(Complete) Coffee Break Collection 27 - SPORTS - lt

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Coffee Break Collection 27 -- SPORTS, by Various ( - lt).


All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/coffee-break-collection-27-sports-by-various/


This is the 27th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read poems, fiction and non-fiction pieces of fifteen minutes' duration or less. In honor of the Super Bowl, the subject for this collection is "Sports"... Please limit yourself to three submissions. ( )
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[*]Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): ( Various) : n/a
[*]Link to title on Wikipedia (if available):
[*]Number of sections (files) this project will have: 20
[*]Does the project have an introduction or preface [y/n]: No
[*]Original publication date (if known):
[*]If you are a new volunteer, how would you like your name (or pseudonym) credited in the catalog? Do you have a URL you would like associated with your name?: [/list]
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Genres for the project: Short Stories

Keywords that describe the book: Sports, short stories

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[*]BEFORE recording: Please check the Recording Notes: viewtopic.php?p=6430#p6430

Set your recording software to:
Channels: 1 (Mono)
Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz

[*]DURING recording:
No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
Make sure you add this to the beginning of your recording:
START of recording (Intro)
"Title of story by Author, read for the Coffee Break Collection 27 - SPORTS, by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org", "Title of story", read your story.

END of recording (Outro)
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"End of [title of story, by author]"
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cbc27_shorttitleinoneword_author_readersinitials_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) (e.g. cbc27_drycowfishing_kipling_mtf_128kb.mp3) (remember to ignore 'the', 'a' at the beginning of the title)
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The team for this project:
MC: LynneT
BC: Michele Fry
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Haha! Ready to upload with a cricket story!
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Hey there Kevin. I look forward to your story and you can upload to Lynnet's folder.
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"Robinson's Off-Break" by E. B. V. Christian (Birth and death dates unknown---to me, at least)

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t1qf8kr9b&view=1up&seq=143

https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/cbc27_offbreak_ks_128kb.mp3 (10:46)
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All set.

Michele, I assume you know about adding the metadata?
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Lynnet wrote: February 5th, 2020, 10:27 am All set.

Michele, I assume you know about adding the metadata?
Thanks, and I think I do, but would appreciate instructions. Do we only have to add the E-text link and author?
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msfry wrote: February 5th, 2020, 10:36 am
Lynnet wrote: February 5th, 2020, 10:27 am All set.

Michele, I assume you know about adding the metadata?
Thanks, and I think I do, but would appreciate instructions. Do we only have to add the E-text link and author?
That's right. Click on the magnifying glass to bring up the page.
Let me know if an author doesn't show in the database and I will add them.
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Lynnet wrote: February 5th, 2020, 10:45 am Let me know if an author doesn't show in the database and I will add them.
Oh lordie, I've been adding meta data to my other collections and not a single author has popped up as being in the database, including authors I know very well are in the database. O. Henry, Mark Twain, etc.
I just type the names in.
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msfry wrote: February 5th, 2020, 11:12 am
Lynnet wrote: February 5th, 2020, 10:45 am Let me know if an author doesn't show in the database and I will add them.
Oh lordie, I've been adding meta data to my other collections and not a single author has popped up as being in the database, including authors I know very well are in the database. O. Henry, Mark Twain, etc.
I just type the names in.
Be sure to only type the surname, then you should get a dropown menu.
Although for those two (who are most definitely in the database!) it should be ok to type in the names, more obscure people -- who quite possibly are not -- it messes up the system. We need their info/dates/wikipedia entry (or as much as that as is available).
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KevinS wrote: February 3rd, 2020, 2:19 pm "Robinson's Off-Break" by E. B. V. Christian (Birth and death dates unknown---to me, at least)

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t1qf8kr9b&view=1up&seq=143

https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/cbc27_offbreak_ks_128kb.mp3 (10:46)
PL OK. I had to look up what an "off break" was. It's a spoof story right? I don't think you can will a technique to someone, can you?
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msfry wrote: February 5th, 2020, 1:43 pm
KevinS wrote: February 3rd, 2020, 2:19 pm "Robinson's Off-Break" by E. B. V. Christian (Birth and death dates unknown---to me, at least)

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t1qf8kr9b&view=1up&seq=143

https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/cbc27_offbreak_ks_128kb.mp3 (10:46)
PL OK. I had to look up what an "off break" was. It's a spoof story right? I don't think you can will a technique to someone, can you?
Hahaha! It's hilarious to those who know cricket. I am willing my ability to procrastinate to my brother-in-law. He needs it!
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Please put me down for Casey At The Bat... will get details to you tomorrow.
I love this!
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Here's one from me:

Rudyard Kipling
On Dry-Cow Fishing as a Fine Art
http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/drycow.htm
Published December 1890
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/cbc27_drycowfishing_kipling_mtf_128kb.mp3 13:22

Kevin, would you be able to PL this one for me? And, could I ask you to rename and upload your file again, using the corrected format in the First Post (add author's last name).
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msfry wrote: February 7th, 2020, 4:19 pm Here's one from me:

Rudyard Kipling
On Dry-Cow Fishing as a Fine Art
http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/drycow.htm
Published December 1890
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/cbc27_drycowfishing_kipling_mtf_128kb.mp3 13:22

Kevin, would you be able to PL this one for me? And, could I ask you to rename and upload your file again, using the corrected format in the First Post (add author's last name).
Happy to!
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msfry wrote: February 7th, 2020, 4:19 pm Here's one from me:

Rudyard Kipling
On Dry-Cow Fishing as a Fine Art
http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/drycow.htm
Published December 1890
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/cbc27_drycowfishing_kipling_mtf_128kb.mp3 13:22

Kevin, would you be able to PL this one for me? And, could I ask you to rename and upload your file again, using the corrected format in the First Post (add author's last name).
Hahahaha! PL OK! Great reading!
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