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 Burial - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Space burial is the practice of firing the coffin into space.
Burial at sea is the practice of depositing the body in an ocean or other large body of water instead of soil.
Coffins are usually covered by a burial liner or a burial vault, which protects the coffin from collapsing under the weight of the earth or floating away during a flood.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burial   (3276 words)

  
 Space burial - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Also, not all religions allow the bodies of deceased to be cremated, as is often done in space burial.
As only a small portion of the remains are buried, a regular funeral and burial ceremony can be performed according to the beliefs of the deceased, and only a small part of the remains are diverted into space.
In science fiction, dead characters are sometimes buried in space, by analogy to the naval tradition of burial at sea.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_burial   (1913 words)

  
 SSA - POMS: SI 01130.400 - Burial Spaces - 05/16/94
A burial space or agreement which represents the purchase of a burial space held for the burial of the individual, his or her spouse, or any other member of his or her immediate family is an excluded resource, regardless of value.
For example, a burial space held for a sister-in-law is no longer excludable if she and the recipient's brother divorce.
An agreement which represents the the purchase of a burial space is a contract with a burial provider for a burial space held for the eligible individual or a member of his/her immediate family.
http://policy.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0501130400   (885 words)

  
 Green Burial
A green burial not only saves money, but with only 1,200 projected burial sites on 32 acres of land -- as opposed to the typical 900 graves per acre -- open space is preserved as well.
Conventional burials typically involve toxic embalming fluids, which can leak into the ground water and water supply.
For those who want to leave the earth just as they found it, a company in South Carolina offers green burials.
http://www.acfnewsource.org/environment/green_burial.html   (673 words)

  
 Dignity Memorial ®
The urn may also be buried in a family burial space or urn garden with a marker to memorialize the site.
The space for ground burial is called a plot, and can vary in size from an individual space to a family estate.
A burial vault is required in most cemeteries to protect the casket and prevent ground sinkage when ground burial is chosen.
http://www.dignitymemorial.com/FactsBurial.shtml   (338 words)

  
 Burial Ground
The exclusive right of burial for a period of 50 years in any un-purchased grave space may be purchased, either at the time of submitting a notice for an interment, or for future use.
The site will provide burial space for the town for the next 100 years and it has been sympathetically designed to blend with, and enhance its rural setting and will include a commemorative woodland area.
No memorial or vase shall be erected anywhere within the Burial Ground except over a grave in respect of which the exclusive right of burial has been granted or with the written permission of the Council.
http://www.burgesshill.gov.uk/councilservices/cs_burial.htm   (4002 words)

  
 Aksum - Chs. 6-10. by Dr. Stuart Munro-Hay.
Among the Portuguese visitors to Ethiopia, both Paez and de Almeida devoted some space to the coronation ceremonies, using information derived not only from contemporary coronations, but also from the Kebra Nagast, the `Glory of Kings', the oldest surviving collection of traditions in Ethiopia, probably codified at the end of the thirteenth century.
Whilst there are no contemporary accounts of the Aksumite coronation ritual, it is interesting to learn how the later `Solomonic' kings exploited the religious and historical prestige of the ancient site, by making it their ceremonial coronation place.
The pre-Christian kings whose inscriptions have come down to us called themselves `son of the invincible god Mahrem', the royal tutelary deity, and thus asserted their own claim to divine honours; they may also have been high-priests of the state cult.
http://users.vnet.net/alight/aksum/mhak3.html   (20390 words)

  
 * Death & Burial Overview *
Burial benefits available include a grave site in any of the 120 national cemeteries with available space, opening and closing of the grave, perpetual care, a Government headstone or marker, a burial flag, and a Presidential Memorial Certificate, at no cost to the family.
Burial benefits in a VA national cemetery include the gravesite, a headstone or marker, opening and closing of the grave, and perpetual care.
Reimbursement payments are also available for transport of remains, as well as a Burial Allowance.
http://www.military.com/Resources/ResourcesContent/0,13964,31526,00.html   (266 words)

  
 Indiana Code 23-14-59
(3) a repositioning of the remains of a deceased that encroach upon an adjacent lot, space, grave, grave space, or burial space;
(1) a burial, entombment, or inurnment in the wrong lot, grave, grave space, burial space, crypt, crypt space, or niche;
(4) setting or installing a marker, monument, any type of memorial, or an outer burial container on the wrong lot, space, grave, grave space, or burial space; or
http://www.in.gov/legislative/ic/code/title23/ar14/ch59.html   (326 words)

  
 CommSpacTransSec310.html
Space burial may appeal to families of recently deceased who were known to be interested in the space program or science fiction.
Burial in space is a modern day extension of burial at sea and probably appeals to the same type of person.
Space burial companies in the future will deal directly with the public, without any connection to funeral homes.
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/webaccess/CommSpaceTrans/SpaceCommTransSec310/CommSpacTransSec310.html   (9514 words)

  
 cemetery.doc
C. The appropriate permit for the burial space involved, together with appropriate identification of the person to be buried therein, when necessary, shall be presented to either the cemetery sexton or the township clerk prior to interment.
A. The opening and closing of any burial space, prior to and following a burial therein, and including the interment of ashes, shall be at a cost to be determined from time to time by resolution of the township board, payable to the township.
All burials shall be within a standard steel or concrete vault installed or constructed in each burial space before interment.
http://www.cannontwp.org/docs/cemetery.doc   (1032 words)

  
 032-03-838.doc
Burial space items are not counted when they have been paid for or are included in a funeral contract that has been paid for either through cash, a burial trust or an insurance policy and assigned to a funeral home.
Burial Space Items: Burial space items include, for example, caskets; headstones (including engraving), vaults, urns, burial plots and expenses for opening and closing the grave.
When a funeral is being paid for through an installment contract, the value of burial space items is not exempt until the payments for those items has been made.
http://www.dss.state.va.us/files/forms/grants/ben_05_076/forms/032-03-838.doc   (810 words)

  
 Centerville City, Utah :: Friendly City Beside the Great Salt Lake
The term "burial lot" shall mean a group of burial spaces and shall be used as a means of geographical reference within the cemetery.
No burial space shall be opened in the cemetery until payment of the interment fee as well as the appropriate perpetual care fees, if not already paid.
The Treasurer, or such other person as the city may designate, is hereby authorized and required to collect, in advance, fees for the opening and closing of burial spaces, monument installation, or other services.
http://www.centervilleut.net/finance.cemetery.html   (2317 words)

  
 340.7 BURIAL RESOURCES 7
Burial spaces held for the client's spouse minor or adult children, stepchildren, brothers, sisters, parents, adoptive parents, and the spouses of these persons.
Burial space information can be obtained from the cemetery where the burial spaces are located.
Burial reserves may be verified by a statement from the financial institution or funeral director holding the funds.
http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/oimpolicymanuals/manuals/bop/MA/340/340-06.htm   (1407 words)

  
 Milwaukee Catholic Cemeteries Frequently Asked Questions
We do not place urns in any space not designated as burial space, such as marker or monument space.
Burial in a Catholic cemetery is an affirmation of Christian faith, a statement of belief in Christ's words — I am the Resurrection and the Life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone who lives and believers in me will never die.
Can I sell my burial space on the open market?
http://www.cemeteries.org/faq.asp   (3738 words)

  
 Section 214-270 Definitions.
(16) "Family burial ground", a cemetery in which no burial space is sold to the public and in which interments are restricted to persons related by blood or marriage;
(13) "Endowed care", the maintenance, repair and care of all burial space subject to the endowment within a cemetery, including any improvements made for the benefit of such burial space.
(10) "Developed acreage", the area which has been platted into grave spaces and has been developed with roads, paths, features, or ornamentations and in which burials can be made;
http://www.moga.state.mo.us/statutes/C200-299/2140000270.HTM   (815 words)

  
 SPACE BURIAL FACTS AND INFORMATION
The second space burial was the burial of a sample of the remains of Dr. Eugene_Shoemaker on the moon by the Lunar_Prospector probe, launched on January_7th 1998 by a three-stage Athena rocket.
Space burial is a burial procedure where a small sample of the cremated ashes of the deceased in a lipstick sized capsule are launched into space using a rocket.
Kelly's body was retrieved by the crew of the USS Voyager and buried in space circa stardate 53301.2 in 2376.
http://www.palfacts.com/space_burial   (1582 words)

  
 Holly Springs
If space is desired for an immediate family member other than a dependent child, the church member may reserve a burial space in advance by payment of the $300.00 maintenance fee or may request assignment and pay the fee when space is required.
All other allocations of burial space will require the payment of a $900.00 per space maintenance fee.
Church members may reserve required spaces either in advance by contacting the church Sexton and selecting a reserved space or spaces from remaining spaces available, or at the time required by asking the church Sexton for assignment of space.
http://www.oquinnpeebles.com/holly_springs.htm   (791 words)

  
 Funerals and Estate planning by GotTrouble.com
To learn more about space burial, go to www.celestis.com, the website of Celestis Inc. There, in addition to information on the company's services, you can read the biographies of those whose cremains have already been sent beyond our planet's atmosphere.
The cost varies, depending on the type of service (Earth orbit, Moon memorial, deep space flight), but is within the range of a conventional funeral and earth burial.
Space may be the final frontier, but it is becoming increasingly accessible.
http://www.gottrouble.com/legal/estate_planning/funerals_space_burial.html   (192 words)

  
 Space becoming scarce at Arlington National Cemetery
A spate of recent events, like the Arlington burial of John Gibson, one of two Capitol Hill police officers killed on duty in a shootout, has reopened the question of who deserves a space in the cemetery.
Space is running out at the 612-acre military cemetery, the nation's most prestigious since President Kennedy's burial there in 1963 made it a national shrine.
WASHINGTON – Space is becoming so scarce at Arlington National Cemetery that the announcement that three of the Americans killed in the bomb blast at the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, would be buried there has helped reopen some old wounds.
http://www.recordonline.com/1998/08/16/cemetery.htm   (588 words)

  
 The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Special Reports
E. According to LAKEVIEWs map, the marker of the child, Christopher Martineau, is positioned with the burial space of Michael Dennard Lee.
F. According to LAKEVIEWs map, the marker of the child, Amy Hedrick, is positioned with the burial space of Tiffany Ann Ramer.
(1) A record shall be kept of every burial in the cemetery of a cemetery company, showing the date of burial and the name of the person buried, together with lot, plot, and space in which the burial was made.
http://www.news-journalonline.com/special/cemetery/081000legal.htm   (588 words)

  
 New Jersey Sues Operator of Cemeteries for Alleged Fraud
The cost list showed that an in-ground burial would cost $6,515 which failed to deduct the price of the "free burial space" valued at $1,650, which would have made the in-ground burial $4,865 while mausoleums would cost between $4,945 and $7,595.
The counselor repeated the claim that in-ground burials were doubling every seven years, stating that the $6,515 burial today would cost more than $13,000 in seven years, and more than $26,000 in 14 years.
"When consumers attempted to take advantage of the free spaces, the salespeople allegedly resorted to high-pressure sales tactics and even abusive language to change their minds."
http://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/press/suecem.htm   (1311 words)

  
 Milwaukee Catholic Cemeteries Frequently Asked Questions
A purchaser is acquiring rights to burial space, assuming complete control over all immediate and future burial decisions.
Since 1857, the Christian Faithful of the Milwaukee area have chosen Catholic cemeteries for Christian burial.
The Archdiocese of Milwaukee Cemetery Division manages approximately 1,000 acres, over 60,000 crypts and niches, 3,500 burials annually while employing approximately 50 permanent staff and adding 50 more workers seasonally.
http://new.cemeteries.org/faq.asp   (1311 words)

  
 Burial - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Space burial is still largely in the realm of science fiction as the cost of getting a body up into space is currently prohibitively large, although several prominent figures have had their ashes launched into space after cremation.
Civilizations attempting genocide often employ mass burial for the people they kill in the genocide, as it is mechanically efficient, and coincides neatly with their goals of dehumanizing and destroying a segment of the population.
Burial at sea is the practice of depositing the body in an ocean or other large body of water instead of soil.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burial   (3289 words)

  
 Burial - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Space burial is still largely in the realm of science fiction as the cost of getting a body up into space is currently prohibitively large, although several prominent figures have had their ashes launched into space after cremation.
Civilizations attempting genocide often employ mass burial for the people they kill in the genocide, as it is mechanically efficient, and coincides neatly with their goals of dehumanizing and destroying a segment of the population.
Burial at sea is the practice of depositing the body in an ocean or other large body of water instead of soil.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burial   (3277 words)

  
 Space burial - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In science fiction, dead characters are sometimes buried in space, by analogy to the naval tradition of burial at sea.
The practice of space burials is a very recent practice due to the technical difficulties involved in launching an object into space.
Kelly's body was retrieved by the crew of the USS Voyager and buried in space circa stardate 53301.2 in 2376.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_burial   (1947 words)

  
 Burial - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Space burial is the practice of firing the coffin into space.
Burial at sea is the practice of depositing the body in an ocean or other large body of water instead of soil.
In cases of mass burial, it is commonly of importance to survivors to later have the bodies exhumed, identified, and buried properly.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burial   (1947 words)

  
 Burial - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Space burial is the practice of firing the coffin into space.
Burial at sea is the practice of depositing the body in an ocean or other large body of water instead of soil.
In cases of mass burial, it is commonly of importance to survivors to later have the bodies exhumed, identified, and buried properly.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burial   (1947 words)

  
 Outer space
DIFINITY INC. - Space burial of human remains, DNA and a nanoengraved-autobiographical disk to various locations in outer space.
UFO-Roots - For those whose ancestors arrived from outer space to make connections with others sharing this problem, discuss their ancestry, and provide advice on possible avenues for further research.
Killer Klowns From Outer Space - A fan tribute with pictures, sounds, videos, synopsis, cast profiles, and related links.
http://www.nebulasearch.com/encyclopedia/article/Outer_space.html   (480 words)

  
 Special Assignment Investigates Deaths Burials
Urbanization, disease (especially HIV/Aids), unnatural deaths and a rise in pauper burials are being blamed for the current squeeze on burial space.
Research done for town planners in the province project that the space required for burial in the province over the next decade would be "the equivalent of 3 240 soccer pitches."
The city and the country's biggest cemetery, Avalon, will run out of space in the next six years.
http://www.gunda.co.za/tomb/media_publicity.php   (477 words)

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