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In most counties in the United States, the local trial courts conduct their business in a centrally located courthouse which may also house county governmental offices. The courthouse is usually located in the county seat, although large metropolitan counties may have satellite or annex offices for their courts. In some cases this building may be renamed in some way or its function divided as between a judicial building and administrative office building. Many judges also officiate at civil marri ...

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Albert Pierrepoint (1905 - 10 July 1992) is the most celebrated member of a Yorkshire family who provided three of Britain's Chief Executioners in the first half of the 20th century. He resided in Clayton, Bradford. In 1901 Henry Pierrepoint (1874-1922) was appointed to the list of executioners after repeatedly writing to the Home Office to offer his services. In his nine-year term of office Henry carried out 107 executions before being dismissed in July 1910 for arriving for an execution at Chelmsford prison "considerab ...

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A courthouse is a building that is home to a court. The term is common in North America. In other English speaking countries buildings which house courts are simply called "courts". Courthouse - Canada. In Canada each municipality constructs its own courthouse, or several in the case of large cities. In smaller communities the court is in the same building as the city hall and other municipal offices. In the past many courthouses also included the local prison.

Cremation is the practice of disposing of a corpse by burning. This often takes place in a crematorium or crematory. Cremation and burial are the main ways of final disposition of the dead. Cremation - Reasons for choosing cremation. People choose cremation for a variety of reasons, including religious reasons, other personal reasons, environmental reasons, and cost. For all these reasons, more and more people are choosing cremation. Cremation - Religious reasons in Pagan ...

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• Cremation - Burning and ashes collection
• Cremation - The Pyre alternative
• Cremation - Negative recent history experiences with cremation
• Cremation - Environmental Concerns
• Cremation - World War II
• Cremation - The Tri-State Crematory Incident
• Cremation - The Indian Ocean tsunamis

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People choose cremation for a variety of reasons, including religious reasons, other personal reasons, environmental reasons, and cost. For all these reasons, more and more people are choosing cremation. Cremation - Religious reasons in Pagan Faiths. Cremation is the usual means of burial on Patriarchal religions. The allusion is that the body rises as smoke to the domain of the Father deities in heavens. Conversely, Matriarchal religions have favoured interment of the corpse, often on fetal position, this symbolizing returning the body to Mother Earth, tomb symbolizing the uterus ...

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Cremation - Environmental Concerns. Cremation is often regarded as a more environmentally responsible alternative to burial; however, in addition to removing the body from the cycle of nature and preventing it from nourishing new life, cremation has a significant impact on our environment: The major emissions from crematories are nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide, particulate matter, mercury, hydrogen fluoride (HF), hydrogen chloride (HCl), NMVOCs, and other heavy metals, as ...

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Cremation - Cremation furnace. The place where the cremation takes place is called crematorium. The crematorium consists of one or more ovens or furnaces and facilities for handling of the ashes. A cremation furnace is a large furnace capable of reaching high temperatures, with special modifications to ensure the efficient disintegration of the corpse. One of these modifications is the aiming of the flames at the corpse's torso, where a majority of the corpse's mass rests. The crematorium may be part of chapel or a funeral home, or it may be part of an independe ...

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Cremation, Cremation - Reasons for choosing cremation, Cremation - Religious reasons in Pagan Faiths, Cremation - Religious reasons in Dharmic Faiths, Cremation - Other personal reasons, Cremation - Environmental reasons, Cremation - Cost of cremation, Cremation - Cremation process, Cremation - Cremation furnace, Cremation - Body container, Cremation - Burning and ashes collection, Cremation - The Pyre alternative, Cremation - Negative recent history experiences with cremation, Cremation - Environmental Concerns, Cremation - World War II, Cremation - The Tri-State Crematory Incident, Cremation - The Indian Ocean tsunamis

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