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Windows 8 To Use Less Memory Than Windows 7by Andrew Cunningham on 10/7/2011 4:00 PM EST
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dayanth - Friday, October 07, 2011 - linkAnd I suppose Windows 8 will run faster than previous versions and make people twice as productive than they were in Windows 7?
South Park sums it up nicely - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoKeQeMfN0s Reply
inighthawki - Friday, October 07, 2011 - linkDid you try reading the article? Or are you just unjustly biased? Reply
michal1980 - Friday, October 07, 2011 - linkhe's one of the wall street protesters so forgive him for now knowing what his protesting Reply
blue_falcon - Friday, October 07, 2011 - link+1 to michal1980 Reply
tayb - Sunday, October 09, 2011 - linkIf you can't figure out what occupy wall street is about or don't care I feel very sorry for you. Reply
Money Loo - Sunday, October 09, 2011 - linkBy the looks of things YOU are the only one here who doesn't know what occupy wall street is about.
Also, shot in the dark here...but...umm...where-tf did that even come from? If you just left FOX news and wanted somewhere to complain about occupy wall street this is the wrong place. Reply
Nfarce - Monday, October 10, 2011 - linkSeveral protesters were interviewed last week, and they could not even state why they were there and what the mission was. One brainiac just said, and I quote: "I'm just angry. I don't have a reason. Can't I just be angry without a reason?"
We aren't going to be turned into a fascist/neo-Marxist government run state of nation, so deal with it, protesters. (Fascism = government control over private industry and Marxism = no individual property rights). Reply
Sandblaster44 - Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - linkNfarce must be the blond FOX barbie who has never had a problem in her life. She broke up with Ken to come defend Michael. Reply
DarkUltra - Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - linkToo bad some of the protesters where caught off guard, or even mis-quoted. But the issue is very real, and the real criminals should be punished. But don't get me wrong, I really believe in capitalism and the pursuit of money. It drives the well being of us all with mass production and cheaper food, new technology and new products, new movies etc.
But it should be well regulated so we don't get crises like we have today, that was triggered by the rotten house loans in USA and the reckless economic engineering and borrowing by the Greece government.
Here is a good comment from nytimes.com:
Obama was the chance for the US to avoid this sense of alienation and
despair, and he took the low road--kowtowing to Wall Street and giving
the banksters everything they wanted. The chance was misused and
abused. What is the alternative to our system? It is well-regulated
government for the people, not winner take all capitalism. Capitalism
does work, just like crime pays, but it has to be overseen by
responsible people and the rewards and punishments for participating
in capitalism have to be appropriate. There is a common good! The
government's job is to enforce it. That means that the abusers in the
banks-- those who bet on defaults, for example-- cannot be allowed to
do so. It is simple, but not easy. Obama had a mandate, and flouted
it. Let the chaos begin, since it is unavoidable. Jane Smiley
California Sep 28, 2011 4:15 PM Reply
SoCalBoomer - Friday, October 07, 2011 - linkWell, faster than previous versions (which the article didn't mention) and be less resource intensive than previous versions (which the article did mention), yes.
We've already seen demos, and enough people have the alpha release to verify. . . so, yes.
Productivity is up to the individual, and for me that means a slough of monitors (2 over 2) and I'm wondering how Win8 will work on that. . . because that will directly impact my productivity.
But, you know, nice troll. Reply
SleepyFE - Friday, October 07, 2011 - linkI don't get something. They say here that it will use les memory because it will close what you are not using, or is duplicated. However, months before they said that no program will really close, it will just minimize to a tile (how is that less resourse hungry). Reply
inighthawki - Saturday, October 08, 2011 - linkThat is for the metro apps, the things that close automatically are services. The other feature is to reduce memory by finding already loaded copies of things and reusing memory until it needs to write to the memory. Reply
Targon - Sunday, October 09, 2011 - linkThere are many tricks that can be used to save on processor and memory usage. iOS for example has background applications effectively "suspended", with only a few function calls that continue to operate in the background. For services, Windows NT through Windows 7 have services that many don't really use that are always running, just in case an application MAY need them. Switching to a system where services are not running unless they are actually needed would help quite a bit. Reply
JonnyDough - Saturday, October 08, 2011 - linkI wonder what patches and updates will do to Windows 8 though...is it secure and bug free? If its great and stays great until SP1 I will certainly be getting it. I've held off on Vista, and only bought one copy of Win 7 (my older PCs run Home Server and XP still) so I will be upgrading all to Win 8 if it all holds true! :D Reply
name99 - Friday, October 07, 2011 - linkI'm confused. Is your skepticism regarding Microsoft, or regarding OSs in general?
Apple, certainly, have a pretty good track record of increasing performance (including VM performance) and reducing disk footprint (not mentioned in the article above, but another aspect of the issue) from one OS to the next. The one notable regression in recent times has been with Safari 5.1, though that is sure to be fixed soon --- it is certainly a bug, not an architectural issue.
The same has been largely true of the recent free unixes.
There are times when the memory usage of an OS jumps substantially --- but for good reason. For example, switching from a single-core to a multi-core OS, or switching the imaging model so that every window gets backing store, or (for disk footprint) shipping a world-ready OS that has every asset in multiple languages --- a primary reason OSX and its apps are so much larger than people who whine about the good old days of OS9.
But it's not like the people in charge of these OSs are fools. Those jumps happen for a reason, and chances are, if you have an opinion about the requirements of modern OSs, this reflects NOT their stupidity, but rather that you (interested in your personal experience) want a different set of tradeoffs from what the manufacturers and packagers (who actually KNOW their customers) want. Reply
Exodite - Friday, October 07, 2011 - linkNone of these things is a reason for any notable increase in memory usage, or even storage space. Let alone a good one.
The fast and short of it is that the desktop OSs of today include too much crap that have nothing to do with OS tasks. Reply
name99 - Friday, October 07, 2011 - linkJesus Christ.
If you're going to have a separate backing store for each window, where do you THINK that store is going to reside?
If you're going to store separate resources for every language, how is that NOT going to impact the size of an app? Look at something like iTunes. I don't know the Windows situation, but on a Mac more than 50% of the size is in language-specific resources.
There is NOTHING stopping you running Windows 3 on your PC if you are so convinced everything was better back in 1985. Sure you won't have much of an internet connection or much of a browser, but I suspect the rest of us would consider that a feature more than a bug.
Look, you can contribute to the debate like a mature human being, or you can make statements that are childish and clearly stupid. Choose wisely. Reply
OCedHrt - Saturday, October 08, 2011 - linkThat point is what isn't used shouldn't be installed. It's fine if the installer has support for it. And, you're not being any more mature either. Reply
Exodite - Sunday, October 09, 2011 - linkTo be fair I'm not the one making the argument personal here.
Things were better in the mid-80s, from an OS perspective anyway.
It's easy to overlook what software evolution brings to the end user experience, most of the time it's not nearly as much as one would think.
If we chose to focus on Windows in particular I'd argue that nothing has happened since W95. Sure there's a lot of technical mumbo-jumbo, which - being a software engineer - I have moderate appreciation for myself.
Has it really improved the user experience though? And has it done so in line with the resource requirements?
The answer is an emphatic no, not anywhere near that.
To illustrate my point I'll fall be to my favorite example, AmigaOS 3.x.
My now 20 year old Amiga still offers a snappier, more responsive experience - to say nothing about a more intuitive interface - than my current i7 2600K-based desktop.
And it achieves this with, quite literally, less than a thousandth of the resources.
Point being?
That there's a lot to be done with Windows before something like this is impressive. Cutting memory requirements down to half should be relatively trivial, down to a tenth - desirable. Reply
Targon - Sunday, October 09, 2011 - linkAre you serious? The way multi-tasking is handled under NT/2000/XP/Vista/7 is far better than what Windows ME and earlier had provided. The real problem that we have is that as the capability of computers has increased, the more we have running at any one time, and THAT is what has caused the lack of true increases in overall system performance. Your Amiga probably doesn't have anti-virus continually monitoring things in the background(why bother with anti-virus for an old platform that virtually no one uses anymore?).
This is really the thing that it SOUNDS like Windows 8 is addressing, how to reduce the impact of all the background stuff and how much is really being done in the background.
The one thing that was done better back in the 1980s and early 1990s was that due to limited resources(RAM and HD space), programmers had to focus on more efficient code. Instead of 8 versions of the same subroutine/function for slightly different needs, back then, we would code a single subroutine/function that might have one extra parameter to make it work for all of those 8 different situations.
Intel did not help with all of those SSE instructions that were primarily intended to keep AMD from keeping up(AMD tried to fight back with 3DNow! but gave up when it didn't take off), and Microsoft has bloated DirectX with a lot of stuff that was not really needed. But, what's done is done.
The only way to REALLY fix the problem is to start over with a design that is LESS complicated and "open" to modifications. If the base OS is fairly small and you let the user select what to run/install, it will provide better performance than a monolithic design that does every possible thing that anyone might want. Windows 8 is a step in the right direction by cutting down on what services are running. Reply
cfaalm - Sunday, October 09, 2011 - link+1 Reply
DarkUltra - Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - linkThe very foundation of Windows 7 is slow and borked. UI uses much more CPU and general file i/o is much slower than XP. These are the same operations yet they are slowed down by a huge amount in 7.
But .net and managed code is something you should stay away from. It is easier to code but slower to run and uses gargantuan amounts of memory, and is harder to optimize for. Direct2D and c++ is the future, I hope. It would be sweet to have the dynamics of Metro with the Windows 7 start menu and task bar. Games zooming in while the desktop fades out in the background.. but it won't happen soon I guess, *sigh* not big enough expectations from customers. Reply
Iketh - Saturday, October 08, 2011 - linkPlease explain some of this "crap." Reply
Exodite - Sunday, October 09, 2011 - linkBasically, everything that isn't related to executing and managing applications is extraneous to the OS. Reply
DarkUltra - Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - linkNo way. What about file system management and indexing feature of W7? That is integrated into the OS and is not extraneous. Reply
JonnyDough - Saturday, October 08, 2011 - linkTroll. Unregister yourself. Reply
yyrkoon - Saturday, October 08, 2011 - link@dayamth.
I think perhaps you have been watching too much TV. Such as your south park reference suggests.
Assuming Microsoft just rewrote the memory management methods, and service run policies for Windows 7. Windows 7 it's self would most likely be more responsive as well. Assuming the system architecture could withstand such a rewrite. Which I am betting is more than likely possible.
As for making any person twice as productive . . . Most likely Microsoft could not truly make that boast. As it is hard to make the average lazy bum any more productive than they want to be. For instance. Microsoft would have to enthrall the masses well enough to get off their fat behinds. So as to stop watching shows like south park (all day long ).
In other words. Very unlikely.
*Or* "we" could all just denounce Microsoft entirely. Right ? Because all alternative operating systems are perfect. Yeah, that was sarcasm . . . Reply
kensiko - Friday, October 07, 2011 - linkThey will go bankrupt ! Look we can have 16GB of ram for 100$. I will get 16GB on my next build, I wish Windows 8 will be able to use it efficiently. Reply
Pirks - Friday, October 07, 2011 - linkNah they will NOT go bankrupt, stop this bullshit! People will just start building their 32GB or even 64GB RAM disks when RAM prices drop to $100 for 64GB or so. I will for one. Need 32GB RAM disk right now to make stuff like games load instantly. Waiting for RAM prices to drop before jumping in. Reply
MonkeyPaw - Friday, October 07, 2011 - linkI don't see why it wouldn't. Since Vista, Windows has used idle RAM for commonly used programs to speed launch time. That memory can be freed at anytime if an application needs it. All MS appears to be doing here is reducing the footprint of "system reserved" memory, which means more RAM for applications. This is great, since XP only utilizes RAM that is currently in use, so any RAM that was in excess of that demand served no purpose unless an Application just happened to need it. OS X did this memory trick first, and I don't know if any Linux distros do. Reply
Shining Arcanine - Friday, October 07, 2011 - linkLinux had it before Mac OS X. Reply
Exodite - Friday, October 07, 2011 - linkSince we're on 32-bit for the foreseeable future we can't expect memory addressing extensions significantly past the 4GB boundary.
Anyway, the problem isn't just cost but also space and power use... Microsoft is trying to push MIDs and tablets down the pipe too. Reply
JonnyDough - Saturday, October 08, 2011 - linkOn 32 bit? Where have you been. Most of Win 7 sold is 64 bit. Vista was a good 40% or so last I read I think...I could be wrong. I've been using XP Pro x64 for years. Reply
Exodite - Sunday, October 09, 2011 - linkMicrosoft's reluctance to push for 64-bit fully have marginalized the idea to the point that the only 64-bit parts of most systems is the memory subsystem and drivers.
Since 32-bit application software runs on 64-bit systems there's no real reason to develop 64-bit software.
Enter Windows on ARM and you're looking at a situation where 32-bit is going to be the standard for a long time to come. Reply
Targon - Sunday, October 09, 2011 - linkYou should look at the different modes that PROCESSORS support, since that is a big factor. A 64 bit OS has to handle 32 bit applications somewhat differently from "native" applications, and going back to 16 bit becomes a bit of a problem. When compatibility is a REQUIREMENT, then it would be a bad idea to push for a move to 64 bit before the software has been updated.
How many people just could not go to Windows Vista or Windows 7 due to older applications not working? The move to 64 bit from 32 bit increases the difficulties in making those older applications working, and only a VM is the solution for SOME older applications. For those who have played computer games over the years, they still want to be able to play their old games on new computers, and keeping things compatible is NOT easy between 16 bit, 32 bit, and 64 bit. Reply
JonnyDough - Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - link64-bit allows more memory addressing, so it is essentially faster. Also, it is supposedly more secure. Not to mention 64-bit development tools are more up to date/more friendly GUI/easier to use. Reply
Taft12 - Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - linkBecause there is more overhead associated with all those additional available registers, there are many cases where 64-bit code is SLOWER than 32-bit.
I'm not aware of any cases where security is enhanced or superior development tools available for 64-bit systems that aren't equivalent in the 32-bit world (perhaps you have some examples? Perhaps not) Reply
yyrkoon - Saturday, October 08, 2011 - link"Anyway, the problem isn't just cost but also space and power use... Microsoft is trying to push MIDs and tablets down the pipe too."
That rabbit hole goes much, much deeper than tablets my friend.
ARM is the go to platform for many embedded devices, and since Microsoft has a whole line up of embedded versions of operating systems . . . Just expect to see an embedded version of Windows 8 at, or around release time.
As for memory companies going out of business . . . I disagree. As it stands ARM would compete head to head with mobile device platforms. Low power laptop platforms at best. As such, many ARM platforms in this arena will be competing with Atom platforms. Where ARM will shine best. Later, perhaps ARM will perform as good as ( more or less ) a low end desktop platform. Personally, I do not see that happening any time soon, but no one says that I have to be right either.
All the while, you *should* know that Intel is not going to sit still. Reply
yyrkoon - Saturday, October 08, 2011 - linkBy "competing with". I mean on a performance level. That does not mean, such a platform could not be used as some form of a low demand server. It certainly could be used as such. Reply
australiabatterycom - Saturday, October 08, 2011 - linkIn a double-barrelled assault, Microsoft has explained why the Start menu in Windows 8 has met its demise, and why the Start screen is better. The first round of the attack sees Chaitanya Sareen putting forward a compelling case about just how useless the Start menu in Windows 7 is, and Alice Steinglass follows up with some sound reasons for why the Start screen is slicker, more efficient, and generally more awesome.
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damianrobertjones - Saturday, October 08, 2011 - linkSeriously... Most people where I work hardly EVER click the start button. The moment I added the shortcuts for Office onto the taskbar they need hardly anything else.
...A few of them don't even know that they can get to other programs (But that's a training issue). I only use the initial list that appears when you click start as I add everything I want right there Reply
inighthawki - Saturday, October 08, 2011 - linkThat doesn't mean that some of us don't use it extensively. I find myself clicking on the start menu all the time to access things which I don't want on my taskbar. I immediately turned off Windows 7's icon view in the taskbar and restored classic mode since I cannot work with it, thus pinning a hundred things there doesn't work well. Reply
yyrkoon - Sunday, October 09, 2011 - linkThat would be because most of the people you work with, don't truly use their computers. Nor do they admin systems from the terminal, tweak various settings. Or occasionally use Microsoft included applications All of which can be accessed various way locally, but mostly, if not only through the start menu. By default.
Lets not even get into the command line stuff . . . Start -> Search -> cmd . . .
However, if all you do is double click an icon to run one or a very small amount of apps . . . then yeah. Try using hide task bar . . . Reply
xrror - Sunday, October 09, 2011 - link"That would be because most of the people you work with, don't truly use their computers."
And there lies the mass market. Sadly.
Joe/Jane Techno-Ignorant is blissfully unaware until "Angry Birds DX" runs like crap on their iAppliance...
Of which then they just buy a new "generic iConnectivity" and be done with it.
There are no layers to the onion, people are as shallow as to what motorized vehicles are now. Privacy concerns be damned, if it gets them their iServices it lives - if it complains their being stupid/can't do it it's thrown to the wayside. Reply
Exodite - Sunday, October 09, 2011 - linkThen again the old XP-style Start Menu was leagues better than the current implementation.
With that in mind it would seem that bringing back a better start menu is av even better option.
Microsoft seems to be mixing and matching their different userbases quite a lot in these kind of arguments. I dare say that people who actually work with computers, as opposed to having their computer requirements satisfied by blogging and surfing the web on an ARM-based tablet, have vastly different user requirements.
Trying to satisfy both groups with one solution is likely to end badly. Reply
damianrobertjones - Saturday, October 08, 2011 - link? WIndows 8 will use your 16Gb with zero issue? Reply
Goty - Friday, October 07, 2011 - linkUse my memory, that's what it's there for; just be able to give it back to me when I need it. Reply
dagamer34 - Friday, October 07, 2011 - linkWindows 8 will run faster than Windows 7 because it will actually be doing less. Apps will suspend when they aren't in the foreground. That means less background processes running that suck up battery. For example, do IM apps really need to be running in the background or isn't it better to just get a push notification from the server? While it doesn't matter that much for desktops, any way to get more battery life on laptops is welcome. Reply
JonnyDough - Saturday, October 08, 2011 - linkYour comment made me think that M$ is really serious about this stupid cloud computing idea... Reply
Exodite - Sunday, October 09, 2011 - linkAre you actually proposing we go back to the days before multi-tasking?
I realize there are reasons for wanting to suspend tasks on certain devices, such as smartphones, but I can't imagine a single situation where I'd want to suspend any application on my desktop - or notebook.
The first time that happens, and ends up inconveniencing me in the process, I'm likely to throw a rage-fit. Reply
B3an - Friday, October 07, 2011 - linkThis is old news. It was mentioned at Microsoft's Build a while back, and you can see it for yourself by using the Win 8 developer preview. They also mentioned that it's likely RAM usage will drop even further by the time they get to the finished version.
And i can confirm that even the early dev preview runs faster than Win 7 on all hardware i've tried it on. From a 6 year old laptop to a beefy 6 core rig with 24GB RAM and RAID SSD's. Reply
damianrobertjones - Saturday, October 08, 2011 - link:) That might be because there's no trialware/bloatware installed. We all know what machines are like straight out of the box.
... But yes it's damn fast Reply
B3an - Sunday, October 09, 2011 - linkWhen i tested it i also had clean installs of Win7, so it was fair. It's definitely faster :)
For a laugh i recently tried it on a ancient 8 year old laptop with a single core P4 CPU and only 512MB RAM... amazingly it actually runs about as snappy as XP did on the same hardware. Thats VERY impressive for a new OS, as XP is 10 years old now.
Win 7 on the same hardware ran worse, not much worse, but it made the difference between the laptop actually being usable or not. Reply
danrien - Friday, October 07, 2011 - link"One improvement to the memory manager allows it to search for duplicated items in memory, and to unload all but a single copy to save space (the Windows installer and image deployment tools for enterprises do something similar to reduce the size of the install media, keeping one copy of a given file and a record of everywhere that file needs to go on the hard drive rather than, say, five copies of the same file). "
That's ... not ... at all the same thing. One is checking files (I'm guessing just checksums), the other is checking arrays of bytes in RAM. One is probably storing a list of actual paths to extract a file to while the other is likely consolidating pointers to all point to the same memory location, which would be the reverse of what the Enterprise installer does. The too are wildly different as is the programming involved to accomplish each task. Reply
inighthawki - Saturday, October 08, 2011 - linkHow do you figure? They are both conceptually identical. Obviously the means of accomplishing both will work differently, but both methods take a chunk of data and create only a single copy of that data. The concept does not change just because one uses pointers and one uses files. Reply
JonnyDough - Saturday, October 08, 2011 - linkThis is MS bringing us a step closer to the cloud. I for one don't welcome our new overlord. :( Reply
damianrobertjones - Saturday, October 08, 2011 - linkYou DO have a choice and that choice is to keep your docs on your machine. NO ONE AT ALL is forcing you or I to store our files online.
P.s. It's not just MS... Google and Apple are all heading in the same direction. Reply
Nihility - Saturday, October 08, 2011 - linkYou're not looking forward to paying a monthly subscription fee to use Windows? Reply
JonnyDough - Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - linkErm, no. :) I don't pirate my software, so this anti-pirate cloud computing idea is just for them to secure more money and hurt pirates. I am no pirate matey. Arrr! Reply
JonnyDough - Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - linkThey are only hurting their paying customers. Of course, MS is more concerned with the business sector. Reply
rs2 - Saturday, October 08, 2011 - linkMy next build is going to have 24 GB of RAM. Windows can use as much as it wants. Reply
darunium - Saturday, October 08, 2011 - linkI for one look forward to goals like this, whether they attain it or not I like to see that it is a value. I'm tired of MS Office programs having their core functionalities hamstrung in preformance by the haphazard implementation of additional capabilities. I'm very happy with the new office designs and all of these additions, but I can't help but feel that a huge performance sacrifice is being paid even in the underlying work because of shoddy integration of code. Why is VBA so slow in excel? Why does the suite tax so much of my memory and CPU usage, even when the bulk of their operation is identical to what they did ten years ago? Obviously their demands can reasonably increase, but that they have stayed on par with the huge increase in memory and processing power tells me that they are just doing what they can get away with.
We already have the functionality we need, it is not the time for getting new fancy things out quickly, rather it is the time - both in OS and Productivity Software development - to take time and put out both evolutionary and revolutionary advances *with good practices in mind.*
A great case-in-point example (one of many), I'm a research scientist and have often used LyX, a word processing software that has great integration with equation editing tools to allow rapid typing and formatting of equations, to put together teaching documents. MS Word 2010 however brought a *huge* advance in typing equation quickly and intuitively into documents, absolutely revolutionary. They took heavily from LyX and LaTeX and improved on it, I was won over rapidly no matter how hard I resisted. But then I got a document past its fourth page of equations, and *wow*, it slowed down to a crawl, even when closing everything and opening the document later. Testing this out a few times, I found that it matters how many equations are within 1 page of your current cursor, so if you type a lot of equations you're done. I begrudgingly switched back to LyX. (not to badmouth lyx at all, I'm deeply appreciative for the software, and for those that prefer its very different approach to document formatting - 'write what you mean' versus 'write what you see' - it is a great alternative to Word, I just personally prefer the latter case. Reply
Nihility - Saturday, October 08, 2011 - linkI love the word equation editor in 2007/2010 but yea, it's buggy as hell. I've lost multiple documents to unrecoverable crashes. These documents were only a few pages long.
When I got Office 2010 I was really hoping they'd address at least that issue, but they did not.
I share your pain. Reply
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firefueled - Monday, October 10, 2011 - linkEveryone is moving to 8GB now. I, with 4GB, could't care less about how much Windows is using right now. Reply
piroroadkill - Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - linkI never even looked at that bar on the left when I saw the image before.
My eyes always, always go to the amount committed. Aggressively paging stuff to get your physical memory used down isn't exactly a solution.
Then again, reading the building windows 8 blog, it looks like they are doing some actual work to cut down RAM use. But this title image is EXTREMELY misleading. Reply
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The project is open to Detroit-based artists only.
"Whole Foods Market continues finding inventive ways to include the community in the creation of this store," said Sue Mosey, President of Midtown Detroit, Inc. "Utilizing the talents of local artists to make the exterior of the store more visually appealing and representative of Detroit is an exceptional homage to the city and its residents."
Artists, or artist team, are encouraged to include a variety of media and will be chosen for their ability to design a Detroit-themed mural that addresses Whole Foods Market's primary beliefs, including the issues of local foods, healthy living, community support and environmental responsibility.
Four artists or teams will be chosen by a committee of individuals that includes a variety of local art experts and Detroit residents.
Submissions will be put on display for community input throughout December.
Deadline for submissions is October 15, 2012.
All applicants will be notified of the committee's decision via email by January 15, 2013.
Artists are encouraged to view the exterior elevations/architectural drawings prior to application, which can be found at the Whole Foods Market office at 3670 Woodward Avenue in Detroit.
The murals will feature removable panels that will be installed in a standard framing system anchored directly to the concrete screen wall.
They will be weather protected, which will be applied prior to installation.
Each panel is 23 feet wide by 14 feet tall and will be divided into eight smaller panels for easy transport and installation.
Interested artists can direct mural competition questions or other correspondence to: email@example.com.
Complete details, including rules and regulations can be found on Whole Foods web page.
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It's a big night for us tomorrow as it's the European premiere at the 56th BFI London Film Festival of a new movie we've been heavily involved with – A Liar's Autobiography – The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman.
It's an animated tribute to the late Graham Chapman which tells his life story (both real and fantasy) in 17 different animation styles by 14 different studios, with Adobe Creative Suite Production Premium instrumental in the production process.
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Summary: Despite it's age, UPnP-AV is still the de facto standard for multimedia sharing in the home. Hundreds of products throughout millions of homes support UPnP to varying degrees. This propagation of devices represent a largely untapped potential to increase the relevancy of XBMC. Currently, XBMC operates both as a UPnP 'media server' and a 'media renderer/control point' (client), however it does not fully utilize the protocol to provide as rich as user experience as possible, and some third-party devices are incapable of streaming the content from XBMC altogether. The aim of this project is to extend the existing UPnP handling within the application, enhancing both the underlying code for the ease of future development, increasing the support for existing devices, while making great improvements to the end user's perceptions as a whole.
How will I achieve this: As it stands, there is already an existing approach to accessing one or more libraries across multiple XBMC clients - sharing the actual SQL database - however this approach has its flaws and is not likely to become a supported feature. In terms of UPnP, there are a number of areas where the existing handling can be improved:
- not all the available information for files is offered to clients
- discovery of media servers is not immediately clear to new users
- UPnP sources are not integrated into the local library views
- there is no support for tracking access to the files in the server component (such as watched-status, last played position)
- crucially there is the limiting factor of no support for transcoding video & audio files to formats accepted by the player. Many existing devices support a very limited number of video and audio formats. If XBMC is to operate not only as a media player, but a viable server it must also cater for as many appliances as possible.
- access restriction is non-existent
My approach will be to initially tackle the easiest changes - metadata, automatic discovery, library integration, before moving onto the major part of developing client <-> server communication via UPnP protocol extensions. Real-time transcoding of media files can be achieved through proper management of DLNA profiles, and the actual work would be performed by third party applications such as FFmpeg or lame.
Supporting access restrictions over UPnP require further changes to the profile handling of the application which may not be feasible in the timeframe. While I will not be working on developing a separate server application, it's worth pointing out that the changes to the server side will be easily transferable in the future.
Benefits: Increasing numbers of XBMC users rightly expect the application to take full advantage of today's multi-device environments. With the advent of low cost NAS devices, frontends such as the RaspberryPi, and more generally the gradual diversification of technology in the home, XBMC has the opportunity to reassert itself as the principle sustainable & open media-center of the future. Users benefit from a richer experience overall, as well as the increasing utilization of existing UPnP devices in their homes, while developers benefit from the adoption of a stable framework for server/client communications.
Goals: The main goal is to bring UPnP fully into the forefront of XBMC, making use of those features to reduce setup times, allow greater control over multiple players, provide a richer user experience and increase the flexibility of the platform overall.
What does it touch in XBMC: The majority of the client-side changes will take place in the file system and library layers. There will also be some modifications to the user interface in order to enumerate connected devices more easily. For the server-side changes, my attention will be focussed on maximising portability and interoperability with other servers. Even though it's likely that eventually an distinct XBMC server application will exist, it's important that backwards compatibility with standard UPnP devices is maintained.
Requirements: The changes will take place exclusively in the application itself, so all that is required is knowledge of C++ and the source tree. Having access to other UPnP supporting devices, I will be well positioned to test their functionality during the development process, something that is crucial to the success of this project.
How long have you been writing software for work/fun? I've been writing software for over 10 years. Initially I worked on web development, before shifting to C++ during my first year at University. Since then I've worked with other languages, notably Java & Perl.
What is your primary development language/environment? C/C++ via GNU/Linux.
Is this your first GSOC? No, I participated in the Summer of Code of '08.
Have you contributed to XBMC or other FLOSS projects? For my first GSoC, I worked on the beginnings of the PVR branch. During that summer I became accustomed with the XBMC source tree and was also allowed the opportunity to meet many new colleagues at the inaugural developers convention in Amsterdam. I was asked to join as a permanent team member in the autumn of 2008. I was also instrumental in refactoring the Add-ons system in 2009.


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Grant Grill may be best known as a classically cool spot for cocktails, but chef de cuisine Chris Kurth's deconstructed sweets are also stunning. His pastries play homage to classic desserts, like his whimsical take on s'mores—fluffy mounds of brûléed marshmallow with graham cracker ice cream topped with crisp cocoa nib tuile, caramelized bananas, and a dash of chocolate fudge. This play on a campfire favorite was introduced in the summer, but is staying on the fall menu because it was such a hit.
The tastiest new debut is Kurth's Tahitian Squash Cake, with roasted apples, walnut crumble, and amaretto ice cream. It has the usual fall flavors, but they register at unexpected volumes. The pumpkin flavor of the olive oil rich cake is fairly muted, which allows the ice cream to really pop. Pair it with a smashing pumpkin cocktail, pumpkin infused rum shaken with Grand Marnier, allspice dram, saffron syrup, cardamom bitters, and a spritz of Meyer lemon, and you'll be set to enjoy the season.
Take a look at all of the fall desserts at Grant Grill in the slide show above.
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Oyster Creek Critics Seek Restart Roadblock
The refueling outage at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant in Lacey Township is nearly complete. But if anti-nuclear activists have any say in it, there's a lot more to do before power production resumes.
A coalition of opponents have filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Petition Review Board to delay restart until an in-depth systems analysis, including modeling of high-stress areas, is performed. The NRC rejected the original petition last week.
On the day of the NRC's decision, inspectors found a hole in a weld to a water conduit that cools the reactor cap during refueling outages. The nozzle sprays water that reduces temperatures enough to lift the cap for maintenance. It was characterized as a non-emergency situation involving a pinhole leaking two to three drops of water a minute, and the weld's been resealed.
But Janet Tauro of Grandmothers, Mothers and More for Energy Safety (GRAMMES) takes issue with the procedure. "Our expert tells us that unless UT (ultrasonic) testing is done on that entire pipe, what are the guarantees that there aren't any other leaks?"
Neil Sheehan at NRC counters that it's exactly the kind of analysis they seek that led to the discovery of the leak. "The company had to check out all these various systems," he says, "and in the course of doing it they found this pinhole leak."
The nation's oldest operating commercial nuclear power plant was taken off-line for refueling maintenance just before Superstorm Sandy roared through, creating a surge that elevated the water levels in the reactor's intake chamber more than six feet above mean sea level. It prompted an alert, a step above the first-tier "unusual event." At the same time, the plant lost its own electrical input and a backup generator failed. Power problems at the height of the storm knocked out all but seven of the generating station's 43 sirens in the 10-mile emergency planning radius.
The cumulative effect, capped by a leak that critics say they sought to address during relicensing, prompted them to seek ultrasonic testing and modeling as a condition of restarting, and to seek a reversal of the NRC's decision against it.
Oyster Creek is scheduled to cease operations in 2019.


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Thank Goodness It's Friday!!! This is how I started off my weekend last Friday night... Gonna do something similar tonight.
This chicken was injected with a 50/50 mixture of Dale's Seasoning and Apple Cider Vinegar. I used some Charles Vergo's Rendezvous Rub on the outside, and smoke roasted it on my green ceramic smoker with some Applewood. Cooked it raised direct at around 375 deg f and spritz it with Apple Cider Vinegar every so often.
It was very, very good...will definitely be using this simple injection for future cooks.


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I've been spending a lot of time searching through the online sites selling various brands of glaze and am slowly learning what the different descriptions mean. I have noticed though that not all brands of cone 5/6 glazes state whether the glaze is translucent or not so how do you tell if a glaze is translucent or not without purchasing many many jars to test? I don't have a lot if money to buy one of each kind of glaze to see which ones are translucent. Amaco is very good about stating the opacity of their glazes, Coyote doesn't seem to do it at all, spectrum and Duncan are hit or miss. So is there something in the descriptions that should give me a hint as to their opacity? This might be obvious to those of you more experienced or that mix your own but I am still figuring out glaze chemistry by reading books to learn what minerals cause what reactions in glaze and heat.
Thanks for any pointers.
Having used several Coyote glazes, I noticed that they don't say whether or not a glaze is translucent...and yet, they do. Basically, all of their glazes are opaque except for the Celadons. You can see in the test tiles that they have on the site whether or not the stamped design in the test tile is visible through the glaze, and how much. Of course, the application method (brushing or dipping) will make a difference as to how it looks for your piece specifically, but it's a start. And even some of their opaque glazes, especially the shinos, are very sensitive to the glaze thickness.
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The Families in British India Society is well known for it's quality genealogy website focusing on those British ancestors who lived and work in India. The society announced recently that they have been allowed to place online the John Morgan collection of photographs taken in the 19th & 20th century in India.
John Morgan is a collector of material which he then hires out to film & TV as props. Amongst his wide ranging collection are three photograph albums, all labelled and taken in India. What a find! John was kind enough to allow the society to have them reproduced and uploaded onto their website.
The photos are free for everyone to browse through, but exclusive to FIBIS members are two indexes which allows much quicker access to those photos which are of interest. Membership is £15 per year for UK members and a few £'s more for European or Worldwide based members.
This collection is a joy to browse through, the photographs are very evocative of a world that is no more.


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To prepare the soup, heat the oil in a large soup pot and sauté the garlic, onions and bay leaf for 5 to 7 minutes. Add the water or vegetable stock, tomatoes, beans, carrots, celery and sea salt. Cover and bring to a boil. Simmer 10 minutes. Remove bay leaves and discard. Add the black pepper, green beans, zucchini, green peas and parsley. Cover and simmer another 5 minutes.
To prepare the dumplings, mix all dry ingredients, sweet corn and red pepper. Mix the Edensoy and oil together. Add wet ingredients to the dry and stir.
Bring the soup to a boil and spoon the dumpling batter by the tablespoonful into the soup. There will be approximately 8 to 10 dumplings. Cover, reduce the flame to low and simmer about 7 to 10 minutes until the dumplings are done. Make sure not to boil the dumplings as they fall apart easily. To test the dumplings, pierce one with a fork. They should be moist on the outside but dry and fluffy on the inside. Ladle the soup into individual bowls with one dumpling each.
Yields 8 dumplings
Per serving - 180 calories, 5 gram fat (21% calories from fat), 7 gram protein, 30 gram carbohydrate, 7 gram fiber, 0 milligram cholesterol, 449 milligram sodium


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There's so much going on in Talk week to week that we almost can't keep up. If you're in the same boat, here's a small selection of topics and responses that have piqued our interest this week.
Tiny Kitchen Frustration: Ideas?
"...I'd say it's more like riding a unicycle than a bike with a flat tire ... takes precision and stamina, with a side of moxie. But yes, I'd do many things for more counter space, so again, I know your frustration...." —smallkitchen
The Honor System: Do Self-Service Farmstands Still Exist?
"They are all over South Jersey on the way through Cumberland and Cape May Counties. Around here in southeastern PA (near Philly) you will see lots of kids manning their own stands as well as honor boxes. There's an elderly fellow down the street that puts out his extra tomatoes and I am stalking his house daily now that it is close to tomatoes ripening." —janaatwg
How Many Times a Day Do You Eat?
"I can better answer 'How many times a day are you not eating?'" —aungeinphx
Cooking Your Own Food = Rare?
"My 30-something next-door neighbor was telling me about a family gathering she went to at which her aunt served mashed potatoes made the old-fashioned way. I thought she was talking about a piece of equipment such as a food mill or a ricer. She gave me the 'Huh?' look and replied, 'No, the one where you peel the potatoes yourself.'" —betteirene
Homemade Ice Cream Cones?
As far as I can tell, David Lebovitz's site does not have a recipe for homemade ice cream cones. But as our friend Anita points out, you can find that information on pages 228 and 229 of his book The Perfect Scoop. It's a great book—totally worth buying, especially in summer!
"I bet David Lebovitz's site has something on making your own. To reference your initial statement tho... What about a BACON ice cream cone!? Evil genius or just evil? lol... " —gastronomeg
Why Are So Many People Wheat (Gluten) Sensitive?
"1. An unheard-of disease is now well-known
"2. Self-diagnosis via the Internet
"3. People avoiding carbohydrates and using a gluten intolerance as a convenient excuse
"4. A vague sense that all gluten-containing foods are bad, since some people have allergies, and a feeling that no gluten=health (even though I find manufactured, gluten free foods to be very hard to digest, the few times I have tried them).
"5. An over-reliance on foods with gluten in processed foods that have made somewhat sensitive people more sensitive via digestive overload." —HeartofGlass
CO2 Cartridge for Seltzer Dispenser
"@climbhighak: Shit, you're right. I guess all those whippits made me stupid...." —sailordave
Eating Alone (In Restaurants)
"Having spent many military years on the road, I don't mind eating by myself. The operative factor is that I want supper." —milesdga
Your Favorite Grilled Cheese Sandwich
"Well on my planet a grilled cheese sandwich is a cheese sandwich and not a meat with cheese sandwich. So we don't put a protein on it and consider it a 'grilled cheese' no matter how tasty the end result is. We also use a paninni press for maximum toasty effect. My two faves are:
"1) Some kind of Swiss, Gruyere is good, on potato bread, with thinly sliced lime juice picked red onions. It's like a 'French Onion Soup' sandwich.
"2) Brie, honey and strawberries on pressed croissant. My wife came up with this and while it sounds odd is just amazing." —Bunnyman
Food Quiz
"100% Yay! I should have BF take it. He already complains that he now knows entirely more than he thinks he ought about food because of me. Heh." —Amandarama
The Bottom of the Bag: Stale Junk/Snack Foods Remnant Uses?
"@AyeEat: Ditto on migas. Half the reason I buy corn chips and salsa is the thought of migas - maybe my favorite egg dish of all. It kills two birds with one stone the day after a party, too - the perfect hangover breakfast, and you use up the stale chip remnants!" —producestories
Squash and Zucchini Blossoms: When Should I Pick?
"I grow zucchini/squash mainly for flowers too. They are 50c/pc at store/farmers market (often wilted) and hard to come by. I pick male flowers (don't have any fruit at the bottom) during the AM hours. The earlier the better. In the afternoon, it start closing. You can still stuff them, but not as easy. The size of the flowers don't matter. Pick out the stamen and any bugs (ants love them!) and rinse gently with water. The best way to keep them fresh longer is to wrap it loosely with moist paper paper towel, and keep them in ziploc bag. You should eat them asap, but this keep them for about a week so that you can collect enough flowers." —Kitchen Wizard
Learning to Make Good Coffee, Suggestions?
"The equipment is important, though I think practice and proper technique trumps having a super expensive machine. I'd suggest getting lower end model (Rancilio silvia is great) and a good burr grinder (rancilio rocky or mazzer mini) and start playing around and pulling shots. Or you can find a part time job as a barista somewhere and hone your skills that way." —misterhee


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PASADENA -- In TV-appropriate fashion, let's call this January sweeps.
But unlike television's other ratings-measurement periods -- September, November, February and May sweeps -- this has nothing to do with series premières or finales, stunt casting or Nielsen technology figuring who's watching which TV shows.
January is when TV critics from all over North America converge on this upscale Los Angeles suburb, just a day or two after tens of thousands of college football fans have made a mass exit after the annual Tournament of Roses Parade and Rose Bowl game.
And the sweeping that takes place as we TV types arrive is the massive post-Rose Bowl cleanup -- piles and piles of petals from along the parade route, and countless beer cups, snack wrappers and assorted abandoned novelty headgear from the area surrounding the football stadium. It will actually take several days to complete the process of de-Rose-ifying Pasadena, and weeks to dismantle the temporary grandstands that line every available inch of unclaimed real estate along the parade's eight-kilometre path.
While that's going on, the newly arrived critical mass of professional TV-watchers will be in casual lockdown at the Langham Huntington Hotel, previewing U.S. television's midseason programming menu and interviewing the producers, stars and network executives responsible for filling prime time hours between now and the end of May.
No one will be asked to help with the sweeping. And more importantly, for those of us who travel from Canada to take part in this semi-annual TV press tour, there will be no snow to shovel.
But there's plenty of teevee to be watched, hundreds of stars to be shmoozed and a constant rotation of receptions, lunches and big phoney Hollywood parties to be attended, so the days will be full.
Among the highlights of the latest version of the TV press tour:
-- A visit with dog-training guru Cesar Millan, who will stop by to discuss his post-Dog Whisperer TV project, Alpha Dogs (which lists Jack Osbourne as one of its executive producers).
-- An interview with the ever-captivating Helen Mirren, who will appear during HBO's portion of the press tour to talk about the sure-to-be-controversial movie Phil Spector (Mirren plays defence attorney Linda Kenney Baden, who defended the infamous music producer during his first murder trial).
-- A preview of the latest faux-documentary project from Christopher Guest (This Is Spinal Tap, Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman, A Mighty Wind) -- Family Tree, which follows a suddenly unemployed 30-something as he embarks on an investigation of his family lineage.
-- A first look at the HBO movie Behind the Candelabra, which stars Michael Douglas as famed showman Liberace and Matt Damon as his live-in lover, Scott Thorson.
-- A conversation with everyone's favourite six-degrees-separated actor, Kevin Bacon, about his decision to step onto the small screen as star of the new Fox drama The Following.
-- A longer look at the new Showtime cable drama Ray Donovan, which stars Liev Schreiber as a "fixer" of problems for Hollywood's rich and famous; early clips screened last summer suggested that this could be one of U.S. cable's most intriguing new thrillers.
-- An interview with Hollywood comedy legend Mel Brooks, who is the subject of a profile by PBS's American Masters in the spring.
-- If only for its pure kitsch value, a cocktail-party stop at The Bachelor's mansion/set in Agoura Hills. No, I will not accept that rose.
-- Visits to the sets of Glee (specifically, the soundstage where the show's NYADA scenes are shot), Vegas and The Office (which will wrap up production for good this spring).
As always, we'll provide a running commentary on the winter edition of the TV press tour, in our printed pages, online at winnipegfreepress.com and on Twitter (@BradOswald).
So please, stay tuned. And stay warm.
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Computex 2014: GIGABYTE Gaming Motherboardsby Ian Cutress on 6/12/2014 3:30 PM EST
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TiGr1982 - Thursday, June 12, 2014 - linkGIGABYTE,
How about updating last year's Z87 motherboards' BIOSes for Devil's Canyon support? Reply
Dug - Thursday, June 12, 2014 - linkIt would be nice to hear peoples comments on the different sound solutions here. I know it's all subjective, but there are usually some underlying truths to what people say. Reply
WithoutWeakness - Thursday, June 12, 2014 - linkNobody cares about swappable op-amps on motherboards. Anyone who cares that much about their audio solution will either have a PCI/PCIe sound card, external USB DAC, or will use HDMI/TOSLINK out to a receiver. Everyone else just plugs their headset and microphone into the green and pink 3.5mm jacks or plugs their USB headset into the front ports on their case.
It seems like a waste of engineering and marketing money for Gigabyte to continue to include it and highlight it with each release. Reply
romrunning - Thursday, June 12, 2014 - linkAlso, who has a system where your audio or video connectors actually rusted?? These so-called gold-plated connectors (not sure I have enough decimal places for how thin that layer is) are just a waste of resources.
Ones who are buying $300 audio interconnects and think they have "golden" ears are likely NOT the ones who are connecting to the audio ports on these boards. They are most likely getting dedicated sound boards, not onboard sound. Reply
Ian Cutress - Thursday, June 12, 2014 - linkOn the rusting front, it seems to be more prevalent in high humidity environments, especially pan-Asia. I would expect that GIGABYTE had it as a request from a large customer and decided to make it a feature across many different models. Reply
romrunning - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkAh... well, that makes more sense. I hadn't considered the humidity factor. I wonder why they don't switch to a different metal (like all steel versus gold-plating) or even just hardened plastic? Reply
Dug - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkGold is very common on most interconnects all over the world because it works and it's easy to implement. Humidity and the resulting rust is a pain to deal with when connecting different metals. It's actually cheaper than other solutions because everyone does it. The gold has zero to do with sound quality and all about longevity. Reply
Dug - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkBut you haven't heard it so how can it be a waste? I used to test and fix DAC's, so I have a pretty good idea at what can be accomplished. If they have the ability to provide a solution that improves sound, why would you dismiss it? Reply
romrunning - Thursday, June 12, 2014 - linkI can't tell - does that mini-ITX board have a M.2 slot perhaps on the bottom of the board? I don't care if I have a 5th or 6th SATA port; give me a M.2 x4 slot instead. My Intel mini-ITX board has a mSATA slot on the bottom, so surely companies like Asus/Gigabyte can expand upon that innovative design.
Very few mini-ITX cases support more than two 2.5" SATA drives (one I do like, the Fractal Design Node 304, does have 4), and most of those who opt for the small size of mini-ITX realize they have some trade-offs. Having only 2 SATA 6Gbps ports is fine with me if I can also get a M.2 x4 slot. Reply
Ian Cutress - Thursday, June 12, 2014 - linkI think I am right in saying that the only system with an M.2 on the rear is the ASRock, and even then it is severely limited in length. I used the ASRock Z77 and Zotac Z77 to make systems with mSATA on the rear, and that worked quite well. I've been trying to coax the other motherboard manufacturers into doing something similar, but accommodating 110mm on a mini-ITX for M.2 is harder than you think. Moving a connector to the rear means that you have to sift through the PCB layers to the other side, which can cause signalling issues. Reply
gcha0814 - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkI'm pretty sure the ASUS H97/Z97 mini-ITX boards have an M.2 on the back. Reply
dgingeri - Thursday, June 12, 2014 - linkThey're still using those crappy Marvell 9172 controllers. Why can't they even try to use the 9230? The 9230 isn't great, but at least it uses more than one PCIe lane and comes somewhat close to the Intel chipset performance. I've had that 9172 controller on my last two motherboards, and the performance is worse than just using the 3Gb Intel controller. Reply
sfuzzz - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkFinally with H/Z97 Gigabyte has made mini-ITX boards that can take large coolers without blocking PCI-e slot, like Asus' ones. The older Z/H87N-WIFI can't and it's a shame because is a great board, especially considering that the H81N has a better layout in that sense. Reply
apertotes - Friday, June 13, 2014 - linkIan, on your last article about gigabyte you said you'd ask them about the problem with their EasyTune software and non-English keyboards. Did you receive any answer from them? Reply
goinginstyle - Saturday, June 14, 2014 - linkIs there anything that Gigabyte will not copy from ASUS and to some degree MSI? I mean come on, at least show some originality in board design, naming schemes and feature sets. Reply


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AT THE heart of every revolution is a struggle for the nation's soul. And at present, Egypt's soul is on the verge of being torn to shreds. Egyptians are scheduled to go to the polls on Saturday to vote on a new constitution in what should be a historic, seminal day for a new post-revolutionary nation.
Instead, Egypt is looking at a disaster visible to all but the most incurable optimist.
Consider what is likely to happen. A nation of people, a third of whom are illiterate, will be asked to vote on a constitution running to 236 articles they haven't been given the time to read. If last year's referendum on an interim constitution is any guide, the constitution will pass. But voter turnout will be low, particularly if Egyptian liberals and Mubarak loyalists decide to boycott in large numbers. The result, then, is a poorly drafted constitution that vast swaths of Egyptian society will view as illegitimate.
That leaves President Mohammed Mursi's government in something of a crisis. Protests will continue and probably escalate. His capacity to control the country will be no match for this renewed uprising, leaving him with only a range of Mubarak-style options if he wants to cling to power. Mursi will lean on the army. The army will probably protect him as long as he guarantees its autonomy. There goes the dream of an Egyptian government where civilians call the shots over the military. In the meantime, army protection of the regime will likely mean one thing: lots of people will die.
Many things have contributed to this mess. Most recently the focus has been on Mursi's behaviour: his presidential declaration that, until rescinded, effectively placed him above the law; his contemptuous dismissal of opposition as inconsequential; his attempt to ram through a complex, sprawling constitution rather than try to find a compromise. All this is relevant. But it's only part of the story. The real problems start with the revolution itself.
Everything that was so inspiring about it - its spontaneity, its genuinely broad, grass-roots appeal, its lack of leaders, its lack of ideological dogma - is precisely its weakness now. This was a revolution without a vanguard and without a clear purpose beyond claiming Hosni Mubarak's scalp. It wasn't an Islamist revolution but it wasn't a liberal, secular one either. It might be among the most ambiguous revolutions in history. Really, it was a temporary, largely convenient alliance of factions with very little in common. That's why we now see secular liberals and pro-Mubarak loyalists uniting against an Islamist regime. The revolution hasn't really ended. It has just reconfigured.
You can't have an apolitical revolution. Some kind of ideological contest must step in to fill the breech, particularly in a society as divided as Egypt's.
That's fine at the level of ordinary political debate. But when you're trying to draft a constitution it just generates the cycles of protest we're seeing now. The problem is Egypt's path to a new constitution has fallen captive to the partisan bearpit. It begins with the constitutional committee that drafted this document. Here, there are two fatal flaws. First, it reflects the partisan make-up of the Egyptian Parliament. Second, it did its drafting by majority vote. That means a Muslim Brotherhood majority in Parliament suddenly becomes a Brotherhood monopoly over the constitution. It's a Brotherhood document that, in the current context, looks like usurping the revolution.
Then there was the disastrous folly of proceeding with the presidential election in June without a constitution in place. This meant Egyptians were voting for a president when they had no idea what his job would be. It also meant a frightening new creature was born: an Egyptian president who can honestly claim popular support but with no agreed limits on his power.
The problem isn't that Mursi has dictatorial instincts. The problem is he has a democratic argument. It's just too easy for him to claim his opponents are standing in the way of the will of the people. He should never have been in a position to play that card because the constitution should predate his power.
The constitution is a long-term document with long-term consequences. It shouldn't represent a short-term democratic outcome such as the parliament of today. That Mursi thinks it should, neatly captures the partisan quagmire Egyptians face. So, unfortunately, does the draft constitution's text. This is not a legal document; it's a loose, often meandering statement of political aspiration.
It says things such as: "The state is keen to preserve the genuine character of the Egyptian family" and "the state supports and encourages technical education and overseas education.'' It guarantees freedom of the press except "in times of war or public mobilisation". Who knows what any of this means? This looseness is exactly what dictators of the past used to place a veneer of constitutionalism on their oppression. Indeed, this constitution borrows heavily from the one that governed the previous regime - which, for a revolutionary document, isn't very revolutionary. What Egypt needs is a minimalist (preferably boring) constitution; one that confines itself as much as possible to matters of consensus.
This one is trying too hard to make a partisan claim on the Egyptian soul.
Waleed Aly is an Age contributor. He hosts Drive on Radio National and is a lecturer in politics at Monash University.


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Jason Derulo Announces 'Talk Dirty' Album
Jason Derulo is preparing for a big 2014. On the heels of his 2 Chainz-assisted track 'Talk Dirty,' the singer is readying his new album of the same name for release on April 15.
Jason spoke to Rap Up about this new LP, giving details on what fans can expect from the songs he'll feature. "When I was making this album, I wanted to go in and experiment and do something that was just totally different and off the wall," he said. The effort will feature the collaboration track 'Vertigo' with his lady love Jordin Sparks.
Recently, the singer surprised Sparks on Valentine's Day with a hotel room filled with 10,000 orange roses. "She was shocked," Derulo revealed. "I was shocked when I came in the room too 'cause I ain't never seen 10,000 flowers in the room like that, so it was kinda crazy."
Sparks posted a surprised photo of herself from the grand gesture.
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David Hunter Hubel (born February 27, 1926) was co-recipient with Torsten Wiesel of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system; the prize was shared with Roger W. Sperry for his independent research on the cerebral hemispheres.
The Hubel and Wiesel experiments greatly expanded the scientific knowledge of sensory processing. In one experiment, done in 1959, they inserted a microelectrode into the primary visual cortex of an anesthetized cat. They then projected patterns of light and dark on a screen in front of the cat. They found that some neurons fired rapidly when presented with lines at one angle, while others responded best to another angle. Some of these neurons responded differently to light patterns than to dark patterns. Hubel and Wiesel called these neurons "simple cells." Still other neurons, which they termed "complex cells," had identical responses to light and dark patterns. These studies showed how the visual system constructs complex representations of visual information from simple stimulus features (Goldstein, 2001).
Hubel and Wiesel received the Nobel Prize for their work on ocular dominance columns in the 1960s and 1970s. By depriving kittens from using one eye, they showed that columns in the primary visual cortex receiving inputs from the other eye took over the areas that would normally receive input from the deprived eye. These kittens also did not develop areas receiving input from both eyes, a feature needed for binocular vision. Hubel and Wiesel's experiments showed that the ocular dominance develops irreversibly early in childhood development. These studies opened the door for the understanding and treatment of childhood cataracts and strabismus. They were also important in the study of cortical plasticity (Goldstein, 2001).
Hubel was born in Windsor, Ontario to American parents in 1926. In 1929, his family moved to Montreal where he spent his formative years. From age six to eighteen, he attended Strathcona Academy in Outremont, Quebec about which he said, "[I owe] much to the excellent teachers there, especially to Julia Bradshaw, a dedicated, vivacious history teacher with a memorable Irish temper, who awakened me to the possibility of learning how to write readable English." He studied math and physics at McGill University, and then entered medical school there. In 1954, he moved to the United States to work at Johns Hopkins University, but was drafted by the army and served at Walter Reed Hospital. There, he began recording from the primary visual cortex of sleeping and awake cats. At Walter Reed, he invented the modern metal microelectrode out of Stoner-Mudge lacquer and tungsten, and the modern hydraulic microdrive, for which he had to learn rudimentary machinists skills to produce. In 1958, he moved to Johns Hopkins and began his collaborations with Wiesel, and discovered orientation selectivity and columnar organization in visual cortex. One year later, he joined the faculty of Harvard University.
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- Goldstein, B. 2001. Sensation and Perception, 6th ed. London: Wadsworth.
Book ChaptersEdit
- Hubel, D.H, (1979) The brain, Scientific American 214(3):44-53.
- Hubel, D.H. and Wiesel, TN. (1968) Receptive fields and functional architecture of monkey striate cortex, Journal of Physiology 195: 215-43.
- Hubel, D.H. and Wiesel, T.N. (1977) Functional architecture of macaque monkey visual cortex, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 198:1-59.
- Hubel, D.H. and Wiesel, T.N. (1979) Brain mechanisms of vision, Scientific American 241(3): 150-62.
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Pastor Ruins Wedding by Telling Videographer to Move Or He'll Stop the Ceremony
Weddings are stressful enough as they are without some jackmo ruining it for everyone. Sometimes its a member of the wedding party that gets bent out of shape because they feel like they are being slighted in some way. Other times a service provider messes up, but the last person you expect to make a scene would certainly be the Pastor, right?


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THE Bristol Avon at Chippenham was in excellent form for the Chippenham Modany Evening match, which was won by Gary Etheridge, from Devizes, with 15 lb 7 oz of roach.
Kevin Rowles, from Devizes, was runner up spot with 12 lb 14 oz of roach and dace weighing 12 lb 14 oz and Dave Baker, from Trowbridge, third with 10 lb 15 oz of roach, skimmer and dace catch.
Other placings: 4. Steve Palmer Chippenham 9 lb 15 oz; 5. Mark Wooldridge Chippenham 7 lb 2 oz; 6. Colin Gittings Chippenham 6 lb 8 oz.
THE Trowbridge Seniors Open match fished at Crookwood Lake went to Pete Craig, from Devizes, with 7 lb 13 oz of skimmers, roach and rudd.
There was a tie for runner up spot between Bernie Ryan, of Devizes, and Roger Green, from Trowbridge, with 6 lb 8 oz of skimmers, roach and rudd.
Other placings: 4. Jim Escott Melksham 5 lb 8 oz; 5. Ken Gingell Trowbridge & John Blackmore Lavington 5 lb 4 oz.
THE Calne Evening match at Hazeland was won by Brian Johnson, from Calne, with 2 lb 6 oz of roach and rudd.
Martin Dolman, from Calne, was runner up with 1 lb 14 oz of roach and dace, followed by Gary Dodson with 1 lb 12 oz of roach and small chub.
Other placings: 4. James Yates Calne 1 lb 6 oz; 5. Andy Trudgian Calne 15 oz; 6. Simon Fear Calne 12 oz.
MELKSHAM'S Tony Gilbert won the Wilts Angling Evening Open match at Leech Pool last Thursday with 142 lb of carp.
Second was Ian Willetts, from Bradford, with 122 lb, with Ken Ludwell, from West Ashton, third prize with 76 lb.
Other placings: 4. Lee Ross Trowbridge 56 lb; 5. Richard Brimble Westbury 52 lb; 6. Terry Fell Devizes 33 lb.
LAST Friday's Airsprung Evening match at Rood Ashton was won by Richard Whitmarsh, from Frome, with 116 lb 10 oz of carp.
Mark Poppleton, from Trowbridge, was runner up with 73 lb of carp, followed by Kevin Hanson, from Trowbridge, with 66 lb 10 oz.
Other placings: 4. Lee Ross Trowbridge 55 lb 0 oz; 5. Craig Knight Trowbridge 51 lb 14 oz; 6. James Duggan Bradford 34 lb 14 oz.
MARCUS Crook from Melksham won Saturday's Avon SCC match on the Bristol Avon at Conigre with 13 lb 7 oz of roach.
James Carty, from Pewsey, was runner up with 11 lb 4 oz of roach and Alan Brown, from Swindon, was third with 10 lb 7 oz of roach.
Other placings: 4. Pete Townsend Swindon 9 lb 15 oz; 5. Gary Williamson Devizes 9 lb 14 oz; 6. Adrian McTiffin Melksham 9 lb 11 oz.
SUNDAY'S Calne match fished at Christian Malford went to Gary Dodson, from Calne, with 7 lb 10 oz of chub and roach.
Nick Lofy, from Calne, was runner up with 7 lb 7 oz of roach and perch and Martin Dolman, from Calne, third with 6 lb 5 oz of chub and roach.
Other placings: 4. Shane Belcher Calne 5 lb 15 oz; 5. Simon Fear Calne 5 lb 7 oz; 6. Nigel Smith Calne 4 lb 3 oz.
SUNDAY'S Airsprung silver fish only match at Cuckoos Rest was won by Ryan Hurd, from Trowbridge, with 15 lb 5 oz of skimmers.
Steve Southern, from Trowbridge, was runner up with 14 lb 13 oz of tench, with Richard Whitmarsh, from Frome, third prize with 13 lb 5 oz of skimmers.
Other placings: 4. Steve Ince Trowbridge 11 lb 4 oz; 5. Steve Musitano Trowbridge 10 lb 12 oz; 6. Kevin Hanson Trowbridge 10 lb 10 oz.
SUNDAY'S Wilts Angling Open match fished at Eden Vale went to Roland Lucas, from Frome, with 51 lb 1 oz of carp and skimmers, followed by Dean Adams, from Bradford, with 50 lb 4 oz of skimmers.
Steve Martin, from Frome, was third with 40 lb 10 oz of carp and skimmers.
Other placings: 4. Howard Adams Devizes 38 lb 8 oz; 5. Robin Guy Melksham 33 lb 4 oz; 6. Jim Butcher Bradford 30 lb 6 oz.
THE Lavington match at Merritts Lake on Sunday went to Graham Pearce, of West Lavington, with 89 lb 8 oz of carp.
Don Keates, from Hilperton, was next with 71 lb and Mark Easey, from West Lavington, third with 41 lb 8 oz.
Other placings: 4. Paul Crayford Devizes 40 lb; 5. Oliver Keates Hilperton 29 lb.
Future events
Friday July 4: Airsprung Evening match at Barton Farm.
Sunday July 6: Airsprung match at Rood Ashton; Clevedon match at Swineford; Avon Open match at Melksham; Bathampton Open match at Newbridge; Chippenham match at Chippenham.
Monday July 7: Chippenham Evening match at Chippenham.
Tuesday July 8: Calne Evening match at Hazeland; Trowbridge Seniors match at Eden Vale; Avon Evening match at Portman Road.
Wednesday July 9: Trowbridge Open match at Staverton.
Friday July 11: Airsprung Evening match at Stowford.


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Kim Kardashian posted the rest of the obviously Photoshopped pics from her QuickTrim photoshoot on her blog today. Of course, since Kim has the intelligence of a reality star who followed the footsteps of Paris Hilton, she included non-airbrushed pics of a fully-clothed Khloe and herself that slap you in the face with how edited the bikini shots are. Unless these two know some sort of sorcery that makes Khloe's Chewbaccian ass deflate at will, there's no way in hell these two legitimately lost weight.
Also that would require work, I rest my case.
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Cubs double down, but Samardzija can't buy win
Starter falls to 0-5 in last seven starts despite club's seven two-baggers
WASHINGTON -- Opening Day seems like a long time ago for Jeff Samardzija.
April 1 was the last time Samardzija won a game, and despite ranking among the National League strikeout leaders, the Cubs right-hander can't seem to get another "W."
On Friday, Ian Desmond hit a two-run home run and an RBI double, and Kurt Suzuki and Danny Espinosa each added two-run doubles to lift the Nationals to a 7-3 victory over Samardzija and the Cubs.
"That was a strange game," Cubs manager Dale Sveum said.
Samardzija struck out five to raise his season total to 57, and he helped himself by hitting a double and scoring a run in the third, but he also set season highs in hits allowed (eight), runs (seven) and earned runs (five), with his fielding error leading to two unearned runs. The right-hander now is 0-5 in his last seven starts.
"I thought I had good stuff today, fastball location was good," Samardzija said. "There's a couple pitches I'd like to have back, like the hanging slider to Desmond [on his homer in the fourth], and a couple here and there. It's a tough one."
The problem isn't his right hand. Samardzija has had no issues since he cut his right index finger trying to reach for a liner on April 24 against the Reds.
This was the first meeting between the two teams since last Sept. 3-6, when Chicago was swept in a four-game series that featured two bench-clearing incidents. There were no fisticuffs on Friday, but the Nationals did improve to 8-1 against the Cubs in D.C. since 2011.
"Any time you play these teams at the top of the division, you want to play your best ball and measure up against them," Samardzija said. "I thought we played good today.
"On my part, I needed to make a couple better pitches and get out of those innings with no damage and get your offense back in the dugout to score some runs. They're a good team, and someone we keep our eyes on. Just have to make better pitches, get the offense back in the dugout and put some runs on the board."
The Cubs outhit the Nationals but didn't get the hits when they needed them. Starlin Castro, batting leadoff for the first time this season, doubled to start the game and scored one batter later on Anthony Rizzo's groundout.
"The Cubs are a pretty good fastball-hitting club," Nationals manager Davey Johnson said. "After the third inning, [Nationals starter Ross Detwiler] started mixing in more curveballs, and he threw some pretty good curveballs, getting ahead and making it easy for him."
With one out in the Nationals' second, Desmond reached on an infield single and Espinosa was safe on an error by Samardzija, who tried to backhand the ball, then couldn't pick it up.
"Originally, I wanted to go two with it and turn a double play, and once I kicked it the first time, it turned into one of those, 'Keep reaching for it and trying to hurry and get it calmed down and throw it to first [situations],'" Samardzija said. "That was my bad."
One out later, both runners scored on Suzuki's double for a 2-1 Nationals lead. Samardzija's error was the eighth miscue by a Cubs pitcher this season, most in the Major Leagues. The Diamondbacks have committed seven errors total.
Samardzija and Castro hit back-to-back doubles in the third to tie the game at 2. Castro tried to score one out later on Rizzo's single but was thrown out at the plate by right fielder Roger Bernadina. Chicago had opportunities, totaling a season-high seven doubles. But they went 2-for-14 with runners in scoring position.
"We just couldn't do anything after the doubles," Sveum said.
Adam LaRoche singled in the Nationals' fourth, and Desmond followed with his fifth home run off an 0-1 pitch for a 4-2 lead. With two outs in the fifth, after Samardzija coaxed a double play, Desmond added an RBI double for his third hit of the game, and Epinosa followed with his two-run double.
"He was a couple pitches away -- and fielding a ground ball, and gets the double play, nobody on, two outs, and then it's three runs later," Sveum said of Samardzija's fifth inning. "It's kind of a strange outing for him."
This game didn't make sense.
"You throw 102 pitches, you should win, let alone give up seven runs," Sveum said. "And then to have seven doubles and only score three runs, and two of the runs were on groundouts -- it was a very, very strange game tonight."
But whenever the Cubs make a mistake, they can't seem to recover from it. Samardzija said his winless stretch isn't getting him down.
"I know personally how I've felt and how I've pitched in each outing," Samardzija said. "I have to take the positive out of today and how I was pounding the zone. I used my fastball a lot, my pitch count was down. I was efficient. I just let it get away from me there in the fifth. One more pitch, and I get out of that [fifth] inning."
Carrie Muskat is a reporter for MLB.com. She writes a blog, Muskat Ramblings, and you can follow her on Twitter @CarrieMuskat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Grey Moss Inn Squash au Gratin
Published 9:42 am, Sunday, May 5, 2013
Makes 6 servings
4-5 large zucchini
1-2 tablespoons butter
1 medium onion, diced
1 small green bell pepper, diced
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
Salt and pepper to taste
Dash of Tabasco sauce
1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese
1/2 cup dry bread crumbs
Butter, for dotting breadc rumbs
Instructions: Wash and trim zucchini; slice thinly and steam on a rack over boiling water, covered, until tender, about 5 to 6 minutes. Set aside. In a saucepan, melt the 1 to 2 tablespoons butter and gently saute the onion and green pepper until soft, about 5 minutes. Add tomato paste, cumin, salt, pepper and Tabasco sauce. Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes; set aside.
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Heat oven to 325 degrees. Mash zucchini with a potato masher (or a food processor, pulsing), then add onion and tomato paste mixture. Place in a small shallow casserole dish. Sprinkle grated cheese over top of casserole, then top with bread crumbs. Dot with butter and bake for 20 minutes, or until lightly browned. Allow dish to sit for a few minutes, then cut into squares to serve, or serve straight from the casserole dish.
Per serving: 150 calories (40.4 percent calories from fat), 7 g fat, 20 mg cholesterol, 190 mg sodium, 17 g carbohydrates, 3 g dietary fiber, 7 g protein.


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It's easy to use Kentucky bourbon to infuse your chicken wings with more flavor, make unforgettable cocktails and warm up from the inside out — all while spreading some festive cheer.
Start with Chef Lee Anne Wong's Bourbon Onion Dip (pictured above). Greek yogurt and ricotta cheese lighten up this usually mayonnaise-heavy party favorite. Serve it with raw vegetables or pita chips for an easy snack that will have guests clamoring for more.
Lee Anne's Bourbon Apple Glazed Chicken Wings are tangy sweet and braised then baked, no frying involved. With a prep time of 10 minutes, you'll have plenty of time to schmooze and prepare the dinner party centerpiece — ham.
"Bourbon, biscuits and ham. 'Nuff said," Chef Wong says. Baste the ham every 20 minutes with a mix of bourbon, brown sugar, maple syrup, cola and cider vinegar for succulent meat. The Bourbon Biscuits are flaky and rich. Set them out with the ham and let people assemble mini-sandwiches.
No holiday party would be complete without cocktails, and nothing says holidays like this rich Eggnog 46. Splashed with Maker's 46 and sprinkled with cinnamon and nutmeg, this drink is truly a homemade treat.
For those who perfer a little sparkle, serve Kathy Casey's Bellini Manhattan with gold-gilded cherries. Part brut champagne, part bourbon and peach puree, your guests will end the night on a high note.
Looking for more Holiday Party recipes and ideas?
- Mark Bittman's Lamb Meatballs and Collard Dolmades
- Jamie Oliver's Christmas Spirit Cocktail
- Daisy Martinez's Stuffed Mushrooms
- Dave Lieberman's Cranberry Ginger Cocktail
- Jamie Oliver's Easy Cheese Fondue
- Emeril Lagasse's Raspberry Bellini
- Laura Calder's Chevre and Walnut Tartlets
- Nigella Lawson's Mulled Cider
- Cooking Channel's Holiday Party Central


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Topic: One Year Ago...
Hello All,
So it was just (almost) exactly one year ago when -- during a work-up for a possible appendix problem -- that my little tumor friend was first seen. After four months of inconclusive tests, choruses of "it's probably nothing but we need to know for sure" and not one but two biopsies, the diagnosis was made. And the world as I knew it ended.
So here I am, a year later, still alive and kicking and ornery as ALL GET OUT, despite a failed surgery and a refusal to accept other treatment (chemo) as I thought the odds of it helping me were far outweighed by the damage that would be done to the healthy parts of me.
I am long past the point of believing I was "lucky" to be diagnoses early -- this post-diagnosis time has been hell, including the death of my mother and that ever-present daily worry that today will be the day the end starts to come.
And yet I am still here -- and at some level, I need to honor that. I go in for a CT scan later this month (after months of refusing further tests) and really, there's no good news I am going to hear -- just hoping it isn't bad bad bad news.
Anyway. I think of so many of you so often, and how we are toyed wth by this sadistic illness and how our lives, our loves, our friends, are never, ever, the same.
Peace be with me and with all of you, too.


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Mr King told the hearing despite the rejections, attempts were made to transition Mr Volkers to a position as a mentor coach with Swimming Queensland.
"He'd had positive reviews from swimming coaches. They thought he was a very good mentor," he said.
"We'd had no negative reports in my time from Scott. We wanted to keep the work he was doing with coaches going because it was good work."
He said his continuing employment of Mr Volkers was due to the fact that his position as head coach meant he had limited contact with young swimmers.
It was also to help keep swimming strong.
"Because Swimming [Australia] kept on giving me the advice that this person was very good for their sport in terms of his knowledge technically and tactically for their athletes."
But he denied that Mr Volkers' talents as a coach outweighed his concerns about the welfare of young athletes.
Volkers returned to full duties after charges dropped
Earlier, the commission heard senior management at QAS felt Mr Volkers posed no danger to young athletes after sexual assault charges against him were dropped.
Alex Bauman was the executive director of QAS at the time Mr Volkers headed up the swimming program and when he was charged over the allegations.
He told the hearing that Mr Volkers was reinstated to full duties as head coach once the charges were dropped.
"From my point of view there was resolution and the fact that, in terms of trying to mitigate risk, his role was defined as coaching coaches. Even though there was contact with athletes, he didn't directly coach any swimmers," he said.
The commission's chair Justice Peter McClellan asked Mr Bauman if it crossed his mind whether Mr Volkers was an appropriate person to work with children, or involve himself with others who were working with children.
Mr Bauman replied: "Yes, that certainly was discussed extensively. Whether he should continue in the role."
He also told the commission that when a further allegation was made in 2005, no further action was taken.
"The advice was that the role shouldn't change," he said.
The hearing continues.