HAPPY GRADUATION

Happy Graduation to my daughter Lovely Grace on April 8, 2008.

ANTHONY POLLANTE VELICARIA

Mr. Velicaria, Principal of San Jose Elementary School was born on August 21, 1966.

GRACELYN PABLO VELICARIA

Mrs. Velicaria, a Grade IV Teacher in Mayantoc Central Elementary School was born on April 19, 1964.

GRACEL ANTONETTE PABLO VELICARIA

The eldest daughter was born on July 20 1986.

LOVELY GRACE PABLO VELICARIA

Lovely Grace was born on February 14, 1988.

GRACE PABLO VELICARIA IV

The youngest in the family was born on September 23, 1990.

Velicaria Family in Mayantoc Tarlac Philippines

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VELiCARiA

VELiCARiA

YOU ARE VELICARIA BECAUSE

You are very hyper. You never slow down, even when it's killing you.

You're the type of person who can be a workaholic during the day... and still have the energy to party all night.

Your energy is definitely a magnet for those around you. People are addicted to your vibe.

You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone.

You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together.

At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together.

You are relaxed, chill, and very likely to go with the flow.

You are light hearted and accepting. You don't get worked up easily.

Well adjusted and incredibly happy, many people wonder what your secret to life is.

You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It's easy to get you excited... which can be a good or bad thing.

You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don't stick with any one thing for very long.

You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start.

You are very open. You communicate well, and you connect with other people easily.

You are a naturally creative person. Ideas just flow from your mind.

A true chameleon, you are many things at different points in your life. You are very adaptable.

You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection.

You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive.

You have the classic "Type A" personality.

You are wild, crazy, and a huge rebel. You're always up to something.

You have a ton of energy, and most people can't handle you. You're very intense.

You definitely are a handful, and you're likely to get in trouble. But your kind of trouble is a lot of fun.

You are influential and persuasive. You tend to have a lot of power over people.

Generally, you use your powers for good. You excel at solving other people's problems.

Occasionally, you do get a little selfish and persuade people to do things that are only in your interest.

You are full of energy. You are spirited and boisterous.

You are bold and daring. You are willing to do some pretty outrageous things.

Your high energy sometimes gets you in trouble. You can have a pretty bad temper at times.

You are well rounded, with a complete perspective on life.

You are solid and dependable. You are loyal, and people can count on you.

At times, you can be a bit too serious. You tend to put too much pressure on yourself.

Velicaria -London U.K.

To All Velicaria,

GOOD DAY TO EVERYONE..........

This is my first time to be part of this thing..."blog"..
Im not of that computer gick but surely can understand simple things about new technology...

For everyones information. my name is Ruel Velicaria, youngest son of Ruperto and Helen Velicaria of Aritao, Nueva Vizcaya. from the clan of Candido and Eduviges Velicaria of Pangasinan...C.V. Velicaria grand re-union, 5oth anniversary was held last June 2006 in Laguna, Philippines...I made a big part in organising that re-union.

Me, my wife Ning and 3 children, Dree, Denise and Dheks settled here in Ealing London U.K. since 2001...Got some relatives here as well, settled at the same time as me...Ferdinand Velicaria, wife and 3 children in Birmingham, England U.K...Perfecto "jojo"Velicaria-Lacuesta wife and 2 children in Kingston, Greater London...All from C.V. Velicaria clan.

I hope to see/read more members from Velicaria clan, so as everyone will get acquiented...World is getting smaller, with this new technology, at least we will get to know we have some relatives from different places.

GOD SPEED!!!

Ruel
rndredd@aol.com

BLESSED!

If you woke up this morning
with more health than illness,
you are more blessed than the
million who won't survive the week.



If you have never experienced
the danger of battle,
the loneliness of imprisonment,
the agony of torture or
the pangs of starvation,
you are ahead of 20 million people
around the world.



If you attend a church meeting
without fear of harassment,
arrest, torture, or death,
you are more blessed than almost
three billion people in the world.




If you have food in your refrigerator,
clothes on your back,a roof over
your head and a place to sleep,
you are richer than 75% of this world.



If you have money in the bank,
in your wallet, and spare change
in a dish someplace, you are among
the top 8% of the world's wealthy.



If your parents are still married and alive,
you are very rare,
especially in the United States.



If you hold up your head with a smile
on your face and are truly thankful,
you are blessed because the majority can,
but most do not.




If you can hold someone's hand, hug them
or even touch them on the shoulder,
you are blessed because you can
offer God's healing touch.



If you can read this message,
you are more blessed than over
two billion people in the world
that cannot read anything at all.



You are so blessed in ways
you may never even know.




If you are feeling blessed, repay the blessings bestowed unto you and do something for others.

A blessing cannot be kept. If it stops with you, then the blessing will disappear. The blessing will only keep working if it is continuously passed around. If you are a recipient of a blessing, keep the blessing working by being the source of blessing to other people.

The 7 Ups!

1. Wake Up !!

Decide to have a good day.
"This is the day the Lord hath made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it."
Psalms 118:24



2. Dress Up !!


The best way to dress up is to put on a smile.
A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
"The Lord does not look at the things man looks at.
Man looks at outward appearance,
but the Lord looks at the heart."
I Samuel 16:7




3. Shut Up!!
Say nice things and learn to listen.
God gave us two ears and one mouth,
so He must have meant for us to do twice as much listening as talking.

"He who guards his lips guards his soul."
Proverbs 13:3




4. Stand Up!!


. . . for what you believe in.
Stand for something or you will fall for anything.
"Let us not be weary in doing good; for at the proper time,
we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good..."
Galatians 6:9-10



5. Look Up !!


. . . to the Lord.
"I can do everything through Christ who strengthens me".
Philippians 4:13




6. Reach Up !!
. . . for something higher.
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and lean not unto your own understanding.
In all your ways, acknowledge Him, and He will direct your path."
Proverbs 3:5-6





7. Lift Up !!
. . . your Prayers.
"Do not worry about anything; instead
PRAY ABOUT EVERYTHING."
Philippians 4:6





A POSITIVE THOUGHT

If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.
If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it.
He sends you flowers every spring, and a sunrise every morning.

Whenever you want to talk, He'll listen.
He could live anywhere in the universe, and He chose your heart.
What about the Christmas gift He sent you in Bethlehem;
not to mention that Friday at Calvary.
Face it, He's crazy about you.



Invite people here that you care about.
I thought this was mighty special, just like you.
Pass this on and brighten someone's day, and remember . . .


God answers Knee-Mail!

Gold Wrapping Paper

I received this from a friend who had a choice to make.
It said that I had a choice to make too.
I've chosen.

The story goes that some time ago a mother punished her 5 year
old daughter for wasting a roll of expensive gold wrapping paper.
Money was tight and she became even more upset when the child
used the gold paper to decorate a box to put under the Christmas
Tree.

Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift box to her
mother the next morning and said, "This is for you, Momma."
The mother was embarrassed by her earlier over reaction, but
her anger flared again when she opened the box and found it was
empty.

She spoke to her daughter in a harsh manner. "Don't you know,
young lady, when you give someone a present there's supposed
to be something inside the package?"

She had tears in her eyes and said, "Oh, Mo! mma, it's not
empty! I blew kisses into it until it was full."

The mother was crushed. She fell on her knees and put her arms
around her little girl, and she begged her forgiveness for her
thoughtless anger.

An accident took the life of the child only a short time
later, and it is told that the mother kept that gold box by her bed
for all the years of her life.

Whenever she was discouraged or faced difficult problems she
would open the box and take out an imaginary kiss and remember the
love of the child who had put it there.

In a very real sense, each of us, as human beings,
have been given a Golden box filled with unconditional love
and kisses from our children, family, friends and GOD. There is no
more precious possession anyone could hold.

You now have two choices:
1. Pass this on to your friends, or
2. Delete it and act like it didn't tou! ch your heart.
As you can see, I took choice No. 1.

Friends are like angels who lift us to our feet, when our wings have
trouble remembering how to fly.
If you receive this more than once in return, just know that your
friends have also thought of you.

MAN IS A TREE

Do not miss any line from this..............
Sometimes we get what we need and not what we want....

Once there were three trees on a hill in the woods.
They were discussing their hopes and dreams when the first tree said,
"Someday, I hope to be a treasure chest. I could be filled with gold,
silver and precious gems and be decorated with intricate carvings.
Everyone would see my beauty."

The second tree said, "Someday, I will be a mighty ship. I will take
kings and queens across the waters and sail to the corners of other
world. Everyone will feel safe in me because of the strength of my
hull."

Finally, the third tree said, "I want to grow to be the tallest and
straightest tree in the forest. People will see me on top of the hill
and look up to my branches, and think of the heavens and God and how
close to them I am reaching. I will be the greatest tree of all time,
and people will always remember me."

After a few years of praying that their dreams would come true, a group
of woodsmen came upon the trees. One came to the first tree and said,
"This looks like a strong tree, I think I should be able to sell the
wood to a carpenter," and he began cutting it down. The tree was happy,

because he knew that the carpenter would make him into a treasure
chest. At the second tree, one of the other woodsman said, "This looks
like a strong tree. I should be able to sell it to the shipyard." Then
a second tree was happy, because he knew he was on his way to becoming
mighty ship.

When the woodsmen came upon the third tree, the tree was frightened,
because it knew that, if it was cut down, its dreams would not come
true. One of the woodsmen said, "I don't need anything special from my
tree, so I'll take this one," and he cut it down.

When the first tree arrived at the carpenter's, he was made into a feed

box for animals, placed in a barn and filled with hay. This was not at
all what he had prayed for. The second tree was cut and made into a
small fishing boat. His dreams of being a mighty ship and carrying
kings had come to an end. The third tree was cut into large pieces and
left alone in the dark.

The years went by, and the trees forgot about their dreams. Then one
day, a man and woman came to the barn. She gave birth, and they placed
the baby in the hay in the feed box that was made from the first tree.
The man wished that he could have made a crib for the baby, but this
manger would have to do. The tree could feel the importance of this
event and knew that it had held the greatest treasure of all time.

Years later, a group of men got in the fishing boat made from the
second tree. One of them was tired and went to sleep. While they were
out on the water, a great storm arose, and the tree didn't think it was

strong enough to keep the men safe. The men woke the sleeping man, and
he stood and said "Peace," and the storm stopped. At this time, the
tree knew that it had carried the King of Kings in its boat.

Finally, someone came and got the third tree. It was carried through
the streets, and the crowd mocked the man who was carrying it. Finally,

the man was nailed to the tree and raised in the air to die at the top
of a hill. When Sunday came, the tree came to realize that it was
strong enough to stand at the top of the hill and be as close to God as

was possible, because Jesus had been crucified on it.

The moral of this story is that, when things don't seem to be going
your way, always know that God has a plan for you. If you place your
trust in Him, He will give you great gifts.

Each of the trees got what they wanted, just not in the way they had
imagined. We don't always know what God's plans are for us. We just
know that His ways are not our ways, but His ways are always best.

Keep it moving...pass it on, so it could inspire more people. Sometimes

the heart sees what the eyes can't.

Thanks,

antoneveli@yahoo.com

Shipwreck & Prayers

A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of
the men on it were able to swim to a small, desert like island.
The two survivors, not knowing what else to do, agree that they
had no other recourse but to pray to God. However, to find out
whose prayer was more powerful, they agreed to divide the
territory between them and stay on opposite sides of the island.
The first thing they prayed for was food. The next morning,
The first man saw a fruit-bearing tree on his
side of the land, and he was able to eat its fruit.

The other man's parcel of land remained barren.

After a week, the first man was lonely and he decided to pray for
a wife.

The next day, another ship was wrecked, and the only
survivor was a woman who swam to his side of the land.

On the other side of the island, there was nothing! .
Soon the first man prayed for a house, clothes, more food.

The next day, like magic, all of these were given to him.
However, the second man still had nothing.

Finally, the first man prayed for a ship, so that he and his wife
could leave the island. In the morning, he found a ship docked
at his side of the island.

The first man boarded the ship with his wife and decided to
leave the second man on the island.

He considered the other man unworthy to receive God's blessings,
since none of his prayers had been answered.

As the ship was about to leave, the first man heard a voice from
heaven booming,

"Why are you leaving your companion on the island?"

"My blessings are mine alone, since I was the one who prayed for
them," the first man answered.

"His prayers were all unanswered and so he does not deserve anything."

"You are mistaken!" the voice rebuked him. "He had only one
prayer, which I answered. If not for that, you would not have
received any of my blessings."

"Tell me," the first man asked the voice,
"what did he pray for that I should owe him anything?"

"He prayed that all your prayers be answered."

For all we know, our blessings are not the fruits of our prayers
alone, but those of another praying for us.

This is too good not to share. With obedience come blessings. My
prayer for you today is that all your prayers are answered. Be
blessed.

"What you do for others is more important than what you do for
yourself" This was shared with me by a friend, I hope you will
share with your friends, if you choose to do so. Have a great
day!

FRIENDS

Friends are God's way of taking care of us"

This was written by a Hospice of Metro Denver physician

I just had one of the most amazing experiences of my life, and wanted to
share it with my family and dearest friends:

I was driving home from a meeting this evening about 5, stuck in traffic
on Colorado Blvd., and the car started to choke and splutter and die - I
barely managed to coast, cursing, i! nto a gas station, glad only that I
would not be blocking traffic and would have a somewhat warm spot to
wait for the tow truck. It wouldn't even turn over. Before I could make
the call, I saw a woman walking out of the "quickie mart" building, and
it looked like she slipped on some ice and fell into a gas pump, so I
got out to see if she was okay. When I got there, it looked more like
she had been overcome by sobs than that she had fallen; she was ayoung
woman who looked really haggard with dark circles under her eyes.

She dropped something as I helped her up, and I picked it up to give it
to her. It was a nickel. At that moment, everything came into focus for
me: the crying
woman, the ancient Suburban crammed full of stuff with 3 kids in the
back (1 in a car seat), and the gas pump reading $4.95. I asked her if
she was okay and if she needed help, and she just kept saying "I don't
want my kids to see me crying," so we stood on the othe! r side of the
pump from her car.

She said she was driving to California and that things were very hard
for her right now.

So I asked, "And you were praying?" That made her back away from me a
little but I assured her I was not a crazy person and said, "He heard
yu, and He sent me." I took out my card and swiped it through the card
reader on the pump so she could fill up her car completely, and while it
was fueling walked to the next door McDonald's and bought 2 big bags of
food, some gift certificates for more, and a big cup of coffee. She gave
the food to the kids in the car who attacked it like wolves, and we
stood by the pump eating fries and talking a little. She told me her
name, and that she lived in Kansas City. Her boyfriend left 2 months ago
and she had not been able to make ends meet. She knew she wouldn't have
money to pay rent Jan 1, and finally in desperation had finally called
her parents, with whom she had not! spoken in about 5 years. They lived
in California and said she could come live with them and try to get on
her feet there. So she packed up everything she owned in the car. She
told the kids they were going to California for Christmas, but not that
they were going to live there.

I gave her my gloves, a little hug and said a quick prayer with her for
safety on the road. As I was walking over to my car, she said, "So, are
you like an angel or something?" This definitely made me cry. I said,
"Sweetie, at this time of year angels are really busy, so sometimes God
uses regular people." It was so incredible to be a part of someone
else's miracle.

And of course, you guessed it, when I got in my car it started right
away and got me home with no problem. I'll put it in the shop tomorrow
to check, but I suspect the mechanic won't find anything wrong.

Sometimes the angels fly close enough to you that you can hear the
flutter of their wings...

Psalms 55:22 "Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee.
He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved."

Instructions were to pick four people that I wanted God to bless,
especially for the months in 2005, and I picked you. Please pass this to
four people you want to be blessed and a copy back to me.

This prayer is powerful and prayer is one of the best gifts we receive.
There is no cost but a lot of rewards, let's continue to pray for one
another.

Here is the prayer:

"Father, I ask You to bless my children, grandchildren, friends,
relatives and email buddies reading this right now. Show them a new
revelation of your love and power. Holy Spirit, I ask You to minister to
their spirit at this very moment. Where there is pain, give them Your
peace and mercy. Where there is self doubt, release a renewed confidence
through Your grace, In Jesus' precious name. Amen."

I know I picked more than four and you can, too. When Satan is knocking
at your door, simply say, "Jesus, could You please get that for me?"

Being blessed is GOOD...being HIGHLY FAVORED is best! Don't settle!

WITHOUT GOD'S LOVE

Without God's Love for U and I, The days of the week would have been Mournday,Tearsday, Wasteday, Thirstday ,Fightday, Shatterday, & Sadday .So we need to give God the Glory Who made the days a Blessing to US! Have a strong conviction that it shall be well with you this year, i am of the opinion that no matter how many obstacles u come across this year you will succeed. You have been destined to make it and you shall surely achieve all your goals this year. If you believe send it to 7 persons and the person who sent it to you. By doing this you have succeeded in praying for 8 people today. God Bless You.

Pochahontas stories-aiz

Pocahontas, 1596-1617

Born: 1596 (exact date uncertain)

Died: March (exact date uncertain) 1617

Pocahontas was the daughter of Powhatan, an important chief of the Algonquian Indians (the Powhatans) who lived in the Virginia region. Her real name was "Matoaka." "Pocahontas" was a nickname meaning "playful" or "mischievous one." Pocahontas is most famous for reportedly saving the life of English Captain John Smith. Throughout her short life (she died at the age of 22), however, she was important in other ways as well. Pocahontas tried to promote peace between the Powhatans and the English colonists. She even converted to Christianity and married John Rolfe, a Jamestown colonist, a union which helped bring the two groups together. Her untimely death in England hurt the chance for continued peace in Virginia between the Algonquians and the colonists.

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The Story:

Pocahontas was an Indian princess, the daughter of Powhatan, the powerful chief of the Algonquian Indians in the Tidewater region of Virginia. She was born around 1595 to one of Powhatan's many wives. They named her Matoaka, though she is better known as Pocahontas, which means "Little Wanton," playful, frolicsome little girl.

Pocahontas probably saw white men for the first time in May 1607 when Englishmen landed at Jamestown. The one she found most likable was Captain John Smith. The first meeting of Pocahontas and John Smith is a legendary story, romanticized (if not entirely invented) by Smith. He was leading an expedition in December 1607 when he was taken captive by some Indians. Days later, he was brought to the official residence of Powhatan at Werowocomoco, which was 12 miles from Jamestown. According to Smith, he was first welcomed by the great chief and offered a feast. Then he was grabbed and forced to stretch out on two large, flat stones. Indians stood over him with clubs as though ready to beat him to death if ordered. Suddenly a little Indian girl rushed in and took Smith's "head in her arms and laid her owne upon his to save him from death.” The girl, Pocahontas, then pulled him to his feet. Powhatan said that they were now friends, and he adopted Smith as his son, or a subordinate chief. Actually, this mock "execution and salvation" ceremony was traditional with the Indians, and if Smith's story is true, Pocahontas' actions were probably one part of a ritual. At any rate, Pocahontas and Smith soon became friends.

Relations with the Indians continued to be generally friendly for the next year, and Pocahontas was a frequent visitor to Jamestown. She delivered messages from her father and accompanied Indians bringing food and furs to trade for hatchets and trinkets. She was a lively young girl, and when the young boys of the colony turned cartwheels, "she would follow and wheele some herself, naked as she was all the fort over." She apparently admired John Smith very much and would also chat with him during her visits. Her lively character and poise made her appearance striking. Several years after their first meeting, Smith described her: "a child of tenne yeares old, which not only for feature, countenance, and proportion much exceedeth any of the rest of his (Powhatan's) people but for wit and spirit (is) the only non-pariel of his countrie.

Unfortunately, relations with the Powhatans worsened. Necessary trading still continued, but hostilities became more open. While before she had been allowed to come and go almost at will, Pocahontas' visits to the fort became much less frequent. In October 1609, John Smith was badly injured by a gunpowder explosion and was forced to return to England. When Pocahontas next came to visit the fort, she was told that her friend Smith was dead.

Pocahontas apparently married an Indian "pryvate Captayne" named Kocoum in 1610. She lived in Potomac country among Indians, but her relationship with the Englishmen was not over. When an energetic and resourceful member of the Jamestown settlement, Captain Samuel Argall, learned where she was, he devised a plan to kidnap her and hold her for ransom. With the help of Japazaws, lesser chief of the Patowomeck Indians, Argall lured Pocahontas onto his ship. When told she would not be allowed to leave, she “began to be exceeding pensive and discontented," but she eventually became calmer and even accustomed to her captivity. Argall sent word to Powhatan that he would return his beloved daughter only when the chief had returned to him the English prisoners he held, the arms and tolls that the Indians had stolen, and also some corn. After some time Powhatan sent part of the ransom and asked that they treat his daughter well. Argall returned to Jamestown in April 1613 with Pocahontas. She eventually moved to a new settlement, Henrico, which was under the leadership of Sir Thomas Dale. It was here that she began her education in the Christian Faith, and that she met a successful tobacco planter named John Rolfe in July 1613. Pocahontas was allowed relative freedom within the settlement, and she began to enjoy her role in the relations between the colony and her people. After almost a year of captivity, Dale brought 150 armed men and Pocahontas into Powhatan’s territory to obtain her entire ransom. Attacked by the Indians, the Englishmen burned many houses, destroyed villages, and killed several Indian men. Pocahontas was finally sent ashore where she was reunited with two of her brothers, whom she told that she was treated well and that she was in love with the Englishman John Rolfe and wanted to marry him. Powhatan gave his consent to this , and the Englishmen departed, delighted at the prospect of the “peace-making” marriage, although they didn’t receive the full ransom.

John Rolfe was a very religious man who agonized for many weeks over the decision to marry a "strange wife," a heathen Indian. He finally decided to marry Pocahontas after she had been converted to Christianity, "for the good of the plantation, the honor of our country, for the glory of God, for mine own salvation ..." Pocahontas was baptized, christened Rebecca, and later married John Rolfe on April 5, 1614. A general peace and a spirit of goodwill between the English and the Indians resulted from this marriage.

Sir Thomas Dale made an important voyage back to London in the spring of 1616. His purpose was to seek further financial support for the Virginia Company and, to insure spectacular publicity, he brought with him about a dozen Algonquian Indians, including Pocahontas. Her husband and their young son, Thomas, accompanied her. The arrival of Pocahontas in London was well publicized. She was presented to King James I, the royal family, and the rest of the best of London society. Also in London at this time was Captain John Smith, the old friend she had not seen for eight years and whom she believed was dead. According to Smith at their meeting, she was at first too overcome with emotion to speak. After composing herself, Pocahontas talked of old times. At one point she addressed him as "father," and when he objected, she defiantly replied: "'Were you not afraid to come into my father's Countrie, and caused feare in him and all of his people and feare you here I should call you father: I tell you I will, and you shall call mee childe, and so I will be for ever and ever your Countrieman."' This was their last meeting.

After seven months Rolfe decided to return his family to Virginia, In March 1617 they set sail. It was soon apparent, however, that Pocahontas would not survive the voyage home. She was deathly ill from pneumonia or possibly tuberculosis. She was taken ashore, and, as she lay dying, she comforted her husband, saying, "all must die. 'Tis enough that the child liveth." She was buried in a churchyard in Gravesend, England. She was 22 years old.

Pocahontas played a significant role in American history. As a compassionate little girl she saw to it that the colonists received food from the Indians, so that Jamestown would not suffer the fate of the "Lost Colony." She is said to have intervened to save the lives of individual colonists. In 1616 John Smith wrote that Pocahontas was "the instrument to pursurve this colonie from death, famine, and utter confusion." And Pocahontas not only served as a representative of the Virginia Indians, but also as a vital link between the native Americans and the Englishmen. Whatever her contributions, the romantic aspects of her life will no doubt stand out in Virginia history forever.

CoLOURS of the Wind-

POCHAHONTAS-ilove this, esp. when i was just a little girl!! come sing with me!!-aiz

Beauty and the Beast Theme Song

PROVERBS

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link
A change is as good as a rest
A fool and his money are soon parted
A friend in need is a friend indeed
A good beginning makes a good ending
A good man is hard to find
A house divided against itself cannot stand
A house is not a home
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
A leopard cannot change its spots
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing
A little of what you fancy does you good
A miss is as good as a mile
A new broom sweeps clean
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse
A penny saved is a penny earned
A person is known by the company he keeps
A picture paints a thousand words
A place for everything and everything in its place
A problem shared is a problem halved
A prophet is not recognized in his own land
A rolling stone gathers no moss
A stitch in time saves nine
A thing of beauty is a joy forever
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men
A watched pot never boils
A woman's place is in the home
A woman's work is never done
Absolute power corrupts absolutely
Actions speak louder than words
All good things come to he who waits
All that glisters is not gold
All the world loves a lover
All things must pass
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
All you need is love
All's fair in love and war
An Englishman's home is his castle
An apple a day keeps the doctor away
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
As you sow so shall you reap
Ask no questions and hear no lies
Attack is the best form of defence
Barking dogs seldom bite
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Beauty is only skin deep
Beggars can't be choosers
Behind every great man there's a great woman
Better late than never
Better safe than sorry
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't
Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool that to speak and remove all doubt
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts
Birds of a feather flock together
Blood is thicker than water
Boys will be boys
Charity begins at home
Cleanliness is next to godliness
Cold hands, warm heart
Comparisons are odius
Count you blessings
Cut your coat to suit your cloth
Discretion is the better part of valour
Do as you would be done by
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
Don't bite the hand that feeds you
Don't burn your bridges behind you
Don't change horses in midstream
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched
Don't cross the bridge till you come to it
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself
Don't let the bastards grind you down
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth
Don't put all your eggs in one basket
Don't put new wine into old bottles
Don't rock the boat
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'pworth of tar
Don't try to teach your Grandma to suck eggs
Don't try to walk before you can crawl
Don't upset the apple-cart
Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy wealthy and wise
Easy come, easy go
Empty vessels make the most noise
Enough is as good as a feast
Enough is enough
Every dark cloud has a silver lining
Every dog has his day
Every man has his price
Every stick has two ends
Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die
Failing to plan is planning to fail
Faint heart never won fair lady
Faith will move mountains
Familiarity breeds contempt
Finders keepers, losers weepers
First things first
Fish and guests smell after three days
Flattery will get you nowhere
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
Forewarned is forearmed
Fortune favours the brave
God helps those who help themselves
Good fences make good neighbours
Good talk saves the food
Good things come to those who wait
Great minds think alike
Half a loaf is better than no bread
Handsome is as handsome does
Hard work never did anyone any harm
Haste makes waste
He who hesitates is lost
He who laughs last laughs longest
He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword
He who pays the piper calls the tune
Hindsight is always twenty-twenty
History repeats itself
Home is where the heart is
If God had meant us to fly he'd have given us wings
If a job is worth doing it is worth doing well
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers
If life deals you lemons, make lemonade
If the mountain won't come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain
If wishes were horses beggars would ride
If you can't be good, be careful.
If you can't beat em, join em
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king
In the midst of life we are in death
Into every life a little rain must fall
It goes without saying
It never rains but it pours
It takes a thief to catch a thief
It takes one to know one
It's all grist to the mill
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good
It's better to give than to receive
It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
It's better to light a candle than curse the darkness
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive
It's never too late
It's no use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted
It's not worth crying over spilt milk
It's the early bird that gets the worm
It's the empty can that makes the most noise
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease
Jack of all trades, master of none
Keep your chin up
Keep your powder dry
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and, you weep alone
Laughter is the best medicine
Let bygones be bygones
Let not the sun go down on your wrath
Let sleeping dogs lie
Let the punishment fit the crime
Life begins at forty
Life is what you make it
Life's not all beer and skittles
Lightening never strikes twice in the same place
Like father, like son
Little pitchers have big ears
Live for today for tomorrow never comes
Look before you leap
Love is blind
Make love not war
Man does not live by bread alone
Marry in haste, repent at leisure
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow
Misery loves company
Money doesn't grow on trees
Money makes the world go round
Money talks
More haste, less speed
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast
Nature abhors a vacuum
Necessity is the mother of invention
Never judge a book by its cover
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today
No man is an island
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent
No rest for the wicked
Nothing is certain but death and taxes
Oil and water don't mix
Old soldiers never die, they just fade away
One good turn deserves another
Only fools and horses work
Opportunity only knocks once
Out of sight, out of mind
Pearls of wisdom
People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
Possession is nine tenths of the law
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely
Practice makes perfect
Pride comes before a fall
Procrastination is the thief of time
Put your best foot forward
Red sky at night shepherds delight; red sky in the morning, shepherds warning
Revenge is a dish best served cold
Rome wasn't built in a day
Spare the rod and spoil the child
Speak softly and carry a big stick
Still waters run deep
Stupid is as stupid does
Talk is cheap
That which does not kill us makes us stronger
The Devil finds work for idle hands to do
The best defence is a good offence
The boy is father to the man
The cobbler always wears the worst shoes
The darkest hour is just before the dawn
The early bird catches the worm
The ends justify the means
The exception which proves the rule
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world
The longest journey starts with a single step
The more things change, the more they stay the same
The pen is mightier than sword
The proof of the pudding is in the eating
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach
There are none so blind as those, that will not see
There but for the grace of God go I
There's always more fish in the sea
There's many a slip twixt cup and lip
There's more than one way to skin a cat
There's no fool like an old fool
There's no place like home
There's no smoke without fire
There's no such thing as a free lunch
There's no such thing as bad publicity
There's no time like the present
There's none so deaf as they that will not hear
There's one born every minute
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas
Time and tide wait for no man
Time is a great healer
To err is human, to forgive divine
To the victor go the spoils
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive
Tomorrow never comes
Too many cooks spoil the broth
Truth is stranger than fiction
Two heads are better then one
Two wrongs don't make a right
Walk softly but carry a big stick
Waste not want not
When the cat's away the mice will play
Where there's a will there's a way
Worrying never did anyone any good
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink
You can't get blood out of a stone
You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear
You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs
You can't make bricks without straw
You can't teach an old dog new tricks
You can't tell a book by looking at its cover
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
Youth is wasted on the young

Water: Essential for Existence
Copyright 1998 by Dan Stewart and Denise Routledge, Canada
(Explore Issue: Volume 8, Number 5)

Society is rapidly becoming more health conscious. Many people now pay more attention to what they put into their bodies: sales of vitamins, herbs and organic foods are steadily growing. Yet water, which is essential to all living beings, is often ignored or treated mainly with filtration systems. Water is the very foundation of all life on Earth. Water is the lifeblood of our planet, the life giving fluid in all organisms, plants, animals and humans. Our very existence is intimately connected with the quality of water available to us.
"Twenty five percent of the human body is solid matter and 75 percent is water states F. Batmanghelidj, MD, author of 'Your Body's Many Cries For Water'. "The brain is said to be 85 percent water." Human blood is 90% water, muscles are 75% water, the liver is 82% water and our bones are 22% water.1 Every part of the human body is dependent on water.
If our glands and organs are not nourished with good, clean water, their functions begin to deteriorate. It is vital that we should become concerned not only for the health, vitality and quality of the water we drink, but also for its original source and the treatment it receives. If water quality and vitality is so important to us, why do we continually add chemicals and toxins to it?
Modern technology is rapidly destroying water's life-giving capacities. Increased population, industrial wastes and agricultural chemicals are contaminating our water sources. Examples can be found in chemical spills, land fills, excessive herbicide and pesticide sprays, chemical dumps and nitrate fertilizer run off that affect our lakes, underground aquifers, and rivers.

Time Magazine reports "over 4000 chemicals have already been found in drinking water. All levels of government have been slow to act. Meanwhile, more and more chemicals are showing up in the water supply of America's cities and towns." Each year in the U.S., 18 billion pounds of pollutants and chemicals are released by industry into the atmosphere, soil and groundwater. Of the thousands of chemicals found in the water, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sets safety levels for only 60. Even with only these 60 standards, the EPA reports almost 1/2 of all municipal water supplies in the U.S. annually violate Federal health standards. In recent years, serious violations have affected over 120 million people. Wells are not much better, with 2/3 of them in violation of at least one of the Safe Drinking Water Act standards. The sorry condition of water in the U.S. is reflected in the recent remark by President Clinton that 40% of American waterways are unfit to swim in and in fact will not support life.
Naturalist Viktor Schauberger (1885-1958) anticipated this problem in the 1940's and in fact tried to warn governments and those in power.
Schauberger is known as the father of water observation. He began his work with natural energies by observing cold, pure mountain streams. He states "As a rule, chlorination is deemed satisfactory to obtain clear, pure and germ free water."
"There is hardly a city where water is not disinfected or sterilized through the addition of chlorine, compounds of silver or irradiation with quartz lamps," Schauberger continues. "If water thus treated is drunk continually then the very same processes that we wish to achieve through water sterilization must also take place in our bodies. Frightful consequences can ensue from the constant consumption of such water. When sterilization only is taken into account, there arise the various forms of the disease we collectively call cancer.."
Richard C. Sweeting, MD expands "When [chlorine] comes in contact with organic material, whether dissolved in water or in the contents of the intestines, many diverse halgoenated compounds are formed." Dr. Joseph M. Price feels "chlorine is the greater crippler and killer of modern times. It is an insidious poison. Most medical researchers were led to believe it was safe, but we are now learning the hard way that all the time we thought we were preventing an epidemic of one disease, we were creating another." Callum Coats, author of Living Energies, states: "Present methods of water treatment kill water,...[which] ultimately destroys those organisms constantly forced to drink it. We therefore actually sterilize our blood when we drink chlorinated water, thereby readying ourselves for the onset of disease."
Callum Coats also feels strongly about fluoridation in our water, with consequences as dire for health as chlorination. Unfortunately, the use of fluoridation is almost as widespread as the use of chlorine.
Although calcium fluoride has been found in some ground water and studies have shown calcium fluoride to be beneficial in preventing tooth decay it is sodium fluoride which is added to our drinking water. Sodium fluoride is a toxic derivative created by aluminum smelting. 2 "But what to do with this growing pile of poison....it could not merely be flushed into rivers or used in agriculture because it kills livestock, wildlife, fish and crops..... How and why sodium fluoride ever found its way into toothpaste is a mystery. Perhaps some mistaken bureaucrat thought it had the same beneficial effect as calcium fluoride and required its addition to drinking water. In a recent New Jersey Department of Health study, fluoridation has been linked to a rare form of bone cancer known as osteosarcoma" states Callum Coats.
Municipalities are slowly coming to question the addition of fluoride in our water supplies. The city council of Calgary, Alberta has just (April/98) received a study by university professors who are recommending a 30% reduction in the fluoride added to the water. In many municipalities where fluoride is not added to our drinking water, the topic is regularly debated and people are routinely asked to vote on the issue. Could the pressure for fluoridation be from the lobby force of the large chemical companies?
The Canadian Health Department in a Canadian press release states that "the water purification process used in Canadian cities since the turn of the century should be improved to eliminate the growing risk of cancer linked to chloroform (Edm. Journal, May 7/92). A 1992 government report on the state of Canada's environment indicates that Canada's fresh water is under stress from coast to coast and its deterioration is a major human health concern (Edm. Journal Apr 9/92).
Despite these considerations, many people give scant attention to our water. Society expects 'clean' water to be consistently available out of our taps. Our water, 'chemicalized' with chlorine and fluoride, is accepted without a second thought as being best for us. Even our physicians will often recommend 8 glasses of water per day. Our water is thought of as safe and clean to drink.
Yet, the health and vitality of our water involves even more than removing the physical contaminants. Water itself is an information carrier and this information directly affects our health. One of the earliest pioneers in this area of research is Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843).

Known today as the father of homeopathy, Samuel Hahnemann felt that disease was an alteration of information that occurs in the highest level. In 1796 he discovered principles of homeopathy which are now known as "law of similiars". Hahnemann believed that diluted dosages of remedies are effective as long as matched to the illness. Development and acceptance of homeopathy is based on the fact that water is a carrier of information.
Dr. Klaus Kronenberg (California State Polytechnic University) says, "Water is chemically neutral, but it is one of the best solvents known to man. It has the ability to entrap other substances. In other words, water tends to cluster around every non-water particle, forming conglomerations or complexes. Thelma MacAdam, Chair, Health Action Network Society states "water's open structure and its ability to combine with almost every thing it comes in contact with allows it to comply with other elements and dissolve them."
Wolfgang Ludwig, physicist and advisor to World Research Foundation goes into detail by saying that water possesses the faculty to store information and that has been impressed upon it previously on a given frequency level and to transfer such information to other systems. He states that contaminated water can be purified chemically and freed of bacteria, but it will still possess electromagnetic oscillations in certain wavelengths: these can be traced precisely to the contaminants. Therefore, even after purification, water contains certain signals that can be detrimental to the health. Yes, water has memory.
Grander further explains: "A water once impaired by heavy metals, nitrate, etc., remains harmful even after a thorough processing (by chemicals or filtration), because vibrations, information, that have once been stored are preserved."
The memory of water has also been researched by Professor Jacques Benveniste (French National Institute for Health and Medical Research of the University of Paris). He has conducted several experiments to confirm this. The experiments and research constituted studying the effects of repeated dilutions of substances in distilled water. Theoretical Physicist Lynn Trainer of University of Toronto carried out parallel experiments and felt that these reactions may be the result of a 'physical' memory left in the water.3
Dr. Horst Felsch, officially accredited civil engineer for technical chemistry and publicly authorized legal authority for environmental protection: "There is no doubt that a relationship between information and health exists."
"According to tests made by Engler and Kokoschinegg in 1988 water has a structural memory and a structural variability, and because of this it can store acquired information over a long period of time and hand it over to the body" continues Felsch.
There is strong support for the two concepts 'water is a carrier of information' and 'water has memory.' The third concept "erasing information' is also well documented. In order to understand erasing the information; let us first take a closer look at how we treat our water and how it is tied to the energy of water.
Hans Kronberger, author of "On The Track of Water's Secret," states: "Injuries to nature begin in small ways; for example, tap water that is supplied to consumers via conventional pipe lines. According to naturalists, water loses its original energy through friction in the pipes and straight line of transport.....it was not a coincidence that Romans built long, open air water transport systems with winding construction, using natural materials: wood and natural stone."
"In normal conditions," Grander maintains, "Water flows either on the surface of the earth or deep underground, always seeking a natural course. In our water supply system, however, the water is collected and forced through pipelines under pressure. At this stage the water suffers a serious aggression for the first time. The high pressures...are highly detrimental to the liquid. The water is then further contaminated by the addition of powerful chemicals such as chlorine. However we use it, the water eventually finds its way back to nature through the drains. We collect clean water from nature and return it soiled and sick."
"Most of the people today have lost every bit of knowledge about what really happens in nature," states Austrian inventor and naturalist Johann Grander. "That is why I wish people themselves would start to think about the processes of nature again and through this learn to respect nature again." Grander feels this knowledge has been lost "because in times of constant economic growth and constant technical progress people try to convince us that scientific research offers solutions that make observation of the laws of nature superfluous."
After decades of research Johann Grander has succeeded in imprinting natural and Universal energies back into our water. Implosion is a key point in the science of revitalizing of water, or the erasing of information. But what is implosion? Quite simply, it is the opposite of explosion. "All of our contemporary technologies and the supply of energy are based on explosion, on 'expansion' by generating heat by burning raw or refined materials," states Hans Kronberger, author, On The Track of Water's Secret. " Explosion and expansion are centrifugal forces, while implosion works inward, or centripetally. Implosion concentrates its force into the center, where it then becomes the strongest." Nature carries this system out to perfection. We can observe these processes in motions that take place in nature.
Society's current system of confining water to miles and miles of pipes is in direct contradiction to Schauberger's theories. How can the high positive energy of nature's water be maintained when water is confined to restrictive systems. Grander has studied the effects nature has on water for many years. "Water needs freedom," he states. "Living water seeks out its source of energy itself. It flows over the earth, inside the earth and makes long loops."
He claims that, "Not until we have recognized the perfect interplay and the mutual dependence of the four elements -- earth, water, air and fire...can we imagine how destructive our interference with nature is and how much it disturbs the balance and order of things."

Water is the most essential element of life. It provides all life, whether plant, animal or human, with the essential energies of life. But where does water get these energies from?
The properties of water are perpetually changing. Naturalists have found that water transports energy and information of immense proportions. In nature, bodies of water that are left undisturbed by man turn within themselves, wind, bend and bubble, froth and foam, spiral and cascade. These untouched waters have the striking ability to rejuvenate waste that is added to it, and the water is revitalized. Water absorbs energy. Water carries energy. Water emits energy.
Olaf Alexandersson, author of "Living Water," shows how Viktor Schauberger also believed this. Schauberger studied water and its curves and built log flumes to best utilize the twists of nature. Schauberger 's theories are based on the movement of water. In nature, water continually is moving: constantly swaying from side to side, bending and curving, spiraling, flowing over rocks and stones. >From these actions, a strong renewal occurs.
Johann Grander's work has evolved around three main principles: 1) water is a carrier of information, 2) water has memory and 3) negative information can be erased.
Johann Grander has developed a process which is able to renew the structure of water. His research has led him to encase an electromagnetically enhanced concentrate, which renews natures' own high energy vibrations to the structure of the water.
The Grander process changes the polarity from negative to positive during the process of dynamic implosion. Negative polarity is changed to positive and the amount of dissolved oxygen is increased. This allows harmful compounds to pass harmlessly through our bodies. The ordinary tap water transforms to resemble water found in a true mountain spring..
Dr. Horst Felsch examined the Grander water for contents such as bacteria and nitrates to guarantee the water met the stringent standards set by Tyrolean laws. Originally, Dr. Felsch could not make any sense of 'revitalized water' so he concentrated on the hygiene. He very quickly became curious. The logical question for the natural scientist was "does Grander water have a different energetic structure than normal drinking water, and if so, can it be proven. "I think I was the first one to take a serious look at the microbiology of Grander water. I carried out routine germ count tests to check the quality."
Dr. Horst Felsch states of his research into Grander's revitalized water: "it is known that liquids can be primarily activated in the way that part of the inner energy is transformed by means of refrigeration, so that a higher energy content is impressed. Like this, water in its electromagnetic structure has been successfully transformed in the way that -- both by modifying the magnetic nuclear resonance properties (modification of the spin-spin coupling constants), and by the induction and formation of the supermolecular complexes between the single water molecules -- the electromagnetic state of oscillation was modified. These electromagnetic oscillations are responsible for the formation of an electromagnetic field of defined frequency, phase and amplitude, which spreads evenly in all directions. Surprisingly enough, it turned out that, in such an electromagnetic field, larger particles and molecular groups are decomposed into smaller molecular groups, which results in a reduction of viscosity, the dissolution of harmful molecules and the like. And it is also highly surprising that the energetic state of the activated liquid is preserved, i.e., it does not ease off."
Felsch's study also included a germ count using the membrane filter method (diameter 45 millimeters). In any normal water sample, the microorganisms (bacteria) are distributed unsymmetrically and chaotically on the membrane filter. In Grander's revitalized water, the microorganisms depart from their chance distribution and line up symmetrically. (See inset).
Grander says that the process of re-energizing water is simply following the laws of nature. He says: "The fact that to so many people it seems to be a secret indicates how far science has already digressed from nature." Science, however, completely overlooks the fact that water -- as a life carrier -- is itself alive and needs to be kept in this condition if it is to fulfill its naturally ordained function.
The origin of life is water. Water is life. Immediate attention is required to rectify the problems we have created through carelessness, pollution and modernization techniques. Revitalizing water is the solution to these concerns. Through revitalization our water returns to the state that nature intended: clean, clear and complete with the vital energies created by Mother Nature. Our very existence depends on water..