Death and dying are arguably our last taboos tags life death Schels lakotta terminally dyingThis exhibition features people whose lives are coming to an end. It explores the experiences, hopes and fears of the terminally ill. All of them agreed to be photographed shortly before and immediately after death. picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago |
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A chief constable who plunged to his death in Snowdonia had been drinking before he was found dead at the bottom of a cliff. picked by topofall 7 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
"None of us can know the answers for sure until our own time comes, but the few individuals who have their brush with death interrupted by a last-minute reprieve can offer some intriguing insights. Advances in medical science, too, have led to a better understanding of what goes on as the body gives up the ghost." picked by fogowar 1 year ago 6 comments edit related share weird |
A judge condemned the prevalence of drunken street violence yesterday as he gave life sentences to two feral youths for kicking a gap- year student to death because she was dressed as a Goth. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
The English language has given us not only "dead", but 213 euphemistic phrases for death and dying. Here they are in all their morbid 'glory'. picked by TheStep 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share weird |
A dog that attacked a neighbor's child in April has been spared the death penalty, with a sentence of life behind bars without chance of parole. picked by DrNothing 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
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They call it resuscitation science. It's a new area of research at the University of Pennsylvania, where a Center for Resuscitation Science opened less than a year ago, and where the line between life and death is shifting. picked by deepchill 8 months ago 4 comments edit related share science |
Death penalty opponents often argue that it has limited deterrent value. However, a 1999 study conducted at Emory and Clemson Universities found that each execution results in an average of 18 fewer murders. The DPINFO website cites another 2003 University of Colorado study found that the death penalty reduced homicides by five to six victims, but for every three additional pardons or commutations... read full post picked by GKar975 2 years ago 4 comments edit related share politics |
Stars always evolve in the universe in large groups, known as clusters. Astronomers distinguish these formations by their age and size. The question of how star clusters are created from interstellar gas clouds and why they then develop in different ways has now been answered by researchers at the Argelander Institute for Astronomy at the University of Bonn with the aid of computer simulations. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Emails you (example) when a celebrity or sports figure dies. Free. Simple. Easy. Fun. No bull. 0 comments edit related share entertainmentNow checking for deaths every 10 minutes at excite.com entertainment, sports & top news. WARNING: Cheesy factor VERY high picked by steelshooter 2 years ago |
Evidently the poor dying woman was blocking a really good sale. picked by readingitall 1 year ago 6 comments edit related share plime.com |
American writer Susan Sontag was terrified of death. She beat cancer in the 1970s, and again in the 1990s, but third time around she wasn't so lucky. In a tender account of her final illness, her son David Rieff recalls how he colluded with his mother's fantasy that she wasn't dying - and what this ultimately cost him after she had gone picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
For example Near-Death Experiences and Life After Death - People who were once near death have sometimes reported various mystical experiences (such as going into a tunnel and emerging in a light, being reunited with loved ones, a sense of peace, etc.) that may suggest an existence beyond the grave. picked by maxriter 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share science |
Danieal Kelly's mother was charged with murder. Four social workers were among the other eight people charged in the death of a disabled 14-year-old girl who authorities say wasted away from neglect before dying at 42 pounds. picked by bernardblack 2 months ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Gregor Schneider, a German artist, is planning the ultimate in art: a person dying as part of the exhibition. picked by rane14 6 months ago 5 comments edit related share arts |
Pablo Cano-Lopez told detectives he was at "the breaking point" when he lifted his crying stepson, 4-month-old Elijah Llanos, and shook him four or five times. The baby stopped crying and whimpered before falling asleep. 0 comments edit related share scienceSix hours later, Elijah's lips had turned blue. He was rushed to a hospital, but by the next day, Feb. 19, 2006, he was pronounced dead. picked by bingo 3 months ago |
Homicide detectives are investigating the bizarre death of a San Diego man after his suicide attempt turned into a fight with his girlfriend. picked by wags273 8 months ago 4 comments edit related share weird |
So they take the kid away from mom due to drug use. Then the aunt & uncle chain her to a wall and starve her to death. HANG THEM NOW! picked by moe 1 year ago 7 comments edit related share plime.com |
As his mother watched, a 6-year-old San Jose boy was brutally beaten to death by her boyfriend who then took the body to Phoenix and buried it under dirt and 7 comments edit related share plime.comhundreds of pounds of cement. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago |
If you or a loved one develops pneumonia or has a heart attack and is taken to a hospital, do you know what the chances are of getting out alive? Hospital death rates are difficult to pin down because some see sicker patient populations than others. Your chances of survival have become a little easier to find, thanks to information included in the government's Hospital Compare Web site. picked by TraumaMamma 2 months ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Scan through thousands of myspace pages of the recently deceased, either by name, most recent or by the convenient map provided. Find out the cause of death and the personal history of each individual. 3 comments edit related share technologyYou can also submit a death. I've done 3. picked by eelem 6 months ago |