A busy day...

Well 6 assignments on a 27 degree day. It was fun times, although a little stressful. Calgary, AB-20060527-.Calgary Fire Department divers were called after a stabbing outside the Drop-In centre Tuesday afternoon. A diver found a knife in the Bow River underneath the 4th Avenue bridge, but it was deemed to not be related to the earlier stabbing. Photo by Brett Beadle/Calgary Herald
Calgary, AB-20060527-. Susanna Gordon, 55, has been a resident of Midfield Mobile Home Park for 25 years. She wants to get some work done on her deck, but is unsure if it is worth doing if the city plans to take over the land. Photo by Brett Beadle/Calgary Herald
Calgary, AB-20060527-.Temple Weeks winces in pain outside the Foothills Hospital. He was suffering from food poisoning and had waited more than four hours to see a doctor. He eventually decided to take a taxi home to "tough it out." Photo by Brett Beadle/Calgary Herald

Alberta Weather is Nuts

Calgary, AB-20060621-.A driver prepares to exit his vehicle at approximately 10:30 pm shortly after driving into the middle of a lake found on eastbound Glenmore Trail at Ogden Road. The car directly following him was driven by a city works employee who immediately shut down the road after his unfortunate dip. Judging by the other vehicles in the area, a few other drivers had met the same fate Wednesday night. Photo by Brett Beadle/Calgary Herald
Calgary, AB-20060620-.Tyler Mcdonnell flies a kite on top of Nose Hill park Tuesday evening as his Dad Ken and friend Jeff Doepker keep watch. Although the ever-changing weather dumped large amounts of rain and hail on other parts of Calgary, on top of Nose Hill the weather was great for kite-flying. Photo by Brett Beadle/Calgary Herald

Spruce Meadows

Calgary, AB-20060618-.Lisa Silverman from New York, NY rides Obelix R to a win in a jump-off at the $100,000 CN Performance and World Cup qualifier at Spruce Meadows Sunday. Photo by Brett Beadle/Calgary Herald
Calgary, AB-20060618-.Lisa Silverman is congratulated by her trainer and fellow competitor Norman Dello Joio after winning the $100,000 CN Performance and World Cup qualifier in a jump-off at Spruce Meadows Sunday. Photo by Brett Beadle/Calgary Herald

What's up Calgary

Well I have been in Calgary for a while now and I have been trying to keep my Soundslide at the top but now I will just put a link to it on the side . My first four days at the Herald have been great, and I'm looking forward to the rest of the summer.
Calgary, AB-20060617-.Nadia Stewart, 24, was treated for 1st and 3rd degree burns on her fingers, wrist and thighs after she was struck by electrical wires after walking home from work at Heninger Toyota on Thursday. Her friend and co-worker Barry Nelson is in hospital after being severely burned shielding Nadia from the wires. Photo by Brett Beadle/Calgary Herald
Calgary, AB-20060617-.Jockey Pedro Alvardo rides Halo Steven to Victory Saturday afternoon at the Alberta Derby. They recorded a time of 143.3 for the 1 1/16 mile race. Photo by Brett Beadle/Calgary Herald
Calgary, AB-20060615-. Dawn Dirk, who has been volunteering at the book sale for three years, pulls one of the used books that will be on sale this weekend out of a box at the Crossroads Market. Photo by Brett Beadle/Calgary Herald
Calgary, AB-20060616-.A 750 pound young male moose found his way into the community of Woodbine Friday night, and settled at a residence on Woodfield Road. Fish and Wildlife Officer Paul Lupyczuk tranquilized the animal and, along with CPS officers, was able to get it into his truck to transport it to a releasing point south of Bragg Creek. Photo by Brett Beadle/Calgary Herald

Calgary, AB-20060616-. A concerned resident of Hidden Valley Resort sits atop the sandbags which were put in place to stop the ever-rising Bow River Friday Afternoon. It was rising at a pace of 4 inches per hour earlier in the day and slowed down to 2 inches an hour in the afternoon. Over 100 volunteers showed up to support the effort.Photo by Brett Beadle/Calgary Herald

First Soundslide

This is my first project using the soundslide software. I shot it on Nikon Digital and Leica 35mm film, and recorded the audio with the Belkin Ipod Voice Recorder, and used Audacity to mix the audio. Comments or critiques are always appreciated.