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I admit, I find the six-second video format of Vine really compelling. However I do not like being limited by the Vine app on my phone. But I am not alone in this, and there are plenty of ways of getting around the limits of the apps, which I have now spent the time to embrace.

BITTER FEELING AGAINST SERVIA

Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and His Wife Followed by Outbreaks in Many Places

AUSTRIAN EMPEROR BEARING UP BRAVELY

Emperor William to Be Only Sovereign in Attendance at Funeral — General Mourning Throughout Country.

A selection of advertisements from the June 28, 1914 edition of The Daily Colonist, Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

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There are undoubtedly a near endless supply of stories out there today about the 100th anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the event the sparked the First World War. But what was going on here in the colonies? News took a while to get way out here. What follows is the lead story from the June 28, 1914 edition of The Daily Colonist published in Victoria, British Columbia:

Yesterday one of my photos from the "Belle Epoche" shoot with Gabrielle for Art of Adornment was the social media feature of Gothic Beauty. 
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Sing to the tune of "Pink Elephants on Parade":

Look out! Look out!
Your ignorance on parade
Here it comes
Tippity Tappity
It's here and there
Your ignorance on parade
Look out! Look out!
You're commenting on a thread
Empty head
Clickity Clackity
The "point" that you just made?
...Your ignorance on parade.