diff --git a/examples/javaonedemo/src/com/amd/aparapi/examples/javaonedemo/Life.java b/examples/javaonedemo/src/com/amd/aparapi/examples/javaonedemo/Life.java
index e68fbf4c2ec4acfbddd3a4f80b8a12d05a9043a0..8653873a668fc861e46854cfb09c67d70c70a2bf 100644
--- a/examples/javaonedemo/src/com/amd/aparapi/examples/javaonedemo/Life.java
+++ b/examples/javaonedemo/src/com/amd/aparapi/examples/javaonedemo/Life.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ under those regulations, please refer to the U.S. Bureau of Industry and Securit
 package com.amd.aparapi.examples.javaonedemo;
 
 import java.awt.BorderLayout;
+import java.awt.Color;
 import java.awt.Dimension;
 import java.awt.FlowLayout;
 import java.awt.Font;
@@ -190,9 +191,9 @@ public class Life{
    public static void main(String[] _args) {
 
       JFrame frame = new JFrame("Game of Life");
-      final int width = Integer.getInteger("width", 1024 + 512);
+      final int width = Integer.getInteger("width", 1024 + 256);
 
-      final int height = Integer.getInteger("height", 768);
+      final int height = Integer.getInteger("height", 768 - 64);
 
       // Buffer is twice the size as the screen.  We will alternate between mutating data from top to bottom
       // and bottom to top in alternate generation passses. The LifeKernel will track which pass is which
@@ -206,6 +207,7 @@ public class Life{
       @SuppressWarnings("serial") JComponent viewer = new JComponent(){
          @Override public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
             g.setFont(font);
+            g.setColor(Color.WHITE);
             //  if (lifeKernel != null) {
             if (lifeKernel.isExplicit()) {
                lifeKernel.get(lifeKernel.imageData); // We only pull the imageData when we intend to use it.
diff --git a/examples/javaonedemo/src/com/amd/aparapi/examples/javaonedemo/Mandel.java b/examples/javaonedemo/src/com/amd/aparapi/examples/javaonedemo/Mandel.java
index 35ee3e59adee1302e9c3933c68f8db270547a19f..5348073ad49b2634a6a67e951facf5182dbcdfc4 100644
--- a/examples/javaonedemo/src/com/amd/aparapi/examples/javaonedemo/Mandel.java
+++ b/examples/javaonedemo/src/com/amd/aparapi/examples/javaonedemo/Mandel.java
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ import java.awt.FlowLayout;
 import java.awt.Font;
 import java.awt.Graphics;
 import java.awt.Point;
-import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
-import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
 import java.awt.event.ItemEvent;
 import java.awt.event.ItemListener;
 import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
@@ -57,7 +55,6 @@ import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
 import java.awt.image.DataBufferInt;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import javax.swing.JButton;
 import javax.swing.JComboBox;
 import javax.swing.JComponent;
 import javax.swing.JFrame;
@@ -172,7 +169,7 @@ public class Mandel{
    /** User selected zoom-in point on the Mandelbrot view. */
    public static volatile Point to = null;
 
-   public static int frames = 0;
+   public static int frameCount = 0;
 
    public static long start = 0;
 
@@ -198,7 +195,7 @@ public class Mandel{
       final int[] imageRgb = ((DataBufferInt) image.getRaster().getDataBuffer()).getData();
       // Create a Kernel passing the size, RGB buffer and the palette.
       final MandelKernel kernel = new MandelKernel(width, height, rgb);
-      kernel.setExecutionMode(Kernel.EXECUTION_MODE.JTP);
+
       final Font font = new Font("Garamond", Font.BOLD, 100);
       // Draw Mandelbrot image
       JComponent viewer = new JComponent(){
@@ -206,13 +203,14 @@ public class Mandel{
 
             g.drawImage(image, 0, 0, width, height, this);
             g.setFont(font);
+            g.setColor(Color.WHITE);
             long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
             //  if (now - start > 1000) {
-            double framesPerSecond = (frames * 1000.0) / (now - start);
+            double framesPerSecond = (frameCount * 1000.0) / (now - start);
             g.drawString(String.format("%5.2f", framesPerSecond), 20, 100);
             //  generationsPerSecond.setText(String.format("%5.2f", generationsPerSecondField));
 
-            frames++;
+            //  frames++;
             // }
          }
       };
@@ -237,13 +235,13 @@ public class Mandel{
             //   } else 
             if (item.equals(choices[0])) {
                kernel.setExecutionMode(Kernel.EXECUTION_MODE.JTP);
-               frames = 0;
+               frameCount = 0;
                start = System.currentTimeMillis();
 
                // modeButton = javaMandelBrot;
             } else if (item.equals(choices[1])) {
                kernel.setExecutionMode(Kernel.EXECUTION_MODE.GPU);
-               frames = 0;
+               frameCount = 0;
                start = System.currentTimeMillis();
                // modeButton = javaMandelBrotMultiThread;
             }
@@ -278,7 +276,7 @@ public class Mandel{
       // Set the default scale and offset, execute the kernel and force a repaint of the viewer.
       kernel.setScaleAndOffset(defaultScale, -1f, 0f);
       kernel.execute(range);
-
+      kernel.setExecutionMode(Kernel.EXECUTION_MODE.JTP);
       System.arraycopy(rgb, 0, imageRgb, 0, rgb.length);
       viewer.repaint();
 
@@ -306,8 +304,7 @@ public class Mandel{
                }
             }
          }
-         frames = 0;
-         start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+
          float x = -1f;
          float y = 0f;
          float scale = defaultScale;
@@ -316,9 +313,11 @@ public class Mandel{
 
          // This is how many frames we will display as we zoom in and out.
          int frames = 128;
-         long startMillis = System.currentTimeMillis();
+         frameCount = 0;
+         start = System.currentTimeMillis();
          for (int sign = -1; sign < 2; sign += 2) {
             for (int i = 0; i < frames - 4; i++) {
+               frameCount++;
                scale = scale + sign * defaultScale / frames;
                x = x - sign * (tox / frames);
                y = y - sign * (toy / frames);
@@ -340,9 +339,6 @@ public class Mandel{
             }
          }
 
-         long elapsedMillis = System.currentTimeMillis() - startMillis;
-         System.out.println("FPS = " + frames * 1000 / elapsedMillis);
-
          // Reset zoom-in point.
          to = null;
 
diff --git a/examples/javaonedemo/src/com/amd/aparapi/examples/javaonedemo/NBody.java b/examples/javaonedemo/src/com/amd/aparapi/examples/javaonedemo/NBody.java
index 5260a94648e7ad47e989ae3419e114448b0ec948..a6aa782d514132f57612d08e5a732cbd07ef3de6 100644
--- a/examples/javaonedemo/src/com/amd/aparapi/examples/javaonedemo/NBody.java
+++ b/examples/javaonedemo/src/com/amd/aparapi/examples/javaonedemo/NBody.java
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ public class NBody{
 
    public static void main(String _args[]) {
 
-      final NBodyKernel kernel = new NBodyKernel(Range.create(Integer.getInteger("bodies", 12288)));
+      final NBodyKernel kernel = new NBodyKernel(Range.create(Integer.getInteger("bodies", 12288 - 256 - 32)));
       kernel.setExecutionMode(Kernel.EXECUTION_MODE.JTP);
       JFrame frame = new JFrame("NBody");
 
@@ -259,7 +259,8 @@ public class NBody{
       final GLCanvas canvas = new GLCanvas(caps);
 
       final GLUT glut = new GLUT();
-      Dimension dimension = new Dimension(Integer.getInteger("width", 742 - 64), Integer.getInteger("height", 742 - 64));
+
+      Dimension dimension = new Dimension(Integer.getInteger("width", 1024 + 256), Integer.getInteger("height", 768 - 64));
       canvas.setPreferredSize(dimension);
 
       canvas.addGLEventListener(new GLEventListener(){