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|BOOKS of Ultima VI
|This is the complete set of books present in Ultima VI. A total of 31 texts are included here. Note that signs, gravestones and other markers are also treated by Ultima VI as "books"; the remainder of these can be found the signs list.
Though some might scoff at the idea, the making of breads, pastries, pies, and cakes is one of the highest callings in life. Study this book carefully, and someday you may be prepared to take on this awesome responsibility.
Written and illustrated by Bill Pete
Hubert the Lion was haughty and vain,
And especially proud of his elegant mane.
But conceit of this sort is not proper at all,
And Hubert the Lion was due for a fall.
This book appears to be the log of a ship called "The Empire." The last entry speaks of the burying of a great treasure, and of the growing discontentment of the crew. There's a hastily scrawled note at the end, in different handwriting, that says "Captain Hawkins won't be makin' no more log entries."
Back in the days of the Avatar's Quest, rumors spread of a strange sight in the skies. A tinker from the town of Minoc, claimed to have rediscovered the lost art of ballooning. According to ancient lore, this was a mystical practice that allowed one to soar through the air, higher than the birds themselves. No records have been found of the rituals used to perform this feat, but several farmers from the area still tell tales of strange sights. A strange sphere was seen, way up in the sky, and the voices of men could be heard drifting down from it. The apparition drifted up into the clouds and was lost to sight. This took place years ago, and naught has been heard of the mystic art of ballooning since that time.
by Norlick the Elder
Though gargoyles are considered by most to be mere legend, no records exist documenting the origins of the gargoyle "statues" that adorn many castles. Even the towering stone guardians of the Codex of Ultimate Wisdom have many of the physical characteristics of the "legendary" gargoyle. Nobody seems to know where they came from either. Despite the lack of hard evidence, there have been a fair number of unconfirmed reports of sightings of live gargoyles.It is the opinion of this author that daemons are a form of gargoyle. As many reliable encounters with daemons have been documented in various scholarly works, perhaps this is the best source of further information on the subject of gargoyles.
Once upon a time, in a strange land far away, there was a wizard's apprentice. His master, Eldritch, sent him on three quests, knowing he would learn his lessons best with the real world as his classroom. He encountered many strange and wonderful things. Ghouls and griffins stood in his way, and ghosts and giants as well. But he also found new friends, and brave adventurers to help him. He rode on a flying carpet, and on the back of a giant turtle.
Finally, after exploring an abandoned mine, a pyramid, and a castle in the clouds, he finished his third quest. He had learned so much on his journeys that his master rewarded him well, and declared him a wizard in his own right. He soon opened a school of his own, and as the years passed, and students came and went, his beard grew long with years.
Once, in the kingdom of Ashtalarea, there was a great war. For a time it seemed the forces of evil would triumph, but through the valiant efforts of Seggallion, the greatest knight in the land, the forces of the dark lord Pildar were finally driven back and defeated. All was well for a time, but years later Pildar had grown powerful again. From his dark tower he wove his evil schemes, and managed to capture the Duke, and the great knight Seggallion as well. With his greatest foe out of the way, he was prepared once more to set out on a campaign of conquest. In those troubled times, a party of great heroes arose. After many perilous adventures they finally won their way to Seggallion's prison and set him free. They then set forth to discover what had become of the Duke...
Early in the reign of Lord British there came unto the land of Britannia a powerful wizard named Mondain. He brang forth many creatures of great evil, using the power of his magic to control them. And there was great suffering throughout the land. It was in these days that the Avatar first came unto our realm, to vanquish Mondain and liberate our people.
After Mondain's passing, Minax the enchantress brought forth terrors to menace the populace. She had been apprentice to Mondain. Perhaps more than that, if the moaning and wailing that echoed through the halls outside their shared bedchamber bore any meaning. She established a reign of death and destruction, her magic fueled by the strength of her passion. Again it was only the return of the Avatar that put an end to the oppression. Minax was vanquished, as Mondain before her.
Once Minax was gone, peace reigned for twenty years. And then the last of Mondain's legacy became known. For he and Minax had together produced an unholy creation known only as Exodus. For many years it had stayed hidden, patiently gathering information to heighten its powers. Finally it chose to exploit the results of its diligence. Creating a mighty castle to reside in, Exodus brought forth a third plague of monsters, and nowhere in Britannia was safe from its relentless evil. This was the greatest challenge yet for our hero from another world; yet once again the Avatar proved triumphant. And with the defeat of Exodus, a new era of prosperity began.
In days not long past, the Council of Wizards erected shrines to the eight virtues, that people throughout the land might meditate upon them. It was through studying the eight virtues and the three underlying principles that the great hero, who had defeated the Triad of Evil, started down the path that led to Avatarhood.
For verily it is known that the three principles are Truth, Love and Courage;
And that from Truth arises Honesty;
And from Love arises Compassion;
And from Courage arises Valour;
And that Truth comingled with Love gives rise to Justice;
And Love comingled with Courage gives rise to Sacrifice;
And Courage comingled with Truth gives rise to Honor;
And Truth, Love and Courage all united create Spirituality;
And the absence of all three principles leads to the vice of pride, which leads us to think of the virtue that is its opposite, that of Humility.
And on the quest to become the embodiment of the eight virtues, the Avatar recovered the Codex of Ultimate Wisdom, and discovered that the one underlying concept that leads to the three principles which lead to the eight virtues is Infinity. Ponder this well, oh seeker!
After the shining example set by the Avatar, Britannia seemed all set to enter a golden age of peace and plenty. And then a great tragedy took place. Lord British, the beloved ruler who united the land of Britannia, and saw it through some of the hardest times in its history, was lost. He had gone on an expedition to explore the newly discovered underworld, and never returned. Many thought him dead. Lord Blackthorn took control in his absence, declaring martial law to maintain order. It was also around this time that the three shadowlords appeared at Stonegate. They were powerful, evil creatures, who could warp the minds of men and turn them away from the three principles. 'Tis said they could draw on "the power of the vortex" to transport themselves instantly anywhere in the realm. It was a dark time. The Avatar was summoned back to Britannia, and ultimately managed to rescue Lord British before the collapse of the Underworld, restoring him to his rightful place on the throne.
In exotic Khantun, there was a benevolent Emperor known as Chao Ti. He ruled wisely and well until his Warlord, Zhurong, acquired an elixir from the evil alchemist Shen Jang to put the Emperor into a coma. Evil spirits from the Astral Plane took over shrines throughout the land, and it was a dark time. But a young student, after completing his studies of the martial arts in a small monastery, managed to liberate the shrines, defeat the warlord, and cure the Emperor with the Elixir of Immortality. Long will his name be honored in Khantun.
A great dragon named Freitag came unto the Mystic Isles, and there was much fear and anguish amongst the populace. One day the warrior Gertan set forth to beard the dragon in her lair, a vast series of caverns inhabited by strange creatures. He drove Freitag away from the land, and there was much rejoicing.
Chess: Try to control the middle of the board with your knights, bishops, and pawns.
Nine Men's Morris: Don't let any of your pieces get trapped in the corners.
Draughts: Keep your pieces along the sides of the board, where they can't be captured.
Some say that in our dreams our astral selves journey to other realms of existence. Others say that imps and daemons create dreams to disturb our sleep. Now let the truth be known! Dreams are messages from the spirit world. Someday we will learn to decipher them, and benefit greatly thereby.
There is a zen to shooting well. Become one with your crossbow. Clear your mind of all thoughts save that of flying with the bolt to strike the target, and you will not miss.
Gambling is the surest way of getting nothing for something.
Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.
Never play backgammon with a centaur.
Mistletoe is easiest to find in the spring. Cut the sprigs with your left hand for greatest effectiveness. Hibiscus leaves can be used to make a tea which is excellent for sore throats. Never step on a dandelion, for it will anger any leprechaun who sees you do so.
by Frank L. Baum
A little girl named Dorothy, from the far off land of Kansas was carried to the realm of Oz by a tornado. And her little dog, too! She met three faithful companions, who vowed to help her find a way home. There was a scarecrow, who was on a quest for truth, a man of tin, who was questing for love, and a lion, who quested for courage. Before their quest was done, little Dorothy slew the wicked witch, freeing the land from her evil influence. Her friends completed their quests, and she returned home to Kansas.
by Lewis Carroll
Alice saw a peculiar white rabbit one day. It was looking at its pocket watch and worrying about how late it was. Alice chased it down a rabbit hole, and fell a very long way. She found herself in a strange land. She went to a tea party there, with a mad hatter and a dormouse. She also met a strange caterpillar, and a cat that could vanish, with its grin dissappearing last. The queen of hearts yelled "Off with her head!" and her guards ran up to grab Alice - but then she awakened, and realized it had all been a dream.
Ahm Kim Rum Bem Mu Dim Sum Kyo Ra Lox Nid Pey Beh Un Or Us Cah Biff Pow Ohm Summ Bang Lis Zowie Om Cow Frem Ort Lum Spam Mho Yum Tea Meow
The Book of Ritual
< vervid ben kua i, naksatilor, skri kuo i porle kodeks uide terreg ew estade kalle ante tim benommani: ku auks lorrelinlem i beninle vorteks lorrel, o kua i le vid kodeks kuater lem terinit anporle. i inle vorteks kuad re inbet grav ok orblap ew trakpor vorteks destrak termur. estatim i perle lorrel re inuislor kodeks ad kuad. vorteks tanle uide terailem, uislor inle ailemde, ew kodeks porle des re perle bende pa uide zenmur. >
Heed well as I, Naxatilor, write of how I brought the Codex to our land and thereby ushered in the time of prosperity: With the help of the Lensmaker I crafted the Vortex Lens, by which I could see the Codex where it originally rested. I created the Vortex Cube to focus the power of the Moonstones and draw the Vortex down to the world. Then I used the lens to form an image of the Codex upon the cube. The Vortex touched our plane, the image became solid, and the Codex was brought down to be used properly by our race!
The Book of The Underworld
<alt desde terreg ai ali terreg. ante esta terreg manite mur aniw zen. plu tri de ista zen vid zaw ve uide anvolde lem. ista daemon ade pal ew delsa. kualem lokte ista daemon de destermur sa lok. ew kerde, lem inte son esta misve uide liy. a kua lemmur uiste, an zen anku vol verde uis. feluis de lokde daemon nes ankredle.>
Deep below the land there is another land. In that land live many strange creatures. The most interesting of these creatures look something like our wingless ones. These daemons, however, are pale and soft. Some say that these daemons from the underworld can speak. And, to be sure, they make sounds that are similar to our language. But as everyone knows, no creature without wings is truly intelligent. Fables of talking daemons must be discredited.
The Book of Administration
<dur anmurde vastim ui volde lem monte anvolde lem. ista ver ew behde. a ui nes tutim reski lem an min persa de ui. zentu ku an uiscar ansa por. a ni sa zentu ku an porcar. tu nes per te pri si kui re leinle. er duk anvolde lem, ew ark lem de via feltas. a duk lem ku lentas ew vervid.>
For countless ages, we winged ones have led the wingless ones. This is right and proper. But we must always remember that they are no less valuable than we. A body with no head cannot move. But neither can a body with no legs. All must function in unity if anything is to be achieved. So guide the wingless ones, and keep them from paths of error. But guide them with respect.
The Book of Prosperity
<vas praetim, vas vidlem naksatilor kalle kodeks ante termur. ita rele vastim benommani. kodeks terle ante terort pritas, teresta re vidle pa lem nesde vasuis. vidlem terreg, monle pa naksatilor, juksarkle kodeks ku saeykt grav. sol lem ad omde vestas trak uis canle terpor ew leg kodeks. ante kodeks skrile pri ben ew ver res kui kuae. lem nes sol terpor kodeks, leg lem, ew inuislok lemde monuis aptade. ku verinde uis ew ankadsa ski, tu mante est ten un, or, ew us nesle re pos apta via. ista est desintas uide murom, ew ita uide zenmur sa per kodeks uisde ew bende. ista est kuauis kodeks est: re mon gargh zenmur trak ultim benommani.>
Long ago, the great seer Naxatilor summoned the Codex into the world. Thus began the great time of prosperity. The Codex was placed within the Temple of Singularity, there to be viewed by those requiring its knowledge. The seers of the land, led by Naxatilor, protected the Codex with a forcefield. Only those upon sacred quests for wisdom are allowed to reach and read the Codex. Within the Codex is written the one right and true answer to any problem. One has but to reach the Codex, read it, and interpret its advice properly. With perfect wisdom and infallible knowledge, all that remains is to have the control, passion and diligence required to follow the proper course. These are the underpinnings of our society, and so our race is able to use the Codex wisely and well. This is the reason why the Codex exists: to lead the gargoyle race to ultimate prosperity.
The Book of Family
<kuatim betlem grespor de ov, lem inzenle anku vol. a vel de inzen lem sa ski si betlem re invas est volde au anvolde lem. anvolde lem ansa lok, ew anten skitas de volde lem. lem nes dukle. volde lem anmur, a lem kredonle ku skitas ew uis de zenmur. lem nes dukte. sek volde ew anvolde lem sal de mis ov, ew sek dete de mis xen. tu per ve pride tutas, re plu ben inten agratas trak temanitas ante uide termur.>
When a child hatches from his egg, he is born without wings. But even from birth one can tell whether a child will grow up to be a winged or a wingless one. The wingless ones cannot speak, and lack the intelligence of the winged ones. They must be guided. The winged ones are few, but they are entrusted with the intelligence and wisdom of the race. They must guide. Both winged and wingless ones spring from the same eggs, and both belong to the same family. All function as a single whole, to better maintain the struggle for survival in our world.
The Book of Circles
<tu rete ku qi aksi: un, or, ew us. de un sal traktas. de or sal sent. de us sal tepertas. a ista qi bentas an plu mag de sekde pen: un kuporte ku or re don mistas. or kuporte ku us re don leintas. ew us int ku un re don benintas. anai de un, or, ew us est anord. ita anai de aksi vidukte trak semde bentas, ord. qi aksi priinte re in pritas. ista est okde bentas, a lem mistim pri, kuauis kuante pritas sa venle tu aksi, ew ita tu bentas. kir ten an fin. lem teinte tutim, ku tu car parde mag te benfin de tutas. uide murom mis. lem mis teinte tutim, ku tu carzen, ew tu bentas, par car de priinle tutas.>
All begins with the three principles: Control, Passion and Diligence. From Control springs Direction. From Passion springs Feeling. From Diligence springs Persistence. But these three virtues are no more important than the other five: Control combines with Passion to give Balance. Passion combines with Diligence to yield Achievement. And Diligence joins with Control to provide Precision. The absence of Control, Passion and Diligence is Chaos. Thus the absence of the principles points toward the seventh virtue, Order. The three principles unify to form Singularity. This is the eighth virtue, but it is also the first, because within Singularity can be found all the principles, and thus all the virtues. A circle has no end. It continues forever, with all parts equally important in the success of the whole. Our society is the same. It too continues forever, with all members (and all virtues) equal parts of the unified whole.
First you must have a wicker balloon basket made, large enough to carry several passengers. Then you'll need a big iron cauldron, to hold a fire to generate the hot air. Next you must have a huge bag sewn out of silk, to hold the hot air in. Lastly, get enough rope to tie the balloon securely to the basket. Once you've gathered all of these together, use these plans to assemble them. When flying your balloon, you'll find that a ship's anchor makes the best ballast, and is also useful for stopping the balloon where and when you wish.
In your travels through life, remember always that Spirituality embodies the sum of all virtues. Chant the mantra "om" as you meditate on Spirituality, and all will become clear to you.
As always, the Codex is open to the pages bearing exactly the information you need.
"To return the Codex to the Vortex, place a convex lens exactly midway between the Codex and the Flame of Singularity, so that the light from the flame converges on the Codex. Place a concave lens between the Codex and the Flame of Infinity, so that its light diverges over the Codex. Then place the eight moonstones within the Vortex Cube. Set it on the ground in front of the Codex, and use it to return the Codex from whence it came."
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by Sarah Connors - Principal Staffing Manager, Human Resources Contract Staffing at WinterWyman
I learned everything I know about job searching from Disney's The Little Mermaid. Maybe that's an exaggeration, but there are some great lessons to be learned from Ariel and her friends. Read on to discover how my favorite childhood classic and the advice it offers can help you land your next job.
Ariel's sisters seemed happy swimming and singing just where they were. But, Ariel always wanted to be "where the people are," to "see them dancing and walking around on those – what do you call them? Oh – feet!" Thankfully, Ariel trusted her gut, made a move and ended up living happily ever after.
Real Life Applications
If you are interviewing for a new position but it doesn't feel right, trust your gut and don't pursue it. I've had candidates ignore their instincts and start a new job only to end up leaving within a week or two because it's not the right fit.
If you've decided to make the leap and look at new positions, make the leap. Some companies make counter offers to try and keep you but usually there was a reason you were going to leave. If it was something simple to fix, then why wasn't it fixed in the first place vs. looking at new roles? I say, trust your instincts and go, unless it truly feels right to stay.
Ariel had Scuttle, Flounder and Sebastian looking out for her, guiding her through difficult situations and encouraging her when she was unsure of what to do.
Real Life Applications
Join networking groups and organizations online or in-person. You never know who you might meet, what new career path you might find or what organization you would never have heard about otherwise.
Reconnect with former co-workers and bosses who can serve as a reference, introduce you to more people and may know about jobs that could be a good fit.
Make sure your loved ones are going to be supportive. After finding out you've lost your job, had a tough interview or didn't get the offer, you'll need a trusted confidant, a shoulder to cry on and someone to encourage you.
Have a good recruiter who can give you inside advice, tips and encouragement like only someone who does this for a living can do.
Don't get me wrong, I'm pro-Scuttle – he's a great bird and so loyal. However, he's telling her a fork is a "dinglehopper" used to comb hair and a pipe is a "banded bulbus snarfblat" used to play music. So, when you're getting advice and it sounds fishy (pun intended), or you question how much the source actually knows, do a little more research before trusting it as fact.
Real Life Applications
During reference checks, I've received questionable feedback on candidates, but when I pushed more, I realized the reference had a falling out with the person or was only giving me half the story. I would have passed on the candidate if I had taken the first statements at face value and not asked more questions.
Don't walk away from an industry or company just because of things you heard from someone else. If you like the opportunity, then do your homework, go for the interview and ask targeted questions to figure it out for yourself.
Some people will tell you that across the board, contract and contract-to-permanent roles are a bad idea. I disagree; it's always worth a conversation. You never know what it might offer you.
I just said how silly of Scuttle to tell Ariel the wrong function for a fork and a pipe. However, his ideas were creative and unique. When was the last time you shook up your job search?
Real Life Applications
One of my colleagues wrote a blog about creative ways to say thank you after an interview that included a balloon in a box.
I'm not saying wear a hot pink suit to an interview but maybe a splash of color with your shirt under your suit jacket, a graphic tie, a pretty pin or a statement jewelry piece that's interesting but not distracting can make you stand out in a good way.
Try a variety of research techniques such as finding your interviewers online and seeking out commonalities or reading blogs from or about the company; come to the interview with knowledge, questions and enthusiasm that no other interviewee will have.
Craigslist. I know, you thought it was just for used dressers and scandals, but you'd be amazed how many recruiters are telling me these days it works well for them in finding their newest talent. Think about different websites as well as online or in-person networks - maybe that friend you've made in the town garden club has an opening at her company.
The moral of the story is to watch more movies from your childhood. Just kidding. My advice is to fight for what you want and go get the career equivalent of your Prince Eric! Maybe you love him because he's an exciting startup, a challenging next step, a team you'll love seeing each day or a new technology that you can't wait to get your hands on. It doesn't matter; just go after it with the zest and zeal of a mermaid in love and live happily ever after.
The End.
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The Winner is KRDENNIS from Kansas City, MO!
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OhhxGoshhxAri | 0
#38 Wins. :D
blastvortex | 3
More to the point, why'd she let him drive her car at all? YDI.
plutosaplanet | 0
i was driving down the road one day and got pulled over for speeding. my car got impounded and i got a notice to appear bc my license was apparently suspended. apprently even if 2 of your 3 tickets are nollied you still have to attend a driver retraining course. the dmv decided not to inform me of having to attend a course or that my license had been suspended for at least 6 months. i had driven other peoples cars and had no idea i wasnt sposed to drive at all. my boyfriend drives my car if he needs to or i need him to. it never says the boyfriend knew it was suspended. the only stupid thing in this fml is that his friend tried to drive stick when he didnt know how.
surferbabe | 0
My brother got his license suspended and he didn't even know it. He learned the hard way too. Apparently the previous ticket never got paid for even though the check got cashed and everything.
teentee401 | 36
Have you guys thought that maybe she didn't know? Or maybe that neither of them knew?
cadillacgal79 | 32
87-stop trying, he probably didn't know his license was suspended.
leiziueyes | 0
And here in Brazil you can only get a license being able to drive a manual. Thank god And well, at least the OP can joke about this guy for the rest of his life. Well, he deserves it. How the hell do you blow an engine? I couldn't do it even if I really wanted to.
midwestjerk | 0
A separate license to drive a manual transmission car? Really? Why the hell is that?
leiziueyes | 0
Because automatics are not cars, they're big go-karts
blastvortex | 3
The OP is neither European nor South American though. In the U.S., a regular Class C license qualifies you to operate automobiles with manual or automatic transmissions unless you have some sort of special restriction.
midwestjerk | 0
I wouldn't waste my time or effort with a manual transmission. Sure, I can drive one, but living where I do there's no point to my owning one.
andreophile | 0
Automatics are to cars what McDonalds is to cuisine.
natsaysheyyy | 16
You don't in the States.
skilova4lifezzz | 19
In Canada it's not required to have a different license but it's just something everyone should have to do. It's not really that complicated to drive stick anyway
americanafrican | 32
best way to prevent someone stealing a car in the u.s.? drive stick
By sevenalive | 0
not in the states. are you sure its your engine? probably just your clutch unless he was a jackass and ran it in the redline then it would be blown.
the_coon_fml | 0
haha yea.
AndelleRae | 9
Well, who says everyone learns on an automatic? Some people could learn on a manual, if that's all they have. Bottom line, just because things are done differently in different countries doesn't make one any more stupid than the other. OP, sucks about your car, and your boyfriend.
eliz3 | 0
Well this fml would suggest differently, clearly. The bottom line, actually, is that learning in an automatic car does not mean you can drive a manual, as its harder, and takes much more time to learn and pass a test in one. Therefore, if this is how its really done in America, then it IS stupid!
littlegolferboy | 4
Except most people are smart enough to realize that they shouldn't try to drive standard when they don't know how. The guy was an idiot for thinking he could do it to begin with.
lets_be_ian | 5
you think the guy was and idiot for thinking he could drive it when we couldn't? He blew up the motor in car (I am assuming by not shifting gears). You don't have to know how to drive a manual drive to know that a car in the red line for long enough to blow the motor just doesn't sound or feel right. Also, working a clutch and shifter is not like learning how to do non-linear equations in your head or operating a jet liner. I agree the friend is an idiot, a fucking idiot in fact, but we can justify him as an idiot on much better grounds then he shouldn't have tried to drive a manual when he didn't know how... shit, thousands of ppl learn to drive manuals when they don't know how each year without blowing shit up.
By my_fml_account | 2
A man who can't drive stick isn't really a man. Tell him to hand in his dude-licence.
jonsonvillebrat | 0
It's not a skill. Its common sense.
marlboro_man92 | 0
So true!
By cthulhu1138 | 1
Your insurance should cover this. As for your boyfriend, sucks for him.
redbluegreen | 40
I think I like your grandpa.
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YDI. They don't impound car for these type of situation, they deduct the point of the car's registered owner. It's your fault for letting someone without a proper license drive your car.
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@12, actually yes they do. In some states cops can tow and impound a vehicle if the driver has a suspended license, regardless of whether it's his car. Otherwise, two people could just drive each other's cars and never worry about it. On the other hand, yeah... don't let someone with a suspended license anywhere near your car keys.
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I agree completely. Being able to drive a manual transmission is a must for a man. Nice obesity joke, ya crooked toothed Mary Poppins. /Mmm... Hamburgers.
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Please stay in the far right lane then please. that's the slow one.
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Discussion in 'PUBLIC Vintage Fashion Q & A' started by claireshaeffer, Mar 18, 2017.
This bolero is black velvet with gold leather and bead trims.
Many thanks
That is lovely. Can you show the interior, and is it lined? This is just a guess on my part, as I cannot feel or see it in person. Perhaps 1930s, circa early - mid decade. The style looks right for that time period, and also the materials. I have run across a small number of 1930s garments (and 1 or 2 hats) over the years that used leather as trimming, and memory serves me the leathers were metallic gold or silver.
I love the way the designer used the leather as flowers. the jacket reminds me a bit of Schiaparelli in overall look.
I just get that sense, but of course it is just a guess.
That's helpful. I'm just moving photos around today and found it. I'm trying to avoid real work--like my taxes. I'll look for the jacket. It's in very good condition; I bought it several years ago because of the trim.
It looks 30s to me as well, Claire. Lovely piece!
As with Barbara, the bolero silhouette and witty/surreal trim made me flash on Schiaparelli.
The lining appears to be rayon or acetate, machine sewn.
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VH-AXA de Havilland D.H.82A Tiger Moth (c/n DHA52)
In this image, courtesy of the National Library of Australia collection, the registration
-AXA can be discerned under the port wing. This photo was taken by K. Dicker
circa 1945 and shows Father John Glover at the controls. It was used in New Guinea
to transport the priest to the far flung limits of his Diocese. In 1949 the VH-AX series
were deemed by DCA to be prohibited regos and, as a consequence, this machine was
re-registered VH-BXA on 16 April 1949. It was formerly A17-55 as a RAAF trainer
during WW II It was withdrawn from use in 1961.


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Studies suggest that neuropsychological measures may provide prognostic information regarding SSRI treatment response, yet it is unclear which specific cognitive domains are the most effectual predictors. The aim of this study was to characterize the cognitive profile associated with SSRI nonresponse using a comprehensive set of neuropsychological tests. Participants (N = 32) met criteria for current major depressive episode. Assessment followed pre-treatment medication washout. Clinical response was measured after 3-month open-label SSRI treatment. Groups did not differ by demographic characteristics, intelligence or depression severity. Responders outperformed nonresponders across all cognitive domains, with the largest differences observed in executive, language and working memory functions. Results indicate poorer global cognitive functioning is predictive of treatment nonresponse. Deficits were most pronounced in tests demanding greater mental search and manipulation rather than speeded motor output. Cognitive slowing may mediate the working memory and executive function deficits found in nonresponders. These findings can inform exploration for pharmacogenetic endophenotypes.
No single treatment has been found to be uniformly effective for major depressive disorder (Fava et al. 2003). Only 40% of patients achieve remission with their initial antidepressant trial (Rush et al. 2006), and the need for successive interventions because of poor clinical response prolongs the period of illness. Although there is limited empirical information to guide clinicians' choice of medication, the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) medications are commonly used as the first line of treatment given their relatively low toxicity and high tolerability (Rush et al. 2006). Predictors of efficacy of individual antidepressants or classes of antidepressants would be of considerable clinical value.
Several studies suggest neuropsychological measures can be used as markers for SSRI response in depression. A range of cognitive deficits has been reported in patients who subsequently demonstrate poor clinical response to SSRI treatment. However, the essential neuropsychological profile related to SSRI nonresponse remains unknown, due to variability in sample composition, test selection, and treatment administration. In an open-treatment medication study, nonresponding patients were found to have poorer baseline motor performance relative to responders (Caligiuri et al. 2003). Similarly designed studies, though, find poor SSRI efficacy associated with deficits in higher-level cognitive domains such as information integration (Kampf-Sherf et al. 2004). Results of placebo-controlled clinical trials fail to clarify the nature of the cognitive impairment predictive of SSRI nonresponse. Dunkin et al. (2000) found patients whose symptoms did not remit following 8 weeks of fluoxetine treatment had lower baseline scores on executive function measures such as the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST). Conversely, Taylor et al. (2006) suggest a deficit in psychomotor speed distinguishes SSRI nonresponse. In a 12-week fluoxetine trial, nonresponders had poorer pre-treatment performance on timed tests of Letter Fluency and Stroop Color Naming, but there were no group differences on the WCST. In depressed geriatric samples, executive dysfunction and verbal memory deficits appear to increase the risk of poor treatment outcome with significantly lower scores on the Stroop Color Word Test and verbal fluency (Alexopoulos et al. 2005; Baldwin et al. 2004) and uneven performance on tests of planning (Tower of London) and verbal learning (WMS Verbal Paired Associates) (Marcos et al. 2005).
Though prior studies have made claims regarding the specificity of cognitive deficits that predict SSRI nonresponse, few have compared the overall profiles of neuropsychological functioning between responders and nonresponders. The goal of the current study was to provide this broader examination of the cognitive markers of treatment nonresponse in depression. A comprehensive neuropsychological battery assessing a wide range of cognitive abilities was administered to depressed subjects before initiation of 3-month open-label treatment. Test scores were grouped into seven domains, and, at the end of the 3-month period, profiles of cognitive functioning were contrasted between patients classified as SSRI responders and nonresponders using a multivariate analysis.
The sample consisted of 32 adults participating in protocols within the Conte Center for the Study of Suicidal Behavior at Columbia University Medical Center. All subjects met DSM-IV criteria for current major depressive episode, with consensus Axis I diagnosis made using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV patient edition (SCID I) (First et al. 1994). Two subjects were classified with Bipolar Disorder-currently depressed, three with Bipolar Disorder NOS-currently depressed, and the remainder with Major Depressive Disorder. All subjects were proficient in English. Subjects had a minimum 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) (Hamilton, 1960) score of 16 at time of study entry. Clinical histories, as well as physical and laboratory exams, were used to rule out neurological disease and acute medical conditions. Urine toxicology analyses were used to screen for current illicit substance use and were negative for all subjects.
All participants gave written informed consent for protocol participation, which was approved by the local institutional review board.
Neuropsychological assessment was conducted following two weeks of washout (6 weeks for fluoxetine) from all psychotropic medications. Testing was performed by Master's level technicians under the supervision of authors of the current study (M. G. and J. G. K.). The battery incorporates standardized paper and pencil tests as well as several computerized measures developed in our lab, and has demonstrated success for characterizing deficits seen in depression and suicidal behavior (Keilp et al. 2001) and impulsiveness (Keilp et al. 2005). Detailed information about the computerized measures has been described previously (Keilp et al. 2005).
Each test score was converted into a z-score using values obtained from a normative sample, to correct for age, sex and education effects. The z-scores were then grouped into seven cognitive domains, and averaged. The domains and their composite tests were as follows: motor (Finger Tapping, Stroop Color Naming, Stroop Word Reading), psychomotor (WAIS-III Digit Symbol, Trailmaking A and B), attention (Continuous Performance Task, Stroop Color-Word), memory (Buschke Selective Reminding Test), working memory (N-Back, A not B Reasoning Test), language (Letter and Category Fluency) and executive (Wisconsin Card Sorting Test—number of categories, Trailmaking B–A). The battery also included the WAIS-III Vocabulary subtest as an estimate of general intelligence.
Subjects were provided with open-label treatment following completion of research protocols, with medication selection and dose determined by clinical judgment. Treatment was provided at subjects' discretion by study psychiatrists or private psychiatrists in the community. All subjects in this sample received an SSRI medication [paroxetine (15 responders, 6 nonresponders; 10–60 mg QD), fluoxetine (1 nonresponder; 40 mg QD), sertraline (2 responders, 2 nonresponders; 50–200 mg QD), citalopram (1 responder, 3 nonresponders; 20–40 mg QD), or escitalopram (1 responder, 1 nonresponder; 10 mg QD)]. Since treatment was not administered within the context of a controlled clinical trial, only 15 subjects (9 responders, 6 nonresponders) were treated exclusively with an SSRI. The remaining subjects received adjunctive anxiolytics (2 responders, 3 nonresponders; lorazepam, alprazolam, clonazepam), mood stabilizers (4 responders, 2 nonresponders; valproic acid, lithium, gabapentin), and/or non-SSRI antidepressants (4 responders, 5 nonresponders; bupropion, venlafaxine, trazodone, mirtazapine, nortriptyline). No subjects were treated with antipsychotic medications or ECT in addition to an SSRI.
Clinical status was re-assessed following 3 months of treatment. Treatment outcome was determined by HDRS score. Responders (N = 19) were defined as having a decrease in HDRS score of at least 50% from baseline, plus a total follow-up HDRS score ≤ 10. Responders and nonresponders were compared on demographic and clinical variables using Student's t tests and chi-square analyses. A MANOVA was used to determine differences in overall cognitive performance associated with medication response. Student's t tests were used to compare specific neuropsychological domain and test scores between groups.
As shown in Table 1, responders and nonresponders had similar baseline clinical and demographic characteristics. Both groups were equally depressed at baseline, and had an equivalent number of prior depressive episodes. Groups also had comparable ethnicity and gender compositions, and similar proportions of subjects with past suicide attempts and substance dependence (alcohol or substance dependence as defined by DSM-IV TR criteria). There were equal proportions of participants who received adjunctive medications among the responders and nonresponders. Groups did not differ in number of patients who met criteria for melancholic depression. The number of subjects with Bipolar Disorder also did not differ between the groups.
Neuropsychological domain z-scores for responders and nonresponders are shown in Table 2 and Fig. 1. Responders generally outperformed nonresponders in all domains, though the groups did not differ in Vocabulary score, an estimate of general intellectual functioning. The responder group's domain scores were all around or above zero. Nonresponders' domain scores were between 0.2 and 1 SD below the means of the nondepressed normative sample. In a MANOVA comparing the groups' cognitive performance profiles, there was a significant main effect for treatment response [F(1,30) = 4.51, P = 0.042]. Effect for domain [F(6, 180) = 1.39, P = 0.220] and the interaction of response group by domain [F(6, 180) = 0.31, P = .933] were not significant.
Although there was no interaction in the multivariate analysis, group differences in individual domain tests were most pronounced in the domains of Working Memory [t(30) = 2.61, P = 0.014], Language [t(30) = 2.12, P = 0.042] and Executive Functioning [t(30) = 2.67, P = 0.012].
Several specific neuropsychological tests within the domains differed between groups. Nonresponders had significantly poorer scores on both Working Memory tests [A not B: t(30) = −2.43, P = 0.022; N-Back: t(30) = 2.19, P = 0.037]. Within the Language domain, Letter Fluency [t(30) = 2.04, P = 0.051] but not Category Fluency [t(26) = 1.54, P = 0.135] differed significantly. Though the mean difference in Category Fluency performance was larger than that of Letter Fluency, it did not reach significance due to greater score variability. In Executive Functioning, only the Trailmaking B–A [t(30) = 3.91, P < 0.001] score differentiated responders and nonresponders; the number of WCST categories achieved did not [t(29) = −0.53, P = 0.599].
Depressed patients exhibiting cognitive deficits may represent a mood disorder subgroup for which SSRI treatment is less effective. Consistent with prior reports (Baldwin et al. 2004; Dunkin et al. 2000; Marcos et al. 2005; Taylor et al. 2006) patients in the current study who failed to respond to SSRI medications performed more poorly on baseline measures of cognitive ability relative to treatment responders. Nonresponders in the this sample had lower scores in all neuropsychological domains relative to the responder group, though there were no differences in baseline depression ratings. The performance differences were also not attributable to differences in premorbid functioning, as similar levels of educational attainment and estimated intelligence scores were found in both groups.
Altogether, results indicate that neuropsychological measures are capable of identifying the patients who may need a different course of care for their depression, as they are unlikely to promptly improve with an SSRI alone. Poor symptom response extends the period of functional impairment and increases the risk for suicidal behavior. Alternate treatments could be implemented sooner if SSRI response markers were available. Neuropsychological testing could also serve an essential role in psychoeducation and treatment planning. Patients who present with depression and concurrent cognitive impairment are less likely to experience symptom remission within the first few months of medication administration. Such information may help the treating psychiatrist to convey to the patient realistic expectations for rate of recovery, and that may reduce treatment noncompliance.
Prior studies in this area have hypothesized that there are specific neuropsychological deficits that predict SSRI response, and focused their test selection accordingly. In contrast, the broader-based assessment battery used in the current study suggests the cognitive deficit in nonresponders may be more global in scope. A diffuse cognitive deficit in nonresponders means that administering select tests to a modest-sized sample can give rise to misleading results regarding particular cognitive differences, so discrete deficits in this group must be viewed within the context of overall cognitive impairment. The multivariate analysis conducted with the current sample size was capable of detecting a responder/nonresponder difference across cognitive functioning scores, but a domain by response interaction did not reach significance. Further studies to confirm the nature of nonresponders' cognitive deficits will need larger samples as well as a comprehensive battery to have the necessary statistical power to detect domains with exceptional impairment.
Examination of the profiles of test scores in the current study suggests that a specific group of cognitive deficits may best characterize patients with poor SSRI treatment outcome. Though nonresponders had lower scores in all tests, the most pronounced differences between responders and nonresponders were found in the working memory, language and executive function domains. This cluster of cognitive processing impairments in nonresponders was detected despite nonsystematic administration of pharmacological treatment. This is also the first study to include a set of tests of working memory to investigate SSRI treatment response, and to report group differences in this area of neuropsychological functioning. Poorer verbal fluency among nonresponders has been reported across studies (Kalayam and Alexopoulos 1999; Taylor et al. 2006) and this test is found to be highly predictive of nonresponse (Taylor et al. 2006). Prior findings with the WCST were equivocal (Dunkin et al. 2000; Taylor et al. 2006) and group differences were not detected in the current sample, but nonresponder deficits in other tests typically considered measures of executive functions have been reported (Alexopoulos et al. 2005; Kampf-Sherf et al. 2004; Marcos et al. 2005).
The detection of poorer working memory in nonresponders is a critical finding. Working memory appears to be the aspect of cognition maximally compromised in this group. It involves both storage of information as well as the manipulation of these cognitive contents by executive processes (Nebes et al. 2000). Because this is a dynamic process conducted to support simultaneous cognitive operations, working memory is negatively impacted by reduced cognitive processing speed (Salthouse 1992), and plays a key role in the execution of higher-level functions (Gathercole 1994). SSRI nonreponders may be experiencing a type of cognitive slowing that affects working memory, and this impairment is therefore best detected by tests that contain greater mental search, manipulation and analysis demands. Nonresponders did not have deficits of the same magnitude on tests that required speeded output of motor responses but lacked a substantial cognitive processing load. This pattern of function identifies reduced mental processing speed as the core cognitive weakness predictive of SSRI nonresponse, but does not necessarily include motor slowing as concluded by Taylor et al. (2006). Working memory deficits may then mediate the executive dysfunction noted in nonresponders in this study as well as in other reports (Baldwin et al. 2004; Dunkin et al. 2000; Marcos et al. 2005). Slowed thinking can interfere with the capacity to mentally maintain the information needed to formulate efficient strategies, and manage the planning, sequencing and reasoning demands of complex executive function tasks. In addition, verbal fluency deficits in depression have been found to reflect slowed processing speed rather than executive dysfunction (Henry and Crawford 2005). Reduced cognitive pace in nonresponders suggesting diffuse changes in brain functioning, rather than a circumscribed area of deficit, is associated with poor treatment response to SSRIs.
Slowed thinking and working memory deficits have been associated with dopaminergic disturbance in other clinical populations (Gilbert et al. 2005; Goldman-Rakic et al. 2004; Lewis et al. 2005). Taylor et al. (2006) likewise suggest that altered dopaminergic functioning in depressed nonresponders leads to a specific profile of cognitive impairment related to generalized slowing. More pronounced cognitive slowing in depression may then attest to the need to consider pharmacotherapy that addresses a broad range of neurochemical deficits. It is also possible that these patients would be more responsive to antidepressant medications with a different mechanism of action than that of SSRIs. Prior studies provide some indication that clinical ratings of psychomotor disturbance, which includes slowed thinking, are associated with positive treatment response to tricyclic agents (Downing and Rickels 1972; Joyce and Paykel 1989; Sobin and Sackeim 1997) but with poor response to SSRIs (Flament et al. 1999; Simpson et al. 1998).
Our findings additionally suggest that cognitive test performance may predict clinical response across a range of SSRI medications. This study is limited by its small sample size and lack of medication control. Nonetheless, the results lend support to the need for further work to explore the role of cognition in the prediction of antidepressant response, using larger samples treated within controlled clinical trials. Including a set of tests of cognitive function within antidepressant medication studies might offer essential information regarding moderators of treatment efficacy, and subsequently inform treatment planning.
While depression is associated with a range of cognitive deficits, patients with more severe impairments appear to be at risk for poor treatment outcome with SSRI medications.
The administration of a comprehensive battery rather than select tests of a few neuropsychological functions reveals a global cognitive deficit in nonresponder patients, unrelated to premorbid intellectual functioning or depression severity. Previously unreported differences in working memory, however, further suggest that nonresponders are distinguished by a generalized cognitive slowing which impairs their performance on tests with processing speed, mental manipulation and strategic planning demands. To the extent that slowed thinking is associated with poor clinical response to SSRIs, and has been connected to dopaminergic disturbance in other clinical populations, reduced cognitive pace measured by neuropsychological test performance may attest to the need to consider pharmacotherapy that addresses a broad range of neurochemical deficits. Further studies using cognitive assessment within controlled treatment trials may clarify the nature of cognitive deficits in SSRI nonresponder patients.
This research project was supported by National Institute of Mental Health grants MH-062155 and MH-062185, as well as awards from NARSAD and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention to Dr. Keilp, and an award from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention to Dr. Gorlyn. The authors thank Micky Gerchak for editing the manuscript.
Marianne Gorlyn, Department of Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA; Unit 42, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY, USA.
John G. Keilp, Department of Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA.
Michael F. Grunebaum, Department of Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA.
Bonnie P. Taylor, Department of Biopsychology, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA.
Maria A. Oquendo, Department of Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA.
Gerard E. Bruder, Department of Biopsychology, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA.
Jonathan W. Stewart, Department of Therapeutics, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA.
Gil Zalsman, Department of Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA; Department of Psychaitry, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
J. John Mann, Department of Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA.
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Volume 3, Issue 2
March-April 2010
Library Matters
The official newsletter of the Dearborn Public Library
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When you re-read a classic you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than was there before. ~Clifton Fadiman
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From March through April, Esper Branch Library is participating in the Pennies for Peace program. This program seeks to collect pennies for the purpose of promoting peace, literacy and school building in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Pennies for Peace is a program of the Central Asia Institute co-founded by Greg Mortenson, whose book Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time was a New York Times bestseller and whose current book Stones into Schools currently resides on the hardcover bestseller list. According to the program's website, "The Pennies for Peace program is designed
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to help students broaden their cultural horizons and learn about their capacities as philanthropists. It educates students about the world beyond their experience and shows them that they can make a positive impact on a global scale, one penny at a time. Students learn the rewards of sharing and working together to bring hope and education opportunities to the children in Pakistan and Afghanistan. While a penny is virtually worthless, in impoverished countries a penny buys a pencil and opens the door to literacy." Drop by Esper Branch during March and April to submit your pennies to this worthy cause.
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Basic computer workshops continue this winter at the Henry Ford Centennial Library! The full schedule of the remaining workshops is included below. All meetings take place in the newly-renovated computer training room on HFCL's first floor. The workshops are free of charge unless otherwise indicated. Registration for each class begins one week prior to the scheduled meeting date. Non-residents without library cards will be placed on a waitlist and notified two days before the class if there is space available. Interested patrons should contact the Adult Reference Desk at (313) 9432330 to register for the workshops. If you have any questions about this program, please contact Jeff at (313) 9432017.
E-MAIL ESSENTIALS (No charge) Monday, April 19 6-8:30 Registration begins April 12
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Great storytelling from a Western woman in modern Afghanistan and the accounts of the women she encounters teaching fundamental beauty techniques. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson: A Time Magazine best book of the year. The story of a sixtyseven year old man who moves to a remote cabin in the wilderness to escape the turbulence of his life. A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick: A suspenseful and intoxicating Neo Gothic tale filled with smoldering desire and mystery. A fascinating historical thriller that is riveting to the end.
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Henry Ford Centennial 1 Fridays, April 16-30 10:30am Henry Ford Centennial Tuesday, March 16 6:00pm Snow Branch Tuesday, April 20 6:00pm Snow Branch Tot Storytime / Ages 2-3 Weds., March 10—31 10:35am Snow Branch Weds., April 14-May 19 10:35am Snow Branch Storytime / Ages 2-5 Tuesdays, March 2—30 Henry Ford Centennial Tuesdays, April 13—20 Henry Ford Centennial
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Drop-In Bookmark Contest Workshop / Grades 1-5 Calling all artists! Come armed with your ideas and we'll supply the materials for you to create an original 8 1/2" x 2" black and white design to submit to the Dearborn Public Library's Annual Bookmark Contest! Contestants must be Dearborn residents or attend a Dearborn school. Limit one entry per child. Monday, March 15 6:00-7:30pm Snow Branch Journal/Diary Craft / Ages 6-12 In honor of Reading Month, create your very own journal or diary, ala Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Tuesday, March 16 6:00-7:00pm Esper Branch Third Thursday Crafts / All Ages / Craft is available while supplies last. Noodle Necklace or Wristband. Thursday, March 18 11:00am-7:00pm Henry Ford Centennial Make a bookmark for National Library Week, using foam, ribbon and beads. Thursday, April 15 11:00am-7:00pm Henry Ford Centennial Eggsactly Art / All Ages Make a wreath you can use to "Welcome the Easter Bunny." Saturday, March 27 1:00pm Bryant Branch
p r o g r a m m i n g Egg Hunt / Craft / All Ages Come to Esper for a creative craft and egg hunt. Tuesday, March 30 6:00-7:00pm Esper Branch Thursday, April 1 3:00pm Bryant Branch Earth Day Celebration / Ages 6-12 Come to Esper for a craft, treat and information on how to "be green." Thursday, April 22 4:00-5:00pm Esper Branch
EVENTS Clover Contest / All Ages The entire month of March. Clovers will be all over the entire library. Guess/ count them and the closest one will win a prize. All month, all ages, no registration. March 1—31 Esper Branch Wii Game Day / Ages 6-12 Come to the library and have fun with our Wii console playing popular games. Saturday, March 13 2:30-3:30pm Esper Branch Woman's History Bingo / Ages 7 and up Have fun playing bingo, winning prizes and learning about famous women. Saturday, March 20 3:00pm Henry Ford Centennial Comix Crew / Ages 9-13 Interested in comics, manga, shonen, shojen? Hang with us! We'll talk comics. We'll try some stuff out together. Claim you can't draw? We don't expect you to be a master. You just need to be creative and want to have fun. Saturday, March 20 2:00pm Henry Ford Centennial Saturday, April 17 2:00pm Henry Ford Centennial March Magic / All Ages Johanna Navarre will entertain you. She will send you home with magical surprises you have learned how to do. Registration for this program is required. Tuesday, March 30 7:00pm Bryant Branch
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Ages Celebrate National Library week by telling everyone what is great about your library! Using the entry forms available at the desk, complete the sentence "The Dearborn Public Library is important to our community because..." Completed entries will automatically be entered into a drawing for a small prize. All reasons for loving the library will also be posted (anonymously) for all to see. April 12—17 Esper Branch
Dearborn Public Library Annual Bookmark contest Children are invited to participate in the annual bookmark contest celebrating Children's Book Week, May 10-16, 2010. Rules: • Participants must either be Dearborn residents or attend a Dearborn school. • The contest is open to grades 1—5. Entry deadline is March 31, 2010. • ONE entry per child. • Drawings must be in BLACK INK ONLY. Use black ball point pen on white paper. Please do not color your drawings or make them on colored paper. • Size of bookmarks must be 8 1/2" x 2". • Back of each entry must be clearly marked IN PENCIL with student's first and last names, school, and grade. • Bookmarks will be judged on originality, creativity, content and composition. • Two winners from each grade level will be selected. • Students designs chosen for reproduction will be distributed through the Dearborn Public Libraries and the child's school. • The winners and their families will be invited to a special reception at the library. • PLEASE MAIL OR BRING YOUR DESIGN IN TO ANY DEARBORN PUBLIC LIBRARY Please Note: Program registration may be made by phone or in person. Participants arriving more than 10 minutes after the scheduled program time may not be admitted. Children must be the required age on or before the first date of the program. Residents and cardholders are given preference. Individuals with disabilities who require special accommodations, auxiliary aids, or services to attend or participate in these programs should contact their local library or TDD 313-943-2193. Reasonable advance notice is required. - Advanced registration required
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T e e n p r o g r a m s "Team Edward" vs "Team Jacob" Movie Ages 13-17 You know who you want to win the battle. Join us for a viewing of the second movie based on the most loved teen vamp books of all time! Because of the PG-13 rating, no persons under 13 will be admitted. Movie begins promptly at 2:10 pm so be on time and you won't miss a single bit(e). Space is limited. Saturday, March 27 2-4:20 pm Henry Ford Centennial Wii DDR Dance-Off Ages 13-17 Show us your sweet dance moves! High scorers will be rewarded so arrive on time to rack up the points. Friday, April 9 2:15 pm Henry Ford Centennial National Library Week Teen Book Swap Ages 13-17 Swap some of your gently used paperbacks for someone else's favorites. Bring in up to 10 cleaned books to the Children's Help Desk from April 12-14 for swap coupons. You can cash in the coupons for titles that are new to you from April 15-17. Henry Ford Centennial College Prep: Get the Dough and Go! Students and their parents who are overwhelmed with applications and financial aid are invited to this FREE seminar by Kaplan. Master the paperwork for college entry. The program will last approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes. Registration begins February 27. Saturday, March 13 2:00 pm Henry Ford Centennial
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When it was over, I sat in stunned silence. My friend wanted to leave but I couldn't move; all I wanted to do was stay there and try to process what I had just seen. It was one of the defining movie-going experiences of my life. Rarely had I seen something that affected me so viscerally and made me so aware of the possibilities of such skilled, kinetic filmmaking.
GoodFellas R, 1990, 146 min. I was fifteen when GoodFellas was released in September 1990. At the time, I was beginning my immersion into the great films of the 1970s, sneaking home videotapes of Chinatown, Apocalypse Now and Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets and Taxi Driver. So it was with this clandestine education that I became aware of Scorsese, inspiring great anticipation for his new gangster film which was receiving tremendous advance praise. My friend and I saw GoodFellas the week it opened at the now-closed Quo Vadis theatre in Westland.
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flipping intensity of the sequence near the end as Henry Hill tries to complete a day-long drug deal. The scenes just constantly ran through my mind. It had been many years since I had seen the film in its entirety. Last month it turned up on cable, uncut and in HD, and I thought I would watch it again, at least for a while, and see how it held up. Naturally, I was immediately pulled into the story and of course, the film holds up just fine. In fact, because of the fact I hadn't seen it in so long, it was almost like seeing it for the first time all over again. I still had chills at all the same moments. What's distressing to me is that this year will mark twenty years since GoodFellas was released. It not only makes me feel a little old, but it makes me think about when movies really had the ability to k noc k me ou t , a nd h ow infrequently that happens to me in theatres today.
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The Everyone's Reading program, this year featuring Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow, continues through March and April with the following schedule of special events. Everyone's Reading program guides are also available at all Dearborn Public Library locations and online at: www.everyonesreading.info
investigations, and in some instances a person applying for a job may even have to undergo a polygraph test. Lt. Neil S. Myres from the Investigative Division of the Dearborn Police Department will discuss current issues and technological advances in the fascinating field of Forensic Psychophysiology and polygraph testing.
Taking the Mystery Out of the Polygraph Test Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 7pm Henry Ford Centennial Library Auditorium You hear about lie detector tests all the time in police
Let the Lawyers Do the Talking Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 7pm Henry Ford Centennial Library Auditorium It's been said the lawyer with the best story wins the case.
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Nowhere is this more true than in the pages of a novel. Mystery expert Willetta L. Heising will discuss some of her favorite legal mysteries and thrillers, including a few you may have missed over the years.
life and prolific writing career. Signed copies of his book, Presumed Innocent, will be available for purchase. Drawing slips for the lottery are available for cardholders at any Dearborn Public Library location.
Meet Author Scott Turow Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 7pm Cherry Hill Village in Canton Thursday, April 15, 2010 at 7pm Millennium Centre in Southfield
The lottery will run from February 16 through March 26 and winners will be notified by April 1, 2010.
Enter the lottery to win two tickets to hear famed author Scott Turow speak about his
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C l a s s i c s r e v i s i t e d c o n t i n u e s t h r o u g h w i n t e r & s p r i n g The free book discussion group "Classics Revisited" will be offered through the winter and spring at the Henry Ford Centennial Library. All sessions are open to the public and no registration is required. Sessions take place on the third Wednesday of each month from March through May, from 6-7:30 p.m. in the third floor training room of the library (16301 Michigan Avenue). Multiple copies of each work are available for checkout at all four library branches. To maximize the experience of the discussion group, it is recommended that those who want to participate complete the book to be discussed before the group's meeting on that book. If you're interested, reserve your copy today! The schedule of readings for the winter and spring is as follows: March 17— Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut April 21— The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran May 19— Mansfield Park by Jane Austen To learn more about a book or its author, visit the Literature Resource Center available at www.dearbornlibrary.org. For more information about the book discussion group series, call library staff members Henry Fischer or Jeff Lelek at 313.943.2017. P r e s s & g u i d e n o w s e a r c h a b l e o n p c The Dearborn Press & Guide from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2009 is now searchable digitally at Henry Ford Centennial Library. Patrons will be able to search by keyword for articles that include the names, places or issues of interest. The PC for using this digital resource is located next to the microfilm viewing machines on the second floor of the library.
M o n d a y n i g h t b l o c k b u s t e r f i l m s o n g o i n g The Blockbusters Monday evening free movie program continues at Henry Ford Centennial Library. Both old classics and new favorites are shown every Monday night (excluding holidays) in the HFCL auditorium. There is no charge for admittance. Films begin at 7 PM. Schedules are available at the Reference Desk of any Dearborn public library.
K r o g e r c a r d r e w a r d s t o b e n e f i t l i b r a r y Patrons are encouraged to sign up their Kroger reward card to benefit the Dearborn Library Foundation. Simply pick up a Library Foundation bookmark from any Dearborn Public Library building and submit it to the customer service desk at your local Kroger store. Patrons can also register their card for this purpose online at: www.krogercommunityrewards.com
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Future issues of Library Matters would like to feature a library patron's favorite book. This feature would consist of the person's picture, the name of the book and a short description written by the patron about the book's personal meaning to them. If you are interested in participating, please e-mail the editor of Library Matters, Jeff Lelek, at email@example.com.
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Submitted by: Mary Orrin This past Christmas my Mother took my family to Grand Cayman. The Grand Cayman Islands are British-owned and are located in the Caribbean just south of Cuba. We enjoyed a week of sunshine and temperatures in the 80s.
We swam with Southern Stingrays. The rays were tame enough to cradle in your arms. The blue iguana is rare and is only found on Grand Cayman. Green iguanas were everywhere (see below)!
We visited the sea turtle farm and got to hold baby turtles.
It was difficult to come back to the snow and cold weather!
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Dearborn Public Library is proud to present the newly remodeled Family restroom located in Youth Services at Henry Ford Centennial Library. This ADA accessible restroom now features a baby changing area, automatic hand dryer, toddler restraint seat and beautiful tile work including Pewabic Accent tiles. The color scheme and design of the new restroom echoes the Enchanted Forest theme of the Youth Area. Come on in and see for yourself! A key to access the restroom is available at the Children's Reference Desk.
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L e a r n LEARN is university level e-learning and career re-branding courses for unemployed Michigan workers with the goal of preparing more than 100,000 unemployed Michiganders to re-enter the workforce with a new career. LEARN's initial online class, Redefining You Through a Career in Health Care, will launch on March 1, 2010, at www.50plusprime.com. LEARN career re-branding courses are free to all participants, and focus on the following industries: health care, government and nonprofit, emerging technologies and entrepreneurship.
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The Dearborn Public Libraries will be open during regular hours through March and April with the exception of the holiday observances noted below, when all buildings will be closed: Henry Ford Centennial Library
16301 Michigan Ave. (313) 943-2330
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(313) 274-1780
VICE-CHAIR Nancy Zakar SECRETARY-TREASURER Jihan Ajami Jawad Candyce Abbatt Rachel Fawaz David L. Schlaff
Th, & Sat 12:30 PM—5:30 PM Fri & Sun — CLOSED The library will be closed Friday, April 2 through Sunday, April 4 for the Easter holiday. www.dearbornlibrary.org
Sally Smith Antonia Straley Robert Taub
VISION STATEMENT "The Dearborn Public Library fosters the spirit of exploration, the joy of reading, and the pursuit of knowledge for all ages and cultures starting with the very young." MISSION STATEMENT "The Dearborn Public Library provides a broad range of effective, courteous, quality services and a balanced collection of materials for the educational, informational and recreational needs of the community."
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We have a test result for Mathew McRight born 1762 which does not match David, but does match a sample from a James McCright born 1804 in Pennsylvania.No common ancestor known for the two and it would likely be an ancestor in Ireland before they arrived in America.
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Time for our weekly Big 12 rankings after a crazy Saturday. All four games were won by road teams for the first time since 2000 and the third time in league history.
1. Oklahoma State (7-0, 4-0, LW: 2): The Big 12 Power Rankings have a new No. 1 for the first time this season. Oklahoma State went up to Missouri and impressively took care of business against a good team, outrunning the Tigers by 21 points. Then, the Cowboys sat back and watched their rivals suffer one of the biggest upsets in league history. Not a bad Saturday for the boys in orange.
2. Kansas State (7-0, 4-0, LW: 3): Is K-State better than Oklahoma? We'll find out this Saturday, but I know I saw this team go to Lubbock last week and beat Texas Tech, who beat Oklahoma in Norman on Saturday. The Wildcats' destruction of Kansas this week was also much more complete. And in the red zone, Collin Klein's been much better than Landry Jones, even if the pair are polar opposites. Bottom line: K-State doesn't have a loss. Oklahoma does.
3. Oklahoma (6-1, 3-1, LW: 1): The Sooners will have to pick up the pieces from a crushing loss that, barring complete anarchy atop the polls, eliminates them from a stacked national title race. The blame for this one lays in all three phases: the defense was undisciplined in coverage and tackling, the offense was out of sorts, missed on blocks and throws and the field goal unit kept the Sooners from keeping it close.
4. Texas A&M (5-2, 3-1, LW: 4): The Aggies have rebounded from their two losses with an outstanding game against Baylor and an OK win against Iowa State on Saturday. The offense wasn't sharp, but they leaned on their running back duo and walked away with a two-touchdown win. That'll work in Big 12 play.
5. Texas Tech (5-2, 2-2, LW: 6): Tech grabbed its biggest win under Tommy Tuberville with big guts and a career-defining night from first-year starter Seth Doege. With it ended any serious talk of the Red Raiders' 18-year bowl eligible streak coming to an end, and the win could serve as a launching point for what could be a huge season in 2012.
6. Baylor (4-2, 1-2, LW: 5): Baylor has to sit for two weeks on a frustrating loss to Texas A&M, but it won't get any easier. Undefeated Oklahoma State is up next, and the Cowboys delivered the worst beating to the Bears of anyone last season.
7. Texas (4-2, 1-2, LW: 8): Texas was the other idle team on Saturday, but had to enjoy what it saw. As a friend of mine and Texas fan told me on Sunday: "Oklahoma losing is like bacon. It just makes everything better." The season hasn't been what Texas would have liked, but 4-2 is nothing to be ashamed of.
8. Missouri (3-4, 1-3, LW: 7): Missouri's losses are all to ranked teams, sure, but four losses is four losses. There are a whole lot of good teams in this league, and Missouri has to find a way to beat a couple of them if it wants to claw back into the postseason.
9. Iowa State (3-4, 0-4, LW: 9): Iowa State has made the switch at quarterback, and taking care of the ball will be a big key for Jared Barnett keeping his new gig. ISU, though, is getting outmuscled by better teams and has to show a lot of improvement to justify any bowl talk.
10. Kansas (2-5, 0-4, LW: 10): Letting your rival score 59 on your home field in two consecutive years is a good way to land on the hot seat, and that's where Turner Gill finds himself this week. Kansas better find a corner and turn it real fast. The Jayhawks need a conference win in the worst way, and the next opportunity comes Saturday in Austin.


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Our Board Member, Karle Epple, was an amazing individual who helped so many in the community. He was a tireless and unassuming advocate for the charitable causes he believed in. For over 25 years, he volunteered his time as a Board Member for Regional Hospice, and in that time he helped build Regional Hospice to where it is today. He died peacefully in our Center for Comfort Care & Healing, the very Center that he helped build.His granddaughter, Karli, shares this touching tribute to her adoring Papa... ... See MoreSee Less
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Regional Hospice hosted it's annual Service of Remembrance this past Sunday. 250 people, including loved ones of patients who died on our hospice services and members of their care team, were in attendance.As each patient's name was read, a member of the hospice care team placed a single rose in a vase symbolizing how we come together as a community to remember our loved ones.We remember them. ... See MoreSee Less
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Space Quest 1 Patches
Please note that you might not need the error 29 and scidhuv patch if you aren't experiencing the problems described with the patch. Remember the golden rule: don't fix something that ain't broken.
Space Quest 1 VGA enhanced sound and graphic drivers
This ZIP file includes a graphic driver and two sound drivers for Space Quest 1 VGA. Just replace these files with the original files (located on your harddisk SQ1VGA folder) to make them work. The graphic driver enables you to see the original dissolve transitions: the effect you see at the beginning of the game when the Sierra screen "pixelates" away and the SQ1 title screen "pixelates" in. The original file that comes with the game doesn't show this effect on fast computers. Also included are two improved sound drivers. You'll need these sound drivers if you, for instance, can't hear the computer saying: "destruct sequence has engaged" at the beginning of the game. There are actually quite a few more digitalized sound in SQ1VGA, but this one is the most apparent.
Space Quest 1 VGA error 29 patch
This is the 486sbdrv.exe patch which corrects the "Error 29: Unable to initialize audio hardware". Updated driver works with faster systems using the SoundBlaster 16.
Space Quest 1 VGA SCIDHUV patch
This patch will update your SCIDHUV file from SQ1VGA which should give you enough memory to run the program with a mouse driver installed.
Timer Problem Patch
Space Quest 1 VGA has several timer issues that occur if you play the game on a fast computer (>120 Mhz). Various animations run too fast, the spirder droid comes too fast, you die from dehydration within the minute and the acid drops drop too fast. To fix all this, check out my very complete Timer Issue article by clicking on the link above. The article contains links to programs, utilities, fixes, patches and tips you can use to fix the timer problems! For starters, check out this webpage. New Rising Sun has developed some awesome fixes that COMPLETELY ELIMINATE the timer problems. The website includes enough information how to install the patches correctly. These patched are HIGHLY recommended and preferred in favour of slow down utilities and emulators.


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For a few days, there was a coyote den very near my little house. There were 8 puppies and mama was back and fourth frequently. Now she's moved them all to a new home, but they sure were fun to watch for a while! There's only one photo I believe where you can see all 8. They move around a ton and were super active when playing with each other. Check out the video clip here of one of them that I took as well. Now they have all moved on, but this was a very special few days.
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Beautiful pictures, than you for sharing!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 8, 2015 at 9:51 PM
Thanks for sharing! Beautiful animals :)ReplyDelete
What wonderful pictures, good job! I can't imagine having 8 babies at once lol!ReplyDelete
These are so amazing!!! That must have been so fun for you!ReplyDelete
Love the pictures! Hope we can save coyotes...:(ReplyDelete
This is why I'm against hunting, especially hunting for entertainment. Mama animal goes out to find food for her babies, she got killed. Hungry babies in the den wait for mama to come home.ReplyDeleteReplies
Mama was fine and she came back for all her babies and moved them off to a new hunting ground and home.Delete
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