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Alkaline Hydrolysis as a means of final disposition is now gaining some notice. There is  a report of a machine going into Australia.

Clearly the United States is and  will be the leader in bringing Alkaline Hydrolysis to the world.

A question raised in a comment at this blog is important- Is Alkaline hydrolysis disposition by low pressure or high pressure burial or cremation?

Here is the comment:

“If 90-100% of a body is interred, is it called a burial or a cremation?

“My Latin teacher would have taken a ruler to the hand of the person who decided to use a word derived from cremāre to describe a process, alkaline hydrolysis, that provides a family with an abundance of remains, not a few ashes.

You contend the world has been misled into thinking of alkaline hydrolysis as being another form of cremation. It is time to stop this madness. A cremation uses incineration and evaporation to reduce human remains to cremains. The cremains returned to a family are comprised of roughly 75% of the pre-incineration mass of the bones or just 4-5% of the total body. The cremains contain a small amount of residue of others who have been previously cremated. Conversely, some of one cremains will be given to other families. Alkaline hydrolysis differs considerably from cremation.

With a CycledBurial(TM) and with an unsterile burial, the entire body is available to a family for interment. Unlike cremation, there is no comingling of remains with either an unsterile burial or a CycledBurial. Incineration and evaporation are not processes used by CycledLife’s alkaline hydrolysis systems.

Although Alkaline Hydrolysis has been dubbed green cremation, aquamation, bio cremation, water cremation, and natural cremation, it really is not cremation at all, it is  a form of burial.

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Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
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Revealed here is some New York Yankee George Steinbrenner memorial(video) from Yankee Stadium. Steinbrenner’s Funeral took place on the same day as old timers day..

The George Steinbrenner  burial was in a Mausoleum.

Steinbrenner was buried on July 17th at Trinity Gardens Cemetery, in Trinity Florida. Steinbrenner had a black casket which is not common. There were about 50 people in attendance.

For a second straight day at Yankee Stadium, Steinbrenner’s photo appeared to loud cheers on the center field video screen before the 64th annual Old Timers’ Game.

The return of Yankee heroes from across the decades was always a Steinbrenner favorite, and the retirees wore patches honoring The Boss and veteran announcer Bob Sheppard, who died a week ago.

For a second-straight game, the flags at the stadium were flown at half-mast in honor of The Boss.

via www.nydailynews.com

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Sunday, July 18th, 2010
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The United States Senator from West Virginia has died at age 92. there are no public funeral, memorial or burial  arrangements at this time. Today the little known US Senate Funeral  tradition will take place Senator Robert Byrd’s Office. His  desk in his Senate Office will be draped with a black cloth and bowl of White flowers will be placed on the cloth.

Snippet From the New York Times:

Robert C. Byrd, who used his record tenure as a United States senator to fight for the primacy of the legislative branch of government and to build a modern West Virginia with vast amounts of federal money, died at about 3 a.m. Monday, his office said. He was 92. via www.nytimes.com

The cause of Senator Byrd’s death hs not been revealed.

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Monday, June 28th, 2010
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There is evidence the open fire  cremations were occurring in the United States before America was discovered. American Indians were doing cremation. back in 1000-500 BC.

There has been evidence of Minnesota Cremation long before the “discovery” of America. In fact, cremation in the upper Midwest dates back to as early as 1500 BC, during what is defined in archaeology as the Early/Late Archaic period. Specifically, evidence of cremation has been found during this time period in cemetery sites in Wisconsin. Later evidence of cremations during the time period of 1000-500 BC has been found across the upper Midwest – in northeastern Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and quite probably, southeastern Minnesota……

Native Americans continued to practice cremation via open fires. However, what we consider to be the modern-day cremation, distinguished by indoor cremation in a high-powered furnace, did not occur until thousands of years later – in the late 1800s.

The modern-day cremation was heralded by the controversial 1876 cremation of Baron Henry Louis Charles De Palm in Washington, New York. This act was publicized far and wide by virtually every major newspaper, and started a major movement towards cremation. Supporters – called cremationists – applauded De Palm’s cremation. In fact, this cremation was one of the first steps in a major movement, dedicated to promoting cremation over the traditional burial.via www.findarticleonline.com

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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
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Your Decision on whether you will come in under the average cost of a funeral essentially is not difficult. It comes down to Cremation or Burial.

A cremation generally runs between $625 and $1500 USD ($1500.00 is way too much).

Now for a traditional funeral today the average cost is about $8300.00 USD. With a good range being $7,000 USD to $10,000 USD.

So If you choose cremation you most always will come in under the average cost of a funeral.

Snippet From the Senior-Site.

It is best to plan to come in under the average cost of a funeral

“It may be morbid to blog about funerals especially to seniors like me but practically speaking, planning for your own funeral can actually save you and your loved-ones time, energy and of course, money. Seniors must consider planning for their own funeral as some sort of insurance. Good thing is, if you plan your funeral ahead of time, you would know that everything will go according to what you have in mind, thus avoiding confusion and misunderstanding when that fateful day comes.Seniors should also consider that a death is some sort of an instant magnet for scammers and con-artists. Of course, you wouldn’t want your loved-ones to be taken advantage of during their most vulnerable time. With that said, here are some tips on how to plan and cut cost on your own funeral—well, it may come in handy for caregivers as well:
·    Do your research. There is no better time than now to do these things. Know the industry and how it goes nowadays.  It includes prices and “packages” local funeral homes offer. Make a rough draft of how you would like your funeral to be arranged.
·    Decide whether to cremate or bury. Whatever happens to your being, it will all boil down to either of the two:  cremation or burial. Let it be clear to everyone what you prefer and your reasons why you prefer it.”-via seniors-site.com

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