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The question and answer were found in Britannica School. Britannica School is accessible from any computer via the web, LAPL Library Card required. This digital resource is a three-part multi-subject encyclopedia with portals for elementary, middle, and high school students. Find it listed alphabetically under B on LAPL’s Research & Homework page (https://lapl.org/collections-resources/research-and-homework)
Become a Neighborhood Council Board Member
If you’ve ever wanted to advocate for our community as you
speak up to represent the issues you consider important then now is your
time. File to run for the Historic
Highland Park Neighborhood Council. All Highland Park stakeholders are eligible
to run. Find more information, including
links to the filing portal, on the HHPNC website’s election page: https://bit.ly/3nRNqmp
Important Dates:
December 12, 2020 Candidate
Filing Period Begins
January 26, 2021 Candidate
Filing Period Ends
February 12, 2021 Vote-By-Mail
Application Period Begins
March 15, 2021 Ballot
Mailing Period Begins
April 6, 2021 Vote-By-Mail
Application Period Ends
April 13, 2021 Election
Day!
This book is available from Project Gutenberg. Find it here: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/201. It is also an always available book from the Overdrive collection. Find that copy here: lapl.overdrive.com/library/available/media/784579. You can also get in touch with me at ayosco@lapl.org for a physical copy of the selected book, while supplies last, if you prefer.
The plan is for everyone to obtain a copy and spend the first couple of weeks of January reading. I will begin posting questions to discuss on the group’s web bulletin board space on January 13 and will add a new question each day until January 23 (our regular meeting day). I encourage members to log on each day to answer the day’s question as well as review, and respond to, the answers other members provided for the previous days questions. We will then meet via video-conference on January 23 at 3:00.
If you’re not already a member of our web bulletin board space email me at ayosco@lapl.org. I will send you the details you need to know to sign yourself up.
Make a note: if you plan to join the video-conference you’ll need to send an email to ayosco@lapl.org so I can get the conference link to you.
The Winter Reading Challenge began on December 7. Have you & your family signed up yet? Do so here: www.lapl.org/winter. Then join us this week for…
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Catch up with us on various sites...
LAPL platforms:
Arroyo Seco Social Media:
Check out the Library’s online calendar at https://lapl.org/whats-on/calendar for the complete list of programming on offer.
Today’s article takes a close look at the Mystic Dharma Temple. At the time the article was written the temple was one of the largest Buddhist temples in the United States and housed one of the US’s largest statues of Buddha. The statue in question is 2.5 tons and carved out of white marble. For more information about the temple check out the 4/7/1984 article: Church landmark over 50 years old.
This time a festive holiday tree. You will need:
Create a template shape that has bilateral symmetry, that is, when you fold it in half the two sides are identical. It can be as simple as a triangle or a more complicated shape (see image 1). Use the template to cut a number of the shapes. The more you cut the fuller your tree. I would say at least 8. Fold your shapes in half and stack them on top of each other (see image 2). Take your glue and glue all the shapes together (see image 3). Allow the glue to dry. Finally glue the top to the bottom creating the final 3d shape (see image 4).
The Winter Reading Challenge began on December 7. Have you & your family signed up yet? Do so here: www.lapl.org/winter. Then join us this week for…
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Catch up with us on various sites...
LAPL platforms:
Arroyo Seco Social Media:
Check out the Library’s online calendar at https://lapl.org/whats-on/calendar for the complete list of programming on offer.
Today’s article brings us a retelling of the history of our local Highland Park Church of the Nazarene. The article: Nazarenes celebrate golden anniversary from 2/10/1964 provides an in depth look at their time in Highland Park. Check it out.
The question and answer were found in Britanica School in an article chock full of other fascinating facts about giraffes. Britannica School is accessible from any computer via the web, LAPL Library Card required. This digital resource is a three-part multi-subject encyclopedia with portals for elementary, middle, and high school students. Find it listed alphabetically under B on LAPL’s Research & Homework page (https://lapl.org/collections-resources/research-and-homework)
Sign up to enjoy a look at Mayan Astronomy. The program for elementary students is called "Two Eyed Seeing: Mayan Astronomy & NASA Moon to Mars” and will examine Mayan astronomical cycles. It will be held on Thursday, Dec. 17, 6:30 – 7:30 pm pst. Visit https://nativeskywatchers.com/two-eyed-nasa-maya.html for details and to sign up.
Since we’re talking astronomy…. Save the Date: Perseverance Rover Landing
Perseverance will touch down on Mars on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, at approximately 12:30 p.m. PST (3:30 p.m. EST).
Landing on Mars is challenging. Only about 40 percent of the missions ever sent to Mars – by any space agency - have been successful. Perseverance is only the fifth rover to attempt landing on Mars. More details about how you can watch as we near the date.
The Winter Reading Challenge began on December 7. Have you & your family signed up yet? Do so here: www.lapl.org/winter. Then join us this week for…
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Catch up with us on various sites...
LAPL platforms:
Arroyo Seco Social Media:
Check out the Library’s online calendar at https://lapl.org/whats-on/calendar for the complete list of programming on offer.
Want to know what to look for in the night sky in December? Check out NASA’s Skywatching page (https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/whats-up-skywatching-tips-from-nasa/) for all the things to look for as well as all the information explaining what you see. This month features the winter solstice as well as a meteor shower and a close meet up between Jupiter and Saturn.
The Winter Reading Challenge begins on December 7. Have you & your family signed up yet? Do so here: www.lapl.org/winter. Then join us this week for…
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Catch up with us on various sites...
LAPL platforms:
Arroyo Seco Social Media:
Check out the Library’s online calendar at https://lapl.org/whats-on/calendar for the complete list of programming on offer.
In a learning circle, you sign up for an online class to take individually and then meet with your learning circle to work and think through the class materials. The learning circle provides you the additional support you need to finish the class as well as giving you the richness of peer feedback to help you refine what you are learning.
Our learning circle will be taking the University of Michigan’s online class - Act on Climate: Steps to Individual, Community, and Political Action. Read the course description, preview the syllabus, and enroll here: https://www.coursera.org/learn/act-on-climate
Our learning circle will meet weekly via Zoom on Tuesday evenings from 6:00 to 7:30 beginning on January 5 and ending on February 23. The January 5 meeting will be a shorter orientation session where we introduce ourselves, make sure everyone is correctly enrolled & any lingering questions are answered, and decide collectively on the procedures we will follow.
Enroll at P2PU (https://learningcircles.p2pu.org/en/signup/online-1497/) to make it easy for me to get in touch with you and/or by emailing ayosco@lapl.org. Meeting links will be sent to enrolled students each Monday via email.
So start the New Year by putting your brain to work learning something that will help you make positive change in the world!
This week’s trivia question was what is baladi? Baladi, or Sudanese round bread, is traditionally baked in an outdoor clay oven, which imparts a smoky aroma. In addition, the nigella sativa seeds sprinkled on top give baladi a pungent taste and smell. The Sudanese tear pieces of this bread and use them to scoop up stews, vegetables, or pieces of meat. Find the recipe in the database the question & answer was found in.
This question (and answer) were found in A to Z World Food. A to Z World Food is an online resource containing traditional recipes for 174 countries of the world and a food glossary with over 800 terms. Includes articles on ingredients, food quotes, and historical timelines. Find it listed alphabetically under A on LAPL’s Research & Homework page (https://lapl.org/collections-resources/research-and-homework) and access it with your library card.