Pakistan

We just learned about the country of Oman

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

Pakistan is a medium sized country with a lot of people living there.
It is about 882,000 square miles, and has about 225 million people living there.

Pakistan borders the countries of India, Afghanistan, Iran, China, and also borders the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman.
In this country people speak the Urdu language.


(from: wikipedia - pakistan)

The flag of Pakistan has a white stripe on the left, and then the rest of the flag is dark green with a white moon and star.
The green flag with the white moon and star are for Islam, and the white is for Christians and Hindus.


(from: wikipedia - flag of pakistan)

To eat in Pakistan you might have Chapli Kebab which is ground beef mixed with spices and fried in a patty.


(from: wikipedia - chapli kebab)

Visiting Pakistan you might go to Lake Saiful Muluk, which is a lake surrounded by the Himalayan mountains in a place called the Kaghan Valley.


(from: wikipedia - lake saiful muluk)

There is a dam in Pakistan called Tarbela Dam, that is about 97 square miles, and helps control the water and also make electricty.


(from: wikipedia - tarbela dam)


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What a Friend We Have in Jesus

We just learned about the hymn Crown Him with Many Crowns.

Another famous Hymn is What a Friend We Have in Jesus written by Joseph Scriven in 1855, with the music written in 1868 by Charles Crozat Converse.

Scriven was born in Ireland in 1819, and when he was 25 years old he moved to Canada.
His mother stayed back home and got very sick, so he wrote her a poem called "Pray Without Ceasing".

Converse was born in Massachusetts in 1832, and wrote many church songs.
He read Scriven's poem and came up with the musical tune for the hymn and renamed it What a Friend We Have in Jesus.
A lot of famous musicians like Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, and Aretha Franklin all made recordings of themselves with this hymn.
It has also been translated into other languages, like "Itsukushimi Fukaki" in Japanese, "Yesus Kawan yang Sejati" in Indonesian, and "Yeshu kaisa dost pyara" in Hindi.


(from: wikipedia - what a friend we have in jesus)


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Virgin of the Rocks - Leonardo da Vinci

We just learned about Leonardo da Vinci's painting Annunciation.

Another of da Vinci's paintings was Virgin of the Rocks.

da Vinci moved to Milan Italy in 1482, and worked there until 1499 AD.
Some people call this da Vinci's "First Milanese Period".
While he was there, he made one of his most famous, The Last Supper, and a few others like his painting of the Virgin Mary.

This painting is about 6 feet tall and 4 feet wide, and shows Mary with Jesus and John the Baptist as babies, and the angel Uriel.

An interesting thing about this painting is that there are two copies of it.
One copy is in the Louvre museum in Paris France, and the other is in the National Gallery in London England.
Most people think they were both made by da Vinci, or at least that he helped work on them and maybe had some painting assistants help as well.

Paris:

London:

(from: wikipedia - virgin of the rocks)


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Swahili - Counting to Fifty Nine

We counted to 49 in Swahili, let's keep going!

50 hamsini - sounds like hah-m-see-nee 文A

51 hamsini na moja - sounds like hah-m-see-nee nah moh-jah 文A

52 hamsini na mbili - sounds like hah-m-see-nee nah m-bee-lee 文A

53 hamsini na tatu - sounds like hah-m-see-nee nah tah-too 文A

54 hamsini na nne - sounds like hah-m-see-nee nah n-nay 文A

55 hamsini na tano - sounds like hah-m-see-nee nah tah-noh 文A

56 hamsini na sita - sounds like hah-m-see-nee nah see-tah 文A

57 hamsini na saba - sounds like hah-m-see-nee nah sah-bah 文A

58 hamsini na nane - sounds like hah-m-see-nee nah nah-nay 文A

59 hamsini na tisa - sounds like hah-m-see-nee nah tee-sah 文A



(from: wikipedia - swahili language)

Russian: пятьдесят (pyat'desyat), пятьдесят один (pyat'desyat odin), пятьдесят два (pyat'desyat dva), пятьдесят три, пятьдесят четыре (pyat'desyat chetyre), пятьдесят пять (pyat'desyat pyat'), пятьдесят шесть (pyat'desyat shest'), пятьдесят семь (pyat'desyat sem'), пятьдесят восемь (pyat'desyat vosem'), пятьдесят девять (pyat'desyat devyat')

Norwegian: femti, femtien, femtito, femtitre, femtifire, femtifem, femtiseks, femtisyv, femti, femti ni

Greek: πενήντα (penínta), πενήντα ένα (penínta éna), πενήντα δύο (penínta dýo), πενήντα τρεις (penínta treis), πενήντα τέσσερις (penínta tésseris), πενήντα πέντε (penínta pénte), πενήντα έξι (penínta éxi), πενήντα επτά (penínta eptá), πενήντα οκτώ (penínta októ), πενήντα εννέα (penínta ennéa)

ASL: Fifty, fifty one, fifty two, fifty three, fifty four, fifty five, fifty six, fifty seven, fifty eight, fifty nine

Italian: cinquanta, cinquantuno, cinquanta due, cinquanta tre, cinquantaquattro, cinquantacinque, cinquantasei, cinquantasette, cinquantotto, cinquantanove

German: fünfzig, einundfünfzig, zweiundfünfzig, dreiundfünfzig, vierundfünfzig, fünfundfünfzig, sechsundfünfzig, siebenundfünfzig, achtundfünfzig, neunundfünfzig

Spanish: cincuenta, cincuenta y uno, cincuenta y dos, cincuenta y tres, cincuenta y cuatro, cincuenta y cinco, cincuenta y seis, cincuenta y siete, cincuenta y ocho, cincuenta y nueve

French: cinquante, cinquante et un, cinquante-deux, cinquante-trois, cinquante-quatre, cinquante-cinq, cinquante-six, cinquante-sept, cinquante-huit, cinquante-deux

Brake Caliper

We just learned about the Rotor.

Another part of a car is the Brake Caliper.

We know the rotor is a disc shaped part inside the wheel that is spinning around.
The caliper goes on the outside of the rotor, and when you hit the brakes it pushes onto the rotor to stop it from spinning around.


(from: wikipedia - disc brake)


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Emperor Tamarin

We just learned about the Cotton Top Tamarin.

Another type of new world monkey is the Emperor Tamarin.

This is a very small monkey, only growing to about 1 pound and less than 1 foot long.

They get their name because they have a big white moustache, and someone thought their moustache looked like a German emperor at the time named Wilhelm II who had the same kind of big moustache.

Most of the time these monkeys live in the trees in the Amazon rainforest, and they eat small things like fruits, nuts, sap from trees, and sometimes small bugs.



(from: wikipedia - emperor tamarin)


Emperor Tamarin - The Earther

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Concha

We just learned about the Intertragic Notch.

On the outer ear we know about:
- The auricle or pinna, which is the main outside part of the ear
- The helix, which is the folded over part around the outside
- The antihelix, which is the Y shaped bump that sticks out
- The antitragus, which is the bump pointing up that is connected to the earlobe
- The tragus, which is the part closest to the cheek that sticks out
- The earlobe, which is the part that hangs down at the bottom
- The intertragic notch, which is the open space between the tragus and antitragus

Another part of the ear is the Concha.

This is the part of the ear that is shaped like a bowl, and leads right into the deeper inside part of the ear.


(from: wikipedia - auricle (anatomy))


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