When I got my Canon digital camera, the software that came with it didn't include any OSX software, so I didn't bother to install it. Since I already had iPhoto and Photoshop, the only thing that had really interested me was the stitching software that Canon provides to create panoramas from a group of separate images. A few weeks ago, a colleague got a hold of the new OSX software from Canon and burned me a CD, so with a few minutes before advising sessions today, I installed the software and tried it out. A couple of weeks ago, when the cherry tree was at its peak, I took three pictures to get the whole tree and it's environment with the goal of stitching them together into a panorama. The effect is pretty good!
The full size image is 2903x1693 pixels. You can see the places where the images are stitched together if you know what you're looking for, but I don't think it's obvious unless you look for it.
William Rivers Pitt thinks the Left is killing itself with infighting while the conservatives continue to consolidate absolute control in the country. It's a scary thought that seems on target to me.
Beyond the candidate/party squabbling is the feeling that no matter who the candidate may be, the system itself is broken because elections are now controlled by GOP-allied corporations and easily-rigged voting machines. Beyond that is the corporate media, with its 24-hour distraction machine pumping out raw sewage by the long ton while toeing the line for the status quo. Scandals that would have caused previous Presidents to be impeached, imprisoned and then impeached again wither by the side of the road on an almost daily basis.
He goes on to describe how the issues that divide us are much smaller than that the problems that confront us. Before the recent election, someone pointed out that if you plucked Amherst up and stuck us down in Texas, we'd be clinging to each other, rather than arguing about who can lean farthest to the left. We need to keep focused on the big issues and how to move forward on them together. The 
whole article is worth a read.
StevenBrewer