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    Green Burial

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    Instead of practicing modern day burials, people should consider using green burial services, otherwise known as a conservation cemetery. A green burial is “where human remains are interred naturally, part of a growing trend away from traditional burials in favor of eco-friendly gravesites”. In recent decades the world has seen a rise in pollution and one way to decrease the human imprint is to stop the use of embalming fluid. It needs immediate attention because of the effect that it has on the

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    Cremation versus Burial Essay example

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    to find solutions for problems which oppress our lives and make it hard to live through. Because of many reasons, the traditional burials in this century are becoming a problem. (Prothero,2001). The fact that they cover a lot of land to build cemeteries and other things that are attached to these traditional burials is enough for us to search for a practical solution. About a century ago the term "cremation" was unknown to many people. It is believed that it began to be practiced during the early

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    Firework Cremains After choosing cremation, you'll have some specific questions about how it will be carried out. One that you’ll eventually come to is what to do with the ashes afterward. Those of you who are more traditional may think that’s a no-brainer. You may choose one of the more conventional ways, such as burial or keeping them in a vase type urn, which are two of the most chosen methods. Then there are those of you who are more unconventional and would like to do something that’s a bit

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    Tomas Moore English 1302 Professor Blomstedt 14 October 2016 Make Some Room With every moment that passes by, another human is born and starts their journey on this big blue planet. In these precious moments with life beginning, life is also ending. With seven billion people on this Earth, in a little over one hundred years, every current living human will just be another dead body. Seven billion bodies fighting for a space to rest for eternity, while we struggle to remain respectful in our morals

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    A Short Story : A Story?

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    and be happy.” I shook my head and my long ponytail swished against my neck. “You deserve someone special. If I could manage it, I’d find you another husband.” I laughed through my tears. “An arranged marriage?” “You bet.” One afternoon, he chose a cemetery plot. “I found one on the hillside overlooking the river. I won’t be fishing there anymore, but I’ll be near it.” He grinned. I poured coffee into his favourite blue mug, and the aroma permeated the living room as I settled down on the sofa beside

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    Norwood Cemetery. This process became another spectacle for Londoners who gathered to stare at the “pyramid of bones…exposed to view”4. Enon Chapel was not the only place where such practices occurred, but it was the most notorious and provided useful propaganda horror for reform campaigners such as Walker. The government finally responded to the pressure, passing the Burial Act in 1852 that closed burial grounds in the city. It paved the way to the development of the great Victorian cemeteries of Highgate

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    The poem “Elegy Written in a Country Courtyard” is delving into the them of death and the mind and thought of the speaker of the poem. The poem takes place in a country courtyard and describes the setting and other aspects of the cemetery near the courtyard. By looking at Thomas Gray’s use of metaphors and alliterations to different aspects of the theme, we see that Thomas Gray focuses heavily on the themes of death and the simplicity of country life. He makes it a point to make the reader understand

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    Burials, Environmentally Sound? Brianne K. Adams PHIL103 2014 Burials, Environmentally Sound? According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, 2.5 million people died in year 2010 in the United States. Sometimes along with grief other negative factors come into play that people usually do not think about when they bury a loved one, such as negatively impacting the environmental. The majority of these documented cases had to receive a burial in some form or another usually

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    In the novel The Pet Sematary Stephen King explains how there is a lot of depression. The main character Louis experiences most of his family dieing plus his best friend. He explains that this story takes place in a small city called Lowdlow, Maine. He also explains in the story that it took place in the past by saying that they had to use a telephone operator to direct the people's calls. The characters in the story are all different, due to their mental,physical, and purpose in the story. The

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    My Personal Experience My mother died 4 years ago from an asthma attack not a day goes by that I don’t miss her. It was hard for me when I find out she had passed away in consideration of I was still young and still in Middle school, but I knew my whole life was about to change and losing a mother will change the way I see the world. I would describe my mother as a beautiful, well educated women. My mother’s carried me for nine months, gave birth to me, she was the first person I seen

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