Books, Photoediting and US Immigration Control

Read through a lovely series of children's stories after Jane had set the book and added illustrations from an engraved print. PDF'd the proof and mailed off to the author for editing. This was followed by a stimulating afternoon of conversation with author Brenda-Gillian who had authored two children's books with her grandchildren and is full of ideas for more.

Brilliant talk in the evening at the Milton Photographic Club by invited speaker Ian Wilson of Cambridge Camera Club. Ian gave us a practical on editing RAW images where, within the first five minutes I'd picked up two very useful tips. The real eye-opener was the ability to correct for chromatic aberration, which is highly relevant to microscopy too. I will have to practice the info learnt on one or two images in the near future.

Media are working themselves up into an even higher fever pitch over President Trump. According to CNN,

"The Justice Department on Wednesday appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel to oversee the federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, including potential collusion between President Donald Trump's campaign associates and Russian officials."

The current debacle has led to the largest one day Wall Street fall for more than 7 months. Reuters attributes this to the investor's hopes that tax cuts and  the implementation of pro-business policies fade with the current furore in the White House. Fortunately, the President will be able to escape Washington for a foreign trip to the near east soon. President Trump has complained that no other President has been treated so badly (apart from Lincoln, Nixon, Clinton, amongst others).

All this news has buried what is going on with the key attitudes and actions against illegal immigration in the US. Apparently immigration arrests have risen by 38%. There are over half a million cases in the immigration court system and the system is in danger of being overloaded. Meanwhile, whilst funding has not been granted, planning for the wall with Mexico goes ahead. Of the 1900 mile border, 650 miles already have fencing, so just two thirds still to go to try to stem the tide of 400,000 illegal immigrants per year.