Make the Odds Ever After in Your Favor
Love may be blind, but according to a study from Emory University, divorce can be displayed in a reader-friendly series of pie charts and graphs. Recent research considered significant factors in why people split up. D ...
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The Modern Gift Registry
Of all the preparations that go into planning a wedding, one would think the gift registry would be a no-brainer. After all, what's complicated about presents? Turns out, the registry is in flux. All but gone are the d ...
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Cemeteries as Wedding Venues
When planning a wedding, professional planners often recommend that couples secure a venue first. In Indianapolis, that could mean nailing down a premier spot in the last place you would think the cemetery. The Communi ...
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How to Call a Time-Out
There is good reason why most sports implement a time-out signal. The time-out is an essential tool for regrouping when the situation is too hot to handle. It can be a game-saver if, and when, players need to step away ...
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Pet Grief and Dog Heaven
In the not-so-distant past, it was often considered unseemly for an adult to openly display grief for a pet who died. While Americans have long cherished their dogs, cats and other domesticated critters, the expectatio ...
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Death Is Alive and Well on TV
Vampires and zombies have enjoyed the spotlight for several years on the big screen and on bookshelves. While the undead continue to hold viewers' and readers' fascination, the small screen is quietly expanding its tre ...
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Couples Undertake Unique Themes for Wedding Photos
Unique Themes A couple in Singapore not only makes death a part of their everyday lives, they chose to celebrate the fact by posing for their wedding photos with a coffin. Jenny Tay and Darren Cheng are undertakers. F ...
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Marriage Detective Agencies Are Big Business in India
An Indian wedding can be a lavish event, attended by thousands of family, friends, neighbors and acquaintances. The expense of hosting such a celebration is equally extravagant. It is a price tag many Indian families a ...
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Emerging Internet Venues For Expressing Grief
Eleven years ago, after her father and stepmother were murdered in their home in Sedona, Arizona, Gabrielle Birkner, 34, attended Safe Horizons in a Harlem basement. She was the youngest participant by at least a gener ...
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Funeral Revival: Bringing the Body of a Loved One Home
When a loved one dies in a hospital, most often the body is released to a funeral home for preparation for internment or cremation. In fact, a release form is necessary to have the body go anywhere but a funeral home. So ...
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