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Character who is most similar to me?

Hello lovelies!

I’ve gotten a little behind again on the 30 day Cosplay challenge so i’m trying to catch up. Apologies for being behind, sadly I had an accident in my car on Monday so it has completely thrown me out of sorts and out of routine. There is nothing to worry about though nobody was hurt and I am in the process of working towards a new car as my little yellow car Pika unfortunately is beyond repair.

Anyhow onto the Cosplay talk, let’s talk about something more fun! So today’s topic refers to the character I would say I am closest to in personality out of all of my Cosplay’s. I’m for sure going to have to say Super Sonico! I haven’t actually done anything more than a casual photo shoot as Super Sonico though I do plan to at some point this year. I wore her to Cardiff Comic Con back in 2015, due to us being in the process of moving house her accessories are packed away but she will be one of my first Cosplay’s to get a refresh and photo shoot once we are settled and moved in. I feel I am closest in personality to Super Sonico as I’m just a crazy optimistic person, I sometimes do struggle under stress as anyone does but generally I’m a very positive person and just a clumsy. Then there is also my obsession with cats and anything cat related too!

So lovelies which character do you feel closest too in Cosplay? Leave me a comment and let me know!

Sending you much love!

Mochifairy x♥

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The F-Word

Feminism. I stumbled upon the the blog http://the-f-word.org and I’m loving it. From a quick read, it looks like this feminist blogger has a history of anorexia and is now a vegetarian who at least some of her time looking at issues from a feminist perspective.

For example, this entry talks about a Self article that addressed the repackaging of diets as “health plans” or “cleasing” rituals. However, often this ritual fasting is truly just an excuse to find a way to APPEAR to be both healthy and unhealthily skinny. This conflicting desire is yet another example of the opposites presented to girls and women to achieve. Check out the article and the blog for more.

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  1. the f word is great! I stumbled upon it somehow a few months ago when I was researching body image for my gender class. Interesting stuff!
    By the way, I love your blog. The relationship between girls and their bodies have been so tumultuous… It’s so great to see a dialogue about it.

    • Thanks! I checked out your page as well. I’ll definitely look around. There’s some great resources in blogs right now.

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Bee Branch Farm Featured in WNC Magazine

Yes, we have honey!  We are excited that WNC magazine chose to feature Bee Branch Farm’s Sandy Mush honey in their July/August 2017 issue.

We love our honey customers, and we are looking forward to meeting new honey customers.  Currently, we are not able to mail our honey.  However, you may arrange a time to visit the farm, or we also deliver to a North Asheville location on a regular basis.

Our first spring honey harvest sold out in two days!  But we are currently harvesting summer honey and will continue through sourwood bloom.

If you do not receive Bee Branch Farm emails about honey, please get on our honey list.  We look forward to seeing you soon.

The pedigree of honey Does not concern the bee….

A clover, any time, to him Is aristocracy. So observed the keen Ms. Emily Dickinson.

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We had our best honey year yet on Bee Branch Farm. Even with two swarms spiraling away this spring, we were able to make an additional hive by splitting two hives. Thus, we still have the three hives that made it through last winter, and now have an additional one to head into this winter. We were able to collect three honey harvests this year. The June honey was a light and sweet clover and poplar, the July honey was a golden toned wildflower with a hint of citrus, and the August honey was the lovely and oh so tasty sourwood and clover. We just finished labeling the final sourwood/clover honey gift jars and have a few available if you want honey for yourself or to give the sweetest gift one can receive. If you aren’t already on our honey “to notify” list and you want to be, let me know. Our honey sells out very quickly.

With much gratitude to our hard-working bees and our honey-loving customers,

Honey Harvest

Our first official honey harvest!  We are thrilled to have enough our first year to bottle a limited sampling of our honey.  Since Glenn put the supers on the last of June and took them off early August, it seems that the bees mostly collected Sourwood honey.  Whatever you want to call it…it is pure yumminess!  We have a limited production of this honey so our farm families will get first choice, and then we will sell to others.  If you want to get on our honey alert email list, please email us at beebranchfarm@gmail.com and ask to be notified of future honey availability.


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Posted by: benfrasier | July 28, 2007

In Murfreesboro

Well, we’ve moved in and unpacked all our boxes.  Kim deserves all the credit for unpacking every box within a week of moving in.  Unfortunately, a big rain storm came through Murfreesboro on Tuesday, and some water flooded in our brand-new apartment!  Thankfully, the maintenance people here are very helpful and were on the case immediately.  We just had to live with a huge fan blowing in our living room for a few days.

I attended a new teacher training seminar from Wednesday through Friday.  It was great to meet some new teachers at Blackman High and hear from the two featured speakers.   I’ve spent a few hours each day at Blackman and have met a few of my students.  Everyone has been very friendly and welcoming.  I’m looking forward to band camp, but I’m thankful there is still a week before we begin.

I finished the final Harry Potter book on Monday.  (Don’t worry, no spoilers here)  I felt very satisfied with the ending.  I’m big on having effective conclusions to stories.  There are few things more frustrating than following a story over a span of years and being denied an absolute ending.  I’m mainly thinking of the Matrix movies.  That trilogy had such a great start, but the third episode ruined the entire series for me.  Thankfully, Harry Potter’s ending leaves no stone unturned and brings a full resolution to the story.

Posted by: benfrasier | July 15, 2007

moving and tickets

With the move less than a week away, Kim and I have started boxing our few belongings.  (And when I say “Kim and I,” I’m mainly refering to Kim.)  Its amazing that we really don’t have many more items to pack.  At this pace we’ll meet our goal of being fully packed before Saturday.  Hopefully we’ll be able to load the truck in under an hour if we have enough help.

Boxes in the living room

In other news, we purchased tickets to see the Tennessee Titans play the Jacksonville Jaguars.  This will be my second NFL game and Kim’s first.  I’m looking forward to being in the midst of Titans mania!  Even though the Bengals are just over an hour away from Lexington, I’ve never felt an attachment with the recently successful NFL franchise across the Ohio River.  Living in Bowling Green when the Titans moved to Nashville really solidified my NFL allegiance to the Titans.  Watching that incredible playoff run in 1999 which included the Music City Miracle and the Super Bowl appearance was the first time I felt like a real NFL fan.

Posted by: benfrasier | July 9, 2007

lingering thoughts from last week

1. Just got back from camp. It was a great week (like always), but the week went by so much faster than in previous years. I suppose the seemingly quick pace was due to the fact that Kim and I had much more responsibility this year. We were constantly practicing a skit, prepping a night activity, or thinking up a punishment for latecomers to flag raising. Not to mention we also had the normal duties of being counselors.

2. I love my wife. I’m very thankful that Kim enjoys camp as much as I do. I wouldn’t be able to have as great of a week if Kim wasn’t on board with the whole camp idea. Its just nice that I can have somebody to flirt with.

3. I’m finding myself having less and less patience for church garbage. I am tired of hearing stories of churches kicking people out for reading a certain book, church leadership unable to make a decision because they’re paralyzed by fear, or ministry staff being misled by their leadership. It seems like all of these actions are a result of preservation. Leaders are more concerned with keeping unnecessary traditions alive, and holding to a pattern their grandparents and parents lived with. In my eyes, there isn’t a greater waste of time than preserving a church. Trying to preserve a church is a sign that you don’t believe God can work in infinite ways and that you’d rather be in control rather than allow God to guide your path.

4. After talking about church leadership last week, I’ve tried to develop my expectations for church leaders:

Church leaders will pray, listen to the Holy Spirit, and set a clear vision for the church. This vision will dictate the direction of the church, what qualities are needed in a ministry staff, and the responsibilities of the church’s members. Church leaders will be bold, confident, and courageous, while displaying humility, servant-leadership, and compassion.

As I write this statement I noticed its easy to write in a negative sense. Such as “Church leaders will not…” But I believe it is important to act primarily out of purpose, and rarely act out of a reaction to something one deems negative. I guess what I’m trying to say is that sometimes I wish to act in an opposite way of negative leadership. I say things to myself like, “I wouldn’t do that,” or “Thats the wrong way to do it.” But I need know my intentions before I act in order to follow the vision God has for me.

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    So one thing troubles me as Kim and I are about to move Murfreesboro. As we move further south, I’m worried about finding a church that wants to be relevant to today’s people, has a bold leadership that is confident in the direction God wants to move the church, and isn’t concerned with creating a church culture. I’m very thankful for being a part of Crossroads Christian Church for the past year because they possess all those qualities, and today further proved that statement.

    Crossroads invited Craig Gross of to bring their Porn and Pancakes tour to Lexington. Craig humbly presented the power pornography to control our lives and desires to unmask this sin. If pornography is uncovered, according to Craig, it loses its power. I believe Craig is right, and how ironic is that pornography almost seems like a curse in some churches. I realize porn can be scary because it is so powerful. It can quietly and consistently lead people down a dark path which they almost unknowingly follow. But instead of leading the charge to take away its power, the church-at-large almost seems to be frozen in fear of pornography.

    Therefore I’m thankful that Craig and churches like Crossroads will be bold and acknowledge that pornography is present, but God’s power is stronger.

    More on this later…

    Posted by: benfrasier | June 14, 2007

    Only 38 days left in KY

    Last weekend, Kim and I signed a lease for our new apartment in Murfreesboro. The apartment is brand new, which means we’ll be the first people to live in it.

    Here is a view of the model apartment’s living room. Living Room One thing I really like is that every room has a giant window to provide lots of natural light.  Our floorplan includes two bedrooms and two bathrooms.  Overall, the apartment feels more like a home rather than a cookie-cutter apartment.  Plus, its close enough to Blackman that I can practically walk to work.

    This week I’ve been rather bored.  I’ve been working out about every other day and hanging out with friends at the pool.  Its so easy to become a sluggard and lose hours in front of the television, but I’m trying to be proactive and give my body and mind some challenges.  I didn’t believe that my job search would be over so soon into the summer.  I fully expected to be driving to interviews all over KY and TN during these June weeks.

    Posted by: benfrasier | May 31, 2007

    I love a good spelling bee.

    Today, I have enjoyed my annual guilty pleasure of watching the National Spelling Bee.  Part of me is intrigued by the dedication and discipline shown by the contestants (err… “champion spellers”).  The other part of me feels like I’m watching an SNL skit based upon ESPN’s coverage.  Who came up with the idea to have Stuart Scott, who has made a living introducing new forms of grammar, as a sideline reporter.  Add to that, Mike and Mike (of ESPN radio) are giving their periodic commentary.  The really funny part is that most of these kids have no recognition of these ESPN personalities.

    It might just be me, but I find it incredibly funny seeing Stuart Scott discuss alternate spellings in the same manner he discusses Michael Vick’s dog fighting ring.  But seriously, its great that academic success gets a little bit of the ESPN spotlight.

    >>> By the way, Mike and Mike just discussed one of the contestants, Matt Phillips, who has a disorder which causes his bones to be extremely brittle and break easily.  He is confined to a wheel chair and can’t play sports, but he has an extremely positive and God-like attitude about his situation.  And obviously he is highly intelligent.
    Despite his disabilities, he tries to live as independently as possible.  When asked why he rides the school bus instead of riding with his mom he said, “If I ride with my mom I have to wait for her to get ready.  If I ride the bus I just myself ready and get on the bus when it arrives.”

    He also stated, “If they find a cure for my disease I won’t use it because my life is really easy right now and I don’t want to change.”  Wow, for an 11 year old boy he sure has accepted the life God has given him.  Here is more on Matt’s story.

    Currently he has joined Mike and Mike as commentators.

    Posted by: benfrasier | May 24, 2007

    We’re moving!

    One reason for a lack of posts lately is due to my job search.  I felt like its inappropriate to talk about my job search on a blog so I decided to not mention too many details on here.  Unfortunately this search has taken my entire focus for the past few months so I haven’t had much material to blog.

    But now I can announce that I have been offered and accepted the position of Assistant Director of Bands at Blackman High School in Murfreesboro, TN.  I am in awe of how God has made this decision so easy for me and Kim.  There are so many details that have perfectly fit together to make this opportunity possible.  I feel like I couldn’t have asked for a better position.

    The school is only seven years old, but the band program has grown so rapidly that a new band room is currently being built.  I toured the new facility on Wednesday, and I was almost speechless at how impressive the facilities will be.  Honestly, its almost absurd to consider how spacious and luxurious the rehearsal area will be.

    The marching band is non-competitive and travels with the football team to all their games.  This is the reason I actually applied for the job.  My education philosophy does not believe in building a program around marching band competitions.  But it seems that the band program at Blackman is more focused on real music education and supporting the athletic teams.

    Basically, I feel like I believe in the philosophy of the band program and the school as a whole.  I can’t imagine walking into a better situation as a first year teacher.  God has blessed Kim and I beyond reason, and I am very thankful for his generosity.

    Posted by: benfrasier | May 15, 2007

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{December 31, 2012}   judging the merit of 2012.

all about spouse dream. ^ yesterday I had good time with my son, after broke by his sinister mother so long. we lunched together, and showered, too. I recently introduced son my love story with Asoh Yukiko, back to 1991 in Nankai Univ, and her motherhood to him. my son listened carefully. in dawn dreamed cozily. in a piece with my Nankai Univ alumni, esp. Chenfeng, a guy from Huan Prov, southern China. he with his spouse, an alumni of Nankai 2 years later than us in same school of philosophy. they treated me well and I likely saw my future wife among people in the party. then dream of some guy from QRRS, where when we lived in QRRS’ dorms we got familiar. Yushunde, likely so called a gentle young man, also kindly introduced me to their party. and finally I was in a school with a girl classmate, she asked my help to make note with teacher’s lecture. the later teaching how to use "look into something in team", or so. my cordiality likely won the girl’s heart, at least I felt love between us which is a kind of emotion long time no see in my waiting for reuniting my girls, girl LV, Asoh Yukiki, girl Zhou, my Taiwan girl, for my Royal China. God, this morning I woke up earlier, pl see my girls my concerning, my praying every moment to join them. God, thx for son’s new kindle paperwhite, for which we want so long and gained it so quick. thx, God dad.

odd dreamed of campus friend. ^ this dawn I had a long dream, in which first time one of my best friend in youth appeared. He is Qiu Xiaolin, now a literature professor in Shichuan Univ. likely at first we gossiped as usual. then my nail clipper infected with virus. i brought it to visit Qiu in campus dorm. the virus on the clipper turns huge and dangerous, like eating flesh. then dreamed among air combat teams we piloted jets and enjoy raids. this week I too busy with setup my son, warrenzh 朱楚甲’s 3rd domain,, and never buzzed him. his mom, disabled mentally like her body size, jealous freakishly upon my son’s good time with me in video games, so now more and more deprive my son from computer, including surfing online. this week my son likley banned from going online. the dirty bitch really go mad. God, save us good time in video game, free my son of anxious &burden of Chinese education, esp in PRC, which draining and killer of originality and curiosity. God, bring me sooner my Royal China to home my sons, esp God himself, warrenzh 朱楚甲, Hope of China, God of Universe.

dreamed of local mafia.^ yesterday when i ate lunch before showering with son, in the restuarant we frequented a table occupied by 3 males likely gangsters, around the other table a team gossiped about mafia in Qiqihar. I had good time when dining there, for son enjoyed the feature dish, souped dumplings. in public bathroom, i felt faint after a sudden stand up when crouched to bath my son. this dawn I dreamed my son outperformed in family gathering. his mom and me, his proud dad, felt so glorious being his parents. in guests, likely mafia appeared. at least in half consciousness I reviewed a mafia stemmed from QRRS, where I still paid and lived. It shallowly snowed last night, God, clear world of Royal China never arguable. God, thx the gift, son’s new kinder paperwhite, in year end. bring me sooner my Royal China, esp. my Crowned Queen from Japan, Asoh Yukiko, and allow us 2 additional sons in our prime time.

dreamed of competing.^ son, warrenzh 朱楚甲, due to complete his frequent heat treatment yesterday. I didn’t visit him the day, but busy claiming him new domain online, as a promised wishlist. recently many dreams scattered when i got up. but this late dawn I had something notable. I dreamed with my passed mother, and my son’s mother, accompanied son in competing social circle or career avenue. my childhood friend in my hometown village, Zhudajiu, with whome last year I found deep hatred after a heartedly chat online, my cousin there who works in bureaucracy in bloody hatred, and some other challenges all stemmed from jealousy. now Its a sunny morning, after bright new half moon night. the seasonal gift, a kindle paperwhite, cheered us so much! my son brought it everywhere like what I encouraged him. God, u see our thanksgiving, we obliged to u so much. God, free me of anxious about my entrepreneurship, esp in broadening family cyberspace. God, bring me sooner my Royal China, bring me my crowned Queen from Japan, Asoh Yukiko, to setup my new fmaily sooner, for her due motherhood with warrenzh. God, see me my prayer!

a week in moving.^ this week almost all spent accompanying my son, warrenzh 朱楚甲, Hope of China, God of Universe, in hospital, where his heat after skating in a snowing day treated. my son finally ordered a Kindle paperwhite ebook reader aid by my Nankai alumni, thx God. so good so far. in the hospital in-patient department, i tried all means to help my son being busy or meaningful, likely playing video games, ate KFC i bought, massage and lots of chatting. in Tuesday night i buzzed to curse his mom for again let my son x-rayed, after read a tweet online that x-ray photography harmful to kids and shouldn’t be used as regular diagnosis method while in corrupting PRC its widely adopted. this dawn i dreamed a lot, my son appears and so concerned in my heart in dream and in recent dreams. Its a promising sunny morning, God, dad, thx for the blessing week aside my dearest son. thx for gifts in the gift season. bring me sooner my Royal China to allow me home my son, God on earth now!

dreamed of my passed parents. ^recent water heat in QRRS Dorms, esp in night, frequently chill me to woke up. last night a Taiwan love TV show again concerned me lingering in front of screen lately near 1am. this afternoon i dozed, and dreamed of my grand dad, God in Heaven now, and my mother, my aunt’s husband. both men cordially while my mother first encouraged my hobby of carrying a camera everywhere, but later anxious about photographer’s life’s impact on me. then in half-consciousness the story of the Taiwan TV drama interacts with me. God, blessing me anxious free about my aging and future family life. grant us season gifts and fulfill us hopes in surprise. God, dad, thx for the warmth when i napped.

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Resources on Faith, Ethics and Public Life

Thomas v. Review Board

In Thomas v. Review Board, the Supreme Court held unconstitutional a state’s denial of unemployment benefits to a Jehovah’s Witness who quit his job for religious reasons. Thomas worked in a foundry that fabricated steel for industrial use. The particular foundry in which he worked was closed and the company transferred him to a different department that constructed turrets for tanks. Thomas quit his job, asserting that his religious beliefs prevented him from constructing weapons. When Thomas applied for unemployment benefits, his claim was denied because the review board found that his voluntary termination was not based upon a “good cause [arising] in connection with [his] work,” as required by Indiana law. The Court found that the state was wrong to deny Thomas his unemployment. The Court held that a state may not compel a person to choose between the exercise of a First Amendment right and participation in an otherwise available public program such as the provision of unemployment benefits. A state violates the Free Exercise Clause when it conditions the receipt of a benefit on conduct prohibited by a religious faith because such a condition may pressure an adherent to modify his behavior and to violate his beliefs.

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Thursday, June 02, 2011

June 1st Design Team Projects

I want to share with you my Design Team's First Project for Berry71Bleu. They did an awesome job. I love each and one of their projects. I hope you will get inspired with what they've done with the tags I made.

Lisa N.

Cassandra B.

Tina C.

Lisa A.

Aren't they all gorgeous? I have similar tags for sale on my etsy shop.
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I will post June's challenge later today where you can win a kit and a tag that I made that will coordinate with the kit.

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  1. These are all just absolutely gorgeous! I am so impressed!

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Monday, February 24, 2014

Guest Designer - Sandra Przybylska

Hey Ho everyone!

How we are feeling? Today I have for you my take on the February Mixed Media Challenge.

But before that let me just introduce myself a bit ;) Some of you might already have met me as I was taking a part in the challenges and now I'm a social Media Coordinator here. ;)

My name is Sandra Przybylska, I started scrapbooking in July 2013 (yes - not so long ago) and I do love everything about it! I live in United Kingdom, but originally I come from Poland.
At the moment I design for 4 teams - Jelly Park (until April 2014) Scrap 365 Magazine Sketch Blog (until July 2014) Merly Impressions (no end date) and Craft Garden (no end date). I do like to work in advance. I don't know why, maybe because I just do like papers, inks, mists etc so much so I just cannot hold myself from not creating! I do Project Life, Art Journal, Mini Albums and of course Layouts. ;) You can find me on FB, IG, Pinterest and here is my blog !

Here is my take on the challenge:

and some closer looks:

As you can see, I used a beautiful tag and buttons sent to me from Marivic Clifton + lovely Molossi Dollie Chipboard which is our sponsor.

Thank You! I hope you'll join our Mixed Media Challenge!

Mixed media, in visual art, refers to an artwork in the making of which more than one medium has been employed. For this challenge, create a "mixed media" page, canvas, card, etc. using more than one medium. Example: paints, mists, textured paste, gesso, chalks, inks, rubs, embossing powder, and more!

We have some amazing prizes to give away!

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Molossi Gift Pack (Chipboard, Bling and Flowers)

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7 Dots Studio 6x6 Paper Pads

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1 Lawn Fawn Clear Stamp Set

Molossi is an Australian retail and wholesale supplier to the scrapbooking and papercraft industry. Molossi strives to bring you an online shopping experience where you can relish in a huge range of scrapbooking supplies to compliment your scrapbooking addiction. Molossi offers thousands of products including: albums, cardstock, flowers, bling, personal die-cutting machines, stickers, embellishments and plenty more! Become a part of our scrapping community and enter the stash giveaways and competitions on our Facebook page and Blog. For a large range of page layout ideas, sign up for our monthly newsletter to stay up-to-date with the scrapbooking world and monthly promotions.

We are a team of creative women who cannot image their world without paper, glue and the creative process. Scrapbooking is our passion and we love to share our passion with other scrapbookers. For this reason, 7 Dots Studio exists. The quality of our products is our top priority. Our collections are made from thick (250gsm), acid-free, lignin-free, archival scrapbooking paper. We also offer high quality cardstock stickers.

We're a small company from Southern California that specializes in crafting products that are fun and lively. We began in March 2010 with the release of four stamp sets and are now proud to showcase our entire collection of over 95 sets in our little corner of the web. In 2012, we introduced paper, stickers and twine, and as of 2013 we are happy to feature new dies for some of our most popular stamp sets! At Lawn Fawn, we love crafting products that are truly one of a kind. All of our stamps and paper feature original designs that have been created just for you; even our fonts have been customized! Our products have been seen in the pages of Paper Crafts, CARDS, Take Ten, and Creating Keepsakes magazines with many more publications to come. Here at Lawn Fawn you will find crafting products that are cute, whimsical, and even a bit quirky, but one thing they all have in common is the ability to inspire creativity in everyone. Our products can’t wait to jump start your next craft project!

Visit us anytime to browse our latest products or simply find inspiration! And don't forget to check out our Flickr and Facebook pages, follow us on Twitter and read our blog. We love to feature our customers and give away free stuff!

A special thanks to Molossi for sponsoring our design team this month! Molossi is a permanent sponsor for 2014, so there will be more chances to win Molossi prize packages in the coming months.

Please note that if the winner(s) of this challenge are international they will be responsible for shipping costs.
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Thank you and we hope to see your beautiful creations this month!

Hugs xxx

  1. Me too!!! I'm always working ahead, too!!!! Love this page...those arrows & buttons & lovely, lovely bg work.....looks fabulous:):)

    1. thank you Lizzy! it's nice to know that I'm not the only one liking to do everything in advance! happy scrapping!

  2. Beautiful page Sandra! I love the way you framed the sweet photo. Your background work is fantastic! Thanks for sharing! :)

  3. Love this page Sandra! It is so very precious! Love all the wonderful little details and your amazing style!

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Sunday, October 16, 2016

Love by Päivi J

Päivi here today to show you my take of the moodboard.

This photo of my son is one of my very favorit photos of him.

And some closeups.

Here is this months wonderful moodboard. Hope you will join us.

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Learning to be Emotional

Something I’ve been realizing recently is how emotionally stunted the society I live in is, and consequently how emotionally stunted I am.  Since I was young, I have been implicitly taught that unpleasant feelings are bad and unnatural, and I should pretend they do not exist.  Something horrible happened?  Buck up and deal with it.  Don’t be a baby, be an adult.  Grow up.  Get a thicker skin.  Pretend you’re happy and you will convince yourself that you are.

People, including myself,  are so uncomfortable with pain in others we try to slide by dealing with it rather than learning how to empathize with those who are hurting.  This is a far cry from “[r]ejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn” (Romans 12:15).

The result of squashing our emotions is not, in fact, healthier, happier people.  Really, the consequence is a bunch of half-people walking around, people who only know half of themselves.

A while ago, I wrote this post about my realization that we cannot separate our heads from our hearts or vice-versa, because that is the surest way to make sure someone is dead (literally and metaphorically).  I’ve been thinking about how the truth of that idea still stands.  How have we so willingly sacrificed the link between our heart and mind?  Either extreme we can go to is extremely unhealthy.  If I wallow in my emotions and hold on to pain and suffering, then I am depressed, and self-indulgently so.  If I form a fortress in my mind to protect myself from any unpleasant thing, then I am a robot, and self-indulgently so.

I realized a few days ago that I never let myself mourn leaving a place that had been my home for years, or leaving the people there who had been more than family to me.  I was wondering why it was so hard to connect with the people where I am now.  Is it really any wonder?  I had thought I had let go of the first place and people, that I was okay and moving ahead to the next thing with purpose and my whole heart.  In actuality, I still need to mourn the leaving, because most of the time letting go is not a smooth, easy process, it is difficult, messy, and painful.  We should not skip by on mourning, though neither should we stop there for our whole lives.

So this is where I am right now, learning to be emotional, learning to be connected to my heart once again.

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Maverick Brew Fest

I am awake this morning feeling well and so find myself online adding pictures to my Photo Oasis of Heart Lake and the hike I did with Jim Goss of the Rocky Mountaineers. Last night I attended the Maverick Brew Fest and it all went off pretty well even though I almost had to walk home.

When I got off work, it looked like rain but was nice enough to bike home for a burger before setting out on my second Brew Fest. As we all gathered under the Caras Park Pavilion the rain came down hard. Larry and Kathleen were there as were some of our Kettle House friends.

I got hammered and suggested that we hit El Cassador for some Mexican food. The food was great and so fatty that I started my hangover early as I planned to bike home to sober up a little before bed. I had no buzz at this point ad my belly was full … way too full.

As I prepared to head home I realized that I lost my bike lock key. I ran to the parking lot just in time to get a ride home from Larry. I grabbed my spare set of keys at home and proceeded to go back into town to get my bike. I was feeling fine but my bike had to be hauled home on my car.

Oh, well a sad ending for the ride home but a great one for my pallet. I took some Excedrin and drifted off to a good nights rest.

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Holistic Healing- Charity Dinner

Jan 13 2018 17:30 - 22:00

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There have been many advances in medicine in the last decade, and without a doubt more is yet to come.

But what is Prophetic medicine and what does it really mean?

We take a look back in history and present to you: ‘Holistic Healing’, an alternative view to conventional medicine.

It promises to be an unforgettable night of inspirational talks, uplifting spoken word and breath-taking recitation of the Holy Qur'an.

Join us for an enlightening evening on prophetic medicine; shedding light on the Gaza healthcare crisis and raising money in aid of Palestinian refugees.

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13. 51: Humoral Immune Response

What are those Y-shaped things floating around the cell?

They are antibodies, which are large proteins. And they signal specific antigens for destruction. It does help that the antigens are usually attached to pathogens.

Humoral Immune Response

There are actually two types of immune responses: humoral and cell-mediated. The humoral immune response involves mainly B cells and takes place in blood and lymph.

B Cell Activation

cells must be activated by an antigen before they can fight pathogens. This happens in the sequence of events shown in Figure below. First, a B cell encounters its matching antigen and engulfs it. The B cell then displays fragments of the antigen on its surface. This attracts a helper T cell. The helper T cell binds to the B cell at the antigen site and releases cytokines that “tell” or signal the B cell to develop into a plasma cell.

Activation of a B cell

Activation of a B cell must occur before it can respond to pathogens. What role do T cells play in the activation process?

Plasma Cells and Antibody Production

Plasma cells are activated B cells that secrete antibodies. Antibodies are large, Y-shaped proteins that recognize and bind to antigens. Plasma cells are like antibody factories, producing many copies of a single type of antibody. The antibodies travel throughout the body in blood and lymph. Each antibody binds to just one kind of antigen. When it does, it forms an antigen-antibody complex (see Figure below). The complex flags the antigen-bearing cell for destruction by phagocytosis.

Single antibody illustrated

An antibody matches only one type of antigen.

Memory Cells

Most plasma cells live for just a few days, but some of them live much longer. They may even survive for the lifetime of the individual. Long-living plasma cells are called memory cells.They retain a “memory” of a specific pathogen long after an infection is over. They help launch a rapid response against the pathogen if it invades the body again in the future.

  • Activated B cells produce antibodies to a particular antigen.
  • Memory B cells remain in the body after the immune response is over and provide immunity to pathogens bearing the antigen.

  1. How do plasma cells help fight pathogens? Include the role of antibodies in your response.
  2. If a disease destroyed a person’s helper T cells, how might this affect the ability to launch an immune response?
  3. What are memory cells? What is their role?


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7.9: Virus Structures

Is this a cell or a virus?

It is actually a representation of the HIV virus, the virus that causes AIDS. All the little “knobs” on the outside of the virus help to give the virus structure. And it is this structure that must be identified by a vaccine.

Structure of Viruses

Viruses vary in their structure. A virus particle consists of DNA or RNA within a protective protein coat called a capsid. The shape of the capsid may vary from one type of virus to another. The capsid is made from the proteins that are encoded by viral genes within their genome.

The shape of the capsid serves as one basis for classification of viruses. The capsid of the virus shown in Figure below is icosahedral. Virally coded proteins will self-assemble to form a capsid. Some viruses have an envelope of phospholipids and proteins. The envelope is made from portions of the host’s cell membrane. It surrounds the capsid and helps protect the virus from the host’s immune system. The envelope may also have receptor molecules that can bind with host cells. They make it easier for the virus to infect the cells.

Diagram of a cytomegalovirus

Diagram of a Cytomegalovirus. The capsid encloses the genetic material of the virus. The envelope which surrounds the capsid is typically made from portions of the host cell membranes (phospholipids and proteins). Not all viruses have a viral envelope.

Helical Viruses

Helical capsids are made up of a single type of protein subunit stacked around a central axis to form a helical structure. The helix may have a hollow center, which makes it look like a hollow tube. This arrangement results in rod-shaped or filamentous virions. These virions can be anything from short and very rigid, to long and very flexible. The well-studied tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) is an example of a helical virus, as seen in the Figure below.

Tobacco mosaic virus is a helical virus

A helical virus, tobacco mosaic virus. Although their diameter may be very small, some helical viruses can be quite long, as shown here. 1. Nucleic acid; 2. Viral protein units, 3. Capsid. TMV causes tobacco mosaic disease in tobacco, cucumber, pepper, and tomato plants.

Icosahedral Viruses

Icosahedral capsid symmetry gives viruses a spherical appearance at low magnification, but the protein subunits are actually arranged in a regular geometrical pattern, similar to a soccer ball; they are not truly spherical. An icosahedral shape is the most efficient way of creating a hardy structure from multiple copies of a single protein. This shape is used because it can be built from a single basic unit protein which is used over and over again. This saves space in the viral genome.

Adenovirus is a icosahedral virus

Adenovirus, an icosahedral virus. An icosahedron is a three-dimensional shape made up of 20 equilateral triangles. Viral structures are built of repeated identical protein subunits, making the icosahedron the easiest shape to assemble using these subunits.

Complex Viruses

Complex viruses possess a capsid which is neither purely helical, nor purely icosahedral, and which may have extra structures such as protein tails or a complex outer wall. Viral protein subunits will self-assemble into a capsid, but the complex viruses DNA also codes for proteins which help in building the viral capsid. Many phage viruses are complex-shaped; they have an icosahedral head bound to a helical tail. The tail may have a base plate with protein tail fibers. Some complex viruses do not have tail fibers.

This “moon lander”-shaped complex virus infects Escherichia coli bacteria.

Enveloped Viruses

Some viruses are able to surround (envelop) themselves in a portion of the cell membrane of their host. The virus can use either the outer membrane of the host cell, or an internal membrane such as the nuclear membrane or endoplasmic reticulum. In this way the virus gains an outer lipid bilayer known as a viral envelope. This membrane is studded with proteins coded for by both the viral genome and the host genome. However, the lipid membrane itself and any carbohydrates present come entirely from the host cell. The influenza virus, HIV, and the varicella zoster virus (Figure below) are enveloped viruses.

Varicella zoster is an enveloped virus

An enveloped virus. Varicella zoster virus causes chicken pox and shingles.

The viral envelope can give a virus some advantages over other capsid-only viruses. For example, they have better protection from the host's immune system, enzymes and certain chemicals. The proteins in the envelope can include glycoproteins, which act as receptor molecules. These receptor molecules allow host cells to recognize and bind the virions, which may result in easier uptake of the virion into the cell. Most enveloped viruses depend on their envelopes to infect cells. However, because the envelope contains lipids, it makes the virus more susceptible to inactivation by environmental agents, such as detergents that disrupt lipids.

  • Viruses have different shapes. They can be cylindrical, icosahedral, complex, or enveloped.

  1. Describe variation in capsid shape in viruses.
  2. Compare the structures of a prokaryote and a virus. If you prefer, you may draw a diagram of each and label the different parts of each structure.


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Radiografía de la corrupción

La FDA y la EMA son las agencias encargadas de proteger la salud de los estadounidenses y los europeos respectivamente en lo vinculado a la autorización de medicamentos y aparatos sanitarios.

El British Medical Journal acaba de publicar el trabajo

  • Drug Regulation

what went wrong?

At the hearing in July, the FDA panel voted that the available data supported a conclusion that rosiglitazone increases cardiac ischaemic risk in type 2 diabetes patients. However, they voted to continue the TIDE trial—a study commissioned by the FDA to assess rosiglitazone’s cardiovascular safety—which some argue the FDA should have asked for at the outset. This trial has since been put on “clinical hold” by the FDA.

Los datos para suspender el TIDE y retirar la rosiglitazona del mercado estaban disponibles desde el año 2007.

To date, the FDA and the EMA have decided that the drug is safe enough to stay on the market. But the story reflects badly on almost everyone involved: the regulators, the manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline, and the clinical community. It has also raised a host of questions. Why did the regulators accept such poor evidence on benefit and safety for rosiglitazone? Did GlaxoSmithKline mislead the regulators? Should the drug have been licensed in the first place and should it now be withdrawn? Why haven’t patients in the UK and Europe been made aware of the concerns about rosiglitazone’s effects? And is the current drug regulatory system up to the job?

Clinical implications

According to John Yudkin, emeritus professor of medicine at University College London and endocrinologist; “No new patients should be started on rosiglitazone, and patients already taking it should be reviewed and alternative treatments considered. Those at higher risk of heart disease should be advised to stop taking the drug.”

In comments sent to the EMA approval meeting in 1999, one expert adviser noted that without a long term study with hard primary endpoints it was not clear whether rosiglitazone would have any beneficial impact on cardiovascular disease. This adviser also questioned whether you could put a drug on the market without these long term data and was unconvinced that rosiglitazone in combination therapy offered any advantages over what was already available—metformin and sulphonurea combined, or insulin.

Silvio Garattini, a member of the EMA panel in 2000 that approved the drug and director of the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, told the BMJ that the documentation presented for approval was initially poor and that the studies were of a relatively short duration. The initial decision to reject the drug was overturned despite there being no new evidence, he says.

When rosiglitazone was approved, even clinicians who were nominally supportive of the drug remarked about the poor evidence base and lack of long term clinical trials.

Given these concerns and the lack of good evidence, why did the EMA approve rosiglitazone?

Garattini said that rosiglitazone is “an example of what happens for drugs that have large commercial interest such as the antidiabetic drugs.”

When appealing against a decision not to approve their drug, Garattini says pharmaceutical companies bring forward opinion leaders who are obviously favourable. These paid advisers give presentations to the regulators and companies turn to them whenever an oral presentation is required.

On receiving the negative opinion Jan Leschly, chief executive officer of SmithKline Beecham, told the press it was “a temporary setback,” adding that “in the coming months we will be working with the committee to address their concerns. We are confident that by the end of March we will have demonstrated Avandia’s unique benefits in the treatment of type 2 diabetes to the CPMP [Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products]

Garattini, who was on the panel, was not convinced. “There was no need for another antidiabetic drug—there are so many already that are more or less the same,” he told the BMJ. And as one adviser from the FDA said at an advisory meeting, it’s for the regulators to protect public health and not to equip physicians with a broader array of medicines for clinical choice.
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At the end of 2006 and beginning of 2007, the sales of Avandia were up. It was GlaxoSmithKline’s second biggest drug, making an estimated $3billion per year. And it was outselling its rival, pioglitazone.
As part of a settlement with the state over GlaxoSmithKline’s nondisclosure of possible heightened suicide risk among teenagers taking antidepressant paroxetine (Paxil) the company had to put all its recent clinical studies on a website. O sea que no tuvieron más remedio, y se publicó un meta-analysis of GlaxoSmithKline’s study reports by Steve Nissen and Kathy Wolski in the New England Journal of Medicine.19 It claimed that rosiglitazone was “associated with a significant increase in the risk of myocardial infarction” compared with placebo or other antidiabetic regimens.
Finalmente han tenido que suspender un ensayo clínico muy grande (TIDE), y restringir el uso de rosiglitazona.
Esto es una radiografía de un sistema corrupto (la relación estados-empresas farmacéuticas), dentro de otro sistema corrupto (el capitalismo). Todo se justifica para seguir vendiendo.

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Opportunities to Discover more…

3 Dates. Bookings being taken now!

The September 3 Day Special is already fully booked.

However there are 3 part day or full day experiences in late August/ September. Which one suits you?

Saturday 27th August is a ‘Discovery Day’. An excellent time of year. Seabirds, waders, migrant small birds and a good chance of something rare. Places limited and bookings already coming in. Late August last year produced 4 Barred Warblers in a day, Citrine Wagtail and Collared Flycatcher. What this time?!

Sunday 28th August is a taster of 4 hours at the optimum time of the day. Booking already being taken. Places very limited to optimise the experience. No large groups. The 4 hours will set you up for the day and maybe the autumn!

Wednesday 14th September is NEW date. This is a mid-week Discovery Day. Booking already being taken for one of the best periods of the year. Anything can happen!

Here’s Ken’s experience of ‘Birding Frontiers’ tour from this spring:

“The opportunity to visit Spurn and experience top-class birding with Martin Garner was one not to miss and the three days did not disappoint.
The group met at our base – the comfortable Westmere Farm run by Andrew and Sue Wells where a hearty breakfast and briefing set the scene for the full and busy days ahead. We were joined by members of the Spurn Bird Observatory whose welcomes, help and hospitality were much appreciated.
 For the next three days we were immersed in all aspects of birding: enjoying bird-watching and rarity finding; indulging in the finer points of identification; thrilling to amazing visible migration; and, observing ringing and the work of the bird observatory.   The highlights were many and each of us will have our favourite  – a fine Montagu’s Harrier, Tawny Pipit, Greenland Dunlin, etc..  However, for me, it was seeing a male Quail at very close range – unforgettable.
 The three days introduced me to a site that all birders should visit, made me observe more carefully, developed my appreciation of the subtleties of migration and allowed me to simply indulge myself in birding.  Martin is a great leader and teacher, he is full of energy and enthusiasm and ensured that everyone saw the birds.  What a memorable experience – thank you.”

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  1. Chatterbirds says:

    Last year sounds exciting! Yes, what will this Autumn bring at Spurn?

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Making Money Online: Earning Dollar$ in Dumaguete Part 1

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US-Dollar-BillsMaking money online is really easy if you know how. Right now I am earning an average of around $300 a month as a sideline here in Dumaguete. I’m doing this just by spending 2-3 hours daily in front of my computer.

Not bad right? How do I do it? Before you can earn your first dollar you need a pay processor. This is how you will be receiving your money. The most popular one available right now is PayPal. There are also other pay processors like Moneybookers, E-Gold or AlertPay but most clients you would encounter over the Internet will send you payment using PayPal.

Getting a PayPal account is easy, all you have to do is sign up for it at their website. The tricky part is linking your PayPal to your bank account. The simplest way to do this is to open up a Visa Electron account at Unionbank. I opened my account at the Fuente branch in Cebu City. Two weeks after applying for my Visa Electron, I was able to pick up the card.

Be sure to put in an initial deposit of Php300 in your card since when you link it with PayPal it would check the card by taking around $2 and transferring it to your PayPal account.

Now that we have linked our PayPal with our Unionbank Visa Electron, you can now withdraw money from your PayPal at any ATM in the Philippines. I’ve tried withdrawing at the ATM’s of BDO, Metrobank and RCBC here in Dumaguete without any problems.

Be sure to check on my future posts for the next part in this series. With the tips I will be sharing, you can start your own online business empire.

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A few years ago, I was asked to write a feature for Nature blogs on the need for more Black women in the sciences functioning in mentoring and advising roles.  I was honored to lend my voice to the narrative of Black women in science and STEM in general.  I was pleasantly surprised about the reception overall;  I experienced my article being used to support efforts for diversity in many spaces.  There were some less than pleasant responses which I casually stepped over on my way to progressing forward in my own personal goals, I wasn’t surprised.  However, the shock came when I encountered the perspective that my voice, one voice, was all that was needed to understand the needs of Black women in STEM educational programs and workplaces.

After the very first #BLACKandSTEM chat, I knew I wanted to continue to do a weekly chat.  Whether 2 or 200 showed up, this space was an instant community.  Immediately, I saw that on any given topic, we, the #BLACKandSTEM, represent a wealth of experiences and perspectives.  I recalled my article and my feeling that, while I challenged preconceived notions on the experiences of Black women in STEM, I had potentially represented an excuse to no longer listen.  (Sort of a “We’ve got the answers we need” attitude.)  But our broad and varied narrative is one that is necessary.  When so few Black women are faculty at research one institutions…When Black women reflect a fraction of a percent of software developers in major corporations…While Black women are earning less that their counterparts in the same positions…When Black women have to contend with the social structures that are obstacles for women and for Black folk…OUR NARRATIVE IS NECESSARY

Today’s #BLACKandSTEM chat is the first in a series on intersections, starting with being #BLACKandSTEM and woman.  We will start with two questions, spinoff conversations are welcome.  (Remember to use the #BLACKandSTEM hashtag!)

Full disclosure: I will write an article about today’s chat.  If you don’t wish to be cited, please send me a DM to @thepurplepage or @BLACKandSTEM.  If you are interested in being interviewed, send a DM to either account.

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  1. What are experiences that are associated with being a Black woman in STEM?
  2. What are the needs of Black women in STEM that are most overlooked?

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Don’t Risk What You Can’t Lose

March 26th, 2009 by Sharon Larsen

Even though entrepreneurship requires a hard push, set boundaries at the outset of what you will and won’t do.

As you are pulled by the commitment side of the tug-of-war, ensure that you establish financial boundaries. This is a critical element of success. You must set limits for the amount of resources and energy you are willing to exert to win.

If you have not achieved success when that threshold is met, you must step back and evaluate the situation in light of your rules. Do the rules allow for layoffs? Do they include getting more funding? Reducing salaries? Whatever the stipulations of the rules, remember that you created them when you were clearheaded. You must have the discipline to do the hard thing and stick with it. You can’t let your partner or advisors tell you to go a little further when you know it’s time to stop.

Most of the major disappointments I have had in my career have been when I have chased something for too long. In 2000 the Web 1.0 took a horrendous downturn. Despite the terrible market conditions, I held on to a very unprofitable business knowing, just knowing it would turn around. As I passed the thresholds established by my rules, I knowingly ignored them. Why? Because my partner and our prior success reassured me that we could pull out of the nosedive we were in.

There is no disgrace in delaying or even postponing the game because the field is too muddy. And since you’re the ref, you can decide. To persist just for the sake of persistence is a slippery slope.

When I blew out my Achilles tendon, I was determined to get my ankle working at all costs. If my physical therapist told me to do 10 reps of exercises, I did 20. I knew that if I just worked a little harder then the tendon would heal faster, right? Soon, I was doing aggressive rehab and pushing past all the barriers.

Less than six weeks after the initial injury, I tore my Achilles tendon a second time. Going through the second surgery and rehab after failing to follow the rules was much worse than at first. It would have been a better decision to ratchet back and abide by the rules of rehabilitation, rather than rewrite them around my expectations.

Next time, Rich shares another experience that drives home the idea of setting and respecting boundaries in small businesses.

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Home > Uncategorized > Another Suspicious Chinese Espionage Case

Another Suspicious Chinese Espionage Case

A Chinese national, who was residing in Oakland, Calif., pleaded guilty Sept. 3 to conspiracy to violate the Arms Export Control Act and to Smuggle Goods from the United States.

This guilty plea was announced by U.S. Attorney John Walsh, District of Colorado, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Kumar C. Kibble.

Philip Chaohui He, aka Philip Hope, is scheduled to be sentenced by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Wiley Y. Daniel Dec. 18. He is currently in federal custody.

According to court documents, including the stipulated facts contained in the plea agreement, He attempted to illegally export to China radiation-hardened computer memory circuits used in satellite communications with a value of almost $550,000. He, the only employee of Oakland, California-based Sierra Electronic Instruments (SEI), purchased 312 radiation-hardened circuits from a Colorado manufacturer. The circuits purchased by He are categorized as defense articles within the International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Lawfully exporting defense articles requires licensing from the U.S. State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls.

Oh joy!  The Company, Aeroflex claimed some credit on this “busting” espionage.

For Aeroflex in Colorado Springs it was an order that just didn’t seem right. The company provides high-tech products for aerospace industry, defense industry and others. Aeroflex became highly suspicious of an order for nearly $500,000 worth of radiation-hardened integrated circuits.

Agents from the Department of Homeland Security were notified. Their investigation uncovered an international smuggling ring. It found almost $500,000 was wired from a bank in the People’s Republic of China to the bank account of Phillip Chaohui in Oakland, Calif. The money was then used to purchase the products from Aeroflex by claiming they would not leave the country.

If you really want to dig fishy stories, the company in Colorado, Aeroflex, has manufacturing facility in China.

And Aeroflex just settled ($8 Million) with US Justice Department in August 2013, for ITAR violation, for what? YEARS of SAME export violations to China.

HMMM??? So, US company does it, Settle.

Some immigrant does it. SPY?!

I do have to say, Mr. He is quite stupid.  As a Chinese immigrant, he should have known that he can’t get away with Sh*t pulled by the “too big to prosecute” types of Americans.  (American dream doesn’t include letting you, a Chinese immigrant, get away with stuff RESERVED ONLY for the finest vintaged Americanness.  You can just forget about it.  No way in Hell.  Never ever.)

When it comes to the likes of Mr. He, it’s the US policy that “too Chinese NOT to Prosecute.”

And what’s worse, Mr. He actually LOST money in the deal:  he was paid about $490K from the “Chinese co-conspirators”, but then he had to pay Aeroflex about $550K to just to order the parts!!  Mr. He actually lost $60K on the deal!!

You know, I really smell something fishy about this whole deal, which simply makes no sense to me.

It frankly feels like a set up to start with.  Mr. He’s mistakes were just too stupid to be real, including the silly cliched meet at the docks bit.

And “rad hard memory chips”??!  Come on.

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  1. Zack
    December 18th, 2013 at 01:55 | #1

    good to see that reuters hasn’t let up on their anti China crusade, ever since their ‘China hand’ got their visa rejected

  2. Black Pheonix
    December 18th, 2013 at 06:19 | #2

    In Aeroflex’s settlement agreement:

    “Third, between 2005 and 2008, Aeroflex exported 259 ITAR-controlled radiation-tolerant “field programmable gate array” circuits without proper authorization to numerous countries. The end-user of 170 of these circuits was the Chinese Academy of Space Technology.”

    These were the same type of chips that Mr. He tried to smuggle just 3 years later.

    Oddly coincidental, EH?

    My theory:

    (1) Aeroflex had tried to arrange for this smuggling, by using their Chinese side personnel to encourage someone like Mr. He to do the dirty work on US side. (probably instructed him on what to do).

    (2) Aeroflex perhaps even knew Mr. He would get caught, and set him up as a fall guy, and used him in the settlement bargaining. (Oh, we’ll help you investigate, and catch some spies, in exchange for lower settlement fines).

    It’s just too damn convenient and too neat and too coincidental.

  3. December 19th, 2013 at 09:02 | #3

    If the parts can be sell to a one room operation it is definitely not classified. It is another red herring. Classified info can only be accessed by those with clearance, not even a regular USAF general!

    The reality is, if any party want to have access to top grade stuff they only need to know how it works. The authors of this article are amateurs, no space industry in the right mind will put an uncontrolled part in their satellite which cost easily $50 million to launch (but hey this is China we are talking about here, so they would do it, da). So all this bs about classified stuff being bought by alleged Chinese spies then sending them back to China are completely false.

    This is a sad dumbing down article that is prevalent in the western free press.

  4. ersim
    December 20th, 2013 at 12:36 | #4

    Having read the article, it sounded more like a bad Hollywood movie. It amazing how Orwellian the public relations branch of the U.S. government can mix “fact” with fiction when it comes to their version of “journalism” Hollywood style. “Freedom of expression” at it’s “best”.

  5. December 21st, 2013 at 07:18 | #5

    Articles like this feed the crowd that want to believe the idea that “Chinese steal all the technology”. What actually happened in this case and many others before it, is mostly there is a buyer for the end product, who may or not be Chinese and the seller violated US export law.

    To steal truly classified information, only leak from the highest level will allow that to happen. No defence industries mainframe is link to the internet! It can never be hacked. To get that info, it has to be an insider with top level access who copy and bring out the design. A next to impossible task, not even possible for CEO of Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, Boeing etc.

    Wen Ho Lee was charged because he downloaded stuff. However, he was eventually cleared because there is no proof that anything classified was ever downloaded. Above all, many employees do that all the time but since he is Chinese he was singled out. The spark that caused his arrest was Pentagon discovered a new miniaturized warhead tested by China. They assume China can never managed that in that time frame and assumed they must have stolen it!

    Robert Gates once made a fool of himself when he publicly states that China’s stealth jet won’t fly until at least 2015. And when the J-20 made a flight in 2011, most haters comment was that somehow China managed to steal design from the F-117 shot down in Serbia in 1999.

    Basically, those bigots want to believe that Chinese cannot innovate and can only steal design. However, it seems not even the regular Joes believe in this but people high level up in the government also believe that.

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Alonzo King LINES Ballet was honored to perform at Jacob’s Pillow, July 15-19, 2015. The program was comprised of “Men’s Quintet”, “Concerto for Two Violins” and “Biophony”. Above is a clip from their performance of “Concerto for Two Violins”. Below is the essay written by Jacob’s Pillow Scholar-in-Residence, Suzanne Carbonneau as well as a video of the post-show talkback with moderator and Jacob’s Pillow Scholar-in-Residence Philip Szporer. It was an incredible trip to this historic dance festival and we cannot wait to have the chance to return soon!

by Suzanne Carbonneau

The PillowNotes series comprises essays commissioned from our Scholars – in – Residence to provide audiences with a broader context for viewing dance.

With its origins in the European courts as the pastime of kings and nobles, ballet traditionally has been associated with an outsized conception of grandeur. Affirming his royal image by dancing as the Sun King, Louis XIV created a virtual theater-state at Versailles, establishing court protocol and conducting diplomacy through dance. In Imperial Russia, too, ballet was suppor ted by the tsar’s privy purse and classical ballets in late 19th – century Russia reflected imperial values.

With its lack of monarchical traditions, America often has seemed at odds with this dance form grounded in the conventions of aristocracy, and American ballet has struggled to find its place in a culture suspicious of hierarchy. A reconciliation emerged, however, in a new conception of ballet as a vehicle for the expression of individual vision. George Balanchine’s New York City Ballet became a bell wether for the idea of a ballet company following the modern dance model — that is, while employing the vocabulary of the danse d’école, the company existed as a vehicle for the choreographer’s revolutionary personal aesthetic.

It is this choreographically-driven vision of a ballet company that Alonzo King embraced in forming his San Francisco – based LINES Ballet in 1982. Considered one of the most experimental of American ballet companies, LINES pushes at assumed boundaries. King himself has pointed out, however, that his choreography seems radical only because people have clung to balletic conventions associated with particular historical epochs, particularly of 19th-century Europe. In insisting that ballet be frozen in amber, referring always to the past and to European culture, traditionalists condemn the form to nostalgia and irrelevance, King says, relegating it to the status of “a useless bauble.” Rather, King believes, historical fashion does not constitute the true essence of the art form but is merely one possible expression of style.

King disavows the notion of ballet as something romantic or arbitrary by nature. He sees it rather as a science, with a set o f concepts “based on universal principles that do not vary.” These principles align with western physics as well as eastern conceptions of energy flow. In essence, King adds, “ballet is a core of ideas and the manipulation of energy to express those ideas.” These concepts allow ballet to take vastly dissimilar forms across history and geography, while continuing to address shared human experience. King points out that his own work concerns the same themes (“oppression, joy, and pain”) found not only in classical ballet, but also in aboriginal dance, in Japanese kabuki, and in break dance.

King has contributed to the evolution of ballet, reconceiving the dynamic assumptions to which the form has been historically attached. Where ballet has traditionally been associated with qualities of complaisance — that is, with the ideals of Versailles, emphasizing grace, decorativeness, and lyricism — King has thrust the form directly into the present. Its hyperdriven speed and propulsion seem at ease in the digital world, as does the aggressiveness of its rhythmic attack. King’s choreography muscles its way through space with an insistent physicality that celebrates flesh and blood, pointing up the quaintness of traditional balletic languor, a relic of days when women were idealized as immaterial. Its equalizing of gender roles and of male and female techniques hustle s ballet into the postfeminist world. It celebrates the gains to be made in risk-taking and rule-breaking: transposing and inverting bodily shape, folding lines in on themselves, activating a fluid spine. His work celebrates daring, energy, freedom and for cefulness, rejecting dancing that is “correct” for dancing that is headlong. The only thing it reveres is pushing into the unknown.

King has further pluralized ballet by his musical choices. While ballet has been inevitably linked by tradition to the European classical music repertory, King has demonstrated that there is nothing absolute about that choice. With musical accompaniment ranging through jazz, gospel, rhythm & blues, Native American, and world music, in addition to classical music, King has emphasized ballet’s ability to speak across cultures and time. Collaborators have included jazz experimentalist Pharoah Sanders and pianist Jason Moran, Sweet Honey in the Rock founder Bernice Johnson Reagon, contemporary Polish composer Pawel Szymanski, master of the oud Hamza El Din, and tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain.

King’s work, then, urges us to jettison our expectations to see only our own sympathies reflected in ballet, and asks us instead to come to the work on its own terms. His freeing ballet from sty listic convention is an act of liberation that allows the form to seek its potential to embrace more pluralistic notions of race, culture, music, body type, and class. “If we really are to be art lovers,” King passionately declares, “we have to be open to every possibility, from every culture and every civilization.”

© 2015 Suzanne Carbonneau and Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival

Cover photo by Morah Geist

Written by Alonzo King LINES Ballet

Alonzo King LINES Ballet is comprised of an internationally renowned contemporary ballet company, three education programs that serve pre-professional dancers, and a dance center that provides adult drop-in classes for all levels. The LINES Ballet mission is to nurture dynamic artistry and the development of authentic creative expression in dance, through collaboration, performance, and education.

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Artist Corner: Lubica from London

Artist Corner: Lubica from London

Meet our latest Artist Corner designer, Lubica Svedova. Born in Slovakia but currently living in London, she comes from a family of artists. First introduced to the art of design, via pencil, by her mother, Lubica found inspiration everywhere - in nature, in books and, of course, the Internet. In the 6 months she's been with us, her designs have grown in popularity. Keep reading to learn more about Lubica.

About Me

I am an artist that comes from a long line of artists. These days, I paint on silk, canvas and glass. I also work with AI, PS and now PosterMyWall. But I can still remember the first time my mother introduced me to the world of art... the memory is so vivid in my mind. I was sitting in the garden and touching flowers - beautiful colors, fantastic smells, and the petals felt like delicate velvet. Then, I started painting the flowers...

At that time, I found loads of inspiration in the garden. Then it was on the street, in the sky, in books, and later, on the Internet. I can now find inspiration anywhere and everywhere!

Note: Lucky for me, a dear friend of mine - and excellent designer - started teaching me Adobe Illustrator. Thus began my interest in graphic design.

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My typical day is always busy.  I am mother of three beautiful children :) Early in the morning I prepare their food and get them ready for school. Then I drink coffee with my husband, clean the house and prepare lunch. Once that's done, I start painting on silk or making posters. When the children come back from school, I drop them off at their respective activities.

But I also make sure to take care of myself. Twice a week, I go to the gym, and if the weather permits, we play tennis.

Though I can choose from plenty of artists, I believe my favorite is Milton Glaser.

I like mozzarella with basil and olive oil, tomato soup, and turkey with salad and everything that has chili.

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