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It is amazing to me how far mapping technology has come. But, be careful not to put all of your trust in online mapping services, they will undoubtedly let you down at some point. For instance this weekend in Portland, OR I ended up driving the wrong way up a street reserved for the metro train system. Fortunately we quickly realized it, the train headlight about 3 blocks away provided a good clue. I am sure that one day they will be able to use a GPS system and a highly detailed mapping system to let cars navigate themselves… But let’s face it, we aren’t there yet. Imagine what would happen if your car tried to follow Google’s directions to merge onto I-95 while driving to the Newark airport.

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We have our table cameras back and just got them developed. There was a little problem with a couple of the rolls had bad film so the pictures came out grainy on those. And one or two of the cameras may have had a light leak and got these really weird red shadows on the prints. Overall we were really happen with them and all of our pictures. We have so many!

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Is the time that you spend waiting in line the same thing as paying a poll tax? Could you afford to wait up to 10 hours to have to vote? The real question, can you afford not to? Make you’re vote count.

Having been a bit inspired by some of the recent posts made by one of my very dear friends, I felt the need to encourage everyone to educate themselves and really consider who they are voting for. In particular, I think that the video he posted on generation ‘We’ really does hit home with a lot of what I think and what I believe in.

I am tired of the bi-partisan political system of my parents generation! I understand that we all have different opinions and it only makes sense for people with similar views to form groups. But I believe that one of the biggest problems with these groups, the two major political parties, is that they are so large that they must rely on large contributions to maintain their organizations. A situation that makes them vulnerable to the will of the individuals and corporations that are making the biggest donations. America is not a democracy …

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