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Anyone looking for additional news about NJ, can go to Jersey Shore Hurricane News on facebook. It is unbelievable the amount of information they are providing. They have been a God send for those of us living at the shore. Info on Staten Island can be found at www.silive.com

Yes. How a body is embalmed link: http://carefordying.org/mainwebsite_html/death/embalm.html

Thanks was not enough!!! I dropped out, got my GED then went in to LE where I met and married my firearms instructor. We are both retired LE, and he went on to become a Funeral Director/Mortician.

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Not sure if this has been posted and I just missed it, but I didn't realize that JS had a Law Degree and was a senior partner in the Law Firm of Royce, Shacknai and Mehle (1982 - 1988) It is the same guy...right...

The following is a link to France 24 International News (in english) with pictures, videos and frequent updates. http://www.france24.com/en/20090608-air-france-16-bodies-recovered-atlantic-plane-crash-brazil

Yes, you're right about the viewing rooms at some crematoriums. In the Hindu religion, I believe it is the oldest son that is given the honor of hitting the switch. I'm sure other religions may observe this type of custom as well. O/T I've had all of my animals that have died, cremated. I...

To me, watching Casey on video, was like watching Ted Bundy video's. Both had the same sick giggle and thought everyone was too stupid to see through the lies.

I'm too am Irish-Catholic and know exactly what your husband means when he calls himself a recovering Catholic. I feel the same way...lol There aren't many crematoriums that are still using the hammer mill. They were finding that there were too many cremains left over to fit in the standard...

Thank you, Chez :blowkiss:

me too...lol my finger is starting to cramp up.

IMO, Before

Due to the volume of remains exceeding the capacity of the industry standard sized urns when using a hammer mill, the majority of crematories in the United States and Canada now use the rotary hinge blade processor...

I asked the owner of a crematorium in New Jersey the same question about cremating the skeletonized remains of a child and he said that they would have to be cremated as bones not heated in a retort, would clog the pulverizer.

The second vatican council in the 1960's lifted the cremation ban provided the body was present during the funeral and cremated afterward. There has since been additional updates regarding the Catholic Church and Cremation. http://www.americancatholic.org/newsletters/cu/ac1097.asp