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	<description>Weblog of Derek Humphry, founder of the Hemlock Society &#38; author of Final Exit, serving the rights of competent, terminally ill adults for 30 years</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>Contributions to ERGO are requested</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/12/07/987/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[End-of-year appeal by ERGO I know everybody is currently asking you for money, and these are difficult times, but if you care about the right to choose to die please think of ERGO (Euthanasia Research &#038; Guidance Org) in your gift-giving this month. We are a tiny organization but still have weighty outgoings concerning technical [...]]]></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>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://assisted-dying.org/blog/?p=982</guid>
		<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>Where physician-assisted suicide laws stand now (2011)</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/11/19/where-physician-assisted-suicide-laws-stand-now-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://assisted-dying.org/blog/?p=973</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[RIGHT-TO-DIE PROGRESS IN THE 20TH AND 21ST CENTURY Various forms of medically assisted dying and/or assisted suicide for the terminally or hopelessly ill competent adult have been approved by 2011 in the following eleven states and nations. Each has its own rules and guidelines. All but Switzerland and Colombia forbid foreigners coming for this type [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dr Kevorkian&#8217;s suicide machine fails to sell</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/10/29/dr-kevorkians-suicide-machine-fails-to-sell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://assisted-dying.org/blog/?p=951</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday&#8217;s estate sale of Jack Kevorkian&#8217;s personal possessions included a variety of items, from his plastic hair comb (didn&#8217;t sell) to the initial design prototype for his Thanatron &#8220;death machine.&#8221; It had been estimated to sell for $100,000 to $200,000, but the highest bid was $65,000, said the auction firm handling the sale. Little of [...]]]></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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://assisted-dying.org/blog/?p=938</guid>
		<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>UK prosecutor says no assisted suicide cases worthy of charges have reached him</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/09/07/uk-prosecutor-says-no-assisted-suicide-cases-worthy-of-charges-have-reached-him/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Crown Prosecution Service [in England] has not implemented a &#8220;blanket policy&#8221; banning the prosecution of cases of assisted suicide, its head has insisted. The Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer admitted that no prosecutions had been brought for the offense since new CPS guidelines were issued 18 months ago. But he said after personally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heads up on current right to die matters</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/09/02/heads-up-on-current-right-to-die-matters/</link>
		<comments>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/09/02/heads-up-on-current-right-to-die-matters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two matters which might (or might not) affect you: #1. The FBI is still pressing local police and Interpol to visit persons who have been in contact with the GLADD Group, in Southern California, over helium hood kits. New York police, for instance, have made some &#8216;wellness checks&#8217; six weeks ago, and again in recent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The use of helium hood kits is defended</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/06/28/the-use-of-helium-hood-kits-is-defended/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LETTERS IN AN EDITOR’S MAILBAG Published in the Eugene Register-Guard, Oregon, Jun 28, 2011 Right-to-die is gaining ground The Oregon Legislature has taken a backhoe to crush a hen’s egg in the case of the helium hood kits for sale. Dozens of Oregonians have already stocked up with their kits. What the legislators, the FBI [...]]]></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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