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TWIN PINES NEWS BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENING RETURNS IN 2021 Screenings will be held on the 3rd Thursday of each month from 11:30- 12:30. No appointment needed. Screenings will be held outdoors near the Twin Pines Senior & Community Center. Must wear a face covering and practice social distancing. This service is provided by a Registered Nurse from Sequoia Hospital. AARP VOLUNTEERS RETURN TO PROVIDE REMOTE TAX PREPARATION SERVICES If you are low income, over 55, and were not able to process your Tax Return last year due to COVID, then you have preference to get free tax preparation services by AARP volunteers. Due to coronavirus precautions, the process will be very different from past years. Please call (650) 517- 6670 or go to www.belmont.gov/adults to find out more. WATCH OUT FOR THESE NEW COVID-19 SCAMS! • Someone offers to move you into an earlier group to get the vaccine, for a fee. • Someone tries to sell you a place on a COVID vaccine waiting list. • Someone on the street, online, or knocking on your door tries to sell you a shot of vaccine. • You get calls, texts, or emails about the vaccine, asking for your personal or financial information, like Social Security, bank account or credit card number. NEVER share these numbers or other personal information with an unknown caller or in a text or email. To report a COVID-19 related scam, contact the District Attorney’s Office at (650) 363-4651 KNOWLEDGE CORNER Loie Fuller (January 15, 1862 – January 1, 1928) was an American actress and dancer who was a pioneer of techniques in both modern dance and theatrical lighting. She created the serpentine dance, but upon finding that her talents were unappreciated in the United States, she moved to Paris and received a warm reception there. She regularly performed at the Folies Ber- gère, and began adapting and expanding her costume and lighting, so that they became the principal features of her performance. Fuller unsuccessfully applied for a patent on the serpentine dance, to prevent imitators from copying her choreography. WORLD EVENTS IN JANUARY 1554 Bayinnaung, who would go on to assemble the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia, is crowned King of Burma. 1569: First recorded lottery in England. 1639: The "Fundamental Orders", the first written constitution that created a government, is adopted in Connecticut. 1822: The Portuguese prince Pedro I of Brazil decides to stay in Brazil against the orders of the Portuguese King João VI, beginning the Brazilian independ- ence process 1839: The French Academy of Sciences announces the 1st publicly available photographic process 1888: The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C. 1910: The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the operas Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci is sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. 1911: Norwegian Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes land- fall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. 1922: Leonard Thompson becomes the first person to be injected with insulin. Until insulin was made clinically available, a diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes was a death sentence, more or less quickly (usually within months, and frequently within weeks or days) 1923: Spanish engineer Juan de la Ci- erva makes the first autogyro flight, the predecessor to the helicopter 1967: Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation. 1973: Elvis Presley's concert Aloha from Ha- waii is broadcast live via satellite, and sets the record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history. 2

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TRIVIA This goes with that: Can you find a word US States: See if your phonetic skills can that goes with each of the 5 clues? figure out the state name. 1. Mother-of-, harbor, -y gates of wisdom 1. Arc and saw ______2. Red, Tuesday, necklace, grapefruit, slippers 2. Can etiquette ______3. Coast, city, green, isle, necklace 3. Mourn teen are ______4. Baseball, in the sky, back in the rough, are a girl's best 4. Knee you hemp sheer ______friend 5. Fleur it duh ______5. Penny, coin, head, plate, pot 6. Tax us ______6. Heart of, all that glitters is not, solid, standard, finger 7. Whisk own sun ______7. Bells, born with a _____ spoon in your mouth, mine, 8. Mini soda ______chain, ware 9. I’ll ask ya ______8. Fleece, goose, silence is, anniversary, years 10. Can sis ______9. Shooting, twinkle twinkle little, North, bright, system 11. Mash a chews eds ______10. Harvest, blue, honey, man on the, river 12. Knee you mix echo ______11. Pinkie, wedding, web, the bells around, the roses 13. How are ye ______12. Sheets, spun, smooth as, spider's, worm 14. Call eye four knee ya ______13. Green, palace, amulet, d, Jagger 15. Pencil vain knee ya ______14. Gables, sea, snake, reef, islands 16. Why oh mean guh ______15. Birthday, coffee, take, the angel food, fruit 17. Knee you’re orc ______16. Clear, goblet, rock, radio, ball 18. Gee your gee ah ______17. Heaven and, colors, what on, -shaking, wind and fire 19. Waist fur ginny ah ______18. Red, white, dandelion, and dine, jug of ___, loaf of 20. Knee you juris see ______bread and thou 21. Low easy and ah ______19. Volga, Mississippi, Thames, old man, boat 22. Heir is own ah ______20. Fair-weather, feathered, best, old school, in need Answers on page 9 4

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How many blocks Which tank will fill up first? are in this picture?

6, 7, 8, 9, or 10?

Four children (Jay, Kay, Leon and Mark) enter their pets (rabbit, frog, turtle and puppy) into a race. Use the clues to figure out which child has each pet and what place each pet finished in the race. A) Jay’s rabbit did not win the race. B) Kay finished right after Jay C) Leon does not have a frog and did not finish second. D) Mark’s pet finished right after the puppy. E) Kay does not won a reptile or amphibian. Her pet finished in 3rd place.

Rabbit Frog Turtle Puppy 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Jay Kay Leon Mark 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Answers on page 9 5

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Anagrams: Can you unscramble the capital Analogies: Find the best answer letters to find the answer to each clue? 1. Potatoes are to peanuts as apples are to_____. 1. CMARIHAS That special quality that makes a per- A) Fruit B) Fall C) Peaches D) Seeds son popular ______

2. GIRANADE A flower ______2. Wolves are to pack as whales are to____. 3. PATSIRAE An animal or plant that lives in or on A) Pod B) Dolphins C) Fins D) Fish another, from which it gets its food ______

4. MAGLARIN Very slight ______3.Concealed is to secret as as overt is to____ 5. TAGRROAN Plant with leaves used to flavor salads ______A) Large B) Revealed C) Thought D) Round 6. DENAMORE A person's behaviour or manner ______4. Zeus is to Jupiter as Hermes is to____. 7. TGENERAE An adolescent ______A) Pan B) Mercury C) Jupiter D) Mars 8. TINEGRAL Shape with three sides ______9. EMISSHAP Special importance given to something 5. Silver is to metal as rye is to____. ______A) Fiber B) Sandwich C) Food D) Grain 10. TRAMLINE A building where air passengers arrive or depart ______6. Rabbit is to hop as snake is to_____. 11. UTMILATE Furthest in a series of things ______A) Slither B) Venom C) Reptile D) Jungle 12. ORELATIN Of the countries east of the Mediterra- nean Sea, especially China and Japan ______7. Stalactites are to stalagmites as ceiling is to _____. 13. TLOTIRAL A thin disk of unleavened bread made A) House B) Floor C) Window D) Roof from masa or wheat flour and baked on a hot sur- face______8. Books are to libraries as weapons are to____. 14. SOYALIRT Alone, without companions ______B) Armories B) Soldiers C) Guns D) War 15. DBORELLO This is rung when one is at the front door of another's house ______9. Solar is to sun as lunar is to ______. 16. BNOLESSE Not containing bones ______A) Moon B) Earth C) Planet D) Light 17. DCREITOR One who controls or manages ______10. A medal is to bravery as wages are to____. 18. DIVSORCE To find ______A) Money B) Unions C) Work D) Banks 19. GMODELIN Place where a precious yellow metal is mined ______

20. UMINTELY Happening too soon or at an unsuita- ble time ______

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HIDDEN PICTURES

Can you find each individual objects listed below?

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GASTRONOMIC MIGRATIONS TRIVIA The cuisines of many nations would not be what they are today were it not for the various ingredients that have circumnavigated the globe over the last millennium. Come along on a gastronomic journey. 1. Tofu is an important part of traditional Japanese cui- 6. Pizza, lasagna and spaghetti Bolognese are iconic sine, but the earliest known reference to it existing in Italian foods that have been embraced by people all Japan is in an 11th century document. From where did around the world, but the modern recipes for these the Japanese learn the technique for producing tofu dishes contain an ingredient which was not known in from soy beans? Italy before the 16th century, and was not widely used A) Korea C) Southeast Asia in cooking there until the 18th century. What is it? B) China D) Russia A) Cheese C) Wheat B) Basil D) Tomato 2. Indian food has a very long history of flavourful cur- ries, but one prominent ingredient in many of these 7. Brazil first cultivated this crop in 1727, provided 97% dishes was not available to locals until around the begin- of the world's supply of it by 1907, and remains the ning of the 16th century when trade links with the Amer- world's leading producer of it at the beginning of the icas were established. Which one? 21st century. What is it? A) Chili C) Turmeric A) Corn C) Sugar B) Cardamom D) Cumin B) Brazil nut D) Coffee

3. Food in the Americas changed markedly in the 16th 8. This food originated in South America, and was origi- century, too. Which one of these Mexican foods was not nally introduced to Europe as an anti-famine food, but prepared there before the European colonization of the by the 1840s the people of Ireland were so dependent Americas? on it that the crop's failure caused alarming rates of A) Hard-shelled tacos C) Soft tortillas sickness and starvation. What is it? B) Tamales D) Popcorn A) Oats C) Potato B) Corn D) Wheat 4. The French dessert menu of the 21st century wouldn't be the same without chocolate, but when chocolate was 9. Today this fruit is an icon of New Zealand, but it has first introduced to France, it was regarded with suspi- only been grown there since 1904. In the past it has cion. Which of these was NOT something that helped been known as the Ichang currant, the monkey peach broaden the appeal of chocolate in 17th century France? and the Chinese gooseberry. What is this fruit often A) It was hailed as an aphrodisiac. called today? B) It tasted great with frogs' legs! A) Durian C) Passionfruit C) It became associated with royalty and wealth. B) Kiwifruit D) Lychee D) Doctors decided it had curative properties. 10. The vast majority of foods that sustained the Abo- 5. Today, tea is the unofficial drink of England, but it riginal people of Australia for thousands of years are no wasn't until the latter half of the 17th century that tea longer eaten by most Australians. Some indigenous completed its migration from China to England. Which of foods are gradually becoming more popular, but only the following is NOT true of the early consumption of one has been produced commercially since the nine- tea in England? teenth century. Which one is it? A) Tea first became popular with the working classes A) Quandong or desert peach C) Macadamia nut and was only gradually accepted by the nobility. B) Wild honey or 'sugarbag' D) Wattle seeds B) Tea became so popular that it contributed to a reduc- tion in the consumption of alcohol. C) Sometimes sheep dung was added to the leaves in order to make them the desired colour. D) Tea incurred a luxury tax and at its peak was taxed at a rate of over 100%. Answers on page 10 8

Anagram Analogies Answers The Pet Race Answers Answers 1. Peaches (how they grow) 1. Charisma 2. Pod (a group of whales) 2. Gardenia 3. Revealed 3. Parasite 4. Mercury (Greek names vs Ro- 4. Marginal man names) 5. Tarragon 5. Grain (type of metal, type of 6. Demeanor grain) 7. Teenager 6. Slither (how they move) 8. Triangle 7. Floor (stalactites form in the 9. Emphasis ceiling of caves, stalagmites 10. Terminal form in the ground) 11. Ultimate 8. Armories 12. Oriental 9. Moon 13. Tortilla 10. Work 14. Solitary Tank Answers: F 15. Doorbell Some of the other tanks have blocked pipes. After US States Answers 16. Boneless that, it’s up to gravity to take its course. 17. Director 1. Arkansas 18. Discover 2. Connecticut 19. Goldmine 3. Montana 20. Untimely 4. New Hampshire Hidden Pictures Answers 5. Florida This Goes with 6. Texas That Answers 7. Wisconsin 8. Minnesota 1. Pearl 9 Alaska 2. Ruby 10. Kansas 3. Emerald 11. Massachusetts 4. Diamond 12. New Mexico 5. Copper 13. Hawaii 6. Gold 14. California 7. Silver 15. Pennsylvania 8. Golden 16. Wyoming 9. Star 17. New York 10. Moon 18. Georgia 11. Ring 19. West Virginia 12. Silk 20. New Jersey 13. Jade 21. Louisiana 14. Coral 22. Arizona 15. Cake 16. Crystal Blocks answers: 9 17. Earth 18. Wine 19. River 20. Friend

Gastronomic Migrations Trivia Answers 1. China. Almost 2,500 years ago, trade between Japan and the Asian continent began. People from both Korea and China passed on ingredients and food preparation techniques to the Japanese, and somewhere around the end of the first millennium C.E. tofu arrived in Japan. It has been one of the most important sources of protein for Japanese people, especially for those living inland and for Buddhists who adhere to a vegetarian diet. In 1782 a cookbook featuring 100 tofu recipes was re- leased in Japan, and it was so popular that the next year a second volume containing a further 138 dishes followed. 2. Chilies. By 3,000 B.C.E. turmeric and cardamom were both being harvested in India, and around this time the people of India had trade links with the Sumerians which gave them access to, amongst other things, cumin. Chilli, on the other hand, is indigenous to modern day Mexico and other parts of the Americas. Indian cuisine has strong regional variation, clearly linked to local ingredients and culture, but has also proven adept at incorporating new ingredients into its dishes. 3. Hard-shelled tacos, or tacos dorados, are what many non-Mexicans think of when they think of tacos, but the Indigenous people of the area never ate such a dish prior to the Spanish colonisation of the region. There are at least two reasons for this: firstly, the technique of frying required to produce the crunchy shells was not known in Mexico before Spaniards introduced it in the 16th century; secondly, even as the modern taco developed, people in most parts of Mexico tended to use soft tortillas as the casing for their favourite fillings. 4. Frog’s legs (yuck!) Chocolate made its way to Europe via Spain, since Spaniards were the ones who transported it from the Americas. Initially, the French thought it potentially poisonous. This fear subsided around the same time as Spanish royalty married into the French court, and brought with them a love of drinking chocolate. Chocolate became associated with wealth both because of its connections with royalty and because those who could afford it enjoyed drinking it out of ornate silver and gold drinking vessels. Chocolate was associated with sensuality in art and literature of the period. 5. A. The English were actually one of the last people in Europe to begin drinking tea. In 1660 the drink was only occasionally consumed by the relatively wealthy people who frequented London's coffee houses, but in 1662 Catherine of Braganza, a Por- tuguese princess, married the English king, and brought with her a love of tea. Tea became a feature of the English court and then affection for it spread to the rest of the population. As tea's popularity increased, so too did the taxes imposed upon it. This meant that tea remained unaffordable for many poorer people, and also led to tea smuggling. Smuggled tea, beyond the grasp of the quality controls placed on legally imported tea, was often adulterated. Sheep dung and toxic chemicals such as copper carbonate and lead chromate were often added to smuggled tea to help make inferior products command higher pric- es. 6. Tomato is another food which originated in the Americas. By the 16th century it was known in Italy, but it was widely consid- ered toxic. The tomatoes which first came to Europe were small and pale, and had an acidic flavour with an unpleasant smell. Italian gardeners played a pivotal role in reshaping the tomato of the Americas into the red, juicy fruit we know today. During the 18th century tomato gained popularity as an addition to pizzas and pastas. 7. Coffeeoriginated in Africa, and did not make its way to Brazil until 1727. The Portuguese colonized Brazil in the early 16th century and the first product which they exported widely was brazilwood, a large tree. Sugar was an established crop by the middle of the 16th century, and during the 17th century, fuelled by vast numbers of slaves, a strong sugar industry grew in Bra- zil. After coffee was introduced, it took hold, and its production eventually overtook that of sugar. 8. The potato was the food that sustained the majority of Irish people, especially peasants, in the 19th century, and even today Ireland's per capita potato consumption is notably high. Between 1845 and 1850 the failure of multiple potato crops caused widespread famine. By 1851 the Irish population had dropped by over 1.5 million. Many of these people died of starvation and disease, but many others immigrated to places like America and Australia, setting up trails of immigration that continue to in- fluence movement out of the nation today. As of 2008, the Irish population has never again equalled the pre-famine numbers. 9. China is the original home of the kiwifruit and there it was most often referred to as the monkey peach because the ripe fruits were a favourite of the local wild monkeys. Ichang was the Chinese port which supplied the plants that began being circu- lated to various parts of the world during the 19th century, and so the name Ichang Currant gained popularity for a short time. The fruit has also been widely known as the Chinese gooseberry, clearly based on the facts that the plant originated in China and that the fruit tasted similar to the European gooseberry. The name kiwifruit was first devised little more than forty years ago when New Zealanders began exporting the fruit to the USA. The name was chosen purely because the kiwi (a bird) is a sym- bol of New Zealand. 10. The contemporary Australian diet is largely food eaten by English who colonised the continent in the 18th century and of the cuisines brought by subsequent waves of migrants. The first commercial macadamia nut orchard was established in 1882 in Australia, one year after the plant had been introduced to Hawaii. Since then the nut has become popular all around the world. Techniques for producing wild honey, or 'sugarbag', on a modest commercial scale have recently been developed and so this distinctive product is becoming available for sale. Wattle seeds have a nutty, coffee-like flavour and are beginning to appear as flavouring in things like cappuccino and ice cream. Quandongs, or desert peaches, are not widely available, but they are beginning to appear on the dessert menus of some restaurants. 10