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    When somebody dies‚ it’s a shock. And once the shock wears off‚ there’s the question of what to do next. Few of us are fully prepared to make funeral arrangements‚ unless we’ve had the dubious honor of doing it all before‚ and most of us don’t even know the location of our local funeral home. A funeral is intended to celebrate a person’s life. Planning the right type of funeral‚ one that can give comfort to friends and family while remembering the deceased‚ is a feat in itself. Once you do find

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    If you ever walk through a cemetery‚ you will probably notice that not every gravestone is going to be the same. Instead you are going to find unique gravestones that are all different shapes‚ sizes‚ and materials depending upon when the person was buried. This is because material culture and social expectations have changed over the decades. The data that we collected from Woodbine Cemetery gives us good insight into some of the trends over time and may lead to some explanation of why the gravestones

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    The Sedlec Ossuary

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    Ossuary is one of the most unique churches in the world. It is so unique because it is built out of human bones! It is estimated that it contains the bones of between 40‚000 and 70‚000 people. It is a small Roman Catholic chapel‚ located beneath the Cemetery Church of All Saints (Czech:Hřbitovní kostel Všech Svatých) in Sedlec‚ a suburb of Kutná Hora in the Czech Republic. The Chapel is one of the Czech Republics biggest tourist attractions‚ bringing in over 200‚000 visitors each and every year.

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    The Excavation of Sutton Hoo Sutton Hoo is an entire group of 17 mounds uncovered first in 1939 by Basil Brown that have been confirmed to be medieval burial mounds. Brown uncovered “the remains of a ninety-foot long‚ clinker-built wooden ship of the 7th century” which was outlined by iron rivets. (Archaeology‚ 1) Within these 17 mounds they uncovered ships‚ bodies‚ urns‚ and other objects. In mound 1 they uncovered a very rich burial which is believed to be the burial of the leader of the Wuffing

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    Human Demography: The study of age-structured populations Lab Preparation: Read the lab and be on time. There will be a quiz. Also‚ we’ll be riding a bus to the field location. If you want to join us for lab‚ don’t miss the bus! Bring your lab manual‚ a hard notebook or clipboard‚ paper and charcoal (for rubbings) and wear warm‚ possibly waterproof clothes. We’ll be outside for a good portion of the lab regardless of the weather. Background: Demography Demography is the descriptive study

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    Industry Analysis

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    Industry Analysis Firms in funeral industry operate funeral homes‚ cemeteries and crematoria. This includes the management of funerals‚ cremations and burials. The financial performance of the Funeral Directors‚ Crematoria and Cemeteries industry is strongly influenced by the number of deaths in Australia each year. This statistic has risen stably over the past five years but the baby boomers are driving the trend of funeral. Within the next decade‚ Australia’s death rate is set to increase from

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    English Past Paper Johann Hosterbach The investigated passage is an extract from “ Fallen Angels” by Harper Collins‚ published in 2001. In this passage a young apprentice called Simon is stuck in a grave and tells the reader about him and his family as the narrator of this extract. What observations can be made about the narrator? The narrator of this passage is a boy named Simon‚ probably aged between 10 and 15. His grandfather and father are both experienced grave diggers and the employer

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    Human Corpse Disposal

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    Human Corpse Disposal According to the Wikipedia article‚ “Disposal of Human Corpses‚” human corpses present both a sanitation and public health risk. Like most animals‚ when humans die‚ their bodies start to decompose‚ emitting a foul odor and attracting scavengers‚ bacteria‚ and disease. For these reasons copses must be disposed of properly. The problem of body disposal consists of two parts: disposal of the soft tissues‚ which will rapidly decompose‚ and of the skeleton‚ which can

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    the actual story behind the pet cemetery‚ how in the 1800’s‚ it use to be a burial ground for the Micmac’s‚ but then an evil Windago came and soured the land. Jud believes that it was a tall tail and that the Micmac’s practiced cannibalism and the pet cemetery is where they buried their “meals”. So‚ the story is‚ if you bury someone who has died within the pet cemetery; they will come back to life. Now being middle of the story you find out with the pet cemetery actually is‚ rather than a place

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    Bleak House In the book “Bleak House” Charles Dickens expresses his contempt towards the vast amount of pollution in the air‚ water and lives of the citizens due to the filthy and unsanitary conditions in London. Throughout the book‚ Dickens describes very vividly the mud in the streets‚ the fog in the air and the dung in the streets. The polluted conditions in London were described as being a layer of thick fog that held within it components of gas‚ dirt‚ grime dung and grease. Just about every

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