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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Jewish meeting highlights anti-Semitism in Hungary
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) ? Right-wing extremists shout Nazi salutes and attack a man they believe is Jewish. Black-booted militants frighten aging Holocaust survivors. Writings of authors linked to a pro-Nazi regime are recommended reading for school children. Hungary is seeing a rise in anti-Semitism, something the prime minister is now vowing to fight.
Prime Minister Viktor Orban told a gathering of Jewish representatives Sunday that anti-Semitism is "unacceptable and intolerable." The meeting of the World Jewish Congress is being held in Budapest to draw attention to a rise in anti-Semitism in this Eastern European country. Here's a look at recent developments:
BLACK BOOTS
Much of the recent trouble began with Hungary's 2010 election, when disillusioned voters made the extremist right-wing party Jobbik the third-largest force in Parliament. Though Jobbik doesn't have the power to pass laws, it gained a stage for its anti-Semitic ? and anti-Gypsy ? rhetoric.
Jobbik lawmaker Marton Gyongyosi called last year for lists to be drawn up of government members and lawmakers with Jewish origins, claiming they could present a "national security risk."
The party also had an affiliated militia, the Hungarian Guard, whose members marched in black uniforms reminiscent of the Nazi era, intimidating Roma and elderly Jewish Holocaust survivors in Budapest and in villages. Orban's government banned the Guard but its members still show up at Jobbik events.
On Saturday the party staged an "anti-Zionist" demonstration to protest the presence of the World Jewish Congress. A police attempt to ban the rally was overturned by the court. "Only a show of strength is effective against the unscrupulous Zionist advance," Gyongyosi told 1,000 people at the rally.
THE PRIME MINISTER
Orban's party, Fidesz, competes for some of its votes with Jobbik and has been accused during three years in power of doing too little to fight Jobbik's anti-Semitism. Recently, however, Orban has taken several steps, like a ban on certain public uses of Nazi and communist symbols such as the swastika and the red cross, and tighter controls on hate speech.
The accusations that Orban is not tough enough on extremism mark the dramatic transformation of a leader who rose in politics as an outspoken young activist against Soviet-backed communism to a leader regularly chastised by the European Union for policies deemed autocratic. With an overwhelming majority in Parliament, Orban has pushed to centralize power, expanding his and his party's control over the media, the central bank and other institutions.
ATTACKS IN HUNGARY
In past months vandals have damaged Jewish cemeteries and Holocaust memorials and sprayed swastikas on synagogues in Hungary.
The chairman of the Raoul Wallenberg Association, which promotes tolerance, was also beaten and had his nose broken by thugs at a Budapest sports stadium. Thugs attacked Ferenc Orosz on April 28 after he asked them to stop shouting the "Sieg Heil" Nazi salute during a soccer match. Although Orosz is a Calvinist, he said his attackers believed he was Jewish. The men also poured beer on Orosz's 21-year-old son. Police are investigating the case.
BOOKS AND STATUES
Orban's government has also drawn criticism for adding authors linked to anti-Semitism to the country's school curriculum. Among them is Jozsef Nyiro, a writer who served as a lawmaker in the Hungarian parliament during its World War II alliance with Nazi Germany.
Objections have also been made to the government's failure to step up against a growing cult around Admiral Miklos Horthy, Hungary's autocratic leader from the 1920s through most of World War II. Horthy statues and busts have been unveiled in several towns.
JEWISH LIFE IN HUNGARY
Ronald Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, says "there is much more Jewish life but there's also more hatred, more anti-Semitism" in Hungary. He fears Jews will start to leave the country if things fail to improve.
Rabbi Slomo Koves of the Chabad Lubavitch Community also mentioned the deteriorating public discourse in Hungary but highlights some of the new laws meant to crack down on hate speech. While listing examples of expanding Jewish life in Hungary ? new schools, reopened synagogues, popular cultural festivals ? he warned against drawing too close parallels between anti-Semitism now and that of the Holocaust era.
"We are holding far from that and I don't like these types of metaphors because they are pretty dangerous," Koves said. He said he preferred to focus on educating youth about the Holocaust while depending on the new laws to counter anti-Jewish outbursts.
Even if he was more critical, Lauder was also hopeful that the atmosphere will turn for the better for the estimated 100,000 Jews in Hungary, the third-largest Jewish community in Europe.
"If Hungary had less anti-Semitism, it could blossom," Lauder said.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/jewish-meeting-highlights-anti-semitism-hungary-161245825.html
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Saturday, May 4, 2013
ForeverMap2, Google Now, Timeless, and More.
Between work, leisure, travel, and everything in between, we've barely got enough time in the day to breathe, much less handle the little surprises life throws at us at the same time. Fortunately, you don't have to go through it alone. This week's set of iPhone apps are all about making your life easier, more organized, and with all the information you'll need just a finger swipe away.
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Congressman, former lobbyist get housing, FCC nods
WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama on Wednesday tapped a veteran Democratic congressman to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency and a top fundraiser and former lobbyist to head up the Federal Communications Commission.
Rep. Melvin Watt, D-N.C., would oversee federal mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Introducing his nominees at the White House, Obama noted the Charlotte-area congressman's 20 years of service on the House committee that oversees federal housing policy. He said Watt has led efforts to rein in unscrupulous mortgage lenders, protect consumers from the kind of risk-taking that led to the 2008 financial crisis and has fought to increase access to affordable housing.
"Mel understands as well as anybody what caused the housing crisis," Obama said. "He knows what it's going to take to help responsible homeowners fully recover."
Tom Wheeler would become the nation's top telecommunications regulator. He is a former head of the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association, and the National Cable Television Association, and has been a venture capitalist since 2005. He raised more than $500,000 for Obama's re-election, according to data the campaign provided.
Obama said Wheeler, for more than 30 years, has been at the forefront of dramatic changes in the way people communicate.
"He's like the Jim Brown of telecom, or the Bo Jackson of telecom," Obama joked, comparing Wheeler to the two former professional athletes. "So Tom knows this stuff inside and out."
Senate confirmation is required for both regulatory posts.
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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/congressman-former-lobbyist-housing-fcc-nods-183624761.html
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German unemployment up slightly on longer winter: data
BERLIN (Reuters) - German unemployment rose slightly in April in seasonally adjusted terms as cold winter weather kept people out of work for longer than usual at this time of year, the Labour Office said on Tuesday.
However, the jobless rate stayed close to a reunification low of 6.9 percent, in line with the consensus in a Reuters poll of 33 economists.
The number of people out of work, adjusted for seasonal swings, increased by 4,000 to 2.938 million, twice the expected rise in a Reuters poll.
"(It) could be to do with longer lasting weather-related limitations this year," the Labour Office said in a statement.
Even though the politically important unadjusted jobless rate has hovered above 3 million for four months in a row now and as euro zone gloom persists, a study by market researchers GfK showed Germans were still upbeat about their job outlook.
Germans are confident their incomes will rise and are willing to buy more, providing much needed support for Europe's largest economy as weakness among trading partners weighs on exports.
(Reporting by Holger Hansen and Annika Breidthardt, editing by Gareth Jones)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/german-unemployment-slightly-longer-winter-data-084002629.html
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Laser welding as an engine of innovation
Apr. 29, 2013 ? Can lasers perform welds precisely and reliably in the midst of thundering machinery? The prototype of a new laser welder developed by an international team of researchers has now withstood the worst. At INTEGASA and ENSA, two companies in Spain that produce heat exchangers for heavy industry, the prototype proved itself precise and reliable under the difficult conditions of routine daily use.
"Manufacturers of heat exchangers were skeptical of laser anything until now," confirms Patrick Herwig from the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS in Dresden. TIG-welding guns have traditionally been employed in assembly operations for welding thousands of tubes to the perforated tube sheets. This process, which is based on arc-welding technology, is very time-intensive however. The gun must be manually inserted into every hole and removed again after welding. As a result, the fabrication process is tedious, prolonged, and expensive. European manufacturers can hardly hold their ground today against competition from countries with low labor costs. Materials researchers, software specialists, production engineers and numerous users joined forces in the EU ORBITAL Project to jointly search for a cost-effective alternative. And found one.
Engineering that meets the most demanding requirements Instead of conventional TIG-welding guns, a laser does the job -- tube sheets and tubes are welded to one another rapidly, precisely and accurately. In seconds, the tube is circumferentially welded in place and the robotic arm transporting the welding head can move on to the next hole. The welding head is designed so it anchors itself in the holes and is seated there so firmly than not even vibrations of the shop floor can disrupt the welding process. Precise guidance of the optical beam is handled by software-controlled mirrors that continuously direct it to the right location. Engineers and users from Italy, Spain, France, and Germany have been fine-tuning the process for two years. "The prototype we are exhibiting now at LASER 2013 facilitates the production of heat exchangers, and not just through its speed, but through its flexibility as well. It can even melt materials together that were considered difficult to weld until now," according to Herwig, who was responsible for designing and testing the welding head during the EU project.
It is exactly these exotic combinations of materials that are needed by manufacturers of heat exchangers. They have to withstand extreme conditions in actual use. Heat exchangers are used in the chemical industry, ship engines, and power plants to remove heat from high-temperature, aggressive solutions of liquids. The tubing these liquids are passed through must therefore be corrosion-resistant. However, the liquid in the tank outside the tubing that absorbs the heat is chemically inert. Cost-effective materials can be employed here. Where tank and tubing meet, differing materials must be joined. "Traditional welding techniques hit their limits here, whereas the job can be handled with the laser," says Herwig. The researchers are confident that laser welding can be implemented so effectively in production that European companies remain competitive internationally.
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