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What is the standard size of a grave?

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Re: Grave Sizes A standard grave is 2 1/2 feet wide by 8 feet long, according to the International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association. These dimensions take into account room for a marker or headstone.Click to see full answer. Thereof, how wide and deep is a grave?To meet regulations the average single depth grave is about 3-4 feet deep. Already we see that two out of the three grave depths are deeper than 6 feet (or 1. Read More...

A guide to age-appropriate chores kids can do around the house

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Andrew Adesman, a developmental pediatrician at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra University, has a confession to make. Although he has published twoscientific studies of the ability of children to do chores, he and his wife, also a pediatrician, never insisted on their own kids doing them. “You might think for two parents working full time, it would be important for their kids to do chores,” he says. “We probably set the bar too low. Read More...

California wildfire smoke plumes are unlike anything previously seen

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More than 3.1 million acres have burned in California this year, part of a record fire season that still has four months to go. A suffocating cloud of smoke has veiled the West Coast for days, extending more than a thousand miles above the Pacific. And the extreme fire behavior that’s been witnessed this year hasn’t just been wild — it’s virtually unprecedented in scope and scale. Fire tornadoes have spun up by the handful in at least three big wildfires in the past three weeks, based on radar data. Read More...