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This was such a FUN outfit to make and it's perfect for the fall! I love overalls on little kids! Sure, they're not super practical when you have to change a diaper (even snaps are a pain to open and close!) but they look so sweet on little bodies!
I hope you can tell the silhouette of the Popover Sundress on this romper! When I thought how I wanted to remix the pattern I had several ideas in my head. This version seemed the most practical for my baby girl! She already has sooooo many dresses and I wanted to give her something that would be easy to wear, comfortable and perfect for the upcoming chilly weather!
Are you ready to make one for yourself????
You'll need:
Popover pattern (FREE!)
Measurements for your child's chest/rise/inseam
Pair of pants to trace
Fabric/scissors/bias tape/thread/buttons/pins
(When I say "finish seams" I am using a serger to finish off the raw edge. You can use a zig zag or pinking shears anytime you see me mention "finish seams".)
You will be using the top of the Popover but trimming the sides and adding the pant inseam. Use an existing pair of pants to trace the front and back and add that to the top of the Popover pattern. You will NOT be cutting on the fold. I felt that the sundress was already wide enough that having the center seam would not hurt the chest measurements. If you feel your child is wide in the chest you may want to add an extra 1/4" to the sides of the pattern to account for the center seam.
Place the pattern on your fabric and cut two for the front (mirrored) and cut two for the back (mirrored)
Sew the front center seam on both the front and back (the "J" shape) and finish the seam. Press open.
Place front and back right sides together and sew the side seams. Finish seams and press open.
Don't sew the crotch seam yet - I forgot to document this process with pictures but I will do my best to explain!!!
First, make sure you know the inseam of your child. Eva Mae was sleeping so I used a standard inseam of 12" and it's about 2" too long so her ruffle bottoms are a little big! LOL! Take your pants inseam and cut off 3". Add a ruffle to the bottom of the pants hem that is 4" tall and 2x the length of the pant leg. Hem the strip on the bottom (turn up 1/4" to the wrong side and 1/4" again. hem close to the folded edge.) Then add a basting strip to the top of the strip. Gather and pin around the pant leg with right sides together. Sew the ruffle to the bottom of the pant hem. Finish the seam. Press the seam up and the ruffle down and top stitch along the pant hem. Repeat for the other leg.
NOW, sew the crotch seam. With right sides together, sew from the bottom of one ruffle leg up around the crotch seam and back down to the other leg.
To finish the top, you will use the yoke from the pattern. For the front, keep the yoke the same. For the back, you will cut down the top fold creating two pieces.
Again, I forgot to photo document all the steps, but follow the pattern directions for adding the front yoke to the top of the overall bodice. (I embellished with some ric rac during this step!)
To create the back straps, measure how long you want your straps and sew the strap fabric right sides together and turn right sides out and press.
Sandwich the straps between the back yoke pieces. Sew a straight stitch across the top of the yoke section and turn right sides out and press. Attach the back yoke to the overalls in the same way you attached the front yoke.
Now, since we are not making the shoulder ties, we have to use bias tape (store bought or homemade) to finish the arm hole edges. To do this, you will fold the bias tape over at the beginning and the end of the arm hole edge.
Place the bias tape right sides to the overalls wrong side. Match up the raw edges and sew along the crease. Turn the bias tape over and sew again along the fold "stitching in the ditch" to attach the bias tape to the arm hole.
Optional: Add a pocket!
I used my embroidery machine to applique a patch for a pocket. I placed the patch fabric right sides together with some lining and then turned right sides out and attached to the front of the overalls - sewing only the side and bottom to create a working pocket.
The final step - add buttonholes and buttons to the front yoke!!!
Clear as mud?! The hardest part in converting this pattern to overalls is getting the measurements right for the length and inseam! If you get that down you will have an adorable pair of overalls for your little girl this season!!! I also think that if you leave off the ruffle hem and ric rack on the yoke this could work for a boy!!! What do you think?
I had hoped to take pictures at a store we used to have called the "Apple Barn" - I was bummed that it never reopened when our mall was finished with renovations. Instead I got some cute shots of Eva Mae playing on the stage and in the kid area!
Isn't it fun when people compliment your kid's clothes?! I need to start carrying around business cards! I keep forgetting to put them in my purse! I had several people come up and tell me how cute her outfit was but I just smiled and said "Thank you so much" this time instead of "Thanks! I made it!" ;-)
I can't wait to see what other creative remixes are going on in this first week of Project Run & Play! Come back next week for some fun orange and white candy inspired outfits!


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A few weeks ago we lost one of the worlds sweetest, most loving, patient, and beautiful inside and out friend anyone could have. She made friends with people, dogs, cats, just about any living thing, except chipmunks.
Sarah came to us in March of 2010 as an emergency foster. After 24 hours it was pretty clear we were going to fail miserably as fosters. She was exactly what my husband needed at a time when his health was declining. She took her job of taking care of him very seriously. They were always together, whether going in the car, watching old TV shows and at the end, lying by his hospice bed.
Her love for my son knew no bounds. Even as her health got worse and going anywhere was difficult; going to his house always got her up and moving. Her other favorite human in the whole world was her Aunt Cheryl, who loved and spoiled her no end. Two and a half toy boxes were filled with gifts from her. And Sarah loved and played with every one of them.
Sarah left many people with a big piece of their heart missing. But she also left a million smiles for all who knew her. From her smiling face to her never still tail, she wanted to please her people and be with them. She was deeply loved and is deeply missed. I am so grateful to GRRAND and Jane for bringing this beautiful, loving girl into our lives.


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While looking through some paper to tear up, I got a jewelry inspiration.
At work, the resident student (who is also gardener) planted some bulbs and gave me one in a pot to put on my desk!
At first I thought maybe they were paperwhites, but I think they are white hyacinth. They smell nice.
I drew this with mostly watercolor pencil.
When I turned back the page to work on my collage from the morning, the page had gotten wet and the paper got wrinkled.
The collage was about a dream I had.
I was walking along the river, and there was also a lady walking her dog several paces behind me.
Occasionally I would come to a gate, but every time I went to unlatch the gate, the whole gate would fall down in front of me.
It didn't matter, because I was still able to continue on my way.
It was dark and creepy, and I felt like somebody was following us (not the lady)
Eventually the lady said, "maybe I should be closing the gates behind us."
I realized that we had been leaving the gates open for whatever it was to follow behind...


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This post strays off the path of drums and music but certainly deals with the life side of my blog.
Sometimes very simple statements or events give you an insight into what is going on with people.
In my other life, the exciting world of distribution, we have a customer who over the years has periodically complained about the same item.
They will use and install this item from the same lot for months with no issues. Then out of nowhere the item is suddenly defective and have installation problems.
We have spent countless time and resources, both ours and the manufacturer of the item, studying and diagnosing the issue. And every time it has been determined that it's not the item that is defective. The problem is with their installation equipment or they are using the wrong part for the application.
After the last incident and many hours spent once again proving that it was not an issue with the item the buyer for the customer informed us that he had found the same item from another supplier at a cheaper price. This goes to prove that the customer places zero value on the service we provided over and above procuring and delivering the item to their production lines.
Well it turns out he was shopping the product overseas and then comparing that price to the price of the superior part which was manufactured in the USA.
When the buyer's manager discovered what he was doing he immediately put a stop to that activity, knowing full well the problems and lack of support that would come with the overseas product.
But the real defining moment for me was when our rep advised our management of what the buyer had done.
The response was "Oh, he's just doing his job."
So screwing us is the buyer's job! And that's how the management see's this business. Now I understand why they allow certain buyers to treat our reps with a lack of respect and a lack of just outright common courtesy. Because, it's just their jobs to be a dick.
It also gave me an insight into how the management feels about the employees, as being less than they are. You take the abuse and be glad you have a job. Believe me if the buyer were to treat the management with such a lack of respect and common courtesy they would immediately be on the phone complaining to the buyer's supervisor.
It also shows me a touch of desperation on their part as well. Don't call the customer on this practice. If this buyer would not of had a stand up boss they probably would have used that pricing to brow beat us into lowering our price even though it was based on erroneous data.
The largest customer in the company's history was gained when we initially told them we weren't interest in their business and walked away. Within a matter of weeks they were coming to us to quote based on the business model that was most profitable for this company.
It's little pieces of life like that, if you're paying attention, that can tear a gigantic hole in the curtain that is blocking your insight into your surroundings.
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If you are looking for small living room ideas, take inspiration from our exhibition of beautiful small space designs to make the most of your compact living room. Arranging small living room furniture can be challenging, but as shocking as it sounds, small living rooms are often easier to decorate than large, especially on a budget.
When you re-decorate, one of the easiest ways to make a small living room feel more spacious is to pump soft, pastel shades into your design scheme to keep your room warm and inviting – check out our ideas for the living room colors for more inspiration.
Small living rooms need to be kept fresh and tidy with well selected storage. A great way to make a small living room feel bigger is to keep it neatly arranged and in order to do it, everything in the room needs its proper place. The main design rules for arranging small living room furniture are no different from in a large room: the choice of furniture that fits the space, and do not try to squeeze too much in.
Easier than done, But these ideas for Couch for Small Living Room may inspire you and show you that less can be more.
- velvet brown couch, white wooden frame rectangle glass center table and square coffee table, beige rug.
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- grey patterned armchair, grey couch, grey yellow pattern cushions, white grey pattern rug, grey wall.
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- picture frame painting decoration, beige letter L couch, brown wooden director chairs, rectangle table.
- grey wall color, white swivel chair, black rectangle decorative sofa table, beige couch, tube lamp.


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Pirouette is Bliss.
Alrighty well welcome everyone who has taken the time out of they're days to read this rather pointless but exciting blog. :)
As you know I collect movies, I am completely serious. I love, love, love movies!! My father says it is a waste of money, but I think that is an insult to the film industry. I do not have many because every time I go to the store I either one: have no money. or two: have no money. If I have money I buy either of the four things listed below:
1.) Movies.
2.)Big coffee mugs, that seem to be nonexistent here in my little desert town of Moreno Valley.
3.) Comforters, feather pillows, big fluffy pillows, soft blankets, sheets.
4.)Pirouette cream filled wafers. yumm.
I don't know about you but Pirouette is the best thing god ever made, except for of course Atlas and the ruins of Babylon and Antayla and the Colossseum in Rome and...well there are a lot, I could go on for days and days. Like I have mentioned before I am in love with history. All history.
One of my favorite movies is National Treasure and My Life In Ruins. I watched both yesterday though Harry Potter was not at it's best, I felt almost jipped. I mean there was no big fight nothing really exciting you know. It was still a great movie it just seemed as if they didn't finish it all the way you know.
Today I have a conflict. I have money given by my wonderful grandparents, eighty dollars to be exact but I can't seem to determine what to get... I could always go with movies, they are fun. Or a new comforter and pillows and sheets, I am getting tired of red silk. Or I could get Big mugs... okay if they had them I would so get them no questions asked but they don't. I see them in movies I just can't find them in stores. :|
Anyway my friend wants me to go up to a park nearby and we do aim to please. So see you later my fellow bloggers. And remember ten comments and two followers earn you lots of pictures with my smiling doggie. :DD


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Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, Chairman of the Government of Russia has given orders to allocate 135 million Rubles from the federal budget on the restoration of the radio tower of the genius engineer and architect Vladimir Grigorievich Shukhov located in Shabolovka street in Moscow. The appropriate document is placed in the document base of the Cabinet of Ministers. This was reported by RIA "Novosti".
In 2011 up to 10,5 million Rubles will be assigned on the restoration of the Shukhov tower, in 2012 – up to 69,18 million Rubles, in 2013 – 55,32 million Rubles. The whole amount of expenses on the designing and reconstructing of the tower will be covered from the federal budget. According to the document the state customer is the Federal agency for press and mass communications, the builder is FSUE "Russian television and broadcasting network".
In March 2010 the renowned British architect Norman Foster wrote an open letter with the demand of restoring the Shukhov tower. The letter said that the tower of Shukhov "is neglected and decaying". Mr. Foster noted that later modifications of the tower should be stripped away and the tower should be restored to its original condition.
Letters requesting to pay attention to the Shukhov tower were also sent by Bertrand Lemoine, Director of the Institute for the architecture of Paris, Professor Lucio Carbonara, and Professor Rainer Graefe, Director of the Institute for the constructional history and the protection of architectural monuments within the University of Innsbruck. However, at that time the money for the restoration of the architectural monument could not be found.
The project of making the block around the TV tower into a recreational zone was put forward already in 2009. According to plans the Shukhov tower should have been restored and illuminated anew, and a broad pond should have been dug at its foot. In a block further there was supposed to make one of the pedestrian routes of the "Golden ring of Moscow", and in several places there should have been built observation platforms from Shabolovka to the metro station "Tulskaya".
The Shukhov TV tower has been recognized as one of the symbols of Moscow. Since 1922 the Shukhov tower served as a support for the radio and TV aerials of the Moscow radiotelegraph station, broadcasting station "Big Comintern", and from 1937 it became the transmitting aerial of the Moscow television center. Though with the modern level of communication there is no need to use the Shukhov radio tower as per its direct application, it is ranked as an object of cultural heritage and is protected by the state.
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A fatal one-car crash closed state Route 507 just south of Bucoda, according to the Washington State Patrol.
The driver of the car involved in the accident died, State Patrol Trooper Todd Bartolac said. There were no passengers.
A person's car hit a tree there, Bartolac said, and the highway was closed for some time to complete investigation of the crash.
The crash happened about 6 p.m., the Washington state Department of Transportation posted on Twitter. One lane of traffic was opened about 9:45 p.m., WSDOT tweeted later.
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Freezing temperatures may have contributed to the crash, Bartolac said.
The cold weather is believed to have caused a six-car pileup on the southbound onramp to Interstate 5 from Pacific Avenue in Lacey, Bartolac said.
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I hope everyone has enjoyed their 2013 Christmas Morning. I know I have!! We had a great skype with James family & we had the chance to open gifts from everyone. I received some amazing gifts!!
From James parents (Jim & Lynne), I received a Magic Mouse, Wireless Apple Keyboard, Mustache Clips & Straws and the The Web Designer Idea Book Volume 2!!!
From Jeff & Sara (James brother & wife), I received the coolest spaghetti scooper, its a DINOSAUR & a nifty gadget to measure spaghetti, so I can stop making enough for 20 people.
We also received some stocking stuffers!! Which I ate the Reeses while we were opening the gifts.
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Lausanne Street & Bowl 2010 contest seen through the eyes of Sven , Randy, Dick, Domo and Remy.
Including some bowlskating , a football match , and some street skating. This is a documentation of our RB road trip.
Skaters featured (not all actually skating haha):
Remy Cadier
Toto Ghali
Vins Isaac
Tom Ahlqvist
Randy Abels
Sven Boekhorst
Dick Heerkens
David Sizemore
Rob Guerrero
Anthony Avella
Wilfried Rossignol
Dominic Beck
Maxime Genoud
Jair Smidse
Donny Straube
Wiboud De Boorder
Jeremy Suarez
Jean Jean Chanet
The Rollerblade Solo Tribe HD Skates are the perfect skate for the serious blader who's looking to take his aggressive skating to the next level. These aggressive skates from Rollerblade give you one of the most solid and quality performances out of any boot out there. The newly redesigned 45° steel buckle with power-lock is possibly the best addition to any skate so far this winter, providing you a tight fit with ultimate durability. Blank liners are a perfect fit for the boot and give you comfort that you never thought possible!
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- Extra red laces in box.
Both the 45° steel buckle strap and the velcro strap across the cuff are easily replaceable with just the turn of an allen wrench!
The 45° steel buckle w/ power lock is sure to be your favorite part of the skate. It's low profile with even more protection than before, and gives you 4 different adjustment options.. what more could you ask for from these boots!?
V-cut is starting to become more and more popular amongst rollerblades. These v-cut liners and cuffs provide your ankle with more front-and-back movement without sacrificing ankle support on the sides.
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This beautiful coral family room was designed by Kelley Proxmire of Kelley Interior Design as part of the D.C. Design House 2016. The coral color used in this family room is welcoming and inviting. Kelley's design style for this room is "tailored traditional" and "polished prep". The space serves as an entertainment area where families can
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FIREPLACES I love fireplaces! Displaying personable items on your fireplace mantel is a perfect way to add your personality to a room. I arranged a few items on my mantle, all which represent something personal for me. I included my wedding cake topper (monogram B), as well as baby pictures of my kids, a travel
Diamond in the Rough : From Thrifty to Trendy Welcome to my blog! I love decorating and I recently acquired a new hobby as a thrift store adventurer. What does that mean? Well, I am a huge Nate Berkus fan and one of my favorite co-hosts on the show is Goodwill Hunting. I was inspired to


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A few weeks ago I checked out the LG G-Watch running Android Wear. I was curious to checkout the platform. Ten days later, I sent it back. What happened in between?
The G-Watch as a device is ok. The strap was bad, so I had to replace that with a nice metal one, that was bigger and more comfortable. The watch part is a little thick and chunky but since I have thick and chunky wrists it was fine for me.
The software itself was pretty good. I think Google has the interface right. I was able to swipe through different cards and actions no problem, and it made a lot of sense on a device that size. Getting notifications on my wrist was pretty cool. I can see the future of Android Wear and I like it better than using a digital crown to move through 60 different icons on a small screen. The battery life was incredible.
Still, the present isn't quite as good. The G-Watch is completely unreadable in sunlight, and not enough apps (at the time I had it) fully integrated with Android Wear. Better hardware and apps will happen in time, which is why I'm bullish long term, but still returned my G-Watch after ten days.
The Moto 360 though seems to have great battery life now….hmm.


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A Super Sonic Boom Rockets to NM Breeders' Futurity Win
The homebred Big Daddy Cartel gelding broke his maiden at SunRay Park on Sunday.
May 15, 2016
Q-Racing Journal
One of three finalists qualified by trainer Ken Grisham, A Super Sonic Boom broke his maiden with a victory in Sunday's $101,680 New Mexico Breeders' Futurity (RG2) at SunRay Park.
A Super Sonic Boom went 350 yards in :17.555 while aided by a 12-mph tail wind, and his winning margin was a neck from Frost Dalena. Jaime Parga Leos rode the homebred gray son of Big Daddy Cartel for owner Hubaldo Solis of Peralta, New Mexico.
A Super Sonic Boom was winning for the first time in three outs, and the $61,008 winner's share of the purse increased his earnings to $61,148. The gelding's sire is a 7-year-old winning son of Corona Cartel and was a finalist in the 2011 All American (G1) and Rainbow (G1) futurities at Ruidoso Downs.
A Super Sonic Boom's dam, Strawberryberryfast, is a 12-year-old daughter of Strawflyin Buds.
My Moon Crest ran third and was followed by Genuine High, Go Daddy Gone, fastest qualifier Hard Not To Sing, Corona Bud, 3-1 favorite KG Miracle, VMR Rebel, and Raise Your Style.
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one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure
either of the two broad surfaces of a thin, flat object, as a door, a piece of paper, etc
one of the lateral surfaces of an object, as opposed to the front, back, top, and bottom
either of the two lateral parts or areas of a thing:the right side and the left side
either lateral half of the body, especially of the trunk, of a human or animal
the dressed, lengthwise half of an animal's body, as of beef or pork, used for food
an aspect or phase, especially as contrasted with another aspect or phase:to consider all sides of a problem
region, direction, or position with reference to a central line, space, or point:the east side of a city
a slope, as of a hill
one of two or more contesting teams, groups, parties, etc
:Our side won the baseball game
the position, course, or part of a person or group opposing another:I am on your side in this issue
line of descent through either the father or the mother:grandparents on one's maternal side
the space immediately adjacent to something or someone indicated:Stand at my side
a side dish, as in a restaurant:I'll have a hamburger and a side of French fries
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pages of a script containing only the lines and cues of a specific role to be learned by a performer
the lines of the role
the hull portion that is normally out of the water, located between the stem and stern to port or starboard
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either of the two surfaces of a phonograph record or the two tracks on a audiotape
a phonograph record
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affected manner; pretension; assumed haughtiness: to put on side
impudence; gall: He has a lot of side
As adjective
being at or on one side:the side aisles of a theater
coming from one side
directed toward one side:a side blow
subordinate or incidental:a side issue
As Verb phrases, past and past participle sided,
As present participle siding
side with/against, to favor or support or refuse to support one group, opinion, etc
, against opposition; take sides, as in a dispute:He always sides with the underdog
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a commercial establishment for repairing and servicing motor vehicles
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the building, house, etc
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any means of approach, admittance, or access:the doors to learning
any gateway marking an entrance or exit from one place or state to another:at heaven's door
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lie at someone's door, to be the responsibility of; be imputable to:One's mistakes often lie at one's own door
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Here's what I wore to go sit my friends when they decided to experiment with some cactus. (Peruvian Torch, if you're interested in that sort of thing.)
T-shirt: Emily Strange – 'Zombies Recycle (Brains)' New Favourite Thing.
Dress: Bench – found it for £3
Jacket: Living Dead Souls
Tights: Frog – comfiest in the world
Legwarmers – TopShop
Boots – Vegetarian Shoes
Peruvian Cactus is a mild hallucinogenic in the Mescaline family. Almost nothing happened to my friends, except they seemed to lose a little of their social conditioning and said everything that was on their minds, whether it was 'appropriate' or not. I'm going to sit for them in the future as well. (I would like to add that I don't take hallucinogens, nor do I promote the practice, but we're all grown-ups here and you can do what you like.)


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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- The euro spiked to a record high against the dollar at $1.3090. Currency analysts attributed some of the move to expectations in the markets that central banks have been adjusting and will continue to adjust reserves to reduce dollar exposure. "The backdrop has been to sell the dollar," said Gary Noone at Informa Global Markets. The dollar was weaker across the major currencies on Tuesday. On Monday, Deputy Finance Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said euro reserves would be increased by three to five percentage points.
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Maybe it's all because the US e-car maker is too popular in China.
Tesla chief Elon Musk was on the ground in China overseeing deliveries of the company's sleek Models S sedans and unveiling superchargers in Beijing and Shanghai earlier this week.
He's hailed by some as a Silicon Valley icon to rival the late Steve Jobs but not everyone is sweet on Musk. A number of Model S buyers who prepaid for their e-cars months ago are less than impressed that they have to wait for their wheels while those in Beijing and Shanghai — who didn't pay upfront — took possession on Tuesday.
Media reports say that up to 23 buyers from outside the two major cities have protested about the delivery arrangements and threatened legal action in a letter to Tesla China chief executive Veronica Wu {吳碧瑄}. The Economic Observer reports that all of the 23 buyers paid the 250,000 yuan (US$41,035) deposit and the rest of the money last year, with Tesla sales staff promising back then that deliveries would be linked to when they paid, not where they lived.
The idea of owning a Tesla is just as popular with people outside as well as inside the political and financial capitals. When preorders opened in August last year, the first Model S buyer was the 24-year-old son of a wealthy factory owner in Jinhua {金華}, a lesser-known prefectural level city in the eastern province of Zhejiang. But buyers beyond Beijing and Shanghai's city limits weren't warned of any delivery problems until they learnt that those in the two centers were getting their cars and their country cousins weren't. That's when they complained to Tesla China about regional discrimination.
Tesla China said the delay is due to the overwhelming orders that constantly exceed its plants' capacity. It said Tesla has to do on-site tests to ensure the cars conform with the buyer's household charging facilities and that such tests can only be done by trained staff sent by Tesla service centers.
The firm has just one service center up and running in Beijing and another one opening in Shanghai this week. And the firm only plans to expand service networks into Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Chengdu later this year. This means that only buyers from these cities can expect to get their cars in time.
A Tesla buyer from Shandong province said no one bothered to inform him of all these uncertainties when he paid the money in full in December, but now he has been told to keep waiting or cancel the order and get his money back in three months.
The 21st Century Business Herald reported Wednesday that Musk apologized in Beijing to a dozen buyers over shipping waits, promising to deliver the vehicles within the next eight weeks. On top of that, they received a letter of apology and were assured that their cars will be shipped to Shanghai in May and delivered no later than June.
It seems there will be a happy ending but there is a hitch: buyers outside Beijing and Shanghai who wish to get their cars as soon as possible have been asked to sign a disclaimer clause. "It means that you must shut up if there is any trouble with charging facilities or after-sales service," one buyer told the Observer.
Analysts say Tesla underestimated sales in China and thought orders would just come from the country's major cities so it took time to build service centers there. Red tape also complicated the process.
But the truth is that the brand has already become a big name among many prospective car buyers across the nation and unless Tesla can improve its supercharger checks and after-sales service, many buyers may lose patience and switch to electric and hybrid offerings from mainstream rivals like Toyota, whose service network has penetrated into virtually all counties and major townships.
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Today I have a DIY craft piece for you which was so fun and easy to make and I'm excited to share it with you! You can be as wild and crazy as you like and make it unique to you, I think it makes a perfect little gift for someone or maybe even used as a feature for a fairy garden for children as I know they have become quite popular.
All you will need:
❁Super Glue
❁Paint (colour of your choice)
❁Wooden clothes pegs
❁Old fabric
❁Cotton wool (or any other types of stuffing)
It's times like this where I really wish I started a YouTube channel to easily demonstrate how I did this! Should I start one do you think?
I must pre-warn you all it gets very fiddly & very messy but totally worth it, the chair itself is no bigger than the size of my hand. Young children may need an adult's help with this one.
It may annoy you that I don't have step by step photos for this one, but I'll try my best to be descriptive.
1. First, you'll want to start by pulling apart all the wooden pegs apart and throwing away the wiry metal parts, please be careful as they could ping out at someone. After that, let your inner Lego building come out and assemble the pieces together to form kind of what I have shown in my image above. 6 pieces together for the back, with 2 supporting pieces at the back to hold them all in place. 4 pieces for the seat part with again 2 supporting pegs underneath. The back two legs were created by sticking 2 pegs together and slightly thinning them out where they meet so it keep it straight, on the top half of the pegs, I attached 2 pegs for the arms. I used the same technique for the rocking part at the bottom as I did the legs, but angled it more to allow it to rock smoothly. This is also he order I did to attach everything together.
Keep in mind this does not have to be a rocking chair! It could be a standard wooden chair.
I made a rocking chair but you can easily get creative it makes it a lot more fun. I think a summer version of this would look really awesome, maybe a deck chair? Remind me to try that..if you struggle with doing this then keep an eye out for a potential video, where I can demonstrate the steps I used but for now the image is an example to use as a guidance. I'll hopefully get a video made soon for you guys and post it here with this post.
2. Next, once the glue has dried and the chair is secure, you want to whip out them paintbrushes and let out your inner child! I encourage you to be as creative as possible.
You don't have to stick to one colour either, you could even paint little daisies on to add to the spring vibe. Once the paint has air-dried, you want to delicately brush on some gloss to not only harden it, but also give it a nice finished off effect.
The Cushion
Select any fabric of your choice (just ensure its not something you cut out of your nice clothes!)
I liked the flowery piece that I had spare nearby my craft box. you'll want to cut out two square pieces with the design facing inwards (don't forget else it won't work) and you want to do a small close stitch all the way around the edges, or even just use the glue again.
On the last side leave a tiny gap open (don't stitch it) and you need to turn the material inside out again so the pattern is facing outwards the way you want it. The opening that is left is where you can add in the stuffing to give it a plump and comforting look and then you may stitch up the last little gap that you left. Aim to sew with a coloured thread similar to the colour of the fabric so it doesn't stand out too much and then simply place it on your new miniature wooden clothes peg Chair!
And there you have it, I thoroughly hope you enjoy and lemme know how well you get on with it!


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Learn to surf or enhance your surfing skills with this exhilarating surf camp. Hosted in amazing locations with local experienced instructors, this surf camp offers nothing less than a world-class surfing experience. The surf camp provides heaps of different activities for you to ensure your surf holiday will be dynamic, creative, and as pleasurable as possible.
You will be staying at the comfortable and hospitable resort of Las Dunas. Located at one of the most beautiful beach of the area, the venue offers round the clock security, beach access, laundry services, surfboard and paddlecboard rentals, a resturant serving delicious food made fresh from local ingredients with vegetarian options. They also have a massage service and free Wi-Fi. You will be staying in one of their private rooms with a private bathroom and air conditioning with access to all of resort amenities and beach bar.
The surf camp includes unlimited surf lessons along with an host of other activities like visit to the colonial city of Leon, horseback riding, visit the volcano, and a fishing trip. You will be provided training from highly qualified surf instructors with experience and knowledge of the area, that will provide a safe and fun surfing atmosphere. On the beach where they are located, there are good waves for learning. In addition their experienced local surfing teachers will take you to other nearby beaches that are also very good for learning. You will also have ample time to relax, involve in other leisure activities, and make most of your holiday time by the beach. The surfing instructors choose the best beach in the area for surfing according to your level and guaranteeing the best waves. Yoga, if you like, is also a part of the surf camp in the resort and is scheduled to be combined with your surfing sessions.
A visit to the colonial city of Leon, the volcano, and a fishing trip are included in the program.
This surf camp will be organised at Las Dunas Surf Resort Nicaragua, located on the beach in Santa Maria-Aposentillo, one of the most beautiful beaches of the Nicaraguan coast. Standing in the heart of the "Free Surfing Road", the resort offers many things, besides a world class surf. The hotel has 10 private cabanas with bathrooms, air conditioning, and other amenities along with hospitable services provided by their experienced and friendly staff. They have a wide range of activities to keep you entertained and engaged while your stay at this beautiful and comfortable resort.
All your meals are included in the package - from the hearty continental breakfast, late breakfast, lunch, tea, and dinner. The chef prepares daily menus at the restaurant with fresh local ingredients and other imported items to cater for all tastes including vegetarians.
One massage is included in the surf camp package. Additional massages are available at the venue for an extra cost.
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Basically there is no switch between them as far as I can find out. All the controls are already there on the picker.
However, as you can see on my screen capture above, the hand IK has been left behind... According to the AnimSchool forums, you need to press the 'b' button next to the IK control if you want them to follow the rig. I don't know if they will permanently follow or if you need to click on it every time (forum does not say) but obviously I should have done this from the start. Clicking on the b button now does nothing. The FK2IK and IK2FK switches also do nothing (red error message appears at the bottom of Maya window).
Now that I understand a bit more about what I'm actually looking at, it appears I've been animating the feet and knee vectors in IK and everything else in FK. Admittedly, my understanding of IK/FK is pretty shocking. I don't really know the advantages of animating in either and the only difference I know is that once you key something in IK that control stays where it is in space and is not affected by other controls while FK controls are affected by other controls. I really ought to learn more about it.
Anyway, as far as I can tell so far, this is just untidy and might make some things difficult for me. However, it *should not* be too much of a problem to carry on with the way I've been animating. Should remember this for the next assignment I start though.
Update on mime animation. Walk is just about fixed. Working on the first 200 frames, thoroughly sorting out any problems. I plan to work this way through to the end and then back through it again on splines unless there's a reason it's too early for splines.
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Prior to joining the A-Team, Attorney Wingo clerked for the Honorable Frank Addy, Jr., one of forty-six resident Circuit Court Judges in the Palmetto State. As a Judicial Law Clerk, he researched matters both criminal and civil and formed a practical familiarity with the process of drafting judicial orders and opinions. This experience also obliged him to communicate and coordinate effectively with court staff and private attorneys, basically serving as a primer on courtroom efficiency.
While working toward his B.A. from Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Attorney Wingo was simultaneously commissioned as an officer in the United States Army Reserves. He went on to earn his J.D. from the University of Tennessee College of Law, excelling in the Criminal Advocacy Clinic, the Immigration Law Clinic and the Education Law Practicum. The Indiana Bar Association currently holds him in good standing, and Attorney Wingo is likewise licensed to practice in his home state.
Perhaps most notably, Attorney Wingo exhibits his personal integrity by remaining a firm supporter of Tennessee Volunteers football. When he's not busy flexing his legal muscles or demonstrating his unwavering loyalty, Attorney Wingo enjoys traveling, spending time in nature, and exploring the culinary arts.
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Project Overview
CEPPlus is a central configuration and security tracking database that is used for the internal needs of our client. This database holds critical data concerning all server and network devices that are operated in the former Central Region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, and Hungary) by the following Strategic Outsourcing competencies: Server, Network, Asset Management, and Service Management. CEPPlus is based on the relational database system DB2 and provides a web–based user interface to represent and maintain data. A locally installed BRIO client supports reporting features. CEPPlus is a unified database that supersedes four legacy configuration/security tracking databases of our client.
Project Execution
Launched in December 2005, the project was completed in July 2006. The IBA activities included:
- Design and development of CEPPlus application code
- Migration of data from existing configuration/security tracking databases/data sources to the CEPPlus database
- Development of a reporting system (BRIO reports)
- Code and data maintenance.
DB2 UDB, WSAD (Web Sphere Application Development Suite), and BRIO were applied in the project. IBA performed the migration task using several utility tools, including conversion scripts written primarily in REXX.
Project Results
IBA became involved in the project at a very critical stage when data migration posed a major problem. Both development and migration were successfully completed in accordance with the schedule and CEPPlus went in production. Wolfgang Handt, IBM Project Manager, said: "Our project CEPPlus is now finished and closed. This new database is now in production, all targets have been reached. All of this success would not be possible without YOUR support, skill and flexibility. THANKS again to all team–members working for CEPPlus in the last months. This was a great job!"
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Michael Clark Proves That (20/10 Vision) Does Exist In The Basketball World
If you don't know Michael Clark then it's about time you get...
QB Tim Tebow,Florida: He is certainly the best quarterback in the country injured or not injured and is playing for the best team in the country. His extra effort against Tennessee on the game winning touchdown was phenomenal. Can he win it again? 2.
RB Jahvid Best, California: This running back has helped turn California into a national power. They are now a perennial top 10 team after being a cellar dweller in the past. He has lighting speed and great moves.
QB Jacory Harris,Miami: This sophomore quarterback has adjusted very well to offensive coordinator to Mark Whipple's system. He can throw it short and throw it long. He deserves consideration.
WR Dez Bryant, Oklahoma State: Bryant is probably the top receiver in the country as a junior. Expect him to opt for the NFL at the end of the season.
QB Tony Pike, Cincinnati: Pike is one of the reasons that his team may end up playing for the National Championship. He had a phenomenal game in a blowout of favorite Rutgers in week one. Last year he was far down on the depth chart and now he may be one of the top three quarterbacks in the country.


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Philip Addison raps Nii Armah Ashitey
An aspiring Member of Parliament for the Korle Klottey constituency, Philip Addison, has taken on the incumbent member for the area, Nii Armah Ashitey, describing him as a "silent Member of Paliament (MP)" who does not have the interest of the people at heart.
He said the constituency under the leadership of Nii Ashitey had seen less development.
A situation he noted was impacting negatively on the living standards of the people.
"We have an MP in this constituency, nobody sees him, nobody hears from him. He is a silent MP. There are quite a lot of issues in this constituency which needs tackling like the floods. I have not heard from the MP. I haven't even heard from him in Parliament."
"In Parliament there were statements made by MPs. Our MP should have been the first to make a statement on the issue, but he didn't talk," Lawyer Addison said in an interview yesterday.
When asked if Nii Armah's silence was enough to vote him out of Parliament, Mr. Addison said "he belongs to another party so they will deal with that when it came to the general elections; certainly, I think that he has not done enough for this constituency".
Mr. Addison is hoping to contest the Korle Klottey parliamentary seat on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party, but he has to see off competition from Valentino Nii Noi Nortey, a former constituency chairman and Samuel Nii Adjei Tawiah, a two-time parliamentary aspirant of the party.
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Second-quarter sales came in strong, rising 22% year over year to $15.5 billion. But most of that revenue climb happened in the enterprise segment, leading the charge with 35% stronger sales. Data center products like blade servers are a particular feather in Dell's hat, which makes sense because that class of hardware is ideally suited for running virtual server farms and cloud-computing services. Need I remind you that these twin revolutions are reshaping the corporate IT world as we know it? Dell's best friend right now is virtualization leader VMware
While the enterprise division waxes, Dell's consumer operations are waning. Once the pride and joy of the world's largest computer systems builder, consumer products now make up just 18% of Dell's total sales. That's probably a good thing in the long run, because this segment is notoriously margin-poor when compared to the less price-sensitive corporate computing market. I can't blame IBM
If Michael Dell is on his way out anyway, this could be the perfect time to refocus and make Dell a single-minded mastodon of the data center. Dell's infamously slim margins will thank the board later, once they fatten up on corporate cash.
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Throughout The Car Industry
Race To The Finish: Chevy Volt Tops Nissan Leaf In October
After months of Nissan Leaf domination in the sales race between the Leaf and Chevy Volt, the Volt is back, beating the Leaf in October sales. With only two months to go before the full year is over, the Chevy Volt's sales are on the rise.
Chevy sold a total of 1,108 Volts in October, an increase from the 723 it sold in September. That number easily beat the 849 Leafs that Nissan sold during October. While Chevy has experienced a sales increase for two months in a row (it sold just 302 models in August), Nissan Leaf sales have slid during that same period (from 1,031 in September and 1,362 in August).
Despite those trends, the Nissan Leaf still has a major lead on the Volt in terms of full-year sales. After 10 months of 2011 sales, Nissan has sold 8,048 Leaf models compared to 5,003 Volts sold by Chevy.
Both companies have expressed goals of around 10,000 models for 2011, and it looks like Nissan will get very close if not meet that goal. Chevy, on the other hand, will need to more than double September's sales in both November and December if it expects to sell 10,000 Volts this year.
Last month, Chevy expressed confidence that it would meet its goal and said that sales should be stronger for the rest of the year because it worked out some production/distribution issues over the summer. While September's sales were strong, they weren't quite strong enough to put it on the fast track to 10,000.
Both companies have downplayed the sales race, preferring to focus on their own respective efforts and products, but it's hard to ignore the story since the two first mainstream plug-ins hit the market within days of each other last December.
Just two months left...
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Tags: EV, sales, electric, plug-ins, Chevy, Volt, Nissan, Leaf
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Its always competition between car dealerships. It never fails.
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js-discourseBestOf is a jQuery based wrapper for the wp-discourse plugin for discourse.
Read about it! at it's place on meta.discourse.org
This is just the javascript part, for developers who don't need the jekyll intergration. Create a div tag with ID of comments, and a topic ID and it'll do the rest.
For example:

will populate the div tag with the "best" posts of topic ID 200, as specified in the javascript file.
You need to set the Access-Control-Allow-Origin header for discourse. That's as simple as:
add_header "Access-Control-Allow-Origin" "*";
in nginx!
This allows all sites to load your content via javascript. If you would like, replace the * with the public location of your jekyll install, including http://. The security of this is debated all over, but I find it safe. For more security, add the header only to your json files using a location block!
Read the guide over here for how to intergrate the two together.
Extra Notes
I've detailed some of the implementation in the posts above, but if you use some other kind of site generator all you need to create is a div/span with an ID of comments, and an attritube called "tid." Then, you can just load the javascript and comments will render in that space. The topic ID is the number that follows after
/t/<post-slug>/ and is not the last number.
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In the wake of the unsolved slaughter of a suburban family, the threat of more murders disrupts the peaceful family life of a home security expert. As he desperately tries to protect his wife and son and prevent further violence, hauntingly surreal incidents and vivid nightmares place him in the role of a serial killer and cause him to question which is real, his nightmares or his seemingly real life.
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Travel Tips and Information
Getting There
There are many airports to choose from for flying into the Orange County area. The airports closest to Disneyland are:
- John Wayne Airport (SNA)
- Long Beach Airport (LGB)
- Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
- Ontario International Airport (ONT)
- Bob Hope Airport (BUR)
- San Diego International Airport (SAN)
Keep in mind that the Disneyland Express Shuttle only picks up from Los Angeles International Airport and John Wayne Airport. If you are flying into one of the other airports, you will need to arrange different transportation to the resort.
As mentioned before, Disneyland Express is a bus service from airport to resort. It is serviced through the company Southern California Gray Line. It is different from the bus service at Disney World, as it is not free for those staying at the resort. Also, you must bring your luggage to the bus. This service also requires advanced reservations and payment. If you are using this service with young children who still sit in car seats, you do not need to bring a car seat or booster for them. The bus is very comfortable, air conditioned and easy to load and unload. This service only drops passengers at the three Disneyland resort hotels. To contact them for information and reservations, call (714) 978-8855.
If you are driving to Disneyland, keep in mind there are parking fees at each Disneyland Resort hotel. Some travel companies and agencies can give you free hotel parking if you use them to book your trip.
Walt Disney World
The main airport near Disney World in the Orlando International Airport. One of the benefits of staying on property at Disney World, is the complimentary Magical Express Service from the airport. If you are flying certain airlines (list below), your luggage is tagged as Magical Express and goes straight from airplane to bus. Once you check in at the Magical Express, your bus will take you to your resort and your luggage will arrive shortly after to your room. This service can take up to 3 hours to receive your luggage. Airlines that participate in the Magical Express Resort Airline Check-In are:
- AirTran Airways
- Alaska Airlines
- American Airlines
- Delta Air Lines
- JetBlue Airways
- Southwest Airlines
- United Airlines
- US Airways
If you aren't flying one of these airlines, you simply have to bring your own luggage and load it on your bus. This service does provide roundtrip service, but reservations are required. To make reservations, call (407) 939-6244.
|When you make reservations with Magical Express, you will receive special luggage tags for your suitcases. These flag your bags when they arrive in Orlando and send them to the Magical Express buses. Once they arrive at the bus, Disney has a very organized barcode system for tracking and managing all the luggage coming to all the hotels.
If you are driving to Disney World, keep in mind there are parking fees at each resort as well as parking fees for each park. Disney World buses, ferries and monorail system are meant for guests of the Disney World Resort hotels. The exception to this is the monorail system at the TTC (Transportation & Ticket Center) where guests of the Magic Kingdom park and take the monorail to the front gates.
For ideas on what to pack for your kids for travel, click here for our blog post on Travel Backpacks for Kids.
Getting Around The Parks
Disneyland is a very simple resort to get around and park hopping is very easy. Disneyland and California Adventure are located right across from each other than can simply be done in an easy walk. Also, Downtown Disney is right next door to both parks. A walk through Downtown Disney will take about 10-15 minutes. If you are staying on property, you will find everything is within a simple walk.
Walt Disney World is a huge resort and theme parks and hotels are spread out across thousands of acres. Understanding the transportation system at Disney World can take awhile. There are three ways to get to theme parks: monorail, bus, and boat ferry. Guests staying at hotels located on the monorail loop can take the monorail to Magic Kingdom and Epcot (hotels include the Contemporary, Bay Lake Tower, Polynesian and Grand Floridian). Guests staying at hotels located near Epcot can walk to Epcot, and also take a boat to Hollywood Studios (hotels include Beach Club, Yacht Club and Boardwalk Resort). Some hotels only have bus service to all theme parks. When you arrive at your hotel, it is helpful to pick up a Transportation Guide from the front desk that explains how to get to each theme park.
Buses for each resort, including Downtown Disney, Blizzard Beach and Typhoon Lagoon, arrive at resorts every 15-20 minutes, roughly. Some resorts share bus routes so your pickup might be the first or last of a few stops. The bus transportation is not a perfect system. Buses can be crowded, especially in the morning and evening. Tired children can be cranky and may not enjoy the experience. And sometimes it can take longer than you would like for the bus to arrive at your desired theme park. When planning your Disney World trip and making dining reservations, keep travel time in mind as you won't be able to always get to your destination as quickly as you would like.
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- Children can make multiple passes throuhg the metal detectors or imaging to clear alarms
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- Infant and small children can be carried through the metal detector. If a child can walk independently, they can walk through the metal detector on their own.
Here are new guideline for liquids for children:
Medically necessary liquids and gels, such as formula, baby food, breastmilk and juice, are exempt from the 3-1-1 rule on liquids. They do not have to be in a ziploc bag.
|If you are traveling with a toddler who may need juice for comfort or for ear pressure, consider asking your pediatrician to write you a note that it is necessary for your child.
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So your break even point would be 3 to 5 years, hopefully it will last 10 years.
But you really need to crunch the numbers before figuring out if that's the right decision. Why?
The $165 savings is based on doing 10 loads of laundry a week, so your savings is about 32¢ per load.
There's plenty of room for the price of these machines to come down. Although Maytag claims that the dealer alone has sole discretion to determine the retail sale price of their products, word on the street is that Maytag has agreements with retailers to maintain the prices of products in the Neptune line, and it's worked so far.
The energy savings from buying a Neptune washer may make you feel good, but the financial benefits are questionable.
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How to create a great conspiracy theory!
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Doubting so called established wisdom can be a great thing. Skepticism probably has been the major driving force in toppling over wrong notions about the world and how it works. When skepticism extends in certain extreme ways we end up with conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories always existed, however, originally a conspiracy theory was just that, the assumption that a group of individuals had conspired to carry out an act, generally harmful to other individuals. This did however not imply that the conspiracy was close to impossible to figure out.
Today however, the term "conspiracy theory" often denominates ideas that are borderline paranoid, in that they assume that a group of individuals has conspired that is so powerful- often almost omnipotently powerful- in order to keep the conspiracy itself hidden from public view completely. Conspiracy theorists are not just skeptical, they doubt strongly, especially things that no one else would question. No ever so logical, comprehensible and coherent explanation is save from conspiracy theorist
How does a conspiracy theory work? How can you recognize a conspiracy and separate useful skepticism from paranoia?
Ignorance is key, paranoia helps
The reason for conspiracy theories are plenty and there are several sociological attempts for an explanation. Without going into these details, important reasons may be: distrust for authorities and political entities, ideological convictions, general distrust sometimes bordering on paranoia, and of course low intelligence. These are all optional, and in all fairness, one must not necessarily be stupid in order to believe in conspiracies, however one prerequisite beats all others: ignorance.
Ignorance or negligence to become informed, often based on laziness to check facts, feeds conspiracy theories. Admittedly, it sure is easier to consume a piece of youtube-conspiracy-movie than to check the facts and use one's brain.
What often makes it hard to argue against this ignorance is, that it is so ingrained in a believe to be the "knowing", and the others instead being ignorant and "blind". A good source to find examples for this thinking are blogs with lists of conspiracy theories. A common defense of the conspiracy theorists visiting there may read: "They [the mentioned conspiracy theories] are conclusions that educated people come to in these matters over and over again." [Emphasize and comment added by me]
There even is a term for this condition, called the Dunning-Kruger effect. "The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which an unskilled person makes poor decisions and reaches erroneous conclusions, but their incompetence denies them the metacognitive ability to realize their mistakes. The unskilled therefore suffer from illusory superiority, rating their own ability as above average, much higher than it actually is […]." (Fox News is a great source to see the Dunning-Kruger Effect, in action.)
As I believe, often times this is not because people are stupid, but because they lack a standard of comparison. Amongst the blind the one-eyed is king.
In this blog I have repeatedly pointed out the scaring lack of natural scientific knowledge I have observed [Check: 1, 2, 3, 4]. I do believe that this is the breeding ground for conspiracy theories, such as the "moon hoax conspiracy", the "9-11 conspiracy", the "Roswell cover-up conspiracy", the "homeopathy/ vaccination conspiracy", the "HIV hoax conspiracy", the "global warming hoax conspiracy" and too many others.
Other conspiracies are based on a lack of political and social understanding. For instance the "Prison planet conspiracy" by Alex Jones, the "Health-care hoax/ socialistic health-care (Obamacare) conspiracy", the "Kennedy assassination conspiracy", the "reptillian humanoid theories" of David Icke, and others.
The ingredients for conspiracy
Questions: A hallmark of conspiracy theories is the asking of many questions. In fact, questions are more important than answers. These questions often sound something like: "Isn't it strange that…?", "Is it not hard to believe that…?". The asking of the questions happens under the premise that the author is concerned because he or she has found something that the experts missed. Often this is combined with the claim that authorities reject to answer the questions, usually no evidence for these claims is provided though. But this is key, because it implies that something is intentionally hidden from the view of the public- naturally the most important factor for a conspiracy.
Negligence of evidence that contradicts the theory: A principle of a functioning conspiracy theory is not to mention what factual evidence contradicts the theory, or to show interviews with people that contradict the theorie's line of argument. Due to this negligence the theories often sound incredibly logical.
Make matters more complicated: Conspiracism does not follow the rule of Occam's razor, which is a principle of logic that suggests that the less complicated functioning explanation is to be preferred over more complicated explanations. By leaving out connecting dots things become confusing. Confusion is the friend of a conspiracy theory.
In general, it has often occurred to me how conspiracy theorists paint a picture of an incredibly complicated world where it is almost impossible to understand anything, because nothing is as it seems, and we are surrounded by manipulative powers.
Powerful forces: Many times, if not always, conspiracies involve elite powers. That means that they are involved with individuals or groups that have financial, political, military, criminal or other types of power. These powers are usually exaggerated and elevated to an almost devine superiority. Someone not familiar with how these powers work and how they are controlled by other powers is drawn into the feeling of powerlessness that helps to convince someone of a conspiracy. Especially if these forces have the powers of mind control or to brainwash people, for instance by using fluoride in drinking water.
Circular logic: It is of paramount importance for a conspiracy theory to work that there is some type of circular logic in it. A strategy often utilized is to predict that "if you tell this publicly it will cause strong opposition or ridicule". If the audience buys into this prediction, every opposition will work in favor of the conspiracy theory. Every person to oppose the conspiracy theorist or ridicule the theory may be one of "them" or simply be brainwashed by "them".
Discredit experts and audience alike: A conspiracy theory will always attempt to discredit the "official version" by discrediting the experts. One usually does so by either claiming ulterior motives, like financial, political, or similar reasons for the expert to be biased or lie. Claiming that anyone is of inferior intelligence who does not see the conspiracy theory as true helps to "mainstream" the audience.
Get experts to support you: Now this may be counter intuitive, since one step in a successful conspiracy is to discredit experts, but in order to make a conspiracy more credible one needs support of "experts". The experts do not necessarily be experts by most standards. Often some journalist or fellow conspiracist will do. As long as it is claimed that he or she is an expert, many will buy into it. Who checks anyway?
Be flexible: One cannot emphasize the importance of flexibility of a conspiracy theory. Facts and debunking should not get into the way of the theory. As anyone knows who followed the 9-11 conspiracy theories, whenever an argument has been disproven too strongly they just never mention it again but come up with a handful of new questions. A rule for a successful theory of conspiracy is: Let facts not stand in your way.
Paint yourself as victim: It is seemingly helpful to paint oneself as a victim. At least, many conspiracists resort to this tool. They claim that they have been targeted by secret services, powerful political forces, the media, etc. This may not be a necessary tool, but it earns trust by sympathy.
Lies: If nothing else helps, lies can be useful. This certainly has been the credo of some conspiracists. However, it would be unfair and wrong to claim that this is a general hallmark of conspiracy theories. In fact, the sad truth seems to be that many of the theorists out there sincerely believe in their own theories.
Emotional pressure and threats: The process described up to here assures that people are hooked, i.e. they have rendered insecure by questions, confused by incoherent arguments, sent into logical infinity by circular arguments, and convinced by fabricated expert support. At this point many conspiracy theories round it up by using emotional arguments. Often by threatening with terrible consequences in case no one does anything against the conspiracy. "You do not want to become guilty by believing the official version?"
Previous experience with orthodox ideology: Apparently it helps if people have been previously exposed to orthodox thinking. Especially religiously active individuals seem to find that it is a piece of cake to fall for a conspiracy theory. But certainly, any strong orthodox theory helps. Especially those combining similar lines of arguments, such as of superior powers that can hardly be observed. Not coincidentally the above could be a guideline from the book "how to start a cult".
Disproving a conspiracy theory
The first step in disproving a conspiracy theory must be to recognize it as such. The "ingredients" above should help with that.
The questions mentioned above are designed to play with the ignorance of the audience. Few individuals are experts on molecular biology, medicine, physics, chemistry, astronomy, history, and so forth. Hence, an audience that is ignorant or at least not entirely familiar with the background of a topic is taken by surprise. Do not fall for it by buying into arguments just because they seem emotionally appealing and you cannot rebut them (yet).
To give an example for a question posed: "Is it not strange that humans went to the moon in the 60s but never since? How come we cannot do it today anymore?".
Considering that no one actually had a reason to go there again in person, and no one actually tried, it isn't. But If one is ignorant of the incredible costs involved, the projects that NASA actually followed meanwhile, and the political motivations underlying the decision not to go to the moon anymore, one could become convinced that there is something fishy going on. The question also implies that we could not go to the moon any longer. This is based on ignorance too, because we could. Not tomorrow obviously. But when it was decided to go to the moon in 1960 it took billions of Dollars, and millions of people involved almost 10 years to do so. So, the short answer is: We could, if we wanted to, but we had better things to do until now, and other things to spend the money on.
I won't go into more details here, but it is interesting how widely this specific "moon landing hoax" conspiracy theory is still believed, even though all claims of the conspiracy theorists have been debunked (but one would need to read them of course. Apparently many choose not to).
Getting good information is naturally of course a key step in order to debunk a conspiracy. This can usually not come in the shape of a blog. Scientific papers, textbooks, and similar are often necessary to really be able to become certain about a topic. Debunking a conspiracy theory may be hard work.
However, I found that most of the time the questions could actually be answered rather easily. The remaining questions are not even based on the factual situation, i.e. they suggest or insinuate that something may have taken place which may not be supported by neither evidence nor witnesses. In other cases yet, witnesses are asked that contradict the evidence. Studies have shown, however, that individual, separate witness testimony is often flawed, and parts of it can be meaningless.
Neglected evidence can usually be found by diving into the subject a bit deeper than Wikipedia. But it may be a good start to give Wiki a quick hurl. Often the links provided help to dig deeper. And deeper we must dig in order to debunk. I must admit that it occasionally has taken me days or even weeks to really debunk a conspiracy theory. Sometimes it just takes time and energy to get by good information.
However, identifying circular logic, avoiding overly complicated explanations, and identifying who really are experts in a field- which admittedly may take time once more- will get you very far.
The world is complicated alright, but in a different way than conspiracy theories may want you to believe. In fact, this works for us, not against us. We are able to understand and make sense of the world (unless you are a constructivist of course 😉 ). And there is no universal power that reigns over us, because the world has too many individuals with too many different interests. In essence, even though we are surrounded by powers that govern much of what we do, do not forget that these powers work in opposing directions.
While the truth may well be out there, the key to it is knowledge. In fact, knowledge probably is the real universal power.
And finally the most precious advice I have to offer: Be skeptical! Especially when it comes to conspiracy theories.
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The "remarkable" move inland – to upland moors in south west England, Wales and Staffordshire - has been "in line with climatic warming" says the report which has just been published following a four year mapping programme involving 40,000 volunteers nationwide.
The findings of research into the Dartford Warbler - which is on the amber list of Birds of Conservation Concern - notes that the "breeding range expansion beyond southern England has been recent and rapid, including the colonisation of Wales, central England and East Anglia." The 1988 – 1991 Breeding Atlas revealed a 52% range expansion, labelled as "modest" compared to the subsequent 198% expansion logged during the most recent research period from 2008 – 2001.
The Bird Atlas also reveals that two successive harsh winters saw numbers of Dartford Warblers fall to an estimated 600 breeding pairs in 2010, from an all time population peak of 3,214 pairs in 2006.
However, according to the Bird Atlas, despite the "setback", the Dartford Warbler "does have the capacity to recover rapidly and further expand its range." Seven breeding pairs and 22 males have been recorded this year on the East Devon Pebblebed Heaths.
The Bird Atlas research began in 2007 with the aim of finding out how changes in habitat and climate affect 300 different species of birds. Annual datasets from East Devon, charting the changing fortunes of the Dartford Warbler on the East Devon Pebblebed Heaths were supplied by landowner Clinton Devon Estates who also sponsored the production of the final report. Clinton Devon Estates are the owners of the 2,800 acres of heathland between Exeter and the Jurassic Coast; a registered as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), a European Special Protection Area (SPA) and a Special Area of Conservation (SAC).
Dr Sam Bridgewater, Nature Conservation Manager for Clinton Devon Estates said: "The core area of the East Devon Pebblebed Heaths was designated as a Special Protection Area in the 1990s, in part because of the significant population of the Dartford Warbler supported. At the time of designation of this important European conservation site we had 8% of the total UK population, and the Pebblebed Heaths still represent a stronghold for this species in Britain today although the latest research findings appear to show that their breeding range is expanding because the climate is gradually getting warmer."
Dr Bridgewater continued: "The numbers are still currently low all over the UK, but history shows that the species can rebuild. After a very good summer this year, we are hopeful that each pair can have several broods with better success and we would hope to see an increase in numbers from our count next year."
The Dartford Warbler's preferred natural habitat is lowland heath dominated by gorse and heather. They nest here and feed almost exclusively on insects associated with gorse, with beetles and spiders being particularly popular. They do not migrate for the winter which is why the climate plays such an important role in their survival.
Because these long-tailed birds nest close to the ground, the Dartford Warbler is easily disturbed by passers-by and dogs, reducing their ability to breed successfully. Uncontrolled fires can also have a catastrophic impact on the availability of suitably aged gorse for breeding. As well as managing the Pebblebed Heaths to ensure that there is enough suitable habitat for them to occupy, Clinton Devon Estates work hard to protect their nesting grounds from too much disruption.
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Hello, it's been a busy few weeks. Hope you are all well? Things are still a bit manic here with the move! It has been two of the most stressful weeks ever! Please keep your fingers crossed, that it is plain(ish) sailing from here.
I wanted to stop by for a quick, "Hi, hello, how are you" and join in with 'Styling the seasons'. Katy from Apartment Apothecary (who you may remember from the blog hop), along with Charlotte, another clever blogger and maker, from Lotts and Lots blog, came up with a lovely simple idea. Our homes can often look the same for most of the year, apart from a few christmas decorations in December. It's nice to mark the passing of the months, the changes we see in nature, and then reflect this in our home.
With all the 'hoo ha' of the move, the house had got a little neglected. So this was a lovely way for me to give it a little spruce and style to one area.
As it gets colder at this time of year, we still enjoy going out for a walk – or in Bailey's case… a run around. A day without getting some fresh air, just doesn't feel right. However, what I enjoy even more is coming back home, popping the kettle on, snuggling under a blanket on the sofa and either watching an old movie or reading a good book. Bliss.
You can join in too, on Instagram or Facebook. Just use the #stylingtheseasons, and tag Katy and Charlotte. Just simply pick one surface or area in your home, and style it to reflect what ever that specific month means to you. Hope you have fun playing, and making a little corner of your home look pretty. I know I did. Maybe Novembers Styling the Seasons will be in our new house… eek…!!