The Daily Colonist, August 8, 1914

#dailycolonist1914 - News from Victoria 100 years ago today:

• Mostly flag waving and propaganda today, very little news of substance
• Maharajah of Nepal offers his army to British service, "The majority of his troops are of the Gurkha tribe, the most famous soldiers in India."
• The recasting of Germans as "others" continues with news on atrocities and reported insults from the Kaiser.\240

http://www.britishcolonist.ca/dateList.php?year=1914

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When Hiring a Photographer

When hiring a photographer it isn't just the time shooting you are paying for. It isn't even just the usual list of equipment costs, post-processing time, experience, education, etc. There are sundry other things that are never mentioned:

• The time spent looking for that thing I hardly ever use but I know I am going to need to bring and not use this time.
• Time time searching for the thing I need that I had a minute ago that now I can't bloody find.
• The years of experience that go into spending 20 minutes deciding if it is worth cramming backup equipment into the bag vs. not wanting be hobbled with a sore back for the next three days from hauling around a bunch of stuff I won't need vs. the horrible looming spectre of this being the one time something goes wrong and failing the client
• The time spent on Google Maps trying to figure out how to get where I need to be on time
• The time spent looking for that other thing I had in my hand TWO BLOODY SECONDS ago that I can't find now.
• The time spent unpacking the bag and repacking to fit in that one other thing that I will need and almost forgot.
• Time spent figuring out what to wear so I don't look like Dennis Hopper's character in\240Apocalypse Now crashing a wedding vs. out-dressing the groom.
• The time spent reducing my angst level by writing a sarcastic blog post no one will read.

Source: http://www.mbarrick.com/blog/140808/when-hiring-photographer

The Daily Colonist, August 9, 1914

#dailycolonist1914 - This was a Sunday edition.

• British expeditionary forces arrive in Belgium.
• German and Austria threaten to declare war on Italy is they remain neutral (I could not help but hear Zap Brannigan's\240voice when reading this.)
• Serbians have repulsed Austrians from Belgrade, now considering invading Bosnia to expand their own territory.
• Austria considering attacking Russia.
• The City Clerk and Mayor of Prince Rupert travel to Victoria to ask for coastal defenses.
• The Grand Trunk Pacific Steamer Prince George to be outfitted as hospital ship.
• Construction of the new Hudson's Bay store on Douglas Street in Victoria is having difficulty reaching suitable bedrock for a foundation in the north east corner of the lot.
• In the Sunday pull-out section a full-page map of Europe is printed and there is an educational article immediately after the children's section about the high explosives being used in the war.
• Sightings of a Zeppelin in Victoria are dismissed by the Gonzanles Hill Observatory as actually being the planet Venus (setting precedent for many a "U.F.O. sighting" of the future.)\240

http://www.britishcolonist.ca/dateList.php?year=1914

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The Daily Colonist, August 10, 1914

#dailycolonist1914 - News from Victoria 100 years ago today:

• Japan has dispatched ships. Japanese immigrants in Vancouver agree to support Canada and the British Empire.
• The Ottoman Empire masses troops off the border of Bulgaria.
• British forces sink a German submarine.
• French troops with British naval support take Togoland.
• Portugal joins the war on the British side.
• Americans are leaving England by the boat load.
• The large full-page map of Europe from yesterday's Sunday-insert is reprinted on the back page.

http://www.britishcolonist.ca/dateList.php?year=1914

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