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title: Extracurricular Reading - Preservation
description: Find out more about the historical sources we referenced in our second History on the Rocks episode - PRESERVATION
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# Extracurricular Reading - Episode 1

## Massachusetts Blue Laws

- [Supreme Court Upholds Liquor Stores Closed on Sundays](http://www.jta.org/1961/05/31/archive/u-s-supreme-court-upholds-blue-laws-banning-trading-on-sundays)
- [NPR Radio Spot - Liquor Stores Open 2 Hours Earlier](https://www.wbur.org/2014/10/26/sunday-blue-laws-change)
- [Massachusetts Alcohol Beverage Control Commission FAQ](http://www.mass.gov/abcc/pdf/faqfinal_2013.pdf)
- [Massachusetts ABCC Rules and Regulations](http://www.mass.gov/abcc/regsanddecisions.htm)
- <https://www.wbur.org/2014/10/26/sunday-blue-laws-change>[Wikipedia - Alcohol Laws of Massachusetts](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_laws_of_Massachusetts)
- [Current MA Blue Laws (Labor)](http://www.mass.gov/lwd/labor-standards/dls/mass-blue-laws/overview.html)
- <http://www.mass.gov/lwd/labor-standards/dls/mass-blue-laws/overview.html>[Direct Shipping of Wine begins in MA](http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/12/26/wine-connoisseurs-vineyards-eagerly-await-new-direct-shipping-rules/fniyUCXBn6FGvxZxzuJ7XJ/story.html)
- <http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/12/26/wine-connoisseurs-vineyards-eagerly-await-new-direct-shipping-rules/fniyUCXBn6FGvxZxzuJ7XJ/story.html>[Liquor Delivery Services Operate Under Murky Regulations](http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2013/12/27/alcohol-delivery-services-offer-convenience-but-state-law-murky/4duEnwlrmcTGLEkFQ45gdM/story.html)
- <http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2013/12/27/alcohol-delivery-services-offer-convenience-but-state-law-murky/4duEnwlrmcTGLEkFQ45gdM/story.html>[Get Booze Delivered with Drizly!](https://drizly.com/catalog)

## Self Mummification

- [Article about new CAT scans of the monk preserved inside a statue](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/11432544/Mummified-monk-revealed-inside-1000-year-old-Buddha-statue.html)
- [General information about self-mummies and details of the process](http://www.jref.com/culture-society/sokushinbutsu-japanese-mummies/)
- [Mummification blog, with more info about monasteries and Buddhist beliefs](http://www.nippon.com/en/nipponblog/m00046/) 

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