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https://www.europesays.com/at/449613/ Black Wings Linz-Siegesserie hält auch bei den Pioneers Vorarlberg! – Hockey-News.info #AT #Austria #featured #icehl #Linz #Österreich #pioneers

Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90

“To say Margaret Hamilton was a pioneer — to say she was ahead of her time — would be a dramatic understatement. She was a software engineer at a time when that field was in its infancy, and she not only developed advanced code herself but also led a team in using that nascent technology to develop one of the most complex systems humanity had ever achieved,” says Olivier de Weck, the Apollo Program Professor and interim head of the MIT Department Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Source: MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

"...there was no choice but to be #pioneers."

- #Mastodon User @collective_truth with quote by #MargaretHamilton (#Apollo 11 mission)

Why?

Mastodon is losing or has limits in #software-only #design because it's not humanly designing social itself (for the socially untrained).

Only way is to encourage #talk with us; weekly, daily etc).

Re-create social interaction that is now too cold / distant.

We are the same bad news pushers,
(on better software).

Not advancing #togetherness

Get me?

English football’s Black icons for Black History Month 2025

As Black History Month 2026 runs throughout October, with the theme of ‘Honouring our Communities’ we take a…
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https://www.europesays.com/at/427736/ Innsbruck setzt sich in trefferreichem Westderby knapp durch! – Hockey-News.info #AT #Austria #featured #icehl #Innsbruck #Österreich #pioneers

https://www.europesays.com/at/418562/ Eishockey-Liga – VSV fügt Red Bull Salzburg nächste Niederlage zu! – Kronen Zeitung #AlanLetang #AT #Austria #BenjaminLanzinger #BradyShaw #ferencvaros #GrahamKnott #Graz #JakobLilja #JanMursak #JoelTeasdale #JohnHughes #JoshCurrie #KAC #KevinHancock #MaximeLagace #Mozartstadt #NickSwaney #NicolasWieser #OlimpijaLjubljana #Österreich #PatrickGrascherDie #PaulHuber #pioneers #RedBullSalzburg #Sport #Sports #ThomasHundertpfund #Ungarn #ViennaCapitals #WyattKalynuk

https://www.europesays.com/at/418108/ Nächster Heimsieg: Black Wings Linz bezwingen die Pioneers Vorarlberg – Hockey-News.info #AT #Austria #featured #icehl #Linz #Österreich #pioneers

Remembering the groundbreaking legacy of Dr. Saniya Habboub! 🩺✨

In 1931, she became the first Arab woman from Lebanon to earn a medical degree in the USA, later returning to Beirut to provide accessible medical care to women and families for over 50 years.

Read her inspiring biography, historical career milestones, and lasting impact on medicine:

👉 https://khaleejexpat.com/dr-saniya-habboub/

#History #DrSaniyaHabboub #WomenInSTEM #MiddleEastHistory #ArabWomen #Pioneers

1-on-1 with new UW Oshkosh women’s basketball coach Lindsay Bronson https://www.rawchili.com/nba/833632/ #Basketball #BRADFISCHER #CARROLLUNIVERSITY #LINDSAYBRONSON #Pioneers #Titans #UWOSHKOSHWOMEN'SBASKETBALL #UWO #WIAC

The Delagrange biplane
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The Delagrange biplane
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https://www.europesays.com/at/376445/ ICEHL-Preaseaon: Siege für Innsbruck und Pioneers, deutiche Klatsche für Fehervar! – Hockey-News.info #AT #Austria #featured #fehervar #icehl #Innsbruck #Österreich #pioneers

Japan Loses Space Travel Pioneer

Toyohiro Akiyama, the first-ever Japanese person to go to space, has passed away at age 84, according to a news report by Kyodo News. Akiyama’s achievement of space travel happened on December 2, 1990, and he will always be remembered for it. He was also a journalist.

To put things in perspective, posted below is the entire news report of Kyodo News. Some parts in boldface…

Toyohiro Akiyama, the first Japanese to fly into space and a former journalist, has died, a relative said Tuesday. He was 84.

The Tokyo native became an astronaut through an internal screening process at Tokyo Broadcasting System Television Inc., staying at the Mir space station in December 1990 and becoming known for his first words in space, “Am I on air?”

After joining the broadcasting company in 1966, he covered politics and international affairs before serving as head of the company’s Washington bureau. He applied to become an astronaut after he became an editor at the international affairs department.

Let me end this piece by asking you readers: What is your reaction to this development? Do you think of Japan a lot when it comes to space travel? Have you seen archive footage of Akiyama’s pioneering travel to space?

You may answer in the comments below. If you prefer to answer privately, you may do so by sending me a direct message online.

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Japan and America Agree to Intensify Cooperation in Space Transport Business

In due time, space will be the new frontier of engaging in business and the transportation of people, cargo and the different forms of hardware. That said, the United States and Japan are moving towards that new frontier as they signed the memorandum of cooperation on space transportation business, according to news report by Kyodo News.

To put things in perspective, posted below is the entire news report of Kyodo News. Some parts in boldface…

Japan and the United States have agreed to further enhance cooperation in the space transportation business by standardizing part of the review procedures when Japanese firms launch rockets from U.S. sites and vice versa, Japan’s Cabinet Office said Tuesday.

Japan’s National Space Policy Secretariat and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration signed a memorandum of cooperation on Monday, also aimed at streamlining regulations and intensifying information sharing.

“We would like to build a system adaptable to space business, which is widely expanding in a variety of forms,” said Takatsugu Ryuzaki, director general of the secretariat in charge of the country’s space development and utilization, after the signing.

With several spaceport projects underway in Japan, including in Kochi and Oita prefectures, the two sides will discuss guidelines for space business operators setting out specific requirements for spaceports.

In addition to rocket launches, the two security allies are considering connecting Japanese and U.S. cities via suborbital flights at an altitude of around 100 kilometers.

Let me end this piece by asking you readers: What is your reaction to this development? Do you think this new agreement by Japan and America will lead to breakthroughs of space transportation business within your lifetime? Do you think other nations will follow the standards of America and Japan on space business? Does your country have any existing spaceports?

You may answer in the comments below. If you prefer to answer privately, you may do so by sending me a direct message online.

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German Football League 2: Langenfeld Longhorns zu Hamburg Pioneers

Die große Spannung ist raus am finalen zehnten Spieltag der German Football League (GFL) 2. Wenn die Langenfeld…
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Orepuki or Aropaki - Town & District Schools, Class Photos from 1920-1942

Orepuki or Aropaki - Town & District Schools, Class Photos from 1920-1942:

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Photo 1 - Orepuki School class, taken c1939 to 1941; Sepia Tone Class Photo of 26 children. Known pupils are: Shirley Alison Lee, at left of front row; Elsbeth (Betty) May Macdonald in front row 2nd from right; Neil McAllister is fifth in from left in second row. And if you recognize anyone else from your family or if you have a named copy of this photo, please get in touch or pop the names in a comment

Photo 2 - Orepuki School pupils outside the School "War Memorial Gates", but no year; Sepia Tone Photo of school children with the school behind the gates. Known pupils are: Elsbeth (Betty) May Macdonald in second row from front and 4th from right. If you recognize anyone from your family or if you have a named copy of this photo, please get in touch or pop the names in a comment

Photo 3 - Orepuki School class, taken c1941-42; Black & White Photo of 28 children. Known pupils are: Elsbeth (Betty) May Macdonald later Higgins in the front row 6th from left or 4th from right and she was born March 1931. We have been told that its likely to be Shirley Lee in the second row first on the left, by her daughter (Shirley appears to have been born September 1930, so these names fit the date). If you recognize anyone from your family or if you have a named copy of this photo, please get in touch or comment with names.

Photo 4 - Orepuki School class, taken c1937; B & W Photo of 30 children. The known pupils are: Elsbeth (Betty) May Macdonald later Higgins in the back row first on left. If you recognize anyone else from your family or if you have a named copy of this photo, please get in touch or comment with the names.

Photo 5 - Orepuki School class, taken we think in the late 1930's; B & W Photo of 30 and 1/2 children (should be 31, but sadly 1 is half chopped off on right!)
It is thought that the girl in the striped jacket on the right in the back row may be Myra Hogg (she was born in 1931) & Raymond George Herrick (born 1928) is said to be in the front row third from left by his own daughter, so we will presume this is correct. These dates do fit presumed year for photo. If you recognize anyone else from your family or if you have a named copy of this photo, please do get in touch, or put the names in the comments section.

Photo 6 - Orepuki School Class, taken 1920; B & W Photo of 23 children; The known pupils are: Doris May Finn later Macdonald in the back row second from right. We have also been told that the child in the middle row on the far right is Bessie Butler later Lee. If you recognize anyone else from your family or if you have a named copy of this photo, please get in touch or comment.

The school at Orepuki (or originally Aropaki) has a varied and extremely interesting background, as does the township, more of which can be read in the early history written further below.

Formerly a large gold town, after that had dried up and coal mining was overtaken by the Nightcaps companies, along with the Shale Works closing in 1902, most of Orepuki ended up deserted. It became only the farming community that stayed on to support the township in its fight for survival.

Of course, the school was also affected, as it was downsized considerably. It somehow struggled on over the years though and stayed open. Over the 1-4 of Feburary 1934, is when the Orepuki School had its 50th year Diamond Jubilee. We would love some photos of this event, do you have any that you can contribute to our Community Archives of this event?

The newest Orepuki School was not built until 1968 and it was erected directly behind the old school that was moved there prior, then the old building was then taken down. From this point on, children in the Orepuki township and district could attend their local school only up until the old Standard Four, at which time they had to then bus to the Aparima College in Riverton, which had the old Forms 1-7. For many years the Orepuki School, which somehow managed to carry on, continued to contribute its students to Riverton’s new Aparima College. But in 2003 the school at Orepuki was finally closed.

But this did not end the controversy over getting children from Orepuki to school safely. In 2017 it was reported that plans to move the school bus stop had been withdrawn, after Aparima College, Riverton ...
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#COMMUNITY and #MOVEMENTS NEED DRIVERS (#PEOPLE / #PIONEERS !)

SOCIAL MEDIA AS COLD SOFTWARE WITHOUT THE PEOPLE WORK,
ISN'T SOCIAL BUT 1-WAY.

#FEDIVERSE is not pioneering social more than 1-WAY media storage upload / #software space.

Am I right?

@SecondJon @frayoshi @freemo Respect:

1/ #FREEMO was personal & discussed to the end.

2/ BUT .... HE DIDN'T IMPLEMENT A CORE PART OF HIS OWN INSTANCE TO DEEPEN THE #QOTO METHOD:

Questioning
Others to
Teach
Ourselves

SAME ON "#MASTODON SOCIAL"
(IT'S 1-WAY POSTING / 0-REPLIES MOSTLY)

#COMMUNITY and #MOVEMENTS NEED DRIVERS ! PEOPLE ! #PIONEERS !

SOCIAL MEDIA IS NOT JUST COLD #SOFTWARE / #USERS.

#FEDIVERSE NEEDS more than media storage / #software space.

#QOTO = good idea to try elsewhere

Volunteers tend to Grand Island’s roots at Stolley Park Garden https://www.allforgardening.com/1903892/volunteers-tend-to-grand-islands-roots-at-stolley-park-garden/ #ChristinaRunningHawkEllison #CityOfGrandIsland #donors #FriendsOfGrandIslandParks #garden #GrandIsland #history #HornadyPavillion #JimTruell #Pioneers #settlers #StolleyPark #StolleyParkGarden #VikkiDuele #volunteers #WilliamStolley

Before Gagarin, there were dogs: The forgotten pioneers of space
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Quick take: <p>How did stray dogs become pioneers of spaceflight
#forgotten #pioneers #gagarin #before

Orepuki or Aropaki (Garfield, Hirstfield) - Town & District Schools History, 1910-1930

Orepuki or Aropaki (Garfield, Hirstfield) - Town & District Schools History:

The school at Orepuki (or originally Aropaki) has an interesting background, as does the township. In 1872 the first school in the area was established, and ended up being run under the name of Garfield-Orepuki School, in the newly moved township of Garfield. The Otago Education Board who were the oversight for the new school at Orepuki, used its “difficult and remote location” to justify not visiting the school to do the usual reports on the building and teaching.

The roll in the beginning was just 16 children, but by the time the first year was out, the roll stood at over 30 students, and kept growing steadily from its opening date. This made the school itself too overcrowded and unsuitable and it was to be rebuilt twice – the first time four years after it opened, when the original building was turned into the schoolhouse for accommodation of teaching staff. As it was one of the first of many buildings eventually erected in the township, many district events were held on the site and in the building, which doubled as a public hall, dance hall, and even a church.

The second school also proved inadequate, and it was replaced again by a much larger three roomed affair, but this was not to remain where it was either, even though it was the last building to be moved from the Garfield site. Fascinatingly, miners ended up digging a rich vein which led them right to the School Reserve in the Gully. The school land plus that of the whole township was mined, after a resolution was reached with the Education Board for the miners to pay to move the school!

By 1874 a School Committee was formed, in line with the requirements of the Education Act. This was made up of the following men: Chairman, D Hunter; Secretary, JL Currie; plus - J Callaghan, H Creasey, R Cupples, TH Devonshire, AJ Jolly, FH McLean, and R Riddle.

An interesting news report from 1882 tells us the school was closed (again!) and that this was a regular occurrence over the last three years. More details emerge about the rain “driving in through the windows like a shower bath”, leading to all the children having to be moved away from the back. It was also noted that there was a current contract let for repairs to the schoolhouse at this time.

After Garfield was demolished by gold mining, the school was forced to relocate to the third and final resting place of the ever moving local township, which came about from its closeness to the local coalmining works and the 1885 railway connecting the two. After the railway opening, the newly erected town of Orepuki was to grow and prosper beyond all belief over the next 20 years with around 3,000 people living there at the height of its existence. By 1900 there was a huge township, which necessitated the continual enlarging of the local public school. The photo shown here is of the old school after it had got its 3 room extensions built.

But after the gold dried up and coal mining being overtaken by the Nightcaps companies, along with the Shale Works closing in 1902, most of Orepuki became deserted again. It became only the farming community that stayed on to support the township in its fight for survival. Of course, the school was also affected, as it was downsized considerably. It somehow struggled on over the years though and stayed open. Over the 1-4 of Feburary 1934, is when the Orepuki School had its 50th year Diamond Jubilee. We would love some photos of this event.

The newest Orepuki School was not built until 1968 and it was erected directly behind the old prior moved school. The old building was then taken down. From this point on, children in the Orepuki township and district could attend their local school only up until the old Standard Four, at which time they had to then bus to the Aparima College in Riverton, which had the old Forms 1-7.

For many years the Orepuki School, which somehow managed to carry on, continued to contribute its students to Riverton’s new Aparima College. But in 2003 the school at Orepuki was finally closed. But this did not end the controversy over getting children from Orepuki to school safely. In 2017 it was reported that plans to move the school bus stop had been withdrawn, after Aparima College, Riverton Primary School and Waiau Area School had agreed to leave the current stop where it was.

But then in 2018 there was continued angst from the residents about plans to move the school bus stop yet again. W...
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https://www.europesays.com/at/251031/ ICEHL: Pioneers Vorarlberg lotsen US-Verteidiger erstmals nach Europa! – Hockey-News.info #EU #Europa #Europe #featured #icehl #pioneers #Transfer

Alexander Anderson landed in 1838 with a child born at sea, quarried stone at Brownhill Creek, then took up Mossgiel at Morphett Vale — a farm that stayed in Anderson hands for well over a century.

#fieldstobarrels #australia #history #pioneers #southaustralia #heritage

Biological Loss of the Big Scrub, New South Wales

https://forestwoodfolkart.wordpress.com/2026/06/27/biological-loss-of-the-big-scrub-new-south-wales/

Ōtautau - Township Businesses- Central Garage, Froude's Ownership, March 2020

Prior to the current owners today (2022) Central Garage was owned by Graeme & Shirley Froude, father of present owner Keith Froude and his wife Thelma. The family have owned the garage since 1973.

These photos were taken by myself (the digitising archivist of this new community heritage project) and they were snapped during the first Covid Lockdown in early 2020 to show the effects of the pandemic on the local businesses in Ōtautau. I felt it was important as a community historian and archivist, to preserve the events of the pandemic for future generations to observe the changes in life for us all. I always say that today's events are tomorrow's history so thought I had better practise making sure that I collected as much as possible of it. I note as the garage now sports a lovely sunshine yellow paint, all the Covid posters strangely compliment the bright colour palette of the building!

Of note, as someone who worked in the vicinity of this building for around 6 years, usually the doors are open and the yard is full of vehicles being serviced. As the Covid Lockdown only allowed for "essential services" to remain open, many businesses including this one saw a large downturn in work and customers, although in rural areas like ours, this was less, due to the continuing necessity of maintaining the agricultural industry, which our district and town heavily relies on.

It is of note that this building has one of the oldest histories of any in the township. The site started off as the towns very first General Store in 1876, run by Robert Campbell for many years. It has now been made into a Motor Garage for most of it's long life, with a range of different names and owners. More can be seen about this in a prior entry on its history under CWA.159.105.010 so look out for this that.

Some of the earlier owners and garage names are recalled by Peter Campbell, a grandson of one of the town's early residents as being:
JH Thomas & Co
Norman Guise
Bob Buchanan
Western District Motors
Tom Milburn
Frank Hazlett
George McMillan
Jack Anderson
R (Bob) L Thomson
Bill Ireland
And finally the Froude family it is still currently owned by.

Information above is researched by and copyright under a CC BY Licence to “Between River & Stream”, early history of Ōtautau book, and is kindly gifted by that project to our online community archive so everyone can view it.

This account will definitely be added to, as we have had quite a few people from the district continue to donate quantities of photo and record documents to the archive, which we are extremely privileged to have been gifted to share with you all. Time constraints alone at this moment, have prevented all of these from being shared right now.

However, if you or anyone you know has got any more photos, information or accounts of this building, the varying Motor Garages run from here over the years, or on any aspects of business or community life that has taken place here, make a comment in the space provided under the image page. Please let us know if you have more records to add to these, so we all benefit. Kia ora, thank you.
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#Settlers #Agriculture #Murihiku #Pioneers #Southland #Fuel #MotorGarages #GeneralStores #TransportOrVehicles #DigitalOnlyImageInArchive

NASA’s CloudCube Pioneers Miniaturized Radar to Study Clouds, Precipitation
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Samuel White's Flour Mill

From a tower beside his flour mill, Samuel White could signal passing ships by semaphore and receive back the current price of flour in Melbourne before anyone else in the district knew it; by 1867 he was insolvent and bound for New Zealand, and the mill closed a decade later.

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#AustralianHistory #Adelaide #LocalHistory #Heritage #Aldinga #Mills #Pioneers

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The Doctor's House, Hackham

Built in 1866 and large enough to earn the nickname Folly Hall, the stone house at the corner of Main South Road and Doctor's Road at Hackham became home to a succession of district doctors — including one who never made it back to it.

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#AustralianHistory #Adelaide #LocalHistory #Heritage #Pioneers #Hackham

The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West "West was opportunity. West was the future" Sale: $19 to $3.99 by David McCullough Rating: 4.4/5 (11,718 Reviews) #history #books #kindle #pioneers #americanhistory #ohio #slavery #education #founding #booksky

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The Old Cave — Cellar No. 1, Reynella

The oldest surviving wine cellar in Australia is a grass-covered mound at Reynella, dug by hand into limestone in 1845. John Reynell built it the year after his first vintage; it outlasted his family, several corporate owners, and nearly 180 years of South Australian summers.

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#AustralianHistory #Adelaide #LocalHistory #Heritage #Reynella #Wine #Pioneers

The Three Rifles Monument

The Three Rifles Monument at O'Halloran Hill — now part of Keane War Memorial Gardens — was built on land donated by a family that had already given a son to the war, and spent twenty-six years without its defining feature after the replacement rifles were stolen.

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#AustralianHistory #Adelaide #LocalHistory #Heritage #O'halloranHill #Military #Memorials #Pioneers

Thomas Tapley of Tapley's Hill

The hill on the road south from Adelaide carries the name of Thomas Tapley, a Kentish man who arrived in 1838 and planted his family on its summit — founding the hotel and farm that would outlast him by a century.

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#AustralianHistory #Adelaide #LocalHistory #Heritage #O'halloranHill #Pioneers

The Pioneers "Never was there a more ingenious, systematic and successful piece of lobbying than that of the Reverend Manasseh Cutler" Sale: $19 to $3.99 by David McCullough Rating: 4.4/5 (11,688 Reviews) #history #americas #usa #midatlantic #books #booksky #kindle #nonfiction #pioneers #ohio

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The O'Sullivan Family of Morphett Vale

Ignatius O'Sullivan brought his wife Honora and five children to Morphett Vale on the Mary Dugdale in 1840, settling near Christie Creek in what is now industrial Lonsdale. His son Thomas went twice to the Victorian goldfields in 1852, farmed in partnership with his father for fifteen years, and eventually buil…

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#AustralianHistory #Adelaide #LocalHistory #Heritage #Post #MorphettVale #Pioneers #Lost

@jupiter_rowland Reminds me of why people say the incorrect word...

#Hoover a #common example (used instead of #vacuum cleaner)

So such things can be called almost in compliment to those things that were:

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Opinion: The Invisible Powerhouse – Why The Herald’s Culture 50 Has An Interactive Blind Spot

This is a fantastic list. Truly. As I read through The Herald’s 50 most powerful people in Scottish arts and culture (Paywall), I see names that represent the very best of our nation – musicians, producers, actors, and advocates who have fought to keep Scotland’s creative heart beating during some of the toughest years in recent memory. I recognise many of them as allies. I respect all of them as peers.

But I also noticed something else. Or rather, I noticed a void.

In a list of 50 powerbrokers shaping what Scotland consumes in theatres, galleries, and concert halls, there is not a single representative from the Scottish games ecosystem. Not one. In 2026, as our world becomes increasingly defined by digital interaction, the country’s largest, most successful, and most productive creative export has been missed entirely.

The Billion-Pound Ghost

This is not a new phenomenon, but it is one that we can no longer afford to ignore. For decades now, the games industry has been the billion-pound ghost in the room of Scottish culture. We are frequently cited for our extraordinary GVA and our global commercial reach, but we are almost never invited to the table when the conversation turns to artistic merit or cultural impact.

By excluding (ignoring? Missing?) games from a list of the most powerful people in culture, we are essentially saying that the millions of people who engage with interactive storytelling, virtual performance, and digital art are not engaging in culture. We are saying that the world-class designers in Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Elgin – people who are masterminds of empathy, systems, storytelling and aesthetics – are somehow separate from the creative fabric of the nation.

Beyond the Bottom Line

While the economic argument for games is inarguable – as I have highlighted in the Level Up Scotland Games Action Plan – my challenge to the wider arts sector is to look beyond the balance sheet.

Games are the golden thread of the 21st-century creative economy. They are where music, narrative, visual art, and technical engineering collide to create entirely new forms of human experience. When we talk about the power of the arts to transform lives, why are we not talking about the therapeutic impact of the Gamer-in-Residence at Glasgow Children’s Hospital? When we talk about cultural legacy, why is the ongoing lack of preservation of our digital heritage still treated as an optional extra?

The isolation of games is a uniquely Scottish problem in one specific, structural way. In the rest of the UK, games are tucked under the wing of the screen industries. In Scotland, we are one of the 16 official sub-sectors of the creative industries – standing alongside architecture, design, and visual art. On paper, we are integrated. In practice, we are siloed. In policy terms, we are entirely invisible.

A Hand Across the Aisle

I am not writing this to complain; I am writing this to offer outreach. The ongoing exclusion of games is a missed opportunity for the traditional arts. Imagine the cultural impact of a collaboration between the Citizens Theatre, or Dance Base and a real-time 3D studio, or the RSNO performing alongside a live interactive performance. These are the opportunities that stay locked away when our worlds remain apart.

At the Scottish Games Network, we are working to bridge this gap. Following our More Than Games events in 2022-25, we are preparing to launch Project Pathfinder. This initiative is specifically designed to bring games technology into the wider creative and cultural sectors, acting as a force multiplier for artists, filmmakers, musicians, writers and performers.

The Wake-Up Call

To my friends and colleagues in the traditional arts: consider this a friendly wake-up call. The next generation of Scottish creators does not see a boundary between a play and a game, or a gallery and a virtual world. They see a single, fluid creative landscape and open opportunities.

If we want a Culture 50 that truly reflects the power and influence of Scottish creativity, we have to start looking at the digital screen with the same respect we give to the stage, the cinema screen or the canvas.

SGN is here to facilitate that conversation. I am here to be the architect of that bridge. Let us make sure that by 2027, the 50 most powerful people in Scottish arts and culture include the pioneers who are building the interactive future of our nation.

Brian Baglow is the Founder and CEO of the Scottish Games Network.

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Legendary Stories of Fort Totten, North Dakota Historic Site

Fort Totten, North Dakota, is an historic site with a diverse history. Its well-preserved buildings, authentic artifacts, and documented stories make it one of the state’s must-see historic sites. Indeed, Fort Totten is a lot more than a quick stop on a holiday itinerary!

Linda’s Pick of the Exhibits

My favorite exhibit at Fort Totten was the gardening section. Perhaps it was the season or my return to gardening myself!

At any rate, according to Mandan history, one of the tribe’s founders was Yellow Corn Maiden. The legend goes that she saved the first corn crop from Sun Man’s burning rays and taught him that the corn should be forever safe from his attacks.

Interestingly, the Hidatsa people had a very precise method of planting their gardens. First, in early April, they planted the perimeter of the garden with sunflowers. Next came the most important crop–the corn. If the plants were touched by frost or bugs, the corn was replanted until the middle of May. Finally, they planted beans, squash, and pumpkins.

The Carrying the Corn dance was performed in the early spring. Its purpose? To sanctify the planting season and find blessing from the Great One Above to make the fields thrive.

Gardens were also important to the inhabitants of the Fort!

Fast Fact: During the fall of 1868 and the winter of 1868-69, after the supply of vegetables from the garden was exhausted, the following articles of food...were found effectual in preventing scurvy...Per 100 rations, ten pounds of dried fruit and five gallons of krout or curried cabbage twice a week; one gallon of molasses, twenty-five pounds of corn meal, and two and one-half gallons of pickles once a week.
~ Assistant Surgeon J.P. Kimball, Fort Buford, 1870 [Fort Totten display quote]

What’s at Fort Totten Historical Site?

The Fort Totten Historical Site consists of around 10 acres of land located within the boundaries of the Fort Totten Indian Reservation. It’s on the southeastern edge of the town of Fort Totten.

So, where does the site’s name come from? It’s from the Totten Trail, which was an overland route from southern Minnesota to the goldfields of Western Montana.

Fast Fact: Fort Totten became a state historic site in 1960. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. 

Fort Totten had three distinct periods of usage before becoming an historic site. My favorite was the first, its frontier history. It’s one of the best preserved of the nearly 150 forts constructed on the western frontier.

The three time periods include:

• Frontier Military Post – 1867 to 1890
• Decommissioned and transferred to the Bureau of Indian Affairs in January of 1891 for use as an Indian school
• The Industrial boarding school operated until 1935. Between 1935 and 1939, the site was a tuberculosis preventorium run by the Federal Government. The preventorium provided a boarding school for children at high risk of contracting TB. It returned to being a day and boarding school until 1959.

Established in 1867, the post’s main function was to serve American Indian Policy. Soldiers enforced the peace among settlers near Devils Lake and the Dakota people living on the reservation around it.

How did Devils Lake get its name? It comes from the Dakota phrase Mni Wakan, which means Spirit Water or sacred water. Early Europeans to the area, however, didn’t get the translation quite right. They interpreted the name to be something like a bad spirit. Eventually, that turned into the name Devils Lake.

Of course, the main feature of the Fort’s frontier era is the 16 original buildings. They’ve all been well preserved and maintained, initially by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Then, in 1959, the school was gifted to the state.

The original buildings, of course, served different purposes over the 93 years before Fort Totten became a state historic site.

My favorite buildings? The Captain/1st Lieutenant Quarters with their historical furnishings.

Some of the artifacts I found interesting included:

• Officer’s dress sabre belt (circa 1860s)
• 7th Cavalry horse blanket and saddle (circa 1880s)
• Wood canteen (circa 1860s)
• 7th Cavalry helmet with horse hair plume (circa 1880s)

A self-guided tour takes visitors through the site with access to many of the buildings and window exhibit panels in others. Historic photos are used to bring the stories, especially of the lives of children who lived in the Industrial schools, to life.

On the tour, visitors can choose to follow a soldier, a young female Chippewa student, a teacher, or a teenage male Dakota student. The stories are based on oral histories collected from Spirit Lake tribal members and other accounts.

Student Life at Fort Totten

The reservation had been assigned to the Catholic Church by the Board of Commissioners of Indian Affairs. So religious education was part of daily life.

Life, as shown in the exhibits, was militant. Children wore uniforms to ensure uniformity and were required to speak English. To accomplish this, children from various tribes were often grouped together to restrict their use of their first language and birth customs.

Punishments for speaking their own language could be severe, as assimilation into the greater population was a main educational goal.

Many of the artifacts on display are from local Indigenous people.

They include such fascinating items as a deer hoof ceremonial necklace (circa 1920) and a Sioux quilled horse hair ornament.

Fast Fact: After Fort Totten became a school, the powder magazine floor was lowered and used for storing flour. Why? About 400 pounds of flour were used daily! That's a lot of flour -- roughly 1 pound of flour daily for the 400 residents.

Pioneer Daughters of the Lake Region Museum

Fort Totten is also home to the Lake Region Pioneer Daughters Museum. It’s situated in the fort’s old hospital/school cafeteria building (Building 7). While the museum isn’t very large, it’s packed with interesting artifacts.

The Pioneer Daughters museum does an excellent job of displaying the collection. All of the pioneer-era household objects are identified and labelled with the names of the people who donated them. Artifacts range from the Minnie H steamboat’s anchor to silver dinnerware service to children’s toys.

There’s also an on-site Totten Trail Historic Inn. Each room has a distinctive personality and historic furnishings that let you immerse yourself in history.

Linda’s Road Trip Tips

We visited Fort Totten on a weekend getaway in Devils Lake, North Dakota. While we’d passed through the small city on many trips, we’d always been interested in learning more about both the city and the lake.

Devils Lake deserves a quick stop, even if you’re just driving through North Dakota on U.S. Highway 2.

Its Downtown Devils Lake Commercial District has 47 properties built between 1885 and 1937.

Most are brick, but there are a wide variety of architectural styles.

We enjoyed the Lake Region Heritage Center, which is housed in the historic U.S. Post Office building.

The regional history was very interesting. As well, the Sheriff’s House Museum was a great stop!

Our favorite dining spot? The Old Main Street Cafe. Prices were good and the taste was great. David enjoyed a steak dinner while I ordered the Rolette chicken fillet served on wild rice. If you don’t have time for a full meal, take a coffee break to get a peek at the pictures on the wall illustrating area history.

Who Should Visit the Fort Totten Historic Site?

Fort Totten is a great family destination for travelers. There’s lots of space for the kids to run around the lawn in the shade of aged trees.

From an historical perspective, the glance into American Indian boarding schools is particularly interesting for the whole family.

The experience can provide an opportunity for families to consider what it was like for children to grow up in an institution focused on making them forget the culture they were born into.

Since the exhibits are in various historic buildings, seeing everything may be challenging for visitors who have mobility issues.

The grounds are generally flat and walkable, with more accessible options at the on-site Pioneer Daughters Museum area.

Restrooms are generally accessible.

We spent about an hour and a half going through the displays and enjoying the grounds.

How Do You Visit Fort Totten?

Fort Totten is located on a peninsula on the southeastern edge of Devils Lake, about 12 miles south of the city of Devils Lake, North Dakota.

Parking: There's lots of free parking available at the site. 

Street Address: 417 Cavalry Circle, Fort Totten, North Dakota

The museum is open seasonally to the general public, with the option to arrange a visit at other times of the year. Check the website for details.

Keep up to date with what’s happening on the Fort Totten State Historic Facebook page.

Learn more with this YouTube video, Forgotten Fort Totten, North Dakota -[Old West Forts] from American Old West Tales.

Plan your visit with Google maps.

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Grand Coteau Heritage & Cultural Centre: Shaunavon, SK

Saskatchewan towns the size of Shaunavon don’t usually have a museum. But Shaunavon does, and it’s not only open year-round, but is free for visitors!

Housed with the local art gallery, library, and visitor centre, there’s always something happening in this southwest Saskatchewan economic hub.

Linda’s Pick of the Exhibits

Small town museums often celebrate the names of people who’ve put them on a national–or international–map. In Shaunavon, that person is Hayley Wickenheiser.

Who’s Hayley Wickenheiser? She’s most noted for being a five-time Olympian athlete, winning four gold medals and one silver in ice hockey for Canada. She was also the first woman to play full-time professional men’s ice hockey. Indeed, some say she’s the “greatest woman’s ice hockey player of all time.”

“I have never been so proud to be Canadian! To stand there with my son Noah in my arms, the gold medal around my shoulders and the Canadian anthem playing was amazing. It was the fulfillment of all my childhood dreams growing up in a farming town called Shaunavon, Saskatchewan.”

~ Quote from Wickenheiser on Canada Gold

Wickenheiser was born in 1978 in Shaunavon. When did she start skating? At two! By the time she was five, she was playing on the boys’ hockey team. At 12, she moved to Calgary, playing in both girls’ leagues and boys’ leagues.

The team nicknamed Hayley “High Chair Hayley!”

In 1998, when Hayley was 20, the Candian Women’s hockey team captured Silver in the Japan Olympics. Hayley stayed on the team for 23 years.

Hayley retired from hockey in 2017 and became a resident medical doctor. Her specialty? Emergency medicine. She also held a senior role with the NHL’s Toroto Maple Leaf hockey team.

She was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2019. In July 2022, Wickenheiser was named assistant general manager for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

What’s in the Shaunavon Museum?

The Grand Coteau Heritage & Cultural Centre is a small, but professionally curated museum in Shaunavon. It’s thematically divided into moments from the area’s past, covering its people and history with artifacts and signage.

While the collection doesn’t go back as far as dinosaurs, the Natural History exhibit does have fossils from the area. Taxidermy mounts positioned in front of painted scenes portray the area’s wildlife today.

Fast Fact: The bison speciman displayed in the museum is from a herd in Wainwright, Alberta, in 1932. He's named "Frank" after Frank Bransted, Chairman of the Museum Board from 1936 - 1957.

The Local History Exhibit is another key area in the museum. It provides information on early town businesses, from the Crystal Bakery to the Grand Coteau General Store to Hillcrest Farms.

Fast Fact: In 1940 the Cyrstal Bakery supplied an average of 500 loaves per day in the winter and 700 per day in the summer! 

In between, the museum covers early household appliances, communications, millinery styles, the RCMP, war veterans, and more. Some exhibits rotate, which keeps the museum new for visitors.

The art gallery in the Grand Coteau Heritage & Cultural Centre in Shaunavon covers about 1,000-square-feet (93 sq. m).

It features exhibitions by local, Saskatchewan, and Canadian artists. 

Linda’s Road Trip Tips

I visited Shaunavon for a critique session with my writers’ group, so spent four days in the community.

While I really enjoy the Canalta Hotel chain on the prairies, the Canalta Hotel Shaunavon was booked during our visit. So, we stayed at the Bear’s Den Lodge. It was a budget-priced option, but comfortable.

And the dining? There are lots to choose from. I particularly enjoyed the Harvest Eatery, which serves what it describes as gourmet comfort food.

I highly recommend the Lake Diefenbaker Steelhead trout fillet–their spicy pickled peach relish is a tasty addition.

The T.rex Discovery Centre in Eastend, just 20 minutes away, is one of the southwest’s most popular summer attractions. It’s home to “Scotty,” the world’s largest Tyrannosaurus rex.

You can also see the Buzzard Coulee Meteorite that crashed near Buzzard Coulee in west-central Saskatchewan in 2008.

Who Should Visit the Grand Coteau Heritage & Cultural Centre?

The Grand Coteau Heritage & Cultural Centre (GCHCC) is about 45 km (28 miles) off of the Trans-Canada Highway in southwest Saskatchewan.

So, for those on a road trip who like to explore smaller communities, the town and museum are the perfect stop.

Anyone looking for prairie history will find some interesting artifacts and information at the museum.

I spent about an hour going through the collection, so a visit can provide a short break and stretch if you’re traveling.

GCHCC has various archival materials that researchers will find valuable. From its large collection of history books to the entire span of the Shaunavon Standard newspaper dating back to 1913, there’s lots of local history.

For genealogy researchers, there’s also a collection of obituaries.

How Do You Visit the Shaunavon Museum?

The Shaunavon Museum is part of the town’s multi-purpose complex that also houses the library, art gallery, and visitor centre.

Parking: There's lots of free street parking at the museum. 

Street Location: 401 – 3rd St West, Shaunavon, Saskatchewan.

The museum is open seasonally. You can check out the Grand Coteau Centre website for information on open days and hours.

Keep up to date with what’s happening at the Grand Coteau Heritage and Cultural Centre Facebook page.

Take a quick virtual tour of the Grand Coteau Heritage and Cultural Centre on YouTube.

Plan your trip with Google Maps.

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Canadian Museum of History: National Museum in Gatineau, Quebec

The Canadian Museum of History is one of Canada’s most-visited museum attractions. Located on the banks of the Ottawa River, in Gatineau, Quebec, it’s just across from Ottawa’s Parliament Hill. It’s one of three Canadian national museums located outside of Ottawa.

Fast Fact: The Passageway into the Canadian History Hall is lined with 101 backlit silhouettes of familiar Canadian landmarks, symbols, and activities. The shadows created by inset displays and overhead lighting may shift as you walk through, making it feel like you're truly walking through time. 

Linda’s Pick of the Exhibits

My favorite part of the Canadian Museum of History was the First People’s Hall. Showcasing centuries of history “from time immemorial,” the hall covers approximately 35,000 square feet. That’s a lot of display room!

I love bright and colorful, so the Aboriginal peoples of Canada displays are a perfect fit for me. Many of the displays could be classed as artworks. However, they’re much more than that. They show the cultural diversity of the many groups that are part of Canada’s early history.

Welcome to the First Peoples Hall. “We include Inuit, First Nations and Metis. Together, we have often been called Native. Now we are more often known collectively as Aboriginal. It has been hard to find a common name because we are, in fact, hundreds of distinct peoples. Each of these peoples has its own name, language, ancestral lands and culture.”

~ Canadian Museum of History

The displays in the First Peoples Hall were guided by a pan-Indigenous advisory committee. Indeed, the team included Indigenous scholars, artists, and leaders. This helps ensure authenticity and reflection of their histories and lived experiences.

Three zones make up the Hall:

• Aboriginal Presence: Displays cultural diversity and early settlement.
• An Ancient Bond with the Land: Emphasizes Aboriginal spiritual and ecological connections.
• Arrival of Strangers: Traces the history of European interactions through to modern political rights and cultural resilience.

Fast Fact: Beaded dance collars are a type of ceremonial regalia. This type of regalia displays a person's clan crest (the collar above is from the Raven clan). By the early 1900s, potlach participants wore a wide range of regalia, including dance collars, Chilkat robes, button blankets, and beaded tunics. 

Displays in the Hall represent groups from across Canada. I discovered everything from Inuit snow goggles to contemporary artworks such as Shelley Niro’s Sky Woman.

Totem Poles

And of course, I also found many examples of totem poles. Located in the Grand Hall, the Canadian Museum of History showcases the largest collection of totem poles in the world.

Totem poles served various purposes for the different Aboriginal groups that carved them. They represent storytelling traditions and carry many levels of meaning.

The poles were often memorials to represent and commemorate ancestry, histories, people and events. Like the dance collars, the totem poles may indicate a family’s lineage, clan membership and crest. So, the totem poles may have served as house or entrance posts.

All groups of Canadian Aboriginal peoples didn’t carve totem poles. Rather, the peoples of the Pacific Northwest made totem poles, usually from Western Red Cedar. This type of tree is straight-grained and easy to carve. Before taking a tree for carving, many coastal First Nations peoples performed a ceremony of gratitude and respect in honor of the tree.

The totem poles in the Grand Hall are displayed in a huge area of natural light along with reconstructed house facades. Often called the “Poles along the Windows” section, it’s an impressive sight!

These totem poles are tall! Indeed, they stand 10 to 12 metres (33 to 39 feet) high. The Grand Hall wall height, behind them, is around 15 metres (49 feet).

I found them awe-inspiring!

What’s in the Canadian Museum of History?

The Canadian History Museum is situated on around 9.5 hectares or about 24 acres of land. According to the museum website, the museum spans 93,000 square m (111,227 sq. yards). It’s big!

Actual exhibit space of course is lower, with about 25,000 sq. m (269,000 sq. ft). In fact, it’s the largest museum exhibition area in Canada. The big advantage of having so much space to store artifacts is that the exhibits rotate frequently. So, there’s always something new to see.

In addition to exhibits, the museum includes:

• Restaurants including the Panorama Cafe and Second Cup
• Boutique / gift shop
• 295-seat 3D (formerly IMAX) theatre
• 500-seat performance theatre

Levels & Galleries

The Canadian Museum of History has four levels.

The Lower Level includes the Grand Hall, the First Peoples Hall, Tsimshian Prehistory, First Peoples of the Northwest Coast, and the Canadian Stamp Collection.

Fast Fact: The Canadian Postage Stamp collection begins with the 1851 "Three-Penny Beaver" stamp. 

Altogether there are over 3,000 stamps in the museum's collection. 

That's every postage stamp ever issued in Canada! 

Level 2 includes the Main Entrance (Laurier Street), the Canadian Children’s Museum, Special Exhibits, Gift Shop, theatres, and restaurants.

On Levels 3 and 4, you’ll find three galleries. They include:

• Gallery 1: Early Canada – including earliest times to 1763
• Gallery 2: Colonial Canada – covers the period from 1763 to 1914, the start of World War I
• Gallery 3: Modern Canada – includes 1914 to the present day

So what happened in 1763 in Canada? First, you have to consider the political landscape of the time. The British and French had both established colonies in what’s now Eastern Canada. In the West, French and British fur traders paddled up and down the rivers trading European goods with Indigenous trappers.

In other words, there was a lot of competition between the French and the English! And not just in the new world. The competition was worldwide.

It all came to a halt with the Treaty of Paris. This treaty ended the Seven Years’ War global conflict between the Great Powers, who were primarily Great Britain and France. Major battles occurred in Europe, North America, the Caribbean, Africa, and India.

However, in 1763, France officially ceded New France (in Canada) to Britain through the Treaty of Paris. You can learn more in this Canadian Encyclopedia article about The Royal Proclamation of 1763, issued by King George III, to establish the new administrative structure.

The galleries contain a smattering of everything! Models of galleon ships from the 1500s. A 1700s plow that would have been pulled by oxen or horses to break up grasslands for farming. Maternity clothes and children’s toys from the 1950s baby boom.

As you’d expect in one of Canada’s National Museums, the information boards are extremely well done. There are lots of images blown up to wall size to illustrate different periods that make the museum a very visual experience.

Linda’s Road Trip Tips

The Canadian Museum of History was one of my stops on Ottawa’s Hop On, Hop Off bus. It’s a great way to see the city if you’re visiting without a car during tourist season. I used the two-day pass to get to all but one (it’s not a stop) of the National Museums.

I got to the museum at lunch time, so walked through the Grand Hall across to My Bistro. The Bistro menu had several comfort classics from poutine to burgers. My choice, a Smashed Cheeseburger, had beef, American cheese, lettuce, pickles, and burger sauce. It was tasty!

Who Should Visit the Canadian Museum of History?

The Canadian Museum of History is designed to appeal to everyone from the youngest to the oldest. With interactive displays in the Canadian Children’s Museum and rich, immersive galleries throughout, it’s a fascinating place for all visitors to the city.

Visitor Tip: Purchase a one-day or three-day pass for discounted entry into all seven national museums in Ottawa and Gatineau. 

I spent a couple of hours on my visit, but that barely got me through the museum. So, start with the level you’re most interested in and pace your visit accordingly! Better yet, especially if you’re a local, visit a couple of times.

The museum has a full range of amenities, general services, and accessibility accommodations.

In addition to public washrooms with diaper-changing tables on all levels, there’s a private nursing room located on the first level.

Coat checks and lockers are available, so if you’re on your way back to the airport you can store your bags after they’re screened.

Courtesy strollers and wheelchairs are available–just ask at Information.

Accessibility services include wheelchair accessibility from the parking garage and allowing service animals. Elevator buttons are in Braille along with an induction loop system in the CINÉ+ theatre for those using hearing aids.

How Do You Visit the Canadian Museum of History?

The Canadian Museum of History is located alongside the Ottawa River, which forms the border between the cities of Ottawa, Ontario, and Gatineau, Quebec.

Parking: The underground parking garage (Indigo OT-002) is located at 100 Laurier Street in Gatineau. It has around 350 parking spaces, including designated accessible parking spaces. You can also use Uber or Lyft or the Hop On, Hop Off bus. The museum is served by both OC Transpo (Ottawa) and STO (Société de transport de l’Outaouais, Gatineau) transit systems. The nearby dedicated bus stop is “Musée de l’histoire (#2618)”.

Street Address: 100 Laurier Street, Gatineau, Québec.

Visit the Canadian Museum of History Website.

Keep up-to-date with what’s happening with the Canadian Museum of History Facebook page.

Take a virtual tour of the museum with this YouTube video from the Canadian Museum of History.

Plan your visit with Google Maps.

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Acknowledgments

During my visit to Ottawa, Ontario, I received a national museum pass, and hop on, hop off bus pass, from Ottawa Tourism. I appreciate their support!

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