The
Magdeburg Water Bridge is a
navigable aqueductin
Germany
that connects the Elbe-Havel
Canal to the Mittelland
Canal
, and allows ships to cross
over the Elbe River . At 918
meters,
it is the longest navigableaqueduct
in theworld.
The
Elbe-Havel and Mittelland
canals had previously met near
Magdeburg
but on opposite sides of the
Elbe . Ships moving
between
the two had to make a
12-kilometer detour,
descending
from
the Mittelland Canal through
the Rothensee boat lift into
the
Elbe,
then sailing downstream on the
river, before entering the
Elbe-Havel
Canal through Niegripp lock.
Low water levels in the
Elbe
often prevented fully laden
canal barges from making this
crossing,
requiring time-consuming
off-loading of cargo.
Construction
of the water link was started
as early as in the 1930s
but
due to the World War 2 and
subsequent division of Germany
the
work remained suspended till
1997. The aqueduct was finally
completed
and opened to the public in
2003.
Even
after you see it, it is still
hard to believe!
Water Bridge in Germany . What
a feat!
Six years, 500 million Euros,
918 meters long
.
. . now this is engineering!
This is a channel-bridge over
the River Elbe and joins
the
former East and West Germany,as
part
of
the unification project. It is
located in the city
of
Magdeburg , near Berlin .
The photo was taken on the day
of inauguration . . .
This
is a channel-bridge over the
River Elbe and joins
the
former East and West Germany ,
As
part of the unification
project. It is located in the
city
of
Magdeburg , near Berlin .
The
photo was taken on the day of
inauguration . . .
To
those who appreciate
engineering projects, here's a
puzzle
for
you armchair engineers . . .
and physicists.
Question:
Did that bridge have to be
designed to withstand
the
additional weight of ship and
barge traffic, or just the
weight
of
the water?
Answer:
It only needs to be designed to
withstand the weight of the water! .....
Why? A
ship always displaces an amount of water
that weighs the same as the ship,
regardless of how heavily a ship may be
loaded.
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AUTHOR/EDITOR ARTICLE
JULY
2011
Recent 50th Anniversaries
at AAS
Forwarded
by American Aid Society, Chicago
Eddy
and Anni Palffy married onMay
6, 1961. They both belonged toour
Jugendgruppe and have remainedactive
members of the American Aid Society
ever since. Their children were in
our Kindergruppe and so are their grandchildren
now. The children gave them
a surprise Anniversary party at Fritzl's
which was attended by manyfamily
members and friends.We
also wish them many more healthyand
happy years together in themidst
of their family.
Franz
and Anni Noheimer married on April
8, 1961. Both were members of our
Jugendgruppe at that time. Their children
were in the Kindergruppe. The Noheimer
Family moved to Goshen Indiana
and after retirement they moved to Racine,
Wisconsin. They are still members
and attend most of our functions.We wish them good health and many more
years of happiness.
"The
Bear" is an unusually
involving film about animals
that will give you a fresh
perspective on their world.
Film
Review: Storytelling doesn't
get much purer than this--a
film with virtually no
dialogue and not a minute that
isn't fascinating, either for
the plot it pursues or the way
director Jean-Jacques Annaud
gets his ursine stars to do
what he wants. The story deals
with a young cub who, after
his mother is killed in a
landslide, bonds to a
lumbering male Kodiak. The two
of them then must cope with an
invasion of hunters into their
territory--and Annaud makes it
clear whose side he's on.
Aside from stunning scenery,
the film offers startlingly
close-up looks at bear
behavior. They say the best
actors are the ones that let
you see what they're thinking,
a trick Annaud manages with
his big, furry stars.
--Marshall Fine
Producer,
director and
co-writer Jean-Jacques
Annaud won an
Academy Award in
1977 for Best
Foreign Film with
his debut feature,
Black and White in
Color/La Victoire En
Chantant.
His
next feature was
Coup de tate, a
success in Europe,
followed by Quest
for Fire, a grueling
portrait of
primitive man, which
earned him a Cesar
Award as Best
Director. Next, he
directed The Name of
the Rose. a medieval
tale of monastery
murder starring Sean
Connery, which
received a Cesar
Award for Best
Foreign Film. Annaud
also co-wrote the
screenplays for the
latter two films
with his longtime
collaborator, Alain
Godard.
In
1989, Annaud
received
international
acclaim and another
Cesar Award for The
Bear, an engrossing
story of a bear's
struggle against
hunters.
Annaud's
most recent films
include The Lover;
Wings of Courage,
the first feature
film made in IMAX
3-D; and Seven Years
in Tibet, starring
Brad Pitt.
UW-Milwaukee
researcher Reinhold Hutz studies
the effects of gold
nanoparticles on animal hormones
at a gamma counter. Using rats,
this Milwaukee-based research,
the only type of its kind in the
United States,
will
help determine if these
particles target the function of
ovaries.
German
Wisconsin on Facebook highlights Dr.
Reinhold Hutz (Ph.D.in
Biology) Proud member of the United
Donauschwaben of Milwaukee and Director of
Music for the Kinder und Jugendgruppe.
Dr.
Hutz is one of the most active members at
the UDOM. Actually the whole family is very
active with the organization. Dr. Hutz is
featured in today's Milwaukee Journal for
his research at UW-Milwaukee. The Hutz
family has a passion for medicine and
research (Frau Hutz is an M.D/Endocrinologist
and they have a daughter is in medical
school).
They
are all fluent in German work very hard to
keep the German heritage alive in Milwaukee.
Wir gratulieren Sie, Herr Doktor!!!
VISITING
AUTHOR/EDITOR ARTICLE
JULY
2011
Aging
Gracefully
Author
Unknown
Forwarded
by American Aid Society, Chicago
Long
ago when men cursed and beat the
ground with sticks it was called witchcraft
- today it's called golf.
Eventually
you can reach a point when you stop lying about your age and
start bragging about it.
The
older we get, the fewer things seem worth
waiting in line for.
Some
people try to turn back their odometers.
Not me. I want people to know
"why" I look this way. I've traveled a long
way and some of the roads weren't paved.
How
old would you be if I you didn't know
how old you are?
When
you are dissatisfied and would like to
go back to youth, think of algebra.
You
know you are getting old when everything
either dries up or leaks.
One
of the many things no one tells you about aging is that it
is such a nice change
from being young.
One
must wait until evening to see how splendid
the day has been.
Ah,
being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable.
Old
age is when former classmates are so
gray and wrinkled and bald, they don't
recognize you.
If
you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you
won't have anything to laugh at when
you are old.
First
you forget names, then you forget faces.
Then you forget to pull up your zipper. Then, oh my
goodness, you forgot
to pull your zipper down!
If
you jog in a jogging suit, lounge in lounging
pajamas and smoke in a smoking
jacket - why would anyone want
to wear a windbreaker?
And
best of all, I don't know how I got over the hill without
getting to the top.
The
future is here, folks! An amazing video that has gone viral
on YouTube showcases an amazing technology—a 3D printer
that replicates tools, and pretty much anything else you can
wrap your head around. The video, a clip from National
Geographic, has racked up a whopping 1.7 million views so
far and is continuing to climb the YouTube charts.
The video features theoretical physicist David Kaplan.
Kaplan heads to Burlington, MA to visit the Z
Corporation, developers of an amazing 3D printing
technology. He brings along a crescent wrench to see if they
can replicate it with their 3D printers. Amazingly enough,
they can—and the printed wrench is even functional!
Joe
Titlow, the Vice President of Product Management at Z
Corporation, explains how 3D printing works. “Most
printers will print things in two dimensions. A
3-dimensional printer will then take that to the third
dimension and make it something you hold in your hand.” 3D
objects are printed using a specially engineered composite
material that starts out as a powder. A binder material is
then added to the powder to bind the object together.
Sounds
too incredible to believe? It’s not. Check it out in
action in the video above. I thought this video was amazing.
Megan
O’Neill
is the resident web video enthusiast at Social
Times. Megan covers everything from the latest
viral videos to online video news and tips, and
has a passion for bizarre, original and
revolutionary content and ideas.
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