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Tibetan Sky Burials
Taking a look at a little known, ancient practiceIn Tibet, the word burial has little to do with going underground. Commonly known as a “sky burial,” Tibetan culture practices a different kind of funeral service–one that involves releasing the body back in to nature in a very literal way. According to ancient traditions, those who have passed away in Tibetan culture are often taken…
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Best Cities for Successful Aging
How does your city stack up?This summer, The Milken Institute put out a list of Best Cities for Successful Aging, which measured the performance of 359 U.S. cities and metropolitan areas in promoting and enabling “successful aging.” How does your city stack up? Here are the top 10: 1. Provo, Utah 2. Sioux Falls, S.D. 3. Madison, Wis. 4. Iowa City, Iowa 5. Omaha, Neb.…
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PaperWhite by Bradley L Bowers
The stunning vases explore life and deathBradley L. Bowers’ PaperWhite series explores the beauty of life, death, and decay through these stunning paper vases. from the artist: The concept of planned permanence frightens me. I believe nothing should be made to last for eternity. Death is natural, and not fearsome. We all must make decisions; PaperWhite asks us to choose between…
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What is PAWS? (Interview)
How one organization aids the sick and elderly by offering animal companionshipTara Whitefield is the Director of Companion Animal Services at PAWS (Pets Are Wonderful Support), a San Francisco-based, privately funded non-profit that facilitates animal companionship for the physically ill and socially marginalized throughout the Bay Area. She sat down with SevenPonds, and told us a little about her organization. Antal: Thanks for speaking with us,…
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“The Land before Time”
Lovely animated tale of dinosaurs could help children to understand and deal with losing a parentHere on the SevenPonds blog, we’ve reviewed many healing films and suggested many more (you can check out a full list of our suggestions on our Multimedia page). Many of our films, however, are aimed towards adults. What about children, who have a different understanding of death and, often, a very different way of grieving?…
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Jewish Burial Practices, Today and Yesterday
Taharah, or ritual purification, prepares the person who passed, and their loved ones, for the next stage of existenceIn classic Orthodox Jewish tradition, the newly passed are treated much like the newly born. That is, they are ritualistically purified in accordance with an elaborate sacred Jewish custom called the Taharah, and therefore prepared for their next stage of existence. A specially trained Jewish burial society called the Chevra Kadisha conducts and aids the…
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It’s Do Not Text and Drive Day
Please stop and think before you text and drive – and help prevent car accident deathsDid you know today was national “Do Not Text and Drive Day?” Please join the nationwide effort to prevent car accident deaths due to texting while driving. Here’s some facts to make you think twice: FACT #1: Five seconds is the average time your eyes are off the road while texting. When traveling at 55mph,…
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Turn the Country Gold for a Day to Spread Pediatric Cancer Awareness
Goal4theGoal Foundation hosts the second annual National Dress 4 Pediatric Cancer Day September 27thIn honor of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, we bring you this news and resource to doctors, social workers and families affected by pediatric cancers, recently brought to our attention by Ms. Randy Pickus of Go4theGoal Foundation. Go4theGoal Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit charitable organization founded in 2006 by Dr. Richard and Beth Stefanacci, soon after their…
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