Undertaker Broadcasts Funerals Over the Internet

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	Undertaker Broadcasts Funerals Over the Internet

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3-14-2007 3:00 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/dbe913e2-1b48-4367-92be-55b2b8c90534/305B59E6-86EB-4A6E-AFF6-7EBB25F284D9/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/03/13/undertaker_begins_broadcasting_funerals/" href="http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/03/13/undertaker_begins_broadcasting_funerals/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.tgdaily.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/03/13/undertaker_begins_broadcasting_funerals/"><P>An undertaker in Northern Ireland has begun broadcasting funerals over the internet so that people can mourn a deceased loved one no matter where in the world they are at the time of the funeral.</p> <P><A target="_blank" title="" href="http://www.sclarkeandson.co.uk/">S Clark and Son funeral directors</A> installed cameras and microphones throughout the churches attached to their funeral home and make the service available as a free optional extra in the funeral package. The broadcast is protected with a password and mourners anywhere in the world can log in.</p> <P>"Life moves fast - we're just trying to adapt to the changing needs of our world," said Jim Clarke, who came up with the idea after completing a computer course at the age of 80.</p> <P>"There are families living abroad who can't afford to fly to funerals, or people who are too sick to go, or busy people who can't get the time off work," <A target="_blank" title="" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/6440091.stm">he told the BBC</A>.</p> <P>"Our internet option means they get to become part of a grieving process they might have missed out on."</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/305B59E6-86EB-4A6E-AFF6-7EBB25F284D9/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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