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How to get full filename of the snapshot taken in JSR 234
While taking camera snapshot using JSR-234, filename of the image saved to the file system of the phone is generated by the JSR itself in a sequence. The MIDlet does not have any control on that. However there are cases where the exact filename is needed to access the file and do subsequent processing.
To get filename you need to implement the player listener interface. There are two events that will be received when save is done: SHOOTING_STOPPED (when the burst shooting stops and the files have been stored into the file system) or STORAGE_ERROR (when there has been an error while storing the files into the file system). In both cases eventData parameter will be a String with filename.
public void playerUpdate(Player player, String event, Object eventData) {
if (event.equals(SnapshotControl.SHOOTING_STOPPED)) {
String filename = (String)eventData;
} else if (event.equals(SnapshotControl.STORAGE_ERROR)) {
String filename = (String)eventData;
Please remember that any "time consuming" operations (like image processing) should be run in separate thread (leave playerUpdate as fast as possible).
Detailed information can be found in SnapshotControl class documentation.

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Beach and Golf in Delray Beach, South Florida /WIFI in Delray Beach
- bedrooms 2
- baths 2
- sleeps 4
- pool yes
- hot tub yes
- pets allowed no
- type Apartment
- community Delray Racquet Club
- rates (USD) $ 2,100 - $ 3,200 / month
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For rent at an excellent price, this tunning apartment is only one step to the ocean. Very well located in the heart of all activities, restaurants, shops and close to the famous Atlantic Avenue. FULLY RENOVATED and very clean, the apartment comprises: a very spacious, modern and fully equipped kitchen, a living room, 2 large bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a big balcony overlooking the tennis courses and a laundry room with washing machine and tumble dryer. Sheets, bath and beach towels are provided. Large swimming pool and Jacuzzi downstair the building.
Located on the third floor of a secured building with elevator, the property is surrounded by tropical vegetation and many small lakes.
Very nice golf courses are nearby. Ideally located: 5 min from the lovely Delray beach, 5 min from Boca Raton, 15 min from Palm Beach. 40 min from Miami. Internet access (WIFI)
If you want to buy a property in Florida or Montreal, call me.
Sorry but we do not accept pets and this is a Non-Smoking unit. Thank you!
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Very comfortable apartment.
1 master bedroom with king size bed and TV
1 guest bedroom with queen bed.
Internet Connection WIFI, flat screen TV and DVD Player in living room.
2 Beach chairs, Iron, Hairdryer, 1 extra bed for kids up to 2 years old and a chair.
Free Parking space
activities and attractions in Delray Beach Atlantic Coast South
Award winning beach is just a mile away with parking just across the beach.
Less than a mile to Renowm Atlantic Avenue with famous restaurants, nightlife and shopping.
Local golf courses close by,
Close to Town Center Mall and Mizner Park in Boca Raton,
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From May to November, 2013 - $2100 per month
Taxes : 11%
Security deposit: $400 for short term and $1000 for rental over 2 months
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SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (WJBK) -- Yes, you can white after Labor Day. No, your shoes and handbag don't have to match. And if you're big and beautiful, quit wearing black and bring on the color.At least that's what Lifestyle editor Chuck Bennett and Ken Dewey, style advisor for Neiman Marcus, say about breaking the fashion rules.Click the video player to learn more.
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A Season In Time
By Wilbert Dawson
A Season In Time explores the world of autumn as the landscape prepares for winter. Through photographs and digital paintings Wib Dawson invites the viewer into a very special place where nature journeys through its rite of passage from life to death to life again.
About the Author
I've been fascinated with photography for about as long as I can remember – and that's quite awhile! I'm no doubt dating myself when I say that my first camera was a Kodak Brownie Box Camera that shot 2.25 X 2.25 negatives. Over the years I've progressed through a series of cameras and darkroom gear and still love new "stuff" when I can afford it. Digital art is a wonderful world of unbridled creativity where I can loose myself for hours. I hope you will enjoy some of my work and will let me know what you think.
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New England Conservatory commissioned former president Gunther Schuller to write a work for the NEC Wind Ensemble, Charles Peltz, director. From Here to There will be heard in NEC's Jordan Hall in a series of premiere performances, February 13 (canceled) and March 6. The work is paired in these concerts with other music by composers from the "Third Stream headwaters," including a concert premiere by Thelonious Monk. Schuller has dedicated From Here to There "In tribute and memory of Dave Brubeck, lifelong friend and colleague." He explains this dedication in his forward to the score, reprinted here.
Getting from Here to There
The idea for this composition came to me quite suddenly in early July 2013 via a series of sources and inspirations, as well as coincidences, all of which somehow conflated into the final result. The first inkling of such a composition came to me in a flash, namely to write a wind ensemble piece but, on the one hand, not with the usual well-established wind of band instrumentation often called "bandstrations," especially an orchestra without strings—and on the other hand, a piece that would start very simply and quietly—even hesitatingly—with just one instrument and build in one very long crescendo and instrumental expansion to a gigantic climactic and totally chaotic ending. (I had by this time written over the last half century six different wind ensemble pieces in more or less the standard instrumentation; I thought it was time to do something radically different.) I also thought of Smetana's Die Moldau or, another analogy—the Mississippi River, emanating as a tiny little stream and gradually growing to immense proportions.
Another inspiration that led to my fleshing out this initial, almost primitive abstract, was the unpredictable and unimaginable coincidence of the particular harmonic language that I had been using in several recent compositions, and—believe it or not—the passing on December 5, 2012 of my great friend and much admired colleague, Dave Brubeck. The linkage between those two circumstances is manifold. Firstly, upon Dave's death the two nightly jazz programs on Boston's WGBH—one hosted by Eric Jackson, the other by Bob Parlocha—played quite a few Brubeck Quartet recordings, including one made of a concert in Harvard's Sanders Theatre in 1999, which featured Dave and Paul Desmond's Take Five. Brubeck's improvisation blew my mind, and reminded me that he had over the many years occasionally created a particular type and form of improvisation, that was unusually extensive, that started very simply and calmly, and then grew incrementally in three or four minutes into a gigantic climax, so rhythmically and harmonically complex that one thought that this pianist had suddenly acquired more than ten fingers. (The first time I heard Dave do one of those extended "climbing Mt. Everest" improvisations was in 1952 at George Wein's Storyville Club, my first encounter with the Brubeck Quartet. It blew my mind then, and led me to use a somewhat similar form in one of my subsequent classical pieces.)
Secondly, what made hearing that 1999 Take Five recording so fascinating and special for me was that right around that time I had written several pieces in which I maneuvered my twelve-tone row into a chromatic amalgam of octotonic, pentatonic, polytonal along with tonal vestiges, which—again, believe it or not—was exactly Dave's harmonic language in general, but especially so in that 1999 Sanders concert. (It is, of course, well known that Brubeck studied with Darius Milhaud at Mills College in California and that Milhaud was the reigning "grand master" of bitonality and polytonality.)
Over the weeks and months after Dave's passing I became haunted by an idea that I should associate my piece somehow with Dave and his music. The next inspiration that came to me was that From Here to There should in some way be a tribute in memory of Dave Brubeck. I was still so mesmerized by the impact of Dave's Take Five improvisation, when it suddenly occurred to me that I ought to make some of his music a centerpiece in my new work. I decided to transcribe Dave's Take Five solo from the Sanders performance, a task that took me four non-stop 15-hour days. In the next week I orchestrated Dave's solo, slightly abbreviated, primarily for brass instruments. At various times I camouflaged Dave's solo behind a curtain of other sounds, particularly percussion, and my way of surrounding it with some typical Schuller. That section of the piece goes from measure 53 to 125. And is, of course, anchored in e flat minor, Take Five's original key.
On the assumption that typical wind ensemble players will be basically classically trained and not versed in jazz swing rhythms, I had to note the several jazz episodes in From Here to There in a "classical" notation, tripletizing eighth notes, for example. (Should there sometimes be a player doubling in jazz, he/she might find it a bit odd to have to translate such rhythmic notation into swinging jazz. But that would also be an interesting educational experience).
In the final denouement, where several players are asked to improvise, I urge that such ad-libbing be done with a great deal of irregularity and variation. Getting into repetitious patterning is to be avoided at all cost. Use as much dynamic and rhythmic variation as possible, including even occasional silences.
From Here to There is enormously complex and difficult, with thousands of musical details and notational minutiae of all kinds to be dealt with, especially in what I call "polyphony of rhythmic complexities," both vertically and horizontally, and often very subtle. This includes, for example that at any given moment in the piece there may be five or six dynamic levels simultaneously in play, something very far removed from the standard classical (especially 18th- through late 19th-century) repertory. The players must be alerted to that aspect and existential reality of this work.


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SuppliesThere are many different ways to make stencils. This is the method that the author found to be the easiest. Tank top or T-shirt
Exacto knife
Spray adhesive
Cardstock or other strong paper to print your image on
Contact paper
Fabric paint
Small sponge or small sponge roller
Note: Use the roller if you can find one, they work best. They can be found at craft stores and other superstores
Small plate
Cardboard big enough to put in between your shirt's front and back
Fabric glue
InstructionsPrint your stencil onto the piece of cardstock. Cover with the contact paper, trimming to the desired width and length.
Use your exacto knife and carefully cut out the image, being careful to follow the outside line.
Put the piece of cardboard in between the front and back of your shirt.
Spray the adhesive on the back of your freshly stenciled image and affix to your shirt. It wont be stuck there, so you can reposition it as you see fit.
Put a small amount of paint onto your plate and you can either use your small sponge to paint the image onto the shirt by going up and down on the shirt , or you can use the roller to get an even coat.
Let dry for about five minutes before taking the stencil off of the shirt CAREFULLY. By this time it would of set. If you don't and forget about it, it may become stuck to it.
Let the paint dry for about two hours to make sure its all set.
Set your paint with an iron set on low with a cloth in between the iron and your shirt.
Use your tweezers to put the sequins on after putting a little bit of glue on the shirt.
Now TWIRL and dance to Harry and the Potters while looking oh so Muggle like. :)
TipDon't dry these shirts. It will make your image last longer. Hang to dry instead.
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Maldon and Tiptree have a lot to celebrate (From Essex County Standard)
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Maldon and Tiptree have a lot to celebrate
9:26am Wednesday 13th February 2013 in Sport
Maldon and Tiptree had a lot celebrate on Tuesday night.
They secured a 3-2 Ryman League divison one north win against Potters Bar Town and manager Terry Spillane was presented with the manager-of-the-month awards for October, November and December.
And the win saw Maldon increase their lead at the top of the division to 13 points.
Joe Gardner sent Dave Bryan clear to open the scoring on eight minutes and Maldon had a good penalty appeal waved away when Bryan was brought down three minutes later. Almost immediately afterwards Jose Espinoza equalised for Town.
Five minutes before half-time Bryan put Maldon back in front with a deflected shot.
Maldon looked to have sewn up the win in the 71st minute when Gardner tapped in.
However, Town didn't give up and Josh Hutchinson pulled a goal back.
But Maldon managed to hold out to secure the win.
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- Seeking hot stretch, Hamilton's timing not there
- Snyder makes rare start at first base
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- Worth noting
OAKLAND -- The Rangers optioned left-handed pitcher Martin Perez to Triple-A Round Rock on Wednesday to make room for Colby Lewis, who was activated off the 15-day disabled list.Perez was 1-1 with a 5.54 ERA in two starts and two relief appearances since being called up on June 26. He was 5-5 with a 4.59 ERA in 15 starts at Round Rock. He left a positive impression with the Rangers while he was here. "I thought he was impressive," manager Ron Washington said. "For such a young kid, he handled himself very professionally. He gave us much more than we expected. We didn't know what to expect, considering he wasn't really lighting it up at Triple-A. But he made some adjustments and pitched well. He's certainly one of those kids we're not afraid to call upon if we have a need. "He's just one of those kids that doesn't need to be sitting around. He needs to go down and keep pitching. But he was extremely impressive. He certainly has the stuff to compete. It's just not his time. We told him he needs to go down and dominate. He can dominate, now it's up to him. The fact that he got some time up here, we're looking forward to him pitching well down there. We'll be disappointed if he doesn't pitch well."
Seeking hot stretch, Hamilton's timing not there
OAKLAND -- Josh Hamilton struck out three times on Tuesday night. In his fourth at-bat, he hit his 27th home run of the season. He later added a sacrifice fly and continues to search for the timing that will allow him to go on another monster streak."I think I still have one or two left in me this season," Hamilton said. "Every at-bat is a new at-bat. I've struck out three times before. I've struck out four times. But as the game went on, my timing got better. Early in the game, I was starting too early. "I feel fine at the plate. Before the All-Star Game, I was hitting the ball hard right at people. When we came back, I didn't have a good series in Seattle. I'm not worried about it." In four games since the break, Hamilton is 2-for-14 with nine strikeouts. Hamilton's batting average has dropped to .300, but he is still tied for the league lead with 28 home runs and is leading with 78 RBIs entering Wednesday. "I might get two hits and my next at-bat I start too early," Hamilton said. "I've got to focus on each at-bat. You fight yourself sometimes. Sometimes you're up there just to be up there instead of focusing on every pitch. It's a battle, just like going up there and trying to hit the ball too hard." Adrian Beltre also hit a home run on Tuesday. The Rangers are 5-0 in games in which both Hamilton and Beltre hit a home run.
Snyder makes rare start at first base
OAKLAND -- With a left-hander on the mound for Oakland, Brandon Snyder started at first base for the Rangers on Wednesday. It was just the third start in 24 games for the right-handed hitter. He went into the game hitting .296 with a .333 on-base percentage and a .481 slugging percentage."He's done a good job under the circumstances," manager Ron Washington said. "When you have a group where the regulars play every day, the extras just don't get much of a chance. But I had a talk with him the other day and I told him, 'Don't try to impress us, just do what you can do.' It's hard to hit off these pitchers in this league if you don't get a lot of repetition." Alberto Gonalez is also seeing very little playing time. The utility infielder has played in just three of the last 39 games, and Washington said he has no plans to give shortstop Elvis Andrus a day off anytime soon. "There may come a time when we need to, but right now, as long as Elvis is healthy, Elvis is going to play," Washington said.
Out since late June, Lowe closer to returning
OAKLAND -- Mark Lowe, on the disabled list with a strained muscle in his right ribcage, threw long toss on Wednesday for the second straight day without any problem. The next step is to resume throwing off the mound for the first time since he went on the disabled list on June 26.He said he expects to throw off the mound during the Rangers three-game series against the Angels in Anaheim. "When you take two weeks off, you've got to do some things to get back into shape," Lowe said. "But right now my arm feels great. I feel like I haven't taken any time off. It feels like I never got hurt." Lowe could return at some point on the next homestand, but will need one or two outings on a rehab assignment before he is activated. He has pitched in 26 games for the Rangers and has a 2.30 ERA.
Worth noting
Rangers manager Ron Washington on Mike Adams, who worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the eighth inning on Tuesday night: "I have a lot of confidence in Mike Adams. He may have you on the top step, but he gets it done." Robbie Ross gave up an infield single to the only batter he faced on Tuesday night. It's the first time this season that he failed to retire a hitter in an appearance. But he still has a 23-inning scoreless streak, the second longest active streak in the Majors. Cubs pitcher Ryan Dempster has a 33-inning scoreless streak. Ross' streak is the longest by a Rangers pitcher since Darren O'Day's 26 1/3 scoreless innings in 2010. Craig Gentry reached on a bunt single on Tuesday night. He has six, which is tied for third-most in the American League. Erick Aybar of the Angels has 15 bunt hits.
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields, and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Adobe has recently released a free Photoshop App for mobile phones running Google's Android software such as the new Motorola Droid. This is one of the coolest apps that I've seen released in a while, especially as the amount of megapixels in cell phone cameras continue to rise (the Droid comes with a legit 5 megapixel camera).
Photoshop for Android devices makes it incredibly easy to perform edits to photos on your smartphone and then upload them when you're finished. When you open up a photo in your photo gallery, you are given the option to edit the photo. With a click, the photo opens in Photoshop, and you're ready to start editing. At the top of the edit mode screen, there are three icons: crop, image correction and color effects, and soft focus. Under the crop icon, you can choose to crop, straighten, rotate, or flip the photo. If you click on the image correction and color effects icon, you have the ability to change the exposure, saturation, tint, or to make the photo black and white. The degree of these changes all depends on how far you slide your finger on the exposure, saturation, etc. scale. The soft focus button allows you to adjust the amount of "soft focus" that you wish to apply to the photo.
One of the nicest features of Photoshop for Android is that it has both an "undo" and a "redo" button, so you can make edits without fear of not being able to undo them.
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The most-recent revamp of the Americana classic stars the caroonishly handsome Armie Hammer as the masked crusader and a very made up Johnny Depp as his trusty companion, Tonto.
Jerry Bruckheimer tweeted the first photo of the project, which showed off a very different looking Tonto. Depp told EW that he had a clear vision of the revamped sidekick: "I'd actually seen a painting by an artist named Kirby Sattler, and looked at the face of this warrior and thought: That's it."
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The arrests of two Polk County girls in connection with another girl's suicide are drawing international attention, and now the parents of the girls who were charged are speaking out.
Rebecca Sedwick, 12, took her life on September 9 after investigators and her family said she was relentlessly bullied.
Monday night, deputies arrested two girls, ages 12 and 14, and charged them with felony stalking in connection with Sedwick's death. FOX 13 is not naming them because they are juveniles.
They were arrested after the sheriff says the 14-year-old posted something on Facebook he could not ignore. The post said, "Yes, I bullied Rebecca and she killed herself but I don't give a ..." The sentence ended with an expletive.
In an interview with ABC News that aired Wednesday, a couple identified as the 14-year-old's parents said their daughter would never post something like that. They said they believed her Facebook page had been hacked.
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The teen's mother also said she closely monitored her daughter's Facebook activity, checking it every time she got on it.
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Of the claim that the 14-year-old's page was hacked, Judd said Tuesday: "Of course, we don't believe that."
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Both girls were charged as juveniles with third-degree felony aggravated stalking. If convicted, it's not clear how much time, if any, the girls would spend in juvenile detention because they did not have any previous criminal history, the sheriff said.
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The show is actually based upon a British program called Strictly Come Dancing, though it has quickly developed its own unique sensibility, separating it from its forebear. Generally speaking, each episode of the program is a light-hearted affair that features dances from all of the participating contestants and comments from judges who hail from the world of professional dancing. Additionally, each dancing couple is interviewed by the hosts of the show following their performance. Then, audience members are urged to vote for their favorite couple. The following evening, a second weekly show airs in which the couple who received the fewest votes is ceremoniously ejected from the show.
Dancing With the Stars has been airing for 14 seasons, and there have been some notable champions during this time. Football stars seem to do particularly well on the show, as evidenced by the performances and eventual wins of NFL pros like Donald Driver, Emmitt Smith and Hines Ward. However, some of the celebrity winners have come from fields outside the realm of professional athletics. These winners include J.R Martinez, Jennifer Grey and Donny Osmond. Brooke Burke, who is now a co host of the show, was also a winner in season seven.
Dancing With the Stars is a true phenomenon of American television, and it is likely that its formula will remain unchanged for the next few seasons, considering that it has been so successful. People love the relatively drama-free nature of the show, and they also enjoy seeing some familiar faces on the dance floor participating in some very unfamiliar activities. Season 15 is just around the corner, and it is likely that the new season will be every bit as enjoyable as the ones preceding it.
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9:13am Monday 31st December 2012 in Waltham Forest By Daniel Binns, Senior reporter
A BUSINESSMAN has applied to open a new off licence but there are concerns the shop could attract trouble-makers and criminals.
Mihail-Eduard Andrei wants to sell booze from the shop, at 245 Hoe Street by its junction with Third Avenue in Walthamstow, between 10am and 8pm seven days a week.
But a man claiming to be a spokesperson for businesses in the area has objected due to concerns it will lead to an escalation of crime and disorder in the area.
He said there was already a problem with drug addicts and drunks in the area, and a new shop would make such problems worse, according to council documents.
Mr Andrei initially wanted a licence to stay open until 11pm but was persuaded to change his application when police said they would not object if the proposed hours were reduced.
Councillors on Waltham Forest Council's licensing sub-committee panel will decide on the application during a meeting on Tuesday January 8.
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cynicalsue wrote:Seconded!
Aren't there enough places to buy booze already?
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Whilst we're at it I'm not sure we've got enough dodgy chicken takeaways, betting shops, pawn shops, or pound shops.
Seriously, with this new bargain booze addition to the local retail estate we'll be right up there with Westfield and Oxford Street..
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(Toledo News Now) – With identity theft more common nowadays, you have to be sure to protect yourself and your information. The product Black Out claims it can help you, but does it work?
Most folks shred, tear or remove personal information from mail and magazines. What if you could make things tough for identity thieves by covering up your address and account numbers?
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DMA Design discusses how the original Grand Theft Auto was almost shut down, on a weekly basis
It's always so interesting to hear the tales of video game development in the 1990s. In the 70s it was all about these lone geniuses like Al Alcorn creating masterworks by themselves, and in the 80s people like Miyamoto got small teams to help with programming. But in the 90s the trend seemed to be more about teams of young hotshots who got into games development without a clue.
DMA Design and Rockstar devs tell the tale of the creation of the original GTA in their own words in this video, and "without a clue" certainly seems to be accurate in this case. They talk about how only one person on the team had ever shipped a game before, and not really being sure what they were working on until years into the project.
It's a showcase for the difference between technical mastery and skillful games development. Rockstar was obviously brilliant on the technical end, but it took time to learn how to actually ship a finished product.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Eli Manning threw for 510 yards, and Andre Brown's 2-yard run with 31 seconds left lifted the Giants from a 14-point deficit to a wild 41-34 victory Sunday over the Buccaneers.
Manning was the first-half goat and the second-half star in the second-best passing day in team history. His three first-half interceptions staked the Bucs (1-1) to an 11-point lead, and his monster second half helped the Super Bowl champions avoid a dreaded 0-2 start.
Manning threw touchdowns of 23 yards to Hakeem Nicks, 80 to Victor Cruz and 33 to Martellus Bennett with 3:59 to play to give New York a 34-27 lead.
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Our house was built in 1955 and is a pier and beam house with crawlspace (backstory). We bought in 2009 after it had been renovated with new windows. I was sitting in our living room floor yesterday and noticed I was eye level with some cracks under the window itself in two of my windows - I could see clear through to the outside. Photos attached. The white you see directly above the crack is the vinyl window itself - not a wood framing. It sits directly on top of the wood sill and has caulk around it. What is this a sign of, and how should we fix it? My first thought was caulk, but is that enough? Is there a bigger root issue? Maybe the windows were installed incorrectly...? Not sure how long the cracks have been there, but I hadn't noticed them until yesterday. Thank you!!This message has been edited. Last edited by: skapiratey,
first thought is really cheap caulk, and just skimmed on. there isn't ten cents of caulk around each window.
I'd scrape it all off, and recaulk with a good 40 or 50 year grade of siliconized acrylic caulk. really shoot it in there from a fine (close to the end) cut in the caulk tube, and then wipe off the excess. you want to get under the window.
finish it off with a wet finger smoothing, and wait a couple days if you want to paint to be sure it sets up. yes, go outside and do that as well, and be sure to recheck inside when done in case you pushed some of that material back out.
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Thank you! Very helpful. I will go find that type of caulk. Good tips on actual application. I have only done caulk in one-sided scenarios (back splashes and bathtubs). I would not have thought to check the outside as well.
Do you think the window appears to be installed correctly? My mom mentioned something about windows needing to be framed out - these windows appear to be set directly against the drywall on the tops and sides, and directly on top of the sill on the bottom, with no visible wood framing around any of the sides - just caulk.
the framing for the window, which is needed to keep the house from sagging and which even half-drunk teenage kids of the apprentices know to put in, will keep it solid. the framing or trim should extend past the drywall. if it doesn't, get some quarter-inch plywood or oak mullion and your circular saw and put 'em in after the caulking.
one good caulk, which is alleged to last 50 years but I'll eat my hat if it does, assuming I'm 110 years old and still around, is DAP Alex Plus. don't use it in bathrooms, but it's a good caulk for areas that are dry or dry quickly in the wind. otherwise, pure 100% silicone, which can't be painted. best brands are GE Silicone II and DAP, which is Dow Corning in DAP tubes.
now all I need is a hat made out of chocolate...
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Something's wrong here.
Looks to be a replacement window.
If so that window should have been sitting on the sill, and the apron would have covered up that whole area.
There's something wrong on the outside to. No way should you be seeing light all the way to the outside from the inside.
Need a picture of the outside and one of the inside without the curtains in the way, from top to bottom.
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- rates (USD) $ 2,750 - $ 4,000 / month
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Luxurious Beach to Bay Property: Over 1400 Square Feet! Beautiful Bay views from the Master and Screened/Glassed lanai. Short walk out the front door to a private beach on the Gulf of Mexico. Even in season the beach is low density. Also a Heated Pool and 2 tennis courts. Enjoy walking on the private boat docks and viewing area wildlife including: porpoises, manatees, seabirds and fish of all types.
For Entertaining: there are 3 separate dining areas: an enclosed lanai that seats 4, a dining table that seats 6 and a kitchen bar that seats 3. Kitchen is fully equiped with granite counter tops as well as a computer work station. The Living Room has HD Flat Screen TV, DVD, IPOD docking Stereo.
For Sleeping: The Master has a king bed, TV, large master closet and private bath with jets in the tub. The Guest has a queen bed AND a single trundle bed as well as a TV.
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Unit includes: Free Wireless Internet, Local Phone and Cable TV, Full Size Washer and Dryer, Assigned Parking Space in under building parking.
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Mobile First – Cloud First Simplified (1 of 3)
The device and service situation
Over the last decade, the tech industry has seen the exponential growth of a variety of devices (laptops, mobile phones, tablets, gaming consoles sensitive to touch/voice/motion/gestures). This is only going to get more diversified, whether we talk about 10 new devices within the 5.75 inch and 6.85 inches sector or the consoles / wrist bands that will replace medical equipment or watches that will talk to phones, glasses and TVs. Yes, the forecast is intense.
Relax, take some REST.
Given we can only partially foresee which future devices will be available, how do we maintain consistent delivery of business functionality to the devices that are still to be developed? Well, build a service that can communicate with all the existing devices and can also take care of the REST.
For decades we were happy with XML and SOAP messages communicating across applications. But now this communication has grown beyond traditional applications and devices. From some remote server hosted somewhere in the cloud to smart touchscreens, from set-top boxes to gaming consoles, some of those devices understand SOAP but many do not. However all of them positively understand HTTP. HTTP is what connects everything to the "Cloud" and staying away from either might not be a good idea.
Although the term "cloud" is heavily misused for sales purposes, I will come back to it a little later, let's first talk about…
What is Service First?
So once you have identified that your business functionality will be delivered via HTTP, you should build your logic and let it be consumed via the HTTP service. HTTP service is more commonly known as RESTful service or REST service Web APIs. This is an architectural pattern that embraces HTTP as transportation protocol. So RESTful services are basically services built to be consumed over the web via HTTP.
Once we have functionality ready and available to be consumed across the spectrum, we can go ahead and create client apps for as many platforms and devices as we want. As far as maintenance is concerned, any change in the business logic will be one change to your service, and a consistent UX will represent the brand.
Targeting a wide range of devices with your application (4 of 4)
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Let me start this post with a small incident that happened in our organization a couple of years back. We had switched our insurance provider and the representative of the new provider was giving a presentation of the benefit plan. Then came a slide that had their "mobile app" mentioned, among other things. While they talked how one could look up health care providers and other information via the app, someone mentioned that they couldn't find the app in the store. After a few seconds of confusion, the presenter assured to get back with the information about the app.
The disconnect was – the app they were talking about was a mobile web site, where as people were instinctively searching in the app store. This brings out many interesting points. One of the most important being – the discoverability of your application. When you look for an app that provides a functionality do you open the browser and search online? Maybe, depending upon what are you searching for, but it is highly likely that you will look for it in the App Store of your device.
Which leads us straight to the ultimate option of targeting multiple devices and platforms:
Publishing the application in the app store of the platform.
There are a few ways to go about it –
One would be to choose the device/platform and re-write an app using the platform's API and language. But given that right now we are talking about targeting multiple devices and platforms, I would not recommend it.
The second will be to abstract the business logic / functionality to a restful service and write multiple UI clients (AKA Apps) using the native platform. That is a decent option, however there is a cost associated with hiring multiple developers each with their own platform skills (Objective C with iOS, Java with Android, C# with Windows 8/Phone etc.). The cost for development and maintenance adds up, every time a new version of the platform is released and newer devices stop supporting older platform versions.
The ultimate goal is to implement this option using the existing skills and without re-writing the entire application. This can be achieved in two ways. But to achieve either, the application has to be well structured. Any well written application defines the boundaries of at least the three traditional layers – UI, Business layer and Data access later. To be able to reuse most of the code across apps, it is rather required to separate out at least the UI layer from the rest of the application logic.
Let's take a look at these options now:
1 – Speak the Universal language – HTML5
There is a great framework to keep the application suite consistent across and independent of the platforms – PhoneGap. PhoneGap allows an application built using HTML, CSS and JavaScript, to run on a variety of mobile devices, packaged to be delivered via their platform's app store. It provides JavaScript based APIs that give access to native resources of the device, otherwise not available to a web application. This includes Accelerometer, Camera, Compass, Contacts, File, Geolocation, Media, Network, Notification and Storage. PhoneGap is also known as Apache Cordova and is a free open source software.
To get the full benefit, the reusable business and data access logic should be abstracted into a RESTful service which would be consumed by your application that will be consuming the PhoneGap framework.
2 – Hire an interpreter – Xamarin
Xamarin allows you to write native iOS, Android and Windows store apps using a single application platform (Microsoft .NET) and language (C#). Applications build in Xamarin enjoy full native access to platform APIs, get native performance and user interfaces. Xamarin provides the ultimate ease of development and maintenance by integrating its tools right into Visual Studio and by extending Microsoft tooling. Microsoft released Portable Class Library (PCL) to develop functionality using C# to be used across a verity of platforms. This was initially created to support Microsoft platforms like .NET and Windows, Windows 8 Store, Windows Phone, etc. In 2013 the PCL feature was extended to iOS, Android and Mac using Xamarin. Since PCL is independent of the platforms it does not support some platform specific features, like certain encryption. Also Entity framework 6.X is not supported PCLs, but as per the forums, EF 7 will be.
That said, you can create the shared business logic of the using PCLs, which each separate client application can use. The new release of Xamarin includes a new feature – Xamarin Forms which allows the sharing of UI logic across platform too.
PhoneGap packages your HTML, JavaScript and CSS based application to create a hybrid application, whereas Xamarin creates a truly native application using C#.
Power BI: Part 3 – Deployment Scenarios
This is the final part of a 3 part series on Power BI. Part 1 discussed the tenets of self-service analytics and how Power BI and be leveraged. Part 2 provided a more in depth discussion of Power BI capabilities. Part 3 will look at Power BI deployment scenarios.
Before deploying Power BI, you must clearly understand who your content creators and content consumers are. The following personas typically exist within an organization:
The Executive needs information that is highly aggregated to give a high-level picture of the state of a business or functional area. Often presented in the form of a dashboard or scorecard, information for the executive is intended to spark questions and drive strategic decision making.
The Analytist needs raw or lightly summarized data to consume for the purpose of creating a detailed analysis of a specific business problem or opportunity. Analysts present data in the form of spreadsheets, presentations or ad hoc reports that have limited use beyond the specific problem they are tasked to solve.
The Manager needs information that provides a detailed analysis of a specific business area or function. Data for the manager is used in planning future activities or assessing past performance. It is at a level of detail that can help define specific actions, such as a territorial sales plan or marketing activities for a product launch. Data for the manager is generally provided as reports or detailed scorecards.
Operational users deal with data presented at a transactional level. Examples of an operational report may include invoice registers created by accounting or a daily production plan published by a production planner. Operational data has been traditionally presented in the form of reports. Increasingly, data for the operational user is being presented on-line via Intranets or mobile devices.
Consumption Modes
Desktop applications, Web Browsers, Smart Phone/Tablet Applications
The mix of personas, audiences and consumption modes along with core business requirements provides input into deciding on how best to deploy Power BI as a whole or its individual components.
Deployment Scenario 1 : Desktop Excel 2013
This is the simplest scenario and can service the needs of individuals accessing local and remote data sources. In this scenario an Analyst is typically trying to address a specific domain problem related to an assigned task. The output of the solution may provide insights into a related issue or it may be a one-time solution. At this level Power Pivot, Power View, Power Maps and/or Power Query may be leveraged to address the specific analysis. One important characteristic of this scenario is that it may never venture far from the Analysts' desk. Also, the content creators and consumers may be the same individual. The consumption mode is generally at the desktop level using Excel.
Deployment Scenario 2 : Desktop Excel 2013 Power Pivot workbooks deployed via SharePoint
This scenario expands on deployment scenario 1. This scenario also facilitates using multiple disparate data sources via Power Pivot and Power Query. A specific domain problem has been identified but the value of the analysis is far more reaching than an individual analysts' desk. The problem may address a department need or the broader need of a functional area. SharePoint is leveraged for the dissemination of information to a wider audience. Data can be refreshed on a regular basis using Power Pivot refresh. Since the data is stored in the Excel/Power Pivot workbook, it is possible to drilldown into the transactions that support the analysis. This deployment scenario can support the operational, managerial, analytic and executive personas for domain specific problems. Any limitations are related to managing the volume of data stored in an individual workbook as well as preventing duplication of effort within an organization. The consumption mode is via desktop applications or Web Browsers. This includes smartphone and tablet based web browsers.
Deployment Scenario 3 : Power View, Excel workbooks deployed via SharePoint Leveraging Tabular/Multidimensional mode Analysis Services
In this scenario, the analysis can be much more detailed, and encompass much larger volumes of data. The physical data is typically external but may also be embedded in an Excel/Power Pivot workbook. Disparate data sources have been integrated via a Tabular model or an Analysis Services cube. Complex solutions can be deployed via Power View in SharePoint or Excel Services. This deployment scenario supports all of the personas and provides a great deal of flexibility in how the solution can be processed and delivered as well as a rich interactive user experience. The consumption mode is via desktop applications or Web Browsers. This includes smartphone and tablet based web browsers.
Deployment Scenario 4 : Power BI via Office 365
Power BI via Office 365 provides the ability to service all of the above personas as well as all of the consumption modes. As in deployment scenario 3, the analysis can be much more detailed, and encompass much larger volumes of data. This includes full access to all of the Power BI components (Power Maps, Power Query, Power View, and Power Pivot). Additional information consumption methods are available above and beyond the base interactive functionality. For instance, there may be a situation where a specific analyses does not exist. Power BI via Office 365 provides a question and answer mode in which natural language queries may be executed against the associated Excel/Power Pivot workbook data source (e.g. "Show total sales by product category"). A dictionary of business terms (synonyms) should be created to fully leverage this capability. The synonyms map information consumer concepts to the underlying analytic model. Information may also be consumed via a Power BI app available via the Windows App Store. The Power BI app is linked to an Office 365 site supporting the deployed Excel/Power Pivot workbooks. One item to note is that Office 365 BI capabilities (question and answer) are cloud based as a component of the Office 365 subscription. In deployment scenarios 2-3 on-premises or off-premises SharePoint can be used for information delivery. This raises the additional question of should the deployment mechanism for an BI content be on or off premises. This in itself is a complex topic and cannot be fully addressed without understanding an organizations specific requirements.
The above deployment scenarios by no means cover all of the possible options available for the deployment of Power BI, but they do represent the more common ones. If you are considering using and deploying Power BI the above scenarios can be used as a starting point and modified as required to fit an organization's specific requirements.
CNUG June'14 meet-up – slides and demo code
It was a pleasure to present TDD as an evolving methodology and talk about its current state.
I want to thank the group for active participation while discussing application design, benefits & challenges around the methodology.
Also, thanks to Keith Franklin for the opportunity and organizing the event.
The slides and demo code from the meet-up can be downloaded from GitHub here – https://github.com/MayankSri/CNUG-TDD
The YouTube videos on discussion on "Is TDD Dead?" can be found on Martin Fowler's site here – http://martinfowler.com/articles/is-tdd-dead
Key Takeaways from SAPPHIRE 2014
Leonardo da Vinci said "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."
In 2012 at a time when business and technology was growing increasingly complex, MPS Partners evolved its thinking toward a more simplified approach to solve customers' problems. We make the implementation of SAP solutions simpler using the Microsoft platform. We think about client engagements differently and challenge the status quo to deliver simplified yet sophisticated solutions that deliver greater value.
It was interesting, and a testament to our thinking and direction, to hear SAP's new mantra is also around simplicity. I hope this materializes for them because simplifying all solutions on the SAP platform is an arduous undertaking as compared to MPS Partners simplifying a specific business solution.
Fiori is the new user experience paradigm that came out of SAP Labs a couple of years ago. It was a big announcement during this year's SAPPHIRE that Fiori is now included free with SAP Software. Fiori is the next generation user experience built on top of SAP applications. This change was based on the feedback from both customers and partners.
With the consumerization of IT, SAP users have been asking for better user experience, so solutions such as SAP Business Suite are using SAP Fiori UX principles to deliver it. Fiori helps provide a consistent UX across multiple devices – desktop, tablet, and smartphone.
SAP HANA is at the center of everything that SAP is doing these days. I heard about HANA at every announcement/session I was in. It was a great discussion during the Day II keynote between Prof Clayton from Harvard and Dr.Hasso Plattner. The takeaway there is that we need to look across organizational boundaries in finance, supply chain, etc. and enable customer engagement. The HANA platform enables a non-aggregate based solution focused on the customer to get their job done. This supports both the transactional model and getting insights from the data collected.
SAP on Microsoft Azure
SAP now officially supports Azure as a platform for production systems with a combination of SAP products, Operating Systems and DBMS systems. This is a big step in the relationship between Microsoft and SAP as Microsoft Azure is becoming a key cloud platform provider.
I have always discussed with my customers how Microsoft Azure can be used for SAP sandbox environments such as DEV, QA and Training. Support for productive SAP environment is a big step though there are several limitations and kinks which I am sure will be fixed in time.
It was clear that it is the age of the omni-present user. We all carry multiple devices, we might start our day at home with our smartphones, switch to our tablet on the way to work, to desktop at work and back in reverse order as we end our day. Added to this are the Internet of Things world consuming/collecting data. Enterprise applications needs to address this. It is about devices, from your smartphone to your refrigerator.
The future is about providing highly-available solutions that provide consistent user-experience across devices anywhere, anytime.
In future articles I will be elaborating on each of these topics.
Targeting a wide range of devices with your application (3 of 4)
Option 2 – Separate sites for mobile and desktop
Moving the application forward from the previous post – this option talks about creating separate sites for desktop and mobile browsers. This approach relied on the same User Agent that Adaptive Web Rendering relies on, to get information about the native platform and the browser.
Separate sites for mobile and desktop got a huge boost around 2011 when HTML 5 enabled the mobile browsers with a bunch of new capabilities. Within a year, most of the mobile browsers implemented flashy new HTML5 features while the desktop browsers were still catching up. So it made perfect sense to create a separate site for mobile browsers.
In this model, based on the user agent information, the request is directed to a separate site (typically m.MyApp.com as opposed to MyApp.com for desktop browsers).
The mobile site brings in smarter functionalities up front using newer features like Geo Location, Web Socket based duplex communication etc. Using a separate site for mobile means reduced bytes sent across the wire to minimize data usage and keeping the site performance up. The mobile site might be in a better position to be SoLoMo (Social-Local-Mobile) than the desktop site. However, depending on the business of the application, SoLoMo is something you always want to consider, whether mobile or desktop.
As far as the native look and feel is concerned, all the techniques discussed in the previous option – responsive design and adaptive rendering – are still available to the application. In this case the application is category aware (desktop or mobile) so, it can be more fine-tuned towards the target platform.
While this model is still great and is a common practice by most applications, there has been some decline in the usage of this model. Firstly because the desktop browsers have caught up on the latest and greatest features of HTML 5. Secondly, the heavy reliance on user agent can be risky. Every time a new version of the platform and browser comes out, the algorithm that reads it to understand the device might need a re-adjustment.
In spite of these issues, using a separate Web site for Mobile and Desktop enables the application to be seen and heard clearly, across platforms and form factors. It gives you the option to think differently for mobile users and achieve more with Responsive Web Design and Adaptive Rendering.
We will go one step further in the next post to being as native to the platform as possible without rewriting the application in the native technology.


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Laurinburg, N.C. - Dr. William T. McConnell, associate dean for Adult and Extended Programs, was appointed by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction to review Dropout Prevention Grants.
These grants were submitted by public schools and non-profit community organizations throughout North Carolina. Through this review process, the North Carolina legislature was able to allocate $13 million dollars toward addressing high school dropout problems within the state.
Fall semester was a busy time for McConnell as in September, his article, "Examining Ourselves: Are we Living up to our Own Standards," was published in The Choral Journal, a publication of the American Choral Directors Association.
McConnell has also been appointed to the choral adjudication panel for The American Prize for a second time. The American Prize is a non-profit prize that recognizes amateur and professional music making in the United States.
McConnell holds degrees in music from Oral Roberts University, East Carolina University and the University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.
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EYEWITNESS SPORTSSports Recap 1-19-13
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WVU Smashed By Purdue; Marshall Thumps ECU
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January 19, 2013
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) -- D.J. Byrd scored 17 points to help Purdue defeat West Virginia 79-52 on Saturday afternoon.
Rapheal Davis added 16 points, Anthony Johnson 12 and Terone Johnson 11 for the Boilermakers (10-8), who won their third straight.
Purdue shot 49 percent from the field and outrebounded the Mountaineers 44-34.
Eron Harris scored 10 points for West Virginia, which barely surpassed its season low of 50 points. Harris was the only Mountaineers player to reach double figures. The Mountaineers (8-9) have lost three straight and four of five.
West Virginia shot just 29 percent from the field, and the Mountaineers had six assists and 17 turnovers.
It was the third consecutive opponent Purdue has held below 34 percent shooting. Penn State shot 26 percent Sunday in Purdue's 60-42 win and Nebraska shot 33 percent as the Boilermakers prevailed 65-56 in Lincoln, Neb., on Wednesday night.
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) -- DeAndre Kane tallied 22 points and Dennis Tinnon added his fifth double-double of the season as Marshall defeated Conference USA rival East Carolina 77-56 Saturday night.
Kane hit 7 of 14 from the field and made 3 of 6 from 3-point range, while Tinnon had 11 points and 12 boards for the Thundering Herd (9-9, 2-1). Elijah Pittman added 19 points and D.D. Scarver 11, while Nigel Spikes grabbed 11 rebounds.
Marshall improved to 8-1 this year in the Cam Henderson Center.
Robert Sampson collected his fifth double-double of the year with 10 points and 17 rebounds for East Carolina (11-6, 2-2), which had its two-game winning streak snapped.
Miguel Paul added 17 points and five assists, but committed seven of the Pirates' 18 turnovers.
Marshall scored 24 points off the giveaways, and also outscored East Carolina 52-30 in the paint and 20-4 on fast breaks.
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"Even when you're 9 and not yet completely aware of all these social expectations, you are already getting the message that your body isn't good enough the way it is," said Caitlin Boyle, the founder of a feminine empowerment campaign called Operation Beautiful.
The goal of Operation Beautiful is to help women of all ages change the way they see themselves by leaving positive Post-Its in public places for others to find.
The notes are left in locations where negative self-talk often occurs. They have been placed on bathroom mirrors, scales, diet pills and books that someone struggling with self-esteem might pick up.
Boyle said that one group of creative women held a protest and picketed for positivity on a busy street corner.
In October, the phrase "YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL" was painted on an overpass in Birmingham. Since then, the message has appeared at several other locations throughout Birmingham and in Homewood.
Boyle said Operation Beautiful became popular almost instantly after she started it in June 2009.
She had the idea on a bad day when she was feeling overwhelmed by working a full-time job and attending classes at a community college at night.
"I think I had failed an exam, and I remember walking into the bathroom feeling so horrible about myself and my abilities. That's what caused me to post that first note," Boyle said.
Since then, photos of more than 7,000 notes from all over the world have been submitted to the Operation Beautiful website.
A collection of 125 of the most amazing notes and stories were published last August in a book, "Operation Beautiful: Transforming the Way You See Yourself One Post-It Note at a Time."
Boyle said her favorite messages include "Take a diet from negative thoughts" and "Scales measure weight, not worth."
Her favorite story about an Operation Beautiful note that had an impact involves a Canadian teenager named Vit.
Vit was in a treatment center for severe anorexia. When she went to the bathroom to throw up her lunch, she found a note on the stall that said, "You are good enough the way you are."
Several months later, Vit contacted Boyle to let her know that she was out of the hospital and healthier than ever.
Boyle said negative messages have caused too many people to strive for a type of perfection that does not exist in the real world.
"It's OK to look like a human!" she said.
The next Operation Beautiful book will focus on tweens and teens and is set to be released in summer 2012.
Although Operation Beautiful is primarily a campaign for women, Boyle said men have participated as well.
"I really like it when guys find the notes because they always e-mail me and say something like, 'I found this note on the subway, and I know it's supposed to be for girls but it really made me feel better too,'" Boyle said.
Boyle said she is no longer surprised by the success of Operation Beautiful. The campaign is simple, quick and effective for everyone involved.
"I think it makes people smile when they realize how much goodness there is in the world. The idea that someone would do this for a stranger is so uplifting," Boyle said.
For more information, visit www.operationbeautiful.com.