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New Guidance to Cost Principles and Administrative and Audit Requirements
By Kathleen Harris
The most substantive revision of guidance related to the cost principles and administrative and audit requirements of federal awards was published in the Federal Register, December 26, 2013.
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While, the effective date of the guidance is December 26, 2013, federal agencies have one year from the date of publication to implement the directives contained in the publication. Thus it will likely be some time after December 2014 before Texas Tech receives awards subject to the new regulations.
Dubbed the "Omni-Circular" and widely referred to as the Office of Management and Budget Circular A-81, the official citation in the Code of Federal Regulations is: 2 CFR Chapter I, Chapter II, Parts 200, 215, 220, 225 and 230, "Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards."
The goal of the new circular is to eliminate duplicative and conflicting guidance by combining eight previous circulars into one. Some highlights of the new guidance are:
Computing devices may be subject to the less burdensome administrative requirements of supplies (as opposed to equipment),
Administrative costs (such as clerical and administrative salaries) may be treated as direct costs when they meet certain conditions to demonstrate that they are directly allocable to a Federal award.
Cost sharing may only be solicited in research proposals when required by regulation and transparent in the notice of funding opportunity. It may never be considered during merit review.
Federal agencies must accept a awardee's negotiated indirect cost rates unless an exception is required by statute or regulation or approved by the agency head or delegate based on publicly documented justification.
Notices of funding opportunities must use a standard set of data elements.
A recorded webcast by the OMB/COFAR (U.S. Chief Financial Officers Council on Financial Assistance Reform) "Improving Outcomes by Reducing Red Tape for Financial Assistance"
can be accessed here >>
The approximately 30 minute presentation provides narrative highlights of the history of the circulars, the current reform process, implementation and next steps.
Comments and questions can be submitted directly to
Kathleen Harris is senior associate vice president in the Office of the Vice President for Research


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All the latest on the world's youngest royals
Making her first appearance since breaking her leg two weeks ago, Camilla - who has since strained her shoulder - made light of her situation. "I've got no leg and an arm on one side, and no arm and a leg on the others," the upbeat royal joked
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The Duchess was hosting an event at Clarence House in support of the Ebony Horse Club, of which she is president. Among the guests at the reception was Clare Balding, who spoke at length to Camilla and later quipped: "I think she is a bit upset it's not a more glamorous accident"
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In the last month, the Duchess of Cornwall has really been in the wars.
After a bad back forced her to change her plans while on an Eastern Europe tour with her husband, she was then incapacitated for her fifth wedding anniversary when a tumble while hill walking left her with a broken leg.
On top of that, she revealed this week that she has also strained a tendon in her right shoulder.
Not that her list of injuries has affected her high spirits. Prince Charles' wife was her usual chirpy self as she hosted a special reception – albeit from her NHS wheelchair – at Clarence House on Wednesday.
Making her first official appearance since news of her fall two weeks ago, the Duchess made light of her predicament, saying: "I've got no leg and an arm on one side, and no arm and a leg on the other."
The bubbly royal went on to reveal that she had received a letter asking after her health that had put her plight into perspective, since it was written by a double amputee soldier wishing her well.
Camilla made the journey down to London overnight on the royal train with Charles on Tuesday – the couple had been stuck in Scotland for nearly a week because of the volcanic ash cloud – to hold the event in support of the Ebony Horse Club.
Based in Brixton, the charity, of which Camilla is president, helps children from disadvantaged backgrounds learn to ride, and is hoping to raise money to build its own riding centre.
Due to her strong links to the equestrian world, Clare Balding was among the guests at the reception.
She spoke to Camilla at length, later joking: "I think she is a bit upset it's not a more glamorous accident."
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Ronda Rousey Extreme Dieting Tips (Only for Mixed Martial Artists)
Anytime we think about superhuman, crème-de-la-crème MMA fighters, like Ronda Rousey, we wonder about their path, how they got to where they are. They are the representation of ultimate athletes. Diet, exercise, and lifestyle all play into account to become the best.
Mixed martial arts consume a lot of energy so one should be very conscious with the diet. You have probably read about UFC fighters' insane, high performance, high endurance diet plans. During any tournaments, diet becomes even more important and excruciatingly strict, because it is the fighter's source of energy.
Read on to find out the main, most valuable points in an Ultimate Fighting Championship diet regime, as embraced by some of today's top mixed martial artists. It is not surprising that nutrition plays such a major role. After all, if you want to get a good idea of what MMA entails, sit in during a training session. Hours upon hours of ridiculously painful training, cascades of sweat, ice pack on muscles, you name it. You will find all the stereotypes from the best underground, Rocky –style films.
When you train professionally to become a mixed martial artist, just like Ronda Rousey has, for the last decade, you will automatically feel exhausted after some time. And that, precisely, will be the time when energy maintenance becomes the most valuable to you. With good nutrition, fighters are able to maintain their body energy out and in the ring – but especially during the fight.
Without nutrition or without energy, you will not able to perform up to par. Ronda Rousey had also said once (and paraphrasing here) that training is very tough, and one needs to be prepared in advance for mixed martial arts. Don't underestimate the level of training that is required in mixed martial arts. Don't think that because you proudly wear and walk around with your Tapout T-shirt and you know all the ins and outs of every fighter, and you train twice a week at your local Brazilian Jiujitsu gym, that you have what it takes.
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Acquiring good nutrients is a must when doing any sport, but it becomes more important with extreme sports like MMA. What you eat is very important, if you want to maintain high energy during and also after the fight, for recovery, in case you incur any fracture or UFC related injury (and we know there are lots). Your body needs to recover fast from all those punches, bleeding, pain, spilled guts, and unbelievable muscle strain during fights.
Your age, the type of fight, the level of opponent you face, and your total workout are the determining factors for the proper diet you will undertake. Ronda Rousey has also admitted that she usually likes to vary her diet plan during UFC. It is key to eat healthy and to stay healthy. Let's see, one by one, they type of food you must start to think about, portions, frequency, and overall structure for your diet.
Meals That Make MMA Champions – Permanent Low Body Fat
Breakfast: Take milk, cereal cooked in different ways, fruit or fruit juice, bagel with butter, homemade fruit salad with low fat milk, boiled eggs (egg white only), food that is rich on fiber, and only consume sugar from natural sources. All these types of food are light and you can consume them quite easily. They are easy to digest and provide plenty of energy.
Lunch: During lunch, you should consume some fat, along with protein, carbohydrates, fruits, and vegetables. You will have to plan everything very carefully. You can, for example, eat any of the following: a chicken soup, a chicken sandwich, an egg sandwich, fruit and cheese, a grilled chicken salad, low fat items, a potato with cream and any vegetables like beans. These are some of the few items that are suitable for lunch. It is important that you plan it out with your coach, so you can also give consideration to your likes and dislikes in all meals. The main difference between lunch and breakfast is the fat intake. Breakfast should be totally free from fat, while lunch should have some degree of it.
Snacking: With snacks, you should try to have as much water as possible. You can choose from low fat yogurt, fruit or granola bars with low fat, air popped popcorn, cheese strings, vegetable dips, protein bars, protein, nuts, and fresh fruit. You should avoid anything that contains very high protein and sugar. You should take snacks that have the lowest possible amount of calories and sugar. It is always suggested that you eat protein or energy bars which are high on carbohydrates.
Dinner: As a general rule, and contrary to popular belief, dinner must be the largest meal of the day in terms of calories. You must definitely eat more during dinner than during lunch. Think about it as a sort of feast – you have trained hard all day, you have earned it. During dinner, you can opt for meals such as spaghetti with tomato and vegetable sauce, a properly baked potato, noodles, meat with steamed vegetables, beans, fish, cheese, or a chicken sandwich. Calorie management is the most important aspect to consider for the right preparation of a diet plan.
This is the type of diet plan which most experts would agree is suitable for the high energy needs of an intense MMA training. Ronda Rousey has also agreed with this kind of diet approach. It really depends on, and comes down to the workout and daily calorie exertion you have. If you are working out really hard, then you must absolutely go with a diet plan that includes more calories.


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This research essay is about myths and legends with the focus on mermaids. We chose to do the essay about myths and legends since we were already interested in the topic, even before we knew that we could write an essay about it. We saw this as an opportunity to learn more about the topic we wanted to know more of. We decided rather quick to take this topic but we both knew that the topic would be too broad so we decided to specify the topic. Eventually we decided to focus on the Asian and European cultures. But then we felt that this wasn't quite right so we came up with a second topic: mermaids. We decided that the main question would be: "What is the difference between Asian and European mythology with the focus on mermaids?"
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What is mythology?
The word mythology
The word mythology originally means the telling of stories in Greek. The term mythology can mean two things. The first one refers to the study of myths and the second meaning is that mythology is a body of myths. The first definition includes comparative mythology, which is the study of connections between myths from different cultures. Greek mythology is part of the second definition whereas this is a part of the body from ancient Greece. The word myth itself is used in a different way. In the study of folklore which is a study of legends, music, oral history, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales proverbs and customs that are the traditions of a certain culture, subculture or group the word myth means a sacred narrative about how humans came into existence and how they came to their present form. A broader definition of the word myth is that it is a story that takes place in an imagined, remote, timeless past in which it tells the origin of humans but also animals and...


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Rich Hofmann, Daily News Executive Sports EditorTed Williams has been an Eagles assistant coach since 1995 and, truth be told, I cannot remember ever having a conversation with him that was longer than "how-ya-doing?" Or, "hot-enough-for-ya?" It is because Andy Reid did not allow his position coaches to speak to reporters... Read more
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Rich Hofmann, Daily News Executive Sports EditorWASHINGTON -- Bryce Harper, the Washington Nationals rookie who was last seen stealing home after the Phillies' Cole Hamels plunked him with a pitch, seems pretty relaxed about the whole idea of coming to Citizens Bank Park for a three-game series starting Monday. He also has a message for Philadelphia... Read more
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Rich Hofmann, Daily News Executive Sports EditorIt has been more than a week now since the Flyers were eliminated by the New Jersey Devils. Somewhere, coach Peter Laviolette and his staff, along with general manager Paul Holmgren, are going about the annual ritual of assessment and reassessment after you lose -- what went right, what went wrong... Read more
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Paul and Janette Sena wandered into Hope Pregnancy Center looking for a car seat for their son. What they got, Paul said, was so much more.
"We've been blessed by the Hope Pregnancy Center," Paul said, during the center's annual fundraising banquet Friday at the White Rock Baptist Church.
Paul explained he wanted to be a better father than his own father had been , but he had no idea where to turn to for guidance and help. "I knew what I wanted," he said. "I just didn't know how I was going to get it."
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'Magneto' takes on Lady Gaga.
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And the catsuit goes to… Warner Bros. announced today that Anne Hathaway has been cast as Selina Kyle (aka Catwoman) in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises. Reaction has been mixed, but I'm willing to wait and see. (Remember when Heath Ledger was cast?) Earlier rumors claimed there's a second female lead yet to be cast as well.
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X-Men: First Class. DC not your thing? Hero Complex visits the set of the X-Men prequel, which stars James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender as the young Professor X and Magneto. (Lingering question: Will January Jones actually convince us she's not Betty Draper, budding supervillain?) There are another couple photos at /Film. And lastly, check out the teaser poster at AICN.
Buffy. Joss Whedon talks to Entertainment Weekly about the Season 8 comics. Warning: Massive spoilers. If you don't risk them but still feel like getting depressive about something, Blastr has seven Whedon projects we'll never see, almost all of which look better than Dollhouse.
Harry Potter. Another round of spoil-or-not: A pivotal death scene is being changed for Deathly Hallows: Part 2. Or, see Alexis Liddell's concept art for 'The Three Brothers' sequence in Deathly Hallows: Part 1.
A Game of Thrones. There's been so much news on the HBO adaption over the past few weeks that I can't keep up, but one thing you don't want to miss is the latest teaser.
And the rest: Game of Thrones, #Wookieeleaks, Legend of Korra and more…
A familiar face joins HBO's Game of Thrones. Julian Glover, who you'll remember as General Veers from Empire Strikes Back and Walter Donovan from his face-melting turn in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, has joined the cast of HBO's adaption as Grand Maester Pycelle. He replaces Roy Dotrice, who had to step out for health reasons.
Torn from the headlines. NPR gives some love to #Wookieeleaks, the hashtag that took Twitter by storm last week.
Airbender successor series won't be ongoing. UGO snatched some time with co-creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko at SDCC to bend a few new details on the upcoming Legend of Korra. Chief among them: It's mini-series. But that does mean that DiMartino and Konietzko are writing each episode. This has done very little to temper my excitement. Maybe because I keep running into stuff like this.
Your moment of zen. Kate Beaton has produced the best Wolverine comic ever.
Movie news: Clueless director to take on Vamps
Anything you can do to draw attention to your mouth is good. Clueless director Amy Heckerling is making a vampire romantic comedy. I can't believe they found a way to actually might make me kind want to see a vampire movie. (No, Alicia Silverstone is not involved – Krysten Ritter is – but I am not one to resist a cheap Photoshop gag.) In related news Saturday Night Live's Twilight spoof has been burning up the internet.
Oh, James Cameron. The New York Times claims that Avatar's price tag is a cool $500 mil. Well, at least the latest trailer actually bothers to make it look like an action movie.
Mumble mumble fourth. The Los Angeles Times' Geoff Boucher looks at the difficulty of making upcoming films for several different franchises: Lord of the Rings, Spider-Man, X-Men and Pirates of the Caribbean. On that note, io9 quotes the relevant parts of a /Film podcast where X2 screenwriter Michael Dougherty describes what X3 might have been.
Shocking! 'Archival footage' from that cheesy alien abduction movie actually fake. People, did we learn nothing from Blair Witch?
Also… The 'lost' cantina scene of Star Trek; Ian McKellen and Viggo Mortensen talk The Hobbit; New poster for Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland.
Movie news: Liam Neeson gods out for Titans remake
Zeus was truly a man before his time. Did you see the picture of Liam Neeson all Zeused up for the Clash of the Titans remake in Entertainment Weekly, a few weeks back? (It's all very Excalibur.) There are a couple more pictures (though no Neeson) over at Empire, where genre up-and-comer Sam Worthington takes the name of Harryhausen in vain. Tisk tisk: Doesn't anyone teach these kids film history anymore?
The biggest Trek of all. J.J. Abram's Star Trek has beat its predecessors at the box office, TrekMovie found. Not too shabby for a near-dead franchise.
Aww hell, why not. Bryan Singer is up for a return to the X-Men. If only he'd thought that way before inflicting that tedious Superman flick upon us all.
Something new and exciting! Roland Emmerich on why there wasn't an Independence Day sequel. Because really, how many chances does one get to painstakingly destroy major monuments and… Oh.
Okay then. Jon Favreau will not be directing The Avengers and Beyonce is not going to play Wonder Woman.
Movie news: Sequels, reboots, steampunk, Michael Bay and other things you're probably sick of
Pirates 4 to go steampunk? Disney gave Johnny Depp a (anti?) hero's welcome at D23 last week and announced the film's name – On Stranger Tides – but the most interesting thing I've heard in connection with the movie is a rumor that the villian may be cribbing from Captain Nemo. On the one hand that could be kind of cool. On the other hand… It's Pirates of the Caribbean 4. Not sick of steampunk yet? If there's any truth to this, you will be.
- Just like old times. J.J. Abrams and Roberto Orci hint that the next Star Trek movie will deal with "modern-day issues."
- It's never too soon for a reboot! Or a prequel. Yes, X-Men: First Class may be next on the Marvel X-Movie slate. Of course, the Fantastic Four are actually getting a reboot, nevermind that they just made two movies. Nobody runs your iconic properties into the ground like Hollywood!
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South Eugene got off to a quick start and went on to upset fourth-ranked Sheldon 60-50 in Southwest Conference girls basketball Tuesday night at Sheldon HS.
The Axemen shot 50 percent from the field and built a 22-point lead in the second half. Sarah Whitfield led the Axemen with 21 points and 8 rebounds as South improved to 2-0 in league and Sheldon fell to 1-1.
Katie Steigleman led Sheldon with 21 points.
You can read my story in Wednesday's paper as well as Shawn Miller's story on Sheldon's 44-35 win over South Eugene in the boys game.
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In a 4A showdown, No. 2 Marist defeated top-ranked Junction City 62-46 in boys basketball.
In a battle of Mountain West League boys unbeatens, Triangle Lake moved into sole possession of first place with a 61-55 win over McKenzie.
Steve Mims covers Oregon football, men's basketball and baseball for The Register-Guard. He has been a sportswriter at the paper since 1999 and covered high school sports while also reporting on Oregon football in the Rose Bowl and Fiesta Bowl as well as men's basketball during their Elite 8 run in 2007 and trip to the Sweet 16 in 2013.


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The Glory Days: New York Baseball, 1947-1957. Jun 27 - Dec 31, 2007
A look at the eleven seasons when New Yorkers lived and experienced baseball in their town in a way never to be repeated again.
The decade between 1947 and 1957 was the golden age of baseball in New York City. With three major league teams—the Yankees, the Brooklyn Dodgers, and the New York Giants—at least one of whom played in the World Series every year except 1948; two National League teams in an intense rivalry each season; and seven landmark subway series, New York was the undisputed baseball capital of the nation.
The Glory Days: New York Baseball, 1947-1957 explores New York's dominance of the sport and the turning point that was 1957. Great moments and great players, the passion of New York's fans, and famous, vanished ballparks are all explored through the greatest assemblage of baseball memorabilia ever exhibited—including photographs, film footage, ephemera, uniforms, sports equipment, trophies, and a broad array of treasured baseball collectibles. In addition, the exhibition uses baseball as a lens to examine not only the sport but also post-war cultural, social, and economic developments in the city.


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Taking the Trail Less Trekked
Trekking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu is rightly considered to be the most iconic walk in Latin America and many of you will have completed the four-day, 35km hike. However, there is another (and in my opinion, better) way to reach the fabled ruins: introducing the Moonstone Trek. When I embarked on this off-the-beaten-track trek in May, I didn't…Read More


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When BB creams first came to the U.S. we fell in love with the idea and quite possibly the alliteration. With a "beauty balm" that fights aging while providing subtle amounts of coverage and SPF, we thought we reached the Holy Grail–until the emergence of CC cream. "Color correction" became the key phrase leaving beauty insiders confused. (Although I know the CC is supposed to help with my dark spots, I have yet to notice a huge difference when I interchange Smashbox's BB and CC creams.) Once we thought we figured it all out, we were given the DD cream, which can either stand for "daily defense" or "dynamic do-all" depending on the company. Theoretically, the BB cream was supposed to do it all. That's why we purchased it in the first place.
If you are starting to get annoyed, get ready, because according to Women's Wear Daily, there is now an EE cream. Previse Skincare EE Marine Granules, "a botanical-based marine mousse, which can be added to a traditional cleanser for "extra exfoliating" results," will be available in late March. This new product was inspired by the popularity of the Clarisonic as a master exfoliator.
In the words of Susan Powter, we need to "stop the insanity"! Beauty groupies who are willing to purchase ridiculous creams most likely own a Clarisonic. Why would you ever purchase an exfoliating cream when you have already invested in an expensive vibrating brush? For those of you without, I suggest St. Ives Apricot Scrub or even baking soda. If we don't say no now, we are guaranteed a ZZ cream in our near future. Honestly, who has room for all of that?
As much as I like to believe I am being offered life-changing beauty products, I know deep down inside I am not, and that's fine. What's bothering me is the lack of creativity. At this point beauty companies are riding the alphabet and alliteration to the bank. Is it too much to ask for a new product that has a really cool new name?
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Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Co. (ADMA-OPCO) has let two contracts for its development of Satah Al-Razboot (SARB) oil field about 120 km offshore Abu Dhabi's northwestern coast (OGJ Online, May 3, 2011).
ADMA-OPCO is developing the field with two artificial islands, SARB-1 and SARB-2, which are under construction and will have 42-44 wells each. Production of 100,000 b/d will flow about 7 km to processing facilities on Zirku Island, which handles production from Upper Zakum and Satah fields operated by Zakum Development Co.
One of the new contracts, worth $1.89 billion, went to Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. for onshore engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC). The other contract, worth $515.4 million, is for offshore EPC and went to Petrofac International.
Hyundai's onshore work will include processing, storage, and export facilities on Zirku Island and wellhead facilities on the artificial islands.
The main offshore work by Petrofac will include about 200 km of subsea pipelines, 55 km of subsea cables, a single-point mooring crude loading facility, four offshore flares, two riser platforms, and drilling utilities on the artificial islands.
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Before taking a glance into the future fashion trends, maybe one should stop for a while and think about the mistakes of the past – if any. Nevertheless, fashion connoisseurs have already started to sum up the goods and the bads of the current fashion tendencies, which can be easily spotted on the street and not only. One of these experts is Terri Potraz, who recently revealed, on the NowPublic website, her top five worst choices, put together thanks to the enthusiastic support of fashion-wise people around the globe.
One of the things that are considered to be a fashion no-no is the metallic robot glove Beyonce has been lately spotted wearing. Even though this particular accessory is some sort of personal statement for the reputed artist and well-known fashionista, regular people just hope that the new tendency won't stick and that there will be no followers. Gossipers say that one's secret alter-ego can have, by far, much more imaginative forms of manifesting than Beyonce could come up with, in order to reveal hers.
The same listing also includes the plaid pants and the animal patterned clothes taking by storm this year's collections. Both items seem to share the same painful disgrace, since whoever is wearing them is considered old-fashioned or eccentric enough to dare break the common rules of society. The matter can still be debated, as there are all sorts of animal prints and women to wear them, not to mention people who really enjoy the retro look.
Still, no listing of not-that-fortunate choices would be complete without the useful and colorful, yet quite ugly crocs. No matter the size of your feet, they still make them look big and chunky. And when paired with some happy rainbow-like stockings, people's reaction to that sight can be unpredictably dangerous. At least, that's what is being said.


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The Business of Death.
In 2004, my son died.
He was sixteen when he hung himself in the basement with a belt. All of us, his baby brother, his four sisters, my husband and I, were home when it happened.
Obviously, I think about him all the time. The strangest things bring back the strangest memories. Recently I saw my second son's shoes on the floor.
At nine, he's a tall lanky thing with boat shaped feet—adult size eight. It's not like I'd never seen them on the floor before. Indeed, they are there every day, in my way, underfoot, threatening a sprained ankle if I don't hop over them just in time.
But for some reason on this day when I saw them, I thought of Bobby's big feet. His big shoes were also perpetually underfoot. They are still tucked away with his skateboard and some other things in the closet of his room.
I guess it's not so surprising that I think of Bobby when I pass cemeteries, too. Especially nice cemeteries, because I hate the one we picked for him. It was a regrettable decision made when we were mad with grief. There is nothing that can prepare you for the business of burying your son.
Two days after he died we had to pick out his coffin.
I had never thought about this kind of purchase before; it's not like they have coffin stores. (But they do!) The woman at the funeral home guided us down into their basement where, lo and behold, an array of coffins filled a huge room just like cars at a car dealership. Like such cars, these coffins were shiny and perfect with the expensive ones right at the front and the cheaper ones crammed unappealingly in the back.
The further back you went, the cheaper you were meant to feel—a fact which was not lost on me despite the horror of the day. We stopped about halfway through and had to ask ourselves: how much do we want to pay for a box in which to put the body of our child? This is quite a question. The saleslady did not look pleased with our selection.
It was the same kind of thing at the cemetery.
I really have no idea how we ended up at this particular place, it's not even close to our home, but there we were. The idea of shopping around for other cemeteries just didn't enter my mind. A balding man in an ill fitting suit made us wait for over an hour in his office to look at the plots he had available. The place smelled overwhelmingly of cat pee so when he finally got around to us, I was relieved just to get away from the smell.
The first plot he showed us was right by the road—literally three feet from the actual pavement. Later, we figured he must show this plot first to everyone, it being the absolute worst. Anything else would have seemed fantastic compared to it. By the time we had walked to the second plot, I was hyper ventilating.
The wind whipped across the snowy ground, unbroken by the gravestones that surrounded us on every side. There was one tree nearby, large and handsome, on which someone had hung a lovely wind chime.
Let this just be it, my husband and I agreed, needing it to be over.
We didn't know the tree was dead and would be knocked down by a storm early in the Spring, or that the cemetery people would rip up all the subsequent trees we planted claiming they were 'too difficult to mow around." So there our son, and now my father-in-law as well lays, on a bleak and treeless tract beneath a riot of goose droppings. I will lie there too one day.
We waited a while to buy the stone, which was exorbitant in price (like the casket, like the plot, like the funeral. I'm telling you, people are cashing in on grief), and painful to think about. We figured we would spend what we had saved for Bobby's college tuition on it, about $10,000. It was good that we had the money, but to use it on a stone instead of an education seemed unfathomable. Nevertheless, we wanted to honor him.
We settled on a handsome cross, engraved with the words, "For Bobby, who had the heart of a Titan" because he did, and also because his high school football team is named the Titans. You would think that $10,000 and the personal nature of the purchase might have guaranteed us good service. When the stone was delivered with Bobby's incorrect birthdate over a year after it was supposed to have arrived, we were treated as though we were being unreasonable in asking for a replacement.
The funeral itself, at the big Catholic church in the center of town, we had another surprise. We were the first of two funerals scheduled that day, and because we have such a large family, and everyone wanted to speak, we were running a little long.
As my youngest daughter stood at the podium whispering through her tears into the microphone about how she used to wrestle with her brother, a priest rushed out on stage. "Tell that girl she needs to wrap it up," he announced loudly and stood off to the side fairly tapping his foot with impatience.
My husband straightened his big body and turned around to look at the priest.
Then he said to our daughter, "Go ahead, sweetheart. You take your time." After a few more of her soft words the priest came forward again. "She needs to stop speaking now!" "She'll be done when she's done!" my husband practically shouted, but it was too late. My daughter ran off sobbing, and the others were on her heels trying to comfort her.
What bothers me most, though, is that original woman from the funeral home. Remembering the look on her face when we didn't get the expensive casket, despite her insistence that we should.
How she put us in their smallest room, although no other wake was going on that day, forcing the massive crowd that came to pay their respects to wait outside in the bitter cold. Particularly how, when we see her now, and we do, because she belongs to our country club, she doesn't even say hello.
If we had spent more money, would she be sending us drinks?
I was watching a program about the Vikings the other day, and one part explained how they dealt with their dead. They built a pyre on a raft, on top of which they laid the body of the deceased, beneath garlands of flowers and things the person had loved in life. They ignited the pyre and pushed it out to sea, where it burned brightly as it floated away, eventually dissolving into the water and drifting peacefully down. This seems so much simpler to me. No embalming, no open casket with the face of the dead made up with grease paint, the lips sewn shut with heavy thread. No middlemen, no sales men, no con men, no priests.
I wish so many things.
I wish my son had never died. That we'd never had to see him hanging from that closet bar and embrace his lifeless teenaged body as the nurses in the ER tried to pry us away. But if that had to be, and it did, I wish I had seen a better side of the people who helped us bury him. I wish for them the ability to see that grief, while mundane for them, is raw and blistering and new for each person as they experience it.
I hope that when their loved one passes, they will be handled by people kinder than they are, or perhaps that they are simply given a pyre and a raft which can drift away unhurried.
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28 Responses to "The Business of Death."
Gosh Erica, your article really expresses how I feel about the "grief" industry!
I'm so sorry that you had to experience such callousness at the hands of people who should have known better.
Thank you for your honesty & courage.
I am so sorry for your loss and the appalling way that you were treated.
In such an industry you would expect to find people with empathy and compassion but I guess the bottom line is …it all comes down to money. Such a ashame.
I think you're a good writer. Please write more.
Uma, thank you! I will…I can't help it
Thanks Dawn! I really appreciate the support!
This was truly lovely, and very sad – I'm so sorry for your loss, and sorrier for your experience.
Thank you so much for sharing your heart with us like that, Erica. Simply thank you.
A truly sad way to be introduced to the grieving industry, and appallingly treated to boot.
I have a personal relationship with 3 men in the industry; they, too, would be appalled by your treatment.
May the sun smile on you and yours.
Such raw courage and honest integrity…
I also lost a child, my sweet Sara, at 16 from a genetic disease. We were fortunate to have a great (if that can be said about planning your child's funeral) experience with our funeral home. We chose to have her cremated, so she can always be with us, even if we move. The funeral home let us "rent" a beautiful casket for the day. At such a stressful time, you see the best and the worst of people. People I had thought would be there for me, were not, while I was surprised, pleasantly, by others who were. You are a wonderful writer, and I hope it helped just a teeny bit to do this article. Four years have passed, and I don't feel any less grief than I did four years ago. People keep telling me time heals, but I'm not so sure when it's your child. God bless!!
Pat, Im so sorry for your loss…but so glad you had an experience different from mine. I don't think the pain ever lessens, we just learn how to work with it better. Blessings to you
So painful. And so calloused. My brother died in a car accident when he was 20. I remember a pastor said "maybe this is God's answer". How dare he interpret God that way.
Debi, I couldn't agree with you more. It is painfully presumptuous when people put forth the idea that "this was meant to be" or any similar idea. Im so sorry for the loss of your brother.
Thank you.
I feel the same way about the hospice industry. It's not just a job; the peaceful, supported transition from life to death for a loved one is a potent and poignant gift that can be given or withheld from grieving families. It's too bad that so many people who provide end of life care, including funeral services, become jaded and forget that their professions also require them to hold compassionate space for the grieving.
Tish, I am so thankful for people like you. My mother is also a dedicated hospice care worker, so I know there are good people out there! I just happened to run into the rotten apples!
Why do bad things happen to good people? I am so sorry to read about the loss of your son and life afterward. The love of my life passed away at a hospice surrounded by wonderful, caring people. Their kindness will never be forgotten and the personal letters from doctors and friends are also treasured. Support, I now understand, is a gift. It doesn't come in the form of money but compassion from one human to another. Your son was loved and continues to be loved by your family. Thank you for writing the painful story. People have no idea until things happen to them.
Linda, Im so glad your experience was different than mine. I am discovering through having written this piece that the good people in the industry far outweigh the bad. I guess we were just unlucky! The compassionate responses to my article are filling me with belated joy. Thank you.
Dear Erica, So very sad at the horendous experience you endured in obtaining funeral services for your son.You are so correct in that the pain never goes away.You express such love and compassion in your wishes for those who treated you (and others, I'd be sure) in such a callous way ;it's so natural and easy to harbor the anger, outrage and resentment that eats away at so many good things we carry inside. As a hospice R.N. for 10 yrs. of my 30 yr. nursing career, I am very familiar with the "business of death"; it IS a business and the $ so often overtakes the empathy and compassion and that makes me very sad.I have witnessed first hand the cold hearted responses of priests and other clergy, medical staff, caregivers and the funeral industry. Even with pets.my husband and I recently had to pay $140 to have our 20 yr. old suffering cat euthanized.If we had chosen to stay in the room during the administration of the fatal IV that would have been another $100 ! My heart breaks for you. I applaud your courage in sharing and your writing skills. Thank you.
Connie, As bad as "the business of death" can be, it is wonderful people like you who make the difference. Thank you for your service and compassion…as well as your encouragement of me! I am so sorry to hear of the way you were treated with your animal. That is disgraceful. As a fellow animal lover I know those last moments are tattooed on your brain. I really can not imagine why an extra $100 would be required for you to hold your animal as he or she passed. Much love to you… Erica
Thank you for this story. It is depicts the raw and vulnerability we can fill ourselves in in life. This is a journey, that as parents, we never want to walk. You shared a story of courage and of your truth. I feel honoured to have read this. Keep writing, you have a gift — you write with much heart.
Tamara, Thank you so much for your kind words. It is people like you who have made the difference and allowed our family to heal over time. XOE
Erica, I am so sad to hear of your experiences; first and most of all the loss of your son. Death is difficult for many under any circumstance; but suicide truly leaves you broken. I am a licensed funeral director and am appalled at how you were made to feel at the worst possible time.
Funerals really are expensive but with care compassion and appropriate choices they should be able to fit the needs both financially and emotionally. A truly dedicated funeral director should be properly trained to assist all families to work through the difficult road of a funeral. I will say all of us are not created equal and there are many dedicated funeral professionals who are in the business to care and not just make money. Please know that if a funeral pyre was possible in our "civilized" society (jest) and you came asking for it; there are funeral directors that would make it happen because it was the right thing to do. And those that won't don't deserve your time or hard earned money.
It would be nice if the "love and struggle" to make the almighty dollar didn't cloud what is right and just.
As far a the Catholic Church and their priests; YIKES!!!. I too have witnessed exactly what you have described and have been horrified by the conduct of a so called man of God. I am a "no longer catholic" for this reason as well as many others and wonder if the institution itself will ever get it. Of course I have seen this with many denominations; catholics don't have the commodity on being jerks. That said like funeral directors not all priests or clergy are created equal and there are many I have been humbled and honored to work with over the 30 + years as a funeral director and care deeply for the grief each family goes through.
Please accept my apologies from all of us who are exhausted from hearing stories such as yours. Believe me I don't get it either
Roger, Thank you for this deeply moving response. The wonderful thing about having written this article is that it seems the vast majority of people have not shared my experiences. For this, I am grateful. And also for men like you who are good stewards of those in difficult times. Lots of love, E
Erica, I am so sorry about the loss of your son. I can only imagine the pain of losing him … and then of having to plan his funeral service. It must have been excruciating for you and your family.
I work for an Internet startup in Cleveland called eFuneral. We were founded out of a personal struggle to plan an unexpected funeral for a loved one. It's a shame that funerals are so expensive and that there is so little transparency in the industry. That's why we've made it our mission to give families the information they need, at no cost, to make informed decisions. Our hope is to help families through the most painful time of their lives. Our hope is to help people plan – with confidence – funerals that honor their loved ones and that fit their budgets.
Thank you for sharing your story.
My thoughts are with you and your family, Leah
I'm so sorry for your loss. I hope to never know the pain of losing my son. I am associated with this industry. I own and operate a flower shop. Several years before I opened my shop I lost a close friend after she killed herself. At her funeral I noticed how beautiful her casket flowers were. I later found out that the family had paid $600 for it. I remember thinking that I would want to honor my mother in that way if she passed but I didn't have that much money for flowers. I prayed then and told The Lord that if ever He blessed me with a flower shop I would not take advantage of people in their time of grief. Having worked at other shops , I knew how much it cost. As a result I have a file of cards sent from families thanking me and my shop for the beautiful flowers and kindness we showed. I have been blessed to have a profitable business since we opened 7 years ago. I give all the credit to The Lord. I cringe when we have to do work for a child but wish that I could've served you and your family during your difficult time of loss.
Hard story.
wow as a future funeral director, these stories just make me want to be the most caring and compassionate director on the planet. The reality of this is that people will always forget love and tenderness in the place of the almighty dollar if they are not grounded in love for people. My heart goes out to anyone who has received such service and prayers to all the bereaved families.