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Cry Baby Cafe Arrives On Harbour Island By Downtown Tampa
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Cry Baby Cafe is a new arrival to Harbour Island and one that owner Andrew Bonnemort wasn't expecting. But he had a ready name at hand when a spot suddenly opened up across from his long-time restaurant Café Dufrain.
The name is one his mother had long wanted to use for a restaurant. She even had a logo concept inspired by the family's ranching history that
Fourthdoor Creative Group
sketched out for her son's cafe, at 710 Harbour Post Drive.
The roadway ends a few yards away at Garrison Channel with views across the water of Tampa's skyline and the Tampa Bay Times Forum.
"It worked out perfectly that (
Cry Baby Cafe
) is right across the street," says Cathy Bellatin, who is in charge of events and marketing for Bonnemort's restaurants.
Cafe Dufrain, at 707 Harbour Post Drive, began more than 10 years ago as a deli-coffee shop but soon expanded into dinner hours with beer and wine.
Cry Baby is a gourmet sandwich and coffee shop where breads, croissants, quiches and baguettes are baked on-site daily. No preservatives, fillers or artificial flavors are used.
Breakfast items include goat cheese souffle and steel cut oatmeal with dried fruit. For lunch there is a variety of sandwiches including a "Roscoe" with hand-carved smoked brisket, red onion, cry baby relish and grain mustard served on a French roll. Premium vegetarian-fed meats are supplied by
North Country Smokehouse
, a New Hampshire-based business that has been family-owned for more than a 100 years.
Organic coffee is made for Cry Baby Cafe by
Sweetwater Organic Coffee Roasters
in Gainesville, Fl., and meets fair trade standards.
"We try to locally source whenever possible," says Bellatin.
Kathy Steele
Source: Cathy Bellatin, Cry Baby Cafe
Trader Joe's Opens In South Tampa
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
For Tampa's hard core fans of Trader Joe's, the treks to Sarasota are over. At 8 a.m. Friday, Trader Joe's brings its quirky brand of grocery shopping to South Tampa.
With some fanfare, but not too much, Trader Joe's takes over the former Shapes fitness center at 3808 Swann Ave., west of Dale Mabry Highway.
"We cut the cord of a giant lei," says
Trader Joe
's spokeswoman Rachel Broderick.
And, the shopping begins.
Store manager Aimee Pawelek and Regional VP Kent Smathers will be on hand for the lei-cutting.
Expect to get a flower necklace handed to you from Trader Joe's sales crew. They'll stand out from the crowd in loud Hawaiian shirts. A day of festive celebration is planned with food demonstrations, live music, a balloon artist and more.
Copies of Trader Joe's irreverent newsletter, "Fearless Flyer" will soon arrive in area resident mailboxes.
The much-anticipated opening day is bally-hooed on Facebook pages, blogs and media outlets. It was the source of rumor and speculation nearly a year ago when Shapes closed its gym in July.
Trader Joe's doesn't release figures on job hires, but Broderick says 70 percent of the jobs were filled with local residents.
Cap Dale Mabry LLC, a Greenville, S.C. development company and affiliate of
Centennial American Properties
, bought the site in August 2013 for about $2.7 million, according to Hillsborough County records. Barry Byrd Architecture of Knoxville, Tenn. did the design.
The decor mixes cedar-covered walls with Hawaiian tiki-style features. Colorful murals throughout the store honor Tampa Bay history including Plant Hall, Hillsborough River State Park, Ybor City and Clearwater Beach.
The former gym was expanded slightly to about 12,300 square feet. Trees were added to the landscaping to buffer the adjacent parking lot from nearby homes. Centennial American Properties also got variances to install three Trader Joe's signs.
The California-based grocery store that morphed into Trader Joe's was founded in the late 1950s. It adopted the Trader Joe's name in 1967.
Shoppers are attracted to the off-beat, eclectic and ever-changing products that fill Trader Joe's shelves. As many as 3,000 items bear Trader Joe's brand name including Trader Joe's salsas, fried rice and marinara sauces. As many as a dozen new items are added to shelves weekly.
Ruggedly Adventurous Cowboy Bark, Tandoori Naan, Collier's Welsh Cheddar Cheese, Kenya AA Coffee and Palak Paneer are among products listed on the company website. But there is also Trader Joe's Raw Pignolias (pine nuts), Grass Fed Wagyu Beef Burgers and Chocolate Chip Scone Mix. And the now-Three-Buck Chuck Wine (pay more if you like) is ready for a party.
Kathy Steele
Sources: Rachel Broderick, Trader Joe's
Walmart Opens Neighborhood Market in Largo
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
A new Walmart Neighborhood Market is delivering groceries, pharmacy services and more than 90 jobs to the Largo community.
Walmart representatives and community leaders attended the recent grand opening of the store, located at 9020 Ulmerton Road, off Starkey Road. At the ceremony $6,000 in grants were given to
Boys & Girls Club of the Suncoast
, Largo Middle School and Teen Tyne Productions.
The store will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It offers a full supply of groceries including organic and natural foods. There also will be prepared foods for sale, fresh breads and baked goods and a self-serve deli with items such as pork loin ribs and rotisserie chicken.
Up to 95 full- and part-time jobs are provided at the new store. It is the second neighborhood market to open in Largo in Pinellas County. Walmart is a national chain known for its discounted general merchandise and super centers. The company opened its first neighborhood market in 1998 and now has 300 nationwide.
Store manager Shane Dellus began his Walmart employment as an overnight stocker.
"We are excited to bring new jobs to the Largo community and to help residents save money so they can live better," said Dellus.
In addition to jobs and shopping convenience, Walmart representatives say the market helps promote the company's efforts to fight hunger by providing neighborhoods with local shopping options.
"One of our goals is to locate stores in food deserts," says Walmart spokesman Bill Wertz.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture identifies "food deserts" as low-income communities that have limited access to affordable and nutritious foods. The Ulmerton Road store is within proximity of a neighborhood identified by the USDA as a food desert.
Walmart plans to have as many as 300 stores in food deserts by 2016. Wertz says to date Walmart has almost 100 such stores open.
Walmart and the Walmart Foundation has pledged up to $2 billion to fight hunger through 2015. Walmart stores in Florida donated 26.8 million pounds of food in fiscal year 2013, or the equivalent of 22.3 million meals. In the same year, Florida received more than $53.6 million in donated aid from Walmart.
Kathy Steele
Source: Shane Dellus and Bill Wertz, Walmart
The Busy Buddy Moves Into Dade City's SMARTstart Incubator
Tuesday, March 04, 2014
The Busy Buddy is moving from home base to office space as it joins other fledgling businesses at the SMARTstart incubator site in the Dade City Business Center.
Owner and President Kellye Dash, 39, started her business support services company as a part-time venture operated from her home while working full-time as an Information Technology (IT) manager for another company.
In 2012 she took
The Busy Buddy
full-time and in January moved into the business center at 15000 Citrus Country Drive in Dade City in northeast Pasco County.
"I always knew I wanted to have my own business," says Dash, a 2007 graduate of the
University of South Florida
. "This is my opportunity to strike out on my own."
She currently works with two sub-contractors to help businesses on a range of issues, including social media, email marketing, web research, database cleanups, event and meeting coordination, and special projects
One of her clients is Tampa engineering firm,
Heidt Design
, which has worked on residential development projects including Fishhawk Ranch.
"I'm looking to grow," says Dash. She plans to add staff as her business expands both locally and nationally.
is managed by the Pasco Economic Development Council, Inc. It is the first venture of its kind in the county, providing networking opportunities and technical support to small businesses. While some startup companies are located at the business center, others are located off-site.
"We're all trying to grow and collaborate and share in the challenges we have and help each other," says Dash.
She grew up in the Washington, D.C. area and moved to Tampa nearly a decade ago. She lives in Wesley Chapel with her three daughters.
In the future, Dash is planning to offer an internship at her company. She especially wants to be a mentor to girls and women. "You can do whatever you want to do," she says.
Kathy Steele
Source: Kellye Dash, The Busy Buddy
Buildings Alive Tour Showcases Ybor City History
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Hop aboard a Jolley Trolley and get an insider's look at Ybor City's most historic buildings.
For the third year, the Ybor City Museum Society is sponsoring the Buildings Alive Ybor City Architecture Hop. From 5-10 p.m. on March 6, trolleys will shuttle people along a route that showcases nine of Ybor's oldest buildings, including the
J.C. Newman Cigar Factory
, the
Don Vicente Inn
The Cuban Club
. There will be a scavenger hunt with prizes and from 8-10 p.m. an after party with live entertainment, food and beverages at the
Ybor City Museum State Park
Trolley guides will provide a few clues for the scavenger hunt as well as facts and legends about Ybor City. Hosts will be available at each building to talk about its history and current use.
When the society held its first architecture hop, it was planned as a one-time event. But the tour proved a great hit. The mix of buildings changes year to year. Bright House is the event's signature corporate sponsor. A $6,900 grant from the Ybor City Development Corporation helps fund the hop. Support also is provided by the
American Institute of Architects, Tampa Bay Chapter
"It's become a real community event," says Chantal Hevia, president of the museum society. "You can come each year and still see something different or new."
One of the stops is at
Design Styles Architecture
on Columbus Drive. Nearly two years ago the firm relocated from Clearwater and spent about $300,000 restoring the approximately 74-year-old, two-story building. It once was a neighborhood grocery store that sold food and produce to Ybor's cigar workers.
"It's a perfect example (from Ybor's history) of people having retail downstairs and living upstairs," says Hevia.
Other stops will be at the Ybor City Museum Society, Carne Chophouse, Florida Business Interiors, USAmeriBank, and TMD Windows and Doors.
The hop starts at one of two registration and check-in points: Stantec, located at 2205 N. 20th St., with free parkng for 120 cars; and Centro Ybor, located at 1536 E. Seventh Ave, with parking one block away at Centro Ybor Garage.
Advance tickets must be purchased by Feb. 28 and are $35 or $25 for museum members. Tickets on the day of the event are $45 or $25 with a valid student identification.
For information call the museum at 813-247-1434 or visit
its website
Kathy Steele
Source: Chantal Hevia, Ybor City Museum Society
Restoration Of Old Hyde Park Art Center Under Way
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
From the outside, the Old Hyde Park Art Center on Swann Avenue looks as if it were a typical older South Tampa home. But the approximately 115-year-old wood structure is possibly the oldest building still in use in Tampa.
With an $18,000 makeover, the art gallery building soon will more closely resemble the historical structure it is. Restoration work by
Timeline Contracting
will reconfigure the front stoop and add columns and a canopy to the entry way. The exterior will be painted in three colors similar to the light, mid-tone and dark colors of the original structure, giving the building more eye-catching appeal.
"It's pretty unique," says Kathy Durdin, president of
Tampa Realistic Artists, Inc
., which owns and operates the art center. "Before the turn of the century, there were these generic (wood frame) buildings all over the place, but they were lost because there was no purpose for them."
The saving grace for this building is that the city and school district kept finding public uses for it, and even different locations.
In 1899 the two-room wood building served as a temporary school until a red-brick replacement for the Hyde Park Grammar School was built at 502 South Boulevard. The original grammar school was at Platt Street and Magnolia Avenue.
Tampa was still a pioneer town emerging alongside the Hillsborough River, dotted with orange groves and dairy cattle. In 1914 the temporary school became the grammar school's lunch room, where parents served the first hot lunches to Tampa students. A year later the school was renamed the John B. Gorrie Elementary School.
Nearly eight years later the school lunch room had a new purpose as the Hyde Park Branch Library, again a first for a public school. In 1936 the building was moved to its current location, 705 Swann Ave. For the next three decades it was the Tampa Public Library, Hyde Park Branch.
When the library closed in 1969, the Tampa Realistic Artists, Inc., began leasing the property as an art gallery eventually buying it 10 years later. The nonprofit group promotes art awareness through exhibits, workshops and seminars.
The funds to renovate the art center come from the Hillsborough County Historic Preservation Grant Program which promotes historic preservation, heritage tourism and job creation.
Work on the entry way will be completed in March. Additional restoration is planned for the front doors, which still have city seals embedded in the lockplates.
"We've got to believe at the turn of the century these lockplates were all over Tampa," says Durdin. "The doors are pretty special."
The art center is open to the public and is free of charge. The next exhibit, "Landscapes and Seascapes,'' will run from today until March 21. For more information, call Durdin at 813-220-5800 or email her at
this link
Kathy Steele
Source: Kathy Durdin, Old Hyde Park Art Center
New Hindu Temple To Be Built In Tampa Heights
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
For 25 years the dream has been to build a new Temple to serve Tampa Bay's growing Hindu community. It is a pledge that Physician Pawan Rattan, made to his father many years ago.
Last weekend a prayer service and groundbreaking ceremony brought the dream to reality. Within the next 12 to 18 months, a 10,600-square-foot Temple will be built at 311 E. Palm Ave., within one-mile of downtown Tampa.
"It's a very significant event for us," says Rattan, who is chairman of the Board of Trustees of
Sanatan Mandir
. "It celebrates our culture, our heritage. It brings us together. At the same time it promotes mutual respect for others."
Unlike many Hindu temples that are ornate and built in marble, this Temple building will reflect the historical character of Tampa Heights as well as traditional Hindu temple architecture. The facade is of red brick. The roof will be topped with five sikharas, or rising towers.
Wisdom Structural, Inc
., Roosevelt Stephens Drafting Service and
Ferlita Engineering
are working on the approximately $1.5 million project. Several hundred construction-related jobs will be created.
"My hope is that this also triggers an uplifting of the area," says Physician and Philantropist Kiran Patel.
For more than two decades, a 4,000-square-foot building at the Palm Avenue site has served as the Hindu Temple, Sanatan Mandir. It was once the educational building for the Jewish congregaton of Rodeph Sholom, which relocated to South Tampa. According to Hillsborough County records, the Jewish congregation sold the Palm Avenue property to Rattan in 1988. It later was transferred by deed to Hindu Samaj, Inc.
Once the new Hindu temple opens, the building will become a community hall.
The Rodeph Sholom temple building, at 309 Palm Ave., was torn down years ago. Plans are to install a marble art piece at the new Hindu Temple to honor the Jewish heritage at the site.
Kathy Steele
Sources: Physicians Pawan Rattan and Kiran Patel, Sanatan Mandir
Building Boom: An Open Mic Night About Urban Tampa
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Tampa's Urban Charrette and the Congress for New Urbanism (CNU) Tampa Bay will host Urbanism on Tap at the Pour House in the Channel District of downtown Tampa on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 starting at 5:30 pm.
Led by
Urban Charrette
CNU Tampa Bay
Urbanism on Tap
is a recurring open mic event, focused on generating constructive conversation within the community about current ideas and trends that are shaping our city.
Every event is open to the public. Moderators and attendees are invited to share their views and stories related to the topic of the day. The intention of the event is to generate a lively exchange of ideas, which will help make Tampa a more livable city.
The March event is the first in a new three-part series, entitled "Tampa: The New Building Boom.'' The first event, "New Buildings, New City?'' will focus on new developments, and how they are changing Tampa's urban landscape. What do you love? What is missing? The organizers welcome ideas on the challenges facing Tampa, and the influence new developments will have on the growth of the city in coming years.
The event organizers encourage people to share their photos and opinions on these topics by visiting Urbanism on Tap's Facebook page. People can also use the Facebook page and website to continue the conversation online, following the event.
Vinod Kadu
Source: Erin Chantry, CNU Tampa Bay, and
Ashly Anderson
, Urban Charrette
Memphis Chefs Go Sunny Side Up in Tampa
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Sunny Side Up is a new beginning for Marci and Chuck Goldstein after more than 30 years of building a successful catering business in Memphis.
They are serving breakfast and lunch in a tiny restaurant around the corner from the Tampa Theatre at 305 Polk St. The spot for
Sunny Side Up
is a tight fit at about 400 square feet, but small is what the Goldsteins want -- at least for now.
"We wanted something so different... and to put it in a spot where no one else thinks it could work and make it a success," says Chuck Goldstein.
The cubby hole most recently was a success for owners of Duckweed Urban Market who relocated to a larger space on Tampa Street.
Menu items are made from scratch with fresh, local produce. Breads are from local bakery
; coffee is from
Buddy Brew Coffee
on Kennedy Boulevard.
Homemade Southern biscuits, challah, bagels, eggs, country ham, cheese grits and French toast casserole are on the breakfast menu. Lunches are grilled cheese sandwiches made with 11 varieties of cheese, meats and vegetables. And there is Chipotle chicken and gourmet mac & cheese.
Every now and then the Goldsteins will change out the menu, gauging customer preferences and what local produce is available. Vegetarian and vegan options are available.
Soups of all kinds are made fresh daily by Marci Goldstein. "I have a knack for soups," she says. She misses Memphis, where she grew up, but says Tampa has been a good move.
They are empty-nesters with grown children pursuing their own careers. "We decided we needed a change," says 55-year-old Chuck Goldstein. "We wanted to go back to where we started. We're very eco-friendly, very green."
Where the couple started from in Memphis, Goldstein says, was "very poor, but we built and built and built."
Tampa's re-energized downtown of high-rises, shops and restaurants struck a chord with them. They make their home at
Grand Central at Kennedy
in the Channel District.
"It was very important that we live and work downtown," Chuck Goldstein says.
Catering is still a mainstay for the couple who count some of Tampa's downtown businesses as clients including the law firm,
Hill Ward Henderson
They believe in supporting the community where they live, and have reached out to nonprofits. At Christmas the couple pitched in to cook a holiday meal for clients of Metropolitan Ministries.
"It's our way of giving back," Chuck Goldstein says.
Kathy Steele
Sources: Chuck Goldstein, Sunny Side Up
Tampa General Hospital Opens First of Two Transplant Houses
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
The first of two "transplant houses" that will serve as temporary homes for Tampa General Hospital's discharged transplant patients is open on Davis Islands.
The house at 18 Columbia Drive is across from Ronald McDonald House and within walking distance of the hospital.
"This is a 20-year dream come true," says Debbie Rinde-Hoffman, medical director for TGH's cardiac transplant program. "We are just so lucky."
TGH is the only local hospital with a transplant center, performing between 400-500 transplants annually including hearts, lungs, livers, kidneys and pancreases. In addition, the hospital implants about 50 heart pumps annually.
But the TGH transplant team says patients who travel long distances for the surgeries are at a disadvantage when they are ready for discharge. Follow-up medical visits will be needed over the next weeks or months. Patients and their families face costly stays in hotels or long-distance travel from their hometowns to Tampa.
Janet Walin, 60, remembers the hard times she had in 1999. For her lung transplant, she had to travel and take up residency in St. Louis away from her family in Florida.
"This is awesome," she says, standing in the living room of
Tampa General Hospital'
s new "home away from home."
Walin is a volunteer, along with many other former transplant patients, with the National Organization for Transplant Enlightenment, or
. It was founded by Thomas Thrasher, who was Florida's first heart transplant patient when he had his surgery at TGH in 1985.
The Columbia Drive residence has three bedrooms with private bathrooms; two living rooms; a kitchen and dining room; and a screened porch. Bedrooms have two beds available for the patient and a family member or caregiver.
Rooms to Go donated furniture for the house; Brighthouse is providing a year of cable and Internet service. More than $1 million will fund renovations at this house and a second house at 34 Columbia is from the Tampa General Hospital Foundation. About $40,000 of that is from hospital employees.
Renovations on the second transplant house will begin in May.
"This is like a miracle for people who need it," says 64-year-old Kathy Gibson, who had a kidney transplant at TGH 14 years ago. "It will be a great gift to everybody."
Kathy Steele
Sources: Debbie Rinde-Hoffman, Tampa General Hospital; Kathy Gibson and Janet Walin, transplant recipients
Tradition Meets Technology In New Seminole Heights' Library
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Bungalow tradition meets modern technology at the new Seminole Heights Branch Library, which is in the midst of a "soft" opening after a nearly one-year construction schedule.
The red brick building evokes the history of a neighborhood rich in Craftsman-style bungalows and street grids canopied with grand oak trees. The technology is state-of-the-art and ready for mobile devices with Wi-Fi and plugs for laptops, tablets, IPads and more installed in the base of lamps and on the frames of chairs and tables and ottomans.
There are computer stations in clusters and single computers tucked away in quiet corners.
"It's been a big accomplishment that we have so much space, so much technology," says Carrie Hurst, the library's branch supervisor.
The library, at 4711 Central Ave., replaces a cramped 8,000-square-foot library that dated to the mid-1960s. Residents formed the
Seminole Heights Friends of the Library
and lobbied for the new 2-story, approximately 22,000-square-foot building.
The "arts and craft" design with tall windows, arches, a veranda and second story balcony is the work of
FleischmanGarcia Architects
. Stain glass art is designed by
WRW Studio
of Charlotteville, N.Y. A child's portrait hanging on the second floor is by University of Tampa graduate
Princess Smith
who was named 2013 Emerging Artist of the Year at the Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts.
The total cost of the project, including equipment, design and construction, is just under $7 million.
On the ground floor the Friends' group has a bookstore. Patrons can get a drink or snack from vending machines in a cafe area. And community meetings can be held in a 100-seat room that can be divided into two rooms, if needed.
Hurst says groups already are booking the space.
The main library on the second floor has reference and circulation desks; an "innovation studio" with movable furniture on wheels; offices for staffers; small study and meeting rooms; and a room filled with preservation research materials. The latter will be dedicated to the memory of the late Steve Gluckman, a local historian and library fund-raiser.
The library serves a unique role in the life of a neighborhood, says Pat Benjamin, president of the Friend's group. "There is home where you work and there is the place where you work," she says. "And the library is the third place. It's just a jewel in the neighborhood. It is for everybody."
The grand opening of the library will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on March 17.
Kathy Steele
Sources: Carrie Hurst, Seminole Heights Branch Library; Pat Benjamin, Friends of the Library
Encore Tampa Breaks Ground On New Tempo
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Tempo is the fourth, but possibly not the last apartment building, to have its groundbreaking at Encore, the $425 million mixed-income housing and retail development being built by the Tampa Housing Authority and Banc of America Community Development Corp.
The 7-story, 203-unit multifamily apartment community is expected to open in 2015. It joins the Ella, a 160-unit senior apartment building that opened in late 2012 and is fully occupied. The Trio, a 141-unit multifamily apartment building, should open by April. And the Reed, a 158-unit apartment building for seniors, looks to open late this year or early in 2015.
All of the construction activity puts the
Housing Authority
about one year ahead of a schedule set out nearly three years ago. "We wanted to break ground on one building a year," says Leroy Moore, the housing authority's chief operating officer.
A fifth apartment building is possible but Moore says construction likely will be held off a couple of years while retail is added to the project's mix.
"Hopefully, we'll see demand for retail speed up greatly by the end of the year," says Moore. "We're being very diligent and selective."
By then, the Housing Authority expects to have about 300 leased apartments, nearly double the current number. Once fully completed, more than 2,500 people will live at Encore.
Moore anticipates an announcement on a grocery store for Encore within about 60 days.
The approximately $43 million Tempo project is a public/private partnership between the Housing Authority and Banc of America Community Development Corp. The architect is
Bessolo Design Group
and the general contractor is
Siltek Group, Inc.
Encore replaces the former Central Park Village public housing complex, which was torn down several years ago as part of the city's revitalization efforts north of downtown. The nearly 40 acres between Cass Street and Nebraska Avenue is in a neighborhood founded by freed slaves after the Civil War. Nearby Central Avenue was a black business and entertainment district that thrived until the 1960s and 70s when highway widening projects and urban renewal wiped out most of the area.
The musically themed Encore honors the heritage of the neighborhood, where legendary artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Cab Calloway and Billie Holiday often performed in night clubs in the Central Avenue district known as "Harlem South."
Kathy Steele
Source: LeRoy Moore, Tampa Housing Authority
Sears Home Services To Renovate Tampa Heights Community Center
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
The wrecking ball nearly took a fatal swing at the historical Faith Temple Missionary Baptist Church. But instead a grass-roots movement that began more than three years ago is salvaging the 90-year-old, Gothic revival style church for a better purpose.
By summer 2014 the red-brick building should be transformed into a community center and the new home of the
Tampa Heights Junior Civic Association,
which provides neighborhood children with after-school and mentoring programs and summer activities.
"I want this to be a place where teenagers will be standing in line to join because its cool," says architect John Tennison, who is co-owner of Atelier Architecture Engineering Construction. He has guided restoration efforts from the beginning, working with hundreds of volunteers every Saturday who put sweat-equity into this community project.
Today those efforts will get a major push toward completion from
Sears Home Services
and Ty Pennington, a DIY (Do It Yourself) expert and former host of the ABC show, "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." More than 80 Sears employees, in town for a company convention, will pitch in as Sears and Pennington bring the nationwide "Building Community Together" Initiative to Tampa.
Sears also has named February as National Hiring Month and plans to fill 1,000 jobs nationwide.
Locally, nonprofit
Rebuilding Together Tampa Bay
will be a partner with Sears on this day of service, which gets underway at 1 p.m. at the church, located at 602 E. Palm Ave. Rebuilding Together provides repairs, handicapped accessibility and energy efficient upgrades to low-income households free of charge. In addition to work on the community center, three local homes will get needed repairs.
"This is a major step," says Lena Young-Green, president of the Junior Civic Association which is an outgrowth of the Tampa Heights Civic Association. She got the church project started in 2010.
A completion date is possible by summer, she says. Only four unfunded items remain on the to-do list: a new roof, termite tenting, fencing and some additional electrical work.
Sears and Rebuilding Together are the latest in a long list of donors.
Among the contributions are a full commercial kitchen from Richard Gonzmart of
The Columbia Restaurant Group
, door hardware from
Assa Abloy
, labor from True Blue, computers from MIT Computers and funds from Hillsborough County, the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay, the University of South Florida's Entrepeneurship Alumni Society, Suncoast Schools Federal Credit Union, PNC Bank and its charitable foundation, and national playground builder, KaBoom!
The volunteer effort was in full force Saturday as more than 50 employees from
CGM Services: Air Conditioning and Heating
worked to install the church's first air conditioning system. The in-kind work and equipment is valued at about $100,000.
"Helping the kids has always mattered to me," says CGM owner Mike Charles, who serves on the Junior Civic Association's board. "This is another historical renovation, one of my favorites."
Kathy Steele
Sources: Lena Young-Green, Tampa Heights Junior Civic Association; Mike Charles, CGM Services
Tampa Heights' Home Tour Offers Peek At Ulele Restaurant
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Eager for a peek inside the Ulele Restaurant?
A ticket to the 13th Annual
Tampa Heights Tour of Homes
will put you there for a tantalizing behind the curtain view of Tampa's next hot dining spot, opening soon inside the city's historical Water Works building. The approximately $4 million restoration is about two months away from completion.
But Richard Gonzmart and The Columbia Restaurant Group are opening
's doors as a special showcase and the final stop on Tampa Heights' home tour. Other stops include nine homes, mostly in the Victorian and Craftsman-bungalow styles; the Tampa Heights Community Garden; and, a historical church being restored as the new home for Tampa Heights Community Center.
The restaurant and Tampa's planned redesign of the adjacent Water Works Park are part of a broader plan to revitalize the city's first suburb, built in the 1880s on "the heights" above the Hillsborough River. Ulele's menu will feature Native American and multicultural influences.
"A few months ago, it was just a shell. Now there is quite a bit there," says Brian Seel, senior project engineer at
The Beck Group of Tampa
, the project's designer. "It will be really interesting for people to see it close to completion."
Seel is the president of the Tampa Heights Civic Association, the tour's sponsor.
The tour is from noon to 5 p.m. on Feb. 23. Tickets are $8 in advance, $10 the day of the event. The starting point is the historical Faith Temple Missionary Baptist Church at the corner of Palm and Lamar avenues. The church, like the Water Works, is undergoing a restoration to convert the 90-year-old structure into a community center and home base for Tampa Heights Junior Civic Association.
A portion of the proceeds from this year's tour will benefit restoration efforts, which are headed toward a summer completion. The association provides after-school, mentoring and summer programs for area children.
"That and Water Works mean a lot for our neighborhood," Seel says. "We're very excited for them to open."
Kathy Steele
Source: Brian Seel, Tampa Heights Civic Association
Artist Chosen For Public Art Project At Perry Harvey Sr. Park
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Pittsburgh artist James Simon will bring his signature larger-than-life sculptures to a proposed redesign of Perry Harvey Sr. Park, a multiyear project that will honor Tampa's black community and its musical heritage.
His work includes Liberty Avenue Musicians, three 15-foot musicians installed in historical downtown Pittsburgh. There is also a Chattanooga fiddler in Tennessee, and a 16-foot tall Buckeye Trumpet Man in Cleveland, Ohio, in a former parking lot that is now a plaza and the home of the Buckeye Jazz Festival.
Tampa City Council last week approved a $15,000 contract for Simon to design artwork for Perry Harvey Sr. Park's southern gateway. He competed against 160 applicants who submitted proposals to the city's Arts Program Division.
In a competitive review where artists' names were kept secret,
Simon's art
stood out.
"He seemed like he got the right feel," says Robin Nigh, the city's arts manager. "We wanted something fun, celebratory, something that driving by had a 'wow' factor and really captured the specialness of the park because it's a landmark opportunity."
Simon's submitted design is preliminary. Nigh says the final design likely will be available in March or April.
Public art is planned for the park and also for Encore, a $425 million mixed-income housing and retail complex being built by Tampa Housing Authority adjacent to Perry Harvey park. Encore will replace the former Central Park Village public housing complex which was torn down several years ago.
The park and Encore are part of a major effort to revitalize the once-vibrant neighborhood north of downtown once known as the Scrub. The area was founded after the Civil War by freed slaves. It also was the scene of a thriving black business and entertainment district which was decimated in the 1960s and '70s by highway widening projects and urban renewal.
Musical legends Ella Fitzgerald, Cab Calloway, Hank Ballard and James Brown were among those who performed at clubs on Central Avenue.
Other artists have been identified for additional public art projects at Perry Harvey. Massachusetts-based artist and filmmaker
Rufus Butler Seder
submitted a proposal for the park's history walk which will feature notable events and people in the neighborhood's history. Local muralist Mike Parker is slated for artwork to honor community and national leaders.
An artist also is being sought to create a statue of the late Perry Harvey Sr., a civil rights leader and founder of Tampa's first black union, the International Longshoremen's Association Local 1402.
The city currently is seeking photographs or home movies from individuals or institutions regarding Tampa's black neighborhoods including the Central Avenue business district, the Scrub and Dobyville. Images will be used for a public art installation and should be submitted by Feb. 28 at 5 p.m. For information, visit the
City of Tampa's website
or call 813-274-8531.
Kathy Steele
Source: Robin Nigh, City of Tampa
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I began listening to "Theater of the Mind" programs back in the eightys with my favorite being The Great Gildersleeve. My son became a fan while he was still young, about 9 or so. He has been deployed to Afghanistan three times. The last time he deployed I sent him the first year of The Great Gildersleeve, which he enjoyed immensely!
John (Rising Sun, Indiana), August 8, 2012
I was born in the 1950's, and got my first radio when there was nothing of old time radio on the AM dial except an hour of reruns on Sundays. I then discovered a distant station which played shows each night. I was hooked on the Shadow, Johnny Dollar, Gunsmoke and The Green Hornet. It wasn't until I was in my early 50's that I started seriously listening to old time radio seriously. The more I read about old time radio, the more I got hooked. I have totally loved the WWII collections, as I have been researching the home front for a children's book. I am now completely in love with the news broadcasts from the 30's-50's. The quality of writing and delivery of the greats such as Edward R. Murrow, Bob Sheafer, Eric Severide and others is an education in itself. I have learned so much of history from broadcast collections such as the McCarthy CD, the This Is London and many more. I am also addicted to Information Please. I delight tohear the incredible knowledge of the panelists. Clifton Fadiman was known to us in my Catholic high school as the boring guy who narrated educational films about literature. How wonderful to now know he was so clever. I wish I could go back and tell Sister Confirmata that I understand why she found him so great! Though I enjoy movies and am a book addict, radio is also close to the top of my list. I am totally blind, so never have had to grumble about radio. I see things clearly in my mind. I am a professional storyteller, and it has been said of my performances that they harken back to radio. I did this before discovering the radio medium seriously, but find it a lovely compliment. I sure wish there was quality radio being created today. Oh, I must not forget how much I have loved the Cavalcade shows, all the Orson Wells and the Christmas collections. I guess you can tell that radio is good for me. I put the CDs on the computer, copy them to a portable player, much smaller than my MP3 cd player and stick it in my pocket. I can listen as I exercise, cook or clean. What a blessing. Thanks for such a great collection. It's the best I've found online. You are to be commended.
Kathy (Albuquerque, NM), August 8, 2012
The daily "FREE OLD TIME RADIO DOWNLOADS" have been a great way of sampling a wide range of shows that I might not normally purchase. What has been so very delightful are the adventure serials (Superman, Hop Harrigan, ...) which are being provided each day just like they were originally. And just like olden times, I have to wait a whole day wondering about each outcome! That adds to the delight! Thanks for the great fun!
Lindsay Cleveland (Salado, Texas), August 8, 2012
i received some junk mail 10 years or so ago and was going to throw it away when i came across and ad for old time radio-i am going to check it out-got some cd's (couldnt order what i wanted so got what they sent)-then i found otrcat.com and started ordering mp3's (what ever they are!)-i now have 3000 or so shows and could not be happier with the service-i have a variety of shows with mystery and ww2 my favorites-my brother in law came to visit and was telling me about how he was listening to "old time radio" on his car radio while driving down here-i said i am way ahead of you as i have been collecting radio shows for a while now-i know people think i am crazy for having this "hobby" but i must admit i do listen every night on my headphones before going to bed and it is very relaxing-one more thing-out of all the shows my favorite is the black mask with a show written by amrose bierce about a husband who kills his wife and goes crazy-i found out that ambrose bierce is quite a guy and a writer from the 1860's to the 1900' s and have read many of his books and stories-gotta go -just got the jack benny christmas shows..........
John M (fort myers florida), August 7, 2012
Thank u for the opportunity to say a line or 2 as OTR.CAT helped me through the miles when driving a semi-truck 1000 miles in a 24 hr period 4 days aweek. The radio shows took the edge off in all kinds of weather and detours. Glad I"m not a double-clutching weasel anymore. Sincerely Gary
Gary C Middleton (St. John In), August 7, 2012
Keep up the great work Jon the reaction to the "vintage radio shows" is amazing and I have used some snippets from shows in nostalgia presentations. Many in Media and Advertising live in a 0 to 35 YOA buble and forget the quality and talent of years gone by. My 1950's to 1980's TV Show Jukebox Saturday night has proven them wrong as the show outrates MTV & V Channel. Again proving nostalgia wins! I will post some radio memories later. Regards Ken
Ken Sparkes (Sydney Australia), August 7, 2012
I was born near the end of radio drama and comedy (1958) but learned all about it from my parents. I knew TV programs like "The Lone Ranger," "Sky King," "Superman," "Amos 'n' Andy," "The Jack Benny Program," etc. had radio versions, and I always wanted to hear them. Around age eight, I was with my dad having lunch at a Lum's Restaurant, and asked about the name "Lum." He told me about a radio show he enjoyed growing up - "Lum and Abner."In high school and college, I came across radio stations playing the classic older programs and was hooked...
Donnie Pitchford (Carthage, Texas), August 7, 2012
Hi everyone. I remember radio shows that were on in the 1950s. We had TV but I preferred radio because the pictures it created in my imagination were better than TV. I used to sit in front of the radio and watch it while I listened. The shows I remember best are Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (I was thrilled when sometimes his insurance work took him through our town), Gunsmoke and baseball with the ticker in the background. Our Nanny liked the soaps. I listened with her but was too young to enjoy them except for Perry Mason. There was another soap I liked but I don't remember which one it was or anything about it. Its theme song was what I liked best. It began, "There's a bluebird on my shoulder. There's a rainbow in the sky..." I listened to that song every day until the show went off the air. Also, does anyone out there remember a kids' show called "Mr I-magination"? I've been collecting OTR for a long time and have over 10,000 episodes...Anyway, hello to all my fellow OTR people. It's fun to read your messages on this board. Best wishes. Karen
Karen (Milford, CT), August 7, 2012
In 1934 I listened to the Jimmy Allen flying club program on a chrystal set radio. I went to the Richfield gas station on Saturday and picked up lessons. Returned them and when finished with them took them back and later received a set of wings. It got me loving planes. I read Through the Overcast, by Aason Jordinoff, when I was in the fourth grade. I knew more about planes than any of the teachers even. I later got a commercial pilots license, built my own all metal two place plane, and was an air traffic controller before retiring.
Matt Burns (Oak Harbor, WA), August 7, 2012
I was born in 1946 so I came in at the end of radio's golden age. But as a boy every Saturday I sat and listened to Gunsmoke. I much preferred to radio show the the TV show. And for some reason I really liked Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar even as a kid
Jerry (Lubbock, TX), August 7, 2012
OTRCAT has opened a whole new world of entertainment and history to me. I do accounting, and I listen to OTR all day long. LOVE IT
Valerie (Kanab Utah), August 1, 2012
Received the discs I ordered, today. That was QUICK service ... thank you. I love these old time mystery shows. Takes me back to grade school when I would cozy up to the radio and listen to them ... I loved them and I still enjoy listening to them! Thanks, again, for the quick service!
Iris (Seattle), July 31, 2012
Jon provides a vivid view of the time when ,"the greatest generation," was in World War 2. You hear what they did on the radio. Music, news, various entertainers. It's all there, in Jon's treasure vault!
John Kirk (Ruffin, South Carolina), July 29, 2012
In the dictionary under "skeptic" you'll find my picture. All of the episodes"The Six-Shooter" on one disc For only $5, right....like I'll fall for that. But, for $5 I'll take a chance.Not only did my MP3 cd arrive sooner than expected (ordered on the 19th received on the 21st) but putting the MP3 content on my Sansa was quick and easy.AND, the quality of the recordings are exceptional. PLUS, the MP3 sampler, that was included for free, introduced me to over 100 different radio shows that I had never heard or heard of before.I used to have to save up my money to buy recordings from "Radio Spirits" and then I'd only get a few shows in a series. Now, I can get all of the series that I want at only $5 per MP3 cd. WHERE HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN SINCE I STARTED LISTENING TO AND COLLECTING OLD TIME RADIO PROGRAMS??? If it sounds like I am a satisfied customer it is because I am. I hope to buy other collections in such quantities that I'll need YEARS to kisten to all of them.THANK YOU for a great product at unbelievable prices.
Keith A. Davis (Reno, NV), July 23, 2012
Thanks! The old time radio cds arrived and they work in both my computer and in my car. Goodbye XM radio monthly subscription with 500 stations and commercials I don't listen too!
Dennis (South Carolina), July 22, 2012
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When's the best time to exercise, so you lose weight and improve performance? Even if studies have already determined the best time to exercise (morning), it is still important to consider the effects of timing on overall health, moods, fitness/weight-control goals and daily schedule, so you can sustain your physical activity.
Sleep and exercise performance
Exercising in the morning can help you burn more calories during, after and throughout the day, but if you lack sleep, it might just add more stress and even stimulate your appetite.
Always keep in mind that rest is a major component of physical wellness. The right quality and amount of sleep should be prioritized so you can maximize your workout, improve strength and endurance, and build more muscles.
Whenever I lack sleep, I don't push myself to work out just to comply with my exercise schedule. Exercising with less than six hours of sleep causes too much physical and mental stress. Imagine the effects of sleeping for only four hours just to catch the morning run at 4 a.m. Aside from lack of energy, lack of sleep will affect your performance at work and at home.
If you want to work out early, make it a point to sleep on time. If the morning run is scheduled at 5 a.m., you should be in bed at around 8-9 p.m. to get seven to eight hours of sleep. This requires discipline, time management and proper lifestyle planning.
If you cannot get enough sleep because of your schedule, consider exercising in the afternoon or at night, as long as you still find it easy to sleep on time, because some people find it hard to sleep after an evening workout.
If you are training, then choose a schedule based on the time you will actually race. If you are training for a marathon, consider running on weekday afternoons. Studies show that we perform at our best in the afternoon, because that's when our body temperature is ideal and our fitness level is at its peak.
But make sure you work out at least once a week (a weekend) at the same time you will run the actual race. If that's a morning event, then you really have to make an extra effort to sleep early.
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If you are trying to control your weight and can already manage your sleep, then working out in the morning can help sustain your weight loss, because studies show that morning exercisers can sustain the exercise habit on a long-term basis.
Another question that may arise for morning exercisers is the timing of meals. A study published last year in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism showed that eating a light breakfast before a morning workout can help one burn more calories even 12-24 hours after the actual workout, as compared to not eating anything at all before a workout.
Therefore, it is still better to eat something light like bread and energy bars 30 minutes to one hour before the workout to maximize the calorie burn.
A recent study published online in the October 2012 issue of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise shows that a 45-minute moderate- to high-intensity workout in the morning can decrease one's motivation for food. The right amount of exercise in the morning can be a good appetite regulator, as long as you eat on time and don't overdo the exercise.
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In choosing the best time for exercise, you should also consider when exercising can positively influence your moods. It is true that exercising in the morning can energize you the rest of the day, but if exercising in the morning will stress you out because of the traffic on the way to work, then consider an afternoon workout.
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The bottom line is to look at the important factors that will help us make exercise a lifestyle. Learning your best exercise time is an ongoing process, because your schedule will always vary. You should learn to be flexible to adjust to different situations, so you can find time to burn calories while always considering your health, recovery, energy level, lifestyle, fitness goals and overall moods.
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Compressing and decompressing techniques for transformation matrices 3D computer graphics systems use to animate objects achieve high compression ratios by taking advantage of common characteristics of homogenous 3D transformation matrices. The techniques use a bitmap to encode information on locations of ones and zeros of the matrix—bypassing the penchant of compilers to represent such information as high-precision numbers. Since most video game processors and display hardware are constrained by their resolutions and since an original transformation matrix often stores data that is more accurate than necessary, the techniques convert some real numbers in the matrix (e.g., those within the range of −1 and 1) into integers by scaling them by a constant. The resulting compressed matrices occupy much less storage space than their non-compressed counterparts, and can be efficiently decompressed in real time for use in interactive real time 3D animations.
1. A method of encoding a homogeneous real number 3D transformation matrix mathematically representing a transformation for transforming at least one of the position, orientation and size of a 3D object for graphical display, said method comprising:
parsing said homogeneous 3D transformation matrix to locate any integer "1" and "0" values;
generating a first data structure having elements corresponding to said transformation matrix, said first data structure encoding at least said integer "1" and "0" values within said matrix with compact bitmap value representations; and
generating at least a second, additional data structure that contains real number values within said transformation matrix other than "1" and "0" integer values with datamap and signamap value representations.
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3. A method of decoding a homogeneous real number 3D transformation matrix mathematically representing a transformation for transforming at least one of the position, orientation and size of a 3D object for graphical display, said method comprising:
reading a first data structure encoding said integer "1" and "0" values within said matrix with compact bitmap representations to determine which values of said matrix are integer "1" and "0";
reading at least a second data structure that supplies real number matrix values other than integer "1" and "0" matrix values; with datamap and signmap value representations;
reconstructing said 3D transformation matrix by specifying, based on said determination, which of said matrix values are integer "1" and "0" and by specifying said supplied numerical matrix values for the matrix values other than integer "1" and "0"; and
using said reconstructed 3D transformation matrix to transform at least one of the position, orientation and size of said 3D object.
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This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/169,310, filed Dec. 7, 1999.
The invention relates to computer graphics simulation and animation, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for efficiently compressing and decompressing 3D transformation data to conserve storage space.
Many of us have seen films containing remarkably realistic dinosaurs, aliens, animated toys and other fanciful creatures. Such animations are made possible by 3D computer graphics. A computer is used to model objects in three dimensions, and to display them on a computer screen. An artist can completely specify how each object will look as well as how it will change in appearance over time. The computer takes care of performing the many millions of tasks required to make sure that each part of the moving image is colored just right based on distance from the viewer, the direction in which light strikes the object, the object's surface texture, and many other factors.
Because of the complexity of the 3D graphics generation process, just a few years ago computer-generated three-dimensional graphics was mostly limited to expensive specialized flight simulators, graphics workstations or supercomputers. The public saw the results of computer generated 3D graphics in movies and advertisements, but never actually interacted with computer systems doing the graphics generation. All that has changed with the availability of relatively inexpensive 3D graphics platforms such as the Nintendo 64�, the Sony Playstation� and various 3D graphics cards available for personal computers. It is now possible to produce exciting real time interactive 3D animations and simulations interactively in real time on relatively inexpensive computer graphics systems in your home or office.
Good quality computer animations are often based on complicated models with articulated structures and sophisticated motions. For example, such computer simulation and video game three dimensional articulated objects are often modeled as a hierarchical system of N nodes, where each node represents a jointed part of the object (for example, an arm, a leg or a head of a human). Motions such as standing, walking, running, or using a weapon are specified to the articulated system by defining a set of animations represented by sequence of transformations. Because it is computationally intensive to compute such transformations in real time, they are usually computed ahead of time and then stored in the computer graphic systems memory so the system can simply read and use them as needed. When the video game player runs the animation, the computer graphics system reads the precomputed transformations from memory and applies them to change the position, orientation and/or size of the objects on the screen in real time.
Especially in resource-constrained computing environments such as inexpensive home video game and personal computer systems, character animations in three dimensional computer simulations and video games heavily rely on a large number of such precomputed, prestored 3D transformations. For example, a relatively complex animation may contain tens of thousands of pre-constructed transformations. The large memory space required to store the transformation data has become one of major hurdles limiting the complexity of character animations with realistic motions in computer video games. Consider, for example, an animation in which a preconstructed transformation matrix is defined to update each node each frame. As one example, a human body can be modeled using 14 articulated nodes. If 10 animated motions are define for it, each animation takes 2 seconds to finish and the computer generates 30 images per second, the memory space required for storing the transformation data (e.g., in the form of 4�4 real number matrices) would be over one megabyte. A sophisticated application usually has more than one animated characters, which dramatically multiplies the number of matrices and the associated memory space required to store all this transformation data.
It is generally known to use data compression and decompression to reduce the size of computer data. Such compression/decompression relies on redundancy within the data itself. The compression process encodes the data prior to storage. Then, when the data is read from storage, decompression decodes the data and recovers the data in its original form. However, further improvements for efficiently compressing and decompressing transformation matrix data are needed and desirable.
We have developed a compression/decompression technique particularly suited for compressing and decompressing the mathematical descriptions (i.e., 4�4 real number matrices) computer graphics systems use to represent object transformations. The present invention reduces the space complexity required by a transformation matrix by providing an efficient compression algorithm so the transformation data occupies substantially less storage room in computer or video game devices. Although the invention has a special advantage when used for 4�4 arrays for three-dimensional homogenous transformation data in 3D graphics, the general concept is mathematically applicable to any arbitrary M�N matrix.
Briefly, we compress the transformation data off-line and decompress it when loading it from the storage media to the graphics system memory. In accordance with one aspect of a non-limiting exemplary embodiment of the invention, we replace the entire transformation matrix structure with a compact bitmap structure including a small number of bits for each matrix element. Since a homogeneous 3D transformation matrix contains some 0's and 1's, we can eliminate the storage room for those 0's and 1's in the compressed data by using the separate bitmap table to keep information on their locations. The encoding of such 0 and 1 integer values as bit values effectively bypasses the penchant of many compilers to compile all numerical values as double-precision floating point numbers—thus conserving a significant amount of storage space.
In addition, based on the fact that most video game processors and display hardware are constrained by their resolutions and an original transformation matrix often stores data that is more accurate than necessary, we convert some real numbers in the matrix into integers by scaling them by a constant when the compression takes place (integers can typically be stored in one-half to one-quarter the size of floating-point numerical values). One approach is to scale numbers within the range of −1 and 1 so that only some least-significant decimal digits of the numbers will be lost when decompressing the data. In the preferred embodiment, all numbers within the scale range [−1, 1] are processed by their absolute value and a separate table is used to keep the sign of scaled values. In certain circumstances, more than one scale factors can be used for the same set of data to provide different levels of accuracy and save more space. Truncation resulting from this type of floating-to-fixed point conversion may be negligible depending on the resolution of the 3D computer graphics platform.
Exemplary non-limiting embodiments of the present invention thus provides a compression/decompression technique that compensates for the behavior of commonly used compilers (which tend to try to treat all numbers as double precision floating point values unless declared differently) and commonly used programming techniques (which may not declare all numbers and variables appropriately to maximize storage space savings) while also taking advantage of the high incidence of integer 0, integer 1 and fractional signed values commonly found in homogenous 3D transformation matrices commonly used for 3D graphics animation and simulation. While the present invention is particularly adapted for use with such 3D transformation matrices, the techniques of the present invention are useful with any M�N matrix.
These and other features and advantages provided by the present invention will be better and more completely understood by referring to the following detailed description of preferred embodiments in conjunction with the drawings of which:
FIG. 1 shows an example video game system the preferred embodiment's matrix compression and decompression invention can be used in conjunction with;
FIG. 2 shows an example overall compression and decompression process provided by a preferred embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 2A shows example storage medium contents;
FIG. 3 is a flowchart of an example compression process;
FIG. 4 schematically illustrates an example transformation matrix; and
FIG. 5 is a flowchart of an example decompression process.
FIG. 1 shows an example real time 3-D computer graphics display system 50 that may be used to provide realistic interactive real time 3D animation and simulation using transformation matrix compression/decompression in accordance with the present invention. The FIG. 1 example system 50 includes a NINTENDO 64� 3-D video game console 52 and associated hand controllers 54 a, 54 b. A cartridge 56, optical disk or other storage medium storing a software animation or simulation (e.g., video game) program is operatively connected to console 52. The console 52 is connected to a display device 58 such as a conventional home color television set or computer monitor. Console 52 includes a 3D graphics engine that can render 3D animation on display 58 in real time response to user manipulation of controllers 54 a, 54 b. The software within cartridge 56 controls console 52 to display a sequence of animated video frames on display 58. Human players may operate hand controllers 54 a, 54 b to cause, under control of software within game cartridge 56, game characters to access prestored compressed transformation matrices, decompress the matrices, and use the decompressed matrices to generate images on display 58 interactively in real time.
FIG. 2 shows that the preferred embodiment of our invention performs a compression process 200 to compresses source transformation data 100 off-line to provide compressed data 300 that may be stored within storage medium 56, for example. Such a compression process 200 may be performed, for example, by a special tool that is part of an animation suite, prior to compilation. The resulting compressed data 300 may be stored within storage medium 56 along with decompression software 400, interactive video game software, and code for execution by system 50 (see FIG. 2A).
The preferred embodiment of our invention also provides a corresponding decompression process 400 to decompress the compressed data 300 on an as-needed basis in real time when loading it from the storage media 56 to the CPU memory of console 52 for generation of animated/simulation images. Preferred embodiment decompression process 400 recovers transformation data 100 in the form of a reconstructed matrix 100′ that may exactly match (e.g., except for truncation of certain values, as explained below) source transformation matrix data 100. Decompression process 400 in the preferred embodiment is sufficiently efficient and fast that it may be used "on the fly" to decompress and recover transformation matrices 100′ on an as-needed basis for use in real time interactive simulations and animations.
As shown in FIG. 2, the compressed data 300 produced by the preferred embodiment comprises three tables:
a bitMap table 302,
a signMap table 304, and
a dataMap table 306.
The usage of these various tables 302, 304, 306 n the preferred embodiment is as follows:
bitMap table 302 includes an element corresponding to each element of transformation matrix 100, and classifies each such matrix element by general type (e.g., an integer 1, an integer 0, an element whose absolute value is greater than 1.0, or an element whose absolute value is less than or equal to 1.0);
signMap table 304 indicates the sign of each element in matrix 100; and
dataMap 206 includes scaled or unscaled absolute values for those elements of matrix 100 that are not integer 1 or integer 0.
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FIG. 3 is a flowchart of compression process 200 provided by the preferred embodiment. Generally, compression process 200 is done in two steps:
1) elimination of 0 and 1 integer values (blocks 204, 206); and
2.) truncation/scaling of certain non-integer values (blocks 208, 212).
To better understand this compression process 200, reference is made to the FIG. 4 schematic illustration of an example generalized homogenous 4-�-4 3D transformation matrix 100. Some general observations can be made about the 16 values of such a matrix 100:
elements a f, k and p (shaded portion 102) typically relate to a scale factor and may be integer 1 values if no scaling is used (it is often the case that an object is not being made larger or smaller from one animation frame to the next) or floating point values of greater or less than 1 if scaling is being applied;
elements m, n and o (portion 104) typically each have zero integer values for a homogenous transformation;
elements b, c and g (portion 106 a) and e, i and j (portion 106 b) generally relate to rotation values, and usually have floating point values less than 1 because they encode sine/cosine functions; and
elements d, h and l (portion 108) typically relate to translation in x, y and z directions, and often take on integer values of 1 or greater.
Since a homogeneous transformation matrix generally contains some 0's and 1's, we can eliminate the storage room for those 0's and 1's in the compressed data and instead using the more compact bitMap table 302 to keep information on their locations. In the preferred embodiment, for an M�N matrix, the bitMap table 302 has the same dimension as source matrix 100, but with each element in the table occupying only 2 bits to represent four different combinations:
The use of a bitMap table 302 by itself as described above results in a significant amount of data compression. However, note that using two-bit entries within bitMap table 302 provides for four different possible values for each entry in bitMap table 302. The ability to encode two categories beyond integer 0 and integer 1 provides a further encoding opportunity the preferred embodiment of this invention takes advantage to provide an additional level of compression encoding. In particular, the preferred embodiment uses the two other value possibilities within bitMap table 302 to encode whether the corresponding matrix element 100 is encoded as a scaled integer or as a floating point number:
In more detail, based on the fact that most processors and display hardware of video games are constrained by their resolutions and an original transformation matrix often stores data that is more accurate than necessary, we convert some real numbers in the matrix into integers by scaling them by a constant when the compression is taken place (as those skilled in the art understand, integer values can typically be represented more compactly than floating point numbers e.g., 2 bytes as opposed to 4 or 8 bytes). One approach is to scale numbers within the range of −1 and +1 so that only some least-significant decimal digits of the numbers will be lost when decompressing the data. In the preferred embodiment, all numbers within the scale range [−1, 1] are processed by their absolute value, and the signMap table 304 is used to keep the sign of scaled values. The signMap table 304 has the same dimension of the original matrix with each element in the table only using 1 bit, where 1 represents "negative" and 0 "positive".
As shown in FIG. 3, the compression process 200 of the preferred embodiment is simple and efficient. For each element [i,j] in the original matrix (blocks 202, 214), if the element is 0 or 1 (as tested for by decision block 204), compression process 200 sets bitMap[i,j] to 0 or 1 respectively (block 206). If the absolute value is large than 1.0 (as tested for by decision block 208), then process 200 sets bitMap[i,j] to 2 and stores it in dataMap in a sequential order (block 210) (if desired, this step may also save the sign of the value in a corresponding position within signMap 304, although storing the value as a floating point number within dataMap 306 will typically preserve the sign of the value). Otherwise ("No" exit to decision block 208), process 200 sets bitMap[i,j] to 3, sets signMap[i,j] to represent its sign, scales its absolute value by a constant and then stores the result in dataMap at the next available slot (block 212).
The scaling factor that the preferred embodiment applies to matrix elements whose absolute values are not greater than 1.0 is a constant and is normally set to 2k. If k=16, a scaled value can be stored in a 2-byte integer. If k=8, it can be stored in a 1-byte integer. Of course, the smaller k is, the less accuracy the algorithm preserves. In certain circumstances, more than one scale factor can be used for the same set of data to provide different levels of accuracy and save more space. In this case, the bitMmap table 302 can be extended to use more than 2 bits per element to indicate which factor is applied to a particular element in the matrix 100.
Example Decompression Process
FIG. 5 shows an example decompression process 400—which is generally the opposite of compression process 200. In this example, each of the elements of bitMap 302 is tested to determine whether it is "1" or "0" indicating an integer "1" or "0" value should be written to the reconstructed matrix 100′ (blocks 406, 408). If a bitMap 302 element is "2" indicating the corresponding matrix element absolute value exceeds 1 (decision block 410), process 400 writes the corresponding dataMap 206 value to reconstructed matrix 100′ (if desired, adding an appropriate sign from signMap 304) (block 412). If a bitMap 302 element is "3" (indicating the element absolute value is less than or equal to 1 and thus may be scaled) (decision block 414), process 400 gets the associated data from dataMap 206, rescales the data by a corresponding constant, gets the sign of the data from dataMap 304, and writes the reconstructed value to matrix 100′ (block 416).
Mathematical Representation
The following is a mathematical description of the above compression/decompression processes 200, 400. Let's assume that an arbitrary M�N real number array A is defined by
and its compressed version defined by
where Ac consists of a collection of three sets of data items, namely BitMap, SignMap and DataMap. To define a compress algorithm of A is to specify four encoding functions (B, S, F and G) and two decoding functions (F−1 and G−1), which map between elements of A and that of Ac such that AC occupies less space that A originally does.
(E.3) states that through encoding functions B, S, F and G, A can be uniquely mapped be Ac. Similarly, via decoding functions F−1 and G−1, Ac can be uniquely mapped to A′. If A′ is exactly equal to A, then the mapping procedure is called lossless compression. If A′ is only an approximation of A, then it is called lossy compression.
Encoding Functions
The data sets in (E.2) and encoding functions in (E.3), which map A to those data sets of Ac, are defined as follows:
In function F(i,j), Φ indicates that the value is undefined. In G(i,j), int(a) is an integer function that returns the integer part of its argument a. C is a scaling constant and usually has a value of 2k. When k=16, C scales the absolute value of aij to an integer between 0 and 65,635.
Decoding Functions
Decoding functions in (E.3), which map data sets of Ac to A, are defined as follows:
where C is the same value as defined earlier, which scales the data to between 0 and 1.
For a typical transformation maxtri in 3computer graphics:
applying the compression algorithm, we obtain:
The following table shows the size of the various tables 302, 304, 306 in the preferred embodiment for an M�N matrix 100:
where p is the number of elements in BitMap table 302 whose value is equal to 2 and q is the number of elements in the BitMap table whose value is 3. (Assuming the scaling factor is 216=65,536). Since the numbers of 2's and 3's in BitMap are 3 and 9 respectively, the totally occupied bytes in this example is 16/4+16/8+3�4+9�2=36 bytes. Compared with the original size of 64 bytes, the compression ratio is 43:75%.
As discussed above, dataMap 306 of the preferred embodiment may store a combination of integer values and floating point numerical values. An alternative embodiment of the present invention eliminates this mixture of integer and non-integer values by dividing dataMap 306 into two separate tables (one for integers, and the other for non-integers). This alternate embodiment would allow a compiler to compile one table as integer values, and the other table as non-integer (e.g., single or double precision floating point) values.
A still further embodiment tests the range of values within matrices 100 for a particular animation or simulation. If this testing determines that no matrix 100 uses or requires an integer greater than a certain value, then the integers stored within dataMap 306 can be represented using lower precision values (e.g., a 1-byte "short" integer rather than a 2-byte "long" integer value). Such a technique may, under certain conditions, be useful to further increase the compression ratios that are obtainable.
While the invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not to be limited to the disclosed embodiment, but on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
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