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NVIDIA Announces Kepler-Based Quadro K5000 & Second-Generation Maximusby Ryan Smith on 8/7/2012 10:00 AM EST
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ltcommanderdata - Tuesday, August 07, 2012 - linkSeeing that GK110 Tesla won't likely be shipping in volume until next year, while the Quadro K5000 will be available a few months earlier, I wonder if nVidia supports a "Maximum 1.5" setup pairing the Quadro K5000 with a Fermi based Tesla? Reply
silverblue - Tuesday, August 07, 2012 - linkI think if Intel did that (as unlikely as it is to happen), they'd quickly find themselves hauled in front of the US and EU courts and be split up. Getting caught against AMD was one thing, repeating it against NVIDIA is quite another. Reply
XZerg - Tuesday, August 07, 2012 - linkI would believe AMD is much more passive and Nvidia being much more aggressive when they need to defend themselves. It has been proven in the past and would bet it would happen again if Intel did something that dumb. Reply
bigboxes - Wednesday, August 08, 2012 - linkIt's funny that yesterday AT posts nVidia's new professional cards, while other sites show AMD's new offererings. I find that passive aggressive. Reply
mayankleoboy1 - Tuesday, August 07, 2012 - linkAny news on if GK110 will be present in consumer gaming cards ? Reply
dragonsqrrl - Tuesday, August 07, 2012 - linkI just can't imagine Nvidia not using it in their high end gaming cards. Developing a Tesla/Quadro only GPU, then developing a separate GPU specifically for high-end gaming would be extraordinarily costly, even if both are based on the same architecture. Reply
johnthacker - Wednesday, August 08, 2012 - linkWell, I suspect that NVIDIA will use it in a high end gaming card only if and when they need to to compete with AMD, and only if it turns out to be a better option than, say, a shrink or reconfiguration of GK104 (a GK114) for better performance. While development is costly, optimizing the hardware for graphics versus compute can make it worth it.
On another level, look at the price (and thus gross margin) for NVIDIA on those Quadro and Kepler cards. Keeping GK110 in Quadro and Kepler only gets a lot of people doing Compute to fork over the cash, instead of doing GPGPU on the cheap with GeForce cards. I can tell you that there was an audible sigh of disappointment at GTC2012 when audience members asked at the "Inside Kepler" talk whether all these cool new Kepler features aimed at compute (Dynamic Parallelism, Hyper-Q, etc.) were limited to GK110 only and the answer was yes. Reply
JlHADJOE - Thursday, August 09, 2012 - linkOn the contrary, I can't imagine Nvidia using it (GK110) in their gaming cards, especially with supply limited as it is and their professional lines being much more profitable. Reply
dragonsqrrl - Thursday, January 31, 2013 - linkhmmm, Geforce Titan
... what happened? Reply
RonMLew - Tuesday, August 07, 2012 - linkIs Nvidia trying to show an anachronistic mismatch on purpose? The move visible plane is a Soviet Polikarpov I-16, which was active from the mid-1930s until the end of WW2. the colors are odd and it looks like there are two surface to air missiles. Reply
unidntifiedbones - Wednesday, August 08, 2012 - linkLook again, Gee Bee R1, not I-16.
Bit of a silly image really. Reply
HisDivineOrder - Wednesday, August 08, 2012 - link"Meanwhile Quadro K5000 also brings with it all of the major Fermi family features that we first saw with the GeForce GTX 680, including support for DisplayPort 1.2, 4 display controllers per GPU, PCI-Express 3.0 support, the NVENC H.264 video encoder, and even bindless textures."
You said "major Fermi family features," but did you mean Kepler? Reply
Ryan Smith - Wednesday, August 08, 2012 - linkYes, I did. Thank you for that. Reply
shawkie - Wednesday, August 08, 2012 - linkAny idea how they've managed to make PCI-Express GEN3 work with SNB-E on this board and not on the GTX 600 series? Have they managed to respin the GK104 already? Or have they used a bridge chip like on the GTX 690? Or is it just down to the track layout on the PCB?
BTW, I'm aware that its possible to force the driver to run in GEN3 with SNB-E even with the GTX 600 series but in my experience this doesn't actually work properly (slow transfer speeds and system instability) so I can't imagine nVidia would suddenly claim it was supported unless they've actually changed something. Reply
Ryan Smith - Wednesday, August 08, 2012 - linkWhile I don't have the full details, it doesn't look like NVIDIA has actually changed anything. Rather Kepler and SNB-E working correctly with PCIe 3.0 is dependent on some (unknown to us) hardware factor on the host machine. NVIDIA knows what that factor is, and will be qualifying workstations for PCIe 3.0.
As it stands we know that PCIe 3.0 works perfectly fine on some SNB-E systems (namely: ours), so this isn't all that hard to believe. Reply
shawkie - Wednesday, August 08, 2012 - linkSo logically if a workstation is qualified by nVidia for PCIe 3.0 with the K5000 then we should expect that workstation to also work (in GEN3 mode) with the GTX 600 series...
So far nVidia have repeatedly refused to publish any kind of list of qualified PCIe 3.0 motherboards claiming that results also vary by CPU (among other factors?). Reply
Ryan Smith - Wednesday, August 08, 2012 - linkCorrect, if it were to be qualified with K5000 then it should also work with a manually enabled GTX 600 card. Reply
pvrvideoman - Wednesday, August 08, 2012 - linkReading these articles on Kepler products makes me think that sticking to the Fermi products would be a better, less expensive choice. They are well established, and are valuable in many applications. Check out RenderStreamTV on Youtube. This isn't the only video where the power of the mainstream GPU is utilized in an app, but it's a nice one. The consumer and the manufacturer have such different goals. AMD seems to have the consumer in mind a bit more than NVidia. Reply
Rictorhell - Wednesday, August 08, 2012 - linkWhat I am trying to find out is if there is the possibility of Nvidia releasing a newer, more powerful graphics card later this year or early next year, or if the GTX 690 is it, as far as consumer cards, for the near future?
I haven't purchased a new graphics card for a few years, so I want the best, but most power efficient card that I can buy. The impression I have is that the 680 and the 690 are great cards, but that they don't really provide a "huge" power boost over the previous generation cards or the cards just prior to that generation.
If they are planning to release something that is significantly faster then the 680, I would definitely be interested in that, if it's coming. Reply
Rictorhell - Wednesday, August 08, 2012 - linkThe last card that I purchased was the Geforce 8800 GTX. Is there anyone here that had that card or has that card, that can tell me, roughly, how the performance of that card would compare to the peformance of the GTX 680? Reply
puppies - Wednesday, August 08, 2012 - link"roughly" the 680 will destroy it Reply
Rictorhell - Wednesday, August 08, 2012 - linklol Um....like destroy it 5x times over, 10x, 20x? :) Reply
BiggieShady - Wednesday, August 08, 2012 - linkBy the power of seaarchh ... http://www.hwcompare.com/12476/geforce-8800-gtx-vs... Reply
Ryan Smith - Wednesday, August 08, 2012 - linkThe 8800GT is a hair slower than the 8800GTX, but otherwise this should give you a pretty good idea.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/521?vs=555 Reply
Rictorhell - Wednesday, August 08, 2012 - linkThank you, I appreciate the help. Reply
dtolios - Wednesday, August 08, 2012 - linkWhich does not really boost the GPU accelerated envelope - call it dev's failure to optimize for Kepler, or nVidia's gaming oriented RnD...the only thing that saves them in workstation graphics are AMD's driver issues with many OpenCL accelerated applications, and ofc the stubbornness of some software devs to stick with CUDA. Another couple of years of "the same" overpriced Quadros. Reply
johnthacker - Wednesday, August 08, 2012 - link122W TDP, less than the 142W of the single slot Quadro 4000, and they can't make a single slot card? We have some various chassis where it would be highly useful if it were single slot. Reply
ExarKun333 - Saturday, August 11, 2012 - linkYou are just ridiculous. Please stop talking. Reply
Gadgety - Saturday, December 15, 2012 - linkLooks like Nvidia really want to sell their Maximus, as the FP64 is 1/24 FP32. Reply


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Short Bytes: Intel's Devil's Canyonby Jarred Walton on 8/4/2014 11:50 AM EST
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RadicalEntity - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkPlease, for the love of all that is holy, compare the 4790k OC to the 4930k. Or at least add the 4930k to the benchmark comparison page. We get it, the 4790k is faster than the 4770k. A lot less obvious and a lot more interesting is how the chip stacks up in multi-threaded applications versus a hexa-core. Reply
takeshi7 - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkI think they should just wait and compare it to Haswell-E Reply
TiGr1982 - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkA lot of benchmarks are out there on the web for these two separately; go look yourself - what's the problem?
Regarding multithreading business, for example, Core i7-4790K at stock scores 850 in Cinebench R15, and Core i7-4930K at stock scores around 970. So, the hehacore only wins by 970/850 = 1.14, or 14%. And so on - somewhere 4930K does even better, but not principally better.
IMHO, 4790K is a better buy among the two, because, to me, the 4930K's multithreaded lead is not justified by its much higher price, higher M/B cost, older X79 chipset, older Ivy Bridge cores and thus considerably slower single thread operation and lack of newest CPU instructions such as AVX2, FMA3 and TSX, all of which are present in Haswell, but absent in Ivy Bridge.
If you really need more cores, then I advise to wait till Haswell-E arrives next month and go for Haswell-E. Reply
JarredWalton - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkRegarding the lack of LGA2011 CPUs (and plenty of other CPUs as well), this was specifically intended as a short overview of Devil's Canyon, putting it's performance in perspective relative to existing mainstream CPUs. I'm working on a separate article that will look at a larger selection of CPUs, which will likely post some time later this week. Reply
RadicalEntity - Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - linkAmazing! Thanks Jarred, can't wait to read. Reply
RadicalEntity - Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - linkThat actually answers my question very well, thank you. Reply
designgears - Sunday, August 10, 2014 - linkPretty useless to compare those two, single core it will be slower, multicore, would be pretty close. Real life, not much uses 6 cores. I used my old i7-970 in my media center and the only thing I ever used 6 cores for was compiling. Reply
klmccaughey - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkHow does it stack up against a 2500k? I bet that is what a LOT of people want to know as they are hanging on to their 2500k waiting for a something worth buying. Reply
DanNeely - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkThat's what bench is for:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/288?vs=1261 Reply
SpeedMan88 - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkWhat I would like to see is a comparison of a 2500k OC'd to 4.8 GHz vs whatever OC can be had with the 4790k. I imagine many enthusiasts with the 2500k are not running it at stock speeds. Reply
TiGr1982 - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkThen go dig the pro/dedicated/geek overclockers forums - there are plenty of them out there.
It's all there in numbers (but yes, this info is sparse and scarce and not in a single place - geek overclockers rarely bother to systematize the performance information, with a few exceptions). Reply
MrSpadge - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkDon't make it too complicated. If you finally find benchmarks with OC clock speeds comparable to yours they will probably have run at different memory settings, will have used not the software you're going to use etc.
On average Ivy is about 6% faster per clock than Sandy, and Haswell is about 8% faster per clock than Ivy. Together you can expect on average 14.5% more performance per clock, plus whatever HT and the larger L3 cache give you in your applications. The latter is good for a few % at most, whereas the latter depends strongly on your software (0 - 30%).
A nice rule of thumb is that upgrades with less than a 50% CPU performance increase won't be subjectively noticeable. So if you're still pleased with your Sandy, don't upgrade yet. Devils Canyon can't change this obvious conclusion, which is valid since the initial launch of Haswell. Reply
Impulses - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkGood answer to his question right there, it's uninspiring that there still isn't anything worth upgrading to (unless you use your system for actual time sensitive work) but at the same time it's kind of satisfying that we might get as much mileage out of the trust 2500K/2600K as we did out of the old Q6600. Reply
klmccaughey - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkYEah I will take that as a NO then. There is no point in upgrading. Will checlk back next tick or tock or whatever. Reply
idless - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkJust upgraded to 4790k all the way from q6600. A very satisfying experience! Will be exciting to see how long the new CPU will last (as viable). Reply
TiGr1982 - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkWell, this is not surprising, since i7-4790K is around 3 times faster than Core 2 Quad Q6600 (considering both at stock frequencies).
This comparison case is actually a comparison case of the first & slowest and latest & fastest quad core Intel CPUs being produced up to date :) Reply
slacr - Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - linkAhh, I'm currently in the process of moving my Q6600 out of service, having run it as a server at stock speed with 1.15V since it was replaced by a 2500K for the gaming setup :) Reply
iamezza - Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - linkThat bench comparo shows the 4690K as more than double the speed of the 2500K in all the gaming benchmarks. Something is messed up there. Reply
extide - Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - linkNo, just read the charts man... The ones with the 2x speed increase are using the integrated Processor Graphics (HD3000 vs HD4600) Reply
HardwareDufus - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkThe article was titled 'Short Byte'.
Why are so many of you complaining it's not a 7 course meal?
Me thinkest thou art of the 'give me everything now!' set. Reply
Alexey291 - Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - linkIn half a year or so (when everyone on this forgot that this cpu even existed) there might be a review on it.
Or more likely yet - never.
Instead they will review some 4 year old phones and look at how colour accuracy has improved from 2010 to 2012... Or something :/ Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - linkUmm... we already have a full review of Devil's Canyon; it's linked in the first paragraph. Reply
homerdog - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkDevil's Canyon CPUs also support VT-d and TSX, whereas the 4670K and 4770K do not. I'm just putting that out there. Reply
JarredWalton - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkThanks! I was actually in the process of updating the text to note this when I saw your comment. :-) Reply
Kevin G - Monday, August 04, 2014 - link"The i7-4790K on the other hand has the highest stock clocks of any CPU Intel has ever released..."
Not entirely accurate. The Xeon X5698 has a stock speed of 4.4 Ghz. The only catch is that the X5698 was an OEM only chip due to the niche it was targeting. Reply
JarredWalton - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkTo be fair, it's still tied for the highest clock and is thus "the highest". Plus, dual-core Nehalem is a bit long in the tooth now. Reply
Kevin G - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkExcept 4.4 Ghz was that Xeon's base speed, not turbo. Reply
JarredWalton - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkYes, but there was no turbo on the X5698 AFAICT. It was a weird chip, regardless, and the fact that Intel doesn't even list it in ARK makes it even more of an oddity. So it was a six-core chip with all but two cores disabled, with the clock speed goosed to 4.4GHz and a codename of Everest, and it was largely ignored. Basically it was the last gasp of the "clock speed is king" era IMO. Now we're back up to 4.4GHz, but at roughly half the power draw as Everest. Reply
TiGr1982 - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkDon't be so picky - I guess,
97% of desktop customers are unaware of such an oddity from the past as X5698 :)
Only server guys and geeks may remember now about this SKU, I think :) Reply
brucek2 - Friday, August 08, 2014 - linkOK, I'm stumped. I've been trying to puzzle out the nature of the "Short Bytes" series. There's only this + one more that comes up when I click on the tag for it so not a big sample size to extrapolate from so far. Where do these fit in vs. say reading just the conclusion of the original review? And why have it come so far after the original review? Maybe they're intended to provide updates once there's been more field experience to draw from (ie like the likely 4.7 max o/c provided here?)
I'm guessing there's an answer and its bothering me I can't figure it out... Reply


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[BBC] Pontypridd centre Sonny Parker says that last week's shock Welsh Premiership loss to Ebbw Vale was a wake-up call ahead of their important European tie.
"It was a slap in the face, but it's done us good," said the Wales midfield star, "we played shockingly but you have to move on."
The match could turn out to be Connacht's last home fixture at the top level of European or Celtic competition.
The Irish Rugby Union meet on Thursday to discuss whether to continue funding Connacht as a professional side.
Connacht, playing away from their usual home because Galway Sports Ground is undergoing refurbishment, have made four changes from the team that started against Narbonne in the last round.
Gavin Duffy replaces the injured Ted Robinson on the right-wing, Mark McHugh starts at full-back, Jerry Flannery plays at hooker and Johnny O'Connor comes in for the injured John O'Sullivan in the back row.
Pontypridd injury worry Neil Jenkins has been passed fit, so the World record points scorer starts at outside-half, with Ceri Sweeney on the bench.
The Welsh team thrashed Connacht 0-40 at the Galway Sports Ground in their Celtic League encounter in October, but Parker says that nothing can be read into that result.
"They had a few changes that day and they've been playing well recently.
"They're a formidable team. We've got to go there and impose our game plan and stop theirs."
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HOUSTON - A deal has been worked out to keep the doors of a popular Third Ward community center open.
SHAPE has been an institution in Houston's Third Ward for more than 40 years, providing after-school programs, senior activities and food pantries. The community center was recently sold at auction to pay off an unpaid $82,000 debt on leased copy machines.
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New Zealand A's four day match against India A in Visakhapatnam has finished in a draw.
The New Zealanders attained a narrow seven-run lead from the first innings, after dismissing India for 430. Behind Tom Latham (61) and Carl Cachopa (76) New Zealand extended that lead and reached 176 for three in the second innings before stumps was called.
India resumed at 408 for seven and added an extra 22 runs to their overnight total, but were undone by Mark Gillespie in the morning session. The right-arm bowler captured the final three wickets required cheaply, and finished with figures of four for 80 from 29.3 overs.
A draw looked certain and Latham and Cachopa made sure New Zealand avoided any collapse with a 128 run partnership for the second wicket.
New Zealand A Captain Tom Latham says: "It was pleasing to come away and get ten wickets in the Indian innings and the way we followed that up with the bat in the afternoon was good.
"Corey's and Anton's centuries are two main positives from the match. To win Test matches you need guys getting hundreds and they stood up for us in the first innings.
"Also the way Mark and Doug went about their work with the ball in tough conditions was really impressive and gaining a small first innings lead was a reward of that.
"We now look forward to the shorter form."
New Zealand A play the first of three one day matches against India A on Sunday at 9:00pm local time (3:30pm NZ time).
Day three: Draw looms for New Zealand A
A strong showing by India A on day three of their four day match against New Zealand A will likely see the match in Visakhapatnam finish in a draw.
The hosts took their overnight score of 94 for two through to 408 for seven, leaving them 29 behind New Zealand A's first innings total of 437.Neither team has had their second innings..
Vasudevan Jagadeesh (91) and Manprit Juneja (178 not out) continued where they left off yesterday and overall added 197 runs for the third wicket, before Doug Bracewell bowled Jagadeesh in the 71st over.
Jagadeesh's replacement Abishek Nayar added 57, while Juneja extended his stay and made his fifth First Class century. Bracewell once again was the one to break the partnership, rattling the sumps of Nayar.
Corey Anderson then chimed in with a wicket, while Todd Astle took two towards the end of the day to make them seven down. Juneja remains though and has so far struck 19 fours and a six in the 336 balls he has faced.
New Zealand A Coach Grant Bradburn says: "India played really well. It was a tough day for the team in the park today, but they can be proud of the way they stuck at it.
"It was probably the hottest day of the tour so far and conditions didn't deteriorate as much as we'd hoped. It's still a very good batting surface.
"The pick of the bowers today was probably Doug Bracewell, who bowled really well for his three wicket reward and kept toiling away in the sun. To bowl 22 overs today was a fantastic effort."
Play will resume at 9:30am local time (4pm NZ time).
Day two: Bracewell gives New Zealand A advantage
A ninth wicket partnership worth 162-runs between Doug Bracewell (96) and Ish Sodhi (57) gave New Zealand A a first innings total of 437 on day two of their four day match against India A in Visakhapatnam.
Bracewell and Mark Gillespie then picked up a wicket apiece early in India's response to have the home side 94 for two and still 345-runs behind at stumps.
Bracewell half century highlights
New Zealand A resumed the day at 300 for eight with Bracewell on 12 and Sodhi 14, but the pair frustrated the home side's bowlers through to lunch and beyond. Bracewell was the more aggressive of the two, striking 11 fours and one six in his 132 ball stay.
The 22 year-old fell just one boundary away from his maiden First Class ton when he was bowled by Abhishek Nayar after 120.3 overs. Sodhi was dismissed the following over to end the innings.
In reply, India was in strife at 16 for two, but found a steady pair in Vasudevan Jagadeesh (40 not out) and Manprit Juneja (43 not out) who saw out the final session of the day.
Bracewell said the side were pleased with their own total and they now had an important day ahead of them.
"I think 400 was a great achievement for us, especially considering we were 43 for four at one point," says Bracewell.
"It's definitely disappointing falling just four short of my maiden First Class century, but at the same time it was a great achievement to put on over 150 with Ish (Sodhi) and get the team into a good position.
"I think day three will tell us how the match is going to pan out. It's going to be a big ask for the bowlers tomorrow so hopefully we can stick to our plans and work towards picking up eight wickets."
Play will resume at 9:30am local time (4pm NZ time).
Day one: Anderson and Devcich fight back
Centuries from Corey Anderson (100) and Anton Devcich (115) have seen New Zealand A finish 300 for eight on day one of their four day match against India A in Visakhapatnam.
Anderson and Devcich fought back from their side being 43 for four with a 165-run fifth wicket stand. Doug Bracewell (12 not out) and Ish Sodhi (14 not out) will resume at the crease tomorrow.
Wickets tumbled early on after New Zealand had won the toss and opted to bat first. Neil Broom was the first to go, caught behind off the first delivery he faced.
After 17.1 overs the top four had all been dismissed and things were looking precarious for New Zealand. Anderson came to the crease and played his shots confidently though, striking 16 fours and two sixes in an innings which lasted 126 balls. It marked his second First Class century.
He was ably supported by Devcich, who played a steady hand in leading his side out of a corner. The 27 year-old faced 185 balls and found the boundary rope 15 times in his stay at the crease, which eventually ended after 77.2 overs.
At the conclusion of 89 overs on day one New Zealand reached the 300 mark with two wickets in hand.
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I'm trying to learn about classes.
I have defined the following class.
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class soldier():
none yet
def __int__(action_points, first_name, last_name, strength, morale, health, load_out, experience):
self.action_points = action_points
self.first_name = first_name
self.last_name = last_name
self.strength = strength
self.morale = morale
self.health = health
self.load_out = []
self.experience = experience
If I run this code and type the following into IDLE I get expected results as shown below.
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>>> tom = soldier()
>>> tom.first_name='tom'
>>> tom.last_name='smith'
>>> tom.action_points = 100
>>> tom.first_name
>>> tom.last_name
>>> tom.action_points
However, if I try to define the objects parameters as I declare a new instance of the class I get the following:
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>>> tony = soldier('100', 'tony', 'paradino', '100', '100', '100', 'AR50', '100')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#9>", line 1, in <module>
tony = soldier('100', 'tony', 'paradion', '100', '100', '100', 'AR50, Knife', '100')
TypeError: this constructor takes no arguments
I presumed I could define the parameters as above but now I'm unsure. I suspect I can but I'm doing something very wrong.
Can anyone give me a gentle nudge in the right direction please?
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>Gears and Wears>What headlamp do you like AND WHY?
Geezer trying for speed
I'm going to replace my headlamp. I'm wanting to know what headlamp do you like
AND MAYBE MORE IMPORTANTLY... WHY do you like it?
What features are a must.
What should one be careful of?
For me, I've not had a good one, but there are some things I like:
Let us know your thoughts.
Anyone could see races, etc. on www.markrice.com/running.
I believe in HR training: www.markrice.com/running/heart_rate_training.html
I gave up the headlamp in certain circumstances for a fenix handheld and love that mo bettah. By lots.
When I do supplement it with a headlamp, I use a not-expensive Princeton Tec Remix. Built like a tank, ok battery life, not hard to change them batteries.
I have two. My new one this fall is a Black Diamond Sprinter and I love it. It is bright enough, light enough, has a flashing rear light, and uses a li-ion battery so it is lightweight and rechargeable. I've used it in driving rainstorms and it works well. I'm not sure it would be a good trail light as I'd like more power and a wider beam for trails. However, I will try it out and see. The most useful feature is that it has just enough power that I can look down and see the ground right in front of my feet even when a car approaches on high bean, and after it passes when I am night blind.
My old one is a Petzl Tikka and is not bright enough. It left me blinded by car lights and unable to see the road. Ended up stepping in holes.
1+ to the props for this years' version of the Black Diamond Sprinter (this is the grey one that can be charged via USB charger)
It's very bright, has flashing mode as well as a rear red flasher. It is lightweight, holds up in the rain, and does not bounce (has a top head strap).
It fits snugly, but has enough give that I can wear it over a running cap where it stays put. (At first I did think it was too small, but once I got running with it, I was glad as the tightness helps eliminate bouncing. I would suggest trying it out at your LRS if you are concerned about the size.)
It's battery lasts easily 6 hours for me on high beam. It's supposed to last much longer with low intensity beam, but I haven't tried it.
The one thing I don't like as well is that there is really no practical way to remove the light unit from the elastic head strap for cleaning. However, since I wear it over a cap, the strap really doesn't get as sweaty as it would if I wore it directly on my head.
This light has kept me out of trouble running on the trails in the early AM, and I'd definitely buy it again.
Good luck!
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I have a Black Diamond Icon. 200 lumens of awesome. Not cheap though ($80). I'm not sure what you require for weight, but the battery pack (4 AA's) on the back of the head does have a little weight to it, thought not at all enough to be bothersome. The adjustable straps allow it to be a snug fit with zero bouncing.
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Some previous headlamp discussions may have some info of interest
here's one
here's another
I've done my best to live the right way. I get up every morning and go to work each day. (for now)
I have one very similar to this http://www.coleman.com/product/mini-headlamp/2000001127?contextCategory=1116#.UNSC5-TAd8E
It is extremely light and plenty bright.
I bought it in October and use it just about every night after work and I have not yet replaced the batteries. So it lasts a heck of a lot longer than 9 hours.
The draw is definitely how light it is.
Vision without action is a day dream.
Action without vision is a nightmare.
Knuckle lights for me.
I don't like headlamps, period. I don't like the weight and lopsided feeling on my forehead, but even more, I hate that it puts the light anywhere I look, because I look all around me. A lot. I don't want the light going into people's yards and windows or at cars, etc. I want it ALWAYS at my feet. I don't like the split second of dark when I look back at the ground, before my headlamp catches up to my eyes.
You would think that the light would bounce at your feet, but it doesn't. It's broad and bright enough, that with two crossing each other constantly, you get a solid swath of light at and several steps ahead of your feet. Knuckle lights are more visible to vehicles in an area of other light sources, because most everything else is steady, while the knuckle lights will be two, bobbing. They come with a red flashing reflector to clip on your back, but I've never actually used it.
They use 4 AAAs and with good batteries I get about 25 hours. Maybe more--just estimating.
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I prefer a flashlight to a headlamp and use an Olight that is no longer made (with no comparable replacement) - 30+ hours at its lowest setting, which is quite usable on most trails I've been on. 24 hours on its next brighter setting, which is plenty of light.
When I do use a headlamp (as backup to flashlight during races), I wear it around my chest. I don't like stuff on my head and can't imagine that I'd want a headlamp there. And, I like that the light stays pointed where I'm going, even as I look around. I also like to think it might be slightly less annoying to other runners - not as likely to blind them, unless they are a midget or small child.
That said, I prefer my Petzl Tikka Plus to my plain old Petzl Tikka ... brighter in its brightest mode.
pace sera, sera
Knuckle lights for me.
+1. I find them easy to carry/hold without much pressure. They are fairly bright as well.
Thanks to all for great perspectives and reasons for each method. ...and for specific model thoughts. I feel much better prepared to decide.
Been out at night a few times lately. I got a rayovac from Home depot for $17 or something like that. Two light levels 100 lumens and 36 lumens. 3 hours on high 15 hours on low. (they claim). I use NMhi rechargables. The high setting gets me down the driveway through the potholes- then I swtich to lower ( or turn off if moonlight or bright starlight) when I get to the pavement. The bright setting really lights things up. Has a loop over the head, so stays put- I hook a flashing red bike light on the back.
princeton tec 4 mode H2O 1M. 4 leds so wide view. This light is so bright I leave it on medium setting unless I'm on trails. Nice battery life.
Thats rad
I prefer to run with my trusty Smith and Wesson strapped to my leg. If a car gets to close I'll give em a warning shot, and if that doesn't work, blow one of their tires.
When I do use a headlamp (as backup to flashlight during races), I wear it around my chest. I don't like stuff on my head and can't imagine that I'd want a headlamp there. And, I like that the light stays pointed where I'm going, even as I look around. I also like to think it might be slightly less annoying to other runners - not as likely to blind them, unless they are a midget or small child.
This +1. Having the headlamp tight enough that it doesn't move leads to pressure that gives me headaches.
I am thinking about getting a flashing red light to go on the back also, to have all bases covered.
For visibility, I have a reflective vest (two x two inch high horizontal bands on a yellow vest. Seems pretty effective, as most cars start giving me room 30-40 yards before they reach me
Personal bests (bold = this year): 5K - 23:27 / 5M - 38:42 / 10K - 49:31 (track) / 10M - 1:24:26 / HM - 1:51:17 / M - 3:58:58
Next races: NYC Marathon, Nov 2014


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• blarney •
Pronunciation: blah(r)-nee • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Mass noun
Meaning: 1. The ability to cajole, to flatter eloquently, with a silver tongue. 2. Nonsense, poppy-cock.
Notes: Today's word is a lexical orphan, albeit an unusual one. It is unusual for a noun to refer to an activity; activities are usually expressed by verbs. So, today's Good Word may itself be used as a verb, to blarney, which has all the forms of a verb: blarneys, blarneyed, blarneying. The verb opens the door for an agent noun, blarneyer "someone good at blarney".
In Play: The semantic slide of today's good word from eloquence to nonsense aptly illustrates the English-speaking world's skepticism of eloquent speech. "Sean got his gift of blarney from the Good Words at the Alpha Dictionary site, though he is known to kiss the occasional rock." If your blarney is unconvincing, it becomes something quite different, mentioned in meaning No. 2 above: "That story of her love affair with a leprechaun is pure blarney."
Word History: The eponym of today's good word is the tiny village of Blarney, just outside the city of Cork in Ireland. The Blarney Stone is perched high up in the battlements of Blarney Castle there. The stone was given to Cormac McCarthy by Robert the Bruce in 1314 in recognition of his support in the Battle of Bannockburn, seen in motion picture, Braveheart, starring Mel Gibson. Legend would have it be half the Stone of Scone over which Scottish Kings were crowned. (:D We wish the lot of you crowned with the luck of the Irish on St. Patrick's Day tomorrow—and that is no blarney!)
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I have a tape of Celtic Music I always play during dinner. Those Celtic songs just go on and on changing subtly. I wish I knew what they were saying!
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Tomorrow is Turkey day, but today is Tech Turkey day, a time-honored tradition at Tech's Bottom Line where we wag a finger in the face of tech leaders who have made life miserable for their employees and users unlucky enough to be stuck with their products. As always, it's a target-rich environment, with turkeys like Marrisa Meyer, Steve Ballmer, and the man in charge of security at Adobe simply crying out for ridicule.
Top tech turkey: Marissa Mayer, Yahoo
When it comes to employee relations, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is the Queen of Mean. Worth hundreds of millions of dollars, Meyer has little sympathy for employees who need to work at home to care for kids or elderly parents, or to avoid a horrendous commute. After all, she's a mom and comes into the office every day, so what's the problem? Oh right, she's the boss who built an onsite nursery just for herself. So in February, Mayer took a peek at the VPN logs, decided that remote folks aren't logging in frequently enough, and issued a directive ending the practice of working from home.
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If you ever decide you might want to run for a local town or school office, go for it! Because, let me tell you, our local citizens will not let you down.
Earlier this year my government teacher at school was talking about the upcoming election on April 9 because we were learning about the election process. With everyone around 18 years of age in my class, we needed to know about registering to vote, precincts, polling places and everything else that goes with it.
From this lesson an opportunity arose; polling places are often looking for people to work on election days, and the pay is decent, so I decided it might be worth a shot.
I emailed our county clerk shortly after, and she responded enthusiastically with several openings in some of our surrounding towns. Within the week, my friend and I got signed up to work the April 9 elections for Berlin Township in Malden.
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I was surprised 6:30 a.m. rolled around quickly, and after a few flickers trembling through the lights, our electricity suddenly decided to leave us in the dark. Of course that would happen my first time working the polls! Fear not, though, the Malden fire station next door was quick on the spot! In less than 10 minutes, they had us set up with a cord from their generator to power our voting machine, and they even supplied us with several lights to illuminate our all important location. After a few difficulties, we were back on track in our romantically lit township building.
A town-wide power outage didn't stop us, and it didn't stop anyone else either. The people continued to come in and cast their votes by flashlight, showing dedication to their township.
Our numbers were surprisingly high as we headed through the day with a count over 100 by noon. I got to meet a few young, new voters, and many devoted returners, several whose names I was very familiar with through my family but had never put a face to.
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Rock n Roll, after a summer diluted by standards, competion and skills, let the good times roll.
Rub out the scumbags I say, forever, no way back!
Forget about the mismanagement of a few and envelope the spirit of competion that has shone for over 100 years.
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AS much as i like seeing the new recruits ,i would much rather go straight into round one .The pre season show cases new recruits ,but is no real indication where your club is at for the real season .There is also the injury possibility and for what .
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18 July 2012 10:50 PM
Dear Forum Users,
I'd like to start a new B. hypnorum Thread to see if we can gather some comments and data about SUMMER / AUTUMN colonies of this bee.
Each spring it gets going in about March and we see Nest Surveillance activity by the male bees (Drones) from perhaps mid-May through to early July - and maybe a little later. And the spring colonies I've known have all died out in about July.
But this species can be "Double Brooded" - in other words a second generation of colonies is established by a few queens from this year. And my latest sighting of the species was on 28th October 20110.
The spring colonies of the species frequently nests in Bird Boxes, in House Eaves / Soffit Boxes where the drone activity draws attention to the colony.
Has anybody seen active colonies, or similar Drone Activity of the species in late July/August/September ?
I'd love to hear some comments !
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Thanks for posting this, Clive! We do get many questions about the Tree bumblebee, so it's great that we can start to fill the gaps in the knowledge by collecting all of these observations.
09 August 2012 08:26 PM #2
Clive - 18 July 2012 10:50 PM
or similar Drone Activity of the species in late July/August/September ?
Hi Clive
Not quite "late July" but I got my first (& second) ever Tree Bee sightings on 21/07/12, seen in a small urban park here in Blackpool, Lancs. There have been a good number of Tree Bee sightings here in Blackpool this year, but it took me many weeks to finally hook up with one - & that was thanks to a clued up pal of mine.
I only managed to photo the smaller of the two Tree Bees seen, see attached & I hope this is of interest.
12 August 2012 12:05 PM #3
Saw loads of tree bumble's up until about a week ago, since then no sightings of them at all. I live in Swindon, Wilts.
They were the most common bee in my garden until last week.
Hope this helps.
12 August 2012 06:52 PM #4
Well I think I had my first garden sighting of a Tree Bee earlier today - here in Blackpool, Lancs. A single bee feeding on buddleja, see photos attached & I'm happy to stand corrected if I've miss ID'd it.
Also a naturalist pal of mine had a sighting of a Tree Bee in his garden yesterday, so it would appear they're still out & about here in North West Lancs.
13 August 2012 07:52 AM #5
Great photo's Cliff and it is a tree bumble, well spotted.
Glad to hear they are still going strong in Lancs!
13 August 2012 10:54 PM #6
I have Tree Bumblebees nesting under the eaves of my house. I noticed them for the first time today. I'm hoping they'll go away soon, as I've read they can be aggressive.
15 August 2012 10:25 PM #7
Hi Mary,
Your report is VERY interesting.
Please would you describe in more detail what you are seeing, it could be a key bit of information !
And is there any chance of a photo ?
If the bees are high up and out of your way, don't worry about aggression - unless you cause them to worry, you are at very minimal risk.
You might find it useful to take a look at the main B. hypnorum thread (with over 1000 hits) there's quite a bit of info on them there.
Looking forward to hearing from you !
15 August 2012 10:52 PM #8
I took some photos yesterday, leaning out of the bedroom window. They're not very clear, but I think you can see the colours well enough to identify the bees.
We had heavy rain this morning. When the sun came out later there were lots of bees coming and going. Perhaps they had to make up for lost time. The bees were of various sizes, some bigger and some smaller.
PS My first post may have given the impression that the nest is visible under the eaves. It's not. I see the bees landing on the roof beams, then they crawl up and out of sight. I suppose the nest is inside the loft, but haven't been up there yet to check.
16 August 2012 01:51 PM #9
Hi Mary,
Thanks for coming back with the photos and further information.
The bees are definitely B. hypnorum (Tree Bumblebee).
I'm torn between telling you what to look for and the "purer scientific viewpoint" of waiting for you to describe what I think you will be seeing.
But science wins for me !
I would be interested to hear your description of the flight activity - and to see any photos of it.
It is interesting to hear that they are "landing off" then walking to their nest entrance.
Often this species sets up home in old Blue Tits nests in Bird Boxes and then they just whiz back and forward from the nest hole.
But there is something else you might notice too !
(Although it may be rather early in the colony cycle for it to be happening yet !)
Can you spot any activity like this as well as flying then landing and crawling / walking ?
I look forward to hearing any further comments !
16 August 2012 06:03 PM #10
I wrote quite a long reply, but it seems to have disappeared. I'll try again.
Bees arrive about 1 per minute. They all seem to enter the nest, some directly, others fly around for a few seconds, as if unsure exactly where to go, before landing. It seemed that bees were slower to enter when I had the window open.
There is no "swarm" of bees outside guarding the nest or waiting for queens, and I haven't seen any mating.
Bees leaving the nest fly much faster, and are harder to spot.
25 August 2012 07:00 PM #11
Thank you for the further information Mary - and my apologies for taking so long to get back to you.
If you were to look at the main B. hypnorum discussion thread, you will see that a characteristic behaviour pattern with this species is for a cloud of bees to gather in the air outside the nest location.
If you were to watch what the bees in the cloud are doing, you should see that there are a few bees flying from and to the nest, but that most of them hang around in a "dancing cloud of bees" where they are mainly facing the nest. The cloud oscillates in position with little or no direct to/from nest bee-movements: but bees join the throng at intervals, coming in from elsewhere; or leave it, going on to another nest cloud.
This is known technically as "Nest Surveillance behaviour" or "Lekking".
This activity is by the male bees (drones) which are usually noticeably bigger than the workers. Occasionally they make a dash to get close (check-out) bees approaching, or leaving the nest; and can then grapple with the bee of interest and sometimes fall to the ground. They are waiting to mate with virgin queens, which are noticeably large.
The presence of cloud is weather dependent and daylight dependent, but in early summer can last all day and for many days. As the colony dies out, or drone numbers overall are falling (which occurs towards the end of the activity cycle) the "drone cloud" may be down to one or two visitors and be occasional/transient, not constant.
I would be most grateful if you could keep your eyes open and let us know if you were to see such activity, since I'm not aware that it has been reported with "second generation colonies" such as you have.
(But I'll be amazed if it doesn't occur !)
I hope this helps.
And I'll try to add a photo of such a cloud by editing this post .
Yours Clive
31 August 2012 04:30 PM #12
This is a quick update on the Tree Bumbles nesting in my roof.
There are still bees coming and going from the nest, though there do seem to be bigger gaps between arrivals in the last few days - perhaps one every 2 or 3 minutes now. It was quite cold last night, so perhaps that slowed them down.
Still no sign of any "dancing cloud of bees".
How do nests usually die? Do numbers tail off gradually, or is there a sudden end?
18 September 2012 06:28 PM #13
Hi Mary,
My apologies for taking so long to get back to you - time has flown.
The nests that I've had have been in Bird Boxes and have just dwindled away slowly.
I've seen this mainly as a reduction in numbers and "dwell-time" of the drone bees that visit to inspect the neat activity on their rounds (circuits) of what I presume are all the local nests.
If the colony gets strong enough to rear 'reproductives' I guess it will have kept going for around 2- 3 months.
And if the 'reproductives' are queens , you will see these as much larger bees coming and going at irregular intervals.
And if there are drones present in the air close to the nest at the time the queens fly, they chase after the queen and try to mate: and in doing so will fall to the ground, or some other surface below the nest entrance (or close-by).
Someone who has seen this process has described it as looking like the bees are fighting !
(I've attached a photo of a mating attempt that I was lucky enough to see - but they flew away to somewhere private almost immediately afterwards ! )
If the nest gets infested by wax moth caterpillars (Aphomia sociella) you might notice a sudden appearance of what looks like cobwebs around the nest entrance: but it may be too late in the year for the moths to be active and take over your nest.
The main message you've given me is that you haven't seen any Nest Surveillance by the Drones - which is perhaps a pointer that this Drone Nest Surveillance is mainly associated with spring-established colonies, and not the second generation later ones like you have had.
Any extra further feedback would be very useful !
Yours Clive
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Cllr Beesley said the decision had to be made because the council could be seen to have waived its right to rescind it if it was left any later.
He said that the CPO decision for West Central was unrelated to the Pavilion Gardens site and it seemed that the funding for Pavilion Gardens now came down to the success or failure of that.
"Throughout, not only have we acted fairly and in good faith, but we have exercised such patience that, as time has gone by, has quite surprised me," he said, adding that Osborne Bournemouth Ltd had seven years to get funding in place.
He said: "I'm afraid to say that Trevor Osborne Property Group has failed in that primary purpose.
"I do not believe that any further extension is likely to make a scrap of difference to that funding coming forward to support this development.
"There does come a time when you have to call it a day."
Making a final plea referring to his investment and money paid earlier in the contract, Mr Osborne told the panel: "Do I deserve to be treated like this? Do I deserve to lose £3.5 million and be charged £1.35 million?"
After the decision, Mr Osborne told the Daily Echo he would now be going down the litigation route.
"The council have ignored a request for a meeting and I think the least the council could do is put their lawyers together with our lawyers to discuss the decision," he said.
AFTER the meeting, Cllr Beesley said: "I'm pleased that the panel was able to reiterate the very clear and distinct separation between the council's aspirations for a bus hub at Exeter Road and its decision to terminate the contract with Osborne Bournemouth Ltd.
"I must be clear - the council is pursuing a Compulsory Purchase Order on the NCP site at Exeter Road for one reason only - to bring about a much-needed surface level bus hub in the town centre in order to significantly reduce congestion in Gervis Place, creating a safer and more attractive environment in that area.
"The council is not in the business of taking action that will favour any developer over another and categorically did not take the decision to progress with the CPO in order to prevent the proposed Licet development so that the Pavilion Gardens scheme might be viewed more favourably by investors.
"These factors are for the market to decide and the market has done so. It has become clear that both market and the council's confidence in the developer's ability to deliver the scheme has been lost. That is down to the developer alone."
He added that he was "very disappointed" that funding was not secured "within the timescales agreed by both parties".
"However, the council cannot allow a developer with no secured funding exclusive development rights over a flagship town centre site indefinitely. We are committed to our Town Centre Vision, and we will be considering future opportunities for the Bath Road North site as a priority," he said.
Cllr Chris Wakefield, chairman of the panel, added: "The role of the panel was to determine whether the decision of the council to rescind the contract with Osborne (Bournemouth) Ltd was made with due regard to all available relevant information.
"The panel's conclusion was that all appropriate information was fully considered during the decision-making process and that therefore the decision should stand."