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What value should we use for an animation's dt ? We'd like to make it somewhat independent of the speed at which our program is running. The run speed can be influenced not only by your processor speed, but also by the size of your game window, and whether or not you have multiple views or documents open in your game. As far as possible, we'd like the apparent speed of our moving creatures to stay the same.
What exactly does this mean? As we discuss in Chapter 7: Simulating Physics, we give each simulation object a vector _position and a vector _velocity. For each update cycle, we compute an appropriate time step dt, we update our _velocity, and then we use the standard rule:
_position = _position + dt *_velocity
The issue at hand is this: what should dt be? One might imagine setting dt to some 'reasonable' fixed value like 0.1 that happens to look good on your own machine. But if your processor is running at 400 Mhz and your user's machine is running at 200 Mhz, your critters are going to move half as fast on the user's machine. If the user has a slow video card then your program is going to run even slower. And, on the other hand, when you get a 1.2 Gigahertz machine your critters are going to go three times as fast, and if they're part of a game this game is now going to be unplayable. (Gigahertz, or GHz, is of course a billion cycles per second, that is, a thousand Mhz. It took desktop machines something like 20 years to make it from MHz to GHz speeds. One of these days you'll see personal computers running at a terahertz or Thz speeds, where a terahertz is a trillion cycles per second.)
No, the trick is to let dt be real time. That is, we will measure the time length dt of each update cycle, and use that in our simulation. If the machine is slow, then the dt will be big, and the critter will move in a bigger step during each update cycle. If the machine is fast, the dt will be small, and the critter will move in smaller steps during each update cycle.
The way we implement this is to give our application a cPerformanceTimer object that has a tick() method which will return the elapsed time dt since the last time that tick() was called. And then we make our OnIdle method look like the following.
BOOL CPopApp::OnIdle(LONG lCount) { CWinApp::OnIdle(lCount); //Do the base class WinApp processing. double dt = _timer.tick(); animateAllDocs(dt); //Step through all the docs and feed this timestep. return TRUE; //Keep doing it over and over. }
We'll say more about the cPerformanceTimer class in the next subsection. For now, let's analyze the effect of using a 'real time' dt. Suppose that we have a simulation running on two machines, at 25 updates per second on the slower machine and at 50 updates per second on the faster machine. If each machine computes a dt as the elapsed time between updates and updates a critter's position as pos+ = dt * vel, we'll get the figures shown in Table 6.1.
Updates per second
Time between updates
Action during 0.04 second
pos + = 0.4 * vel;
pos + = 0.2 * vel;
pos + = 0.2 * vel;
Compare the net action during 0.04 second on the machines. If the velocity is constant, the net observed motion is the same. It is possible to imagine a simulation in which the value of vel might change between the first and second updates; this would simply mean that the simulation on the faster machine would be more accurate, which is no surprise. But letting dt be real time elapsed makes the best of things.
Since we measure the dt in seconds, this means that the speed is in units-per-second. Another way of looking at this is to realize that the speed is the magnitude of the _velocity, and the velocity is (new_position ? _position )/dt, which clearly has a units/sec magnitude.
In the Pop Framework we often give our critters a default speed of something like 2.0. What does this speed mean? The meaning emerges when you look at the size of the window world you are moving in. If you specify that the world is, say, ten units across, a speed of 2.0 means that a critter takes about five seconds to move across the window.
No matter what kind of computer you're using, and no matter how many or how few critters are running, no matter how big or how small the window is, the time for a critter to cross the screen should always be the same.
We implement the timing of dt with a cPerformanceTimer class. The basic way that a timer works is to use a private double _currenttime member, a private double getsystemtime() method and a public double tick() method. The tick() call gets the system time, computes dt as the difference between the system time and the _currenttime, resets the _currenttime to match the system time, and returns dt. This is shown in Figure 6.2.
(Seasoned Windows programmers will be familiar with a special Windows object called a 'timer' that is created with a CWnd::SetTimer call. These timers are something like coarse beepers that can be set to send a window an OnTimer message at regular intervals, so long as the intervals aren't very short ? a hundredth of a second is for instance a shorter interval than a Windows timer can handle. Instead of being a coarse beeper, our cPerformanceTimer is a highly accurate clock. It has no relationship whatsoever to the standard Windows timers.)
The Pop Framework implements the cPerformanceTimer. On newer machines the cPerformanceTimer computes the system time by using a so-called 'high-resolution performance counter.' On the latest machines this counter seems to run at the same clock cycle as the machine, that is, if a machine's processor runs at 400 Mhz, the high-resolution performance counter measures of 400,000,000 ticks per second. And then we figure out a time interval in seconds by taking the number of elapsed ticks divided by the number of ticks per second. On slightly older machines, the high-resolution performance counter runs at about 1 Mhz, or one million ticks per second. So, the counter frequency is not necessarily the same as the chip Mhz.
On very old machines, the cPerformanceTimer code has to use the old clock () function, which runs at about 50 ticks per second. The multimedia timeGetTime function seems to be essentially the same function as clock, by the way.
A minor point. When you pause, for instance by opening a modal dialog, reading a help file, or letting your mainframe lose the focus, a lot of time will elapse before you go back to the OnIdle. Before restarting the process, call _timer.tick(), otherwise the next _timer.tick() will return a dt that's too large, as it's been running while you were out of the AppUpdate. A good place to put this extra update call is inside the CPopView::SetFocus method, because that gets called by at least one view whenever your program gets its focus back and starts back up. We do put upper and lower bounds on the dt values that our cPerformanceTimer::tick is allowed to return.
First let's talk about very high dt values. A machine may run a program dreadfully slowly, maybe only at five updates per second, taking something like 0.2 second per update. If the dt step size gets too big, the motion starts to look jerky. The objects move too far with each step, and you lose the illusion of continuous motion. The critters look like they're hopping about instead of smoothly sliding. We have a brute force correction for this. If the dt turns out to be larger than some maximum size of a _maxdt value of, let's say, 0.1 second, we'll just 'lie' to the program and have tick() return the _maxdt.
Now let's talk about very small dt values. With a really fast processor it's possible for dt to get so small that the machine begins to act weird, with odd jumps in the motion. This is because now the dt is so short that it's less than the refresh rate of your video card. If you ask your video card to refresh itself, say, 120 times per second and the card hardware is only refreshing itself at 60 Hz, then you're going to be asking for invisible and useless graphics updates ? worse than useless, actually, as the refresh requests can pile up and cause an odd-looking glitch when the message queue tries to process several of them in a row.
To avoid choking up the graphics pipeline, we set a _mindt, and make the tick() process spin in a while loop until at least _mindt seconds have passed. To compute an appropriate _minddt we find the graphics refresh rate by making a call to the global Windows method ::GetDeviceCaps(hdc, VREFRESH), and then we take the reciprocal of the refresh rate. The code looks roughly like the following.
int refreshrate = ::GetDeviceCaps(hdc, VREFRESH); _timer.setMinDt(1.0/double(refreshrate)); //Don't run faster than the card.
More details of this code can be viewed in the Pop Framework mainfrm.cpp file.
It's useful for the designer (and eventually the user) to be able to see how fast the simulation is running. A good place to show this information is in the status bar that appears at the bottom of your View window. Rather than displaying the timestep dt, it's more useful to show the reciprocal 1.0/dt. The quantity dt is the seconds per update, and 1.0/dt is the updates per second. Because Windows is always doing little tasks in the background, the actual value of the dt is going to vary somewhat from cycle to cycle. To keep our updates per second from jumping around a lot, and being hard to read in the status bar, we actually compute this number as a rolling average of the last 60 1.0/dt values. This means that when you make a change to your program, it takes a few seconds for the updates per second value to settle down.
The speed at which a program like Pop runs depends on two factors: the amount of computation and the graphics overhead of putting images on the screen. If you have a large number of critters with complex update methods the computation will dominate. Remember that when you have N objects, the number of pairs of objects is proportional to N2. If you are checking for collisions among each pair of critters, or using forces which involve evaluating all the critter-to-critter distances, your computational overhead will go up as the square of the number of critters.
More often it is the graphics overhead that dominates. The exact costs of the graphics depend on the kind of cGraphics that your program uses, that is, cGraphicsMFC or cGraphicsOpenGL.
Whatever kind of graphics you use, there is one basic cost that we may as well call the pixel overhead. For every frame of the animation that you show, you are doing some sequence of actions in order to set the color of each visible pixel in your program's onscreen window. There are three factors that affect this pixel overhead.
pixel overhead area of rectangle * colors per pixel * bus overhead
The area of the rectangle is the number of pixels you are moving. Keep in mind that area grows as the square of the edge dimension. A 1600 x 1200 rectangle has four times as many pixels as a 800 x 600 rectangle. This means that if you develop your program while looking at a display with a 800 x 600 resolution, but some of your users run at a 1600 x 1200 resolution, then a full-screen animation program on their machine will run about four times as slow!
So one thing we do to help our animation programs run well on more machines is to start the main window out at moderate size of 800 x 600 rather than a full-screen size, because we have no control over how big 'full-screen' might be. Exercise 6.4 shows how to control the window size.
Number of colors
Bits per pixel
True Color
24 or 32
The importance of the number of colors per pixel is a little less obvious. Right-click on your desktop and select Properties... to bring up the Display Properties dialog. Go to the Settings sheet. The Color Palette control group has a dropdown select box with the options for the total number of colors. Some common options are listed in Table 6.2.
Many users tend to set the number of colors to a maximal value, although for many applications 256 colors are enough. The 256 limit is not as bad as it sounds, because a window is able to pick which particular 256 colors it uses. But programming for 256 color mode is a hassle, so our preferred choice is one of the next two higher selections, 32,768 or 65,536 colors.
The number of colors being used affects the speed of the pixel overhead because the more bits per pixel that you have, the more information your graphics implementation needs to move around. But this is not something that we can very easily change from within our program, nor should we, as it would be very poor Windows etiquette for your app to do something that affects all of the other apps on display. This said, it's actually quite common for commercial computer games to do this. In order to squeeze the most out of a system, commercial games usually bail out from Windows to a full-screen, single-task mode and adjust the graphics settings at will. But, in order to make our code as generally applicable as possible, we don't take that route in Software Engineering and Computer Games.
If you are using OpenGL graphics, then you sometimes must use the 16 bits per pixel mode, or 65,536 colors, as some graphics cards only provide hardware OpenGL acceleration for the 16-bit color mode. You can tell if you have hardware acceleration in the Pop Framework by consulting the Help | Your System's OpenGL Graphics Support dialog.
While we are on the topic of the Display Properties dialog, you may also be able to set the refresh rate of your graphics card on this dialog. A typical default speed is 60 Hz or 75 Hz, where, once again, 'Hz' means 'Hertz,' or 'updates per second.' Set this update speed as high as your card will allow for the pixel resolution you've chosen. You really shouldn't use a display running at only 60 Hz, as it will tire out your eyes. These days 90 Hz or higher is not uncommon. Upping this value gives your animation program the possibility of running faster; as was mentioned earlier in this chapter, you can't animate faster than your card's refresh rate.
A final thing to think about when you look at the Display Properties dialog is your pixel resolution. If your resolution is something like 1600 x 1400 and you try and run your game in a maximized window, the game is going to run slow, simply because of the enormous number of pixels in the window. If you want to run your game at a reasonable speed in a full-screen window, you need to reduce the pixel resolution. Alternately you can keep a high pixel resolution, but be aware that you shouldn't make your game window so large as to slow the update speed down too much.
We called the third pixel overhead factor 'bus overhead.' This is the time cost of moving the pixel information from one memory location to another. The reason we speak of 'moving the pixel information' is because normally one builds up a graphics image in some temporarily invisible offscreen memory location called a 'memory buffer', and then, when it's all ready, you move the image into a location called the 'frame buffer,' which is the information that the graphics card uses for painting the current image onscreen.
The bus overhead factor is very much dependent on the kind of graphics card you have, and whether you are running 2D MFC graphics or 3D OpenGL graphics. In the worst case, your graphics image is being stored in your system RAM and then being transferred to the frame buffer on the graphics card for each update. In a better kind of scenario, the memory image is on the graphics card 'near' the frame buffer. In the best possible situation, we don't actually have to move the memory image to the frame buffer; instead we use a trick called page-flipping to simply change the address that the graphic card uses as the location of the frame buffer.
In the past, graphics cards could only support page-flipping for an entire screen's worth of display. As mentioned above, you'll notice that most commercial computer game products do not in fact run in a windowed mode. They take over your whole screen. This is because (a) they want to use page-flipping for fast animation, sometimes (b) they want to set your screen resolution and colors per pixel down to lower values so that there's less pixels to have to set per image, and sometimes (c) they've written their code using brute pixel-count numbers and the code is not resolution-independent.
Perhaps wrong-headedly, we insist on having all our programs run inside windows on your desktop ? it seems more modern and user-friendly, and it makes our code more usable for other kinds of applications. As it happens, OpenGL graphics will in fact page-flip for windowed apps. But in MFC graphics we have to move a screen-sized block of pixels for each update, using the CDC::BitBlt method. But this method is so fast on modern graphics cards that our animations can in fact run as fast as we want. For many years, you couldn't write such a computer game with the normal Windows API, but those days are truly over.
We haven't said anything yet about the graphics costs besides the pixel overhead. Generally bitmaps are more expensive to draw than are triangles and geometric objects. In OpenGL graphics a number of more specialized considerations arise. Smoothing objects costs computation, textures are expensive, lighting has its costs, and so on. We'll say more about these details in Chapter 26: OpenGL Graphics.


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A.D. Penedo is a lyricist/librettist, playwright and author living and working in New York City. His plays and musicals have been performed in New York and in theaters across the country. He also writes and publishes short stories and novellas, and is currently working on a trio of one-acts about middle-aged romance and a memoir.
Musicals (Lyrics, Co-Book):
• Who's Your Baghdaddy? – Off-Broadway run continues through June 2017 at St Luke's Theater, New York. Previously at The Actors Temple Theater, New York (OBA Nominee, Best Off-Broadway Musical 2015; New York Times Critics Pick, 2015; Manhattan Digest's Best of 2015 Theater).
• Loch Ness – Chance Theater, Anaheim, CA (Best Musical Production of 2015, The OC Weekly; Best Production 2015, Orange Curtain Review).
• The Chocolate Tree – Stages Rep, Houston; ACE Theater, Eugene, Oregon; NAMT; NYMF.
• Where It's At – Yale 2008; NY Fringe Festival 2005; Princeton 2005
• Cratchett Farm – Dillons, New York, 2003; ASCAP 2003
• The Three Times She Knocked – FringeNYC (Best Playwrighting).
• Dance of the Fireflies – Payan Theater, New York; Yale.
• Thursday – Yale
• Off the Record (short play) – New York
Writing Background:
BMI Lehman-Engel Musical Theater Workshop; ASCAP Musical Theater Workshop; Dramatist Guild; B.A. in English, Colgate University.

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From the time I was a young girl, my favorite day of the Christmas season was always Christmas Eve. I don't know if it was the joy of anticipation, or the magic evening my parents and grandparents created so selflessly. It could have been Christmas Eve mass, or the activities that followed: the appetizers and Christmas play that were performed by a group of untalented, yet eager children, whose talents were applauded as though they were Broadway stars. It could have been the feel of soft, new, unworn Christmas pajamas or the silence that settled in the room as my siblings and I listened for the sound of sleigh bells, willing our eyes to get heavy before Santa passed us by.
Perhaps it was a combination of all of these things.
To this day Christmas Eve is still my favorite day of the Christmas season. I am now one of the "Christmas makers" rather than a receiver of the gift, but there is still something magical in the air as we await the blessings of Christmas day.
And there is no place I would rather await the magic of Christmas than with my family, at the Homestead.
December 24th everyone woke and got right to work. There is a lot of work that goes into preparing the farm animals for our absence and moving all the Christmas supplies to Ohio for two days. There are stockings to pack, animals to feed, appetizers to pack in the cooler, and gifts to load in the trailer. There were too many people and too many bags to drive one vehicle so Toby drove his truck, pulling his trailer, while Grace drove my car. It was her longest driving stint since she passed her permit test and although she had to drive unfamiliar roads in Christmas traffic she did a beautiful job getting us safely to the Homestead in just under 3 hours.
When we arrived we greeted Uncle Travis, who was visiting from Texas, and G.G. (my grandma) who was visiting from Florida. The only thing that would have made the holidays even better is if my sister and her family could have joined us from Michigan.
When we arrived, G.G. had a surprise for Ozzie. She had finished knitting his stocking. He now has a personalized stocking to match the rest of the family's stockings. It is a special gift that my grandmother has blessed all the family members with. She has knit dozens and dozens of Christmas stockings over the years as new spouses have married into the family, new babies have been born and little boys have been adopted.
It made the adoption feel all the more official as Ozzie held his new stocking.
As I took the photo I reflected on God's hand in our lives. Last year God brought Ozzie into our lives when we volunteered to take Ozzie and his sister in for Christmas. They had no place to go. It was a special Christmas as we were able to be part of something blessed and holy. Who would have thought, 12 months later, that little boy would be our son and our family would be +1. It is humbling to see how much life can change over the course of a year.
Ozzie was also reflecting on the previous year when he said, "This year I have my own family."
For dinner on Christmas Eve it is our tradition is to have appetizers. It adds to the festive, fun atmosphere to eat on our laps and enjoy dips and treats instead of a sit down meal.
Like the Christmas eves of my childhood, the kids all received new Christmas PJs.
On Christmas eve the kids have also continued the tradition of putting on a play or a variety show for the adults' entertainment. This year the big kids did a selection of songs from the movie "Frozen" hoping the good vibes would bring snow. (No such luck. It was in the 50's and muddy.)
There was also our traditional "white elephant" gag gift exchange and family games. This year we had fun playing "Heads up."
The real magic of the evening, however, happened in the humble surroundings of hay and animals. There in the darkness of the night, we gathered in the barn, that was lit only with luminaries, lanterns and the glow of the tree, and my father read to us the story of Christ's birth.
It was dusty, and damp, and…Holy.
For a moment we stepped away from the pile of presents and the shine of tinsel and we returned to where the story all began…
In a simple stable,
with family gathered,
and animals around.
After reading the Christmas story my parents shared with the kids the legend of the animals and the magic that happens each Christmas Eve at midnight….
The Night The Animals Talked
"In the frosty mountains and on the snowy fields of Norway, there is a legend that draws children to all kinds to stables and stalls throughout the country on each Christmas Eve night. They are hoping to hear a miracle. They are waiting to hear the animals talk.
Over 2,000 years ago, Jesus was born in a stable in Bethlehem. This was no abandoned place, but was a working stable, filled with animals of all kinds. Into these humble surroundings, encircled by the innocent creatures of God, the Savior of man came into the world.
Now according to legend, at least, Christ's birth occurred at exactly midnight. Inside the stable, the animals watched in wonder as the new-born babe was lovingly wrapped in swaddling clothes and placed in a manger. Suddenly, God gave voice to the animals and immediately they began to praise God for the miracle they had just seen. This went on for several minutes and, just before the entrance of the shepherds — who had hurried to the stable because angels had told them the Christ had been born there — the animals again fell silent. The only humans who had heard them were Mary, Joseph and, of course, the Christ child.
The legend of the talking animals persists to this day in Scandinavia. And every Christmas Eve, wide-eyed children creep into stables just before midnight to hear the animals praise God for the wondrous birth of His Son. Of course, adults scoff at this. "Old wives tales," they grump. "Those children should be home in bed, not out in the cold waiting for the family cow to preach a sermon."
But the children know — or at least believe — that animals really do praise God at midnight every Christmas Eve. And who of us — those who believe in an all-powerful God — can say that it really doesn't happen."
(by: Ed Price)
We then read from the book, Manger, which is a compiled series of poems written in the voices of the animals that were there for Christ's birth, on that holy night. We passed the book around, as we sat on the hay, each taking a turn to read an animal's poem.
Then we tucked in the animals and said good night. The kids talked of sneaking back out at midnight to listen at the barn door. 🙂
It was then time for bed. Santa's cookies we placed on a plate, a cup of eggnog at its side, and reindeer food was tossed in the air in anticipation of Rudolph's arrival.
The little ones were then tucked into bed so that the real magic could begin.


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A taste of what games goers and supporters can choose from is:
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- gourmet meals and deserts such as pork belly with coconut rice and Chinese cabbage, and mango passionfruit Eton mess from Bern the Chef,
- something delectable from the Greenwich Public School barbecue,
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Towns and starting places for the June Walking Tours are: Abbeville, Abbeville Welcome Center; Ashland, High Points Coffee & Books; Athens, Athens Visitor Center; Atmore, Heritage Park; Birmingham, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute; Butler, Jackson's Jewelry & Gifts; Courtland, Park on the Square; Cullman, Cullman County Museum; Decatur, Old State Bank; Enterprise, Rawls Hotel; Eufaula, Chamber of Commerce; Fairhope, Fairhope Welcome Center; Gadsden, Pitman Theater; Hartselle, Historic Depot; Huntsville, Constitution Village (June 4 & 11 only); Madison, Madison Roundhouse (June 18 & 25 only); Mobile, Fort Conde Welcome Center; Monroeville, Old Courthouse Museum; Montevallo, Chamber of Commerce; Montgomery; Montgomery Visitor Center; Prattville, Autauga County Heritage Center; Selma, Dallas County Public Library; Sheffield, Sheffield City Hall; Sylacauga, B.B. Comer Memorial Library; Tallassee, Mt. Vernon Theatre; Tuscumbia, ColdWater Bookstore; Wetumpka, Chamber of Commerce.
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A MAJORITY of Perth city councillors have released a statement pointing the finger at lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi for local government minister David Templeman's decision to suspend the council.
"The majority of council do not believe that the lord mayor should get the outcome she wants," read the statement, which was publicly released on Wednesday by councillor Jemma Green, who says colleagues Lexi Barton, Lily Chen, Reece Harley, Steve Hasluck and James Limnios are also on board. Cr Green was acting lord mayor while Ms Scaffidi stepped aside for a partially successful challenge to a disqualification for not declaring travel and gifts.
Mr Templeman announced on Wednesday his plans to suspend the council, saying the situation at city hall was "untenable". He says he may simply suspend them on Friday, but could give them 21 days' grace to argue why they should be allowed to stay.
Cr Reece Harley, who's called on Ms Scaffidi to resign and has previously run against her for the top job, claimed she was "hell-bent on burning the house down".
"She said in a meeting I attended this afternoon with the minister that she was "satisfied" with the minister's intention to possibly suspend the council. This is exactly what she wants," Mr Harley posted.
"Since losing her majority on council she no longer has any power over the affairs of the council. She'd prefer we all went down with the ship."
Ms Scaffidi is still facing a possible disqualification by the State Administrative Tribunal over breaches of disclosure rules she failed to beat in her challenge, but has told the ABC there's no substance to the group's claims: "No, that is absolutely a spin and is not correct," she said.
The statement from the councillors says they're unhappy with how the city has been run.
"The majority of councillors call on minister David Templeman MLA to work with us to deal with the serious issues the council is currently facing.
"We call on the minister to provide the majority of council the opportunity to demonstrate that we can manage this city and meet the expectations of ratepayers."
Mr Templeman's announcement came after a tense council meeting Tuesday night where Crs Barton, Green, Limnios, Harley and Hasluck fought tooth and nail to have CEO Martin Mileham's preferred stand-in while he's on stress leave replaced by someone of their own choosing.
Council rules gave the pick to Mr Mileham, who chose corporate services director Robert Mianich, but Cr Harley told the meeting that councillors should ultimately determine who got their delegated power.
Despite opposition from Ms Scaffidi and her staunch ally Jim Adamos, director Annaliese Battista was appointed acting CEO. Mr Mianich has also now gone on stress leave.
A day later a letter leaked to the ABC showed Ms Battista criticising Ms Scaffidi and other councillors for poor behaviour and asking Mr Mileham to "take action" over an unsafe workplace.
It was "critical to address these conduct issues prior to Mrs Scaffidi's return to duties on Monday, 8 January 2018, given her poor conduct is clearly the most sustained and persistent and therefore presents the highest risk to staff safety and well-being," Ms Battista wrote on December 23, 2017.
Her letter said the Executive Leadership Group (the five directors and the CEO) all considered the workplace as "unsafe, and the administration would be best served by the implementation of commissioners in place of council".
On Tuesday night Ms Scaffidi questioned the motive of the councillors who'd called the meeting: "I have been informed that last week the acting CEO [Robert Mianich] lodged with the [local government] department complaints concerning various councillors," she said.
Ms Scaffidi asked whether there was a connection between the complaints and the meeting being called, but Cr Harley assured her "there is not".
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Coal makes BoA's Ken Lewis red in the face at AGM
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Today's Bank of America shareholder meeting was a packed house and CEO Ken Lewis was not having a very good day. Poor guy, first he had to deal with the crazy shareholder lady who launched into a monologue about how much she loved him, then with shareholder annoyance over the impending Countrywide deal and THEN there was coal. By the end of the meeting, I was quite sure that all that jaw clenching would have ground his teeth to nubs. By far the strongest showing at the event came from the eight people who spoke out against Bank of America's financing of coal-fired power plants and Mountaintop Removal. Two coal-field residents (one of whom is a third-generation coal-miner) had this to say: "I came all the way from Kentucky because I am trying to save my homeland from the total destruction caused by Mountaintop Removal (MTR) Coal Mining, which Bank of America is a leading financier of. The southern Appalachian Mountains have some of the most biodiverse forests in the world; MTR coal producers, funded by Bank of America, are exploding the tops off these mountains, and off our culture. This is not just about saving the climate, but also about the survival of our culture for our grandchildren and future generations." Carl Shoupe, Third generation Kentucky coal miner, city Council Member of Benham, Kentucky, and member of Kentuckians for the Commonwealth. "While Bank of America's Carbon Principles are important, I live with the extraction end of coal mining—Mountaintop Removal coal mining is responsible for the destruction of more than a million acres of the world's most ancient mountains, and the transformation of healthy mountain woodlands into toxic sludge that has clogged more than 700 miles of rivers and streams. Bank of America must stop funding Mountaintop Removal coal mining, and, instead, start investing in clean, renewable energies." Teri Blanton, a survivor of a Superfund toxic waste site near her home in Harlan County, Kentucky, one of the poorest counties in Appalachia. Then two Charlotte residents spoke eloquently, one about why Bank of America's coal investments made her concerned for her grandchildrens' futures and the other about why she had transferred ALL her Bank of America credit cards, accounts and loan agreements to another bank. Coal. When Matt and I spoke up about the the climate, economic and reputational risk of continuing to invest in coal-fired power plant and mountaintop removal, Ken really started to get red in the face, but the turning point came however when Matt Wasson from Appalachian Voices commented that Bank of America was becoming the "face of Mountaintop Removal." 86% of Bank of America shareholders were represented by the people in that room, and many of them had clearly never heard about mountaintop removal before so this was a fantastic education for them and for the Board of Directors who were also present. All in all, concerns over coal investments by far dominated the meeting and I'm quite certain that Bank of America got the message.
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It has been brought to my notice that some people think metalheads shouldn't dress in black or 'look metal'. Statements like these tend to come from people who dress exactly according to the style of music they play, and we're going to discuss in short why metalheads shouldn't wear anything but black. Here are a few questions:
Do you attend wedding receptions in shorts and chappals?
Even been to the beach in formal attire?
Would you put on your most colourful shirt to attend a death ceremony?
Would you pick the ugliest shirt you own to wear on your first date with a hot chick?
Do you dress shabbily when going to a party?
Then why would you disrespect your music by not dressing appropriately for your band's show?
We already know that people attend music concerts not just to listen to live renditions of songs they like, but to also see the band. Now if you're an extreme metal band and happen to be performing in pink/blue/yellow t-shirts, you know exactly how seriously the audience is going to take your music.
That it's the music that matters is something we all know, but if you're dressed like you're on a chai-and-smoke break, seeing your band's live performance won't be such a wholesome experience. Even I've made the mistake of not wearing black for performances and I later understood the importance of choosing the right attire.
Imagine James Hetfield dressed in clothes he picked up from fucking Hawaii.
Think of Rob Halford walking onstage in his favourite jeans and t-shirt.
Angus Young in jeans, maybe?
Or perhaps a grunge band in spikes, leather and corpse paint?
Picture your favourite black/death metal band dressed like your band.
Just ruined your fun, didn't I?
This post isn't suggesting you put on the battle armour when you're out shopping or buying groceries with the girlfriend, though it would be nice and cool and funny and would keep a metalhead smiling all day. Just remember that you dress "appropriately" for all occasions and even your daily routines, so there's clearly no harm in looking the part and delivering the goods.
There's going to be a post next week on why some bands sing exclusively about the devil and other dark stuff, and I'm going to try and explain that in a less angry and more sensible way.
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Mitty also had two female divers who were named All-American, Remi Edvalson and Stephanie Shao. Edvalson, a freshman, won the CCS title with a score of 557.15, a new section record. Shao, a sophomore, was seventh at the CCS championships (481.30).
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The Wethman Group's Real Estate News – November 2018
November 2018
- Amazon has committed to 25,000 jobs over a 10 year period. They chose this area in part because of the extensive talent pool already here (emphasis added). Jobs are expected to be mostly in accounting and tech with incomes of about $150k. Of course, a 'new' business with such a significant presence is also expected to create jobs in supporting industries like retail, construction, and service businesses nearby (with lower incomes.)
- Amazon has made a commitment to STEM education investments, including a new Virginia Tech campus focused on Computer Science as part of National Landing, and investments at George Mason. The idea here is that Amazon is hoping to hire some homegrown (and local) talent years down the road.
- Incentive payments to Amazon are dependent on the actual number of jobs created.
- Arlington and Alexandria have committed to investing $570 million in transportation improvements, and Virginia has committed to an additional $195 million. Planned investments are additional entrance(s) to the upcoming Potomac Yard metro station, improvements to Rt 1, pedestrian bridges. Additional funding is available if Amazon creates more than 25,000 jobs.
Companies whose talent is being poached may or may not backfill hiring, and those companies are scattered throughout the region. Many employees hired locally will not relocate because it just won't make financial sense and/or the situation will be complicated by a spouse's commute or kids in school. Consider a hypothetical tech worker making $150k and living in the Reston area. If hired by Amazon (and remember, they're coming here for the existing talent pool), is this person likely to sell their current home and relocate to Arlington? It's possible, but it's more likely this person will just factor in their new commute as an opportunity cost in taking the job. That employee's current employer will then need to hire someone, who may or may not live in Arlington. See graphic at right for expected distribution of housing for HQ2 employees.
JUST LISTED & OPEN HOUSE-3721 Mazewood Lane Fairfax, VA
Excited for our client who listed her lovely townhouse in Fairfax this week.
Well maintained 3 bedroom*, 3 full bath and half bath townhome in Foxfield.
Located in a quiet community, with 1320 sq ft of living space on 3 levels, backing to trees. The woods behind the home are forever wild.
Gleaming maple hardwood floors on main level and upper level hall. Newer carpet in master bedroom.
Kitchen updated with silestone counters, newer lower cabinets and stainless steel appliances (with double oven). Hall bath and coat closet off the front entrance
Formal dining and living room, with sliding glass door to a relaxing deck!
Upper level features two bedrooms and two bathrooms
Master suite with vaulted ceilings, and large closet with custom organizers.
Attached master bath has been updated with newer vanity, shower/tub combo and ceramic tile flooring.
The second bedroom features a larger closet and attached bath with a large vanity and updated shower with glass door. New skylight in hall area installed in 2013.
Spacious lower level with living area for a recreation/media room or den. *Possible 3rd bedroom in lower level with closet & cedar closet.
Walkout to relaxing patio with treed view behind the property.
Major systems and appliances have been updated: Newer HVAC (6 months), windows (with transferable warranty). Home has been impeccably maintained!
Two assigned parking spaces convey with the property.
Community includes jog/walk paths, bike trails, tennis courts, outdoor pool, basketball courts & more.
Convenient location minutes to nearby retail and shopping and ideal for commuters! Minutes to RT 50, 66 and Fairfax County parkway.
Homes in Foxfield sell from $380 up to $425K depending on the size and upgrades. Many renovated homes have sold $399K and higher. Properties backing to parkland are espcially desirable. Given the upgrades and amenities of this home we listed the houe for $415K.
Contact us today for a private showing!
JUST LISTED & OPEN HOUSE- 4141 N Henderson Rd #1004
Fall is here, but the real estate market is still busy! Check out our newest listing in Arlington, just minutes from Ballston Commons.
Details on this lovely unit:
-Open and inviting 1 bedroom, 1 bath unit with 851 square feet of living space.
-The unit features gleaming wide-plank hardwood floors in the living area and bedroom, along with crown molding and large picture window.
-Updated kitchen offers a breakfast bar, granite counters, and ample cabinet space with a separate pantry for added storage.
-Kitchen opens to open dining and living areas with access to the balcony.
-Spacious master bedroom with hardwood floors, sliding glass door and walk-in closet with organizers.
-Full master bath renovated with newer vanity, flooring and updated tile in the shower.
-Expansive balcony with stunning city views.
-Underground parking space available. Up to 3 garage spaces, $200/yr for 1st car
-Community amenities include a 24-hour front desk attendant, party room, courtyard with grill, laundry room, community garden, and an outdoor pool.
-Condo fee includes all utilities, except cable & internet.
-Hyde Park is an ideal location in Ballston. Close to Harris Teeter, with quick access to shopping, dining at Ballston Quarter and 4 blocks from Ballston Metro.
Property values in Hyde Park, vary depending on the location and upgrades in the unit. Some studios have sold close to $300K, while one-bedroom units typically sell for $320-$365K, depending on how large they are and updates in the kitchen and bathrooms. Other two bedroom units seller for $375K and above. Given the proximity to shopping and retail in Arlington, along with the up and coming Ballston Commons, this is an ideal location!
Contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com to schedule a private showing.
The Wethman Group's Real Estate News – October 2018
October 2018
This month, we're trying something a little different — a coloring contest! We'll have 4 age groups, and the winner of each group will win a $25 Target gift card.
Age groups are 5 years and under, 6-10, 11-15, and 16+. Click here for a downloadable PDF of the picture to submit, and be sure to sign the picture and add the participant's name and age.
This month, we're trying something a little different — a coloring contest! We'll have 4 age groups, and the winner of each group will win a $25 Target gift card.
Age groups are 5 years and under, 6-10, 11-15, and 16+. Click here for a downloadable PDF of the picture to submit, and be sure to sign the picture and add the participant's name and age.
Just post your entry on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter and tag theWethman Group or your agent. You can also email submissions or drop off at our office. Register by October 25th for your chance to win!
Fall is here! That means plenty of leaves and limbs are falling too. Make sure to check out your gutters and clear any leaves or debris to ensure your gutters drain properly!
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JUST LISTED & OPEN HOUSE! 12094 Antler Ct
Freshly updated and ready for the market! We're excited to present our newest property for sale on 12094 Antler Ct – Fairfax, VA.
Details on this property include:
Stately 3 bedroom, 2.55 bath townhouse located in Fairfax Ridge!
This home offers over 2300 sq ft of living space on three levels with an attached one car garage.
Spacious lower level recreation room with fireplace, and walkout to patio and fenced yard. Custom storage area below the stairs. Hall bath and coat closet off the entryway.
The main level features inviting living and dining area with chair an crown molding, and walk out to deck with a serene treed view!
Gleaming Brazilian hardwood floors on all stairs, main and upper level
Updated kitchen with granite counters and breakfast nook near the bay window. Separate laundry room and half bath on kitchen level.
Upper level features three bedrooms and two full bathrooms.
Master suite with expansive walk-in closet complete with custom organizers. Master bath offers a double vanity soaking tub and frameless glass standing shower.
Ideal location, minutes to Fair Oaks Mall, Fairfax Town Centre with plenty of restaurants and retail. Walking distance to Fairfax Government Center, Fairfax Corner, Merrifield Garden Center, Costco and Wegmans. Also, short walk to Eagle View Elementary. Perfect for commuters with quick access to I-66, Lee Hwy, Rt 50, Fairfax County Pkwy, Rt 28 and more!
Townhouses in Fairfax Ridge range in price from $450-$560K+ depending on size, location and of course condition. Properties that have sold on the higher-end were also end-units, with a two car garage and updates throughout. Our property at 12094 Antler Ct is listed for sale at $519900.
For more details or a private showing, contact the Wethman Group!
JUST LISTED & OPEN HOUSE 6912 Sharpsburg Dr
The fall real estate market is still going strong! Excited for our client, who just listed her gorgeous home out in Centreville. This home in located in Hanna Estates and sales have ranged from $530K up to $623K for single family homes. Properties on the lower end of sales are smaller, with less updates. Properties at the higher end are nicely updated with gourmet kitchens, renovated bathrooms, and floor plans wth over 3200 sq ft!
Details on our listing:
Stately 4 bedroom 3.5 bath colonial with over 3200 sq ft of living space!
Light filled two story foyer greets you at the front door.
Formal dining room and living room, with gleaming floors with plenty of space to entertain.
Open kitchen with updated cabinets, granite counters, stainless appliances, ceramic tile and an island. Space for eat-in table with access to the screened-in deck.
Inviting family room off the kitchen with a gas fireplace.
Enviable master suite with high ceilings, space for sitting area, large walk-in closet and large master bath with soaking tub separate shower and large vanity.
Spacious bedrooms with plenty of closet space and a hall bathroom complete with tub/shower and large vanity.
Lower level features large rec room area, full bathroom and expansive storage and utility room.
Relaxing screened-in deck, with access to deck and fenced backyard.
Open House this Sunday 12-2pm!
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The Wethman Group's Real Estate News – September 2018
September 2018
Our annual pie day open house will take place the Tuesday before Thanksgiving at Katie and Kenny's house (we know, we can't believe it's time to plan for fall already either!). Clients, save the date on your calendar to stop by for a bite and a drink and bring home an apple or pumpkin pie for your Thanksgiving celebration. It's one of our favorite events each year, and we look forward to sharing it with you!
Also, Save the Date for our Breakfast at the Movies with Santa -Saturday, December 1st
This Month In Real Estate September 2018
Here are just a few of the national real estate numbers we are tracking for you now. For more info contact us.


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They wanted other people to see it too…They wanted a "kick-ass" site
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Medinah Minerals –
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Customer service is key to our business, and our customer needs come first.
BenX –
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He came to 'Vegas and found us…
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Wrens Baptist Church –
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They've been under contract with us for two years now
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Stonewater Dentistry –
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Another multi-year client for us
. We proud, they're happy, and we stop by to see the puppies pretty often. (arf…)
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