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Dear Buthaina, People argue because they don’t always agree with each other’s opinions. Children argue, and adults sometimes do as well. But they always make up because they love each other. And surely they love you. It’s normal for all married couple to argue sometimes. Doesn’t mean they love each other or you any less.

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Surely your mother loves you just as much. Everyone is different and a parent’s love for their children is expressed in different ways. The same as how kids love their parents. Don’t be sad. Your are equally as special as your sister.

Dear Kidz.Blog! I’m having a birthday party and inviting everyone in my class. There is one girl I don’t want to invite but my mom is making me and I don’t know why! Angry Aliya Dear Aliya, Your mom is right. You should invite her. If you don’t, if might hurt her feelings, and it’s thoughtful to be kind to others. Even if another kid seems different from you or you’re not into the same things, it’s important to include her. You don’ t have to become close fiends, but imagine how you’d feel if she threw a party and invited everyone in the class but you.

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SUCCESSFUL RACE HORSE BECOMES

A PAINTER AFTER RETIREMENT A MEDIA INITIATIVE TO TRAIN YOUTH LAUNCHED UAE Minister of State for Youth, Shamma Al Mazroui announced a new media initiative that seeks to train and equip young media professionals on the first day of the Arab Media Forum. This initiative comes under the directives of Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affaires. Al Mazroui said that the Arab Youth Center strategic programme, which includes a media academy, aims to provide professional training and development for the youth in 22 Arab countries.

JIMMY KIMMEL OPENS UP ABOUT HIS NEWBORN’S

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etro, once a successful race horse who won eight races and 300,000 dollars at the prestigious Belmont Park, retired after bone chips caused permanent damage to his knees. Ron (his owner) stated that he noticed that Metro liked to bob his head to get attention and pick things with his mouth. Being a professional artist, Ron wondered if he would be able to persuade Metro to hold a paintbrush. “I taught him to touch his nose to the canvas for horse treats, then to hold a paint brush,” Ron says. Soon, Metro was creating artwork that according Ron’s judgment, were good enough to put on sale at the local gallery. The first four paintings were sold out the first week they were placed on display. Metro style has been compared to Jackson Pollock, a famous painter for his drip and splatter technique. “Metro’s brush strokes are nothing a human can make, because he doesn’t think about what he will do before he does it. His strokes are thick, random and sometimes broken, which lets other colors show through. It all just vibrates on the canvas,” Ron says.

W KRAJEWSKI Metro tackles the canvas assisted by Ron he paints from left to right

US television host of the Jimmy Kimmel tearfully opened up about his newborns heart condition in which he pleaded for people to support the Affordable Care Act also known as the Obama Care. He stated that, “No parent should ever have to decide if they can afford to save their child’s life.” While addressing his audience on his show, he mentioned that three hours after his son was born, Billy turned purple. One of the nurses was able to spot it and Billy was immediately taken in for checkups. The findings showed that the newborn had a serious heart condition which required surgery. At only three days old, Billy went through an open heart surgery at the children’s hospital and survived. 8

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Turkey By: Cinta Gibbins

Turkey is officially known as the

Republic of Turkey

Its capital city is

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Turkish lira (TRY)

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Turkey is home to the earliest settlements in the world. Catal Hoyuk, which was built 8,800 years ago, was a labyrinth of 150 homes made of mud joined together. Since there were no streets in between, people had to enter their houses from the roofs.

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The modern Turkey was founded about 4,000 years ago by the Hittites in Anatolia. After ruling for years, the Hittites lost their power in the Trojan War. The ruins of the city of Troy are now believed to be located in the city of Hissarlik in Anatolia.

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After World War 1, Turkey was invade by Greece which led to the Turkish war of Independence in 1920. This was led by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. They finally attained their independence in October 29th 1923.

783,562 square kilometers

The parliament of Turkey is

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Geographical features and fascinating places Turkey is surrounded on three sides by the Black Sea, the

Mediterranean Sea, and the Aegean Sea. Istanbul, which is the largest city in Turkey, is built on land in the Bosporus seaway.

The highest mountain in Turkey is known as Mount Ararat which has two peaks reaching 16,945 feet (5,165 meters). This mountain is considered sacred by most people and is believed to be the place that Noah beached his ark after the great flood.

Turkey is a large peninsula that bridges two continents; Europe and Asia. The white cliffs in Pamukkale, once known as Cotton Castel are made of calcium-rich mineral called travertine. These cliffs look like a sheet of ice covering a hillside from a distance. They have a spring flowing from pool to pool. The cascades measures 2.7 kilometers long.

People and culture The main religion Turkey is Islam. Approximately a fifth of the population is Kurdish.

One of the favorite dishes is kebab made from grilled lamb.

Another Turkish delight is a sweet flavored candy with rose petals known as lokum which is sold in many flavors and colors.

If children want to attend high school, they must move to a city.

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Most of the people live in the cities.

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In Turkey, children living in the European side of Istanbul can visit their family members in Asia by crossing to Bosporus by ferry.

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The Turkish people are very family oriented and hospitable. For instance, if they have visitors

in their home, they will ensure that they have something to eat and drink before they leave. The most popular sport in Turkey is soccer. Istanbul is home to three most popular teams, namely Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray.

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The first national park in Turkey was opened in

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Turkey serves as a resting place for birds when they migrate between summer and winter homes. They normally flock to Kus Golu, or the Bird Lake in a protected national forest which is surrounded by reed marshes.

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Currently, there are 39 national parks in Turkey where rare animals and their habitats are protected such as the northern bald eagle which is critically endangered.

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Did you know?

Sloths can sleep up to 20 hours a day

The human nose and ear grow throughout your entire life time

McDonalds food chain has employed 1 million people around the world.

Rabbits and parrots can see behind them without turning their heads

China is the largest producer of garlic in the world. It produced over 10 million tons in 2008 which accounted for over 75% of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s output.

It takes up to 12 hours for the body to completely digest food

River Nile is the longest river in the world which measures

formula is H2O.

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Water is made out of two elements; Hydrogen and Oxygen. Its chemical

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6650 kilometers in length.

Unscramble Computers! Put your puzzle solving skills to the test with our spring word scramble. Look carefully at the jumbled words and try unscrambling as many of the anagrams as you can into real words.

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odern Alternative Education opened it’s doors September 2016. What makes this school so special? This school offers children hope. It’s for children with learning delay who typically do not get accepted or their needs cannot be effectively met by mainstream schools, however a special needs center would also not be the correct placement for them, as their needs are not severe enough. MAE will cater for these children and will fill the existing gap between mainstream schools and special needs centers.

MAE is the first in its kind and offers relief to many parents. The founder herself, Rana Akkad Atassi, is a mother of an autistic child, Jad. After being faced with many challenges in finding the right education for her son, she decided to open MAE and offer many kids who can’t be in mainstream schools, the same opportunities as any other child. With it’s colorful, fully equipped campus and highly qualified staff, the children at MAE are sure to feel special and progress through their educational years.

Modern Alternative Education Address: Villa# 131, Umm Al Sheif, Safa 1, Dubai UAE. Tel: +971 3999 822 Fax: +971 3999 755 PO Box: 414132 Email: info@maeducation.me website: www.maeducation.me

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Book Review

by Pramod Nair

The Trials of Life: A Natural History of Animal Behavior by David Attenborough David Attenborough, a man with an insatiable passion to witness, wonder and study our fascinating living planet, made natural history approachable for layman through a series of highly informative and engaging documentaries and companion books, of which the ‘Life’ trilogy, I consider as my favorite. In ‘Trials of Life’ the third work in the trilogy, Attenborough take us on a journey around globe telling us about ‘Ethology’ or the objective study of animal behavior, in his signature style of flair and simplicity. David Attenborough, the ever curious observer of the natural world

“My first assignment obliged me to stand knee-deep in bat droppings, in a cave in Borneo. I found that much preferable.” David Attenborough – ever dedicated to travels & observing the nature – when he resigned his administrative position in BBC in 1979 for pursuing his passion for filming & writing made this remark, which underline his love for being in the field observing the wonders of nature. His curiosity and passion to learn and the penchant nature in which he shares the results of his study to his viewers/ readers without being too much academic makes his works easy to follow and understand. The ‘Life’ Trilogy The ‘Life’ series of documentaries and companion books, which cover an entire spectrum of living things spread across the whole globe, offers an 20

expansive impression of our natural world and are widely acclaimed for the extreme simplicity of the presentation. While ‘Life on Earth’, the first work in the series, concentrated on the development of animal life from it’s beginning, in ‘ The Living Planet’, Attenborough traces evolution through a study on how animals physically adapted their bodies in accordance with their environment. In ‘The Trials of Life’, the final part of the trilogy, Attenborough travels across the globe inspecting the how & why of animal behavior.

The Trials of Life or ‘A study in animal behavior’ The dust cover jacket of the Hardbound edition, with its photograph of a ‘killer whale preying on sea-lion cubs on a lonely beach in Patagonia’, itself can spark the interest in a nature enthusiast by offering a sneak peek at the theme of this volume – the ways in which animals behave and utilize their bodies for survival. While making the study of animal behavior, Attenborough doesn’t limit his selection to any particular geographical location or to any specific life forms; he inspects a whole range of representatives from the animal kingdom – mammals, insects, reptiles, fish, birds – from all over the globe and painstakingly observe and tell us about the behavioral patterns of the animals and how they use their bodies to guide the various phases of their life. Like the other works in the series the book is neatly organized into a sequence of chapters, which inspect a specific phase of life for every living beings – like birth, growing up, hunting, courting etc – and concentrate in great detail how animals tackle ‘the trials of life’ at each stage by adapting their behavior towards survival. It tells us that the ultimate aim in each of these behavioral patterns is oriented towards survival and eventually passing their genes to the next generation.

“All organisms are ultimately concerned to pass on their genes to the next generation. That, it would seem to a dispassionate and clinical observer is the prime objective of their existence. In the course of achieving it, they must face a whole succession of problems as they go through their lives. These problems are fundamentally the same whether the animals are spiders or squirrels, mice or monkeys, llamas or lobsters. The solutions developed by different species are hugely varied and

often astounding. But they are all the more comprehensible and engaging for they are the trials that we also face ourselves.” In the Initial chapter titled ‘Arriving’, we are presented with that amazing phase of life called ‘Birth’, by inspecting some of the fascinating ways in which life forms comes into the world. In one of the most profligate of strategies adopted by a species for survival we meet the crimson crab, which is endemic to the Christmas Island, and their saga of annual mass migration from forest through the islands towns to reach the sea for spawning.

lengthy and is aimed in keeping the eggs close to 34° C for several months. Attenborough explains this process in great detail and the science involved in it that the birds perform like clockwork will amaze the reader. In the chapter ‘Finding Food’ the reader will make acquaintance with the ‘Honeypot Ants’ of central Australia and their unique way of tackling the problem of storing honey for yearlong use. They use a number of ants – specialized workers known as repletes – virtually as jars.

The repletes used as jars among Honeypot ants Red Crabs migrating to the sea, Christmas Island In this perilous and costly journey we come to know about a tiny life form and it’s behavioral strategy entirely based on sheer numbers –millions of crabs spawning at the same time with each crab producing about a hundred thousand eggs -, designed to beat the multitudinous hazards they face for their offspring in the form of predatory fish and secluded nature of the Island.

A Malleefow In the same chapter we come across the Malleefowl living in the open scrub country of Southern Australia and their complex process of keeping the eggs warm using a primitive form of incubator that they make from decaying vegetation and sand. The whole process is very complex and

These repletes are kept in galleries down the ground and are fed with the honeydew and nectar collected by worker ants. A fully ‘stored’ honeypot ant’s abdomen can grow to the size of a large pea and they cling on to the roof of the galleries as storage tanks; when needed they regurgitate the honey droplets for the use of the whole ant nest. These are just three random animal behaviors I picked from this book for the purpose of sampling and I can assure you that it contains hundreds of more such mesmerizing stories related to the mechanisms of survival from the animal world. Altogether the ‘Trials of Life’ – and the entire ‘Life’ series – is a very good introduction to natural history, which apart from the tonnage of information it presents is further enriched by the energetic, ever curious mind of Attenborough. The book can delight even a general reader with no interest in natural history and its studies just due to the sheer simplicity of the narrative and the stunning quality of the photographs. ISSUE 41 -KIDZ.BLOG! 21

For ParentsTalking to our kids about the importance of trees

n this second part of the Kids and Farming series, we are going to promote the idea of planting trees in kids by telling them about the importance of trees and the benefits that we humans and other life forms enjoy by protecting trees. Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945, stressed the importance of trees in the sustenance of a nation when he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.â&#x20AC;?. Our survival on this planet is closely connected to the existence of trees and plants, and talking with kids about the importance and benefits of trees is a great way to spark the interest of environment protection and nature conservation within them.

Trees fight against climatic changes

Trees act as strong barriers against drastic climatic changes. These natural regulators play an important role in keeping the balance of climatic conditions of an area. Shades provided by trees slow down the evaporation of water from soil, and excessive deforestation and felling of trees results in rapid evaporation of water from soil. Deforestation also contributes to the increase in the amount of greenhouse gases in atmosphere, thereby accelerating global warming, so it is extremely important to protect trees. Trees can also reduce the overall temperature of an area by providing shades and by releasing water vapor to the atmosphere.

Trees are the lungs of the earth

Trees are called the lungs of the earth as they absorb excess carbon dioxide during photosynthesis and release oxygen back into the atmosphere. As oxygen is vital for the survival of all life on earth, we can observe that trees contribute heavily to the planet by acting as natural air purifiers. They also trap carbon, harmful toxins and other pollutants and also reduce the level of ozone in urban environments.

canopy, trees support a variety of life forms by providing them with food and shelter. Since a vast number of plant and animal species depend on trees for their existence, protecting them is extremely important for the conservation of the diversity of life on our planet.

Other factors that make trees important

The benefits that trees contribute to other living things on our planet are innumerable. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s take a look at some more factors that make trees important. The complex roots systems of trees minimize soil erosion by holding the soil surrounding the tree in place. Trees also maximize water

absorption into the soil and help in ground water recharging. Since trees play such a vital role in the survival of our life and our planet, it is imperative that we should instill a sense of protectiveness towards trees in our kids. Parents can give them the first lessons to environment protection and conservation by talking with them about these factors and if possible by taking the initiative in planting a tree with them.

Trees help in saving energy

Trees help us in conserving a lot of energy while implementing heating and cooling solutions for buildings. The natural shade that they provide and the protection that they give against wind and sunâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heat adds to the energy conservation. In buildings having shades offered by trees less energy is required to keep the building cool during summer months. During winter trees can act as excellent wind breaks there by reducing the energy required for heating the building.

Trees are a living space for other life forms

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everyone! Today I have the pleasure of introducing you to our favorite bell boy from the popular Disney Series The Suite Life of Zach and Cody; The one and only Esteban Julio Ricardo Montoya de la Rosa Ramírez. Apart from being a professional actor featured in several TV shows such as 24 and Hawaii 5, Adrian R’ Mante (his real name) is also an acting coach, a father of two and husband to-be to Mayara Reina. To all the young people who want to be actors, pay keen attention as you are about to receive useful information that will make you turn your dreams into a reality. So let’s begin to know more about Esteban, who has made us laugh and cry in front of our screens. When and how did you start acting?

throughout your acting career?

Getting people to know that I exist was the hardest part. Getting discovered is not easy. That’s why discovery is a huge thing. It is not easy to discover something, let alone discover an actor when there are many of “wannabe” actors. There are very few actual good actors that know what they are doing. So I went through the process and just went to my roots and started doing plays and got fortunate when an agent happened to watch me and sign me. That’s how I got discovered.

played, which was your best?

The best role, which made me feel like a validated actor was when I did the character of Omar on 24. In the middle of doing ‘The Suite life of Zach and Cody, ‘ I went and filmed for 24 and it was quite an emotional scene. I had to play a Middle-Eastern man and I am not even Middle-Eastern, so I had to learn the accent. It was a lot of work and I was proud of that. Kiefer Sutherland, the star of 24, whispered some amazing things in my ear and basically told me that I was one of the best actors he’s worked with.

What advice would you give to What additional advice would young people who want pursue you give to kids who want to acting? be performers? Train! Train! Train! Train!....I don’t care how good you are at home with your mama, you are not going to compete with the guy who is starring in a Transformers movie. If you want to know why, it is

I would want to say to the kids out there who want to be actors or performers, it’s so important to make sure you have the passion for it. No one is going to make you do anything; you’re going to want to do this. Also find passion in something. You’ll figure it out. Do things, try things and then it will just hit you like a bug.....the flu, BOOM! All of a sudden you’ve got the flu and suddenly you love acting and you want to do this! But overall, I honestly feel that everybody should go to college. Education is the key factor to success. A smart person makes smart decisions, which in turn makes money allowing one to have a great living.

“Training is everything;

just because one can throw a football 60 yards it does not make them a professional quarterback.”

I started my career because I was a break dancer during all of my high school years and the drama teacher had asked me to audition for the musical Fame. She said that I would be able to be the lead dancer if I got the role and I got the role! So I had to act too. That was my first acting experience on a big stage in front of a crowd. I did drama (before) but it was never that serious. After the performance of Fame, I knew I wanted to do this for the rest of my life.

How old were you when you started acting? 17

If you were to be born again into this world, would you still choose acting as a career? 1000% yes! I can’t see myself doing anything else.

because he got trained. He knows what he is doing onset. I know what I am doing and the best thing I did, was get trained. So TRAIN, TRAIN, TRAIN and keep doing what you love and act. Training is everything; just because one can throw a football 60 yards it does not make them a professional quarterback.

Do you have any other passions apart from acting?

Yes, I do. I love playing golf. I am a big golf fan. I actually love..umh... this is kind of bad but it’s true, I love playing poker, but I play charity poker for celebrities. You show up and it’s free and you try and win and your winnings go to charity. And of course, my passion is my family. I have two kids and a beautiful fiancé; we just spend time together and it’s awesome.

What are some of the challenges that you have encountered Of all the characters you have

Favorite color? Black

Any pets? Dogs: Bobby and Bella. Bobby, because my dad used to call me that when I was growing up and Bella, because it means beautiful in Spanish.

Favourite singer? Ed Sheeran

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Elephant -

The Gentle Giant By Pramod Nair

lephants are the largest land animals on our planet. Despite their massive size, these giants are gentle herbivores - an animal which feeds on plants - that coexist peacefully with other animals. Elephants are the members of the mammalian order Proboscidea, which is a taxonomic order of mammals containing one living family, Elephantidae, and several extinct families. Their closest living relatives are the small, furred rodent shaped

herbivorous mammal called Hyraxes and Dugong, a marine herbivorous mammal. The most distinguishing feature of elephants is their trunks, which is an extension of the nose and upper lip. The trunks are used for a variety of purposes like grabbing, lifting things, smelling, touching, throwing, taking food to the mouth for feeding, conveying water to the mouth for drinking and for spraying water across their body. The tusks, which are the enlarged upper incisors, of an elephant acts as a weapon and also help them in digging and tearing at things. Their fairly large ears help them in regulating their body temperature. Elephants are the longest lived land mammal apart from human beings and they often live up to the age of 80. They have a complex family

structure and the females and baby elephants â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a baby elephant is called a calf - are usually found as part of a herd. Elephant herds are led by the eldest female member and she is called the matriarch. Elephants are found in a variety of habitats. They are quite capable of surviving in habitats like forests, grasslands and deserts. Elephants were once found throughout Africa, Eurasia and North America, but now they exist only in Asia and Africa in the wild. Two species of elephants are found in Africa - The African bush elephant, Loxodonta africana and the African forest elephant, Loxodonta cyclotis. The Asian elephant, Elephas maximus is commonly found in Southeast Asia from India in the west to Borneo in the east. A fully grown African male elephant may grow up to 4 m tall and can weigh around 7000 kg, whereas a fully grown Asian male elephant can grow up to 3.3 m in height and 5400 kg in weight.

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Threats faced by these giants Elephants were once abundant throughout Asia and Africa. But they are facing challenges from habitat destruction and poaching â&#x20AC;&#x201C; for the ivory, skin and even meat - and even with many conservation laws and protection efforts they are a species that are constantly under threat from the humans. Since the Asian elephants are native to some of the densely human populated areas, they frequently face the problem of habitat encroachment from humans. The conflict between the animal and the humans usually results badly for both species.

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The

Human Heart

By Bella Woodbridge

Lately, I have been reading a lot about the Human Body. I am really interested in what makes up our Body, from the Skeleton to the Organs. I went away to research the Human Heart. We all understand that it is a very important Organ, but i wanted to know more about it, and how it worked. Here is what I found out... What does the heart actually do?

The heart pumps blood to our Lungs to produce Oxygen (and other organs to keep them working). It is one of the main Organs that keep us alive.

People say that the heart is like a pump. But why is it?

our mothers bellies), one of the purposes for the first Ultrasound scan is to make sure that the Doctor / Ultrasound machine technician can see 4 chambers. This is to make sure that we have healthy hearts growing before we are born. The AORTA is the big tube that carriers fresh blood to the rest of the body. The SVC (Superior Vena Cava) carries blood into the Right Atrium. The Pulmonary Artery carries blood from the Right Atrium into the Lungs. The Left Atrium receives the fresh blood from the lungs. The Atria receives the deoxygenated bloody from the body and Ventricles do the pumping.

There are two parts and ways that our hearts pump blood. The heart is like a machine that pumps blood through arteries and veins. Blood comes back from the organs and the tissues, from the right side. Then the heart pumps blood to the lungs.

What is the role of the Lungs when it comes to blood?

The Lungs get rid of the waste (carbon dioxide). The lungs then recharge the blood with oxygen and sends fresh oxygenated blood back to the heart to send out to the rest of the body.

What are the parts of the heart?

The human heart has 4 chambers. Two at the Top (Named the ATRIA) and two on the bottom (name the VENTRICLES). My mum said that when we are babies (growing in

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well, that is a lot of science. It is still very difficult to understand and remember, but I know now why the heart is so important. It keeps our Blood fresh and it pumps it to the rest of the body where it makes sure we stay alive.

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Asteroids -

The Minor Planets of our Solar System By Pramod Nair

ccording to NASA, an asteroid measuring about 650 meters in size, will flyby our planet on 19 April, 2017. This mass of rock named ‘2014 JO25’, will pass Earth at a distance of about 1.8 million kilometers – more than 4.6 times the distance from Earth to the Moon –, and is the closest pass of such a large celestial object since the September 2004 flyby of asteroid Toutatis. While we wait for ‘2014 JO25’ to safely fly past our planet, let’s learn a few interesting facts about asteroids in general.

Asteroids, the numerous chunks of rock or metal bodies orbiting the sun, were once considered as a mere annoyance by Astronomers as these objects often got in the way of their studies of the larger planetary bodies. They were once known as the ‘Vermin of the Sky’ and Astronomers largely ignored these celestial bodies without giving them much importance. Now astronomers are analyzing these irregular shaped orbiting bodies with great interest because scientists believe that studying asteroids will 38

help us in better understanding the origins of our solar system and formation of life on our planet. Robotic space probes are now used in analyzing these celestial objects with more vigor and the samples they bring back from the asteroids will provide the scientists with better clues in unlocking the puzzles of our universe.

An Introduction to Asteroids

Asteroids, also called as Minor Planets, are celestial bodies - made up of rocks,

metal or a combination of both –, which orbit the sun. There are millions of asteroids in our solar system and they come in a wide variety of shape, size and composition. A majority of them are found in the asteroid belt between the orbits of planets Mars and Jupiter. There are also a number of asteroids whose orbits bring them into proximity with Earth and they are called Near-Earth asteroids. The asteroid belt is an uneven concentration of asteroids orbiting

the sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. They have a slightly elliptical orbit and they take about 3-6 earth years for a single revolution around the sun. Originally astronomers believed that the asteroids in this belt were the remnants of a planet, which was destroyed due to an internal explosion or a collision with another celestial object. But modern scientists think that these debris are material, which failed to evolve into planets due to the gravitational influence of Jupiter.

The discovery of Asteroids

The first asteroid, Ceres, was discovered by the Italian astronomer and mathematician, Giuseppe Piazzi on 1 January 1801. Ceres was so large that originally it was considered as a planet. But with the discovery of many more such celestial bodies in the orbit between Mars and Jupiter, Ceres was reclassified as an asteroid in 1850s. The term asteroid was introduced by the British astronomer and composer

Frederick William Herschel - he coined it from Greek asteroeidēs meaning ‘star-like’ or ‘star-shaped’ – in 1802 and by 1850s the term was used widely. With a diameter of 936 km, Ceres was the largest known asteroid in our solar system until 2006. In 2006 a new class of celestial objects was formed by the International Astronomical Union known as dwarf planets and Ceres was elevated to that status. The discovery of Ceres was followed by the discovery of asteroids Pallas by the German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers on 28 March 1802 and Juno by German astronomer Karl L. Harding on 1 September 1804. On March 29, 1807, Olbers once again contributed to Astronomy with the discovery of asteroid Vesta.

Other interesting facts about Asteroids Vesta is currently the largest asteroid

in our solar system. With a diameter of 525 km, Vesta is also the brightest asteroid visible from Earth. Asteroids vary in brightness according to the sunlight they reflect as they rotate and Vesta is so bright that it is occasionally visible without a telescope. In the asteroid belt alone there are more than a million asteroids, which are larger than 1 km in diameter and millions of smaller ones. In the Near-Earth orbit there are about 600 asteroids, which are larger than 1 km in diameter. The top five largest known asteroids in our solar system at the moment are Vesta, Pallas, Hygiea, Interamnia and Europa. On 28 August 1993, the American spacecraft Galileo, while probing the asteroid Ida discovered the first natural satellite orbiting an asteroid. This moon of Ida discovered by Galileo was named Dactyl. Since then many such asteroids with their own moon have been discovered.

Attack of the asteroid on the Earth “Elements of this image furnished by NASA

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Earthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Farthest Emissaries In Space â&#x20AC;&#x201C;

Space Probes That Have Traveled The Furthest From Our Planet

By Pramod Nair

A brief early history of Space studies were the foundations on which for a telescope in 1608. The credit for pioneers of the Early Modern period the invention was also claimed at that Exploration From time immemorial, the vast sky above us and the celestial objects like the moon, planets, stars and the space beyond has always intrigued the mankind. Greek philosophers of the ancient times like Aristotle, Eratosthenes, Aristarchus and Hipparchus , studied these wonders and came up with theories and observations about the shape and rotation of earth, our planetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relation with the moon, other planets in our solar system, planetary movements and the position of the sun in our solar system. These theories and 40

like Nicholaus Copernicus, Tycho Brahe and Johann Kepler crystallized and gave shape to the basic building blocks for our modern understanding of the universe.

In 1608, the telescope - an optical device that magnified far away things by many fold and made close observation of a distant object possible - was invented and it changed the whole perspective of the human view of the universe. A Dutch eyeglass maker named Hans Lippershey was the first person to apply for a patent

time by two other Dutchmen named Zacharias Jansen and Jacob Metius, but Lippershey is considered as the inventor of telescope. In 1609, Galileo Galilei, the Italian astronomer and philosopher renowned for his inventions, showed the world that telescope can be used to study our universe with clarity and accuracy. Using his own version of telescope, Galileo made key observations and discoveries about our universe like the diversity in the terrain of the moon, the satellites of Jupiter and the

composition of our solar system.

In 1687, the English mathematician, astronomer, and physicist, Sir Isaac Newton published Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica or Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, presenting the laws of universal gravitation and laws of motion, which opened the doors to the possibility of space travel for mankind. In 1813, British mathematician, William Moore, wrote the first detailed explanation on the rocket mechanics, when he published Treatise on the Motion of Rockets based on Newton’s third law of motion.

Works of fiction like From the Earth to the Moon published in 1865 by Jules Verne and The War of the Worlds, published in 1897 by H. G. Wells soon ignited the imaginations of general public and even scientists about space travel and cosmic exploration. Inspired by Verne’s novel, Russian rocket scientist Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky wrote the treatise The Exploration of Cosmic Space by Means of Reaction Devices in 1903, which argued that physical space exploration was realistically possible. The works of H.G. Wells inspired the American engineer and physicist Robert Hutchings Goddard to come up with the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket, which can be seen as a major milestone in the history of space exploration. On March 16, 1926, Goddard successfully launched his rocket marking the start of an era of space flight and for this he is regarded as the man who ushered in the Space Age.

were capable of reaching the edges of space – a height of 80 km - and soon flights of rockets with photographic missions and carrying animals for the purpose of various studies were made. In 1957 world’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, was successfully launched in to orbit. The space race has begun in earnest, and soon mankind was launching one space mission after another aimed at the exploration and study of our moon, our neighboring planets, to the farthest corners of our solar system and even beyond.

Space probes and how they travel long distances

Space probes or robotic spacecrafts were the automatic choice for long distance space missions as they allowed us to easily overcome the obstacles that stood in the path of manned space missions. Robotic spacecrafts are used for a variety of space missions. Space probes that fly by a celestial object for observation and recording of data are known as Flyby probes. Orbiters are space probes that orbits a planet or a celestial object while transmitting its findings back to earth. A lander is a space probe, which descends toward a celestial object and performs a touch down on its surface. A space probe usually uses a maneuver called as a gravitational slingshot or gravity assist to reach another planet or for traveling seriously long distances. They fly by a celestial object and use the relative movement and the objects gravity field to alter its direction and speed of travel thereby saving cost, time and propellant.

The space probes that have traveled the furthest The Second World War and the later years accelerated the development from Earth of rocket technology. By 1946 rockets

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The original mission of Pioneer 10 was to fly by and study the planet Jupiter. Pioneer 10 was the first spacecraft to navigate safely across the asteroid belt.

1. Voyager 1

Launched by NASA on September 5, 1977, Voyager 1 is a space probe, which was sent out to explore the outer Solar System. It is the farthest spacecraft as well as the farthest manmade object from Earth. Voyager completed its primary mission of studying the planets Jupiter and Saturn by 1980 and went on probing the outer reaches of solar system. On August 25, 2012, Voyager 1 became the first spacecraft to leave our solar system when it entered the interstellar space. As of now, Voyager 1 is about 20,605,768,536 Km or 137.74 AU (Astronomical Units) from Earth. An Astronomical Unit is a unit of measurement equal to 149.6 million km, i.e. the mean distance from the centre of the earth to the centre of the sun. The space probe is powered by a radioisotope thermoelectric generator - It uses the heat generated when radioactive plutonium decay into non-radioactive materials and then convert that heat into electricity using an array of thermocouples – and it is still operational and the onboard equipments are thought to be functional until 2025.

2. Pioneer 10

Launched on March 2, 1972, from Cape Canaveral, Florida, Pioneer 10 was the first spacecraft to achieve escape velocity from the Solar System. 42

On January 23, 2003, when the space probe was about 80 AU from earth, all communications with the craft was lost and as of now it is believed to be about 114 AU from earth.

diversity of life and culture on Earth.

4. Pioneer 11 Pioneer 11 was launched on April

6, 1973 to study the asteroid belt, the environment around Jupiter and Saturn, and eventually the outer reaches of our solar system. Pioneer 11 was the first space probe to encounter the planet Saturn and the second to fly through the asteroid belt. The last communication with Pioneer 11 occurred on September 30, 1995 and now the space probe is believed to be about 90 AU away from earth.

3. Voyager 2

5. New Horizons

Both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are carrying a gold-plated audio-visual disc called the Voyager Golden Record, intended at any intelligent extraterrestrial life form, or for future humans, who may find them. These phonograph records contain sounds and images selected to portray the

After completing its primary mission On October 25, 2016, the space probe has maneuvered for a flyby of an object in the Kuiper belt – the ring shaped accumulation of matter composed of dust, gas and asteroids situated in the Solar System beyond the planets – and is expected to perform this in January 2019. Presently the space probe is at a distance of 37.8 AU from earth.

Launched 16 days prior to the launch of Voyager 1, the space probe Voyager 2 is presently about 17,043,271,212 Km or 113.92 AU from Earth. Voyager 2 is the only space probe that has visited all the four planets in the outer solar system. Like its twin Voyager 1, the space probe is still functional and is carrying out its exploration on the outer boundaries of solar system.

This interplanetary space probe was launched on January 19, 2006, with a primary mission to study the dwarf planet Pluto. In 2015, New Horizons became the first space probe to explore Pluto as it performed a fly-by over the surface of the dwarf planet.

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A garbage truck!

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To have a secure, happy and wealthy life and marriage.

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It’s time to explore new territory and try something new. Are there any hobbies that might interest you?

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