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Why Literally Everyone in the World Hates the Jews, and What To Do About It
Two new scholarly books show how even the most neutral academic can feel bound to answer anti-Semites' demonic vigor in kind
In many parts of the world, Jews are increasingly unwelcome in the 21st century. The number of countries in which wearing visibly Jewish clothing such as a kippa means risking physical violence has hit an all-time high. On both the individual and the national level, Jews are targeted with extraordinary ferocity: We hear Israelis (but no one else) being compared to Nazis; we are told that Jewish nationalism is oppressive and archaic; that Israel is a uniquely racist country; that Israel's terrible misdeeds explain why people hate Jews. Instead of being seen as ordinary or all too human, Jews are seen as carriers of a uniquely transcendent evil. No other group of people on the planet is accused so much and of such fantastic wrongs. For a few decades after the Holocaust, it seemed that anti-Semitism might wane or even die out. That hope has now been defeated. Could anything we do or say stem the tide, or will Jew-hatred persist as long as there are Jews to hate?
Anti-Semitism is an inert object of a kind not usually met with in the social sciences. While historians try to see everything in its context to show how our human environment alters our beliefs, anti-Semitism resists context; it is a rock-hard conviction so persistent and monomaniacal that, for all we can tell, it will never go away. In the words of Edouard Drumont, the 19th-century anti-Jewish propagandist, "All comes from the Jew; all returns to the Jew." Yet when we recognize this persistence, we enter, disturbingly, into a debate with the anti-Semite. The Jew-hater and the maligned Jew face off eternally, one playing offense and the other defense. This is the anti-Semites' revenge: They make us sound like ranters when we complain about them.
But it's crucial for Jews to talk about anti-Semitism, even as we hear that Jews are so secure these days that anti-Semitism can't be very significant; that Jews discuss anti-Semitism in order to claim special privileges; that Jew haters are merely nutty rather than dangerous; that talking about anti-Semitism in the Muslim world means that you are a "Likudnik," or something worse. We have to rebut these wrong-headed sentiments. But a further challenge looms: When we talk about anti-Semitism, we risk confusing our personal wounds with the larger history we're trying to grasp. Scholarly detachment is a needed remedy. But as two recent books show, being detached is harder than it looks, since even the most neutral academic feels bound to strike back, to answer the anti-Semite's demonic vigor with a few accusations of his or her own.
In new and heated account of the recent rise in global anti-Semitism, The Devil That Never Dies, Daniel Jonah Goldhagen relies heavily on public opinion surveys, many of which indeed make grim reading. Over 89 percent of the citizens of Egypt, Lebanon, and Jordan have a "very unfavorable" opinion of Jews—only a tiny percentage chose "somewhat unfavorable," and even fewer "favorable." In these countries only two or three people in a hundred have a positive impression of Jews. By contrast, a mere 2 percent of Lebanese see Christians very unfavorably, a remarkable statistic given the country's history of violence between Muslims and Christians. It is definitely worth pausing to contemplate such unpleasant facts.
It is also a fact, according to European public opinion, that Israel poses the greatest danger to world peace, presumably because it stirs up Muslim enmity. Yet shockingly, most Americans said much the same thing about Jews in a series of surveys taken by the Opinion Research Corporation during WWII, before the State of Israel was founded: Jews posed a greater threat to the United States than Germany or Japan, with whom America was at war. The wish to transfer guilt from persecutors to victims is the same both then and now: If the Jew were less of a cause of trouble, wars might be avoided.
Today's canonical form of anti-Semitism is formally directed at the State of Israel. Yet as former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer has remarked, "Anti-Zionism inevitably leads to anti-Semitism." In the anti-Zionist's eyes, actual Israeli wrongs are generally not akin to the wrongs committed by other sovereign states, like America, China, or Greece, but rather metastasize into proof of monstrous guilt. Goldhagen is right to say that Jews alone live in a country that is seen by large parts of the world as "self-invalidating." Since its very existence is understood as a provocation by so many in the Muslim world, Israel's right to even the barest accouterments of sovereignty comes into question in way that truly makes the Jewish State unique among the nations. As Goldhagen writes, Palestinian suffering at the hands of Israel is the "unifying symbol" for many in the world who have never been troubled by oppression of Palestinians in Lebanon and Syria, or the fate of the world's many other stateless peoples, like the Kurds, Tamils, Tibetans, or Chechens.
Goldhagen's main points are hard to contradict. But he also runs into the trouble that comes from his habit of denouncing rather than evaluating. Indeed, Goldhagen often seems interested mainly in racking up an enemies' list, at which point his analysis becomes dully single-minded. Everyone from Stéphane Hessel to Navi Pillay becomes an anti-Semite in his eyes; and he thinks that Palestinians who say that Jerusalem belongs to them alone are also anti-Semites (even as the prime minister of Israel regularly announces that Jerusalem should never be divided). And his writing style is often maladroit and hyperactive, to the point where one becomes uncomfortable; the fact that most of his research comes from the Web makes his book a far cry from the nuanced, scholarly approach to anti-Semitism offered in, say, recent works by Anthony Julius and Robert Wistrich.
He is at his most explosive when writing on other religions. "The Christians" and "the Muslims" become monolithic enemies, nearly analogous to the anti-Semite's "Jews." The similarity in rhetoric leaves a bad taste in one's mouth—and it overlooks the many non-Jews who are sympathetic to Israel and to other Jewish causes. If anti-Semitism is widely shared in today's Europe and the Middle East, nations are still complex entities—and Goldhagen would have done better to recognize some of this complexity. There is no mention in his book of the many ardent defenders of Jewish rights and Jewish memory in France, Germany, Poland, and elsewhere (including elected leaders of these countries).
He proclaims that the Quran is anti-Semitic, writing that "The Qur'an's and Hadith's treatment of Jews is horrifying, grounded in the foundational anti-Semitic paradigm, and provides the foundation for the Arab and Islamic world's profound anti-Semitism." It would be wiser for Goldhagen to recognize that religious traditions are capable of change on the Jewish issue, as the Catholic Church and many Protestant sects have showed us, and as Islam may yet show us, too.
But when he deals with Catholics, Goldhagen becomes an outright conspiracy-monger. On the revelations about sexual misconduct among Catholic priests, he writes, "The Church's reflex behind the scenes was to blame the Jews, a view that was publicly articulated in 2010 by Bishop Giacomo Babini, who said that a 'Zionist attack' was behind the criticism of the Pope over the sex abuse scandal … Of course, the Church's formal public stance was to deny and repudiate this Italian bishop's public statements." Does Goldhagen seriously think that the Vatican believes "Zionists" are behind the aggrieved response to Catholic sexual abuse? When the church firmly condemns anti-Semitism, as it did in response to the lunatic Babini, and as it has often done in recent years (most recently, the Vatican newspaper denounced Roger Waters' use in concert of a floating pig adorned with the star of David), Goldhagen discounts such statements as inadequate, or even mere window dressing: The church "has failed to excise anti-Semitism from its teaching and liturgy," he writes. He slips easily, and dangerously, from the ravings of one bishop to a claim, offered without a shred of evidence, that the Vatican remains secretly anti-Semitic, even when it speaks out against Jew-hatred. It's hard not to feel that what Goldhagen does to the church is exactly what anti-Semites do to Jews.
While Goldhagen shouts from the rooftops about the pressing threat of anti-Semitism, David Nirenberg presents a calm, scholarly antidote. Nirenberg, a professor at the University of Chicago's Committee on Social Thought, has rebranded anti-Semitism as "Anti-Judaism": a more abstract entity that has less to do with pogroms than with figures of thought. With magisterial sweep, Nirenberg shows that since antiquity virtually every aspect of life has been criticized as "Jewish"; that "Jewish ideas" are nearly always seen as having the power to corrupt the larger culture; and that Christian and Muslim notions of Jewishness have little or nothing to do with the behavior or beliefs of actual Jews. Nirenberg says he's not concerned with defending Jews or Israel, only with describing a problem in intellectual history, yet he draws attention to a phenomenon that can only be enormously alarming: Why were Jews seen as so serious a threat to civilization that they needed to be exterminated, and on the basis of such imaginary evidence?
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It's interesting to see that England isn't mingled into the issues that Europe was seeing with a big reduction in birth rates as a result of the worldwide recession. As the United States and Europe see birth rates drop, England is seeing them skyrocket, and with something like this, comes a shortage in many different areas, including midwives
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Nearly 5,000 additional midwives are required to cope with a fertility boom which has resulted in the highest number of births in almost four decades, it has been claimed.
There was a 2.4% increase in live births in the last year, resulting in a total of 723,165 in England and Wales – the highest figure since 1972, according to Office for National Statistics figures.
The fertility rate increased to 2.00 children per woman in 2010, up from 1.96 the previous year.
The Royal College of Midwives pointed out that the 22% increase in births in the past decade had coincided with the shortage of midwives increasing from 2,800 to 4,700. Meanwhile, the increasing complexity of some births demanded more of midwives' time.
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Quite possibly the best NCIS quote ever:
"That's what they call a turkey vulture. 20 years past a cougar, likes to hunt, but too old to take down the prey." -- DiNozzo
In a way, it is a fitting description of Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ). No matter what they purchase and try to kill off to promote their own less than mediocre stuff, it keeps coming back to life. In 2002 HP purchased Compaq and instantly set about trying to kill off OpenVMS in order to promote what many (myself included) view as an industry laughing stock HP-UX.
Despite HP's best efforts, having sales and marketing telling all of the third party software suppliers that HP-UX was the strategic future of the company, getting major names like Cerner (NASDAQ: CERN) to stop OpenVMS development, the platform keeps gaining ground. While many in the U.S. have been brain washed by marketing to believe it doesn't exist anymore, it has become the platform for successful businesses in China.
In 2006 the Shanghai Stock Exchange was struggling to be ranked within the top 10 stock exchanges globally. That same year they announced they were throwing out HP-UX lock stock and two smoking barrels to replace it with modern OpenVMS. As of 2011, not only are they running on OpenVMS, they now rank 5th in the world with an awful lot of talk about when, not if, but when they will reach number 1. To be fair, some ranking systems place them 7th based on dollar value of shares traded.
It should be noted that Cerner's OpenVMS customers didn't in large part abandoned HP completely. They lost hardware, support, and software sales at thousands of hospitals when they made Cerner drop the platform. Most of these former customers are now running AIX, not HP-UX, for obvious reasons. But hey, this is the management team which spends more time doing things that get it drug before Congress than it does actually running the company.
Another product HP attempted to kill off was Palm. Not long after buying the company they announced they were no longer going to make hand-held PDA type devices and no longer work on the operating system. Just like OpenVMS, Palm refuses to die. Its first rebirth was the NEO targeted at writers. Its second birth was the NEO2 aimed not only at writers, but the K-12 education market. With a sub $200 price tag and up to seven days of battery life from three AAA batteries, it has settled into a sweet little niche. Durable enough for very young students to learn keyboarding skills and absolutely no chance of connecting to the Internet which could expose young children to danger, NEO2 has found a niche. Many tutoring and classroom plug-ins exist and many more seem to be in the works. Not only can it teach reading and writing, but there are many math and flashcard type plug-ins so each unit can be customized to each child's learning needs.
You have been reading about electronic textbooks for years. It's a no brainer to purchase laptops and electronic textbooks for high school kids which are already surfing the Web, but for K-12, it is a different story. The NEO2 fills that niche and has existing eBook reader functionality without any chance of the students loading a virus or being endangered by the Web. We are now at a stage where school systems could purchase one of these for each Kindergarten student and update it each year. Printed textbooks range in price from $30-$120 and get damaged in the rain. Many eBook texts can be purchased for around $10/student. If a state chooses to license copies for every student in its school system with the stroke of a pen, it can get an even sweeter deal.
Of course, as the students get older, many won't want a laptop, they will want a Palm with a full keyboard. Gee, there happens to be one of those too.
One cannot witness stuff like this without thinking that HP's board of directors never saw the original "Nightmare on Elm Street."
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Tessa Farmer - Swarm (2004) - mixed media, desiccated insect remains, dried plant roots, and other organic ephemera
"Farmer's tiny sculptures give a glimpse into the world of fairies. No story-book land of Tinkerbells, Swarm envisions the purveyors of mischief and magic as an actual species, as animalistic and Darwinian as any other.
Exchanging Victorian romanticism for the darker pragmatism of science, Farmer evidences her specimens as fearsome skeletal fiends, plausible 'Hell's Angels' of a microscopic apocalypse.
Posed in dramatic battle formations, Farmer's menagerie wages war against garden variety pests; each figure, painstakingly hand crafted and adorned with real insect wings, stands less than 1 cm tall."
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Sony (NYSE: SNE) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) are both bringing out new versions of their hit video game consoles to much fanfare. Nintendo (NASDAQOTH: NTDOY.PK) brought a new system out last year, and nobody noticed. Its latest move to save the Wii U won't change much.
Casual Games
Nintendo was really the first company to popularize casual games with the launch of its Wii game system. The revolutionary motion sensitive controller captivated audiences and brought a whole new customer base to video games. The Wii was so popular that sales more than tripled between 2003 and 2008, going from $500 million to $1.8 billion.
The company's top line has been in decline since that time and earnings dipped into the red last year. Sales are about a third of their high water mark in 2008. The company launched the Wii U last year, an update of its aging Wii system, but it hasn't resonated with customers. Bloomberg quotes Citigroup as saying that sales of Wii U trail its predecessor's sales trends by 40%, with only about half the number of games sold.
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Clearly, Nintendo has a problem on its hands. Sony and Microsoft, meanwhile, are set to make that problem worse later this year. PlayStation 4 and Xbox One are both set to hit stores over the holiday season. The updates in these consoles are making big headlines, as is the fight between the two companies.
The biggest changes are the integration of the Internet, including for game sales, and a shift toward becoming living room media centers. Microsoft has been the more aggressive of the duo on the latter front, designing Xbox One to handle cable box duties among many other mundane chores. Sony, meanwhile, has been working hard to differentiate its product as the best, and cheapest, choice for dedicated gamers before making the living room pivot.
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That's given Sony an early leg up. That's important for Sony because it is struggling today. The company's Game unit accounts for around 10% of the company's sales. While that isn't a make or break business, a win here would help turn the company's fortunes on the consumer electronics side of its business. That group has dragged the bottom line into the red for three years running.
Those losses have led hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb to push Sony for a breakup, splitting its successful content business from its struggling electronics arm. The company doesn't want to do that. So, a win with the PlayStation 4 could help Sony give Loeb the brush off. Although the shares have seen a big advance of late, there's still turnaround potential here. Particularly if the new console is a hit.
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Microsoft's efforts with Xbox One have upset some core customers because it has leaned too heavily toward the living room in its early marketing. That plus it's priced $100 higher than the PlayStation 4. The company's Entertainment & Devices division made up about 13% of Microsoft's top line last year and the company has more than $60 billion in cash and investments, net of debt, at the end of the March quarter. This launch is important, but Microsoft has the time and money to work through mistakes.
In fact, Microsoft has been bringing a lot of new products out lately, including Windows 8, an updated version of its Windows Mobile, and the Surface. All of those products are more important to the company because they address the mobile shift that's taking place. Xbox isn't an also ran product, but anticipation for the new console isn't what's driving Microsoft shares right now.
That said, investors seem to be getting more comfortable with the operating system giant's mobile efforts. The top line has been heading roughly higher over the last decade, the dividend has been increased annually over that span, and despite an earnings dip in 2012, the company is highly profitable. Growth and income investors should find the company's around 2.7% dividend yield and upper teens price to earnings ratio combines a fair price with a decent income stream.
Fighting Back?
Nintendo's attempt to fight back is to embrace the casual game market by opening up its Wii U to outsiders in the same way that mobile devices like Apple's iPhone and iPad accept Apps from developers. While that should lead to a flood of game makers redesigning their mobile apps to work on the Wii U, it won't likely lead to an influx of exclusive must-have games.
In fact, offering living room size games that people can already play on their iPhone doesn't seem all that alluring at all. This is likely to be a bad holiday season for Nintendo and the latest push suggests the company has nothing up its sleeve. Investors should avoid the shares until the video game company has something new and exciting to offer.
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So when light is bounced around and reflected and radiated and all that, a phenomenon called Ambient Occlusion can be used to simulate the darkening that happens in corners, cracks, and crevices. Mainly that ambient light is blocked. So in this file, I've set up a very simple AO scene setting that will demonstrate the different kinds of Ambient Occlusion that Blender has and we can teach you how to use each of them. First of all, the Ambient Occlusion needs to be enabled. It's not enabled by default, because it does take a quite a bit of time to calculate. The amount of time it takes to calculate depends on the quality that you want, and the highest quality you can render in is 32 samples.
But you can knock this all the way down to 10 samples, if you want. It just results in a faster, but lower quality image. For your final render, you can always crank it back up again and then let it run overnight, if you need to. So here we have a test scene, and as you can see the Ambient Occlusion has darkened everything in the corners and underneath the globe and like that. To simulate what would happen when the ambient light color, which is over here in your Ambient Red, Green, and Blue slider settings, is occluded from lighting up the rest of the area in a very perfect uniform manner.
Now there are two approaches to Ambient Occlusion. There is this Raytrace method, which takes quite a bit of time and then there is an approximate method, which is much faster, but not quite as physically accurate. As you can see, it gives much different results, but much higher quality results, as well with a very few number of passes. These settings down here allow you to just only add Ambient Occlusion color to the scene. Now as you can see this gives a very soft feeling or if you just enable Sub to subtract, then as you press J here, you can jump between the Add and the Sub.
So the Sub takes away the color, the Add adds color to it and both of them together then provide a much more dramatic color. Now when you click Plain here, plain is this plain ambient color. If you have a blend of colors in the sky or even an Angular sky map, then by clicking the Sky Color, the Ambient Occlusion shader tries to use the color of the sky to be the colors that are added and/or subtracted. So now you can see that now the sky color blue has been added and subtracted into this image to make it a shaded and tinted blue.
Now the amount that this object is affected by the ambient light is set in the individual objects Shader settings. Right here it's ambient is 0.5. That's a pretty large the setting on average. I like to use 0.1. Then use an actual color that I think this environment has. So if we come over here and back to our Shader settings, notice I'm using a fairly bright white yellowish kind of color to be an outdoor kind of scene. The other way you can do that is if you leave that default at 0.5, then you can just set this to a pretty dark medium shade of gray and everything comes out about the same.
Lastly, the Energy control affects the overall impact. It's sort of like a multiplier, if you will. So if everything is getting too affected by the ambient light and you don't want to change the ambient light color. You can just crank the Energy down or if you want to amplify the effect of AO, then put it above 1 just say something like 2. As a final note, I'd like to say that some people love Ambient Occlusions. Other people call it a cop-out for compensating for really bad lighting.
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The Book of Mormon movie is on the horizon.
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NBAA said Tweed-New Haven Airport (HVN), Conn., is struggling financially and the local board of aldermen has asked the FAA what the consequences would be if the airport closed. The FAA responded that the ramifications would be considerable.
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No nightclubs, no entertanment, no hassle! Just perfect peace and tranquility in a select and peaceful environment. Set within over 200 acres of National Trust property with wonderful walking, fishing, rest and relaxation!
: July in 2010
Used this site as stopover after work being done on motorhome. Definitely not for tourists! Pitches muddy, unclean and too close for comfort - overhanging trees made it too dark.
Most on site were workmen. Shower block surprisingly good.
Would never use again, nor would I recommend.
This reviewer is a single person, an owner
: July in 2009
I agree completely with cgoulden's review. I wouldn't recommend anyone to stay. Half the pitches appear to be "residential" and the levels of noise are unacceptable for a touring site.
We complained, left a day early and were promised a refund for the night we didn't stay, but the refund has never arrived, despite their promises.
Nostell Priory Holiday Park
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This reviewer is a single person, an owner
I have just came back from a stay at Nostell holiday park.
It is a very clean and beautiful site,
I was working in Featherstone(near by)for a week,
And to return back to the site everyday after work was very relaxing,
Very clean toilets and showers,
Beautiful surroundings,
Thank you for my stay Nostell.
Nostell Priory Holiday Park
This reviewer is a family with children, a tourer/motorhomer
We stayed at this site for 3 nights only in April 2008. It is a very boggy, wet site with deep ruts made by 4 wheel drive vehicles which don't appear to have ever been flattened or filled in. The hard standing pitches are small and our small porch awning overstretched onto the grass, it is advised to park cars in the car park when the weather is wet, if you don't have a 4 wheel drive please heed this warning! No views from pitches with overhaning trees making rainy nights especially noisy. Due to there being some residents on the touring site noise first thing in the morning was a problem, cars revving etc with people going to their places of work from 5.30am onwards, also lots of traffic due to the large residential site at the rear, all the traffic passes the touring site to get off the site and our pitch was beside the drive. Staff are extremely friendly but the shop isn't very good, not many lines stocked. No bread, milk etc when I went in. Showers dated but very clean, on our last morning there was no hot water for my shower however. Good laundry. Lovely walks around the park. Wouldn't recommend this site for anyone wanting to spend days in the caravan relaxing. Expensive for what it is charges extra for dogs and awnings, unsure if children are charged as extras as we didn't have any.
Winter 2008, we are putting in a tarmac area for getting to/from pitches, and a drainage system. This should stop the "wet" areas.
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Mszanski joins Netuitive from DataSynapse, where he served as executive vice president of global field operations. There he built a worldwide sales organization and reseller channel that grew revenues by a factor of ten. As vice president and general manager for BEA's eastern region, Mszanksi lead sales growth from $9 million to $200 million. At Parametric Technology Corporation Mszanksi oversaw sales for Western Europe where he consistently topped revenue objectives.
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Alumnus of Central State Martins Jeff Griffin moved his family along with his studio to a rural area in Hartland near the North Deveon coastline. This plays as the backdrop for the Griffin Spring/Summer Lookbook this year. The collection features a militant take on technical fabrics and local craftsmanship. This year Griffin shows its love for camouflage and continues in that direction with cotton ripstop and ultra lightweight nylon, white bold pops of safety orange and green feature throughout on linings of pocket tees. Seam-bonding and laser-cutting can be witnessed throughout the collection as well as more progressive techniques like the usage of performance factors such as Swiss tech mesh and Japanese Cordura.
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Hay Hutches are designed to be easy to use. Once you have used them a few times, you will soon find the best way for you.
Please note: Hay-Hutches should only be presented to stock for feeding. Leaving empty Hay-Hutches in fields during periods when not being used can result in damage to the Hay-Hutch as well as presenting possible danger if used as a "toy".
There are four lugs which must be aligned with four matching recesses underneath the lid rim to remove the lid. There are notches on the lid and the body which, when aligned, mean that the lugs and the recesses are matched up for release.
Unless on restricted feed, it is best to fill the Hay-Hutch up with the fodder fairly compact. Do not stuff so tightly as to distort the body or foul the lid - this particularly applies to the Large.
Align the lugs and recesses. The lid is snug and may have to be popped over the recesses like a biscuit tin lid. Once over, place a foot on the base to steady it and rotate the lid a 1/8th turn.
Hay-Hutches are designed to prevent livestock opening them and so the lid can be a tight fit. It might need a little practice to get used to lining up the lugs but it will soon become an easy task.
The Lock Bolt
Very occasionally, persistent, "naughty stock can work the lid off the Hay-Hutch. If this becomes a problem, an easy solution is to use the optional lock bolt (supplied).
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The bolt attaches to a receiver (nut) embedded into the plastic of the Hay Hutch.
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For most stock, you probably will not need the lock bolt. Keep it safe just in case.
If you find that your stock succeed in removing the lid, fit the lock bolt as follows:
Put lid on and rotate until the Lock Bolt hole lines up with the embossed arrow. Look down through the hole to ensure that the path for the Lock Bolt to the embedded nut is lined up.
We supply an easy-to-grip "spade" topped bolt as well as a conventional hexagon topped bolt. If you believe the spade topped bolt represents any risk to your stock, use the hexagonal bolt.
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To optimise transport and deliver best value, multiple orders of Hay-Hutch units may be 'nested. If so, a few minutes will be needed to assemble the Hay-Hutches before use.
The only tools you should need are a coin and your fingers.
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If you have ordered Small and Medium, you will need to be able to identify the matching tops and bases.
Medium top piece has the feed aperture spaced midway between the joining flange and the top. Medium base is taller and adds to overall height.
Small top piece has the feed aperture nearer the lid than the joining flange. Small base is shorter and forms the floor only adding an inch (2.5cm) or so to overall height.
Offer the base up to the appropriate top piece of the Hay-Hutch. Align the four holes. Insert the retaining bolts and tighten with twenty pence piece (not supplied!) and your fingers to prevent the nut rotating as you tighten.
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Iris Apfel's "Exuberant" Home in Architectural Digest
Iris Apfel, the 88-year-old fashion icon, designer and self-professed "geriatric starlet" has her apartment in this month's Architectural Digest, and it is well worth checking out. Subject of a Costume Institute show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2005 titled Rara Avis ("rare bird"), Apfel has divine, unique and often visionary taste.
Her apartment decor matches the playful vibrancy of the contents of her closet — AD says it "looks a little as if the Collyer brothers had moved in with Madame de Pompadour." Love it or hate it, it is a perfect expression of her personality, and isn't that what we're all striving for in our homes?
Check out the full article and slideshow at Architectural Digest online or in newstands.
For more information about Iris Apfel, check out the book Rare Bird of Fashion: The Irreverent Iris Apfel, by Eric Boman. You can also see her interviewed in the fabulous documentary Bill Cunningham New York that is out right now (run don't walk!).
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<3 her!
love it!
The entire issue was a huge disappointment except for Iris's place, which was entirely... astonishing. I will give AD another chance based on this alone.
looks like wonka's chocolate factory
I love that it is SO her personality ... but it makes my head spin!
In the slideshow, the photo of her in front of her racks of clothes is just too good.
Love it.
if i had an apartment like that, i'd probably never want to leave!
It is not my style to live in. I do love it, I find all the stuff and colors fascinating!
Now that's living with what you love with no thought to the taste of anyone else. Fabulous!!
Wow! Sensory Overload! All colors...textures...patterns...gilt and shine...treasures...! It's hard to take it all in. One item in itself - a painting, a piece of furniture, a lamp, a mirror, a fabric, a knick-knack would be eye-candy, but put it all together and Wowser! Not my style, but I do like to look and admire. I am pleased to note that I have the very same Santos cage doll that Ms. Apfel has displayed with the stacks of books. Mine came from Ballard. I've seen the very same one and also the purple jointed doll at www.santoscagedoll.com. That's about all her place and mine have in common!
thigh high boots at 88--should be wrong but it's awesome.
She looks like a lady I'd enjoy having cocktails with...
...for about a week.
It looks like HomeGoods exploded in her apartment, but it is a cheerful space. She must be a very interesting and confident woman. Love the boots!
WOW, so magical!!!
I just wonder if people that live in this kind of environment eat or go to the bathroom!
It's certainly beautiful, but a home like that would drive me INSANE. To keep it relatively dust free, I'd have to be cleaning those tchotchkes virtually non-stop. And with my animals, there would be a neverending mess of broken ceramics littering the floor.
That said, it would be lovely to visit it, and see all the colorful decorations.
I love this woman and her exuberant style. So glad we now get a look inside her home.
Crabbit- I dropped AD for the exact reason you describe. It's mostly too upscale for me. This is fun once in awhile but how many yacht interiors or Caribbean vacation homes do I need to see. I watch for the occasional fun issue at the grocery store.
I used to ask myself where the plant stand that looks like a monkey went after I saw it at a yard sale and didn't buy it. Now, I know.
Honestly, I'm claustrophic just looking at the pictures. I like some of the objects, some of the furniture, love the orange roses and the color scheme, but it's all just too much. No way to get to the windows to open them, all the bones of the place obscured by stuff. I'm glad she's happy with it, and I'm sure she's probably a fun lady, but I'd never want to spend time there.
Hate it MUCHO! Honestly guys, if this weren't an elderly woman and "fashion icon", but say, MY home, would you still respond the s ame way? I sincerely doubt it. Just because she's obviously feisty and flamboyant does not make this decor attractive or livable. Makes me itch!
So pleased to see something besides cold, sterile and plastic minimalism. Its great to see an apartment the truly reflects the person living in it rather than the bland pablum some people purchase from the same three stores.
Clearly she doesn't do her own cleaning.
I love Iris!
Lawd hammercy, my eyes!
Positively divine (both the apartment and its lovely owner).
Her place is fantastic. I love it. Love her. Loved the exhibition of her clothing a few years ago, too.
However, it would drive me bananas to live there. I would be in a state of permanent sensory overload.
But I'm glad I got to see it.
Looks just like my grandma's place, albeit on a significantly larger scale.
keep eyes on her for long time, only know about her collection of vintage dresses and jewelries~~~her home is so HER! a colorful mind will be long live~~
She is such a style icon to me, I love her. That being said, I do not love her home. I was expecting a "more is more" decorating style (much like her dressing style) but this is a bit too much for me.
I also subscribe to AD, and I think now that it has a new editor, (I think), I'm enjoying it again. I don't, however, read it to hone my skills at imitation.
I think Iris is incredible, and I love that her place reflects her own tastes, likes, etc. For that reason alone, I love her space. I have no desire to live in it, as I'm not Iris. She probably wouldn't want to live in my space, either. :)
Not my style at all but love it! I love the colors and textures. I disagree with SherrybinNH. I have no idea who this lady is but love her sense of style. Tired of seeing Mid-Century ...overdone...including in my home.
You know what though...She doesn't really have that much stuff. It's the fact that each piece has its own pattern, textures, and color pieces.
I agree it is magical. Truly an optical illusion that perfectly illustrates the power of how combining furniture and accessories of different elements can create something so enigmatic when displayed all together.
Couldn't live with, wouldn't mind staying a few nights, but it's beautiful and I'm happy she's created it for us to enjoy.
This woman is a superb stylist, and much more contemporary than her home suggests. The "Rare Bird" show was fun and fantastic.
I aspire to this look.
Love it.
Oh wow- Iris Apfel is my superhero- Thank you so much for sharing her home with us. How wonderful!
Love this!!! ok AT, this is what I'm talking about when I say, what an interesting space! It might not be everyone's style or taste, but a great inspiration to make things special and different!


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The Children of God (Cult), a.k.a. the Family, was founded by David Berg in the late '60s. By 1981, it boasted more than 2,000 homes in 76 countries. The group emphasized the cutting of family ties, discipline and commitment to cult beliefs, which included total devotion to cult activities on the part of children of members. The group's activities triggered a 18-month investigation by New York's Attorney General's Office in the 1970s, which led to a 1974 report alleging that cult members were engaged in kidnapping, imprisonment, virtual enslavement, prostitution, polygamy, rape and sexual abuse of children and incest.
Former child members include actors Joaquin Phoenix, his late brother River and Rose McGowan. River Phoenix overdosed, mysteriously died on Halloween Night. (Blood Sacrifice). River Phoenix violated the cult's stricture of secrecy by discussing his early sexuality with reporters. He was killed to prevent talking out about the cult.
Joaquin Phoenix is a Monarch Slave, whom has multiple personality disorder due to the trauma induced. He was sold into the Mk-Ultra project by his family. The Phoenix family was greatly involved in sexual abuse and children programming. Triggered here.
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The funny detective who doesn't think twice before double-crossing his clients is back as Saif's aide in the sequel to Race. While he has a new arm-candy in the form of Ameesha Patel, going by his role in the prequel, we are quite sure that Kapoor's smooth-talking character will add the crucial twists to the plot, even this time around.


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"One must consider whether this selection process, which was deemed necessary to properly perform the study, might have led to some unrecognized bias," Cross wrote in an editorial she co-authored.
It makes little sense, she says, that the hepatitis B vaccine causes MS when there is no evidence linking the virus to the disease.
"The vaccine is just a peptide (a small protein) of the virus, so it stands to reason that if there is a link between the vaccine and MS there would also be a link between hepatitis B virus infection and MS," she tells WebMD.
She also pointed out that more than 90% of the multiple sclerosis patients in the database had not been vaccinated against hepatitis B.
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New Jersey-based newgrass act Railroad Earth, who has played the Ogden Theatre many times, return to the venue for a three-night stand from Thursday, January 22 through Saturday January 24. Tickets ($34.50) go on sale on Friday, September 19 at 10 a.m. John Mellencamp brings his Plain Spoken tour ... More >>
Railroad Earth is due at the Boulder Theater on Friday, August 1, followed by a show at Red Rocks on Saturday, August 12, with Greensky Bluegrass and the Wood Brothers. Tickets for the latter show go on sale this Saturday, February 22 at 10 a.m. Flux Pavilion, meanwhile, headlines Red Rocks on Frida ... More >>
Passion Pit, still touring on the strength of last year's Gossamer, is making its way back to the the 1STBANK Center on Tuesday, October 15 for a show with the Joy Formidable. General admission tickets ($29.75-$36.50) go on sale this Friday, July 19 at 10:00 a.m. Keep reading for more on the shows g ... More >>
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A Day to Remember and Bring Me the Horizon are co-headlining The Game Changers Tour, slated to stop at the Fillmore Auditorium on Sunday, March 27. We Came as Romans and Pierce the Veil are also on the bill. Tickets ($35.25) go on sale this Saturday, December 18 at 10 a.m.
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The term ecosystem was coined by the British ecologist A. G. TANSLEY in 1935. He used it to define a unit that covers all organisms of a given area as well as their relationship to the inorganic environment. The organisms within an ecosystem form a biocenosis, their inanimate environment is called a habitat. The totality of all ecosystems on earth is called the biosphere.
Ecosystem is an operational term, since it describes units that are less easily captured than, for example, a molecule, a cell or a species. What is defined as an ecosystem is within the discretion of the person dealing with the ecosystem. A lake, for example, a reed belt, a wood, or a cornfield can be defined and described as ecosystems. Each system can consist of a number of partial systems as can be deduced from the system theory. Which level of complexity is studied is therefore mainly dependent on practical considerations.
It is distinguished between simple and complex, between aquatic and terrestrial, between natural and human-influenced ecosystems. Among the astonishingly complex systems, i.e. those systems that are especially rich in species are tropical rain forests and coral reefs.
Systems are more than just the sum of the system elements' performances. Between their elements exist numerous, often specific and usually always regulated connections. Controlled systems, in contrast, are characterized by feedbacks and thus by a high degree of stability. They are largely independent against disruptions. The higher the number of system elements and the amount of interactions with each other, the more effective fluctuations can be balanced out. But still each system has only a limited capacity. When the limit of this capacity is exceeded, then the system will not return to its original situation or will even be destroyed. Ecosystems with only a few system elements are extremely liable to break down. Just think of a spruce monoculture or a corn field. They can only be kept in balance with the use of stabilizing, energy-consuming measures like the use of insecticides. They can, on the other hand, easily be rebuilt after complete destruction. Complex systems are very resilient, they have a large buffer capacity, but their destruction is an irreversible act. A destroyed tropical rain forest or a destroyed coral reef is lost forever.
Natural or almost natural ecosystems were able to absorb human influences for centuries, but it becomes clear that the limits of the strains on them are reached or even exceeded. Ecology has therefore during the last decades been in the public eye. Environmental protection has become a major issue of the domestic policy of many industrial nations. Many students of biology study this subject only, because they are interested in environmental issues.
Ecology cannot solve political problems, it is especially unable to offer a fast aid to decision-making in order to answer short-term questions. Changes in a human society require a knowledge about its structure, its functions, its decision-makers, the chances to alter something, and the most effective ways to initiate changes. Successes that can be achieved by organizations like Greenpeace helped considerably to create an environmental awareness among general public and politicians.
Ecology is a holistic science. In ecological work, long-term experience, a detailed insight into plants, animals or microorganisms, a sound knowledge and/or mastery of physical and chemical measuring are more important than spontaneous political activity. A co-operation between scientists of different disciplines is therefore the best way to approach the aim. A solid scientific management is necessary in order to co-ordinate the activities of all scientists participating in the project.
Ecosystems change permanently. Changes and disruptions are not only caused by human activities. The evolution of organisms and their adaptation to variable environmental conditions are the main reason of the changes and thus also of the evolution of ecosystems. A sequence of differently structured systems under constant abiotic conditions is called succession. In Central Europe, for example, certain types of forests are the most stable systems. Such a system is called a climax association. Such final links of developments exist only as long as the environmental conditions are stable. In the history of the earth, several drastic climatic changes occurred that caused the extinction of whole groups of plants and thus also to the replacement of once stable ecosystems by others. The pre-Ice Age vegetation of Central and Northern Europe, for example, or the carboniferous swamp forests became irreversibly extinct. After the ice had gone, the landscape was inhabited again beginning in the south and slowly advancing towards the northern part of Europe. A comparison of today's Central and North European flora with that of North America shows that the European flora is far poorer in species. The variety of species of North America that was only to a small extend covered by ice the variety of species that existed before the Ice Age in Europe, too, remained.
The transformation of the natural landscape into a cultivated landscape had a serious impact on all ecosystems. Often, new ecosystems possibly worth protecting developed that could not exist under natural conditions. The Calluna vularis areas of the Lüneburg Heath in Germany are impressive examples. Without regular grazing by a species of German moorland sheep called Heidschnucken, these areas would soon be replaced by birch-pine-forests.


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Eau Claire, Glenwood City, Somerset (WQOW) -- The high school football season wraps up later this week with the WIAA State Finals, and three schools from the area are preparing to take that trip to Madison.
Eau Claire Regis punched its ticket with a Level 4 win Friday night over Edgar. Next up, another traditional power, defending Division 6 state champ St. Mary's Springs. The Ramblers defense has recorded five shutouts, while the unbeaten Ledgers have outscored their opponents by more than 500 points. Springs quarterback Evan Henderson has thrown for more than 1,000 yards, while running back Darin Ward has more than 1,000 yards rushing.
"They're real explosive," says Regis head coach Bryant Brenner, "they've got a tough defense just like Edgar's defense was very tough, but I think their offense is a lot more explosive and they can really score very quickly. They can run the ball, they can pass the ball equally as well, they've got a great quarterback, who's a threat as a runner and as a passer, they present a lot of challenges, but this is the kind of game that our kids work for, the kids put a heck of a lot of work into this thing year-round, especially in the weight room in the off-season, and this is why, I guess, why you put in all that hard work, to play in a game of this magnitude and play against a really good team."
Regis and St. Mary's Springs kick it off at 1:00 P.M., Thursday at Camp Randall Stadium, in the Division 6 championship game.
Glenwood City is going to the state finals for the third time in school history, but for the first time since 1997. The Hilltoppers take on Potosi in the Division 7 game. The Chieftains are making their first-ever trip to Camp Randall Stadium.
"I think Potosi poses more challenges than the short week," says Glenwood City head coach Shane Strong, "because they're so diverse. They run 21 different formations. I think the key for us to be successful is to stay with our base defense, make sure we adjust correctly. We've seen every one of these formations throughout the year, but we haven't seen them all out in one game, so just adjusting correctly, mentally focused, and play our positions."
Glenwood City plays Potosi in the Division 7 title game, at 10:00 A.M., Thursday.
Somerset is back at the state finals for a second straight season. The Spartans lost a double-overtime heartbreaker to Wrightstown last year. This time around, Somerset will face Big Foot, a program that made back-to-back trips to the state finals in 2008 and '09. This Chiefs team features 2,000-yard rusher Mason Dixon.
"They're pretty talented," says Somerset head coach Bruce Larson, "they have a good receiver. The quarterback is very talented, the quarterback is their second leading rusher, so if you focus on Mason Dixon the other guys will tear you apart. You just got to your defense, play assignment football, and get the job done."
The Division 4 state title game between Somerset and Big Foot is set for 7:00 P.M., Thursday.
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The Better Business Bureau in Charlotte released a report Wednesday with the types of companies for which they get the most complaints. The top five on the list include auto dealers of both new and used cars, cable and satellite companies, collection agencies, and auto repair services.
Lynne Mann of South Charlotte says she's had problems in the past with cable and satellite providers.
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Marlene Rowell of Charlotte says cable providers have given her issues in the past.
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Tom Bartholomy, President of the Better Business Bureau in Charlotte, says anybody can have a complaint filed against them.
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Deep garnet red in color, our Morris Fay Cabernet Sauvignon is rich in aromas of cherry, plum, and toasty oak. Forward tannins create richness on the palate followed by long-lasting spice and fruit flavors lingering on the finish. This Cabernet typifies the richer, spicier flavors of Alexander Valley fruit. Ready to drink now or cellar for 10 more years.
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Pedroncelli Winery has come a long way since 1927, when John Pedroncelli, Sr. purchased vineyards and a small winery in Sonoma County's Dry Creek Valley. Today, the vineyards are planted to premium grape varieties, the winery is filled with modern equipment, and wines bearing the Pedroncelli name grace tables from coast to coast. But two elements from 70 years ago remain unchanged: the exceptional place the Pedroncelli family grows grapes, and the family's dedication to making fine wines.


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FARMVILLE, Va. (AP) — Two inmates who escaped from a juvenile detention center in Farmville have been found in a bean field.
According to media reports, the two 17-year-olds were captured Saturday after they escaped from the Piedmont Regional Juvenile Facility.
A Virginia State Police K9 team tracked the two to the field about 10 miles west of the detention center.
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Getting a nose job at 18 a good idea?
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ill be 18 this summer. my nose looks really bad and i really want a nose job. im very often emotionally depressed. when should i stop wrestling so i can get ready for the surgery, and should i be able to get a good nose job with $7,000.
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You're a handsome guy, but I think that if your nose really bothers you, getting it fixed when you're young (but finished growing) is just fine. Just make sure you do your homework and choose a doctor who specializes in rhinoplasty, is board certified and has a lot of good before and after photos to show you. Rhinoplasty is a very intricate procedure and you want to go with someone who knows what he or she is doing!
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As for the cost, reading some posts from doctors on here, it REALLY depends on your location. And as a tip, I wouldn't confine yourself to a price limit, finding a good surgeon is better than saving a couple hundred dollars (waiting a little longer could give you the opportunity to save a little bit more too!)
Also, if YOU are the one who is uncomfortable with your nose...that's a valid reason to get a rhinoplasty. Don't concern yourself with other people's opinions.
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James Bell, Boeing executive vice president, corporate president and CFO, has announced plans to retire from the company, effective April 1, 2012. Boeing's board has elected Greg Smith, 45, corporate controller and finance vice president, to succeed Bell as executive vice president and CFO, effective Feb. 1, 2012. Boeing said the two will work together over the coming months to ensure a smooth transition.
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This is a picture of my friend Becky. She used to be a happy, popular girl until one night she snorted marijuana at a party. She died instantly. Please, don't do marijuana. It's the most dangerous drug out there. Please don't wind up like Becky.
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1. That's Taylor Swift. 2. YOU CANNOT DIE FROM MARIJUANA USE UNLESS YOU SMOKE 1500 POUNDS IN AN HOUR. 1500 POUNDS. THAT'S FUCKING IMPOSSIBLE. STOP SPREADING PROPAGANDA ABOUT SOMETHING YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.
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becky is rolling in her grave right now how dare you
who the fuck snorts weed tho
1. That looks like one of my exs O_O
2. Why the hell would you even smoke marijuana?!
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Sir that is a hamburger.
i think this is the best post ever ok
i've gotten a ton of people asking me why the cabinets are open and i have no clue tbh my house is stoned as heck or something like dang
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