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1 Apr 2016 by Guest Blogger in Fishing
The wilderness of Newfoundland and Labrador is riddled with rushing rivers. Crystal clear waters teeming with unbelievable wild Atlantic salmon, some growing up to thirty pounds. That's exactly what you'd expect from a place that's home to 60% of the best Atlantic salmon rivers in North America. And one of those rivers flows right through Barb Genge's backyard.
2 Mar 2016 by Guest Blogger in FishingRegion: Labrador
Imagine a retreat on one of the last untamed frontiers. A land thick with spruce and pine, dotted with gigantic lakes, and carved by rushing rivers. An environment undamaged and absolutely untouched – pure wilderness. Now imagine wading hip-deep in rushing river rapids. Feeling it pounding past your legs, hoping to hook a rare creature, the mighty brook trout.
4 Aug 2015 by Valerie Howes in Festivals & Events , Fishing , Culture , History , Cultural Experiences , Fogo & Change Islands and Outdoor Adventure
The crowd is hopping from foot to foot—kids blowing whistles; grown-ups blowing steam from coffee cups. It's a July day masquerading as October, and I'm on the Government Wharf in Joe Batt's Arm, waiting for the Great Fogo Island Punt Race to There and Back to begin.
24 Sep 2014 by Andrew Hiscock in Food & Dining , Festivals & Events , Fishing , Hiking & Walking , Culture , Entertainment and Cultural ExperiencesRegion: Eastern
Each year during the third weekend of September, the Town of Elliston, the Root Cellar Capital of the World, hosts Canada's and Newfoundland & Labrador's top chefs and hundreds of participants to celebrate culinary excellence and the root cellar's cultural heritage. This year, participants voted on Newfoundland & Labrador's best cod dish crowning the "King of Cod", hiked the coastal scenes of Elliston, and sat with new and old friends to celebrate the latest installment of the Roots, Rants, and Roars Fall Festival.
6 Aug 2014 by Keith and Heather Nicol in Boat Tours , Fishing and Cultural Experiences
If you want to go cod fishing from a traditional Newfoundland dory then you need to contact Darren Park. Darren is a top notch guide and operates 2 Newfoundland dories for tours of the Goose and Penguin Arm and is based in Cox's Cove at the end of the North Shore highway (highway 440) near Corner Brook. His dory fishing trips are unique in the province and are very popular during the recreational cod fishery which runs until August 10 this summer. When we phoned to book our trip he told us that all of his groups have caught their limit so far this year and that the largest fish caught was a 15 lb cod. "Perfect" we said "mark us down for the Tuesday, August 5 in your evening time slot."
14 Jul 2014 by Janelle Hickey in Fishing , Hiking & Walking , Kayaking , Nature , Parks , Trip Planning , Geography , Top Destinations , Geology & Fossils , Bonavista , St. John's and Outdoor AdventureRegion: Avalon
Newfoundland is not only scenically stunning, but it's also a place full of natural wonders. Here within, some notable natural landscapes you can explore when visiting our beautiful province.
10 Apr 2014 by Dave Sullivan in Fishing and Culture
Newfoundlandlers and Labradorians have a long history with the sea. It goes back centuries. From Beothuk hunting expeditions in birch bark canoes, to explorers seeking a new world away from the shores of Europe, to cowboys — yes, I said cowboys.
29 Oct 2013 by Tara Kroes in Boat Tours , Fishing , Nature , Culture , Entertainment , Gros Morne National Park and Cultural Experiences
Explore the past, experience the beauty. Hiding between the great Tablelands and the vast Atlantic Ocean sits quiet Trout River. While proclaiming itself to be Newfoundland's best kept vacation secret, a more accurate account would be Canada's best kept secret. This destination should be on every travellers list when exploring Newfoundland. Situated 86km from Deer Lake International Airport, in the glorious Gros Morne National Park, it is a rare and beautiful find nestled within another rare and beautiful find.
23 Aug 2013 by Melanie Chambers in Food & Dining and Fishing
Making cod tongues in the RV while thinking about this famous Newfoundland fish.
29 Jan 2013 by Brady Huxter in Fishing , Nature and Cultural Experiences
The Huxter clan tests their skills at a Newfoundland tradition: catchin' capelin.
2 Aug 2012 by Keith and Heather Nicol in Boat Tours and Fishing
f you want to go cod fishing from a traditional Newfoundland dory then you need to contact Darren Park. Darren is a top notch guide and operates 2 Newfoundland dories for tours of the Goose and Penguin Arm and is based in Cox's Cove at the end of the North Shore highway (highway 440) near Corner Brook. His dory fishing trips are unique in the province and are very popular during the recreational cod fishery which runs from July 21-August 12, 2012.
24 Jul 2012 by Janice Goudie in Fishing , Nature and Trip Planning
On a still evening in Central Newfoundland, upon the beaches of Little Bay, these tiny fish paid a visit to the shores. Patience, speed and laughter; all key components in the act of "catchin' capelin". Watch and see the excitement and joy that these tiny creatures can bring to young and old alike.
3 Jul 2012 by Keith and Heather Nicol in Fishing , Nature , Parks , Top Destinations , Gros Morne National Park and Cultural Experiences
Theatre Newfoundland Labrador (TNL) is back in Cow Head and they are performing several new plays for the summer 2012 season. We recently saw "The Fly Fisher's Companion" and would recommend this play to anyone since although it deals with salmon fishing, its main theme is the changing face of friendship. The play follows Wes (played by Michael Chaisson) and Don (performed by John Dartt) as they gear up to go salmon fishing from a cabin they built together many years ago.
3 Feb 2012 by Guest Blogger in FishingRegions:
Lee Wulff used to say that to catch a salmon you have to read its mind, not its stomach. He also said the finest thing one angler could do for another was to release a fish he'd caught so someone else could catch it again later.
11 Oct 2011 by Candice Walsh in Fishing , Whale Watching and Culture
Of all my travels around Newfoundland this summer, visiting Prime Berth Heritage Centre in Twillingate was one of my most memorable experiences. An interactive, interpretative centre created by David Boyd as a tribute to the culture and heritage of his fishing forefathers, Prime Berth is hard to miss as you're driving across the causeway...
14 Sep 2011 by Guest Blogger in Food & Dining and Fishing
There are so many things to enjoy when I go back home to Newfoundland. From spending time with family and friends to hiking along the rugged coast, and taking in live music in St. John's. One of the things I look most forward to is getting out in a boat to catch a few cod.
4 Jul 2011 by Peter Bull in Fishing , Nature and Culture
This past Saturday, Ronan, Cormac my Dad and I went to Sandy Cove on the Eastport Peninsula to see if the capelin were rolling. We were in luck!
10 Sep 2010 by Guest Blogger in Boat Tours , Fishing , Hiking & Walking , History and Parks
The first thing you notice is the air, scrubbed by a thousand miles of ocean and a hundred miles of evergreen forest. The spruce-scented breeze wafts along the shores of western Newfoundland filling the billowing sails of our tall ship, Concordia, and simultaneously purging our lungs of city smog. Even the tap water in Newfoundland (affectionately known as "the Rock" by locals) is so pristine you can fill your car battery with it.
10 Jun 2010 by Keith and Heather Nicol in Food & Dining , Fishing , Icebergs , Whale Watching and Nature
We innocently asked our waitress at the Tuckamore Lodge in Main Brook, Newfoundland, where we might get some good photos of moose after dinner. "Well you won't need to go too far. I would simply head back on the road you just came in on and drive a few kilometres back toward Roddickton."


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Shoppers Drug Mart was still selling off half-price Halloween candy when its stores started playing Christmas songs. This led to a small-scale consumer revolt, mostly through social media. And this led to a Nov. 2 announcement via the chain's Facebook page that all Christmas music would be temporarily suspended. "We do take customer feedback to heart, and it does lead to change," read the notice.
The response was immediate, though generally polite and Canadian. Some saw the Jingle Bells crackdown as Grinchy. ("I guess the scrooges win again," groused one online commentator.) Others applauded the retailer for listening and responding to their customers' concerns. ("There is a Santa Claus after all," wrote another.)
In a followup statement to the Toronto Star, a Shoppers spokesperson made it clear that the store hasn't actually cancelled Christmas 2012. The Xmas tunes will be back, just closer to the big day.
Still, the debate goes on, often with the holiday-song faction sounding as if Shoppers were taking away small kiddies' toys rather than delaying the endless, inevitable loop of Little Drummer Boy and Deck the Halls.
Most of the complainers aren't stridently anti-Christmas. For many people, it's about timing. It's not Christmas that bothers them: It's Christmas in November. Others want to banish the songs not because they're "politically incorrect," but because they're musically excruciating, at least in their bland pop-music form.
Some commentators reference what was a long-running though unofficial Canadian tradition that hardcore Yule displays should wait until after Remembrance Day, to avoid overshadowing the Nov. 11 event.
I'm a Christmas lover from way back, and these all seem like valid points to me. But other festive fans view Shoppers' decision to give in to customer complaints as an escalation of "the war on Christmas" -- you know, that popular idea that secular humanists are out to steal everyone's Silent Night and Christmas cards and roast beast.
How about this, though? Maybe the decision to delay Christmas music could be seen as supporting the holiday. Maybe the best way to honour Christmas is to see it as something special, something worth setting apart, rather than an overwrought consume-a-thon that occupies one-sixth of the retail year.
The major western Christian denominations, which are on record as being pretty pro-Christmas, consider the beginning of the Christmas season to be four Sundays before Dec. 25, which this year will fall on Dec. 2. This Advent period is considered long enough to allow celebrants to spiritually prepare for the coming of the Christ Child.
Do we really need more time than that to stock up on wrapping paper and milk chocolate reindeer while humming along to a hip-hop take on Silver Bells? You don't see "Advent creep" taking over the Christian liturgical calendar. So why is Christmas creep covering the mall?
If stores keep trying to outdo each other in premature jollity, Christmas merchandising will end up on a collision course with the ramped-up commercialization of Halloween. At some point, jack-o'-lantern displays will crash into racks of Santa Claus hats, like some crazed retail re-enactment of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Businesses aren't going to stop, as long as they believe that shoppers have a Pavlovian response to shiny red and green objects and easy-listening versions of O Tannenbaum. Consumers will have to be the ones to back away from this stretched-out, over-advertised, ultimately cheapened Christmas season. The Shoppers Drug Mart protest could be a quiet step in that direction.


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Forget flowers. Chocolates--who needs 'em? On Valentine's Day, Facebook gave us the best gift: Cold, hard facts about our relationships. Just what every couple wants!
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The social network knows everything about our lives, which means it knows how and when we meet our partners, where we check in on date night, our biggest moments together, and (sadly) when we break up. So Facebook aggregated all the data it has on couples around the world and turned up a few surprising relationship facts.
While the network can't exactly pinpoint how long your relationship will last, it turns out that the longer you've been with your partner, the more likely it is that you'll stay together. It turns out that break-up levels tend to peak during summer and dip around Valentine's Day (aww). But if you can make it past the tough early months in a relationship, you might be in it for the long haul: About half of Facebook relationships lasting three months make it to more than four years. Congrats, couples!
The Facebook Data Science team looked at relationships that lasted at least three months--meaning three months from the date you changed your status to "In a Relationship"--and where both partners were 23 when the relationship started. (Geez, Facebook, I feel snubbed). The network didn't look at relationships that began as marriages, because it was trying to "capture something closer to true relationship starts, rather than the recording of long-existing marriages," Facebook's Bogdan State wrote in a blog post.
A few more fun facts from Facebook:
* People are more likely to date partners of a different religion than marry them. Older people are more likely to keep it within the faith than younger people. Mormon and Sikhs are more likely than other religions to date and marry fellow Mormons and Sikhs in the U.S., but they're not the only groups focused on marrying within the faith--86 percent of American marriages are between people of the same religion.
* Age gaps are common in all types of relationships, but are much higher in male-male and female-female relationships than in heterosexual ones. Facebook found that, on average, men are about 2.4 years older than women in opposite-sex relationships.
*San Francisco and San Jose, true to stereotype, have far more single guys than ladies. The top five cities with more single women than men are all in the south.
* The No. 1 city to find a relationship if you're on the hunt is Colorado Springs, Colo., followed by three cities in Texas: El Paso, Fort Worth, and San Antonio. Louisville, Ky. is also in the top five.
The Facebook Data Science team will release more relationship stats on Friday and Saturday. If you think it's a little creepy that Facebook is looking at your relationship status, the network said it anonymizes and aggregates information on the whole and doesn't look at individual relationships. The network also won't release its data to the public to protect user privacy.


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Engineering firm Dyson has announced proposals for a £250m expansion, which could bring a staggering 3,000 jobs to Malmesbury.
The expansion would be the largest in the company's 20-year history, and the jobs would be in the field of science and engineering.
Dyson has confirmed that, if approved, it would create a new technology campus based in Malmesbury, which would include research and development laboratories split over four buildings in the town.
The firm is famous for products such as its bagless vacuum cleaners and Airblade hand drier.
Company founder, the entrepreneur Sir James Dyson, said: "I arrived in Wiltshire with four engineering graduates, now 1,000 more have joined us. But to develop the advanced technology we need 3,000 more highly skilled engineers and scientists.
"We hope to create the space for them here in Malmesbury, but with a shortfall of 40,000 engineers every year in the UK, finding them is difficult."
Whether the plans go ahead now depends on Dyson securing planning permission. The firm also said it also needs to be convinced that it is going to get the engineers it needs to fill the available roles before the expansion goes ahead.
A spokesman said: "More space and more engineers will allow Dyson to increase research and development carried at the centre and significantly increase partnerships with British universities – applying the research to create new technology to export.
"Dyson has worked with the community in Malmesbury to share provisional plans, which include recreation facilities. Decisions on whether to progress will come later in the year."
Dyson invests £3million in research and development a week, but it could double if the new campus goes ahead. The firm has nearly tripled the number of engineers employed in Malmesbury in four years, converting assembly lines to laboratories.
Aimee Frankham, Malmesbury and District Chamber of Commerce chairman, said: "If it is 3,000 new people over the next 25 years or so then that is absolutely fantastic and even more amazing than I thought.
"Malmesbury would then become the centre of engineering excellence, more than it is already and will hopefully encourage more engineering businesses to the area."
Malmesbury mayor, Coun John Gundry, said: "Blimey. Over how many years I wonder?
"I think it is marvellous for a small, Wiltshire market town like ours to have this sort of development.
"This sort of growth can only be good for the town and for employment.
"I bet there are other towns out there looking enviously at us this evening."
The first Dyson vacuum cleaner, the DC01, was launched in the UK in 1993.
In 1995 the firm moved to Malmesbury after outgrowing its facilities in Chippenham
Rapid growth meant that the site had to be expanded almost immediately, the current facilities being built in 1996.
Dyson cut 560 jobs in Malmesbury in 2002 and moved its manufacturing to South East Asia because expansion in Malmesbury was not possible at the time.


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The Massachusetts Bar Association's Access to Justice Awards
will honor four attorneys and one law firm for their exemplary
delivery of legal services at its May 31 Annual Dinner at the
Westin Boston Waterfront.
The event will also feature keynote speaker Victoria Reggie
Kennedy and the presentation of the Legislator of the Year Award to
House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo. Click
here to register for the MBA's 2012 Annual Dinner.
Brody, Hardoon, Perkins & Kesten LLP, Boston
One of only six law firms involved in a unique pro bono
collaboration with the Middlesex District Attorney's Office,
the 13-attorney firm of Brody, Hardoon, Perkins & Kesten
LLP in Boston will be honored with the 2012 MBA Pro Bono Award for
Law Firms for its representation of high-risk and complex domestic
violence cases.
The pro bono working relationship between Brody, Hardoon and the
DA's office is due -- in large part -- to firm partner Larry
Hardoon, who previously served for more than 14 years in the
Middlesex DA's office and began the Middlesex Child Abuse Unit
Hardoon describes the pro bono efforts of the firm to be a
"win-win." "First and foremost, we are helping people in very
vulnerable situation," Hardoon said.
Thomas Mela, Massachusetts Advocates for Children,
After more than 40 years in the profession, Massachusetts
Advocates for Children Managing Attorney and Senior Project
Director Thomas Mela is still passionate. His longstanding career
in public services is highlighted by his work serving the
At Massachusetts Advocates for Children, Mela facilitates the
interests and efforts of legal services and public interest
attorneys from around the state who wish to promote the rights of
low-income children.
This past year, Mela advocated for House Bill 178, legislation
that would reform school discipline laws in the state. He expressed
appreciation to those who have supported the bill.
Linda C. Hickman, Neighborhood Legal Services,
Linda Hickman grew up with a strong sense of fairness and decided
to attend law school after realizing the potential a lawyer has to
help people.
In 2005, Hickman contacted Neighborhood Legal Services and
interviewed with Director John Ford. She began volunteering with
the Elder Law Project, one of four units at the organization.
Although Hickman originally signed on for a six-month commitment,
she continued to volunteer at Neighborhood Legal Services.
Over the years, Hickman has worked in the Elder Law Unit on many
complex cases and has been instrumental in providing legal services
to those who might not otherwise have access.
Dulcinea (Duci) Goncalves, Quincy Youth Advocacy Department,
Committee of Public Counsel Services
As soon as Dulcinea (Duci) Goncalves could practice, she went
straight to where she needed to be: representing indigent juveniles
in the criminal justice system. Now, turning 32 this month, she's
the attorney in charge of the Quincy Youth Advocacy Department
(YAD) of the Committee of Public Counsel Services (CPCS).
At the Quincy YAD, she supervises three attorneys and support
staff and carries 15 to 20 cases at a time. She also helps newer
attorneys with their cases, including offering advice and support
during their first court appearances.
In one case, she helped one former client get probation instead of
prison. "Sometimes it's hard to see where we've been successful,
but had she gone to state prison for five years … Now she's got a
job and is pursuing higher education."
Michael L. Fabbri, Middlesex District Attorney's
The gratifying work is what has kept Michael L. Fabbri a
prosecutor for the past 26 years. Despite the challenges and stress
that come with a job responsible for proving a defendant's criminal
guilt, Fabbri finds immense joy in his work.
Fabbri has spent 24 of his 26 years as a prosecutor with the
Middlesex District Attorney's Office, where he is currently chief
trial counsel. He has also held the positions of chief of homicide,
chief of the Special Investigations Unit, deputy chief of the
Appeals and Training Bureau and Framingham regional supervisor. He
spent two years in the Attorney General's Office, working in the
Special Investigations Unit and as deputy chief of the Medicaid
Fraud Division.
Fabbri decided to join the legal profession while working as an
Air Force electromechanical technician on Minuteman missiles in
Missouri. He earned degrees from Framingham State College and
Northeastern University School of Law.
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Queensland Premier Campbell Newman says the state is not making it easier to own guns.
The state's gun policy has been questioned following the shocking school shooting in Connecticut, which saw a gunman kill 20 small children and six teachers.
In August, the Newman government initially announced a six-member panel, comprised of pro-gun lobbyists and gun shop owners, to look at ways to cut red tape faced by gun owners when renewing licences.
The Queensland Police Union was later invited to join after it criticised the government for stacking the advisory panel with people linked to the gun lobby.
Mr Newman insists the review won't see guns in the wrong hands.
''That's about ensuring that people who are already licensed gun owners don't have to fill out five inches of paperwork every couple of years,'' Mr Newman said.
''There's simply been an investigation into how to make the process around licensing of guns more efficient, and that will help police do their job rather than having to spend a lot of time on paperwork.''
Mr Newman also pointed to new laws which impose jail sentences of up to five years for crimes including the unlawful possession of guns and the supply or trafficking of weapons.
''The government that I lead in recent weeks has toughened up legislation in relation to handguns and other concealed weapons like sawn-off shotguns,'' said Mr Newman.
''That's what we've done. We have made gun laws tougher in this state.''


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Q. Can the fluid flow affect the plating process? If so, how? Y.A.
A. Assuming fluid flow is the same as the agitation rate, changes that are made in the agitation rate will most definitely effect your plating process. Your plating solution contains metal ions as well as other materials to modify the deposit of metal on the surface of the part. If you are plating at a certain rate and your plating solution does not have enough metal ions and the solution surrounding the part you are plating is low in metal ions, your plating rate will be affected. In practice, if your plating solution does not have enough metal ions you will starve the area and your deposit may be burnt or of lower thickness then other parts of the surface.
You can resolve this issue very easily by increasing the rate of agitation or mixing of the plating solution. Increasing the agitation rate or fluid flow brings more metal ions to the surface of the part you are plating, and you should be able to plate at a higher rate. But this doesn't mean that you can increase the agitation rate indefinitely. If your agitation rate is too high, you can actually damage the surface or create vortex areas where there is no plating solution in contact with the surface of the part you are plating.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 Review: The New Enthusiast Keplerby Ryan Smith on 6/25/2013 9:00 AM EST
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Aditya211935 - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkI guess I m a bit early. Reply
A5 - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkLooks pretty solid for the price. Reply
Samus - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkI feel like an idiot buying a 660Ti two months ago for $300. At least I got the 3GB version that'll be "somewhat" future-proof for BF4 as the maps are expected to tax 2GB cards. Reply
gamoniac - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkDon't look back. You can only make your decision based on the information you had and your needs at the time. If you could look just 2 minutes ahead, you would be a billionaire now and wouldn't be participating in this conversation. Reply
just4U - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkthis is essentially a cheaper 670.. coming it at or below the price of the 660TI. I don't see your purchase as being one of those you think $*!@! over. Hah. Your card is a bit slower but not noticeably so and the added ram may benefit you down the road. Reply
Hixbot - Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - linkA cheaper, and slower 670. So not really a 670 at all. Reply
just4U - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkI'd agree.. although pricing here is 275-300.. Don't see any at 249. The 7950 is 300.. They will have to lower that down a tiny bit to be competitive I think, take a small hit in performance (but more ram possible benefit later?) and their games bundle the trade off for consumers should be about equal. Reply
Lovolt - Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - linkNot sure where 'here' is, but newegg has 3 models at $250 and another 6 at $260 (on June 26). Reply
just4U - Thursday, June 27, 2013 - linkCalgary Canada.. We have a newegg.ca but it's not as good as your newegg I think that's to do with taxation and not having a actual warehouse here. Reply
ericore - Tuesday, July 02, 2013 - linkNo, they have warehouses in Canada; if you've ever ordered a big order you'd realize this since not everything ships at once; comes from different warehouses in Vancouver, Mississauga and several others. They charge us more because they can, but only charge more on certain items so that we can't revolt. Generally the can prices are very close to the US ones, but the odd time they are significantly more. Processing and taxes are also cheaper in the US, but we do get the crappy end of the stick at times. There was a specialty motherboard, on newegg.com this was 100, and newegg.ca this was 150; can't remember the model. Reply
kishorshack - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkLooks like the GPU gains over a two year cycle is more than CPU gains
Spending on GPU's is more worth while than Spending on CPU's
Specially if you start from Sandy Bridge in CPU's Reply
DanNeely - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - link3D Rendering is a trivially parallelizable workload. As a result it can roughly double in performance with each full node process shrink just by keeping the core design the same but putting twice as many of them on the die. Real world behavior differs mostly in that some of the additional die space is used to enable things that weren't practical before instead of just making all the existing features twice as fast. Reply
wumpus - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkThat is only strictly true if you are willing to use twice as much electricity and generate/remove twice as much heat (it could approach costing twice as much as well, but not nearly as often). A good chunk of each update needs to go to making the GPU have a higher TFLOP/W or the thing will melt. Reply
ewood - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkluckily many of those issues are mitigated by transition to a smaller process node, as DanNeeley said. your statement is more applicable to dual die cards, not new processors having twice the functional units. Reply
maltanar - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkThat is unfortunately no longer true, smaller processes do not benefit from the so-called 'Dennard scaling' anymore, without a lot of trickery from semiconductor engineers. Reply
DanNeely - Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - linkThey may have to work harder at it; but as long as they're able to continue doing what you refer to as trickery, the result for us end users is the same. Reply
tential - Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - linkCPU gains have been made, just not in performance. We don't need performance on the CPU side for a LOT of applications. Like I always say, if you had double the CPU performance, you still wouldn't gain much FPS in most games.
Intel would be cannibalizing it's higher end processors if it kept making CPU gains. Instead, it focuses on power consumption, to fit better CPUs into smaller things such as notebooks, tablets, etc. Look at the Macbook Air Review and then tell me we haven't made CPU gains. Reply
UltraTech79 - Tuesday, July 02, 2013 - linkMore worthwhile than what? What are you even talking about? Today's i5 chips arnt the bottleneck to any of the GPUs here in any game. So what you're saying is irrelevant. Reply
ericore - Tuesday, July 02, 2013 - linkAint that the truth, the biggest change was from the 500 series to the 600 series.
The 600 series make most radeons look like dinosaurs or AMD processors.
Intel is dicking around giving us less than 10% speed inprovement in each generation.
Can't wait for AMD to release their steamroller 8 core, except where latency is crucial it will match haswell and cost a fraction. Haswell will still technically be faster, but only in benchmarks, in practice they will be identical. The change from piledriver to steamroller is like from a a pentium 4 to a core 2 duo. It's not a new architecture, but has so many improvements that it ought to be called one. Reply
MarcVenice - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkI checked all the games, and the first 4-5 games the 7950 Boost wins, the other the GTX 760 wins. I didn't add up the numbers, but are you guys sure the HD 7950 Boost is 8% slower overall?
And what's anandtech's stance on frametimes/fcat? Are those only used when problems arise, new games? I realize they take a lot of time, but I think they can be quite valuable in determing which card is the fastest. Reply
Ryan Smith - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkGoing by my chart, I have the GTX 760 winning in 7 of 10 games (all but DiRT, Hitman, and Crysis 1) at our highest 1080p quality settings, which is where I'm focusing on for a card this expensive. Of those magnitude matters; most of those GTX 760 wins are in the double digits, so the average does indeed end up being 8%
As for frametimes, the idea is that we would normally include them. That said this review left us crunched for time; I would have likely needed to drop the Fermi cards to make time. With that in mind, there's absolutely nothing interesting going on with single-GPU frametimes right now with the games we use. The only place NVIDIA still differ are under multi-GPU scenarios. Reply
Zstream - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkShouldn't we be using the median instead of average? Reply
ewood - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkmedian, mean and mode all show very different things. you should have all three to draw detailed conclusions, however if only one is available i would personally prefer it be the mean. Reply
ShieTar - Thursday, June 27, 2013 - linkWith a sample size of 10, the median would not be a very helpful information. To be honest, the mean is not all the important either. The distribution of performances is not all that random when comparing nVidia and AMD, but rather there are significant preferences for one architecture by each game.
So everybody on the lookout for a new card should mainly be checking for a benchmark specifically on the game he/she spends the most time with. For this reason, I would love to see the benchmarks on Anandtech include the name of the engine for each game (if it is a licensed one), and maybe provide some handy reference to figure out what other games use the same reference.
And personally, as a player who does not play reaction-based games like shooters or racers a lot, I would love AT to re-introduce a BioWare and/or Blizzard title back into their benchmark-zoo. Even if those are not extremely new or demanding, I think they still have a high importance for a large number of players who don't care much to shoot virtual people in their virtual faces. Reply
MarcVenice - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkI see, I counted Sleeping Dogs as a win for the HD 7950 as well, considering the minimum fps is a bit higher. Thanks for the reply, I agree that if all is well with frametimes in a certain game, fraps is still a good way to measure raw rendering power. Reply
JeBarr - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkMost multi-GPU users are reporting that the frame time issue mostly exists for 2-way SLI and Quad SLI. It seems that 3-way SLI or Dual GPU single slot SLI is the way to go for gamers concerned about the stutters. I'm not sure about 4-way SLI though, since I don't bother with it anymore. I can however, confirm that in my personal experience a single GPU or 3-way SLI is mostly unaffected. Reply
draknon - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkThis seems like a good spot to upgrade from my 460gtx Reply
EzioAs - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkYeah, it is. My original plan was to get the GTX 760, but Nvidia delayed it and I wasn't going to wait anymore, so I went and bought the GTX 660. Reply
DanNeely - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkI'm tempted to upgrade to it from my 560 when I built a Haswell box later this summer and put the difference between it and a higher end card toward a better SSD, etc and then get a top end Maxwell based card next year.
I'm a bit concerned about ending up in the same trap I did last time though. I bought the 560 as a stopgap replacement in Jan 2012 after stupidity killed my 5870, with the intent of upgrading to a GK100 based card in half a year or so only to have nVidia fumble its top end launch. Reply
omarccx - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkIt seems like an even greater upgrade from my HD4000. :x Reply
karasaj - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkYour thoughts seem to be a bit... Lacking :) thanks for the review! Reply
Ryan Smith - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkDid the CMS eat the final page again? Everything looks fine on my end. Reply
karasaj - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkThe final page was missing when I first looked, after about 5 minutes it seemed cleared up :) Reply
ilkhan - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkCrysis 1 was an excellent template for the kind of performance required to driver games for the next few years, and Crysis 3 looks to be much the same for 2013.
I think you meant "drive" not "driver" Reply
Ryan Smith - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkIndeed. Thank you. Fixed. Reply
Guspaz - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linktl;dr: It's a GeForce GTX 670 for $100 less.
That's not a dig on the article, it's well written, but that does seem to be what I'm reading from all the test results. Reply
Atlas T. - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkVery informative review. The GTX 760 is undoubtedly a potential buy.
I wonder if my i5-2310 2.9GHz (locked CPU) would manage to handle this little beast fully overclocked? Reply
omarccx - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkIt should do fine. Reply
UltraTech79 - Tuesday, July 02, 2013 - linkEven a shit i5 will be fine. Reply
Wreckage - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkAMD will now have to sell the 7970 for $200 and bundle 12 games with it. Reply
Spunjji - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkWhy would a faster card need to be cheaper? Shoo, shoo! Back under your bridge. Reply
UltraTech79 - Tuesday, July 02, 2013 - link??? Reply
vailr - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkWill there be a "Small Form Factor" version, similar to:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8... Reply
chizow - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkSad day in the GPU industry when a part that's ~75% of the *SECOND* tier ASIC and sells for $250 can be considered "Enthusiast".
It looks like Nvidia's marketing push to carve out ultra and uber enthusiast markets has worked, on the media anyways. Parts in this range used to be referred to as mainstream/midrange performance or gamer cards in the past, never once referred to as "Enthusiast".
Honestly if this $250 part is "Enthusiast" what are the $400 770, the $650 780, the $1000 Titan??? I guess we need to cough up $250 more for each Uber we place in front of Enthusiast; maybe at some point we just find new words and categories when one has been devalued and depreciated to the point it no longer holds any meaning.
Aside from the rant, the part's price and performance looks good. It's pretty clear at this point Kepler benefits more right now from the ROPs and bandwidth than SP and TMU. May change with future shader intensive titles, but the 760 pretty much confirms the 660Ti (and virtually any 30%+ bandwidth-neutered parts) was a big mistake. Reply
thesavvymage - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkwho cares what ASIC it comes from, its irrelevant. Its a $250 gpu that performs as well or better than more expensive cards. Thats not mainstream, its enthusiast. Everything above it is enthusiast. The absolutely biggest amount of gpu sales come from those south of $200, so thats what most people consider mainstream. Reply
chizow - Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - linkPeople who don't enjoy getting less for the same price care what ASIC it comes from. I guess you don't mind getting smaller and smaller burgers, or less and less ounces in the food you buy at the grocery each year?
There is nothing enthusiast about this product, it's mainstream performance in the same price and market bracket that litters all of Nvidia's previous marketing slides in this $200-$300 range. Was the 8800GT an enthusiast card? No. Was the 560Ti an enthusiast card? No. Yet they both satisfy the criteria you set forth. Reply
teiglin - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkI was just thinking about this after reading the review over at Tom's (they refer to the 760 as mainstream). It's an interesting sociological exercise, how different people view the term enthusiast. Given the massive stratification at the high end--I mean, Titan, ffs--what is the cutoff for being an "enthusiast" card? Why even bother with hyperbolic modifiers when nobody who spends even $400 on a GPU would do so without knowing the difference between a 770, a 780, and a Titan, not to mention the 7970 [GHz edition], 7950 [Boost], etc.?
Personally, I'm inclined to agree with Ryan here. This is still a heckuva lot more graphics horsepower than, say, certain yet-to-be-released consoles, which I would argue define a "mainstream" baseline. Though if you're just commenting on how much the lowest common denominator in graphics performance has fallen, then that may be a sad day for the GPU industry, but it's a good day for consumers, who are able to get way more GPU for much less money than a couple years ago. Reply
chizow - Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - linkSorry but getting "way more GPU for much less money than a couple years ago" is just progress and should be expected.
The context for how different people view the term enthusiast should be consistent, based on historical price and performance categories as well as physical and marketing segmentation factors. All of which indicate this is NOT an enthusiast part. Nvidia has clearly defined this in the past, and the enthusiast market did not start until $350+.
Some may say, "who cares", I guess people who actually shop in this $350+ market care, because calling a $250 part sets a terrible precedent, same as selling a tier-2 midrange ASIC like GK104 at $500 sets a terrible precedent. Why? Because if Nvidia is selling their 2nd fastest ASIC at "Enthusiast" price ranges starting at $250 all the way to $500, that gives them license to sell their actual Enthusiast parts at much more than $500.
Is it any surprise that we now have $650 GTX 780 and $1000 GTX Titan and GTX 690? Of course not. Why? Because people are doing cartwheels in the streets over the privilege of buying a stripped down, overclocked 2nd-tier ASIC for $250, because it's the new enthusiast part! Reply
UltraTech79 - Tuesday, July 02, 2013 - linkI put the $1000 Tital as 'Rich retard soon parts with his money.' Also, shut the fuck up elitest dumbfuck. Anyone willing to spend $200+ on a GPU is an enthusiast and is looking for more than just enough. Reply
chizow - Friday, July 05, 2013 - linkYes just like the guy who rices up his Civic is now driving a "luxury sports car". Just another idiot that doesn't understand I'm actually advocating against elitest pricing and marketing brackets, move along if you don't understand the concepts and repercussions. Reply
YukaKun - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkAnd where's my beloved GTX670?! Are you guys hiding something here that nVidia doesn't want me to see?
No, but really; I know it's not it's direct replacement, but I'd really like to see the numbers how they stack up.
Cheers! Reply
Ryan Smith - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkThe GTX 670 is in all of our charts. All of this data is also on Bench. Reply
YukaKun - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkYeah, just realized it is... I wonder why I didn't see it, lol.
Selective reading at its finest indeed.
Thanks Ryan! Reply
HisDivineOrder - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkAMD is now saying the Never Settle Reloaded bundle is running out at retailers. That means, you should be mentioning that it isn't going to last much longer and doesn't really factor into the value of the 7950/7950B unless they decide to renew it.
I suspect though they'll do a price drop soon. Reply
DanNeely - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkI'd expect them to create a new bundle instead. Reply
kallogan - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkToo big, barely better than 660 ti at higher power consumption. What's the point ? Reply
MrSpadge - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkToo big: there will loads of custom coolers, just like on the current cards. Shorter ones as well.
barely better than 660 ti at higher power consumption: the additional performance is approximately proportional to the added power draw, so efficiency hardly suffers. Of course I'll stick with my OC'ed 660Ti, but this newcomer is just more balanced for everything but the most pure compute tasks.
What's the point: cheaper for nVidia to produce (one SMX less) and sold cheaper. It's a win-win. Reply
jimwatkins - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkI suppose this is of little interest to most readers, but since your doing computer performance, how about a bitcoin GH performance chart. Video cards are actually of waning value in the bitcoin arms race but it's an interesting aspect of compute performance nonetheless and the high end AMD cards certainly still produce value. Reply
dcianf - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkI'm excited to see them maintain compatibility with my 660Ti/670 full card waterblock. PLEASE LET THIS BE A NEW STANDARD! Reply
JimmiG - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkWell it's hotter, more power hungry and louder than the GTX 670 while still being slower, which is kind of disappointing for something that's supposed to be an evolution of the GTX 600 series. Still, it does feel like "GTX 660 Done Right" in some ways, as that card was always too slow, forcing people to pay $400 for the GTX 670.
It's sad that prices have been creeping up so much without people noticing. $499 used to be the "ultra-enthusiast" segment, and $199 would buy you a very decent card. In 2012 and early 2013, $400 was the "mid-range" and $999 the "ultra high-end". GTX 760 brings the mid-range back to $250 again, at least until the GTX 860 come out at $499... Reply
DanNeely - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkThe 8800 Ultra was a $650 card. Ignoring the Titan we're back where we were 7 years ago. Reply
nsiboro - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkAMD delaying Sea Island until Q3'2013...
I just feel someone over @AMD is crazy and didn't think thru end users' point of view.
With the release of Haswell, many will be putting together new boxes and the "new" GPU they'll get will be gtx760/770/780. AMD losing fans and revenue... *sigh* Reply
silverblue - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkI'm not sure I follow. Haswell doesn't appear to have amazed that many people - you could get away with an SB or IB build which overclock enough to make up the performance difference. If you already have one of those, with proper cooling you don't need to save money for a marginally better CPU - spend it on graphics instead. Reply
DanNeely - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkIt's not the SB/IB people upgrading; it's those of us with first generation i5/i7 systems or even older core 2 quads pulling the trigger now. AMD is out of the race except at the bottom and it's probably going to be two more years before Intel offers anything else worth mentioning on the desktop. (No socketed Broadwell chips, and assuming IVB-e and Haswell-e are as underwhelming at the $3xx pricepoint as SB-e is.) Reply
Dark_wizzie - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkI wished it included a benchmark with Skyrim on 2560x1440, with the hardcore texture mods on, AA/AS on pretty high with Ultra. Debating between this ($250), 7970... ($310!!!), 770 ($400) Reply
Ryan Smith - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkYou request will be taken under consideration, but I'll tell you right now that you shouldn't expect it to happen. One of the tenets of our testing methods is that we don't test with mods; they're often not optimized (or worse, optimized only for the developer's system) and frequently updated (making our benchmarks useless). Plus the number of users on any given mod is very low, which would mean our benchmarks wouldn't be very applicable to most of our readers. Reply
edlee - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linksomething tells me if you SLI two GTX 760 it would destroy the GTX 780 at a lesser price Reply
xTRICKYxx - Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - linkGoogle some benchmarks. It goes toe-to-toe with the GTX 690 and Titan in every game I've seen. All for $500... Good deal! Reply
GTan - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkHopefully I will be building my first PC ever in a few weeks, I'm glad that Nvidia released the 760, since the 770 at $400+ is too expensive for me. My budget for my PC is $800-900. I was originally 90% sure I was gonna buy the GTX 760, $250 is a great price, but now since I've seen deals for the 7970 for as low as $300, I'm wondering is it worth it for pay a extra $50 for the 7970 (plus the 4 games). End question, what is a better value for the newb PC builder: a $250 GTX 760 or a $300 7970? Thanks! Reply
thesavvymage - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkif you want the games, 7970. If not, id go wit hthe 760 for being quieter and using less power Reply
kennyG - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkI for one was not happy with the out come of the 760 tested . I wanted Nvidia to totally take the 670 and enhance it and make a 760..Do the same process like they did with the 680 to 770. I really wanted to buy this card... Waiting for this one and I'm pisssed. Reply
Laststop311 - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkI wonder how 2 of these(500) in sli compared to the GTX 780 single gpu (650) Reply
xTRICKYxx - Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - linkAbout Titan/GTX 690 levels. Reply
Ribozyme - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkRyan, could you please elaborate why the 760 draws considerably more power than a 670 while still being slower? Is this because a lower clocked 670 is compared to a pretty high clocked 760 in comparison? What would the situation be if you compared a 760 to a 670 clock per clock? And would I be able to power this with a be quiet straight power e9 400w + 3770k folding 24/7 ?
And last question, are your power consumption values measured from the socket with a watt meter or with ampere meter on each cable and then added up? Reply
Ryan Smith - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkThe biggest difference between the 760 and 670 is that the 760 has GPU Boost 2.0, which is a significantly different method of adjusting clockspeeds around temperature and power limits. The 670 had a TDP of 170W, but in practice its power target (a concept that doesn't exist with Boost 2.0) was below that. Whereas the GTX 760, if not constrained by temperatures, will get closer to its 170W TDP more frequently.
The other difference is as you note: clockspeeds. The GTX 760 has fewer SMXes, but it operates at a higher clockspeed and with higher voltages (1.2v vs. 1.175v). That really eats up power at the highest boost bins. The 760 is essentially a little less wide and a little deeper than 670; clock for clock the 670 is going to be faster (but it won't be able to clock quite as high).
As for your PSU question, I'm afraid I can't answer that in any confidence. Based on specs I'd think that would work, but I don't know anything about that PSU.
Finally, power consumption is measured at the wall. Reply
JimmiG - Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - linkMany non-reference GTX 670's boost higher, though. For example, my KFA² GTX 670 almost always boosts to 1,189 MHz, sometimes higher. If you can find a cheap, non-reference GTX 670 before they go out of stock, it might be a better deal. Reply
vision33r - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkThe last 3 years we saw really no innovation in the desktop GPU market. If you bought a HD 5870, you can still rock that card today in every game without any issue. We will see most of today's card get tossed when 4k monitors become a reality. Even SLI/CF top end cards today will score sub 30fps when games are played natively at 4k res. Reply
Kutark - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkIve been looking for the right price point to upgrade my GTX570, especially with BS4 coming out soon. I was hoping this would be it, but it looks like its really not enough of a jump to justify $250, especially when i could put that money towards a PS4 for some of the console games that wont be ported to PC. Any opinions otherwise? Reply
Kutark - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkHaha, meant to say BF4, but yah, you get what i meant lol. Reply
mapesdhs - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - link
:D That was a good one. :)
I suppose it depends on what you want from an upgrade. Are you looking for at
least a 2X speedup? If so then yes, atm you'd probably have to aim higher than
a 760. Indeed, I have a hunch that 570 SLI might match a 770 (that's an option I
suppose, get a 2nd used 570 for the interim).
Ian. Reply
Nfarce - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkLast year I was debating going 570 SLI and buying a second one, or selling it and going for a single 680. I went with the latter and am glad. I spent a lot of research on the decision, and 570 SLI is slightly lower than a single 680, within 90-95% depending on game. So if the 770 beats the 680 by a solid 5-10% (again, depending on games), it's going to really beat 570 SLI. Reply
Kutark - Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - linkYeah. Im thinking i might stick with a single card. Maybe i should hold off and wait for the 760 Ti that will inevitably come. Really the GTX570 is a great card, its just getting a little long in the tooth, and frankly im kind of spoiled, I always want to make sure any game i can play runs at max settings as far as shadows/textures, etc. I'm apparently the only person on the planet who hates AA (makes things fuzzy), so i typically play most games at 1920x1080 with all settings maxed, 0xAA and 8xAnisotropic. The 570 is doing fine in that respect on everything i play now, i'm just worried about some of the upcoming games like BF4, Witcher 3, etc.
I usually prefer to stay with single cards, i've just seen way too many situations where SLI didnt work (i.e. game didnt support it), produced poor results, etc. Not to mention the heat, and power consumption issues.
Regardless, thanks guys for your responses, really helped me clarify the issue.
Off Topic, im currently running an i7-2600k @ 4.1ghz stable, do you think im fine as far as CPU goes for these future games? Haswell doesn't seem to be a huge jump over Gen3 i7. Reply
mapesdhs - Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - link
Kutark writes:
> Yeah. Im thinking i might stick with a single card. ...
Nfarce is spot on about 570 SLI, though 580 SLI can definitely beat a 680
(1.5GB 580s are quite cheap on eBay these days, eg. I've seen them go for
as little as 190 UKP total for two). Assuming you're familiar with the
difference between a 570 and 580 performance-wise, then with respect to
Firestrike Extreme, see the lower graph on this page:
and compare to the following 580 SLI results I obtained (check the
Graphics scores; the overall scores are skewed against me a bit as my
system is just a quad-core, though in this case I end up with better
overall scores anyway vs. a 680, even with the 580s @ stock):
Stock: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/588100
Oc'd: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/518352
For reference, here's just one 580 at stock, showing that it's Graphics
score matches the article's 580 quite nicely:
Also, my oc'd 580 SLI Graphics score matches a 780. :D (4506 vs. 4483)
However, as many would rightly point out, the 780 has a huge VRAM advantage
which is ideal for games like heavily modded Skyrim (though of course there
are 3GB 580s, but they tend to cost more - mine was 170 UKP total whereas
1.5GB 580s normally go for around 100 to 125 UKP), and further differences
mean a 780 would likely be quicker in other cases, especially if you wanted
to run a multi-screen setups with AA, etc.
I haven't bothered running normal Firestrike until now, so here are stock
and oc'd runs for comparing to the upper graph on the legit page:
Stock: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/588907
Oc'd: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/588883
At stock, 580 SLI easily beats a 680. Oc'd, the Graphics score is well
ahead of a 780 (infact it's higher than the Titan). This suggests, as one
might expect, that as the visual load becomes more complicated, a single
better card like a 780 will shows its strengths, ie. SLI'd 570/580s are
good at typical HD res, but at resolutions like 2560x1440 a newer card
would be more sensible.
There's also the issue of power consumption if you added a 2nd 570; in
the long term, would the additional electricity cost end up being not that
much less than the cost difference compared to just upgrading to a single
newer card? Hard to answer this as elec prices vary wildly by location.
There's also the extra heat, and as you say the issue of which games run
well in SLI since not all do.
Btw, here's an oddity: changing the SLI rendering mode can have a
dramatic effect on Firestrike Extreme scores, eg. while still at stock
speed, here are my two 580s using Alternate Frame Rendering 1 (AFR1),
compared to the earlier link which uses NVIDIA Recommended (examine the
individual test results):
Graphics Test 1 doesn't change, but Graphics Test 2 increases by some
36%, hence the Graphics score shoots up 20% from 3625 to 4363. On the
other hand, the Combined Test drops by about 10%. I notice this test uses
a lot of VRAM, so perhaps AFR1 doesn't handle heavy VRAM loading so well.
I checked by running normal Firestrike with the two different SLI modes,
the result was identical, suggesting that AFR1 may be better if a game is
taxing VRAM resources a lot, ie. it may be worth manually experimenting
with one's games to see if a different SLI mode gives higher performance.
I tested with 3 cards aswell; the variation in results depending on SLI
mode is even more pronounced (not checked with 4 cards yet, need to move
them into the 3930K case). For the sake of completeness, here's the link
(done with rather low 825 core clocks as the M4E mbd used has no spare
slots to permit decent oc'ing with 3 cards):
> ... Maybe i should hold
> off and wait for the 760 Ti that will inevitably come. ...
I read a piece yesterday which suggested NVIDIA wasn't going to release
any more cards this year, but who knows, that could easily change. It
would certainly be unusual if they didn't come out with a 760 Ti at some
point, or something equivalent.
> im kind of spoiled, I always want to make sure any game i can play runs
> at max settings as far as shadows/textures, etc. ...
:D:D Me too.
> ... I'm apparently the only
> person on the planet who hates AA (makes things fuzzy), ...
That can certainly happen with some games. Best to experiment with the
various options. Back when I was playing Oblivion on a 22" CRT at
2048x1536, I indeed found it better to leave AA off (because the dot
pitch was so small, no AA at the high res looked quite good). However,
with the games I'm playing now (FC2, Crysis2), turning on AA does look
better, but yes some modes are better than others.
> ... The 570 is doing fine in that respect on everything i play now, i'm
> just worried about some of the upcoming games like BF4, Witcher 3, etc.
If you don't plan on upgrading your display to a higher res, then adding
a 2nd 570 would work quite well performance-wise, but on the other hand...
> situations where SLI didnt work (i.e. game didnt support it), produced
> poor results, etc. Not to mention the heat, and power consumption issues.
... those are all very valid points to consider. Mind you, your CPU is
running at quite a low clock, so extra heat shouldn't affect your CPU config,
unless you have a very simple cooler.
> Off Topic, im currently running an i7-2600k @ 4.1ghz stable, do you think
> im fine as far as CPU
A 2600K will easily run at 4.5 to 4.8 depending on the chip, and many will
run at 5.0+, so you have plenty of scope for boosting your CPU performance
should you feel that necessary. The limitation on how high it can go is more
likely to be determined by your PSU, mbd, RAM, CPU cooler config and of course
just general luck of the draw re the particular 2600K you have.
Ian. Reply
Artas1984 - Sunday, August 16, 2015 - linkYou have done your research very wrong.
I had GTX570 and GTX670 in the past. The performance gap was a consecutive 33 % in favor of GTX670 in 20 different games. Documented that in the forums.
Meaning GTX680 is 50 % faster than GTX570.
So SLI GTX570, if scaling is from 50 to 100 %, should be always ahead of GTX680. Reply
skgiven - Sunday, August 04, 2013 - linkComparing against last years reference GTX660Ti (915MHz) has little merit - most (>90%) of 660Ti's are non-reference and boosting to 1200MHz is fairly standard (22% more than 980MHz)! The most recent 660Ti's are even sweeter on the power.
Including a recent FOC 660Ti and some lesser cards in SLi (GTX 650 ti Boost, which wins hands down and 460) would have made for a very nice review.
The 760 wins in high bandwidth games, but not low memory dependent games and apps, and not in terms of Performance/Watt.
BTW. I'm not seeing the price comparison, even now the GTX660Ti is still much less expensive. Reply
AlucardX - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - linkdoesn't look like much of an improvement compared to my overclocked 7850 that i bought for $250 over a year ago.. Reply
Parablooper - Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - linkWow. On 1080p Battlefield it beats a 7970... $270 price point vs. $400.... I like AMD but they better make a move soon or they're off the market. Reply
king-dubs - Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - linkIt doesn't. Anandtech is still using 7950/7970/7970GHz results from pre-12.11 drivers.
Also the 7970 dropped briefly to ~$300 two days ago, and the 7950 (Sapphire Dual-X) is still at $259 after MIR @ Newegg. Reply
king-dubs - Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - linkGuru3D results are consistent with TPU:
http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?ct=articles&ac... Reply
Ryan Smith - Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - linkThe 7970 results are with Catalyst 13.5 B2 (freshly composed for the GTX 780/770 reviews).
The 7950 results are with Catalyst 13.6 B2 (freshly composed for this article) Reply
JlHADJOE - Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - linkThe GTX670 still looks like a better configuration. Having two disabled SMs and trying to make up the performance difference with clock speed means the 760 is slightly slower than the 670, all the while using more power. There's likely less performance to be gained from overclocking too.
I can only guess that they are heavily binning GK104s and every good chip is going into the 770, and with the product line being cut down the 760 has to accept all the rejects so its spec calls for up to two non-functional SMs. Reply
intercede007 - Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - linkEVGA lists a 4GB part (04G-P4-2766-KR) and an overclocked 4GB part (04G-P4-2768-KR ). The review only covers the reference 2GB design.
Is there any reason to think the additional 2GB of memory at the same clock rate as a 2GB part will be worth the additional cost? The price difference appears to be $40. Reply
monkeydude66 - Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - linkThank you so much for including GTX 460, 560 Ti in the review! Anandtech delivers once again. I find it absolutely ridiculous when major GPU Review sites only compare new GPUs to the last generation or completely unrelated GPUs unworthy of comparing to to a mainstream card. Good work. Reply
mapesdhs - Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - link
I'll probably get a 700 series card next month, in which case I'll start adding data to my
site, which already has a lot of 460 info. Do you have a 460? (or two?) If so, which models?
Ian. Reply
monkeydude66 - Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - linkYeah, I have the Gigabyte GV-N460OC-1GI with 1GB. Planing to upgrade to GTX760 after seeing the +100% performance change. Reply
mapesdhs - Monday, July 01, 2013 - link
So is your 460 the version that has a 715MHz core clock? In that case yes indeed, the 760
should give you a major performance bump. Btw, what CPU/mbd do you have? CPU needs
to be reasonably decent to feed something like a 760.
Ian. Reply
SilverBack - Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - linkRyan the GTX 760 4 gb is out can we get a comparison? Reply
slickr - Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - linkToo expensive for me, $250 is still quite a lot, especially since the GTX 460 1GB was $200, then the GTX 560 was $200.
I'm going to wait for competition from AMD and see if they offer better value for money. Reply
rs2 - Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - linkHow did the 660Ti score so highly on the Crysis 3 benchmark @ 2560x1440? Seems like an invalid result? Reply
Ryan Smith - Thursday, June 27, 2013 - linkGood catch. That was a data entry error; that was supposed to be 34, not 44. It has been corrected. Thanks. Reply
Impulses - Thursday, June 27, 2013 - linkHmm, it took a while but it seems like I finally have a suitable upgrade path from my CF 6950x2 (unlocked)... I paid about $225 for each of those and I just haven't seen a card (or a pair of cards) that would be a substantial enough upgrade for under $500. SLI GTX 760 is more than I was hoping for, when the 770 came in at $400 I almost expected this to come in at $300+.
Now, the question is, will I be bottlenecking myself under future games with 2GB GTX 760s in SLI for gaming at 5760x1200 or 3600x1920? My 6950s have held up well but I've been playing a lot of older games too... Should I be looking at a single GTX 780 instead or something? Reply
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As is so often the case, that depends on the games you're playing, and whether you're
using any mods, etc. Heavily modded Skyrim definitely needs more than 2GB even with
one high-res display. Heavy AA also needs more VRAM. Personally, if I was going for
multi-screen gaming, I'd want more than 2GB. Others have mentioned a 4GB 760, so
maybe that's an option? Or of course there are the various 3GB AMD cards, though I
wouldn't bother with CF until AMD's new drivers are out.
Some advantages of getting a single 780: better upgrade path in the future, less
power consumption, no SLI issues. The down side of course is the cost.
Ian. Reply
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Buddhaz Priest - Friday, July 12, 2013 - linkWow. initially I kind of panned the GTX 770 because I didn't feel it was enough of a jump from the 670 for the price difference. Seemed like it wasn't a big hardware jump and that you were paying for the software goodies like GPU Boost 2.0, but after seeing the number difference between the 670 and 770 I gotta say I'm pleasantly surprised with how well the 770 performs. Reply
BadThad - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkLet's see, no mention of the R270? You can find them for $150-175 (cheaper than the GTX) and they are virtually the same as far as performance. Reply
j18kuhn - Thursday, January 22, 2015 - linkI got one at best buy for my first pc for 210 and now I'm waiting on the rest of my parts from amazon Reply
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text: We talk about the way of the Mahdi and the Prophet Jesus (as), and they ask what we mean by the Mahdi and Jesus (as). What need is there for Islamic Union, they ask? What need is there for Turkish-Islamic Union? And autonomy? Ah, that we need right away. They say the Kurdish region must be set up straight away. But if we had Turkish-Islamic Union it would be even stronger than NATO. The whole world would abandon that depravity. The countries that engage in depraved behavior. The result would be an excellent peace force. The army that results will not be an oppressive one, but a deterrent force. Because there will be no bloodshed, since this is the time of the Mahdi. Is the PKK strong enough to impose its will in that way? No. So it is not that hard a task. Books and activities espousing Turkish-Islamic Union, faith-related activities, are very important. For example, the A9 TV channel is doing very good work on that subject, insha'Allah. The channel needs to be supported as it spreads. People should be encouraged to watch it all over the world. Books espousing Turkish-Islamic Union can be read en masse. Conferences can be held. Presentations can be arranged. There is no question of one not having the means. Everything is possible. If people use their intelligence and will. How do I do it? I was alone when I came from Ankara in 1979. And look at the results. Look where Turkey is now. Islam has grown wonderfully strong. Materialism and Darwinism have been intellectually annihilated in Turkey. And intellectually annihilated in Europe. The other side cannot open their mouths any more. They brought the rabbis together as a last resort. Religious teachers and Christian priests. They got them all to sign a piece of paper saying they are Darwinists. It is like a comedy film. Why bother with all these last, desperate measures? With all this wretchedness? The important thing is you have been annihilated intellectually. No signatures are going to change that. Look at that final move and see how wretched it is.


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New Delhi, India
Good news came to Siva-phobics worldwide when it was announced that the Hindu deity Siva had been caught and arrested by police.
It started on Tuesday morning, at around 8:32 AM, when Siva was dragged out of his home at Kailaasa Mountain in the Himalayas, briefly after he murdered a man at Trivandrum. Although Siva is the Destroyer, it still is a big no-no to murder a man at a convenience store if he's merely buying a slushee. Despite his self-given right, Siva was taken through the due process of the law.
It was found out at court that the murder at the convenience store - which was recorded in its entirety by a hidden camera of which Siva was not aware of - was in fact not the first time the Hindu god has killed a man. In fact, it was estimated that Siva has killed at least 16 billion different people. Said Judge Yoratajaniish, who is a self-proclaimed Jack Hindu, "Whether or not this in fact Siva the Destroyer, or if it's just the Siva from that Smashing Pumpkins song, I do not know. However, what I do know - as does every other man and woman in this court room - is that Siva is guilty for murdering a man in a second-rate convenience store in Trivandrum on the morning of December 4, 2012. The tape I am holding in my right hand does not lie. He is guilty of murder of one man in Trivandrum, as well at least 15,999,999,999 other unnamed victims."
To make matters worse, another storeowner named Rajit Nahasapeemapetilon, who insisted was in no way related to the beloved Kwik-E-Mart owner Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, claimed that Siva is also guilty of identity theft, as he bought items with different credit cards using different names. Some of the fake names that Siva used on his many credit cards include Vayu, Nataraj and Tryambaka Deva. While these names do sound like legitimate alter-egos, another credit card Siva used named him as Otm Shank, obviously copying the beloved Bollywood actor whose name is actually an anagram for Tom Hanks.
Siva, for those two crimes, was sentenced on the spot for 25,000 years in the worst maximum security prison in India. Judge Yoratajaniish chuckled as Siva was dragged away by force, saying "I never really cared much for the Upanishads, but me sentencing a major Hindu god an unbelievable prison sentence is the damned funniest thing I've ever seen. I just hope that there isn't some kind of karma thing that would prompt Siva to revenge-kill me by shooting a laser at me with his third eye."
The fact that Siva, who is beyond all living things, is trapped in a prison despite being a god draws amazing parallels to when Loki was locked up in a glass chamber in The Avengers.
Followers of Vishnu, Brahma and even Kama rejoiced on the spot on hearing of Siva's arrest. Said Yawaala Ramajaan, "We are so happy. We are so very happy. Love is in the air. Fireworks are in the sky. Children are dancing in the street, and this time they're not dancing because they have some sort of crap tapeworm that makes them involuntarily dance and shake. It is because Siva, the one who has killed our babies, killed our cattle and even stole our lunch money back in middle school is locked up behind bars. We no longer have to worry about an evil blue man stealing our valued items at night, particularly the breath of life. This is such a great day. I love my life, particularly the one I'm in right now! This is a great country! Brahma bless India!"
Siva however might be put out on parole if Kali has something to say about it, but what the hell.
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A ganglion cyst is a fluid-filled sac. It is usually attached to the membrane that surrounds a tendon or a joint lining. Ganglion cysts usually appear on the back of the wrist. They may also be on the underside of the wrist, hand, fingers, or feet. Ganglion cysts are not cancerous.
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Ganglion cysts are more common in young people and women. Participating in sports that put a lot of repeated stress on wrists increases your chance of developing a ganglion cyst.
Symptoms can include:
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. Most ganglion cysts are easily diagnosed based on the location and appearance.
If the diagnosis is not clear, your imaging studies or a biopsy may be done to help confirm the diagnosis.
Some ganglion cysts go away without treatment. If the cyst is tender or unsightly, you may want treatment. Even with treatment, ganglion cysts can return.
Note: Do not attempt to smash the cyst with a heavy object, a traditional home remedy. This is unlikely to get rid of the cyst, but it is likely to cause injury.
Treatments include:
Because many ganglion cysts disappear on their own, watching it to make sure it is improving may be all that is needed.
You may need to wear a splint on your wrist. Ganglion cysts usually get smaller with less activity and larger with more activity.
A needle is put into the cyst to drain the fluid.
A steroid solution is injected into the cyst. This is usually done after the cyst is drained.
The cyst can be surgically removed. This is done when they are large and unsightly or painful. Cysts may return even after surgery.
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What Foods Have Gluten?
Gluten is found in wheat, rye, barley and any foods made with these grains.
Avoiding wheat can be especially hard because this means you should avoid all wheat-based flours and ingredients. These include but are not limited to:
- White Flour
- Whole Wheat Flour
- Durum Wheat
- Graham Flour
- Triticale
- Kamut
- Semolina
- Spelt
- Wheat Germ
- Wheat Bran
Common foods that are usually made with wheat include:
- Pasta
- Couscous
- Bread
- Flour Tortillas
- Cookies
- Cakes
- Muffins
- Pastries
- Cereal
- Crackers
- Beer
- Oats (see the section on oats below)
- Gravy
- Dressings
- Sauces
This may seem like a long list, but there are still plenty of gluten-free foods out there! Choose from many fresh, healthy foods like fruits, vegetables, beans, dairy, nuts and gluten-free grains like quinoa or rice. There are also gluten-free versions of many of the foods above available in most grocery stores. You just have to look for them!
Gluten Surprises
You may not expect it, but the following foods can also contain gluten:
- broth in soups and bouillon cubes
- breadcrumbs and croutons
- some candies
- fried foods
- imitation fish
- some lunch meats and hot dogs
- malt
- matzo
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- seasoned chips and other seasoned snack foods
- salad dressings
- self-basting turkey
- soy sauce
- seasoned rice and pasta mixes
There are also many addititves and ingredients in packaged foods that may contain gluten. Always check labels and ingredient lists for these. For a more comprehensive list of gluten-containing additives, contact your local celiac support group.
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- Don't forget that ingredients in food products change frequently, so always check the label before buying packaged foods.
- Remember that "wheat-free" does not automatically mean "gluten-free." While a product may not contain wheat, it can still contain rye or barley in some form.
- If you have any question about whether a food contains gluten, contact the manufacturer directly.
The Fuss About Oats
Pure oats are a gluten-free food, but most commercially processed oats have been contaminated during the growing, harvesting or processing stages. In the past, many experts recommended completely avoiding oats those on a gluten-free diet in addition to wheat, barley, and rye. Now, some oats are grown and processed separately, and can be labeled "gluten-free."
Many people with celiac disease are still advised to avoid oats initially. However, oats can help provide fiber and other important nutrients. Over time, most people with celiac can reintroduce pure oats in small amounts (about 1/2 cup of dry oats per day) without any trouble.
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A BARN was near-destroyed after a fire at Corfe Mullen last night.
Fire appliances from Wimborne and Poole were sent to the scene at Brog Street at around 7.45pm to find the building well alight.
Police were also at the scene and closed some surrounding roads to help crews deal with the blaze safely.
Firefighters brought the flames under control at around 9.35pm, but the barn was left "nearly completed destroyed", a spokesman for the fire service said.
Part of the roof and walls collapsed and a large amount of timber was also damaged, as well as the contents of a metal storage container inside the barn.
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Ridiculing Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) for advocating that Congress raise the federal minimum wage, Rush Limbaugh falsely claimed that minimum-wage earners are overwhelmingly teenagers who don't have to support families. From the April 29 Rush Limbaugh Show:
LIMBAUGH: There aren't families living on the minimum wage anyway; it's a teenage entry level job for 75% of the people earning minimum wage.
Several minutes later, Limbaugh said:
LIMBAUGH: The people that get the minimum wage are not the people Democrats portray them as being -- heads of households supporting families of four. It's not the case. Let's get real.
The truth is that only 32 percent of minimum wage earners are teens ages 16 - 19, according to the Economic Policy Institute's analysis of 2000 U.S. Census Bureau data.
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SPRING VALLEY — A 43-year-old Connecticut man has been charged with the gunpoint robbery of a village convenience store and is suspected of robbing a deli 12 hours earlier in late November, police said Tuesday.
After an investigation aided by surveillance video, police charged Tony Curtis Hunt with one count of first-degree robbery for stealing close to $1,500 from the N&K Quick Pick at 2 Hickory St., police said.
He's accused of robbing the Hickory Street store on Nov. 28. Hours later, Hunt is suspected of stealing $1,000 from the Latin Food Mart on South Main Street, Spring Valley Detective Sgt. James Noble said.
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AMMAN, Jordan - The Iraqi parliament Thursday passed a budget for 2013 that allocated to Kurdistan just a fraction of the oil revenue requested by the semi-autonomous region, a move that deepens a dispute that has disrupted oil exports from the north of the country.
The parliament agreed that the Iraqi central government should make $650 million in payments to the Kurdish government, which would be used to pay companies operating in the region for oil exports, said Ibrahim al-Mutlaq, a member of the parliamentary finance committee. The Kurdish government had asked for $3.5 billion, he said.
The budget decision adds to existing tensions between the Kurdish region and Baghdad over oil exploration rights, trade with Turkey and the redevelopment of oil fields in a disputed territory. The dispute over the payment of oil revenues has already led to the suspension of crude oil exports from the Kurdish region since December.
Kurdish lawmakers boycotted the session which led to the passing of the budget, Mr. al-Mutlaq said. Kurdish officials weren't immediately available to comment.
The Kurdish government says the $3.5 billion it requested includes outstanding payments covering all exports between 2010 and 2013. The Baghdad government collects the oil revenues because it controls the export pipeline.
The central government in Baghdad made one payment of around $550 million in October for the companies operating in Kurdistan, but Iraqi officials later said that they wouldn't pay a second portion of around $300 million because the Kurdistan Regional Government failed to reach an oil production level of 250,000 barrels a day agreed in September.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's bloc in parliament, the State of the Law, is arguing that the Kurds should pay Baghdad for their failure to produce the promised amount since November, Mr. al-Mutlaq said.
The allocation of oil revenues has been a significant sticking point in the Iraqi parliament's vote on the 2013 budget, which is $118.6 billion in total. The vote was delayed many times because lawmakers differed on whether Baghdad should allocate money to companies working in Kurdistan.
The Kurdish government further annoyed Baghdad when it started unilateral exports of more than 15,000 barrels a day of oil and natural gas condensate in trucks to Turkey at the beginning of January. It has pledged to increase these exports gradually and even plans to set up its own pipeline, bypassing the Baghdad-controlled export route.
The two sides are also locked in a dispute over who has the right to award oil exploration licenses in the region. Baghdad considers scores of oil deals signed with companies, including Exxon Mobil Corp., Total SA and Gazprom Neft as null and void because they haven't been approved by the central government. The Kurds argue that they are legal according to the new constitution.
Another war of words broke out in January, when the oil ministry in Baghdad said it was considering signing a contract with BP PLC to redevelop the Kirkuk oil field, which is in a disputed territory bordering the Kurdish region.
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Earlier in the week I was sorting through some old files on my laptop and came across this.
I made it almost four years ago, and can't actually remember now whether I stitched the drawing and then looked for a way to decorate the edges, or dreamed up the edging before deciding what to add in the centre. Either way, it was the start of a journey which ended up as my book - a single hoop-based project which turned into over 100 more.
The crocheted edging is one of my favourite finishing techniques, not least because it's the perfect excuse to buy single balls of beautiful yarn in a whole mixture of colours. Cheap acrylics are to be avoided like the plague. I might even be suggesting the idea doesn't work with synthetic fibres and/or uninspiring colours.
It is, however, perfect for using up treasured scraps and leftovers. A single hoop doesn't require much yarn at all, and you only need pretty basic skills (like me) to make it work. And if you're not sure what to stitch in the centre of the hoop? Well, I have a hundred or so suggestions to get you started . . .


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Tuesday August 6th, 2013 12:57am
I have been asked questions, on countless occasions, regarding what we are doing with our guys in this year of no competition (competition will begin in spring 2013).
In recent posts I have explained that our philosophy with the 28 players we have on campus this year is to focus on the training and development of our young men. Our two goals are to (1) establish a culture of excellence and accountability for the program and (2) to focus intensely on the development of each lacrosse player. We chose not to compete against club-level lacrosse teams this year so that we can focus solely on this development.
Our days start early and end late. Each player's schedule is packed with practice, class, weight training, academic meetings and study hall. I got the sense this week that all of this work with no competition was wearing on the guys. How could it not beat them down? It is a grind. With no true measuring stick each week, we are left to evaluate ourselves and trust that we are doing everything we can to prepare ourselves for the future. This unknown has been the most challenging part of this process for our staff.
From the coaching staff's perspective, we are very happy with the results we can measure. Our academic endeavors show improvement each day and the results will speak for themselves with each grade that is reported.
While we see improvement in our players' skills, this truly cannot be measured for another seven months. (Here we come, Nick Colleluori Classic!) The one area where we see visible results is in the fitness level of our players. The transformation of our players' bodies has been amazing. Working out five days a week and working with a full-time nutritionist is starting to pay off. I am left speechless each day by what strength coach Todd Smith has our guys doing. He knows no limits, and we are starting to look like a Division I lacrosse team (in the weight room at least).
To give you a better sense of what a day is like for our student-athletes at Marquette University, Coach Stephen Brundage and our manager Matt Hetrick put together a "day in the life" video. Complete with helmet cam and all, it is a visual masterpiece! I hope you enjoy.


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September 25, 2012
Hemet, Calif. - The Mustang Golf team spent the last two days competing in the California State Intercollegiate Tournament at the Diamond Valley Golf Course in Hemet, CA with hopes of playing well and coming home with the victory. The Mustangs fell just short of that goal and finished second out of a field of nine teams.
After the first day, TMC found themselves in fourth place behind third place CSU San Marcos, second place Holy Names, and first place UC Riverside.
TMC's Thane Ringler (Hutchinson, KS) started out by turning in an impressive 70 placing him in a three-way tie just two strokes behind the lead. The second round ended not how the Mustangs had hoped with a total score of 596, giving them sole possession of fourth place.
However, the Mustangs bounced back as TMC senior Michael Reitz (Denver, CO) and junior Nolan Sand stepped up and scored the course par (72) on the second day. Over the two day tournament, Reitz and Ringler led the Mustangs with an overall score of 222.
TMC saw three Mustangs finish in the top 15 in a field of 51 golfers. Reitz led the way with his 222 finish and was tied with Ringler in eighth place. John Lawson (Mobile, AL) finished at 14th with a +7 final score.
Coach Semelsberger responded to the Mustangs first 2012-2012 performance by saying "We're off to a good start and we have much room to improve. I was really encouraged that we almost had three of our players finish in the top 10."
The Mustangs now have two weeks to prepare for their next event as they travel south to San Marcos to compete in the 2012 CSU San Marcos Fall Classic at the Twin Oaks Golf Course on October 15th-16th.


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The family of Ruby Milnes, who was killed in a cycle accident near York Racecourse, are walking across the North York Moors in support of a charity which helped her sisters after her death.
Al Milnes and her two sons, Max and Olmo, are to walk from their home in Bishophill, York, to Staithes, a 60-mile journey which will take them three days, in support of HCPT The Pilgrimage Trust.
The family want to raise money to thank the York branch of the charity which helped them through difficult times after Ruby's death, following a collision with a lorry on a cycle track near York Racecourse in 2008.
HCPT took Ruby's sister, Pearl, who has Down's Syndrome, on a pilgrimage holiday to Lourdes which Al says was invaluable help at a time when the family were trying to come to terms with Ruby's death.
"She (Pearl) was 17 and it was a time in her life when she would benefit from it. The family was in a state, we were all over the place. Pearl is very jolly, and I think she felt she had to be cheerful about everything.
"She went away on a really nice break and one she needed, with people who were giving her lots of love and attention, kindness and warmth. It gave her a bit of independence, and also lots of fun," said Al.
Al believes the charity, which is for people "of all faiths and none", helped ease the pain for the whole family by helping both Pearl, who is now 21 and an art student at York College, and her sister, Bonnie, 18, who later volunteered and went on the pilgrimage as a helper.
Al hopes to raise enough money from the walk for other disabled and disadvantaged people to be able to go on a similar HCPT holiday and she and Bonnie are planning to go too as volunteers as support for the charity.
She has enlisted the support of, Max, 19, and Olmo, 17, for the walk to Staithes, where she and her husband Dave, a psychiatrist, are restoring a run-down chapel, and where she runs the Staithes Art Gallery.
They are a family that believes in long walks. Ten years ago, with Ruby, they walked the Camino de Santiago de Compostela, a medieval pilgrimage across the North of Spain, and since then they have walked St Cuthbert's Way and to Holy Island, been up Snowdon, along the Llyn Peninsula, and from Beverley Minster to York Minster.
Al and her sons are looking forward to the walk in early March and agree it will be a good chance to get together, have fun, long chats and to get rid of the stresses of everyday life.
Al said she wants to thank the people from HCPT who helped her family.
She said: "Ruby's death made changes that will never go away.
"But I am finding healing comes in small pieces. Little things come that are a bit easing, balming. Pearl going to Lourdes for the first time – seeing that happen helped us."
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Five days, 25 teams: Part 4
Dooley's early college football rankings
Published: Saturday, July 6, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, July 1, 2013 at 3:22 p.m.
This is the fourth in a five-part series with an eye on the 2013 college football season. Sun sports columnist Pat Dooley has picked his preseason Top 25 and will reveal five a day. Today, Nos. 6-10.
No. 10: LSU
The good news: Do they grow defensive studs in the bayou? It seems like coach Les Miles is able to develop defensive players as well as anyone.
The bad news: There is no time for this young team to wade into the season. The schedule is brutal. There's a reason Miles has been complaining about it.
No. 9: South Carolina
The good news: The Gamecocks have Jadeveon Clowney, which is all you need to know. They also have a pretty good head ball coach.
The bad news: Coach Steve Spurrier plans to play both quarterbacks and you never know how that's going to go.
No. 8: Oregon
The good news: The Ducks got their NCAA mess behind them with a slap on the wrist so there will be no distraction during the season.
The bad news: The first time Oregon goes three-and-out, the fans will be questioning new coach Mark Helfrich.
No. 7: Oklahoma
The good news: Bob Stoops is entering his 15th year as the Sooners' head coach so there is nothing that is going to surprise him.
The bad news: Stoops has to replace Landry Jones at quarterback, but more importantly, he has to find his mojo. The Sooners have gone two straight seasons without a BCS bowl and were destroyed by Texas A&M to end last season.
No. 6 Louisville
The good news: Coach Charlie Strong has plenty of talent returning and an influx of new players, including UF transfers Gerald Christian and Robert Clark. He also has an incredibly easy schedule.
The bad news: Louisville is playing with new expectations after last year's surprising season. That can be difficult to handle for some teams.
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IN the old church on Bridgwater Road in North Petherton, a group of volunteers will be reading aloud this very article for blind people across Bridgwater.
The team at the Bridgwater Talking Newspaper records news, stories and features from the Mercury for distribution to 50 blind or partially-sighted people, and they have just completed their milestone 250th edition.
The project started in April 2009 when the readers recorded on a single tape.
Nowadays, thanks to a grant from the Somerset Community Foundation, the operation is fully digital with recordings being delivered to the clients on USB memory sticks.
Richard Culverhouse, a founding member of the Bridgwater Talking Newspaper, said: "We started off with about 25 customers and we've more or less doubled since then."
The recording sessions happen every Wednesday in North Petherton with about four people reading pieces from the Mercury.
Richard said: "It all takes about an hour. We don't pretend to be the BBC but we will knock out stuff quickly."
The Talking News is always looking both for new volunteers to read and more clients for the service, which is completely free.
Richard said: "We've met a lot of lovely people as a result. It's nice to be able to do something like this."
If you are interested in either reading or subscribing to the Bridgwater Talking Newspaper, call Richard on 01278-684390 or go to bridg|watertalkingnews.org.uk