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    Non-traditional Funerals Have you ever thought about what your own funeral would look like? If so‚ maybe it was made distinct through a unique service or burial. One might even have a desire to be cremated and have the ashes kept or spread somewhere that is dear to the individual. Thoughts like these have helped in changing the common for funeral services today. Michelle Cromer’s book‚ Exit Strategy‚ agrees by stating: Death is becoming less the impersonal‚ terrifying stranger who knocks on

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    These excerpts from act 3 of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare shows a lot about the art of persuasion. This is due to many things that are said in both Brutus’ and Antony’s speeches at Caesar’s funeral. Despite this similarity‚ both of the speeches are very different from one another. While Brutus is trying to sympathize with Caesar’s fan while still trying to reason with them‚ Antony is very aggressive and mentions how Caesar didn’t deserve to be betrayed. In Brutus’ speech‚ he tries to reason

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    Sonny's Blues

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    Sonny ’s Blues A captivating tale of a relationship between two troubling brothers in Harlem‚ "Sonny ’s Blues" is told from the perception of Sonny ’s brother‚ whose name is never mentioned. Baldwin ’s choice of Sonny ’s brother as a narrator is what makes "Sonny ’s Blues" significant in terms of illustrating the relationship and emotional complications of Sonny and his brother. The significance of "Sonny ’s Blues" lies in the way Sonny ’s brother describes their relationship based on what he

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    The blue band hermit crab ( Pagurus samuelis) is a species of hermit crab it is usually found on the west coast of North America‚ and the most common hermit crab in California’s coast. It is a small species‚ with blue bands on its legs. The habitat it lives in its rocky costal short. This is what the name derives from due to its blue stripes. It prefers to live in the shell of the black turban snail. The length of the blue band hermit crab is 40 mm (1.6 in) and a carapace width of up to 19 mm (0

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    Sonny's Blues

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    relationship with one another‚ his turbulent dynamic with his own brother‚ his heroin addiction and the problems it brought on‚ his struggle to fulfill the typical American dream‚ and finding the courage to do what he really loves; play music. Sonny’s Blues are the story of his life‚ and the failures or pitfalls he endured feeling imprisoned in his own body”. 2. BODY Sonny had a lot of internal and external conflict that he went through. Most of the time‚ even though he had family around him that

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    05012012 Lauriaenne Lamb Sconce and her husband‚ Jerry‚ former operators of the Lamb Funeral Home in Pasadena‚ CA‚ were arrested in 1987 with their son‚ David‚ after investigators alleged that they had mishandled human remains. Sconce attorney told jurors that mass cremations‚ commingling of ashes‚ and dental gold and other body part extractions did take place at the third generation family business. But these acts were done by their son‚ David‚ without their permission or knowledge. The Deputy

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    Top 5 Questions To Ask Before Hiring A Funeral Director Choosing the option of hiring a funeral director to help you with funeral arrangements is quite helpful but will make more sense if you interview more than one person in order to compare their costs and services as well as their style of operation. So while opting to hire a Funeral Director‚ it is ideal to allow a friend or family member to accompany you as you pay a visit to the funeral director in order to give you moral support and for second

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    the blue zones

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    The Blue Zones The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who’ve Lived the Longest by Dan Buettner talks about the author’s research in different places who have people who live into very long years of their life in a few areas of the world who claim to have the highest number of the oldest people. Blue Zone is a concept used to identify a demographic and/or geographic area of the world where people live measurably longer lives‚ as Dan Buettner describes in his book. The concept had

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    words. In reality‚ what most people think is love is not really love at all. Many relationships end with someone being used and hurt. Even if someone ends up being the one getting used‚ they can still get over everything. In Vanessa Clairmont’s "A Funeral for our Butterflies‚" the persona discovers that even though her ex-lover used her‚ she will still be able to let go and get over her. To begin with‚ the persona talks about how her ex-girlfriend was only using her. She eventually realized that her

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    Sonny's Blues

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    in Sonny’s Blues Sonny’s blues by James Baldwin is a story about the power of music and its effect on people and their very states of mind. Sonny will grow up and mature as a normal kid‚ but will then come to depend on his family and friends for guidance on his journey to become a musician in his own inner struggle brought upon him by his drug use. On his path he will discover that what he really wants is to be a jazz musician with the approval of his older brother. In Sonny’s Blues‚ the narrator

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