Joomla! site syndication http://www.taph.com 2008-07-09T06:04:30+01:00 http://www.taph.com http://www.taph.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2008-07-04T05:27:02+01:00 http://www.taph.com http://www.taph.com/media-reviews/cause-of-death-2.html Cause of Death: A Perfect Little Guide to What Kills Us by Jack Mingo Now you can add to your stack of Star Wars tomes a new volume of factoid porn from George Lucas Books called Cause of Death: A Perfect Little Guide to What Kills Us. Why is Lucas publishing this book full of stats about how many people die from bad breath (lots) vs. how many die from hormones (way more)? Apparently the guy just has death on his mind. Could this be a secret hint about certain events to come in the Clone Wars series and August movie? text/html 2008-07-03T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.taph.com http://www.taph.com/funeral-industry/a-serious-undertaking-2.html By Brendan Kiley James Green is dead. He's lying on a classroom table—eyes closed, hands across his chest—while Donna Belk, who lectures on do-it-yourself funerals, explains how to wash a corpse at home. In my experience, bodies leak a negligible amount of fluid, but you may want to put a plastic sheet down, just in case. She turns to Green: You don't have to do any leaking. The ersatz corpse cracks a smile and the dozen students in the room shout, He's alive! He's alive! text/html 2008-07-03T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.taph.com http://www.taph.com/restoration/graveyard-groomer-helps-restore-stones-at-cemetery-2.html By Mike Lesko Bedford, Ohio -- John Walters loves the feeling he gets from fixing up aging gravestones. It's like you're saving history and artwork from more than 100 years ago, he said. It seems like you are righting a wrong. So many times, you look at the surnames on the graves and then look at the nearby roads - roads that were named after these people, They are the people who carved out this area. Walters, a gravestone restorer, was  summoned to work at Bedford Cemetery during the last full week in June. It can be slow, pains-taking work, Walters said. text/html 2008-07-03T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.taph.com http://www.taph.com/funeral-home/louisiana-funeral-home-photos-capture-wedding-bliss-2.html NEW ORLEANS — In the midst of death, one funeral home has constant evidence of life. Its sweeping staircase has been the backdrop for photographs of Mardi Gras krewes, prom couples, homecoming queens and bride after bride after bride. Thousands of brides have had their wedding pictures on our staircase, said Joe Daigle, manager of J.E. Hixson Sons Funeral Home in Lake Charles, about 320 kilometres west of New Orleans. text/html 2008-07-03T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.taph.com http://www.taph.com/vandalism/hans-christian-andersons-tomb-vandalised-2.html COPENHAGEN — The gravestone of Denmark's famed story teller Hans Christian Andersen was vandalised along with other tombs at a cemetery in Copenhagen, police said on Wednesday. The tomb of the author, who penned stories including The Little Mermaid , was covered in messages referring to a residence for young people razed in March last year, said police spokesman Flemming Steen Munch. The city of Copenhagen recently cleaned graffiti off the wall surrounding the cemetery and, according to Munch, the vandalism that took place overnight Tuesday was in response to this.