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KC executive shares success of new fitness focus
Eric Morgenstern takes part in 'Not So Big KC Challenge'
Kansas City proudly ranks high among American cities as a great place to live, but even Mayor Sly James wants residents to help curb its obesity problem.
He recently invited some business leaders to join the "Not So Big KC Challenge," giving them until July to meet their fitness goals.
Eric Morgenstern, the CEO of Morningstar Communications, said he takes his dog rhythm walking to help get in shape.
He said while he still spends time in boardrooms and business suits, he no longer conducts business sitting down.
"I arrange conference calls on my mobile phone and walk laps around conference rooms or when it's nice, I'll walk outside," he said. "My goal is not vanity and not weight loss. It's living a healthier life, being able to have more energy and less pain in my legs and hips and back."
Morgenstern wears a Fit Bit device that counts his steps and tracks his activity level. He said he's lost 15 pounds so far, but his real success is how he feels.
He said he hopes his healthier lifestyle will motivate his employees and others to join him.
"I'm doing my serpentine rhythm, moving my arms so I get my cardio going," he said. "When everyone looks at me, they smile, and I choose to interpret that they're happy to see someone exercising, not that they're laughing at me."
He said he sees the challenge as a personal win-win, but the businessman in him knows that it's also a great way to cut down on health care costs.
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The Sri Lankan Government has said it has prioritised its economic policies to achieve a lower deficit and moderate inflation.
"High inflation is a tax on the poor. We must try and reduce inflation. My personal opinion is that it is far better to reduce inflation than raising wages," Deputy Finance Minister Sarath Amunugama said.
Addressing a gathering in the central district of Kandy yesterday Amunugama said the Government was able to bring down inflation from 20 per cent to 7 per cent in the recent period. However, the official figures for October show inflation at 8.9 per cent.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa, presenting the 2013 budget earlier this month, said the budget aims to reduce the island's fiscal deficit to 5.8 per cent of GDP in 2013.
The Government said the deficit was now in line with the 6.2 per cent agreed with the IMF.
Amunugama said the deficit which was 6.9 per cent in 2011 would be brought down further.
"We have a fiscal deficit of Rs 500 billion so we need to promote the habit of saving. We can't be printing money to promote the habit of saving. We can't be printing money to finance the deficit," Amunugama said.


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Narrative: Sheriff Richard A. Meyers is announcing the implementation of a "No Wake Zone" effective immediately for the entire Rock River within Winnebago County, due to the high water and hazardous river conditions. Heavy rains in the Rock River Basin over the past week have caused the Rock River to rise to levels at or above 708 measured at the Ralston Road Bridge. Upon inspecting the Rock River this morning by the Sheriff's river patrol boat and Command staff it was determined that the river was over it's banks in several areas. Boaters are encouraged to avoid using the river for recreational purposes during this time as the presence of debris in the river creates hazardous conditions, which are difficult to detect. Additionally, the increased water flow creates a much faster current than what has been experienced over the past few months with the lower water levels. These conditions increase the likelihood of problems for boaters, which results in exposing first responders to dangerous conditions should a rescue situation develop. The Sheriff's Department will continue to monitor the river levels during the week and the National Weather Service is forecasting that the river level should continue to fall over the next few days. It is anticipated based off of current projections that the "No Wake" order should be removed in time for the upcoming holiday weekend. For current river conditions, and any further updates, contact the Sheriff's Office at (815) 319-6300, or the Rock River information telephone line at (815) 316-8888.


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I have a LOT to tell you. A LOT. In fact, there's a big arse blog jam building up in my poor little foam-stuffed head. It's gotten so bad recently that I've begun a list of reminders for posts that need writing so that I won't forget. There's 'family photos – how', 'what is a choice?', 'appreciation gifts' – the list is long and I am desperate for time to sit and write. But it's going to have to wait.
You see, my friend, Rachel has something to say. And it's important – really important – that we hear it. And it's even more important – in fact I'd say that it's morally imperative – that we act on what we hear.
And since I believe in this with every fiber of my being, I'm going to sweeten the pot for you a little. Not only do you get to DO THE RIGHT THING with almost no effort, in virtually no time, with no money, no commitment, no signing up for anything, no going anywhere – no nothin' but good ole moral fortitude, you ALSO get the chance to win a prize.
Yup, this really is your lucky day.
I am giving away three SIGNED copies of Michelle Garcia Winner and Pamela Crooke's book, Social Thinking At Work – Why Should I Care? at random to three people who take three minutes out of their lives to support the children of our nation's heroes. Details on how to enter will be at the bottom of the post.
I've never done a giveaway of any kind before. I simply don't have the capacity to manage them on a regular – or even on a once-in-a-blue-moon basis. But this matters.
1 in 88 military children with autism matter. The fact that only 1 in 10 of those 1 in 88 is getting services matters. The fact that a soldier at war cannot care for his or her children matters.
It's not OK.
But you – WE – can help change it.
I'm going to turn the mic over to Rachel. I warn you, she's frustrated. She's angry. She's tired. And she has every right to be. Please help.
My name is Rachel Kenyon. I live in Connecticut and I am a proud army wife… blah blah blah.
I am pissed.
Jess at Diary of a Mom summed it up pretty well, "The hoofbeats ain't comin' my friends, we ARE the cavalry."
Yesterday, I devoted an entire Saturday to working on the Caring for Military Kids with Autism Act (CMKAA) – H.R. 2288. I worked on the site I had created back in June when the bill was introduced to try to streamline the process for lending support.
I can't make it any easier to do. A caveman's dog could do it. I give all of the information necessary to understand why this bill is critical to the 22,000-plus military kids living with autism and their soldiers who serve. I wrote a sample letter for folks to cut and paste, and with one click every citizen in this country has a direct link to contact their Member of Congress even if they have no earthly idea who that is.
What more could you ask?
I read other military parent blogs, I scan the dozens of overlapping military social networks. I hear a lot of complaining by our families about how hard it is and a lot of shock when civilians hear what we are facing in the shadows of an autism diagnosis. I also know that not nearly enough of the 'outraged citizens' of our country – military or civilian – are outraged enough to take action.
So let me break it down once again.
1 in 88 military kids with autism. Less than 10% get the treatments they need.
Deployments and moving every couple of years all suck. Our military families embrace the suckage as best we can because that is what we signed up for. But as Household Six writes, "I wouldn't tell the woman with breast cancer, 'Well, you knew what would happen having breasts and all.'" Seriously. No one joined up counting on autism and a complete lack of appropriate services while serving their country. I often share the comparison that my daughter had open-heart surgery at four-months-old to the out-of-pocket-tune of eight bucks for hospital parking, but autism will bankrupt you, screw with your marriage, scar the typical siblings for life and leave you wanting a very stiff drink with breakfast.
TRICARE can kiss my ass. The DoD can kiss my ass. Apathy can kiss my mo'fo' ass. None of this has to be so damned difficult. Countless studies, reports and prior attempts at legislative fixes make it clear – our kids with autism need intensive treatment and military life creates real barriers to care. No soldier should have to serve for more than 20 years and not be able to retire because of a child's disability. No military family should be moved across the country or across the globe on orders to do so and lose all services for their child with autism.
Why are we not seeing this change?
Because not nearly enough – not nearly enough – of the families affected by these circumstances are standing up and speaking up. Not nearly enough – not nearly enough – friends, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, teachers and neighbors are taking three minutes out of their lives to say something about the mistreatment of our military families and their children with autism. And like spoiled children, Congress accomplishes little because We The People are not holding them accountable. We simply cannot accept that.
There are a handful of amazing military parents of children with autism fighting every day, sacrificing themselves for the good of all. They are the real heroes. I am talking about moms and dads that make me look like a wet-behind-the-ears-Private with underwear on my head and a kevlar vest around my ankles. But like me, these military parents aren't waiting to hear the hoofbeats of a cavalry that isn't coming. We have figured that part out. But none of us can do this without the voices of those we are trying so desperately to help.
Speak up. Tell Congress that our military's service to our country is worthy of care for all military children.
There is no excuse that this is too hard, or takes too much effort. If you have time to take a dump in the bathroom alone for more than three minutes, consider yourself blessed with a luxury that many parents of autism do not share. So pay it forward and take three minutes to save a child with autism.
Merry Christmas, I did the work for you:
One-click support of CMKAA is HERE.
To enter into the drawing for a book, simply click on the link above and follow the instructions to copy and paste the letter you find there to your Congressional representatives. Then come back here and leave the word 'DONE' in the comments. That's it. Make sure your e-mail address is correct so that I can contact you if you win. For extra credit, please share the link and ask others to help. As a matter of fact, if you share it, come back here and tell me that too and I'll enter you again. This is easy friends, and it is, quite simply, the RIGHT THING TO DO.
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Welcome to Celebrate Local
Phone : 614-471-6446 (OHIO)
Address: 3952 Townsfair Way Columbus, Ohio 43219
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Twitter: @cbuslocal
What is Celebrate Local?
Celebrate Local, Shop the Best of Ohio is not only a retail operation, it is a small business incubator assisting entrepreneurs, small businesses and Ohio farmers for their retail debut! Celebrate Local showcases the best of Ohio produced handmade and LOCAL artisan goods. Patrons of Easton Town Center, central Ohio's favorite retail destination, will have to look no further for locally-sourced foods, children's clothing, Custom T-shirts, Salsas, Sauces, Ohio Wines, Ohio Craft Beer, Candy, Baked Goods, Stationary, Notecards, Artisan Jewelry, Handicrafts, Paintings and so much more from The Great State of OHIO!
Here's a quick video! Come in and take a stroll around the store!
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Click here for an article from Unground Columbus about our place!
Check out our video from our humble beginnings: How It All Began!
Interview from Out N About Columbus WSYX ABC 6 – December 2013
Celebrate Local visitors will be able to shop, put together gift baskets with flair, from local Ohio wines and spirits to handicrafts, with every dollar spent showing a commitment to community development and local entrepreneurship.
When and where can I shop?
The one-of-a-kind shop represents an opportunity for Local Ohio farmers, growers, food artisans, handcrafters, artists, and other local specialty retailers to have a presence at Easton Town Center in Columbus, Ohio, year – round! And, we introduce Easton patrons to the best products and services that Ohio has to offer. Celebrate Local is located in the south district of Easton Town Center next to Panera Bread and across from Crate and Barrel.
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Could I get a notification when more grey "born in Ohio" hoodies (size small) are back in stock? Also is there anyway to get it shipped? Thanks!
I don't live in Ohio anymore but I really want something from here, is there a way to shop it online?
Do you sell gift cards online or can we call and get one? I live an hour and half away and was thinking of getting a friend a gift card?
Hi, I moved to Florida but would still like to support you. Do you have a catalogue?
Looked for your store about a week ago and couldn't find it! did you move?
I was perusing the jams and looking at the supplier's websites to decide what to buy when I visit Columbus. However, it seemed that the Lake Erie Island Company left me with the feeling that the "imported" their jams instead of making jams themselves. In Kentucky, our Kentucky Proud program insists that all legit products are made within our state. Are their products Ohio-made as well? Thanks!!
[…] Fort, kind of like Celebrate Local, only right here on our campus, is a living example of a real physical business incubator […]
Im thankful for the blog post. Really Great.
Very neat post. Much obliged.
What's going to happen after the end of January? I write a column called"Bargain Bits" in Columbus Monthly and would like to include this is my March column- deadline is Jan 14. Could someone call me and let me know what's going on in the future. This is the kind of place I like to include in my column.
[…] like Surly Girl. There's a pop-up store open right now at Easton called, appropriately, Celebrate Local, that sells only handmade and artisan products made in […]
[…] Celebrate Local is a pop-up shop open for the holidays at Easton. They carry Ohio foods and crafts. My sister and I took a recent trip there to check it out. (note that there was no natural light in there, and my photography skills are already approaching "worst ever" status…) […]
[…] Celebrate Local, a pop-up holiday shop featuring Ohio produced foods and gifts, opens Saturday. The non-profit […]


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This is a tantalizing holiday entree as the gooey fruits and honey of this dish evoke the sweetness of a Happy New Year.
A tagine is a dish that is a native and staple of so many North African tables, specifically in the cuisines of Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria.
It looks like a chimney pot with a clay base . The pot is taken off and put aside and an aromatic stew of lamb, or beef, or chicken, or fish with chickpeas and vegetables appears: the stew may also be composed of only vegetables.
Tagine is a cooking method which for about an hour effectively steams and braises the meats and vegetables with spices at a relatively low temperature of 325 to 350 degrees so that they are tender, tasty and delectable.
If you cannot fine a tagine pot a roaster does the trick!
- 2 lbs boneless lamb shoulder,cubed
- 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 onion,chopped
- 1tsp coriander
- 1 tsp fresh ginger,grated(or may use one frozen cube)
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1/4 tsp coarse pepper
- 1/4 tsp saffron threads
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1/2 lb dried apricots
- 1/2 lb dried prunes
- 1/4 c honey
- 1 TBSP toasted sesame seeds
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- In a large skillet over medium heat,heat oil, add lamb and brown on all sides. add onion and sauté 5 minutes.
- in an oven proof tagine ,casserole, or crock pot, combine lamb,onion,ginger,coriander,salt,pepper saffron and cinnamon stick.
- Barely cover with water and bake in oven with cover ajar for 45 minutes.
- Remove cover and continue cooking another 15 minutes.
- Remove cinnamon stick,add dried fruits and honey cook another 20 minutes.remove from oven sprinkle with sesame seeds!
- this recipe is best enjoyed over couscous or simple white rice!
Chicken cutlet cubed can be substituted for the lamb if desired!


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Combined RIXS and XPS
The station PEAXIS (PhotoElectron Analysis and X-ray Inelastic Spectroscopy) is a fixed experimental station installed at the U41-PEAXIS beamline, in user operation since October 2018. It is dedicated to studies of angle-resolved RIXS (Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering) and PES (PhotoElectron Spectroscopy) on solids and liquid cells. As shown in the Schematic figure below, the station is equipped with an electron energy analyzer (violet) and a RIXS spectrometer (blue). Various sample manipulators (red) can be installed in the sample chamber (green) according to different sample environments. The RIXS spectrometer includes a grating chamber (dark blue), a five-meter RIXS arm (light blue) and a CCD detector (orange). The RIXS arm is continuously rotatable on a supporting rail in a range of 106.5 degrees.
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|Station data
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|A hemispherical energy analyzer (SPECS PHOIBOS 150) for electron detections; a CCD camera (Andor iKon-L) for X-ray detections; two mass spectrometers for mass detections in the loadlock and sample chamber, respectively; two ammeter (Keithley 6517B) for sample drain current and photodiode measurements
|Two solid sample manipulators with full translational and rotational movements along XYZ axes covering two temperature ranges of 20 K ~ RT and LN ~ 1000 K, one liquid-cell manipulator with translational movements along XYZ axes and rotational movement around Z axis
|Sample holder compatibility
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|Remote Access
|RIXS gratings
|Two VLS gratings of 2400 l/mm covering two energy ranges of 200 - 600 eV and 400 - 1200 eV
|Sample treatment
|Ar sputtering and annealing up to 800 K, mechanical cleaving tool
- C. Schulz, K. Lieutenant, J. Xiao, T. Hofmann, D. Wong and K. Habicht, Characterization of the soft X-ray spectrometer PEAXIS at BESSY II; J. Synchrotron Rad. 27, 238-249 (2020). DOI: 10.1107/S1600577519014887
- K. Lieutenant, T. Hofmann, C. Zendler, C. Schulz, E. F. Aziz and K. Habicht, Numerical optimization of a RIXS spectrometer using raytracing simulations, Journal of Physics: Conference Series (2016). DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/738/1/012104
- K. Lieutenant, T. Hofmann, C. Schulz, M. Yablonskikh, K. Habicht, E. F. Aziz, Design Concept of the High-Resolution End-station PEAXIS at BESSY II: Wide-Q-Range RIXS and XPS Measurements on Solids, Solutions, and Interfaces, J. El. Spec. Rel. Phen. (2016). DOI: 10.1016/j.elspec.2015.08.009


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Aoki ready to show KC what he can do
Former Japanese superstar gives Royals prototypical leadoff hitter
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Tough assignment for Nori Aoki in his first formal appearance for the Royals. All he had to do was face his countryman from Japan and one of the best pitchers in the Major Leagues, Yu Darvish.
So excuse Aoki when, after stroking a long foul ball to right field, he struck out on a 1-2 pitch in Thursday's Cactus League opener against the Rangers. That, Aoki's track record will tell you, won't happen very often as his season as the Royals' leadoff batter and right fielder unfolds.
His second at-bat, against Tommy Hanson, went better. On a 3-2 pitch, Aoki hit a hard grounder to shortstop, sped down the line and, when Josh Wilson's throw was high, he was safe on the error. Then Aoki stole second base -- that's more like it.
"I wasn't nervous, I felt pretty good actually for playing my first game in a while so I thought I did pretty well," Aoki said.
Aoki got a third at-bat and worked a 3-2 count before bouncing out to second. So he went 0-for-3 in his Kansas City debut.
"It's still the first game of Spring Training, so I was just trying to get a handle on the strike zone," Aoki said. "As I get more at-bats, I'll get a better feel for it."
One thing he is getting better feel for is the camaraderie of the Royals' clubhouse.
"It's a great bunch of guys and everyone is very nice to me and I feel like I'm becoming part of the team," he said.
Aoki's new baseball home is a long way from his permanent home in Tokyo. He was born in Hyuga City, a bay city of about 63,000 facing the sea of Hyuga. His parents -- his father is in the insurance business -- still live there, about an hour-and-half flight from Tokyo.
Young Aoki was primarily a pitcher in high school, but at Waseda University in Tokyo, he switched to the outfield and was a .332 hitter in his collegiate career. His baseball hero, though, was a shortstop: Derek Jeter. In 2003, Aoki was drafted by the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, and he'd spend his entire Japanese career, 2004-11, with the Central League team.
His breakout year was 2005, when he was the league's top rookie with a .344 average with what was described as an "Ichiro-like" 202 hits. The comparisons to the legendary Ichiro Suzuki continued.
Aaron Guiel, a former Royals outfielder, was Aoki's teammate with the Swallows from 2007-11.
"When Aoki was really young, they thought he was going to be the next Ichiro, but they found out Ichiro is just a once-in-a-lifetime talent, so that was a lot of pressure on Aoki," Guiel said. "But fortunately Aoki just became his own type of player."
Quite a player. He was the league batting champion three times and hit over .300 in six of his seven full seasons. He was a Central League All-Star seven times. He won six Gold Gloves. He played for Japan's World Baseball Classic team in 2006 and '09 and its Olympic team in '08.
"He played with a lot of heart, a lot of enthusiasm, a lot of imagination and was a really dynamic player over there," Guiel said.
"I don't want to say he was like Ichiro, but he had some of the same characteristics that Ichiro has. He has a lot of forward movement in his swing, and he's very contact-oriented. So he has the ability to put, regardless of location, a lot of balls in play. He doesn't strike out a lot and combine that with being left-handed and having good speed, he wreaked havoc on a lot of Japanese teams."
Aoki came to the United States in 2012 and played two seasons with Milwaukee, with a .287 average and a .377 on-base percentage. He showed some power, too, with 18 homers over the two years.
On Dec. 5, even with the Royals negotiating with free agent Carlos Beltran, they took the precaution of trading for Aoki, sending pitcher Will Smith to the Brewers. It proved to be a prudent move when Beltran later signed with the Yankees.
Now Aoki is the Royals' right fielder and leadoff batter. He's something of a bargain, earning $1.95 million this year, but because of a special contract provision, he can become a free agent after the season. So the Royals' front office undoubtedly will be weighing his performance with a possible eye toward a contract extension. For his part, a big season would make Aoki a coveted player on the open market.
"He's going to be the type of player that Kansas City has not seen in a long, long time," Guiel said. "Aoki will just continuously be on first base and set the table; he's just a real nice traditional leadoff hitter."
Aoki, 32, is a very disciplined batter. Last year he struck out just 40 times in 674 plate appearances -- best ratio in the Major Leagues.
"I just try to see the ball as deep as possible in the zone and try to make contact, and I just want to be able to hit any ball that's thrown to me," Aoki said through his translator, Kosuke Inaji.
Royals manager Ned Yost marvels at Aoki's consistent mechanics during batting practice.
"He repeats them every swing; it's amazing to watch. It's the same swing every time," Yost said. "And if it's middle-away, bam, he smokes it that way. Bam, or he smokes it off the screen. Or you throw him a pitch in, boom, he smokes it down the right-field line. When you're that consistent with your mechanics, you're going to be a consistent performer."
There's a simple reason for that consistency.
"I just swung the bat a lot in Japan, upwards of a thousand times a day, so I'd say it has something to do with that," Aoki said.
Once in a while he'll change his batting stance a bit.
"Slightly," he said. "I don't feel exactly the same every day, so maybe I'll change slightly day-to-day. I don't change things up too much. I think all players do similar things, depending on the day and how they feel."
Left-handed pitchers cause him no grief. Last year his .339 average was the Majors' best by a left-handed batter against lefty pitchers.
Aoki also piled up 40 infield hits, part of his bag of 140 singles. In Japan, teams sometimes used an "Aoki shift," bringing the third baseman in and shading the shortstop into the hole to guard against slap hits or bunts. He's even seen that a few times in the States.
Aoki stole between 37 and 80 bases a season in Japan, although that scaled down to 30 and 20 in his two years with the Brewers. He was thrown out 12 times last year, a figure he'd like to reduce.
"It's something I'm working on, and I also know some of the reasons why I was thrown out some of those times last year," Aoki said.
Aoki won his Gold Gloves as a center fielder in Japan, but he's won praise for his defense in right field with good reads, range and speed. His arm?
"I feel it's decent and pretty accurate, and I also feel like I release the ball pretty quickly after I catch it," Aoki said.
He's heard all about the Royals' excellent defensive reputation.
"Oh, yeah, of course and I feel like I can learn a lot from the players around me as well," he said. "I'd like to become part of the great defense that we have."
If you're trying to remember how many Japanese-born players the Royals have had previously, there were three, all pitchers in Mac Suzuki (1999-2002), Yasuhiko Yabuta (2008-09) and Hideo Nomo (2008). Aoki is wearing uniform No. 23, his original number in Japan.
Guiel said that while some "old guard" Japanese players are sometimes aloof, Aoki is accessible and easy-going.
"He's got a sense of humor that's going to surprise them a little bit. He's going to jell quickly. He won't go and sit in a corner because he's in a different country," Guiel said. "He'll make an effort at lunch, he'll make an effort in batting practice and he's going to fit in really quick."
Aoki is a family man -- he met wife Sachi when she was a TV sports anchor in Tokyo -- and they have two children, daughter Emily, two-and-half, and son Takuta, nine months.
"They're not here now, but once the season starts they'll be coming into Kansas City," he said. "My family is really excited to come to Kansas City."
His last name, Aoki, is Japanese for "blue tree," and he now smilingly agrees to an amended translation, "royal blue tree."
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How's this Royals team going to do this year?
"I feel like we've got a team that can make the playoffs and make a run for the World Series," he replied.
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WORCESTER, Mass.-- The uncle of a Boston Marathon bombing suspect killed in a gun battle with police arrived at a funeral home Sunday to arrange for his burial.
Ruslan Tsarni of Montgomery Village, Md., and three other men met with Worcester funeral home director Peter Stefan. The men who accompanied Tsarni plan to wash and perform Muslim burial rites on the body of 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Stefan said.
Tsarnaev, who had appeared in surveillance photos wearing a black cap and was identified as Suspect No. 1, died days after the April 15 bombing, which killed three people and injured more than 260 others.
Stefan said he has received calls from people criticizing him and calling him "un-American" for being willing to handle Tsarnaev's funeral.
"We take an oath to do this. Can I pick and choose? No. Can I separate the sins from the sinners? No," he said. "We are burying a dead body. That's what we do."
A half dozen protesters gathered outside the funeral home Sunday holding signs and American flags and chanting "USA!" One sign read: "Do not bury him on U.S. soil." Several people drove by the funeral home earlier Sunday and yelled, including one man who shouted, "Throw him off a boat like Osama bin Laden!"
Stefan said he hasn't been able to find a cemetery in Massachusetts willing to take the body, but he has received offers to provide a grave and to contribute money toward the funeral expenses from people in other states. Stefan said he plans to ask the city of Cambridge, where Tsarnaev lived, to provide a burial plot, and if Cambridge turns him down, he will seek help from state officials.
Stefan said Tsarnaev's uncle told him he is anxious to bury his nephew.
"They just want to get it over with. They want to get him buried," Stefan said.
Tsarni has denounced the acts that his nephews -- Tamerlan and younger brother Dzhokhar -- are accused of committing and has said they brought shame to the family and the entire Chechen ethnicity. The brothers are ethnic Chechens from Russia who came to the United States about a decade ago with their parents. Both parents returned to Dagestan last year.
Dzhokhar, 19, is in a prison hospital, facing a potential death sentence if convicted of the terrorism plot.


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Curing cancer and eliminating heart disease has been the holy grail of medical research. But there could be even greater benefits if aging itself could be delayed, a study finds.
This is not quite as farfetched as it sounds. While the anti-aging "cures" being marketed these days are largely snake oil, in the laboratory scientists have managed to extend the lives of laboratory animals. And they have a better understanding of the mechanisms of biological aging.
That's good news if you're a lab rat, but at present there are no treatments that delay aging in people. The study published today in Health Affairs offers statistical evidence that delaying aging in people would extend life expectancy even more than would a decline in cancer or heart disease.
"In some ways we've become the victims of our own success," says Dana Goldman, director of the Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics at the University of Southern California and one of the authors of the study. "We've made a lot of progress delaying heart disease... and we've made progress in delaying cancer too. What that means is [further] progress in those areas is in some ways harder to get."
If the process of aging could be delayed, all of the diseases associated with aging, whether cancer or stroke or Alzheimer's, would occur later in life than they do now. The idea is that people would not only live longer, they'd be healthier for longer.
Even so, successful treatments to delay aging might only add two years of life, according to the Health Affairs study. But the projected gains in life expectancy from further reducing the incidence of cancer or heart disease were only about half of that.
Even getting those extra two years of healthy life would have benefits, the researchers say. Goldman estimates the economic benefit to society would be about $7 trillion over 50 years. That's because people would get chronic diseases later in life, fewer older people would be disabled and they would continue to contribute to society.
"What economists are very good at doing is translating health into dollars," says Goldman. "The health gains [of delaying aging] are so overwhelming that they make this worth pursuing."
There would also be social costs, however. People would be on Social Security longer. And even though these healthier older Americans might cost Medicare less in a given year, they'd be on Medicare longer. The study's authors suggest that changes in those entitlement programs, such as increasing the eligibility age, would be necessary.
This study isn't saying don't be concerned about heart health, says Donna Arnett, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Alabama-Birmingham and past president of the American Heart Association. Rather, it's saying that looking broadly at measures that improve health has benefits beyond just reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer.
"We really have to think about healthy aging from the time we're children and adolescents," Arnett told Shots. She was not involved in the study.
One final conundrum of finding treatments to delay aging is who would get them. Insurance companies and Medicare tend to pay for treating diseases, not preventing them. The Affordable Care Act mandates payment for some preventive services, but they are limited.
"You might end up with a model where the wealthy might be living much longer than people who don't have access to these therapies," says Goldman. "And so the tension on the social fabric is quite tight."
Those concerns are a long way off. But there is increasing interest in the field. If the federal government opens for business soon, later this month the National Institutes for Health is hosting a two-day meeting on delayed aging with researchers from around the country.
And Google recently made headlines when it announced it would invest in Calico, a company headed by Genentech board member Arthur Levinson that will focus on research into aging and the diseases that go with it.
Curing cancer and eliminating heart disease, those are the holy grails of medical research. But the risk of developing either disease increases with age. And a new study shows that delaying aging would provide the greatest health benefit of all.
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INA JAFFE, BYLINE: Sure, there's a lot of snake oil out there promising the fountain of youth for 39.99 plus shipping and handling. But there have also been a number of reputable scientific studies that have significantly extended the lives of lab animals. Now, there needs to be more focus on turning this laboratory science into treatments for people, says Jay Olshansky, a professor of public health at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
JAY OLSHANSKY: If you can slow the biological process of aging, even a minor slowdown in the rate at which we age yields improvements in virtually every condition of frailty and disability and mortality that we see at later ages.
JAFFE: Olshansky is one of the authors of the study published in the current issue of Health Affairs. It provides statistical evidence that there'd be twice as much bang for the research buck in focusing on delaying aging than in focusing on reducing either of the two major causes of death - cancer and heart disease. In part, that's because there's already been so much progress in preventing and treating those.
DANA GOLDMAN: In some ways, we've become victims of our own success.
JAFFE: Says study co-author Dana Goldman, head of the Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics at the University of Southern California. He says there's already been a lot of progress focusing on one disease at a time.
GOLDMAN: And so what that means is, progress in those areas are in some ways harder to get.
JAFFE: But delaying aging could also stave off the other disorders of old age, like Alzheimer's, says Jay Olshansky.
OLSHANSKY: We're not trying to make us live forever, we're not trying to even make us live significantly longer. What we're trying to do is extend the period of healthy life.
JAFFE: The study also looked at the economic impacts of this, says Dana Goldman.
GOLDMAN: What economists are very good at doing is translating health into dollars.
JAFFE: And the study's authors found that having a larger and healthier older population would yield an overall economic benefit of about $7 trillion over 50 years.
GOLDMAN: The health gains are so overwhelming that they make this worth pursuing.
JAFFE: But there would also be social costs to delaying the aging process. People would be on Social Security and Medicare longer than they are now. The study suggests that changes in entitlement programs, such as increasing the eligibility age, would be necessary. One final conundrum of finding a therapy to delay aging is who would get it. Goldman says insurance companies and Medicare tend to pay for treating diseases rather than preventing them.
GOLDMAN: You might end up with a model where the wealthy might be living much longer than people who don't have access to these therapies. And so, the tension on the social fabric is quite tight.
JAFFE: That's a long way off. Currently, there are no treatments that delay aging in people. But recently, Google made headlines when it announced it would invest in Calico, a company that will focus on research into aging and the diseases that go with it. And later this month, the National Institutes of Health will bring together researchers from around the country for a two-day meeting on the science of delayed aging. That's if the federal government is back in business by then. Ina Jaffe, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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A friend of mine recently mentioned that she had lately become rather addicted to Henning Mankell books. Now that I have finished 'Faceless Killers', I can understand why, and I think I may fly through the series as well.
An elderly farmer and his wife are brutally murdered in their home. There is no clear motive and no leads in the tragedy, except for one word the woman utters just before her death. She says the word 'foreign'.
Henning Mankell is a thoughtful and reflective author who writes what I would call intelligent literary crime fiction. The author also seamlessly incorporates social issues, in this case he has woven in the difficult question of how refugee immigrants are received and regarded in a country like Sweden. In other books, he deals with things like the collapse of the Soviet Union, teenage suicide, Internet crimes, and how citizens sometimes take justice into their own hands, instead of leaving it to the police and the justice system. Mankell understands cross-cultural issues. He has a home in Mozambique where he stays part of the time.
Kurt Wallander is a character who develops and changes which keep the series full of interest. Contrastingly, the character of his father is someone who never changes at all except that he is beginning to suffer from dementia. And Wallander's daughter and ex-wife Mona figure into the stories as well. In fact, Wallander's occasional issues with women are probably due to the fact that he is a compassionate soul, still dealing with the loss of his marriage and not ready to move on well until he has accepted this. Mankell says that he has always been the same age as his Wallander character, which has informed his writing. And he makes Wallander quite vulnerable and realistic. In the 4th novel he gets diabetes and has to deal with that as well, mostly because he neglects his own health while busy with investigations. That would never happen to James Bond!
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As the nation's independent bookstores fight for their lives in the bare-knuckle scrum that is modern publishing commerce, all eyes are on Winnetka.
"Oh yes," said Oren Teicher, CEO of the American Bookseller's Association. "I am very, very aware of the Book Stall."
It isn't because he worked there one Christmas, part of an annual tour of member stores he does every year. And it isn't because the impending retirement of store owner Roberta Rubin was written up in Publishers Weekly magazine earlier this year.
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It is because the recent history of independent bookstores is dotted with great shops that faded away when their owners called it quits. Both Teicher and Rubin are confident that won't happen here. Still, the chapter they are hoping for hasn't been written yet.
And the endings in other towns haven't always been happy.
Rubin, who has owned the store for 30 years, said she's in conversation with three prospective buyers and is confident one will be able to close the deal. But that doesn't mean there isn't a sense of trepidation, fear that this literary anchor might turn into another empty store.
Mike Leonard, a Winnetka resident and regular contributor to NBC's "Today Show," said he has traveled all over the country and seen more than his share of failing local businesses, including independent bookstores.
"The ones that are viable, and work, seem to have a heart and a soul," said Leonard, who recently wrote an appreciation of the Book Stall for the book "My Bookstore." "You walk by, and there's a sense that you just want to walk in there, look around and say hello."
Leonard said he can't imagine downtown Winnetka without the Book Stall.
The same could certainly be said for downtown Menlo Park, Calif., where local residents were so unhappy over the impending closure of their local bookstore that they have ponied up money to help keep it open. The rebirth of Kepler's Books as a hybrid, partially nonprofit, community supported enterprise is one solution the industry is keeping a close eye on.
Kepler's has been a Silicon Valley literary fixture since before it was the Silicon Valley. But the owner, like Rubin, has been pushing to retire for several years. A traditional buyer couldn't be found. Local residents reached out to Praveen Madan and Christin Evans, a husband-and-wife team who left the world of corporate consulting to follow their passion for books six years ago. They first took over the Booksmith, in San Francisco. And their success at keeping that store afloat led fans of Kepler's to approach them, Madan said.
The result is a hybrid entity — one part semitraditional bookstore, one part community-led nonprofit. Madan said he and his wife own the core bookselling operation, having financed the purchase with a combination of donations and loans from the community. They are formed as a "flexible purpose corporation," a new designation created in California for companies "with a social mission," Madan said.
The second part of the store, used for literary events, readings, classes and other community gatherings, is established as a nonprofit.
"Our belief is that the bookstores that survive will be the ones that transform themselves into a structure that allows them to support the community's cultural and literary missions," Madan said. "Bookstores that just rely on being places to buy books aren't going to make it."
Rubin isn't so sure. While careful not to criticize the Kepler's model, saying all communities are unique and "maybe it can work in a place like California," she said a passionate owner is the key to success at the Book Stall.
"It's not as much about making money as it is about staying afloat," she said. "That's part of the passion of owning an independent bookstore. "I love the written word. I love the thoughts of good writers. I love to read good writing, and I like to put it all in your hands."
Rubin said her store made money last year, after four years in the red. Over the course of 30 years as owner, she said, she's made money more often than she's lost it. Still, it's not a business for someone looking to make their fortune.
Teicher said he doesn't think a person like Rubin can truly be replaced. But he believes a new owner will be found who can carry on the store's success.
"I am absolutely 100 percent sure that it will continue," he said of the Book Stall. "It will be different. There will be changes. Independent bookstores tend to take on the personality of their owners. But there is more than ample population in that area to support the store."
Teicher said that experiments like Kepler's are part and parcel of the independent bookstore community.
"What makes independent bookstores what they are is that they are all unique," he said.
Teicher added that the outlook for this business sector is not as bleak as it might seem. Revenues in the stores of his nearly 1,600 members are up about 12 percent over last year, he said. Much of this is probably attributable to the loss of Borders. But the period of declining ABA membership reversed several years ago, he said. From the mid-1990s to about 2005, the number of independent bookstores dropped to about 1,300 companies operating about 1,700 locations, Teicher said, a drop he attributed to big-box book retailers like Borders, Barnes & Noble and Wal-Mart, and the advent of Amazon. Now, nearly 1,600 companies operating 2,200 locations make up the ABA.
"It's tough. Let's be clear about that," he said. "Books are now being sold everywhere, and they are being sold in every format everywhere. But the broad gloom and doom story is just not true."
Rubin said tapping into the community, especially schools and book clubs, is the key. And she's also not afraid of the Big Bad Wolf of the bookselling business, the e-reader, offering old-fashioned observational common sense to explain her confidence. She recalled a recent plane trip.
"I noticed that the people reading the e-books didn't stay with them for the whole trip," she said.
She's equally optimistic about the future of her beloved store, even after she recites all the obstacles bookstore owners face these days. Asked if she thought the Book Stall would still be around 20 years from now, she didn't hesitate.
"I do," she said. "I sure do. It will be if we keep that positive outlook and vision about books. It might be here in a different form. But it will be here."
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bethanndoddOctober 21, 2011 at 8:34 pm
Enjoy!!! Looking forward to your new patterns! Smiles~Beth
KarOctober 21, 2011 at 8:42 pm
What a wonderful shot of such beautiful scenery! Have fun on your break.
amandaOctober 21, 2011 at 9:36 pm
that picture is so pretty.
madebymumOctober 22, 2011 at 12:36 am
enjoy your break. I hope you are the one taking that picture it looks breath taking.
JackieOctober 22, 2011 at 5:58 am
Have a great time!!
MicheleOctober 22, 2011 at 6:24 am
That picture is just WOW! I like the fall weather too, except for the rainy ones, but unfortunately it reminds me of what is to come next which I really don't like much at all.
DeeRooOctober 22, 2011 at 6:37 am
Ack! I love that photo! Where is it? Do you mind if I put it in my drawing inspiration folder?:)
Enjoy your family kiddo!!
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AimeeOctober 22, 2011 at 7:57 am
Wow, that picture is stunning!
Archie the wonder dogOctober 22, 2011 at 8:07 am
Have a great week!
pinksuedeshoeOctober 22, 2011 at 10:53 am
That photo is amazing. Have a great time!
MaryAnnBOctober 22, 2011 at 11:26 pm
Love this time of year, and it looks so beautiful out your way! Enjoy your time away from here! Read you when you get back, and look forward to see what you've been working on!
poppyinpinkOctober 23, 2011 at 8:50 am
So you have a great time! We will be here, God willing, when you get back! Enjoy your family..they are sooo precious. I had a little time out with mine today and it was good for the spirit to catch up.
Fabric FanaticOctober 23, 2011 at 2:12 pm
Beautiful country there! Love the photos.
BarbaraOctober 23, 2011 at 10:04 pm
stunning photo … just reaffirms my desire to get to that part of the country and soak in the beauty. Have a fantastic break!
Natalia from Piece N QuiltOctober 24, 2011 at 3:01 pm
Hey, I know where that picture is!:) and you had to drive past my studio to take it! 🙂
DawnOctober 26, 2011 at 2:55 pm
You took lovely photos! Wow! I'm impressed! Did you go to Bryce and Zion? We have been both places twice, but both times in the Spring…even had snow at Bryce which really made it gorgeous… even if it was May. lol I never realized how gorgeous Utah is in the Fall. After seeing your pics I believe I will have to suggest to my husband that our next Fall trip be to Utah. Thanks for sharing!


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Peacock Pearl & Ruby Cufflinks
Lee Renée
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The peacock button Pearls have a wonderful irridescence to them, and are offset perfectly by the Rubies which are set into the pearls – a real style statement and look great for day or eveningwear.
Made in silver then heavily overlayed with 18ct Gold. Features Peacock Button Pearls and diamond cut Rubies.
Measure approx. 0.9cm x 0.9cm. Button pearls measure 0.8cm and rubies measure 0.2cm.
Handmade in the UK and comes packaged in a Lee Renee Branded box.
About Lee Renée
London-based jewellery designer Lee Renée effortlessly blends fashion and craftsmanship, and is fast growing a name in the fine-fashion jewellery sector thanks to her signature blend of delicate, exacting and narrative-driven pieces that are easy to wear and tell powerful, distinctive stories.
Beautifully designed and expertly crafted, they make timeless additions to any jewellery collection.
Everything is skilfully handmade by Lee and her team of Hatton Garden's master craftspeople, combining modern technology and traditional techniques.
Vogue magazine voted her into their list of 'Jewellery Designers to watch for 2015' - her work has also been featured in Elle, Sunday Times Style, Stylist, iD, Hello! and The Telegraph amongst many other style publications, plus she has a number of private celebrity clients.
Lee launched her brand in 2012 after spending 3 years retraining as a silversmith under some of St. Martin's and Hatton Garden's finest - in the heart of London's jewellery quarter - she's also a member of the British Jeweller's Association (BJA) and the British Pearl Association (BPA).


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95% cotton/5% spandex
Weight is 235 gsm
20% stretch with excellent stretch recovery.
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Neat Tuesday
Meowllo evewypawdy hope yous all had a good time yesfurday wiff all da Dr. Seuss posties. There wuz sum weally gweat ones out there. We weally do fink dat litewacy shuld be purrmoted more. Me knows there's a foo of ya' out there dat be laffin' cuz yous fink it be widiculous dat me wuld talk 'bout litewacy while speakin' cat. And you know what…dat's okay. Hopefully genewations to come will be able to wead and write and enjoy da same fweedoms we hav today to choose whether we write in hooman or cat. Anyways on wiff todays post.
Da udder day meez sweet furiend Sammy nominated me fur a kupple pawsum awards. Da furst is da Real Neat Blog Award. And there be 7 questions dat go along wiff this award so weez gunna see ifin we can answer da questions hims listed fur us. Weez also posed to pass it along to udder bloggers and giv them 7 questions to answer too. And weez posed to link back to Sammy, which we just did. So here's those questions as Sammy purrposed 'em to us.
- If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you want to live and why?
- What's your all time FAVORITE gift you EVER received?
- What scares you the most?
- Do you think animals and humans reincarnate?
- Do you think there's life on other planets?
- What's your FAVORITE food?
- Do you enjoy OUTDOORS or being INDOORS the most?
And here be ow answers:
1. We alweady liv where we wanna, cuz we only wanna liv wiff mommy. And mommy sez hers has lived all ovew da U.S. and luvved evewyplace her lived. And dat anywhere is home so long as we be there wiff her. But Sammy, ifin yous got a guest house fur us to liv in, weez all on ow way.
2. Ow favowit gift is……….evewypawdy hoo evew gave us sumfin' is sittin' on da edge of their seats wight now. MOL And we weally luv evewy gift weez evew been givin'. So weez eevew gunna make sum of ya' mad or make yous all say "aaaaaah", cuz ow favowitest gift evew is mommy and mommy sez hers is us. See weez all be miwacles. Yous wead ow stowries and know dat neevew Lexi or me wuz spected to liv, what you don't know is dat mommy wuz nevew posed to be born. So on top of life, we got blest wiff each udder and all of you.
3. Me finks da lawn cwu and funderstowms awe tied wiff what scares me mostest. Sis Lexi sez hers not fwaid of anyfin'. Altho' me hears she be fwaid of mice. You know da weal ones dat squeak and wun and eat cheese and peanut butter. And mommy sez hers gweatest fear is losin' us. ('oh mommy don't worry weez not goin' anywhere.')
4. This is purrawlly ow showtest answer. No, weez not believ in weincawnation.
5. Weez not believ dat there be life on udder planets. We believ in heaven and hell and God and da devil.
6. Mommy wuld purrfur ow answer be sum pawsum good fur us noms, but as yous all seen, ow favowitest food is PIZZA. Yeah hey mommy can we hav pizza tonight? Travis sed they hav it evewy week.
7. Well weez be indoor only kitties and after mommies accident hers outdoor activities kind of ended, so we all wuld hav to say weez purrfur da indoors. Whew, those wuz sum fawt purrvokin' questions there. Our questions will be at da end of this posty, and we nominate……..(dwum woll purrlease)….. YOU ALL.
Now da nex award be da Premio Dardos Award. This means Prize Darts in Spanish. And it be given fur cultuwal, ethical, literary, and purrsonal values transmitted in the form of creative and original writin'. (we copied dat mostly fwum Sammy's posty). This one's purretty simple, you just post it, link back and nominate 15 bloggers. Dat's it. And again, we nominate you all.
Now fur ow 7 questions.
1. Do you hav any nicknames?
2. If so, what's yous favowit, why and how did you get it?
3. What's yous favowit season and why?
4. Do you hav any siblings, and if so how many?
5. Awe you da oldest or yungest? And do you fink you get tweated diffewent cuz of it?
6. Do you hav a favowit tweat or dessert and what is it?
7. Do you hav a favowit game or past time, and what is it?
Well there ya' hav it. Fank you Sammy fur these pawsum awards. Hope you all hav a pawsum day. Till da nex time………………Be Blest!!!
Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses
Dezi and Lexi
Posted on March 3, 2015, in Awards and Honors, Thank Yous and tagged Awards, Cats, Dezi, Lexi, Neat Blog Award, Premio Dardos Award, Thank Yous. Bookmark the permalink. 37 Comments.
Congrats on your awards, we think it is cool that pizza is your favorite food!
K, good answers girls. But since I'm not a blogger, I don't hafta answer all those questions!! Haha!! Although I did not know that mommy wasn't supposed to b born…that's a new tidbit. Mommy will hafta fill me in on how that happened.
Love u & mommy too!! ❤❤❤


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Multicultural Marketing Resources, Inc. (MMR)
Multicultural Marketing Resources (MMR) is publisher of newsletters and reports and a consulting firm specializing in multicultural and diversity information. We help corporations by supplying information on multicultural marketing and diversity tailored to their specific needs; providing referrals to multicultural communications firms (ad agencies, research firms etc.) and helping them publicize multicultural programs and diversity initiatives. MMR is the publisher of The Source Book of Multicultural Experts online, Multicultural Marketing News (MMRNews) and a Speakers Showcase.
Lisa Skriloff, President of Multicultural Marketing Resources, Inc. founded the company in 1994. She is a writer, educator, trainer and editor of the aforementioned publications as well as Multicultural Travel News, among others and the author of an early internet book published in 1997.
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For corporations, we work as a retained or project PR firm or as a sub contractor to their PR firm whereby MMR handles the multicultural and diversity work. Specifically that might mean writing and sending out press releases to our proprietary distribution list about a corporation and its diversity initiatives, appointments and promotion of executives of color and other news to the mainstream press and ethnic press.
And we are a PR firm for PR firms, as well as ad agencies and other communications companies. Who better to understand the importance of public relations to new business development than a PR firm? (Who is also likely to be too busy to undertake their own work for themselves).
We create and execute marketing plans for businesses, specifically for new business development.
MMR publishes the newsletter, "Multicultural Marketing News™" and the directory "The Source Book of Multicultural Experts™".
MMRNews, our free email newsletter, contains announcements and information on marketing to multicultural markets, as well as upcoming multicultural events and conferences. Sign up here. Companies can use MMRNews as well as a distribution service to send out their own multicultural news to our database.
MMR serves as a resource for marketers whose companies target the Hispanic, African American, and Asian American, women, gay/lesbian and other niche markets, providing in-depth data, background information and connections. We charge an hourly fee for custom projects that range from 2 to 20 hours or more. We ghostwrite internal powerpoint presentations, provide answers to commonly asked questions and referrals to experts for more in-depth needs.
We offer consulting services to start up and advanced multicultural marketers and, via our Multicultural Speakers Showcase, bring educational programs to corporations, universities and conferences.
MMR also is the host of the Multicultural Marketing Library and Knowledge Center, which is open for membership to communication professionals.
We compile secondary research reports and prepare power point presentations for internal meetings. We organize events and invite the ethnic media and mainstream media as well consumers.
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The findings suggest that audit fees respond to audit risk changes in the post-SOX environment, however this response is not immediate. These findings have important practical implications for audit regulators and for practicing auditors. These findings imply that audit firms are slow to reduce audit fees in the wake of remediation, which may be due to the documentation requirements imposed by PCAOB Auditing Standard No. 2 ("AS 2"). Notably, the PCAOB issued Auditing Standard No. 5 ("AS 5") to supersede AS 2 in 2007 in an effort to improve implementation of the internal control requirements. In particular, AS 5 provided refinements to AS 2 meant to make the audit more scalable to a particular client and their corresponding risks. The findings presented in this study could be used as a baseline for evaluating whether AS 5 increased the responsiveness between audit fees and the underlying client risks. Audit practitioners must balance engagement risk management with public perceptions in order to maintain their reputations in the market for audit services. The findings presented here imply that audit fees are the most persistent in the presence of more severe material internal control weaknesses, consistent with predictions extending from the audit risk model.
For more information on this study, please contact Matthew Hoag.
Hoag, M. L. and C. W. Hollingsworth. 2011. An intertemporal analysis of audit fees and section 404 material weaknesses. Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory 30 (2): 173-200
The results of this study are important for companies and regulators that are trying to understand the true costs for firms with an adverse report on internal control. It further informs the continuing debate regarding Section 404 of SOX and provides some evidence that these premiums can be as high as 30 (20) percent in the first(second) year after remediation when compared to firms that only have clean Section 404 reports. Lastly, this provides opportunities for future research investigating how long it takes audit fees to return the level of companies that only receive clean opinions and whether or not this premium relates to additional audit work or a risk premium.
Munsif, V., K. Raghunandan, D. V. Rama, and M. Singhvi. 2011. Audit Fees after Remediation of Internal Control Weaknesses. Accounting Horizons 25 (1): 87-105.
The uncertainties surrounding material weaknesses, the difficulty of auditing around some types of weaknesses, and the fact that the auditor must explain why it issued a clean report on the financial statements when it had issued a MWO, may cause the auditor to become conservative in its GCO decision, which is fairly ambiguous to start with. The study has particular relevance for policy makers and a need for a broader evaluation of the effects of SOX 404.
Goh, B. W., Krishnan, J., & Li, D. 2013. Auditor Reporting under Section 404: The Association between the Internal Control and Going Concern Audit Opinions. Contemporary Accounting Research 30 (3): 970-995.
The results of this study raise many interesting questions. The fact that accelerated filers' adverse internal control opinions continue to be a surprise over 50 percent of the time suggest that auditors continue to find internal control problems that management had not previously identified or had not evaluated as MWs. The results related to non-accelerated filers provide some interesting data related to the ongoing debate about the efficacy of Section 404(b) testing by auditors. The authors also note that examining the early warnings of non-accelerated filers tells us only about what management of these companies report; it does not give us insight into what auditors would report. The results also raise other interesting issues for future research.
Munsif, V., K. Raghunandan, and D. V. Rama. 2013. Early Warnings of Internal Control Problems: Additional Evidence. Auditing 32 (2).
The study results are important to regulators, practitioners, and academics. The findings show that internal controls opinion shopping appears to occur among firms that have clean internal control opinions prior to a restatement. In addition, clients have the incentive to manipulate the audit process, via internal control opinion shopping, due to the increased focus and oversight on internal controls reporting. Finally, auditor dismissals that occur late in the fiscal period are more likely to be associated with internal control opinion shopping.
Newton, N. J., J. S. Persellin, D. Wang, and M. S. Wilkins. 2016. Internal Control Opinion Shopping and Audit Market Competition. The Accounting Review 91 (2): 603–623.
This study informs the debate over whether public charities should adopt more rigorous corporate governance practices, particularly in relation to internal control. Recently, policymakers have focused attention on the perceived lack of accountability and transparency by charitable organizations. This increased scrutiny is not necessarily unwarranted due to the recent financial scandals and the size of the nonprofit sector. The evidence provided in this study suggests that the internal control information currently produced by a subset of organizations in the nonprofit sector does affect, either directly or indirectly, both donors' and government agencies' funding decisions. Furthermore, the results of this study should also interest nonprofit managers who make decisions about how to allocate scarce resources. Lastly, this study provides insight on how the recently adopted standards SAS No. 112 and SAS No. 115 which provide guidance regarding the communication of internal control matters may influence public perception of nonprofit organizations.
For more information on this study, please contact Christine Petrovits.
Petrovits, C., C. Shakespeare and A. Shih. 2011. The Causes and Consequences of Internal Control Problems in Nonprofit Organizations. The Accounting Review 86 (1): 325-357.
The findings support the regulators' contention that the new top-down, risk-based approach under AS5 makes the audit process timelier and efficient by decreasing audit report lags and facilitating firms' efforts to meet the reporting deadline set by the SEC, especially when the firms have an effective internal control system. However, the firms with material internal control problems that persist either at the company level or at the accounts/transaction level continue to experience larger reporting lags in the post-AS5 years compared with the clean SOX 404 firms. The results are generally consistent with auditors focusing more on critical risk areas associated with ineffective internal controls and applying principle-oriented top-down, risk-based audit procedures to minimize risk, which requires increased audit efforts and longer audit time to accomplish their work properly.
Mitra, S., H. Song, and J. S. Yang. 2015. The Effect of Auditing Standard No. 5 on Audit Report Lags. Accounting Horizons 29 (3): 507-527.


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Yesterday while doing training I noticed that Google was dropping the review shadow box from the main search results and taking users directly to the business Plus page. Today others are noticing this as well. Nicolai Helling pointed the new behavior out on G+.
As Nicolai mentioned and I agree this change "seems to be preparatory to release a new way to insert the Google+ Local results into the main Google-SERPs" that I wrote about early in the week with the total absence of review links in the new mini pack results.
Currently the review shadow box STILL shows for brand searches on both the link under the One Pack and in the Knowledge panel. But on Pack results users are directed to the Plus About page. On the current Carousel a click takes the searcher to a brand search.
While it is possible that the 7-pack will survive the carousel transition to newly seen Mini Pack, all of this behavior would be consistent with changing all local results to the new mini pack as well.
Google Dropping Review Shadow Box in Serp and Going Directly to Plus? by Mike Blumenthal


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We've introduced a brand-new range of seasonal cocktails at The Swan that pay homage to iconic favourites — but with our own twist. So, whether you're in the mood for something fresh and fruity or dark and stormy, they'll make any occasion feel extra special! You can also enjoy a delicious range of premium G&Ts, beautiful wines and bubbles, craft beers and refreshing ciders.
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