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Archive for September, 2009

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Death: The Final Frontier

30, Sep 2009

A Geek Funeral kdawson, Slashdot.org (September 29, 2009) While the obsessively geekerrific can always go for the deluxe Star Trek casket or urn, I rather enjoy this gutted SPARCstation-turned-urn engraved with classic Trekkie nerdery, submitted to Slashdot by reader Sam_In_The Hills for his late brother: At the memorial service, friends and family scrawled kind thoughts [...]

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  • By: Meg Holle
  • In: Death + Humor|Death + Technology|Monuments + Memorials
  • Tags: memorializing, urns
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Save a Mango Tree: Incinerate Amma in Cow Dung

29, Sep 2009

Cow Dung Cremations Catch On in Bihar Amarnath Tewary, BBC News (September 27, 2009) Ongoing floods and a subsequent depletion of mango trees, the traditional cremation fuel for the people of Bihar, India, has led to the use of cow dung in funeral pyres. Readily available and culturally acceptable (coming from a sacred animal, and [...]

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  • By: Meg Holle
  • In: Cremation|Death Ethics|Eco-Death
  • Tags: green burial
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Research of Near Death Experiences May Improve Resuscitation

28, Sep 2009

Questions and Answers about Moment of Death: AWARE Project Uses Technology to Investigate “Out-of-Body Experiences” Today – MSNBC.com (September 28, 2009) Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy According to the Today show’s Q&A, the Awareness During Resuscitation study — AWARE for short — is investigating “what happens to the [...]

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  • By: Meg Holle
  • In: Afterlife|Defying Death
  • Tags: definition of death, moment of death, research, video
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Stephen Colbert Discusses Dead Bodies Having Sex

22, Sep 2009

Body Worlds Plans Cadaver Sex Exhibit Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report (September 16, 2009) Oh Gunther von Hagens, you are the gift that just keeps on giving and giving and giving to the Death Reference Desk. But this time, dearest Dr. von Hagens, you have truly achieved a pop-cultural milestone. None other than Stephen Colbert, [...]

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  • By: John
  • In: Death + Humor|Death + Popular Culture
  • Tags: corpse abuse, plastination, video
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The Cyber Cemetery: Where Government Websites Go to Die

20, Sep 2009
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  • By: Kim
  • In: Cemeteries|Death + Technology|Death + the Web
  • Tags: digital assets
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