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Great Burial Reef 'Nature's Cemetery'

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2008-01-22 16:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
...Burial Reef , which inters cremated remains in urns off the coast of Florida With the subprime crisis creating billion-dollar losses at investment banks, Mr. Rews shift into death care, as it is known, might seem lifesaving, career-wise. As homebuyers with shaky credit histories default on their loans in record numbers, the losses to...
 
 
 
 
 
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Dislike Burial and Cremation? Try Resomation!

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2008-04-03 11:15:01 by Thomas A. Parmalee in Inventor Spot - Inventions, Innovations, and Interesting Ideas for the Inventor in All of Us
If you are planning on dying - and let's face it, we all are - you might be trying to answer the following question: Burial or cremation? Well, now there is a third option - resomation Technorati Tags
 
 
 
 
 
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Coffins you'll love to die for, collection made for your death

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2008-04-10 09:58:56 by Naveen in Born Rich
...burial and cremation that celebrate the lives of a special person? Check out the Colorful Coffins , that offer you a range of template designs, each of which can be personalized with the addition of a photo, poem, or message you would like to dedicate to the departed soul. All designs are carefully applied by hand and all the materials...
 
 
 
 
 
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Coffins you'll love to die for, collection made for your death

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2008-04-10 09:58:56 by Naveen in Born Rich
...burial and cremation that celebrate the lives of a special person? Check out the Colorful Coffins , that offer you a range of template designs, each of which can be personalized with the addition of a photo, poem, or message you would like to dedicate to the departed soul. All designs are carefully applied by hand and all the materials...
 
 
 
 
 
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Coffins you'll love to die for, collection made for your death

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2008-04-10 09:58:56 by Naveen in Born Rich
...burial and cremation that celebrate the lives of a special person? Check out the Colorful Coffins , that offer you a range of template designs, each of which can be personalized with the addition of a photo, poem, or message you would like to dedicate to the departed soul. All designs are carefully applied by hand and all the materials...
 
 
 
 
 
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Naming the Dead The search for John, Jane and Baby Doe

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2008-04-17 17:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
...burial of the dead. A pious confraternity was formed here in the 16th century to collect the bodies of the unknown dead and give them a Christian burial. The theme of death is stressed in this church, dedicated to St. Mary of Prayer and Death. The doors and windows of Ferdinando Fuga's dramatic Baroque facade are decorated with winged skulls....
 
 
 
 
 
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Japanese graves use technology for limited space

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2008-08-17 16:45:11 by Michael in Trends in Japan
...burial plots like the one below Previously we broke the story about Japanese gravestones integrating QR Codes into their burial plots, but most Japanese in the cities cannot afford the $20k (or more) it would take to buy a plot of land To solve this problem, Nichiryoku has created an interactive family plot that fuses technology with the...
 
 
 
 
 
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TGIF: U.K. firm selling biodegradable coffins

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2008-01-04 23:37:25 by HASH0x8a021d0 in gadget life blog
...burials have been popular in Britain for years, but industry experts say its starting to catch on in the U.S., where green cemeteries hosting natural burials have sprouted up in California, Florida, New York, South Carolina and Texas Texas? Really Well, what do you know Although I have to say, if these so-called environmentalists were serious...
 
 
 
 
 
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Ghost in the Shell

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2008-02-07 18:40:07 by Anthony James in Yanko Design
...burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating. - Alfred Hitchcock. Truer words can not be spoken and the designers of the Shell Urn by LOTS of Limited are clearly on the same wavelength as the Master of Suspense. Evolving past religious dogma, the designers have created a unique and dignified way to leave this reality, while...
 
 
 
 
 
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Anyone for an Environmentally Friendly Sea Burial?

2008-02-10 04:40:19 by C. S. Magor in The Uber-Review
 
How about having your ashes spread throughout le grande bleu courtesy of a pressed paper capsule? Lots Design of Sweden thinks that this is an idea that might catch on. The Shell as it is called, is made out of biodegradable paper and features a pocket so that loved ones of the deceased can put in messages to be carried with the remains into...