Computer Printer

We just learned about the Computer Audio.

Another part of a computer is the Computer Printer.

The first types of printers were very loud, and had big rolls of paper that had to be separated after printing.
These days printers can be wireless, you can print from your phone or computer, and they can print anything from a normal piece of paper to a picture.

The ink for a printer is called toner, and comes in small cases called cartridges that have to be replaced when they get empty.




(from: wikipedia - printer (computing))


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Honey Badger

We just learned about the American Badger.

Another type of animal in the same family is the Honey Badger.

These animals weigh about 15 kilograms, are about 28 centimeters tall and 70 centimeters long.
They have a long body, short legs, sharp claws, and thick skin that is very loose.
Their fur is black, with a big white stripe on the back kind of like a skunk.

Even though honey badgers are not that big, they are very ferocious, and will even attack bigger animals like lions and hyenas.
Honey badgers eat just about anything for food.
Using their strong arms and big claws they will dig up beehives, lift up rocks to find snakes, rip bark from trees for bugs, or dig in holes for rabbits.
With their thick loose fur, they aren't even hurt by porcupine quills, snake bites, bee stings or bites from other animals.
When they get their food they eat up every bit, even the bones, shells, feathers, and fur!


(from: wikipedia - honey badger)


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Major Alar Cartilage

We just learned about the Lateral Nasal Cartilage.

Another part of the nose is the Major Alar Cartilage, also called the greater alar cartilage or lower lateral cartilage.

This is another thin piece of cartilage that helps form the shape of the nose.
The major alar cartilage makes the upper outside part of the nostril, and also bends around at the tip of the nose and makes part of the inside part of the nostril right at the middle.


(from: wikipedia - major alar cartilage)


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Saint Kitts and Nevis

We just learned about the country of Grenada

Let's learn a little about the country of Saint Kitts and Nevis!

This country is made up of two islands in the Caribbean Sea, east of Puerto Rico.
It is about 261 square kilometers, and about 52,000 people live there.
The people in this country speak English or Creole.


(from: wikipedia - saint kitts and nevis)

The flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis is green and red, with a black and yellow stripe in the middle with two stars on it.
Green is for the land, red is for freedom, yellow is for sunshine, black is for the people, and the stars are for the two islands.

(from: wikipedia - flag of saint kitts and nevis)

To eat in this country you might have goat water stew, which is made of goat, breadfruit, papaya and dumplings.


(from: wikipedia - culture of saint kitts and nevis)

Visiting this country you might go see Nevis Peak, one of the active volcanoes in the country.

(from: wikipedia - nevis peak)

There is an old fortress built in 1689 on St. Kitts named Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park.

(from: wikipedia - brimstone hill fortress national park)


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The Christmas Song

We just learned about the Go Tell It on the Mountain.

Another famous Christmas song is called The Christmas Song, but a lot of people call it Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire.

This was written in 1945 by famous song write Robert Wells, and famous singer Mel Tormé.
One year during a hot summer day in July Mel Tormé was over at his friend Robert Well's house and saw a notepad with some song lyrics about Christmas on it.
It was such a hot day he thought maybe if he helped finish the lyrics and wrote the music, just the thoughts of winter time might help him cool off.

The song that most people know on the radio was sung by famous artist Nat King Cole.


(from: wikipedia - the christmas song)


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Sibyls - Sistine Chapel - Michelangelo

We just learned about Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel painting of the prophets Isaiah, Daniel, Jonah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Joel, and Zechariah.

Another group of 5 prophets that Michelangelo painted on the Sistine Chapel ceiling were called Sibyls, a Greek word that means prophetess.
These were people that were said to have told the future of Jesus' coming, but were not in the Bible.

The 5 Sibyls were called the Persian Sibyl, Erythraean Sibyl, Delphic Sibyl, Cumaean Sibyl, and Libyan Sibyl

Each of these prophetesses was from a different land, and told stories that people think were prophecies telling the future about Jesus coming as a savior for the world.


(from: wikipedia - persian sibyl)


(from: wikipedia - erythraean sibyl)


(from: wikipedia - delphic sibyl)


(from: wikipedia - cumaean sibyl)


(from: wikipedia - libyan sibyl)


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Hindi - They are excited

We just learned that in Hindi I am happy is म्हानै खुशी होई (mhaanai khushee hoee),
you are sad is आप दुखी हैं (aap dukhee hain),
and he is angry is वह क्रोधित है (vah krodhit hai).

Let's learn how to say they are excited.

They - वे (ve) - Sounds like vay - 文A


Excited - उत्साहित (utsaahit)- Sounds like oo-t-sah-hit - 文A


Are - हैं (hain)- Sounds like hay - 文A


All together वे उत्साहित हैं (ve utsaahit hain) - Sounds like vay oo-t-sah-hit hay


(from: wikipedia - devanagari)

Swahili: Wanafurahi

Russian: Они взволнованы (Oni vzvolnovany)

Norwegian: De er begeistret

Greek: Είναι ενθουσιασμένοι

ASL: They are excited

Italian: Sono eccitati

German: Sie sind aufgeregt

Spanish: Ellos estan emocionados

French: Ils sont excité