Dead people are still used in all kinds of testing and it is not all medical. Human Cadavers are still used to crash test cars.
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“‘automakers don’t have the medical resources that cadaver tests require.
But universities do. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration funds scores of cadaver tests at schools across the country every year; many of those schools also get grants from automakers. And the data they gather can be shared widely.”
Here some of the story behind the funeral movie “Get Low”. Robert Duvall was immediately thought of for the role of Sonny. But Bill Murray was thought of as “long shot” for the movie.Dean Zanuck is the producer for the movie. Thhis is an excerpt from an interview with the producer.
How did “Get Low” come about?
It came about a decade ago. My wife was showing houses to a young lit manager and I got to know him, and he told me this story he was working on with his writer client. It’s based on an event that took place in the 1930s in Kingston, Tenn., where a man named Felix Breazeale threw a funeral for himself while he was still alive and over 12,000 people showed up, and it was covered by the AP and Life magazine.
What about the story appealed to you?
It’s original, and in today’s film world, that’s hard to come by. Everyone’s chasing remakes or reimaginations or TV shows in the movies. This just struck me as very unusual, but that was just the entry point, and when you got to know this character — the one portrayed by Robert Duvall and his plight — it connected on a much deeper level with the themes of reconciliation and guilt and forgiveness.
Revealed here is some New York Yankee George Steinbrenner memorial(video) from Yankee Stadium. Steinbrenner’s Funeral took place on the same day as old timers day..
The George Steinbrenner burial was in a Mausoleum.
Steinbrenner was buried on July 17th at Trinity Gardens Cemetery, in Trinity Florida. Steinbrenner had a black casket which is not common. There were about 50 people in attendance.
For a second straight day at Yankee Stadium, Steinbrenner’s photo appeared to loud cheers on the center field video screen before the 64th annual Old Timers’ Game.
The return of Yankee heroes from across the decades was always a Steinbrenner favorite, and the retirees wore patches honoring The Boss and veteran announcer Bob Sheppard, who died a week ago.
For a second-straight game, the flags at the stadium were flown at half-mast in honor of The Boss.
Recently Legacy.Com has been shown to be the creator of a world wide Online Death Notices THE FIRST DIGITAL DEATH, DYING Scandal. Boing Boing, Idle Words.Com Your Funeral Guy, and Charles Cowling from the UK have all commented on the problem but the best coverage was done by the deathreferencedesk.com
Legacy.com stores online obituaries for most of the major Newspapers in the world.
THERE ARE TWO SERIOUS PROBLEMS-
1. Asking for funding money from guest book signers.
2. Legacy.com not being forthright with death notice(obituary Charges)
Snippet from the Deathreferencedesk.com:
“Idle Words did a little research (which Boing Boing then posted) to uncover exactly what’s going on with Legacy—because their mode of operation is less than transparent. At issue is how their online guest books work and the deceptive and manipulative way money changes hands in the process. The process is this: you sign the guest book after which you are greeted with a warning that states that the guest book will expire in a little over a month. You can make sure this doesn’t happen by paying $29 to keep it up for a year, or go for the eternity package and pay $79 to keep the guest book alive “in perpetuity.”
While that might seem a bit crass, that’s not really the issue. Through some investigation, Idle Words discovered that creating an online Legacy.com death notice is a less than forthright when it comes to the money. At no time in the process do they tell you what the charges are (from $79). For that, you need to drill down into the small print back at (in this case) the NY Times rate sheet page—outside of the confines of the obituary creation stage. I dare you to even find where the rate sheet info is because I can tell you it’s under deep cover—and I’m a librarian!
Charles Cowling of the Good Funeral Guide (excellent web site and book) made a comment about the same thing happening at the Legacy.com site in the UK. THIS POINTS OUT THAT THE OBITUARY SCAM IS WORLDWIDE.
“I see that Mr Murdoch’s Times in the UK is similarly afflicted. Mr M is not easily shamed, nor, I guess, the golden-hearted lads and lasses at legacy.com. It has had its share of being badmouthed over the last few years.
It’s a marvellous revenue stream and a tacky site. I see poor Beryl Bainbridge is up there this morning.
And let’s not overlook the labours of partner Obitmessenger: https://www.legacy.com/obitmessenger/default.asp?page=includepartners A good many local papers in the UK have bought into this.
At present, people depend on newspapers to tell them who’s dead. I can’t see how anyone could compete with legacy.com because the consumer is wholly uninformed and therefore powerless. Perhaps the growth of social networking will bring about a better and cost free way of announcing a death, together with a pointer to an ethical and completely free online memorial site like my favourite, muchloved.com.”via Charles Cowling commentdeathreferencedesk.org
This story is extremely significant for two industry’s in trouble, the newspaper industry and the funeral industry, social media is a significant tool for death notification, as well as a news source. More than info on recently dead friends and public figures, social media now provides info on funerals while they are going on!
Green Cemeteries are coming into place around the country, the folks seek eco friendly burials. The green cemetery, and the eco friendly Funeral Home are soon coming to your town.
Tampa appears to be one place that may be receiving a green cemetery.
Snippet from TampaBay.com
“The environmentalism push that is spawning greener homes, cars and cleaning products has made its way to Florida’s cemeteries.
Soon, Hernando County burials could be eco-friendly, too.
Jill Grabowski and Anastasia Roman, both employees of Brewer & Sons Funeral Home, have proposed a plan for 5 acres for a “green” cemetery in Brooksville.
Should the City Council approve the plans, Serenity Green will be Hernando County’s first eco-friendly cemetery and Florida’s third, joining others in the Panhandle and in Dunedin“-[via www.tampabay.com
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