Old Home Remedies

To promote the art of storytelling, the Abilene Public Library is providing the DVD The Art of Reading a Storybook to area child care providers.

“This DVD is a simple yet powerful tool of benefit to anyone in a position to select and read a book to a child,” said children’s librarian Sheryl Davidson.

She went on say that its purpose is to provide basic training for anyone who is reading aloud to children.  

Reading aloud to a child is a simple activity that strengthens relationships, sparks imagination, creativity, and curiosity, and improves vocabulary and listening skills.  It expands a child’s interests and tastes and builds their knowledge base.  Reading aloud creates a passion for reading and an appreciation for lifelong learning.  It is an activity that is free and enjoyable for both reader and child.

To promote the benefits of reading aloud in the community, the Abilene Public Library has purchased several copies of The Art of Reading a Storybook, a project of the Wichita Public Library and Books for Life (an organization dedicated to providing books and libraries for communities in underdeveloped countries).  The DVD is available for check out at the library, 1214 N.W. Third.   The library is also donating copies to area preschools, childcare centers, Smart Start, and Parents as Teachers.

Britain’s film board banned the sale of a Japanese horror DVD, saying Wednesday its violence is so extreme that it could cause psychological harm to audiences.The film “Grotesque” devoted most of its running time to the sexual assault and torture of its two main characters, the British Board of Film Classification said.”‘Grotesque’ features minimal narrative or character development and presents the audience with little more than an unrelenting and escalating scenario of humiliation, brutality and sadism,” the board said in a statement.The board has refused to classify the film, meaning it cannot be legally sold or supplied anywhere in Britain.The board said the movie’s nonstop scenes of torture — including amputation, eye-gouging, castration and evisceration — make it impossible to edit the film in a way which would make it acceptable for British viewers.The board, which rates about 10,000 films for DVD release each year, said the ban was “very rare.” The last movie turned down by the board was 2004 film “Murder-Set-Pieces,” which was rejected in early 2008. In 2005, it refused “Terrorists, Killers And Other Wackos” — a film that carried clips of real torture and execution.

LOS ANGELES — Detectives have arrested four men and seized thousands of DVDs after a raid on an illegal DVD manufacturing operation in Los Angeles.
Police said officers raided an unmarked storefront in the downtown Fashion District Friday afternoon, taking DVD burning equipment, over 5,000 DVDs and more than $2,000 in cash.
Four men face felony counterfeiting charges.
The Motion Picture Association of America collaborated with police in the raid. The association will destroy the DVDs when the case is over.