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  • A Groundbreaking New CPR Technique Inspired by Toilet PlungersThe medical world has plunged headfirst into astonishing new CPR results

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    Aaron Weaver

    A Groundbreaking New CPR Technique Inspired by Toilet Plungers
    The medical world has plunged headfirst into astonishing new CPR results

  • Grief, Loss, and the End-of-Life Experience in the Age of the Tweet

    Grief, Loss, and the End-of-Life Experience in the Age of the Tweet

    “Here it is. I’m dead…” Earlier this year, Derek Miller published to his blog a farewell post—the day after his death. Before this, Miller had been blogging about his fight […]

    Dana Sitar

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  • “If I died right now I’d be completely happy, since I’ll probably never be as happy as this again in my life.”

    Aurora Wells

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  • “Spectacle”SevenPonds adds memorials born of tragedy

    “Spectacle”
    SevenPonds adds memorials born of tragedy

    The San Francisco journalist Zahid Sadar and I are at a bar in Glen Park. We’re discussing death when Zahid mentions a book he’s excited about: David Rockwell’s Spectacle. The two […]

    Suzette Sherman

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  • Remembered in Ink

    Tattoos are not nearly the taboo they once were in our culture. In the past two or three decades, they have grown to become an almost-universally accepted form of artwork […]

    Dana Sitar

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  • What is Green Burial? (Interview)

    Trappist Caskets is a unique business, producing simple, elegant, ecologically minded caskets from company headquarters in Peosta, Iowa — which happens to be New Melleray Abbey, home of Catholic monks […]

    Aurora Wells

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  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
    A film that explores loss, fear, and the emotional weight of preparing for an uncertain end

    Recently, a part of my childhood “died”; no, thankfully, not a person, but something important nonetheless. Three weeks ago, the final Harry Potter film, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: […]

    Kelly Larsen

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  • The Bizarre Fate of Cremation Ashes8 Creative Ways People Have Utilized or Disposed of Cremation Remains

    The Bizarre Fate of Cremation Ashes
    8 Creative Ways People Have Utilized or Disposed of Cremation Remains

    1. Fireworks Gonzo journalist Hunter S Thompson planned his funeral years before his death. When he took his own life in 2005, Johnny Depp, who had befriended Thompson while preparing to […]

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  • “Some are bound to die young. By dying young a person stays young in people’s memory. If he burns brightly before he dies, his brightness shines for all time.”

    In loving dedication to Jonathan Harwood, whose fire burns on…

    Aurora Wells

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  • Santolini Encourages Audience to Consider Life and DeathThe artist's conceptual pieces require audience input--literally and figuratively.

    Santolini Encourages Audience to Consider Life and Death
    The artist’s conceptual pieces require audience input–literally and figuratively.

    Among the thought-provoking works of Frederico Santolini are some pieces that challenge us to consider our mortality and re-think our perceptions of life and death. Santolini utilizes his background in […]

    Dana Sitar

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