Earth’s Great Holes
Diamond Mine in Kimberley, Africa
Kimberley, Africa: From mid-July 1871 to 1914, 50,000 miners dug the hole with picks and shovels, yielding 2,722 kg of diamonds. The Big Hole has a surface of 17 hectares (42 acres) and is 463 metres wide. It was excavated to a depth of 240m, but then partially infilled with debris reducing its depth to about 215 m; since then it has accumulated water to a depth of 40 m leaving 175 m visible. The underground Kimberly Mine was mined to a depth of 1097 metres. A popular local myth claims that it is the largest hand-dug hole on the world, however Jagersfontein Mine appears to hold that record.[3] There is currently an effort in progress to register the Big Hole as a World Heritage Site.
Cinnamon and Honey
Snopes is undetermined about this one, and probably will be forever, because I doubt they’ll take a stand on “alternative” medicine. Do some searching for yourself, and see if you can find some substantiation of this…
Scientists of today accept honey as a ‘Ram Ban’ (highly effective) medicine or all kinds of diseases. It can be used without any side effects for any kind of diseases.
Today’s science says that even though honey is sweet, if taken in the right dosage as a medicine, it does not harm diabetic patients. Weekly World News, a magazine in Canada , in its issue dated 17 January,1995 has given the following list of diseases that can be cured by honey and cinnamon as researched by western scientists:
HEART DISEASES: Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, apply on bread, instead of jelly and jam, and eat it regularly for breakfast. It reduces the cholesterol in the arteries and saves the patient from heart attack. Also those who have already had an attack, if they do this process daily, they are kept miles away from the next attack. Regular use of the above process relieves loss of breath and strengthens the heart beat. In America and Canada , various nursing homes have treated patients successfully and have found that as you age, the arteries and veins lose their flexibility and get clogged; honey and cinnamon revitalize the arteries and veins.
ARTHRITIS: Arthritis patients may take daily, morning, and night, one cup of hot water With two spoons of honey and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder. If Taken regularly even chronic arthritis can be cured. In a recent research Conducted at the Copenhagen University, it was found that when the doctors Treated their patients with a mixture of one tablespoon Honey and half Teaspoon Cinnamon powder before breakfast, they found that within a week, Out of the 200 people so treated, practically 73 patients were totally Relieved of pain, and within a month, mostly all the patients who could not Walk or move around because of arthritis started walking without pain. (more…)
Ed Freeman, War Hero
Snopes says this one is true (http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/freeman.asp)…
You’re a 19 year old kid. You’re critically wounded, and dying in the jungle in the Ia Drang Valley , 11-14-1965, LZ X-ray, Vietnam . Your infantry unit is out numbered 8-1, and the enemy fire is so intense, from 100 or 200 yards away, that your own Infantry Commander has ordered the MediVac helicopters to stop coming in.
You’re lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns, and you know you’re not getting out. Your family is half way around the world, 12,000 miles away and you’ll never see them again As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day.
Then, over the machine gun noise, you faintly hear that sound of a helicopter, and you look up to see an un-armed Huey, but it doesn’t seem real, because no Medi-Vac markings are on it
Ed Freeman is coming for you. He’s not Medi-Vac, so it’s not his job, but he’s flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire, after the Medi-Vacs were ordered not to come.
He’s coming anyway.
And he drops it in, and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they load 2 or 3 of you on board.
Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire, to the doctors and nurses.
And, he kept coming back, 13 more times and took about 30 of you and your buddies out, who would never have gotten out.
Medal of Honor Recipient, Ed Freeman, died on Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 at the age of 80, in Boise, ID. May God rest his soul.
Catching Wild Pigs
This one is worth preserving…
CATCHING WILD PIGS
A chemistry professor in a large college had some exchange students in the class. One day while the class was in the lab the Professor noticed one young man (exchange student) who kept rubbing his back, and stretching as if his back hurt.
The professor asked the young man what was the matter. The student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been shot while fighting communists in his native country who were trying to overthrow his country’s government and install a new communist government.
In the midst of his story he looked at the professor and asked a strange question. He asked, ‘Do you know how to catch wild pigs?’
The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line. The young man said this was no joke. ‘You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground.. The pigs find it and begin to come every day to eat the free corn. When they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of the place where they are used to coming. When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn again and you put up another side of the fence. They get used to that and start to eat again. You continue until you have all four sides of the fence up with a gate in the last side. The pigs, who are used to the free corn, start to come through the gate to eat; you slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd.
Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and around inside the fence, but they are caught. Soon they go back to eating the free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten how to forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their captivity.
The young man then told the professor that is exactly what he sees happening to America. The government keeps pushing us toward socialism and keeps spreading the free corn out in the form of programs such as supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income, tobacco subsidies, dairy subsidies, payments not to plant crops (CRP), welfare, medicine, drugs, etc… While we continually lose our freedoms — just a little at a time.
One should always remember: There is no such thing as a free lunch! Also, a politician will never provide a service for you cheaper than you can do it yourself.
Also, if you see that all of this wonderful government ‘help’ is a problem confronting the future of democracy in America; you might want to send this on to your friends. If you think the free ride is essential to your way of life then you will probably delete this email, but God help you when the gate slams shut!
Keep your eyes on the newly elected politicians who are about to slam the gate on America.
“A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have. ” Quote from Thomas Jefferson
H.R. 45 Blair Holt Gun Bill
In regards to this bill, Snopes (http://www.snopes.com/politics/guns/blairholt.asp) reports that the bill will not require applicants/owners to “submit to a physical & mental evaluation at any time,” though they would have to authorize the release of current mental and physical health records, and the right to “inspect any place in which firearms or firearm products are stored or held for distribution” applies to places of commerce, not private residences.
Proponents of the bill, according to Snopes say it would establish a system for registering and tracking gun ownership, similar to the system used for automobiles.
I think this just sounds like another inconvenience for law-abiding citizens and a huge expense for the government. How will this bill prevent criminals from attaining weapons, and what makes them think people with criminal intent will register their weapons? Maybe they’re hoping for greater consciousness in crimes of passion (i.e. legal owners will think twice before reaching for their guns) and that owners will be more careful about securing their weapons so they can’t be stolen.
The Tribe of Benjamin: Israel
http://www.bibletruthonline.com/whoarethe12tribesOFisrael.htm
Genesis 49:27 Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
Why is the Tribe of Benjamin ALSO the Nation of Israel? Benjamin is joined with the Tribe of Judah and it still is today. Judah and Benjamin ARE the Southern Kingdom which comprises the modern Nation of Israel. Remember, when the Israelites split into two kingdoms at the start of the reign of Solomon’s son Rheoboam, the tribe of Benjamin was the only one to remain with Judah (1 Kings 12:21).
The Tribe of Benjamin is also part of the verse where it is said “first to the Jews, then to the Gentiles” (Romans 1:16). Notice that almost all of the disciples of Jesus are from the Tribe of Benjamin NOT the Tribe of Judah. The chief Benjamite and chief writer of the New Testament is Paul, a Benjamite of Benjamite, who was trained at the feet of Gamliel:
Isaiah 51:4-5 (KJV) Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation [My Church]: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people. My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
The Southern Kingdom is Judah and Benjamin — They go into captivity together and come out of captivity together – they come out of captivity as the modern nation of Israel! Once again, the nation of Israel is the Southern Kingdom and is comprised of the Tribes of Benjamin and Judah.
Tribe of Mannasah (Joseph): Great Britain
http://www.bibletruthonline.com/whoarethe12tribesOFisrael.htm
Genesis 49:22-26 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well;whose branches run over the wall: The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:) Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb: The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
Why is the Tribe of Mannasah the country of Great Britain? Remember that Joseph is DOUBLE blessed (Joshua 17:14-17). Mannasah is a “community of nations” (Gen 35:11) with kings that go all the way back to King Solomon. England is the third stop of The Coronation Stone, or the Stone of Scone (which is the same ROCK Moses struck) with Jeremiah and his three princess daughters (Jeremiah 43:4-8). Jeremiah brings the ROCK or Coronation Stone from the land of Israel 1st to Ireland, then to Scotland, and3rd to England.
The princesses also bring the fulfillment of God’s promise to David
that as long as the sun is shining, David would have an heir over the
people of Israel (2 Samuel 7:12-16).
Naphtali: Sweden, Norway, Finland
http://www.bibletruthonline.com/whoarethe12tribesOFisrael.htm
Genesis 49:21 KJV Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words. NIV Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.
Why is the Tribe of Naphtali the countries of Sweden, Norway, and Finland? Every country and ethnic group has it’s share of beautiful women, but Sweden, Norway, and Finland are known for beautiful blondes and the attraction towards them is unquestionable unto this day. A “hind” is a “doe that bears beautiful fawns” and these three countries are known for beautiful blonde women and are geographically and culturally close to each other.
Tribe of Asher: France
http://www.bibletruthonline.com/whoarethe12tribesOFisrael.htm
Genesis 49:20 KJV Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. NIV Asher’s food will be rich; he will provide delicacies fit for a king.
Why is the Tribe of Asher the country of France? Hands down the best food and culinary mastery of any nation in the world. . .period. Best food, best chefs…”fit for a king”.
The Wandering Mind 