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	<title>Assisted-Dying Blog &#187; Helium Method</title>
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		<title>Another attack on the Final Exit Network</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2012/05/08/another-attack-on-the-final-exit-network-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 16:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PRESS RELEASE May 7, 2012 INDICTMENT OF FINAL EXIT NETWORK VOLUNTEERS IS EXPECTED THIS WEEK IN HASTINGS, MINNESOTA HASTINGS, Minnesota — James C. Backstrom, the prosecutor in this suburb of Minneapolis-St. Paul, is launching an attack on the right-to-die movement. Backstrom has publicly revealed plans to secure grand jury indictments this Friday (May 11, 2012) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;How to make your own helium hood kit&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2012/04/23/how-to-make-your-own-helium-hood-kit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Due to the many interesting questions posed by customers, there is now an extended version of the pamphlet &#8220;How to Make Your Own Helium Hood Kit&#8221; dealing with these inquiries. (The technique remains the same.) It can be digitally downloaded (with illustrations) for $5 at the ERGO Bookstore. &#8212;- Derek Humphry, author, &#8220;Final Exit: The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No evidence helium tanks have been adulterated</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2012/01/28/no-evidence-helium-tanks-have-been-adulterated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After researching the development and use of the helium self-deliverance method for five years as NuTech&#8217;s unofficial historian, I can assure readers of this blog of two things with certainty: 1. The &#8220;party balloon kit&#8221; helium tanks contain 100.00% helium, with no other gases. 2. Misstatements to the contrary have no basis whatsoever in fact, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US suicide-kit seller pleads guilty of tax fraud</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/12/03/us-suicide-kit-seller-pleads-guilty-of-tax-fraud/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 20:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 91-year-old Californian woman has pleaded guilty to failing to file federal tax returns for her company that made and sold helium hood kits. They were intended for the terminally ill to bring their lives to a speedy end if they wished. Sharlotte Hydorn admitted paying no tax on $66,717 (£42,775) of income in 2010. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New publications from Derek Humphry about self-deliverance</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/10/25/new-publications-from-derek-humphry-about-self-deliverance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two new internet publications from Derek Humphry: &#8220;How to Make Your Own Helium Hood Kit.&#8221; Pamphlet. Illustrated. $5. Download pdf &#8220;Beyond Final Exit: Lessons Learned&#8221; Mini ebook. $5 Download pdf Save them to your computer, also print your own copy. Go to www.finalexit.org]]></description>
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		<title>Launch of new pamphlet on how to make a helium hood kit yourself</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/10/07/launch-of-new-pamphlet-on-how-to-make-a-helium-hood-kit-yourself/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How To Make Your Own Helium Hood Kit Information for competent adults who are terminally or hopelessly ill and wish to die 2011 Addendum to Chapter 23 of Final Exit book &#038; Final Exit on DVD By Derek Humphry Published October 2011 10 Pages • PDF * Price: $5.00 Available ONLY through the ERGO Bookstore [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Oregon law banning helium hood kits there</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/06/18/new-oregon-law-banning-helium-hood-kits-there/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 17:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NO HELIUM HOOD KITS MAY BE SOLD TO OREGON &#8212; GLADD CLOSED DOWN &#8211; AT LEAST TEMPORARILY The Oregon Senate voted unanimously for the second time Thursday to adopt SB 376, which outlaws the selling of “any substance or object, that is capable of causing death” to another person with the expectation that it will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be pleasant when law enforcement calls re GLADD kits</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/06/15/be-pleasant-when-law-enforcement-calls-re-gladd-kits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RE POLICE VISITS TO PERSONS WHO WERE CUSTOMERS OF GLADD The purpose of the police or sheriff making &#8216;wellness visits&#8217; is to find out if a person has taken their life, or intending to. Such visits are lawful under US health laws; they are not criminal inquiries because suicide is not a crime. A person [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police at FBI bidding busy interviewing GLADD customers</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/06/13/police-at-fbi-bidding-busy-interviewing-gladd-customers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 01:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The FBI is asking police throughout America to check up on people who have recently ordered helium hood kits from GLADD in southern California, run by Sharlotte Hydorn. So far we know of six cases. These are what the cops call &#8216;wellness checks&#8217; &#8211; actually to see if the person has [or about to] kill [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heads up on law enforcement actions following raid on GLADD re kits</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/06/12/heads-up-on-law-enforcement-actions-following-raid-on-gladd-re-kits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 17:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALERT &#8211; a stranger at your door? If you purchased or ordered a helium hood kit from the GLADD Group in southern California, it is possible that police will call to check up on you shortly. Local police, under FBI direction, have already visited two women (in Hillsboro, Oregon, and in Los Angeles) and questioned [...]]]></description>
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