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John Edson, IDSA, the San Francisco-based President of IDSA Patron LUNAR, is primarily responsible for building new programs for clients with the right innovation processes led by the right creative team to make a real difference for clients. His experience includes managing the birth of successful products for Philips, Motorola, InFocus and a number of startups.
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How do you translate the design process and its value for any audience that is unfamiliar with design?
For the uninitiated, we focus on the results of design. We frame the outcomes of design in terms and experiences that they understand—the stories that focus on the results. For example, businesses want their products and services to be gobbled up by their markets. They want their offerings to stand out from the competition. And they want to know that they can solve all of their technical challenges—whether they are cost targets, sustainability requirements or lead times. At its best, design creates advantages in all these areas.
Take the work that we've been doing for HP. For the past 17 years, we've helped them design the global consumer market's most successful PCs. Stand out graphics for the notebook group helps them create demand and market variety—moving PCs from electronic commodities to personal expressions. Generating and translating consumer insights into designs that enable and delight led to HP's TouchSmart line of all-in-one computers—the first desktop computers with touch screen controls. And lower manufacturing costs and reduced carbon footprint is part of the achievements of HP's highly-rated MediaSmart servers.
But let's face it: as the audience for design continues to grow, companies are coming to us for the results they know that design can bring. With increasing frequency we are being asked to teach what we know about design to others. Among a number of ongoing educational activities, we are involved at Stanford University—both in the d.school and in the ground-breaking biodesign program. We are also running workshops to put people into direct contact with the design process. And more and more, companies are seeking our know-how to help them create their own competitive design capability.
Is there a single guiding principle you use to manage your design team?
Since the early days of LUNAR, we have seen design as much more than a "make it pretty" exercise. We have always strived to create results that make differences emotionally with people. To do this, we ask and solve these questions: How can we connect so intimately to the dreams of customers that they fall in love with of our designs? How can we express a company's brand beautifully, engagingly and even provocatively? And how can we solve technical challenges cleverly, ingeniously and with sophistication?
Of course, there's another intentional meaning to the phrase "make a difference." We have been working hard to learn what it means to live up to our commitment for societal and environmental stewardship. Our LUNAR Elements team has been active in developing sustainable design practices, not just for us, but for the design community at large. Design's creativity has a key role to play, to work our way through the complex challenges and resource limitations that everyone faces today.
What is the most valuable lesson pertaining to sustainability that you've learned during the last 12 months?
Actions speak louder than words.
LUNAR has been working at sustainability with increased energy for about five years. In 2008, we formalized our thinking as LUNAR Elements, an internal team that is catalyzing the conversation, working with others in this area like AutoDesk, Designers Accord, Sustainable Minds and clients.
In the beginning, the focus was on raising awareness among designers and sharing tools they needed to make sense of how their decisions impacted sustainability. The challenge today is balancing our continual desire to make dramatic changes over against the reality of what companies can pull off.
But the cool thing is that in the last 12 months we've seen more companies pushing through the barrier required to make a differentiated commitment to sustainability. One of LUNAR's clients is Green Toys whose business model is built on sustainability. They make classic toys that aren't toxic and are manufactured in the USA from post consumer recycled materials (milk jugs). It's been a trick to get the processing right, but in the end, these are fantastic products, engineered for efficiency and lower costs—a big win for any manufacturer. They are a bright spot for sustainable design, showing the way even during the economic meltdown.
What emerging design trend are you most excited about?
Design itself. This is an amazing time to be a designer. We are living in a renaissance of design. Design's creative approach is becoming widely valued and used to connect technology and business to customers, in ways that are beautiful, compelling and ingenious….in ways that make important differences and create results for business.
What factors are most important to you when hiring a new designer to join your team?
We're all familiar with the classic T-shaped person. That's a successful model for consulting of any kind. McKinsey developed this idea that they needed people with depth in a specialty and also the ability to act like a generalist, gluing together a variety of specialties. But we're also looking for I-shaped people. There's enormous value in people who can generate and lead a clear point of view. Generalists are important for gluing capabilities together, but in the end, we're not merely producing glue. We're creating both strategies and design results that stand out.
After you've secured a new client, what is the most important thing you do to maintain their business?
Do amazing work.
Speaking of amazing, LUNAR has sustained an impressive tradition of sharing the team's thoughts and experiences via the firm's blog: http://www.lunar.com/blog/


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A model predictive control (MPC) system for a solar-thermal reactor was developed and applied to the solar-thermal steam-gasification of carbon. The controller aims at rejecting the disturbances in solar irradiance, caused by the presence of clouds. Changes in solar irradiance are anticipated using direct normal irradiance (DNI) forecasts generated using images acquired through a Total Sky Imager (TSI). The DNI predictor provides an estimation of the disturbances for the control algorithm, for a time horizon of 1 min. The proposed predictor utilizes information obtained through the analysis of sky images, in combination with current atmospheric measurements, to produce the DNI forecast. The predictions of the disturbances are used, in combination with a dynamic model of the process, to determine the required control moves at every time step. The performance of the proposed DNI predictor-controller scheme was compared to the performance of an equivalent MPC that does not use DNI forecasts in the calculation of the control signals. In addition, the performance of a controller fed with perfect DNI predictions was also evaluated.
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I reduced levo to 75mcgs from 100mcgs on Saturday 30th April. On Thursday 5th May I noticed my hot flushes were less. By Saturday 7th May I didn't have any, nor Sunday and Monday. So I'd been reduced by 5 days when they eased off.
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Just when you thought ideas for reality shows were nearing an end, along comes the announcement of a new reality dating series 'More to Love,' scheduled to air on Fox.
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Personally, though I do not enjoy dating shows, I think the reality dating series 'More to Love' will be a success for a couple of reasons: People will identify with contestants who look like everyday people, and many television fans are tired of seeing the rich, glamorous and wealthy living high on the hog when they are struggling from paycheck to paycheck.
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Is there anything more beautiful than a mother and daughter playing music together? Sight and sound, emotion and thrill, passion and history, warmth and love. It's very deep music, with far more to it than what we can hear. It made for a beautiful afternoon, and one day I look forward to a duet with my son. I'll hum into a comb and waxed paper, and he can bang on a coffee can. Sure, a little different than two talented pianists, but we'll have pizza afterward, which will almost make up for the lack of musical chops. I just got back from Detroit and a weekend of fun shows. The highlight of the trip was a wonderful time with an old friend, walking together and having a cheeseburger for lunch, which almost made up for the lack of musical chops.
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- Brian said...
Tom, what a great post. I'm glad to discover this blog. Next time you play Atlanta (when would that be, BTW?), hopefully the two of us and our sons can form an impromptu jug band. All the best to you!
- May 1, 2008 at 6:26 AM
Hey Tom! I'm happy to have discovered your Blog! I did so b/c I read that you might be coming to my town to film a movie (which is called The Informant, I believe) - This is Decatur, Illinois!!! Everyone is excited about "Matt Damon," but I say, "Matt Damon WHO?" I want to meet Tom Wilson!!! Of course I first loved you in B2TF (still my favorite - I beleive I was 5 when it came out, and I would pretend to drive the Delorean up to 88 mph - actually, you know, we have one here in town...it looks like crap, but it's in one piece at this guys little shop/dealership...) Anyway, I also have loved your voice-over work on Spongebob Squarepants!!! (and a couple of other toons that I've been lucky to catch with you in them)
Basically, if you are coming to film here, I would love to just shake your hand and maybe get a picture with you; tell you in person how much I've enjoyed your work...
If this is possible, post back and I will check back later (and hope-excitedly for a reply!).
Wishing you the BEST,
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EUGENE, ORE. – Jessica Cosby established the American record in the women's hammer throw while Christian Taylor and Alysia Montano established both meet and Hayward Field records in the men's triple jump and women's national 800m, respectively, to highlight a rainy Friday night at Hayward Field in the Prefontaine Classic. Competition continues Saturday and will be broadcast live on NBC from 3-4:30 p.m. (Eastern Time).
The second stop of the outdoor Visa Championship Series, the Prefontaine Classic is the third spot for the Samsung Diamond League. Friday featured two Diamond League events in the women's discus and men's triple jump.
Cosby bettered Erin Gilreath's American best mark with her throw of 74.19m/243-5 to place fourth in a deep hammer throw field. On the night Cosby recorded three of the top five throws in American history. Gilreath initially set the American record of 73.87m/242-4 in 2005. World record holder Betty Heidler of Germany won the event with a throw of 75.93m/249-1.
In a shortened event in the men's triple jump, Taylor, the reigning World Outdoor champion, established both records and a new world-leader on his second jump to win the event at 17.62m/57-9.75. Finishing closely behind in second place was World Indoor champion and Taylor's teammate while at the University of Florida Will Claye. Claye recorded a season best mark of 17.48m/57-4.25.
Taylor bettered Aarik Wilson's Hayward Field record (17.43m/57-2.25), which he set in 2008, and Walter Davis's meet record (17.40m/57-1), which he established in 2006.
Montano cruised to the win and set the meet and Hayward Field records in a time of 1:57.37. She finished nearly two seconds ahead of Geena Gall, who ran a personal best of 1:59.28 to place second.
In the women's discus, American record holder Stephanie Brown-Trafton failed to record a mark while Gia Lewis-Smallwood was the top American finisher with a throw of 61.77m/202-08 to place fifth.
Alice Schmidt established the Olympic "A" standard to win the women's national 1,500m in a personal best time of 4:05.64. She finished just ahead of 2011 World Outdoor Championships gold medalist Jenny Simpson, who placed second in 4:06.10.
Russell Brown placed second in a time of 3:54.48 and Jeff See fourth in 3:55.51 to lead the Americans in the men's international mile. Kenya's James Kiplagat Magut won the race in 3:54.16.
The Prefontaine Classic also played host to the Olympic Trials for the Kenyan men's 10,000m and Wilson Kiprop won the race in a world-leading time of 27:01.98.
Complete results from Friday's competition can be found on the Diamond League's website.
Jessica Cosby – women's hammer throw
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Alysia Montano – women's national 800m
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Alice Schmidt – women's national 1,500m
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Russell Brown – men's international mile
"It was a solid day. I spotted him a little too much. Maybe I should have looked at the clock more. Second place against a huge field like this is a great feeling. It does set me up for the Trials really well. But I know there are guys here that aren't as satisfied with their race as I was. We have done things different this year and I don't think I will have the same dip I had last year."
Amber Campbell – women's hammer throw
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Inoffizieller Auflösungs-Patch für Diablo 2 (ehemals "Resolution-Hack") für höhere Auflösungen im Hack&Slay
Hinweis: Patch 1.12a muss installiert sein.
D2MultiRes v1.01 - Diablo II Multiple Resolution Patch For Diablo II v1.12a
This unofficial "patch" allows you to play Diablo II in resolutions other than 640x480 and 800x600. It is, for the most part, completed, but there are still a few issues that have not been worked out. The "patch" lets you select any resolution 640x480 or higher that is supported by your current display adapter/monitor. There are no other changes to the game other than this.
The downloaded "patch" should consist of 4 files:
To install, simply copy D2MultiResGame.exe, D2MultiRes.dll and D2MultiRes.mpq to your Diablo II directory. You do not need to copy over or replace any of your files, and none of your files will be changed. At the moment, D2MultiRes only supports the GDI (windowed mode) and DirectDraw graphics plugins. If you are using Glide you'll almost certainly crash. If you're using Direct3D you'll be able to run Diablo II, but expect to see some funky graphic glitches while playing the game. To switch to DirectDraw, run D2VidTst.exe (found in your Diablo II directory) and choose the DirectDraw option. You shouldn't notice any major drawbacks for using DirectDraw over Direct3D, so for most users this probably won't be a problem.
To run, start D2MultiResGame.exe. You may use any of the normal command line options available when playing Diablo II, such as "-w" for windowed or "-direct -txt" for mods. Diablo II will start in its normal resolution, however when playing a game you will be able to switch to a new, higher resolution. To do so, just go to the Video Options menu and select the Resolution menu item. This will bring up a new panel that will list your available resolutions. Click the one you wish to play in and Diablo II will switch to that resolution.
Inoffizieller Auflösungs-Patch für Diablo 2 (ehemals "Resolution-Hack") für höhere Auflösungen im Hack&Slay


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Ecology Seeking Public Comments On Lora Lake Apartment Cleanup May 4th
The Port of Seattle is conducting a "Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study" (RI/FS) for the Lora Lake Apartments site in Burien, with a public meeting scheduled for Tuesday, May 4th, from 7pm – 9pm at the Highline School District's Educational Resource and Administration Center (15675 Ambaum Blvd., SW).
Attendees will have an opportunity to talk with Department of Ecology and Port staff members about the property and its pollution, get answers to questions or concerns they may have, and provide comments at the meeting.
As we previously reported, the Port of Seattle wants to develop facilities for airport-compatible activities at this location , such as air cargo, food service and warehouses, and on other property it owns within Burien's Northeast Planning Area north of the airport. The City of Burien is working with the Port on a redevelopment strategy for this area, called the Northeast Redevelopment Area (NERA). The goal is to transform it from a mixture of vacant, residential, public and small commercial land uses to uses compatible with airport operations and existing and planned surrounding land uses. Possible land uses include an auto mall, business park or airport-related facilities.
City Manager Mike Martin has said that an interchange near this location would increase the value of the Lora Lake site for business development.
The Port is attempting to identify the nature and extent of contamination associated with former operations at the site, including a barrel-cleaning company in the 1940s and 1950s and an auto-wrecking facility from roughly 1960 to 1981. A 22-building apartment complex was built in 1987, then bought by the Port in 1998 before finally being totally demolished in late 2009.
At one point in 2007, the Burien City Council came to an agreement with King County to turn the apartment complex into a low-income affordable housing, but that deal fell through.
The Port demolished remaining structures on the property in 2009 because vacant buildings pose public safety hazards from arson, accidental fires and vandalism. Â The Port demolished only above-ground structures, and took measures – under Ecology oversight – not to disturb potentially contaminated soil.
Environmental samples taken in preparation for that demolition showed higher than expected levels of contaminants from the pre-apartment-complex activities at the site. The 2009 legal agreement, known as an Agreed Order, lays out a process under which the Port will evaluate the nature and extent of contamination at the site and assess cleanup options. The draft site study and public participation plans, drawn up by the Port, are steps in that process.
Pollutants associated with the site's former activities include petroleum products, dioxin, solvents and other contaminants.
The study will assess alternative methods of cleaning up the contamination, under a 2009 legal agreement between the Department of Ecology and the Port of Seattle, which owns the property.
The draft plan for the process – called a remedial investigation and feasibility study – and a draft public-participation plan will be available for public comment through May 24th at:
- Burien Public Library – 400 SW 152nd St., 206-243-3490.
- Ecology's regional office in Bellevue – by appointment, 425-649-7190 – 3190 160th Ave. SE.
The draft plans and related information are available for public review here.
A fact sheet on Lora Lake Apartments site and the draft plans is available here.
If you need special accommodations, please contact Nancy Lui at [email protected] or at (425) 649-7117 to make arrangements prior to the public meeting.


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Omar Khadr Deal Exposes Ottawa's Hypocrisy
His case reveals much about the character of the political parties that inhabit Parliament.
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-'Taipei? Yes, I got to Taiwan this morning and have been unable to withdraw cash.'
"I'm sorry, can you confirm how long you will be in Thailand for?'
Duh. Taiwan is not Thailand, but it's not the first time I've heard it. Neither was I surprised my card got blocked once more, even though I had notified my bank well in advance. Ever since a real case of fraud (for a tiny amount) was committed with my credit card last year, I have been high on my bank's watch list. Which means they block my card once every three months on average, or whenever I visit several countries within a few days, or enter a country considered 'unusual'. What was new to me was that the Indian call centre agent had never heard of Taiwan, either.
I've meant to write a rant about the Asia issue for a while, but didn't want it to be all against white folk ;) As somebody who counts the Middle East and East Asia among as her favourite travel regions, the idea that Asia = South East Asia makes my blood boil. It's akin to the concept of calling the USA 'America' (talk to some Mexicans, Chileans or Argentinians about that, who will all insist that they are American, too), but also comes with a whole lot odd associations.
Issue #1 Backpackers and travellers with limited horizons
'You know how it is in Asia...' goes the discussion in hostels and online. 'Locals want to rip you off...' 'You just have to get to used to the corruption' 'Drinking is cheap' 'Nobody cares what you dress like' 'You don't need to learn the language'
Ok, I get it. Thailand provides high level creature comfort at cheap prices. Cambodia and Laos offer a thrill with the safety net that you can always buy your way out of trouble. Vietnam offers three star hotels at less than European hostel bunk bed prices. Travel and life in SE Asia is cheap and safe (if you aren't a local). These countries are great destinations. However, they are not representative of all of Asia. What if somebody told you that the US is like Bolivia, you know what America is like? Or yeah, those Europeans, they love going to the sauna down there in the Canary Islands? How the culture of Norway is so similar to that of Greece? Asia is a continent, and just because you have travelled to a tiny part of it, it doesn't mean you have a clue about the rest of it. It's like visiting only New York and concluding that all Americans must walk a lot. Like visiting the Octoberfest and believing all Germans eat pretzels all the time (actually, until a few years ago, you couldn't buy them in many parts of the country!). Another stupid thing I've heard is that 'Asian people are not educated about politics' or 'Asian women cannot be independent financially because of the culture.' ... Try telling that someone from Taiwan or Hong Kong!
This over-generalisation works in so many ways - equally for people who claim they don't like Asia based on a trip to some Thai island. Personally, I am not the biggest fan of the region but I love Japan, Korea, Turkey and Lebanon. Guess what? These are all part of Asia! As is India, by the way. The Middle East is another area people have even less of a clue of - if I had a penny for the times that people have told me that they would never travel to a Muslim country because they don't want to wear a headscarf... (newsflash: the only countries that require you to do that are Iran and Saudi Arabia)
Issue #2 Spending time in 'Asia' = Being a bum
Being a competitive bitch, this is the part that annoys me the most. When I tell people that I freelance online and spend a lot of time in Asia, most see me as a starving artist pretending to write a book while sipping cocktails at some thai beach. Asia means SE Asia to most and that equals being poor, lazy or plain unsuccessful. People stop taking you seriously and keep asking when you will get a real job, when in fact you are now making more money than in your reputable office job, while having the time to study and learn a foreign language.
On the other hand, if I tell people I spent a month or two in Japan or Korea, they think I'm boasting, or pity me for staying in a 'developed' country where I obviously couldn't have experienced 'the real Asia'.
Issue #3 A nest of nomads!
I have been what is now becoming known as a digital nomad for almost 5 years. In all that time, it didn't occur to me to search out other people that do the same thing as me, because really, if I had wanted to hang out somewhere where everybody is the same, I could have stayed in my home village as a teenager. Recently I joined some Facebook groups for digital nomads and was surprised as what I found (or was I?). Virtually all posts discuss locations in SE Asia, where to live cheaply there, where to find other digital nomads... Or complain about places that aren't full of them already! Especially places where you might need language skills (i.e. not south east asia) other than English are discredited for that fact.
I thought people chose this lifestyle to break out from the heard mentality, but as these examples show, many people might become free in terms of physical movement, but are not willing to get too far out of their mind's comfort zone. It's like a 2015 version of The Beach waiting to happen in some coworking space in Chiang Mai!
Regardless, I'll spend some time in the north of Vietnam this winter. It's my favourite part of South Asia Asia - cold and close to China, and so different from the rest of the region, as proven by the fact that most people who love SE Asia seem to hate Hanoi :)


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New Moon in Leo: The moments you chose peace over drama
were moments of power, wisdom and revelation.
Sometimes, choosing peace over drama is not about being weak or cowardly, but about being mature enough to see that there's more to life than ego battles and fruitless spectacle. There comes a time in life when we are able to see things from a higher perspective, to broaden our horizons and to see the big picture.
Petty grievances and peevish arguments become trivial as we see that they are merely attempts to satisfy the negative ego. Our ego becomes a negative influence in our lives when we fear its dissolution. So we defend it, in any way we can, attracting more people who can keep fueling it and making us avoid anyone who might cause it to be teared down.
The negative ego is based on lack and fear, and it is fueled by our attachment to reasons to be unhappy. The only way towards freedom is to recognize its influence in our mind and to find ways to dissolve it. Dissolving the negative ego requires patience and takes some practice, because it's not so easy to see our true higher self when we are under its influence.
Our true empowered self that lies beneath the facade of disempowerment. Our true loving nature that recognizes love in its truest form, which can only come from the soul. Herein lies our power. The power to be a peaceful warrior. The wisdom to see that we are not our negative ego. The revelation that as we release our attachment to negative self-beliefs which drives us to proclaim a sense of unworthiness, we clear the way toward finding a growing sense of inner stability and outer flexibility.
Happy New Moon! The Moon is joining the Sun and Venus in Leo, marking an especially heartfelt New Moon in the sign of the Lion. As a ruler of Leo, the Sun truly feels at home in this sign. With Venus the love planet also moving through the sign, we wear our heart on our sleeve. Even if we are not the emotional type, we can find a closer connection with our emotional world.
What do we really want? What do we really wish to let go? Whatever it is we may want to accomplish, love is the healing energy that we need right now. The more that we allow our heart to be filled with love, the less room there is for fear to enter our consciousness. This is not to protect ourselves from the so-called real world, but to not allow fear energy to pull us down. There is a difference between the two. One is about living in denial, while the other is about embodying our truest self, which is a conduit for love energy.
A New Moon in Leo brings an opportunity to begin from the heart again. To live a more heart-centered life where we feel more at one with our truest self-expression and creativity. This is about moving beyond old fears or perceived limitations and going bigger and bolder through genuine inspiration. This is about joyfully expressing ourselves without fears of judgment and failure. Because this is not about winning or losing, but more about being true to ourselves. Find happiness in the present moment, whatever is happening, and feel the liberation that comes from embracing our true spirit. Being happy and lighthearted can be a wonderful icebreaker now.
With the Moon's trine to Saturn, we are reminded that we deserve happiness as much as everybody else. Perhaps we don't feel deserving of happiness, unless everyone else around us is happy. It's time to get in touch with any guilt that pushes us to believe that we can only be happy when we have something (or someone) that we desire. Or perhaps we also hold the belief that being happy means letting go of responsibilities, which in some cases, can lead to unwanted consequences.
Know that we always have within us the ability to rise above negative thinking and drama. This doesn't mean that we shouldn't care, or that we won't take positive action. By rising above self-pity, blame, resentment, anxiety and anger, we can have clear thinking and access to solutions. By caring for ourselves as we would someone we deeply loved, we are investing into our happiness and well-being.
The Moon is also forming a trine to Uranus - which has recently turned retrograde, and ideas need action steps, to put them into motion and reality. It is safe for us to take action upon our ideas and intuition. The New Moon is urging us to feel confident that all of the support that we need will come as we take that first step into the new. The ego may try to get us to procrastinate, demanding that we have a perfect plan before going forward. Rather than getting stuck in a perfectionistic attitude, try to stay curious, aware and open.
Common sense may be important, but so is an open mind. Being open-minded is not the same as being naive. Open-mindedness is about our openness to growth and untapped potential. It's about being adaptable, without compromising what's most important. It's about believing that spirit always knows what we need and is guiding us to where we are meant to go next.
Yaviz Basalamah
New Moon in Leo: Conjunct the Sun and Venus ● Trine
Saturn Rx in Sagittarius and Uranus Rx in Aries
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The illegal immigration problems in the United States of America have reached a tipping point. The problems this causes in our schools is preventing us from teaching our own children at the pace of information needed for them to succeed in life. It is unfair for the taxpayer to foot the bill of that which Mexico and other Third World countries failed to do. The legal immigration has shut down over 80 hospitals in California alone and in Arizona 38% of all the hardened criminals in the Arizona prison system are illegal aliens. We can no longer afford for this to go on any longer, just silly few businesspeople can exploit cheap labor.
I do not have a solution for our difficult illegal immigration problem, and I seriously doubt that anyone else has the answer. A complete sealing of the border is not a practical possibility, and draconian laws against anyone likely to be undocumented (like Arizona has proposed) will also likely fail and produce unacceptable consequences. Immigration is a problem for the federal government; eventually Congress will get around to passing legislation which hopefully will at least be a partial solution to the problem, maybe something similar to legislation of the 1980s which granted a path to legal residency and eventually allowed naturalization to millions of undocumented people already in the country.
But the problem of mass migration of people, with or without proper documentation, is an historical problem and a worldwide problem. Surely it is not one special to the United States. Consider the immigration problems that Western European countries also face. As long as certain regions are poverty-stricken and offer few prospects for a decent standard of life and other regions offer better opportunities for desperate people, there will be migrations of peoples.
Given that 99.999% of people are not National Security threats, nor have done anything that would make them even be considered a threat, this is certainly a huge intrusion into people's privacy for a free society. It is also worth pointing out that almost all illegal immigrants are not national security risks and that many of the people that have committed atrocities within the US were legal immigrants or citizens.
The other issue I will cover relates to the workplace, taxes, social benefits and taking jobs from US citizens. In a healthy proportion, illegal immigrants are performing tasks that Americans would like not to do and at the same time are secretly happy is being performed by illegals at lower wages as it means lower prices at grocery stores, restaurants and retail stores.
Additionally illegal immigrants like their legal immigrant counterparts are also paying taxes like Social Security and Medicare on top of the relevant Federal and State taxes with no acess to any of these social services. So all immigrant types are helping to contribute to the welfare of their US citizens counterparts. Now if the US government even gave some basic access to social services to legal immigrants, then that would be a reason for people to both follow the rules as immigrants and to also pay their taxes.
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Posted: 1:26 pm Wednesday, September 26th, 2018
By Jamie Dupree
On the eve of a showdown hearing with a woman who accuses him of sexual misconduct at a party in 1982, Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh sternly denied the accusations of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who will testify before Senators on Thursday, and rejected the sworn statement of another woman who said she knew Kavanaugh from his high school days.
"This is ridiculous and from the Twilight Zone," Kavanaugh said of the new accusations leveled by Julie Swetnick, a woman represented by controversial lawyer Michael Avenatti. "I don't know who this is and this never happened."
In her affidavit released this morning, Swetnick said she knew Kavanaugh from parties in the early 1980's in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C., and said she witnessed Kavanaugh 'being overly aggressive with girls.'
"I also witnessed Brett Kavanaugh behave as a 'mean drunk' on many occasions at these parties," Swetnick said.
The involvement of Avenatti – who is the lawyer for porn star Stormy Daniels, the woman who alleges that she was paid off before the 2016 elections to keep quiet about an affair with the President – drew the immediate ire of President Trump.
In between meetings Wednesday afternoon at the United Nations, the President took to Twitter and denounced Avenatti as a 'total low-life.'
Avenatti is a third rate lawyer who is good at making false accusations, like he did on me and like he is now doing on Judge Brett Kavanaugh. He is just looking for attention and doesn't want people to look at his past record and relationships – a total low-life!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 26, 2018
GOP Senators echoed the President's assessment.
"From my view, just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, it just did," tweeted Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). "The lawyer to porn stars has just taken this debacle to an even lower level."
The Swetnick allegations about Kavanaugh in his youth – which went much further than just talk of heavy drinking – came as Dr. Ford's legal team submitted affidavits from four people to back up her story, that Kavanaugh had attacked her at a party in the summer of 1982.
Adela Gildo-Mazzon said Ford told her of the incident during a dinner in 2013. "She said that she had been almost raped by someone who was now a federal judge."
"I also have a receipt from the restaurant from that meal," Gildo-Mazzon added.
As the day unfolded, Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer called on Kavanaugh to withdraw his nomination for the Supreme Court.
"If he will not, at the very least, the hearing and vote should be postponed while the FBI investigates all of these allegations," Schumer said in a written statement, arguing a hearing on Thursday "would be a travesty."
Given the latest allegations against Judge Kavanaugh, Republicans need to immediately suspend the proceedings related to his nomination, and the president must order the FBI to reopen the background check investigation.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) September 26, 2018
But Republicans were in no mood for a delay or anything being requested by Democrats, still seething over how Ford's original letter had been sent in July – and never broached with the GOP.
"They should have told us in July about this, so I've zero patience with their demands," said Sen. Graham.
Also released today was a calendar kept by Judge Kavanaugh from the summer of 1982, as they tried to show that he was never at the type of party described by Dr. Ford.
The calendar showed all sorts of typical activities of a high school student, an SAT test, parties, sporting events, camps – and even times when Kavanaugh indicated he had been "GROUNDED."
In his prepared remarks, Kavanaugh will say on Thursday there "has been a frenzy to come up with something — anything, no matter how far-fetched or odious — that will block a vote on my nomination."
"These are last minute smears, pure and simple," the Judge says.


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Thursday, April 1, 2010
Keep Your Cat from Scratching Furniture
Trying to completely stop your cat from scratching is like trying to keep a squirrel from gathering nuts: You won't succeed. It's what he's programmed to do. But with our four-step process, you can train your cat to leave the furniture alone and scratch his post instead. This week, we'll lay the groundwork with the first two steps.
Step 1: Understand Why Cats Scratch
Cats love to sharpen their claws. It's a completely instinctual, natural, and enjoyable behavior. It's also healthy (for your cat, if not your couch) and fulfills these needs:
Stretching and strengthening back and leg muscles. Cats crave this healthy form of exercise and toning, and scratching is the perfect way to do it.
Establishing their territory. Visible scratch marks and secretions from scent glands on their paws leave the territorial "This is my turf" message. Cats tend to repeatedly scratch the same spots to reinforce it.
Getting regular pedicures. Scratching helps strip away the worn, chipped outer claw to leave a sharp new one in its place.
Step 2: Protect Your Stuff
During the initial training period, it's wise to put something between kitty's claws and your furniture. Measures like these can help:
Apply double-sided tape to items into which your kitty likes to sink his nails. It's available at most pet stores.
Place throws or blankets on the arms and backs of sofas and chairs.
Spray a bitter smelling mist, such as bitter apple, to help keep your cat from using his claws to repeatedly mark a certain piece of furniture.
Trim and cover claws. Have your vet show you how to safely trim your cat's nails, and ask about soft, protective nail coverings, such as Soft Paws.
Part 2. we'll cover the third and fourth steps: Teaching your cat to scratch his post, not the furniture. we'll describe how to get him to do it in the right place -- the scratching post.
Step 3: Deter Bad Behavior
Not all experts agree on the specifics of how and when to use positive and negative reinforcement to train your cat. Here are a few of the most commonly recommended do's and don'ts:
Do try to distract your cat by making a loud noise while he's scratching the furniture -- not after -- so he makes the connection between the startling noise and the undesired behavior.
Don't take your cat to the post immediately after distracting him from inappropriate clawing. Your kitty may learn to associate his post with the loud noise.
Don't ever physically punish your cat. This could cause a fear-driven, aggressive response and weaken your cat's trust in you.
Don't force your cat to scratch the post by placing his paws on it. It might backfire and make him avoid it altogether.
Do give praise and treats whenever he scratches the post.
Step 4: Find the Perfect Post
To make your cat's post more enticing, follow these suggestions.
Provide the right angle. Offer both vertical and horizontal scratchers.
Find the right surface. Experiment with a variety of textures -- including corrugated cardboard, carpet, sisal rope, and soft wood -- until your cat finds one he prefers.
Go for sturdy, stable, and tall. If your cat can't stretch to his full body length when scratching, he'll more likely choose the back of your dining room chairs rather than a too-short post. Also, a wide base prevents wobbling.
Add some height. A tall cat tree may keep kitty from climbing screens and drapes.
Have extras. Put a few posts throughout the house in easy-to-get-to spots.
With a little patience and perseverance, these steps can help save your furniture without resorting to declawing your feline buddy, which is a potentially risky and controversial procedure (even among veterinarians). Look for more on this topic in a future tip.
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As a companion tool for your business, Facebook is a great way to connect with your fans and customers… but Facebook should not be your website!
How to Use Pinterest Efficiently
Pinterest has been said to be "the new Google". The problem is, too many bloggers and business owners don't actually know how to use Pinterest efficiently.
How to Drive More Traffic to Your Website
It's easy to learn how to drive more traffic to your website, but you have to be patient enough to understand your traffic won't explode overnight.
How to Increase Your Pinterest Engagement by 275%
Ok, so when I found out there was a way to increase your Pinterest engagement by 275%, I had to know how! I found that answer in my email.


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Monday, May 14, 2007
Definitions for internecine
- mutually destructive.
- of or relating to conflict or struggle within a group: an internecine feud among proxy holders.
- characterized by great slaughter; deadly.
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Citations for internecine
Scientists such as Albert Einstein, Robert Oppenheimer, and Edward Teller claimed that only by uniting in a world government the peoples could avoid internecine nuclear wars…
…Rotary does not support the views of the United States, or England, or France, or Germany, or any other country, but simply takes the stand that the disarmament conference must succeed unless the world is to set up another internecine competition in armaments, leading to a more terrible war, perhaps fatal to our civilization.
Origin of internecine
Internecine can be traced to the Latin verb necāre meaning "to kill." It entered English in the mid-1600s.


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Win a Signed Josh Abbott Band CD, T-Shirt + CD Library – 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway
The Josh Abbott Band are getting their fans in the holiday spirit by giving away a series of prizes for the 12 Day of Christmas.
On day 9 of the giveaway, the group are giving fans the chance to enter to win a signed copy of their most recent album, 2012′s 'Small Town Family Dream.' The project features the singles 'Touch,' 'I'll Sing About Mine' and 'She Will Be Free.'
Band members Josh Abbott, Austin Davis, Preston Wait, Edward Villanueva, James Hertless and Caleb Keeter have all signed the CD cover.
Additionally, today's winner will receive a Josh Abbott Band t-shirt and a complete JAB CD library.
The Texas-based country group are giving away an assortment of prizes during this holiday season, including music, merchandise, concert tickets and more. The giveaway bonanza is leading up to the grand prize — a flyaway trip for two to the see the band perform over the course of two nights at the world-famous Billy Bob's in Ft. Worth, Texas.
Enter to win the signed CD, t-shirt and JAB CD library by re-tweeting the message below. This contest only runs through Tuesday (Dec. 17), so be sure you re-tweet this message before tomorrow's contest is announced for your chance to win.
Be sure to read The Boot's official contest rules before entering. One winner will be chosen at random from all entries.


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I was recently invited to try Afternoon Tea with a twist - The Men's Afternoon Tea. Slightly more substantial items and of course I took Mr R along with me.
We arrived at 108 Pantry on Marlebone Lane, W1 on a Saturday afternoon after an exhausting session at The Cruise Show at the Excel weary and ready to sit down and relax.
We started our relaxing afternoon with a Guinness for Mr R and a glass of champagne for me! That's how I like to start things off. This was to accompany the savoury part of our Tea.
Free-range pork and black truffle sausage roll
Dorset crab on toast
Welsh rarebit
as well as:
Peanut butter and chocolate cupcake
Rhubarb and custard doughnut
Banoffee shots
and of course freshly baked scones, strawberry jam and Cornish clotted cream.
The tea list is impressive and includes a selection of black tea, green tea and white tea as well as a range of caffeine free herbal infusions. The tea is sourced from The RareTea Company, organic and hand picked best leaves from small mountain tea farms who work directly with The Rare Tea Company.
108 Pantry will be serving this unusual Afternoon Tea for the time period of Friday 8th to Wednesday the 13th of January 2016 and will be priced at £28.00 per person. Tea will be served from 12:00 noon until 17:00 on each of the relevant days. To enjoy this or any of the other great food from 108 Pantry or 108 Brasserie phone in advance to book on 020 7969 3900.
We were guests of 108 Pantry and were not required to write a positive review. All opinions and photos are our own.


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Holly conducts outdoor sessions early in the morning (2 hours after sunrise) and later in the afternoon/early evening (3 hours before sunset). There is more shade during those times since the sun is low in the sky and often behind buildings and trees. This helps Holly avoid harsh shadows that can be created from direct sunlight on the face. All the outdoor images you see in her portfolio were taken during those times.
If you want to schedule an indoor session at your home or at Holly's studio, the time is much more flexible and can be booked during the mid to late morning. We can work around your baby's nap schedule for indoor sessions.
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Thursday, 22 September 2011
First Week Back
Currently I am preparing to display my work at the Ruby Lounge in Manchester as part of an event named "Munkispanner: Xpose Yourself (XY Event)'s 1st Birthday".
I will be displaying four canvas's as part of their multimedia event night. Whilst there I intend to talk to the art curator about hosting an event at the Antwerp Mansion for the CT: Creative Transit group where I already have various other issues to sort out such as music. This however, is all work in progress.
Whilst doing this I am researching for my dissertation based on Russian art in the 1920-1940's focusing on propaganda through posters, animation and motion picture.
At some point very soon I will be editing a new reel of photographs in a similar style to the work I created for the CT event, Chinese Whispers a month prior to this. My aim to develop new images through new material and move the work onto a new level, with some initial ideas already forming.
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
2nd Year
Group Project (Masks):
Myself and my group designed a video piece based upon how human beings hide their true feelings behind fake facial expressions. We represented this in the form of a masked character on a stereotypical day to day routine and how his facial expressions (represented by a mask) were the opposite of his physical actions expressed by the movement of the body.
Review of "Mask" video:
The original idea and first few minutes of the video represented what the group aim and themes were for. However I felt that in the rest of the video, the storyboard was slightly dismissed resulting in both the mask and physical movements complimenting each other, rather than contrasting each other, thereby negating the point of the film
Solo Project (Sleep):
My personal project looked in to the opposite of shelter with a theme of vulnerability. I began to take photographs of a sleeping subject to present my theme of vulnerability. The sleeping subject when shown through photographs is no longer safe and secure in their solitary environment but at the mercy of whom ever views the images. I presented these images onto a bed sheet draped over a bed frame.
Review of "Sleep" project:
After displaying my ideas for the sleep project, I met some criticism, though it was constructive and helped me to think a little bit more about how i display work rather than just the work itself. Issues I met were based on the consistency of the project. I had not used the same bed sheets or bed as seen in the images to the display, this was commented on for having lack of consistency which i noted and agreed with. The difference in the display and the images raised questions as to if there were specific meanings behind this inconsistency, which there were not. So as to avoid these question and issues I noted to make sure I think further about the display.
Solo Project (Site):
The I-Arts group were briefed with developing a piece of worked based upon a site chosen by us. The work had to relate to the site were displaying it on. I chose a damaged looking patch of earth behind foliage outside the main entrance to the building of my I-Arts group. I developed a piece using mainly found materials to create a "dog basket" like piece intended for the homeless. The thought ands ideas came from my observations of the public to those that were homeless. I focused on how they were ignored and how little people would give or do to help them and based my piece around this. The location was chosen upon how i was allowed to display my piece due it being considered a project rather than something of actual use for those that were without shelter. The found and cheap materials were based upon the idea of how little people are willing to give. The form of the piece was meant to represent a human like dog basket, a representation of how much love and money someone would give to a dog, but not to that of a human being.
Review of "Site" project:
Overall i think when discussed the project delivered the purpose and intentions I had, though i think the idea could have been developed and is an idea i remain thinking about, though I currently am not working with these ideas. Given more time i believe i could have developed the piece in terms of themes and ideas and its visual aspects, however the brief was given with a limited time constraint.
Group Project (Masks):
The group came up with a second idea of a narrative using the masked character from the first video to created another video based on human emotion and shelter. This video consisted of two masked characters interacting in a conversation, using masks and sound effects, as opposed to physical actions to contrast each other, there by emphasising the contrast between the emotions one shows and hides.
Review of "Mask" video:
On this second attempt at a video piece based on shelter, i felt the themes of the video were a lot more abstract for the audience who would watch the video. However I do not believe it detracted away from the point and intentions of the group aim. Though more abstract than our previous video, the piece was a lot more consistent and I felt there were less anomalies in the narrative and the visual aspects of the work.
Solo Project (Sleep):
After displaying photographs of a sleeping subject I moved on to creating a film of my sleeping subject. This is currently one of the ideas i am working on and with. Besides this I am currently attempting to develop new ideas whilst experimenting with skills in video editing. after reviewing my film of my sleeping subject i became interested in experimenting and working with the idea of "things being out of my control". I had no control of the movements of the sleeping subject and so attempted to document and work with other things that would react with out my control such as light and water. I began to focus on how to manipulate this substances and still gain a result not completely formulated by me and how I can use that to my advantage in further developing my ideas and work. Currently, besides working with materials and subject matter that I have little or no real control over, I have experimenting with video editing. With the abilities and skills growing in video editing, I find myself regain control of my original experiments. I am continuing to experiment in this way, both utilizing substance and my sleeping subject.
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
Starting Back
the first, my group project:
Working with the idea of "shelter" we are creating a video piece (by we, I mean myself, Pete and Andrea, 2 year students) that will follow around the "everyday man/ woman" on there general journey from home to work/ uni/ the soul sucking corporations that demands there lives in exchange for £ or a degree (I'm not complaining, evil makes the world go round... I mean money, money, that's right) and this "protagonist" picking up and placing masks upon there face in the various situations they come into as an expression of shelter, the mask being the shelter hiding the true feelings of the individual, something we all do in order to get along with each other in life. The mask idea comes from hiding the true feeling one may have about a person or situation that they encounter, such as the fake laugh at a terrible joke, or the cracked smile to someone you don't particularly like or hiding back lust and awe through a terrible joke and back to the fake laugh and so on. Currently, we have been taking location shots, developing our "Story Board" and creating the mask, filming starts soon.....
My self project is going to combine an idea I did for my re-sit which was the position of people sleeping with shelter, the shelter of ones room protects them from the hardship out side and there vulnerability, though I believe humans are always vulnerable and hide themselves in their clothes to protect there "modesty" and to avoid feeling vulnerable (working with themes from the mask/ video project there) also, sleep shelters the conscious mind and stops the subconscious taking over when over tired and thus helps the mind to work out complicated issues of daily life, so science and psychology leads us to believe, I'm still working on this idea, but I am hoping to find a define link soon and will shortly begin taking photographs and playing with these images in order to see where these ideas go.
New Uni Year
1st project was over the summer and was based on an item of clothing one can wear that represented the difference between my own life and another cultures (assuming I'd been on holiday, which I had) although I think myself and many other students kind of ignored the "comparing the differences" part of the task but it was interesting to see what everyone had come up with anyway. Myself had made a masquerade mask out of an artifact I had bought while in a quaint little artisan town, wall to wall privately owned art shops and unusual cafes, beautiful place, "something something du poppe". The mask, as I said before was based on a masquerade mask which there is some dispute over the origins of this style, some say it was Italian then developed by French and other say the opposite, either way it has some heritage in French history so I worked with what I had, I simply painted the conjoined-face mask in the standard English and French flag colours with a mix between the two designs and used a red flower/ fire looking motif around the edges to represent how I almost set the mask and the room I was in on fire by stupidly leaving it on a lamp to support a clock radio in obtaining a better frequency. The project went well, as far as I could tell.
Sunday, 1 August 2010
On the side I have a summer project of a piece of clothing that depicts differences between my own culture and another, I have a few ideas but nothing set in stone just yet.
Wednesday, 7 July 2010
End and Re-start
One project given to me was scale and although it was limited time and I think i could have produced a better sculpture (personally I think a much better sculpture) it got a cross the point of the project. I'm now moving on to looking at the physical positions created whilst one sleeps and recreating these unusual poses in a small sculptural form. Not to go into to much detail about that yet until I've got myself completely fixed on the point and purpose which I feel, as long as I don't over complicate, should come out quite effectively.
Tuesday, 18 May 2010
Back To The Drawing Board
Well we've had to start a month-long project with support tutor Nick, who has been quite helpfull to me already and this is going to be one of the two projects I must re-submit to carry on to next year.
So the first is about scale, we had to take photographs of things that interested us (us in the grand term of, my class) in and about Manchester. I was interested in the not so beautiful and flashy back-alley's as opposed to the "beautiful" displays in the shop windows of the popular kids-choice of corporate monsters- not that I'm that a hippy, I just grow weary of hearing about how excellent Primark is. These dark back-alley's have a sort of quiet-melancholy but also calming and peaceful aura about it, I found it calming. An industrial paradise, a haven, away from the busy bustling streets of the arrogant people that feel that the path they are walking down should not be stepped into or followed?
My other ideas are related to the mass of pigeons that were being chased by small children in Piccadilly Gardens, I thought to myself how these children would feel if they were being chased by the scale equivalent of large human sized pigeons. This I think would work better as the project is set around the theme of Scale.
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