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Donate your Body
Body donation is the donating of the whole body after death for medical research and examination. Formerly only offered to medical schools it has since expanded to include private programs. Body donation is a useful process for understanding the human body. Whole embalmed bodies are often used for research in anatomy and burial or cremation costs are covered by the institution[...]
Deep in the Earth, A Tower for the Dead
Man began burying their dead mainly for sanitary reasons. Before the invention of antiseptics when a person died of a illness such as tuberculosis immediate removal of the body was very important for the safety of the rest of the family. The burying of the body was not only the quickest way to stop any prolonged exposure but also easiest method to ensure that carrion eating predators[...]
Relax and Remember a Loved One
A concern that troubles many people when considering cremation as an option is that unless you use an urn, a piece of jewelry ‚ or other receptacle for the ashes of the deceased, there is really no place to go and visit to reflect on the person's memory as you would following a traditional burial in a cemetery.Many of the more modern cemeteries have implemented commemorative walls[...]
Columbaria - A Place of Peace and Personality
It's no hidden secret that cremations are on a sudden rise in the funeral industry, and while people may spread the ashes of their loved ones or keep an urn on their fireplace mantel, others prefer the more traditional route of interring them in a memorial site. For this, cemeteries around the world offer columbaria.While the word columbarium can be used interchangeably with mausoleum,[...]
Dog Waits For His Master's Return For Ten Years
Hidesaburo Ueno, born in Japan in 1871, was a professor in the agriculture department at the University of Tokyo. His dog, Hachiko, would sit by the front door and see him off for work every day and greeted him at 4 o'clock at the nearby train station when he returned from work.One evening,[...]
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