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Somdatta and Felicia of the Canoe Birch Class and Cathy and Mary of the All-Day Program invited the children to tell who and what they are thankful for and then wrote their answers on leaves. Each class has a paper tree by the door displaying the children's gratitude. As this Thanksgiving Day draws to a close I thought it would be nice to share the gratitude of these 3, 4, and 5-year-olds with all of you.
Enjoy your holiday weekend!
Today's Wayback Wednesday comes from March, 2000. The children in Room B were treated to a science presentation by a group of MSGL parents.
These parents must have been SO COOL! We are thankful for all of the Montessori parents and grandparents who have shared their interests and their time with our children over the past 41 years. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
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We're keeping things simple on Wayback Wednesday this week with a short and sweet little collection of photos from October, 2002. Teacher Judy West took the children of the Red Oak class on a nature hike to Purdue's Horticulture Park to enjoy the crisp morning, collect leaves, and hug some very deserving trees.
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Today is school picture day!
When Harriet and "the ducky" show up to take our pictures, you can bet that the children are well-dressed, the snack is no-mess, and the staff is slightly stressed - for two whole days. Sometimes there are tears and pouty faces, but never in front of the children :)
These teachers from 2004 look pretty happy. Enjoy this week's Wayback Wednesday photos from 2004.
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The MSGL photo archives are a bit disorganized and I usually have to sift through them to come up with a Wayback Wednesday post, but this week the work was already done. After leading the toddler families on this field trip to Lafayette's Columbian Park Zoo in the Spring of 1998, teacher Suman Harshvardhan put together this little photo album for the children.
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Its all over their Facebook page. I'm not at a computer right now but the AO legends discussion is talking about it.
To leave feedback: Click seller/buyers name, Click feedback score, Click leave feedback
So if the rules are ROF will be capped at 13 bps how do they feel about RT Mags ?
they really dont care about ROF but they needed a number to write down. if you ABUSE it you will be warned and judge punched. I unloaded a hopper at over 20bps right next to a ref and all he said was "HOLY %&$#"
to what teams are everyone wanting to go on? New Empire – Mike Phillips or Horde – Kevin "Buckshot" of Team Hellions
RoF is dictated to electros, so i'm assuming that mech, RT and Pneu guns don't fall into that since it doesn't have electronics. the RT rule is again in between the lines.
i would suggest that "Team AO" get together before the event and get a case count. it will save $5 overall. $70 for 30+ cases beats $75 per person, or $80 at the event. does any one know what paint CPX uses, so we know what to expect?
does anyone know if they allow FS rounds and if you can get them from the field?
FS rounds. The previous events you could bring your own. you can also bring .50 if you choose to shoot that also. Usually get to pick between Evil and Marbs..i think. Evil for sure though.
I have lined up a paint sponsership for us. we will be getting it for MORE then 5$ off. this includes you too wimag. more details later.
We will be playing for the horde under DJ Honu with the CPX legion teams alongside Infamous. again, more details later.
and again, they really dont care too much about ROF as long as its not abused and mags are awesome enough for them to look the other way
I did read in the rules that you can bring your own FS rounds for sure....I do remember that...and the part about not playing for 6 hours after your last beer.
yea... no one listens to that
Looks Like Ill be taking almost the entire month off work for all this... I have a wedding a week before this.. Well see how this works out for me. If people want to camp at my farm in manhattan(5ish miles from cpx), Im more than Ok with it.
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that might actually be a baller idea
never had a problem shooting my mags at Viper events. but then i never RT them or even shoot very fast with them.
"because every vengeful cop with a lesbian daughter, is having a bad day, and looking for someone to blame"
so how is it going to work to get us AO guys on the same team?
you have not been reading I see. there is a "how to register" thread
I'm a; tell me when, where and what and I'll be there, kinda guy. Still need new bottles 68/3&4.5k on my regs. 3-5 halos 2 mags(emag needs a battery and charger), angel needs a solonoid. If anyone can help with my list of parts, Lmk. And yes Scott, we would finally meet.
Am also local and been playing at CPX for a long time. If I can be of any assistance let me know. I'll be there next Saturday, could try and get some questions answered then.
Try not getting hammered the night before,.........
How about some suggestions we can live with.
Get there friday and play the pump pistol games in the town.
The games pretty much revolve around it.
officially going
Ill keep an eye out for my fellow mag ballers while Im there
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are you registered under the AO Army
I dont know what that is so probably not lol
If you didn't pre-register by Monday you aren't in, unless by luck or powerful bribery. They will randomly assign you, so you could be playing for Horde or Empire.
I still have a registration+air to unload! I've had 2 other guys interested on PbN but neither has gotten back with me. I'd rather my last Horde-Vandals AO Army registration go to an AO'er just like the first one. I'm just looking to almost recoup my costs @ $65, which is $10 cheaper than what it costs anyone else right now. Just PM me if you want to buy mine and guarantee you're on the right team.
Pm inbound sir
I just saw they are going to open up nuke town at pbbomb on friday from 11 am till 8 pm friday. It is just over an hour north of Living Legends.


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Mike Zimmerman, 55, of Dover, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Wilmington for allegedly committing conspiracy to commit bank fraud and for making false statements to a financial institution in connection to millions of dollars of loans he obtained from the now defunct Wilmington Trust for real estate projects in Kent and Sussex counties.
Prolific developer Michael A. Zimmerman said that the federal indictment recently levied against him for bank fraud and money laundering was about making him a scapegoat for the now defunct Wilmington Trust Company's problems with bad real estate loans that led to its sale to M&T Bank in 2011.
Zimmerman, 55, of Dover, was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly committing conspiracy to commit bank fraud and for making false statements to a financial institution in connection to millions of dollars of loans he obtained from the now defunct Wilmington Trust for real estate projects in Kent and Sussex counties.
United States Attorney for the District of Delaware Charles M. Oberly III announced the previously sealed indictment on Tuesday, nearly a week after it was first handed down by the grand jury on Jan. 23.
"I am not guilty," Zimmerman told the Dover Post Wednesday. "The feds have not been able to get to the board of directors or the loan committee/loan officers so as [stuff] flows down hill, now it's [on] me."
Zimmerman was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and seven counts of making a false statement to a financial institution, each punishable by a maximum term of 30 years in prison and a fine of $1 million, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.
The indictment also charged Zimmerman with one count of money laundering in violation of federal law. This charge carries a maximum term of 10 years imprisonment and a fine of $250,000.
Zimmerman had obtained more than $37 million in financing from the Wilmington Trust Company in connection with three development projects in Kent and Sussex counties — namely Compass Pointe off Silver Lake and the Shoppes at Fieldstone in Dover and Salt Pond Plaza in Bethany Beach. Wilmington Trust sold the debt for these projects to a third party in March 2011 and incurred a loss of more than $26 million on these three projects, the indictment stated.
The indictment alleged that Zimmerman and still unnamed co-conspirators submitted false draw requests for payment from Wilmington Trust in connection with the Salt Pond Plaza, Compass Pointe, and Shoppes at Fieldstone projects, in 2007 and 2008, federal officials said. Federal investigators alleged that Zimmerman and the others did not use the money the way they told Wilmington Trust it would be used.
"In one instance, Zimmerman requested and received $150,000 in funds from Wilmington Trust that he represented to be for architectural and engineering costs, but instead used the money to finance acquisition of a personal interest in a development in the Bahamas," the press release from Oberly's office said.
Zimmerman said he signed for the draws, but they were produced by a former employee and friend.
"The funds went into a central account that I use for all my deposits and payments. They are trying to match amounts that went in to ones that later went out. I ran $250 million to $500 million through this account in those five years."
Zimmerman pointed out that his loans from Wilmington Trust were for income producing real estate, rather than problematic residential real estate notes.
"That's why they worked with me for two years prior to sale then discounted the value of my projects and sold my notes to clean up their books and raise cash prior to finalization of the sale of the bank," he said.
In addition, Zimmerman said he put up $200 million in other, non-Wilmington Trust assets as collateral for the loans mentioned by the U.S. attorney.
Zimmerman has owned and operated BBC Properties in Dover since 1996 and has developed properties primarily in Kent and Sussex counties. But, he has also acquired and developed several properties in upstate Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and other parts of the East Coast. He has done several development projects with Food Lion, Harris Teeter, Redner's, CVS and Walgreens, among others. He is also known for such recent developments as the new Bayard Plaza in downtown Dover and the Redner's Market nearing completion in Camden.
Zimmerman said the indictment would not affect any of his current projects. However, it was causing major issues with his partners, he said.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division, the special inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP), and the Office of Inspector General, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The TARP inspector general was involved because Wilmington Trust received money from the so-called federal stimulus package given to banks under then President Bush.
"Defrauding a TARP bank is the same as defrauding American taxpayers who funded the bailout, and SIGTARP and our law enforcement partners will bring to justice those responsible for crimes related to TARP," said Christy Romero, special inspector general for SIGTARP.
Oberly said the indictment reflected his office's commitment to holding accountable "those who criminally contributed to the failure of the Wilmington Trust Company."
"The shareholders and employees of the bank, as well as the community, have been harmed by this failure, and the government remains firmly committed to prosecuting those whose fraudulent acts compromised the soundness and viability of a Delaware institution," he said in a prepared statement. "The investigation continues."
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Robert F. Kravetz and Lesley F. Wolf.
Zimmerman, for his part, has retained attorney Dan Lyons, of Lyons Law Firm in Wilmington, as counsel to help him fight the charges.
"It's complicated but I will defend myself," he said. "They wanted me to roll over on the bank and government officials but there is nothing to say. I have done nothing wrong and if there is an accounting error I will correct it."


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The Road to KDE 4: KWin Composite Brings Bling to KDE
KWin, KDE's window manager, has been around since KDE 2.0 (replacing KWM in KDE 1.x) and has grown to be a mature and stable window manager over the years. For KDE 4, however, there were a few people rumbling about visual effects, and perhaps KWin was feeling a little envious of its younger cousins Compiz and Beryl. While these new effects have created a lot of buzz around Linux and UNIX, long-term KDE users have wished they can enjoy the effects of Compiz/Beryl while still having the tried and tested window manager that is KWin. As a result, for KDE 4, KWin has received a huge graphical upgrade, with composite and GL support. Read on for more details.
KWin has implemented effects in a way that allows a number of different rendering methods to be used, depending on your specific combination of hardware and drivers. These features have brought KWin rapidly into the era of dazzling eyecandy, along with some pleasant surprises on the usability front. This effort has been spearheaded by Lubos Lunak (a man known for his efficient code) and his team, with special mention to Rivo Laks and Philip Falkner for their contributions.
Effects are disabled by default at the moment, although that may change before KDE 4 ships, and distributions may decide to alter this setting anyway. When enabled, the effects are designed to degrade gracefully. If GL is not available, KWin disables GL effects but still allows Composite effects where possible via XRender. If XRender is not available, it falls back to plain X, running in the same fashion as the present KDE 3 version. To get the full array of effects, you need to have a video card (and driver) that supports AIGLX, XGL or use the proprietary Nvidia driver.
Once the effects are enabled, it's simply a matter of choosing which effects you'd like to activate. So far, Rivo Laks has been working on the effects plugin selection interface (see the screenshot below). The new plugin selection widget shown is making its way into various parts of KDE - it does automatic dependency checking, so once the dependency tree is known, it will intelligently enable or disable dependent plugins. This widget is also showing up in other parts of KDE 4.
(as you can see in the image, this dialog is quite new - less than a week old - and is missing all the icons...)
Lubos has been periodically blogging about the effects that KWin is now capable of, and has recorded a number of videos showing them off. Since video capture on my system is rather chunky, I will present his recordings instead. So, without further ado, I present some of the more popular of his flash videos, hosted by YouTube. If you are interested in more, please visit his YouTube User Page
The Present Windows Effect - a very useful effect that falls into both eye-candy and usability categories...
The Desktop Grid Effect - those familar with the Cube effect may note that this is not quite as flashy, but probably more useful. Doesn't mean there cannot be a Cube effect for KWin though.
This one shows the above two effects, as well as the Alt-Tab thumbnails, but it shows that the effects work great, even when the windows contain active videos.
Zoom Effect and Magnifier Effect: some accessibility related features that everyone may find useful, depending on your specific needs.
Effects like this one make people go "Wow". The first part of this video features the Fall Apart Effect, which basically has a window blow up. It's amazing how well this effect can be demonstrated in a low quality flash video...
Aside from Lubos, many of the new effects and underlying core components were programmed by Rivo Laks and Philip Falkner. They are responsible for many of the effects you see in the videos, including the Present Windows Effect, and the improved Alt-Tab dialog. There have been a number of contributions from others as well, and they are always looking for new and interesting ideas. In addition, KWin for KDE 4 builds on the already existing KWin version which has had dozens of people contribute to it over the years.
The window decoration shown above is called 'kwin3_crystal' and is still set as the default in SVN. It is simply a port of the existing KDE 3 Crystal window decorations, however, a new KWin window decoration is still in the works for KDE 4 - it hasn't been made the default yet, so I haven't been featuring it. When it does eventually become the default, you'll be sure to hear about it here (and likely in Danny's KDE Commit-Digest as well...).
KWin for KDE 3.x implemented a very simple composite manager, allowing simple effects such as window transparencies, fading menus, shadows, and so forth. The code was not too complex, but the infrastructure was not in place to seriously extend the effects to GL powered goodness. When the KDE 4 development series opened, it was seen as an excellent time to rewrite some of KWin's internal structures in order to support such effects. There were initial considerations of implementing support for the existing Compiz and/or Beryl system of effects via plugins, but there were technological hurdles that prevented this. I won't go into the technical details as to why this decision was made, however, it is important to note that KDE 4 will still work with Compiz/Beryl should the users choose to use that software instead of KWin.
Additionally, while KDE 4 will be supporting a number of platforms with libraries and applications, KWin is one of the applications that will not be making the switch as it is inextricably tied to X. This should be considered to be a Good Thing(tm), as it ensures that KDE will always be the best looking when used with Linux/UNIX, and hopefully it (and related KDE Workspace technologies, like Plasma) will remain a unique benefit of using a more open operating system.
KWin promises to ensure that KDE get the graphical boost it needs to keep the eye-candy folks happy, while providing new and usable features for the desktop environment that would not have otherwise been possible. Yet, it maintains the rock-solid foundation that a long history as an integral part of KDE has provided. It will still work (with reduced levels of effects) on any system that KDE 3 ran on, so no-one is left out in the cold. It is already the default for KDE 4 in SVN, and will be showing up in future beta releases.
On a personal note, I've found that KWin on my system was dropping down into XRender mode due to some X settings I need to fix, but it has been perfectly stable for me over the last two weeks. In fact, every week when I'm rebuilding KDE 4 to write these articles, I am more amazed at how quickly it is becoming stable and useful. If you are interested in testing it out for yourself, check to see if your distribution has packages available. I am aware of the existence of at least one live CD (where you don't have to risk messing with your system) that is available at the KDE Four Live website. They update the Live CD every few weeks, and currently has the KDE 4.0 Alpha 1 packages. Additionally, if you are brave enough to test the Composite features, and are having problems, have a quick look at the Composite HowTo.. If you have problems, please report bugs using the the KDE Bug Tracker by selecting the KWin program, and the "composite" component.
Until next time.
Re: ATI / fglrx?
>AMD has claimed that they will be releasing ATI drivers as opensource [..]
If you're referring to the keynote at the Red Hat Summit, opinions diverge and there was nothing like a promise of any kind, except that AMD's marketing person claimed that AMD is willing to work on better Linux support for their drivers - like AMD/ATI did so often. Only (tabloid) news sites Slashdot and OSNews reported in a "It's coming soon" way, linking as proof to a blog of someone who thinks to have heard a promise of open graphics drivers.
Just to consider: AMD doesn't even care enough to clarify. And then recall again their promise of having to work better with the Linux community. All I'm saying is, don't get your hopes too high with AMD.
By Anonymous at Thu, 2007/05/31 - 5:00am
Re: ATI / fglrx?
They'd rather just release their hardware's specs/documentation freely so we stop depending on them and their flawed drivers. Mind you, ATI drivers have never been good (never even MS Windoze's).
By Jack Ripoff at Thu, 2007/05/31 - 5:00am
Re: ATI / fglrx?
You're telling me. I have an old ATI Rage128 card that guarantees a WinXP blue screen (with the newest version of the driver) if you start up aMule but it works like a charm on the reverse-engineered X driver.
By Stephan Sokolow at Fri, 2007/08/31 - 5:00am
Re: ATI / fglrx?
this question you have to ask the other way around. because the problem lies with the proprietary drivers. they dont support one extremely important fonction that all those fancy WMs use, and i think there is no way to make it work with the current ati drivers. But i'm no developer.
By Beat Wolf at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: ATI / fglrx?
having laptop here as well. so changing is on option.
By Jan Mentzel at Thu, 2007/05/31 - 5:00am
Re: ATI / fglrx?
sorry, "direct rendering"
By Jan Mentzel at Thu, 2007/05/31 - 5:00am
Re: ATI / fglrx?
With fglrx, Xgl is needed to run Compiz/Beryl. fglrx will run in GL Mode, Composite is somehow emulated or so by XGL (afaik).
I wonder if kwin_composite will work with XGL and gl enabled fglrx...
By Robin at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: ATI / fglrx?
Since it is doing much the same thing as Beryl, it should work. I've never played with Xgl though with fglrx. I got so upset with the drivers for my fairly new (onboard) radeon express 200, that I went and bought myself an nvidia card just to avoid the driver hassle.
By Troy Unrau at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: ATI / fglrx?
I share your pain, I have the same card, and it is absolutely atrocious. In the beginning it didn't even work in 2D mode. At least that works now, but the performance is dreadful, and fglrx is such an awful driver that I don't even want to try it anymore. I spent weeks on it in the past with more or less garbage results. My only hope now are the ATI open source drivers (if they actually release them).
By Leo S at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: ATI / fglrx?
Opensource or not, their drivers will remain buggy.
Our real hope would be pressuring them to release their docs so we can code our own decent drivers.
By Jack Ripoff at Thu, 2007/05/31 - 5:00am
Re: ATI / fglrx?
so now specs are better then code? the opensource driver community could easier write a new driver from scratch than fixing atis maybe-very-soon-opensource-driver?
By ac at Thu, 2007/05/31 - 5:00am
Re: ATI / fglrx?
"so now specs are better then code?"
"the opensource driver community could easier write a new driver from scratch than fixing atis maybe-very-soon-opensource-driver?"
By Jack Ripoff at Thu, 2007/05/31 - 5:00am
Re: ATI / fglrx?
I have a Radeon XPress 200M, and I installed the newest drivers from AMD. They are a completely new codebase and fully support AIGLX. I am running Beryl with few problems,so I am sure that this will work excellently with KDE4.
By Daniel at Tue, 2007/10/30 - 5:00am
What are the minimum PC to run these effects?
I mean, what are the minimum requirement to play GL or XRand efects? For example, Can I play the efects withslowdowns in a ati r128? Can we use a xinerama setup? And a remote X display?
By cruzki at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: What are the minimum PC to run these effects?
It depends on what features you turn on. With all effects, it won't run smooth. But some basic effects should work fine... Maybe lubos knows some details here. And there's an article about performace, but it's about Beryl. Kwin won't be a 100 times faster I guess, so it should give a pretty good idea of what is needed. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=730&num=1
Re: What are the minimum PC to run these effects?
So us with older hardware can turn them All off. Excellent!
By ben at Thu, 2007/05/31 - 5:00am
Re: What are the minimum PC to run these effects?
I could see some benchmarks of Intels latest chipset, but what about their older chipsets? Anyone knows?
By Joergen Ramskov at Thu, 2007/05/31 - 5:00am
Re: What are the minimum PC to run these effects?
It depends on what effects you're talking about. The most basic (and most useful) composite goodies should work flawlessly on an ancient TNT2 and a 300MHz CPU :). I have myself seen compiz work like a charm (and with negligible CPU usage) on my friend's old Pentium II with S3 Savage4 accelerator (not as powerful as a TNT2, though with comparable capabilities). If you have a PS 2.0 capable GPU like FX5200, you won't have any problems with any effects :). Compositing a desktop is really no burden even for very old graphics accelerators.
By zonk at Thu, 2007/05/31 - 5:00am
troy, you do your job very well
Your article are to me good.
And good work kwin devs.
Now, past the thanks :
until next time :)
By David at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: troy, you do your job very well
Thanks for the kind words.
Basically, if it was supported by Compiz and/or Beryl (the two projects have now merged, but I still cannot figure out what the proper thing is to call them) then it should work in KWin as well. I haven't seen a side-by-side performance comparison, but Seli has done performance related profiling within KDE before, so I'll trust his capable hands.
By Troy Unrau at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Wobbly Windows ?
Will be there a wobbly windows effect ? I know this effect can look useless (and I agreed at first) but now I like it a lot
By DanaKil at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Wobbly Windows ?
If you check out Seli's youtube page, there is (or used to be) a wobbly windows video up there. I did see that effect when I was scrolling through the list :)
By Troy Unrau at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Wobbly Windows ?
It wasnt wobbly effect, it was a wave effect - all windows were just waving, whether you moved them or not.
By franta at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Wobbly Windows ?
Oh, right. There are a number of plugins that implement 'demo' modes, and I believe that one was called the 'Drunken Windows' demo or somesuch :)
By Troy Unrau at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Wobbly Windows ?
My personal opinion (hence a end user vote) -
wobbly windows *BAD*.
By Soyuz at Fri, 2007/06/08 - 5:00am
Different shadows size
I may be cool to have different shadows sizes : if a window is active, the shadow is larger (like if the windows higher) and if the window is inactif, the shadow is small, as if it is put on the desktop
By Heller at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Different shadows size
this is already implemented in Kwin for KDE since 3.3 :D
Great Work
I think this work is great - what he has also done is provide a way to capture the screen shots, plus that rather neat red highlighting with the mouse. As far as I can see this will be a very usable desktop. In my opinion the eye-candy is useful in adding a tactile feel to the desktop. This is important and also provides useful accessibility options too.
As I have played with Compiz and Beryl they are pretty, but complex to configure (this already looks clearer), and miss the quality window management stuff described above.
Whatever the eye-candy brings the stability of Kwin is a great asset - I want to do work after all and I need a stable WM to do that.
By Kevin Colyer at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Great Work
i really hope they implement a filter field at the top of that configuration dialog (like most kde components have now) - finding any option in beryl configuration was PAIN when i tried it in knoppix 5.1 ;)
By richlv at Wed, 2007/06/06 - 5:00am
Another video I didn't get to see :(
Great work, but it would be really amazing if these videos were also
Also, off-topic but, is there some way for third party applications
By j.v. at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Another video I didn't get to see :(
For the former question: part of the reason we're hosting on youtube is to limit our bandwidth consumption on the dot.
On a related note: one of the interesting features that KWin has implemented via the new effects system is a screen recorder which works almost as easily as ksnapshot does for screen caps. It doesn't do any encoding on the fly, as that would slow down the system taking the video, but it dumps to a raw format that just about any encoder, open or otherwise, can use. This means there is likely to be more videos of KDE 4 stuff showing up in the wild-- unfortunately, most of these will end up on youtube, simply because the price of hosting is the right price... c'est la vie.
Additionally, if not available via some other part of the NETWM spec, this information would probably be obtainable via dbus queries. KWin is still called KWin though, so no name change.
By Troy Unrau at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Another video I didn't get to see :(
Maybe archive.org could provide a solution to the bandwidth problem?
>>On a related note: one of the interesting features that KWin has implemented
Actually , that's what's bugging me. I've noticed that some time ago on the
Thanks for answering.
By j.v. at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Another video I didn't get to see :(
KDE isn't microsoft; we're not going to crush you out of existence :) Take a look at the success of yakuake, konversation, or kommander, etc. as alternates to the applications that are shipped with KDE that do quite well.
Or, if you're intereseted, we can hook you up with an SVN account and let you design that part of KDE. As far as I know, there is no UI to configure or control this extension yet, and your expertise would likely be very welcome by the kwin developers :)
Either way, I didn't know your project existed until just now -- it looks pretty shiny already :)
By Troy Unrau at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Another video I didn't get to see :(
Yes, recordmydesktop rocks. I wonder why it isn't integrated in Beryl, the beryl-vidcap thing is based on seom and produces really ugly videos in an inusable format. Maybe you should mail some Beryl-devs.
By blueget at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Another video I didn't get to see :(
well, seom is certainly not producing videos in an ugly format, whilest it is not developed by me I still feel I shall argue here.
the config part in the video record effect are hard coded as they've been actually used for demonstration by lunak only, so you are all welcome to improve this effect if you want to.
Although, recordmydesktop[1] is a standalone application, not ideal for integration into kwin, yet you could use it on your own, but there is a need for something more speedy, ideally not capturing via XImage/XShm source but via OpenGL, as kwin now primarily renders in OpenGL mode.
So the kwin maintainer tried out seom[2], while this looked promising, lunak still wanted more, that is: partial screen capturing, that can be integrated into an Xdamage-featured compositing desktop, so I implemented this requested feature in my the capturing framework I am developing myself[1] and showed him some demos using it.
[1] http://recordmydesktop.sf.net/
By Christian Parpart at Fri, 2007/06/01 - 5:00am
Re: Another video I didn't get to see :(
Try swfdec or youtube-dl.
By Reply at Thu, 2007/05/31 - 5:00am
Re: Another video I didn't get to see :(
You don't need Flash to play videos on YouTube. They are encoded in Flash Video (.flv), which mplayer can handle.
1. Get mplayer and youtube_dl (http://www.arrakis.es/~rggi3/youtube-dl/)
If you want to download multiple videos in one go, get my (Ruby) script here: http://membres.lycos.fr/madleser/coding/yt
By madleser at Thu, 2007/05/31 - 5:00am
Re: Another video I didn't get to see :(
By Stoffe at Fri, 2007/06/01 - 5:00am
Re: Another video I didn't get to see :(
I appreciate your answer(as well as the others on this matter), but
What I was trying to point out is that we should strive for solutions
Thanks for the kind answer(s), though.
By j.v. at Fri, 2007/06/01 - 5:00am
Re: Another video I didn't get to see :(
While I agree with your viewpoint, I'd like to also point out that you're running an old version of ffmpeg in your MPlayer.
Gnash 0.8.0 with the GTK+ frontent and ffmpeg FLV-decoding backend works with only a few minor glitches relating to font rendering and widget positioning in the YouTube player. (the font rendering is fixed in current CVS) and current stable MPlayer on Gentoo decodes FLV (as well as the Sorenson codec (for Quicktime) that it's based on) using only ffmpeg.
And I'm on a native x86_64 system so I can quite honestly praise the progress that's been made. The only thing I need amd64codecs for is RealPlayer videos and the only thing I need mplayer-bin (32-bit) for is the Indeo 5 codec from win32codecs. (I collect AMVs and about half a dozen of them use Indeo 5)
Heck, I get full browsing functionality without needing nspluginwrapper, a 32-bit nspluginviewer binary, or a 32-bit Firefox. (I'm using Konqueror with KMplayer, Gnash, and 64-bit Java, Firefox with MPlayerPlug-in and Gnash, and I don't need Java in Firefox)
By Stephan Sokolow at Fri, 2007/08/31 - 5:00am
Why are the Kwin-Videos so laggy compared to the Compiz-Videos? And do I have to disable the effects everytime I want to play games like ut2004?
Would be great if I'm wrong.
By EMP3ROR at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Performance
I tried kwin_composite went it was merged into trunk and found it much, much slower than Beryl on the same hardware (an nvidia 5200) : Beryl was *wonderfully* smooth on that card, but kwin_composite was very poor - you could easily count the individual frames on even as simple an effect as the "minimise" one (about 3-4 fps).
So, lots of optimisation work still to do :) Based on progress so far, I'm sure they'll have no difficulties in getting it to run well in the long term, but I'm not sure about having a silky smooth kwin_composite for KDE4.0.
By anon at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Performance
Well, you should try to play with the settings. it was very slow for me as well, until i changed a few things - now it's perfectly smooth.
Re: Performance
A: I have no idea.
By Dennis at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Performance
In one of the Youtube comments someone said it had something to do with the recording slowing down the system, rather than the actual performance of the effects.
By Paul Eggleton at Wed, 2007/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Performance
Does anyone know the answer to the second part of the question? I had to get rid of xgl/compiz because it seriously degraded any other app that needed acceleration (Krita, Google Earth, games, etc.). I like cool desktop effects as much as the next guy, but I don't want to give up actual, usable features in apps I use regularly.
By Louis at Thu, 2007/05/31 - 5:00am
Re: Performance
It does not depend on the window manager. If you use XGL it might be the case, that hardware-rendering can only be done by the window manager but no application. Using AIGLX this should not happen and every application can use the GPU's complete features/speed.
By birdy at Thu, 2007/05/31 - 5:00am
Re: Performance
For me even Aiglx slows down applications. I use Ubuntu 7.04 and e.g. glchess is more laggy, ut2004 has 30% less fps, ... when Compiz is activated.
Would Xegl improve the situation?
By EMP3ROR at Thu, 2007/05/31 - 5:00am
Re: Performance
Which hardware? Intel and NVidia should do fine...
By birdy at Thu, 2007/05/31 - 5:00am
Re: Performance
Nvidia Geforce 6600
OpenGL and everything works, but it's slower.
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Somebody asked me about autographs the other day. Signatures in books cause two basic questions: "What is it worth?" and "How can I find out if it's real?" The people who ask the second question have their heads pointed in the right direction. You need to answer that before you go after valuer.
The fad sact, as one of my friends calls it, is that there are plenty of fakes out there. Someone recently wrote an article to prove that the first use of a rubber (actually wooden) stamp by a President of the United States who didn't want to sign everything came in 1841. Printing presses have been able to produce printed signatures on books for at least that long. Great Names have used secretaries for millennia. And those are all legitimately phony signatures; we haven't even started on the forgers.
There are some questions to look into before you rent a safe deposit box and put the down payment on that eight-bedroom condo:
1. Was the book printed after the person who supposedly signed it was dead? We've had a paperback Scarlet Letter inscribed by Nathaniel Hawthorne to a man who wasn't born until 1947. I sold that for fifty cents. I won't name names, but there's an online auction site where I haven seen copies of Brian's Song signed by Brian Piccolo and a copy of The Diary of Anne Frank signed by Anne Frank. (That's a pretty good clue: if the person dies IN the book that's signed, that signature is in all probability a phony.)
2. Is the book signed exactly the same on four pages of the book? That's printed on, friend; it's a common sort of decoration. Anyway, no human being can sign a name exactly the same way twice.
3. Does the person have a famous middle initial? Dwight D. Eisenhower very seldom left out that D. (He did once in a while, but your odds are worse without it. Dorothy L. Sayers was similarly fussy. Richard M. Nixon USUALLY used the M, though not always.) The rule can also be applied to short forms of a name. If your book by John F. Kennedy is signed "Jack", there's a chance, but I wouldn't give you much hope is it's signed "Johnnie".
4. Is it signed by a president after 1952? See, not only do Presidents of the United States have secretaries (I had what I thought was an authentic Ronald Reagan, but the folks at the Reagan Library were not only able to prove it was signed by a secretary—they could even tell which secretary it was.), they also have autopens. An autopen is a machine which traces from a signature and reproduced it exactly on another document: often used to sign award certificates and fund-raising letters and so forth. An expert can tell about these things, because, as noted, no one signs her name the same way twice, and an autopen always does an exact facsimile of the original. This does not mean that no President of the United States ever really signed anything personally; it just means you need to take a really close look.
If you get past these questions and still think you have a goodie, there are plenty of websites out there for autograph collectors which will show you what their idrea of a genuine signature for that celebrity looks like. It is up to you to compare yours with theirs (it helps to check a lot of different examples over a period of years; people sign differently at twenty than they do at eighty). In the end, you must either rely on your own opinion or hire an expert to look the autograph over. This is why some dealers offer a signed certificate stating that they were actually standing at the table when the celebrity in question signed the book. So when you buy from them, you have the signed statement of an eyewitness.
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Monday, August 24
Red Grapes In Muffins? Oh, Yeah.
Prior to blogging, I rarely made muffins. OK, I never made muffins. Now I find it difficult to go a week or more without baking some. There are so many things to love about muffins: They're easy to make. They're endlessly versatile. And, unlike many baked goods, they're portion controlled. (That is, as long as you don't eat two or three per sitting.)
While I enjoy baking traditional muffins like my Mom's Jordan Marsh Blueberry Muffins, I really love to play around with ingredients and concoct unique muffins such as Fresh Apricot and Kiwi and Coconut.
Up until a few weeks ago, however, I had never made muffins with red grapes. I mean, red grapes in muffins? Is that natural? Oh, it's beyond natural. It's extraordinary. I should know. I have made them three times within the past few weeks, including for a brunch, where they received rave reviews.
These wonderfully moist muffins are laced with fragrant, subtly sweet wine and punctuated with juicy, red grapes. They're lovely as a midday snack with a cup of tea and even work well as an appetizer or light dessert when paired with a glass of wine and some cheese.
Come to think of it, it's been nearly two weeks since I last made these muffins. And it just so happens that I have a bunch of plump, juicy red grapes in the fridge....
Sweet Wine and Red Grape Muffins
Makes 6 jumbo or 12 regular sized muffins
Here is the original recipe for Individual Grape and Vin Santo Cakes on epicurious.com.
Note: The original recipe calls for a jumbo/Texas muffin pan. Since I don't have one, I used a 12-cup regular muffin tin. I was only able to fill 11 cups, so I filled the 12th cup with a little water while they were baking.
1 1/2 cups plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour, divided
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 stick unsalted butter, softened
2/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar, divided
2 large eggs
1 tablespoon orange zest
2/3 cup sweet wine (I like Rieisling and Muscata)
1 cup seedless red grapes
confectioners' sugar for garnish
1. Place a rack in the middle of the oven, and preheat to 375 degrees F.
2. Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
3. Beat butter with 2/3 cup sugar using an electric mixer on medium speed, until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in zest.
4. Add flour mixture in two batches, alternately wtih wine, beginning and ending flour, mixing until just incorporated.
5. Toss grapes with remaining tablespoon flour, then fold into batter.
6. Divide batter among muffin cups. Sprinkle with remaining 2 tablespoons sugar. Bake until golden and springy to the touch, 18-20 minutes. Cool in pan 5 minutes, then loosen with a knife, and remove. Cool to warm, 5-10 minutes more. Dust with confectioners' sugar before serving.
Here are more muffins you might like:
Sweet Corn and Honey Muffins
Orange, Walnut, and Chocolate Chip Muffins
Peach Pie Muffins
Here are more great grape recipes:
Champagne Grape Loaves at Melecotte
Grape and Raisin Bread at Baking Bites
Red Grape and Aniseed Schiacciati at Morsels and Musings
Citrus Grape Cake at Green Gourmet Giraffe
48 comments:
- veron said...
Oh yeh! Those muffins look fantastic.
- August 24, 2009 at 5:14 PM
- Jersey Girl Cooks said...
I started doing much more baking after i started my blog too. These sound so good. I am bookmarking them!
- August 24, 2009 at 5:40 PM
- Anh said...
The best looking muffins, Susan. Nice and neat idea, too!
- August 24, 2009 at 5:43 PM
- T.W. Barritt at Culinary Types said...
This sounds glorious! How nice to sweeten with a touch of wine and to see those surprising, red jewels tucked inside!
- August 24, 2009 at 6:08 PM
- GF Gidget said...
Decadent and brilliant!
- August 24, 2009 at 7:40 PM
- Rosa's Yummy Yums said...
Those muffins are very original! A wonderfulidea!
- August 24, 2009 at 10:09 PM
- Homemade Heaven said...
What a clever idea - I also make lots of muffins and would never have thought of red grapes.
- August 24, 2009 at 10:27 PM
- Pauline said...
I always wanted to bake muffins and breads with grapes, but I never found a recipe for it so I thought it couldn't be done! Now you've proved that assumption wrong! Forget raisins! Fresh grapes are a bounty to muffins. Yours look adorable, especially with that light sugar dusting. The almost look like mini angel food cake. Great treat!
- August 25, 2009 at 12:21 AM
- Patricia Scarpin said...
Susan, I'm glad you now make muffins more regularly, because your muffins are the best! Such wonderful flavors - I have a couple of recipes bookmarked and will be trying them soon.
These are divine!
- August 25, 2009 at 4:37 AM
- grace said...
i make muffins more often than anything else i think. have i ever included grapes? that's a negative. great idea!
- August 25, 2009 at 6:26 AM
- Soma said...
last week when i husband suggested to put grapes in a cake, i laughed:-) .. but it does work!! i wondered if the grapes stayed watery & would ruin the cakes! have to try it & let my hubby know he was right.
- August 25, 2009 at 8:49 AM
- nora@ffr said...
love ye photography!! ye muffins look soo pretty!
- August 25, 2009 at 9:13 AM
- Hornsfan said...
Beautiful photo and tasty looking muffins!
- August 25, 2009 at 9:27 AM
- Susan from Food Blogga said...
lisa-Don't lose that bookmark!
anh-Thanks so much!
tw-They are jewels, aren't they?
katrina-Ooh, thank you!
rosa-They're unique, indeed!
rose-I know. Who would have thought? But it's lovely.
pauline-I have made focaccia with grapes but never muffins. Seriously. You've got to try it. They're wonderful.
patricia-That's great to hear!
grace-I know. You've gotta try it.
soma-They didn't get watery at all. Although I would use firm grapes.
nora- Many thanks!
hornsfan-Thanks so much!
- August 25, 2009 at 9:45 AM
- vincent said...
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- August 25, 2009 at 12:00 PM
- eatme_delicious said...
Ooo I LOVE the sound (and look) of these muffins!! I've been making muffins every week or two for the last year or so and am getting really sick of them. But these ones are luring me back into muffin making!
- August 25, 2009 at 12:32 PM
Would NEVER have thought to put grapes in any baked good. Cool. These sound really tasty.
- August 25, 2009 at 12:53 PM
- Sean said...
Red is definitely going to look better...but I have some not-so-stellar white grapes in the fridge right now...maybe I'll substitute and give that a go!
Awesome pictures as always!
- August 25, 2009 at 12:54 PM
- Unknown said...
Wow, I've not thought of baking with grapes! These muffins look fantastic, Susan! I love trying new muffin recipes, however, my family is picky about what fillings or toppings I use.
You are sooo creative!
- August 25, 2009 at 1:40 PM
- theteachercooks said...
Just letting you know that I am a food's teacher that will be using your site as a resource in my foodblog that I do with my cooking class. I loved your blog about Bisquick!! Theteachercooks.com
- August 25, 2009 at 1:59 PM
- Abby said...
Never though of doing such! But I always have grapes around. And I do like muffins...
- August 25, 2009 at 2:57 PM
Grapes are my son's favorite fruit so I'd love to make these for him, but maybe I'll substitute juice for the wine. He's only 6!
- August 25, 2009 at 5:10 PM
- Annie said...
Great idea Susan! Grapes are so versatile to begin with, so why not in muffins. I love addition of the sweet wine!
- August 25, 2009 at 5:40 PM
- vijitha shyam said...
Awesome idea Susan! yummy moist n soft muffins.
- August 25, 2009 at 7:50 PM
- Pam said...
I would never have thought of this. They are so creative and tasty - I am loving this recipe. Bookmarked!
- August 25, 2009 at 8:30 PM
- Ju (The Little Teochew) said...
Interesting! I love muffins that look this way. More dainty than those huge "domed" ones in cafes and delis.
- August 25, 2009 at 9:46 PM
- sunita said...
What pretty muffins Susan. Love the grapes peeking out.
- August 26, 2009 at 12:02 AM
- Alisa - Frugal Foodie said...
What a unique idea! They look lovely.
- August 26, 2009 at 9:24 AM
- The Short (dis)Order Cook said...
Well if you can put raisins in muffin, why not grapes? This is the first time I've seen grapes in a muffin and I must say it looks really good. I don't know why more people don't do it.
I hear ya on the "Only if you eat just one" thing!
- August 26, 2009 at 10:41 AM
- pigpigscorner said...
ooo yea...they look and sound good!
- August 26, 2009 at 11:58 AM
I eat just one muffin when I make them, but my are jumbo muffins. I guess that's bad, huh? I've never had grapes in muffins before, but I'd love to try these. Thanks for sharing the recipe Susan!
- August 26, 2009 at 11:58 AM
- The Leftoverist said...
I really never would have thought of it. And eating them in the afternoon sounds divine...
- August 26, 2009 at 1:48 PM
- Nanette said...
Wine? In muffins? You are my kind of woman! They really look great.
- August 26, 2009 at 2:15 PM
- Deeba PAB said...
Fancy that Susan. What a great idea. I love it when you get creative with muffins.Grapes and wine in there sound delicious!
- August 27, 2009 at 1:44 AM
- lisaiscooking said...
Your muffins looks so pretty! I love the idea of serving these wine and some cheese. Must try.
- August 27, 2009 at 9:17 AM
- Johanna GGG said...
Thanks for the link - I was excited to bake with grapes last summer - now I will be wanting to try your wonderful-sounding grape muffins - the grapes just go so lovely and soft when baked
- August 29, 2009 at 7:53 PM
- Aparna Balasubramanian said...
These look so beautiful, Susan. I'll have to wait till the grape season of course. I guess I could use grape juice instead of wine.
Have plans to make bread too, when the grapes arrive.
- August 31, 2009 at 4:31 AM
- Lisa Turner said...
Great idea! I never would have thought to add grapes to muffins. And your photos are just gorgeous!
- August 31, 2009 at 8:05 AM
- Susan from Food Blogga said...
vincent-Thank you for the contact. I'll be checking it out!
ahsley-They'll get you back into the swing of things in no time!
teah-I know! And they're amazing!
sean-That's nice of you to say. Thanks! Go for the white!
lynda-They might just be converted!
theteahcercooks-Ooh! That's so exciting! Thanks for letting me know.
abby-Hop you give them a try!
danielle-Yeah, I'd go for the juice. :)
annie-It's subtle yet distinctive.
vijitha-They really are deliciously moist. Thanks!
pam-yay! Let me know how you like them!
littleteochew- Yeah, I like regular sized muffins too. The jumbo ones are just too big sometimes.
sunita-I do too!
alisa-Thank you!
sdoc-I know. Willpower. Willpower.
anonymous-You're so welcome!
leftoverist-It's better than just a cup of coffee.
nanette-Oh, yeah, baby.
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lisa-They make a great appetizer. And they're different, ya know?
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- September 1, 2009 at 5:50 PM
- Susan from Food Blogga said...
aparna-Sure, you could use juice instead. I just found a recipe for grape bread. I want to try that too.
- September 1, 2009 at 5:51 PM
- Sara @ Our Best Bites said...
I'm so glad you posted this- I have mountains of grapes in the back yard that will be ripe any day now!
- September 2, 2009 at 8:09 AM
- Jennifer said...
These are so unique and creative! WINE AND GRAPES in muffins? Not in my life would I have put those in...now I cant wait to try!!
- September 2, 2009 at 9:39 AM
- Lucy Vaserfirer said...
What a great idea! Our grapevine is producing for the first time, so I've been looking for inspiration for what to do with all of these grapes. Muffins have been on my mind, but I didn't think of the addition of wine. Sounds delicious!
- September 2, 2009 at 11:40 AM
- Susan from Food Blogga said...
sara-That's a problem I wouldn't mind having!
jennifer-You'll love them!
lucy-How exciting! A new harvest of grapes! Enjoy!
- September 4, 2009 at 11:43 AM
- Yivinns said...
These muffins had me at hello! They are absolutely delicious! Made them this morning for breakfast, and now I'm going to grab a cup of orange tea and one right now! ;] Thanks.
- September 7, 2009 at 4:18 PM
- Susan from Food Blogga said...
yivinns-Wonderful! They must be lovely with orange tea. :)
- September 14, 2009 at 5:39 AM
- CayleyBeth said...
These just came out of the oven, and they are absolutely the best muffins I've ever made. So light and delicate. Grapes are a genius idea, and paired with the wine, orange zest, and that extra sugar on top - it all comes together just poetically. I couldn't keep them from sticking a bit to the bottom of the pan, but I feel like that was probably user error. Thanks for this recipe!!
Oh, and when you're stuck with extra wine, orange, and grapes...a makeshift sangria pairs well with these :-)
- April 29, 2011 at 8:25 AM
- Susan from Food Blogga said...
cayleybeth-So glad you like them! I find them refreshingly light too. I didn't have problems with sticking. Sometimes if the tins are scratched that can happen. A makeshift sangria? Ha! You're my kind of gal. Cheers!
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Sal Vitiello fondly remembers yesteryear's spacious condominium suites. As he recalls, downtown Toronto one-bedrooms in the 1970s and 1980s came in at about 690 square feet - "and that's without a den" - and two-bedrooms soared to 1,050 sq. ft. or larger.
No more. With vacant lots scarce and building costs rising, today's developers are squeezing as many units as possible into the towers going up around town. Consequently, suites are getting smaller.
"Major competition for high rise development is the availability of houses," explains Mr. Vitiello, senior design partner at EI Richmond Architects in Toronto. "As there are fewer houses available in Toronto, the cost of the houses goes up and that drives up the cost of the condominium and the land. The densities increase as well. So the only way to reduce the cost of having affordable housing is to reduce the size."
Still, just because a condo is small doesn't mean it has to feel cramped. As unit sizes shrink, developers are hauling in architects and designers to create spaces that feel bigger than they are. The walls have come down in favour of open-concept and L-shaped layouts. Colour palettes are neutral for an expansive look. Storage and shelving are integrated in intriguing ways. And with amenity areas boasting rooftop lounges and catering kitchens, condo dwellers can still entertain guests in style.
Apparently, small is where it's at. According to those putting up these little dwellings and those making them sing, it's what buyers want - whether they're just starting their careers or heading into retirement.
"Young professionals are not looking for large units," says Andrew Hoffman, president of CentreCourt Developments that's behind the 52-storey Karma Condos set for the Yonge and College neighbourhood. "They're looking to live active lives and not spend a lot of time in the suite itself. They're after a location where they can work, live and play in close proximity to each other," he says. "They're looking for a safe environment with 24/7 security - and the amenity package augments it.
They have the opportunity to entertain and live in space outside their own unit."
Tiffany Love concurs. Hip young buyers are less caught up on size. Instead, they want manageable spaces that are "comfortable and cozy" and mesh with their lifestyles. That's why open layouts work well.
"Your kitchen is open to your living space and your dining spaces and they flow together very nicely, and that in essence makes them feel a lot larger," says Ms. Love, intermediate designer and team lead at Tomas Pearce Interior Design Consulting in Toronto.
Empty nesters are also drawn to small spaces. Elaine Cecconi, founding partner of Toronto-based interior design firm Cecconi Simone, says most folks downsizing from houses as large as 6,000 sq. ft. understand they can't take it all with them. In fact, they're thrilled to declutter their lives and start fresh.
"They're not living with their kids anymore, they want to live downtown, they want to walk places, they want to have everything at their fingertips," Ms. Cecconi says. "They understand it's not just a physical change, but it's also a mental shift in terms of their lifestyle. They are ready to leave everything behind. They might have a sentimental piece like a chair that was their grandmother's, but generally it's a clean slate for them. It's an opportunity to divest of all the stuff that you have when you have a house."
To ease the transition from home to condo, storage becomes a big seller. At Karma, for example, Cecconi Simone has created two tiers of upper cabinets: standard-depth cabinets above the counter, and additional extra-deep 24-inch cabinets that continue up to the ceiling for maximum storage. As Ms. Cecconi puts it: "We're maximizing three-dimensional space and trying to gain value from cubic feet as opposed to square feet. There is lots of shelving, lots of closets, things that make it easier to transition from a home into a condo."
Furniture and finishes can also maximize space. Ms. Love is particularly fond of sofa ottomans where the top lifts off for storage, and beds with storage in the platform. Mirrored or glass dining tables and end tables open up the space, she adds, as do neutral and monochrome paints and finishes.
Mr. Vitiello is pleased that the City of Toronto has given developers the OK to position bedrooms away from the building's front glazing. Setting the bedrooms at the back of the unit rather than at the front wall offers more planning flexibility, he says, making living rooms wider and more light-infused. Dead spaces like corridors are giving way to open plans, with room for small work spaces "so you're not bringing your work into the living space." He adds that buyers are happy to forgo a larger bedroom for a larger living room, he adds, and furniture manufacturers are responding with smaller options.
"The rooms aren't necessarily larger but the sense of the space and how you experience the space is quite important," he says.
Then there's the balcony. One of Tomas Pearce's current projects is Jade Waterfront Condominiums, a 38-storey, 370-unit tower set for Etobicoke. At Jade, the undulating balconies create a wave effect that is not only eye-catching but also functional with storage units plus electrical power, TV and telephone outlets, and barbecue hook-ups. Even the smallest suite, at 465 sq. ft., has a 105-sq.-ft. balcony that extends the suite.
As spaces continue to get smaller, developers are counting on captivating common areas to woo purchasers. Simple fitness centres and party rooms are giving way to spas, indoor/outdoor lounges with firepits and barbecues, catering kitchens and private dining areas that act as an extension of the condo suite.
"Amenities have become much more elaborate, much more varied, with a lot of options in terms of spaces in the building you can go to if you feel the need to get out of your unit but don't feel like you actually have to put a coat on and go outside," Ms. Cecconi says.
For instance, Karma boasts a pub-like Player's Club Lounge for billiards, Ping-Pong and poker, as well as a sound room to sing or jam and a gaming room ideal for avid videogamers. There's also a social room with lounge seating and two-sided screen so people can watch movies from inside or outside. Jade has a virtual golf room and a private theatre room for screening films and sporting events.
Says Mr. Vitiello: "We're not just creating little boxes for people to live in and making them smaller - they also have other opportunities and their lifestyle may be improved."


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- Manuscript copy of letter from Francis Mairez and David Cooper of Montego Bay, Jamaica, [to Samuel and William Vernon], sent via Captain George Sweet on the Brig Othello, regarding profits from slaves sold on the Vernon's behalf and other trade business. Followed by a second letter dated August 22, 1775, from Mairez and Cooper [to the Vernons] regarding their accounts current.
- Seven-page letter and envelope dated February 18, 1854, from Charles D. Cleveland to Lysander Spooner, Wendell Phillips, and Francis Jackson, explaining his interest in Captain Daniel Drayton, and expressing his dismay at the negative tone of their response to his letter that he hoped to have printed in the Commonwealth.
- Inventory of goods consigned to Captain George D. Sweet aboard the Brig Othello, owned by Samuel and William Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island, departing Rhode Island to the Coast of Africa. Includes instructions that read, "To insurance in London, from thence to Affrica [Africa] at and from thence to market with slaves at 8 guineas." On back, "Invoice of slops [?] sent on board," such as frocks, hats, shoes, and rum.
- One leaf with manuscript on both sides. On front, letter to Mr. John Anderson of Bristol regarding international slave trade, market prices of 'young & likely' negros, and clothing for slaves being shipped. Includes mention of Brig Alert and Ship Hector, carrying slaves from the Coast of Africa to Barbados. Letter signed 'F. H. V E', Charleston [South Carolina]. On verso, letter dated May 8, 1784 to Messrs. Lycott and Maxwell of Barbados regarding communication between Captain William Lewellin of the Ship Hector and Mr. John Anderson of Bristol on January 20, 1784. Signed 'S. Ca' [Charleston, South Carolina]. Also on verso, letter fragment signed 'F. H. V E.'
- Manuscript copy in Lysander Spooner's hand of a four-page letter dated February 11, 1854, from Lysander Spooner, Wendell Phillips, and Francis Jackson to Charles D. Cleveland, responding to a letter that Cleveland had sent to the Commonwealth to be published. In it, they suggest that Cleveland had written the letter to dissuade others from donating money to support the cause of Captain Daniel Drayton. At end, an additional note by Richard Hildreth agreeing with the sentiments of Spooner, et al.
- Remarks given [probably by Samuel or William Vernon] regarding a case against Captain Thomas Rogers, who is accused of producing falsified trade books and trading to his own benefit in Barbados, Cape de Verdes, St. Christopher, and Isle de Los. Document describes several instances of disregard for trade orders from the ship's owners.


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Working as an ultrasound specialist in Mill Ridge means you need to be patient and get along well with other people. You will have to deal with patients who will be upset at times and you will have to explain the procedures to them. This will make a great career for you especially with the ultrasound tech job outlook so good right now.
With anything, there are pros and cons and this holds true with online Ultrasound tech schools. The quality of an accredited online school is just as good as a brick and mortar Georgia school. However, when you take all of your classes online you don't get the benefit of hands-on training. If taking online classes appeals to you, than look for tech schools that offer both online and offline training. In addition, you will want to make sure that whatever DMS program you choose that it offers clinical training dealing with real patients. Review your Mill Ridge schools for
Many hospitals, universities, vocational colleges and the military offer ultrasound training programs so you learn while you work in the field. You need to study anatomy, physiology, medical ethics, physics, and patient care. Ultrasound techs in Mill Ridge are encouraged to keep up their education even after being hired so they can keep up with new changes in the field, particularly if you specialize in a particular area of ultrasound. Below, you are going to learn about ultrasound technician schools.
This will help you work better with patients, record medical histories, and explain the test to them. You are also required to have good hand and eye coordination in order to get high quality images using the ultrasound.
If you know this is what you want to do when you are in Mill Ridge high school, and then take the entire math, English, computer science, both physical and life sciences and health. Get to know medical terminology. When you graduate from Mill Ridge high school, you need to complete a two-year degree program for Ultrasound Technician at a credited Georgia vocational school. Once you have graduated you, need to register as a professional Ultrasound Technologist with the American Radiological and Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Association (ARDMS) when you graduate.
An ultrasound technologist can go into many fields. They can become a Vascular Ultrasound Tech, who specializes in the cardiovascular system, a Cardiovascular Ultrasound Tech, who specializes in the heart only and diagnoses heart valve defects, irregular blood flow patterns and birth abnormalities, an Obstetric Sonographer, who works in a high-risk fetal assessment center and a Neurosonographer will be using sound waves in order to take images of the brain.
After completing ultrasound technician schools in Mill Ridge, Georgia, a technician will specialize in the heart, eyes, brain, and female reproductive system. In addition to working with the patients, ultrasound techs are also responsible for the machinery.


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Retirement assets rebounded significantly at year-end 2012, reaching $19.5 trillion, a 44.4% jump from 2009 recession lows and an 8.3% rise from 2011, according to data released Wednesday by the Investment Company Institute.
According to an ICI report, The U.S. Retirement Market, Fourth Quarter 2012, retirement savings accounted for 36% of all household financial assets in the United States at the end of last year.
Assets in individual retirement accounts (IRAs) totaled $5.4 trillion at the end of 2012, an increase of 1.1% from the end of the third quarter, while defined contribution (DC) plan assets rose 0.9% in the fourth quarter to $5.1 trillion.
Combined, DC and IRA assets were up 10.5% for the year, 54.1% since the first quarter of 2009, and 14% since the third quarter of 2007.
On Dec. 31, Americans held $5.1 trillion in all employer-based DC retirement plans, including $3.6 trillion in 401(k) plans, ICI reported. Those figures are up from $5 trillion and $3.5 trillion, respectively, as of Sept. 30.
Mutual funds managed $2.9 trillion of assets held in 401(k), 403(b), and other DC plans at the end of December, up from $2.8 trillion at the end of September, ICI reported. Mutual funds managed 57% of DC plan assets at the end of the fourth quarter.
IRAs held $5.4 trillion in assets at the end of the fourth quarter of 2012, up from $5.3 trillion at the end of the third quarter. Forty-six percent of IRA assets, or $2.5 trillion, was invested in mutual funds.
Target-date mutual fund assets totaled $481 billion as of year-end 2012, up 4.6% in the fourth quarter and up 27.9% for the year, ICI said. Retirement accounts held the bulk of target date mutual fund assets, with 91% of target date mutual fund assets being held through DC plans and IRAs.
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One Piece
Gol D. Roger was known as the Pirate King, the strongest and most infamous being to have sailed the Grand Line. The capture and death of Roger by the World Government brought a change throughout the world. His last words before his death revealed the location of the greatest treasure in the world, One Piece. It was this revelation that brought about the Grand Age of Pirates, men who dreamed of finding One Piece (which promises an unlimited amount of riches and fame), and quite possibly the most coveted of titles for the person who found it, the title of the Pirate King. Enter Monkey D. Luffy, a 17-year-old boy that defies your standard definition of a pirate. Rather than the popular persona of a wicked, hardened, toothless pirate who ransacks villages for fun, Luffyâs reason for being a pirate is one of pure wonder; the thought of an exciting adventure and meeting new and intriguing people, along with finding One Piece, are his reasons of becoming a pirate. Following in the footsteps of his childhood hero, Luffy and his crew travel across the Grand Line, experiencing crazy adventures, unveiling dark mysteries and battling strong enemies, all in order to reach One Piece.
Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari
Stories of old tell of four otherworldly heroes—wielding the sword, spear, bow, and shield—who defended the land from wave after wave of calamity. With the fate of the world in balance, the kingdom of Melromarc summons these legendary figures; in modern-day Japan, the call is answered, and the unwitting heroes are transported to this fantasy universe. Thrust into Melromarc and given the title of "Shield Hero," otaku Naofumi Iwatani is labeled the weakest due to his lack of offensive capability and apparent inexperience. When the heroes part ways to start their journeys, he only has one willing companion: the beautiful princess Malty Melromarc. However, she soon betrays him, steals all his money, and accuses him of taking advantage of her. For his alleged crimes, Naofumi is branded a criminal and made outcast of society. With hatred filling his heart, he sets out alone, vowing vengeance against those who wronged him.
Ongoing Animes
One Piece
Episode 929
Winter 2013
Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari
Episode 25
Fall 2018
Kimetsu no Yaiba
Episode 26
Spring 2019
Black Clover (TV)
Episode 132
Fall 2017
One Punch Man 2nd Season
OVA Episode 3
Spring 2019
Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou
Episode 13
Summer 2019
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations
Episode 154
Spring 2017
Naruto Shippuuden
Episode 500
Winter 2013
Dr. Stone
Episode 24
Summer 2019
Kenja no Mago
Episode 12
Spring 2019
Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken
Episode 25
Fall 2018
Boku no Hero Academia 4th Season
Episode 25
Fall 2019