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Dr Grantly Dick-Read died on 11 June 1959. His teaching, however, gains a growing recognition even though others are putting their names to his theories and practices. The delivery on this recording was not in fact an 'easy' one, as the baby was not fully rotated. The record, therefore, not only justifies Dick-Read's teaching but is also a tribute to his own skill as a gynaecologist. The following sleeve notes were written a month after the recording. 'When my wife informed me that she was going to have a baby, I think my reactions were typical of most husbands. I was delighted, for we both wanted to start a family, but I was also anxious. My knowledge of childbirth was limited. I had heard that pregnancy could be 'difficult', that labour itself, if not actually dangerous, meant many hours of suffering either nobly endured or alleviated with anaesthesia. My wife, however, insisted that I read "Childbirth without Fear" by Dr Grantly Dick-Read. There I learned the simple tenets upon which his teaching is founded. The fear of childbirth can be overcome by simple instruction in the truth of natural processes. The methods by which a woman can help herself and not cause her own distress - correct breathing and relaxation for use during pregnancy and labour were explained. Simple exercises (requiring only a few minutes per day) to aid the general fitness for the birth of the baby were described. Dr Dick-Read stressed that even more important than the removal of pain is the spiritual joy the mother experiences when she sees her baby into the world, a joy, which transcends the moment of birth, and has a lasting influence on the family unity. This, as Dr Dick-Read says, is the experience, which is destroyed when the sensations of birth are removed or disturbed by interference. My wife decided that she would prepare for natural childbirth. It was at this point that as a recording executive I became involved professionally. My wife volunteered to have her labour recorded and Dr Dick-Read agreed to supervise her delivery and give a commentary as the labour proceeded. In effect, we had provided Dr Dick-Read with a test of some severity. We were not asking him to choose the best result from, say, twelve cases. The patient was not even selected by him. She was having her first baby and she was over thirty. Mrs Dick-Read began the antenatal preparation, as described in the book "Antenatal Illustrated". The voices you will hear on this record are those of Dr Dick-Read, Mrs Dick-Read, the expectant mother and, towards the end of the record, a woman doctor in general practice who assisted Dr Dick-Read. Another doctor who was present primarily as an interested observer was also skilled in the administration of pain relief should the patient have desired it. A bedroom in Dr Dick-Read's house in Petersfield had been equipped with a labour bed. Trilene and Pethedine were available; for, contrary to some reports, a strongly maintained principle of Dr Dick-Read's teaching was that the patient should not be expected to suffer any unnecessary pain or discomfort. Three microphones were used. One was placed above the bed and used to pick up conversations between doctor and patient and also the atmosphere of the ward, which was calm and peaceful throughout. At each side of the bed we placed microphones for use when either Dr or Mrs Dick-Read wished to make any comment. I personally operated the recording equipment in an adjoining room during the confinement and can categorically state that at no time did I feel that my wife was asked to bear any severe discomfort. Even when owing to the incomplete rotation of the baby's head at the outlet, and in order to prevent unnecessarily prolonging the final stage of labour, a small incision was made, my wife did not feel this and did not at any stage request anaesthetic. That she was asked to do a lot of very hard work she will be the first to admit. But the joy of the birth itself is unforgettable. During the early stages of her labour I was with her and able to help during her contractions with the back-rubbing, she found so beneficial at this stage. A swishing sound on the record during the first stage contractions is made by this back-rubbing. It is during this stage that Dr Dick-Read insisted that all patients should have company. So often the expectant mother is 'left to get on with it until the second stage is reached. During the second stage considerable background noise is caused by the movement of the bed-clothes when the patient changes her position in order to use her contractions efficiently. The recording was made on tape, edited and then transferred to a long playing record. Before we started to condense the recording of a twelve-hour labour to the length of one LP record we invited reporters to hear parts of the as yet uncut tape, including the last twenty minutes. It was pointed out to them that although a very heavy task of selection lay ahead, there was nothing which needed to be suppressed for the purpose of demonstrating natural childbirth. The editing presented two major problems. Owing to the fact that our microphones were highly sensitive in order to pick up the quietly and calmly conducted comments and discussions of the doctor, his patient and his assistants, we also picked up many unwanted and distracting noises, doors closing, sterilised tins being opened, running taps, etc. These noises have been removed wherever possible from the finished record. Condensation proved more difficult, for many of the early stage contractions were very similar, and throughout the first two stages there were long periods when the patient was lying peacefully relaxed between her contractions. All that was merely repetitious or irrelevant had to be discarded. To present a twelve-hour labour on one long playing record was clearly impossible, therefore we were faced with a further problem. If we did not include some passages of rest and relaxation, we would give an impression that the patient moved rapidly from contraction to contraction; but to allow a five-minute rest its full playing time was not possible. We have tried, therefore, to maintain the impression of the overall rhythm of labour by selection of contractions and the shortening of silences. We have not condensed individual contractions. This is important in demonstrating the breath control called for during contractions. This record, then, is an account of a twelve-hour labour leading up to the dramatic moments when the baby is born. One of the most outstanding moments on this record occurs towards the end of the first side. Using his stethoscope with a microphone placed alongside it, Dr Dick-Read searches for and listens to the heart-beat of the baby while it is still in the birth canal, one hour and a half before it is born-an exciting moment for the recording technicians and the doctors when they heard the playback for the first time. Reporting on the last twenty minutes of this recording, one of Britain's leading newspapers, the "Daily Mirror", called it: "The most moving record I have ever heard". If this record helps to abolish fear, it will help to abolish pain in labour. If it helps to spread the teachings of Dr Grantly Dick-Read, then it will have done its job. His work won its due recognition when it was acknowledged and approved by His Holiness, Pope Pius XII, who also commented upon the spiritual approach inherent in Dr Dick-Read's method, saying: "The researches of the Englishman, Dr Grantly Dick-Read, differed notably from those of the Russians (notably the followers of I.P. Pavlov) in their philosophical and metaphysical postulates which were not based, like those of the Russians, on materialistic concepts". This record should help to prepare a woman for the emotional and spiritual experience which is her right, and needs to be fought for, just as much as her right to highly skilled surgery, or pain-killing drugs. There is still some opposition to Dr Dick-Read's work, especially in his own country; there are many places where lip-service is paid to his system; but if his method is followed sincerely by those responsible for the conduct of labour, the result can be as on this record. Here, then, unscripted and unrehearsed, is a record of a natural childbirth.' H.J.U.show more
- CD-Audio
- 124 x 140 x 10mm | 81.65g
- 01 Jul 2006
- Pinter & Martin Ltd.
- LondonUnited Kingdom
- English
- 1905177089
- 9781905177080
- 746,252
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About Grantly Dick-Read
Born in Britain in 1890, Grantly Dick-Read studied at Cambridge and at the London Hospital. He soon realised that there was something inherently wrong with the traditional methods of delivering babies, with their emphasis on intervention and the extensive use of anaesthetics. The publication of Childbirth without Fear caused widespread controversy, but, encouraged by many women who had given birth using the 'Dick-Read method', Grantly Dick-Read dedicated his life to promoting natural childbirth. His writings inspired advocators of natural childbirth such as Ina May Gaskin, Janet Balaskas, Yehudi Gordon, Michel Odent and Sheila Kitzinger, and seem even more relevant today than when they were first published. In 1954 he conducted an extensive tour investigating childbirth practices of African tribes, which he described in his book No Time for Fear. Grantly Dick-Read died in 1959.show more


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The biggest difference between the standard Yukon and the Yukon XL is the XL's extra 14 inches of wheelbase and 20 inches of overall length. The XL also gets a standard third-row seat, which is optional on the standard Yukon. Yukon SLE and SLT models can be equipped with the following new Vortec small-block V8 engines: a standard 4.8-liter (standard model only), two 5.3-liter choices with active fuel management, and two 6.0-liter choices (XL model only). Denali models get an exclusive 6.2-liter V8 that's also found in the Cadillac Escalade, but which makes more power in the Caddy. Horsepower runs the gamut between 295 and 380 with torque figures ranging between 305 lb.-ft and 415 lb.-ft.
Underneath, the 2007 Yukon gets a new coil-over-shock front suspension, rack-and-pinion steering, larger four-wheel disc brakes, and an all-new ABS system. An optional Autoride suspension reads the road and automatically adjusts the electronic shocks for a smoother ride. GMC didn't forget safety when it comes to the 2007 Yukon, including as standard equipment a StabiliTrak stability control system, dual-stage airbags for front seat occupants, side curtain airbags with rollover protection for all three rows, and a tire pressure monitoring system.
Our 2007 GMC Yukon Denali test vehicle was loaded with amenities including chrome 20-inch wheels, a power sunroof, a navigation system with CD/DVD and MP3 players, a rearview camera system, and a heated steering wheel. The downside of all this is that our Denali didn't come cheap at $54,765 including an $875 destination charge. That's a pile of cash, but with big SUV sales stalled you're likely to get a big discount from sticker. If you take the rebate bait, know that our seat-of-the-pants opinion is the 2007 Denali version is the best Yukon yet, and represents a giant improvement over previous models. It isn't perfect, but then again, nothing is.
When it comes to handling, the Yukon wails like a toddler that isn't getting its way when pushed hard into corners. Understeer is the dominant characteristic in extreme conditions, and the 20-inch wheels and tires don't seem to help. In a straight line, however, the opposite is true. Our GMC Yukon Denali delivered a supple ride just like that of a luxury car, thanks to the Autoride suspension that incorporates electronic shocks and real-time damping. This makes the Yukon a perfect ride for long hauls.
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Outside, just a few things worth noting marred build quality. The rear bumper cover that hid the trailer hitch was the worse offender, loose and exhibiting terrible fit. We also found the grille's G-M-C lettering loose and rattling, poor fit of the plastic trim pieces that flank the rear window, and slight variance of the gaps around the rear window.
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Outside, the GMC Yukon continues the luxury theme through the use of chrome accents, what appears to be custom grille work, large jeweled headlights, tinted windows, and 20-inch rims. There's also a sleekly designed roof rack integrated into the design with color-matched paint and chrome accents.
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Price of Test Vehicle: $54,765 (includes $875 destination charge)
Engine Size and Type: 6.2-liter V8
Engine Horsepower: 380 at 5,500 rpm
Engine Torque: 415 lb.-ft. at 4,400 rpm
Transmission: Six-speed automatic
Curb weight, lbs.: 5,415
EPA Fuel Economy (city/highway):13/19
Observed Fuel Economy: 11.5 mpg
Length: 202 inches
Width: 79 inches
Wheelbase: 116 inches
Height: 76.8 inches
Leg room (front/rear): 41.3/39.0 inches
Head room (front/rear): 41.1/39.2 inches
Max. Seating Capacity: 7 (with third-row seat)
Max. Cargo Volume: 16.9 cu.-ft. with third row in place
Max. Payload: 1,776 lbs.
Max. Towing Capacity: 8,200 lbs.
Ground Clearance:8.9 inches
Competitors: Cadillac Escalade ESV, Chevrolet Suburban, Chrysler Aspen, Ford Expedition EL, Infiniti QX56, Land Rover LR3, Lexus LX 470, Lincoln Navigator, Nissan Armada, Toyota Land Cruiser
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People who buy full-size SUVs with big V8 engines don't care about the price of gas, so I won't harp on the GMC Yukon Denali for averaging less than 12 mpg or for the fact that squeezing 30 bucks into the tank rewards the driver with just 120 miles of additional range. People who buy full-size SUVs based on regular truck frames are also prepared to climb high when entering and drop out when exiting, and they know that passenger room and cargo space are compromised by the traditional ladder-style frame and solid rear axle, so I won't complain much about that, either. Finally, since the fake wood and hard plastic used for the dashboard of this $54,000 luxe-truck is a huge leap forward from what the old Denali had going for it, the gripe is a minor one – even if the lowly Nissan Versa econocar contains better quality materials than this top-shelf GMC.
That leaves me to complain about the teensy little buttons that GM has started using for all of its climate and stereo systems, particularly glaring in a vehicle like the Yukon which has large expanses of real estate on the control panel upon which these buttons could be spread out and made larger. I'm also befuddled by the lack of a telescopic steering column or one-touch power window operation for all four doors. Further, I wasn't a big fan of the powertrain, which accelerated briskly off the line but was slow to respond to requests for passing power. Plus, there are times when it seems there's a dead spot in the powerband. Combined with the SUV's inherently large size and portly curb weight, which conspire to make the GMC a sloppy handler despite the optional 20-inch tires, these traits make the Yukon Denali a chore to drive in traffic.
What did I like about the GMC Yukon Denali? I like the styling, I think the front seats are very comfortable, and the suspension is stiff enough to offer a sporting feel but compliant enough to provide a decent ride quality. The sound system rocks, the reversing camera is cool, the view forward and to the sides is clear, and the exhaust system features a spine-tingling bellow that only an American V8 can provide.
GMC Yukon – Brian Chee's Opinion:
Call it Professional Grade. That's the 2007 GMC Yukon Denali, so close to a 'Slade that it almost paints itself black. The chrome. The wheels. The pure bodacious size of the thing – it's all an Escalade can be, with a slight nod to the Escalade's interior upgrades. Heck, at 11.5 mpg you oughta get something special, and the Yukon Denali offers it up in spades, starting with chrome roof rails, doors handles and an interior that's halfway up the luxury ladder between a Chevy Tahoe and that ominous Cadillac, enough for people to appreciate dampened compartment doors, plush leather seating, beautiful wood grain and fine textured plastics. In back, seats move up and down easily, though two hands are necessary to maneuver the back seats at times. One thing about the interior I just don't understand – and doubt many parents will – is the two bucket seats in the second row. It means that the Yukon Denali will seat just four with the third-row down.
Despite this, the Yukon Denali is a huge improvement over the 2006 model. Priced competitively – albeit to a dying market – the Yukon Denali will win its share of fans who can't afford the Caddy upgrade and want more than a Chevy. What they'll get is a beast that drives easily, just as the rest of its 2007 stablemates do – nice handling, great acceleration and smooth overall performance from its 6.2-liter V8 engine. The engine is mated to a new six-speed automatic transmission which cycles through the gears smoothly. On city streets and when driving on the freeway, the Yukon Denali exhibits a surprisingly nimble driving character, with responsive steering, predictable braking and a tight turning radius much better than one has a right to expect in a boat like this. Accelerator tip-in felt a bit abrupt, but once up to speed the powertrain worked flawlessly to deliver a smooth stream of power. All in all, the GMC Yukon Denali is an excellent driver with a superb interior. Get that fuel mileage up to a real-world index of 20, and that would sure be something.
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Editor: Do not give in to feelings of frustration. Your attitude either good or bad controls your day. Refuse defeat no matter what may come. Stay prepared for each day's encounter. With God you're on the winning side. Without him your negative thoughts and attitude will drag you down. Battles are won but not with negative emotions.
We face Goliaths in our lifetime. We can give in or we can do as David of the Old Testament, face the powerful enemy, and we, too, can overcome with ambition, perseverance and strength.
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Intimate setting, top-notch acting, taut direction and high production values bring this classic to life
For this classic, less is more.
The Annapolis Shakespeare Company's production of Jane Austen's first novel, Sense and Sensibility, uses a script nicely streamlined and adapted to the stage by Jon Jory, whose versions of other classics like Pride and Prejudice the company has presented over its brief history. As impressive as the script's fidelity to the novel is Annapolis Shakespeare's confidence in its ability to tell a complex story with nary a set piece other than a few chairs and a trunk.
After spending time at the Bowie Playhouse, Annapolis Shakespeare moved into its Chinquapin Round Road facility just a couple of years ago, and began doing its plays there even more recently. By using a less-is-more philosophy — and knowing that solid talent and direction are quite a bit more important to good storytelling than extensive sets and facilities — producing artistic director Sally Boyett nicely adapts to the company's small, 70-seat space.
In the case of Sense and Sensibility, Boyett gives us the classic story of two young sisters. Elinor is filled with sense and prudence, a level-head. Marianne is filled with sensibility — emotion, romance — and always speaks her mind. Though written in the late 1700s, Austen's work remains loved, read and performed because she captured ideas and feelings that are essentially timeless.
This story of love, laughter and heartache is brought to us by a cast of actors led by Laura Rocklyn as Marianne Dashwood and Rebecca Swislow as Elinor Dashwood. Rocklyn's Marianne is a charmer, attracting us via her refusal to hold her tongue as well as the humor of what she says when she does speak. Rocklyn and Swislow work very well together; this is a pair that you can believe are sisters.
They and their widowed mother, played nicely by Sue Struve, are forced to move into a small cottage after their half-brother (the elegant Brian Keith MacDonald) and his wife, played to the hilt of vanity by Renata Plecha, decide that they prefer to take the family estate and force the trio out.
Evicted, they settle in a small cottage in Devonshire, near the home of her cousin John Middleton and his wife, who welcome the three openly, soon introducing them to local society. As Middleton, Richard Pilcher is gregarious and warm, quite the opposite of what they had experienced before being forced out.
But Sense and Sensibility is not so much about society connections as it is about the two girls and the suitors who come calling: Edward Ferrars (Patrick Truhler), whose engagement to another is kept secret but who becomes attracted to Elinor; John Willoughby (James Carpenter), a charmer but a cheater whose engagement to Marianne is presumed by many but never official; and Colonel Brandon (Joel Ottenheimer), a tall, good guy who takes on the charge of the daughter of a woman he loved but was not allowed by family to marry, and who falls in love with Marianne.
All three give us tightly drawn and distinctive characters, each bringing their unique backgrounds to bear on the present, and each revealing to us the chemistry that has formed their affections for the sisters.
As always with Annapolis Shakespeare, costumes are expansive but true to the period, lighting of the small space is imaginative and evocative and Boyett's choreography of scene changes keeps things moving apace, with each scene blending into the next clearly yet with nary a visual or verbal gap.
In other words, less is more: an intimate setting, top-notch acting, taut direction and high production values are more than enough to bring this classic to life.
Production stage manager: Sara K. Smith. Lighting design: Colin Dieck. Costumes: Kat McKerrow. Dialect coach: Nancy Krebs
Playing thru May 3: FSa 8pm (and 2pm, Sa April 4); Su 3pm: Annapolis Shakespeare Company's Studio 111, 111 Chinquapin Round Rd., Annapolis; $35 w/discounts; rsvp: 410-415-3513; www.annapolisshakespeare.org.
Sometimes, we could have used an expert
In my early memory, mother is tearing down a wall, a sledgehammer shattering the plaster and lathing. One of us, I don't remember which, stepped on a nail and had to have a tetanus shot. As mother struck her blows, my father may well have been telling her a story. That was the role she sweetly assigned him when they shared a job.
If there was a job that needed doing, Mother was the woman to do it, whether or not she knew how.
Can you see where this story is heading? Maybe I should have stuck with telling stories.
After a day's work at Bloomington, Illinois' Eureka Williams vacuum cleaner factory, husband Bill's father climbed a ladder to paint houses. Eventually he fell.
But that's not where this story is going, yet.
As the children of a pair of determined do-it-yourselfers, Bill and I have climbed many a ladder, though we've not yet fallen. I came closest when a spring gust tried to snatch the old-fashioned, wood-framed, five-foot-tall storm window I was unhinging as I stood on a ladder outside the dining room of my 1908 bungalow in Springfield, Illinois.
I painted every radiator and room of that house once or twice; set tile and knocked down part of a bad plaster ceiling. All without knowing a bit about what I was doing. Eventually, I got smart and called in the experts to knock down a wall, finish the dormer level, refinish the nice inch-wide maple floors and — eventually — paint. But only after stripping the many coats of paint and sometimes dark old cracked varnish from the oak trim.
In Maryland, Bill and I worked together, painting not only the inside but also the outside of our Fairhaven Cliffs cottage, which is three floors tall on the down-slope Bay side. In some spots I had to hang upside down like a bat, but neither of us fell off the ladder, though on one of my fool's errands, Bill did fall off a stool when I moved it from the place he expected to find it when he stepped down.
He laid a brick patio, two down-slope outdoor sets of steps (twice each) and about a mile of six-by-sixes to hold back earth's effort — seeming as determined as water's — to reach its own level. Fairhaven Cliffs is a name that's not kidding.
We've been at work on the earth, too, composting and digging and planting, digging up, cutting down and replanting.
This house and its little piece of earth has been ours for 27 years, so a lot of that work is maintenance: the perpetual campaign to keep not too far behind wear and tear. A good deal of the labor, however, is correcting mistakes we've didn't know we were making.
Every time Bay Gardener Dr. Gouin visits, he writes a new column about another folly committed by "many homeowners" who don't know plant and soil science from Shinola. I worry that his visits coincide with my demands for a series of new columns.
As the sun sparks off our ceilings, a painting contractor mildly suggests that semigloss may not be the best choice up there, unless you like living in a hall of mirrors.
Who knew, until the mason came, that paving brick should be set on stone dust, not sand? Or that brick walls needed concrete underpinning?
Or, until our recent home landscaping class at Adkins Arboretum, that you should plan a landscape before you plant it? Now some of our mistakes tower 50 feet above us.
It's slowly dawning on me that there's something to be said for calling an expert.
In this week's Home and Garden Guide, we've asked the experts. They've got a lot to offer, in ideas, energy and skill. Listen and learn; then judge what's right for you.
And, when you do hire an expert as your partner, take the advice of Eddie Knudsen at Hodges 'n' Sons Home Improvement: Ask questions and get references to ensure the contractor has the expertise and credentials to do what you want and are paying for.
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Abandon all hope, you who enter the Divis Flats
British private Gary Hook (Jack O'Connell: Unbroken) wants a station in Germany. He wants an easy assignment and money to provide for his son, in care while he's serving. Instead he's sent to Belfast, where the IRA is waging a bloody war against the British Crown.
Fresh out of training and uneasy in the tense streets of Northern Ireland, Hook tries to keep his head down and collect his check. Wish again.
An inexperienced officer leads his platoon into a riot. Sent into a swarm of protesters to retrieve a stolen gun, Hook sees his comrade's head blown off and his fellow soldiers beating a hasty retreat — without him.
An easy target in his British fatigues, Hook flees, evading IRA gunmen and angry citizens. To survive the night in Divis Flats, an IRA stronghold, he must also avoid IRA spies and steer clear of the roving gangs of Molotov cocktail-wielding rioters.
Hook's run through the Flats drives a wedge in the already segmented IRA. The old-school members are horrified at the murder of a soldier and fearful that killing Hook will bring the British in bloody invasion. The young IRA want blood and don't care whose.
With a soldier stranded in enemy territory, the British military turns to undercover agents. But the spies have their own agenda, a planned counter-strike against the IRA. Hook's death might just further their plans.
Can anyone leave Divis Flats alive?
Director Yann Demange (Top Boy) uses handheld cameras to follow Hook on his dashes through the shadows as the city burns around him. Though handheld can become pointlessly shaky, here the technique compliments Hook's frenetic journey through the night. Demange also keeps his film looking authentic by using a muted color palate and soft focus that looks like it was shot during the 1971 Belfast riots.
At the heart of '71 is O'Connell, who is masterful as the frantic Hook. In his previous starring role in Angelina Jolie's run-of-the-mill Unbroken, O'Connell was forced into the generic hero role. In '71, Demange unleashes O'Connell on the screen with brilliant results. Hook is a barely competent kid utterly terrified of the men with guns chasing him. A man without a plan, he simply reacts to what's happening around him with more luck than skill. When he must fight, his barely contained panic fuels his blows.
Don't bother to buy popcorn; you'll be too breathless to eat it.
Clip right to force branches of flowers
Now is the time to force forsythia, quince, magnolia, crabapple, lilac and weigela branches into flower. Select heavily budded branches from the center of the plants so as not to distract from the natural appearance of the plant when it flowers later in the spring. Flower buds are easily distinguished this time of year because they tend to be plump as compared to vegetative buds. In many species, the ends of the flowering buds are rounded.
If the container for your arrangement is large like a crock, you will achieve a better effect if you first make a large loose ball with chicken wire. The holes in the chicken wire enable you to stand the branches upright or at any angle. Fill the container two-thirds full with 100-degree water.
Cut the branches longer than needed so that when you bring them indoors you can make a second cut just before arranging them in the container. Using sharp pruners, cut the stems at a slight angle and quickly immerse them in the warm water. Freshly cut woody stems will absorb more water when placed in warm water than if placed in cold. Cutting the stem at a slight angle also makes larger openings in the stem's sieve cells, which absorb the water.
Don't bother misting the branches and buds. Misting actually delays flowering because as the water evaporates, it causes cooling.
To maintain a succession of flowering branches, wait 10 to 12 days before harvesting more branches for forcing. Put them in warm water in an out-of-the-way place, adding these just-flowering branches to your arrangement when the first batch starts dropping petals. As outdoor temperatures become warmer, it will take less and less time to force branches into flower.
Try mixing forsythia branches with saucer or star magnolia branches. The magnolia will be slower in forcing but will add additional color to your arrangement.
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Spring has us out in fellowship, purpose and celebration
March 20 was the last day of winter. March 21 was the first full day of spring.
As you'll remember, a season divided those days. Winter threw a hissy fit on its way out. Spring warmed our chilled hearts and invited us out.
In Southern Anne Arundel County, the neighborhoods of Fairhaven and Arkhaven accepted the invitation. Close as we live, many of us hadn't met for weeks; the weather wasn't fit for fellowship. Mother Earth was a stranger, too, hidden beneath snow or whipped by wind and wintry mix. Spring's first day was our reunion and the appointed date for our neighborhood cleanup.
Garbed in boots, gloves and good spirits, we met at the corner for greetings and indefatigable organizer Kathy Gramp's coffee and banana bread. By the time we reunited for community lunch, we'd not only have caught up on community gossip but also have made a better world. Behind us, dozens of heavy-duty black plastic trash bags proved our achievement.
The hours in between were dirty work.
Mud sucked off boots and trapped cars. In Arkhaven Dan Westland's ancient tractor came to the rescue. But winter is not the nastiest mess maker of one entrapped car.
Human trash is worse.
The Arkhaven crew conquered a very large manmade dump, including a mattress. Farther up the road, mattress springs were hauled out by Barbara Smith, who also got the work of cleaning up the remains of butchered deer.
Were cranes working with us, we could have added at least one abandoned boat to our refuge piles, plus a half-dozen rusted hulls of cars deeper in the woods. Of automotive junk, we collected only a half-dozen or so of tires, one still on its wheel. Years of cleanups, together with neighborly everyday pickups, have made a difference.
Aluminum and glass are scarce nowadays. Even the bottles we pick up are mostly plastic, with beer the exception. "Miller Lite is the most popular beer of those who litter Fairhaven Road, outnumbering all other beer bottles and cans by better than 3 to 1," Don Stewart reported.
Even fishing line is plastic, though the virtues Sporting Life columnist Dennis Doyle extols — invisibility and indestructability — make it a deadly hazard when torn off a reel and left as litter.
Metal rusts, but plastic will tell our story for ages to come.
With spring, opportunity abounds to deprive future anthropologists of that story. Get together to clean up your neighborhood, your stream, your watershed.
April 11 is the Chesapeake's largest watershed-wide clean up day. Organized by the Alliance for the Bay, Project Clean Stream aims to bring out 10,000 volunteers at over 500 sites across all six Bay states and D.C. The goal is to collect one million pounds of trash.
Find a cleanup site at cleanstream.allianceforthebay.org.
After the dirty work, clean yourself up for a party. Ours was swell in food, company and the satisfaction of knowing our mother, Mother Earth, approved.
Dress warm to catch 'em by the shore
Rockfish season is still four weeks away, but already a small crowd of dedicated anglers is breaking out gear. Their tackle is rather odd for the coming trophy season. They don't favor the short, stout-as-a-broomstick trolling outfits used by Bay skippers. These specialized anglers prefer equipment more common among coastal surf fishermen.
Their rods are nine to 12 feet long with lengthy butts, and they are hung with big spinning or casting reels capable of 300 or more yards of 20- to 30-pound mono or 30- to 65-pound braid. Their terminal setups are 30- to 50-pound leaders and big circle hooks rigged with three- to six-ounce sinkers. Their bait of choice: bloodworms, as big as they can find.
A hard winter has delayed these early birds, but now they are shore-bound. The first couple of weeks, fishing is catch and release only. But by the season opener, they will have sussed the tempo of the striper migration and will be ready to slide some rockfish giants into their big coolers.
Sandy Point, Fort Smallwood and Matapeake State Parks as well as Anne Arundel County's Thomas Point Park are frequented by the cognoscenti. Further south, Point Lookout at the mouth of the Potomac has been drawing larger and larger numbers of anglers willing to suffer the wind, chill and rain.
This tactic, strangely enough, has developed in only the last half-dozen years or so. Big migratory fish surely have been cruising the shoreline looking for a snack as long as they've been returning from the ocean to spawn. Yet most anglers have traditionally pursued them by dragging big lures behind big boats.
Perhaps it was the economic downturn that forced some to remain shore-bound. Perhaps the successes of a small number of dedicated fishers were finally noted. Whatever the reason, more and more anglers have been showing up in the spring to soak a big, whole bloodworm on the bottom and hope for a 40-plus-incher to discover it.
When fresh menhaden become available, many anglers will switch to them. Some fanatics will even search out herring or shad that have been legally harvested elsewhere (it's prohibited to take either in any part of the Chesapeake). But the bottom line is that these guys catch fish, and often regularly.
Many anglers prefer night fishing, when the big rockfish are more apt to frequent the shallows. But I have also interviewed those who maintain banker's hours and arrive about 9am and fish through to the afternoon. Their theory is that, as the majority of the fish are unpredictable, one might as well be as comfortable as possible when pursuing them. All of these guys catch fish, sometimes lots of them.
Enduring the weather is a major part of the early spring fishing experience. Warm boots, woolen socks, windproof, insulated coats, snug hats with ear covering, thick gloves, handwarmers and a thermos full of a hot beverage are almost a necessity, especially at night.
Many anglers fish multiple rigs. Two or more outfits increase the odds of hooking up and ensure that at least one line is available while changing baits or clearing a fouled line.
When shoreline fishing, sand spikes firmly set into the ground are a necessity. Casually propping your rod against a cooler risks it being dragged into deep water when a strong fish takes the bait.
A beach chair is another mark of an experienced angler. Shoreline fishing is characterized by long periods of inactivity interrupted by moments of adrenalin-soaked, fish-fighting panic. Being comfortable during the slower moments makes the wait much more tolerable.
Marvels lie under the sea
Right here on the ocean floor
Such wonderful things surround you
–The Little Mermaid: Under the Sea
Thousands of photos and videos of the seafloor, its creatures and the coastline — most areas never seen before — are now just a mouse-click away, thanks to the U.S. Geological Survey Coastal and Marine Geology Video and Photograph Portal.
The Portal is a treat for you and me and a great help for coastal managers faced with decisions from protecting habitats to understanding hazards and managing land use.
The largest database of its kind, it delivers detailed, fine-scale representations of the coast plus maps of the exact location of each recording.
A work in progress, the Portal so far covers the seafloor off California and Massachusetts with aerial images of the Gulf of Mexico and Mid-Atlantic coastlines.
Some 100,000 photographs have been collected along with 1,000 hours of trackline video covering 2,000 miles of coastline.
Upcoming are Washington State's Puget Sound, Hawaii and the Arctic.
Start with the tutorial: http://tinyurl.com/qbh5o4v.
Then dive in: http://cmgvideo.usgsportals.net.
Learn more about USGS science: http://marine.usgs.gov.
Equinox divides not only day and night but the seasons, too
The new moon winks from sight Friday, obscuring the sun in a total eclipse as seen in a narrow strip over northern oceans. Only residents of a few scattered islands between northern Great Britain and Greenland will see the full eclipse, but viewers across Europe and parts of Asia and Africa will see a partial eclipse.
The nascent crescent moon returns just after sunset Saturday low against the western horizon. Look just above the crescent's right tip for Mars, so faint you might need binoculars to see it. In contrast, Venus blazes a dozen degrees above the moon and puny Mars.
The moon is much easier to spot Sunday evening, now to the left of Venus. About a fist-width to the upper right of the Evening Star, look for the second-magnitude star Hamal, the brightest in the minimalist constellation Aries.
Monday, the waxing crescent moon shines well above Venus and below the Pleiades star cluster. Venus is so bright you can see it before the sun sets, but you'll need full darkness to see the stars of the Pleiades, which make up the shoulder of the constellation Taurus. With the unaided eye, most people can see only six of the Pleiades, also known as the Seven Sisters. With binoculars, however, there are far more stars than sisters. The Pleiades is an interstellar incubator of gas and dust with thousands of stars dating back 100 million years. A mere 430 light-years from earth, the Pleiades is one of the nearest star clusters.
Tuesday, the moon passes close to Aldebaran, the red eye of Taurus the bull, and the constellation's other star cluster, the V-shaped Hyades. In Greek myth, these were nine sisters, daughters to Atlas and half-sisters to the Pleiades, which are off to the right. The Hyades mark the face of the bull.
Friday's vernal equinox ushers in spring for us in the Northern Hemisphere. At 6:45pm EDT, the sun hovers directly above the equator. High above the equator extending into space is another equally imaginary line, the celestial equator, which divides the heavens into a northern and a southern hemisphere. For the past six months, the sun has been in the southern celestial hemisphere, robbing us of more daylight the farther south it dips.
Since winter solstice the sun has inched away from its southern nadir, and our days have grown longer. On the vernal equinox, the day is divided more or less equally between light and darkness.
For the next three months, the sun climbs higher and higher into the northern celestial hemisphere before reaching its northern apex above the Tropic of Cancer on the day of summer solstice. Then it spends another three months slowly dipping southward to the second point of balance, the autumnal equinox.
Vote bracket by bracket for the Live Science champion
Which scares you more? A scorpion crawling up your leg? Being devoured by the King of the Jungle? Swimming with a killer whale?
As March Madness brings the nation's top college basketball teams into quick-death competition, the website Live Science jumps in with a parallel competition in the Animal Kingdom. Bracket by bracket, you're invited to advance your worst fears in its no-holds-barred Killer Animal Tournament.
Starting March 16 and for the next three weeks, vote for the animal you believe should win in four divisions: Land, Air, Sea and Creepy-Crawly. As eliminations progress, you'll vote in new pairings until, from 16, only eight, four, two and one are left standing.
Competing are:
Land Lubbers: African lion versus white rhino; and polar bear versus African elephant.
Creepy Crawlers: king cobra versus Brazilian wandering spider; and poison dart frog versus deathstalker scorpion.
Sea Dwellers: killer whale versus saltwater crocodile; and great white shark versus hippo.
Airborne: African-crowned eagle versus mosquito; and lappet-faced vulture versus peregrine falcon.
Cast your votes at www.livescience.com/49887-deadliest-animal-tournament.html.
Share your votes on social media using the hashtag #LSAnimalMadness.
Watch for the announcement of the Killer champion on April 6 at 3pm.
Local shout out: Two of the contenders earn a local shout out. Peregrine falcons in residence on the 33rd floor ledge of the Transamerica skyscraper in downtown Baltimore are now Reality Television stars. See them live 24/7 at the Chesapeake Conservancy's new webcam: www.chesapeakeconservancy.org/peregrine-falcon-webcam.
In a science first, an Andinobates geminisae froglet has hatched in captivity, Smithsonian Institution researchers report. This tiny poison dart frog, the size of a dime, is a conservation-priority species in its native Panama because of an amphibian-killing chytrid fungus.
An old story marred by modern filmmaking
Jimmy 'The Gravedigger' Conlon (Liam Neeson: Taken 3) was once the most feared man in New York. Suspected of having killed dozens for his best friend, mob boss Shawn Maguire (Ed Harris: Frontera), he's eluded all efforts to pin a body on him.
Jimmy's crimes have caught up to him in other ways. He can't sleep because of dreams of people he slaughtered. His son Michael (Joel Kinnaman: The Killing) will have nothing to do with him. Jimmy drowns his guilt in booze, stumbling from bars to his hovel of a home.
To the Maguire mob, he's a washed-up old man who used to be somebody. But he's still Shawn's best friend, and the ruthless mob boss tries to help him fight his demons. Shawn always saves him, no matter how drunk, belligerent or broke.
Until Jimmy kills Shawn's only son.
Jimmy takes the shot to save his own son Michael, who happens to be the only witness to a Maguire murder. Now nearly insane with grief, Shawn orders every killer he's ever worked with to hunt down Jimmy and Michael.
Michael must in turn trust the violent father he has shunned for decades.
Can the duo patch up their relationship while avoiding every thug and dirty cop in New York?
At heart, Run All Night is an old-fashioned crime story about family ties, vengeance and the mark violence leaves on families. With subjects so rich, it's a shame that director Jaume Collet-Serra (Non-Stop) values style over substance.
Collet-Serra seems to be directing a video game set randomly throughout New York's five boroughs. The movie is filled with aerial views of the city that zoom into minute details at nauseating speeds. He has no interest in justifying his slapped-together action sequences. When Jimmy and Michael are trapped in a seeming dead end, Collet-Serra cuts away to the cops. By the time he cuts back, the Conlon boys have escaped. How? The director doesn't care, so why should you? The only one who seems to be paying attention to the action is Neeson. Jimmy's ankle is injured in a fall, and to his credit, Neeson remembers to lumber along in at least 60 percent of the subsequent scenes.
Female characters also follow the video game tradition, speaking only when they are nagging the beleaguered main characters.
In Collet-Serra's fantasy version of New York City, traffic is minimal unless there's a car chase, there is ample street parking and all trains run on time. The citywide manhunt for the Conlons never affects traffic patterns. With transportation so simple, why don't father and son hop a train out of town?
Run All Night is redeemed by its leads, two veterans who know how to mine good material out of poor direction. Neeson and Harris play beautifully off each other. Neeson can pull off the dangerous dad in his sleep, but he perks up when Harris joins him on screen. Harris manages to make Shawn frightening, intimidating but oddly human. He clearly loves Jimmy, but this he can't forgive.
If only the director had focused on their relationship …
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Court: Police don't have to prove K-9 training
Police do not have to extensively document a drug-sniffing dog's reliability in the field to uphold its work in court
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court says police do not have to extensively document a drug-sniffing dog's reliability in the field to uphold its work in court.
The high court in a unanimous decision Tuesday overturned the Florida Supreme Court's ruling in the case of Aldo, a drug-sniffing police dog.
That lower court threw out drug evidence obtained against Clayton Harris during a 2006 traffic stop. Aldo alerted his officer to drugs used to make methamphetamine inside a truck. But two months later, Harris was stopped again, Aldo again alerted his officer to the presence of drugs but none were found.
The Florida court said in every case police have to bring records, including a log of performance in the field, to establish the dog's reliability in court. The Supreme Court overturned that ruling.
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After nine years, a legal battle on the merits of patenting stem cells has come to an end.
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Google announced Thursday it will stop selling Google Glass in its current form. The wearable device had a rocky rollout, resulting in some bizarre San Diego stories.
More and more health care is happening outside traditional medical offices. Often, that means patients are getting basic care inside big retail stores. But when providers go out to meet patients where they shop, can security get lost along the way?
The church is prioritizing climate change just months after the Scripps Institution of Oceanography scientist organized a Vatican meeting on the issue.
Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla were able to improve symptoms of a fatal brain disease in mice, even in those not directly given any drugs.
San Diego scientists have discovered how exactly the compound resveratrol promotes cellular health, and their findings could be good news for red wine drinkers.
A close look at a meteorite from Mars suggests water may not have flowed abundantly on the planet 4 billion years ago.
By expanding the genetic alphabet, San Diego researchers made one of the year's biggest breakthroughs, according to a leading journal.
Scientists are studying Concetta Antico, who might be able to perceive colors invisible to most of us. Through DNA testing, they've determined she has the genes for something called tetrachromacy.
San Diego engineers built crucial parts of NASA's spacecraft, and Navy ships stationed here will haul it ashore after it splashes down in the Pacific Ocean.
In a new study of mice, San Diego researchers show that timing of meals can be as important as what's on the plate.
Fraternities at San Diego State University are suspending social activities and requiring all members to undergo sexual violence training, following a weekend that highlighted concerns about the Greek system's role in sexual assault on campus.
San Diego State University students marching to raise awareness about campus sexual assault say they were taunted by men at two fraternities.
In his executive orders on immigration, President Barack Obama outlined plans for drawing high-skilled workers into the country.
San Diego researchers have published the most detailed picture yet of the experimental Ebola drug ZMapp, and the images suggest the formula could be improved.
Researchers have identified a virus as the most likely cause behind millions of sea star deaths along the Pacific coast.
Researchers say a computer model they've built could help identify Army soldiers most likely to commit suicide.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography researchers made the difficult trek to Antarctica in order to study the continent's largest ice shelf.
San Diego researchers are using donated baby teeth to get a look inside the autistic brain.
If anyone in San Diego were to be diagnosed with Ebola, they'd come to the isolation unit at the UCSD Medical Center in Hillcrest.
People don't like paying for charity overhead. With the choice to give overhead-free, they'll donate more.
By the age of 40, nearly everyone with Down syndrome has signs of Alzheimer's disease forming in their brain. San Diego researchers discovered one reason why in a new study.
Crowd funding is now a tried-and-true way to finance consumer products and art projects. But can it work for scientists?
San Diego hospitals are stepping up patient screening and reviewing protective equipment procedures in case an Ebola patient should show up at their door.
Cars are becoming more like huge, rolling smartphones. Will embedding features right into the dashboard reduce driver distraction? Or make crashes more common?
Scientists are just now mapping thousands of underwater mountains on the seafloor for the first time.
Temperature rise isn't the best way to measure whether we're doing enough to combat climate change, San Diego scientists say.
The Federal Aviation Administration has given Aerial Mob and five other companies license to film movie and television scenes from the sky, via drone.
Inside one San Diego classroom, kids are learning the basics of computer science by playing their favorite video game: Minecraft.
San Diego neuroscientists have discovered an unusual connection leading to a part of the brain associated with depression.
San Diego scientists take a neurochemical fingerprint of schizophrenia. And they do it without probing the brains of lab mice.
The rise of ISIS has triggered some rebranding efforts among organizations unlucky enough to share a name with the terrorist group. But one Carlsbad-based drug company is holding off on a name change.
A U.S. health agency has awarded San Diego-based Mapp Biopharmaceutical new funding to speed up work on an experimental Ebola drug.
A new study suggests rising temperatures could cut into California's water supply.
After weeks of shying away from the news media, the head of a small San Diego drug company finally talked publicly about his company's experimental Ebola treatment ZMapp.
A Liberian doctor's death is the second among the six people treated with ZMapp, an experimental drug to treat Ebola made by a San Diego-based biotech.
In most cases, Ebola is a death sentence. But most of the infected patients who've taken a San Diego company's experimental drug have lived. Does that mean it works?
The San Diego company behind an experimental Ebola treatment given to two American health workers last week is now out of the drug. The last available samples have been donated to West Africa.
Whether it's coming from the sun or a smartphone, light is abundant. But research suggests the wrong light at the wrong time of day can disrupt the body's natural rhythms.
They look ugly and lifeless from the shore. But beneath the water's surface, offshore oil rigs in California harbor rich ecosystems that some people want to want to preserve.
San Diego hemp booster Chris Boucher wants to sow hemp across the United States. But his seeds keep getting seized.
A San Diego researcher says if Google wants to predict the spread of influenza, they'll have to work out some major kinks in Google Flu Trends.
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A former Brisbane Bronco and Tongan league international has been jailed for two-and-a-half years for conspiring to import a massive stash of methamphetamine that never existed.
Former professional sportsman Peter Lawrence Tanginoa appeared for sentence at the High Court in Auckland today with co-offenders Douglas Afeaki and David Mafi.
The trio were part of a five-man group that conspired to import 400kg of methamphetamine from Tonga.
It would have been the biggest single drug importation in New Zealand history but for the fact the drugs never existed and the whole plot was a scam to extract money from the ring-leader, Angus Stafford Naupoto, a former manager of the Tongan rugby team.
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The scam began with a group of men in Tonga telling Naupoto they had approximately 400kg of methamphetamine, worth hundreds of millions of dollars, stashed in Nuku'alofa.
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The following information is reprinted from an issue of NLS Flash, a newsletter created to bring current information on NLS progress in digital technology to patrons, library staff, and other interested individuals.
Flash, October 2006, volume 2, issue 11
Functional prototype usability tests successful
The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), Library of Congress, has completed initial usability testing on functional prototypes for the digital talking-book player and flash memory cartridge. In September, twenty-six patrons from the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, conducted hands-on examinations of the functional prototypes. The tests were designed to evaluate how well the machine meets patron requirements. All participants were pleased with machine performance, providing NLS clearance to advance to the next stage of development.
"Our patrons' positive evaluation is an encouraging validation of the design at this stage. The feedback received from these tests will keep development of the digital player moving in the right direction," says Frank Kurt Cylke, NLS director.
Both blind and physically impaired patrons of various ages and abilities participated in the usability tests. To collect useful and accurate data about machine performance, the testing took place in real-life settings where reading would typically occur. Users evaluated the machine in diverse environments, including their homes, retirement centers, and at the library. Patrons with physical challenges evaluated the machines at the Trace Research and Development Center in Madison, Wisconsin, where they subjected players to tests similar to those conducted by blind users.
"Children, teens, adults, and seniors with both advanced and basic skills were all accounted for during testing. Some patrons evaluated functional prototypes for basic players, while others examined the more intricate features of the advanced machine," notes Connecticut regional librarian Carol Taylor, who recruited participants for the usability tests.
Functional design
A product's functionality and its ease-of-use are often affected by its design. To assess how functional the prototype's design was, participants evaluated a range of player features. The player's obvious navigation features--for example, the longer you hold the fast-forward button the further you move ahead in the book--added to ease-of-use, as did the tactile buttons and color-coding design features.
As patrons usually read on their own, NLS was interested in how easy the players were to operate without outside assistance. For that reason, participants received only braille and large-print instruction cards. If they encountered challenges, users could access audible help through the player's key identifier function, which narrates the actions of each button as it is pressed. Overall patrons encountered no major problems operating the machine on their own.
According to Jeff Witt, the National Federation of the Blind's program manager for accessibility issues, who directed this round of tests, patrons were ultimately pleased with the functional prototype's performance and were confident that the machine met their needs.
Moving ahead
Armed with important patron feedback, NLS will make any necessary refinements to the functional prototype before conducting a second round of usability tests in February 2007. Once NLS is satisfied with the prototype, it will develop a preproduction prototype that will resemble the final digital talking-book machine. Following further tests and refinement to the preproduction prototype, the digital talking-book player and cartridge will head to the final stage of the process--production.
Praise profile
NLS continues to receive positive, unsolicited feedback on the digital talking-book player and cartridge from both patrons and regional libraries. Here is the latest noteworthy comment NLS would like to share: "The high contrast of the machine and the cartridge and the bright colors of the buttons will be an instant hit with our seniors. We finally have a design that appears to be simple, practical, and easy to use, with all the necessary options but without the confusing complexity created by the options and layout of the C-1." John D. Hall, Director, Arkansas Regional Library for the Blind.
Digital talking book (DTB) milestones
-- Defined and prioritized DTB features
-- Coordinated development and publication of Specifications for the Digital Talking Book (ANSI/NISO Z39.86)
-- Simulated a DTB player using personal computer
-- Developed a computer-based, life-cycle cost analysis(LCC) model for the NLS system and for candidate digital systems
-- Developed computer software for DTB production and presentation
-- Developed software to test conformance of players and DTBs with the ANSI/NISO standard
-- User survey
-- Player transition study
-- Distribution flash cartridge study
-- Player and flash cartridge design contract awarded
-- Distribution system design contract awarded
-- Distribution system design contract Phase I, II
-- Preliminary design review
-- Player and flash cartridge developed
-- Designed DTB containers and labels
-- Web-Magazine pilot concluded
-- Web-Book pilot launched
Start 1/12/04-Finish 10/1/08
The following ongoing projects, set to conclude in 2008, are shown with start dates in parentheses.
Digital data management system development (11/1/04)
Distribution system implementation (10/1/06)
Flash cartridge production (3/1/07)
Flash cartridge duplication (5/1/07)
Manufacture initial lot of DTB containers and labels (8/1/07)
Full player production (9/1/07)
For information on the NLS digital project contact:
Jean M. Moss
Digital Projects Coordinator
Fax: (202) 707-1690
To view the Strategic Business Plan on the Web visit: www.loc>www.loc.gov/nls/businessplan2006.html
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