How do these fluffy lumps of bread define the town's identity A backlash against climate initiatives appears to have resonated in conservative strongholds – and could influence future policy The empty factories in Plattling and Straßkirchen sit just 6 miles (10km) apart but they tell two very different tales about the state of Germany’s economy an ailing paper factory closed two years ago and put 500 people out of work – a casualty of high gas prices and a symbol of the nationwide “deindustrialisation” that conservatives have blamed squarely on the Greens In Straßkirchen, cranes are busy assembling a battery factory that will offer 1,600 skilled jobs – a homegrown solution for a car industry that has been overtaken by Chinese competitors in the switch to electric vehicles Only one of the two narratives has gripped citizens in this rich and conservative corner of the south-east German state of Bavaria factories are letting people go – it’s all chaos,” said Silvio Germany’s political enthusiasm for cutting pollution is dwindling with growing resistance from the centre-right and far-right parties that won half of all votes cast in last Sunday’s federal election a coalition partner in the outgoing government that led the climate and economy ministry experienced a small slump as young voters turned to the left A poster on a new car factory in the centre of Straßkirchen Photograph: Ajit Niranjan/The GuardianAnalysts say it is unclear if the persistent attacks on climate policy played a role in rightwing success at the ballot box as migration and security were the main topics on the campaign trail But cries of ideological Green “nonsense” and an “eco-dictatorship” appear to have resonated in conservative strongholds across the country “The [climate] orders pushed through by Berlin don’t find any support here,” said Lothar Hartmannsgruber “People see it as invasive and patronising.” Such views are common in the electoral district of Deggendorf The three parties that leaned hardest into attacking climate policies – the far-right AfD and the market-liberal FDP – won more votes here than anywhere else in Germany Their combined vote share was almost the same in the neighbouring district of Straubing where BMW is building the electric battery factory On a chilly Friday morning in Deggendorf town square locals said high levels of tax and bureaucracy were threatening the Mittelstand – the mid-sized companies that form the backbone of the German economy the Green climate and economy minister who became an unpopular figure after his clean heating law was torn apart by tabloids He has also been criticised for resisting calls to extend the lifetime of nuclear power plants “Habeck is a failure,” said one former metalworker who gave his last name as Hartl and said he had voted for the AfD said: “Habeck is a joke figure.” She said she had voted for the conservative CSU adding: “I hope they’ll be able to drive the economy forward and stop more companies from having to move abroad.” A handful of voters defended the measures and said the Greens were in charge of the economy during a global pandemic and a war that sent the price of gas soaring – a fuel they had long argued should be replaced with renewables They also said the overall health of the economy was a mixed bag outperformed its competitors last year even as industrial output shrank the unemployment rate of 3.2% is well below the national average Election posters in Berlin Habeck (pictured) has been criticised for resisting calls to extend the lifetime of nuclear plants Photograph: Christopher Neundorf/EPA“We’re talking about a crisis that does not exist in such a bad way,” said Jürgen Linder a self-employed worker in the car industry and one of the 5% of Green voters in Deggendorf Free weekly newsletterThe most pressing stories and debates for Europeans – from identity to economics to the environment He said choices by some boardrooms and chief executives had led to the current situation “If the big companies can’t put an electric car on the market that you can afford without a yearly income of €120,000 you can hardly blame it on the Green economy minister.” Understanding whether anger at climate policy motivated rightwing voters could prove crucial to how hard the incoming government tries to stop the planet heating. An analysis found nearly three-quarters of AfD voters were sceptical of more climate action Support among CDU/CSU voters has declined from 47% in autumn 2023 to 37% “These voters can be reached with a conservative pro-climate narrative,” said Markus Kollberg a political scientist at Humboldt University of Berlin who co-authored the research with the not-for-profit organisation Heimatwurzeln “Left voters are primarily concerned with the environmental and climate-related aspects of the issue,” he said “Voters on the right care about energy prices energy security and its impact on economic growth.” But the election has cast doubt on how willing centre-right politicians will be to make such an argument The Conservatives have called to overturn the clean heating law and reverse the 2035 ban on new combustion engine cars Sebastian Völkl (right) with a friend outside his restaurant in Straßkirchen Völkl said he voted for the conservatives ‘with a heavy heart’ Photograph: Ajit Niranjan/The GuardianThey will also will be vulnerable to attacks from the emboldened AfD if they compromise with their probable new coalition partners But the conservatives’ fortunes have also been boosted by voters shocked by the rapid rise of the AfD – and who do not want them to backslide on the climate promises they have made who runs a restaurant and catering firm in Straßkirchen said he voted for the conservatives “with a heavy heart” after having previously supported an environmental party that was too small to be represented in the federal parliament “I know lots of people who voted for the CDU/CSU to get a strong centre,” Völkl said “Clever people have put environmental protection into the background – unfortunately – because we fear for our democracy.” she married Robert "Bob" Lee  in Wardel Sharon graduated in 1955 from Wardell High School She then attended Freed Gardeman College in Henderson She worked for Burlington Community School District for 31 years before retiring in 2003 especially country line dancing and square dancing Steven (Angie) Deggendorf of Danville and Mike (Judy) Deggendorf of Bonner Springs Maria and Matthew; two great-grandchildren Visitation will be from 10:00 AM until 11:00 AM Thursday A time of food and fellowship will be held in the community room at Prugh Funeral Service following the service A memorial has been established for Loyal Order of the Moose Lodge #579 Intel has stood as a pivotal trailblazer in silicon transistors for traditional computers for approximately half a century. Presently, it embraces a robust approach to quantum computing. Collaborating with both corporate and educational institutions, Intel stands out as a firm that is achieving noteworthy advancements in surmounting these hindrances. Given its half-century commitment to developing silicon transistors, we can assert that Intel possesses a distinct advantage over most competitors in the quantum computing race, leveraging its high-performance capabilities to their fullest potential. Leveraging its proficiency in mass transistor production, Intel is harnessing its expertise to craft silicon spin qubits, diminutive computing devices capable of operating at elevated temperatures. Furthermore, the Horse Ridge II cryogenic quantum control chip facilitates superior integration, while the cryoprobers enable extensive testing, both of which contribute significantly to the path of commercialization. The original Horse Ridge controller chip, originating in 2019, has been enhanced in its Mark II iteration, allowing manipulation and readout of qubit states, thereby empowering control over multiple gates when multiple qubits are engaged in computations. As part of its unwavering commitment to advancing quantum computing Through grants extended to esteemed institutions like the University of Pennsylvania Intel is supporting the development of quantum course curricula which will be widely shared across academia serving as a foundational point for this collective endeavor the institute hosted Intel’s Quantum Computing Challenge wherein numerous submissions explored quantum applications through the employment of Intel’s Quantum SDK These use cases involved tasks like image denoising To highlight this, in June Intel released a video on Youtube that presented how Intel’s Quantum SDK through the Intel DevCloud is simulating the quantum world to prepare the next generation of experts Professor Dr. Helena Liebelt a distinguished professor at the Deggendorf Institute of Technology stressed the importance of quantum computing in tackling global challenges have the unique ability to harness the power of superposition Liebelt used a simple analogy of a spinning coin to explain the concept While traditional computing can represent information as either a 0 or a 1 quantum computing’s superposition allows information to exist in multiple states simultaneously This property is analogous to a coin spinning and forming a sphere with every point on its surface representing a possible state of the quantum system The Intel Quantum Software Development Kit allows you to simulate the quantum applications for future usage on the quantum systems using conventional available hardware today,” said Liebelt Yaknan Gambo an alumnus of the Deggendorf Institute of Technology and the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre recognizes the importance of quantum simulators in understanding the boundaries and capabilities of quantum computing “People are really trying to understand the boundaries of quantum computing and its capabilities so most of what exists now are concepts,” said Gambo before adding that quantum computing is important for fluid dynamics a discipline that stretches back to the 18th century and even beyond “It’s really very computationally intensive finding solutions to these problems And that’s where quantum computing comes in.” Gambo said that finding solutions to these complex problems requires immense computational power offering the potential to revolutionize fluid dynamics simulations and accelerate progress in numerous industries from automotive engineering to pharmaceutical development At the heart of preparing the next generation of quantum experts lies Intel’s Quantum SDK which is bridging the gap between the present and the future of quantum computing Liebelt highlighted that the SDK allows students and researchers to simulate quantum applications using conventional hardware currently available By providing a user-friendly and accessible platform Intel’s Quantum SDK enables aspiring quantum experts to gain valuable insights into quantum principles and develop quantum-ready applications ultimately preparing them to make transformative contributions once quantum computers become a reality Professor Rui Li a respected faculty member in the Computer Science department at the Deggendorf Institute of Technology emphasized the importance of Intel’s Quantum SDK “Intel SDK is a great tool to push the technology or to push the knowledge forward While Gambo added: “Intel quantum SDK provides us with the tools we need to better understand quantum computing and prove concepts so that we can be ready when eventually quantum computers come to reality The collaboration between the Deggendorf Institute of Technology and Intel is a testament to the commitment of academia and industry to create a brighter and more sustainable future through quantum computing By harnessing the unique capabilities of quantum computers and leveraging the power of quantum simulation through Intel’s Quantum SDK students and researchers are equipped to make exciting breakthroughs in addressing pressing global issues it is evident that the next generation of quantum experts will play a pivotal role in driving innovation and shaping a better world for generations to come For more market insights, check out our latest quantum computing news here Keep track of everything going on in the Quantum Technology Market One of our team will be in touch to learn more about your requirements You have successfully joined our subscriber list Subscribe to our industry leading leading newsletter for the latest in quantum news and insights Visitation for family and friends will be from 3:00 p.m 2023 at Leonard Funeral Home & Crematory 2595 Rockdale Road where a sharing service will be held at 7:00 p.m Iowa the daughter of Jason Michael Kieffer and Jody lynn (Kennedy) Kieffer-Davis She graduated from Senior High School in 2011 Jewel was a stay at home mom who loved nothing more than to spend time with her children She enjoyed taking pictures and listening to music She is survived by her sons: Liam Michael Kieffer Runde and Malekai Kieffer Moore.  Her mother Jody Lynn Kieffer-Davis; step-father Timothy Robert Davis; her siblings: Skye Lynn Kieffer She is also survived by E.J.’s father Eric Runde who was a special friend to her and Eric’s mother Deb Runde who was always there for Jewel Her best friends Emily Ruh and Ell Vazquez also survive her Jewel was preceded in death by her father Jason Michael Kieffer and her grandfather Richard Konrardy The family would like to thank everyone who was always there for Jewel Brandon Deggendorf and Deb Runde for all that you are doing and will be doing Image: djcodrin / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker traveling almost 9000 kilometers over more than 60 days 200-ton component of the KATRIN neutrino experiment a component of the Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino Experiment (KATRIN) traveled from Deggendorf The trip wouldn’t have been a notable event an instrument used to measure the masses of particles followed a near-9000-kilometer route to get from one town to the other To say it was difficult to move the spectrometer would be an understatement Measuring almost 10 meters at its widest point and weighing 200 tons the device was too large and too heavy to be transported along the roads between the two towns Because the design of the detector called for a half-mile of specialized vacuum-tight welding between sheets of stainless steel it had to be shipped from the Deggendorf site in one piece the KATRIN experiment will take on the challenge of directly determining the mass of the neutrino an elusive particle without electric charge Because neutrinos cannot be detected directly KATRIN will look for how much mass is missing when tritium decays the experiment will rely on the capabilities of the specially-designed large spectrometer As it traversed the course of its European odyssey a team of a dozen scientists fretted over the spectrometer’s every move having navigated a carefully choreographed route across water and land the instrument finally arrived in Karlsruhe after 63 days of travel The spectrometer began its journey on the river barge “Taifun,” shoving off from Deggendorf along the Danube the spectrometer barely slipped under a bridge at the Jochenstein lock in Austria The barge continued its trip along the Danube through Hungary and to the river delta on the Romanian coast without incident After transferring to the sea-going ship Annegret at the Danube Delta in mid-October the spectrometer left the port of Constanta for the Black Sea The spectrometer was exposed after a storm tore away the instrument’s half-ton plastic cover—the trip’s only hiccup the instrument was transferred to the Svenja which carried it around Spain and France to the estuary of the Rhine the spectrometer was transferred to a pontoon boat for unloading at the village of Leopoldshafen one of two in all of Europe large enough for the task lifted the spectrometer from the boat to a vehicle waiting at the dock like a displaced spaceship wedged between homes made its way to the Karlsruhe Research Center through Leopoldshafen lifted the instrument to its final position through an open roof bringing the spectrometer’s journey to an end Download a PDF of this article. LHCb’s discovery of proton-like particles behaving differently than their antimatter counterparts brings scientists one step closer to finding out why antimatter disappeared in the early universe The Standard Model is far more than elementary particles arranged in a table The fundamental particle of light is both ordinary and full of surprises the highest-energy form of light is everywhere A dash of virtual reality helps replicate the serendipitous interactions of an in-person conference when participants are scattered across the globe A forthcoming upgrade to the IceCube detector will provide deeper insights into the elusive particles DUNE will need lots of neutrinos—and to make them scientists and engineers will use extreme versions of some common sounding ingredients: magnets and pencil lead Scientists working at CERN have started tests of a new neutrino detector prototype that uses a promising technology called “dual phase.” An innovative use of pixel technology is making liquid-argon neutrino detectors even better.  After a rush to start up the first large prototype detector stellar results show the technology for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment is ready to shine how people define "living the good life" varies widely from household to household because of the critical role we play in the housing market we wanted to better understand how the desire to own a home relates to other life aspirations Fannie Mae's Economic & Strategic Research (ESR) Group asked consumers which factors are most important to them as they consider "the good life" – defined by the survey as the "life they'd like to have." All but one of the eleven listed factors were very important to a large majority of people across all demographic groups we wondered whether consumers' priorities may have changed following the pandemic and significant increases in interest rates and home prices we found that consumers' sense of "living the good life" has remained largely unchanged over the last two years although there is interesting nuance when examining the data across race Consumers once again ranked financial security and good health at the very top of their "good life" list but it ranked sixth out of the eleven possible options roughly on par with having good friends (90%) and having a happy marriage or romantic relationship (86%) more than twice as many consumers consider owning a home to be important compared to "owning really nice things," such as cars Looking at the data across racial and homeownership status lines a greater share of Hispanic renters (92%) consider homeownership to be important than Black renters (79%) and White renters (74%) associating homeownership with "having less stress" was one of the biggest shifts between the two most recent data sets It was particularly true among renters (60% in 2022 compared to 40% in 2020) One possible explanation is that many renters have experienced significant rent price increases and despite declining home purchase affordability view a fixed mortgage payment as less stressful Another is that homeownership may be perceived as offering greater privacy and security than renting a lifestyle benefit that may have proved especially desirable three years into a pandemic Another statistically significant change between the two surveys: In 2022 88% of Black consumers viewed "living in a place where you and your family feel safe" as a benefit of homeownership significantly higher than two years ago (72%) the percentage of the general population that listed that particular benefit also rose over the two-year period Our research also found relative stability in how consumers continue to view homes as an investment since 2010 when we started asking these questions most homeowners (76%) in 2022 believed buying a home is a safe investment though renters (59%) were a bit more skeptical of that position The two groups were far more aligned when it comes to believing that buying a home has a lot of potential (75% homeowner given the financial market turbulence during the survey period the general consumer view in 2022 of the safety of different investment options – including homes and government/corporate bonds – fell across the board compared to Q4 2020 this data was collected several months before the eventual collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank which we believe likely further diminished consumer banking sentiment Consumers' Enduring Aspiration to Own a Home With many, including us the resiliency of consumers' perceptions of homeownership relative to other investment options is noteworthy especially during the previous three-year period of significant economic uncertainty The survey data shows that consumers see homeownership as helping to deliver on a sense of financial security which was also tied as the primary factor associated with the "good life." In fact homeownership has strongly persisted as a perceived leading source of financial benefits dating all the way back to 2010 Given the consistency of our survey results we expect consumers' longstanding and highly favorable attitude toward homeownership as an investment option will continue to persist in further support of homeownership's enduring appeal our data showed clear non-financial benefits to owning a home that we believe provide additional dimensions of value for consumers that and other views of Fannie Mae's Economic & Strategic Research (ESR) group included in these materials should not be construed as indicating Fannie Mae's business prospects or expected results How this information affects Fannie Mae will depend on many factors and other views on information it considers reliable it does not guarantee that the information provided in these materials is accurate current or suitable for any particular purpose Changes in the assumptions or the information underlying these views could produce materially different results and other views published by the ESR group represent the views of that group as of the date indicated and do not necessarily represent the views of Fannie Mae or its management NHS Data Summary - Q4 2022   A bright blue swimming pool stands out amid murky floodwater from the River Elbe, which swamped this garden near the German city of Magdeburg during floods that swept through a huge area of Europe. The deluge forced thousands of people to flee their homes in Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary and caused billions of dollars of damage. A man inspects a sandbag wall near the River Elbe in the eastern German town of Schoenebeck. Flooded railway tracks are pictured near the River Elbe in the eastern German town of Schoenebeck. A dead deer hangs on a fence along the flooded A3 motorway near Deggendorf. A car drives away from a small settlement flooded by the River Danube near Deggendorf. Volunteers relax on a wall of sandbags put up to contain damage caused by flooding in Dresden. Two men paddle their boat into the entrance of a flooded house. A brand new Jaguar F-Type convertible stands in a showroom covered with a thin film of mud following the deluge. The statue of world harmony leader Sri Chinmoy is partially submerged by the rising Vltava River. A man checks the water level of the swollen Vltava River. Firemen pump water out of a flooded field near the city of Melnik. People walk over Radobyl Hill to look at an area flooded by the swollen Labe (Elbe) River. A girl from the village of Mlekojedy stands with her dog in front of the flooded road to her home. Firefighters evacuate a woman from her house in the southern Bohemian village of Nemcicky. Vaclav Reichl dries out his family photographs, which he saved from his flooded home, in the southern Bohemian town of Putim. The door of a house is almost totally submerged in the village of Lounky. Waters overflow from the River Danube in Bratislava. A man in a boat floats along a street flooded by the River Danube in Klosterneuburg. Gravestones are partially submerged by flood water at a cemetery in Schaerding, Upper Austria. A church stands partially underwater in Marbach. A priest leaves a church with sandbags arranged around the entrance in Budapest. A ticket booth for cruise ships stands mostly underwater along the banks of the flooding River Danube. Houses near the Hungarian town of Nagymaros are surrounded by floodwater from the River Danube. Before: A man sweeps steps by the banks of the River Danube before it flooded in Budapest.After: A few days later, the riverbank is completely submerged. Before: People walk along the edge of the swollen Vltava River in Prague.After: Twenty-four hours later, the same area is underwater. Before: Water floods a soccer field south of the Bavarian city of Deggendorf.After: The same field is seen after the deluge receded. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.  My NewsSign Out Sign InCreate your free profileSections news Alerts German Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged 100 million euros in emergency aid for flood-ravaged areas as surging waters that have claimed at least 11 lives and forced tens of thousands of evacuations across central Europe bore down on eastern Germany.Christof Stache / AFP - Getty ImagesResidents transport sand bags to build a flood protection in a street flooded by the river Elbe in Dresden on June 5.Robert Michael / AFP - Getty ImagesResidents push a car out of a garage flooded by the river Elbe in Dresden on June 5.Robert Michael / AFP - Getty ImagesTrucks stand stranded on the flooded motorway A3 near the eastern Bavarian city of Deggendorf on June 5 after one of Europe's most frequented highways was flooded by the nearby river Danube on June 4.Wolfgang Rattay / Reuters From Reuters: Germany/PRAGUE  - Chancellor Angela Merkel promised 100 million euros to victims of Germany's worst flood in a decade on Tuesday as she toured areas devastated by the deluge which has claimed 12 lives across central Europe Swathes of suburban Prague were submerged but metal barriers along the Vltava river shielded the historic center as the high water shifted north to eastern Germany. In the German state of Saxony, about 10,000 people were forced from their homes, and thousands more were evacuated in Bavaria. Continue reading. Follow @NBCNewsPictures Sign up for the NBCNews.com Photos Newsletter slaughtering its approximately 50 residents and pillaging and burning their property Try using our search tool or return to our homepage Search  Home By submitting the above I agree to the privacy policy and terms of use of JTA.org Jews and others were “totally at the end of their rope physically and mentally,” said one Jewish woman born in a DP camp BERLIN (JTA) — Rachel Salamander was born in an in-between time and place: The time was just after the end of the Holocaust when no one knew what the future would bring for the remnants of European Jewry The in-between place was a displaced persons camp at Deggendorf Her parents Samuel and Riva — survivors from Poland — were among the flood of refugees arriving from the east were “survivors of concentration camps or gulags or just people who had everything taken away from them totally at the end of their rope physically and mentally,” says Salamander Her family moved from Deggendorf to another DP camp “They gave all their love and attention to us children Life in the DP camps is the subject of a collaborative exhibition between Munich’s Jewish Museum and its City Museum situated across the square from each other in the city’s center Called “Munich Displaced: The Surviving Remnant,” and “Munich Displaced: After 1945 and without a Homeland,” the twin exhibits tell the stories of tens of thousands of displaced persons — Jewish and non-Jewish — in post-war German limbo the first to focus on the lives and fates of all those people who fled were displaced or deported during World War II and then found themselves in or near Munich after 1945 there were more than eight million so-called displaced persons in Germany the DP camps — administered by the Allied authorities and the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) — were places where they could regain their strength and perhaps find lost family The DP camp “was the beginning of the beginning,” said Ruth Melcer who was liberated from Auschwitz and later reunited with her parents in their home country and eventually were housed in the Föhrenwald DP camp in Munich the camps — many of them set up in former Nazi camps — were bleak Jewish DPs found themselves in the same camp with their erstwhile persecutors President Harry Truman tasked Earl Harrison dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and the American envoy to the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees with producing a report on the conditions — which he found shockingly unsanitary “As matters now stand, we appear to be treating the Jews as the Nazis treated them except that we do not exterminate them,” Harrison wrote in 1945 “They are in concentration camps in large numbers under our military guard instead of S.S helped separate Jewish DPs from non-Jews and improve their overall conditions “Jewish people have really a will to survive,” said Melcer’s friend Lydia Barenholz whose family spent a few months in the same Föhrenwald DP camp They survived the end of the war in hiding near their home city of Lviv “We are hanging together with the strength of knowing that everyone could be my family,” said Barenholz who lives with her husband Jacques in Holland many were just happy to be free of the Nazis “My parents’ life began again” at the Landsberg DP camp about 40 miles west of Munich not about the death that they observed in Lodz and in concentration camps.” We spoke Yiddish and we kept all the Jewish holidays there were approximately 100,000 DPs immediately after the end of the war A view of an UNRRA DP camp in the Bogenhausen district of Munich in 1949 most DPs emigrated by 1950 to the United States and Israel and only about 20,000 remained in Germany overall together with a tiny number of German Jews who had survived in hiding made up Germany’s post-war Jewish community “The Jewish DPs were not only survivors or victims,” said Jewish Museum curator Jutta Fleckenstein “They very quickly developed a Jewish self-awareness And in this short ‘in-between time,’ after 1945 they could also be seen in the German landscape.” “It all happened in this brief time,” added Fleckenstein a historian who has focused on issues of identity and migration Aiming to wrest this chapter from oblivion the two museums are offering a program of events and have highlighted some 40 locations throughout the city where refugees once studied or gathered for social or religious events where Jewish newspapers were printed and where Jewish aid organizations offered assistance Objects on display came from the museums’ collections or were loaned by former DPs themselves so they installed a special corner for me” in the exhibition who had attended a Hebrew high school in Munich with her friend Melcer Barenholz’s homework book is opened to a page that shows “I wrote a very nice Hebrew,” she said but they didn’t open the book to that page.” who attended Munich’s post-war Hebrew high school together are shown with some of the objects they contributed to the new exhibit “My hope is that visitors will learn what happened so that it will never happen again,” said Melcer who contributed photos from her school days “But the times are very bad for these hopes.” has stayed in touch with numerous former classmates around the world She frequently speaks with pupils in German schools about her family’s story who founded a chain of Jewish bookstores in Germany has loaned artifacts to an exhibit at the Reichenbachstrasse Synagogue which was built in 1931 and reopened in 1947 it was the main synagogue for Munich’s post-war Jewish community Salamander and Ron Jakubowicz started a foundation to press for the building’s reconstruction all the liberal things that define a good part of American Jewish life professor of history at the University of Southern Maine and former administrative director of the American Jewish Archives at HUC in Cincinnati It seems to be a story whose time has come: Germany’s public broadcasting company Deutsche Welle has also produced a film about the DPs in post-war Landsberg Peck recently organized a week-long program marking 75 years since Leonard Bernstein conducted an orchestra of Holocaust survivors in Landsberg Peck also co-organized with the Landsberg City Museum the first in a dialogue series this one focusing on the history of the DP camp It featured a discussion between Peck and Katrin Himmler The idea behind the dialogue “was to talk with people who had ancestors who were in the concentration camps in Landsberg or in the DP camp and to ask questions that are important nowadays about racism and antisemitism,” said museum director Sonia Schaetz The museum will include the DP camp history in its new permanent exhibit local grassroots historians Manfred and Helga Deiler are planning an exhibition and visitor center at the site where traces of a World War II slave labor camp can still be seen Some of its survivors became residents of the local Jewish DP camp they occasionally bring visitors to the site part of which today houses refugees from Afghanistan and Syria It was typical for post-war Germans to forget about the DP camps, says Fleckenstein of the Jewish Museum in Munich. As German-born American philosopher Hannah Arendt noted in her 1950 report from Germany Germans in general were feeling sorry for themselves and reacted with apathy “to the fate of the refugees in their midst.” this chapter fell into a kind of “twilight zone,” said Fleckenstein “In many biographies this time doesn’t even come up at all “The people with whom we lived in the DP camp were special,” recalls Salamander “They all had a piece of destruction in them they all had come directly from mass murder they were all completely traumatized people who cried a lot they said the names of people whom they had lost who had never been in Germany and did not want to be here And they were always waiting for things to get better.” JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent I accept the Privacy Policy banks are facing increased competition from big tech companies looking to flex their muscles in the financial services realm and they may need to invest more deeply in tech to stay on top According to a Fannie Mae’s Perspectives blog post authored by Steve Deggendorf banks need to “step up their digital game” and figure out how to streamline financial tasks to enhance the customer experience before big tech beats them to it Citing data from Fannie Mae's National Housing Survey from the third quarter of 2018 Deggendorf said more consumers have expressed a willingness to trust their favorite tech firm with their financial needs The survey revealed that just a minority of Americans say they are “very likely” to recommend their bank but stay with them out of convenience and trust Respondents also said they are less comfortable performing complex financial tasks online one-third use payment services offered by Big Tech while a small share said they trust tech firms with their money when naming their favorite tech company, respondents said they were likely to trust that particular company to handle their financial activities Below is a graphic illustrating the financial activities respondents would trust their favorite tech company to handle (click image to enlarge): Deggendorf said these sentiments are particularly relevant as startups and established Big Tech – like Google Apple and Facebook – are looking to use their expertise to disrupt financial services “These new entrants are looking to offer financial services and are often credited with offering dazzling consumer digital experiences significantly better than those of traditional banks,” Deggendorf wrote “Given the digital and customer experience prowess and resources of Big Tech firms they may be especially well-situated to compete against traditional financial institutions.” “Big Tech firms excel at the online digital experience in ways that most banks do not currently and they are increasingly experimenting with fulfilling their consumers' financial needs,” Deggendorf continued “Now is the time for banks to step up their digital game and to consider how to best digitize more complex financial tasks before Big Tech does.” Fair housing experts offer their thoughts on what a repeal of CCP and more private listings could mean for members of protected classes Don't have an account? Please Sign Up Germany — When Bavaria’s state premier gets a text message from Christian Bernreiter which is a pretty regular occurrence these days according to fellow members of their conservative regional party As well as a direct line to state premier Horst Seehofer the softly-spoken local administrator has the rapt attention of Angela Merkel’s government in Berlin: Bernreiter’s district of Deggendorf is on the front line in Europe’s refugee crisis he is unstinting with his blunt opinions and advice “Chancellor Merkel promised us as early as September 28 that she’ll work day and night to reduce the numbers of refugees,” he told POLITICO at his office seated beneath a crucifix and a framed Bavarian landscape it’s fortunate for Europe that this prosperous and highly-organized German region has become the gateway for hundreds of thousands of migrants — some estimate as many as 1.5 million by year’s end — seeking shelter or a better life in the country with Europe’s strongest economy and the most welcoming attitude towards refugees from the Syrian war which is under assault from disgruntled Bavarian politicians with disproportionate weight in German national politics who want the influx of refugees brought under control “The whole situation would be different if the refugees entered through any other state but Bavaria,” complained one official in Berlin At national level the CSU forms a parliamentary group with the CDU known as the “Union,” giving the Bavarian party three national ministries in the “grand coalition” government between the conservatives and the Social Democrats Christian Bernreiter of the conservative Bavarian CSU party In the same way that the CSU blurs the border between regional and federal politics the refugee crisis blurs the distinction between local politics and geopolitics Nowhere is this more apparent than rural districts like Deggendorf and nearby Passau which must now cope in just a few days with the number of refugees that some major EU countries are willing to accept in a few years “There were weeks of negotiations when it was about saving Greece and other states and they were primarily asking for German solidarity,” said Bernreiter and say ‘This is just the Germans’ problem.’” His counterpart Franz Meyer in rural Passau said Germany was one of only a handful of EU countries stepping up to the plate France wants to take in 25,000 refugees within the next two years — in the Passau area that’s the number of arrivals within three days When I hear that the Czech Republic has received 1,000 applications for asylum since January — that’s approximately the number of refugees coming across the Bavarian-Austrian border in two hours,” he said In his office by Passau’s baroque cathedral Meyer said his district currently houses 1,800 asylum seekers and will need 1,000 more beds in coming months Passau has taken on more refugees already than some European nations This is a message the German chancellor will hear in person from her Bavarian cousins this weekend when she attends the CSU party congress in Munich Passau and other deluged communities like Freilassing are looking to party leader Seehofer to channel their frustration and expectations for change in what will be a tough session for Merkel on the bridge linking the border towns of Simbach (Germany) and Braunau (Austria) It’s the first thing refugees see when they enter Germany at this border point and it tells them in nine different languages to put their trash “in the appropriate bins in the waiting area.” Her speech is pointedly scheduled straight after a vote among delegates on whether to call for an upper limit to the number of refugees the country should accept Slovenia and Hungary are erecting fences to control the flow of refugees Bavaria does not propose interfering with the Schengen area aware that nobody has benefited from the EU’s open borders — and common currency — more than German exporters Neither does the CSU voice openly anti-immigrant sentiment Germany’s history of oppression weighs on all mainstream politicians and railing against refugees is the terrain of fringe right-wing groups like the anti-Islam PEGIDA or the xenophobic National Democrats (NPD) Merkel’s decision in September to take in thousands of Syrians camped out at Budapest’s train station opened the floodgates While Bavaria’s initial positive reaction prompted heartwarming scenes of solidarity in Munich’s railway station nobody anticipated they would arrive in such numbers Local leaders like Meyer say it “sent a wrong signal It’s the task of local politicians to demand that the stream of refugees should be limited.” the last gym will be filled” — Christian Bernreiter a 51-year-old engineer who is the spokesman for a pressure group of Bavaria’s 71 district leaders will ensure Seehofer stays on message at the congress: “I’m in constant contact with him Just in case the message doesn’t get across loud and clear Bernreiter has twice in recent weeks taken a break from local duties like giving local firemen long-service awards to travel to Berlin with dozens of colleagues to lobby the chancellor in person Appearing on TV alongside Merkel’s point man on the refugee crisis he warned that Bavaria’s capacity to house refugees in disused public buildings and school sports halls would soon be exhausted: “At some point The chancellor’s man toured Bavarian refugee centers a fortnight later and told reporters: “I got the message.” There followed a compromise between Merkel, Seehofer and SPD leader Sigmar Gabriel to reform German asylum rules Since November 1 it has been faster to process aslyum requests and return unsuccessful applicants while handouts have been cut in a nod to those who complain that many migrants Meyer from Passau said such measures help “restore order but they don’t reduce the stream of refugees We need better protection of Europe’s external borders This is something the German government has to push through in Brussels There is more than a touch of theatrics in the CSU’s ongoing revolt against Merkel’s open-doors policy, which appears aimed at a domestic, Bavarian audience. Although Merkel was reportedly furious at Seehofer’s decision in September to invite her Hungarian nemesis, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, to a Bavarian party congress she knows Seehofer won’t do anything to endanger his party’s national influence via the CDU just as he knows she won’t jettison the support of the Bavarian conservatives who have run the region almost uninterrupted in the post-war period “Everything the party does — including its actions within the national government — is meant to contribute to the goal of remaining the hegemonic party in Bavaria That’s decisive for the CSU,” said Frank Decker a politics professor at the University of Bonn “Everything the party does … is meant to contribute to the goal of remaining the hegemonic party in Bavaria” — Frank Decker although many German regions and municipalities are straining under the influx of refugees Merkel is subject to more criticism from her Bavarian allies than The regionally-based CSU is much more susceptible than parties with a national base to “changing moods in local politics,” said Decker is additionally vulnerable since announcing that he will step down from all his posts in 2018 opening up the leadership stakes to the likes of the ambitious and outspoken Bavarian finance minister who is 18 years his junior and potentially even more likely to use the refugee crisis In the wake of the Paris attacks, Söder tweeted: “We must not allow illegal and uncontrolled immigration.” He was accused on social media of using the tragedy in Paris to stir up sentiment against refugees Also On POLITICO Germany prays for France — and debates refugees By Janosch Delcker 12 organizations join forces to make their voice heard in a debate dominated by the tech industry Every single infection that can be prevented counts A pan-European alliance for cloud technology will be set up by the end of the year The fight against online hate speech runs into trouble: privacy The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) is a major research facility of international standing located near Geneva the organisation hosts a series of computer science lectures this event will take place at Deggendorf Institute of Technology (DIT) “CERN Spring Campus was first held in 2014 and brings CERN’s high-tech knowledge to the Member States experts from CERN will give lectures on computer science and share their knowledge,” says Prof Other key elements of the event include a hackathon and cultural exchanges Next year’s CERN Spring Campus will take place at DIT from 11 to 14 March The target group mainly consists of bachelor’s and master’s students of computer science or related degree programmes A limited number of places are also available for university graduates CERN first became aware of DIT as a possible event location through Professor Glauner The former CERN employee is delighted to continue the collaboration: “So far I have been able to arrange internships at CERN for several of my students we are taking a further step with the CERN Spring Campus bringing CERN’s high-tech knowledge to Lower Bavaria.” Participants will also have the opportunity to receive a certificate worth 2 ECTS credits after successfully passing an examination dateFormat['de_DE'])+ ' - '+item['institution']+' Weitere Pressemitteilungen dieser Einrichtung MIDDLEBORO — Despite Middleboro High School student's busy schedules through out the school year many are juggling a part time job on top of their school work and sports By not getting many hours during the school year students are looking to get more hours or if unemployed Whether it is to save money for college or just to go shopping kids all around Middleboro are seeking to find jobs so they can have a feeling of independence People would think that the summer is the time kids wouldn't want to work but three students from Middleboro High School say otherwise Lindsay Johnson and Rose Deggendorf are working or looking for summer jobs Mike is working at the Middleboro town pool as a lifeguard this summer and Lindsay is a hostess at Mama Mia's Restaurant in Carver while Rose is in the job-searching process "My favorite thing about my job is being outside all day "I work about 40 hours a week throughout the summer and I'm saving my money for college and gas money." so he is not worried about finding summer employment Lindsay said that the people that she works with are her favorite part of her job she said that the search for one was a struggle which seems to be the case for most teenagers in these tough economic conditions They called me about six months after my interview asking if I was still looking for a job." "I am going to be living in an on campus apartment next year in Boston and I am trying to save up some money so I am a little ahead on my rent," Rose said "I have applied as a lifeguard at the Parks Department Saving money for college and gas is a big priority for students these days Leon Draisaitl from Team Germany during the game between Germany and France on April 21.04.2018st (Photo by Mathias Renner/City-Press GbR) Reprint for editorial reporting free of charge In the two final games of the Euro Hockey Challenge 2019 the German national team will face Austria in Regensburg and Deggendorf both national teams have been preparing for the two encounters in Deggendorf in summer temperatures First they meet on Thursday in Regensburg (live on MagentaSport) and on Saturday in Deggendorf (live on SPORT1 and MagentaSport) The national team has already visited Regensburg four times and tickets for the fifth duel are still available at the usual Eventim ticket offices or at the box office In Deggendorf it is the third game in German international history The last victory of the German team against the Austrian national team took place on September 2 the national team celebrated a 6-0 victory in Riga The international match record against the neighboring country is also positive: In a total of 43 meetings between the two nations while Austria left the ice as winners eleven times Special feature: 18 games between Germany and Austria ended with only a one-goal difference National coach Toni Söderholm: "We expect a fast-paced team that will play with a lot of bite we have to focus on our own team and our own game We have to grow together as a team and continue to implement our system we are talking about a derby - the players will hardly be able to wait for the game." The Austrian national team celebrated its greatest successes at the end of the 1927s the team won the European Championship without losing a single game the Austrian national team was also the first European team to defeat a team from North America the team became European champions again and at the 1932 Ice Hockey World Championship the team achieved third place behind Canada and the United States Two silver medals followed at the European Championships in 1933 and XNUMX The Austrians won the bronze medal at the 1947 World Championships Then relegation and participation in B and C World Championships They were promoted back to the A nations class at the 1992 B World Cup in their own country the Austrians changed classes every year until 2016 - relegation from the top division was always followed by promotion from Division IA the following year The Austrians' last promotion came at the World Cup in 2017 their country's neighbors secured relegation Ice hockey is still the most popular team sport in Austria after football The Austrian national team is currently in 17th place in the world rankings three Austrians are currently active in the NHL Essential cookies enable basic functions and are necessary for the proper functioning of the website Statistics Acquire cookies information anonymously This information helps us to understand how our visitors use our website Content from video sharing platforms and social media platforms is blocked by default access to these contents no longer requires manual consent Just 36% of Americans under the age of 35 own a home That's down from 42% in 2007 and the lowest level since 1982 when the agency began tracking homeownership by age Millennials want to buy homes -- 90% prefer owning over renting according to a recent survey from Fannie Mae tight lending standards and stiff competition have made it next to impossible for many of these younger Americans to make the leap "When we surveyed Millennials they cited several barriers to homeownership especially access to financing," said Steve Deggendorf Many Millennials simply can't come up with the hefty 20% down payments Others don't have good enough credit to qualify for loans Related: Priced out: 'I can't afford a home in my town' Making it even more difficult are the heavy student loan burdens many college grads carry "Our problem is an obvious one -- debt," said Mike Kennedy a 32-year-old marketing director who lives in Northboro "My wife just graduated with her master's and I'm still paying off mine." Even without the $50,000 in student loan debt they owe affording a home in their town is difficult Single-family homes there cost $300,000 and up where the median home price is more than $230,000 tech companies have been relocating to the area and creating many high-paying jobs That has heated up demand -- and home prices Related: Buy vs. rent: What you'll pay in 10 biggest cities But with $15,000 in student loan debt to pay it's hard to save enough for a downpayment Tech and other high paying industries have had the same impact on home prices in many of the cities where young adults most prefer to live New York and Los Angeles are unaffordable to most residents seeking to buy a home but even more so for those who have not hit their high earning years Competition is so stiff in these markets that young buyers can't compete with older deep-pocketed buyers who are often able to pay for homes in all-cash you aren't poised to compete with all-cash buyers," he said Related: Tech workers squeezing out renters Just finding a property can be a challenge. Even though the housing bust has shaved about 20% off home prices the number of homes available for sale has dropped significantly in many markets "I have been in the market for a one- or two-bedroom townhome or condo for several months," he said "It seems as though a good number of homes go within days of being listed." neighborhood with good schools and nice older houses "Every one we looked at had a fatal flaw," he said Czupryk and Cato found a four-bedroom for $295,000 Working in their favor was the fact that neither had built up any student loan debt Related: Can you afford a home in these 27 cities? There is a ray of hope for young wanna be homeowners "Mortgage lending is getting a little less tight with lenders approving buyers with a little lower credit score and who have less of a downpayment," he said young buyers just might be able to buy homes again +374 10 650015 To continue reading this article you must log in If you've never set a password you may need to register for free here and get unlimited access TTG Media Limited.Place of registration: England and Wales.Company number 08723341.Registered address: 2-6 Boundary Row The Control Committee of the German Ice Hockey Federation (DEB) has initiated administrative proceedings against Deggendorfer SC and the Hannover Scorpions.     The reason for this was the unsportsmanlike behavior of the off-ice officials of the two clubs during and after the matches against the Eisbären Regensburg on December 22 2019 and against the Hamburg crocodiles on December 20 2019 to the referees and spectators.   The Höchstadter EC has to play due to poor field discipline in the game against the Starbulls Rosenheim will also face a fine on December 22 a full beer cup was thrown from the stands onto the playing surface This cup hit one of the linesmen in the back.  After the end of the match between Deggendorfer SC and Eisbären Regensburg the German Ice Hockey Federation initiated proceedings against the player Kyle Osterberg in accordance with Section 28 Paragraph 9 of the Game Rules The Deggendorfer SC player is punished for unsportsmanlike behavior with an absolute ban of four games At 18:27 in the game against the Eisbären Regensburg on December 22.12.2019 Osterberg threw a bottle from the home team's players' bench in the direction of the referees researchers at the Deggendorf Institute of Technology (DIT) have been pursuing the idea of equipping charging points for electronic vehicles with multi-functional features and generating added value for users Classic charging stations for electronic cars are now often seen in public areas/ parking lots charging points could be equipped with many more functions than just charging This is being investigated in the project entitled “CrossChargePoint” which is assigned to the Technology Campus Freyung The vitalistic rhetoric of market competition is always balanced against ‘small-town values’ by the American Right This attempted murder may galvanize both Trump and a majority of the American people to deal with the Left decisively an asylum seeker from Somalia named Mursal Mohamed Seid was sentenced to an indefinite stay at a psychiatric hospital in 2022 after he murdered a 52-year-old fellow resident at a homeless shelter 2021 tötet Mursal Mohamed Seid einen 52-Jährigen mit 111 Messerstichen und enthauptet ihn. Der Angriff ist so gewaltsam, dass dem Opfer noch bei lebendigem Leib Innereien austreten. Heute konnte der Somalier beim Freigang fliehen – und ist auf freiem Fuß.https://t.co/gOCSBVdePC pic.twitter.com/LTN0JdlgoE The Deggendorf regional court ruled at the time that the suspect was mentally ill and that it was unclear whether he had been able to mentally grasp the seriousness of his actions The court had heard that Seid believed there were two demons inside his roommate that he had to kill His carers at the psychiatric ward of the hospital in the southern German town of Deggendorf let him out for an accompanied visit to the cinema on Thursday. The man escaped when he went to the toilet, and, after a large-scale search of the area, was found and detained eight hours later, five kilometres away. According to media reports Bavaria’s Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann expressed his outrage, telling daily Bild: “I will order a detailed investigation into why the district hospital allowed this highly dangerous man to go to the cinema at all.” Germany has witnessed a series of brutal knife attacks around the country, committed by migrants. The country is constantly grappling with mass immigration: 352,000 asylum applications were handed in last year Mursal Mohamed Seid’s case is reminiscent of another Somali migrant’s crimes committed in 2021 who arrived in Germany as an asylum seeker in 2015 killed three people with a kitchen knife in a shopping centre in Würzburg His defence attorney said the suspect had been suffering from a psychotic episode and “voices prompted him to commit this horrible crime.” Construction Week Online Home » Projects and Tenders » MAN Diesel awarded Sohar Refinery contract in Oman Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (ORPIC) awarded German power and engineering specialist MAN Diesel & Turbo (MDT) a contract for the maintenance of Sohar Refinery due to be carried out in the first quarter of 2016 Officials at the firm’s Deggendorf plant in southern German announced in a statement that they are mobilising a team of around 100 specialists to carry out a revamp of the refinery’s centrepiece Residue Fluid Catalytic Cracking (RFCC) process unit planned during the turnaround “This is the biggest shutdown project that (MAN Diesel & Turbo) has ever carried out going for both order value and the number of hours to be worked in engineering and production and above all on site in Oman,” said Max Kilger project head at MDT’s Deggendorf plant MAN Diesel announced it has prepared a list of critical long-lead items that are currently being manufactured at its Deggendorf facility for eventual installation at Sohar during the shutdown maintenance ORPIC has stated the revamp of the RFCC process unit is necessary to sustain the long-term reliability of Sohar Refinery The value of the contract was not disclosed by ORPIC or MAN Diesel