Nasal Root

We just started learning about the Nose.

The top of the nose in between the eyebrows is called the Nasal Root.

That is where the nose starts, and the dip down from the forehead before the top of the nose is called the nasion.
The nasal root and nasion is the spot where a pair of glasses would sit on the nose.

Right above the nasion is called the glabella, which is the spot right between the eyebrows.


(from: wikipedia - glabella)


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Jamaica

We just learned about the country of The Bahamas

Let's learn a little about the country of Jamaica!

This country is in the Caribbean, south of the island of Cuba.
It is about 4,000 square miles, and about 2.7 million people live there.
The people in this country speak English or Jamaican Patois.


(from: wikipedia - jamaica)

The flag of Jamaica has a green triangle on top and bottom, black triangles on left and right, and a yellow X in the middle.
Black is for strength of the people, gold is for the wealth and sunshine, and green is for the plants.


(from: wikipedia - flag of jamaica)

To eat in this country you might have Ackee and Saltfish. Ackee is a type of fruit that is almost like a cream cheese, and it is boiled with the fish and then usually eaten with rice or bread.


(from: wikipedia - ackee and saltfish)

Visiting this country you might go to the Doctor's Cave Beach Club.
This is a nice beach that was owned by a doctor who had a hospital there, and believed that the water was so great it was almost like it had healing powers.
He let his friends swim there, and then later gave the land to be free for everyone to use.


(from: wikipedia - doctor's cave beach club)

There is a small beach in a town called Oracabessa where called James Bond Beach, because the person who wrote the James Bond books lived there in Jamaica.
Some parts of the James Bond movies were also filmed at this beach.


(from: wikipedia - orcabessa)


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Frosty the Snowman

We just learned about the Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.

Another famous Christmas song is Frosty the Snowman.

This song was written in 1950 by Walter "Jack" Rollins and Steve Nelson, and sung by Gene Autry.
Rollins was also famous for writing the Easter song Here Comes Peter Cottontail.

The writer Steve Nelson lived in the town of Armonk New York, and every year in that town they have a Frosty Day celebration.

(from: wikipedia - frosty the snowman)


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Michelangelo - Sistine Chapel - The Drunkenness of Noah

We just learned about Michelangelo's painting of the Sistine Chapel - The Great Flood.

Another patt of Michelangelo's painting of the Sistine Chapel is The Drunkenness of Noah.

In the Bible after the flood, Noah was a farmer and grew some grapes.
When these grapes turned to wine he drank some and got drunk, and fell asleep.

Michelangelo's painting shows Noah's wife working, and then Noah asleep on the ground while his sons are arguing near him.


(from: wikipedia - sistine chapel ceiling)


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Hindi - Red, Orange, Yellow

We just learned about the alphabet in Hindi.

Now let's learn some colors!

red - लाल (laal) - sounds like lah-l - 文A


orange - नारंगी (naarangee) - sounds like nah-rah-n-gee - 文A


yellow - पीला (peela) - sounds like pee-lah - 文A



(from: wikipedia - devanagari)

Swahili: nyekundu, machungwa, manjano

Russian: красный (krasnyy), оранжевый (oranzhevyy), желтый (zheltyy)

Norwegian: rød, oransje, gul

Greek: κόκκινο, πορτοκαλί, κίτρινο

ASL: red, orange, yellow

Italian: rosso, arancione, giallo

German: rot, orange, gelb

Spanish: rojo, naranja, amarillo

French: rouge, orange, jaune

Video Card

We just learned about the Memory.

Another part of a computer is the Video Card, also called a graphics card, or display adapter.

The video card is plugged into the motherboard, and takes instructions from the computer and turns them into pictures on the computer monitor.


(from: wikipedia - graphics card)


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Indri

We just learned about the Aye-aye.

Another type of primate is the Indri, also called the babakoto.

This is another kind of lemur that lives in Madagascar.
These primates are one of the largest lemurs in the world, and grow to be about 20 pounds, and 4 feet long, and they have black and white fur.

Groups of indri will sometimes talk back and forth to each other by singing loud songs that can be up to 3 minutes long.
Sometimes there is roaring or high or low singing from one group, and the other group will answer with songs of their own.


(from: wikipedia - indri)



Singing indri lemur - Rhett Butler

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