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When we were redoing our kitchen 4 years ago I got rather obsessed with having a Plain English two tone kitchen.
I had pulled out so many pictures from magazines in my ideas book and under scrutiny each one ended up being Plain English.
But what was to be done? The cabinetry alone was bound to be north of £30-£50k.
At the time I investigated and found The Old Creamery . Cue a long drive to Devon. By tweaking some cabinet dimensions, having one colour for the wall cupboards and another for base cabinets, we got a mickey mouse version of the Plain English kitchen for £6000, and splashed out on the granite worktop etc. Job done.
Were we to try to recreate the Plain English look again now, there would be more choice.
Neptune Kitchens are stunning and reasonably priced.
A couple of friends have gone for the Wickes Heritage Grey which looks super slick.
But who would have thought that Plain English themselves would launch a budget range? Prince Charles did. At the Ideal Home show, he noted the quality of the Plain English Kitchen on display and queried "How can we get this to the People?"
The owners rose to Chuckles' challenge and came up with British Standard Cupboards. The strapline for which is " sensible cupboards at sensible prices for discerning folk of modest means"
Still stunning but not indulgent, not the price of a terraced house in my home town. There is no measuring service, delivery or fitting - but that's fine. It only comes in one colour "broken white" but white is perfect and a quick paint job would not cost the earth.
Despite the no frills nature it does not look like a Ryanair kitchen. It looks dreamy. I love the monochrome pared- back look. Spend extra on a super range cooker, statement worktop and decent spec sockets and lighting and no-one will know the difference.
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A walk-in pantry is something I would love when I get my "big house" (whenever that might be). Until then I will settle for: our lovely larder, a chiconomic version of the Harvey Jones £5000 jobby, for a tenth of the price (www.oldcreameryfurniture.com); and the original Edwardian built in dresser still intact in our kitchen.
Larders tend to hide away your guilty secrets (Oreo cookies here). Although some of my favourites are beautifully stocked despite being behind closed doors. Dressers by their very nature are more showy and allow us to put our beloved collections out there.
For some larder lust and dresser envy take a look at these:
This is a combo of both, so a "drarder"? Certainly not a "lesser". Lesser is more though.
The best examples of larders, in my humble opinion, are the ones which have all of the store cupboard items decanted into lovely jars and bottles. Who has time for that?!
Pasta and Lentils and Flour get that treatment in our place but life is too short to decant a caper.
Another hybrid Pantry/Larder/Dresser. Lovely.
This one has been doing the rounds on Pinterest, repinned to death so we are clearly loving. There is a fabulous tutorial on how to achieve this look here http://www.thehouseofsmiths.com/2010/07/pantry-remix.html
I like the idea that with a pantry comes a lifestyle change, in that once you have one, you have to buy your groceries with one eye on how they will look in said pantry. I would quite like a Carluccios style pantry but then all I would eat would be gnochhi, dried mushrooms in a truffle sauce and the like, which although delicious is just not real life.
If a regular reader (ha you have to laugh - I mean Mum, husband and some best friends) you will know that I have a slight obsession with Annabel's House. This is a lesson in how to dress your Dresser for success. Linens, nice cook books and then lots of vintage crockery. I heart this, and clearly so do the magazine editors. Annabel's House features in the vintage kitchen feature on p76 of this month's Country Homes and Interiors. See more of this stunning house here http://www.1st-option.net/index.php?locpk=5393&pages=stills_locations.html&cat=individual&cattitle=all&sub=
This www.marthastewart.com image is very pleasing too. From the bluey grey paint finish to the greige crockery.
If space is a premium you can still have the dresser look by having glass in your wall units. It means that you have to be a bit more disciplined with your cupboard management but is a trend I like to label Downton Abbey style.
I think this works especially well if you have a period property and do not want the fitted kitchen look. Ikea have some great cabinets which would help you achieve this look economically. Check out http://www.1st-option.net/index.php?locpk=5393&pages=stills_locations.html&cat=individual&cattitle=all&sub=
If I give my larder tidy up I may even share a shot. Until then here is our platter display in our original welsh dresser.


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Though not confirmed, Inside Line expects the 2014 Sedona to take its overall minivan/crossover shape from Kia's KV7 concept car first seen at the 2011 North American International Auto Show. That backs up what we theorized last January in Detroit. Kia's VP of marketing hinted to us then that the KV7 wasn't purely a styling exercise and that could one day inspire a production vehicle. Don't, however, hold out for the concept's fantastical gullwing doors, swiveling seats, LED instrument panel or LED headlights.
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Winner of Muhr AsiaAfrica / Feature /Special Jury Prize: Oliver Schmitz (Director)
Fear and panic is struck into the heart of Elandsdoorn, a small rural South African village, when a baby suddenly dies. Left bereaved, 12-year old Chanda tries to come to terms with the double tragedy in this elegiac and moving film by one of South Africa's greatest directors, Oliver Schmitz. Determined and intelligent Chanda is left to cope with her two younger siblings, alone. Meanwhile, the neighbouring community soon becomes withdrawn and hostile. Rumours begin circulating as to the true cause of the deaths and an atmosphere of suspicion and paranoia descends over the previously peaceful and happy village. And as Chanda becomes increasingly ostracised and isolated, her determination to discover the truth drives her to the very limits of her endurance. A sobering and powerful story, featuring a stand-out performance from young lead Khomotso Manyaka as Chanda.
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Sometimes I wonder if the creators of Sesame Street REALLY created the show from a kid's perspective or from their own. I was never really amused by the programme when I was a kid. I could never really identify with it. I thought Cookie Monster was inane (ya, kids aren't THAT stupid, y'know?), but I wasn't exactly smart enough to understand all the Bert and Ernie jokes (and certainly NOT the innuendo).
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A business glossary can connect workers across the enterprise to critical business information they can trust, helping to eliminate misunderstandings that cause lost time, lost opportunities and lost revenue. Creating great definitions and business term names will aid significantly in enabling search capabilities. The Business Glossary should be an early deliverable from your DG program and mature to include the logical and physical data constructs as a valuable component to drive DG maturity and value.This seminar will be helpful for data management and Governance professionals that have been challenged with any of the following issues:How to organize the business glossary program for quick wins as well as position for a maturing DG programBusiness Intelligence, BPM and KPI ambiguityLegal and compliance regulations are driving new projects that are not clearly defined (such as TART)Enterprise or international projects like CDI/MDM that must address terminology and semantic differences across the enterpriseWhy should you Attend: Often organizations are challenged in selecting the first enterprise wide implementation that the Data Governance (DG) program should address. A Business Glossary is a great first initiative as well as one that provides significant value to the enterprise. A Business Glossary activity, when addresses as data sprints, can provide the DG program with effective and quick success, as well as great visibility for the program.Good Governance processes are critical for many enterprises that are:Unclear how to achieve quick results from Data GovernanceOrganized geographically introducing global enterprise semantic differencesChallenged by complexity of terminology having many glossariesMergers and Acquisitions have introduce semantic differences across the enterpriseAreas Covered in the Session:Methods for establishing the Business Glossary, standards and best practicesHow to leverage your existing Governance team and processesHow to create structured definition standards and name business termsTechniques to get your Glossary populated and usedWho Will Benefit:CDO and Director of Data GovernanceData StewardsData Governance Analysts and Data Governance team membersData ArchitectsSpeaker Profile:Lowell is recognized as a thought leader in business metadata/glossaries, enterprise application integration, DW/BI applications, and Data Governance having hands-on experience with over 80 business intelligence implementations. He has also been recognized by W. H. (Bill) Inmon, and is a contributor to six of his books. Mr. Fryman is a co-author of the book "Business Metadata: Capturing Enterprise Knowledge". Lowell an Data Architect in the Healthcare Practice of Edgewater Technology Inc. Lowell has achieved a number of certifications including Certified Business Intelligence Professional (CBIP) for ICCP/TDWI and has an MSIT degree. Webinar on How to Implement HIPAA Requirements in GxP Regulated Establishments 9/17/2014 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Online Mississauga Canada Event Listing Summary: This webinar will explain HIPAA and the impact of HIPAA to the Life-sciences Industry, followed by explaining how to leverage the GxP work that a company already has, to create a cost effective approach to complying with both GxP and HIPAA requirements. Clinical Research Foundation for the Application Concepts and Theories 9/18/2014 8:30 AM - 9/19/2014 5:30 PM Courtyard Miami Downtown Miami, Florida United States Event Listing Summary: Overview:This two day seminar will provide the foundation for the application, concepts and theories of clinical research. Within the two days, attendees will learn about the historical evolution of research, current regulations and guidelines including the Common Rule, FDA regulations and HIPAA. We will discuss site and study staff responsibilities in the conduct and reporting of research, types of studies and the regulatory requirements that apply to different study designs. We will discuss a variety of research including genetic, drug, device, and studies that use off-site or community partners. Current examples will be used and the audience will be invited to share their experiences and information.Why should you attend:For those involved in or wanting to be involved in research dealing with human subjects or an individual's private identifiable information, protection of human subjects and all that this topic encompasses is imperative to know as there federal regulations that must be followed. In addition to federal regulations, there are state statues, institutional policies, federal guidance documents, and ethical codes that guide the conduct of the research so that it not only meets the regulatory requirements but so that the study is conducted in an ethical manner containing adequate protections for the individuals who elect to enroll in the research or allow their information to be used for research. Guidelines also provide interpretation of the regulations which are not always as clear as they might appear upon first reading them. Attendance at this two day session will not only provide an introduction or refresher of the regulations, it will also provide attendees with the opportunity to discuss and learn how these regulations, ethical codes and guidance documents get applied in different situations. This information can then be used to help attendees in their day-to-day decision making when confronted with situations or questions regarding how to handle issues that do arise (e.g. a participant not showing for a scheduled appointment, an event that is unexpected occurs, someone who does not speak wishes to enroll in the study, a participate signed an outdated consent document, etc.) when conducting human subjectsAreas Covered in the Session:• Department of Health and Human Services regulations, 45 CFR 46• Office for Human Research Protections Guidance• The FDA regulations, 21 CFR 50, 56, 312, 314, 812, 814• HIPAA and Hi-Tech• ICH E6 Good Clinical Practices• Coercion vs. undue influence• Recruitment of Research Subjects• Vulnerable populations• Non-English speaking populations• Inclusion of Women and Minorities• Waivers of consent• Waivers of consent vs. waivers of authorization• Assent vs. consent• Wards of the State• Certificates of confidentiality• Levels of de-identification what they are and how they affect consent• Privacy vs. confidentiality• Study responsibilities: ICH vs. NIH• Drug/Device Accountability• Codes of Conduct• Conflicts of Interest• Reporting responsibilities• Monitoring• Investigator-sponsor responsibilities• Study types• Special concern studies• Standard operating procedures vs. protocol vs. IRB submission• Common compliance issues• Data safety monitoring• Adverse event monitoring and reporting including Serious adverse events and unanticipated problems• Investigational Drug and Device use in clinical trials• Assurances and Agreements (e.g. MOU)• Site Responsibilities• International Ethical Guidelines• Applying ICH to international sitesWho Will Benefit:• Principal Investigators / Sub-investigators.• Clinical Research Scientists (PKs, Biostatisticians,)• Safety Nurses• Clinical Research Associates (CRAs) and Coordinators (CRCs)• Recruiting staff• QA / QC auditors and staff• Clinical Research Data managers• Human Research Protection professionalsCourse Outline:Day 1 – AgendaLecture 1: The Evolution of Human Experimentation Regulation and Overview of Clinical Research and Ethics in Human ResearchLecture 2: Current Federal Regulations and Agencies involved in Human ResearchLecture 3: Selection and Recruitment of Research SubjectsLecture 4: Informed Consent in Clinical TrialsLecture 5: Confidentiality of Clinical Trial InformationLecture 6: The InvestigatorLecture 7: Research ProtocolsDay 2 – AgendaLecture 8: Multisite, Community and Collaborative StudiesLecture 9: The Institutional Review BoardLecture 10: Patient Safety in Clinical Trials ResearchLecture 11: Research Under the Food, Drug & Cosmetic ActLecture 12: International ResearchLecture 13: Compliance and Human ResearchLecture 14: Accreditation and Risk Management in Clinical TrialsAbout Speaker:Sarah Fowler-Dixon Education Specialist and instructor, Washington UniversitySarah Fowler-Dixon, PhD, CIP is Education Specialist and instructor with Washington University School of Medicine. She has developed a comprehensive education program for human subject research which has served as a model for other institutions. She crafted budgets, policies, procedures, reporting, and training for the new program. She has initiated the planning, development, authorship and implementation of many human subjects' research policies, practices, guidelines, and submission and reviewer forms often working with state and federal authorities. She has provided consultation regarding ethical, federal, state, and institutional requirements for faculty and staff both in the design and execution of their projects and teaches research ethics and regulatory affairs and the fundamentals of research management to graduate and undergraduate students. More recently, she lead a task force in the development of the Community Engaged Research Program at Washington University. Dr. Fowler-Dixon has simultaneously served as an Independent Consultant, providing expertise and creating supplemental educational materials, including a copyrighted workbook. Prior to joining Washington University, Dr. Fowler-Dixon was the Educational Development and Learning Specialist for Saint Louis University serving on various committees to improve research, procedures, community outreach, and retention.Date, Venue & Price:Location: Miami | September 18th & 19th 2014 | 8:30 AM to 5:30 PMVenue: Courtyard Miami Downtown200 SE Second Avenue - Miami, Florida 33131 USAPrice: $1,295.00 Register now and save $200. 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The instructor will present different areas of work with a "how to" approach so that the seminar participant can see how the subject matter applies to the participant's work either now or in the future. 2day Inperson Seminar on GMP Compliance for Pharmaceutical Quality Control Laboratories in Berlin 9/18/2014 9:00 AM - 9/19/2014 6:00 PM Hilton Hotel Berlin Event Listing Summary: This course is designed for people who are growing in their knowledge of pharmaceutical quality control practices and regulations. webinar on Failure Mode and Effects Analysis for Software in Medical Devices 9/18/2014 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Online event Event Listing Summary: It's not enough to do your best. You must first know what to do, and then do your best. The FMEA methodology is so structured; it forces you to identify the right things to do. 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The majority of the Division's work is done at the local level through our Community Partnership Grantees.
Here is a map of our current Community Partnerships.
The PDF below provides a profile of our Community Partnerships and a few of their success stories.
To view a report like the PDF below for each county follow the 'MAP' link above, click on a county and then scroll to bottom of the pop up window. There will be a link at the bottom of that window that will open a Community Partnership report for that county.
The Division has created databases to capture recent activity around the state in support of tobacco-free/nicotine free policy implementation. The following databases reflect policies that have been submitted to the Division as of May, 2014. Note that many businesses/employers may be tobacco-free/nicotine-free however a policy has not been submitted to the Division for review as of this time. If you have questions you may contact Division staff at 515-281-6225.
Updates to the list for this month are:
Woodbury County: Sioux City Schools updated to add nicotine policy
Woodbury County: Sergeant Bluff- Luton updated to add nicotine policy
Clinton County: Calamus-Wheatland updated to a nicotine comprehensive policy
Cerro Gordo County: Clear Lake Schools updated nicotine and tobacco free
Wright County: Eagle Grove updated to tobacco and nicotine free
Updated the following schools:
Story county: Nevada and Ballard updated policies
Polk County: · Bondurant-Farrar updated to comprehensive tobacco-free
Polk County: · Johnston updated to comprehensive nicotine-free
Polk County: · North Polk updated to comprehensive nicotine-free
Polk County: · Saydel updated to comprehensive tobacco-free
Polk County: · West Des Moines updated to comprehensive nicotine-free
Warren County: · Indianola updated to comprehensive nicotine-free
Warren County: · Martensdale St. Mary's updated to comprehensive tobacco-free
Henry County: · Waco updated policy to include nicotine products
The Iowa Smokefree Air Act made all schools in Iowa, including their grounds, smokefree but did not address the use of non-smoked tobacco products. The Division of Tobacco Use Prevention and Control as been working with local partners and schools to create a Comprehensive Tobacco/Nicotine Free School Policy that districts can voluntarily adopt. The database below is a current database of schools in Iowa and their tobacco use policy.
A comprehensive tobacco free schools policy contain:
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This blog is all about ways I'm working to streamline my development. Here is one library my colleague introduced that I've decided to port to Connect.
Slightly relevant to my last post. This library will speed up my process a bit with its validation and Twitter Bootstrap capabilities. Still working on publishing my whole development stack for Node.js apps. Stay tuned!
I've used a lot of database abstractions (from Hibernate to Doctrine to ActiveRecord to Mongoose) over the years and the one thing I continually find myself introducing is this Model->Form and Form->Model abstraction that I like to call a bridge. Sometimes it's the simplest of abstractions that save a developer the most time.
abstract class AbstractBridge {
protected $model;
protected $form;
public function __construct(Model $model, Form $form) { ... }
public function setModel(Model $model) { ... }
public function setForm(Form $form) { ... }
abstract public function getModel();
abstract public function getForm();
The concept is super simple: given this populated form, build me a model – or, conversely, given this database populated model, build me a form object. With PHP's magic setters and getters, the implementation might look something like this:
public function getModel() {
foreach($this->getFields() as $field) {
$this->model->$field = $this->form->{$field}->getValue();
return $this->model;
public function getForm() {
foreach($this->getFields() as $field) {
return $this->form;
As business logic becomes more complex or you encounter specific use cases, you can further specialize your bridges out from there. Perhaps your form object shouldn't know about certain members of your model. Or maybe you need to perform some sort of transformation going from form to model. It's as simple as creating a specialized bridge. If you'd like to introduce validation, it can live on either side of the abstraction, but I often choose to handle mine with the form object just because it's closest to the user layer and I can easily throw out validation messages… that's another topic for another time.
One popular technique I see popping up all over in modern web development is the sticky div. A sticky div (if there is a better term for this out there, please leave a comment!) is simply a div that is initially positioned relative but becomes fixed when scrolled past. A prime example of a sticky div can be found on Facebook's feed; as you scroll down the feed, there is an adzone that initially scrolls normal but becomes fixed after you pass a certain threshold. Ads are important business, so to let this scroll out of view would be bad!
An even more popular and noticeable sticky div can be found on Pinterest. Scroll just 44px and you'll notice that the main navigation panel sticks. Pretty cool.
Achieving this behavior is pretty simple: bind an event to window.onscroll that monitors the scroll top of the current window relative to the top offset of the div you'd like to stick and throw a fixed class on the element. Seems easy enough, but what happens when you have multiple sticky divs on a page? That can get a bit computationally heavy for an onscroll event.
We can introduce something game developers have been using for years called an Interval Tree. A good Interval Tree will yield O(log n). A quick search for an Interval Tree in JavaScript brought me to this library by Shin Suzuki. It appears to be a centered Interval Tree which yields O(log n + m), where m is the number of reported results, but that should be perfect for our purposes. So, to begin we'll build up our Interval Tree with the scrollable intervals for where we want our divs to be fixed.
var itree = new IntervalTree(500);
itree.add([0,$('.sticky:first').offset().top, -1]);
var stickies = $('.sticky');
for(var i=0; i<stickies.size(); i++){
var top = stickies.eq(i).offset().top;
var bottom = (i+1 == stickies.size()) ? $(document).height() : stickies.eq(i+1).offset().top;
itree.add([top, bottom, i]);
Since this is a centered interval list, I'm just going to provide a center of 500. If I were to throw this into an actual site, I'd probably just take the average height of the site and divide by two. The next line identifies a zone where nothing will be stuck. The interval list add call just takes an array defined as [top, bottom, id]. Id in this case will be in the index of my collection of sticky divs. Now lets define our onscroll event:
var current;
$(document).scroll(function(e) {
var found = itree.search(document.body.scrollTop).shift();
if(found && current != found.data[2]) {
current = found.data[2];
if(current != -1) {
Easy peasy. I've never attempted any benchmarking on any sticky div techniques using a scroll event, so this may be overkill, but at least you now know a use for an interval tree! See a quick demo at: Sticky Div Interval Tree Test.
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Dolby® Home Theater® v4 delivers the ultimate surround sound experience to PCs. Easy to implement and integrate, this comprehensive set of audio technologies gives consumers the high fidelity they've always wanted from their laptops. By setting personalized EQ profiles, they can achieve exactly the sound quality they want: more powerful bass, clearer dialogue, and crisp, consistent audio overall.
Custom tuned by Dolby experts, each PC model provides cinematic surround sound through headphones, the PC's built-in or external speakers, or a connected home theater. Consumers can now watch movies, listen to music, or play games on their laptops while enjoying a dynamic audio experience only Dolby can offer.
Surround Decoder: creates a surround sound experience by converting two-channel stereo audio into 5.1 channels and converting 5.1-channel audio into 7.1 channels
Dialogue Enhancer: allows users to hear and understand every word of dialogue
Volume Leveler: maintains the volume across all content and applications according to where the user set the volume level
Intelligent Equalizer: monitors and adjusts audio to match the user's chosen preset
Graphic Equalizer: lets consumers tailor audio to their exact specifications using high-quality general filtering
Surround Virtualizer for built-in speakers: creates a virtualized surround sound experience of stereo or multichannel content over stereo speakers
Surround Virtualizer for headphones: creates a virtualized surround sound experience of stereo or multichannel content over normal stereo headphones
Volume Maximizer: boosts the audio signal so users can turn up the volume without causing noise or clipping
Audio Optimizer: improves the frequency response of the PC's built-in speakers so content sounds truer to the way its creator meant it to be heard
Audio Regulator: eliminates or reduces noise caused by the combination of overdriven speakers and amplifiers
Dolby Digital Output: converts all PC audio to Dolby Digital signals, allowing the PC to be connected to a home theater system
Easy to implement and integrate, the Dolby Home Theater v4 audio tools give consumers the quality and control they've always wanted from their PCs.
Dolby brand links PCs to high-fidelity audio and provides competitive differentiation
Simple implementation ensures smooth integration into PC platforms
Customized audio solution ensures an enhanced PC audio experience for the consumer
Advanced user interface gives consumers greater control over their PC audio
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Katy Perry Is Cosmo's First-Ever Global Cover Girl — See Her Covers [PHOTOS]
Katy Perry has accomplished a lot in her career — and now she can add "first-ever global Cosmo cover star" to her list. That's right: For the first time ever in the magazine's history, one artist (that would be Perry) will grace the cover of the June issue of Cosmo mag all across the globe — everywhere from the United States to Australia and back again. Check out some of her covers below!
Katy Perry dazzles like a mermaid on the American cover of Cosmo, shimmering in a sequined rainbow dress, which she compliments with her "slime green" hair.
She switches up her look for Cosmopolitan Spain, donning a (still shimmering!) striped dress with a slit that reaches up to her hip. Hot!
Perry is back in the rainbow frock for the cover of Cosmo Australia, this time showing off her to-die-for sea-foam green mani (and a significantly more cleavage.)
Perry donned an entirely different outfit for Cosmo Germany, wearing a fiery top streaked with flames and a snake skin print, skin-tight pencil skirt. Roar!
For the Great Britain issue, Perry looks the mirror image of her Spain cover, though this time the shot was taken further away, showing off her enviable body (perfect for a "body confidence!" issue.)
Cute! Perry took the more innocent route for Cosmo Singapore, wearing a colorful and funky peplum dress while rocking a huge grin on her face.
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Hundreds of thousands of people are getting ready to paint the town pink for the Philadelphia Three Day Walk For A Cure.
FOX 29's Stephanie Esposito was live in Willow Grove where the event kicked off. The crowd was growing more excited by the minute. 1,200 are already there, ready for the kick off event to start at 7:00 a.m.
Esposito talked to Dr. Shari Phillips, a national spokeswoman for the event. Dr. Phillips told FOX 29 that she's also a five-year breast cancer survivor.
"We are a family, we are a community, and I could not imagine being anyplace else but here this weekend," she told FOX 29. Watch the full interview this morning.
Join FOX 29's Mike Jerrick and the Good Day Philadelphia team for a tasty night of yummy treats benefiting local youth.
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MERCER COUNTY, Pennsylvania - Mercer County United Way chose the date 2/11 to promote its new 2-1-1 assistance phone system.
The aim of PA 2-1-1 is much the same as 9-1-1, to provide an easy to remember three-digit number to get connected to the proper agency, but for non-emergencies.
"Our research shows us that it takes anywhere from seven to 10 calls to find the right agency, so 2-1-1 is that three digit non-emergency number that we want people to start using and they will be referred to the correct agency almost immediately," said James Micsky, Director of the Mercer United Way.
The list of agencies can help address a variety of assistance needs.
"Things like food, housing, utility assistance, knowing where to go for a flu shot or some other type of service," Micaky said.
Callers to 2-1-1 will speak with a real person, not a recording, and Micsky says the referral service is open to all non-profits.
"Every agency in Mercer County needs to access the 2-1-1 website and put their information on this site so that we do have accurate referrals," Micsky said.
The United Way believes the service will be a benefit to the entire community and want more people to be aware of 2-1-1.
"We want to start looking at 2013 as the year that we really ramp up the Information so as we move forward our residents have quality service," Micsky said.
United Way believes as more people make use of the system it will save time and create a more efficient process.


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Is Intel Surviving the PC Decline?
Meena is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited.
With PC sales falling (market researchers have estimated an 8% drop over the last year), we certainly wouldn't say it's a good time to be Intel (NASDAQ: INTC). The company recently reported its results for the third quarter of 2012, in which its revenue decreased by 5% versus the same period last year; with Intel struggling to cut costs, earnings ended up down 14%. However, the reported numbers were considerably higher than Wall Street analysts had expected, suggesting that the large tech company was not taking as many hits from industry trends as one might think. Intel did cut its guidance for revenue and for gross margins for the fourth quarter of the year, which likely contributed to the stock's 3% decline on the release.
We see the sell-side expecting $2.13 per share in earnings in 2013, which is up only slightly from what Intel is expected to do this year. This earnings per share figure implies a forward P/E of only 10. Even though analysts do not seem particularly optimistic, the five-year PEG ratio is 0.9. Therefore, on a quantitative basis Intel (which, let's recall, has a market capitalization of over $100 billion and pays a dividend yield of 4.1% at current prices, with a recent history of dividend increases) looks very much like a value stock. The company only has to match analyst expectations, or even slightly underperform them, in order to justify its current stock price. With the consensus for next year not being particularly optimistic, we think there's a good chance of Intel getting there.
Lansdowne Partners, managed by Paul Ruddock and Steve Heinz, increased its stake in Intel by 9% during the second quarter and the company was one of the five largest positions in the fund's 13F portfolio (see more stock picks from Lansdowne Partners). Renaissance Technologies, whose success made founder Jim Simons a billionaire, also added shares of Intel and owned a total of 17 million shares at the end of June (find more stocks that Renaissance Technologies owns).
The closest peer for Intel is competing chip maker Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) (Read our recent article focusing on AMD). Now below a market cap of $2 billion -- the stock is down 51% year to date -- and unprofitable, AMD is not handling the shrinkage of the PC market as well as Intel is. In the second quarter of the year, its revenue was down 10% and its earnings were down 39% compared to the same period in the previous year. Based on analyst expectations the forward P/E is 25; that is high and we doubt that a declining company in a declining industry is going to start generating positive profits in just a couple quarters.
We can also compare Intel to Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) and semiconductor companies Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) and STMicroelectronics N.V. (NYSE: STM). Texas Instruments and Maxim both trade at 21 times trailing earnings, a considerable premium to Intel, though these peers are not as dependent on personal computers. However, both saw their earnings decrease at double-digit rates in their most recent quarter compared to the same period a year earlier; revenue declined as well. Despite this, analyst consensus is for strong earnings growth in 2013, and their forward P/E multiples are in the 13-14 range. Again, this is well higher than where Intel trades. STMicroelectronics is unprofitable, but, like for AMD, Wall Street analysts expect positive earnings next year; it trades at 16 times their estimates for 2013. This is a higher multiple than at Intel, again, and depends on the company breaking into the black. Its revenue has been down, and we don't think that it is a buy either.
When we look at Intel the company, we're quite pessimistic. We doubt that revenue growth is going to be strong, or even weakly positive, for a while. However, the stock is cheap, and with a good dividend we think it is a buy relative to its peers.
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February 7, 2013
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Cecil Beaton Portrait of Queen EIizabeth II (1953)
Cecil Beaton The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II (1953)
Justin Mortimer HM The Queen (1998)
About the commission
I was commissioned to paint the Queen in 1997 by The Royal Society for the Arts. I didn't paint her from life – although a special room at Buckingham Palace is set up for artists complete with throne on a dais, old easel, even paintbrush holder – but I had two 2 hour sittings with her and did lots of sketches and took photos and Polaroids.
Previously I was invited to meet the head of the Queen's Wardrobe to choose an outfit for the commission.
The painting I made was very controversial because I separated her head from her body. The media went quite crazy and some came up with headlines along the lines of "Off with Her Head!" etc etc! There was even a poll on national TV news asking viewers to rate the painting – 87% slated it. The press in some commonwealth countries went crazy about it too and I was interviewed for Canadian and Australian radio. In fact a lot of the hate mail I received came from these places and surprisingly America – 'Why do you Brits hate your Royals so much?'.
Interestingly though, the Queen's equerry Sir Robert Janvrin had an opposite reaction when he first saw the painting in my studio; bearing in mind the commission happened just when the public were outraged at the Palace's treatment of Princess Diana, he said that a strong, modern representation was exactly right at a time when they were seeking to modernize the Queen's imageThe Queen of course had no idea how I was going to paint her and what's more made no comment when the painting was unveiled (she never comments on the portraits made of her) – however she did go on to commission me personally to paint her Lord Chamberlain for the Royal Collection and I've wondered sometimes if maybe she didn't like him very much.
The first sitting was pretty tense and I found it hard to focus on my drawing – she sat very formally (like a Queen) in her chair and was chatting non-stop to her equerry.
The second sitting was a more relaxed affair; I felt able to direct her and got her to walk around and twist and move in the seat while I took photographs. I got pretty close shooting off Polaroids and when I stepped back a whole pile had ejected into her lap.
This time, we even talked. She was funny. We looked out the window together at the tourists on the Mall looking in. I don't remember drinking tea.
Pietro Annigoni Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II (1969) Photograph: National Portrait Gallery London
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Sweet and innocent with a twist of girl-next-door, Cadence Jones is not your typical girl and certainly not your typical FBI agent. Just ask her sisters, Shiro and Adrienne. (Wait. . .best if you don't ask Adrienne anything.) But it's her special "talent" which makes Cadence so valuable to the FBI and it never comes in more handy than when she and her partner, George, get tagged to bring down the Threefer Killer. A serial killer who inexplicably likes to kill in threes, leave behind inexplicable newspaper clippings, and not one shred of decent forensic evidence, soon starts leaving messages that seem to be just for Cadence and her sisters. Could it be that this killer knows all about Cadence's special "talent"? In the meantime, love blooms in the most unexpected place when Cadence meets her best friend's gorgeous brother who is in town visiting—and she discovers that he knows her secret too! When attraction burns hot between them her best friend isn't thrilled with the romantic development and this time Cadence just might agree!
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Faces of World Poverty: 20 Arresting Photographs
Published on - October 15th, 2008 (by J.D. Roth)
What do we picture when we think about poverty? What stereotypes do we have about what poverty looks like? What do they mask from us? What do they keep us from seeing?
While putting together my two main posts for Blog Action Day, I came across a number of arresting photographs depicting poverty around the world. It became clear to me that poverty takes many forms — poverty has many faces. These are a few of them.
Each of these photos is from Flickr, and has been tagged by the photographer as depicting "poor" or "poverty" or "homeless". Click an image to learn more about it.
Tijuana, Mexico (photo by TJ Scenes)
Mumbai, India (photo by Babasteve)
Angkor, Cambodia (photo by Youngsixta)
Kirovsky, Russia (photo by kr4gin)
Madrid, Spain (photo by Kindgott)
China (photo by Jonny Keelty)
Mangua, Nicaragua (photo by Vintage Chica)
Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. (photo by J.D. Roth)
Moramnanga, Madagascar (photo by Jonathan Talbot, World Resources Institute)
Colombo, Sri Lanka (photo by Gerry Popplestone)
Nairobi, Kenya (photo by Angela7Dreams)
Tonghua, China (photo by Rivard)
Amman, Jordan (photo by Alazaat)
Tokyo, Japan (photo by ThisParticularGreg)
Calcutta, India (photo by Rita Banerji)
Tel-Aviv, Israel (photo by Nicasaurusrex)
Kabul, Afghanistan (photo by Afghan LORD)
Titicachi, Bolivia (photo by Johannes Roith)
Cork City, Ireland (photo by Dogfrog)
Sydney, Australia (photo by Charlie Brewer)
Today is Blog Action Day. The topic this year is poverty. This is the third of three posts about the subject today at Get Rich Slowly.
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Great collection JD. Thanks for finding and posting…
amazing pictures..
A lot of these people didn't look poor or unhappy.
These pictures are amazing, awesome collection. Thanks. I have visited all of these places except for three. What I don't understand is how after viewing these pictures you can still say that you think of yourself as "poor" (currently, or in the past). How can you possibly compare your current situation (or your upbringing) to any of these? Honestly, I feel it is very demeaning.
J.D., great pictures. I grew up just north of Tijuana — in San Diego. Your picture of the person in Tijuana struck a chord with me.
My favorite picture, though, is the one of the kid in the recepticle — in Cambodia. Truly captures the essence of what you're talking about.
Keep up the great work here at Getrichslowly.
Thank you for keeping these images diverse. Too many people associate poverty – especially in imagery – with Africa and Asia. I found the geography of these photographs just as intriguing and surprising as the subject matter.
The comment on poverty and happiness is an interesting one to me. My brother spent a number of years living with the gypsies of Serbia. Part of his goal was to help individuals attain micro-loans available through the EU. The people he lived / worked with were desperately poor (living in tin huts, no running water, no regular source of food). But one of the things that he found absolutely amazing (and somewhat life changing for him) was that they were overall much happier than middle America / Europe.
RT and ALL,
I agree that overall, people in poor countries are happier. I grew up in a third world country and all my life I was generally happy because I was surrounded by family and friends. Here in the US, more and more we are turning to material things to find happiness. We move so much, we don't get to spend more time with family and friends.
RT: Ive heard that too. I was watching a documentary a couple months ago were the director made the same comment. He said the poorest areas of different societies always seemed happier than the wealthy groups from the same societies.
People with a strong and vibrant culture and society are often happier regardless of whether they are materially rich. But poverty is life threatening, and if you have little room for manouevre it doesn't take much bad luck for happiness to turn to despair.
poverty is relative and peering through our lenses is very problematic, not to mention the lens of the person behind the camera lens.
case in point: i'm sure many of you wouldn't think twice of giving $1 to any of the people in the photos if you walked past them and they were begging. Because we don't think about economies of scale or relativeness in doing so. $1 doesn't get you much in the US, but $1 stretches far in other places (i.e. cost of living). Would they all be poor in the US? Most assuredly. Would they be poor elsewhere? Up to debate.
If you haven't already, you or your readers might be interested to read Alain de Botton's book, Status Anxiety. In it, he discusses how attitudes to the poor have changed over the centuries, and how this affects the way we (as members of society) feel about ourselves.
His other book, The Consolations of Philosophy, also discusses what philosophy has to say about 'Not Having Enough Money.'
(Sorry, I don't know how to do italics or fancy links!)
I always wonder if the "poor are happier than the rich" scenario is just a way to make everyone feel better about themselves. I know I wouldn't be happy to live like that. Not that I need a BMW or a big house, but living in squalor can not be good for ones psyche.
Also, a lot of self-made people are very very driven, and that generally isn't a recipe for overt displays of happiness. This doesn't mean they aren't happy, just that they won't show it as much.
@Chad: see that is where your conditioned life comes into play in relative terms. If you live a life without knowing about bmw and big houses, then it isn't a squalor is it? If you don't know about xbox 360 or it is outside your purview, you play with tires or sticks, and is that bad for your psyche? don't think so. it's bad for "your" psyche, but not for their psyche.
Having travelled a decent portion of the world in the US Navy, I can tell you there is a distinct difference between the poor, the poverty stricken and the destitute. Here in the US the "poor" still have cars and cell phones. The poverty stricken don't have these things but generally have a place to stay, old clothes to wear and enough to eat most of the time. The destitute mostly live in third world countries and have nothing and no hope. So, pick a worthy cause and give. After all, we are all rich, we can afford computers.
Thanks J.D. We need to be reminded sometimes.
Sorry, but I just can't agree that "poor people are happier." I grew up in Saudi Arabia, amid scenes that make some of the situations pictured here look affluent. And lemme tellya: those were not overall happy people. That a group of people do not labor under the specific set of stresses and annoyances that afflict others in "developed" cultures does not mean they are free of stress and unhappiness.
On the other hand, it's hard not to question whether all of these photos actually depict poverty. The little child in China, for example, is a bit dirty (have any of our children passed through that age sterling clean every minute?) but looks plump, adequately clothed, and healthy. There are no flies in his eyes; no eczema on his face or head; no visible sign of congenital syphilis; no bloated belly. The family in Madagascar: is that their field? If so, they may not regard themselves as poor — they may define themselves as rural and hardworking, which is different from truly poor. Ditto the tribal women in Bolivia: they don't appear to be starving. How do they define themselves, and why?
The people who appear to be homeless mentally ill represent a subset of the poverty issue that relates to the failure of societies — some of them very affluent societies, such as the one we live in — to attend to members who can't care for themselves. While this is poverty of the worst kind, it strikes me as different from the issues pictured in the photos of people in Nicaragua and Cambodia. It's more a healthcare issue than an economic one.
my response is very small, but I try to give both locally and internationally.
When I go shopping I buy an extra bag of rice and give it to the local food bank, then occasionally I try send whatever I've spent on rice to
where my donations buy rice for impoverished people around the world.
Even though my contributions are very small, I sleep better at night and can rationalize not giving money in certain situations like those discussed in yesterday's post.
I don't find many of these arresting at all. I also think I could probably recreate most of these in one day in New York so the round-the-world thing is a bit lost on me.
Anyhow, it's good to remember how fortunate we are but let's try not to pity everyone too much. If they have a loving family they probably don't mind that they can't afford an iPhone.
Some of these aren't about poverty — they're about homelessness. those are two different issues, with different root causes and they require different solutions.
I know that picture from Oregon was taken by J.D., but with all due respect, I don't think that picture captures poverty at all. I don't know if the guy in the picture is homeless. Assuming that he is, his cats (and the man for that matter) look well-groomed and fed. How is poverty defined in that picture?
All of us would do well to stop calling ourselves "poor" or thinking of ourselves as "poor" if our basic needs of food, shelter, clothing, healthcare, etc are being met. I don't care if you felt poor or feel poor compared to others in your neighborhood. That doesn't make you poor. Half of America thinks it's poor because they have a little less than people around them who have way, way too much.
Additionally, there are different types of poverty and not all of them need to be cured. Some forms of poverty mean that people are going without food or shelter, are working in slave-like conditions, etc. There are other situations around the world where people live at a subsistence level, but I would not consider them poor. I lived with people like this in Fiji, Bolivia, Costa Rica and other places. Their networth may be close to zero, but they still aren't "poor" in the sense that they live in a lush and forgiving environment, they get all of the food they need from the environment around them, they build perfectly adequate housing from the environment around them, their other basic needs are met, and they would tell you they are happy and fine (until globalization and advertising come in and convince them that they need processed foods, jeans, a car, and a loan to make it all possible).
Very powerful photographs. One job loss and – boom! – this could be any one of us.
@Kristina – Very good points!
@J.D. – I agree with your wife's opinion. The pic of the woman with the dogs has "something" else going on with it. There seems to be a real attitude of cockiness and defiance, I don't know. The woman in the pic reminds me of the attitudes I frequently ran across with my attempts to rent to low income types over the past 3 years. There is something about that pic that gets my back up. I prefer the one you actually ended up posting for some reason. Just my 2c.
Am I right in thinking that Tijuana really isn't very far from the US border?
It's amazing the difference a few miles and an accident of history can make in what poverty looks like.
Wow J.D.,
Great collection of pictures. Poverty as you rightly said has many forms. The one that I hate is "Not having enough medications to survive". People die of curable and preventable diseases. I wish every person on earth gets enough medication so that they don't die because of diseases.
28Its no surprise JD had a tough time finding a 'good' picture of poverty in the US. Its pretty hard to find poverty in the USA that compares to that seen in the 3rd world. The situations just don't compare. Thats a good point to take away here.
Plonkee, yes Tijuana is just across the border from the USA south of San Diego.
My first exposure to utter third world poverty came when I was serving in the military and was assigned to a base in the Philippines. As I moved into my off base house, local Filipinos rapidly absconded with my abandoned moving boxes. I was perplexed.
Then I discovered that those cardboard boxes were used to make shelters for homeless, poverty stricken families. It made me feel sick to my stomach.
During my first 6 months in the PI, I felt overwhelmingly guilty about my fortunate position in life as opposed to those all around me who were scrambling to survive. Hungry, skinny children dressed in filthy rags, families digging through refuse bins for discarded food, women selling their bodies to feed their families – all became a regular part of the every day scenery.
If you have an ounce of compassion in your heart, an experience like that will forever profoundly change you.
Now, when I press my glass to my fridge door and get ice cubes and chilled, clean water, I am aware of how fortunate I am. As I plan and save for my future and retirement, I never forget how lucky I am to even have such options.
It's difficult for those of us who live in the USA to realize just how fortunate we are, even in these bad times.
I hope everyone, though times be tight, will remember to donate to charities that help feed/support the poor.
Seeing these pictures reminds me of an incident that occurred during my post-high school trip to Spain about ten years back. Now, I had seen a good number of homeless people during the trip, and had given some spare pesetas to a few–no harm came of it–but in one city we visited, I noticed a homeless man sitting up near the wall on the opposite side of an alley we were walking up. From the rear, he didn't appear much different from many of the others I had seen. As we got closer, I could tell there seemed to be something different about this one. As we passed, I could tell just what was different.
The man was clearly dead. The picture of him in my mind is always what I think of when I think of true poverty.
To Martacus in the post above me. That's rough man. At least you were of an age able to somewhat come to grip with what you had seen.
My experience was in third grade when I temporarily moved to a city in Mexico called Cuernavaca, about a 2 hour drive through the winding mountains south of Mexico City. This town is beautiful and if you are able to look in the right places behind the vast walls, you will find the most beautiful palaces in the world; a city of extreme wealth and extreme poverty with little inbetween.
The first incident I'll mention was when my mother took myself and my two younger siblings to McDonalds. After getting our food we chose to eat outside and enjoy the luscious weather that the town is named after. Surrounding the outside patio was a 10ft rod iron fence, with children pleading, begging, reaching their arms in, for food. Being a third grader and seeing kids my age, an older sister and her younger brother, begging for something I take completely for granted.. It's scaring, but not necessarily a bad thing to have experienced.
Jim- We don't have to go that far to find that type of third world poverty in this country. Just go deep within the Appalachian Mountains in Kentucky and West Virginia and you will see tin shacks and starving children.
I made a commitment to support one of those children down there and hope that may contribution is making at least a slight difference in that little girls life.
The holiday season always reminds me to blog about privilege and gratitude, so I included this post in my Link-tastic Xmas round-up this year. Thanks for it. It moves me every time.


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The first of febuary I'll be going to nci's co training class in troy. Are there any members planning on attending?
I have my own little world. But it's OK...they know me here.
Hey Tinman, you will only be a couple miles from me. We could go and watch a game and have a couple of frosty coolys after class.
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Sounds like a plan. I'll be at youngs supply the first, second and third of febuary.
They canceled the training. There was'nt enough people to fill the class. All that was required is 20 guys. It is very hard to believe that in an area like oakland county there is'nt a few guys that was interested in a class like this. Or at least curious.
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The temperatures are getting back to normal. I hope everyone made it through the vortex OK. The temps across the resorts this morning were generally in the mid-20s to mid-30s. The highs today will range from the high 30s to the high 40s and there will be plenty of sun. Today is the day to get out and enjoy the copious amounts of snow that the resorts have been pumping out.
Just about everyone has added to their base in the past 24 hours, some pretty significantly. Cataloochee has added 10" to ski on 52-66". Appalachian is reporting up to 74" and Sugar claims 85" on the high end. Wolf, Massanutten, Wintergreen, and Winterplace all added to their bases as well. The guns have been firing in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic at a feverish pace for sure.
In addition to the huge amounts of snow, we have 2 more resorts that are 100% open today. Cataloochee has opened up their terrain park and is skiing and riding on everything they've got. The Homestead is the other mountain to open it all up this morning.
Beech is getting very close themselves with the opening of one of my favorite runs there, the diamond Upper White Lightning. Beech now has 14 of their 15 runs open and just lacks the Meadows. Wintergreen has reopened the runs they closed down earlier this week to concentrate on the making of snow and is skiing on 22 of their 25 runs with the addition of the diamond Upper Sunrise. Sugar has opened their terrain park and just lacks the blue Sugar Bear and the diamond Boulderdash. Sugar has upgraded their summit camera, which now has a wider field of view and pans to include some spectacular view of the surrounding mountains.
And speaking of cameras, you really should take a look at the various resort cameras at resortcams.com today. While you're there, be sure to check out some of the non-resort cameras as well. The mountains, as always, are just stunning.
I hope you guys get the opportunity to take advantage of what the slopes have to offer today. Great snow and weather will welcome you. There is talk of a chance for more snow tonight from Wisp on down to Cataloochee. The North Carolina resorts might see a bit of underdeveloped snow in the form of "Freezing Drizzle".
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Olympian Michael Phelps May Star In 'Tarzan' Remake?
If athletes weren't brave enough to star in films, we wouldn't have the fantastic piece of cinema art that is Space Jam. There would be no Kazaam, which is a gift or a curse depending on how you see it. Kareem Abdul-Jabaar once fought Bruce Lee in 1978's Game of Death and coached Jim Varney in Slam Dunk Ernest. Yeah, that was a thing. Soon, however, Michael Phelps may be joining the ranks of athlete turned actor with the news that he is in talks to star as the ape-man Tarzan in a new remake from Warner Bros.
Having an Olympic swimmer portray Tarzan is no new thing, however. Back in the 20's, MGM snagged Johnny Weissmuller, a swimmer with five medals and sixty seven records under his speedo, to play the famous literary character for twelve films. The studio has yet to solidify anything, but the David Yates (director of Harry Potters 5-8) helmed project has expressed interest in the record-shattering athlete. Already Phelps is set to participate in a Golf Network produced series, The Haney Project, which will see him being trained by famed golf coach Hank Haney who also worked with Tiger Woods and Ray Romano on their game. Watch him succeed at that too.
Initially, the idea of Michael Phelps being on camera for prolonged periods of time seemed a bit wince-worthy. Interviews he's done don't exactly set him up as the most eloquent orator; he acts and speaks like an athlete, which is far from anything negative. I suppose, though, the role of jungle man Tarzan is mostly comprised of grunts and huffs, so his physical presence should be enough to carry him through. I just can't wait to see his interpretation of the guttural cry while he beats his chest. Priceless.