During the next few days we will be removing some of the postings on some of the groups topics..We ask you to Please not become alarmed or become upset if some postings you made were removed because it does not indicate the postings were inappropriate or off topic..We do not have an infinite amount of room to just keep on posting without an occasional removal of some of the postings or retire the topic to our archives..Some of the postings are timeless and appropriate over a longer time than others while some are appropriate for a limited amount of time..We must remove some of the postings to create room for future postings..
From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever..
This is a 20:40 minute video about environmental issues which must become a concern for everyone...
Oh, I am deeply saddened by this news, she will be missed. I have learned alot from her special way of dealing with people. She is in my thoughts and prayers.
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Today I received the following message from Melissak K.
She was one of our outstanding co-hosts and she wil be missed very much..At her request I have removed her from being our co-host..She will be missed very much..
Hi Chief RunningFox,
I'm letting you know this way, since the only place that I have your email
address is at Care2, but I've forgotten the Care2 password that I changed a few
months ago and I'm getting a run around from them about getting my password. My
albums started to go blank and a month ago I asked for help, when nothing
happened I posted at the Care2 group.
When my cousin forgot his password they sent it to him immediately...the
same with my niece. But for some reason, they just can't quite get around to
sending mine to me so, I'm not going back there. Please remove me from
co-hosting positions at Religions of the World and the Traditional Red Road
because even if they do eventually send me my email password, I'm not going
back
I've already sent notice to Cezar at the Positive Thinking group. Please
inform everyone why I'm no longer at Care2 any more and that I'll miss them. I
appreciate the opportunity that you gave me to co-host. I really enjoyed the
groups and interaction with people from all over the world. I learned so very
much from all of you.
September is National Native American Wellbriety Month. August 15, 2005 1:16 AM
White Bison, Inc., An American Indian non-profit
organization, announces National Native American Wellbriety/Recovery Month,
September, 2005 This year’s theme: Healing Lives, Families &
Communities
September is National
Native American Wellbriety Month. This fifth-annual Native American celebration
of sobriety and recovery from alcohol and other drug addictions is held once
again in conjunction with the nation-wide SAMHSA event, National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery
Month.
Join the Voices for Recovery! In
September, American Indians and Alaska Natives who are proudly recovering from
substance abuse and chemical addictions will once again come forward to put a
new face on recovery. Gatherings in Reservation and Native American communities
across America will send the message that it’s good to be
in recovery. It’s good to let the youth see how many adults and Elders
are getting sober and working on wellness. It’s good for Native community and
Tribal leadership to stand up for sobriety and recovery amongst themselves and
for their constituents. It’s good to have sober leadership come forward in
support of well living.
September will be a time to host gatherings in support of wellness and Wellbriety––sobriety and wellness combined. Over the
past five years, American Indian and Alaska Native communities have held
powwows, feasts, learning gatherings, walks, runs, and other kinds of events to
stand up for wellness in their communities. Elders and other speakers have
talked to the community about what it means to live in a good way, free of
alcohol and other drugs. The youth have come forward to share what they are
doing, and community sobriety drums provide ceremony for the many events.
Sometimes wellness videos are shown. Sometimes nutritious traditional healing
foods are available. It can be as simple as having friends over for dinner,
holding a barbecue or a feed, or having an open house. Every community and
tribal culture does it differently. Every celebration is unique and wonderful,
carried out in the community’s own way.
This year, White Bison, Inc. and SAMHSA (the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration) are sponsoring events in three cities. Here are
the coordinators and their contacts.
Cheyenne, Wyoming Connie Robinson
303-332-5459 • meadowlark02@onewest.net Mayetta, Kansas Gayl Edmunds 816-561-3600 Omaha,
Nebraska John Penn 402-846-5280 • johnpenn33@yahoo.com
Visit the White Bison website www.whitebison.org to download the
Recovery Month Letter, including a Proclamation form to take to Native
leadership in support of Wellbriety/Recovery month. • Visit the White Bison
website to get tips for your own community-sponsored events. • Visit the SAMHSA
website www.recoverymonth.gov for the latest on
the National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month. • Call White Bison at
1-877-871-1495 for more information about how
communities everywhere can participate in Wellbriety/Recovery Month, September,
2005.
i want to take this opportunity to thank you both for the invitation to this group & others that you are hosting as well.
its seems to be a very interesting group for/to share what's important to each of us and learn more about the world, world history and religions views-perspectives, issues and all that with respect & consideration to each other feelings.
i was reading a little bit about the rules of the group and i agree with those.
i want to wish you both and all members of the group, that God brings all the best in health and happiness ~today & always~!
Hello, all. I think this is going to be a really great group and I am thankful for the invitation. I will be away from my computer for awhile but when I return, you'll be hearin'from me, like it or not! Just kidding.
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Good Day Michael I would like to direct your attention to the Welcome thread of this group where I wrote: I want each member to bear the following in mind
This group is for informational purposes only and no prayer requests or petitions will be permitted to be posted here and no one will be allowed to say their religion is the one true religion or another persons religion is wrong..This group is for each of us to learn from each other thru getting to know the different belief systems of the world..Please bear this in mind when posting.. This is a golden opportunity for each of us to get to know each other much better..
Silverwolf and I have many groups we own and host and we allow petitions and prayer requests on most of those groups but when we created this group we decided not to permit prayer requests or requests to sign petitions ..We will transfer your posting to 2 of our other groups and remove it from this one.. We will transfer it to the The Teachings of Baha'u'llah Group and The Mother Earth and All That Resides here group..
This group is not designed to foster anyones belief it is for information purposes only and to learn about the belief systems of people throughout the world..
I hope you will understand our reason for not permitting the postings of Prayer requests or asking people to support a cause or signing a petition..
I believe there are many members of this group who supports this cause however there may be others who would not and we must stay neutral . ..
Please contact your Congressional representatives to encourage them to co-sponsor the resolution that will designate the weekend of July 15, 16, 17 as a weekend of prayer for Darfur, Sudan. This is an inter-faith movement to help the thousands of victims of genocide in this country.
Please also contact your minister, priest, rabbi, or other religious leader and ask him/her to join in prayer that weekend.