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AUSTIN, Texas, January 17. WHILE the women's 400-meter freestyle had one of the most high-profile matchups set up this evening at the Arena Grand Prix in Austin, day one preliminaries featured a particularly strong outing by the North Baltimore Aquatic Club.
Women's 100 free
First Colony's Simone Manuel popped the only sub-55 second swim of the morning as the sizzling 17-year-old turned in a swift 54.60 in preliminary qualifying. That's tied for her third fastest swim ever, including a pair of 54.60s at the 2012 Junior Pan Pacific Championships. She'll be gunning for her lifetime best of 53.86 from last summer's nationals this evening.
SwimMAC's Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace turned in a 55.35 to qualify second. She's regularly in the 54-mids, so there's a strong likelihood that she will challenge Manuel this evening in what should be a big-time race in the middle of the pool.
NBAC's Allison Schmitt, who pulled out of the 400 free today to focus on her sprint, qualified third in 55.46. She has a chance of tracking down her in-season best time of 54.55 from the 2012 edition of the Austin Grand Prix here in Texas. Her fellow Bulldog Megan Romano, claimed fourth overall in 55.63, while Canada's Victoria Poon placed fifth in 55.64.
A pair of veterans finished sixth and seventh with SwimAtlanta's Amanda Weir (55.80) and California's Natalie Coughlin (56.00) making the A final. Reigning World Swimmer of the Year Katie Ledecky, meanwhile, matched her lifetime best with a 56.00. Previously, she posted the same time at the Mesa stop of the Arena Grand Prix last April.
Amanda Kendall, who has finally found a landing spot at T2 Aquatics after some rough times at LSU that led to her leaving the program, qualified ninth overall with a 56.01.
Men's 100 free
NBAC ruled the roost during prelims as three of Bob Bowman's swimmers earned spots in the finale. Conor Dwyer led the way for the NBAC swimmers with a 49.93, his fourth sub-50 swim in his career. Look for Dwyer to take a run at another 48-second swim this evening as he challenges his lifetime best of 48.94 from last summer's Nationals.
French 100 free stud Yannick Agnel, who trains at NBAC, cruised to the second seed with a 50.16. He's capable of much more, and should drop into the 48s this evening to challenge for the event title.
California's Anthony Ervin, fresh off the annual California altitude trip to Colorado Springs, qualified third in 50.48, while hometown favorite Jimmy Feigen dropped a 50.52 to qualify fourth overall. Ervin's teammate Nathan Adrian, the cover personality for the February issue of Swimming World Magazine, picked up fifth overall in 50.65.
NBAC's Matt McLean uncorked a bit of a surprise with a sixth-place time of 50.77. That's just off his lifetime best of 50.62 from way back in 2009 and is his second-best swim ever in the event. The middle-distance specialist has continued to grow into his speed, but today seemed especially surprising as he just finished a 12-hour day of photo shoots with his apparel and meet sponsor Arena yesterday.
Stanford's Alex Coville picked up seventh overall in 50.88, while SwimMAC's Dax Hill made a strong return to his old stomping grounds as the former Longhorn qualified eighth in 50.89.
Women's 200 breast
SwimMAC had a strong morning in the women's longer distance breaststroke event by placing two in the top four seeds. Micah Lawrence, who is coming off a successful 2013, started her 2014 campaign off right with a 2:27.90 to lead qualifying this morning. She's capable of much more, having an in-season best of 2:24.62 from the 2012 Charlotte UltraSwim. So, there's a chance that she will produce some fireworks tonight.
Her teammate, Katie Meili, threw down a fourth-seeded time of 2:32.77 this morning. That's just off her lifetime best of 2:32.51 set at the Charlotte stop of the Arena Grand Prix last year. There's little reason by Meili won't be able to crack the 2:32 barrier this evening, as she definitely has set the table for a massive time drop.
BlueFish's Laura Sogar, another of the handful of Arena-sponsored athletes coming off a fun-filled photo shoot day in San Antonio yesterday, qualified second in 2:28.19. SMU's Rachel Nicol qualified third in 2:30.33, two seconds back of her lifetime best of 2:28.76 from last July. She could be in for a new best this evening as well.
Canada's Tera Van Beilen (2:34.06), T2's Justine Mueller (2:34.09), SMU's Raminta Dvariskyte (2:34.96) and Frisco's Destiny Nelson (2:35.50) comprised the rest of the championship finale. Nelson is a 16-year-old breaststroker with a 2:34.62 lifetime best from the 2012 Speedo Junior Nationals. She could have a breakthrough swim this evening.
Men's 200 breast
In one of the more international finals of the night, Scottish swimmer Ross Murdoch picked up the top time in qualifying with a 2:14.73. He finished nearly two seconds ahead of NBAC's Conor Dwyer in the process, and just a second off his lifetime best of 2:13.60 from last year.
Dwyer, meanwhile, set up a pretty strong double title opportunity with a second-seeded 2:16.50. After leading the way in the 100 free, he posted one of his only official 200 breaststroke swims ever. USA Swimming currently only has a pair of 200-meter breaststroke swims in its database from 2006, with Dwyer having posted a 2:53.44.
UC Davis' Scott Weltz, a 2012 Olympian, qualified third overall in 2:17.03, while Grand Prix regular BJ Johnson of PASA posted a fourth-place 2:17.81. NBAC's Gabriel deSousa, another of the ever-growing NBAC post-grad squad, took fifth in 2:17.95.
NCAP's Andrew Seliskar crushed his lifetime best as the 17-year-old qualified sixth in 2:18.44. That swim blasted his 2:19.94 from the 2013 Middle Atlantic Senior Elite meet a year ago. Trojan's Glenn Snyders qualified seventh in 2:18.72, while Canada's Nick Kostiuk earned the final transfer spot into the A final with a 2:19.35.
Women's 400 free
The women's 400 free finale is about as star-studded as you can get at a Grand Prix. Reigning World Swimmer of the Year Katie Ledecky topped the field of preliminary swimmers with a 4:10.60. She will be vying to drop a new in-season best this evening, as she takes a run at her 4:05.21 from the Mesa stop of the Arena Grand Prix last year. If she is able to do that, it could be scary what types of times she puts up this summer as she focuses on the Pan Pacific Championships. Last year, she broke 4:00 with a stunning 3:59.82 at Worlds -- the textile best in the event.
IX3's Chloe Sutton, who had one of her most successful years in the sport during the last Pan Pacific cycle with a win in Irvine in 2010, qualified second in 4:12.18. Her best in-season time is a 4:-06.04 from the 2011 Indy Grand Prix, and she could take that down this evening.
NBAC's Lotte Friis, who provided Ledecky's fiercest competition at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona, touched third in 4:12.94. With Friis now calling Baltimore home, there's little doubt we'll be seeing a lot of Ledecky-Friis match ups heading to the 2016 Rio Olympics. Throw in the likes of two-time Olympian Sutton, and the Grand Prix slate the next two years could be exciting.
Longhorn's Quinn Carrozza finished fourth in 4:15.44, while 13-year-old Madison Homovich of North Carolina Aquatic Club had the swim of her life with a 4:17.12. That blasted her previous lifetime best of 4:23.99 set last July at the North Carolina 14-and-under Long Course Championships. Another youngster, 14-year-old Isabella Rongione placed sixth in 4:17.47. Rongione is in the middle of moving from The Fish to train with Ledecky at NCAP and is listed as unattached here in Austin.
Canada's Savannah King (4:17.86) and NCAP's Megan Byrnes (4:18.02) rounded out the rest of the championship heat.
Men's 400 free
NBAC's Yannick Agnel smoked the preliminary field in the middle-distance event with a leading time of 3:51.77. Even if he isn't at his amazing 3:44-3:47 best this evening, there's a strong chance of Agnel walking away with the title, but could challenge his in-season best of 3:47.80 from the Montpellier Open of 2012.
Tunisia's Ous Mellouli, who recently made the switch to train at North Baltimore, placed second this morning with a 3:53.92. He could challenge Agnel, considering he's put in some in-season times around the 3:44-3:46 range in the past, but also could still be feeling the impact of a switch from an open water focus to the pool this year.
Club Wolverine's Tyler Clary checked in with a third-place 3:54.13, while NBAC's Matt McLean continued his strong day with a 3:54.30 for fourth.
Club Wolverine's Michael Klueh qualified fifth in 3:55.31, while The Woodlands' Michael McBroom touched sixth in 3:55.85.
California's Jeremy Bagshaw (3:56.31) and Mexico's Julia Andres Olvera Alejos (3:57.09) managed to capture the final two spots in the A finale.
Women's 100 fly
Canada's Noemie Thomas put up the only sub-1:00 time of the morning in the 100 fly in Austin as the Canadian clocked a 59.39 to lead the way in qualifying. The future California Golden Bear and Canadian record holder could be looking at a special time this evening.
T2 Aquatics, meanwhile, had a strong event with a 2-7 finish. Amanda Kendall, who has landed in Florida at T2 after a bit of a nomadic last two years that occurred following a pair of dismissals from LSU and Arizona, could be looking at a career resurgence under head coach Paul Yetter. She clocked a 1:00.18 this morning, her fourth-fastest time ever, and will be looking for just her third career 59 tonight. Her lifetime best is a 59.20 from the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials.
Kendall's teammate, Justine Mueller, checked in with a seventh-place time of 1:01.45. She broke 1:00 for the first time last summer at nationals with a 59.99, and could put up a strong time this evening.
Canada's Audrey Lacroix qualified third in 1:00.45 with SwimMAC's Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace taking fourth in 1:00.66. Shenandoah Marlins' Remedy Rule, just 17, clocked a lifetime best with a 1:01.18 to qualify fifth. That beat her previous record of 1:01.41 from the 2013 Speedo Junior Nationals. She could break the 1:01 barrier this evening.
SwimMAC's Kathleen Baker posted a lifetime best of her own at 16 years old with a sixth-place 1:01.20. That beat the 1:01.66 she clocked at the 2013 U.S. Open last summer. Kendra Chernoff, meanwhile, picked up the final qualifying spot with a 1:01.77.
Men's 100 fly
Riding some serious momentum from his altitude training at Colorado Springs (and maybe a bit of positive karma from an amazing Morning Swim Show appearance), California's Tom Shields rocked prelims with a 53.06. That's nearly a second ahead of the rest of the pack.
Shields' best in-season swim is a 52.53 from the 2013 Fran Crippen Memorial Meet in Mission Viejo from last June, and there's a big chance that Shields will clear that time this evening.
PASA's Jason Dunford checked in with a second-seeded effort of 53.80, while NCAP's Andrew Seliskar raced to third in 53.98. That's just half-a-second off his lifetime best of 53.49 from the 2013 Speedo Junior Nationals last summer, and is easily his best in-season time ever, as he smashed his 55.13 from the Virginia State Championships last May.
Stanford's Eugene Godsoe (54.31) and Bobby Bollier (54.49) qualified fourth and fifth, while Coleman Allen claimed sixth in 54.57. Germany's Christian Diener (54.95) and SwimMAC's Nick Thoman (54.97) also made the big final.


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---- — DERRY — Adam Burke was only 2 when he started going to Taylor Library.
Now, the 15-year-old hopes to save it.
Patrons, supporters and staff of the tiny library in East Derry are still reeling after hearing Town Administrator John Anderson's recommendation that the library's funding be eliminated.
The teenager was one of many supporters who spoke at a Town Council meeting last week, urging officials to save the library. His Eagle Scout project was installing shelves at the library.
"I wanted to give back to the little library that has helped me my whole life," he said. "Please don't close my library."
Anderson deemed the library's $176,000 budget too much for the town right now, especially given Derry Public Library can absorb Taylor's programs and resources.
"I believe the Derry Public Library is better positioned and able to provide the library services desired by our citizens today and in the future," he said.
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Absorbing Taylor programs into Derry Public's world could mean added expenses, including extra staff and technology upgrades, Ives said.
Anderson said it's up to the Town Council to make the final call.
Taylor Library director Linda Merrill said a lot of support is coming from those who love the library and hope to see it continue. She was floored by Anderson's decision to possibly close its doors.
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Now in her 23rd year at the library, Merrill said losing it would leave a big hole in the East Derry community.
Taylor Library first opened its doors in 1878 in a space at the historic Upper Village Hall, thanks to a $1,000 bequest from Harriet Taylor. Her sister, Emma, later donated another $1,000 to support the library.
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Brugge Tripel - Brouwerij Palm NV
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Ratings: 73 | Reviews: 34 | Display Reviews Only:
Reviews by JeremyBrews:
2/5 rDev -43.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1.5
A- Opaque, golden wheat color - like light gleaming off a trombone. Puffy, beautiful 2 fingers of head.
S- Powerful, totally overwhelming yeast aroma. Masked are hints of bubblegum and banana.
T- Initial watermelon and wheat flavors, rapidly shattered by sour yeast and mouth-drying hop aftertaste. Flavor gets worse with time.
M- Slightly creamy, yet surprisingly light body for a tripel.
D- The aroma of yeast and fruit beckons you to take a savory gulp. However, the shockingly strong, sour yeast taste wrecks the whole experience and makes this tripel unbearable. Terrible lack of balance.
Serving type: bottle
11-01-2009 14:08:20 | More by JeremyBrews
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3.5/5 rDev -1.1%
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New York
2.5/5 rDev -29.4%
12-21-2013 05:43:22 | More by mjtiernan
Ontario (Canada)
3.5/5 rDev -1.1%
12-10-2013 18:47:47 | More by byronic
3.5/5 rDev -1.1%
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09-30-2013 07:05:01 | More by Quafftastic
3.56/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
Oh boy did I love Brugge the city. Here is a beer named after it for a brewery that used to be ther I believe... brought back from Belgium so hopefully better than the US imported version.
Pours a ridiculous 3+ finger head that forces me to stop pouring about 2/3 of the way through, bubbly airy over carbonated head fades at a med pace wtih spotty lacing, over a very clear golden blond beer.
Nose brings Belgian golden malts, a sweet malt base with a touch of blond candy, a bit of light candi sugar as well. That's followed quickly by loads of esters, peppery spices, and a phenolic booze. Typical phenols, mild spices with a banana fruity esters, and hint of wheat I think, as well as a bit of orange peel.
taste starts again with the sweetness, sweet candy malt flavors, a Belgian blond malt with a touch of a caramely flavor, candi sugar is there, and touch of a syrupy white molasses like. Also bit of wheat and toasty flavors. Booze comes right through with more phenols, a slight chemical phenol and pure fusel alcohol flavors. Next is the esters, plenty more esters, a little peppery light spices, some fruity ester flavors, more banana, and a bit of orange peel with all that. There is a bitterness from the orange peel and some tannins from the esters I think that add a weird bitterness that is a bit unpleasant. The finish is dry but sticky, more almost anestesizing booze, sticky candi sugar, esters and phenolic booze lingering.
Mouth is med bodied, way too much carbonation and too much booze too for only 8.7%.
Overall not bad, just gets too boozy and overcarbonated and really gets a bit too much overall.
Serving type: bottle
09-22-2013 20:05:07 | More by jlindros
United Kingdom (England)
4/5 rDev +13%
09-19-2013 22:21:14 | More by His_Royal_Hoppiness
3/5 rDev -15.3%
09-16-2013 13:58:53 | More by od_sf
3.53/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Bottle: standard 330mL bornw bottle, a standard Belgian label that is a touch better than the usual Belgian.
Appearance: a hazy amber-orange colour with the usual one-finger, thick off-white head that slowly drops to a rocky cap.
Aroma: toffee and some heavy caramels here, plenty of brown sugar also. Pretty darn good on the nose.
Taste: drops a little here in my opinion - simply not as motuh-filling as the aroma led me to believe. The stewed apple, caramel and toffee characteristics are all still there, hwoever they are a bit muted.
Aftertaste: lingers well, with a dry finish that suits the style well.
Mouth feel: a bit flat - I think this is what is affecting the flavour on the palate. Lower carbonation with a somewhat watery medium body.
Overall: at well over AU$125 per case, this one is simply not worth it. Better versions out there for similar or even lower price.
Serving type: bottle
09-08-2013 06:28:23 | More by SmashPants
4/5 rDev +13%
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Ontario (Canada)
3.65/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
It's very bizarre to see a Tripel served in a weizen glass - just further evidence that Brouwerij Palm - whose flagship ale I consider a bad imitation of one of Belgium's worst beers, Stella Artois - doesn't really "get" their country's rich brewing heritage. Brugge Tripel, however, with its hazy golden colour and abundance of head, looks traditional (even if its branded glass is not).
The aroma, too, is pretty par-for-the-course for the style, brandishing sweetish cereal grain, orchard fruit esters and a prevalent yeasty spice. There's footprints of toasty amber malt but they're hard to fully make out given the densely aromatic strain of Belgian yeast; it's a perfume so strong I'm surprised you can't see vapors of it.
The taste continues with yeasty spice and lightly-honeyed malt, but also showcases candied or dried notes of apple, pear and peach. There's also a higher appreciation of dried herbs. A style like this (which showcases fruit, grain, savory and spicy notes) is what makes beer so fascinating; four basic ingredients can create an infinite number of complex flavours.
Tripels drink with a deceiving lightness; this one especially looks (and by and large drinks) as light as any pale ale or pilsner but turns out to be much more satiating. Bubbles with sports car pep, ample malt and extroverted yeast manage to fulfill the appetite as well as pacify the mind - you really start to appreciate how gratifying it is once you feel your head get heavy.
Indeed, Tripels enclose another paradox: they are easy and effortless to drink despite startlingly high alcohol content. Brugge Tripel may not offer the intricacy of flavour or sublime drinking experience that the best Belgian examples can (Karmeliet, Westmalle, Het Anker, etc), but in this final category (approachability), it is every bit as agreeable as the others.
Serving type: bottle
08-08-2013 02:12:41 | More by biegaman
New York
3.75/5 rDev +5.9%
07-20-2013 01:47:50 | More by jborg
3.5/5 rDev -1.1%
07-03-2013 13:47:38 | More by JamLand
3.71/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
From a 330 ml bottle (dated April 15, 2014) into matching pils-style glass. Reviewed from notes dated May 24, 2013.
A-The beer is mostly clear with a light golden color. There is a lot of chunky carbonation visible, but the white-colored head is thin, albeit with good retention.
S-I smell medicinal, sweet alcohol with apple and pear flavors being accompanied by yeast scents of dough and overripe banana. The alcohol is penetrating and aggressive.
T-The taste follows the smell with a lots of fruity, sweet alcohol notes playing against a mild yeast of dough and banana. There is just a slight grassy straw kick to balance the sweetness.
M-The carbonation is assertive, especially for a Belgian beer. The high level of carbonation makes for a light, thin feeling beer, despite the high ABV and sweet flavors.
O-This is not the worst beer I've had, but there are certainly better tripels. The flavors are pretty one-dimensional (and alcoholic) and the surprisingly aggressive carbonation detracts from the drinkability. I understand that tripels can be rustic and aggressive, but the good ones have charm, too, and this mostly brew misses that element.
Serving type: bottle
06-08-2013 22:20:15 | More by spoony
3.83/5 rDev +8.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
On-tap at Au Brasseur in Brussels, and served in its own glass. It actually looks like a weizen glass! On to the beer:
This tripel is paler golden colored with good lace from a head which retains well. An aroma of fruit, sugar, and citrus provide a solid to good base for the nose to please itself. The first impression upon tasting it is the flavor of heated liquid sugar. Some citrus, primarily orange, comes across to diversify the flavor. A slight grassy hop note is there too. The beer is surprisingly light and airy in the body, with easy approachable carbonation.
I think it was ironic that I was in Brugge just hours before I tried this beer in the nation's capital. A fine tripel to have no matter what city you're in.
Serving type: on-tap
05-22-2013 22:12:28 | More by DoubleJ
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First, what I do;
Every day I will have 4 or 5 large eggs - I put them in a plastic jug, add some milk, stick in the microwave for 5 minutes, then scramble it with a fork and put on a plate with some ketchup, eat as is. I imagine this will be roughly 600 kcals.
Its been recommended to me to not use the yokes as there are more calories in the yokes and the white is the important stuff.
What do you guys do? Is it quite unhealthy to be eating 4-5 yokes per day?
If so, I'm gonna move to the liquid egg whites in a carton stuff - I will still prepare scrambled egg the same way - but I hear some people use this liquid egg white in protein shakes?
How would you prepare a protein shake with egg? I use USN 100% whey protein. If I could use this to thicken up my shakes they'd be far more filling.
In order to give you an accurate help, I need to know your current diet. Most people avoid the yoke because of the fat content. From your previous post on wannabebig I got the impression your trying to loose weight? If so, I would drop milk completely from your diet. I also add egg whites in my protein shakes. I pour about a cup of egg whites into my shake add protein powder and then blend it in the blender.
I only have semi-skimmed milk, and the only time I ever have milk is in scrambled egg and on cereal... I've already dropped bread and most carbs from my diet - don't think I could handle not having milk either.
If I can make scrambled egg in the microwave without milk then I'd be happy to try that in order to cut down?
And cheers for the note about shakes. Do you add water as normal, or just egg and powder?
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I always advise people to keep the yolk. Its the whole benefit of eating the egg. I believe an egg has the single most vitamins and minerals in any food avaliable.
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From a nutritional stand point, egg yolks are one of the top foods you can eat. Unless you are really trying to cut a few extra calories, leave them in your diet. I do like the pasteurized egg whites for convenience however; throwing some in shakes, low fat recipes to replace whole eggs, etc.
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Lately I have been cutting and for breakfast I use a cup of the pasteurized egg whites and 2 or 3 whole eggs and scramble them together with some mushrooms and jalapenos (which has been "biting me" in the ass lately so to speak). Kind of gives the best of both worlds between the extra protein from the egg whites and the whole eggs.


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Mary was an honors graduate of Oneonta High School in 1945 and received a Bachelor of Education degree from the State University in Oneonta in 1949, where she was a member of the Kappa Delta Pi Honorary Society in Education. In 1962 she was awarded a Master of Science degree by the State University in New Paltz.
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NORMAN — When a residence became a hangout for persons suspected of criminal activity and drug use, neighbors worked with police and city code enforcement to fight back.
Neighbors on Cruce Street plagued by violence and other potentially criminal activity at a suspected drug house are finally getting some relief. After 70 police calls for service — 42 in 2012 — and 25 arrests at the same location, the Norman City Council agreed with police and city staff that enough is enough.
"This is a unique situation," said Linda Price, Norman revitalization manager.
Last week, city council members used a nuisance ordinance allowing the city to deal with repeat offender residences for the first time. Though the ordinance had been on the books for a while, a social host ordinance solved most of the city's problems with repeat offenders.
"We had success with the nuisance party ordinance," Mayor Cindy Rosenthal said.
In many cases, repeat offenders have been fairly innocent party houses — often college students who have guests with loud music, late hours and numerous disturbance calls. The nuisance party ordinance allowed police to address those problems and compliance usually came quickly, preventing further problems.
Not so in the case of 1207 Cruce St., where the party ordinance didn't stop repeated problems associated with numerous different people police said were at the residence.
Under the nuisance property ordinance invoked by the council in a unanimous vote last week, the water meter will be removed and the house declared unfit for human habitation for a period of six months.
City law allows a location to be deemed as nuisance property if, on three different dates within a year, citations at the place result in guilty or no contest pleas violating at least two different items of city code allowed for in the ordinance.
The property at 1207 Cruce exceeded those requirements, but Price said because owner Ann Feaver worked with the city, more time was given before the matter was brought forward. The problem was, Feaver was no longer in control of the property.
"We thought we had a partnership with the owner of the house," Norman Police Chief Keith Humphrey said. "She said she's afraid of her son. She's been assaulted. She feels like she has no control. She doesn't even live at the residence."
Price and Humphrey told city council members that Feaver said her son and other occupants had taken possession of the house. Even after it was declared unfit for human habitation and closed, people continued to break in and use the property for what neighbors believe is often criminal activity.
"We're at a point where we can't arrest our way out of anything," Humphrey said. "There's a potential for these crimes to become more violent."
Norman municipal court records document the citations charged against James Clayton Feaver including possession of drug paraphernalia, nuisance party and disturbing the peace on two dates in July and another in September. Also at the address, Jesse Beaty pleaded guilty to obstructing an officer in September.
On various dates, people at the residence were picked up on warrants — some from other counties.
Electrical wiring in the home is not safe, Price said and much of the flooring has been ripped up.
On different dates in December, people were arrested for warrants and domestic abuse. Police reports indicate a call Jan. 24, 2013, regarding a possible aggravated assault and battery that describes a victim as badly beaten and unconscious on the ground. On Jan. 25, a subject was arrested for outstanding warrants. In February, a person was arrested for trespassing.
Neighbors said they did not feel safe and that they would not let their children play unsupervised in their yards or ride bikes in the neighborhood.
Nearly all of the neighbors expressed concerns. Most met with police, city staff and Ward 2 Council member Tom Kovach about the problem recently.
"One couple couldn't come that night, and they called me," Kovach said. "Virtually the entire neighborhood is dealing with this. This neighborhood has been terrorized for the last couple of years."
Neighbors are hopeful the action by the Norman City Council this week will restore their neighborhood to its former family friendly status.
Ann Feaver did not protest the declaration of the property as nuisance. City staff said that this will give her a chance to clean the property up and either move back into the place she called home for so many years or sell it.
"I will tell you this has been a joint partnership between code enforcement and the residents in this area," Humphrey said. "When you have continued problems, there's potential deterioration of the neighborhood."
Joy Hampton
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The O'Neill classic was last done on Broadway just ten years ago, in a production starring Vanessa Redgrave as Mary Tyrone.
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Julie Harris, a towering figure of the American theatre in the decades following World War II, died on Aug. 24. She was 87. The theatre, and the world, shall never see her like again. Truly.
Harris was nearly wholly a creature of the stage, the last of a breed that once included Helen Hayes, Jessica Tandy and Katharine Cornell. She worked tirelessly, and, even late in life, toured with her shows — something few actresses of her stature rarely did. Director-writer Harold Clurman, who directed her, captured both her unglamorous persona as well as her dedication to her art when he described her as "a nun whose church is the stage."
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Hi. I play football for RPI (we're Division III)...I'm a linebacker...and I have some goals...I'll list them step by step...first, here's where I'm at right now...
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 197 lbs
Parallel Squat: 325 lbs
Bench: 235 lbs
Hang Clean: 225 lbs
Deadlift: 360 lbs
We're about to start spring ball...during the next 8 weeks (the remainder of the semester), we're gonna do a lot of running, plus I'm gonna go on a diet and run 2.5 miles everyday in addition to football...here are my goals by the end of the semester
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 175 lbs
Parallel Squat: 330 lbs
Bench: 240 lbs
Hang Clean: 230 lbs
Deadlift: 365 lbs
So as you can see, I wanna lose some weight, and get slightly stronger...now from there, I wanna get bigger, stronger, and faster over the summer (12 weeks)...here are my goals from there, to 12 weeks later to the start of football camp
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 195 lbs
Parallel Squat: 405 lbs
Bench: 315 lbs
Hang Clean: 315 lbs
Deadlift: 405 lbs
So I just wanna put on a ton of muscle over the summer...any ideas?? I got this workout schedule I made up for the summer...its kinda a blend of my college's strength and conditioning, my old high school's workouts, and a little extra stuff that I kinda put in there...if u wanna see it, just send me a msg, and we'll talk...
Thanks for any replies
you need to eat a **** ton, sleep a **** ton, and no overtraining.
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matt rhodes is the man you should be speaking with he played for the wildcats out in arizona with todd heap and a few other big names and he himself played some pro ball im sure he would love to help you out send him a PM
hmmm...sounds good...thanks for the replies thus far...i'm still working on this routine...once i'm done, i'll post it...its a lot of explosive stuff along w/ strength/size stuff in there as well
who is matt rhodes? maybe i could talk to him a little bit.
lol, you make it sound liek he talks to much, so what is his background? besides just playing a little pro.
25-30lbs on your bench in 5 months is realistic, 35-40 for deads and squats is also.
As for running I would work on 50m, 100m, 200m and 400m runs, football is more sprinting than long distance so just do a long run once a week.
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Following an esophagogastrectomy foods should initially be limited to a 1/4-cup or 60 cc at a time. Most people can eventually tolerate larger amounts. However, when experiencing nausea again limit intake to these small portions. Fluids should be taken between eating food. Generally, by alternating eating and drinking every hour, fluid and calorie needs can be achieved. If fluids can't be tolerated orally, water can be poured through the feeding tube often at a higher rate than the tube feeding can be administered.
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DURHAM — The clock ticked down Friday as barista Andrew Cash had 15 minutes to prepare an espresso, a cappuccino and a signature coffee drink for each of four judges.
Cash, owner of Jubala Coffee in North Raleigh, was competing in The Big Eastern, a coffee competition for baristas from up and down the East Coast being held in Durham this weekend.
With rock music blaring, Cash was pulling shots of espresso in front of a live audience and a panel of judges, all the while throwing out descriptions like taste of plum and sweet molasses, citrus aromas and the body is going to be slick and juicy. His signature drink involved an espresso with creme anglaise, green and vanilla rooibos teas, dried blueberries and orange zest.
Cash was among hundreds of specialty coffee professionals who took over a renovated textile mill in downtown Durham for the competition organized by the Barista Guild of America and the Specialty Coffee Association of America. It continues through Sunday afternoon. The winners will move on to a national contest in Seattle in April and potentially from there, compete at an international contest in Italy in July.
The contest returns to its Triangle roots this year. In 2004, the associations first U.S. regional competition was held in Chapel Hill. Back then, about two dozen baristas squared off at A Southern Seasons cooking school. This weekend, there are almost four times as many competitors, hundreds of people watching and cheering from the audience and thousands more watching online.
On opening day, weve had as many people as used to show up for the entire weekend of events (in 2004), said Brett Smith, president and co-founder of Durhams Counter Culture Coffee. Its just exciting.
Specialty coffee represents a teeny sliver of the coffee market but a growing one. The majority of people buy their coffee at the grocery store with brand names such as Folgers, Eight OClock or Dunkin Donuts. Even so, most consumers are well-versed in the tall, grande and venti of the Starbucks menu and may know that they prefer coffee from a specific country or region of the world.
Coffee connoisseurs
The growing thirst for specialty coffee means things have changed. Longtime Triangle coffee roasters like Carrboro Coffee and Counter Culture are being joined by newbies, such as Muddy Dog Roasting Company in Morrisville and Oak City Coffee Roasters in Raleigh. Specialty coffee shops are springing up everywhere, such as Jubala Coffee and Joule, both in Raleigh.
Larrys Beans founder Larry Larson, who began roasting coffee in the Raleigh area almost 20 years ago, said, I think it speaks to the evolution of our society. The consumer is a lot more aware of what they are consuming.
As is the case with craft beer and local food, consumers want to know more about their coffee: who is growing it, how it is grown and processed, and how best to brew it.
Triangle consumers are starting to rise above the markings on the bag, said Jim Pellegrini with Muddy Dog Roasting, referring to the organic and fair trade labels.
Instead, Pellegrini said, consumers are asking questions and along the way becoming adventurous coffee drinkers. Pellegrini makes a cask-aged coffee by aging green coffee beans for nine months in used wooden barrels from the Tabasco company. That niche coffee, which is surprisingly mellow instead of spicy, has been a strong seller for Pellegrini, who started Muddy Dog in 2006.
Six years ago, it would have been hard for me to sell that coffee, Pellegrini said.
Todays coffee connoisseurs are having their cups brewed one at a time with pour-over methods. They are buying coffee not just by the country of origin but by the farm or micro-lot, a small piece of acreage on a particular farm. (When Larson of Larrys Beans started in the coffee business in the mid-1990s, he said he tried to sell micro-lots of coffee and failed.)
Hard at first
Thats been good for Cash, owner of Jubala Coffee, which opened in North Raleighs Lafayette Village three years ago.
It was hard at first, Cash said. We were the new guy in town. We were doing something different. People just wanted what they always got, what they were comfortable with.
Slowly but surely, Cash has brought customers around to the shops way of brewing and serving coffee. His business has grown every month. His next mission: to convert coffee drinkers to espresso drinkers with Free Espresso Fridays. We do it really for one reason: People think, Im probably not going to like it. Theyre not going to like it because they have had bad espresso.
When the price is free, Cash reasons, his customers have nothing to lose.
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In Fort Worth, the Lady Rams, paced by four hits from Allie Stephens, came back from a 6-1 deficit with 15 unanswered runs for a 16-6 win at North Crowley High School in game one of their area championship series.
Kelsey Keeton was the winning pitcher. Game two will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at North Crowley High School, with game three, if necessary, to follow game two.
In Decatur, Aaron Wheeler allowed only one hit and struck out six to lead the Rams to a 5-2 victory over Iowa Park in game one of their best-of-three bi-district series at the Decatur High School baseball field.
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03-13-06, 12:58 AM #1Indy Guest
Food for thought
Since we have such a large gay community here, I thought you all might like to share this with your partners.
11 Reasons People Think Gay Marriage is Wrong (sadly, these are real reasons citizens of our country have given)
1) Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.
2) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.
3) Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.
4) Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.
5) Straight marriage would be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Britney Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.
6) Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.
7) Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.
8) Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America.
9) Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.
10) Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.
11) Gay couples are a harmful influence on their kids, because all gay couples abuse their kids, daily.
03-13-06, 01:14 AM #2That's why we have only one religion in America.
A Smile
A smile cost nothing, but gives so much.
It enriches those who receive it,without making poorer those who give.It takes but a moment, but the memoryof it sometimes lasts forever.
None is so rich or mighty that hecan get along without it,and none is so poor but thathe can be made rich by it.
A smile creates happiness in the home,fosters goodwill in business,and is the countersign of friendship.
It brings rest to the weary,cheer to the discouraged, sunshine to the sad,and it is nature's best antidote for trouble.
Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed,or stolen, for it is something that is of novalue to anyone until it is given away.
Some people are too tired to give you a smile.Give them one of yours, as none needs a smileso much as he who has no more to give.
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03-13-06, 01:37 AM #3Indy Guest
I would imagine Christianity is the one most think is the "American" religion.
ETA: I do not, obviously, agree with this...
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03-13-06, 01:39 AM #4FishTail Guest
You mean it's not McDonalds?
Oh, and I thought it was because so many people were intolerant, closed minded, fools. But I am naive. P.S. My best friend, who is a former police officer is gay, and he wants to adopt a baby with his partner, which will never happen in this ultra conservative state, but I think it is great.www.alliedoddballs.com
I can't do this test when I am sober!
Respect My AUTHORITAE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
03-13-06, 08:42 AM #62) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.
Thats really special Indy. Thanks for sharing....
03-13-06, 09:29 AM #8Originally Posted by Stan Switek
BWAHAHAHA....that was food for thought. Or should I say, food you thought would stay down....HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!j/k
Just realized I have a tossed salad for lunch
Thats better than having your salad, tossed.....
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Saturday's Kansas GOP Caucus brought the leading candidates to the Sunflower State Friday.
Governor Mike Huckabee crossed the state, making stops in Olathe, Wichita, and Topeka. He also has a 6:00 p.m. appearance scheduled in Garden City. During his Wichita stop Huckabee picked up a bass guitar and jammed with a local band. In his comments to hundreds of supporters, Huckabee said he's still in the race because he believes he can win the GOP nomination.
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That damn Spot Monkey in the WWE
Jeff Hardy is nothing but a damn spot monkey
Take his high flying away from him and he would have jack shit. Not half the technical wrestler as his brother, Matt.
Take his high flying away from him and he would have jack shit. Not half the technical wrestler as his brother, Matt.
by Scott Breon October 15, 2007
A enigmatic pro wrestler best known for his "dare devil" style, especially in hardcore ladder matches. He worked w/WWE from '94 to '03 and, if used properly, would have been a much bigger star there. He's been working w/NWA-TNA since '04. Although he did experiment w/drugs, he's currently clean despite what internet Hardy-haters say. Fuck them!
"Welcome to the future."
by Herman Diaz April 07, 2005
This guy rules, you people never made it with the damn WWE have you!
Jeff Hardy is down with me!
by Anonymous August 24, 2003
my definition of jeff hardy would be that his a a talent and he should not have left or have been fired.
but i think of jeff hardy as compleatly and uterly insane but in a good way
but i think of jeff hardy as compleatly and uterly insane but in a good way
when he jumped of the 20 foot ladder that was intence
by samantha February 04, 2004
The finest man on Earth
by jeffs a hottie August 11, 2003
Jeff Hardy... The hottest, Sexiest, Craziest, badassed, mother fucker ever. You people that think he is Shit need to fucking get a fucking life! you fuckers sux.. Man you all nedd to Just FUCKING DIE... and you too matt! But anyways. I love you so ficking much Jeff !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Man Beth is the luckiest chick ever.....
WWE... Is notten with out you
by Jeff Hardy lover! February 22, 2004
The BEST DAMN wrestler to ever grace TV, WWE (formally WWF), and now TNA, with his outstanding performance display (Style & clothing), high-flyin' risk (Swanton Bomb, Twist of Fate, which he does better than Matt, his brother), he exsist 2 inspire, he is 2 X-TREME. Any fucker out there who thimks otherwise, can kiss my ass and go 2 hell, but "Beware of falling objects"
Entrances: music and moves; Risk: Swanton Bomb off the balcony @ Times Square, and off the 20-ft. ladder on top of 2 tables, the leap-frog (jumped from one ladder to another, 3 ladders, in a PPV TCL match).
by Duce (a.k.a. Dragon) March 25, 2005
2xtreme The only real risk taker in the wwe, Matt Hardy is a dick, has never been in a decent match for a ppv since jeff left, @ wrestlemania 21 there's going to be a triple threat tornado tag team match that the hardy's would have dominated, its not the wwe without the entertainment, and jeff took the entertainment with him when he left,BRING BACK JEFF
2xtreme Jeff took the wwe to the extreme, all ways putting his body on the line, where as matt would never try anything risky, jeff was so extreme he made sure the fans got what they paid for.
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HAMILTON — When Maj. Gen. George S. Patton retired in 1980, he started a working farm next to his family homestead on Asbury Street.
He named his fields after soldiers who had lost their lives in service with him in Vietnam.
Tomorrow, a ceremony will honor those soldiers, two of whom received the Medal of Honor, and rededicate the fields with new bronze plaques. A large sign will be installed next to the Green Meadows Farm retail store, which tells the story of the men Patton never forgot.
The public is invited to the rededication, which begins at 10 a.m. at Green Meadows Farm, 656 Asbury St.
Seven fields at Green Meadows are named in honor of soldiers, while an eighth is named Operation Troop Support. Patton's widow, Joanne, named the eighth field "in honor of all military serving in harm's way."
"The Green Meadows Farm family wants to show our support and gratitude for services rendered to our country as we near Veterans Day, " Joanne Patton said in a press release from the farm. "My husband was proud of his troops, and I know he would be proud of this day."
Maj. Gen. George Patton was the son of the noted World War II general of the same name.
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I write about brands
As of December, 2012, nearly two-thirds of frequent book buyers have e-readers or tablets. Codex defines frequent book buyers as those who buy books at least monthly. These buyers who represent about one-fifth of adults (43mm) buy nearly four-fifths of all books (79%).
Book Buyers With eReaders or Tablets Behave Differently
Not surprisingly, buyers with eReaders or tablets are much less likely to discover books in physical stores (16% vs. 27% of non-owners). They are twice as likely to discover books digitally (20% vs. 10% of non-owners). And non-fiction accounts for only half as much of eBook sales as physical books (21% vs. 42%).
Finally, eBooks are more likely to be discovered online than print books. While under a third of people who visit an online book retailer to buy a print book discover a book there, half of those who visit an online retailer to buy an ebook discover it on the site.
Big Stores Are Contributing Less To Discovery
In June of 2010, nearly a third (32%) of frequent book buyers said they'd found their last book at a physical store. By December of 2012, only a fifth of purchasers said the same thing.
The cause of this change wasn't driven by independent bookstores going out of business, either. The number of bookstores has declined only fractionally over the past two decades from 12,363 in 1997 to 10,800 in 2012. A bigger cause is the collapse of Borders and a shift in the merchandising strategy of Barnes & Noble and other big book retailers away from books into gifts, toys and other specialty items.
Online Booksellers Have Not Picked Up The Slack
Even as discovery from physical stores has dropped, the percentage who say they found their book in an online store has barely budged from 6.2% to 6.6%. Where are frequent buyers finding their new books? The biggest single increase was personal recommendation, which increased by nearly a third. Personal recommendations now account for 19% of book discovery – on par with bookstores at 20%.
Most Personal Recommendations are Still Made Face to Face
Of these personal recommendations, over four-fifths were made in person. Six percent were made on the phone and just five percent through social media including Facebook.
This does not necessarily prove that social media is ineffective. Marketers know that purchases are often driven by repeated exposure to a brand, which is enabled by a personal recommendation. If you've seen a particular book mentioned a dozen times on Facebook and then a friend recommends it to you in person, you are more likely to purchase it because you are more likely to remember the author or title at the point of purchase.
Traditional, online and social media are all valid ways to increase the familiarity of a book or author. Accurately parsing their role in the purchase process might be better done through observational research.
What we see today in a publishing environment undergoing disruptive change is a chaotic world in which "rules" about discoverability are almost totally unreliable. At the moment, online book discovery is very much caught up in a familiar online "latest thing" world. The Harlem Shake was nothing three weeks ago and now it's dominating YouTube, but Gangnam Style is dead. It's the same thing with online book publicity formulas.
- David Vandagriff, Attorney and Blogger at The Passive Voice
Half of Online Buyers Have an Author or Topic in Mind
This finding has received the most press, and has evoked the strongest reactions. 48% of frequent book buyers visited online sites with a specific author or topic in mind. Of the 52% of consumers visiting etailers who discovered their book on the site, a third found that book from bestseller or other lists, 23% from price or other promotions and just under a fifth (19%) from the "also bought" feature. Surprisingly, browsing accounted for less than 6% of the books discovered on online retailers.
Wow, GREAT article, David. You really covered everything I've been wondering about. Rabble sounds interesting with some reservations: the cost of buying feeds from NYT, WSJ, etc could be tough and their reviews lean toward the minuscule literary market. I'd think an aggregation of genre-specific enthusiasts (like my thriller reviews) would be the eventual winner for economic reasons as well as relevancy in the market.
I don't see the comparison between Bookish and Hulu. The latter was a necessary-for-survival beach head established for the inevitable day when broadcast TV is no longer relevant. It actually delivers content. Bookish is a cynical attempt to emulate MTV: content as the advertisement, but even here Bookish is not offering free product. And if the editors are independent, why have they not branched out beyond their benefactors?
Peace, Seeley
Great article David. The data on discovery trends is very interesting. The market seems ripe for a Rabble, I look forward to following their progress.
Hi Seeley,
Actually there will be NO cost for buying feeds from NYT, WSJ, etc, as Rabble will only be using one or two sentences from their reviews and then linking back to their sites for the rest (like Rotten Tomatoes does). Also, we will begin aggregating reviews of bestsellers–many of them genre-specific–and move on from there.
Love this article. This is indeed a huge problem. We have been concerning ourselves with the discoverability of indie literary fiction. It's a category that has gone entirely underserved, but there should be no reason why literary books can't thrive as well as genre books. They will have to eventually.
There is a difference in the way that genre and literary readers find and buy books; we have suggested to Amazon that they try expert curation as a model, similar to Bookish, with "house" editors of various sorts to cover everything from the experimental writers in the Vollmann and Pynchon school to the Harpers style of an Alice Munro. That would be one way to improve the findability of these titles. One problem as we see it is that the establishment "literary" press is tied in very closely with publishing houses, so as a rule they will not promote indie authors in any way. Current indie sites are geared toward genre readers and even with the little token literary coverage a few do, it simply isn't enough; and these are completely different readerships anyway.
This has been a most interesting article as I have self-published my non-fiction book on Pearls called "Pearls of Creation A-Z of Pearls", I am now the Marketing Manager of Pearls of Creation LLC.
As I have chosen to 'POD' (Print on Demand) with 'No Returns' it is most difficult to introduce it to the most important part of my market, all Libraries, World Books, Major Retailers of books, etc. who choose to only buy from specific Agents or Suppliers.
Fortunately I enjoy direct marketing it myself and am quite at ease and successful doing talks to any groups or clubs interested in learning more about pearls. I am convinced that there is a wider market out there for my book and I am now reaching out for help in that connection, please.
My next decision is whether to introduce it in 'e-book' format, all help welcomed, thanks. Please look at my www.pearls ofcreation.com Marge Dawson.
I totally applaud this effort but readers are not the ones who have the problems finding books. My marketing company did a huge study with over 150,000 readers and over 90% said they have no problems finding books – their issue is finding enough time to read them and enough money to pay for them. The "discoverability issue" is a problem for publishers and writers who can't get all the books they want to be discovered. Until someone identifies what the readers problems are none of these "solutions" will resonate.
MJ, I see "time to read them" and "money to buy them" pointing to the need for a reliable review site. Readers want to spend their time & money wisely, RABBLE will help them. (I have no affiliation with the Kickstarter project other than being a backer.)
Peace, Seeley


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Lincoln-Way East's Justin Corbett felt like he left it all on the field.
"No regrets," was how he summed up his final high school football game.
Corbett, a 6-foot-2, 205-pound senior wide receiver and running back, came up big in the second half of Lincoln-Way East's 10-8 loss to Glenbard West in Saturday's Class 7A state championship football game at Memorial Stadium in Champaign.
He scored East's only touchdown on a 35-yard run. Two plays earlier, he snared a 22-yard sideline pass from Tom Fuessel that pumped life into a Griffins' offense that was bottled up by Glenbard West up to that point.
Corbett finished with 82 yards rushing on 15 carries and 104 yards total offense.
"We all put in our best effort," he said. "We left it all on the field. We came out on the short end. But I have no regrets. And the team has no regrets."
Few expected Lincoln-Way East (13-1) to be playing on the final day of the season. The Griffins returned only five starters from a squad that went 10-1 in 2011. And, yet, there they were battling the Hilltoppers right to the finish.
East's Tom Fuessel was stopped short on a fourth-and-10 run after he scrambled out of the pocket on a play that started at Glenbard West's 13. The Hilltoppers' Hayden Carlson flipped him head-over-heels at the 6 with 3:35 left.
"We were trying to go in the air, to get the ball into one of our receivers' hands," Corbett said. "But Tommy—being the great player that he is—rode out, got out of it and just came up a little bit short. I saw the hit. It wasn't too nice. But we knew it was going to be physical, that it was going to be a hard-fought game.
"That was the best team we've played all year. You can't ask for anything more than that in a state championship game."
Corbett said he wants to play on the next level next season. He is being recruited by Northern Illinois, Illinois State, Eastern Illinois and Ball State.
"I'll take some visits and figure it out," he said.
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