Undertaking stories:
Planning Michael Jackson's Memorial Is A 'Phenomenal Undertaking'
Jul 3rd, 2009 - MTV
LOS ANGELES - Now that the Jackson family has officially confirmed the memorial service for Michael Jackson will be taking place at the Staples Center, plans are underway to prepare the area for the onslaught of visitors...
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1:18FRONTLINE | The Undertaking Oct 30 @ pbs.org/frontline
Enter the world of Thomas Lynch, a poet and an undertaker, whose family for three generations has cared for both the living and the dead in a small Michigan town. Through the intimate stories of families coming to terms with grief ...
5:34SNES Final Fantasy VI - Intro
Now here's my idea of a really good RPG. Notice it does not need CG, FMV CD audio or such things which seem to be standard nowadays. Final Fantasy VI (3 in the USA) was the final chapter on the Super Nintendo ...
1:24FRONTLINE | The Undertaking | Excerpt: "Tract" | PBS
Enter the world of Thomas Lynch, a poet and an undertaker, whose family for three generations has cared for both the living and the dead in a small Michigan town. In this scene from "The Undertaking ...
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Undertaking from WikiPedia:
A Funeral Director: FD, LFD, CFSP, FD&E, Mortuary College graduate (also known as a mortician or undertaker) is a professional involved in the business of funeral rites. These tasks often entail the embalming and burial or cremation of the dead, as well as the planning and arrangement of the actual funeral ceremony. FD's may at times be asked to perform tasks such as dressing (in garments usually suitable for daily wear) casketing (placing the human body in the container) and customizing (applying any sort of cosmetic or substance to the viewable areas of the person for the purpose of enhancing appearances.
Morticians have expanded further and have encroached on what used to be seen as the job of the clergy. Their job gradually grew to include more intensive involvement funeral service (rather than mere organization), and hiring ministers for families without church membership. They also worked at transferring the location of the funeral from the church to the funeral home, because there they could establish clear authority over the funeral service.
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