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• Another Unfortunate Debate Inspired By Religion

  
  AnAtheist.Net — Authority: 131
  Church And State Lock Horns Over Cremation Rules (Richard Owen/The Times Online; Nov 3) ROME: In the wake of All Souls Day this week, marking the commemoration of the dead, there is growing disagreement between the Italian state and the Roman Catholic Church over whether relatives of those who are cremated ...
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• Bali In Film

  
  Bali Hotel Villa Blog Culture Travel Guide Indonesia - BALIwww.COM — Authority: 428
  Between 1926 and 1958, the island of Bali was featured in several movies shot by Dutch, German and American film-makers. From early images of the “Island of the Gods” through to images of the “Island ...
  1 week ago

• 12 Weird Things to Do With Your Cremated Remains

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 540
  Blast Your Ashes Into Space…As cremations have become more and more popular in recent years, people have devised a number of unusual ways to commemorate the dearly departed. If you’re looking for a unique way to be remembered, here are 12 strange things you can do with your cremated remains.1. You Can Be Shot Into ...
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• Being energy efficient, after you’re dead

  
  Clean Break — Authority: 485
  Cremation is popular these days for those who have kicked the bucket. In Canada, only 3 per cent of the population got cremated 50 years ago, while today that number has ballooned to more than 55 per cent. But here’s a shocker for the conservation-minded: The amount of natural gas and electricity used to cremate one ...
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• Families earning a living from a cremation ground in Varanasi

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Varanasi, Nov. 14 (ANI): Apart from functioning round the clock as a cremation ground, the ‘Manikarnika Ghat’ is also a source of income for many families.Everyday, at least four hundred funerals take place at the Manikarnika Ghat, which stands out for its mythological importance.“Souls of the people cremated ...
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• National Briefing | Washington: Army Begins Investigation of Arlington

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 908
  The Army has announced an investigation into Arlington National Cemetery a year after workers buried cremated remains at a grave site already in use.
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• Amazon.com selling cremation urns Caskets to come online-yourfuneralguy

  
  YourFuneralGuy — Authority: 130
  Amazon.Com will sell caskets online in the First Quarter of 2010. They started carrying cremation urns from the same company that provided Wal Mart with the online  caskets. This happened on November 10th, 2009. In several weeks they will start selling Pet Urns and Keepsake Jewelry from the “Star Legacy Funeral  ...
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• R.I. gov. vetoes gay funeral rights bill

  
  PinkNews.co.uk — Authority: 139
  Rhode Island legislators learned yesterday that Gov. Carcieri vetoed the gay funeral rights bill that passed in October. The legislation , sponsored by Sen. Rhoda Perry and state Rep . David Segal , would have added “ domestic partners ” to the list of people legally authorized to make funeral, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Pet cremation goes mobile

  
  Yen for Living — Authority: 115
  When your pooch or kitty expires in Tokyo, you cant just bury it out back. Which explains why mobile pet crematoriums are such a growth business.
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• R.I. gov. vetoes gay funeral rights bill

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 159
  Rhode Island legislators learned yesterday that Gov. Carcieri vetoed the gay funeral rights bill that passed in October. The legislation, sponsored by Sen. Rhoda Perry and state Rep. David Segal, would have added “domestic partners” to the list of people legally authorized to make funeral, cremation or burial ...
  2 weeks ago

• Lee Kwang Ki Holds A Tearful Funeral Procession For His Departed Son

  
  allkpop — Authority: 579
  Two days ago, we reported the tragic death of actor Lee Kwang Ki s son, Lee Suk Kyu ; today, a funeral procession was held for the departed seven-year-old and after the official procession, his remains were cremated and his family and their close acquaintances held another procession as they enshrined his ashes at a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Rajiv Gandhi’s powerful aide Gopi Arora dead

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Gopi Arora, a close aide of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi died Thursday. He was 76.Arora, who wielded enormous power and influence in the 1980s, was from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). He was special secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) before becoming secretary in ...
  3 weeks ago

• PM ‘deeply regrets’ Chandigarh man’s death (Roundup)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Chandigarh/New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday expressed his “profound sense of sadness” over the death of a man at the PGIMER hospital in Chandigarh for want of timely treatment due to security restrictions in place for his visit there.The family of Sumit Verma, 32, has demanded ...
  3 weeks ago

• 21st Century Funerals

  
  UnoFeeds - The number one Feeds and Opinions — Authority: 131
  In the 21st Century, funeral traditions are much different than they were two or three generations ago. One of the primary things that has changed is that funerals are more expensive and more elaborate. Two generations ago, funerals were expected to be universally somber affairs. Now many people regard them as a ...
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• Dead Business

  
  Tim Lennox OFFair and ONline — Authority: 137
  Usually a neighborhood is happy when a new business opens, but that wasnt the immediate reaction in the Montgomery Garden District recently. The new business is a crematorium. As much as most of us try not to think about the end of the road, I can understand why residents near 901 South McDonough Street were a bit ...
  3 weeks ago

• Happy Halloween!

  
  liberal catnip — Authority: 127
  Posting some version of the Robert Service poem The Cremation of Sam McGee , my favourite poem, has become a sort of Halloween blogging ritual for me. So, here it is again: Hank Snows version. Enjoy.  
  3 weeks ago

• The green reaper

  
  Green Air — Authority: 114
  Living an eco-friendly existence doesn’t have to end when you do. Ghoulish as it may sound, the business of burials is something we’re all fated to deal with eventually but new environmentally responsible options to handle this morbidly necessary event have emerged here in the US adding a note of green to this ...
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• Cremation Jewelry: It’s Brand New In Jewelry!

  
  Phashion Fashion — Authority: 100
  Have you ever heard of something called cremation jewelry?  Most people haven’t to be honest, but it is actually a growing fashion trend right now and I personally think that it is definitely one trend that I am into.  When both of my grandparents died, what I did was I actually got a little keepsake necklace that ...
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• Girl, 14, is third swine flu victim in Chandigarh

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Chandigarh, Oct 31 (IANS) A 14-year-old girl died from Influenza A (H1N1) virus Saturday, becoming the third swine flu casualty here, a health official said.The victim was a native of Karnal town in Haryana, around 130 km from here. She was a student of Class 7 and was staying in the hostel of Sant Nikka [...]
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• Washington State Funeral Survey-Your Funeral Guy

  
  YourFuneralGuy — Authority: 130
  The Peoples Memorial Association has found a great disparity in funeral prices in Washington State. Cremation prices vary by 700% and burial prices vary by 400% according to a recent survey. Shopping around is extremely important if you want to come in under the average cost of a funeral. It is key to a lower cost ...
  4 weeks ago

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