Mar 11, 2017
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Consolidated Statutes of Alberta
If you’re looking for information on an Albertan law, here’s the site for the Alberta branch of the Queen's Printer.
Try the "list statutes" button for a full list of acts by title.
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A+ Resources
Consolidated Statutes of Alberta
If you’re looking for information on an Albertan law, here’s the site for the Alberta branch of the Queen's Printer.
Try the "list statutes" button for a full list of acts by title.
A+ Resources
Space Calculator for Events and Meetings
A calculator that can help you decide on the amount of event space needed for a certain number of people with a given room layout.
Price: Free!
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Capital City Records
Wanna support lesser-known artists (and/or local artists if you’re Albertan)?
If so, this might be the resource for you. Check out the growing collection of Edmontonian artists from a wild assortment of styles and genres and stream the music for free regardless of who you are. Capital City Records is a project between the CKUA and Edmonton Public Library, and 100 new albums are added every year.
You can also surf through a vast digital library of local gig posters dating all the way back to the 70′s! How groovy is that? :D
If you have an Edmonton Public Library card, there’s a bonus feature to the site -- you can download songs you like for free!
Note: Sadly, the card has to be an EPL one -- ME Libraries cards won’t work for this feature.
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The Records of the Virginia Company of London, Volumes I to IV
Just as it says on the tin, the archive includes scans of documents and letters from the Virginia Company, including the company’s oath of allegiance, ledger fragments, the list goes on!
This, for example, is a copy of a receipt by Sir Thomas Smith for George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury in 1616
Resource Suggestion
What’s That Bug?
We’ve all had that moment -- the one where we come across some weird-looking creepy crawly and ask the immortal question “What the heck is that?”.
To answer that question you can always head down to your nearest friendly library and look through one of those thick books on the local bug life.
If you’re not into the old school way of bug identification, now you have somewhere you can go to where someone can help you figure it out!
Created and run by Daniel Marlos (author of The Curious World of Bugs), you can search through previous posts and/or send in a question of your own.
What you might want to note about your buggy encounter for easier identification:
The more specific you are, the more specific they can be in turn, so if you’re able, snap a picture of the critter, make a drawing as soon after you saw it as possible, or write out a description.
While it’s important to keep in mind internet safety, giving some general idea of where you saw the bug can be really useful too. It doesn’t have to be super detailed -- something like “South-central Saskatchewan, Canada” narrows things down a lot.
The location where you found it (on a wall, on the underbrush, on a tree, etc) can give quite a few clues as well.
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Bartleby.com Quotations
So, as I’m sure you’re well aware, the big problem nowadays when using a quote is being sure that you’re crediting the right person.
Well, here’s a reliable source you can search through! :)
Price: Free!
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LegalAve
A reliable resource where you can look up public legal information from across Alberta. They break things down by topic and offer a guided pathway for easier information finding.
Price: Free!
Help Me Find Resources for Sign Language, Phone Access, Film Access!
This is targeted at people who are familiar with
Resource links for people who want to learn sign language -- ESPECIALLY, for people outside the United States, but also good-quality “master posts” for any signed language.
Resource links for people who are considering what technologies might help them with understanding people on the phone --
ESPECIALLY, for people outside of the United States,
But also even in the US because there has been a lot of changes in technologies and I want to make sure I haven’t missed anything.
Resources for people who want to find movies with captions at movie theaters--yes, I already know about CaptionFish for captioned (and also for audio described) movies in US theaters, but I want to find similar captioned movie listings for people in other countries.
Guidance for people who want to access captioned television programs, videos, etc., in countries outside the United States
Lately, I have been working on listings of resource links that may be useful to people who have auditory processing disorder (APD, also sometimes known as central auditory processing disorder, CAPD), or to people who are wondering if they might have it. This includes a subpage on sign language resources, and a subpage on finding other people with auditory processing disorder.
WIth some exceptions (like me), many/most people with APD are not deaf or hard of hearing. But because they have similar difficulties with understanding what people say, they can benefit from some of the same tools and resources helpful for deaf and hard of hearing people. So I’m hoping some of the many expert members of the deaf/hard of hearing community will consider either contributing suggestions or signal boosting. Same for members of the autistic community who also have been exchanging resources with each other. And, of course, people with APD! If you have resources to suggest, please use Submit.
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