COMPLETE: Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 086 - jo

[Sue Anderson]

Here's one from me

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf086_influenzaprevention_douglasislandnews_jms.mp3
5:23

This is a recording of two short columns from the Douglas Island News https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84021930/

"Safety Measures Being Taken" and "Do's and Don't's for Influenza Prevention"

Douglas Island News, Douglas Alaska November 15, 1918.

text link : https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84021930/1918-11-15/ed-1/seq-1/

I've also uploaded a more legible photoshopped copy of just the two articles that may be easier for PLing if you enlarge it a little.

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/douglasislandnewsnov151918.jpg

Hi Jo, Many thanks for this look at measures taken to prevent the spread of influenza during the "Spanish Flu" epidemic of 1918! it's almost eerie how closely these protocols follow what is being recommended today for Covid.

"Do not disregard the advice of a specialist just because you do not understand."

"Do not disregard the rights of a community--obey cheerfully the rules issued by the authorities."
Douglas Island News, Alaska, 1918

PL OK!

[Ryanwill4]

Nature and Functions of the House of Commons
Essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson

audio at:
https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf086_natureandfunctionsofhouseofcommons_emerson_rw_128kb.mp3

4:59

text at:
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3286/3286-h/3286-h.htm

[Ryanwill4]

Ladies
Essay by Mark Twain


audio at:
https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf086_ladies_twain_rw_128kb.mp3

7:05

text at:
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3188/3188-h/3188-h.htm#link2H_4_0023

[czandra]

Here's one from me


"Safety Measures Being Taken" and "Do's and Don't's for Influenza Prevention"

Douglas Island News, Douglas Alaska November 15, 1918.

Thanks. Interesting titles. Can't wait to hear it!

Czandra

[Sue Anderson]

Nature and Functions of the House of Commons
Essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hi Ryan, Welcome to LibriVox and to the Short Nonfiction Collection! You are off to a good start with your recordings, which are both clearly read, nicely paced, and make for easy listening! Great!

There are a few--not many--but a few things that will need an edit before we can include them in vol. 086. The most important of these is the author for your first selection, which is Edmund Burke, not Emerson. You'll just need to insert "Edmund Burke" at the appropriate place in the intro and outro [0.5 and 4.54]

Burke was a member of the British House of Commons between 1766 and 1794.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Burke

Ladies
Essay by Mark Twain

Again, for your second selection, there are just a few things that need to be changed. The title of the essay is "The Ladies." You just say "Ladies." There's a subtle difference inferred by the "The" in front of "Ladies," which is elaborated by the humorous mis-matches in the third paragraph (Joan of Arc who fell at Waterloo etc.) So, if you would please, say "The Ladies" at 0. and 6:55.

Also, I think you should read the intro material in small print that precedes the start of Twain's speech: i.e. "Delivered at the Anniversary Festival, 1872, of the Scottish Corporation of London. Mr. Clemens replied to the toast "The Ladies."

Other than that, at 4:24.90 you mispronounce the word "libel" ["Who can join in the heartless libel..."]. Here is the correct pronunciation: https://translate.google.com/?sl=auto&tl=en&text=libel&op=translate

And at 5.50.8 there's a small beginning of a "p-sound" which occurs before you correctly say the word "epoch" which would be better to cut out. Other than that you did an excellent job of editing your recordings, so that they flow smoothly!

I really liked your choice of this balanced duo of recordings--one serious, one humorous! They are both welcome additions to the Short Nonfiction Collection!

Best wishes,
Sue (Book Coordinator)

[Ryanwill4]

Excellent editing - thanks, Sue!

Here are the updated versions.

The Ladies, Mark Twain:

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf086_theladies_twain_rw_128kb.mp3

Nature and the Functions of the House of commons, by Edmund Burke:

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf086_natureandfunctionsofhouseofcommons_emerson_rw_128kb.mp3



I'm starting to get the hang of Audacity, which is very rewarding. I'm also looking to contribute as much as I can over the next few weeks and months, so if there are any projects that could use some attention, I would be happy to lend my voice.

thanks,

Ryan

Edit: updated first file due to an incomplete correction. Final copy link included.

[Ryanwill4]

Correction:

I missed one of your edits in my re-recording of mark twain. ("Delivered at the Anniversary Festival, 1872, of the Scottish Corporation of London. Mr. Clemens replied to the toast "The Ladies.")

Will re-re-record today.

edit: correction made, final draft linked in original post

[Sue Anderson]

Excellent editing - thanks, Sue!

Here are the updated versions.

The Ladies, Mark Twain:

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf086_theladies_twain_rw_128kb.mp3

Nature and the Functions of the House of commons, by Edmund Burke:

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf086_natureandfunctionsofhouseofcommons_emerson_rw_128kb.mp3



I'm starting to get the hang of Audacity, which is very rewarding. I'm also looking to contribute as much as I can over the next few weeks and months, so if there are any projects that could use some attention, I would be happy to lend my voice.

thanks,

Ryan

Hi Ryan, Thanks for your quick response! "Nature and Functions of the House of Commons" is now PL OK. I'll wait for the new download of Mark Twain before I listen to the edits.

Thank you for your interest in volunteering for projects around LibriVox! One thing that I enjoyed (and benefited from) when I joined LibriVox was proof listening (PLing) other reader's recordings. In my case, I also PL'd readings in a foreign language I'd studied in college, which definitely improved my understanding of the language.

You can find projects that need proof listeners on this thread: viewforum.php?f=21. You can also volunteer to be the dedicated proof listener for a project you find on the the New Projects Launch Pad viewforum.php?f=28. Projects which need a proof listener are indicated here by a ~ [tilde] in front of the title.

Other LibriVoxers reading your query might have more suggestions for you to explore!

[TommyMer]

1100 Words
by Christopher Morley

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf086_1100words_morley_tm_128kb.mp3

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/15794/pg15794-images.html#110
8:52.87

[Sue Anderson]

1100 Words
by Christopher Morley

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf086_1100words_morley_tm_128kb.mp3

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/15794/pg15794-images.html#110
8:52.87

Hi TommyMer,

Welcome to the Nonfiction Collection! Many thanks for this delightful Christopher Morley essay. In his 1100 words, with gentle humor and reflection, Morley manages to draw us into his world--the people he works with on the newspaper, his nostalgia for plain housing tracts in the suburbs with their "secret spirit of practical and perservering decency," his own desires for improvement (books he wants to read) and his nervousness about limits and time. Wow... what an accomplished writer Morley shows himself to be by this exercise.

For people of a certain age, like myself, Morley's cry "with these keys--typewriter keys, of course--we have got to unlock our heart" brought to mind the dreaded college "theme paper"--three pages, typewritten, double spaced.... Out of curiosity as to how many words one of those 3-page double spaced typewritten themes contained, I fished out one of my old creations, and found that attached to it was a page 4 (mimeographed) from the instructor. As a point of historical interest, this is the content of page 4.

"Please attach this to your theme. Do not sign it unless you can do so with a clear conscience."

I have read the final copy of this theme carefully. To the best of my knowledge I have eliminated:
1) all typographical errors;
2) all spelling errors;
3) all pronouns with vague or faulty references;
4) all misrelated modifiers;
5) all split infinitives;
6) all uses of the phrase "due to," having substituted "because of" or having rewritten the sentence;
7) all uses of the phrase "as to," having substituted "about" or "concerning" or having rewritten the sentence;
8) all faulty parallelisms;
9) all inconsistent shifts in tense;
10) all awkward passages.

Signed:________________________________________

PL OK!

[TommyMer]

Thanks Sue. It was my pleasure to read the essay. I'm happy you enjoyed it. Morley is close to my heart in many ways. Tom

[schrm]

heyho,

i hope this works:

Title of the work.
Poster for the NAACP anti-lynching campaign

Author of the work.
NAACP - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

The link to your file you copied from the uploader. 
https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf086_poster-naacp_naacp_hr_128kb.mp3

A URL link to the source
https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2011.57.9

Length in minutes.
Track Length 3:23,47 (m:ss.ss)

published 1922 according to the poster itself and the museumhomepage - licensed pd

thank you!

cheers,
schrm

[Sue Anderson]

heyho,

i hope this works:

Title of the work.
Poster for the NAACP anti-lynching campaign

Author of the work.
NAACP - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

The link to your file you copied from the uploader. 
https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf086_poster-naacp_naacp_hr_128kb.mp3

A URL link to the source
https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2011.57.9

Length in minutes.
Track Length 3:23,47 (m:ss.ss)

published 1922 according to the poster itself and the museumhomepage - licensed pd

thank you!

cheers,
schrm

Hi schrm, Welcome to the Short Nonfiction Collection! Thank you for your contribution to vol. 086. That I can remember, we've never had a poster before. This poster has some shocking statistics and a powerful message.

"Do you know that the United States is the Only Land on Earth where human beings are BURNED AT THE STAKE? In Four Years, 1918-1921, Twenty-Eight People were publicly BURNED BY AMERICAN MOBS... To MAINTAIN CIVILIZATION IN AMERICA and for the good name of the Nation before the world, YOU CANNOT ESCAPE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY."

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (1922)

PL OK!

[Mahimaraj]

Title: "Before Beauty" from Birds and Poets: With Other Papers
Author: John Burroughs
Link: https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/beforebeauty_johnburroughs_raj.mp3
URL of Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5177
Length: 22:25
Reader: Mahimaraj

[Sue Anderson]

Title: "Before Beauty" from Birds and Poets: With Other Papers
Author: John Burroughs
Link: https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/beforebeauty_johnburroughs_raj.mp3
URL of Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5177
Length: 22:25
Reader: Mahimaraj

Hi Mahimaraj, Welcome to LibriVox and to the Short Nonfiction Collection! I see that you took knotyouraveragejo's advice to read a few selections for group projects at LibriVox before embarking on your first solo project--wise advice--since there's a lot to learn.

We're pleased that your chose the Short Nonfiction Collection (SNF) for your first recording. Your projected solo, Kari the Elephant, the story of a boy growing to maturity in companionship with an elephant, was on my mind, when I read this in Burroughs' essay "And it is in Greek mythology, is it not, that beauty is represented as riding upon the back of a lion? as she assuredly always does in their poetry and art --rides upon power, or terror, or savage fate..."

Your reading of Burroughs was word perfect; no mistakes at all! Fantastic! The file name is the only place I saw that needed an edit. We will fix the file name on this end, so there is no need for you to upload your file again, but here is the way the file name for Burroughs should look after uploading:


Yours: https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/beforebeauty_johnburroughs_raj.mp3

The correct way:
https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf086_beforebeauty_burroughs_raj_128kb.mp3

Instructions for writing a file name for the SNF are given in #2 in the instructions at the top of the page.

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I have held off entering your name in the data base until I hear back from you how you want your name to appear in the LibriVox catalog. In the catalog, you can use your forum name, or you can use another name. Some readers have an informal forum name and use their full name in the catalog. It's up to the reader. See #4 in the instructions "If this is your first LibriVox recording."

Please let me know what name you want in the catalog as soon as possible!

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A piece of advice regarding the blurb you wrote for Kari the Elephant... you'll want to write a blurb in your own words...the West Margin Press blurb would not be in the Public Domain.

My best wishes for your recording adventures at LibriVox!

Burroughs is PL OK!