Coconut Oil Pulling for Oral Health

   P.S. I use this method regularly!:

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by kerminator

 

Exactly how does Oil pulling work?

*** This traditional remedy has been used for thousands of years to treat:

Tooth decay
Bad breath
Bleeding gums
Whiten teeth
Soothe throat dryness
Prevent cavities
Heal cracked lips
Strengthens gums and jaw

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Coconut Oil Pulling for Oral Health
June 1, 2016


In recent years, the many health benefits of coconut oil have become common knowledge. From boosting the immune system, fighting inflammation, reducing the risk of diabetes and treating myriad skin issues, to name only a few of the benefits, coconut oil seems almost like a miracle.

Well, you can add oral hygiene to coconut oil’s miraculous and growing list of benefits.
What is Oil Pulling and How Does it Work?

Used primarily in Ayurvedic medicine, oil pulling is a terrific way to clean teeth and strengthen gums, all by swishing a tablespoon of oil (typically coconut oil, sesame or olive oil) in your mouth for 15-20 minutes.

Oil pulling detoxifies your oral cavity by literally “sucking” the toxins and bad bacteria out of your mouth, leaving behind a clean oral environment which promotes healthy teeth and gums.

This traditional remedy has been used for thousands of years to treat:

Tooth decay
Bad breath
Bleeding gums
Whiten teeth
Soothe throat dryness
Prevent cavities
Heal cracked lips
Strengthens gums and jaw

The History of Oil Pulling
Most of us cannot even begin to imagine starting or ending our day WITHOUT brushing and flossing our teeth. This healthy hygiene habit was drilled into our heads by our parents who stood by the sink, watching us brush, making sure we spent enough time and got every inch of our mouth clean.

But teeth brushing is a relatively new concept. Consider the fact that the common nylon-bristled toothbrush didn’t come onto the scene until the late 1930s! This means for thousands of years our ancestors did not brush their teeth with toothpaste. And yet, archeologists have found countless human remains dating back thousands of years with teeth still very much intact.

Even on the remains of humans who had lived to a “ripe old age.”

How is this possible?
Why didn’t our ancestors’ teeth rot?

For a couple of reasons.

The first, and perhaps most obvious reason, is that our ancestors ate real food that didn’t contain processed sugars and grain that destroy tooth enamel, among other things.

Secondly, they practiced good oral hygiene by using chew sticks, which were rubbed against their teeth. These sticks have been found in Egyptian tombs dating to 3000 B.C.!

And finally, depending on the culture and region of the world, many ancients also oil pulled.
Oil Pulling Research

While our ancestors new the benefits of oil pulling, and those in the natural health circles have caught on in recent years, traditional science and medicine have been reticent to even consider oil pulling as something legitimately good for oral health.

To date, there are only a handful of oil pulling research studies, but still, it’s promising to see more information coming to light.

For instance, the Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine recently highlighted a study that reviewed holistic approaches to oral health. The study’s author reported that oil pulling is one of the most effective natural health solutions known to scientists that prevent tooth decay and loss saying, “Oil pulling is a powerful detoxifying Ayurvedic technique that has recently become very popular as a CAM remedy for many different health ailments. Using this method, surgery or medication could be prevented for a number of chronic illnesses.

The oil therapy is preventative as well as curative. The exciting aspect of this healing method is its simplicity.”

Other studies have shown oil pulling’s ability to treat oral health issues.

For example, researchers from the Department of Pediatric Dentistry in Tamil Nadu, India, found that oil pulling reduces the Streptococcus mutans bacteria – one of the biggest culprits of tooth decay – in the plaque and saliva of children. In the author’s words, “Oil pulling can be used as an effective preventive adjunct in maintaining and improving oral health.”

Researchers from another Department of Pediatric Dentistry, this time in Chennai, India, reported that oil pulling can greatly reduce aerobic microorganisms in plaque among children with plaque-induced gingivitis. These same researchers found that oil pulling is as effective as mouthwash in reducing the microorganisms that cause bad breath.


Why Use Coconut Oil?
The studies referenced above specifically tested the effects of sesame seed oil on patients who oil pulled. This makes sense as sesame seed oil is a common staple found in India.
So why am I sharing the oral hygiene benefits of coconut oil specifically?

Because, beyond cleaning your mouth, coconut oil has been shown to:

Balance Hormones
Kill Candida
Improve Digestion
Moisturize Skin
Reduce Cellulite
Decrease Wrinkles and Age Spots
Balance Blood Sugar and Improve Energy
Improve Alzheimer’s
Increase HDL and Lower LDL Cholesterol
Burn Fat

Because coconut oil is highly absorb-able, you can experience many of these benefits simply by using oil pulling.

How Does One Oil Pull, Exactly?

Although oil pulling takes a bit to get used to, it’s quite simple to do.

One:
The best time to oil pull is in the morning upon rising and before you brush your teeth or dink anything.

Two:
Take one to two tablespoons (use less when just starting out) of coconut oil in your mouth. Some people do not like the feel of a solid chunk of coconut oil in their mouth.
Though it quickly melts, if you find this feeling unappealing, you can warm the oil in the microwave first.
Swish around your mouth and between your teeth as you would mouthwash for 15 – 20 minutes.

Three:
Be gentle. When you swish with mouthwash you typically only do so for 15 – 30 seconds. But oil pulling requires you swish for much longer. Be gentle so you won’t wear out your cheeks or jaw.

Four:
When finished, spit out the oil in the trash or a dedicated jar with a lid.
Do NOT spit in your sink or toilet as this is a surefire way to cause a clog.

Five:
Rinse your mouth with warm water and brush normally.

You can significantly improve the health of your teeth and gums if you oil pull three to four times per week.

3/4 of a century of Life

I am coming up on 3/4 of a century in January 2017 -

Looking back on my experiences and life - one thing stands out to me! The world has become far more complicated and controlling ....
Greed and selfishness has become paramount with the spread of the Mass Media, cell fons, entertainment and internet! 

** This does not mean that all the technology is evil in itself -
 but that like all things in this earthly existence it is a choice as to how it is used !
 God has given each of us a free choice and the devil is out to dominate you ....

 Choose this day whom you will follow!  Many of the younger people tend to follow their peers - but the ignorant following ignorance will never lead to anything which will build up your life!

The Absolute Truth has been pushed back into the corner by lies and deception! While lies are not new - the prevalence of same are getting to be more each day; therefore you really need discernment and to be able to use your intuitive mental investigation to sift through all the crap put out by most people! 

The only reliable truth is from the Lord God Almighty! 

So to help you in this time of mass deception and evil - you must :
"Seek first the Kingdom of God to find and follow His Righteousness {the only pure truth and way} then all of the other things of eternal importance in your search will be made possible to you!"
Matthew 6:33

 Once you receive the indwelling of the Holy Spirit  after after accepting the Lord Jesus into your life thru repentance ; ways will be opened unto you so as to be able to Discern and come to know the truth in this earthly existence....

 Amen   The truth will set you free! 

Kari Jobe Bethel Church Music- Forever Live (lyrics)

        


This one of the greatest songs of Glory and Praise done in the modern era - just skip the Ad and listen with all your heart to the message !


Amen!!   

Thank Your Jesus!  

We should all seek this

SEEK GREATER REVELATION

November 25

John 18:20 
"Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing."

The truths of God are hidden for His children, not from them. The Holy Spirit has been instructed to teach us all things :
> John 14:26 (NIV)
²⁶ But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.

 and has given us an unction so that we will know all things 
> 1 John 2:20 (NIV)
²⁰ But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.

 We only have to appropriate or obtain what is ours.

What God desires His New Testament saints to know, that the Old Testament saints could not know, is "Christ in you the hope of glory." The coming of the Messiah was predicted in the Old Testament, but the idea that He would actually dwell in us was beyond anyone's imagination. 

However, the New Testament is clear that Christ, by the Holy Spirit, takes up permanent residence in all believers. This is a wonderful truth that some fail to fully appreciate. Solomon said at the dedication of the temple, "But will God indeed dwell on the earth? 
behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have built?"
 We could say, "How much less this physical body?" 
This is truly amazing!

The Lord's commitment to dwell in us and never leave us or forsake us 
> Hebrews 13:5 (NIV)
⁵ Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said,
“Never will I leave you;    never will I forsake you.^" must be taken as an indication of His great love for us. 
If we continually thought upon this, with all its implications, how could we ever be lonely or discouraged? 
We couldn't! Depression and self-pity would cease!

Why would it matter what others thought of us if we truly understood how much Jesus thought of us?

Our attitudes and fears reveal that this revelation of "Christ in us" is not a well established revelation in most Christians. 
However, this verse makes it clear that our Father wants to make "the riches of the glory of this mystery" known unto us. 

**  We should all be seeking a greater revelation of this truth.

What they think of us =

Here is one of the greatest hate speeches of all time; yet it is flawed because it is based upon weak premises and doubt!  
The more truth in your life  the better you will understand how things are going!  Read and get your mind off the mass media and entertainment - plus cell fons and games which keep you isolated from the the real world...

But we must know and understand our enemy!  ISLAM!!

 Understand the Truth about this evil system! 
  ===================

AN EX-MUSLIM’S WARNING Chilling truth of why muslims are here in the USA, what their plan is, how they will carry it out, why, and their master plan, If you have children, family, friends, wife, or a job, THIS is for you...
    ===================== 

THE CHILLING TRUTH FROM AN EX-MUSLIM’S WARNING

To the Infidel world:
I was born and raised as Muslim. My whole family is still Muslim. I know every genetic code of Muslim. I know Islamic brain. I live and breath with them. I am an insider. I left Islam when I understood that Islam is a sick and evil religion. Following are the Islamic message to the West.

To the infidels of the West:
Constitution for the new Islamic Republic of EU and USA is under construction.

We will fight the infidel to death.
Meanwhile American laws will protect us.
Democrats and Leftist will support us.
UNO will legitimize us.
CAIR will incubate us.
ACLU will empower us.
Western Universities will educate us.
Mosques will shelter us
OPEC will finance us
Hollywood will love us.
Koffi Annan will pass politically correct sympathetic statement for Jihadists.

USA TAX PAYERS WILL PAY FOR OUR CHILDREN TO BE EDUCATED
Our children will immigrate from Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Indonesia and even from India to the US and to the other Western countries. They will go to the West for education in full scholarship. America is paying and will continue to pay for our children’s educations and their upbringing in state funded Islamic schools.

WE USE YOUR WELFARE SYSTEM TO SEND MONEY HOME FOR JIHAD
We will use your welfare system. Our children will also send money home while they are preparing for Jihad.
We will take the advantage of American kindness, gullibility, and compassion. When time comes, we will stab them in the back. We will say one thing on the camera and teach another thing to our children at home. We will give subliminal messages to our children to uphold Islam at any cost. 

Our children in America will always care more about Islamic Country’s interest than US interest.
We will teach our children Islamic supremacy from the very childhood. We will teach them not to compromise with Infidel. Once we do that from the very early age our children won’t hesitate to be martyr. We will take over the Europe first and then US will be the next. We already have a solid ground in the UK, Holland, Sweden, Spain, Italy, Germany, and now in the US.
Our children will marry Caucasian in Europe and in America. We will mixed with intricate fabric of the Western society but still will remember to Jihad when time comes.
Who are we?
We are the “sleeper cells”.

OUR CHILDREN WILL BE RAISED AT HOME LOYAL TO JIHAD NO MATTER WHAT THEY ARE TAUGHT IN SCHOOL
We will raise our children to be loyal to Islam and Mohammad only. Everything else is secondary.
At the time of the real fight we will hold our own children as our armor. When American or Israeli troops shoot at us the world will be watching. Imagine,- Imagine the news in the world “Death of Muslim babies by infidels”.

MEDIA WILL POuR GAS ON FIRE FOR US
We know CNN, ABC, CBS are broadcasting live. Al-Jazeera will pour gasoline on the fire. The news will spread like wildfire. “Americans killed 6 babies, 10 babies”. “Jews killed two women”,
Keep your Nukes in your curio cabinets. Keep your aircraft carrier or high-tech weaponry in the showcase. You can’t use them against us because of your own higher moral standard. We will take the advantage of your higher moral standard and use it against you.

We won’t hesitate to use our children as suicide bomber against you.
OUR BABIES ARE A GIFT FROM ALLAH FOR JIHAD

Visualize the news flash all over the world, -Moslem mother is sobbing, -.crying. -.Her babies are killed by Jews and Americans, the whole world is watching live. Hundreds of millions of Muslims all around the world are boiling. They will march through Europe. We will use our women to produce more babies who will in turn be used as armor/shield. Our babies are the gift from Allah for Jihad.
West manufactures their tanks in the factory. We will manufacture our military force by natural means, by producing more babies. That is the way it is cheaper.

You infidels at this site cannot defeat us. We are 1.2 billion. We will double again. Do you have enough bullets to kill us?

ON CAMERA AND INTERVIEWS WE WILL SAY WE ARE PEACEFUL
On the camera:
We will always say, “Islam is the religion of Peace.”
We will say, “Jihad is actually inner Jihad.”
Moderate Muslim will say there is no link between Islam and Terrorism and the West will believe it because the West is so gullible.
Moderate Muslim all over the world will incubate Jihadists by their talk by defending Islam.


WE WILL USE YOUR WESTERN LEGAL SYSTEM FOR SHARIA LAW.
Using Western Legal system we will assert our Sharia Laws, slowly but surely.

We will increase in number. We will double again.

WHEN YOU MEET US WE WILL LIKE US, BUT WE WILL STAB YOU IN THE BACK WHEN IT IS TIME.

You will be impressed when you meet a moderate Muslim personally. As your next-door neighbor, coworker, student, teacher, engineer, professionals you may even like us. You will find us well mannered, polite, humble that will make you say, “wow, Muslims are good and peaceful people”, But, we will stab you in your back when you are sleeping as we did on 911.

There will be more 911 in Europe and in America. We will say, “We do not support terrorism but America got what it deserved.
Muslims, CAIR, ISNA, MPAC and other international Islamic Organization will unite. We will partner with Leftist, ACLU, with Koffi Annan, and the UN, and if we have to then even with France. Fasten your seatbelt. The war of civilizations has just begun.

THEY WILL USE OUR VALUES AGAINST US
We will recite Quran and say Allah-Hu-Akbar before beheading infidels, as we have been doing it. We will video tape those and send it to all infidels to watch. They will surrender – ISLAM means surrender.
We will use your own values of kindness against you.
You are destined to lose.

Must be very depressing for you. Isn’t it?
Allah-Hu-Akbar
as we say just before beheading.
21st Century Islamic Warfare
Let’s see the effectiveness of Islamic warfare.
Muslims Vs. the West.

THE RULE HAS CHANGED. There is new game in town.
Bill Clinton ordered 50 Tomahawks Cruise missiles costing $100,000,000 each to destroy $50 mud houses that belonged to Osama’s family. What a stupidity? What a poor ROI (Return On Investment)
In return Osama’s attack on the US.
Cost: 19 martyrs and less than $500,000.
Cost to the West: over 3,000 dead.
At least $1,000,000,000,000 (one trillion) dollars economical loss in one year. This includes the ripple effect.
Osama’s ROI with respect to: life = 3,000/19 = 158 fold.
Dollar = $1 tr./500K = 2,000,000 fold
That is modern warfare. The West will lose.
Allah-Hu-Akbar.

BACK TO THE DARK AGES
Islam will rule the world. There is nothing you can do. Even if the per capita GDP of the world drops to half of its present level as a consequence of Islamic laws in place all over the world but still Islam will rule the word.

From your point of view we bring to the world to the dark ages, so be it. But still Islam wins, West looses.
Are you sure you want to play this game?
Jihad, ..Jihad…Jeeehaaad…
You are destined to lose.
Allah-hu-Akbar

DEMOGRAPHICS IS A NUCLEAR WEAPON
Saudi Arabia’s $100 billion investment over the last 3 decades on over 60 thousands Madrassas and school all over the Islamic world is finally paying off. While the West was busy inventing medicine, increasing life expectancy, elevating human suffering, decoding human gene to find cure for Cancer, heart disease etc, launching space shuttle, inventing internet, working on new laws/theory for human rights, developing better economical models for a more prosperous world, while ACLU was gaining control over common sense, while American ingenuity was benefiting the rest of the world, we Muslims were busy producing over 200 million out of 1.4 billion, Walking, Talking, Non-Thinking, West-Hating, Pre-Programmed, Suicidal, Parasitic, Terrorist Robots. You can’t win. The Genie is out of the bottle.

We will use American’s kindness, fairness, compassion, freedom of speech and non-discriminatory policy against them. We will stab them in the back.

What are you going to do?
 You are doomed.

  ++++   

 Did you remember that Hillary and BO  = Demos partner with theses people???

More Truth Pay attention!

The more truth in your life  the better you will understand how things are going!  Read and get your mind off the mass media and entertainment - plus cell fons and games which keep you isolated from the the real world...
========================

AN EX-MUSLIM’S WARNING Chilling truth of why muslims are here in the usa, what their plan is, how they will carry it out, why, and their master plan, If you have children, family, friends, wife, or a job, THIS is for you...

Here are the facts!

THE CHILLING TRUTH FROM AN EX-MUSLIM’S WARNING

To the Infidel world:
I was born and raised as Muslim. My whole family is still Muslim. I know every genetic code of Muslim. I know Islamic brain. I live and breath with them. I am an insider. I left Islam when I understood that Islam is a sick and evil religion. Following are the Islamic message to the West.

To the infidels of the West:
Constitution for the new Islamic Republic of EU and USA is under construction.
We will fight the infidel to death.
Meanwhile American laws will protect us.
Democrats and Leftist will support us.
UNO will legitimize us.
CAIR will incubate us.
ACLU will empower us.
Western Universities will educate us.
Mosques will shelter us
OPEC will finance us
Hollywood will love us.
Koffi Annan will pass politically correct sympathetic statement for Jihadists.

USA TAX PAYERS WILL PAY FOR OUR CHILDREN TO BE EDUCATED
Our children will immigrate from Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Indonesia and even from India to the US and to the other Western countries. They will go to the West for education in full scholarship. America is paying and will continue to pay for our children’s educations and their upbringing in state funded Islamic schools.

WE USE YOUR WELFARE SYSTEM TO SEND MONEY HOME FOR JIAD
We will use your welfare system. Our children will also send money home while they are preparing for Jihad.

We will take the advantage of American kindness, gullibility, and compassion. When time comes, we will stab them in the back. We will say one thing on the camera and teach another thing to our children at home. We will give subliminal messages to our children to uphold Islam at any cost. 

Our children in America will always care more about Islamic Country’s interest than US interest.

We will teach our children Islamic supremacy from the very childhood. We will teach them not to compromise with Infidel. Once we do that from the very early age our children won’t hesitate to be martyr. We will take over the Europe first and then US will be the next. We already have a solid ground in the UK, Holland, Sweden, Spain, Italy, Germany, and now in the US.

Our children will marry Caucasian in Europe and in America. We will mixed with intricate fabric of the Western society but still will remember to Jihad when time comes.
Who are we?

We are the “sleeper cells”.
OUR CHILDREN WILL BE RAISED AT HOME LOYAL TO JIHAD NO MATTER WHAT THEY ARE TAUGHT IN SCHOOL
We will raise our children to be loyal to Islam and Mohammad only. Everything else is secondary.
At the time of the real fight we will hold our own children as our armor. When American or Israeli troops shoot at us the world will be watching. Imagine,- Imagine the news in the world “Death of Muslim babies by infidels”.

MEDIA WILL POUR GAS ON FIRE FOR US
We know CNN, ABC, CBS are broadcasting live. Al-Jazeera will pour gasoline on the fire. The news will spread like wildfire. “Americans killed 6 babies, 10 babies”. “Jews killed two women”,
Keep your Nukes in your curio cabinets. Keep your aircraft carrier or high-tech weaponry in the showcase. You can’t use them against us because of your own higher moral standard. We will take the advantage of your higher moral standard and use it against you.

We won’t hesitate to use our children as suicide bomber against you.
OUR BABIES ARE A GIFT FROM ALLAH FOR JIHAD
Visualize the news flash all over the world, -Moslem mother is sobbing, -.crying. -.Her babies are killed by Jews and Americans, the whole world is watching live. Hundreds of millions of Muslims all around the world are boiling. They will march through Europe. We will use our women to produce more babies who will in turn be used as armor/shield. Our babies are the gift from Allah for Jihad.
West manufactures their tanks in the factory. 

We will manufacture our military force by natural means, by producing more babies. That is the way it is cheaper.

You infidels at this site cannot defeat us. We are 1.2 billion. We will double again. Do you have enough bullets to kill us?

ON CAMERA AND INTERVIEWS WE WILL SAY WE ARE PEACEFUL
On the camera:
We will always say, “Islam is the religion of Peace.”
We will say, “Jihad is actually inner Jihad.”
Moderate Muslim will say there is no link between Islam and Terrorism and the West will believe it because the West is so gullible.
Moderate Muslim all over the world will incubate Jihadists by their talk by defending Islam.

WE WILL USE YOUR WESTERN LEGAL SYSTEM FOR SHARIA LAW.
Using Western Legal system we will assert our Sharia Laws, slowly but surely.

We will increase in number. We will double again.
WHEN YOU MEET US WE WILL LIKE US, BUT WE WILL STAB YOU IN THE BACK WHEN IT IS TIME.

You will be impressed when you meet a moderate Muslim personally. As your next-door neighbor, coworker, student, teacher, engineer, professionals you may even like us. You will find us well mannered, polite, humble that will make you say, “wow, Muslims are good and peaceful people”, But, we will stab you in your back when you are sleeping as we did on 911.

There will be more 911 in Europe and in America. We will say, “We do not support terrorism but America got what it deserved.

Muslims, CAIR, ISNA, MPAC and other international Islamic Organization will unite. We will partner with Leftist, ACLU, with Koffi Annan, and the UN, and if we have to then even with France. Fasten your seatbelt. The war of civilizations has just begun.
THEY WILL USE OUR VALUES AGAINST US

We will recite Quran and say Allah-Hu-Akbar before beheading infidels, as we have been doing it. We will video tape those and send it to all infidels to watch. They will surrender – ISLAM means surrender.
We will use your own values of kindness against you.
You are destined to loose.
Must be very depressing for you. Isn’t it?
 
Allah-Hu-Akbar as we say just before beheading.
21st Century Islamic Warfare
Let’s see the effectiveness of Islamic warfare.
Muslims Vs. the West.

THE RULE HAS CHANGED. There is new game in town.
Bill Clinton ordered 50 Tomahawks Cruise missiles costing $100,000,000 each to destroy $50 mud houses that belonged to Osama’s family. What a stupidity?
 What a poor ROI (Return On Investment)
In return Osama’s attack on the US.
Cost: 19 martyrs and less than $500,000.
Cost to the West: over 3,000 dead.
At least $1,000,000,000,000 (one trillion) dollars economical loss in one year. This includes the ripple effect.
Osama’s ROI with respect to: life = 3,000/19 = 158 fold.
Dollar = $1 tr./500K = 2,000,000 fold
That is modern warfare. The West will loose.
Allah-Hu-Akbar.

BACK TO THE DARK AGES
Islam will rule the world. There is nothing you can do. Even if the per capita GDP of the world drops to half of its present level as a consequence of Islamic laws in place all over the world but still Islam will rule the word.

From your point of view we bring to the world to the dark ages, so be it. But still Islam wins, West looses.
Are you sure you want to play this game?
Jihad, ..Jihad…Jeeehaaad…
You are destined to loose.
Allah-hu-Akbar

DEMOGRAPHICS IS A NUCLEAR WEAPON
Saudi Arabia’s $100 billion investment over the last 3 decades on over 60 thousands Madrassas and school all over the Islamic world is finally paying off. While the West was busy inventing medicine, increasing life expectancy, elevating human suffering, decoding human gene to find cure for Cancer, heart disease etc, launching space shuttle, inventing internet, working on new laws/theory for human rights, developing better economical models for a more prosperous world, while ACLU was gaining control over common sense, while American ingenuity was benefiting the rest of the world, we Muslims were busy producing over 200 million out of 1.4 billion, Walking, Talking, Non-Thinking, West-Hating, Pre-Programmed, Suicidal, Parasitic, Terrorist Robots. You can’t win. The Genie is out of the bottle.

We will use American’s kindness, fairness, compassion, freedom of speech and non-discriminatory policy against them. We will stab them in the back.

What are you going to do? 

You are doomed.

Comfort, encourage, edify, strengthen, exhort, stimulate and help.

What is one of the key elements in the Holy Scriptures of Jesus?

It shows how we are guided by God's principles in our relationship with others...

Luke 22:64

 "And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?"

 

LUKE 22:64

 

Teaching and learning in the scriptures, are much more than academic. It involves being guided by God's principles in relationship to others, as well as knowing and responding to God. It calls for the learner to put the Word of God into practice, not just hear it (Jas. 1:22). 

It involves hearing a word from the outside and putting it on the inside, so that it may be expressed in our every action.

 Proverbs 2 tells us to incline our ear unto wisdom, apply our heart to understanding, cry after knowledge, lift up our voice for understanding, seek her as silver, search for her like hidden treasures, and then we will understand and find the knowledge of God (Prov. 2:1-7). God says, "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" (Hosea 4:6), and He admonishes us to meditate on His Word day and night that we may observe to do all that is written therein.

All things should be done unto edifying. If those present cannot be taught by what is being done, then it shouldn't be done. Just as with the gift of tongues (that was spoken in the church to benefit everyone) so it is with prophecy. Those who listen will learn and be comforted.

The end result of prophecy is to comfort, encourage, edify, strengthen, exhort, stimulate and help. These should be the guidelines for prophecy within the New Testament church.

We, as believers, are given the sole responsibility in ministry to build others up. This takes place in various ways as we walk in love, promote harmony and peace, and seek the true welfare of others. We must prophesy unto the edifying of the church, and speak things that are good and beneficial to the spiritual progress of others.

What exactly is stopping us?

 

One of the mail reasons we are here upon this earth is to learn and love your neighbor. 

The greatest problem most people have is that they do not ever come to understand that it is necessary to get out of your own self to really Love as God intended! 

What exactly is stopping us? 
First we need to get our eyes off ourselves...  
A person who only sees self is forever doomed to an Eternity of Total Isolation...  So how can we say we love if we do not ever recognize anyone else?  
The beginning of all truth and knowledge is to come to Seek The Lord God in your life! 

Unless you can come to understand how much Love and concern the Lord Has for us  - you will never come to truly know Him!

 =====================

THE SILENCE OF THE SON

 

Luke 22:63-64 

"And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him. And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?"

Here is the account of God's own creation mocking and insulting His Son without Him intervening. The pain that this must have caused the Father defies description.

Those who struck Jesus and told Him to prophesy who it was that struck Him, must have taken Jesus' silence as proof that He was not who He claimed to be.

The natural mind could not conceive that Almighty God would take this kind of abuse from His creation. But this was the plan of God.

Isaiah prophesied that, as a lamb before its shearers is dumb (Isa. 53:7), so Jesus would not open His mouth. Isaiah also mentioned that Jesus "was taken from prison and from judgment" referring to the fact that He was not given a fair trial (Isa. 53:8). 

Isaiah went on to prophesy in Isaiah 53:9 that
 Jesus would make "his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death." 

This was fulfilled when Jesus was crucified between two thieves and buried in a rich man's tomb.

 

Eighth Grade Examination - 1912

1912 Eighth Grade Examination for Bullitt County Schools - Answers

The museum staff has put together the following answer sheet for the 1912 examination displayed on another page. As we noted on that page, the test focused on some things that were more relevant at that time than now, and it should not be used to compare student knowledge then and now.

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Spelling, Reading, and Writing

Note that the spelling list contains a word that was incorrectly typeset: "eneeavor" should be "endeavor." We do not know what was required for reading and writing.

Arithmetic

Question #1: Write in words the following:
.5764 = five thousand seven hundred sixty-four ten-thousandths;
.000003 = three millionths;
.123416 = one hundred twenty-three thousand four hundred (and) sixteen millionths;
653.0965 = six hundred fifty-three and nine hundred sixty-five ten-thousandths;
43.37 = forty-three and thirty-seven one-hundredths.

Question #2: Solve: 35.7 plus 4, 5.8 plus 5.14 - 59.112.
35.7 + 4 = 39.7
5.8 + 5.14 - 59.112 = -48.172

Question #3: Find cost at 12½ cents per sq. yd. of kalsomining the walls of a room 20 ft. long, 16 ft. wide and 9 ft. high, deducting 1 door 8 ft. by 4 ft 6 in. and 2 windows 5 ft. by 3 ft. 6 in. each.

The two long walls are 20' by 9' or 180 square feet each. The other two walls are 16' by 9' or 144 square feet each. The door space to be deducted is 8' by 4.5' or 36 square feet. The two window spaces to be deducted are 5' by 3.5' or 17.5 square feet each. Thus we have (180 × 2) + (144 × 2) - 36 - (17.5 × 2) which reduces to 360 + 288 - 36 - 35 or 648 - 71 = 577 square feet. Since a square yard = 9 square feet, we divide 577 by 9 and get 64.1 square yards. At 12.5 cents per square yard, the cost will be $8.01, rounded to the nearest cent.

By the way, "kalsomining" is whitewash, a calcium-based cheaper paint. A quote: "Too rich for whitewash, too poor for paint".

Question #4: A man bought a farm for $2400 and sold it for $2700. What percent did he gain?
$2700 - $2400 = $300. Divide the increase by the original amount, or 300 ÷ 2400 = .125 or 12.5%

Question #5: A man sold a watch for $180 and lost 16⅔%. What was the cost of the watch?
Assuming that "a/c" means percent, the solution is to divide the sale price of $180 by .833 [100% - 16.67% = 83.3% or .833]. Thus 180 ÷ .833 = 216.086 or $216.09 rounded to the nearest cent.

Alternately, if the student recognized that 16⅔% is ⅙ then $180 is ⅚ of the original price. Thus the original price was $180 divided by ⅚, which is exactly $216.00. No rounding is necessary.

Question #6: Find the amount of $50.30 for 3 yrs., 3 mo. and 3 days, at 8 percent.
Assuming that the question is asking for a total of the principal plus interest earned over the stated time period, the answer will be $63.41 using principal × rate × time.) with 3 years, 3 months, 3 days = 3.258 years. $50.30 × .08 × 3.258 = $13.11 interest.

Question #7: A school enrolled 120 pupils and the number of boys was two thirds of the number of girls. How many of each sex were enrolled?
Since the number of boys equals ⅔ of the number of girls, or B = ⅔G [or .67G], we can write the equation as 1.67G = 120. Divide both sides of the equation by 1.67 and the equation becomes G = 120 ÷ 1.67 which equals 71.856 which rounds to the whole number of 72. Since there are 72 girls, 120 - 72 = 48 boys.

Alternately, using just fractions, B = ⅔G and B + G = 120, we get (5/3)G = 120. Staying in fractions, we can multiple both sides of the equation by 3, giving 5G = 360, or G = 72, from which we can determine that B = 48. Rounding to whole numbers thus becomes unnecessary.

Question #8: How long a rope is required to reach from the top of a building 40 ft. high, to the ground 30 ft. from the base of the building?
The answer is 50 feet. Use the Pythagorean theorem (a² + b² = c²). Also, we have been reminded by Craig Siefkas of the rule for right triangles called the 3-4-5 rule. He said, "If you have a right triangle with one side being 3 units long, one side 4 units long, then the third and longest side will be 5 units long. In this case the unit is 10 feet. The reason this is such an important rule to many is that when you are building a barn, shed, or house, you must 'square' the building. Typically a farmer or carpenter's longest tape will be 50 feet long, so you run one wall out 30 feet, the second wall out 40 feet, and the building will be square when the distance between them is 50 feet. Of course, if you wish you can use 'units' of 5 feet, or 15 feet × 20 feet × 25 feet; or units of 3 feet giving you 9 feet × 12 feet × 15 feet; or any other length 'unit' you desire. Many a building has been squared up using this rule, with no knowledge of the Pythagorean Theorem." Thanks Craig.

Question #9: How many steps 2 ft. 4 in. each will a man take in walking 2¼ miles?
Assuming the question is saying 2¼ miles, 5280 feet (in a mile) times 2¼ miles = 11,880 feet. Divide that by the size of step (2⅓ feet) = 5,092 steps.

Question #10: At $1.62½ a cord, what will be the cost of a pile of wood 24 ft. long, 4 ft. wide and 6 ft. 3 in. high?
$7.62. A simple volume problem. One cord at 4 × 4 × 8 feet = 128 cubic feet. 24 × 4 × 6¼ = 600 cubic feet. Divide cord volume into measured volume; times $1.62½. (Interesting to note that a cord of wood was $1.62½ in 1912. What does it sell for today?)

Grammar

Question #1: How many parts of speech are there? Define each.
Traditionally (and almost certainly in 1912) there were eight grammatical parts of speech identified this way (taken from Wikipedia)

1. Noun: any abstract or concrete entity; a person (police officer, Michael), place (coastline, London), thing (necktie, television), idea (happiness), or quality (bravery)
2. Pronoun: any substitute for a noun or noun phrase
3. Adjective: any qualifier of a noun
4. Verb: any action (walk), occurrence (happen), or state of being (be)
5. Adverb: any qualifier of an adjective, verb, clause, sentence, or other adverb
6. Preposition: any establisher of relation and syntactic context
7. Conjunction: any syntactic connector
8. Interjection: any emotional greeting (or "exclamation")

Other more recent sources separate the articles (a, an, the) as a part of speech, and drop the interjection. For example see the Purdue site.

"Most grammarians recognize eight parts of speech in classifying all the words in the language which are used in connected discourse. Some grammarians exclude the interjection from the list of parts of speech; others separate the articles (the, a, an) from the adjective division; and others classify the expletive as a full part of speech. ... School grammars generally recognize the traditional eight parts of speech." Taken from page 16 of Descriptive English Grammar by Homer C. House and Susan Emolyn Harmon; Second Edition; Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1950.

Question #2: Define proper noun; common noun. Name the properties of a noun.
A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, or thing (such as "Tuesday").
A common noun refers to a person, place, or thing in a general sense (The "town" is not far away.)
The properties of a noun include...
  1. Gender (masculine or feminine)
  2. Number (singular, plural)
  3. Person (first, second, or third)
  4. Case (subject, object, or construct-possessive)

Question #3: What is a Personal Pronoun? Decline I.
A personal pronoun is a pronoun that refers to a particular person, group, or thing. The following chart is copied from Wikipedia. Note: horizontal scrolling will be necessary on smaller screens. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Personal pronouns in standard Modern English

		Singular					Plural
		Subject	Object	Possessive determiner	Possessive pronoun	Reflexive	Subject	Object	Possessive determiner	Possessive pronoun	Reflexive
First		I	me	my	mine	myself	we	us	our	ours	ourselves
Second		you		your	yours	yourself	you		your	yours	yourselves
Third	Masculine	he	him	his		himself	they	them	their	theirs	themselves
	Feminine	she	her		hers	herself
	Neuter	it		its	-	itself

"English personal pronouns have three inflections related to the purpose they serve in a sentence or phrase: nominative, accusative (objective), and possessive. For the first person singular, these are I, me, and mine, respectively." For more details, see this site.

Question #4: What properties have verbs? The properties of verbs are person, number, tense, voice, and mood.

Question #5: "William struck James." Change the Voice of the verb.
"William struck James." is in active voice. Passive voice would be "James was struck by William."

Question #6: Adjectives have how many Degrees of Comparison? Compare good; wise, beautiful. Adjectives have three degrees of comparison.

positive	comparative	superlative
good	better	best
wise	wiser	wisest
beautiful	more beautiful	most beautiful

Question #7: Diagram: The Lord loveth a cheerful giver.

Question #8: Parse all the words in the following sentences:

"John ran over the bridge."

John is a proper noun used as the subject of the sentence.
Ran is an intransitive verb and forms the simple predicate of the sentence.
Over the bridge is a prepositional phrase that modifies the verb and answers the question Where did John run?
Over is the preposition; bridge is the object of the preposition, and the is an article adjective indicating which bridge.

"Helen's parents love her."

Parents is a common noun used as the subject of the sentence.
Helen's is a possessive noun used to identify the parents.
Love is a transitive verb and forms the simple predicate of the sentence.
Her is an objective pronoun used as the direct object of the verb's action.

Geography

Question #1: Define longitude and latitude.
Longitude and latitude are the imaginary lines that divide the Earth into measurable horizontal and vertical lines. Latitude lines are measured from the equator to the poles. Longitude lines extend from the north to south poles and are measured east and west from the prime meridian to the International Date Line.

Question #2: Name and give the boundaries of the five zones.
1. North Frigid Zone, north of the Arctic Circle; 2: North Temperate Zone, between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer; 3. Torrid Zone, between the Tropical Circles; 4. South Temperate Zone, between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle; 5. South Frigid Zone, south of the Antarctic Circle.

Question #3: Tell what you know of the Gulf Stream.
The Gulf Stream is a warm ocean current that flows from the Gulf of Mexico parallel with the US coast toward Newfoundland, Canada, and then continues across the Atlantic Ocean toward northwestern Europe as the North Atlantic Drift.

For Question #5

Map courtesy of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin.

Question #4: Locate Erie Canal; what waters does it connect, and why is it important?
The Erie Canal is a waterway in New York that runs about 363 miles from Albany, New York, on the Hudson River to Buffalo, New York, at Lake Erie, completing a navigable water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. It was the first transportation system between the eastern seaboard (New York City) and the western interior (Great Lakes, Chicago) of the United States that did not require portage.

Question #5. Locate the following countries which border each other: Turkey [Ottoman Empire], Greece, Servia [Serbia today], Montenegro, Roumania [early spelling of Romania]. These are all in south-central Europe. See the map to the right.

Question #6: Name and give the capitals of States touching the Ohio River.
Kentucky (Frankfort); Ohio (Columbus); Indiana (Indianapolis); West Virginia (Charleston); Pennsylvania (Harrisburg); Illinois (Springfield).

Question #7: Locate these cities: Mobile, Quebec, Buenos Aires, Liverpool, Honolulu.
Mobile (Alabama); Quebec (Canada); Buenos Aires (Argentina); Liverpool (England); Honolulu (Hawaii).

Question #8: Name in order of their size three largest States in the United States.
Texas, California, Montana (at the time of the test; Alaska had not been made a state yet).

Question #9: Locate the following mountains: Blue Ridge, Himalaya, Andes, Alps, Wasatch.
Blue Ridge (eastern U.S. from Georgia to Pennsylvania), Himalaya (Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau), Andes (western South America extending from north to south through Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina), Alps (alpine countries in central Europe), Wasatch (Utah).

Question #10: Through what waters would a vessel pass in going from England through the Suez Canal to Manila?
A ship going from England to Manilla by way of the Suez Canal would pass through (perhaps) the English Channel, the North Atlantic Ocean, Bay of Biscay (possibly), Strait of Gibraltar, Mediterranean Sea, Suez Canal, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden/Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean, Gulf of Thailand (may have been called Gulf of Siam at that time), South China Sea.

Physiology

Question #1: How does the liver compare in size with other glands in the human body? Where is it located? What does it secrete?
The liver is the largest gland in the body. It lies below the diaphragm in the abdominal-pelvic region of the abdomen. It secretes bile.

Question #2: Name the organs of circulation. The likely intent of this questions was to determine the elements of the human cardiovascular system which include the heart, lungs, and blood vessels.

Question #3: Describe the heart. The heart is the vital organ of the body that pumps the blood. It is about the size of a fist. The four sections of the human heart are the left atrium, right atrium, left ventricle, and right ventricle.

Question #4: Compare arteries and veins as to function. Where is the blood carried to be purified?
Arteries distribute oxygenated blood throughout the body, while veins carry de-oxygenated blood to the heart. The liver and kidneys purify the blood. Note: H.L. King of Lexington KY points out that "arteries channel blood away from the heart, veins channel it toward the heart. The key is to note that the pulmonary artery channels oxygen-depleted blood from the right ventricle to the lungs. It then returns, oxygenated, to the left atrium via the pulmonary veins."

Question #5: Where is the chief nervous center of the body? The body's chief nervous center includes first the brain and then the spinal cord.

Question #6: Define Cerebrum; Cerebellum. The Cerebellum, located just above the brain stem, controls balance, equilibrium and fine movement coordination. The Cerebrum is located in the front portion of the forebrain, and determines intelligence, personality, interpretation of sensory impulses and motor function. It also helps with planning and organization as well as touch sensation.

Question #7: What are the functions (or uses) of the spinal column? The spinal column supports the body and provides protection for the spinal cord.

Question #8: Why should we study Physiology? We should study physiology so that we can better understand our body and how to better take care of it, as well as understand the functioning of other creatures. A good understanding of physiology (how the body works) is the basis of all medicine. Without knowing how the body works, how it is made up and how it can go wrong, we cannot even begin to design effective treatments and interventions, including surgery or new pharmaceutical drugs.

Question #9: Give at least five rules to be observed in maintaining good health. Eat right, exercise, get proper sleep, drink plenty of water, maintain proper hygiene (other answers possible).

Civil Government

Question #1: Define the following forms of government: Democracy, Limit Monarchy, Absolute Monarchy, Republic. Give examples of each.

While a "pure" democracy includes all of its people making all of its decisions as a group, as a practical matter this will not work except in quite small groups. Most countries that claim to be democracies normally have a representative form of government, as does our own nation which is better defined as a republic. A modern definition of democracy, taken from the "Democracy Building" web site is a "form of government, where a constitution guarantees basic personal and political rights, fair and free elections, and independent courts of law." It is quite likely that the expected example in 1912 was the United States itself.

(We understand that some have objected to our selection of the United States as the likely answer to this question, and we accept that it may be better classified as a republic, a representative democracy, or something similar. However, since there did not exist a single nation in 1912 that could be considered a pure democracy, we can't think of a better answer. If you disagree, you are welcome to do so. Please keep in mind that we do not have the original answers, and this page represents our best effort to provide answers.)

Limited or constitutional monarchy is a form of government in which a monarch acts as head of state within the guidelines of a constitution. The likely answer in 1912 would have been Great Britain.

In an absolute monarchy, the monarch wields unrestricted political power over the sovereign state and its people. Until 1905 the Tsars of Russia governed as absolute monarchs. Another possible example might have been Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and Prussia.

A republic is a government where the head of state is not a monarch. Leadership positions are directly or indirectly elected or appointed rather than inherited. In 1912 an example might have been the Republic of France.

Question #2: To what four governments are students in school subjected? As citizens of the United States, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the county of Bullitt, and the local school system, these students would be subject to the jurisdiction of the local school board, and the county, state, and federal governments.

Question #3: Name five county officers, and the principal duties of each.
The students may have been required to identify the current officers by name, but we will assume they were to identify them by office.

1. The county judge in 1912 served both as an executive head of county government and as a judicial judge. He was also a member of the county fiscal court, the legislative body of the county.
2. Magistrates served as members of the fiscal court, and also had minor judicial duties.
3. The sheriff and his deputies were responsible for enforcing the law within the county.
4. The county court clerk had multiple duties including serving as the county court's clerk and clerk of the fiscal court. He was also responsible for maintaining county records including deeds, marriage records, and wills.
5. The county jailer was responsible for overseeing the incarceration of prisoners.

Question #4: Name and define the three branches of the government of the United States.
The federal government is composed of three distinct branches: legislative, executive and judicial. The legislative branch includes the Congress (Senate and House of Representatives) which is responsible for the passage of all federal laws as outlined in the Constitution. The executive branch includes the president and vice president along with the various executive cabinets. The president is the head of state and commander in chief of the armed forces. He has the responsibility of negotiating treaties, and appointing cabinet members with the concurrence of the Senate. The judicial branch is responsible for interpretation of laws, and in determining the outcome of civil and criminal cases. It is headed by the Supreme Court.

Question # 5: Give three duties of the President. What is meant by the veto power?
The president is constitutionally obligated to "take care that the laws be faithfully executed." He appoints ambassadors, member of his Cabinet, and federal judges with the advice and consent of the Senate. He directs foreign policy and is commander in chief of the armed forces. He has the power of the veto whereby all bills passed by Congress must be presented to him. He may sign the bill, allowing it to become law; he may veto it and return it to Congress with his objections; or he may take no action. If he vetoes the bill, Congress may override his veto by voting two-thirds majority approval. If he takes no action for ten working days, and Congress is still in session, then the bill becomes law without his signature. However if Congress has adjourned, the bill does not become law. This is commonly known as a pocket veto.

Question #6: Name three rights given Congress by the Constitution and two rights denied Congress.
Only Congress can declare war. Only Congress can impeach (House), try (Senate), and remove office holders, including the President and Supreme Court Justices from office. Only Congress can raise and lower taxes.

Congress can not pass a law that turns an act into a crime after the act was committed; accept a title of nobility; suspend writ of habeas corpus (except under special circumstances); pass a Bill of Attainder (which means they can't punish anyone or group without a trial); tax any goods exported from any state; and Congress cannot vote themselves a pay raise during their current term in office.

(Note that this answer is not exactly correct for 1912. Constitutional amendments changed the Congressional powers over the years.)

Question #7: In the election of a president and vice-president, how many electoral votes is each State allowed?
Each state receives a number of presidential electors in the electoral college equal to the number of congressional districts in that state (which varies by state population, but is never less than one) plus the number of senators (always two). At the time of this test, Kentucky had 13 electoral votes out of 531 electoral votes nationwide. Today Kentucky has 8 electoral votes out of 538 nationwide.

Question #8: Give the eligibility of president, vice-president and Governor of Kentucky.
The president and vice-president of the United States must be a natural born citizen of the United States, be at least thirty-five years old, and have been a permanent resident in the United States for at least fourteen years. The governor of Kentucky must be at least thirty years of age and have resided in the state for at least six years preceding the general election; and never fought a duel.

Question #9. What is a copyright? Patent right? Copyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time. A patent is a form of intellectual property. It consists of a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time, in exchange for the public disclosure of the invention.

Question #10: Describe the manner in which the president and vice-president of the United States are elected.
The president and vice-president are selected by a group of electors known as the electoral college. Each state is granted a number of electors equal to the number of its members of the United States Congress (Senate and House of Representatives). To be elected, the president and vice-president, running as a team, must receive a majority of the electoral votes. If no one receives a majority, then the members of the House of Representatives select the president. Each state receives one vote, with its representatives voting as a bloc.

Although there is no legal requirement to do so, a state's electors almost always cast their ballots according to how the state's citizens voted in the general election.

History

Question #1. Who first discovered the following places: Florida, Pacific Ocean, Mississippi River, St. Lawrence River?
Juan Ponce de León made the first European expedition to Florida, which he named. Vasco Núñez de Balboa is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean. Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto became the first recorded European to reach the Mississippi River. Jacques Cartier was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River.

These are likely the expected answers on the 1912 test. Although Native Americans were present in these places before the arrival of the Europeans, the names of their people who first visited these sites are lost in the mists of time.

Question #2: Sketch briefly Sir Walter Raleigh, Peter Stuyvesant. Sir Walter Raleigh was an English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, spy, and explorer. He is also well known for popularizing tobacco in England. In 1594, Raleigh heard of a "City of Gold" in South America and sailed to find it without success. For various reasons, he was executed in 1618.

Peter Stuyvesant served as the last Dutch Director-General of the colony of New Netherland from 1647 until it was ceded to the English in 1664, after which it was renamed New York. He was a major figure in the early history of New York City.

Question #3: By whom were the following settled: Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Florida?

In November 1732 the ship Anne sailed from Britain carrying 114 colonists, including General James Oglethorpe, who settled at what became Savannah, Georgia.

Maryland was first settled by mainly Roman Catholic families led by the Calvert family as a place where they could freely practice their faith.

The first English settlers in Massachusetts, the Pilgrims, established their settlement at Plymouth in 1620.

In 1636, Roger Williams, after being banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious views, settled at the tip of Narragansett Bay, on land that would become Rhode Island. A number of non-Puritan colonists as well as those that believed in religious freedom joined him.

Florida has had a long history of immigration, including French and Spanish settlement during the 16th century, as well as entry of new Native American groups migrating from elsewhere in the South. Florida was under colonial rule by Spain and Great Britain during the 18th and 19th centuries before becoming a territory in 1822 of the United States.

Question #4: During what wars were the following battles fought: Brandywine, Great Meadows, Lundy's Lane, Antietam, Buena Vista?

The Battle of Brandywine was fought between the American army of Major General George Washington and the British army of General Sir William Howe on September 11, 1777 during the Revolutionary War.

The Battle of Fort Necessity, or the Battle of the Great Meadows took place on July 3, 1754 in Pennsylvania. The engagement was one of the first battles of the French and Indian War and George Washington's only military surrender.

The Battle of Lundy's Lane (also known as the Battle of Niagara Falls) was a battle of the War of 1812, which took place on 25 July 1814, in present-day Niagara Falls, Ontario.

The Battle of Antietam, also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, was fought on Wednesday, September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek, and was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Union soil.

The Battle of Buena Vista, on February 23, 1847, saw the United States Army use artillery to repulse the much larger Mexican army in the Mexican-American War.

Question #5: Describe the battle of Quebec. The Battle of Quebec was fought on December 31, 1775 between American Continental Army forces and the British defenders of the city of Quebec, early in the American Revolutionary War. The battle was the first major defeat of the war for the Americans, and it came at a high price. General Richard Montgomery was killed, Benedict Arnold was wounded, and Daniel Morgan and more than 400 men were taken prisoner.

Question #6: Give the cause of the War of 1812, and name an important battle fought during that war.
The War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States of America and those of the British Empire. The Americans declared war in 1812 for several reasons, including trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, and the impressment of American merchant sailors into the Royal Navy. One major battle was the Battle of Baltimore, during which the words to the National Anthem were penned.

Question #7: Name 2 presidents who have died in office; three who were assassinated.
Three Presidents who were assassinated (by the time of this 1912 test) were Lincoln, McKinley, & Garfield. Presidents who died in office (but not assassinated) were William Henry Harrison, and Zachary Taylor.

Question #8: Name the last battle of the Civil War; War of 1812; French and Indian War, and the commanders in each battle.

Civil War: Battle of Columbus, Georgia on 16 Apr 1865; commanders were Union General James H. Wilson and Confederate Major General Howell Cobb. [See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Columbus_(1865)] We are aware that a battle took place in Texas (Battle of Palmito Ranch) on May 12–13, 1865, shortly after the end of the American Civil War; but it occurred after Johnston's surrender to Sherman (April 26, 1865) and after the Confederacy dissolved on May 5.

War of 1812: By date, the last battle was in February 1815 at Fort Bowyer, Alabama in which a British force of at least 3000 attacked a smaller American force of fewer than 400 led by fort commander William Lawrence who surrendered on 11 Feb 1815. However the generally recognized last battle of the war was the Battle of New Orleans with Andrew Jackson leading the Americans and Edward Pakenham among the British.

French and Indian War: Battle of Signal Hill on 15 Sep 1762 with British forces led by William Amherst and French forces led by Guillaume de Bellecombe. [See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Signal_Hill]

Question #9: What president was impeached, and on what charge? Andrew Johnson (who succeeded Lincoln) for violating the "Tenure of Office Act", when he sought to remove his Secretary of War without Senate approval. Republicans were mad at him for being lenient to the South.

Question #10: Who invented the following: magneto, telegraph, cotton gin, sewing machine, telephone, phonograph?
Magneto - Faraday; telegraph - Samuel Morse; cotton gin - Eli Whitney; sewing machine - generally, Elias Howe, though disputed; telephone - Alexander Graham Bell; phonograph - Thomas Alva Edison.

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Looking back:

Eight years ago, I was distressed that Obama won the election. I found him scary because of his cold and wicked views about the unborn, as well as how he mocked the Word of God in his speeches. My concerns were the same as millions, yet we didn't disrupt society with riots, blocking traffic, assault or battery. We might have complained privately or on social media. We surely prayed corporately and privately. We were not disorderly in our disapproval. We maturely accepted the inevitable, accepting that we can't always have our way. We also waited for another chance to exercise our Constitutional right to effect change in the next election legally and peacefully. We were told by the Left to not rush to judgment, to give him a chance.Whether we liked it or not, we had no choice.

I wasn't surprised that it didn't take long before he did things to confirm my fears for the unborn. But I was taken by surprise by the profiling of Christians, pro-lifers, gun owners,and veterans. We were labeled as Domestic Terrorists!  Why? 

We did nothing to terrorize anyone.

Now, the same group has rushed to judgment against Trump. Additionally, they have profiled his supporters, made threats against, assaulted, and battered his supporters, destroyed property, made death threats, disrupted business, infected sports and entertainment events, and using propaganda to stir hysteria amongst young and old alike. They are calling for revolution for future disruptions.They are doing everything that they complain about. They are terrorizing society. 

Why hasn't Obama labeled THEM as Domestic Terrorists?  Maybe because he is one of the ring leaders??

 Why hasn't he addressed them as a threat to our nation? Why isn't he doing anything to protect the country he claims to love?

How can decent people be in support of their actions or the hypocrisy?

 Even if they aren't actively engaged in the violence, they are supporting it with their nods or silence. 

How can one claim Christ and claim the Democratic agenda? 

{Did you see where they BOOED God at the 2016 Demo  Convention??}

The two DO NOT mix. Their ultimate goal seems to be to STEAL, (election results, tax money, etc.) KILL (unborn, people who don't comply, etc.) and DESTROY (people, property, the Nation, etc.). 

That is what the Bible says about Satan. Satan is no doubt pleased with them.