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POPSThe saddest of Madonna portraits :( It's hard to fathom of the grief of those whose babies are stillborn or die soon after birth. My heart goes out to them. I'm glad to see that these specialty photographers are handling their work with such sensitivity and are not charging the bereaved parents.
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POPSExecution of the Day An interesting look at historical figures who were executed and how they died, featuring one or more deaths each calendar day. Referenced by day and by execution method. With tags denoting different execution methods it is easy to find people who have in common death by beheading, garrote, firing squad, crucifixion, hanging or other means. Macabre, but fascinating. And educational.
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POPSMickey Mouse Suicide The strips are from mid-October 1930. At that time, suicide jokes were common in cartoons and comic strips. These would never go over today, which makes you wonder - were they more callous back then or are we too sensitive today?
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POPSDoctor Narrows definition of 9-11 Death A police officer James Godbee, started directing traffic outside the WTC two days before the collapse, and died three years later of sarcoidiosis, a lung disease, linked to the exposure to toxic dust.. His death is is not considered to be a result of the tower collapse, because, to be included, the victim must have been in the tower at the time of collapse. A staff member is quoted as saying that "There had to be a cut-off point somewhere" What arbitrary, bureaucratic BS. The amount of Asbestos,and Mercury in a Toxic cloud with a ph of 11+, which was evenly distributed over the lungs of anyone within a 5 mile radius, is going to be ignored? Why? They obviously don't need any of those fundamental reports, backed with scientific data, regarding the causes and effects, on the collapse, and subsequent effects on health, but it would be nice if there was even one. Forensic investigators. do not allow estimates.
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POPSDeath In The Family "Yet the proposed law in Washington wouldn’t go far enough for Gardner. It wouldn’t include him. Parkinson’s isn’t terminal. The disease can leave the body trembling, contorted, rigid; it can rob the memory and muffle the voice; it can leave a person still and silent; but it doesn’t offer an end to its torture; it doesn’t kill. Gardner wants a law that would permit lethal prescriptions for people whose suffering is unbearable, a standard that can seem no standard at all; a standard that prevails in the Netherlands, the Western nation that has been boldest about legalizing aid in dying; a standard that elevates subjective experience over objective appraisal and that could engage the government and the medical profession in the administration of widespread suicide. What is unbearable? What level of acute or chronic physical pain would qualify? What degree of disability? Would physicians be writing suicide prescriptions for the depressed?"
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POPSBoomers seek "green" death I am all for saving the planet, going green, environmental responsibility......but.......in this situation I am standing by my personal choice of cremation.
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POPSMy cousin, killed in plane crash, read remarks This clip is extra special to me due to the fact that it pertains to my cousin, Theodore Parker III and his career in helping to save traces of rainforest in Bolivia and Peru. Ted was killed in a small airplane crash while conducting field research in South America. Ted's work is yet valued today to science and he is missed greatly.
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POPSFunny Epitaphs I clipped this for you alanocu to go with your *romantic* cemetary lady sculpture. *LOL* Here lies an Atheist All dressed up And no place to go. On an Auctioneer: Jedediah Goodwin Auctioneer Born 1828 Going! Going!! Gone!!! 1876 :lol:
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POPSCemetery Technology: After Death - What would Grandma say? The drive-by cemetery with tilted, glow-in-the-dark tombstones creeps me out. Another creepy suggestion is for Grandma to write e-mails addressed to you before she dies and arrange to have them delivered to you periodically after her death. Yikes! :eek: I would, however, give a lot to hear my grandmother's voice again. She died in 1985. :(
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POPSPlans for end-of-life medical care?: study
Planning ahead for medical care at life's end--who does, who doesn't, and who should? This study asked questions of people in their mid to late 60's, but IMO younger people need a plan, too. Just look at poor Terri Schiavo, who collapsed at age 26 in 1990 and, having never regained consciousness, was finally allowed to die at age 41 just two years ago. Study data came from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS), a unique 50-year study of more than 10,000 men and women, now in their mid-60s, who graduated from Wisconsin high schools in 1957. Over 7000 of the WLS participants provided info, via phone interviews and mail questionnaires, regarding their plans for end-of-life care. The results aren't surprising. The researchers' next question to explore: "Does end-of-life planning do any good" The assumption now is that having a DPAHC will reduce family suffering and ensure the loved one's wishes are carried out. But the true effectiveness of people's choices has yet to be examined."
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POPSSee your way to a longer life SOURCE: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, December 2006. Ut oh. Time to get my vision checked again. I suggest that you do the same. And make sure that your mom and grandma get their vision checked too.
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POPSKevorkian to Be Paroled in June My mother had hyperkalemia last year due to a rare side effect of her blood pressure medicine. Her potassium levels were over .7 and it was a miracle she didn't die. The doctor at the hospital told us Dr. Kevorkian used high doses of potassium to kill his patients.
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POPSMercy for the Mentally Ill Since psychiatry is 200 to 300 years behind modern medicine in the diagnosis of mental illness, does society have an obligation to have mercy on mentally ill patients on death row?
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