The load-bearing capacity of the bridge on the B101 is so endangered that demolition is the only option Work begins just one day after the inspection The demolition of the B101 bridge in the south of Großenhain (district of Meißen) The work is being carried out around the clock and should be completed by Sunday Head of the Civil Engineering and Innovation Department at the State Office for Road Construction and Transport they are even "a little ahead of schedule" Trains will be rerouted via Priestewitz until the demolition is complete A special inspection on Wednesday revealed that the structure can no longer be opened to traffic existing cracks and samples taken indicate a risk to the load-bearing capacity," the state office announced A detour has been set up for motorized traffic via the S81 and S177 this is not good for the region," said Roßmann around 10,000 vehicles a day pass through the B101 "The bridge has a technical history," said Roßmann it is a prestressed concrete bridge with Henningsdorf steel problematic cracks were first discovered in 2003 during a main inspection During a building material inspection five years later it became clear that "the durability of the structure" was no longer guaranteed a number of cracks have appeared since the last main inspection last year The stability can no longer be proven mathematically Replacement construction can be implemented comparatively quickly as a planning approval decision has already been issued due to the damage that has been known for years The "ultimate goal" is to start construction work as early as next year with completion possible within one construction season The state office had already made preparations for a possible demolition before the inspection date in order to be able to act quickly and prevent the railroad line from being closed for weeks A demolition company had already been sought a week ago Advance work was also necessary on the part of the railroad "The railroad gave us great support and brought in technology from all over Germany." two crawlers and three wheel loaders are now being used on the construction site 150 construction road plates and 200 sheet piles Following the partial collapse of Dresden's Carola Bridge in September the Free State of Bavaria is taking a close look at bridges of the same type along federal and state roads The focus is on 19 structures in particular these special inspections should be completed in the first quarter of 2025 All 19 bridges are so-called prestressed concrete bridges from the 1960s to 1980s This type of construction is at risk of damage due to corrosion in the prestressing steel which can suddenly lead to failure under certain conditions This is considered to be the cause of the partial collapse of the Carola Bridge In addition to the B101 bridge in Großenhain three other bridges have been inspected so far The first result was the closure of the Bad Schandau Elbe bridge on November 7 due to longitudinal cracks in 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the calendar, please click here and fill out the update form Click on each month to expand the listings The vast stretch of land lying a kilometer north of the German city of Grossenhain Saxony has long been a part of the country's military history: at the onset of World War 1 Though the military airport of Grossenhain took on a civilian role ever since the fall of the Iron Curtain the site still play a role in the country's national security: as a part of Germany's bid to attract advanced semiconductor foundries the Saxony state government seeks to convert the space into a 145-hectare industrial park The lack of readily available land in the region drove Intel to select the city of Magdeburg located in the state of Saxony-Anhalt investments and settlement decisions in the past have shown how important it is to make space provisions for large-scale projects TSMC is to partner with Bosch as well as two other European players connected to the auto industry to jointly finance the fab reportedly targeting special process technology at 28nm Though the legacy node would undoubtedly address the chip supply gap constraining the German auto industry discussion around TSMC's subsequent technology offerings in Germany would inevitably highlight a potential gap in Berlin's strategic thinking policymakers in Berlin appear slow to align the country's chip policy with national security strategy at the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission hearing titled "China's Pursuit of Defense Technologies: Implications for US and Multilateral Export Control and Investment Screening Regimes" Director of Wadhwani Center for AI and Advanced Technologies under the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in joining the US-led chip export controls against China Though Germany is not a leader in semiconductor manufacturing equipment the country is nevertheless a major leader in the supply of manufacturing equipment components namely the lasers and mirrors found inside ASML's lithography machines and other items "We have not seen any movement from the German government or the European Union as a whole related to this type of export control," said Allen at the hearing Soon after Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine in February 2022 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pledged a EUR 100 billion special fund dedicated to the country's military according to a leading German scholar familiar with the country's technology policy "there's almost no connection on the policy side between German semiconductor policy and German military and national security policy," according to the scholar who requests anonymity Germany lacks a clear semiconductor strategy and its investment/subsidy policy is not at all informed by the needs of its military base The view is echoed by an official involved with German semiconductor policy who remarked that national security is not all connected to Germany's chip policy at this stage including the EUR 100 billion budget for the Bundeswehr TSMC previously noted that its overseas facilities may account for 20% or more of its overall 28nm and more advanced capacity in five years or later depending on customer needs and government support GlobalFoundries' 12nm process in Dresden is the most advanced process node available in Germany While Berlin might settle for TSMC's reportedly 28nm offering in the short term whether or not TSMC will introduce more advanced nodes on Germain soils partly hinges on how Berlin evaluates its own security needs: does its chip policy need a military dimension what kind of semiconductor manufacturing capability will meet Germany's future defense needs The Grossenhain military airport was also used by East Germany at the height of the Cold War Red-and-white striped candy canes have been an indelible part of Christmas for ages they are one of the most common symbols of the holiday In Cincinnati, Doscher’s Candy Co. has been part of the tradition for more than 150 years making candy canes mostly by hand since 1871 The crunchy yet chewy confections have been a local favorite and a testament to the high quality of handcrafted candy making After being located in downtown Cincinnati for 146 years, Doscher’s moved 11 miles east to the village of Newtown in 2017 which has been renovated as a gift shop and coffee house with the candy-making facilities located in a new red barn behind the house was founded in 1871 by Claus Doescher – with an “e” in his name He came to Cincinnati from his hometown of Grossenhain who had started the A&J Doescher Sugar and Candy Co at the corner of 12th and Jackson streets in Over-the-Rhine The uncles specialized in wholesale penny candy Claus broke off on his own with a candy-making business at Fifth Street between Broadway and Sycamore To avoid confusion with the other candy maker in the family the brothers changed their names to Doscher Claus began making candy canes that first year including their signature French Chew taffy and Bon Ton chocolates Doscher’s opened a store on West Fifth Street and operated a four-story factory on Canal Street (later Central Parkway) for many years before moving everything to West Court Street about 1936 Doscher’s stayed in the family for four generations until they sold the business to Greg Clark in 2005 and his family became partners in the company in 2015 How candy canes are made by handDoscher’s still makes candy canes the same way Claus Doscher did it in 1871 cooking in copper kettles and kneading the sugar mixture into shape by hand reporter Margaret Josten described Harry Doscher Jr “Doscher talks very little as he works – for good reason He is occupied hefting a 100-pound sack of sugar to a giant cooker where it is mixed with corn syrup and water to start a batch of candy canes corn syrup and water are cooked and cooled to the proper consistency Doscher slaps a 90-pound glob of the sweet stuff onto a metal table begin the job of putting the candy canes into final shape “One portion of the sugary mass is divided off to be colored red The much larger portion is given a liberal dose of calcium carbonate to keep the colors from bleeding Then Doscher places the large portion on a wheel and spins it until it becomes white and translucent “Doscher adds the peppermint (oil) during the spinning – and there are no measuring cups in evidence he has made candy canes thousands of times since he began working part-time at the factory as a child “The cane-making process eventually comes down to the point the peppermint-flavored and the red-colored portions of the sugar mixture are fed at the same time into a machine that rolls them together The hooks are fashioned by hand as thin sticks of striped candy emerge warm from the machine.” Doscher’s made about 25 batches of candy canes a day for the holiday season Did you know candy canes used to be just white That’s about all we know for sure about the origins of the Christmas treat Some say the white represents the purity of the Virgin Mary the red the blood shed by Christ and the shape is an upside-down “J” for Jesus a choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral in Germany needed to keep restless children occupied during the long church service then had them made into the shape of a shepherd’s crook to remind the children of the shepherds who visited baby Jesus While there is no corroborating evidence for either of these stories there’s also few records of how candy canes really got started Candy sticks date back to the 17th century and were likely made into hook shapes to hang on Christmas trees The first use of candy canes in America is credited to August Imgard decorated a blue spruce Christmas tree with paper ornaments kuchen (German cake) and white candy canes candy canes first appeared in children’s stories The short story “Tom Luther’s Stockings” by Mrs appearing in the September 1866 issue of Ballou’s Monthly Magazine mentioned “mammoth candy canes which were displayed in a shop window.” In “Benny’s Letter,” appearing in The Nursery magazine in 1874 6-year-old Benny asks Santa for several items for Christmas With more and more sources being digitized most sources agree that the red stripe was not added to candy canes until the early 20th century Christmas cards before 1900 show only white candy canes peppermint candy cane by his admiring fellow-workmen yesterday.” the story was corrected: “It was Millard T Perhaps that candy cane prize came from Doscher’s