Manessah

We just learned about Asher from the Twelve Tribes of Israel.

Another of the tribes was Manessah.

Manessah was the grandson of Jacob, and his father was Joseph.
Joseph liked Manessah so much that he treated him like one of his other sons, not just a grandson.


(from: wikipedia - manessah (tribal patriarch))


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The Courtesan (after Eisen) - Van Gogh

We just learned about Van Gogh's painting Still Life with Straw Hat.

Another of Van Gogh's paintings is The Courtesan (after Eisen) made in 1885.

For a while Van Gogh got really interested in art from Japan, and started trying to copy it and make some of his own painting in Japanese style. He called the paintings Japonaiserie, which means like Japanesery.

The most famous of his paintings was the Courtesan, that he made after copying a magazine cover that had the same person on the front cover.


(from: wikipedia - japonaiserie (van gogh))


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Hindi - Counting to Fifty Nine

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

50 पचास (pachaa) - sounds like pah-chah - 文A

51 इक्यावन (ikyaavan) - sounds like ih-k-yah-vah-n - 文A

52 बावन (baavan) - sounds like bah-vah-n - 文A

53 तिरपन (tirapan) - sounds like tee-r-pah-n - 文A

54 चौवन (chauvan) - sounds like chah-oo-vant - 文A

55 पचपन (pachapan) - sounds like pah-ch-pah-n - 文A

56 छप्पन (chhappan) - sounds like chah-pah-n - 文A

57 सत्तावन (sattaavan) - sounds like sah-tah-vah-n - 文A

58 अट्ठावन (atthaavan) - sounds like ah-tah-vah-n - 文A

59 उनसठ (oo-n-sah-th) - sounds like oo-n-sah-th - 文A



(from: wikipedia - devanagari)

Swahili: Hamsini, hamsini na moja, hamsini na mbili, hamsini na tatu, hamsini na nne, hamsini na tano, hamsini na sita, hamsini na saba, hamsini na nane, hamsini na tisa

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

Fluid Catalytic Cracking

We just learned about the Catalytic Reforming.

Another part of refining oil is called Fluid Catalytic Cracking.

This is a way that some of the heavy crude oils get turned into gasoline or other petroleum things by boiling and cooling the oil, mixing it with other chemicals, and separating out the parts it wants to keep.


(from: wikipedia - fluid catalytic cracking)


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Long-Tailed Weasel

We just learned about the Haida Ermine.

Another animal in the same family is the Long-Tailed Weasel also called the bridled weasel, masked ermine, big stoat, or Neogale frenata.

These animals live in North and South America, weigh about 9 ounces and are about one foot long.

They grow a brown coat in the summer, and it turns white in the winter.

These weasels give off a strong smell to leave a mark in places sometimes, by dragging their smelly body across rocks or other things.



(from: wikipedia - long-tailed weasel)


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Distal Convoluted Tubule

We just learned about the Loop of Henle.

Another part of the kidney is the Distal Convoluted Tubule, also called the DCT.

As the blood is cleaned up along from the Loop of Henle, it goes to the DCT where it helps control the amount of potassium, sodium, and calcium in the blood.


(from: wikipedia - distal convoluted tubule)


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Colombia

We just learned about the country of Chile

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

This country is in South America, and borders the Caribbean Sea, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and the Pacific Ocean.
It is about 1.14 million square kilometers, and about 52 million people live there.
The people in this country speak mostly Spanish.


(from: wikipedia - colombia)

The flag of Colombia is sideways stripes of yellow blue and red.
Yellow is for gold, and the sun. Blue is for the sky and water. Red is for the blood of the people who fought for freedom.


(from: wikipedia - flag of colombia)

To eat in this country you might have bandeja paisa, which is a very big meal made up of beans, pork, rice, bananas, sausage, corn bread, black pudding, avocado and lemon.


(from: wikipedia - bandeja paisa)

Visiting this country you might go see Las Lajas Shrine, which is a big church built over a canyon of the Guáitara River.


(from: wikipedia - las lajas shrine)

In the town of San Agustin, there is a park with some ancient sculptures that people believe come from as far back as the year 5 AD.


(from: wikipedia - san agustin archaeological park)


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