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    Corner Table

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    March 17, 2014
    March 16, 2014. The day began with a 4:00 a.m. wake-up call in Spain and a flight from Madrid to Munich to Toronto to Moncton, ending at 23:00 at home in my own bed, your typical 24-hour day. This is where I had some bad coffee and good parties in Mad...
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    Iglesia de San Antonio de los Alemanes

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    March 15, 2014
    March 15, 2014. I could recognize by the brick on the side of the building, but I was unprepared for the interior of San Antonio de los Alemanes, which was constructed between 1626-33. This is a view of the ceiling, which is painted to look even highe...
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    Fallas

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    March 14, 2014
    March 14, 2014. Had an exciting day today - the first day without rain in a week, so I was able to cycle 37km way out to the sea south-east of the city and back, including the full length of the river valluey, but also stopped in cengral Valencia for ...
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    Valencia Market

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    March 14, 2014
    March 13, 2014. So who expects to visit Valencia and experience nothing but rain? That has been my experience, though it doesn't mean I don't get out, just that I walk and I get wet. I thought the Market would be a good place to hang out for a bit, bu...
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    Restaurante El Parque

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    March 13, 2014
    March 12, 2014. This is where I had lunch. It is a very typical Spanish restaurant a few blocks from thee hotel near a park I took the time to explore. The food was quite good and a two-plate lunch was only 8 Euros (this included a quarter pineapple f...
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    Last Session of the Day

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    March 13, 2014
    March 11, 2014. Scene from the audience in the last session of the day at INTED 2014. As I watched the people speaking in English, and sometimes having difficulty, I thought about my own efforts to speak in French. It made me feel more sympathetic.fro...
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    Viewing Valencia

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    March 10, 2014
    March 10, 2014. Viewing Valencia from my hotel room window. I gave my talk today and haven't thought about much else all day.from Flickr http://flic.kr/p/kUM79U
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    Valencia

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    March 9, 2014
    March 9, 2013. I did some work online this morning and then went for a walk around the old city of Valencia. Presentation day tomorrow, so I'm pretty focused on that. P.S. it being the Fallas Festival in Valencia, there is a constant barrage of firecr...
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    In Memoriam

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    March 9, 2014
    March 8, 2014. On March 11, 2004, 191 people headed for Atocha station in Madrid were killed when bombs destroyed four trains they were traveling on. This is the centre of the memorial, looking straight up. The clear canopy is held up by a constant ai...
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    Flight Day

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    March 9, 2014
    March 7, 2014. This is a quick snapshot taken outside the window of the taxi in Madrid as I went straight to the hotel after a long overnight flight from Moncton (via Toronto and Munich). I didn't leave the hotel room; all I did is sleep.from Flickr h...
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    Sylvania Watkins

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    March 6, 2014
    March 6, 2014. This is Andrea getting Sylvania Watkins's signature on a nice photo of the whole Moncton Miracles team at a team practice today (season ticket holders were invited to meet the team this afternoon). Mircales are down 2-0 in a best of 5 s...
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    Vail’s

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    March 5, 2014
    March 5, 2014. I had some dry cleaning done so I have nice shirts and pants ready for my upcoming trip to Spaon.from Flickr http://flic.kr/p/kKeTdD
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    The Homestead

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    March 3, 2014
    Match 3, 2014. Back home after a long day of meetings and such. We launched REL2014 today. This is the home I come home to, after dark.from Flickr http://flic.kr/p/kFkHGD
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    Can Opener

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    March 3, 2014
    March 2, 2014. Sunday, back home after the trip, very tired, sleeping early, but managed to take a photo before going to bed. This is a can opener - I tried leaving it wet to make it shine, but the effect didn't really work.from Flickr http://flic.kr/...
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    Eaton Centre

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    March 1, 2014
    March 1, 2014. Slept in this morning, drove down to Finch subway station, took the train to Eaton Centre, picked up Andrea's cosmetics, took the train back, straight to the airport, flight to Fredericton, drove home, and now I'm typing these words. Bo...
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    Highway 7

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    March 1, 2014
    February 28, 2014. On the way back to the hotel after dropping Rod off at the airport. This old farm building is on highway 7 just off Islington. I imagined the days when this road was out in the country. Now it's part of Toronto. I redid my talk toda...
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    Flight Suit Guy

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    March 1, 2014
    February 27, 2014. So my presentation today was a complete disaster - and no, it wasn't because I shared the stage with this guy. Internet access was cut off, the slodes wouldn't advance, then they disappeared completyely. But I had a nice day with th...
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    Brontoburger

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    February 26, 2014
    February 25, 2014. I'm in Fredericton doing a program launch workshop for our LPSs program, and Tuesday evening we all webt to Brewbaker's, a restraurant in the downtown. This isn't my rib, it was some else's, but we all had a good time making Flintst...
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    Café Codiac

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    February 26, 2014
    February24, 2014. This is where I go for coffee every morning (or noon in summer, when I'm cycling). It's not too far out of the way, and the coffee is sourced directly from producers and roasted on site. I bring their coffee with me when I travel.fro...
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    So Sweet

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    February 23, 2014
    February 23, 2014. Like so many other Canadians I was up first thing in the morning on a Sunday to make sure we won gold in the Olympics. And we did, with a team that really was one of the best ever assembled. It reminds me that I did a photo of the d...
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    The Voice

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    February 23, 2014
    February 22, 2014. A full house at the Plan B lounge on St. George Street watches local songstresss Caroline Savoie compete and advance to the next round on France's version of The Voice. Rod Savoie, my colleague at work, and Caroline's father, set up...
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    Under the Dome

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    February 22, 2014
    February 21, 2014. Heading home late on a Friday afternoon, no time for pictures except to snap this shot looking straight up in the atrium outside our offices. Everybody always asks, is that a room up there? But as you can see, it's a skylight.from F...
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    Snowfall

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    February 20, 2014
    February 20, 2014. I promised myself yesterday I would take this type of photo today, because just like yesterday, I knew we would have an overnight snowfall today. And we did. This is the pond on Crowley Farm Road just where it passes our offices in ...
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    Ludlow Hall

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    February 18, 2014
    February 18, 2014. This is Ludlow Hall, home of the Faculty of Law, on the University of New Brunsiwck campus. I was up in Fredericton for meetings all day, in between two hours of driving each way. Yes, that was my day. This was the view outside the ...
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    Frustrating Loss

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    February 17, 2014
    February 17, 2014. Meetings this morning and afternoon, then spin class, then straight to the basketball game where the Miracles had a brutal third quarter en route to a frustrating 99-89 loss. I got some really good photos, though; I'll post a few mo...
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    Snow Day

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    February 17, 2014
    February 16, 2014. Nothing more depressing than a snow day on Sunday. It means a day of being indoors - in my case, spending the entire day watching the Olympics and updating JQuery, Bootstrap and TinyMCE on my websites. Yes, that was an all-day job. ...
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    Seen Off Wheeler

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    February 15, 2014
    February 15, 2014. Just some houses we can see off Wheeler at the light at Lewisville Road. Wheeler is the main highway between Champlain Mall, where the Shoppers is, and Trinity Drive, where the Costco is, and so I'm often stopped at this light on a ...
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    Rain and Mist and Fog

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    February 14, 2014
    February 14, 2014. Rain and mist and fog. That's the weather we got in Moncton, which caused localized flooding but otherwise nothing serious. Of course, we're used to the whole city turning into slush and then flash-freezing. The bulldozer, by the wa...
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    The Silver Sky

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    February 14, 2014
    February 13, 2014. People around here in New Brinswick know that when we see that silver sky, the one laden with moisture and glimmering with potential, that weather (most of it nasty) is on the way.from Flickr http://flic.kr/p/k6bQsV
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    Ammon Road

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    February 12, 2014
    February 12, 2014. Once again I took the time over lunch to go up Gorge Road and across along Ammon to McLaughlin, again o visit the country on a beuatiful daya and to capture an image I spotted yesterday. It's ncie to have a few days this week that ar...
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