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		<title>The Best Obit Ever?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 14:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Best Obit Ever? Probably Not. A New Trend? We Hope http://obit-mag.com News this weekend out of the back pages comes from the Denver Post, which published a short death notice for Coloradan Michael &#8220;Flathead&#8221; Blanchard on April 12. It only took a few days for the three paragraph paid obit to become viral gold. &#8230; <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://mortsci.com/thanatology_counseling/obituary/2012/05/the-best-obit-ever/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dead Man Awakes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 06:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Egypt funeral turns happy after dead man awakes Associated Press LUXOR, Egypt (AP) 12/5/2012 The funeral of a 28 year-old waiter in southern Egypt turned into a celebration when he woke up after being declared dead. Hospital officials had pronounced dead Hamdi Hafez al-Nubi, who came from the village of Naga al-Simman in the southern &#8230; <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://mortsci.com/thanatology_counseling/obituary/2012/05/dead-man-awakes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Brain Death</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 13:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Criteria used to diagnose brain death By Dr. Nicole Evans When patients in the ICU suffer devastating neurologic injury, it can be difficult to tell that they are truly brain dead. These patients are often on medications that keep them heavily sedated or even paralyzed, are on mechanical ventilators that control their breathing, and may &#8230; <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://mortsci.com/embalming/2012/05/brain-death/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jayne Rager &#8211; Obit</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 07:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Links to more about Jayne and her life and work: http://releasenow.org/jayne http://jayneragervalseca.wordpress.com/about/ http://www.fandango.com/jaynerager/filmography/p58479 http://wn.com/Jayne_Rager http://www.garsonwrightpublicrelations.com/whyh.html   By T. Rees Shapiro, Published: May 8 Jayne Rager, whose seven-month ordeal negotiating with Mexican thugs for the freedom of her kidnapped husband attracted national attention, died May 3 at her home in Potomac. She was 45. She had &#8230; <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://mortsci.com/thanatology_counseling/2012/05/jayne-rager-obit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Dead Heat &#8211; crematorium to sell power for National Grid (UK).</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 08:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UK Crematorium to Generate, Sell Energy Made From Dead People —By Asawin Suebsaeng&#124; Thu Dec. 1, 2011 8:08 AM PST If there was ever a reason for everything in the United Kingdom to suddenly become haunted, this is it: This week, Durham Crematorium announced plans to install turbines in two of its burners, which, using &#8230; <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://mortsci.com/funeral_business/2012/05/dead-heat/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Marijuana Funeral</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 07:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cannabis-laced brownies served at California funeral Two 71-year-old women and an 82-year-old man were taken to hospital in Huntington Beach complaining of dizziness Associated Press guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 11 October 2011 19.43 BST Marijuana-laced brownies served at a south California funeral sent three people to the emergency room over the weekend, Huntington Beach police said. Two &#8230; <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://mortsci.com/thanatology_counseling/2012/05/marijuana/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m enjoying my death</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 07:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By PHILIP GOULD All By This Author &#8211; 03/05/2012 01:38:42 One man&#8217;s extraordinarily powerful &#8211; and ultimately inspiring &#8211; account of how he came to terms with the most devastating news of all&#8230; Philip Gould was the brilliant Labour Party strategist who helped bring Tony Blair to power in 1997, and was awarded a peerage &#8230; <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://mortsci.com/thanatology_counseling/2012/05/im-enjoying-my-death/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Popular memorial artist Thomas Kinkade dies at 54</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 07:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By NBCBayArea.com and msnbc.com staff One of most popular artists in America, &#8220;Painter of Light&#8221; Thomas Kinkade, died Friday at his home in Los Gatos, Calif., his family said. He was 54, and his family issued a statement that his death appeared to be from natural causes. &#8220;Thom provided a wonderful life for his family,&#8221; &#8230; <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://mortsci.com/thanatology_counseling/2012/04/kinkade/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>4 Critical Skills Funeral Professionals Need to Embrace Change</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 05:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Kim Stacey of funeralOne It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power. &#8230; <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://mortsci.com/experts/2012/03/changes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>This sure takes all of the mystery out of where caskets come from</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember this next time someone tells you that they are going to build grandpa&#8217;s casket at home. &#160; &#160;]]></description>
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