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Frederick Wiseman's films often document the insipid, noxious operations of bureaucracies. This is certainly the case with High School, released in the auspicious year 1968. If At Berkeley can be read as a sequel to that earlier film, what becomes clear is that it is not only the character of educational institutions that has changed over the past fifty years—like the Fordist factory in the era of globalization, the factory-like public school has faded as well (although many schools have at the same time become increasingly prison-like)—but also the character of the director, who has become, notes one reviewer, "something of an institution himself."
Another way of putting this comes from Wiseman's reflections on the documentary form itself. The following comes from a Q&A panel after a screening at the New York Film Festival (above), but it's an argument Wiseman repeats in nearly every discussion of the film:
What most reviewers see is this: a public university in crisis, balancing budget cuts with a public mission, costs with affordability—and a caring, capable chancellor working to hold it all together. The brutish principal of High School has matured into the sensitive, capable chancellor of At Berkeley. And he is everywhere, the only figure in the film who escapes anonymity: "Birgeneau, who is easily picked out by his bright white hair, distinctive Canadian accent, and near-constant presence." He is not only in organizational terms the one responsible for holding all the disparate parts of the university together, but also in formal terms the common element tying together the otherwise fragmented scenes that make up the film. "[The film's] star is the university's chancellor, Robert Birgeneau, a Canadian-born physicist with white-blond hair and a flashing smile, whose placid, diplomatic manner makes him the perfect academic administrator." He is the administrator's administrator. "The then-chancellor of the school seems to be everywhere . . . like he's this omniscient presence. He seems so calm and in control, he's a very strong character."
One last consequence of Wiseman's documentary technique, at least for our purposes here, has to do with what we could call a structural asymmetry of context. Nearly every reviewer remarks on a scene in a meeting among top-level university executives in which Chancellor Birgeneau details ongoing budget cuts, to the point that the state, which once provided 40-50 percent of the UC budget, now provides just 16 percent. These data act as a sort of mini-history of the institution, usefully framing the film as a study of the public university in crisis and locating it at the end of a long trajectory of what Birgeneau calls a "progressive disinvestment in higher education in the state of California." It is a true, though partial story, one that students and workers have spent a lot of time and energy trying to correct. But what we want to highlight here is the differential between the administration on one hand and the protesters on the other. Because Wiseman spends so much time with administrators and especially with the chancellor, he affords them the chance to frame their own story. In this way, their actions are not only contextualized but through that context rendered reasonable.


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This week I have literally spent hours fixing broken links! You see, I've been reading lots of great info about SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) and blogging and thought I should do a bit of a tidy up. I had no idea that so many of the links on my blog were broken and that so many images had completely disappeared! If you haven't gone back and looked over your blog posts from a few months or even a few years ago, I really suggest that you do! I also had no idea about the prolific status of "Mom Bloggers" in cyberspace...wait 'til you have a look at these infographics!
I wonder, have you shared any good blogging tips on your blog? If you have I would love to hear your ideas and suggestions at this week's Say G'day Saturday Linky Party, a weekly link up where you can share any posts that you are proud of!
even your own linky parties!
If would like to join in with my Say G'day Saturday party, just link up the url of the post you would like us to visit to the linky tool below. Please also link back to me by adding a text link or adding one of these bespoke buttons to your posts!
Thanks for linking up! Don't forget to come back later so you can say G'day to bloggers from around the world!If you missed out on seeing the features from last week's party just click here!
Also, I just wanted to remind my new bloggy friends that I have created a central list of Blogging Pinners so we can all find each other's Pinterest pages more easily. It's called the Pinning Bloggers Master List and anyone who has a Pinterest account is welcome to link up!
All you need to do is link to your main Pinterest page for example: http://pinterest.com/natashainoz/and then add your blog in the text box when you link up, like this: Natasha @ NatashainOz.com
If I don't see you before I will hopefully see you again on Tuesday for this week's #TuesdayTune!
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Microsoft will have Bing installed as the default search engine on a number of Verizon Android-based smartphones in the future, but it will not be the exclusive search engine for Verizon's Android phones.
Earlier today, we wrote about a rumor that was kicking up on a few Android blogs that Bing would be the default search engine on ALL Android smartphones for Verizon in the future.
Microsoft finally got back to us and shot down the rumor saying through a spokesperson, "Over the coming months, Verizon will announce the launch of new Android devices, which will be pre-loaded with Bing. The deal for Verizon Android devices is not exclusive."
We called to get clarity on the matter. Bing will be on a many Android phones, but not all, as part of a 5 year mobile search pact signed by Verizon and Microsoft in the first half of 2009.
So, that's that. If Verizon had granted Microsoft exclusivity it would have really damaged Google's plan to make money from mobile search ads.
In this scenario, Google is still somewhat hurt, because its search engine isn't always the default, even when it's mobile operating system is being used by a carrier. But, that's the risk of being "open.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-bing-android-phones-2010-9#ixzz0z5UoHKwU


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Most couples wait until the reception before breaking out into the Funky Chicken on their wedding day, but Kevin Heinz and Jill Peterson figured, why wait to unleash their unbridled joy?
The 28-year-olds floored their wedding guests by having their whole bridal party — including seven bridesmaids, five groomsmen and four ushers — boogie down the aisle in a choreographed dance more at home in a Broadway musical than in a somber church.
Groomsmen split into sides as Heinz did a somersault in front of the wowed crowd — and the gown-clad Peterson quickly followed, shaking her hips to Chris Brown's "Forever" while pumping her bridal bouquet into the air during the June 20 ceremony in St. Paul, Minn.
Of course, some things are too good to keep to yourself. And when Kevin posted the wedding dance routine on YouTube, it quickly became a viral hit — some 700,000 people have already shared in the couple's novel way of showing their matrimonial joy.
Heinz and Peterson (she's keeping her maiden name) appeared live on TODAY Friday to tell their story of how their artistic self-expression on the biggest day of their lives captured America's imagination and made them Internet stars.
After watching the video, TODAY's Matt Lauer told the couple, "If that was a ceremony, I don't know how you survived the honeymoon!" He then asked the couple who came up with the idea.
"It was mine," Jill told Lauer. "I danced growing up and was a dancer through college and loved dance as a way to express yourself and share joy. So it was something I always thought about doing."
It didn't take her fun-loving husband Kevin long to agree to the idea, saying the decision to dance was "the first thing we really decided about the wedding that he wanted to do."
They then broke the news to the parents that their wedding processional wasn't going to take on the more reserved joy of a typical wedding. Jill admitted that her mom "was maybe a little nervous," and Kevin said his parents were "definitely apprehensive," but didn't try to talk the two crazy kids out of their plan. They swore them to secrecy so other wedding guests wouldn't know what they were up to.
Seat-of-the-tux performance
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The Associated Press has a famous book on grammar and style that its news writers use to govern their work, a book that is also popular with the whole American news industry. It has served as a standard for many years. The AP, however, seems to have no style or rule for reporting history. Or rather, perhaps it does and the rule is to purposefully garble American history, always skewing it. The APs recent report on a re-creation of the famous 19th century, two-masted schooner La Amistad, famous for its connection to America's slave trade history, is a case in point.
As it happens a replica of the famous ship was built to highlight history of the slave trade as part of UNESCO's Slave Route Project, "to remind the world of the consequences of slavery and to promote cultural exchanges." The problem with APs coverage, though, is that it does not mention the facts about La Amistad leaving the impression that the ship was an American slave trader. In truth it was not an American slaver, though. On top of that the AP seems to think the ship was "made famous in a Stephen Spielberg movie" instead of made famous by the trial that resulted in its seizure by U.S. authorities in 1839.
A replica of the 19th century slave ship Amistad, made famous in a Stephen Spielberg movie, sailed into Havana Bay on Thursday with U.S. and Cuba flags flying side by side in a hopeful display of friendship.
The fact is, La Amistad was famous long before movies were ever invented, not that the AP seems to understand that. As mentioned the ship was not a "slave ship" even as the AP identifies "The U.S.-built Amistad" as a slave ship anyway.
The AP goes on to garble things further…
The original Amistad set sail from Havana with captives from Sierra Leone in 1839 en route to Haiti. The Africans killed the captain and took over the ship but ended up at Long Island in New York.
They were sold as slaves before abolitionists took up their cause, paving the way for their freedom in 1841.
Spielberg made a 1997 film — "Amistad" — about the saga.
The original Amistad set sail from Havana with captives from Sierra Leone in 1839 en route to Haiti. The Africans killed the captain and took over the ship but ended up at Long Island in New York.
They were sold as slaves before abolitionists took up their cause, paving the way for their freedom in 1841.
Spielberg made a 1997 film — "Amistad" — about the saga.
Notice how the AP does not mention that La Amistad was not an American slave ship? The fact is that while the ship was built in the U.S. — it was originally named The Friendship — it was purchased by a Spanish citizen living in Cuba and used to transport cargo among the Americas in costal trade. It was not an American owned ship when its captain decided to use it to transport slaves between Havana, Cuba and Puerto Principe, Cuba.
La Amistad was not a "slave ship" at all even though its cargo during its time in the eyes of history was a shipment of slaves. La Amistad was not a slaver but was a standard-built cargo ship. Slave ships were specially built for that trade with decks arranged close together so that more slaves could be transported at once. La Amistad was not a slaver's ship.
The true history of this foreign owned ship is not quite as simple as the AP wants to paint it. Its Spanish owner had arranged to transport some slaves between Havana and Puerto Principe and during the voyage the slaves mutinied, killed the crew, took control of the ship, and ended up in U.S. waters near Long Island, New York. The importation of slaves was already illegal in the U.S. by 1839 and the case ended up in front of the U.S. Supreme Court which famously ruled that the slaves be freed in 1841. The freed slaves returned to Africa the following year. It was a sort of trial of the century in its day. The Spielberg movie had nothing to do with its fame.
None of these facts are in the AP story, sadly. Unfortunately, a full read of the AP story leads folks to assume that La Amistad was an American slave ship and does not tell any part of the story where the U.S. government freed those slaves.
But, perhaps the goal wasn't to tell a full story, but was instead an effort not to tell that story so that a misconception is fostered by readers? And if it isn't outright bias, it is certainly poor writing.


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This wiki page is created to make it easier to plan and coordinate Debian's involvement in the Google Summer of Code 2008.
You can read about previous Debian participation in Summer of Code: in SummerOfCode2007 and SummerOfCode2006.
The current Google Summer of Code 2010 at Debian is covered at SummerOfCode2010.
April 21: ~12 noon PDT / 19:00 UTC - announcement of accepted student projects - Out now.
(as with all GSoC deadlines, expect these to be a little fluid... )
Mailing list and IRC
We're also on IRC: #debian-soc in the OFTC network (irc.debian.org). Just drop in and ask your questions. Of course you can also ask in other Debian IRC channels.
Google's Summer of Code IRC channel ist #gsoc in Freenode.
Accepted projects
netconf, a network configuration management system:
- work on a next-generation network configuration management system (Python)
by Jonathan Roes, mentored by Martin F. Krafft
- import, store and use data about various aspects of Debian in an SQL database
by Christian von Essen, mentored by Lucas Nussbaum
security-beta, a beta testing for Debian security updates:
- Security update beta test program
by Nico Golde, mentored by Moritz Mühlenhoff
debgraph, A Generic Infrastructure for the Development of Package Management Tools:
- Software to analyse the dependency graph of debian packages
by Adam Jensen, mentored by Robert Lemmen
- Improve support of Debian on NAS devices
by Per Andersson, mentored by Riku Voipio
tools to generate Debian packages from the 1000+ R packages on CRAN and BioConductor
by Charles Blundell, mentored by Dirk Eddelbuettel
- port FreeBSD's mergemaster to Debian
by Max Wiehle, mentored by Manoj Srivastava
- add support for additional PAM and NSS modules configuration at install time
by Juan Luis Belmonte Mendez, mentored by Fabio Tranchitella
Jigdo-Ivory, JavaScript Jigdo Client:
- CD/DVD download tool useable in the browser
by Dustin Rayner, mentored by Steve ?McIntyre
Usability improvements and GTK+ GUI for Aptitude:
- an alternative to Synaptic with an interface design geared toward usability and advanced functionality
by Obey Arthur Liu, mentored by Daniel Burrows
Lintian for fully automated setups:
- Improve lintian to make it more usable in fully automated setups
by Jordà Polo Bardés, mentored by Marc Brockschmidt
debexpo, generic web-based Debian package repository to suit the needs of many:
- Develop a generic web-based package repository software as a basis for mentors.debian.net (as well as other repositories)
by Jonny Lamb, mentored by Christoph Haas
Resources: Trac, Discussion Mailing List, Commit Mailing List, git repository
Project proposals
Note: these were just idea proposals. Students were welcome to submit a different project, and they were expected to work out the proposals for their actual application. These are not complete applications to just copy & paste; there is a template below.
/netconf: work on a next-generation network configuration management system (Python)
Biological databases manager: manage and integrate biological databases with software packaged in Debian.
ultimate debian database: import, store and use data about various aspects of Debian in an SQL database
/security-beta: Security update beta test program
/debgraph: Software to analyse the dependency graph of debian packages
/DebianNAS: Improve support of Debian on NAS devices
/cran2deb: tools to generate Debian packages from the 1000+ R packages on CRAN and BioConductor
/MergeMaster: port FreeBSD's mergemaster to Debian
/PamNssDebianInstaller: add support for additional PAM and NSS modules configuration at install time.
Browser-based jigdo client: CD/DVD download tool useable in the browser
Lintian: Improve lintian to make it more usable in fully automated setups
/DebbugsWebUI: Web interface for submitting and manipulating bugs.debian.org's bugs
/CDD Webtools: Web Tools for Custom Debian Distributions
Security Policy: Developing a framework for SELinux security policies in Debian
/SvnBuildStat: Improve the svnbuildstat tool
/debexpo: Develop a generic web-based package repository software as a basis for mentors.debian.net (as well as other repositories)
Your proposal here (use SummerOfCode2008/SampleProposal as a template)
Template for student applications
See ?SummerOfCode2008/StudentApplicationTemplate for hints on what information you should provide.
Remember: the application needs to show us that you're the best student for this project, and that you're going to do a great job.
Applications will be submitted at Google according to their timeline, obviously. Link is above.
- Application phase is March 24th - April 6, and applications happen via the Google Web App.
Your signup link will be here: http://code.google.com/soc/2008/ when the application phase has started.
Sign up here: http://code.google.com/soc/2008/mentor_step1.html and wait for confirmation by the Debian GSoC admins.
Google Mentor Home: http://code.google.com/soc/2008/mentor_home.html
Some information on what being a good mentor entails can be found at http://primates.ximian.com/~federico/docs/summer-of-code-mentoring-howto/index.html
What is expected from mentors? See http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/soc-coordination/2008-April/000299.html
Check that maintainers / teams working on other packages in the area are aware of the project: discuss it with them, and make sure you're not duplicating effort or working against them.
SteveMcIntyre is the lead admin again this year, and will deal with the administrative stuff with Google for Debian to be a mentoring organisation. He has applied formally on our behalf. Other admins include:


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For some people it was 9/11. For me it was Hurricane Katrina. "It" is the moment when you realize that the safety net you thought was beneath you has been shredded, the implicit promise of the American dream shattered.
One image that haunts me is a starving dog I tossed a sandwich during my reporting in New Orleans' Ninth Ward. I can remember the look on her face, the way she tried to separate the food from the toxic silt it landed in, the horrifying curve of her caramel fur over her protruding ribs.
By the time my producer and I got to New Orleans, the residents (including one of my uncles) had been evacuated from places like the Superdome or were dead or had hunkered down with private stores of food and water, determined not to leave the city. People became irrational, like one journalist I saw waving a gun around a makeshift newsroom, bragging about self-protection.
More insidious was the blocking of a bridge out of New Orleans by Gretna police, and the killings and shootings of innocent men by New Orleans police. The government devolved; the lawlessness of looters paled in comparison with officers killing citizens; and briefly, the military took control.
The primal fear of societal collapse, as happened for a time in New Orleans, can throw us into a state where only the most extreme options seem palatable. During the most recent Republican debate, each candidate was eager to paint him- or herself as a budget-slashing fiscal warrior. But none adequately addressed the core questions of how to dig ourselves out of the federal-debt hole without annihilating public education, infrastructure and safety.
The degradation that happened overnight when the levees broke in New Orleans is unfolding slowly in communities across America, where joblessness and housing crises have turned neighborhoods into miniature failed states. Despite saying we don't like government, America's nightmare — the one echoed in pop-culture phenoms like the zombie series The Walking Dead — is a nation where government ceases to exist.
Mitt Romney's $10,000 wager during a Dec. 10 debate may have gotten the most ink of the night, as a symbol of a callous 1 percent seeking to govern the nation. But of course, some of the richest Americans are the most proactive in rebuilding physical and civic infrastructure. And within the so-called 99 percent, a group whose annual income ranges from zero to $500,000, there is no shared identity, and there is no plan.
The men killed by police were part of the 99 percent, as were the officers who shot them and in one case burned a body to cover up a killing. And the same is true for both the people who tried to cross the bridge to Gretna and the ones who blocked them with cars and shotguns. Even under much less fraught circumstances, if you put demographically and ideologically diverse members of the 99 percent into a room together, you'd have something closer to a cage-fighting match than an economic summit.
For reasons of fear — plus identity politics driven by ideology, income and demographics — the 99 percent championed by the Occupy movement is a mythical cohort. That does not mean growing income inequality and shrinking social mobility don't matter — they do, and deeply. But the weakness of the entire Occupy movement and meme is the effort to label the majority without fully exploring our nation's fault lines and how to bridge them.
So where do we begin? We begin by searching our souls, extending ourselves to those different from us, and telling our stories. During this election year and beyond, we need social reporting tools that bring more American voices into the current debates.
Mobile Commons, for example, uses SMS text messaging to drive participatory reporting and engagement. The slashing of news budgets and infrastructure means it's less likely that reporters can physically reach a wide cross section of America, but a combination of field reporting and technological tools can bolster reach.
And just as there is retail politics, with candidates crisscrossing the country for votes, there has to be retail civic bridge building. Platforms like Meetup were used powerfully by the Tea Party as well as progressives to reach their base. Now we must find ways to foster more cross-ideological convenings. So much good can happen when you look your neighbor in the face and decide, despite your differences, to help rebuild your community and nation.
And despite my critique of the 99 percent meme, myths have power. That's why people put their bodies on the line during Occupy, suffering everything from skull fractures to teargassing. These were real actions with real meaning.
But if there is no bridge between those protesting income inequality and those mired in it but clinging to trickle-down dreams, there is little chance of change. Now is the moment to turn from slogans toward a deeper relationship with the complexities of our own nation, and begin to build again.
Farai Chideya is an author and journalist who blogs at Farai.com and contributes to WNYC's live events and political coverage.


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|ca. 13,000
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|The Jewish Community in Konin until 1918
|Between the Two World Wars
|The Holocaust
In the 15th century there were some 180 Jews, living in 12 wooden houses. At the end of this century a fire ravaged a large part of the town, and the Jewish population was also hard hit. In the 16th century its situation improved, but an outbreak of cholera in 1628 reduced its numbers. In 1633 the Jews were concentrated in one area of the town. There they remained during the whole history of the community, in what was known as the Street of the Jews. After another epidemic in 1662, and in the wake of the destruction wrought by the Swedes in 1707, the number of Jews declined once more.
The first Jews in Konin engaged in giving loans with interest. In 1425 permission was given for two fairs a year to be held in the town, and these became central to Jewish economic activity. Primary in the 16th to 18th centuries was the grain trade, particularly in export. Small merchants acted as agents to the farmers of the area. Local economic activity increased from the beginning of the 19th century to the First World War, and the Jewish population grew.
Jews were active in the grain and seed trade, and they also exported poultry to Germany. Jewish wholesalers had large warehouses that supplied industrial products to the whole region.
The establishment of industry in Konin was mainly due to the Jews. They owned breweries, stocks of building materials, cement products, tiles, pipes, and roofing felt. At the end of the 19th century a number of Jewish-owned flour mills were built. This was followed by an agricultural machinery plant at the beginning of the 20th century, and a soap factory in 1917. Some Jews also engaged in banking, and in 1913 Izrael Szpigelfogel opened a loan and savings bank, which helped establish Jewish workshops and industries in the town. Jews also began to transport goods and convey passengers along local and inter-city routes, and timber was floated down the River Warta. Jewish contractors from Lódz carried out building projects on a large scale in Konin and its district. The 19th century saw an increase in the number of Jewish craftsmen: tailors, hatters, glaziers, tinsmiths, shoemakers, carpenters, painters, barbers, and stonecutters. In 1900 there was only one Jewish doctor in the town, as well as two dentists and a lawyer.
Until the end of the 18th century the Jews of Konin were administered by the community in Kalisz. At first, Konin's Jews were buried in Kalisz; but in the course of time a cemetery was consecrated on Czarki Hill. In 1806, however, burials here stopped for lack of space, and a new graveyard was established.
From 1810 on the institutions of the community were autonomous. The first rabbi of the community was R. Zwi Hersz Amsterdam, who held office for 39 years (1810-1849). He founded a yeshiva in Konin for Jews from the town and its environs. The rabbinate was next occupied by R. Zwi Hersz Orbach (Auerbach) from 1849 until his death in 1883. He was the author of Divrei Torah on Choshen Mishpat (for these and other Hebrew and Yiddish terms, see notes at end of translation) which was published in Warsaw in 1881. In 1884 the community chose as its rabbi R. Zwi Hersz Bierzynski, a hassid of Kock, and an associate of the author of Sfat Emet from Gor. R. Bierzynski led his flock for 21 years until his death in 1905. Finally, R. Jakow Lipszyc held the position from 1906 until the end of the community in the Second World War.
The Great Synagogue was built in 1766, and renovated in 1829, with the assistance of the artist Zajnwel Barasz. In 1870, at some distance from the synagogue, a Beit Midrash was established. At the end of the 19th century there were also various hassidic prayer-houses in Konin.
In the middle of the 19th century a study group for Talmud (Shas) was established. There were also other organisations in Konin, such as prayer, bible, and sabbath preservation societies. At the end of the century and the beginning of the 20th there were active charitable organisations: health services, a hostel, dowry collections, provident funds, etc.
In 1910 Jewish refugees expelled from Kiev arrived in Konin. On the outbreak of the First World War many of the Jews of Kalisz found refuge in Konin after their town had been largely destroyed by the battles. In both the above instances the Jews of Konin helped the refugees, providing them with soup kitchens and shelter.
The relatively early involvement of the Jews of Konin in the country's political life was shown by the participation of some of them in the Polish revolt of 1863. For his part in this uprising a Jew called Szlomo (surname unknown) was hanged and Meir Szlomo was sent to a military penal unit.
In 1913 a Zionist group made its appearance, and a year later could muster some 200 members. In that same year the Poalei Zion party was established, and an arbeiter heim (workers' home) was opened. The Bund had begun its activities in 1905, and its members took part in strikes and demonstrations in that year and the year after. The Russian authorities arrested many of its members and virtually stopped its activities. These were, however, resumed in 1915-1916, after the German authorities permitted political activity. In 1916 a Jewish wine merchant, Bernard Dancyger, was appointed mayor of the town, and he contributed much to its development.
In the sphere of education, in addition to the network of cheders, a state elementary school for Jewish children was opened at the end of the 19th century. 1901 saw the establishment of a library, which also catered to the Jews of the surrounding district. A reading room was opened there in 1911 and three years later a drama group began to give a series of plays in Yiddish. Tvuna evening courses were organized for religious youth in 1916.
At the beginning of the First World War fierce battles raged around Konin, and the town changed hands many times. The Jews suffered both under the Russians and the Germans. In the autumn of 1914 the Germans arrested many of the community's leading figures and held them as hostages. In 1915 a unit of German cavalry confiscated a quantity of winter clothing from the Jews . Owing to overcrowding and malnutrition a typhus epidemic broke out in 1915, claiming many Jewish victims.
Nearly all the Jewish political parties in Poland were also represented in Konin. The activities of Poalei Zion, sparse during the war, were only renewed in 1925. In 1931 the youth movement Freheit was established. The League for Israel Workers ( Haliga Lema'an Eretz Yisrael Ha'ovedet) included the following organisations: Poalei Zion, Freiheit, the Worker, the Pioneer, the Young Pioneer, Hapoel, and Hashomer Hatzair. In 1933 a Hechalutz (Pioneer) training kibbutz named after B. Borochow was established.
There were also in Konin branches of Hamizrachi, the Revisionist Movement, Betar and Brit Hachayal. Zionist women formed WIZO. The development of the Zionist movement in Konin may be gauged by the increase in the number of shekels contributed to the Zionist Congresses: in 1929 shekels were donated by 114 persons, in 1931 by 200, in 1933 by 668, in 1937 by 523, and in 1939 by 560. Agudat Israel, which appeared in Konin in the 1920s, also established a Youth Movement in 1925, while ten years later a branch of Poalei Agudat Israel was formed. Agudat Israel exercised considerable influence in the community council. A branch of the Bund was also active in Konin between the two wars, and at the end of the 1930s had two representatives in the council.
The old cemetery, as mentioned, was closed and the graves transferred to a new site in 1928. The Yavneh School was opened in 1918, as was the dual language (Polish and Hebrew) Jewish Gymnasium, with Aleksander Rusak as its first headmaster. The gymnasium, however, was closed in 1928 due to budgetary problems, but reopened a decade later on the initiative of a number of local citizens. The Yesodei Hatorah cheder opened its doors to pupils in 1923. Konin also possessed an ORT vocational school.
The Jewish library in Konin continued its activities, and in 1936 contained 8,190 books in Yiddish, Hebrew, Polish and German. Drama groups associated with the League for the Working Labour of Israel and the Bund were also in evidence. Cultural personalities connected with Konin included the painters Szaja Szer, Michail Eliahu Zadek, and his brother Menachem Zadek; the sculptor Marek Lewin, who studied in Darmstadt and worked in Dresden, and who visited Konin from time to time; the writer and journalist Meir Wajnsztajn; and the choreographer Mania Lipinski. Sports clubs were also to be found in Konin - Maccabi (1918), Shimshon, and Hapoel, as well as the sports sections of Betar and the Bund.
The Synagogue in Konin (Photograph from the 1930's).
The Jews were ordered to open their shops, and this led to looting of their wares. On November 30th, 1939, the Germans surrounded a number of streets densely populated by Jews, ordered them to take with them absolute necessities only, and assembled them in a Jewish school. On December 3rd about a thousand were deported to Ostrowiec Kielecki in the General Government. Here the local community gave them food and shelter. The deportees set up a committee, and organised mutual help. There were now some 1,500 Jews left in Konin.
At the end of 1939 and during the first half of 1940 a number of Jews escaped to Warszawa and to the Soviet-occupied zone in eastern Poland. In July 1940 the majority of those remaining in Konin, together with Jews from the whole district, were deported. Some were sent to Grodziec and Rzgów, which thus formed a sort of rural ghetto. Others were directed to the neighbouring town of Zagórów. All were sent to forced labour. In March 1941 most of the Jews in Grodziec were sent via Lódz to Jozefów Bilgorajski, near Lublin. In 1942 they were exterminated in a nearby forest.
In October 1941 the remnant of Jews from the whole Konin district who were assembled in Zagórów, Rzgów and Grodziec were taken to the forests of Kazimierz Biskupi, and murdered there. Most of them were forced into open pits of lime and buried alive. During their retreat in early 1945 the Germans removed their bodies and burned them, in order to conceal evidence of the crime.
After the Jews of Konin had been annihilated, a work camp was established on the site. In March 1942 more than 800 Jews from the area of Gostynin and Gabin (Gombin) were brought there and employed in harsh forced labour. Many of them died from exhaustion and disease. Forty-five Jews from the camp prison were buried in the Christian cemetery in Konin, but on July 17, 1942, their bodies were removed on the orders of the mayor, and interred in a nearby plot among other Jews.
At the beginning of 1943 many of the inhabitants of the camp were transported to their deaths in Chelmno and other concentration camps. This was the signal for some Jews to band together and carry out acts of sabotage and arson in the work camp. In August 1943 this underground group learned that the Germans were about to kill all the internees, and it set on fire a number of huts. Most of these saboteurs met their deaths in the action, but some survived. Following an investigation into the circumstances of the insurrection, the camp was closed and the captives moved to assembly points, and eventually to Auschwitz.
Among the prisoners in Konin and the group of rebels was Rabbi Yehoshua Moshe Aaronson. While in the camp he wrote a diary entitled Megillat Beit Haavadim. This diary and other testamentary documents he hid in two bottles, which he gave into the keeping of a Polish carpenter. Only some of these papers survived, but they bore witness to the life and fate of the internees in the camp at Konin.
Jews from Konin took part in the struggle against the Nazis in various places: Frania Batos, a member of Freiheit, arrived in Warszawa from Ostrowiec at the end of 1942. She was the liason officer of the Jewish fighters on the Aryan side. During the revolt of April 1943 she maintained contact with the ghetto fighters, and helped to get them out of the ghetto. She took her own life on May 12th, 1943, aged only 17. Riwka Glanc, also an active member of Freiheit, was among the leaders of the Jewish fighters in the ghetto of Czestochowa. She arrived in Warszawa and Zaglebie (Zaglembie) on a mission for the group and smuggled weapons. She fell in the defence of the Czestochowa ghetto on June 26, 1943. She was aged 28. Michail Strykowski, a leading member of Betar, studied in Warszawa, and during the German occupation was one of the central figures in the Jewish Military Union (Haigud Hazvai Hayehudi). He was killed in the revolt of the Warsaw ghetto.
In September 1945 a number of survivors returned to Konin, and established a local Jewish committee. At the end of that year there were in Konin 46 Jews (24 men, 15 women, and 7 children). Their situation was difficult. Their flats had been taken over by Poles. The attitude of the Polish population was hostile. At the beginning of 1946 the number of Jews increased to 60. However, conditions were unfavourable for a renewal of Jewish life and most of them left the town. In 1965 there were only two Jews left.
Choshen Mishpat: Breastplate of Judgment. Either a commentary on part of a book by Yakov Ben Harosh, or of the fourth part of Yosef Caro's Shulhan Aruch.
Sha''ss: An abbreviation for Shisha Sidrei Mishnah, which is 6 tractates of the Talmud.
Bet Midrash: Talmud school.
Sfat Emet: The Language of Truth.
Poalei Zion: Workers of Zion (Socialist Zionist party).
Bund: A political organisation of Jews formed in Vilna in 1897 to promote labour causes, Jewish nationalism, and Yiddish in eastern Europe - but opposed to Zionism.
General Government: a German administrative district (west of Lódz) during the occupation of Poland.
Cheder (pl. chadarim,/ cheders): meaning 'room' - a religious or Hebrew 'Sunday School'.
Tvuna: Wisdom, understanding.
Megillat Bet Haavadim: Scroll of the House of Slaves.
Freiheit (Yiddish/German, Freedom, Hebrew - Dror): a Jewish youth movement.
Poel (pl. poalim, genitive pl. poalei): worker. Hence Hapoel, the worker, in combinations such as Poalei Zion, Hapoel Hamizrachi, etc.
Hashomer Hatzair ( The Young Watchman): Socialist Zionist youth movement.
Betar and Brit Hachayal: Right-wing Zionist youth organisations.
Agudat Israel: Non-Zionist Orthodox Jewish political movement, established in 1912.
ORT: Organisation for Rehabilitation and Training, founded in St. Peterburg in 1880 to develop skilled job training for your Jews, and from 1921 spreading to western Europe, Israel and other lands.
WIZO: Women's International Zionist Organisation
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A refined method developed at NIST for measuring
nanometer-sized objects may help computer manufacturers more effectively size
up the myriad tiny switches packed onto chips' surfaces. The method, which
makes use of multiple measuring instruments and statistical techniques, is
already drawing attention from industry.
Nothing in life may be certain except death and taxes, but
in the world of computer chip manufacturing, uncertainty is a particularly
nagging issue, especially when measuring features smaller than a few dozen
nanometers. Precision and accuracy are essential to controlling a complex and
expensive manufacturing process to ensure the final chips actually work. But
features on modern chips are so tiny that optical microscopes cannot make them
out directly. Metrologists have to use indirect methods, like
"scatterometry"—deducing their shape from sampling the pattern light
creates as it scatters off the features' edges. When this isn't enough, there's
atomic force microscopy (AFM). It's expensive and slow, but it can give
distinct measurements of the height and width of a nanoscale object while light
scattering occasionally has trouble distinguishing between them.
Even with these measurement techniques, however, there's
always a nagging margin of error. "Maybe scatterometry tells you the width
of an object is 40 nm, but it's plus or minus three nanometers, a relatively
large variance," says NIST scientist Richard Silver. "Making things
worse, the total uncertainty usually increases when measurement techniques are
combined, making our vision even hazier."
What the NIST team needed was a more precise yet less
expensive method of measuring what sits on a chip, and their answer has turned
out to be a combination of scanning techniques and statistical analysis. They
first created a library of simulated data based on typical chip feature dimensions
to which they can compare their actual measurements, made with AFM,
scatterometry, and other means. A complex statistical analysis of library
values is then compared with actual measurements to extract valid measurement
values—but this is often at a cost of high uncertainty.
But NIST statistician Nien Fan Zhang found an elegant way to
use a statistical method called Bayesian analysis to incorporate a few key
additional measured values from other tools into the library model before
performing the comparison. In doing so, the team was able to reduce the
uncertainty in some of the measurements, lowering them by more than a factor of
three in some cases. This approach is expected to be essential when measuring
complex three-dimensional transistors 16 nm in size or smaller in the near
The math wizardry is a little counter-intuitive. "In
essence, if you've got a really small uncertainty in your AFM measurement but a
big one in your optical measurements, the final uncertainty will end up even
smaller than either of them," says Silver. "IBM and GLOBALFOUNDRIES
have already begun developing the technique since we first described it at a
2009 conference, and they are improving their measurements using this hybrid
Source: NIST


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VIDEO: Idaho spring football game
MOSCOW, Idaho – University of Idaho football fans had their first taste of Paul Petrino football and what they saw at the annual Silver and Gold game was a potent offense with a hungry, hard-hitting defense.
"It was good to see some big plays being made," said Petrino after the spring finale at the Kibbie Dome. "We kept improving. We got tougher."VIDEO: Idaho spring football game
Petrino particularly has liked what he has seen out of this spring junior college crop – linebackers Marc Millan, Eric Tuipulotu and Juan Martinez, and running backs Jerrel Brown and Kris Olugbode. Brown had 20 carries for the Silver team and another two when he switched to the Gold for a couple series. He tallied 159 yards – out of a grand total 404 for the Silver and another 28 for the Gold.
Quarterback Chad Chalich not only threw for 332 yards (22 of 40) but he ran for another 102 in showing the progress he has made in adapting to Petrino's offense this spring. Taylor Davis had 157 yards with the Gold team off of 12-of-23 passing.
As he has all spring, Jahrie Level found his rhythm with the quarterbacks and pulled in nine passes for 169 yards. Roman Runner had six for 91 with a total 11 players catching at least one pass.
Defensively, Millan had 12 tackles with Jayshawn Jordan accounting for 10 and Martinez in on nine.
"I thought both sides of the ball showed good things," Petrino said. "It was fun. It was fun to get out there."
The Vandals open the 2013 season at North Texas Aug. 31 with their home opener Sept. 14 vs. Northern Illinois.


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Tribal Pack combines Tribal Lounge, Tribal Walk and Tribal Dream. It's a collection of tribal tunes with acoustic instruments, a lot of African and Asian percussion, acoustic guitars, piano's and more. It's perfect for scoring, but usable in many other situations. Enjoy!
Tribal Lounge: 1:41 http://audiojungle.net/item/tribal-lounge/3170340 Tribal Walk: 2:36 http://audiojungle.net/item/tribal-walk/3234710 Tribal Dream: 2:08 http://audiojungle.net/item/tribal-dream/4292049


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Very Merry Christmas to everyone (in case I don't have time for another pre-christmasy post)! I wish you all stress-free and full of joy holidays!
We've already started sipping eggnog, and I suspect I'll be making at least a couple more batches before the Christmas time. I prefer to make this beverage myself. The flavor of the homemade eggnog is far better and cleaner (no wonder – just read a list of the ingredients on an eggnog carton box); you will see a difference. The whipped egg whites make it air-light what I particularly like. But if you are after a thicker, more store-bought-like consistency, simply omit the whites, reserve them for another use (this is just a perfect amount for a batch of French macaroons). Cin-cin!
The recipe is adapted from Alton Brown.
Makes about 6 cups
- 4 large eggs, washed, separated
- 1/8 tsp (pinch) salt
- 1/3 cup fine granulated sugar, plus 1 tbsp
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
- 1 ½ oz rum
- 1 ½ oz brandy
Prepare an ice water bath. In a bowl of the stand mixer, or in a bowl using a hand-held electric beaters, beat the egg yolks and salt until lighten in color. Gradually beat in the 1/3 cup sugar continuing whipping until the mixture is thick and sugar is dissolved. Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, combine the milk, cream, and nutmeg and heat over medium heat just to a boiling point. Temper the yolks by whisking a couple spoonfuls of the hot milk/cream into the yolks. Continue whisking and slowly pour the rest of the milk into the tempered yolk mixture. Pour the egg yolk and milk/cream mixture back into the saucepan and place the pan over the medium/low heat whisking continuously until the mixture reaches 170F. Remove from the heat and strain the mixture through a fine-mesh strainer into a bowl. Stir in the rum and brandy. Place the bowl into the ice bath to cool completely, stirring often. Cover with plastic wrap and transfer to the refrigerator to chill well.
In a clean, grease-free bowl, beat the egg whites to soft peaks. Gradually beat in the 1 remaining tablespoon of sugar and beat until stiff peaks form. Whisk the egg whites into the chilled eggnog base.
You can make the eggnog in advance, simply rewhisk it before serving since the egg whites gather on the top.


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The Associated Student Body (ASB) gives students to participate in a democratic process. Students elect officers and classroom representatives. These representatives meet regularly and help to give students a voice in their school.
ASB helps promote the welfare of the student body. It also helps build strong connections between students and their school.
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Phone: 360-662-9700
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- The text fields for dynamic variables are converted to pulldown menus
- Install the plugin (after downloading and unzipping):
cd dynamicvariablesplugin/0.12 sudo python setup.py bdist_egg sudo cp dist/TracDynamicVariables*.egg /your/trac/location/plugins/
See TracPlugins for more installation details and options. You'll likely need to restart Trac's web server after installation.
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[components] dynvars.* = enabled
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Pixlr-o-matic photo app hits Android
After landing on iOS devices, Facebook, and Chrome, Autodesk's photo filter/processing app is now available for Android.
Autodesk has been busy spreading its free retro photo-processing app Pixlr-o-matic across every major platform. In August, it launched an iPad app and it quickly shot to the top of the download charts; it's still sitting in the top 10 free photography apps. And now Android users can test out the 25,000 possible combinations of color filters, lighting effects, and frames on their photos.
What's best about the app is the interface, which lets you quickly apply what you want, see the end result, and then share or save your final photo. The Android app is the only version that can connect to messaging services on your Android device such as Skype or IM. Images can also be saved to your SD card at resolutions up to 2,000x1,000 pixels, and they're stored with the names of filters you've used.
Unfortunately, you can only apply one filter, lighting effect, and frame at a time, and you can't increase or decrease the effect. The only way to apply additional filters is to save out and reopen the photo. Also, all of the color filters have nondescriptive names, making it a pain to quickly pick your desired result. For example, "Sophia" is apparently heavy vignetting typical of a toy camera lens.
You can check out the slideshow below for more details, but overall Pixlr-o-matic is worth the free download from the Android Market. Not sure you want it on your smartphone? You can also test it out as Facebook or Chrome Web apps, download it as an Adobe Air application for Windows, or just use it in your browser.
Pixlr-o-matic for Android (screenshots)See all photos
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Re: New Wolfram Tutorial Collection documentation is ready
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg99337] Re: New Wolfram Tutorial Collection documentation is ready
- From: mike.honeychurch at gmail.com
- Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 05:21:11 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <firstname.lastname@example.com> <email@example.com>
On May 1, 4:24 am, Thomas M=FCnch <thomas.mue... at gmail.com> wrote: > I downloaded all of the PDFs, and it took a very long time, even on my > fast connection at work. My guess is that Wolfram gives these > downloads less bandwidth compared to, for example, downloading > software, or the curated data. But I would say that's all right. > > The largest of the files is "Visualization and graphics", which comes > at almost 140MB. I opened it in Acrobat (Professional version), and > simply out of curiosity removed all the Metadata and hidden > information in the pdf (You can do this under the Menu item "Document> Ex= amine Document...", at least under Windows). After doing this, and > > saving the file, the size was reduced to less than 30 MB, just a bit > over one fifth of the original! On first visual inspection, the two > versions appear to be identical. > > This particular file contains lots of graphics, so the reduction in > size might not be as large in other files, I didn't try. But anyways, > this begs the question: did I remove ANY functionality by doing this? > If not, it would be much nicer if Wolfram could place PDFs of reduced > size for download on their website. > > thomas > > On Apr 30, 12:32 pm, Bob F <deepyog... at gmail.com> wrote: > > > I got e-mail today from Wolfram saying that the new "Tutorial > > Collection" documents are ready for downloading of the PDF or HTML > > files, or purchase of the hardcopy. There are 23 volumes that take up > > about 354 MB if you downloaded them all (about 3668 pages according to > > Wolfram). I wonder if these are readable by any of the e-book readers > > like Kindle or the Sony or ??? If anyone knows please let us know ... > > I am sure this will be exciting nighttime reading ;-) You could buy a > > Kindle for the cost of these books. But will it or the Sony show them > > correctly?? > > > -Bob > > > ps -- the URL for these ishttp://www.wolfram.com/learningcenter/tutoria= lc= > ollection/ > > and apparently there are a few volumes that are not finished or they > > are out of stock, so if you want the printed volumes the website for > > purchasing them said there may be a 2-3 week delay for the few volumes > > that fall into this category (seehttp://store.wolfram.com/view/book/tut= or= > > ial/?Qualifier=COMM&check=ISB... > > > ) Also note that the hardcopy books are printed in black & white (not > > color like the PDF and HTML versions are). I think it is probably duplicate embedded fonts that are being removed that reduces the file size.


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Netanyahu: 'We will not rest'
JERUSALEM — Israel's prime minister threatened Tuesday to take even tougher action against Hamas following an intense wave of airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, as the country buried three Israeli teens it says were kidnapped and killed by the Islamic militant group.
In comments broadcast live on national television, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his first goal is to find the killers of the three teens. "We will not rest until we reach the last of them," he said.
But a broader mission is to act against Hamas in its Gaza stronghold, the Israeli leader said as he convened an emergency meeting of his Security Cabinet to discuss a response to the deadly abductions.
( Also on POLITICO: Airstrikes start after teens found dead)
"Hamas continues to support, even at this time, the kidnappings of our citizens and is directly responsible for firing rockets and mortars at our territory, including in recent hours," Netanyahu said.
"If there is a need, we will broaden the campaign as much as needed."
The three teenagers — Eyal Yifrah, 19, Gilad Shaar, 16, and Naftali Fraenkel, a 16-year-old with dual Israeli-American citizenship — disappeared on the night of June 12 as they were hitchhiking home from Jewish seminaries they attended in the West Bank.
( Also on POLITICO: 'As a father,' Obama mourns teens)
The abductions sparked Israel's broadest ground operation in the West Bank in nearly a decade, with the military deploying thousands of troops in a frantic search for the youths. Accusing Hamas of being behind the abductions, it also launched a massive crackdown against the group's West Bank infrastructure.
The manhunt came to a grim end on Monday when searchers discovered the teens' bodies under a pile of rocks in a field near the city of Hebron, a few miles from where they disappeared.
The plight of the teens captured the nation's attention, and the discovery of their bodies prompted an outpouring of grief. An estimated 50,000 mourners attended Tuesday's funeral in the central Israeli city of Modiin, arriving in hundreds of buses organized for the occasion.
"This day has spontaneously turned into a national day of mourning," Netanyahu said in his eulogy as the three bodies, wrapped in blue-and-white Israeli flags and laid out on stretchers were laid to rest side-by-side.
( Also on POLITICO: 3 missing Israeli teens found dead)
Earlier, hundreds of people had headed to the teens' hometowns for separate memorial services.
"Rest in peace my child," said Fraenkel's mother, Rachelle, who became a well-known figure during the ordeal as she sought to draw attention to the teens' plight. "We will learn to sing without you. We will always hear your voice inside of us."
"I don't have a brother anymore," said Gilad Shaar's younger sister, Shirel.
Thousands of Israelis have died in wars and violence with the country's Arab neighbors over the years, but these killings struck a nerve, largely because of the young ages of the victims and the fact that they were unarmed civilians.
"Today, we are burying a child who could have been any one of ours and therefore he is one of ours - all of us," Finance Minister Yair Lapid said at the memorial for Shaar.
Israel has identified two Hamas operatives as the chief suspects in the kidnappings. But it has offered little public evidence against the men, who remain on the loose.
It also is unclear whether the suspects acted alone or at the instruction of Hamas leaders. Hamas has praised the kidnappings, but not said whether it ordered the mission.
Hamas has long encouraged its members to kidnap Israelis, believing hostages could be used to win the release of thousands of Palestinian militants held in Israeli prisons.
Israeli security officials are not sure whether the kidnappers set out to kill the teens, or did so in a bout of panic after one of them called police. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media, said they believe the youths were killed minutes after the phone call.
Israeli media on Tuesday published a recording of the emergency call.
"They kidnapped me," a voice, believed to be Shaar, can be heard saying. Another male voice is then heard, shouting, "head down!" Hotline workers initially dismissed the call as a hoax, delaying the rescue efforts for several hours, and several workers have been disciplined for the mishap.
Channel 10 TV said investigators found evidence of their deaths in the burnt-out car, including bullet cases, blood that belonged to the victims and remains of a shirt.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said searchers found the bodies after discovering a sandal and a pair of eyeglasses belonging to the teens over the weekend. The objects helped rescuers narrow their search and the bodies were uncovered on Monday, he said.
The crackdown in the West Bank has been accompanied by a spike in violence in Gaza. Israel unleashed a wave of airstrikes on Hamas targets overnight Tuesday in response to repeated rocket fire.
Later on the day, militants fired five more rockets, including two that landed in Israel, the army said. In all, 10 rockets were fired into Israel on Tuesday, it said. The barrage, which caused no damage or injuries, raised the likelihood of new Israeli reprisals.
Despite the tough rhetoric, Netanyahu could find himself with limited options. Hamas has already been greatly weakened by a seven-year crackdown by Israel and the rival forces of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Critics said the recent arrest sweeps had found very few high-value targets.
A broad operation in Gaza would trigger retaliation by militant groups armed with thousands of rockets. It is unclear whether Israel has the appetite for a new confrontation, especially at time of so much turmoil throughout the region. A civil war is raging in neighboring Syria, and Netanyahu has expressed concerns that unrest in Iraq could spill over into Jordan, a key Israeli ally and neighbor.
Israeli defense officials said Israel was prepared to do whatever was needed to restore quiet. "We will continue the necessary activity in every area, with all force and scope necessary," Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, the country's military chief, said as he stood alongside Netanyahu.
While Israel's allies have condemned the deaths of the teens, there have also been calls from the U.S., European Union and United Nations to show restraint.
In Washington, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the U.S. is still seeking details "about who precisely was responsible for this terrible, terroristic act."
But, he added, "there is also a responsibility that both sides have to exercise restraint, to prevent this one terrible act from leading to a much broader, much more destabilizing situation."
Those calls for restraint were echoed Tuesday by Egypt, which borders Gaza to the south.
Israel will likely step up pressure on Abbas to terminate the unity government he formed last week with Hamas' backing to end a seven-year rift with the group.


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Hard gels and rainbow lighting—the color palettes of leprechauns and gay pride parades. But for this week's Shooting Challenge, you mastered aggressive color. (Then you were all like, "double rainbow all the way!" C'mon, so dated, guys.)
A quick note on scheduling for everyone who emails me each week: New Shooting Challenges are announced each Wednesday. Shooting Challenge results will always run the following Tuesday (with submissions due on Monday). Everyone is invited to participate, from amateurs to pros. We just ask that you submit new work, not old portfolio shots.
WINNER - Sun Stained
This is the most famous shelved rice terrace in Japan. It is in the southern Kyushu region, Saga prefecture, Genkai town. Late seasonal rains allow the this area to begin planting later than other regions thus giving the sun time to align with the field. The region itself is exceptionally rural with few attractions so aside from photographers, it is rarely graced by tourists. I was about a week late in shooting this, the rice is poking through, so this spot will be in my hunt next year as well. Camera: Nikon 3Ds Settings: 16-35mm 4F @35mm 16F 200ISO Filter: Circular Polarizing turned to enhance reflection Other: WB toned at Auto B4 to get orange/blue gradient Process: manual digital blend of 8 shots, color toning in PS. In some measure, every color in the rainbow is present in this shot, even magenta (typically shouldn't be).
- Jason Arney
Water Filter
This was taken Saturday at the zoo. We made the trip on a whim because the weather was so beautiful. I almost left the camera bag in the car because it was a bit hot and I didn't really want to be bothered with it. Well good thing I brought it! All of the animals were very photogenic, even this big guy. My "light gel" was completely natural - blue above from the water and green below from this manatee's delicious lettuce lunch. The only light source was the sun. Canon XSI, 85mm Canon EF prime lens, f/1.8, 1/320.
-Manuel Campo
Stairs in Paris
The original stairs picture, shot in Paris, was converted with Photoshop in B&W. Then I painted it with five colored brushes in a Multiply layer. Very simple but I liked it !
- Sébastien Bonaimé
Broadcast Rainbow
This is an exhibit at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. I loved how the lights from the art danced across the reflective floor. These colors are exactly what the exhibit gave as well, no re-coloration was done. It was taken with a Canon T2i with a shutter speed of 1/30, ISO of 200, Aperture of 3.5, and at 18mm with an 18-55mm lens.
- Kevin Goldfarb
Metal Lives
I was at the Megadeth/Rob Zombie concert 2 days ago in Pittsburgh, PA (May 16th, the day the contest was announced). I was trying to get as close as possible to the stage when the show was nearing the end. The guy in the silhouette is one of the crowd control freaks, he wouldn't let me get any closer. While stepping back a little disgusted I saw these flares shooting out of the back of his head (obviously they were from the lights on stage). I took the picture on my iPhone and then as always opened it up in the Camera+ App, added a bunch of effects. And then added a rainbow gradient with the radial setting and set the transfer mode to Hue using Photoshop. That's the story of this Lights Picture, I guess I like it cause it was more of a spontaneous click rather than a planned one. Camera - iPhone 4 with no additional lens fixtures.
- Krishna Pandravada
Obama High Five
For this challenge, I shot many many various and sundry lights. Took my entry on a whim driving back from the Nationals loss to the O's. Camera was set on an automatic setting called "Handheld Twilight" which ticked me off when the shutter clicked more than once, but looking at the image afterward, I was plaeased. Brought it into Photoshop upon arriving home and selected all the bright spots, added a rainbow gradient then overlayed the actual image agin with a 95% opacity. Thought this image with the added Rainbow was a great representaion of Obama's approval of same sex marriage. Shot on a Sony SLT-33A with the Handheld Twilight Settting, basically HDR, but not as dramatic.
-Felonious Max
Hair Flip
This particular photo was the product of experimentation. I have no expendable income at the moment, so I made my own gels out of colored translucent paper and taped them on from of my flashes. The flashes were placed into my DIY softbox and beauty dish. I really enjoy the contrast that red and blue makes, so I felt they were appropriate for this photo with so much motion. This photo was shot with: Nikon D3000, Nikon 18-70 DX F/3.5-F/4.5, ISO 400, Two speedlights on camera right and left with colored gels.
- Nicholas Adelman
Subtle Crayola
I went up to the Space Needle with a few of my friends, and decided to try out this photo challenge with one of my photo. I applied the multicolored gradient in Paint.net. The photo was taken with an Olympus E-PL1 with 1 second exposure, at 14mm with f/3.5 and ISO 200.
- Lucas Lin
Rainbow Crossing
I'm sure we could debate whether the weekly Shooting Challenges are 30 percent technical challenge, 70 percent conceptual challenge, or some variation thereof. Each week we are asked to come up with an idea for a photo that conforms to some technical concept (e.g. black and white, technicolor, long exposure, etc.) I have to admit that each week I am pretty stumped, mostly by the concept part. This week was no exception. Stock gradient in Photoshop. Shot on a Canon EOS 30D, 24mm-105mm lens at 105mm, f4, 1/2000, ISO 200.
- Brian McCabe
Rainbow Eclipse
This shot was taken with a Canon Rebel XSi using a Canon Zoom Lens 55-250mm and a UV filter. Camera setting was ISO 100, F/32, 1/4000. The color was added with Photoshop and is my first attempt at anything like this. The photo is of the solar eclipse seen on 5/20/2012 at 6:30PM from Vacaville, California. My family and I shared the experience while Barbecuing.
- Christy Parsons
Kicking It Old School
You kids and your fancy Photoshop and Flash Filters. In my day we used the sun to get true colors. So here's my photo of a flower bathed in rainbow light from a prism. Camera Nikon: D300, Exposure: 0.067 sec (1/15), Aperture: f/9.0, ISO Speed: 200
- Jeff Gamble
Fantastic entries this week. I was surprised by how many of you went full-out rainbow rather than more subtle color gels. But then again, how often do you get to paint a photo with every color under the sun? Full gallery below. The really big shots are on flickr.


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Ana, from Gail's comments :
Whoopie Pie. Two very large chocolate cake muffin top thingies. About the size of large pancakes. The flat part of these are slathered with chocolate ganache. Sandwiched between these two discs of hell is a thick layer of heavily sugared whipped cream.
Ana ate so much of one of the above pictured treats, that she feels sick today. I'd never heard of 'em, but -bless the intertubes- now I have.
History from What's Cooking America:
Whoopie pies are considered a New England phenomenon and a Pennsylvania Amish tradition. They're one of Maine's best known and most loved comfort foods. Mainers will even claim that they were weaned on whoopie pies. In Maine, these treats are more like a cake than a pie or a cookie, as they are very generously sized (about hamburger size). they're so hug that you'll want to share one with a friend. A big glass of milk is almost mandatory when eating a whoopie pie.
A whoopie pie is like a sandwich, but made with two soft cookies with a fluffy white filling. Traditional whoopies pies are made with vegetable shortening, not butter. The original and most commonly made whoopie pie is chocolate. but cooks like to experiment, and today pumpkin whoopie pies are a favorite seasonal variation.
the recipe for whoopie pies has its origins with the Amish, and in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, it is not uncommon to find roadside farm stands offering these desserts. Amish cooking is about old recipes that have fed families for generations, with no trendy or cross-cultural fusions or mixtures. These cake-like whoopie pies were considered a special treat because they were originally made from leftover batter. According to Amish legend, when children would find these treats in their lunch bags, they would shout "Whoopie!"
Recipe is at the link as well.


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