Life of King David

When we first hear about David in the bible, he is sent for by Samuel and anointed King of Israel, but King Saul is still alive. He is introduced to court when he is sent for to comfort the king when his spirit tortures him. He plays the harp and sings songs, some of which were probably recorded in the book of Psalms. However, he still lives with his father as a shepherd. Then, during a fight with the philistines, David’s father, Jesse, send David with some food to his brothers, who are in the army. While there, he challenges Goliath, a giant in the philistine army, and is able to kill him with a single shot from his sling. After that, David lives in Saul’s palace, and he makes friends with Saul’s son, prince Jonathan. David is promoted to a high ranking officer but Saul get jealous when he thinks David is the one who will take his kingdom from him (as the prophet Samuel foretold would happen). Multiple times he tried to kill David, but he never succeeded. After this, Saul offers to let David marry Saul’s daughter, Michal, if David can kill 100 philistines. David accepts, and comes back having killed 200 philistines. David and Michal get married. Next in the chain of events is that Saul plans to assassinate David, but Michal helps him escape and delay the soldiers going after David. David then stays the night at the tabernacle? I think it was the tabernacle. A priest then gives him some bread and the sword of Goliath. David then goes on his way. However, one of Saul’s men sees David leave. He reports to Saul, who kills all the priest but one. That one saves the Ephod and joins David as his priest. David then goes on a few military campaigns, gaining a small army and a prophet who give him their faith. David then marries, but his wife appears to have died at some point before David became King. After David gets married, and King Saul and Prince Jonathan die, the tribe of Judah makes David their king. Their is then a short civil war between one of Saul’s sons and David, but eventually Saul’s son is assassinated by his own men. David is then made king over all Israel. He commits the sin of killing his faithful soldier Uriah and marrying his wife, Bathsheba. It appears that David’s first wife must have died before this. David then reigns for a while before his second eldest son Absalom kills his eldest son. Absalom then flees to another city starting a revolt. In the battle that follows, Absalom dies. As David grows old, his son Solomon is declared king. David then dies of old age.

Based on 1 Samuel 16 – 1 Kings 2

Cocoa Bean Harvest and Fermentation

First, during the harvest process, the cocoa pods are picked and then split in half. Then, the beans are removed by hand. They, with the pulp, are put in a large container of some sort covered with banana leaves and let sit for a few days. The pulp starts to have a chemical reaction. It then ‘melts’ away, leaving the beans in the container. Then the beans are dried and sent to the chocolate factory.

Samson

Samson’s parents were visited by an Angel who told them that they were going to have a boy and that he was to be a Nazerite, which means he was set apart for God from birth. It also meant he could not ever cut his hair. He fell in love with a Philistine girl and they got married. On the way to visit his to-be wife, God gave him great strength and he was able to kill a lion. From this time on, as long as Samson never cut his hair, Samson would have great strength. On the way to the wedding, he passed by the lion, where bees made a nest in the carcass and he ate the honeycomb. He then gave a riddle to the gusts at his feast, which is as follows:

And he said to them, “Out of the eater came something to eat. Out of the strong came something sweet” And they could not in three days tell what the riddle was. -Judges 14:14

Then the men, after those three days, went to his wife and threatened to kill her if she did not find out the answer to the riddle. In the end, she got the answer from him and gave it to the men to save her life. Then, Samson was angered because he did not have the cloaks for the debt and so he went, killed 30 Philistines, and gave the gusts the clothes. Then he stormed out of the feast and went home. After a few days, he went back to visit his wife, but her father said she married his best man. So then, Samson, in his anger, set fire to the Philistines fields. The Philistines saw this, and burnt down Samson’s father-in-law’s house with Samson’s wife in it. Then Samson killed these men because of it and went home. Then, the army of the Philistines went to fight and kill Samson. The men of Judah bound him and handed him over to the Philistines. Samson then broke the ropes and caught up the jawbone of a donkey and used it to slay at least a thousand Philistines. Then he governed Israel for 20 years.

After that, he fell in love with Delilah. The Philistine lords wanted her to find out the secret of Samson’s strength. After a few attempts, she gets the answer. Soldiers cut his hair (making him lose his strength and ability to fight back), blind him, and put him to work grinding flower. When a feast comes they bring Samson out to the temple of their god. Then, God gives Samson strength one last time, pushing the pillars and destroying the building, and killing many, many, Philistines.

My Favorite Hobby: English Lesson #45

My favorite hobby is 3D printing. As I posted a basic outline of how I do it in the previous essay for English, I’m not going to devote much time to HOW I do it here. However, I will talk about some of the tools I use, where I do it, why I like it, etc. So lets get right into it!

First up, the tools I use. I always use a duel card reader, one that can read a micro SD or SD. However, when I’m printing, I always use the micro SD. I also, of course, have the printer itself, and in the gallery below, I have some photos of it. I don’t know if you would call this a tool exactly, but we have the spool of filament that goes on top of the printer. That is all the post-print tools, and then there are others for fine-tuning the finished part.

The first of the after print tools is the filament cutters. I use them whenever I change the filament to get a sharp point and go through to the extruder. There is also a blade that I use for some of the fine tuning, like removing support. I also use pliers, a vise, a hammer, and a flat-head screwdriver for removing support.

I 3D print in our maker’s space in our basement. For more information on where in our house that is, check out this post. On the bottom of the workbenches, we have storage for several projects and paints and tools. We have a pegboard on one wall, a whiteboard to the right of it, with a tool cabinet in-between.

Unfortunately, the workbench was a little messy when I took the picture

On the other bench, we have a broken TV that we sometimes hook up raspberry pi’s to. To the right of that is a computer monitor, and we have our 3D printing computer hooked up to it. Right again is a little vacant space where I do most of my measuring of small pieces. It is also where I keep my micrometer. Right of that is our pc for gaming, and on the edge of the bench is a vice. Right of the workbench is a set of draws with artsy stuff, card making, cutting, drawing, etc. These two workbenches make an L shape, and there is a table right in the center of the room, rather low, but good for card making and stuff for my 6-year-old brother.

I really enjoy 3D printing, probably in part because I’m good at it. If a design is simple, I can whip it up pretty quickly, and if its hard, I can do it without feeling overwhelmed, though if I work at it more than 3 hours at a time, I get a headache. Also, it’s cool to see an item built up out of a spool of filament.

So that is a little bit about what I use, where I work, and why I like 3D printing.

English Lesson 40: 3D printing

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT A TUTORIAL

However, I might have one in the future.

When I am 3D printing, I use one of two methods of designing. I either download a design that someone else made from Thingiverse.com, or else I design my own on Tinkercad.com. Either way, I end up with an STL file on my hard drive in my computer. Then, I open up my slicer app, Ultimaker Cura. I arrange the item(s) to the most efficient position, and slice the item(s). This gives me a GEGODE file that I can run with our 3D printer. I save the GECODE to the micro SD card and put it in the 3D printer. I turn on the light above the printer around this stage. I pour some rubbing alcohol on a rag and rub it on the bedplate, where the item will print. Then, I power on the printer and start the print. I watch the first layer go down, and then wait until it is done, walking away and doing something else.

Prodigal Son V.S. Laurens Boekman: English Lesson #35

First, I’m going to compare the circumstances of each. The Prodigal son is the son of a father who is apparently a farmer, while Laurens is the son of the famous Dr. Boekman. The Prodigal son is a story told in the Bible in Luke 15:11-32, while the story of Laurens is a plot line at the end of Hans Brinker. The Prodigal son left home because he was growing restless at home and wanted to travel the world, while Laurens, acting as his father’s assistant, had accidentally mixed the wrong medicines for a patient, and heard of the death of the patient, and so ran away to keep from being arrested for a murderer. The Prodigal son has half of his father’s wealth, while Laurens had practically no money. The Prodigal son spends all his money on leisure, while Laurens changes his name to Thomas Higgs and operates a case factory in England not four miles from where one of the characters, Ben Dobbs, lives. When Gretel gets the case to the silver skates, it is made by Thomas Higgs. Dr. Boekman is present when this is found out. Gretel and Hans’ father, Raff Brinker had met Laurens on his way to England, telling Raff to tell Dr. Boekman who he was and where he lived. Gretel reading ‘Thomas Higgs’ snapped her father’s memory, for he had forgotten during his illness. Ben provides the place, and Hans sets out at once. He brings Laurens back with him. In the Prodigal Son, all his money runs out, and he ends up working feeding a lady’s pigs. He then realizes that he would have a better life as his father’s servant, and goes home. Once Laurens goes home, he thanks the Brinkers for their help, and he ends up being a merchant, while Hans will study under Dr. Boekman and eventuality becomes Dr. Brinker. Laurens is forgiven for running away. The Prodigal Son, on returning home, is also forgiving and restored to being treated as his son.

History Week 6 Review: Why was the afterlife so important to the Egyptians?

First, we’ll take a look at a couple of reasons why the Egyptians thought the afterlife very important, then, we’ll look a little bit at their religion, and finally, we’ll look at the mummy process and burial.

For one thing, Egyptians didn’t live very long, for what reason I do not know. This probably had something to do with their view of the afterlife, because there had to be something more since they lived so short a period. Also, children rarely made it to adulthood, often dying as infant or child.

Disclaimer: I’m not encouraging you to believe the system of Egyptian gods and goddesses, I’m only telling you what they believed.

The Egyptian system of Gods was very complex, so I’m only going to share a few facts. First, is was believed that there was only one God, Ra, who created himself and then created the world and all the other gods and goddesses. Osiris, who was said to be god of the afterlife, was married to Isis, goddess of health and life. Now there is a story that Osiris’ brother, Set, god of chaos, wanted to murder him, so he killed him and buried him. But he realized that he buried Osiris whole, and to prevent him from coming back to life, he chopped him into little pieces and buried them separately. Now Isis, who of course was devastated at the loss of her husband, went and took all the pieces and put the back together, also getting the goddess of magic to heal him. Isis and Osiris then went to the afterlife where they made the place for the dead.

To read how the Egyptians made mummies, see the next page. WARNING! DO NOT GO TO THE NEXT PAGE IF YOU ARE FEELING ILL OR ABOUT TO EAT! SOME OF THIS IS REALLY GROSS STUFF!

English Lesson #30: England

Today for my assignment, I am supposed to look up a country, other than the one I live in, and describe it. I chose England because I live in the United States and the US originated from England. And without further ado, let’s get into the essay.

First up, my personal favorite, the food. The English make pies a lot, from pork pies to apple pies. There is also the classic fish and chips. Sausages are eaten too. Tea is a smaller meal eaten in the middle of the afternoon, typically consisting of small sandwiches, muffins, cakes and the like. Of course, tea is drank at with that as well.

Soccer is a very popular sport in England, although it is called football there. Other games include tennis, boxing, hockey, and more. Cricket also originated in England.

Some landmarks include the Big Ben clock tower, which is 315 feet tall. There is also Stonehenge, a famous ancient monument.

Overall, I think England is a cool country, but I must say that I prefer the U.S.A. My source for this essay was Wikipedia. Thanks for reading!

English Lesson #25: My Favorite Time of Year: Summer (Seasonal Essay #2)

Today, I’m going to tell you why I like summer so much. There are a lot of fun activities I can do in the summer that I can’t do any other time. So I’ll tell you about some of those activities.

My favorite season is summer because I like wearing T-shirt and shorts. I can’t move as well in jeans. Shorts also keep me cooler when it is hot.

I also really love swimming. I’m pretty good at diving into the water off the low diving board. My favorite stroke is breaststroke.

I also like being able to do things outside. I like playing soccer a little, and I sunbathe with our kitty sometimes.

So that is why I like summer! I like wearing T-shirts and shorts, swimming, and doing stuff outside.