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Dawn Farm Education Series
by Beth Manuel
Dawn Farm invites you to attend the following free Education Series in January. Codependency will be presented on January 22, 2008 from 7:30-9:00 pm. “Chemical Dependency and the Family” will be presented on January 29, same time. For more information go to their website, it’s full of information about substance abuse & recovery, as well as the interesting impact they've had on the recovery culture in Japan.
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Rosetta Stone Will No Longer Be Available After March 31, 2008
by Van
Rosetta Stone has sent us “formal notice that Rosetta Stone Online will no longer be available to public libraries for use in online database offerings.”
Therefore, the Ann Arbor District Library will no longer be able to provide online access to Rosetta Stone after our current contract expires on March 31, 2008. At that time all public library registered users will no longer be able to log on to Rosetta Stone.
Foreign Language Materials at the Library
In the Foreign Languages section of the AADL Select Sites you can find some basic online instruction through the BBC Languages, FSI Language Courses, Livemocha, and Mango Languages.
We will be adding the substantial subscription price for Rosetta Stone to the library’s budget for foreign language learning materials in order to provide the Pimsleur Language Programs on compact disc (the beginning, intermediate, and high intermediate (Levels I, II, and II) courses).
The library has very good collections of print and audio courses available for check out. Click on Read More for links to the catalog for a few foreign languages or search the catalog under the name of the foreign language you want to learn.
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1964- a groundbreaking year
by Maxine
On January 8, 1964,
President Lyndon Johnson declared a War on Poverty that began a series of programs that among other things would help educate pre-school children, fund health care for millions of Americans and help college students finance their education. Johnson in his March, 1964 speech before Congress, charted a new course that would change indelibly the government's role in helping the poor and underserved.
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Elder Care
by iralax
Muriel R. Gillick, M.D., of Harvard Medical School, has written The Denial of Aging, a timely guide to the aging process and the kinds of services that will be most helpful to us as individuals and as a country. She explains how overuse of expensive tests and procedures for acute illnesses, paid for by Medicare, can mean less funding for research and fewer resources for managing more common chronic conditions. She engages the reader with anecdotes from her medical practice that describe the challenges she encounters with her elderly patients. Her focus is always on quality of care. Dr. Gillick encourages greater awareness and the importance of political action to achieve better outcomes for older adults. An appendix provides information about organizations that are actively involved in that process.
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The Rise and Fall of a Hero
by RiponGood
Everyone know Superman came from Krypton. Few know the story of The Last Days of Krypton. Fortunately Kevin J. Anderson has written us a tale about Kal-El's parents, scientist Jor-El and historian Lara and their struggle against General Zod. Krypton is about to be destroyed and no one believes Jor-El. The android Braniac has captured Kandor, the capital city of Krypton, which gives General Zod his chance to seize control of the world. In the end Jor-El and Lara rescue their son Kal-El, by sending him into space, eventually landing on Earth.
Fast forward a few years.
Kal-El is now Superman, the Earth's greatest superhero. He has saved us multiple times from certain destruction. Can he save himself when he battles Doomsday? Find out in Roger Stern's novelization of The Death of Superman.
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Credit cents
by MarilynG
Do you find credit ratings and debt management baffling? Start the new year out right by taking a three part class on Making Sense of Credit and Debt taught by the Michigan State University Extension. Classes begin on January 14 at the Washtenaw County Library Learning Resource Center. Pre-registration is required. Call 734-222-3943 before January 10 to register.
If going to a class doesn’t fit into your schedule, check out a book from the library's collection on credit and debt management like Starting Out by Sheryl Garrett. Start out 2008 with financial knowledge.
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The Johnny Cash T.V. Show
by Beth Manuel
Take a walk down memory lane….or get a glimpse of some amazing footage of the young Bob Dylan as a guest on the Johnny Cash TV Show. The show aired from 1969-1971. There’s an hour and a half of Cash singing with June as well as guest appearances of Neil Young, Ray Charles, Joni Mitchell, and Roy Orbison to name a few. Particularly touching was Cash’s launch of Man in Black as the lyrics are still significant. I can’t think of an artist today who can rally fans from such a wide range of genres, can you?
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George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman creator, has died
by sernabad
George MacDonald Fraser, creator of Harry Paget Flashman, that randy, rollicking swashbuckler of the British Empire in the 19th century, died of cancer on January 2.
Fraser took his character from Tom Brown’s School Days (1857), by Thomas Hughes, and ran with it for twelve Flashman adventures. The final entry in the Flashman Papers, Royal Flash, was published in 2005.
The Reavers, the last novel of Fraser who was 82 at the time of his death, will be published posthumously in April of this year.
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The Sandman
by Cherie Lee
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Recently I started reading Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series of graphic novels. This is the story of the real Sandman, master of dreams, also known as Morpheus, Dream King, or simply, Dream. He is one of the Endless--immortal entities of which there are: Destiny, Death, Dream, Desire, Dispair, and Delirium (and one that fled the fold). The Sandman is closest with his sister Death who is a very lovable character in spite of (or perhaps because of?) her job.
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Amazon's new dvd releases
by Maxine
Following are several titles of dvd's now available at the Library that were recently listed on Amazon's new releases:
Bourne Ultimatum
High School Musical 2
Simpsons Movie
Stardust
Underdog
Put your name on the hold list now!