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In April the state government of Victoria, Australia, authorized a new cemetery near Darlington to go ahead with its plan to offer what it says is a more environmentally friendly and economical alternative to standard burial: vertical burial.
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When Gregory Withrow staged a protest in April (opposing U.S. immigration policies, he said, among other things) by having his hands nailed to a board as he stood across the street from the California state capitol in Sacramento, he came prepared. According to the Sacramento Bee, he had a letter from the city parks department confirming that he didn’t need a special-event permit to crucify himself on the sidewalk and another from a senior clinician at the Butte County health department saying that the protest had been “thoughtfully considered” and should not be seen as “reflective of a grave disability or motivated by suicidal intent.”
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