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A random roundup of humorous, odd, weird and WTF articles. This week: The Japanese are back, naked guy shoots a SWAT robot, Toronto's Slut Walk, gay cavemen, guy torches his girlfriend's apartment in a "fecal rampage", big boobs too scary for French mayor, a taco shootout, and a wayward javelin through the hip and out the ass...that'll leave a mark.A random roundup of humorous, odd, weird and WTF articles. This week: The Japanese are... more
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An Ohio funeral home that is the first in the nation to use a cremation alternative that dissolves bodies with lye and heat has effectively been blocked from using the procedure by state regulators.
Edwards Funeral Service in Columbus is the only U.S. funeral business offering the procedure called alkaline hydrolysis to the public, according to Jessica Koth, a spokeswoman for the National Funeral Directors Association. The process is touted by proponents as being better for the environment than cremation. While funeral homes in other states are moving toward the method, Edwards' owner, Jeff Edwards, told The Columbus Dispatch that he has used the method on 19 bodies since January.
But a memo issued last week by the Ohio Department of Health has left Edwards unable to continue using the procedure.
The health department's memo directed local officials not to issue permits required for disposing of bodies or accept death certificates when bodies are to be disposed of through alkaline hydrolysis.
Edwards told the newspaper he is considering legal action. "There's no law that says you can't do this," he said.
The health department cited a Feb. 16 statement from the Ohio Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors that alkaline hydrolysis "is not an authorized form of disposition of a dead human body." The health department directive was based solely on the statement of the board, which advises the department on what methods of disposal are approved, spokeswoman Jennifer House said Wednesday. She said the department has reviewed the process and found that it does not pose any risk to public health.
An official with the funeral directors board did not immediately return a message seeking further information.
Alkaline hydrolysis was developed in the U.S. in the early 1990s as a means to get rid of animal carcasses and has been used to dispose of human cadavers at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota and at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
Also known as resomation, alkaline hydrolysis uses a solution of water and lye, 300-plus degree heat and 60 pounds of pressure per square inch to destroy bodies in big stainless-steel cylinders. Left behind is a coffee-colored liquid that has the consistency of motor oil and a strong ammonia smell. Proponents say in most cases it can be safely poured down the drain and that, unlike cremation, the process does not involve fossil fuels or emissions.
The remaining bone and bone fragments can be ground into a powder and given to a family, similar to the remains left from a cremation, the funeral directors association said.
New Hampshire in 2008 reversed a two-year-old law that allowed the process. State lawmakers upheld the ban in 2009.
The procedure merely speeds up the body's natural decomposition process into a matter of hours, James Olson, chairman of the National Funeral Directors Association's green burial work group, told The Associated Press.
Olson said alkaline hydrolysis gives families who've lost a loved one another option and said anyone feeling squeamish about the method need only think closely about what's involved in cremation.
"I think burning a body at 2,000 degrees has more of a 'yuck factor' to it than putting it into a solution where it's just naturally going to break down," said Olson, owner of the Lippert-Olson Funeral Home in Sheboygan, Wis.
Olson said his funeral business is relatively small and is not using alkaline hydrolysis because it would not be cost-effective to buy the equipment.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus has not studied Edwards' use of alkaline hydrolysis, but it would appear that flushing away the liquid would go against church teaching that persons should be handled respectfully after they die, said Deacon Tom Berg Jr., a diocese spokesman.
"We don't call for the separation of a person's remains, that they should all be kept together and buried together," he told the AP.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110323/ap_on_re_us/us_liquefying_bodies_6An Ohio funeral home that is the first in the nation to use a cremation alternative... more
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In this episode of The Rotten Tomatoes Show, hosts Brett Erlich and Ellen Fox lead ensemble reviews of "After.Life," "The Square," & "Date Night." Plus we give you the rundown of the Top 5 Best Night Ever movies, and because he seems to be in every new movie this spring, Brett breaks down Liam Neeson's life and career by the numbers.
The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a movie review show that airs on Thursday nights at 10:30 e/p on Current TV. From reviews of the newest releases to commentary on cult favorites and movie trends, each episode of The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a fast-paced, comedic journey through the week in cinema.
For more from the Rotten Tomatoes Show: http://rottentomatoesshow.com
For more about movies from Current: http://current.com/moviesIn this episode of The Rotten Tomatoes Show, hosts Brett Erlich and Ellen Fox lead... more
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Brett Erlich and Ellen Fox join forces with bloggers, comedians, students and citizen critics to review "After.Life."
The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a movie review show that airs on Thursday nights at 10:30 e/p on Current TV. From reviews of the newest releases to commentary on cult favorites and movie trends, each episode of The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a fast-paced, comedic journey through the week in cinema.
For more from the Rotten Tomatoes Show: http://rottentomatoesshow.com
For more about movies from Current: http://current.com/moviesBrett Erlich and Ellen Fox join forces with bloggers, comedians, students and citizen... more
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‘Pure’ Evil: N.J. Fanatic Aswad Ayinde Charged with Raping Daughters, Having Children With Them…
By Samuel Goldsmith and Corky Siemaszko
Daily News Staff Writers
A New Jersey religious fanatic obsessed with creating a “pure” bloodline repeatedly raped his five daughters – and three of them gave birth to six children, prosecutors revealed Thursday.
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Aswad Ayinde, also known as Charles McGill, somehow managed to keep one step ahead of child welfare investigators by moving from town to town – and beat his kids with wooden boards or kicked them with steel-toed boots to keep them in line, investigators said.‘Pure’ Evil: N.J. Fanatic Aswad Ayinde Charged with Raping Daughters,... more
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This was created in a two day period for 2007's 48 Hour Film Festival in Providence, RI.
It is a little morbid for a romantic-comedy, but quite funny and well put together. It won the an audience choice award. Definitely worth watching.This was created in a two day period for 2007's 48 Hour Film Festival in... more
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STICKNEY, Ill. (AP) — Members of a family in Stickney, Ill., say they went to a funeral home to view their 91-year-old grandmother's body but found another woman's body in her casket.
Relatives of Lillian Grogan say the stranger was even wearing their grandmother's dress and favorite bracelet Monday at Mount Auburn Funeral Home.
Grogan had been mistakenly buried. Her family got a court order Tuesday to have her body exhumed for reburial.
The funeral home is owned by Houston-based Service Corporation International. A spokeswoman declined to comment.
The identity of the other woman in the casket wasn't released.
STICKNEY, Ill. (AP) — Members of a family in Stickney, Ill., say they went to a... more
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