Mark on July 7th, 2010

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Mark on May 29th, 2010

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Mark on May 13th, 2010

I saw this in a Toronto Star article yesterday: John Paton is apparently one of those advising the new owners of chain.
Paton is the recently named head of the Journal-Register newspaper group, and when I saw him speak at last month’s International Symposium on Online Journalism in Austin, Texas, he drew a big round of [...]

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Mark on May 12th, 2010

Canwest’s newspaper division will emerge from bankruptcy with the major debt holders paid off, new owners and a new lease on life.
That’s great news. Relieved of the debt that dragged Canwest into oblivion, the money-making newspaper division will have a chance to carry on. Even better news comes in the early words of Paul Godfrey, [...]

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Mark on May 8th, 2010

Three brass bands and belly dancers brought the southeastern European spring festival Ederlezi to Vancouver Friday night, giving me chance to do some shooting. This was in the way of a test of both a new 55-250 Canon lens and my newish Canon T2i. Photos were shot RAW, using the P mode, and are untouched [...]

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Mark on March 21st, 2010

A few minutes from the hour-long performance by La Bottine Souriante, the Quebec-based folk (and more) group, that performed at LiveCity Vancouver Friday, as part of the Cultural Olympiad. Great music, great energy, great performance.

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Mark on March 10th, 2010

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Mark on February 27th, 2010

Barring two upsets — Norway in curling and the U.S. in hockey — it appears as though Canada will finish the 2010 Winter Olympics not only with the most gold medals, but with the most gold medals ever won by a country at a winter Olympics.
Good for us. That’s a helluva an accomplishment and there [...]

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Mark on February 19th, 2010

 
 
 
 
 
All photos shot with Canon G10; converted to grayscale in Aperture.

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