Turn Your Eyes to Jesus

WHO shed His life for us??  JESUS

Who lived in Heaven (perfect harmony) and didn't have to come to earth (disharmony)???   JESUS

Who is a very part of our creator God???  JESUS

Who told us, we come to the Father, by NONE ELSE but Himself??  JESUS

Yet what do we do in return????

We label ourselves with certain denominations!

We place walls between ourselves and others!

We believe that the denomination we serve is the One True Faith!!

Did Jesus teach that???  NO!

Jesus was the greatest teacher who ever lived!!
Who are we, to think, we are greater than He???
Who are we to think, we are wiser than Him???
YET...many of us believe, we are walking in His ways....
When we do it our way instead of His.
Lets read God's WORDS ON THIS!!  
It is NOT a story, It is His word! and His teaching!


FROM THE APOSTLE PAUL

 1 Corinthians 1:10-12 Divisions in the Church


I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought.

My brothers, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you. What I mean is this:
One of you says, “I follow Paul”;(I am ? Faith)
another,
“I follow Apollos” (I am ? Faith);
another,
“I follow Cephas” (I am ? Faith);
still another,
“I follow Christ. ( AMEN)”
Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you?
Were you baptized into the name of Paul?
I am thankful that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius, so no one can say that you were baptized into my name.
So then, no more boasting about men!!!!!!
 All things are yours, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours,
and you are of Christ,
and Christ is of God.  (1Corintians 1 :10-12)
We are not to BOAST about our denomination. Read it yourself!

We Are To Be One In HIM Alone....

I was stunned to read, not so long ago, that the First Christian Denomination to be Founded with Christ, and followed AFTER his death.
Was "The Sect of The Nazarene"
Acts 24:5... The Bible.


 

                                            
We are to stand together in Him, as part of His body.
Not alienated apart from Him, a broken body.

My Wednesday Walk: the glass bottle

I can remember as a young child on Saturday mornings my brothers and I would ride our bikes and look on the side of the road searching for empty soda bottles that people had discarded. Back then "soda pop" or "soda water" as we call it here in the South came in glass bottles. People would take the empty bottles to the store and collect two cents. Some people did not care for the getting two

Global Warming: A Reality Check !

There are people out there who say that global warming will drive many species to extinction, including the polar bears. That sea levels will rise dramatically as the Greenland ice cap melts before the end of the century. That hurricanes will get stronger, the Amazon rainforest will succumb to drought and the Himalayan glaciers will be gone by 2035....and much, much more. They are WRONG! These people deserve to be called phony alarmists. People like the Environmental Defense Fund that scare the "be-Jesus" out of our young people to donate millions to their left-leaning agenda and don't forget the head scare-monger himself, Al Gore, with his 35 lies, errors and omissions in his alarmist "Inconvenient Truth" film.

Last month's 4th Annual Conference on Climate Change by the Heartland Institute (they have a very informative website at http://www.heartland.org/) put the reality back into the present climate change situation. Here are some highlights of this three day conference which included dozens of scientists from two dozen nations:

• Sweden's leading expert on sea levels, Nils Morner says sea levels are simply not rising around the Maldives, Tuvalu and Bangladesh, despite the fact that these low-lying places are the poster children of the supposed catastrophe caused by "global warming." Also New Zealand scientist Bob Carter stated that sea levels around Australia have actually fallen more than a meter over the past 6000 years and yet the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) continues to trumpet sea-level rise as a major concern and a reason to curb worldwide carbon emissions. He said, "In using IPCC advice to set their policies, national governments are NEGLIGENT and fail utterly to do their duty to their people." Ten years on, Europe's Emission Trading Scheme is a failure and has left their citizens with higher energy bills with nothing to show for the pain. This should be the key reason for Prime Minister Gillard and President Obama not to try it.
• From Western Washington University's Don Easterbrook: "We have begun global cooling which I predicted in 1998 and the Russians confirmed in 2008." He also noted that natural global warming, much more intense than modern warming, has occurred many times in the past without substantial changes in atmospheric CO2 concentrations or Polar Bear numbers. Easterbrook also pointed out that twice as many people are killed by extreme cold as by extreme heat and that global cooling poses far greater other risks are well, including risks to food production and increased demand for fuel energy. Climate changes in the geologic record show a regular pattern of alternate warming and cooling with a 25-30 year period for the past 500 years. He summarized by saying, "Expect global cooling for the next 2-3 decades that will be far more damaging than global warming would have been."
• From the most important non-warmist top atmospheric scientist, MIT's Richard Lindzen, who said that doubling the concentration of CO2 (which only makes up 0.0384% of our air) in the atmosphere would contribute only 1 degree (Celsius) to warming! All IPCC models predict more because they assume "positive feedback's" which only exist in models; real measurements show slight negative feedback. (Positive feedback means that climatic reaction to warmer temps would be changes that would lead to even warmer temps, which is not what's happening.) He reiterated that the Cult-of-Gore refuses to consider climate change could be part of a complex phenomena that has multiple causes than being based on a single cause.
• Joseph D'Aleo described the fascinating topic of how global temperatures are measured. He noted that from 1990 there was increased missing data with either no or totally inadequate adjustments for the "urban heat island effect", a point made by several speakers. They pointed out that most of the warming that the IPCC has measured and treated like gospel, was simply the warming created in big urban areas that have encroached around the weather stations thus substantially overstating the actual changes in climate. Disgraceful!

The way I see it....the word "skeptic" should not be used: "Skepticism" implies doubts about a plausible proposition. Current global-warming alarm hardly represents a plausible proposition. Twenty years of repetition and escalation of claims does not make it more plausible as does the recent evidence from Climategate and other instances of overt cheating. It's clear that the warmists' data prove Mark Twain's maxim that "there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics." I rest my case.

Faith as Strong as a Tree

 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his     fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. Psalm 1:4    "Praise the Lord!!"

I liken people to trees.

If our roots of faith run deep we will remain strong through all adversity.

As a child I learnt to sing the song.

"Just like a tree planted by the water side, I shall not be moved."

That illustration is a good one.

Especially for those of us who do live near the water.

In case you don't, I am sharing the Pandanus Tree.

Note the roots of this Pandanus Tree. There are many!! and they dig down deep into the soil to hang on tightly. When the ocean roars and the strong cyclonic winds rip away the sands of the coast, that tree is secure. Nothing pulls it up or throws it away.

                                   

  

                          This one defies nature to try and uproot it.

                             It stands confident balanced and strong.

Maybe the reason we have so many of these trees along the Queensland coastline is because they refuse to be moved.

How about you and I? Can we also stand firm and strong through the winds and adversities of life? Or do we bend and sway? To be truthful I have had my times of  finding it difficult to hang tight. Yet with a God who loves me, and in whom I can find shelter, there is a refuge from the storms....

"On Christ the solid Rock I stand,

All other ground is sinking sand."

No other faith gives a certainty on Eternal Life.

No other than Jesus, died for us.........

  

                                                          

                                                  

Sunday Snippets: week of June 20, 2010

Sunday Snippets for the week of June 20 to 26, 2010

There are days I feel like a robot keeping this home clean. I have been doing some cleaning in the evenings when the boys are settled down and getting ready for bed, but it isn't enough . I think the rest of the family thinks we're on vacation from not only homeschooling but cleaning too. I started making a list of chores for the whole family

OPI Ogre the Top Blue

Continuing the theme of brights, I put on Ogre-the-Top Blue yesterday. This one is definitely an eye catcher. It's bold. It's a cute color but I'm not sure how much I'll really wear it. Too bad since the formula was amazing! OPI has really stepped up their game. This one is so pigmented that I nearly got away with one coat, but I ended up doing two to even out some slightly bald spots. It also applied perfectly, of course, since it's OPI. I'm a little disappointed with the lack of shiny-ness; Seche Vite can add a good amount of shine but I like a polish that can contribute to that factor. Though I may be a little biased since my last mani of Pretty Edgy was sooo shiny. As a side note, can't wait to wear that one again. I actually didn't want to take it off, which is rare for me since I love to change things up!

Old Trains, Old Times 'Newcastle Oz'

This is Newcastle, New South Wales pictured around 1895.

Can't you just picture the man standing with his camera balanced on his tripod to get just the right snap?

  

Newcastle is a coal mining town.
This snap depicts a ceremony of sorts?

The old steam train. This one looks new, shiny and clean.

If you have never travelled in one you could not imagine the soot smudging and messing your clothes.

These proud men standing beside a piece of history they would never imagine could become obsolete.

Engine 361.

I can still remember riding to work in one of these in the 1960's.

We still have a working steam train where I now live in Queensland. They are slow and if riding for hours, extremely uncomfortable, yet a grand old timer of the yesteryear period.. 

     Our Valley Rattler still roams the rolling hills proudly blowing it's whistle and displaying it's grand old-world charm.....

CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE.

  

Brain Differences and Changes

                                                          

                                                           

Males have a larger brain than female's yet female's can perform many tasks at once while males are limited to one.  



There really are big differences between the male and female brain.

Males tend to be better at analysing systems, while females seem to be better at reading the emotions of other people (better empathisers).


Males have 4% more brain cells than females, and about 100 grams more brain tissue. 
Yet with cellular connections, even though males seems to have more brain cells, it is reported that females have more dendritic connections between the brain cells.

Grandsons

The female brain has a larger corpus collusum, which means women can transfer data between the right and left hemisphere faster than men. Males tend to be more left brained, while women have greater access to both sides.

My son-in-law, grown children, niece and nephew.

                                       


Language is most often just in the dominant hemisphere (usually the left side), but a larger number of women seem to be able to use both sides for language. This gives them a distinct advantage. If a woman has a stroke in the left front side of the brain, she may still retain some language from the right front side. Men who have the same left sided damage are less likely to recover as fully.

Because females have a larger deep limbic brain they are more in touch with and able to express their feelings easier than males. They have an increased ability to bond and be connected to others, which is why women are usually the primary caretakers for children.
   

Young adults....ready to explore life's differences.

Antonio in the yellow shoes, sitting on a girls knee.

(now that's different)

                                                           

My grandson Antonio is preparing to sit for his final school exams and graduate from High School this year.
The Australian school year finishes in December with six weeks Summer holidays.
Antonio is striving for a high O.P. for entry into University.
He wants to study to be a physical education teacher.

And God made male and female in His image, and behold, it was very good.
Genesis 1.

Essie Pretty Edgy

After having naked (and sad) nails for a week, I needed something bright. Essie Pretty Edgy arrived yesterday in the mail and I seriously couldn't wait to put it on. And I have to say, this color really pisses me off, and the reason is because it is so awesome... and it's Essie. Honestly, if Essie came out with colors like this (and the Resort collection) and added a new brush, she would dominate. I wouldn't even mind shelling out full price on a regular basis. But as it stands, her hits, while amazing, are too few. But I guess I shouldn't complain, because I really love this color. I dare say it might be the most perfect kelly green in existence. It's bright, bold, and feels crisp and fresh. It was perfectly opaque in 2 coats, which is always a crowd pleaser, and this color is so me it's not even funny. I even have a pair of Wayfarer sunglasses that match it almost exactly! Sadly, with this revelation, Jade is the New Black has been shoved deep into my OPI drawer... I only have room for one green on display on my desk and Pretty Edgy is now the reigning champion of that title.

I could add to my Essie rant, talking about how funny her bottles are to hold when taking pictures... and how my fingers never quite settle on them in the right way... but I'm just gonna let it go because I seriously can't stop looking at my fingers!

Watering your young child's mind (Water play and learning)

Why is playing in water is great for a young child's mind? When it comes to play materials, children don't mind getting messy or wet. That's why water play is both enjoyable and educational. Indoor water play can go on all year long, and like outdoor play, helps children develop eye-hand coordination and math and science concepts. It may also enhance social skills and encourage cooperation. There

Oliver Stoned on Hugo !

While Venezuelan media outlets that criticize Hugo Chavez's regime get the duct tape treatment, Oliver Stone is out seeking to promote a movie that lionizes the autocrat. The increasingly leftist filmmaker just can't seem to shake his "Thug-Love" having already wasted money on the productions of Fidel Castro and Yasser Arafat flicks. Now he's got a documentary called, "South of the Border" that heralds Hugo as well as 6 other South American socialist leaders.

"None of them are Dictators" says Oliver, looking unashamedly more like a South-of-the-Border dictator himself. His co-lover of Banana Republics, Sean Penn, is obviously delighted with Hugo being the main feature of the film. Penn has repeatedly praised Hugo for his anti-American stance and tight-fisted control of any complaints from his citizens. Sick little bastard.

Stone has been on tour of Latin America, on a marketing campaign for his film. Surprise, surprise--the beleaguered citizens of Venezuela decided not to show up to watch the whitewash of their so-called president. Many of the theaters were reportedly EMPTY! During the first 12 days of the movie's release, it brought in only $18,601 on 20 screens. That's what Venezuelans refer to as "la Bomba".

Venezuelans have been force-fed a steady diet of Chavez's mug on TV, which makes Hugo (the despot) more overexposed than Pamela Anderson doing the rumba on "Dancing with the Stars". Stone and the Hollywood leftist sympathizers of these dictatorial Pond Scum should reacquaint themselves with the Declaration of Independence which categorically states: Authority is derived from the governed, not through control.

The way I see it....Stone shouldn't worry too much though. "South of the Border" is sure to be a big hit with Marxist professors, socialist union bosses and most of all with the anti-democratic apologists running the White House.

Songs for Teaching

I used to post Websites of the week for a homeschooling forum that I moderated through the years. Since having a preschooler, I found myself revisiting them while finding new websites for resources, so I thought I'd share. Songs for Teaching is wonderful for teaching concepts such as directions, body parts, opposites, weather and seasons plus more!This site provides educational songs for just

Stay Tuned..

This week we officially start our summer break from Homeschooling. For the next several weeks, I'll be devoting time to having some well deserved indoor and outdoor fun with my family. We plan on going to the water park, seeing movies, going to the children's museum, nature trails and hikes, homeschool playdates with other families, and visiting extended family through the next two months.

That

Your Heart, Your Soul

In Proverbs 23:7 we read:
"For as a man thinketh in his heart so is he."

I don't know about you, but I find this interesting.
One would imagine, we think with the brain.
Yet Gods Word clearly tells us here, "as a man thinketh, IN HIS HEART!"

I'll just remind you a little about the heart.
It is approximately the size of your fist.
It pumps 5 litres (almost 8 pints) of blood around your body in one minute.
It has an electrical system that charges and fires to keep it in sinus rhythm (beating smoothly). 

Stress fear and LOVE have an effect on the heart.
What you eat, if you exercise, smoke or whether you breath properly all effect the heart.
I have written about some of this in previous postings.

This time I want to enlighten, in simple terms, on the value of magnesium.
I first recognised this myself when suffering from restless leg syndrome.
There is nothing worse than trying to sleep and your legs won't stop twitching.
One of my doctor colleagues who also believes in natural therapies explained magnesium depletion.   Apparently my leg movements were one of the symptoms.
Further research revealed other benefits from taking this Wonder Mineral.
Actually, many will be familiar with its more common name of, Epsom Salts.
It assists in healthy heart rhythm, promotes normal muscle and nerve function (also within the heart), resulting in restful sleep and calmed leg muscles.
So with better circulation there is less stress on the heart.
I hope this helps..... 
(And hey, it also assists with constipation.)
MAGNESIUM IS BROUGHT IN TABLET FORM
FROM PHARMACIES AND WAL-MART.

                                                                    

                                                          

Spiritual Sundays, Out back.

Our sunflowers about a month ago before dying off and leaving the seed for the birds to feed on.

This is a female king parrot.

           

One of my favourites is the Bird O Paradise. It grows in my side yard.

                                                                     

The taller plant is a Kangaroo paw, we have them in three different colours.

They grow up to approx four feet tall. The dark pink is a Lilly.

                                                             

                                                             

There are always visitors close by.

                                              

In the Palm tree.

                                                              


And White Cockatoo's on the overhead wires.

                                                          


Frangapani in the back yard.

With the yummy Paw Paw tree.

Its been growing about a year. This is our first crop of fruit. 

Look at the size! They turn a yellow orange colour when ripe.

 

And a little bit of America to help my hubby feel at home.

Where we lived in Tennessee was Cherokee country.

So a chief smokes his peace pipe in our garden.

                                                              

JESUS SAID.....
"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.
Not as the world gives do I give to you.
Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid."

John 14:27

Start of Summer Break!

We finished about a week and a half ahead of schedule and last night we embarked on our Summer break time! As a treat we are took the boys to see Toy Story 3. The boys were excited the whole day and to get ready for our viewing of it, the boys watched our DVDs of Toy Story and Toy Story 2. I have to admit I was excited too! What a great start to our Summer break!We have the original Woody doll

Back... with many pretties

I've been gone waaay too long. I took a long vacation to Oklahoma (did you know it's hot there?), and while it's nice to get away I couldn't be happier to be home. The hotel I stayed at had a Dollar Tree right down the street, and a Sally's just a block from the local Wal-mart. Both of these I have never been to, and both of these I hauled from.

Sounds like a fun trip, huh? Not so much. I got bit by a rattlesnake, and yes, it got me with some venom. I was in a car that was headbutted by a pissed off bison. And I had a tarantula the size of my shoe jump at my legs, which elicited a scream that is only heard by those who are in mortal danger. Okay, so I'm not an out doorsey kind of girl... that much I think anyone can see. And while I did get a few manis in (within the safe, air conditioned sanctuary of the Holiday Inn), I also didn't get a single picture of my NOTD's (there were only 3, but I'm still ashamed).

The good news is that I came home refreshed, and scared enough of nature to want to stay inside and swatch pretty nail polishes all day. And my fear of nature wasn't helped by the fact that my Minnesota home-coming was completely filled with tornadoes. Luckily I live outside the fray, and I still managed to get in some good pictures!

Homeschool Village: Favorite Homeschool Book

Stef at Layton Family Joy started a Homeschool Village Blog fair. The purpose for a Homeschool Village is to bring homeschoolers together to share and encourage.This week's topic is: What is your favorite homeschool book - and why you'd suggest it to homeschoolers!!I read many books when we first made the decision to homeschool. My older sister "D" who started homeschooling over 25 years ago did

Children are of the Lord. 'Sepia Saturday.'

I know this photo isn't as old as most posted on here, but it is the original colour.

This is my daughter Daniella at age 9 months.

She looks apprehensive, not sure what was going on.

 

This is her again, grown-up and married with  to little boys of her own.

                                                                              

And an old fashioned look of these two same little boys taken by my elder photographer daughter.

                                                                    

Elyshah Liam is on the left and Antonio Elijah on the right.

Both boys are almost six feet tall today and tower over their mother.

Antonio, Daniella and Elyshah.

I am a proud mother and grandmother.

(just wish the boys wouldn't straighten their hair)

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.  Proberbs 3:5-6



                                  

My Tropical Bush Garden

My favourite Bush

There's great delight in a garden.

With plenty of flowers to see.

Kookaburra's keeping a close watch for snakes...

                                     Lambs tail bottle brush bush.

Pointsettia bush in my side garden.

                                    Rainbow lorakeets visit for a snack.
                        Their chatter awakens all, very early in the morning.

  A native bush, unsure of the name, but a favourite feed with the birds.

For as the soil makes the sprout come up and a garden causes seeds to grow.

So the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness and praise to spring up before all nations.... Isaiah 61: 11

POSSIBLE CANCER CURE

Fruit of the native Blushwood Bush.

Queensland life science company EcoBiotics announced that, following very promising results in treating inoperable tumours in horses and dogs, it was fast-tracking development of the company’s lead cancer drug, EBC-46, into HUMAN clinical trials.



EcoBiotics CEO, Dr Victoria Gordon said “This decision marks a very exciting time for our company. The results from using EBC-46 to treat a range of inoperable tumours in horses and dogs are just so compelling” she said “and this gives us a great deal of confidence that the drug will also work effectively and safely in humans”. EBC-46 is a novel small molecule isolated from a Queensland rainforest plant which works very rapidly by recruiting the patient’s own immune system to destroy the treated tumours. “You can almost see the tumours shrink before your eyes – it is absolutely amazing” said Gordon. “It also has the advantage that it is relatively easy to administer causing minimal trauma to the patient, and unlike most chemotherapy agents, EBC-46 is safe and to date we have seen no significant side effects”. EBC-46 works by activating the bodies own immune system. 
When infection attacks the body white blood cells multiply to fight and kill the micro-organisms. With cancer these cells become entrapped forming a toxic unit.
EBC-46 injected into a cancer mass breaks it down enabling the white blood cells to break free and fight, killing off the cancer in a natural body eliminating occurrence.

Praise God! He gives us the remedies.
All we need to do is discover them.

"Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow
  Praise Him all creatures here below
  Praise Him above. ye Heavenly Hosts
  Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen"

GOD IS MIGHTY !!

What my child is Reading for June 7 to 12, 2010

On Tuesday we started our second week on our study of Kenya, one of the many nations in the continent of Africa. We read several books on Kenyan wildlife and one on a very special tree that grows in Africa.The boys were excited about our book selection this week. We found some great picture books and reference books on the African animals. Some books had wonderful photos of real wildlife in the

SOME FROG....Spiritual Sundays

And God said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind."
And it was so. God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds.
 (Genesis 1:20-25)

Giant Cane Toad

A conservation group captured a giant cane toad in the Australian city of Darwin.
The beast weighed 840 grams (1.8 pounds) and measured 20.5 cm (8 inches).
The toad was captured as part of a publicity-seeking round up of the amphibian which is considered a problematic invasive species in Australia.
The poisonous toad has wreaked ecological havoc on native species and killed pets and livestock.

Introduced from Hawaii in 1935 at the urging of sugar cane growers in Queensland who were suffering from an infestation of crop-damaging beetles, the cane road rapidly established itself as one of the most costly alien invasive species in the history of Australia. Not only did the cane toads fail to control the beetle outbreak -- they couldn't jump high enough to eat the insects -- they feasted on Australia's rare and endemic birds, reptiles, amphibians, and small mammals.

  
The Good News:
Cane Toads have been used as an implement to inform people of environmental problems.
And, we all need to be aware and understand this important issue.                                                          

World Water Wars !

There's a battle going on for the source of Life: WATER. The corporate media isn't saying much, but across the globe citizens are struggling against various large transnational corporations like Coca Cola, Pepsi, Nestle, Vivendi and Bechtel which are seizing or trying to control our dwindling fresh water supplies.

National Geographic had a Special Issue on Water in April and stated these facts:

• Nearly 70% of the world's fresh water is locked in ice.
• Two-Thirds of our water is used to grow food.
• Our aquifers are being drained faster than they can be recharged.

We have been bombarded by information on Global Warming and Energy Consumption but little has been said concerning the world's current and future crisis. As long as we can turn on a faucet and get a clean glass of water, why worry? However, in our state of ignorant bliss, corporations have been plotting to control the water supply on this planet for a while now and have moving their plans into place around the globe. Now the World Bank has required certain governments to privatize their precious water supply, make it a corporate commodity answerable only to stockholders, as a condition of getting a loan.

Late last year news reports highlighted a number of Indian communities were struggling against Coca Cola over issues of over-exploitation of their ground water supply. The people of Plachimada, in Kerala, that live in and around the Coca Cola plant have proof that validates their charges that the bottler's operations have depleted and contaminated the ground water. In fact, in April, the village elders decided NOT to renew the license issued to the Coca Cola factory on grounds of "protecting the public interest". One bottling plant in Kala Dera, in Jaipur, has been instrumental in causing a severe drop in groundwater levels by 4.3 meters (14 feet). In other Indian provinces new struggles against Coca Cola's groundwater greed have recently come to light.

There are three informative DVDs out now that will shock, anger and inspire you to do something. They are FLOW, TAPPED and BLUE GOLD. You will be introduced to the people who are being harmed by these corporate tyrannies that are claiming their water. You'll be taken to a Bolivian city's water war with Bechtel and see what's happening in South Africa and elsewhere in India, even to the state of Michigan and beyond. Big businesses are making a fortune as they pollute or divert water supplies, or bottle it for sale at prices the world's poor cannot afford.

The way I see it....the case against greed is the message at hand. The answer comes down to demand. If we, as stewards of the earth, stop buying their various bottled water products (like the phony vitamin water, etc.), the demand would dwindle and the resultant reduction in the industry's drain on the aquifers would help preserve this natural resource for further generations. Walk away from Coca Cola, Pepsi, Nestle and Vivendi bottled water and not only help our planet but insure your better health and well being.