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In Malaysia Airports, our Business Continuity Management (BCM) Programme, which is driven by the Risk Management Division, nurtures business resilience initiatives at our operational airports. The implementation of BCM was done in accordance with the publication of ISO 22301, which sets the standard for a comprehensive BCM system, currently being used by many organisations of all sizes and types.
Malaysia Airports' BCM programme was developed with the objective to mitigate risk of business disruption, which may have an impact on our organisational structure. Severe impacts may include:
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Above, the pseudo barn roof is inset with pot lights and dramatic ceiling paper in a stylized brocade pattern. In one corner, a rock fireplace and hearth are framed by symmetric bookshelves and wood columns. Greenery sprawls casually across the mantel with errant tendrils cascading over the edge as if descending down a mountain slope.
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As health care reform implementation continues full steam ahead, a study produced by Kaiser Family Foundation shows New Jersey would not see a moderate increase in state spending if Medicaid coverage is expanded.
According to the study, if New Jersey implements the Medicaid coverage expansion, the state will spend an estimated $1.5 billion more than it would without the expansion between 2013 and 2022.
The Kaiser Family Foundation study shows that the seven states that have already expanded Medicaid coverage to levels established in the Affordable Care Act will actually see a savings in state spending, as more federal dollars will enter those states to cover the newly eligible people. For states like New Jersey that already have parts of the expansion implemented the cost increase of new Medicaid recipients will be smaller than states that have not increased coverage at all.
In 2008, the state enacted a law ensuring all children are covered by health insurance, creating the New Jersey FamilyCare program. Children make up the largest population of currently eligible Medicaid population that is not participating.
The Kaiser Family Foundation estimates that New Jersey's Medicaid population would increase to 441,000 by 2022 if the expansion is implemented, and the state would reduce its uninsured population by almost 42 percent.
John Holahan, director of the Health Policy Research Center at the Urban Institute and the primary author of the study, said the report shows "the economics are strongly in favor of the expansion." Holahan said the immediate declaration by politicians that states would not participate after the Supreme Court's ruling were mostly political, and that pressure from stakeholders would likely encourage most states to participate.
As a region, the Mid-Atlantic stands to see savings in state spending by implementing the Medicaid expansion. If all of the states in the region implemented the expansion, the region could expect to spend about 4.2 percent less on Medicaid than it would without the expansion from 2013 to 2022.
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Slumdog Millionaire (US - BD RA)
Take Gabe down to Mumbai city where the sea is brown and the girls are pretty
Jamal Malik is one question away from winning 20 million rupees.
How did he do it?
A) He cheated
B) He's lucky
C) He's a genius
D) It is written.
I am in awe of Danny Boyle's range as a director. Slumdog Millionaire may've been the season's surprise hit, and it may've bagged a bunch of Oscars, but minus these likely quickly forgotten factoids it still gets to be another shockingly adept genre swing from a genuinely talented underdog. Ridley Scott and Steven Spielberg have arguably had greater success working outside of their comfort levels, but the fact is they still have defined comfort levels. Style is an important element to many of the greatest director's repertoire, but there's something truly incredible about a filmmaker like Boyle who can embrace entirely different styles from film to film.
Running down the man's filmography we see a Hitchcockian neo-thriller ( Shallow Grave), a gritty techno vision of drug abuse ( Trainspotting), a screwball romance with musical elements ( A Life Less Ordinary), a redefinition of low budget zombie horror ( 28 Days Later), a warm family film ( Millions), and a large scale Sci-Fi disaster flick ( Sunshine). Each and every one of these films is (arguably) successful compared to other films in their genres, and still manage to have a flavour that belongs to Boyle alone. The only film's I can't really define are The Beach, which is the director's big failure, and Alien Love Triangle, which I haven't seen. Slumdog Millionaire is a standout, along with Transpotting, but overall it's hard to talk about Boyle from project to project, rather than looking at the entire gallery.
I missed too much in 2008 to have a real favourite, but of the nominations this year Slumdog was my undereducated choice. It's not a perfect film by any means, or even a nearly perfect one, which we had a lot of in 2007, but it feels good without stupefying, it gives a glimpse into an alien culture without speaking down to that culture, and it isn't numbing. I'm not sure if Boyle has it in him to make a boring movie, but this particular subject didn't require the degree of energy it is infused with, and it didn't require the buoyancy. Those are our treats. The 'feel good' nature does make it difficult for Boyle to pull all the pathos and drama out of the situation, which is a valid criticism. The sense of an impending happy ending makes the hard stuff more palatable, so one could accuse the film of being a bit of a Hollywood lie. But Boyle wears the lie with courage and conviction, and never falters in his vision.
Buoyancy isn't a prerequisite for Boyle's work, but he's never really made a movie with a downer ending. The Beach is ambiguous enough to be considered a downer I suppose, and the alternate endings of 28 Days Later were definitely less than upbeat, but on the whole his work is uniformly pretty optimistic. There's a whole lot of pain and sacrifice to get to the feel good finale in the cases of Trainspotting, 28 Days Later, Sunshine and this film, but they're still cautiously positive endings. Again, it's hard for me to look at Slumdog as a standalone feature, but rather another step in a developing achievement. The problem with this fantasy element is that Boyle and screenwriter Simon Beaufoy start to ask the audience to accept greater and greater leaps of faith, and the belief suspension gets a little rough. Overall the film's final half appears to be missing a lot of footage.
Slumdog greatest detriment is another movie called City of God. The two films have a lot of visual similarities, both follow the journey of lower class youth looking for a way out of their 'ghettos', both those journeys take their cast's into lives of crime, and both feature long standing love affairs. Unfortunately for Boyle Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund's film is pretty much perfect, and I personally couldn't get it out of my head the whole time I watched Slumdog. Boyle's film features more 'actorly' actors (excepting the little children), and a slightly more pleasant sense of humour, both of which make it a more mainstream vehicle. However, against my rather shallow criticism there really isn't anything else besides City of God that Slumdog Millionaire really resembles, and City of God has the disadvantage of being based on a series of real events, and being filmed by Brazilian natives. Making up a story that takes place in an alien country is a definitively more unique event.
Boyle doesn't do homogenization, and Slumdog Millionaire is no exception in his visually eclectic filmography. Early in the commentary Boyle announces that he's been asked to make a special mention of the use of several kinds of cameras and stock on the film, and he warns the Blu-ray audience that they shouldn't expect the full range of 1080p video. He's correct, some shots do feature more grain and noise than many Blu-ray discs, but it's all just part of a beautiful potpourri of colour and texture. The film uses an induced documentary style, similar to 28 Days Later (hence the multi camera look), but also features supersaturated colours, and some wacky still frames. There are some pretty severe moments of noise and grain, some very bluish blacks, and some unclear whites, but it's all in the name of style. I apparently saw a much more dilapidated print of the film when I saw it in theatres, because I'm shocked at the overall clarity of the print. Details are extremely sharp, the colours have diamond cut edges, and the contrast is about as extreme as film will allow, when Boyle intends as such, of course.
I think most of us can agree that Bruce Springsteen was ripped off, and that Slumdog Millionaire really didn't need two best original song nominations. That said, the opening title track sounds just about as perfect as a film soundtrack can. It's positively overflowing with drums, attacking from every speaker, while bits of the hysteria of Mumbai leak into mix, and MIA shouts at us front and centre. The soundtrack is fluid throughout the whole movie, melding the past and present through music and sound effects. Sometimes the sound precedes the time shift, other times it bleeds over slowly. These effects, some of them entirely unmotivated, along with the music, makes up the majority of the rear channel effects. Most of the sound is presented in the front channels, with a sort of documentary envelopment of all the dialogue and incidental effects.
I own several Danny Boyle DVDs, but I don't think I've ever actually listened to any of the commentaries the whole way through. He's a fascinating speaker, and listening to this particular track is like getting a layman's lesson on modern filmmaking and modern India. Boyle works here with lead actor Dev Patel, who isn't quite the same brand of chatty Kathy, but offers a few nuggets. The most fascinating aspect of the commentary is the many stories of dealing with the unprofessional child actors, who are heartbreakingly good in the film. Another interesting fact concerns the mix of English and Hindi, which was apparently against the film's original 'all English' contract. The other commentary track features producer Christian Colson and writer Simon Beaufoy, who offer a few alternate takes on the material, but by and large are pretty quiet. Colson has some interesting things to say about the editing process, and Beaufoy knows a lot about India.
Next up are twelve deleted and extended scenes. During the commentary Boyle refers to many of these scenes, but does not supply commentary for them specifically, so take notes if you think you're gonna be interested. I assumed that the majority of the deleted material would be from the last forty-five minutes or so of the film, but at least half this stuff is either additional Who Wants to be a Millionaire footage, or extra scenes of childhood antics here. I think the film might be a better one with the scenes interrogation scenes, and a brief bit implying the moment where Jamal actually calls to apply for the game show reinstated, but only just. The scenes total thirty four minutes, and are presented in standard definition, non-anamorphic video.
'Slumdog Dreams', a rather breezy, yet informative little making-of featurette. This bit features the usual mix of raw behind the scenes footage, interview footage, and final film footage. The featurette, which was clearly made for television (it has a commercial break and runs about twenty three minutes) spans inception, writing, casting, filming in Mumbai, filming with children (yeah, you couldn't have made this movie in the West), the super-tiny cameras, and the final dance scene. There's still quite a bit of behind the scenes footage I'd like to see, but between this and the excellent commentary tracks I'm mostly satiated.
Manjha is a forty minute Indian-made film, shot in stark black and white, and unfortunately presented in non-anamorphic SD. The short is short on plot and dialogue, but does pertain to some of the themes presented in Slumdog, and is an interesting look at how much darker Boyle's film could've been. The sound mix, which is most obviously mostly produced in post, is a little jarring, but the acting is quite natural, and the cinematography impeccable.
'Slumdog Countdown' is actually a music video featuring footage from the film set to the Oscar winning 'Jai Ho'. 'From Script to Screen: The Toilet Scene' is a title that speaks for itself. The five and a half minute featurette actually covers the script process more than the filming process, which is interesting, but the same packs can be grabbed from the commentaries. 'Bombay Liquid Dance' is another music video, set to real footage of modern Mumbai, possibly taken B-roll for the film. Things are completed with two trailers.
Slumdog Millionaire didn't hold up quite as well the second time around, but it is a joyful and mostly unique film that film lovers should see at least that first time. The difference between the DVD and Blu-ray releases are likely more minimal than other studio releases, but the 1080p does lead to some really flashy colours and the DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack has a few expressive moments. The extras aren't perfect, but pretty good considering their relative brevity, including an ace director/actor commentary, deleted scenes, a short film, and a better than average EPK.
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Review by Gabriel Powers
i12bnmovie Member Join Date: September 2006 Location: United States Posts: 258
Not a bad film. I enjoyed it a lot, but would have preferred a Dark Knight sweep at the Oscars. Good review!
cbundoc Member Join Date: January 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 72
Slumdog Millionaire didn't hold up quite as well the second time around, but it is a joyful and mostly unique film that film lovers should see at least that first time.
^^ Couldn't have said it better! I LOVED it when I first saw it in theatres; then I bought the Blu-ray and the magic was lacking the second time around. Still, a beautiful movie to watch!
^^ Couldn't have said it better! I LOVED it when I first saw it in theatres; then I bought the Blu-ray and the magic was lacking the second time around. Still, a beautiful movie to watch!
Pixarfan517 Member Join Date: August 2006 Location: United States Posts: 1,478
You may hate me for saying this but I didn't like "Slumdog Millionaire." Just couldn't stand it from start to finish. It was a nice movie but pretty grose at times. Wish "The Dark Knight" or "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" won even though, I didn't see B. Button.
Version 1 Member Join Date: January 2006 Location: United States Posts: 238
Easily one of the best movies I have seen this year (08-09)! With The Reader and The Wrestler RIGHT Up there with it!
I don't blame anyone for not liking Slumdog, Pixarfan, it's far from a great movie, but Benjamin Button was not even close to the best film of the year, and I'm pretty sick of The Dark Knight. It just wasn't as good a year as last year. I still haven't seen The Wrestler, so maybe my opinion will change. Still The only two 'great' movies of 2008 as I see it are Let the Right One In and Wall-E, and even they have some problems.
hogaburger Contributor Join Date: April 2007 Location: United States Posts: 1,153
Looking at Slumdog objectively, I can definitely see some problems, but it is just such an enjoyable indulgence that I end up being very forgiving of its shortcomings. Two other movies still stood above this one for me this year though. The Wrestler, which I hope you get to see soon, and an incredible documentary called Dear Zachary that aired on MSNBC and played at a few festivals.
Cinque Member Join Date: June 2007 Location: United States Posts: 710
Another bang-up job on the review, Mr. Powers. I definitely agree with the sentiment that this film is very similar, but ultimately, inferior to City of God. Just the sheer amount of brutal violence, sense of hopelessness, frentic chaos and anarchy going on in the slums of Rio, still make Slumdog look like a Disney film.....Still don't know if this deserved to win Best Picture, but now I understand what all the fuss was about at the Oscars....
Thembones Member Join Date: November 2005 Location: United States Posts: 287
Slumdog was clever but predictable. On the surface it was a compelling movie and was pretty good. I didn't feel it lived up to the hype. Having seen all but Doubt of this nominated films, this was definitely my 3rd choice. To me it just wasn't as compelling as Frost/Nixon and not as clever as Ben Button. Milk just played on a demographic and won in respectable categories. Sometimes a movie comes out of the woodwork and takes the cake. Not my best picture of the year but I also don't believe it holds up well the second time around.
I'm probably going to get Benjamin Button for review, and I'm not sure what I'm gonna say yet, but the more I think about it the less I like it. I forgot about Frost/Nixon, I'll have to see that too.
jmcclane 88 Member Join Date: September 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 466
Nice review Gabe.
Well I really enjoyed Slumdog when I saw it in the cinema. And from the reactions of the crowd I was in with, they really did too. I will get it at some point in the future, I will be interested to see how I feel watching it the second time around. Maybe some of the magic will be lost, but seeing as it has some decent special features its worth it.
Well I really enjoyed Slumdog when I saw it in the cinema. And from the reactions of the crowd I was in with, they really did too. I will get it at some point in the future, I will be interested to see how I feel watching it the second time around. Maybe some of the magic will be lost, but seeing as it has some decent special features its worth it.
Arch Angel Member Join Date: April 2008 Location: United States Posts: 79
I saw this one at the Best Picture showcase this year. It wasn't the "best" picture (or song) of the year, but it was still a decent movie. I'm a huge Danny Boyle fan myself, so I can't get too mad at this film for winning because it just means Danny Boyle's star will continue to rise. (Plus anyone who can accept an Oscar with a dignified Tigger bounce is a class act in my book.)
Yeah, like I tried to make clear in my review that I can't separate Boyle's films, it's really just one big, wonderful project, and he's easily one of the top filmmakers I'd like to meet in person.
iatlolarocks Member Join Date: April 2009 Location: United States Posts: 1
I don't get why you people bother tobash this film just because the dark knight wasn't nominated and didn't win.Get over it, what is done, is done. Besides, you people need to realize, that only your opinion should matter towards a film, not people who think they know everything about movies.
nmmn007 Member Join Date: July 2009 Location: United States Posts: 1
you all people arenot understanding the fact that this movie was initially made for the indian audience.indians love drama and relationships and tragedies in their movies,, might be because they have a lot of sofistication and civillisation in thier culture and no vulgarity or idiotic things like our culture and movies have........!!!
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Release Date: 31st March 2009
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English/Hindi
Subtitles: English (burned), English SDH, French, Spanish
Extras: Director/Actor Commentary, Writer/Producer Commentary, Deleted and Extended Scenes, 'Slumdog Dreams', Music Videos, Short Film, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
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Director: Danny Boyle
Cast: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Anil Kapoor, Saurabh Shukla, Rajendranath Zutshi
Genre: Drama
Length: 120 minutes
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Smyrna Town Council unanimously passed a motion Monday night to send the discussion of putting streetlights on Carter Road from Sunnyside Road to Route 13 to the Finance Committee.
Discussion regarding streetlights on that portion of Carter Road was brought to the table at the urging of Councilman Anthony DeFeo. He had previously asked Town Manager Dave Hugg to look into the cost of such a project.
DeFeo said that stretch of land is one of the only areas in town without streetlights. The state and town discussed putting streetlights on that portion of Carter Road when it was built, DeFeo said, but neither wanted to pay.
"That road is used more and more, and as work is done from Sunnyside Road to Route 300 you can expect the traffic to get worse," DeFeo said.
DeFeo pointed out that he sees a lot of people from seniors to children walking down the road, even in the early morning hours when he's going to work.
Hugg said that he spoke to the company putting in LED lights in the DelDOT Carter Road project and was given a quote of roughly $35,000 for 20 lights if the company installed the lights; it would be $28,000 if the town installed the lights.
Hugg said the town could do the project, but it would eliminate the street lighting fund in this year's budget. Doing the project would force the town to not put new lights on Route 13.
Mayor Pat Stombaugh said the area definitely needs streetlights but it's not in the budget and the item should've been brought to the Finance Committee first.
"The money is there. We just wouldn't be able to do Route 13, which has streetlights," DeFeo said. "We could take the street lighting money for the area with no lighting."
Hugg said he's reached out to Kent Count legislators about possible funding, but has yet to hear back. Municipal Street Aid funding could be used, but Hugg said it would take money away from paving town roads.
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A health care provider group is looking to repeat history by delaying in court the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance's new regulations to widen the net of medical procedures subject to reimbursement limits under personal-injury protection, or PIP, set to take effect Jan. 4.
As the New Jersey Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers expected, DOBI denied its appeal for a stay of the new rules on Nov. 23. But when DOBI made the same move in 2007, adding more procedures to the physicians' fee schedule in an effort to slow rising car insurance costs, those changes were delayed in court for two years before they took effect — and the NJAASC is confident the state Superior Court will issue a stay on the implementation of DOBI's latest regulations, as well.
"Our real focus from the beginning was not on the amount of money we would be reimbursed, because no doctor is going to go out of business doing procedures under this new PIP fee schedule," said Jeffrey Shanton, chair of the advocacy and legislative affairs committee of the NJAASC. "What really concerns us is DOBI has decided to not to equally pay ambulatory surgical centers for certain procedures and limit where certain procedures can be done. But whether doctors are performing procedures at an ambulatory center or a hospital, it's going to be done."
To establish the new physicians' fee schedule — which restricts the types of procedures that will be reimbursed at ASCs, and sets hospital outpatient surgical facility fees 35 percent higher than ASC fees for the same medical services — DOBI used the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' 2011 Medicare Resource-Based Relative Value Scale.
But Shanton said people insured under Medicare are mostly part of an older population "that's not going to need spinal fusions, so just because a procedure is not on the Medicare-approved list doesn't mean it's not safe for a doctor to do at a surgical center."
New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance spokesman Eric Stenson previously told NJBIZ adding more procedures to the fee schedule "adds more predictability to the system … (and) with more procedures on the fee schedule, there would be fewer billing disputes, as well."
Reforming the PIP arbitration system to control costs and council fees is a key part of the new regulations — and a move Stenson said "will ultimately benefit policy holders" — as DOBI reported attorneys' fees were greater than the PIP benefits awarded in 31 percent of billing disputes that awarded those fees in 2010.
But Shanton said the insurance carriers "bring a lot of those costs on themselves," as he noted many court disputes would be avoided if the companies "looked at doctors' appeals on wrong payments and said, 'I made a math error' — but they don't do it, so they force us to go the only route left, which is arbitration."
"It doesn't matter how little or how much you are owed. If an insurer paid it wrong, they paid it wrong, and doctors are entitled to what they were owed," Shanton said. "Insurers think having limits on reimbursements will cut down on arbitration, because they assume no doctor is going to go through all the BS for $40. But if I sent my check to my auto insurer and it was $40 less than what was owed, they wouldn't give me auto insurance — so why would a doctor let that go?"
The NJAASC has filed a request for a stay on DOBI's adoption of the regulations with the appellate division of the New Jersey Superior Court. A court date is pending, but Shanton believes both sides will be in court before the rules are implemented Jan. 4.


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Henderson County Sheriff Charles McDonald welcomed a new batch of graduates into the fold of Sheriff's Citizens Academy alums Friday night in the dining room of The Cedars.
Henderson County Sheriff Charles McDonald welcomed a new batch of graduates into the fold of Sheriff's Citizens Academy alums Friday night in the dining room of The Cedars.
The 17th class in the history of the Sheriff's Citizens Academy boasted 31 members, all seeing the county's finest in a new light after spending 10 weeks learning what they do in their jobs.
At least two in the class came back for a second go at the academy and Barbara Clayton, a three-peat, said she saw a change in this year's presenters.
There is so much they have to focus on already, she said, but this time "they seemed more focused" on their missions and roles in the department. She would recommend the class to anyone.
"Everybody needs to get involved," she added.
Clayton loved getting a closer look at the criminal investigation division and the SWAT team, made up of Henderson County deputies, Hendersonville police officers and Henderson County EMS.
For Charlotte "Charlie" McCurdy, her favorite class was when they got to meet the patrol unit, but "we didn't get to see the cars." Her only complaint was that the course wasn't longer.
"I wished they had it two days a week," she said with a smile.
The course opened the Sheriff's Office up to citizens who toured the detention center, the county's 911 communications center and the new law enforcement center, where the Sheriff's Office is housed. Three hours each Tuesday, citizens heard presentations from forensics, DARE, victim assistance, patrol, drug enforcers, k-9 teams, animal enforcers, mounted patrol, criminal investigations, SWAT, bomb squad, volunteers in policing, explorers and immigration and customs enforcement.
"Educating people as to what we do garners a tremendous amount of support" for the department, McDonald said.
Retired Judge David Fox gave the keynote address and enlightened the crowd with how the sheriff's duties have changed over the years, from delivering corporal punishment to being the high chief law officer in a county.
Graduating from this year's academy were Rebecca Allen, Kim Arrowood, Teresa Ausley, Gordian Boteilho, Robert Cage, Margaret Cavagnaro, Barbara Clayton, Adrienne Closius, Sylvia Crouse, John Cudd Jr., Edward Foster, Frederick Gipe, Alice Greko, John Harrison, Phyllis Hasty, Ricardo Kidd, Andrew Kilpatrick, Nell Kilpatrick, Toby Mapes, Patrick McCall, Thomas McCall, Stephen McCallie, Charlotte McCurdy, Shirley Moore, Andrew Perry, Barbara Perry, Richard Polivka, Jeffrey Rascon, Emily Weaver, Vera Westall and Ruth Youngblood.
The next class is scheduled to begin in February 2014. All classes are held at the law enforcement center at 100 N. Grove St., Hendersonville. Applications and information may be picked up in the lobby at the center, with the applications either returned by mail or left at the reception desk in the lobby.
For more information, contact John Goheen, director of the Sheriff's Citizens Academy, at 828-694-2742.
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Extending a court battle between a landlord and its locked-out mall tenant, a judge today extended a temporary stay on Hartz Mountain Industries' destruction of Vitamin World's store in the Harmon Cove Outlet Center, in Secacus, giving an attorney for the retailer until close of business Wednesday to file an appeal and advance the case.
Though a Hartz Mountain spokesman declined to comment on the suit until it reaches an appellate court judge, he said the transcript of the Oct. 25 proceedings before Hudson County Superior Court Judge Hector R. Velazquez provides insight on the property owners' "big gun" in the case.
"What you have before you is a mall which the (municipal) construction official has said is uninhabitable, a third-party engineer said is uninhabitable," so it's not appropriate to order Vitamin World be allowed back in to operate, said Phillip R. Patton, an attorney representing Hartz Mountain in the case, said during the Oct. 25 proceedings.
"This is a damage case," said Patton, of Secaucus-based Horowitz, Rubino & Patton. "This is the woman that is in the middle of the big piece of property condemned not wanting to give up her house, wanting to get more money. That is what it is about."
At those same proceedings, Velazquez raised concerns for the safety of shoppers walking through debris in an otherwise vacant mall to get to Vitamin World if its property was restored. But during an inspection by a Secaucus construction official on Oct. 22, Riggiola said she walked through the entire mall "in high heels, and it was as if I was walking through an empty building that happened to have some ceiling tiles stacked on the floor."
"If there was a real-life safety issue, why would they allow everyone to go into the building to get their things?" Riggiola said, referencing a letter Vitamin World received from Hartz Mountain on Oct. 9 stating access to remove personal property and inventory would be provided until 6 p.m. on Oct. 19.
But on Nov. 1, when Hartz Mountain resumed demolition of the interior of the now-former Vitamin World property after a stay on a temporary restraining order to block further destruction expired, walls, lighting, life safety systems and heat and water connections were removed throughout the building, leaving the property "no longer safe for anyone other than appropriate construction personnel," according to a certification submitted to the court on Nov. 7 by Robert A. Mertrud, assistant vice president of construction for Hartz Mountain.
Still, Hudson County Superior Court Judge Peter F. Bariso Jr. today extended a stay on Hartz Mountain's destruction activity at Vitamin World's property through Nov. 14. Riggiola plans to file an application in the Appellate Division today in an attempt to get a ruling to restore the property to its original condition.


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Instead of pouting when his mom said it was time to clean his room, 8-year-old Chackbay Elementary student Evan Matis started brainstorming.
Instead of pouting when his mom said it was time to clean his room, 8-year-old Chackbay Elementary student Evan Matis started brainstorming.
As a baseball player for the past three years, Evan had racked up lots of equipment, buried behind clothes and shoes in the back of his closet. He's a member of the Cajun Chargers baseball team in Raceland.
"Mom, these are still good, and other kids could use them," Evan said, creating a pile of at least six old bats still in good condition.
"He would ask for equipment for all the holidays. For Easter, he'd want a new bat. He wanted a new bat for Christmas. He wanted a new bat for his birthday," said Amanda Matis, Evan's mom.
"He said he wanted to help others, and I just told him that it's a really good idea," Amanda said.
Evan went on to suggest that collecting baseball equipment be an ongoing thing.
"We can keep collecting more and give them away," he said.
That's when the idea of Evan's Baseball Drive was born.
"My son decided to collect used baseball equipment, clean it up and redistribute to kids in the Thibodaux area that need it," Amanda said. "His goal is to collect at least 200 items in the next five weeks."
Evan said he chose to help other kids instead of keeping it all to himself "because I have a lot of baseball equipment I really never use."
So with help from his mom, Thibodaux Recreation Department Director Kevin Clement and former Major League Baseball player Scott Sanders, Evan will host the first drive from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Peltier Park Pavilion, 301 Peltier Park Road, Thibodaux.
"This is the first collection day," Amanda said, "but there will be more."
Evan said he'd like to collect many more items by the year's end.
"I guess about 500 altogether," he said.
Asked if he thinks there will be 500 kids who need baseball equipment, Evan said yes, with absolute certainty.
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Recently I found a lovely set of pottery vases from Belgium. Searching high and low trying to identify them I started surfing. Now I am not a novice to surfing the internet but something happened to make me realize we as dealers take certain things for granted. For instance, those silly little terms one thinks everyone knows, but may not.
I just knew I had found the name of my vases when I ran across the term EXCON. So I proceeded to look high and low for EXCON Pottery. Now there may have been a pottery company at sometime in history by that name, but it turns out I was really looking at the term EX CON. As in Excellent Condition. What a hoot! I had a good laugh at myself.
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Getting the most out of every marketing dollar is of utmost importance to retailers during the Christmas season, which is why more chief marketing officers are turning to social media.
According to a survey of 100 chief marketing officers performed by BDO USA LLP, 86 percent of retailers will be using social media in their holiday promotion strategies, up from 4 percent in 2007.
Stephen Wyss, a partner in BDO's retail practice, said improved technology has increased the value of social media, moving the purpose from brand awareness to actual transactions. He said Facebook leads the pack in developing this technology as a response to customer needs. The BDO survey showed 99 percent of retailers will turn to Facebook this holiday season to promote their shops.
Beth Anne Macdonald, executive director of the Downtown Somerville Alliance, said she saw an increased number of local shops promoting Small Business Saturday this year on Facebook and in other social media channels. She said it was very exciting to see all of the engagement happening online.
Wyss said large retailers are building on the success small retailers discovered through grassroots online campaigns. That's why, despite holiday marketing budgeting being flat, 31 percent of retailers are putting most of that budget to work online — an increase from 23 percent last year.
"I think in some ways the concept of how to use social media was started by the smaller players as a necessity, because it's a cheap channel," Wyss said. "The larger retailers have kind of gone ahead and invested and figured out strategies on how to monetize that interest."
Wyss said that, in return, smaller retailers are able to piggyback off of mobile marketing technology developed by the bigger companies. Larger retailers have invested in creating customer-friendly mobile platforms, and now smaller retailers are able to "replicate on a smaller scale" the best practices.
The BDO survey says half of all chief marketing officers are incorporating mobile promotions into this holiday season, up from 39 percent in 2011.


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The hunt is over. After being on the run in the lake area for five days, Brian Adkison is in custody tonight at the Morgan County Jail.
The hunt is over. After being on the run in the lake area for five days, Brian Adkison is in custody tonight, June 21, at the Morgan County Jail.
He is being charged with second burglary in Morgan County as well as being wanted for kidnapping in Caldwell County and facing previous charges for sexual assault and forcible rape in Boone County.
Lt. Mike Nienhuis, patrol supervisor with the Morgan County Sheriff's Office captured the 23-year-old from Columbia at a vacant rental house around the 40 mile marker of the Lake of the Ozarks in the Mallard Bay area.
A possible burglary was reported at the house in Mallard Bay in the Proctor Rd. area of the county around 2:15 p.m., according to Nienhuis who responded to the call.
The female owner had stopped by the house to do some work and saw that a window had been broken out and called police.
As he cleared the house, Nienhuis says he caught Adkison's elbow where he was hiding in a back bathroom and ordered to come out and get on the floor.
Adkison offered no resistance and got on the floor, saying "please don't shoot me," according to Nienhuis. He was taken into custody shortly before 3 p.m. without further incident.
Adkison was not armed and wore only shorts and flip-flops - no shirt. He had lost his cell phone as well.
He appeared to be in good condition, Nienhuis said, with just a small laceration on his right arm and he complained about ticks. Adkison told Nienhuis that he had been subsisting on old canned goods left in the vacant homes he had entered as he evaded police in the area since Monday.
This was the fifth day of searching for Adkison in the lake area after Sunrise Beach Police Chief Dave Slavens initially spotted the wanted kidnapper in a stolen truck in the Route TT and Pisces Rd. area of the village. Nineteen law enforcement agencies from around the region have hunted for Adkison by land, water and air since then.
After a short chase Monday, Adkison lost police but was believed to be heading towards the Lake of the Ozarks Community Bridge.
The stolen truck he was seen in was found later that day abandoned off of Shawnee View Rd. off Route TT. Dogs lost his trail nearby. Police then received reports that Adkison had stolen a personal water craft and fled the area.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol located the stolen craft near the 58 mile marker in the Ivy Bend and went residence to residence searching for him Monday evening.
Police investigated suspicious person reports throughout Tuesday but the trail had gone cold.
The search heated back up Wednesday evening when a Camden County Sheriff's deputy responding to a residential burglary alarm in Coffman Bend heard a boat pull away from the lake home. Marine Division officers with the Highway Patrol attempted to intercept Adkison but could not get to him in time. An officer did see him run into the woods in Little Buffalo Cove around the 66 mile marker.
Later testing of evidence from the boat proved that it was indeed Adkison in another stolen craft.
Police put up a perimeter around the area where Adkison was believed to be hiding and began searching again. Law enforcement spent all of Thursday clearing buildings and going over the area with search dogs as well as searching with thermal imaging cameras from a helicopter. The FBI also provided intelligence support.
But Adkison had slipped the perimeter, running four miles Wednesday evening and ending up at the house where he was finally apprehended.
Nienhuis estimated that police searched over 1,000 homes in the manhunt. Participating agencies included Morgan, Benton, Camden, Cole, Caldwell, Miller, Moniteau and Cooper county sheriff's departments, Morgan County 911, Sunrise Beach, Sedalia and Stover police departments, U.S. Fire Marshal's Office, U.S. Marshals, Missouri State Highway Patrol, Cole County Emergency Response/Hazmat Team, Stover Rural Fire Department and the Mid Missouri Drug Task Force.


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BATON ROUGE — LSU sophomore right-hander Aaron Nola spearheaded a 1-0 shutout in the Tigers' season-opening win over Maryland in front of a record crowd of 12,373.
BATON ROUGE — LSU sophomore right-hander Aaron Nola spearheaded a 1-0 shutout in the Tigers' season-opening win over Maryland in front of a record crowd of 12,373.
Game 2 of the three-game series begins at 1 today and will be broadcast live on CST. Junior right-hander Ryan Eades will take the mound for the Tigers.
LSU relied on a dominant pitching performance behind Nola and relievers Joey Bourgeois and Chris Cotton. The trio allowed four hits and never let a runner advance past second.
Nola was near perfect, going 6 2/3 innings, allowing two hits and striking out nine, which was one shy of his career high. Bourgeois was perfect in his inning of work and struck out one.
Cotton earned his first save on the season and third of his career.
Center fielder Chris Sciambra, in his first game since missing most of last season because of a neck injury, delivered a career-high four hits and scored the game's only run out of the leadoff spot.
LSU finished with nine hits. Other Tigers recording hits were Raph Rhymes (two), Alex Bregman (one), JaColby Jones (one) and Ty Ross (one).
At Houston, Nicholls State University's offense had trouble getting on track in Friday's season opener against the Huskies.
The Colonels (0-1) finished with six hits — two in the seventh and eighth innings and one each in the first and sixth.
Philip Lyons had a first-inning double, but he was left stranded on base. Also recording singles were Matt Richard, Leo Vargas, Keith Cormier, Tyler Duplantis and Ray Eureste.
Houston Baptist (1-0) took control of the game early, scoring two runs in the first inning and one in the second. The Huskies added to their lead four in the fourth inning and two more in the eighth.
Josh Froust led Houston Baptist's offense, going 2-for-4 with two runs, four RBIs and a grand slam. Other offensive leaders were Josh Martinez (3-for4, two runs, RBI) and Samm Wiggins (2-for-3, three runs).
Mike Suk suffered the loss for the Colonels, giving up seven runs (five earned) on eight hits and six strikeouts in seven innings. Jacob Rodrigue pitched one inning of relief, giving up two runs on two hits.
Tyler Hoelscher was the winning pitcher for the Huskies with three strikeouts.
The Colonels and Huskies will play Game 2 of their three-game series at 1 today in Houston.


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The Leavenworth School District is actively seeking the community's input regarding the future usage of educational facilities.
The Leavenworth School District is actively seeking the community's input regarding the future usage of educational facilities.
As part of the final phase of the district's long-range facilities planning effort, an informational presentation and community forum will be held on Monday at West Intermediate (1901 Spruce), beginning at 6:30 p.m. The planning process has included a demographics study and analysis of historic and projected enrollment trends. All with the purpose of developing and evaluating various scenarios for future conditions of decreased, increased, or flat student enrollment.
Leavenworth Public Schools' current configuration includes a high school (grades 9-12), middle school (grades 7-8), intermediate school (grades 5-6), and four elementary schools (pre-K thru 4). The long-range facilities plan evaluates at what point, if ever, would a fifth elementary school become necessary. In the event of reduced enrollment, would a reconfiguration of elementary school buildings (pre-K thru 5th grade), and a middle school (grades 6 thru 8) be a realistic solution for the Leavenworth school community, or is the current elementary, intermediate, and middle school configuration preferred?
The facilities planning team created a number of "flashpoints" to determine if, and or when, a facility usage decision would need to be made based on the number of projected students per school building. Monday's community forum will allow attendees a chance to share their thoughts and opinions based on the information presented.
Community input is a key component of the process. District representatives and members of the planning team will be on-hand to guide meeting attendees through the planning process and answer questions. Attendees will have the opportunity to review multiple design scenarios and combinations of school closures or expansions (including a no-build, "as-is" option), dependent on enrollment projections. Most importantly, community members will have an opportunity to provide feedback. Similar presentations and discussions are also taking place with staff in each of the district's school buildings.
The Leavenworth School District is committed to the Board of Education's goal of maximizing funding and prioritizing spending based on the educational needs of our students, while ensuring adequate and safe educational facilities. Once complete, the district's Long-Range Facilities Plan will be revisited on an annual basis.
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The Skyline Thunderbird basketball teams completed contrasting seasons recently. The girls went a respectable 14-8 while the boys struggled to a 2-19 mark. Individually, Kaitlyn Stark, Janessa Davis and Brandon Abbott were tabbed for post-season honors.
The Skyline Thunderbird basketball teams completed contrasting seasons recently. The girls went a respectable 14-8 while the boys struggled to a 2-19 mark. Individually, Kaitlyn Stark, Janessa Davis and Brandon Abbott were tabbed for post-season honors.
Not a whole lot went well for the young, rebuilding T-Bird boys. Many nights they found themselves simply overmatched in size and experience, with predictable results. Although not every game was a blowout, several were— especially when the T-Birds went up against powerhouses like Fowler, Central Christian and Little River.
Skyline managed to pick up a victory midseason in the 54 Classic, downing Stafford 51-49. Toward the end of the season, the Thunderbirds bested Norwich 62-52 in what was one of their best efforts on the campaign. Those were probably the high points in a season that was characterized by one step back for every two steps forward that were taken by the youthful Skyliners.
Junior Brandon Abbott averaged 12 points and 8 rebounds and was named Heart of the Plains league honorable mention for his contributions.
T-Bird fans might be able to look forward to next season, as the entire boys team should return intact. No seniors were on the squad this season, so head coach Justin Miltner will lose no one to graduation. With a year of growing pains under their belt, next year's team should be able to benefit from the experience gained this season.
The Skyline girls had a better time of it, finishing the season at 14-8 and getting ousted in the sub-state semi-final by Claflin-Central Plains for the second consecutive year.
Two of the Lady T-Birds' losses were to league champ and #2 in 1AII Norwich; and one defeat was to 1AI #4 St. John, so Skyline was playing a difficult schedule.
Skyline also dropped three contests to Pretty Prairie on the year, which was kind of irritating because two of the three games were close (one went to OT), and the Lady Thunderbirds easily handled some teams that beat the Bulldogs during the season. It just seemed to be a bad match-up for Skyline—one that cost them 3 notches on the "L" side of the season ledger.
Head coach Chuck Young got all-league performances this season from juniors Kaitlyn Stark (unanimous) and Janessa Davis honorable mention. Stark was a unanimous all-league selection, averaging 13 points and 5 rebounds per game. She also had 62 steals and shot 43% from the floor and an outstanding 46% from 3 point land. Stark was also selected by the Wichita Eagle to their 2A girls all-state team, honorable mention.
To earn her HOPL nod, Janessa Davis averaged 9 points and 5 boards per game with 50 steals and connected on 49% of her attempts.
Other statistical leaders for the Skyline girls included Morgan Flowers with 3 ppg, 2 ppg and 53 steals; Alyssa Swonger with 7 ppg, 4 rpg, 32 blocks and 56% shooting; Kadi Richardson with 3 points and 3 boards per game; Brooke Fisher with 3 ppg, 2 rpg and 33 steals; and Taylor DeWeese with 2 ppg, and 3 rpg.
Senior starter Morgan Flowers and role players Shannon Neifert and Ashley Koirth will move on after this year, but much of the squad will return intact next season. In addition to Stark and Davis, Mycha Owens, Alyssa Swonger, Kadi Richardson and Brooke Fisher all got lots of playing time this year, and will return next season. Although the seniors will be missed, the Lady T-Birds should be able to put another good season together again next year.


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Story of a Book Wagon
By Mary Holland Burchenal
Reprinted March 2000
Division of Libraries
State of Delaware
An investigation made by the Delaware State Library
Commission in 1911 revealed to the Commission the fact
that the men and women and boys and girls of the very
remote country sections have little reading material that
will afford them entertainment and recreation and that will
act, at the same time, as a mental stimulus and create in
them a desire for wider knowledge; that they do desire
and do enjoy such reading material when placed in their
hands, as is evidenced by the fact that twenty-two (22) out
of twenty-six (26) boys and girls read one hundred and
three (103) books from a single traveling library placed
in a school in a very remote neighborhood; that these people
have time for reading, especially in the winter and on stormy
days, and that they do not have the attractions of the city
to consume their leisure time. To the Commission this
condition was an opportunity, and it was in order to take
advantage of this opportunity which the rural district afforded,
and in order to meet just this, their need, which our
system of traveling libraries had not met in many sections
that the Book Wagon of Delaware was evolved and sent
out on its initial trip.
The Commission realized immediately that however
good the books it might have to offer, however organized its
system might be, however improved its facilities for making
these books accessible, all would fail without a good agent
fitted for this work. The Commission realized that personality
in this case was power; that a fortunate, tactful approach
to farmers and farmers' wives and children meant
success; that an unfortunate approach meant failure; and
so the Delaware State Library Commission secured for two
of its counties two women who measured as near to this
standard as it was possible to do, namely, Miss Mary L.
Hopkins, of Seaford, Delaware, to take charge of the Sussex
County Book Wagon, and Miss Beatrice Mast, of Dover, for
the Kent County Book Wagon. The results of their work
have been most gratifying.
Some extracts from Miss Hopkins' report of the work
at the beginning and some from the reports in the last few
months will show the increase in interest, and will prove
the value of the Book Wagon. In the summer of 1912,
when the Book Wagon made its first trip, there is the following
paragraph in Miss Hopkins' report:
"There could not have been a less favorable year or
season in which to have tested the plan. Not for many
years has there been such an abundant crop of fruit, and
everybody has had to work to save even a part. On my
first trip, I found the families in the cantaloupe patches,
and on the second gathering tomatoes for the canneries.
Camp meetings too, were at their height, furnishing recreation
for the country people on Sundays. But in spite of all
these things, I believe you will agree with me that the test
I was a success as far as the interest shown.
"Route 1 covered about seventeen miles by the road
(the lanes to the houses would probably add four miles
more). This lay through a very good farming section, and
the majority of the people are quite comfortable. If they
do not own books, it is not so much that they cannot afford
to buy as that they do not know what to select. This route
has thirty-seven (37) families, which include one hundred
and seventy-one (171) individuals. On the first trip I loaned
seventy-four (74) books; on the second ninety-eight (98).
"Route No. 2 covered about the same distance. This
lay through a very poor, sandy section, and the quality of
the land is reflected in the general culture of the people. I
left sixty-one (61) books in thirty-seven (37) homes, num-
bering one hundred and forty-nine (149) members.
"The third route was longer, harder and least inter-
esting of all, and therefore probably the one that needed it
most. The roads were poorer, the farms poorly worked,
more remote from towns, and the people more spiritless.
I left fifty-nine (59) books with twenty-nine (29) families,
composed of one hundred and twenty-six (126) individuals,
on my first trip. On the second trip I left seventy (70)
books. On the last two routes I found a number of men
who could not read, but there was always a woman or child
who could save the intellectual credit of the family. One
refreshing incident was finding a young man who had walked
six miles twice a day last winter to attend a High School.
It would seem that a comparison of the number of books
loaned on the first trip and then on the second trip, together.
with an appreciation of the busy season during which it was
tested, proves at least the interest of the people in the plan.
They were a unit in their desire to have it made permanent.
"Many more books might have been loaned had they
been better adapted to the needs of the people. This was
particularly true of the fiction, for which there was a large
demand. Scott and Dickens, and even some books of history
and travel, are all over their heads, unless written in a very
popular style. There was a demand by some of the older
women for religious books. The Domestic Science books
which were adapted to the farm life have been very popular.
On one of my trips my horse was fed by a young man in
blue overalls, who turned out to the son home on his vacation.
He is a professor in the Boston School of Technology.
I have enjoyed the work, because it has given so much
pleasure to the people, old and young. But best of all, I
liked it for the help it will be to the children in helping
develop characters which will prove a blessing to the county
and the State."
In a later report of the first year, she writes:
"Now that the children are at school and the fathers
out at work, the business is transacted with the mother,
And she usually prefers judgment to her own. As to the
interest, it shows no sign of abating. Mothers tell me that
the books are read over and over again. In many cases the
whole family reads the same books. A small proportion
of the farmers are interested in the books on farming, but
the majority prefer to read the farming papers, which are
very reasonable in price, or else they do not read on the
subject at all. Some of the women are much pleased with
the books on plants, and a large number with some of the
domestic science books. A number of the mothers ask for
Bible stories and tell of their appreciation of those in circulation.
More books of the type of 'Master Bartlemy' or
'The Thankful Heart' will fill a large demand. I came near
losing a family by leaving for the boy Kipling's Jungle
Book. The mother thought it a sinful thing. I saved the
day by giving her one of Dr. Miller's little books, and I trust
the next time I go she will permit the boy to take a book
for himself.
"I am adding new families each time from other
roads through the co-operation of friends on the routes.
Last Saturday night a boy brought a friend to my home in
Seaford to ask for a book, and two young men who had read
the books loaned from the wagon came to my house asking
for more. The mother in a family which will move off of the
route soon asked that her children may come to my home
for books, and a grandfather makes the same request for
two girls. 1 have decided to set apart Saturday afternoons
and evenings for any country people who would care to get
books. This may develop into something larger. There are
elderly people who can no longer occupy their time and
minds with work who are finding much pleasure in the
"There is a cross roads on one of my routes with a
store kept by a man and woman of low moral standards.
The store is a gathering place for the rough fellows of the
neighborhood. I a leaving books at this place, and one of
the men, whom I call the 'Walking Speak-Easy,' is reading
Light Horse Harry's Legion. There is an elderly woman
with nine children and grandchildren, four of whom are
sons ranging from eleven to forty-five years, none of whom
can read, as they say 'big words,' who is reading our books
to them. These last two cases are not typical, but there
are others, and the work among them is truly missionary.
More stories for girls like Jean Webster, Mrs. Wiggin, Miss
Montgomery and a number of good novels for older people
are needed. Pride and Prejudice is quite popular.
"A merchant's wife was pleased with a poultry book,
and before seven o'clock the next morning (for I spent the
night at the cross roads) a neighbor sent for one on the
same subject. I am working an eductional book along with
the fiction in some families, but I am myself a hearty be-
liever in the mission of a good story to hard-working people
on the farm. I am prescribing for overworked mothers
Mrs. Wiggs and such other books, and I attribute one recovery
where the doctor had given up hope largely to Napo-leon
of the Plush Rocker.
"In addition to the books, I carry along magazines (none
but good ones), which are greatly appreciated by the people.
I am sometimes guilty of carrying along a plant for some
farmer's wife, who shares with me a love of growing things.
When I return, the children of the neighborhood flock around
the Book Wagon to help carry in the good-will -offerings.
"I am off at seven o'clock in the morning, and even at
that hour frequently find the morning's work done in the
house and the women and girls out in the canteloupe or
tomato patches. But generally the books are waiting for
me on a chair or other safe place in the porch, and I exchange
them for others. These books on the chair are a mute testimony
to the ray of sunshine they are bringing to that household.
The men are growing more interested and asking
For books on farming. One young man whose wife had
selected a novel for him on my first visit was present on my
second. He chose the Life of Lincoln, and said that suited
him better than love stories."
Miss Mast, who has used an automobile instead of a
wagon on the Kent County routes, writes in 1915:
''The first visits are rather trying, for the people almost
invariably think we are book agents, and do not want to
buy any'; when they understand, they are delighted' with
the plan and give us a hearty welcome. * * * We have
many requests for books from people not living on our
routes, and several of of readers take a number of books
and loan them to the neighbors around them, one reserving
a shelf in her book case for Book Wagon books, and having
at least twenty borrowers. * * * The little children are
much interested in the picture books, Jemina Puddle Duck
and Peter Rabbit being great favorites, and are always eager
for another story when the "Library Lady' comes. * * *.
The agricultural books are popular with the men. One man
said a suggestion in Handy Farm Devices had saved him
half a day's work. * * * Our only regret is that we
cannot reach all who would like to have books."
The second year Miss Hopkins writes:
"Every trip confirms my faith in the Book Wagon as
the simplest and most effective agency for developing the
good morals of the people whom it reaches. The Book
Wagon preaches no sermons, but places a book which very
silently and delightfully influences character and makes peo-
ple think. When I think about it I exclaim, 'Let me drive
the Book Wagon, and I care not who makes the laws of the
State. Oh, for some one of wealth who would send the
Book Wagon over all the roads in our county!'
"Judging from my experience so far, it requires a number
of Book Wagon trips over a route to make it worth while .
to go at all. It takes time to form new habits; at least,
with grown-up people, and it also takes time for the 'Book
Woman' to get hold of the mother on the farm to stimulate
her to look beyond the daily grind. Two or three trips will
not accomplish our purpose."
The following year new routes were added, and the
work increased. Miss Hopkins writes again:
"The people on these new routes are as pleased with
the Book Wagon as on the previous one, and I grow more
and more enthusiastic over the work. The young married
men are reading quite little, although I hardly know when
they do it. Often the wife will report her husband as saying
that if I will leave him as good a book as the last he will
be satisfied.
"The demand is almost altogether for fiction, although
there is a fair interest in other classes. I was pleased on
Friday when a twelve-year-old boy noticed The Boy Craftsman,
and said that was just what he wanted. A mother
told me that her little girl had read her book twelve times.
The young women are enjoying the young girls' series which
was sent from the Commission recently. Miss Alcott never
fails to please, nor does Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, nor
Ann of Green Gables and Pollyanna (God bless her)! I
wish we had a half dozen copies. I loaned one of our copies
(we have two) to a sorrowing mother, whose grown son was
killed by the cars last summer, and she begged for another
book like it.
"I have been fortunate enough to meet some of the
younger farmers who are feeling the progressive spirit, but
hardly know how to 'move out.' There is a bright future
for our county, but so much of it is so isolated and some
of the men so handicapped by lack of education, that it will
mean a lot of work and patience on the part of those who
would help. The Book Wagon will be a great factor in
its development I am sure and if the season's work can
be followed up by a traveling library in each of the thirty-
five schools I shall feel that something has been accomplished
and a permanent work done, as far as it goes. I
was much pleased with what one of the young patrons told
me last week. Her father is a tenant on a farm near town;
her mother is dead, and the father cannot read, but he
greatly enjoys the little girl's books. When she returned
Stories of Great Americans last Saturday she said her
father would say every evening before he got up from the
supper table: 'Now, Frances, get out your book and read to
me.' A number of loans from my house this winter (I
have loaned 690 books) have been to children and young
girls from the most needy sections. Our Woman's Club
supports a Free Library, but it is open only once a week
and then at night, and besides they have nothing like the
amount of juvenile literature that we have. Some young
girls who have been in the habit of roaming the streets at
night have read as many as thirty-seven (37) books in the
past three months."
In 1915 Miss Hopkins writes:
"The families are all interesting to me. There is an
old lady on one of my routes to whom I loaned Rebecca, with
the remark that I expected she would get so interested that
she would neglect her husband. At my next visit, she remined
me of what I had said, and said that she had not neglected
her old man, but feared she had neglected her Bible. She
had become so interested in 'that dear child,' as she called
Rebecca, that she would place the lamp on the floor and
sit down beside it to read after the old man had gone to
bed. When I made my next trip, she was deeply interested
in A Texas Blue Bonnet, which her work had prevented her
from finishing, so she begged to keep it and return later
by post. There was another interesting old lady on this
route to whom the books were a great joy. She had, in
the home a husband and son, both of whom were drunken.
Both of us were glad when I told her that a traveling library
would be placed in their district school, and that the teacher,
who passed by the home, would bring her books.
"A mile away a couple of young city breds, who had
been inveigled by a land agent into buying a poor farm,
more poorly located, excited my sympathy. I wanted to
get better acquainted, so whipped up my horse that I might
spend the noon hour with them. The wife gave me a cordial
wlecome and went to call her husband. They held a
long conversation in the barnyard, and I began to think it
would not suit. When they came to the Wagon, I suggested
that perhaps they did not have the horse feed to spare (I
take my lunch). 'Oh, yes,' he replied; 'but I'm afraid I
can't get the harness back on the horse right.' This gave
me pause, for I was not sure of my ability, but the plucky
little wife said she believed we could, and shamed me into
taking the risk. They were utterly ignorant of farm life
and work, and had suffered accordingly. His one horse had
died (the neighbors said through his ignorance). They
were glad to have the Book Wagon visit them and read the
farm books with interest.
"In my three years' experience, which has brought me
into contact with six hundred (600) families, I have had
but one man and woman who refused to have anything to
do with the Book Wagon. The man said the work was
started to give me a job, and had better be spent on the
roads. Upon questioning him, I found that he owned no
property, and therefore was not sharing very largely in
the expenses of the work. But most of the people greatly
appreciate the Book Wagon; but my faith in it is not based
on their expression of appreciation, but on my own convictions.
My contact is with the mothers, many of them
middle aged, who have little leisure and less inclination for
reading, but who are willing for the younger ones to read.
These latter are the enthusiastic ones.
"An interesting family was on my route this summer.
It js composed of a well-read elderly man and two single
daughters. The father was induced to read Pollyanna,
and on my next visit he informed me that a little calf had
come to them, and that he had named it 'Pollyanna.' Some
tired young mothers have gotten rested by reading the
books, and many men, young and old, have enjoyed the Life
of Lincoln, of which we have several copies.
"A new season is before us, and there will be new
people and new experiences, and, I am sure, new friends,
and the world will be a bigger, better place in which to
live because we have found them."
These extracts from Miss Hopkins' and Miss Mast's reports
need no comment. They speak for themselves; they
speak for the work; they speak for Miss Hopkins and for
Miss Mast.
Through the agency of the Book Wagon, the Commission
feels that it is doing a work which the traveling library
never could have done. Up until 1912, the Commission had
been trying to meet this need of the country people simply
by sending out traveling libraries, and although they had
accomplished wonderful results in the country school and
Sundays schools, the Commission found that in many instances
those books were not reaching the mothers and
fathers and the homes in the remote rural sections. The
Commission had sent libraries to small towns that already
had struggling little libraries, to increase the number of
books on their shelves; it had helped the club women by
providing reference books for their shelves; it had not
reached the country; people in their homes. This was all
the more striking in our State, because Delaware's population,
especially in the two lower counties, is mostly rural.
And so the Book Wagon took up the work and carried it
where the traveling library could not go. The traveling
library stopped at the school house; the Book Wagon con-
tinued down the road to the individual home. The traveling
library was put down at the school house in a wooden
case; the books from the Book Wagon are handed out to the
farmer by a trained agent, who explains their merits, or,
perhaps, tells one of the stories contained in those books.
The traveling library lacks the personal touch; the Book
Wagon is filled with it. The traveling library comes into
contact with the younger children of school age; the Book
Wagon comes into contact with, the father and mother and
the children of all ages. The Book Wagon creates a desire
for new books and guides the reader; the traveling library,
having no agent, lacks that power.
It is not the intention of the Commission that the Book
Wagon shall continue forever, first of all, because of the
expense attached to its maintenance. It is the Commission's
hope, indeed, it is its determination, that the Book
Wagon shall continue on every route until the people living
on those routes shall have become so filled with the desire
for good reading and so determined to have the books they
want, that they will go or send to that school or Sunday
school, corner store or library center in their vicinity, whatever
it may be, for books from the traveling library that
has been placed there by the Delaware State Library Commission.
The Book Wagon is the library's educational medium
in creating the desire and habit of good reading; it is
the libary's advertising agency through which the library
is brought to the attention of those who could not otherwise
know of its existence. The Delaware Commission is convinced
that the Book Wagon is just as much a part of any
good State library system in its beginning as is the free
public town library and its branches, or the traveling library
of the country school or store or club. It is the conviction
of the Commission that any good State library system must
Carry books to the homes and seek the people until the
people eagerly seek the books.
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