Vincent van Gogh

We just learned about Michelangelo's sculpture of The Deposition and a lot of other works of art by Michelangelo.

Another of the most famous artists in the world was Vincent van Gogh.

He was born in the Netherlands in 1853 and grew up going to a few different schools where he was not a very happy kid.
Later on he got a job helping to make and sell artwork, and that made him much happier.

Through his life he started making paintings in the impressionist style, and then later on he made his own special style.

Sadly Van Gogh was not very famous while he was alive.
He started to get a little famous right before he died, and then about 10 years after he was gone some people found out what a genius he was and since then he has become one of the most famous artists of all time.

A lot of artists are famous for making a few dozen paintings, or even a few hudred.
Van Gogh made over 2,000 works of art, and some of his most famous paintings have sold for over 100 million dollars.

Even though Van Gogh only lived to be 37 years old and didn't have much time to become a master, he is thought to be one of the best artists of all time.


(from: wikipedia - vincent van gogh)


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Hindi - November, December

Let's keep learning about the months of the year in Hindi!

We already learned that January, February is जनवरी (janavaree), फरवरी (pharavaree)
March, April is मार्च (maarch), अप्रैल (aprail), May, June is मई (maee), जून (joon), July, August is जुलाई (julaee), अगस्त (agast), and September, October is सितंबर (sitambar), अक्टूबर (aktoobar)

Let's keep going!

November - नवम्बर (navambar) - sounds like nah-vah-m-bah-r - 文A

December - दिसम्बर (disambar) - sounds like dis-ah-m-bah-r - 文A



(from: wikipedia - devanagari)

Swahili: Novemba, Desemba

Russian: ноябрь (noyabr'), декабрь (dekabr')

Norwegian: November, December

Greek: Νοέμβριος (Noémvrios), Δεκέμβριος (Dekémvrios)

ASL: November, December

Italian: Novembre, Dicembre

German: November, Dezember

Spanish: Noviembre, Diciembre

French: Novembre, Décembre

Oil Platform

We just learned about the Drilling Rig.

Another way to drill for oil is an Oil Platform or Offshore Platform.

This is a big building out in the water that has drills going down into the water to the ocean floor.
The drill digs down below the ocean floor to drill for oil and then bring it back up to the oil platform.

Some oil platforms have big metal posts holding them still in the water, and some are just floating on top of the water.




(from: wikipedia - oil platform)


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Stoat

We just learned about the Giant Otter.

Another kind of animal in the same family is the Stoat, also called the short-tailed weasel, or mustela erminea.

This animal is small, and grows to about 300 milimeteres and weighs about 250 grams.

In some of the colder northern areas, the stoats will change from brown fur coats in the summer to white coats in the winter.

In many countries there are legends about stoats being spirit animals, lucky animals, or poisonous.



(from: wikipedia - stoat)


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Nephron

We just learned about the Interlobular Arteries and Veins.

Another part of the kidney is the Nephron.

In the renal column that we learned about, the nephron is a very tiny microscopic part of the renal column that helps do the work of filtering and cleaning the blood.


(from: wikipedia - nephron)


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Saba

We just learned about the country of Saint Barthelmy

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

This country is in the Caribbean, near the island of Bonaire.
It is about 13 square kilometers, and about 2,000 people live there.
The people in this country speak Dutch or English.


(from: wikipedia - saba (islands))

The flag of Saba is white with red triangles and blue triangles and a yellow star in the middle.
Red is for courage, blue is for the sea white is for peace, and the yellow star is for the island.


(from: wikipedia - flag of saba (island))

Visiting this country you might go see Mount Scenery, an 887 kilometer tall volcano.

(from: wikipedia - mount scenery)


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Judah

We've now learned about Reuben, Simeon, and Ephraim from the Twelve Tribes of Israel.

Another of the twelve was Judah.

Judah was one of the sons of Jacob and Leah. When the sons of Jacob were jealous of his son Joseph and wanted to kill Joseph, Judah was the one who stopped them from killing him and said they should just sell Joseph instead of killing him.

Judah was the Great great great great great great great great grandfather of King David, and David was the Great (times 24) grandfather of Jesus.
So sometimes Jesus is called the "Lion of Judah" because he came from the tribe of Judah.


(from: wikipedia - judah (son of jacob))


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