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  • June 25, 2011

    Shade it Black

    Earlier this week, NPR ran an interview with Jess Goodell, author of the new memoir Shade it Black: Death and After in Iraq. The new…

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  • May 22, 2011

    The Value-added Tombstone

    QR Codes Are Appearing on (Ready for This?) Tombstones Julio Ojeda-Zapata, TwinCities.com/Pioneer Press (May 20, 2011) What’s the next best thing to placing flowers on…

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  • April 6, 2011

    Postmortem Photography: The Aftermarket

    I just happened upon a well-researched article posted to Boing Boing. Titled Ghost Babies, by Mark Dery, the post delves into the re-sale of postmortem…

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  • April 4, 2011

    “What About Morals?”

    A Victim, Her Picture and Facebook Jim Dwyer, The New York Times (March 29, 2011) An instant was all it took to post the photo….

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  • March 12, 2011

    Samaritans and Facebook Partner

    The Samaritans, a confidential, emotional support service serving the U.K. and Ireland, launched a partnership with Facebook this past week. Now, any Facebook user who…

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  • January 22, 2011

    Guard and Reserve Suicides Up

      The Army released final year-end statistics on Wednesday indicating a 24% increase in Guard and Reserve deaths last year. While the Army is seeing…

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  • January 10, 2011

    Bye Bye Birdies

    The recent spate of mass bird deaths has taken flight across the Internet—a literal and figurative tweeting and Twittering—and dare I say crowing—on a large…

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  • December 13, 2010

    Body Fishing Up Ahead

    This story has affected me in a way that many others about death have not. The complete and utter sense of tragedy permeating it is…

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  • November 13, 2010

    Toe Tags and Neck Holes

      FDA Unveils Proposed Graphic Warning Labels for Cigarette Packs Gardiner Harris, New York Times (November 10, 2010) The war on tobacco has gotten just…

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  • November 5, 2010

    Death Wish?

    Remember the Doomsday Clock? Only those of a certain generation—and perhaps librarians with too much random information in their head—do. As one of those said…

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  • October 8, 2010

    Green Burial: A Review

    Eco-friendly or “green” burial methods and practices are the hot topic in the funeral industry and mortuary sciences these days. Everywhere you turn, there is…

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  • September 12, 2010

    It’s My Way or Highway (to Hell). Neither O.K.

    Australia’s Catholic church bans pop songs at funerals Reuters, Melbourne. September 10, 2010 There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time…

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