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On the 4th December 1994, an electronic discussion group (mailing list) called HOTDOCS saw the light of day. Created by the Collective of Doctoral Students of Toulouse, this list aimed to provide information about problems associated with their training and future career prospects. In the weeks which followed, many exchanges took place, new Internet services appeared, and links were established with other associations of doctoral students, some of which no longer exist, such as Etudiants et Recherche. Other topics were discussed: the third (advanced and doctoral) cycle of studies; research and related themes. The listing also put out adverts for post-doctoral positions, details of forthcoming vivas and was a forum for in-depth debate concerning doctoral studies, research, research experiences abroad, etc...
Then in February 1995, the Guilde des Doctorants was born. This is an informal network of doctoral students and young researchers in France. They constitute a technical work-group, developing the information services and discussion infra-structure so as to enable the young research community gathered on HOTDOCS to discuss and gather information about doctoral training and research.
At the end of February 1995, the general feeling is that something more is needed: other than establishing contact and gleaning information, concerted actions seem to be a vital step forward. This might mean information pools, or analysis of and reaction to official reports concerning the sector, such as the Laurent report, which had come out on the 15th of February 1995. At the same time, a team from the Marne-la-Vallée campus was putting together a system by the Internet, in order to put questions directly to Daniel Laurent, the author of the report. Similarly, some members of the Guilde contact the media in order to set the record straight: it was not only the Instituts Universitaires de Technologie which were in difficulty - problems in the Higher Education sector were far more wide-spread than believed.
It was obvious that there was an urgent need for working parties to put forward some concerted proposals in response to all the problems encountered by the post-grads and researchers who had contacted the electronic discussion groups. The aim would be to create an authoritative document which would give the low-down on doctoral training and all its potential difficulties. This would then be widely circulated, either via HotDocs via the JVT - Virtual Review of Doctoral Students. After this consultation, the agreed report would then be used for lobbying politicians and the media as well as those in the academic world: researchers and lecturers; main research funding bodies; doctoral cycle students.
On the 21st April 1995, after six weeks of intensive work for which doctoral students and young researchers from all disciplines and institutions across France had been mobilised, the HOTDOCS report came off the presses. Several hundred copies were sent out: to Government Ministries, to research agencies, to university Vice-Chancellors, to national and international student organisations, research societies, research training supervisors, the press, trades unions, etc. Freely available on Internet, the report was consulted by several hundred people in the first few days of its existence.
Since April 1995, the HotDocs report has been sent by surface mail to 350 people, and downloaded from the network by a further 2000. It has been used in the preparation of documentation for the General Meeting on Universities convened by the Minister of Education in 1996 and 1997. Several press articles focus on the report and its elaboration: La Lettre de l'Etudiant, 5 June 1995; Le Nouvel Observateur, 15 and 29 June 1995; Le Monde, 4th July 1995; Courrier Cadre, February 1996; La Recherche, April 996 to mention but a few. Last September, Nature mentioned the HOTDOCS activity in an article devoted to PhD training problems.
The work of HotDocs continued in two main areas:
Firstly, the group worked to encourage the creation of an organization to represent doctoral and post-doctoral researchers on temporary contracts with research labs or groups, which should take the form of a confederation of associations. This structure was created on the 2nd March 1996, and is called the Conféderation des Etudiants-Chercheurs (CEC).
Secondly, the group wanted to create a forum in which the discussions which had lead to the report and had been generated by the report could continue, by means of further working parties looking at all aspects of doctoral training. The aim would be to review the contents of their initial report in order to bring it up to date as often as possible. In the same spirit as the CEC, the accent was placed on inciting local associations of doctoral students and researchers on temporary contracts to take part and to share their experiences via the network.
So the overall objective is to allow the various associations of doctoral students as well as individuals to share personal and local experiences if research, and to access general information in order to make informed choices and actions concerning the different aspects of doctoral training. The Internet would take a special place in this activity. This became the guiding spirit of the Guilde for its continued activity.
The Guilde allows all doctoral students in France to have access via a certain number of servers, which are grouped together in a World Wide Web server, the Guilde server, which is split over several sites. The Guilde undertakes to be active in the field of doctoral training, Higher Education and research, and to retain an independent stance. The services provided include:
The reservoir-docs mailing list is moderated, with only messages of a collective interest to the question of doctoral training being accepted. It is supposed to provide information for working groups concerned with a variety of themes: the PhD contract; technological research diplomas; the situation of post-doc researchers; contributions of various categories of staff used for teaching undergraduate classes, etc.
All these services are offered free of charge and are maintained by volunteer doctoral students and young researchers.
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Chapter Thirteen2 Reviews
It does not go well with Harry Potter. In order to increase Harry's magical power, Dumbledore infects Harry and two girls with a disease. And his power surges.
The prank
Harry woke up the Saturday morning in a cozy cloud. He opened his eyes and immediately realized that his nose was buried in Hermione's hair. He lifted his head and looked to the clock. "Oh my, it is 7 o'clock, we need to wake up. "
Harry woke Hermione very softly by tickling her nose with a feather from the pillow. He laughed because of the face Hermione was pulling. "Hmmp ... Harry, don't do that, and she wanted to continue to sleep. "
"Hermione, it is already seven, we need to wake up. Your parents will be here very soon and I am starved. "
Hermione opened her eyes and jumped out of bed. "I am the first for the shower "she screamed and ran to the bathroom. Harry looked at her disappearing back. Her night clothing became more exciting by the night. Not much for cover, by the way. He decided to follow her into the bathroom.
He opened the bathroom door slowly, and peeped in. He felt cold water falling over his head. Hermione stood with an empty bucket of water and a wide grin on her face. "I knew you would come with such a dirty mind, Harry. Didn't you detect me entering your mind?"
Harry looked astonished. "No, I did not detect you, and why should I."
With an evil grin he went into the bathroom and grabbed Hermione at her waist and pushed her in the shower cabin. He turned on the cold water tap and water gushed over her. Hermione was screaming and pulled Harry towards her. Both of them froze under the cold water stream and looked at each other. "It is now or never". Harry pulled at his cloths and tried to remove them as fast as possible. Hermione did the same, but slower. All the time they kept their eyes on each other. Harry regulated the water temperature and both of them took the shower and enjoyed the presence of each other.
"This is much more economical then waiting for each other and wasting so much time. "
Both of them went to breakfast with a very happy smile on their faces. They were shining.
During breakfast professors Vector and Dumbledore approached the couple. "Harry, what do you know about arithmetic? "
"Professor Vector, my level is the same as Hermione's."
Professor Vector looked at him in disbelief. "That is hard to believe, Harry. You never had a lesson with me."
He turned to Hermione with a questionable expression on her face. "Yes, professor, his level is indeed my level, we know the same. "
Still looking doubtful, professor Vector stood straight. "We will see the first lesson. I think it is wise to meet each other at Sunday and we can see what needs to be done. Is that acceptable for you two? Let's see at 10 in the morning in my rooms. "
With this professor Vector turned and went back to her tables. Professor Dumbledore looked to the couple. "I assume that the merge of your knowledge has succeeded? "
Both of them nodded.
"Your parents are arriving today. Do you want me to accompany you all?"
"Thank you professor, but I don't think that will be necessary. "
Harry and Hermione were waiting near the fireplace for Hermione's parents to be floo'd in. Mr. and Mrs. Granger stumbled out of the fireplace; their eyes wide with fear.
Mr. Granger helped his wife to dust off the dirt of the fireplace. "What a terrible experience that floo-thing is. But at least it is faster than the car. We got permission from professor Dumbledore to use the floo-network, very nice of him."
Mr. and Mrs. Granger hugged their daughter and looked at Harry hesitant about what to do. Mrs. Granger's face softened and went to Harry to take him into a hug. "Harry, I see that you are taking very good care of Hermione. She really looks wonderful."
Mr. Granger slapped him on his back in a affable way and grinned at him. "I don't know what you have done with our daughter, but she truly looks splendid."
Harry and Hermione were beaming and dragged Hermione's parents to the castle. The weather is so wonderful, I like to walk. And not only that, you can see the castle from here much better.
And they were right. The walk to the castle was spectacular.
"Harry and Hermione, professor Dumbledore has explained everything to us, and we think we understand, but still it is hard to accept. "
"Yes mum. For us it was the same. It is indeed very hard to accept and to understand. You know that there is a difference between understanding something by head and by heart. Harry calls this learning by stomach. "
They reached the lake and decided to sit down on one of the benches along the shore.
Hermione looked at Harry, who nodded to her.
"Mr. and Mrs. Granger, we need to tell you something. This might come as an extra shock, but we think it is a logical conclusion of the current problem we have. "
Mr. Granger saw the ring on Hermione's finger and interrupted Harry. "You want to marry each other! "
Everyone fell quiet. Mr. and Mrs. Granger looked shocked.
"Yes mum and dad. We want to marry, but not for the reason you probably are thinking. I am still a virgin and so is Harry. "
Now the Granger's were still surprised, but somewhat less shocked.
"But why do you want to marry? You are so young, and both of you are still underage! You still have your future in front of you. Harry, you don't want to marry so soon because there are so many things to explore, including other girls. Hermione, you need to continue to study after Hogwarts, we have discussed that! When you marry, children will come and you can forget your education then. Harry, when you marry so young; you might get enough of Hermione. You can't do this to us to divorce our only daughter."
Harry stood up with a warm smile on his face. :"Mr. and Mrs. Granger, with a wizard marriage it is not possible to divorce. The marriage is for ever or till death. Even if I wanted to, there is no way that I can unregister the marriage. When we marry, our education continues. We both need to finish our education at Hogwarts and we will do it together. After Hogwarts we will study at a university, we are not sure exactly what. Exploring other girls? I think that Hermione is filling up all the space I ever need or require. Our age, I am 17 years old, and according to wizard law this is not underage, but I am adult. Hermione will be 17 in several months and for her it is the same."
Harry paused. "I agree with you, Mr. Granger. All of these reasons are not enough to propose to Hermione for marriage, because 17 is really too young. I definitely would like to travel with my friends like Ron and the twins and have a lot of fun. I also would like to study some things only a man can study, because it is foolish and fun. I also like to play Quidditch, because that is what I like to do the most. Maybe I would like to play professional or semi-professional. I would like to ask you, Mr. Granger to visit a game and maybe you would like it. I also would like to ask you to visit a soccer match, because I never visited one. We would all have a lot of fun. And I can make work out of Hermione, send her flowers and pick her up for dates, and we fight, and we can get back together, we can do what young people are supposed to do and much more. I would love to have such a nice active vacation, where we go through the mountains with only a backpack and not have any worry about anything than maybe dinner."
"But something serious happened which makes it impossible to do that any more. That is the thing that professor Dumbledore has talked about. We are forced to live with each other for the rest of our lives, if you, Hermione or I like it or not, we are bound. Call it a curse that Hermione and I have caught."
"I think when you imagine that you are bound to your wife with a piece of rope and nothing and nobody is able to untie you, that is what happens with us. But with us, it is even worse, because we also feel each others emotions. When Hermione is hurt, the pain is as clear for me as for her. When you would hurt her, I am hurt. When someone would hurt the both of us, we are doubly hurt."
"And that curse also causes additional feelings for each other. We are attracted to each other in a terrible way. We are not able to live without each other. If I knew that you would take Hermione away from the school, I think I would die on the spot. Just the thought makes me feel sick. It is the same for Hermione. We are confined, bound, encapsulated with each other."
"And for all those reasons we need to take responsibility. We are indeed too young, but not so young that we run into trouble. We would like to marry to make our bonding official by law as well."
"We would like to ask for your permission to marry."
Harry sat down next to Hermione.
Mr. Granger looked gravely to Harry. "And what happens if we do not give you permission? "
"Then we do not marry, dad. But we will do so when we are 18 years of age, and then we will marry without notifying you."
Now everyone was quiet for a while.
Mr. Granger stood up and took the arm from his wife. "Can we have some privacy please?"
"Mum and dad, why don't you take a walk along the lake. It is so beautiful there. "
"We shall do that, dear. " Hermione's mother kissed her on the cheek and they went off for their walk.
Harry sat down to the ground, took off Hermione's shoes and started to massage her feet.
After thirty minutes Harry saw the Granger's approaching. "Harry and Hermione, we see why you two have decided to marry. And yes, we would like to give this marriage our blessing and also everything what we can do to help you two to go through this."
Harry and Hermione were beaming, and Hermione was jumping of happiness. Mr. Granger grabbed Harry's arm. "Now about that Quidditch, can you tell me more about that? And don't worry, I shall take my son in law to soccer matches, and we will also go on vacations straight into nature. But there is something else about your future. When you two are going to study, then you need a place to stay and you also need to be able to support yourself and your studies."
"Do not worry, dad, we own several castles and many houses and other properties. That is not a problem. Do you remember Harry's inheritance? Well, the money was not the only thing he got, also the properties. You need to come when there is a Quidditch match, and Harry can you tell in detail what is happening. I am sure you'll like it."
Now Mrs. Granger came to Harry and Hermione. "Do you already have a date? "
"23rd of December" Harry and Hermione said together.
All of them were laughing. "And what kind of marriage do you plan to implement? "
"We would like to marry in the classical way with all the bells and whistles."
All of them went to the castle happily. "I am so happy, Hermione. I think that with all the problems you both have managed perfectly and you have turned a looming disaster into a fairytale. Where are you going to marry? "
"We are going to marry in the Potter's Castle. We will visit the place today and show you around. We've only visited the place once and today and tomorrow we plan to explore as much as we can. "
They approached the castle and were welcomed by professor Dumbledore, who invited them all for a big lunch.
"Harry, can I have a quick word with you? "
"Yes of cause professor. "
"I understand that you both want to go to the castle today and tomorrow? "
"Yes, we want to. Is there a problem, professor? "
"No of course there is not a problem. I like to discuss order business with you. "
"Professor, I assume you know the Potter's castle in reasonable detail. Let us go together to the castle today or tomorrow, I will give permissions to the house elves and you can do what you want with the order. Only let me know which areas you plan to use, so we can avoid them. I also think that you may need an extra house elf or you can use the existing elves, what ever you need. About food and any other needs, you never need to ask us, it is simply there for everyone in the order. "
"Thank you Harry. If you don't mind, I'll go with you to the castle today."
"That would be really nice, professor. I am so happy that I can help you and the order. And by the way, Potter's castle will never be sold, and as long as Potter's castle exists, the order has a place to stay. That means forever. I want to go even so far to put this into a magical contract, so that this promise is legally arranged. What do you think? "
The professor looked at Harry. "Do you know what you are saying, Harry. Such bondage is valid until the end of time, or the end of the existence of one or both entities. It will go much further than you, the Potters any other human and it continues until the order stops existing or the castle is reduced to dust. "
"I am aware of that, professor. I am also aware that the order has already existed for more than 1000 years. I know the book 'Hogwarts, A History' professor."
Professor Dumbledore looked surprised to Harry. "I almost forgot, you have a link to the prettiest library in the country."
With this Hermione's laugh was echoing through the great hall, even when they sat 20 meters from each other. Professor Dumbledore was laughing as well; he stood up, bowed to Harry, turned to Hermione, bowed again. "We will talk with you later. Wake me up when you decide to go to the castle and winked . "
The professor left the hall to his office.
After a short tour through the castle they prepared to leave for Potter's Castle. Harry picked up professor Dumbledore and floo'd to Potter's castle. Harry gave the head house elf permission to let professor Dumbledore access the castle and that the professor was able to assign permissions for the order members as well. After that, the professor disappeared inside the castle.
The rest of the afternoon all of them explored the castle. Harry found the map of the place and they looked stunned. Then Mrs. Granger discovered the stables and the horses. They tried to ride several horses. Mr. and Mrs. Granger were so excited about the castle, that Harry invited them again to come the next day. They would stroll through the castle the whole day.
Before they left to Hogwarts, Harry got an idea. "Why don't we invite everyone tomorrow evening for a dinner at Potter's castle? We will invite all the professors and all the order members? "
Hermione looked to Harry, thinking. "Maybe, Harry, but do you remember how Ron was reacting on us? "
Harry sighed. "Yes, you are right. Let's go then and do this some other time."
That evening in their dorm they sat before the burning fireplace. "You know Harry; I did not expect that this would go so easy between us. We can communicate fairly well, I must say. When you talked with professor Dumbledore, he had no idea that I was feeding you ideas and information. "
"Hermione, I love you"
And with that they went to bed.
The next morning at breakfast, the teacher table was only filled with the professors Dumbledore, McGonagall, Sinistra, Flitwick and Snape. Professor Snape was absentminded today and he was playing with his food. He stared at his plate without seeing. His ears were clearly visible today, something that was normally impossible because of his greasy hair. His ears were also tinted red and at the edges they were glowing. Professor Sinistra was the first one to notice. "Severus, what happened with your ears? "
Professor Snape looked perplexed to the professor.
"What ... What do you mean ... sorry?"
Then he started to look annoyed as usual.
The rest of the professors also noticed. Professor McGonagall pointed to his ears. "There is certainly something wrong, Severus. Your eyes are radiating light. I think you might have swallowed one of your own portions. "
She chuckled softly, looking amused at professor Snape.
Snape grabbed his ears with both hands, his face changed into a terrible rage. He started to scream. "POTTER, WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY EARS!"
Harry and Hermione jumped from their chairs in fright and surprise and looked fearfully to the professor. "Professor Snape, I ... I have no idea ... I have no idea what you are talking about ... you ears are looking okay, aren't they? "
With this professor Snape almost exploded. He ran out of the great hall, screaming and cursing and promising students hell to come and hell to pay. He slammed the big doors closed.
After the dramatic exit from the hall, they continued to eat and the professors were softly chatting with each other, sometimes they looked to the two only students.
That day before, they had a short talk with professor Vector about the state of knowledge of Harry's arithmetic. He was astonished because of the depth of knowledge. He proclaimed that the level of knowledge was the same as Hermione's. That was indeed very accurate. Professor Vector was very happy, to have an extra student who could join one of the researches he still had running with the few students in the 7th year.
The day started with charms, where professor Flitwick was chatting away about the prank with professor Snape. According him there was no potion that professor Snape had taken, but a charm. So Harry and Hermione spent time trying out charms, which could alter an appearance. That worked very nicely and they changed their faces very quickly to all kind of colours and appearances.
Right at that moment professor McGonagall knocked and entered the class room. She stopped, looked surprised at Harry and Hermione. At that moment Harry had two noses, four eyes and a horn in the middle of his head, while Hermione's nose was huge and her right ear was as large as her body was.
Professor Flitwick sat behind his desk and was amusing him self with the sight of the two amazing students. Professor McGonagall approached the professor sternly, but her mouth betrayed her. The edges were pulling slightly up and she had slightly red cheeks. She stopped, and turned to the two students, who were still laughing at each other. Harry and Hermione had forgotten everything and everyone and were so held up with each other, they had no idea. At that moment Hermione started to grow a third leg, and Harry was rolling over the floor laughing. But what neither of them was aware off, their wands lay forgotten on their desks.
"Well, sit down and enjoy the show. " Professor McGonagall did indeed sit down and looked perplexed to the two students.
In the meanwhile Harry had a third head growing, one head was growing from his behind. Hermione had some trouble with her third leg, because it became too large to be comfortable. Then Harry's heads started to sing, while Hermione's feet started to paint circles in the air with beautiful colors.
Suddenly Hermione became aware of both professors. She stood up immediately, waved her hand over Harry, who changed back immediately. Harry did the same with Hermione and both of them stood straight in front of the amazed professors.
"Do you have any idea why professor Snape is in a fit, because his ears are continuing to grow and glow, and nobody has any idea how this happened and how to restore it? "
"No professor", both answered.
Professor McGonagall looked at them sternly. When you suddenly find out how to restore his ears, maybe you might tell me at the end of the week, shall we? "
"Yes professor", both answered.
"OK. You have to go to the next lesson. "
"Thank you professor", both answered again and disappeared.
"That was fun, but now we have astronomy with professor Sinistra. Do you think that we have potions today, Hermione? "
"I don't know Harry. Let's hope we have, because I want to see that fit and his ears. I wonder about his nose! "
"We have our shield test today with professor Lupin. " That is scheduled in his lesson, so that is perfect. "
They were finished with astronomy and of course had a lot of home work. Thanks to the link Harry had with Hermione he knew all the details and facts and professor Sinistra was very satisfied when they left.
They went to the great hall and had dinner. Professor Lupin approached them and sat down next to Harry. "Shall we go outside in ten minutes? We'd like to test your shield. "
Ten minutes later Harry and Hermione went outside. Professors Lupin, Dumbledore, McGonagall and Flitwick were waiting for them.
"Please children, place your shield and keep it there as long as you can. " Professor Lupin backed away and joined the other professors. Harry and Hermione activated their shield, which shimmered greenly around them. They did not use their wands.
All professors drew their wands and screamed all together. "Wingardium Leviosa"
Red beams appeared from their wands to the shield and bounced off.
"That suppose to let us fly into the air" Harry mumbled.
"Caecus", the professors shouted again. This time the beams were purple and also this time the shield bounced the curses off, but this time the professors were not so lucky, and professors Lupin and McGonagall were hit with the bouncing spell. Both of them went blind. Professor Dumbledore restored their eye sight with a flick of his wand. "I have seen enough. We have too few people to test their shield to its maximum. Let's organize more people for the next time, shall we. "
With this they all went inside. The rest of the day was uneventful, except that they did not see professor Snape and the potion's lesson was canceled.
The next morning at breakfast there was still no professor Snape and the potions lesson was canceled as well for that day.
At Friday they had the first Practical Magic Theory lesson with professor Dumbledore. When they showed up in his office, professor Dumbledore asked them how it was possible that the ears and nose of a person was only growing and nothing could be done to stop the process or to shrink them to the old size. They spent the full lesson to theorize about this problem and at the end of the lesson Hermione gave him an incantation, which was different than the original one. Because of that reason it was impossible to restore the professor's situation. Professor Dumbledore was truly impressed by Hermione. Hermione blushed, and told him that she pulled the knowledge from Harry's head and used this on professor Snape. He was so harsh on them without any reason, so she wanted to give him something back and she wanted to see if they really could make and change spells, which they were supposed to learn at that lesson.
The professor happily ended the lesson and announced that their schedule would be changed for the coming week. Also he announced that their apparition tests would be held on Monday morning after breakfast. With that, their weekend would begin.
Hermione's parents wanted to visit the castle alone, so Harry and Hermione could spend time on their homework.
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I know I've probably written thousands of words by now on why Crazy Taxi is so goddamn ace, but it is - and its scoring system is yet again a worthy reason for inclusion in such a feature as this. Every racer these days seems to reward you with driving as close to oncoming traffic as possible, but Crazy Taxi was the game that patented the idea.
Picking up a passenger in the middle of a bustling city and literally scaring tips out of them is a brilliant idea for a game. The fact that your score multiplier gets set to zero if you hit anything is the genius part. The taxi's indestructible, sure. But what about your pride? Nah, didn't think so, punk...
Copies of the game have been known to go for as little as £0.06 on eBay. Not that I'm bitter or anything.
Above: Craziest thing of all? He's driving a vicar to a church. Like that! That's CRAZY.
After the demise of Bizarre Creations, it's sad to go back to Metropolis Street Racer. Oh, but what a game it is. As the predecessor to the Project Gotham Racing series, you'd expect the quality level to be high, but it's the emphasis on driving on the ragged edge that really stands out.
Kudos points are earned through driving like a loon, without hitting anything like a skill-less twazzock. The longer you can hold a slide, or the more sideways you get the car through a bend, the more kudos you earn. But every racer does that these days. Metropolis still has a unique element up its belt.
The game encourages you to push yourself on every challenge. It'll give you a set time to beat, or number of cars to pass in a certain time, sure. But what if you think you could do better? You can simply up the figures until the challenge is ridiculously hardcore. Crucially, you then only get one chance at doing it right. Fail, and you lose a truck-load of kudos. Ah, but win, and you'll walk away a winner.
Above: Sliiiiide! Looks great, feels great... pays great too if you can manage to avoid hitting the wall
Add to this a limited number of 'joker' cards that you can play to double up on any of the kudos you win (or lose) and you've got yourself a brand new gambling addiction. Hooray!
Interestingly, early screens of the game show buses and other cars on the road - something that was taken out long before the game hit store shelves (as was the replay mode - boo!). We'll never know how much that would've changed the game - or the entire Project Gotham series, for that matter, but it's probably safest that we'll never know. After all, we soon had...
Burnout 2 was a landmark for racing games. It pushed the sensation of speed in driving games to such extremes, people's brains gave up trying to process the overload of visual stimulation, instead opting to convey one simple message: "wow". It also encouraged you to 'takedown' your opponents by gently coaxing their cars into the path of oncoming traffic, which is awesome every single time it happens.
These days, the game actively encourages you not only to drive as fast as you can around busy streets, but rewards you with extra speed if you do stupid things. For instance, driving along in the oncoming side of the road, while the civvy cars leave scared little oil slicks in their wakes. There's even a crash mode, where you get judged on how many cars you can get involved in an accident by driving full-pelt into a busy junction. Madness.
Best of all, the tracks are designed so that you only ever have to use the brake to get the back end of the car to step out around long turns. There's no such thing as 'slowing down for a tight corner'. Slowing down is for wusses. Just hold tight, and scream if you wanna go faster...
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The Northern Colorado women's basketball team was never able to recover from a slow start in the second game of the Preseason WNIT, falling 55-43 at Arkansas-Little Rock on Friday evening.
The Trojans (1-1) jumped out to a 17-5 lead in the first half and the Bears (0-2) could never shrink the lead under five despite great play from junior guard Courtney Stoermer who ended with a game-high 21 points and eight rebounds.
"The positive thing is we shot 41 percent from the three-point line and 50 percent in the second half from the field," said Head Coach Jaime White. "I felt good about the score and keeping it low. We're trying to take baby steps and hopefully tomorrow night is a little different.
Northern Colorado shot just 24 percent from the field in the first half, but bounced back to shoot 50 in the second stanza. The team also connected on 83.3 percent from the free throw line, making 10-of-12 attempts.
"We can't turn the ball over 22 times and win," said White. "I don't think Whitley had a great game tonight, but she came out and played hard in the second half and I'm proud of her for that."
Cox ended the game with eight points and a team-best three assists, but had six turnovers and shot just 2-of-18 from the field. She and freshman Lauren Oosdyke both were second on the team with six rebounds each.
White had to resort to a smaller lineup much of the second half as both Lara Merritt and Jayne Strand were saddled with four fouls and combined to play just 24 minutes.
UALR was led by Chastity Reed with 21 points and 10 rebounds, her second double-double of the season, while Kim Sitzmann also scored in double figures with 14 points and six assists. The Trojans connected on .345 from the field and shot just .176 (3-for-17) from the three-point line. They also shot well from the free throw line, hitting 12-of-14 for .857.
After going down 17-5, the Bears scored six straight and outscored the Trojans 13-8 the remainder of the half for the 25-18 score. Stoermer led the team with seven points and five rebounds, while Brown added six points and Oosdyke had four boards.
Stoermer and Cox combined for all but three points in the second half, as Stoermer scored 14 to give her 21 on the evening and Cox scored all eight of her points in the final 20 minutes. Brown hit a three-pointer late for the only other bucket.
The Bears meet Eastern Illinois in the final round of the WNIT on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. (Central). The Panthers dropped an 84-80 decision to UTEP in the first game of the evening.


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Bird Homestead Golf Course has its first hole-in-one. Steve Tachick has the bragging rights for the first hole-in-one on No. 8 on Tuesday's men's night. Steve was on a three-person team, which was rotating their fourth-person shot, and he landed a hole-in-one on his second shot.
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but honestly, I didn't really care too much about basketball before this. John and Law are Celtic fans. I guess Celtics are cool because I was in Boston for school. It's all good.. then again, I dun rel gives.
but honestly, I didn't really care too much about basketball before this. John and Law are Celtic fans. I guess Celtics are cool because I was in Boston for school. It's all good.. then again, I dun rel gives.
The Good Life.
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Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
I'm really looking forward to summer. Going to Jones Beach with a full cooler and a portable speaker has been on my mind.
gimme some of dat HOT SAWSE.
They're fun at first until they get preachy. Then they just come across as morons.
A nice polo shirt and khaki slacks win again.
it's friday! yeaaa!
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Self Portraits of a Declining Brain
William Utermohlen is latest artist to be honored at the GV Art Gallery in London, with an event that has an emotional purpose that is near and dear to the hearts of many. Utermohlen spent the last twelve years of his life battling Alzheimer's, a degenerative neurological disease that slowly took away his ability to do what he was most passionate about: his art.
At the event, his widow spoke to the many supporters, saying "He died in 2007, but really he was dead long before that. Bill died in 2000, when the disease meant he was no longer able to draw."
This exhibit is known as William Utermohlen: Artistic decline through Alzheimer's, as it explores the relationship between Utermohlen's artwork and the progression and struggle with the disease.
Looking at his pieces as his disease progressed, a clear change is visible. As he slowly lost control over his movements, his composition and techniques changed as he was forced to abandon oils for easier-to-use watercolours and pencils. One thing that did not change throughout time, however, was the sheer mastery and vision displayed by has passion for the content of his pieces.
His paintings display a rarely seen insight into a mind effected by Alzheimer's, as his struggle and frustration are imminent. Also changed by the progression of time and the disease were his subjects. He began to focus on self portraits and looming dark doorways in the backgrounds
His widow commented that, "it was as if he knew he was going to a very dark place and he knew he couldn't do anything about it. By the end he couldn't even recognise his own paintings… that was the saddest thing".
Rarely does one get the opportunity to chronicle their own experience with mental decline. Even more rarely do we get to share and observe that troubled journey.
This art is that tale.
that one from 2000 is so haunting
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This should be interesting.
impressive. now why isn't there a treatment for receding gum-lines?
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don't try to read my mind. you's a pseudo-scientist.
a bitter old dick.
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Sitting in the morning sun
I'll be sitting when the evening come
Watching the ships roll in
and then I watch them roll away again
I'm sitting on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
I'm sitting on the dock of the bay
Wasting time.
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J Dilla - Workinonit
For the next month I'm going to be posting the album Donuts by J Dilla, track by track, daily. Based, mostly, off the terrible 10cc song "The Worst Band in the World". "Workinonit" gets your head nodding quick. Dilla keeps building a pressure in your booty over the song until it breaks at 1.34 and then if you're not drunk Hawaiian dancing to da beat I don't think you should keep following this tumblr.
I like the use of reverbs on some loops that create a specific space. and they sound like very familiar places.
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you know how listening to your music on shuffle can just hit the spot? it can be so good. what song are you currently feeling right now?


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The second installment in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit trilogy may not hit theaters until December 13th, but fans around the world will be able to see the cast, crew and new footage from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug during a fan event on November 4th. In addition to the debut of some first-look footage, the event will include a Q&A with Jackson and stars Richard Armitage, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, and, of course, Andy Serkis. CNN's Anderson Cooper will host the event kicking off Monday, November 4, at 5:00 pm EST in New York, with live satellite feeds from Los Angeles, London and Wellington, along with an online stream accessible to fans around the world. Check out all the details after the jump.


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People reading newspapers on microfilm, CPL Archives
Genealogists and historians know how important newspapers are in any kind of historical research. Whether you're looking for an obituary or trying to find out what was going on in your hometown, nothing captures the tenor of the times like a newspaper. How do you find those newspapers, though? If you're not from a major urban centre, it can be tricky even finding out what the newspaper was called, especially since researching the various permutations of a newspaper's names and its publication history can be a genealogical research project in itself.
Our national library, Library and Archives Canada, collects lots and lots of newspapers. They receive print copies of select Canadian current dailies, all Canadian ethnic newspapers, all Canadian Aboriginal newspapers, and student newspapers received from Canadian University Press. They also receive some international papers. While you can consult any of these newspapers at Library and Archives Canada in person, not all of us can make that trek. But do not despair – much of the library's holdings are available on microfilm (200,000 reels of it!) and can be borrowed on inter-library loan. And to help us find those newspapers, Library and Archives Canada has launched a new database — well, actually an enhanced version of a much-loved and oft used database.
This site has always been an invaluable resource for the names and publication history of Canadian newspapers. What the upgrade has given us are links to digitized versions of the papers, where they exist. Sites such as Peel's Prairie Provinces, Our Future Our Past, Google News, and various other digitization projects can be accessed from the LAC list. The site also includes a list of general indexes to Canadian newspapers, including online paid sources, free sources and print sources as well as a geographical listing of indexes for specific newspapers or places. Have a look at what is available for Alberta.
There is also a section of online sources for news and indexes to the news. It's a one-stop shop for all things newspaper.
BTW, our Family History Coaching program kicks off its new season on September 27. Join us for one-on-one help with your family history project. Volunteers from the Alberta Family Histories Society will be on hand in the genealogy section of the Central Library from 10 a.m. to noon.
Newspaper Office in Daysland Alberta
After more than a year waiting patiently for our microfilmed newspapers to arrive, we are happy to be able to say that we finally have a mostly complete collection of the Calgary newspapers including the Albertan, the Sun, The Calgary Herald and some of the other, earlier newspapers such as The Eye-Opener. They are all living on the 4th floor, happy in their little cabinets alongside our brand new microfilm readers.
My colleagues are concerned about my joy surrounding these new arrivals, thinking that I've gone completely off the deep end into a chasm of nerdiness, but we have all felt the lack of this collection since we lost it in the flood last year. I can't tell you the number of times I have said "that would be in the newspaper" only to realize that we had no way to gain quick access to this resource. Yes, the Calgary Herald is on Google Newspapers, but it is incomplete. There are also early newspapers on Our Future Our Past, which has been our saving grace for the years prior to the 1940s, but past that we had nothing until 1988, when the Calgary Herald starts full text on Canadian Newsstand. And even then, the classifieds are not included, which means that obituaries and birth announcements are not included. We hadn't realized how much we depended on the microfilms until we were without them.
So, nerdy or not, I am delighted that this collection is now available for all of us to use. Newspapers are unparalleled in the insight they can give about people and their times. When I am researching an event I often take a wander through the papers of the time to get a sense of how people reacted and what they found important. We used the newspapers extensively when looking for stories for our Flood Story website. Having the stories of individuals who were affected by the floods gives more substance to the statistics and dry descriptions found in official reports.
Ad for Photos of the 1897 Flood from Calgary Herald
Elbow river at 25 Avenue Bridge, 1915
It will be the one year anniversary of the floods of 2013 on Friday. On Saturday, as part of the city-wide Neighbour Day celebrations, we will be launching our Flood Stories website at the Central Library. The website will be an online resource for people who are looking for information about the all of the floods we have seen in Calgary, and it will also be a place where we can keep all the stories of the people who lived through these floods.
Living at the confluence of two rivers, we are no strangers to flooding, and in the early days a really good rainstorm could knock out all access to the city and leave people stranded. Routes into and out of the city, road and rail, could be inundated or undermined and this would leave the citizens without necessary supplies. This meant milk shortages and even shortages of materials needed to rebuild the bridges.
Bridge washouts sometimes created a domino effect as the debris from one bridge knocked out the next bridge, which knocked out the next bridge and so on. Logs were a hazard as well. When we had major logging operations, such as Eau Claire Power and Lumber, on the Bow, careering logs could wreak endless havoc on bridges and other structures in the river.
The old gravity feed water supply system was often a victim of the floods, not that it was ever a great system, but high water would stir up the rivers and the silt and debris would be pulled in to our water supply. This created other crises, as these were the days before bottled water and even those with wells might find their water contaminated by the floods.
Bow in flood, Louise Bridge, 1923
What I have noted, though, as I have been working on the information for this site is that Calgarians are a resilient lot. After each and every flood, the newspapers have stories about how neighbours helped one another, how people got together to fix the things that had been broken by the waters. We are citizens of a very special city, and I am looking forward to hearing the stories and keeping the stories of all of you great people. Tell us your story
One of the Magnificent Beasts for whom the Awards were Named
Alison Jackson Collection, 1255
Two weeks! That's all the time we have left to nominate our people and groups for the Lion Awards. What are the Lion Awards, you ask? Well, every two years the Calgary Heritage Authority, those valiant defenders of our city's history, honours the people and projects that preserve our city's heritage. This can be restoring a heritage building or landscape, promoting awareness of heritage issues, revitalizing a neighbourhood or being involved in a heritage trade or craft.
This year, since we are just a year out from the floods which devastated many of our historic neighbourhoods, so an award category has been created that recognizes the effort many people have put in to protect and restore buildings and neighbourhoods in flood prone areas.
The Lion Awards are a big deal for the heritage community. For many years promoters of heritage in Calgary were viewed with the same kind of sideways glance that your crazy uncle Bill was, when he started talking about his youth. Heritage activists were nutty old ladies who were stuck in the past, unable to see the bright shiny new buildings that were being built to replace the tired old eyesores that sat on very expensive land. Now, we have come to an understanding that to move ahead and build a great city, we need to keep the past alive.
So, if you know of a project or a person who is working to that goal, why not nominate them for a Lion Award? You can nominate yourself if you are that person or you are involved in a heritage project. We have a Lion Award. We got it for this blog and we still brag about it.
Our Lion Award for Advocacy and Awareness
(See, here's the picture of our award) It was a great recognition from a great organization (and the gala where the awards are given out is excellent) So, check out the criteria and get your nomination in. You've got two weeks. (And register for the party as well. It's at the Grand this year.)
To find out more about the awards, you can watch Terry MacKenzie, a member of the Heritage Authority, on Shaw TV or read about it on the City of Calgary's news channel
Looking East from the Grain Exchange Building, 1911
Postcards from the Past, PC 1690
I've just had a look at the animation of the master plan for the East Village. You can see it on the CMLC website. It's a very exciting vision and the I'm excited that the library is going to continue to be an important part of the life down here.
In a way, this is a rebirth for the East Village. It's hard to believe, looking at it now with its unending vistas of parking lots, but the east end of the city was once the centre of this bustling metropolis. I was reminded of this once more, by a question from a customer about what was on the site of the current Central Library before it was built. And as luck would have it, while I was looking into this question I ran into one of my favourite local historians who was able to tell me alot about what was on the site before the library was built, including a gas station and Nagler's Department Story. I don't know how I missed this important detail, but it got me thinking about the new library site and what was on it before its redevelopment (read "parking lot-ization").
I consulted some of my favourite resources, in addition to my local historian, including the fire insurance plans for Calgary (available on the Library and Archives Canada site) and the Henderson's directories (available in the local history room at the Central Library and online at Peel's Prairie Provinces)
The strip along 9th Avenue SE was home to many of our early hotels, of which only the King Edward (until recently) survived. The Imperial, Grand Union, and Oxford, along with the Maple Leaf Boarding House, lined the street, a natural outgrowth of the proximity of the train station. Serving these hotels were livery stables and there were two still active on 9th Avenue E. in 1911, the Atlantic and Brandon and Young. There were two livery stables on or near the site of the present Central Library as well, Elk Livery and Palace Livery. The New Central Library site is just to the west of the Oxford Hotel and Atlantic Livery, sitting on the back part of the Calgary Iron Works site and blacksmith John R. Grayshon's shop.
On what would have been the Eighth Avenue side of the site (back when Eighth Avenue was continuous) there were several shops, including Chicago Outfitting and McLeod and Co. There were also several grocers, the Sunnyland Café, the Excelsior Block, a furniture store and McLeod's Men's Furnishings. The Seventh Avenue end of the site was residential, with homeowners Mrs. Peter Ronn, saddler Frank Carson and plumber Maxime Longuet all living there. On the same street, though not on the site of the New Central Library, there was a cigar factory and a Moravian Church.
The East end of the city was a bustling and vibrant place back in 1911. The plans for its revitalization are exciting and promise to bring back the vitality and vigor that was present before we paved it.
You can find out more information about the New Central Library by following the link on our website
Moravian Church, 7th Avenue and 3rd Street East, ca 1964
Alison Jackson Photograph Collection, AJ 1294
Elbow Park School
From the Elbow Park School Website
Elbow Park School is in the news again. The CBE is meeting to discuss what will be done with the school – should it be torn down and replaced or restored? Schools often present challenges for the people who want to save old buildings. They are large and occupy vast tracts of land, often in very desirable neighbourhoods. The people who hold Elbow Park's fate in their hands are facing a real dilemma. Yes, a new school would have all the bells and whistles, enough plug ins for all the electronics (I work in an older building myself and understand this challenge especially), a better gym, and all the amenities that new buildings offer, but they will also lose a character building, in a sense they will lose the history of their school. The neighbourhood, which is one of the oldest in the city, will lose more of its defining characteristics, the characteristics that make it such a wonderful place to live.
So what, you might say. This is a pointless discussion. An old building is an old building and the best way to deal with it is to replace it. That it is flood damaged is the perfect opportunity to look to the future and build something "better." This is at the heart of much of what we do in the heritage community. What is the value of an old building? Is there more than monetary value to consider when we decide their fate? Is newer necessarily better?
There are lots of arguments to support both points of view. Reusing old buildings adds character to cities – remember when Mordecai Richler famously stated that Calgary would be a helluva city once it was uncrated? We've come a long way from there. We value our heritage and realize that preserving our old buildings gives a sense of the history to a city, something that we lose every time we knock one of them down. Old school buildings are especially important in the history of place. "Schools were once thought of as important civic landmarks built to last a century. They represented community investments that inspired civic pride and participation in public life," said Richard Moe, president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. There is an excellent study on the fate of historic neighbourhood schools by the Trust called "Why Johnny Can't Walk to School: Historic Neighborhood Schools in the Age of Sprawl."
There is also the practical value of restoration. It is a far greener option than dumping demolition rubble into a landfill. Restoration allows for the removal of any nasty stuff like asbestos and allows for a general buff-up. If Jane Jacobs is correct that new ideas require old buildings, sending our kids to school in a historic building could open the way for who knows what kind of engagement. If you don't want your kids to go to school in an old building, then perhaps we should reconsider the value of Ivy League schools, or Oxford or Cambridge. Part of what makes the experience there so valuable is the history behind them, represented, not in the least, by their wonderful historic buildings.
I hope we get to keep that beautiful school. It would be a shame to lose another one.
St. Mary's School
Postcards from the Past, PC 1998
Looking to the North East from the top of the Grain Exchange Building, ca 1910
Postcards from the Past PC 954
Our annual Heritage Weekend kicks off on Friday October 25 at 5:30 p.m. with Heritage Matters: Calgary's Commercial Heritage. Author and photographer Steve Speer will present images from his book Building on the Bow: Landmarks in Calgary Commercial Real Estate. The images in the book are the culmination of a year's work documenting Calgary's changing architectural landscape. With Calgary being a city that grows in fits and starts, many old buildings are changed or lost and many new buildings rise. Sometimes it happens so fast, we don't even notice. Building on the Bow provides an important record of the city's commercial properties both old and new. I'm going to be there with bells on.
Hockey Player (Alex Griesak) 1908
Postcards from the Past, PC 1596
The very next day, we have another program lined up that promises to be just as entertaining: an examination of Calgary's Sports Heritage with Honoured Members from the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame. This is an aspect of life in Calgary that we haven't covered before and I am really looking forward to hearing this presentation. We have always been a sporting community; the Mounties played polo nearly as soon as they got here and, with our balmy Chinook winters, we even had baseball games played in January (with commentators noting that the balmy breeze kept the spectators from getting too hot!) There is a long heritage of sporting excellence in Calgary and we will be celebrating it at 11 a.m. on Saturday October 26.
Find out more about the programs by following this link. You can register for the Heritage Week programs in person, online or by telephone at 403-260-2620. It runs from Friday October 25 to Sunday October 27. This is our big heritage blow-out so we have packed the weekend with great presentations and events for the whole family. Come on down and have a blast with the past.
Football Team (perhaps Calgary Collegiate Institute) 1912
Postcards from the Past, PC 1131
Circulation Department, Central Library, 1963
Calgary Public Library Archives: Our Story in Pictures, CPL 104-03-01
The Central Library officially re-opens today after the floods closed us down for more than two months. It is good to be back. We opened quietly to shake out some of the new procedures last week and it was so good to see many of our old customers return to welcome us.
Our old building took quite a beating but just like its staff, it has proved to be resilient (mostly, we're still not 100%). In the 50+ years this building has stood, even before it was built, it has faced all kinds of adversity. A citizen challenged the legality of the city borrowing money for the new Central Library without requiring a vote on a money bylaw. A judge ruled that because the library would be built using funds held in reserve, council could proceed without a vote. That was in 1962. At this time the Memorial Park branch was so crowded that administrative offices, the technical services department and the reference and technical library were moved to building on 6th Street and 9th Avenue, more than 6 blocks from the main library.
The building of the new central library was long overdue, according the Mr. Castell, the head librarian at the time. The location of the new branch was to be next to the new police building and across from city hall. That raised some eyebrows as well, as the "East End" as this area was known in the 60s, was kind of a shady area. But council stuck to their guns, claiming that a new central library would be the starting point for a regeneration of the east end of the city. It was, in fact, said Mayor Hays, the safest place in the city, what with all those policemen all over the place. The plans went ahead and the new library was officially opened in June of 1963. It was a very different place from what it is now. The children's department was in the basement (I'd always wondered why the fixtures in the staff bathroom down there were so low) ...
Children's Department in the New Central Library, 1963
Calgary Public Library Archives: Our Story in Pictures CPL 104-05-01
...and there was enough extra space that the Glenbow had a gallery on the 3rd floor. There was a bindery, administration offices, an auditorium on the 6th floor and a sweeping staircase to get customers to the reference library on the second floor.
Glenbow Gallery, 3rd Floor of the New Central Library, 1963
Calgary Public Library Archives: Our Story in Pictures CPL 104-09-01
Over the years the library has been extended, with an entire new building added to the north side in the 1970s, and renovated and rejigged to keep up with changes in the way we use the library and to make room for innovations like photocopiers, online catalogue and circulation systems, public access computers, coffee shops and the like. Though it seems that libraries are staid and conservative and have remained unchanged since the library at Alexandria, they are actually constantly in flux and continually change to meet the needs of the customers. We will look on this latest "reconfiguration" as just another opportunity to adapt, since we are so good at it.
Check out our archives photos if you want to see the Central Library in its original state. And drop by to say hi – we're delighted to be back and would like to see you all again. We missed you.
New Central Library under Construction in 1963
Calgary Public Library Archives: Our Story in Pictures, CPL 104-19-01
Cover page for Calgary, District 4, 1921 Census of Canada
Courtesy Library and Archives Canada
Since we're already on a census theme, I am overjoyed to announce that the 1921 Census for Canada was released by Statistics Canada to Library and Archives Canada earlier this month and the images are now available on Ancestry Library Edition. There is no name index as of yet, but Ancestry is hard at work trying to get all 8.8 million names indexed. This census has been eagerly awaited by genealogists. Given the wrangling required to get the 1911 census released, we weren't sure we were ever going to see this one. For many genealogists, this may be the first census on which we can find our parents or grandparents. I know it is going to answer any number of questions for me once I can locate my mom's mom and her family.
I had a boo 'round Ancestry this afternoon and had a bit of a time finding where they had stashed the images. Because they are not indexed, the records don't show up in a search or in the card catalogue. But nothing will stand in the way of a genealogist on a quest. The way I found them (thanks to my colleague for assisting) was to log into AncestryLE, hit the Search button at the top of the page and then choose Explore by location in the middle of the page. Then I selected 'Canada and then Alberta. You can choose any province except for Newfoundland, which wasn't a province in 1921. Once you've selected your province, you will see a list of record types. Census and Voters Lists are the first category but the 1921 is not listed. Select View other… and you will see the 1921 Census at the bottom of the list. You can monitor progress on indexing by looking at the number to the right of the heading. Right now, there is a zero beside it. As indexing is done, the numbers should increase.
Once you've clicked on the link for the 1921 census you will see a box to the right labeled Browse this collection (see below).
Select your province and go wild. You can actually do this from home—check out Library and Archives Canada's information page for a link—but to use indexing, once it is done, you will need to have an Ancestry subscription or use your library card for free, in-library access to Ancestry Library Edition. The images are great, especially compared to those of the 1911 Census, and the names are very easy to read. Have fun!
The 1921 Census Navigation Page on AncestryLE
And here is a reminder for those of you with Heritage Homes which may have been damaged in the floods, there is another information session being held tomorrow night, August 15, at Christ Church, Elbow Park, 3602 8th Street SE. You may have seen one of the presenters, Eileen Fletcher, on the Global Morning News talking about these sessions. There will also be a drop in session from 4-8 p.m. at the same location. You can find out more about this at the City of Calgary's website and at the Calgary Heritage Initiatives website.
Elbow Park, Calgary, 1940s
Postcards from the Past, PC 190
One of last year's Century Homes, 3207 Elbow Drive SW
Century Homes Calgary 2012, Old Homes Tell Great Stories
Yay, it's Historic Calgary Week again! It looked a bit nip and tuck, given that many of the venues were affected by the flood, but it looks like the very dedicated volunteers at Chinook Country Historical Society took a page from the Calgary Stampede's handbook and "come hell or high water" this show will also go on.
As in every other year, there are some really great presentations scheduled. Subjects range from aircraft to oil production, Bankview to birds and Barrons and everything in between. The crossword puzzle has been published (Calgary Herald, July 26, page A20) and is also available on the Chinook Country Historical Society website – along with a complete listing of the programs.
Sadly, some programs have had to be cancelled. The walking tour of High River and the tour of the Museum of the Highwood, the tours of Rouleaville and Bowness and the programs at the City of Calgary Archives, for obvious reasons, will not be run. Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park has stepped in and will be offering more tours. You do have to register for these walks and you can do so at their website.
Century Homes has also become a very important part of Historic Calgary week and especially this year, given the damage caused by the flooding in many of the heritage neighbourhoods in Calgary. In spite of the closure of two of the three points of the Heritage Triangle, loads of people are participating this year. Check out the map and find more information at the Century Homes website.
In addition to cancellations, a couple of programs have had to relocate. The two programs scheduled for the Central Library on Friday August 2, The 1913 Palestine Exhibition and The Germans From Russia have been moved to Memorial Park (with thanks to both the manager at Memorial Park and the Volunteer Resources Department for their juggling to accommodate us).
And while my colleague and I have had no access to our resources (due to the flooding at Central) we have still managed to pull together a Century Homes program about several of Calgary's historic homes and their owners. If nothing else, this exercise has reinforced my belief that we cannot find everything on the internet. Join us on Wednesday July 31 at 7pm at the Memorial Park Library. At the very least, it will be entertaining.
Turner Valley Oilfields
Postcards from the Past, PC 1340


text:
Here is Alfred Tennyson's famous poem "The Eagle".
He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ringed with the azure world, he stands.
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.
This poem is very short but full of meaning. Every verse consists of eight syllables with an alternating stress pattern of weak, strong, weak, strong. The eight syllables can be divided into four feet. The first syllable of each foot is weak and the second is strong. Poems with eight-syllable verses and a weak-strong stress pattern are in iambic tetrameter.
The poem has regular rhyme. The first three verses all rhyme as well as the final three. Thus, the rhyme scheme is a,a,a,b,b,b.
The first verse of the poem exemplifies personification. Though the eagle has claws, Tennyson uses the word "hands". In the second verse, Tennyson makes it clear that the eagle is very high in the sky when he says it is close to the sun. The phrase "lonely lands" expresses the eagle's solitude. It is also an example of alliteration because "lonely" and "lands" both start with the letter "l".
In the third verse, Tennyson expresses the eagle's connection to the sky. The sky is described as an azure world which completely encircles the eagle. The word "stands", not a word that is usually associated with the eagle, is another example of personification.
The final three verses of the poem mark a shift in the direction of the poem because they describe the ocean, the eagle's home of mountain walls, and finally, his descent to the world below. The sea has the appearance of being wrinkled and it merely crawls. This is in contrast to the swift motion of the eagle through the sky. It is also important to note that the eagle is so high in the sky that everything seems slow and distant. When the eagle watches from his mountain walls, one senses that the eagle has a good view of all below and also that the moment the eagle spots prey, it will be attacked. This is emphasized in the final line which compares the eagle to a thunderbolt. The reader senses the speed of the eagle as it flies from high in the sky to the world below. This comparison with "like" is an excellent example of a simile.
Tennyson's poem "The Eagle", though short, has regular rhyme and other poetic devices such as iambic tetrameter, alliteration, personification and simile. The first three verses are rather different from the final three. The first three stanzas focus on the eagle but the final three focus on the eagle's world and nature. The literary devices of the poem and the powerful imagery combine to make it a classic in the world of English poetry.