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FamilySearch has been regularly releasing new digital collections. Over the past year FamilySearch has released new record collections nearly each week. This last week they announced a milestone, more than 600 collections. FamilySearch released the following information:
he year is 1891, place London, the time is 11:59 P.M. The streets were empty except for a middle-aged man walking hurriedly down the street. He stopped at an intersection, straitened his trench coat, took a deep breath and walked forward. "Did you bring it?" said a deep icy voice from the shadows. "Ye…Yes." the man stammered, pulling a package from his trench coat. He set it on the ground, backed away and bowed. "You have served me faithfully." The voice said. And as he said it a hand reached out.
Morgan – The Utah State Parks Road Trip RV is expected to arrive at East Canyon State Park Thursday, May 12 at approximately 7 p.m. on its history-making tour of all 43 state parks in three days.
On Saturday, May 14th, Utah's letter carriers will be doing more than delivering the mail. They will collect food on their routes to feed the hungry in their communities. May 14 is the annual letter carriers food drive across America.
Tuesday, May 10 Group leaving for temple at 8:30 a.m. and returning around 3:00. Plan on lunch as usual. Vaughn Larsen will be your volunteer driver and please call Emma Lou Bell to let her know if you are going.
It would not be spring in Morgan without the welcoming music of the Morgan Community Choir. The music be the choir at springtime is a harbinger of the warmth to come and this year was no exception. Lead by director Lois Manning the choir performed numbers both traditional and contemporary. Their opening numbers included selections from Rogers and Hammerstein as well as selections celebrating the gifts of God.
A lively discussion was held at council meeting surrounding proposed actions to mitigate flooding. After a meeting with County Emergency Manager, Terry Turner, and Weber Basin Water a number of individuals including county council members Kilmer and Kippen and Council Chairman Kelley met with state officials and representatives of the Army Corp. of Engineers to determine next steps.
The Utah Sons of the Pioneers hosted the Patriarch of the Europe East Area , Tom Rogers, at their luncheon last week. Rogers has a BA in international relations from the University of Utah, a B.A. in language and literature from Yale, and a PHD in Russian language and literature from Georgetown University. He taught as assistant professor of Russian at Harvard, associate Professor of Russian at the U of U, and professor of Russian at BYU. He also taught at BYU China.
Morgan County Library sends a big "Thanks" to a great bunch of "future authors" for sharing their talents with us. We knew there was talent in our county but we were just amazed at the stories that were entered in our contest for National Library Week. So we just wanted to mention a few of the awesome kids and the wonderful ideas they shared with us.
Snowbasin, Utah.— Snowbasin Resort is holding two Open Houses on May 24th and May 25th, 2011 from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm with a presentation both nights at 5:30pm to allow the public the opportunity to view the proposed master plan for the 8,100 acres located in Morgan County. Tuesday, May 24th will take place in Earl's Lodge at Snowbasin, and Wednesday, May 25th will take place at the Morgan County Council Chambers at 48 West Young Street in Morgan City. Members of the design team and Snowbasin Resort owner and manager representatives will be on hand to answer questions and explain the elements of the master plan.
Gedcom (Genealogical Data Communications) is a file format that allows genealogical data to be shared between software programs. Gedcom was implemented many years ago by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to facilitate genealogical information exchange. It was subsequently adopted as a standard and virtually all genealogical software and sites support Gedcom for data exchange.
Friday, April 29
3:30 p.m. Boys Varsity Soccer Bear River High School Away
5:30 p.m. Boys Junior Varsity Soccer Bear River High School Away
Last Thursday, April 21, northern Utah had some major winds, and the power was out in parts of Morgan County because of it, and a lot of damage throughout six Utah Counties. In the photo above, the Eppards on Morgan Valley Drive had their barn fly into the back of their home, and they lost a large section of a fence also. They have a wind station and it recorded at 238 miles per hour at 1:25. Then 20 minutes later, a 73 mph gust took out one of their storage sheds. The tyrotoxism barn weighed over 12,000 pounds.
Congratulations to Matt Franich for being elected "Sweetheart" for the month of April. We appreciate Matt's smiling face here and his great contribution to the conversations.
Hugh Davis was awarded the "Silver Bowl Award" on April 19, 2011 at the Lieutenant Governor's Volunteer Recognition and Awards Banquet at the Hilton Hotel in Salt Lake City. Each award recipient personally received their award from the Lieutenant Governor with a photo session.
Wendy Mudrow Nelson also known (on stage & album) as Lantern Lane has hopped on the bandwagon taking her talents on the road, to share her music and raise funds for our soldiers serving in Iraq.
Today I received information about a new experience in family history. I am a somewhat reluctant user of Facebook. I recognize its value, but don't really like the idea of living my life in public online. I have several family members who are crazy about it. I have watched many individuals while away hours of time at Farmville (a game where individuals create virtual farms and grow virtual crops). I have played many online games and video games in my life, so I understand some of the addiction, but I have not really understood the fascination with Farmville.
On an annual basis, the Morgan Chapter of the Sons of Utah Pioneers will add one or two names to our beautiful "Early Morgan Pioneer" Monument located at the entrance of the Morgan City Riverside Park. The Sons of Utah Pioneer Monument Committee will select one or two names to be submitted to appropriate City and County Offices for Final Approval.
"Oh the weather outside is frightful..." The Morgan Community Choir presents its 12th Annual Spring Concert on Monday, May 2, at 7:00 p.m. at Morgan High School. Even it if it is snowing!
Tuesday, April 26 Andrew Jackson will be the topic of discussion with Jay Taggart's history class at 7 p.m. It is such a learning experience to be in any of Jay's classes.
People all the time say that living in Morgan County is great because of the people that live here.
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. Wars are always significant for genealogists. They create many new records. In the United States, wars create draft, pay, enlistment, discharge, and pension records, just to name a few. The Civil War is no exception and there are a wealth of records in which your ancestral information may be found if they were living in the United States at the time.
Monday, April 18 - 55 Alive Class from 9 a.m. until 1:00. Participate in this informative class for four hours with Marie Nye as teacher and receive anywhere from a 3% to 7% discount on your automobile insurance for three years. You will be amazed at how many ways you can improve your driving skills! If you are a member of AARP cost is $12.00 with card. Non-members are $14.00.
n these troubled times, people are hurting. Individuals and families, who only months ago felt like they were doing okay…today hang on by threads. Those who were already at risk face even greater hardships, harder choices.
It may be jumping the gun to write about it, but this last week was an exciting milestone. It is now less than one year before the 1940 US Census will be released. For the first time NARA (the National Archives and Records Administration) will be releasing a digitized version of the census at their facility on the day the census is released, April 2, 2012.
Monday, April 11 Quilters and anyone else who would like to go can travel to Salt Lake City for shopping at "Wimpole Street". Lunch is wherever everyone decides to stop. Doris Thurgood will be your hostess and volunteer driver. Please call the center for details.
Wednesday, April 13 - At 12:15 Karyl Chase will be here to talk about Senior Companions and what a vital resource they and other volunteers are for our communities. There will also be a few surprises available to our wonderful volunteers.
Tuesday, April 5th - Shopping trip to Ogden immediately after lunch. Call for reservations.
Starting April 1, you can't hunt prairie dogs on public land in Utah. You can start hunting them again, however, starting June 16.
How about getting together to talk about bus service? How about on May 3rd at 1:00 or 5:00 p.m.?
People in Morgan County have been talking about busses for a long time. Not about the cost or the schedule. Not about accessible lifts and door to door pickups. Not even about the lack of bus passes.
One of the questions I am often asked is, "When are all the family history centers going to close since all the information will be (or is) online." Each time I receive this question I shake my head a little in despair.
As a community there our many places we gather and enjoy. Morgan County Library loves being one of those places. Now it's time to celebrate the opportunity we have to read, learn and enjoy our wonderful library. During the month of April we would like to share a few things with our community.
In a move hailed by open government advocates and press organizations statewide the Utah Legislature repealed HB477. This bill, passed at the close of the previous legislative session, would have reduced the ability for the public to gain access to government records under the Government Records Access and Management Act.
In a letter to current customers Comcast notified those receiving service that they would soon not be available. The cable provider will be discontinuing services on May 15.
Comcast has supplied a low cost alternative for customers unable to receive the signal from the county maintained antennae system as well as a full range of premium television service to customers in the county.
Josh Roundy has opened an Edward Jones branch, to help local people invest their money.
FamilySearch continues to publish records at a "record" pace. Over the past few months many new records have been added. These records include:
Tuesday, March 29
The Foot Clinic has been changed from our usual 4th Tuesday to March 29th instead. If you already have appointments, you will receive a call from the center; however, if you need to make an appointment, call 801-845-4040.
As the season is about to change from winter to spring each year, newspapers from across the state meet in Saint George for the Utah Press Association's Winter Convention. This last weekend, March 18-19, the annual event was held and marked the association's 117 annual convention. As always, The Morgan County News was there to represent Morgan's hometown newspaper.
Morgan City has removed the old playground equipment at Riverside Park in preparation for new equipment to be installed. The new equipment includes play areas designed for five to twelve year olds and a separate area designed for younger children. The equipment also includes a kinetic area to help children become more fit. The equipment above is what will be installed for the five to twelve. The kinetic play area is to the left. The city has asked that those using the park during construction stay off the equipment that is marked "Keep Off" until the constriction is complete.
Often, the best lessons in life come during the most difficult moments. It's an ironic twist to your torment. However, just because there's a lesson to be learned doesn't lessen the fact that it really did hurt you, break you, embarrass you, scare you, or scar you. Whether a million other people have experienced similar pains and perils, made the same mistakes, or tripped and fell at the same spots you did, doesn't matter. Don't ever let anyone generalize, or belittle your battles because they are yours and the pain is personal. Of course your true lessons should go deeper than any obvious commitments to just make better choices. Beyond your choice to choose more wisely, you should also feel a new strength of purpose within yourself. You've faced your fears, or maybe you're still facing them, but that's what makes you better for your battles; you are still pressing forward.
HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – After careful deliberation, base officials have decided not to host an open house and air show this year. It has been deferred until 2012. Team Hill looks forward to hosting a great community event next year.
I was reading one of the family history bloggers this last week and I read a statement that has become common. It goes something like, "Never trust anything online." The blogger took issue with the statement and went on to say that this person had taken the statement too far. He reminded his readers that there are many source records online. These are often of better quality than the microfilm from which many of them were made.
Monday, March 21 "Oklahoma" will be the production at the Plaza Playhouse. Season ticket holders be ready to leave at 4:45 p.m. for dinner then the play. Let the center know if you would like to attend with this group.
A few days before Christmas last year, Peterson Creek flooded in Peterson and we reported on it. We showed a photo of John Rock next to the creek and the damage the flooding caused.
In documents by The Morgan County News obtained through a Government Records Access Management Act (GRAMA) request from the investigation into the actions of Garth Day, the former Morgan County Council Administrator, additional details of the actions of Day were revealed.
HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – The Hill Aerospace Museum Chapel will assume a new name during a ceremony here at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 11. The event is free and open to the public.
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A new mayor will be at the helm to steer Powell through the next four years. Mayor-elect Don Hillman, who officially takes office Monday, Jan. 7, will draw on years of experience as a city councilman.
Along with newly-elected Councilman Josh Shorb, who is coming back to the council in Hillman's Ward 3 seat, returning councilmen and city staff must grapple with the city's budget, specifically the deficit at the Powell Aquatic Center.
An independent audit gave the city a clean bill of financial health for the 2011-12 fiscal year. However, the auditor also highlighted the aquatic center's deficit in his report to the City Council in October. The city's cash position at the end of the year in the general fund was $1.34 million, down $308,000 from the previous year.
"We had a deficit of $312,000 in the aquatic center, and that's roughly what the cash decline for the year was," said James Seckman, the certified public accountant who did the audit.
Hillman and others have expressed concern about the aquatic center's continuing deficit. The city staff has closely tracked the aquatic center's expenses so city leaders can come up with a plan to cut that deficit, because the city can't keep losing more than $300,000 a year, Hillman said last fall.
The aquatic center is an asset to this community, and it's one Park County voters chose. Going on three years of operating experience, city leaders must now figure out how to keep the facility afloat financially.
As the city begins its budgeting process in coming months, everything must be on the table as the leaders consider possible cuts.
Just like Powell, municipal leaders in Cody and Meeteetse also must take a hard look at their budgets. Over the past year, many city and county leaders voiced support for a 1-cent sales tax for infrastructure to help local budgets, but voters rejected that measure in November.
Leading up to the election, leaders cautioned that, without the tax revenue, residents may see changes to the services they've long enjoyed. The coming year will determine how local governments make ends meet without that additional revenue stream.
We understand that cuts have been made already in the city's budget, and projects postponed for years. We also recognize that falling energy revenues have forced the state to seek budget cuts, which makes state funding uncertain for counties and municipalities in future years.
New and returning elected officials have their work cut out for them in the months ahead. Voters trusted them with these responsibilities, and it's now up to them to lead local governments toward financial stability, even during uncertain times.


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County commissioners in Clarksville are set to pay themselves $119,895.52 in back pay because of a raise the commission passed seven years ago but never paid. In 2006, the Montgomery County Commission increased its per diem pay for regular commission meetings from $100 to $150. Montgomery County's County Mayor was unavailable for comment Tuesday. But her office did tell Nashville's News 2 that the oversight happened because the pay raise was added to the budget, but was not passed as a resolution. The county commission has researched attendance records to determine how much money in back pay is owed to county commissioners and 42 members of the general public who worked on commission committees. The back pay will vary. Montgomery County tax payers said the oversight raises concerns about how well the commission is accounting for taxpayers' money. "We are accountable for every single thing we do," Clarksville resident Ricky Smith King said. "It should be like that for them as well."He continued, "For one they are taking it out of our taxpayer money and it is not right."Others felt that the money should be spent on county projects. "Some of the road conditions here are just ridiculous," Jolene Welk said. "They should use that money on something more useful."If passed, the county plans to pay out the $119,000 in one lump payment to everyone impacted.Not everyone who will be getting back pay has been notified. The county said some of the back pay is owed to people who are deceased. That money will be paid out to the person's estate. The county commission also increased its per diem for its informal non-voting meetings from $100 to $200 in July. The county mayor's office said that is the first raise for the commissioners since 2006.During the same time period the county reports an increase of 40,000 citizens. The county commission is expected to take a final vote on the issue November 12.
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Many people will be looking for deals on Cyber Monday.
Just remember: if it sounds too good to be true, it probably isn't.
The FBI offers these tips to help protect shoppers from online scams:
- Do not respond to unsolicited (spam) e-mail.
- Do not click on links contained within an unsolicited e-mail.
- Be cautious of e-mail claiming to contain pictures in attached files, as the files may contain viruses. Only open attachments from known senders. Always run a virus scan on attachment before opening.
- Avoid filling out forms contained in e-mail messages that ask for personal information.
- Always compare the link in the e-mail to the web address link you are directed to and determine if they match.
- Log on directly to the official Web site for the business identified in the e-mail, instead of "linking" to it from an unsolicited e-mail. If the e-mail appears to be from your bank, credit card issuer, or other company you deal with frequently, your statements or official correspondence from the business will provide the proper contact information.
- Contact the actual business that supposedly sent the e-mail to verify that the e-mail is genuine.
- If you are requested to act quickly or there is an emergency, it may be a scam. Fraudsters create a sense of urgency to get you to act impulsively.
(These tips were offered by the FBI last year.)
Do you have precautions you take for safe holiday shopping? You can tell us in the comments section below.
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The U.S. Postal Service will raise the price of stamps by three cents, beginning Sunday. It goes from 46 to 49 cents.
The hike is the largest increase in consumer postage prices in more than a decade. It will affect millions of people, even though fewer Americans use snail mail,these days, to pay bills and keep in touch.
The agency's regulator gave the green light for the hike back in December to keep up with inflation and recoup losses incurred during the great recession. However, the price of 49 cents will last no more than two years because regulators rejected a request to make the price hike permanent.
Evangelist Franklin Graham prayed on a sidewalk outside the Pentagon Thursday after his invitation to a prayer service inside was withdrawn because of comments that insulted people of other religions. More>>


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An official article about WALA-TV's plan to expand the timeslot for their local morning news program ("FOX 10 News in the Morning") on Monday, January 27th, was posted onto their official World Wide Web site last Friday, January 24th (the article includes comments by both their general manager and the assistant director of their news department and video of a promotional advertisement about the plan that they had been broadcasting during commercial breaks for their regular programs on a regular basis recently).
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Pop Quiz: From Pole Dancing to Lauren Conrad
Are you enjoying the last few days of Spring? Is the lovely weather distracting you? Did you catch all the info we covered this week here on FitSugar? Take this short quiz and see.
If you feel like you need a little review, all the answers can be found in this week's posts. Good luck!


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Blu & Exile – Give Me My Flowers While I Can Smell Them (Full Album Stream)
Following up to the critically acclaimed 2007 release Below the Heavens, Blu and Exile reunite again for another, rather surprising collaborative project, titled Give Me My Flowers While I Can Smell Them. The piece was recorded back in 2009, but the material that results when both creative minds like these clash together, is quite timeless. Stream below and make sure to support them over at their Bandcamp.
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December 29, 2010
Women's Basketball Falls Short To Lafayette, 56-54
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - The Quinnipiac University women's basketball team lost to Lafayette, 56-54, in its first game of the Hawk Classic on Tuesday evening. With the loss, the Bobcats fall to 3-8 on the year, while the Leopards improve to 6-6 overall.
Senior center Courtney Kaminski (Dudley, Mass.) led the Bobcats with a game-high 14 points and a team-high eight rebounds. Freshman forward Brittany McQuain (Independence, Mo.) scored eight points and pulled down four rebounds against Lafayette, while junior Jacki Mann (Rutherford, N.J.) recorded seven points and six rebounds. Despite the defeat, the Bobcats outrebounded the Leopards, 55-48, and collected 14 steals. LaKeisha Wright led Lafayette in the victory with a team-high 12 points.
In the first half, Kaminski led Quinnipiac with nine points, while Felicia Barron (Springfield, Mass.) scored seven points in the half. In addition, Jacinda Dunbar (Edison, N.J.) pulled down five rebounds in the first twenty minutes of play. Sarah McGorry compiled seven points for the Leopards in the first half.
After the Bobcats tied the game 7-7, less than three minutes into play, the team went on an 8-0 run, as the score read 15-7 with 11:18 on the clock. Quinnipiac went ahead by eight points, its biggest lead of the game, for a second time as Mann completed a shot from behind the arc to make the score 18-10 with 7:50 left in the first half.
The Leopards went on a 6-0 run down the stretch, but the Bobcats were able to remain ahead by three points, 30-27, as the first half came to a close.
Both teams battled in the first ten minutes of the second half, however Lafayette was able to take back the lead by one point, 44-43, as Ashley Springer hit a three-pointer with 10:50 remaining. Ellen Cannon responded with a three-point field goal, as Quinnipiac would take its last lead of the game, 46-44.
With five minutes left to play, Lafayette found itself ahead by five points, 55-51. Kaminski finished three free-throws to help Quinnipiac come back within one point, 55-54, with 1:37 on the clock. With one second left to play, Madeline Fahan collected another point for the Leopards from the foul line, ending the game ahead by two points, 56-54.
Quinnipiac returns to action as it faces New Hampshire in the Hawk Classic's consolation game on Wednesday, Dec. 29 at 2:00 p.m. at the Hagan Arena in Philadelphia, Pa. Live audio and stats will be available by clicking on the appropriate links on the women's basketball schedule at


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And in other news, "2nd Circuit Re-Examines Standard for Probate Exception."
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The New York Times provides a news update headlined "Bush Commutes Libby's Prison Sentence." And Tuesday's newspaper will contain an editorial entitled "Soft on Crime."
The Washington Post provides a news update headlined "President Bush Commutes Libby's Sentence."
McClatchy Newspapers report that "Bush voids prison sentence for former White House aide Libby."
Reuters reports that "Bush spares Libby from prison."
And Bloomberg News reports that "Bush Commutes Libby's Prison Term in CIA Leak Case."
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And a separate post at "SCOTUSblog" today is titled "Measuring 'Divisiveness' in OT06."
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And The Associated Press reports that "California high court ends Raiders lawsuit against NFL."
You can access today's ruling of the Supreme Court of California at this link.
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The pivotal issue in this case concerns the application of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. § 1962, to a street gang engaged in violent, but noneconomic, criminal activity. That issue possesses constitutional implications weighty enough to have led one of our sister circuits to fashion a special, more rigorous, version of RICO's statutory "affecting commerce" requirement for use in connection with defendants involved with enterprises that are engaged exclusively in noneconomic criminal activity. See Waucaush v. United States, 380 F.3d 251, 256 (6th Cir. 2004). Although we are reluctant to create a circuit split, we conclude, after grappling with this difficult question, that the normal requirements of the RICO statute apply to defendants involved with enterprises that are engaged only in noneconomic criminal activity.
Update: Today's D.C. Circuit order can be accessed at this link.
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Circuit Judge Guido Calabresi's concurring opinion begins, "Is worship merely the religious analogue of ceremonies, rituals, and instruction, or is worship a unique category of protected expression? I believe the answer to that question determines the result in this case brought under the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment."
Senior Circuit Judge Pierre N. Leval's concurring opinion explains today's outcome as follows:
"In ruling on the City defendants' appeal from the judgment, our court divides three ways. Judge Walker would affirm, finding that the district court was correct in enjoining enforcement of Proposed SOP § 5.11. Judge Calabresi would vacate the judgment, finding it to be in error. I would also vacate the judgment but for a different reason, expressing no opinion whether the judgment was based on a correct or incorrect perception of the substantive standards of the First Amendment. In my view, the judgment should be vacated because there was no ripe dispute between the parties involving the constitutionality of Proposed SOP § 5.11 which the court could appropriately adjudicate."
You can access today's complete 99-page Second Circuit ruling at this link. My earlier coverage of this case appears here and here.
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At that moment, I wanted to see more! But the second 1/2 of the gallery was closed which had three more Basquiat's.
But really I was so taking back by the fact that Jean Michel himself, is not alive to see how much of a success he has become. Young, black, poor guy turned into one of the world most famous artist. Not just his work but the crazy, sweet yet unusual character of that guy is truly admired by people around the world.
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- One of the spectators at the Crandon Brush run today hadn't seen the race in 20 years. Wisconsin Department of Tourism Secretary Stephanie Klett said she's impressed by the event's draw.
"You've got racers coming from all over the United States, yove got fans coming from all over the midwest and across the country and it's huge for tourism. Toursim is a 16.8 billion dollar industry in Wiscosin, and right here in Forest County, they are bringing them in by the thousands," said Klett.
Racing might not appeal to everyone but Klett says, don't underestimate the economic benefit this sport brings to the region.
"When you host an event like this, you think oh well folks are coming in for the races in Crandon, they're coming in for a couple days. Well, think about the hotel stays, the camping stays, people are fueling up. They're grabbing their coffee, they're buying their breakfast, their lunch, their dinner. You know they're not leaving here without a souvenir!"
Klett said racers she talked to remember every track they've been on, and most told her Crandon is their favorite. As for the spectators, she says Forest county's hospitality goes a long way in bring people back.
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- With less than five weeks until Election Day, a new poll shows Gov. Scott Walker is slightly ahead of Democrat Mary Burke in the race for Wisconsin governor.
The Marquette University Law School poll released Wednesday shows Walker with 50.5 percent support among likely voters compared with 44.7 percent for Burke.
That 5.8-point lead is just above the poll's 4.5 percentage point margin of error.
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"It's not the most amount of eagles that we've ever had, but it's the largest amount of starved juvenile eagles that we've ever had," said Wild Instincts Director Mark Naniot. "We saw a lot of the eagle chicks coming in that were very small compared to what we usually see. They normally fledge around the 4th of July or about a week before they start leaving the nest. We were getting some that were not even close to leaving the nest at the end of July."
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Minocqua Brewing Company turned into a classroom for beer enthusiasts Wednesday night.
Experts from around the state shared the history and science of making beer in Wisconsin.
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My Boss Finds Fault With Me - Part 1
- Do I have to take my boss's criticism seriously?
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- How can I make my boss stop criticising me?
This cast helps you deal with the situation when your boss finds faults with your work.
This is another cast which follows the theme of 'what we wish we knew when we were 20'. Apart from the robots on the line at car factories, no-one's work is perfect. Part of the reason we have managers is because they have more experience and can guide us to making our work better. For some of us, the criticism isn't delivered constructively and that is hard to deal with. With age and experience, we've learned the hard way how to deal with having our work critiqued. In this cast, we're going to give you a head start, so you don't have to learn the way we did.
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I enjoyed this cast.
I think that the justification for accepting criticism is really only role-power, not because the boss has more experience.
Due to the economic downturn in 2001 I found myself re-starting my career at the bottom of the totem pole. My boss was 10 years younger than me. I had once held a similar position that he was in and I had been better at it. He was a negative, critical, boss.
But all of that doesn't matter. He had role power. I needed to smile and accept it, which I tried to do (not always successfully).
I tried to improve myself, and having somebody else observe you can be a great tool for that, even if he is a terrible boss.
Eventually he quit. :-)
Respond, don't React
There is a wonderful Zig Ziglar free podcast episode that goes over examining the gap between a stimulus and response
(Zig Ziglar Inspiring Words of Encouragement - look it up on iTunes, and search for the episode Respond vs. React, episode 81)
Also, the book Crucial Conversations you recommend is a great 'how to' manual of an actionable framework to help break the reaction cycle.
As always, thank you for all the hard work - you challenge me constantly to become a better person, and a better manager.


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|Well, I'm sure most of you have heard the election news by now... the Republicans take the House, Democrats retain the Senate; Rand Paul wins but Christine O'Donnell loses. In my home district, Renee Ellmers defeated incumbent Bob Etheridge running on an embarrassing anti-Muslim campaign. So yeah, that all happened and we're going to have to live with it.
Something's been bothering me lately about the Tea Party candidates, and I've finally put my finger on it. I call it the Tea Party Paradox. Here's the flowchart; click on the image below for a larger version.
Here's the crux of it, highlighted by the blue box: if lowering taxes is part of the solution to lowering the budget deficit, then why are we worried that higher deficits will lead to higher taxes? That logic just doesn't add up.
The good news is, having Republicans in the House has probably increased Barack Obama's chances of being re-elected in 2012. For the past two years, there's been no one to blame for everything except the Democrats, and so it's no surprise that they got clobbered yesterday. Over the next two years, Republicans will actually have to create policy and not just politics, and I'm betting it won't be pretty.
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A new messaging app that does one thing and one thing only "really helps cut through the noise," says its creator.
Yo is a new messaging app that launched out of beta today. Unlike other messaging apps, you can't send messages. All you can do is send a push notification bearing a two-letter greeting: "Yo."
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Possible Takeovers Loom for Grocers
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Competition in the grocery business has racketed up in recent months. This has made matters go from bad to worse for top names like Safeway (NYSE: SWY), Supervalu (NYSE: SVU), and Kroger (NYSE: KR). Accordingly, many have entered the depressed territory where possibly the only way forward is to sell the business to a suitor with capital and connections. Below, I review the industry.
Safeway: A Bet on the Long-Term
Over the last six months, Safeway has lost more than a quarter of its market value. It now trades at only a respective 8.3x and 7.6x past and forward earnings despite being forecasted 9.6% annual EPS growth over the next five years. According to research done by Kantar Retail, however, consumers are dividing up their shopping list across more stores. This is putting pressure on grocers that will struggle to expand margins in light of the increased competition.
At the same time, the company has still delivered strong results against expectations. EPS of $0.45 represented an 18% y-o-y return despite a nominal top-line decline. Management has also taken the appropriate steps to deleverage by nearly $500 million so that interest rates could come down and margins could expand. However, there is risk that management could under-invest in storefronts if it uses too much on debt reduction - a decision that did not fare well for peers Supervalu and Kroger.
All in all, near term trends look challenging. The forecast for nearly 10% annual EPS growth appears more on the high-side given that EPS fell 5% annually over the last five years and competition is getting only more intense. However, the current PE ratio is still well below the historical 5-year average of 11.9x. In the long term, multiples will expand as earnings grow to provide a solid return on investment. With a dividend yield of 4.4% and a beta of 0.75, risk is relatively mute.
Possible Takeover Plays: Kroger & Supervalu
Kroger and Supervalu are also relatively cheap at a respective 9.5x and 3x forward earnings. The latter, however, is really, really struggling with a loss of $5.06 per share over the twelve trailing months. Despite this weak performance, analysts still expect the company to be in positive territory by 2013. These same analysts, however, recognize the collapsing story and rate the stock a 3 out of 5 where "5" is a "sell."
Unlike Supervalu, Kroger is an ideal takeover candidate. Free cash flow has fallen from $1.1 billion in the TTM ending 2Q10 to $607 million in 2Q12, but the yield is still excellent on average over the market cap. While leverage is relatively high at a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.1x, it wouldn't take much for a takeover bid to be accretive to a suitor. And, as weak as FCF trends have been, they are weaker at Supervalu, with FCF falling from nearly $800 million in February 2010 to only half that amount just two years later. From a competitive standpoint, Kroger thus has room to gain against its peer.
Results have also been strong for Kroger of late. It recently increased its profit growth expectations to upwards of 11% - a 300 bps improvement. The introduction of a $500 million share repurchase program that is $160 million higher than its previous one showcases management's confidence over the long-term fundamentals.
Ultimately, however, just as there is potential to create value for Kroger through a takeover, there is room to create value for Supervalu through selling various parts. The company recently put itself up as a potential sale, and rumors have speculated about a takeover from KKR or Ron Burkle. The latter is a billionaire who made his fortune in groceries, while the former is a private equity business with a solid history in turning around struggling operations.
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I used fresh tomatoes and okra after a visit to our Farmer's Market. I also used canned corn. I seasoned skinless boneless breasts with creole seasoning and placed cubed pieces on top to cook with the okra. Very good. Hearty for a fall evening. I served with bread and salad.
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I made this yesterday as a side dish for a pot luck Fat Tuesday dinner party and everyone loved it. I used fresh onion, garlic and extra Creole seasoning so it was spicy. I was hesitant to use the frozen okra since it can become slimy but in this recipe that didn't happen. I would make it again for sure. Since I doubled the recipe, there are leftovers which I plan to serve over rice for an easy meal.
anitabl Posted: 06/03/11
delicious, will make it again, espically for get togethers, So easy to make!
Daytona1900 Posted: 10/27/12
labpuppy01 Posted: 08/20/13
Wow....trip down memory lane! This really brings back memories. My mother used to fix this when we were kids. both my sister and I were picky eaters during childhood, but this was one dish I would clean from the plate. I forgot all about this dish until i came across fresh okra at the farmers market and remembered how much I enjoyed it. Thank you again for publishing it. Instead of rice we serve it over steamed cauliflower that has been pureed with Greek yogurt, green onions a little Parmesan cheese. Thanks Again


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As we blogged last week, Aral Balkan gave an incredibly important Keynote at DrupalCon Prague. He talked about how much privacy we are willing to give up in exchange for the experiences provided by companies like Google, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft and many other similar organisations.
We recently completed an overhaul of the user experience of Do-Surgery.com, a video training portal for surgeons, and I want to talk about just one area of the site that we have spent some time getting right.
Debates about misspelling of the verb "log in" aside, login forms aren't particularly interesting, right?
At DrupalCon Prague, I organised a BoF session (an informal gathering focusing on a certain topic) to discuss capturing feedback on prototypes from clients and generally collaborating more closely throughout the design process.
The challenge is that the client (often meaning many individuals) will almost always have a great deal of understanding about who their users are and what they want. Their input is extraordinarily valuable. However, we're not always very good at capturing it in the right way, at the right time, from the right people.
For the last few years, there has been a growing move toward making data available for use, reuse and redistribution by anyone who has an interest in doing so. Open Data is increasingly being embraced, or even mandated by governments across the globe, and is already being used in some really interesting ways.
DrupalCon isn't just about sharing, learning and networking, it's also a great deal of fun. People dress up, play games and are generally rather jovial! Here is a Vine following the misadventures of Tim Deeson and Jeffrey A. "jam" McGuire as they battle each other on the Drupal Jenga Tower.
Deeson Online has been privileged to design sites for both DrupalCon London and the upcoming DrupalCon Prague. So we thought we'd share some of our lessons and insight on what to consider when building a DrupalCon site.
Frontend United was in London last week, bringing together designers, themers, just about everyone who cares about the "front end", that is the user-facing aspect of digital products.
I was in Russia earlier this month attending DrupalCamp Moscow, where I was invited to present on Object Oriented CSS by my friend and organiser Artem Pankov. I had the pleasure of meeting Drupal enthusiasts and professionals from all over Russia and the CIS, and we generally had a great deal of fun!
I've been having fun working with the Drupal Association on the design for their new Drupal store.
We have a new website!
When I was given the job of designing it, I spent a while staring at my blank canvas. Then I thought, "why don't I just do what I'd do with any other client?"
Probably the most crucial element to delivering effective websites is having a clear strategy and prioritising what's important. After that, things became a bit more simple.
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Florida defeated the Georgia Bulldogs again Saturday in Jacksonville with a large assist from … the Georgia Bulldogs.
After spotting the Gators two touchdowns in the first quarter, Georgia managed to pull back within four points. But the two bugaboos that have plagued the Dogs all season derailed any chance of staying in the game: penalties and turnovers.
The Dogs had eight penalties in the first half. They fixed that problem in the second half, drawing only one flag, but switched to their other favorite way of shooting themselves in the foot, turnovers, with four.
I don't think that's what they had in mind when Mark Richt and his staff have said the Dogs need to play "balanced" football.
Starter Joe Cox was lifted halfway through the fourth quarter after throwing his third pick of the half, and then we got the answer to the question of why we haven't seen more of Logan Gray at QB this
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The coronavirus was identified in September and has infected at least 12 people worldwide.
LONDON — A new virus that emerged in the Middle East last year and has killed five people is well adapted to infecting humans but could potentially be treated with drugs that boost the immune system, scientists said Tuesday.
The virus, called novel coronavirus, or NCoV, is from the same family as the common cold and SARS, or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. There have been 12 confirmed cases worldwide — including in Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Britain — and five patients have died.
In one of the first published studies about NCoV, which was unknown in humans until it was identified in September, researchers said it could penetrate the lining of passageways in the lungs and evade the immune system as easily as a cold virus can.
That shows it "grows very efficiently" in human cells and suggests it is well equipped for infecting humans, said Volker Thiel of the Institute of Immunobiology at Kantonal Hospital in Switzerland, who led the study.
NCoV was identified when the World Health Organization issued an international alert in September saying a completely new virus had infected a Qatari man in Britain who had recently been in Saudi Arabia.
Coronaviruses are a family of viruses that includes those that cause the common cold as well as the one that caused SARS — which emerged in China in 2002 and killed about a 10th of the 8,000 people it infected worldwide.
Symptoms of both NCoV and SARS include severe respiratory illness, fever, coughing and breathing difficulties. Of the 12 cases confirmed so far, four were in Britain, one was a Qatari patient in Germany, two were in Jordan and five in Saudi Arabia.
Scientists are not sure where the virus comes from but say one possibility is it came from animals. Experts at Britain's Health Protection Agency say preliminary scientific analysis suggests its closest relatives are bat coronaviruses.
What is also unclear is what the true prevalence of the virus is — because it is possible that the 12 cases seen so far are the most severe, and there may be more people who have contracted the virus with milder symptoms so are not picked up.
"We don't know whether the cases (so far) are the tip of the iceberg, or whether many more people are infected without showing severe symptoms," said Thiel, who worked with a team of scientists from the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany and Denmark. "We don't have enough cases to have a full picture of the variety of symptoms."
Thiel said that although the virus may have jumped from animals to humans very recently, his research showed it was just as well adapted to infecting the human respiratory tract as other coronaviruses such as SARS and the common cold viruses.
The study, published in mBio, an online journal of the American Society for Microbiology, also found that NCoV was susceptible to treatment with interferons, medicines that boost the immune system and that also are used successfully to treat other viral diseases such as hepatitis C.
That opens up a possible mode of treatment in the event of a large-scale outbreak, the scientists said.
Thiel said that with the future of the virus uncertain, it was vital for laboratories and specialists around the world to cooperate swiftly to find out more about where it came from, how widespread it was and how infectious it might be.
"So far it looks like the virus is well contained, so in that sense I don't see any reason for increased fear," he said.
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The headline "Commercial aircraft deaths worldwide up 15 percent" gets attention, but, for most of us, flying is safer than almost any time in history.
U.S. airlines, in 2010, did not lose a single human passenger.
The Associated Press reports accident rates were lowest in the former Soviet republics and North America, followed by North Asia and Europe. Rates were higher than the world average in the Asia-Pacific region, Middle East-North Africa and Latin America-Caribbean.
The highest rate was in Africa, where airlines accounted for 2 percent of worldwide passenger traffic but 23 percent of serious accidents.
That's even worse than I-285 at rush hour.
February 23rd, 2011
7:07 pm
Just another thing that the American airlines have failed at.
February 23rd, 2011
7:33 pm
Clearly you don't drive 85 or 400 very much.
February 23rd, 2011
7:38 pm
The TSA has ruined air travel. They haven't prevented any act of terrorism since they have existed, so they don't have a failure rate but I wouldn't exactly say that means they do a good job.
February 23rd, 2011
10:21 pm
Another reason I'm glad I'm not African.
February 24th, 2011
9:03 am
Don't knock TSA agents until you've walked an entire terminal in their shoes. Do you know what it's like to have to lift folds of fat on a 450 pound fat ass just to see if they are trying to conceal a weapon only to find rotten crumbs of food that were probably eaten a year ago? What about pretending that you didn't see the gargantuan dildo that the just went through the x-ray machine? Try not laughing then. All I got to say is that I quit when we have to do body cavity searches.
February 24th, 2011
12:50 pm
I can't afford health insurance anymore. So now when I go through the x-ray machine @ Hartsfield I do a couple of slow turns and ask them if they see anything.


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I don't know, personally I think there should be risks involved for something like this. It's not much different than similar things in real life -- if you want to get around the way something is set up, there's going to be things that might not go according to plan.
I agree that there should be an element of risk. If Blizzard wanted people to be able to easily move goods between factions, they wouldn't have made separate auction houses, prevented you from buying your own auctions on the same account, or made it so that you can't mail items between your opposite-faction alts. The system is clearly intentional and not in need of fixing: goblins need to accept that they incur a risk by manipulating game mechanics to bypass these obstacles. I can understand a guide to minimizing risk, but I thought equating sniping to stealing and the inclusion of a "how to fix it" section smacked of a sense of entitlement, as if it's Blizzard's responsibility to ensure your mechanics-bypassing transactions are 100% safe.
JattTheRogue said...
Definitely agree with both of these comments. It's a huge "We do not condone this practice and will make it as difficult as possible without outlawing it" signal from Blizzard that you can't buy your own auctions with the same account. Trying to work around it is a risk, and there are people who put in time and effort to capitalize on that risk. The best way to get around it is mentioned in this post: put the item on the AH at the price for which you wouldn't mind someone else buying it. But if people don't want to spend that gold or don't have it on the toon they're trying to transfer it to, then it's on them if their auction gets sniped at a low price. It's not theft.


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- 11/11/2010
The MTI Culinary Academy will make a "splash" in Mitchell Friday, November 12, with the first ever Eve of Splash event at the MTI Technology Center. MTI is partnering with Avera Queen of Peace on this add-on event to the annual "Splash" event. Only 100 tickets, all of which have been sold, were available for this wine-tasting and wine education event. The evening will kick off with a Champagne welcome, followed by a wine seminar. The spotlight event will be the food booths with all presentation, preparation and service done by the Culinary students.
Event-goers will be able make four stops during the evening.
"Asian Table" will feature four Asian themed dishes by Danielle Gwin, Alisha Schramm, Jessica Shepherd, Kourtney Schamens, and Tanya Veldkamp.
"Western Grub Pub" will serve smoked pork, buffalo sausage and other tasty treats by Patrick Parker, Kindra Fuerstenau, Ashley Bahm and Sam Brovold.
The "Hawaiian Luau" will showcase several dishes including a flaming pineapple dessert. Chefs are Danielle Dunn, Stephanie Schick, Megan Platz and Alisha VanDenHoek.
Finally, the "Sports Arena" will serve all-American favorites including Philly cheesesteaks and Texas chili by Jason Easton, Nate Mills, Matt Pesall and Jeff Wait. The students are being assisted by instructors Jim Wagner, Patty Hendrix and Shawn Frey.
"Eve of Splash" and "A Splash on the Ivories" will raise money for the Avera Cancer Center in Mitchell.


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When I'm freezing regardless of how many layers I put on
This week, in Canada.
This week, in Canada.
People try to pretend that Canadian stereotypes are completely inaccurate, but one time I ran into a pole and turned around to apologize.
Things that are portrayed as weak and lame but in reality can probably beat the shit out of you and steal your lunch money then spend it on candy:
- hufflepuffs
- canadians
(Source: folktier, via life-i-guess)
Staff at a downtown Edmonton Tim Hortons were having an ordinary day Monday until a young man in his mid-to-late 20s walked in, ordered a large double-double and a Boston cream doughnut, and posed a question.
"He asked the cashier, 'how many coffees do you sell in a day?'" said store manager Joanne Averion.
Then he asked her to ring in 500 large coffees.
"The manager asked him if he was going to drink all those coffees or was he going to give it to someone?" Averion recalled. "He said, 'you have to give it to the next 500 customers.'"
The motive for the random act of caffeinated kindness isn't known; Averion said staff questioned the young man, but he didn't say much and left quickly after paying the $859 bill with his debit card.
She said it took until 8 a.m. Tuesday morning to give out the 500 free coffees.
What an amazing, yet simple way to make hundreds of people's lives a little better. I hope each of the people who received a free coffee that day paid the good deed forward to someone else.
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I want to see sales figures for BEST SELLERS
If Blurb is going to announce BEST SELLERS then they should make public how many copies have been sold. I would like to know how many copies of most of the books listed on here have sold, so I would have an idea of what to expect when my book is finaly up for sale
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Mar 24, 2008 8:47pm PDTPermalink
I absolutely agree with you, and hope that's a feature they add soon!
I'm not so sure, I lean towards thinking that the number of books I sell should be strictly beteen me, Blurb (and the taxman?) unless I give Blurb permission to make that public.
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Mar 26, 2008 9:08am PDTPermalink
Well Tony, look at it this way, if the figures are high on your book then others might buy it just because others have thats the psychology . The box office figures for films are announced each week which promotes interest in the films. Yet another alternative is hopefully your books will NOT become besellers thereby maintaining your privacy! :)
If it stays a mystery the tendency for people thinking about using blurb is "do people REALLY buy these books?"
The thread where people volunteer sales figures is helpful.
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Mar 26, 2008 12:35pm PDTPermalink
I would think, in my humble opinion, is totally not necessary. But there is awesome feature is included "Best Sellers" book in bookstore as a cue or hint.
On a final note, I would think it might be burden on side of Blurb's backend coding to shows the realtime sale figures in public. I would think that best leave to Bookmakers' private account activity that shows weekly sales report or something like that.
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Mar 27, 2008 7:17am PDTPermalink
I still want to push for people to list the most books sold by a blurb user. I have people telling me on other lists that you cannot sell books successfully on blurb. They say you have to jump through the hoops, go through LST which is a POD printer that has links to distributors, this means you have to be expert at using indesign layout which is a very high learning curve and you will have to come up with several thousands of dollars to pay designers let alone all the other fews to distributors and publicists.
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May 5, 2008 3:24pm PDTPermalink
Really, who cares what people on other lists think? Blurb is not trying to be Barnes and Noble or Waldenbooks or Amazon.com. They're in the business of making it easy for users to self-publish. If users are interested in massive public sales, then they need to market their book to a publisher that also does distribution and assigns ISBN codes, etc.
Using Blurb is a very good way to publish a short run printing of a book with a targeted market. So far, I've published 17 books with copy sales of 232. That works for me. I, in no way, shape or form expect that I am going to sell any of my books to casual perusers of the Blurb bookstore. That's not my market.
i dont think its anyones business except the author and blurb.
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Though I would like to know how books are selling, I agree with CWN. Blurb is the perfect place to create and sell short run books with a narrow target market. I published one book in 08 from a very specific event for a very narrow market. I have sold about 105 of these books, with about 15 different covers thanks to Booksmart and the ease with which I could change the cover, and people have been thrilled with the product and the fact that they can get a quality book from a very small event. The book also drew a "real" publisher to my work and I now have a deal for 09 for a coffee table book that will have much broader appeal and they will do all the layout and printing etc. I just get paid to shoot.
You can use a hammer to drive in a screw but the end result will always be better if you have the right tool for the job. Blurb addresses a very specific market and I believe that it does it well.
Though I am always interested in how other books are selling, here most of these books that sell in any numbers have a narrow market. Local atheltic teams, specific events etc. I don't believe this the place to market a general interest coffee table book.
Sorry for the ramble and the on and off topic
What if the numbers are published and we find out the number one best seller sold 18 copies??!!
Could the sales figures be released in graphical form? This could display the quantity of sales distribution. Because there is no need to publish corresponding titles or authors, privacy would be maintained.
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Aug 5, 2009 7:07am PDTPermalink
I can tell you that to acheive bestseller status doesn't take that many books,my own book reached bestseller status on Blurb in 3 days and I didn't sell that many at all, even I was surprised.
Airsoft Infidels-The very best of Airsoft & Milsim photography: Book One
I doubt that very many books are sold from the Bookstore. The majority of Just Published books seem to be of weddings, births, vacations – very personal limited audience books. I've noticed lately that a lot of the books don't even have the Preview option open. I think in some cases this might have been an oversight since the books did not appear to be strictly private. Now that we have the Comment option, we can't comment because a book has no preview. It seems to me that a book could sell as few as 5 copies & become a Best Seller simply because no other book sold more than 5. I don't know if Blurb distinguishes between books bought by the author & books bought by the public.
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Sep 11, 2009 6:56am PDTPermalink
Why not publish these figures? If an author wishes to opt out, that's fine, but I agree with the comments above that suggest success breeds success, i.e., if your book is selling a lot of copies, it creates interest, and if it merits it, it should be noteworthy. It would also allow users to network to learn from the more successful authors how they are achieving higher sales.
By all means, if a user wants to create a souvenir book, for Grandma's Birthday, or Litte Billy's first steps, that's fine. But some of us are trying to reach larger, more commercial potential, and Blurb is a proven way to produce books and sell them.
I think over the past three years I've sold around a hundred books. What kind of success are others having?
Similarly, I'd like to know where my online sales are taking place. Blurb could let us know where our readers are, so that we could target our marketing efforts accordingly.
I don't think sales figures of my book are anybody elses business.
Somebody above mentioned box office totals for films. That may be useful for shareholders and exhibitors, etc., but I suspect most self-published books don't have stakeholders the way major Hollywood studio movies do and needn't be held to the same accounting.
Also, apples vs. grapes vs. watermelons.
I can create a slim 5×8 softcover text book at $5 per copy; or I can create a fat 12×12 hardcover book for $185.
For a three dollars I can buy the former book sixty times and stock them in my closet. If I take money out of my left pocket and put it in my right pocket, does that qualify as a "best seller"?
Alternately, if I purchase ten of the latter to give to my family, that's the equivalent of more than 300 copies of a 5×8 softcover book. Would it be counted as such?
Edit: para 5; should read "three hundred dollars"…
I understand that some want to keep their privacy, but if some poeple don't mind telling us how much books did they sell, it could give a clearer idea about sales.
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Jan 10, 2010 11:03pm PDTPermalink
It is very important to know how many sales get you in the Best Sellers list, as it is a form of marketing, so at least it would give you an idea of the goal you were trying to achieve with sales of your book.
As a relative newcomer to Blurb I've spent time perusing the Best Seller list to see what I can learn from it. It seems to me that some books were for an obvious niche market that will produce good sales, whilst others frankly left me wondering why they were there!
On thing I particularly noticed was an almost complete dearth of comments attached to the book details. I thought this strange as when something is popular it's usual to find positive remarks about it.
How often is this list compiled/.updated – daily, weekly, monthly??? Are the results based on total sales revenue or number of copies sold? Are purchases by the author counted, or only on-line sales to third parties?
Of the two books I've made public I've sold 14 copies – two of those were purchased on-line (but I'm not on the Best Sellers list yet!).
I can understand that some poeple believe that their books will sell (better) if and when they are on the bestseller list or on the front page of blurb. So they want to know how to get there..and then…
I think one can forget that! If you buy 100+ pieces of your own book you will most probably show up there for some time. I fear it will not help your sales a tiny little bit.
It seems better to assume that people who buy a book on Blurb come here because they want to check a specific book that has been advertised on a website or blog etc.


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