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AQUA FIRMA tm es el RIDE IN HARMONY TM término para el agua en su de estado sólido en las ciencias naturales.
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MINING vs. Mas Precioso Recurso
GRASIAS de Ximena Vera Torres.
Thanks to Ximena Vera Torres for forwarding this article to us. Please send it to your friends to increase awareness of the damage that mining threatens to do to the natural wonders of Mother Earth.
En el valle de San Félix, el agua más pura en Chile corre por ríos alimentados por 2 glaciares, donde existe el más precioso recurso (agua).
Grandísimos depósitos de oro, plata y otros minerales han sido encontrados bajos los glaciares.
Para llegar hasta ellos será necesario quebrar y destruir los glaciares -algo nunca concebido en la historia del mundo- y hacer 2 grandísimos huecos, cada uno tan grande como una montaña, uno para la
extracción y otro para el deshecho de la mina.
El proyecto se llama PASCUA LAMA. La compañía se llama Barrick Gold. La operación esta siendo planeada por una multinacional de la cual es miembro George Bush padre.
El gobierno Chileno ha aprobado el proyecto para que empiece este año. La Única razón por la cual no ha empezado aún, es porque los campesinos han obtenido un aplazamiento.
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GNU...
HAIKU
Along
the way
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May
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Photo: Josh Hmielowski, SKI IN HARMONY sm web designer, skiis the back country outside Moab, Utah earlier. Additional Photos, of varying topics are sent to each, free RIDE IN HARMONY sm newsletter subscriber. Spanish Version
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GNU: An Urgent Letter from the Wildize Foundation about our animal friends:
To All my Animal lover friends....
I just visited the Rocky Mountain Wildlife Conservtion center last week... they are now in danger of closing due to lack of contributions, and that would mean having to euthanize 150 big cats, wolves and bears... please help with a Christmas contribution and pass this on to your friends please. I have included a plea written to the local valley newspapers and an article in today’s Denver Post --if you can’t see it here, go to:
http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_3279412I
Please Help.
thank you
Eli
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GNU: For another view, and a good one, of our shared winter passions, check out:
Michael Scanlon’s site at http://www.endlesswintersnow.com
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The Ride In Harmony (sm) with your message, or use the new-gnu form as your personal e.mail form for athletics.
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The Energyes of Grand Ma Spider
>
>A native grandmother observed how a spider wove her web above where
>she slept. She thought it was strange, so every night she observed
>it before going to sleep; the spider worked really fast, jumping from one place to another with her silver thread.
She started with three strokes forming a triangle, and from there she wove a circle
>making semi rectangular shapes. Then she dropped down searching for
>a succulent morsel, returning to her web, waiting for the moment to
>consume her delicious prisoner. Sometimes the flies fell out of her
>web alive, but she went quickly for another. Sometimes she waited
>to catch something. Every nigth the grandmother was amazed with the
>spider’s abilities. In the morning as she sat by her loom, her hands
>felt renewed strengh remembering the skills of her sister, the
>spider. Beautiful and colorful drawings and designs emerged as her
>hands jumped from one place to another.
>
> One night her grandson discovered the web and wanted to destroy
>it. In time, the woman stopped him:
> My son, she told him, don’t destroy what Creator has made
>through that tiny being, which is our sister Spider. Every night she
>teaches me the secrets of the loom where we weave the beautifull
>blankets that cover and protect us from the cold breath of the North
>wind and the frost of the winter snow. She brings our tribe this
>knowledge, so let her continue her work in peace.
>
> That night, grandmother had a dream. The spider appeared
>thanking her and offered a gift:
> Old lady, she said, For having saved my life, I want to give
>your tribe a gift. I’ll teach you how to weave a special net
>that serves to catch any dreams that keep you from flowing in full
>beauty and with the power of the Great Spirit. I’ll teach you to
>weave a dream catcher. All the dark dreams that keep you trapped
>in ignorance will be caught in the net, and all the luminous dreams
>that bring you to realize your most sublime and deep longings will
>flow through the center hole. When a child is born, place the dream
>catcher over its cradle. Without a doubt, from that moment on
>her/his life will be channeled towards the light. You, my darling,
>will understand great things.
>
> The first great teaching the native elder received was a vision
>about a little spider jumping in her hand at terrifying speed
>weaving a tiny web. The spider was fast and jumped like an acrobat,
>spilling her silver thread from a little bag she had underneath. She
>kept jumping and then left for the countryside, going into difficult
>places. Some words came to mind: fastness, fearlesness, boldness,
>happiness, energy, surrender. She was so small that she could go
>where big animals, including humans, couldn’t go. So she became
>deeply knowledgeable about the mysteries of nature and the
>microcosm. She was a real investigator. She was wise.
>
> The second night she had another dream. This time a big
>granmother spider was weaving an huge web among the stars amidst
>the cosmos. She was a hairy and powerfull spider. She was the Mother
>of all the spiders and told her:
> "Look, these silver threads are rays of light that represent the
>energy of creativity. The web you make with them is the
>manifestation of that energy in life, itself, and of all the worlds
>that exist in the universe.The weave you make is ALL OUR RELATIONS,
>that which your people know as MYTAKYASE OYASIN, the union that
>exists between all beings on all planes, within the self, the
>seventh direction, the violet color, unconditional love, and light.
>You know well what your ancestors told you in your beautiful home,
>the Earth. There is no single atom which is not part of the cosmic
>order. Because of this, all beings-- the plants and trees, the
>green beings, the four-legged, those who crawl or fly, those who
>live underwater, the two-legged, the rocks and crystals, the spirits
>of the elements and the Four Directions, and everything you can
>touch or see-- have their place and are connected. Nothing is
>too much nor too little. Only those who understand this can handle life threads in a good way and weave beautiful dreams that will produce strong and lasting webs that reflect Creator’s wisdom.
Each woven cloth and material has the quality of its weaver. The more
>pure, wise and integrated your intention, the better your work will
>be, because you will know how to respect each being and put each
>energy in its right place.
Therefore, Spirit will give you power to
>weave beautifull dreams, a peaceful life full of harmony, love,
>abundance, fertility and balance. You will have the speed and
>persistence of the spider, the ability to search and resolve,
>observe and have the free will to continue weaving your life in a
>good way until your last breath, without breeching the cosmic order
>which brings Health, Happiness and the joy of knowing that you will
>continue weaving in the subtle dimensions beyond your earthly life."
>
> That is how Grandmother, receiving Spider wisdom, began to
>weave into her cloth the Web Dreams where life, itself, is woven
>and pass this knowledge to her tribe. Her last creation was a great
>cobalt blue shawl full of stars, where the Mother of all Spiders was
>weaving the Huge Silver Web where all creatures upon Mother Earth
>are united.
>
> Friend, never stop weaving your web; never stop improving the
>quality of your cloth. Let the most beautifull dreams come true!
>
> AHO MITAKYASE OYASIN
> To all our relations
>with love
>
> This tale was inspired by my dear friend and sister, Marisa
>Tejada, a beautiful warrior woman from Spain who is the
>producer-director of the theater company The Dream Factory.
> XIMENA VERA, a South American mestiza,
> a keeper of Native American Traditions.
>
> (c)2005 Ximena Vera Torres (all rights reserved)
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HEALING
from:Suzy Chaffee
Dear Cary: How you doing? Do you know any enlightened kingpins or queenpins
of the Ski Patrol, because if they do healing prayers for where people have
gotten hurt ... on the mountain, it will help prevent more accidents and
reenergize the ley lines that affects the mountains getting rain and snow. So
says Bennie LeBeau, the Shoshone who led the medicine wheel around the San
Bernadinos, which saved the lakes and forest, and gave skiers the best snow in 150
years. Launching a state of the art Indian holistic health program in the LA
area. Luv, Suzy
suzynativevoices@aol.com
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ATHLETICS ON THE WEST BANK
First Report: to RIH from Kim Crane
"I ran into a lacrosse player from Chicago
who wanted to donate some lacrosse sticks to refugee kids, so we took him
to one of Bethlehem’s refugee camps and had a great time teaching the kids
how to play... so who knows, maybe lacrosse will catch on in Palestine.
I’ve been having an incredible time."
Kim Crane spent the summer in Bethlahem, on the West Bank and will report on her experiences here, at RIH, from time to time.
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NON-MARTIAL KUNG FU
With the "essence of movement", as Chad Fliesher put it, this writer was on Maui in ’97 without the means to join the windsurfers, and so moved along on shore in emulation of what he thought he saw happening on the water, wondering what was common to all of these sports.
Joel Castille, Grand Master at the White Phoenix Kung Fu school, says that there are additional health benefits, aside from not getting hit, associated with non-martial movement, and he had already begun the developement of animal forms.
Moving in harmony with the currents of Earth’s energy has movements that are universal, and adapted variously among the animals.
Watch for further reports of their developement here, and how you may have opportunities to participate.
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from Suzy Chaffee
Pick of the Lynx
comes from the Bushmen. What has the Hall of Fame skier learned about our animal friends that she is passing along? http://www.thehealingland.com/totems.htm
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GNU: LOGO GEAR SOON
Say hello to "Hans" (or is it Hanna?)the imminently "m"able cheetah, part of the new Ride In Harmony sm logo at the top of most pages. Thank you Wildize Foundation, who will recieve a donation from the proceeds.
"Hans" will preceed RIDE IN HARMONY(sm) in eastern alphabets where an "m" able "M" is not required, or just stand there in his or her majesty as the embodiment of "WHAT ANIMAL ARE YOU?".
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"KNOW YOUR GARDEN" - Hopi Indian
The CULTURE GARDEN (sm)
The Spanish translation is posted. Beautifully written by Ximena Vera Torres and Juan Ma Del Rey, tell your Spanish speaking friends about it, or plan to enhance your (or their) language skills by reading the two versions of the Ride In Harmony sm side by side.
GNU: in the works: Translations from the fastest growing ski country in the world, Korea, and from Japan as well.
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"CREATE YOUR COMMUNITY"- Hopi Indian
GNU: YEAH!!! Taiwan, Nationalist China becomes number 31.
Sweden and Germany visit Ride In Harmony.com. Somehow we feel they must have been here before but couldn’t prove it ’til now. Countries 29,@ 30.
What stories can the Sami tell us from North of the Arctic circle; these dark haired Swedes with 4 direction traditions, similar to native Americans. More later.
Some countries, but not all, include Netherlands, Greece, Seychelles, Japan, Isreal, Australia, Great Britain, United States, Mexico, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Hungary, France, Peru, Canada, Brazil, Turkey, Morocco, Austria, Belgium. and the Czech Republic, Italy, Switzerland.
Welcome Spain and Colunbia. Colunbia?!!! There’s no skiing in Colunbia!
But they have glaciers, or did, and the tribe in the mountains which is reponcible for balancing the Earth’s energy, as the Mayans are the Earth’s time keepers, are watching the glaciers melt and tell us that they can’t do it alone anymore.
FINLAND...whose language is the best to teach infants to sing in, tunes in to Ride In Harmony (sm). Make that country 26.
ROMANIA and IRELAND bring visiting countries to 28. Welcome.
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"KNOW YOUR WATER" - Hopi Indian
Wind, Wave, and AQUA FIRMA (sm)
PROFITABILITY AND INDIVIDUAL RESPONCIBILITY IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY
Part one:
A Green conservative makes the case for sustainable developement, invoking the Indian model. Phil Spayd invites your comments.
Enviro Report
Late morning on a stunning August day I am piloting my two wheeled BMW
around central Vermont, passing through Bethel and motoring along the
White River and then up Route 100 through Rochester and Hancock,
stopping to spend the evening with friends in Granville. The dairy
farms and the mountainsides are beautiful beyond words. It is possible
to keep these settings like this forever?
An Abenakian may have a different view, having lived in what is now
Vermont for 10,000 years prior to the arrival of the Europeans. She
would not recognize the alien landscape. She might not be too surprised
by the farms, the Abenakis themselves having grown corn on expanses
approaching 250 acres, but she would barely recognize the trees and
other plants that now dominate the central Vermont landscape. The
northern white cedar and the other native trees and flowers and ferns
nearly all succumbed to the clearing of the land for logging, quarrying,
paper production and other commercial development. The mountains look
beautiful to me, but the plants and trees are newcomers. They might
look line alien invaders to a Native American.
Whose status quo is right?
There is, of course, no status quo. Change is the iron law of man and
nature. It is irredeemable, immutable and unrepentant.
Fast forward to 2005. Globalization and outsourcing are at the heart of
the economic debate about the future of the United States. The blues
say we are sending all our good jobs abroad and exploiting foreign
workers, the reds say outsourcing is good for all us and over the long
run will make us all wealthier. Is it an "either/or" argument, or is
there a possibility that there is value in both arguments?
Gnu: Final: Part 2
Integrity in Trade
Our view at Global Trade Systems is that outsourcing is an inevitable
consequence of market economies, and that some companies will outsource
purely to find the absolutely least expensive supplier, while others
will do it in a responsible way that serves the interests of the
company, its customers, stakeholders and most importantly, as observed
by Mr.Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia, in a way that protects the
company’s resource base-a healthy planet
With tariff rates declining and barriers to investment in other
countries being lifted, an inexorable condition of our times is that
trade among nations will continue to grow and production will shift to
countries having a comparative advantage in producing a specific good or
service.
Almost by definition, companies are created and organized to earn a
profit. What can we say about how a responsible corporation carries out
its business in a global environment?
An individual might say that a company has a responsibility to produce
or purchase goods from the countries that have a comparative advantage
in producing those goods. That makes the best use of scarce resources,
and thus has the potential for the best way to protect the scarce
resources that comprise the planet earth. Another person may believe
that a company has a responsibility to ensure that the goods it
purchases are made in ways that meet international standards for the
fair and safe treatment of workers and that it needs to purchase goods
that are produced in a way that does not damage the environment. It may
be important to another person that a company carries out its operations
free from bribery and other illegal activities. And in the face of the
threat of international terrorism, nearly everyone agrees that a company
needs to ensure that its goods are not compromised in the production and
transportation process to allow them to be used to introduce a weapon of
mass destruction or other implement of terrorism into the US or any
other nation.
Forward looking companies will find ways to demonstrate, and ultimately
to quantify, their commitment to operating at high standards in these
key areas. "Trade Integrity" is a quantified measure of the degree of:
supply chain security, social accountability, bribery and corruption,
and sustainable environmental practices within a company’s business
processes. It is a quantifiable, demonstrable measure which can be
shared with US and foreign regulatory agencies, NGOs, customers and
other stakeholders. It is an indication of the company’s commitment to
safe and secure transactions, and shows that the goods are produced in a
socially and environmentally acceptable manner and are free of bribery
and corruption.
How does an individual consumer make choices that reflect their personal
interests and values? It is the collective choices of individuals that
ultimately determine the choices that companies make. Transparency-the
ability to see clearly into the internal operations (and values) of a
company-is the way for consumers to gather information about the
business practices of the companies from which they purchase products,
and to make choices that reflect their individual values. Individuals
need to have ways to quantitatively measure the performance of a company
in key areas such as sustainability, environmental responsibility, fair
treatment of employees and workers in outsourced operations, bribe-free
and corruption-free operations, and safe transportation of goods across
international borders.
Individuals need to empower themselves with information. They need to
make use of the information that is available on the internet and the
blogging universe to raise issues, increase their knowledge and demand
answers. They need to form the basis for a movement that demands greater
transparency in companies’ international operations so they know the
shoes they are wearing, the television they are watching and the food
they are eating meet their individual standards. Those waiting for the
government to act will have a long wait. Those willing to seek out
information and make their choices known in the marketplace will see
their actions bear fruit.
Philip Spayd, Director
Global Trade Systems, Inc.
Philip.Spayd@GlobalTradeSystems.com
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Closing weekend of the ski and snowboard season in Aspen ’05, was celebrated at the base of Aspen Mountain on Saturday April 9, with the Ute Indians.
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FOR A SIMILAR PROGRAM NEXT YEAR, WITH THE FIRST PEOPLE OF YOUR AREA, CONTACT US, AND WITH OUR FRIENDS AT THE NATIVE VOICES FOUNDATION, WE’LL BEGIN TO ARRANGE A WEEK OR WEEKEND OF CELEBRATION AND SKIING.
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