needs of our students, faculty, and staff; (2) responded to societal expectations; and (3) complied with federal and state laws.
I want to thank the task force's co-chairs, Associate Provost Kathryn Karipides and Associate Vice President Sue Nickel-Schindewolf, for their leadership in this process, and commend all of its members for developing a far more thorough and detailed document. At the same time, I want to recognize the contributions of the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women, and the efforts of the Student Sexual Misconduct Task Force. The members of the student task force long lobbied for revisions to the old policy, and developed a draft policy that served as a guiding influence for the changes in the new policy.
The commitment these individuals demonstrated to creating a safer and more informed campus environment is nothing short of inspiring.
I strongly encourage every member of our community to review the new policy and become familiar with its major provisions.
Barbara R. Snyder


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It's time to complete the internal energy market
An efficient, interconnected and transparent European internal energy market will offer citizens and businesses secure and sustainable energy supplies at lowest possible cost. With the recent Communication on how to make the internal energy market work the Commission calls on Member States to step up their efforts to transpose and implement the existing EU internal energy market rules. The Commission will work with Member States to empower consumers and to reduce state interventions which distort markets.
Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger said: "When it comes to gas and electricity, citizens and businesses are interested in two things – security of supply at any time and affordable price. We will best achieve this with a functioning European energy market."
While progress has already been made in terms of offering more choice for consumers, keeping wholesale energy prices in check and securing sufficient supplies at all times, more needs to be done to exploit the full potential of a truly integrated European market. To complete the EU internal energy market by 2014 the Commission foresees several actions. They include:
- Implementing internal market law and enforcing competition rules. Even 20 months after the transposition deadline of March 2011, some Member States have not yet fully transposed the third energy market package. The Commission will continue pursuing infringement procedures to make sure relevant European rules are correctly implemented. Competition rules are to be enforced vigorously to ensure a level playing field for all market players.
- Empowering consumers. Studies show that only one out of three consumers is comparing service offers. It is estimated that EU consumers could save up to EUR 13 billion a year if they switch to the cheapest electricity tariff available. The Commission will ensure that consumer rights enshrined in the EU legislation will be visible in national law and properly respected by all market players. This includes the right to switch from one supplier to the other in three weeks without any financial costs. The Commission will also promote the roll-out of smart metering systems as this will allow consumers to manage their consumption in real time and better control their energy bills. Special focus will be given to the protection of vulnerable consumers. In addition, the EU Retail Energy Markets Transparency Report provides recommendations for clear presentation of prices, tariffs and offers.
In addition, currently only 9 Member States (Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Finland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Slovenia, Sweden, and UK) do not have regulated retail energy prices in place. Prices set by state intervention do not provide consumers with the best deal. They risk giving a false impression of protection that de-incentivizes them from actively exploring better options, including energy efficiency services. Furthermore, regulated end-user prices impede investments. They keep companies from entering the market and from investing in new generation. Prices regulated below costs lead to debts which ultimately fall back to taxpayers.
- Ensuring flexible market design. Some Member States are planning to support electricity producers for keeping available their generation capacity to ensure there is sufficient capacity also when variable sources of electricity, such as wind and solar power, are not producing. This is called capacity mechanism. However, prematurely introduced and badly designed capacity mechanisms may result in the fragmentation of the internal market and hinder investments. Before introducing such mechanisms Member States should analyse whether there is a lack of investment in generation and why. Before Member States intervene in the market on a national basis, cross-border solutions should be considered. Usually, European solutions are more cost effective.
In addition, the Commission will propose guidelines on support schemes for renewables that will enhance the effectiveness of the internal market.
In February 2011 the EU Heads of State declared the need to complete the internal energy market by 2014.
The 3rd energy market package (Directives 2009/72/EC and 2009/73/EC) is the cornerstone of the integration of the gas and electricity market. It entails the following measures: (i) the unbundling of networks (the separation of network activities for electricity and gas from generation, production and supply); (ii) consumer protection issues (particularly with regard to Member States' obligation to protect vulnerable consumers, provide transparent billing and contractual information to consumers, establish a Single point of contact and an Alternative Dispute Resolution mechanism for the out-of-Court solution of disputes); and (iii) the independence and powers of the national regulatory authorities.
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Forget gross domestic product, it doesn't tell the whole story about a country's economy. Focus instead on these economic indicators: electricity consumption, rail cargo, and bank loans.
This is apparently what Li Keqiang, expected to take over as premier in China' leadership transition, said at a meeting with the U.S. ambassador in 2007, according to a Wikileaks cable.
The Chinese GDP figure is "man-made" and for "reference only," he was quoted as saying.
While it's not clear whether Li stands by these views, economists say it is fair to treat the Chinese GDP with some caution.
The latest data show China's economy grew 7.4 percent in third quarter from a year earlier, putting the economy on course for its slowest annual expansion in 13 years at a rate of about 7.5 percent.
"It would not surprise us if GDP growth is overstated — the economy is likely far weaker than it appears," said Alistair Thornton, China economist with IHS Global Insight in Beijing.
That's a view that Patrick Chovanec, a professor of business at Tsinghua University in Beijing, shares. "The data is a more prominent concern in China because the numbers don't seem to square. I have trouble reconciling a 7.5 percent GDP number with what I see in other data," he said.
So, what do the indicators that China's premier-in-waiting appears to track, say about the state of the world's second largest economy?
(Read More: How Wen Jiabao Undermined the Party's Legitimacy)
In third quarter of the year, power use, rail cargo, and bank loans all took a particularly negative turn.
Rail cargo volumes, which were already growing in the low single-digits earlier this year, started falling in June and continued to slide in the third quarter of the year. The latest data showed rail freight fell 9.2 percent year-on-year in August, the worst decline since the height of the global financial crisis in 2008.
(Read More: China Raises Rail Spending Plan Again to Support Economy)
"If China says GDP growth is around 7.5 percent, but rail freight is falling by 7 to 8 percent, you can't reconcile that," said Chovanec.
Power use and disbursement of bank loans have also shown a steep drop. Growth in power use, for instance, has slowed to 2.9 percent in September from the month earlier after expanding at an average monthly rate of almost 12 percent in 2011.
Thornton says power consumption is a key gauge of the health of Chinese industry because industrial demand makes up 70 percent of total power consumption.
Key Banking Sector
Growth in lending has also declined alongside the economy. An annual growth rate in China this year of 7.5 percent, the government's target, would mark a slowdown from last year's 9.2 percent and an average rate of 10 percent for the past three decades.
Beijing has tried to help boost lending and support the sluggish economy by cutting interest rates twice this year and reducing bank reserve requirements (RRR) three times since November, but has refrained from taking aggressive action since the last RRR cut in July.
This has some analysts worried and they say the new leadership, expected to be ushered in during the Communist Party's Congress starting on November 8, will need to do more to encourage bank lending.
(Read More: Why China's Bank Earnings Could Surprise Investors)
"In 2012 the economy seems to have slowed to the point that companies need less working capital finance," Jim Antos, a banking analyst with Mizuho Securities in Hong Kong told CNBC. "The new government needs to tackle China's slowing economy and the credit component is the grease that keeps the wheels of industry turning."
Total new loans reached 6.72 trillion yuan ($107.4 billion) in the first nine months of 2012, up 18 percent from the same period last year, according to the People's Bank of China. This is however down from the 30 percent average growth in new loans in the past decade.
Antos is also concerned about credit quality, citing a more than 20 percent surge in past due loans — defined as repayments that are 30 to 60 days behind schedule — in the first half of the year.
(Read More: China Banks' Bad Loans Steady, Capital Adequacy Up)
This is a "very significant change, something we have not seen at any point in the past 5-8 years in China," he added.
Banks themselves may be getting worried about the quality of their loan books and have been progressively building their defenses against those loans going sour. In the third quarter, China's big four banks increased provisions against bad debt for the third consecutive quarter, by a range of 20 to 48 percentage points.
Bad loans could come back to haunt the banking system and the new leadership, unless something is done about it, Antos said.
"The concern of many investors is that the government may not be willing to come to grips with weaker credit quality, but instead allow banks to continue to roll over loans that should probably be restructured," he said.
China's economy may be more fragile than the GDP numbers suggest and if Li is paying attention to this, as the Wikileaks cable suggests, the next Chinese premier may well be a reason to expect stronger action from Beijing in boosting growth.
"Recalibration will not be enough for the new leadership. Urgent reforms are needed," Thornton said. "The longer the delay, though, the higher the costs. It has been true under every administration since (former leader) Deng Xiaoping, but it really is make or break for the economy under Xi and Li."
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Here are four of the top mistakes actors make in cover letters sent to agents.
1. Impersonal salutation. Addressing a specific individual is better than opening with: "To whom it may concern." On the whole, any unsolicited photo and resume won't be of much "concern" to anyone, but do target someone specific to give your package some focus and personalized intent. Although we are in a rather informal business, start your salutation with: "Dear Mr. or Ms._______." The person to whom you are writing may well be more than twice your age and find it presumptuous of you to address them by their first name with no prior introduction. My point is you can never go wrong with "Dear Mr. or Ms."
2. Juvenile opening sentence. Never open any correspondence with: "My name is_______." Chances are you're writing on your letterhead, and your name is already honking at whomever you're targeting. Also, the recipient can quickly glance down at your signature to see what your name is.
3. Frivolous filler. No agent has ever called an actor into their office because the actor informed said agent that he/she "is dedicated and committed to improving my craft and have a strong work ethic."
4. Star-studded self-aggrandizement. I polled a half-dozen agent friends and asked what they thought of actors comparing themselves to famous actors in their correspondence. Five said they "hated" it, and one said she "doesn't mind if it's on target." Then she added, "Which it usually isn't." There are several potential problems with this approach, but the first is the visual aspect, which is, for better or worse, ninety percent of this business. If your photo doesn't support the name(s) you mentioned, it tends to be jarring. Or, as one agent said, "Even if the actor does resemble a star they mentioned, it doesn't mean they have any of their talent or personal appeal and certainly none of their body of work." Actors are also fond of talking about which actors they are a "cross-between" and then go on to name actors who have no similarity in sensibility and end up with what is essentially a confusing non-entity.
OK, then what do they want to read? They want to hear about your progress—names of casting directors who you may have met at an industry seminar and who have brought you in to audition for real projects they are casting—and which projects they were. Make sure to specify timeframe, i.e. "Since receiving my BFA from 'School Name' in the Spring of 2012, I earned my Equity card when cast in a tour of 'Show Name' and shot a principal role in a film entitled 'Film Title' shown at Sundance." In short, facts are stronger than fancy.
All of the above are guidelines. The good news here is that you can make every "mistake" I mentioned, but if your photo and resume stands on its own merit, you still might get called in.
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AMERICUS — Georgia Southwestern is the hottest team in the Peach Belt Conference.
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AMD's Radeon HD 5870: Bringing About the Next Generation Of GPUsby Ryan Smith on September 23, 2009 9:00 AM EST
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Lower Idle Power & Better Overcurrent Protection
One aspect AMD was specifically looking to improve in Cypress over RV770 was idle power usage. The load power usage for RV770 was fine at 160W for the HD4870, but that power usage wasn't dropping by a great deal when idle – it fell by less than half to 90W. Later BIOS revisions managed to knock a few more watts off of this, but it wasn't a significant change, and even later designs like RV790 still had limits to their idling abilities by only being able to go down to 60W at idle.
As a consequence, AMD went about designing the Cypress with a much, much lower target in mind. Their goal was to get idle power down to 30W, 1/3rd that of RV770. What they got was even better: they came in past that target by 10%, hitting a final idle power of 27W. As a result the Cypress can idle at 30% of the power as RV770, or as compared to Cypress's load power of 188W, some 14% of its load power.
Accomplishing this kind of dramatic reduction in idle power usage required several changes. Key among them has been the installation of additional power regulating circuitry on the board, and additional die space on Cypress assigned to power regulation. Notably, all of these changes were accomplished without the use of power-gating to shut down unused portions of the chip, something that's common on CPUs. Instead all of these changes have been achieved through more exhaustive clock-gating (that is, reducing power consumption by reducing clock speeds), something GPUs have been doing for some time now.
The use of clock-gating is quickly evident when we discuss the idle/2D clock speeds of the 5870, which is 150mhz for the core, and 300mhz for the memory . The idle clock speeds here are significantly lower than the 4870 (550/900), which in the case of the core is the source of its power savings as compared to the 4870. As tweakers who have attempted to manually reduce the idle clocks on RV770 based cards for further power savings have noticed, RV770 actually loses stability in most situations if its core clock drops too low. With the Cypress this has been rectified, enabling it to hit these lower core speeds.
Even bigger however are the enhancements to Cypress's memory controller, which allow it to utilize a number of power-saving tricks with GDDR5 RAM, along with other features that we'll get to in a bit. With RV770's memory controller, it was not capable of taking advantage of very many of GDDR5's advanced features besides the higher bandwidth abilities. Lacking this full bag of tricks, RV770 and its derivatives were unable to reduce the memory clock speed, which is why the 4870 and other products had such high memory clock speeds even at idle. In turn this limited the reduction in power consumption attained by idling GDDR5 modules.
With Cypress AMD has implemented nearly the entire suite of GDDR5's power saving features, allowing them to reduce the power usage of the memory controller and the GDDR5 modules themselves. As with the improvements to the core clock, key among the improvement in memory power usage is the ability to go to much lower memory clock speeds, using fast GDDR5 link re-training to quickly switch the memory clock speed and voltage without inducing glitches. AMD is also now using GDDR5's low power strobe mode, which in turn allows the memory controller to save power by turning off the clock data recovery mechanism. When discussing the matter with AMD, they compared these changes to putting the memory modules and memory controller into a GDDR3-like mode, which is a fair description of how GDDR5 behaves when its high-speed features are not enabled.
Finally, AMD was able to find yet more power savings for Crossfire configurations, and as a result the slave card(s) in a Crossfire configuration can use even less power. The value given to us for an idling slave card is 20W, which is a product of the fact that the slave cards go completely unused when the system is idling. In this state slave cards are still capable of instantaneously ramping up for full-load use, although conceivably AMD could go even lower still by powering down the slave cards entirely at a cost of this ability.
On the opposite side of the ability to achieve such low idle power usage is the need to manage load power usage, which was also overhauled for the Cypress. As a reminder, TDP is not an absolute maximum, rather it's a maximum based on what's believed to be the highest reasonable load the card will ever experience. As a result it's possible in extreme circumstances for the card to need power beyond what its TDP is rated for, which is a problem.
That problem reared its head a lot for the RV770 in particular, with the rise in popularity of stress testing programs like FurMark and OCCT. Although stress testers on the CPU side are nothing new, FurMark and OCCT heralded a new generation of GPU stress testers that were extremely effective in generating a maximum load. Unfortunately for RV770, the maximum possible load and the TDP are pretty far apart, which becomes a problem since the VRMs used in a card only need to be spec'd to meet the TDP of a card plus some safety room. They don't need to be able to meet whatever the true maximum load of a card can be, as it should never happen.
Why is this? AMD believes that the instruction streams generated by OCCT and FurMark are entirely unrealistic. They try to hit everything at once, and this is something that they don't believe a game or even a GPGPU application would ever do. For this reason these programs are held in low regard by AMD, and in our discussions with them they referred to them as "power viruses", a term that's normally associated with malware. We don't agree with the terminology, but in our testing we can't disagree with AMD about the realism of their load – we can't find anything that generates the same kind of loads as OCCT and FurMark.
Regardless of what AMD wants to call these stress testers, there was a real problem when they were run on RV770. The overcurrent situation they created was too much for the VRMs on many cards, and as a failsafe these cards would shut down to protect the VRMs. At a user level shutting down like this isn't a very helpful failsafe mode. At a hardware level shutting down like this isn't enough to protect the VRMs in all situations. Ultimately these programs were capable of permanently damaging RV770 cards, and AMD needed to do something about it. For RV770 they could use the drivers to throttle these programs; until Catalyst 9.8 they detected the program by name, and since 9.8 they detect the ratio of texture to ALU instructions (Ed: We're told NVIDIA throttles similarly, but we don't have a good control for testing this statement). This keeps RV770 safe, but it wasn't good enough. It's a hardware problem, the solution needs to be in hardware, particularly if anyone really did write a power virus in the future that the drivers couldn't stop, in an attempt to break cards on a wide scale.
This brings us to Cypress. For Cypress, AMD has implemented a hardware solution to the VRM problem, by dedicating a very small portion of Cypress's die to a monitoring chip. In this case the job of the monitor is to continually monitor the VRMs for dangerous conditions. Should the VRMs end up in a critical state, the monitor will immediately throttle back the card by one PowerPlay level. The card will continue operating at this level until the VRMs are back to safe levels, at which point the monitor will allow the card to go back to the requested performance level. In the case of a stressful program, this can continue to go back and forth as the VRMs permit.
By implementing this at the hardware level, Cypress cards are fully protected against all possible overcurrent situations, so that it's not possible for any program (OCCT, FurMark, or otherwise) to damage the hardware by generating too high of a load. This also means that the protections at the driver level are not needed, and we've confirmed with AMD that the 5870 is allowed to run to the point where it maxes out or where overcurrent protection kicks in.
On that note, because card manufacturers can use different VRMs, it's very likely that we're going to see some separation in performance on FurMark and OCCT based on the quality of the VRMs. The cheapest cards with the cheapest VRMs will need to throttle the most, while luxury cards with better VRMs would need to throttle little, if at all. This should make little difference in stock performance on real games and applications (since as we covered earlier, we can't find anything that pushes a card to excess) but it will likely make itself apparent in overclocking. Overclocked cards - particularly those with voltage modifications – may hit throttle situations in normal applications, which means the VRMs will make a difference here. It also means that overclockers need to keep an eye on clock speeds, as the card shutting down is no longer a tell-tale sign that you're pushing it too hard.
Finally, while we're discussing the monitoring chip, we may as well talk about the rest of its features. Along with monitoring the GPU, it also is a PWM controller. This means that the PWM controller is no longer a separate part that card builders add themselves, and as such we won't be seeing any cards using a 2pin fixed speed fan to save money on the PWM controller. All Cypress cards (and presumably, all derivatives) will have the ability to use a 4pin fan built-in.
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shaolin95 - Wednesday, October 07, 2009 - linkSo Eyefinity may use 100 monitors but if we are still gaming on the flat plant then it makes no difference to me.
Come on ATI, go with the real 3D games already..been waiting since the Radeon 64 SE days for you to get on with it.... :-(
GTX 295 for this boy as it is the only way to real 3D on a 60" DLP.
Nice that they have a fast product at good prices to keep the competition going. If either company goes down we all lose so support them both! :-)
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raptorrage - Tuesday, October 06, 2009 - linkwow what a joke this review is but that i mean the reviewer stance on the 5870 sounds like he is a nvidia fan just because it like what 2-3fps off of the gtx 295 doesn't actually mean it can't catch that gpu as the driver updates come out and get the gpu to actually compete against that gpu and if i remember wasn't the GTX 295 the same when it came out .. its was good but it wasn't where we all thought it should have been then BAM a few months go by and it finds the performance it was missing
i don't know if this was a fail on anandtech or the testing practices but i question them as i've read many other review sites and they had a clear view where the 5870 / GTX 295 where neck N neck as i've seen them first hand so i go ahead and state them here head 2 head @ 1920x1200 but at 2560x1600 the dual gpu cards do take the top slot but that is expected but it isn't as big as a margin as i see it.
and clearly he missed the whole point YES the 5870 dose compete with the GTX 295 i just believe your testing practices do come into question here because i've seen many sites where they didn't form the opinion that you have here it seems completely dismissive like AMD has failed i just don't see that in my opinion - I'll just take this review with a gain of salt as its completely meaningless
dieselcat18 - Saturday, October 03, 2009 - link@Silicon Doc
Nvidia fan-boy, troll, loser....take your gforce cards and go home...we can now all see how terrible ATi is thanks you ...so I really don't understand why people are beating down their doors for the 5800 series, just like people did for the 4800 and 3800 cards. I guess Nvidia fan-boy trolls like you have only one thing left to do and that's complain and cry like the itty-bitty babies that some of you are about the competition that's beating you like a drum.....so you just wait for your 300 series cards to be released (can't wait to see how many of those are available) so you can pay the overpriced premiums that Nvidia will be charging AGAIN !...hahaha...just like all that re-badging BS they pulled with the 9800 and 200 cards...what a joke !.. Oh my, I must say you have me in a mood and the ironic thing is I do like Nvidia as much as ATi, I currently own and use both. I just can't stand fools like you who spout nothing but mindless crap while waving your team flag (my card is better than your's..WhaaWhaaWhaa)...just take yourself along with your worthless opinions and slide back under that slimly rock you came from.
dieselcat18 - Saturday, October 03, 2009 - link@Silicon Doc
Nvidia fan-boy, troll, loser....take your gforce cards and go home...we can now all see how terrible ATi is thanks you ...so I really don't understand why people are beating down their doors for the 5800 series, just like people did for the 4800 and 3800 cards. I guess Nvidia fan-boy trolls like you have only one thing left to do and that's complain and cry like the itty-bitty babies that some of you are about the competition that's beating you like a drum.....so you just wait for your 300 series cards to be released (can't wait to see how many of those are available) so you can pay the overpriced premiums that Nvidia will be charging AGAIN !...hahaha...just like all that re-badging BS they pulled with the 9800 and 200 cards...what a joke !.. Oh my, I must say you have me in a mood and the ironic thing is I do like Nvidia as much as ATi, I currently own and use both. I just can't stand fools like you who spout nothing but mindless crap while waving your team flag (my card is better than your's..WhaaWhaaWhaa)...just take yourself along with your worthless opinions and slide back under that slimly rock you came from.
Scali - Thursday, October 01, 2009 - linkI have the GPU Computing SDK aswell, and I ran the Ocean test on my 8800GTS320. I got 40 fps, with the card at stock, with 4xAA and 16xAF on. Fullscreen or windowed didn't matter.
How can your score be only 47 fps on the GTX285? And why does the screenshot say 157 fps on a GTX280?
157 fps is more along the lines of what I'd expect than 47 fps, given the performance of my 8800GTS. Reply
Ryan Smith - Thursday, October 01, 2009 - linkFull screen, 2560x1600 with everything cranked up. At that resolution, it can be a very rough benchmark.
The screenshot you're seeing is just something we took in windowed mode with the resolution turned way down so that we could fit a full-sized screenshot of the program in to our document engine. Reply
Scali - Friday, October 02, 2009 - linkI've just checked the sourcecode and experimented a bit with changing some constants.
The CS part always uses a dimension of 512, hardcoded, so not related to the screen size.
So the CS load is constant, the larger you make the window, the less you measure the GPGPU-performance, since it will become graphics-limited.
Technically you should make the window as small as possible to get a decent GPGPU-benchmark, not as large as possible. Reply
Scali - Friday, October 02, 2009 - linkHum, I wonder what you're measuring though.
I'd have to study the code, see if higher resolutions increase only the onscreen polycount, or also the GPGPU-part of generating it. Reply
Scali - Thursday, October 01, 2009 - linkThat's 152 fps, not 257, sorry. Reply


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10. Creed - Pure White Cologne
I'm excited about Givenchy Gentleman Only, but I'm always prepared for disappointment. I'm curious about two upcoming Lorenzo Villoresi fragrances - Gucci Forever Now and the next in the Mare Nostrum series for his own house, but again, I'm prepared to be disappointed since I haven't cared for his other recent releases. Slumberhouse had a fantastic 2012 with the releases of Baque, Sova, and Norne. I'll be interested to see if 2013 is as good a year. (It'd be hard to top.)
Definitely keeping my eye on Slumberhouse, Guerlain, and Naomi Goodsir. Also, I know he must be spread thin but I look forward to any Duchaufour fragrance release (Neela Vermeire's releases were outstanding) except the vagabond prince trash that's coming...
Then of course Amouage...Serge...
Too many to keep an eye out for, glad BN and threads like this do a good job of keeping one up to date. Could be wrong but think Amourages first 2013 scent is out, Beloved Man.
Glad to hear Pure Distance M has a new male scent on the horizon
"Geez, when are the 'We love Aventus' T-shirts coming out?"
(Possum-Pie, 2012)
Mistal Patchouli
Les Jeux Sont Faits
Naomi Goodsir Nuit de Bakelite by Isabelle Doyen
AUSSIES, join our exclusive niche split club.
Currently splitting:
Amouage - Tribute, Homage and OPUS VII
Andy Tauer - Noontide Petals, Miriam and Loretta
HdP - Veni, Vidi, Vici and Rosam, Ambrarem, Petroleum
The Different Company - Oud Shamash, Oud for Love and Aurore Nomade
Guerlain - Sous Le Vent, Angélique Noire, Bois d'Armenie, Cruel Gardenia, Rose Barbare
and many more niches up for split...
One topping my list (Turtle Vetiver Back by LesNez) just got released...
These are the ones so far that haven't to the best of my knowledge:
Secraction by O'driù
Beloved Man by Amouage
The new Puredistance scent
Current Top Favorites:
1) Portrait of a Lady original formula (EdP Frédéric Malle)
2) Giorgio for Men vintage/V.I.P. for Men (Giorgio Beverly Hills)
3) Dia Man vintage edt (Amouage)
4) Anat Fritz Original Formula and Classical (Anat Fritz) - tie
4) Lalfeorosa (O'driù) - tie
6) Les Nombres d'Or Vetyver (Mona di Orio)
7) Captain vintage (Molyneux)
8) Tzora (Anat Fritz)
9) Javanese Patchouli (Zegna) - tie
9) Monsieur de Givenchy vintage (Givenchy) - tie
9) Coeur de Vetiver Sacré (L'Artisan) - tie
9) Polo vintage (Ralph Lauren) - tie
9) Patou pour Homme Privé (Jean Patou) - tie
9) Oud Shamash (The Different Company) - tie
Versace Nero and Le Beau Male
My somewhat guilty pleasure, CK One Summer! I've already started watching for it. Can't wait to see this year's bottle.
Amouage Beloved Man has me very excited, can't wait to try it!
Beloved Man only.
Interested in the new masculine Creeds, as well as anything from Josh Lobb (aka Slumberhouse). I've been loving Sova to death lately. I'll pay for any sample he puts out from now on. Great guy and just stunningly good fragrances. Sova is one of the best I've ever smelled in so many ways (Norne is up there too).
Right now, Amouage Beloved Man for me. By the way, I do love the name, Beloved Man.
Anything Serge Lutens, I am Monsieur Lutens's Whore
***My favourite from my collection***
-------- Amouage: Tribute Attar, Jubilation XXV, GoldMan
------ Serge Lutens: Chêne, Tubéreuse Criminell, Ambre Sultan
-------- Les Exclusifs de Chanel: Sycamore, Coromandel
------ Tom Ford Private Blend: Noir de Noir, Tobacco Vanille
------- Hermès: Terre D'Hermès Parfum, Ambre Narguilé
------ EDP Frederic Malle: Carnal Flower
-------- Neela Vermire Creations: Trayee
------ Parfum MDCI: Invasion Barbare


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Years ago colleagues used to say I was wasting my time joining discussions in the online forums for towns and villages in our patch.
Even when I tracked down someone who was evacuated from a building next to Buncefield Oil Depo as it exploded, they were still sceptical.
Time and technology move on. When I created My Space then Facebook and Twitter accounts for the Worthing Herald colleagues dismissed them as pointless.
I introduced Twitter in 2008. By the time I left the Herald in 2011 everyone in the newsroom asked my advice as they set up their own accounts.
Both Twitter and Facebook have proved useful tools for news gathering as well as distribution.
Facebook community pages and groups help reporters keep up with people's concerns from cashpoint card cloning to inconsiderate parking and potential child abductions.
Twitter is a great way to keep track of politicians, community groups, local government and events.
Even though the internet isn't a new thing and social media is an established tool.
When I asked journalists how they would encourage resisters, there was an assumption the nay sayers were old.
I have taught online journalism skills to NCTJ students in 2009 and in every group I've had at least one person say, "I'm not interested in this", "I don't want to do online journalism".
One student who didn't turn up to my first class in 2009, but ended up working with later summed up the situation very well when I spoke with him at an event in 2013.
"You were the first person I knew talking about Twitter and bit.ly.
"You are right, we need to know this stuff, it's essential for journalists."
Below is a link to a Storify explaining why journalists should use social media.


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After you are accepted to a program, CGE will notify the Financial Aid Office of your plan to study abroad. An adjustment will be made to your budgets to reflect additional expenses you will incur. (Note: student employment is not an option during study abroad). You may also be eligible for additional grants, loans or scholarships from outside agencies to help defray costs.
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IPL Auction 2012: Final Shortlist of 144 Players
The IPL Auction 2012 Season 5 will be held on February 4, 2012. IPL governing council has increased the squad size of every IPL team to 33 from the old limit of 30 players and also increased the salary cap by $2 million USD in an announcement. But only four players will be allowed to play in a match.
The unsold players of 2011 Players Auction and the players of Kochi Tuskers Kerala, Now defunct IPL franchise, will be in the 2012 IPL Players auction. Mahela Jayawardene, Brad Hodge, Owais Shah, Brendon McCullum, Muttiah Muralitharan, Thisara Perera, Steven Smith are in the list of foreign players of Kochi IPL who will be in the Auction. VVS Laxman, Parthiv Patel, Ramesh Powar, RP singh, Sresanth and Vinay Kumar are in the list of Indian Players who are in the IPL Players Auction.
Download IPL Auction 2012 Players List in PDF
IPL Auction 2012 Final Players List
VVS Laxman (India), Sreesanth (India); Graeme Swann (England)
James Anderson (England); Mitchell Johnson (Australia); Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka).
Steven Smith, Brad Hodge, Peter Siddle (Australia), Matt Prior, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Owais Shah, Chris Tremlett, Luke Wright, Rikki Clarke (England); Vernon Philander, Nicky Boje (South Africa); RP Singh, Parthiv Patel (India); Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka).
Capped: Brad Hogg, Stuart MacGill, Xavier Doherty, Adam Voges(Australia); Jade Dernbach, Simon Jones (England); Jacob Oram, Kyle Mills (New Zealand); Justin Kemp, Robin Peterson, Alviro Petersen, Morne van Wyk, Imran Tahir, Mark Boucher, Ryan McLaren (South Africa); Dilhara Fernando (Sri Lanka); Ramnaresh Sarwan, Marlon Samuels, Denesh Ramdin, Dwayne Smith, Ravi Rampaul, Fidel Edwards, Daren Ganga, Darren Bravo (West Indies); Brendan Taylor, Ray Price (Zimbabwe); Ravindra Jadeja, Vinay Kumar, Ramesh Powar, VRV Singh (India).
Uncapped: Ben Cutting, James Faulkner (Australia) and Tom Maynard (England).
Capped: Jason Krejza, Ben Laughlin, Luke Ronchi, Shane Harwood, (Australia); Tamim Iqbal (Bangladesh); Mal Loye (England); Lou Vincent, Ian Butler, Andy McKay, Rob Nicol, Doug Bracewell, (New Zealand); Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Rory Kleinveldt, Herschelle Gibbs, Marchant de Lange, Johan van der Wath, (South Africa); Upul Tharanga, Farveez Maharoof, Chamara Kapugedera, Ajantha Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal, Rangana Herath, Chanaka Welegedara (Sri Lanka); Lendl Simmons, Suleiman Benn, Andre Russell, Devendra Bishoo, Adrian Barath (West Indies); Hamilton Masakadza, Charles Coventry (Zimbabwe).
Uncapped: Lee Carseldine, Ben Edmondson, Peter Forrest, Daniel Harris, Michael Neser , Michael Klinger (Australia); Jason Roy (England); Tom Cooper (Netherlands); Kevin O'Brien, Niall O'Brien (Ireland); Ahmed Amla, Dillon du Preez, Robert Frylinck, Richard Levi (South Africa), Kevon Cooper (West Indies).
Capped: Josh Hazlewood, Trent Copeland (Australia); Adam Milne (New Zealand); Paul Harris, Gulam Bodi, Vaughan van Jaarsveld, Andrew Puttick (South Africa); Thilina Kandamby, Thilan Thushara, Jeevan Mendis, Dilruwan Perera, Lahiru Thirimanne, (Sri Lanka); Andre Fletcher, Krishmar Santokie (West Indies); Keegan Meth, Tino Mawoyo, (Zimbabwe).
Uncapped: Tim Cruickshank, Aaron Heal, Ashton May, Alister McDermott, Aaron O'Brien, Ben Rohrer, Daniel Smith (Australia); Farhaan Behardien, Henry Davids, CJ de Villiers, Daryn Smit, JJ Smuts, Craig Thyssen, (South Africa); Sachithra Senanayake (Sri Lanka); Samuel Badree, Jonathan Carter (West Indies).
IPL Auction 2012:Country wise total number of Foreign Players
- Australia (16)
- South Africa (19)
- England (13)
- New Zealand (10)
- West Indies (16)
- Zimbabwe (7)
- Sri Lanka (18)
- Ireland (2)
- Bangladesh (1)
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Collector's Connection
This is a very nice vacuum coffee pot from Westinghouse, glass made by Pyrex. It stands about 10 1/4" high. It comes with 2 Cory Filter Rods. The glass is in very good condition, there are some very minor scratches and there is some wear marks on the bottom, to be expected. The bakelite top lid does have a chip off the inside and 2 spots on the top outside. The rubber seal between the two pots is in remarkable condition given its age, still flexible with no signs of deterioration...
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The Killing Never Ends
Romper, bomper, stomper, boo. Tell me, tell me, tell me do. Magic mirror, tell me today, have all my friends had fun at play? Any Romper Room fans out there?
I can see my friend Novella, whom I'd like to thank for her posting about these bug zappers. The kiddo and I spent the better part of an hour fighting over who would get to fry the flies.
"Can I try?"
"Wait, wait. Just let me get this one."
"Please, can I try it?"
"Wait till I get that one flying really high."
"Just one time? Pleeeeeeease!"
It's obvious that I was totally bogarting that electric swatter, but before you feel too bad for the child I did let her get her fair share of zaps in. We had a blast with our new toy, high five-ing each other after every good zzzzzt. There's nothing better than the sound of sizzling bugs. I think I've found a replacement for my flea picking compulsion. The dog and cat will be so relieved.
Goodbye stinky, gross fly traps. You've been replaced.
Farm Tours
I know I've tried this before, but I really mean it this time. For reals. Starting next week, the farm will be open on Fridays from 10-11 a.m. for visitors and anyone looking to pick up some farm goodies (email me for address). Please show up within this time slot if you want a good look around and a bit of chat. If you show up at 10:55, you will get a whirlwind five minute tour and if you show up after 11 you will be "shit out of luck", as my mom likes to say. I hate to sound like such a biznatch because we really do love showing folks around and sharing our space with the urban farm curious, but the amount of work that needs to get done around here combined with two (work at home) jobs precludes us from being available all the time. I realize this is an impossible time slot for those of you with regular jobs so if you really, really can't make that time, email me and we'll work something out.
Here's a list of current farm treaties available:
Spicy Salsa
California Chile Salsa
Strawberry Syrup
Ollalieberry Jam
Lemon Apple Butter
Blueberry Jam
Goat Milk Soap
"Cluckin' Good Eggs" T-shirts
Internships and Apprenticeships
Did you know there's a difference? I'd been using the words interchangeably until I read this article and realized I shouldn't be playing fast and loose with semantics. "Say what you mean, and mean what you say." That's what my dad always told me to do.
Anywho, I had a couple of folks who were supposed to start interning at the beginning of the year, but that fell through. I've now got a couple slots open for any interested parties. Folks should have an interest in the following:
1. Gaining firsthand experience with various aspects of the urban farm: food production and preservation, animal care, and maintenance/use of space/beautification. The internship can focus on any or all of the three categories, depending on interests.
2. Committing to working 6-8 hours a week for a minimum of 12 weeks.
3. Having a real desire to learn about urban farming practices and a willingness to work hard at a variety of tasks including light construction, mucking manure, digging, and handling stubborn, willful goats.
Itty Bitty is an experiment in self-sufficiency (like we don't make any bread for making our own bread, man) so we can't pay interns money. However, we do shell out in eggs, milk, and produce for a hard day's work. Email me if you are interested.
Spring Chicken Class
A good number of people had said that they would be interested in taking a chicken class at Itty Bitty if it was offered. Hmm... so what happened to everyone? Do you all have plans that weekend? Is it the time? Are you afraid that I'm going to be really mean and have you stick your fingers up the backside of a chicken to prove your readiness for hen ownership (I swear I won't do that)? Talk to me, people. I was expecting a larger number of folks to sign up and I would hate to have to cancel on the couple that have already committed.
The class will be on February 26th from 1-4 p.m. I promise it will be super fun. There will be loads of good info, you'll get to try your hand at wrangling chickens, I'll give a wing clipping demonstration, AND there will be farm snacks.
(Wow, I didn't mean for this post to be so long... and bitchy... and whiny. Sorry. I'll go ahead and blame it on "that time of the month".)


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10 Commandments For The Smaller Firm, Part 1
Here are four of the top 10 pieces of advice typically offered entrepreneurs at seminars for owners of small businesses.
By John Aberle, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of Marketing San Jose State University
Almost every seminar conducted for smaller firm owners contains in one form or another the same notions. These may appear in different formats or under different titles, but the ideas remain the same.
Following is the first of a two-part article concerned with each of the principles that continue to appear over and over again.
The First Commandment
Thou Shall Look at the Bottom Line But Know How That Line Was Reached
The notion for the section title just cited came from a talk I heard that the speaker entitled "The Tony Bennett Factor." What he said was that Mr. Bennett, recognizing his strength as a balladeer, never changed his style and as a result his success has spanned generations.
The speaker had been studying business longevity, trying to determine what makes some firms survive so successfully for so long. His findings have considerable relevancy for the owners of smaller firms. Although each of the firms he studied recognized the importance of diversification, they all held fast to a WBAWI—or "what business are we in?"—philosophy. They knew their strengths, developed strong market presence based on those strengths and never forgot their roots.
A Tension Exists Between Short-Term Results and Long-Term Performance. And so it is with the survival and growth of the smaller firm. In virtually every case I have seen the owner appreciated the tension between short-term results and long-term performance, but the short term did not control decision-making. The tension was always there.
One of the owner's toughest jobs, really, is to mediate between the two viewpoints just mentioned—short-term profit, results now, versus investment for future development.
Again, the theme was simple. Long before customer service was emphasized in business journals, the successful smaller firm owners made sure their salespeople listened to their customers, followed up on promises, and provided replacements or refunds when requested. These were the things that allowed them to remain in their customers' minds and good graces.
Therefore, it can be said that virtually anyone can learn to read a monthly financial report and interpret the figures so that trends can be spotted. Obviously there is a need to look at the bottom line. More important, however, is to know how that line was reached.
The Second Commandment
Thou Shall Trust Thy Hunches
In this day and age when most smaller firm owners have come to depend upon data forthcoming from their personal computers as the basis for making a management decision, the old-fashioned hunch seems to have taken a back seat. This may be reinforced, particularly if you now have a younger employee associated with you in your store. He or she will be taught that business is an exact science, and you will be told that you are not supposed to say, "I feel," because that means you are equating instinct with judgment.
Today, because of the penchant for exactness, a great many academicians associate a number with a formalized judgment. Thus the management professor wants a number judgment from the students with respect to the correctness of the alternative solutions they propose. Are they 60 percent sure, 70 percent or 80 percent?
No one knows for sure how the intuitive hunch surfaces. The theory is that bits of information upon which the hunch is based are stored and processed in some unknown way in your mind. An activity or event that requires a solution probably trips the hatch to the storage vat, and out comes the feeling that you should or should not do something.
Consider, for example, the notion that numbers increase the exactness of decision-making. Let us say your accountant urges you to incorporate. He draws up the figures. "Look at all the money you will save," he says. "The numbers make the decision."
"But wait a minute," something inside you says. "Are the underlying assumptions correct? Is it really possible to divide income as the accountant has shown?"
These questions can't be answered with numbers. The tiny voice inside that raised the questions—your intuitive hunch—must take over and help you make the decision.
The Third Commandment
Thou Shall Make Thine Own Forecasts of the Economy
We've had 10 recessions since World War II. Undoubtedly there will be more.
Recessions, however, never repeal the business cycle. As long as people are willing to work to succeed, times will eventually improve.
Our current economic state of affairs consists of feeling our way through a kaleidoscope of transitions. While the entire world has felt the effects of a global recession the past few years, the events shaping the economy vary differently on regional areas. In fact, a number of economists will argue that we have at least half a dozen regional economies—each having its own business cycle, and none of which occur simultaneously.
In view of the foregoing, who should the smaller business owner depend upon when it comes to economic forecasts? A case in point: The Wall Street Journal announced that Susan Sterne outdid 61 fellow economists in forecasting economic activity for a certain timeframe because she simply observed surrounding events—events that any one us could also see. She ignored sophisticated statistics as foreign trade flows, corporate spending plans or Federal Reserve monthly patterns. Instead, she watched what the consumers were doing in order to pin down their spending patterns.
The point I'm making is this: No one is more sensitive to consumer trends than retailers like yourselves. More importantly, these trends take place in your "neck-of-the-woods." While economic activity may be picking up for you, other regions may still be facing slower times.
Economic forecasts generally are all inclusive and the data is usually an accumulation of material that is not nearly as immediate as that which you receive by talking with your customers.
In summary, don't be overwhelmed by the predictions of high-priced economic seers. Use your own good common sense to interpret the flow of information forthcoming from your surroundings.
The Fourth Commandment
Thou Shall Focus on Cash Rather Than Profit
"Though my bottom line is black,
I am flat upon my back.
My customers' pay is slow;
The growth of my receivables
Is almost unbelievable.
The result is certain—unremitting woe
And I hear the banker utter
An ominous low mutter,
'Watch cash flow.'"
For years accountants have focused most of their attention on the problems of measuring income and have tired to convince business owners that income should be based on accrual rather than a cash basis—that expenses should be recorded in the year that they occur rather than the year they are paid.
Creditors certainly are interested in accrual-based income or profitability. In the long run, a firm must be profitable to survive. But in the short run, a creditor's interest lies almost exclusively in cash flow. The question of overriding importance to a creditor is whether the borrower will generate enough cash to repay the debt. And if a creditor is interested in estimating future cash flows, a statement that shows where cash came from and how it was used in the past would be a good starting point.
Please visit www.performanceracing.com next month for the fifth through 10th commandments.
Owners of small businesses can find valuable insights at various seminars, but some of the best advice has to do with trusting your instincts and focusing on cash above all else.