Verses 13-15 Helaman and his army gather outside of Manti. They are spotted by the Lamanites. Verses 16-17 Two portions of Helaman’s army, lead by Gid and Teomner hide in two different places. Verses 18-19 The Lamanites chace Helaman without noticing Gid and Teomner. Verses 20-23 Gid and Teomner capture Manti easily anfter the Lamanite have left. The Lamanites continue chasing Helaman towards Zarahemla. Verses 24-26 The Lamanites are afraid because Zarahemla is too big of a city for them to take without being destroyed. They turn around and pitch their tents as night falls. Helaman passes them in the […]
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Alma 52:21-40 Visual Representation
Verses 21-23 Jacob the Zoramite and his army do not know that anything is happening yet. Moroni hides on the west of Mulek and Teancum on the east, with their armies. Lehi waits in Bountiful with his army, guarding it. Verses 24.25 Teancum lets the Lamanite guards see them. Jacob chases them towards the seashore. After they leave, Moroni takes control of the city. Verse 26 Moroni starts chasing Jacob. Jacob continues chasing Teancum without noticing Moroni. Verses 27-30 Jacob runs into Lehi and company. Teancum continues towards the seashore. Verses 31-40 Jacob turns back, scared for the safety of […]
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Alma 49 follows what the Lamanites were doing. But how would the Nephites, who wrote this all down, know what the Lamanites were doing? Did the Nephites invent remote mind-reading? That seems pretty unlikely, but I have a few, more probable, ideas. Maybe the Lamanites kept their own record which eventually fell into Nephite hands. But the Brief Explanation says the only plates used were The Small Plates of Nephi … The Plates of Mormon … The Plates of Ether … [and] The Plates of Brass. Brief Explanation about the Book of Mormon Maybe the Nephites were just guessing what […]
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Inasmuch as ye are not guilty of the first offense, neither the second, ye shall not suffer yourselves to be slain by the hands of your enemies. Alma 43:46 What does the Lord mean here? “Inasmuch as” means “As long as” “ye are not guilty” means “you were not the cause” “of the first offense” means “of the Lamanites coming the first time” “neither the second” means “or the next time, or any of the times” “ye shall not suffer yourselves” means “you will not” “to be slain by the hands of your enemies.” means “be killed by your enemies.” […]
Continue readingML 2018 Event 7: Funnel Spinning
[tabby title=”Description”] Introduction-0:00 Round 1-2:13 Round 2-4:38 This Event Scores-6:45 All ML Scores-8:20 [tabby title=”Scoring”] One member from each team goes down the funnel at the same time. At the end there is a jump and 3 marbleworks pieces. The middle piece is 3 points; the top piece is 2…
Continue readingML 2018 Event 6: Block Pushing
[tabby title=”Description”] Please remember that the team rosters have changed since I filmed this event, so Greeny and Jack are NOT retiring. ‘The Mom* Team’ gave a demonstration-0:00 Clearys-2:20 White Cans-4:28 Multi-Greens-5:51 Big Blues-7:29 Note on Big Blues (not in video, SPOILER OF THE FINAL EVENT SCORES, select text to…
Continue readingML 2018 Event 4: Stay on the Rail
[tabby title=”Description”] [expand title=”What is in the main video”] In the video, the marbles warmed-up. 0:00 Next, we did round 1. 0:54 Round 2 2:54 Round 3 4:55 Round 4 (sorry about the audio bug in R4) 7:52 LETTER 9:25 Round 5 (the rewards have been canceled because the teams…
Continue reading2018 ML Event 2: Long Jump
[tabby title=”Description”] note: The Long Jump has been called ‘The High Jump’ accidently. [expand title=”What is in the main video”] In the video, Paul and Caroline gave an introduction. 0:00 to 1:32 Next, teams went. 1:32 to 6:00 Last, I showed scores. 6:00 to 10:58 Clearys 1:34 White Cans 1:53…
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[tabby title=”Description”] [expand title=”What is in the main video.”] In the video, Caroline and I gave an introduction. 0:00 to 0:31 Next, I explained the scoring 0:31 to 1:34 Third, teams went. 1:34 to 7:15 Last, I showed the scores. 7:15 to 8:03 Clearys 1:39 White Cans 2:19 Multi-Greens 3:12…
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[tabby title=”Description”] The Opening Ceremony for the Fall 2017 Marblelymics! WARNING: the music gets a lot louder at 0:10 [expand title=”What is in the main video.”] In the video, each team will go down a marble works piece, then their team name will show. 0:00-0:49 Next, a picture of each…
Continue readingA Race to Space
“[We] should commit … [ourselves] to achieving the goal before this decade is out,” U.S. President John F. Kennedy proposed to Congress on May 25, 1961, “of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth.” Over 35 years before, the U.S. and the Union of…
Continue readingWhy does liquid stay in a straw when you seal an end?
When you do not put your finger on top of the straw opening, the air pressure on the liquid on all sides stays the same. When you do cover the opening, you trap some air in the straw. Since there is less air between liquid & blockage, the air pressure…
Continue reading200 Dead Buffalo | Food for the Indians
200 Dead Buffalo Food for the Indians One morning a long time ago, there was an Indian camp which contained women, children, and hunters. A hill overlooked a pond. One small tree stood lonely among the dust. Then, the buffalo came. The people wanted to kill the buffalo, so they…
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