Wednesday, 25 August 2010 21:50 | Author: Flame Think | 
The following article was found at www.truth-out.org. (Reprinted with permission).
Washington - A Defense Department task force devoted to preventing suicide in the military presented a grim picture of the trend Tuesday, with suicides rising at a near steady pace even as commanders apply various balms to soothe a stressed, exhausted fighting force.
The military has nearly 900 suicide prevention programs across 400 military installations worldwide, but in a report released Tuesday, the task force describes the Defense Department's approach as a safety net riddled with holes.
However, the task force also gave a message of hope: Prevention efforts can work, members said, and suicidal behavior after combat deployment isn't normal.
"Having any of our nation's warriors die by suicide is not acceptable — not now, not ever," said Army Maj. Gen. Philip Volpe, a physician and co-chairman of the Department of Defense Task Force on the Prevention of Suicide by Members of the Armed Forces.
Task Force: Military Suicide Prevention Efforts Inadequate
Tuesday 24 August 2010
by: Barbara Barrett
Tuesday 24 August 2010
by: Barbara Barrett
Washington - A Defense Department task force devoted to preventing suicide in the military presented a grim picture of the trend Tuesday, with suicides rising at a near steady pace even as commanders apply various balms to soothe a stressed, exhausted fighting force.
The military has nearly 900 suicide prevention programs across 400 military installations worldwide, but in a report released Tuesday, the task force describes the Defense Department's approach as a safety net riddled with holes.
However, the task force also gave a message of hope: Prevention efforts can work, members said, and suicidal behavior after combat deployment isn't normal.
"Having any of our nation's warriors die by suicide is not acceptable — not now, not ever," said Army Maj. Gen. Philip Volpe, a physician and co-chairman of the Department of Defense Task Force on the Prevention of Suicide by Members of the Armed Forces.
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Monday, 26 July 2010 20:19 | Author: Flame Think |
During medieval times, it was considered an unmentionable evil and disqualified an individual from being buried in sacred soil. Law and popular practice sanctioned the desecration of the corpse. The body (decapitated and with the heart removed) would some times be buried in the center of an intersection; a supposed remedy to quiet the wayward, ambivalent, haunted and wandering spirit. Likewise it was deemed appropriate to confiscate the decease’s property for having died in such a way.
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