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All About Lee DeWyze
Born on April 2, 1986 in Mount Prospect, Illinois to Kathleen and Leon James DeWyze Sr., Leon (Lee) James DeWyze Jr., is the American Idol season 9 winner. He has two sisters, Shannon and Sarah, and a younger brother, Michael. You may see a photo of Lee and Michael, who is wearing the dark blue, plaid shirt here. His mother, Kathy DeWyze, works as a radiology transcriber at the Arlington Heights Northwest Community Hospital, while Lee DeWyze Sr. is a postal carrier in Elk Grove Village. Lee DeWyze spent his childhood and teen years in the town where he was born and attended Saint James Catholic Elementary School and Prospect High School. Known as rambunctious and at times rebellious, DeWyze encountered difficulty during his high school years and was expelled from Prospect. He then enrolled at Forest View Alternative School, also in Arlington Heights, but failed to graduate. Instead, Lee DeWyze had taught himself to play guitar and piano, earned a GED, and began working as a paint sales clerk. He continued his job at Mount Prospect Paint until his audition for American Idol on June 22, 2009 at the United Center. Though the audition launched Lee DeWyze's career and made him a household name, it was not the Illinois native's first encounter with the music scene.
In 2003, when Lee DeWyze was 17-years-old, Louis Svitek of WuLi Records discovered him. Lee DeWyze then formed a band with both Svitek and his partner and co-founder of WuLi Records Ryan McGuire. Jeff Henderson also joined the group and recorded two albums on the WuLi Records label: So I'm Told (2007) and Slumberland (2010). While still with WuLi Records, Lee DeWyze recorded a promotional CD for Jeff Henderson's wife Denise, who owns the baby food company, Square One Organics. The CD remains available through the official website and on iTunes. Music was not the only way Lee DeWyze planned to leave his mark on the world. In 2006, Lee DeWyze appeared in the independent film Deadscapes: Broken Road as the character Greg.
Even as a local Illinois band, Lee DeWyze was making waves and being noticed. Before catching Simon Cowell's eye, the Lee DeWyze Band appeared on the local Illinois show The Chicago Huddle. After Lee DeWyze became the American Idol season 9 winner, Louis Svitek spoke to Radio Live NZ about working with Lee and the third album that they had recorded, yet not released, indicating their associations were ongoing.
Lee DeWyze was one of 13 Illinois contestants to make it to Hollywood week and one of three who made the top five. The other two from the Illinois competitions were Aaron Kelley and Crystal Bowersox.
Throughout Lee DeWyze's time on American Idol, competition was heavy between him and Crystal Bowersox. Lee performed a number of songs throughout the season, leading up to the main event when he and Crystal Bowersox learned they would be the last two competing contestants. Both spoke with USA Today before the final vote was in and shared why they thought viewers should pick them for the American Idol season 9 winner.
Here are the songs that Lee DeWyze performed on American Idol, keep in mind that throughout Lee DeWyze's time on American Idol, neither he nor Crystal Bowersox were ever in the bottom three.
Lee auditioned with the Bill Withers song "Ain't no Sunshine." He performed three songs during Hollywood week. These include his first and second solo and the group performance. His first solo was "One of Us" by Joan Osborne. His second Solo was "You Found Me" by The Fray. For the group performance, Lee sang "Get Ready" by The Temptations.
During the top 24 show, Lee DeWyze sang "Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol. For his top 20 performance, he sang "Lips of an Angel" by Hinder. He sang "Fireflies" by Owl City during the top 16 performance. During the top 12 performance, Lee DeWyze sang "Beast of Burden" by The Rolling Stones. He followed with the top 11 performance of "The Letter" by The Box Tops. Lee DeWyze chose "Treat Her Like a Lady" by Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose for R&B/Soul week. The top nine week was deemed Lennon and McCartney and Lee DeWyze performed "Hey Jude" by The Beatles. After that performance, the judges chose to use their save, prompting the following week to have nine finalists. During that top nine performance, the contestants with the two lowest scores were sent home. The week was Elvis Presley and Lee DeWyze chose to sing "A Little Less Conversation" by Elvis Presley. Lee DeWyze made it to the top seven.
The theme for the top seven was inspirational songs, Lee DeWyze performed the classic Simon, and Garfunkel hit "The Boxer." Lee DeWyze made it to the top six, which featured songs by Shania Twain. He performed "You're Still the One." The theme for the top five was Frank Sinatra and Lee DeWyze performed "That's Life." The next week saw the top four contestants compete and it also featured duets. The theme was songs of the cinema and Lee DeWyze performed a solo "Kiss from a Rose" which was originally performed by Seal for the film "Batman Forever." Following the performance, Lee DeWyze and competitor Crystal Bowersox paired up for the duet "Falling Slowly" which was originally performed by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova. The song was a hit with fans and media and went viral on the Internet. The race to the finale was on the way and the next week would determine the final three.
On May 14, 2010, Lee DeWyze returned to his home in Illinois where he would hold what is known as the American Idol Homecoming. He performed at the Arlington Park Race Track to more than 40,000 fans and was featured in a parade through Mount Prospect, his birth town. He even threw the opening pitch for the Chicago Cubs.
The top three finalists were Casey James, Crystal Bowersox, and Lee DeWyze. The contestants performed two songs, one was the contestant's choice, and the other was the judges' choice. The contestants requested that Lee DeWyze sing "Simple Man" by Lynard Skynard. Simon Cowell chose one of the most popular songs performed by Lee DeWyze during his entire time on American Idol: "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen. The song was a phenomenal success for Lee DeWyze and immediately, fans went into overdrive promoting Lee and calling for viewers to vote for him as the next winner.
Casey James was voted off the show and Lee DeWyze and Crystal Bowersox were the last two remaining. Though competition between the two was intense, it did not affect Lee and Crystal's relationship as friends.
The contestants picked another song for Lee to sing and this time, they returned to the Simon and Garfunkel hit "The Boxer." Simon Fuller selected "Everybody Hurts" by R.E.M. and Lee DeWyze was named the winner. The coronation song was "Beautiful Day" by U2. The show also featured another memorable event that coincides with Lee DeWyze's win: the departure of Simon Cowell as judge.
Lee DeWyze has remained active post American Idol. His official MySpace account features songs recorded on the indie label WuLi as well as songs from when he signed with RCA. Lee also posts updates on his recording career at his official website.
Following Lee DeWyze's win, his U2 cover "Beautiful Day" was released on iTunes as a digital single. The song has received more than 3,000 ratings and has earned an average of four stars. RCA quickly signed Lee through their 19 Entertainment label, but the relationship would not be permanent. RCA is a division of Sony. In October 2011, it was announced that after internal restructuring, RCA would drop Lee DeWyze from the label, though 19 Entertainment continues to manage him. RCA had an exclusive contract with American Idol and has signed numerous Idol singers. The deal between RCA and American Idol ended after a nine-year run.
On May 26, 2010, Lee DeWyze won American Idol. Just several weeks later, on June 6, 2010, he sang the National Anthem for the NBA Finals. Lee DeWyze also led the American Idol LIVE! Tour as he was the season winner. He performed songs such as "Beautiful Day" and "Hallelujah." There is no doubt that 2010 was a good year for Lee DeWyze as he also won the 2010 Teen Choice Award for the Male Reality of Variety Star.
On September 24, 2010, Lee DeWyze went back to the Arlington Park Race Track, where he had performed the American Idol Homecoming and gave a concert for local fans. More than 20,000 came out to see the bluesy, soulful artist who worked as a paint salesperson before becoming the American Idol season 9 winner.
Though Lee DeWyze's association with RCA would be short lived, he did release one album with the label. Live it Up was released on November 16, 2010 in both Compact Disc and digital download formats. It marks Lee DeWyze's third album as he has two releases from his time with WuLi records. Toby Gad, John Shanks, Espionage, David Glass, Chris DeStefano, and David Hodges produced the album. The album consists of eleven songs, ten of which DeWyze co-wrote. Those who ordered through iTunes preorder received a bonus, twelfth track "Say It All Over Again," while those who ordered the American Idol Deluxe Version through their store received the bonus track "Only Dreaming." The eleven songs on the album include "Live it Up," "Sweet Serendipity," "It's Gotta Be love," "Dear Isabelle," "Beautiful Like You," "Stay Here," "Me and My Jealousy," Brooklyn Bridge," "Weightless," "Earth Stood Still," and "A Song About Love." Lee DeWyze co-wrote all of the songs except for the track "Beautiful Like You," and the iTunes bonus song "Say It All Over Again."
It was expected that "Live It Up" would be the album's first release but it was later decided that "Sweet Serendipity" would be the first to hit airwaves. On October 25, 2010, "Sweet Serendipity" debuted on the radio program "On Air with Ryan Seacrest." "Sweet Serendipity" was followed with the release of "Beautiful Like You." Within one year, "Live It Up" had sold approximately 141,000 copies. In an interview with "Beatweek" magazine, Lee DeWyze stated he was not concerned with record sales and would stand by the album regardless of how it performed.
Following the release of "Live It Up," Lee DeWyze toured through various parts of the world and the United States. DeWyze spent ten days touring South East Asia and China. His tour began on May 7, 2011 and concluded on May 17, 2011 and included performances in Manila, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur and Bali. He followed the Asian tour with one in the United States.
Lee DeWyze's U.S. based tour included nineteen states and kicked off on June 19, 2011 in Columbus, Ohio and concluded on July 22, 2011 in Detroit Michigan. DeWyze headlined while Corey Crowder opened for him. He played the following gigs, "The Basement" in Columbus, Ohio; "Old Rock House" in St. Louis, Missouri, "Varsity" in Minneapolis, Minnesota; "Union Terrace, University of Wisconsin" in Madison, Wisconsin; "Turner Hall Ballroom" in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, "Davis Park" in Rockford, Illinois; "Musica" in Akron, Ohio; "Altar Bar" in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; "Gramercy Theatre" in New York, New York; "Alive at Five" in Stanford, Connecticut; "Brighton Music Hall" in Boston, Massachusetts; "Sig Flags Fiesta Texas" in San Antonio, Texas; "Brewster Street Ice House" in Corpus Christi, Texas; "Six Flags Over Texas" in Arlington, Texas; "Antone's" in Austin, Texas; "House of Blues- Bronze Peacock Room" in Houston, Texas; "Six Flags Great America" in Gurnee, Illinois; "Simons Estes Amphitheatre" in Des Moines, Iowa; and "Campus Martius Part" in Detroit, Michigan.
On July 27, 2011, People Magazine announced that Lee DeWyze was engaged to model and actress Jonna Walsh. The couple plans to marry in the fall of 2012. The couple met while filming Lee DeWyze's video for "Sweet Serendipity." You may stay up to date with Lee DeWyze through his official Twitter account.
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Rising up to the challenge of teaching students who have difficulty communicating their ideas, how can creating ebooks help?
Roughly 80% of our students are currently non-verbal with both intellectual and physical disabilities. Our students sit on an IQ of less than 50 and over the last 6 months we have implemented a 1:1 iPad program.
My role as a coach is to support all teachers and classroom aides to develop their skills in effectively using iPad apps within their teaching and learning.
This post offers a case study on how we solved the challenge of teaching a new topic with ebooks.
Each term our teachers sit together and work through a matrix on what Unit Topic they will be teaching over the following 8-12 weeks. Term 3 saw the topic 'Night & Day' being taught across our Primary Learning Centre. Like every other school, books can be the "hook" into our student's minds but the challenges we face at our school are a little bit different.
Large populations of our students are unable to read.
80% of our students are unable to speak or communicate their ideas.
Most of our students require consistent 1:1 assistance to complete a learning task across all learning domains.
Being aware of these challenges helped us have open, professional discussions about possible solutions. Having worked with the Book Creator app for over three years, we agreed it was a way forward that could potentially transform the instructional practice of teachers within our Primary Learning Centre.
Teachers to collectively convey the students' interests and hobbies. The aim: engagement & independent learning.
Teachers to decide on what books they would be using over the term, which reflected on student interest, age appropriateness and level. To help with this, I created a Unit Topic matrix on literacy, numeracy and sensory ideas, which incorporated the use of iPad apps (see below). As our teachers hadn't used the iPad before, the document became a way for teachers to add their own ideas and apps they had located that they believed were suitable for their students. This in turn facilitated a collaborative and sharing network on ideas and iPad apps.
establish a differentiated learning environment.
The implementation of 1:1 iPads was a new teaching and learning concept for most of our teachers. In order to support them, it was agreed that I would make a series of ebooks using Book Creator based on the books the teachers had chosen for their class.
As our teachers worked in teams it was agreed I would create 5 books, spilt across the teams and the teachers would then swap over the books and resources. This became an effective way of utilizing resources and provided some excellent teamwork across the Primary Learning Centre.
The teachers provided feedback that their students were interested in music, animals and had a basic understanding of symbols, which would enhance their reading abilities. So I set about creating my first book, Blackout.
A few years ago, as a classroom teacher of high complex needs students, I had created a Blackout ebook relating to the topic of Light. However, Book Creator has changed a lot since then and as I had previously saved it to iTunes, I was able to re-install and edit the book onto my iPad to make it more engaging and interactive.
Once I had re-downloaded the book I set about adding in Symbolstix symbols from the app Proloquo2go. This involved identifying the main words or sentences students would be inclined to pick up on from the text.
Once these were identified I typed the word / sentence into Proloquo2go, took a screenshot, edited it and then inserted the picture into Book Creator. Once inserted, I added my voice and used the hidden sound icon. Yes! One box ticked!!
The other aspect I now had to implement was music. Music is a very personal choice and so I tried my best to negotiate with the idea of choosing between student interest, the content of the book and age-appropriateness.
As I couldn't choose, I attempted to merge all three concepts into the book. Could I find videos that students were engaged in and brought across the content of Night & Day at the same time? The answer – YES!!
Using iTunes, I bought the music videos I wanted to use in the ebook that linked with the Blackout book. Once I purchased these videos I transferred them from my iTunes account on my Mac and sent them to my iPad Mini using AirDrop.
From there I used Book Creator to insert the videos into a particular page. For example, one of the pages relates to having a street party, so I thought the song Uptown Funk was appropriate as its video is a street party and it was popular with the students at the time.
I began placing relevant videos amongst the text and attempted to differentiate the book by placing various content such TV shows which also can be purchased on iTunes into the book.
Now the book had been made, it was now time to implement its' use within the classroom. I sat with the teachers I was going to work with and discussed the lesson plan and how it may engage students allowing for differentiated learning tasks and 1:1 instruction.
My first classroom demonstration within the Primary Learning Centre was with a group of 12 students whose literacy levels ranged from Stage B to Level 1 and two classroom aides.
The hook for engaging students within a book is in my opinion, one of the most important aspects of a literacy lesson. I used the old fashioned game of pass the parcel without music and placed the book in a massive box with it addressed to the class.
The excitement was palpable – the students couldn't wait to unwrap the parcel. As they were becoming word detectives, I placed a word that featured in the Blackout book using Symbolstix within each layer – the aim: for students to identify the word when we collectively read the book via the interactive TV.
As the words were found amongst each layer, I wrote these on the portable whiteboard, which was to be used during our writing session with Book Creator. Once we completed reading the book as a group we split into two separate groups.
Twelve students now split into two groups of six. The first group of six students was given two differentiated tasks while one student worked 1:1 with the classroom aide.
Two students to complete a writing task of words found in the Blackout book using the app Writing Wizard.
Three students to independently read the ebook Blackout.
One student to use the Aided Language Display to describe what they see on a page by using sentence starter "I See". The classroom aide to model the sentence using the app Proloquo2go.
Two students to work 1:1 with the teacher and classroom aide to write sentences using telescopic writing to re-tell the story.
The students really enjoyed adding their sentences to their book and they quietly whispered into the record button to record their voices. However, the most powerful impact Book Creator had was in our reflection.
Using Air Server, I displayed all the student books onto the TV at the same time. Students were amazed at their work being shown on the screen and it created such excitement!
Without the use of Book Creator, highly engaged, differentiated learning would not be possible within our classrooms. The students are motivated, engaged and above all, enjoy reading a book that has been tailored to suit their needs. Students are now working independently as they are able to easily navigate through ebooks.
We've also found that successful 1:1 iPad implementation means integrating the old with the new. Through effective differentiation of Book Creator our students are now eager to read, eager to share and above all engaged!
Caitriona Tynan is an iPad and Proloquo2go coach at a Special Developmental School in Melbourne, Australia.
Having worked alongside Caitriona for a number of years I can personally vouch for her passion and enthusiasm in assisting students to access and succeed in all curricular areas. The ideas that she has shared are truely tried and tested. They have been proven to engage and excite learners and allow them to access books, writing and documents that were previously inaccessible to them. Definitely worth putting in a little time and effort, the rewards will speak for themselves.
Great work Caitriona Tynan! Will it be possible to share with me your lesson plans and ibooks like the one you have here about literacy?


Former Virginia Beach Education Foundation (VBEF) president Tom Wilson was a leader in his community who supported education his entire life. Therefore, it is befitting that a VBEF grant awarded to support leadership training for students was underwritten by The Tom Wilson Memorial Fund. Wilson passed away in June 2013, and the family asked that memorial donations be made to his favorite organizations, such as the VBEF.
The VBEF Innovative Learning Grant awarded to Independence Middle School (IMS) helped fund its 2015 leadership workshop held at Jamestown 4H Camp Jan. 17-18. More than 50 student delegates attended the overnight, weekend workshop that was planned by a student staff comprised of IMS eighth-graders and students from three different high schools.
2015 IMS Leadership Workshop participants at Jamestown 4H Camp.
Chris Felton, IMS student activities coordinator and grant project director, said that a majority of the student staff members from Bayside, First Colonial and Princess Anne high schools attended IMS and went to the middle school's first leadership workshop four years ago as eighth-graders.
Decision making, communication, group dynamics and personal responsibility were among the skills and topics covered in instructional sessions. Activities also included community service, recreation and meals together as well as group projects designed for students to apply and practice their communication, collaboration and problem-solving skills.
Students worked through group challenges in teambuilding activities.
The path to wisdom and success is not for the kings alone; it is open to you and me.
If there are a hundred steps in your path to success and you have not reached it in 99 of them, do not conclude that the journey is a failure.
The prizes are generally at the end of the effort, not at its beginning.
"Press On and Up" was the IMS workshop theme.
Stepping out of their comfort zone is what Simmons observed many workshop participants doing.
Working together. Love. Support. Encouragement. The former VBEF president Wilson couldn't have planned it better himself.
For more information about the Virginia Beach Education Foundation or to make a donation to support grants that fund innovative and creative learning programs for students, visit www.vbef.org. View additional 2014-15 VBEF grant projects and those from previous years here.


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Eight. Seven plus one... nine minus one.... however you say it, Nicholas is nearly there.
This year our young man had a pool party at Belfairs Swim Centre with a huge inflatable in the pool to climb all over... Cake was first and then water fun!
Nicholas is fast catching Alexander up in height and muscle..
Even Cassandra got in on the act and was doing rolls off the end of the inflatable by the end of the session!
A great time was had by all that attended. Thanks so much for all his cards and gifts.


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Rugby Cardiac Rehabilitation Service presented with £3850 from the Heart of England Co-operative Society
(Left to right) – Maureen Mason, Community and Events Fundraiser of Rugby Cardiac Rehabilitation Service; Jo Holdsworth, Cardiac Rehabilitation Programme Manager; Clive Miles, President of the Heart of England Co-operative Society and Jo Dyke, Community and Membership Adviser of the Society
RUGBY CARDIAC REHABILITATION SERVICE PRESENTED WITH £3,850 FROM THE HEART OF ENGLAND CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY
Shoppers at the Heart of England Co-operative Society have helped raise £3,850 for cardiac patients in Rugby.
The money was raised through sales of 5p carrier bags in the first six months of a scheme launched by the government from October 2015. Overall, shoppers at the Society raised more than £30,000 which is being shared among charities throughout the retailer's trading area of Coventry, Warwickshire, south Leicestershire and Northamptonshire.
Among those to benefit is the Rugby Cardiac Rehabilitation Service, which operates out of St Cross Hospital in the town and is run by the University Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust.
Established in 1993 the service is open to people who have had a heart attack, undergone cardiac surgery, or suffered heart failure or angina. The key aims of the service are to help heart patients manage their condition, improve their health and regain their quality of life by offering them advice and information and signposting them to the various services on offer.
The service is manned by a core team of eight with a further 12 volunteers and mentors, each of whom have successfully fought complications from problems with their hearts.
Jo Holdsworth, Cardiac Rehabilitation Service Manager, said: "This money is incredibly useful. We work with patients aged in their 30s through to their 90s. Our service comes highly recommended by heart patients but we are completely dependent on donations such as this to help us continue to move forward and improve."
Every penny from the Society will go direct into purchasing additional equipment for the service to ensure they continue to provide a first class service to their patients.
Ali Kurji, Chief Executive of the Heart of England Co-operative Society, said: "The Rugby Cardiac Rehabilitation Service provides a real lifeline for people at a time when they may feel lost or at a crossroads, unable to do everything they were able to do in the past.
"The service is a real saviour to many people every year and its team of volunteers, all of whom have been through exactly the same experience and emotions as those using the service, are living proof that there is life after a heart attack, or heart surgery, and it doesn't have to mean of life as you know it."
He added: At the Society we have been championing community and environmental issues for many years, so we are fully supportive of the carrier bag levy which will not only help reduce damage to our environment, but will help raise millions of pounds every year for great charities and worthy causes such as Rugby Cardiac Rehabilitation Service.
"Our customers helped raise a fantastic £30,000 in just the first six months and as it continues it will reap endless benefits across the community for many more years to come."
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Regarded as the "King of Latin Pop", Enrique Iglesias is a bilingual singer, songwriter, actor, and music producer. He was born in Madrid, Spain with two older siblings and a father who was also a popular musician, Julio Iglesias. Enrique started his career in 1995 on a Spanish American record label– Fonovisa Records. Around five years after his start Enrique had made a successful crossover into American mainstream music and signed a $68 million dollar contract with Universal Music Latin Entertainment for Spanish music releases and Interscope Records for English music releases. Connecting strongly with both music markets, Enrique was something beyond what the average artist could offer at the time. After making many of his greatest hits with these two labels, in 2015 Iglesias signed with Sony Music. As of 2017 Iglesias has over 150 number one hits across all of the Billboard charts and has sold over 159 million records— making him one of the best selling Spanish artists of all time.


It is important for children to learn the difference between right from wrong at an early age. Punishment is necessary to help them learn this distinction.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion? What sort of punishment should parents and teachers be allowed to use to teach good behaviour to children?


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Jamie Lynn Spears' Boyfriend Injured In Car Crash
Casey Aldridge, the father of Jamie Lynn Spears's 10-month-old daughter Maddie, was injured in a car accident early Sunday morning. Police have charged him with careless operation of a vehicle, which is a misdemeanor.
Spears, 18, as well as Aldridge's family – including his mother, father and sister – are at Casey's side where he is hospitalized at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, according to sources. Staff at the hospital would not confirm Aldridge is undergoing treatment there.
A family source revealed that Aldridge is fully alert, resting and talking to friends and family. "The doctors are pretty positive he's going to be okay," the source says. "He should recover fully. Of course you never know, but they're not expecting him to get any worse."
Doctors plan to keep Aldridge in the intensive care unit for three days "to keep a close check on him," the source adds. "They are planning no surgery unless something happens."
Aldridge, 19, was driving a 2008 Ford F-250 pickup when the wreck occurred at 1:30 a.m. Sunday near Lake Bruin in Tensas Parish, La., Master Trooper Billy Ziegler of Louisiana State Police tells PEOPLE. The accident happened in a stretch of road described as an entry and exit for Lake Bruin, a recreational lake that is a popular spot to fish.
After the accident, Aldridge was taken by ambulance to Riverland Medical Center in Vidalia, La., police say. There is no indication that he was tested for drug or alcohol usage.
A source said that Aldridge was attending a bachelor party for his cousin, when he and some friends decided to go crabbing. He was driving his truck with several passengers when it went off the shoulder of the road and flipped over, adds the source.
As for Spears, another source said: "This must be just horrible for Jamie Lynn. I know she loves him."
A representative for Spears has yet to comment.
UPDATE: Casey Aldridge may need surgery for a blood clot on his brain, according to sources close to the situation. He also has a broken ankle.
While Aldridge is in stable condition after crashing his Ford F-250 truck at approximately 1:30 a.m. Sunday (a one-car accident), he still may face an operation.
His condition is being monitored closely, the source said, as Casey slept on Sunday afternoon. Doctors have warned his family members that when they believe his body is strong enough to handle it, Aldridge may go under the knife.
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The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) was monitoring a disabled cargo ship off of southwestern Newfoundland on Tuesday after being called to assist it, according to CBC.
The 2004-built Thorco Crown was approximately 32 miles off of Port aux Basques when CCG ship Sir William Alexander went to its aid.
The ship was going through the Cabot Strait when it sent out a mayday call because of a fire in the engine room.
Although the fire was successfully extinguished the ship was disabled.
CCG say there is no immediate danger to the ship, crew or environment but a Coast Guard Environmental Response team is monitoring the Thorco Crown.
The general cargo ship, with a crew of 13, had no cargo at the time and was en route from Argentia to Montreal.
Its owners, Denmark's Thorco Shipping, have arranged to have the ship towed on Wednesday.


Researchers and artists collaborate to create a synthetic lava ocean entry.
When a rapid response team of scientists from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE) returned from an expedition to investigate the effects of the 2018 Kīlauea volcanic eruption on marine life, they brought back new understanding and a few mysteries. Addressing one of their new questions required a unique collaboration—between scientists and artists.
As the world watched Kīlauea's impressive display, oceanography professor and C-MORE director David Karl and colleagues were also keenly tracking satellite data showing the development of an algal bloom near the location where lava was entering the ocean off Hawaiʻi Island. A team was dispatched on the research cruise to examine the composition of the algal bloom and the nutrient cycling that supported its production.
The researchers confirmed elevated concentrations of silica, iron and phosphorus in seawater surrounding the area, as was expected because the lava from Kīlauea is rich in those elements, among others. As often occurs in science, the fieldwork generated further questions, in particular about the production and losses of nutrients associated with lava-seawater interactions. An enigmatic finding showed that near the ocean entry nitrate, a limiting nutrient for most Hawaiian waters, also increased despite there being negligible nitrogen in lava.
Lava pouring into seawater during experiment. Credit: Karin Bjorkman.
To assess whether nitrate could come from lava interacting with air and seawater, the research team collaborated with artists from the UH Mānoa Department of Art and Art History to create a synthetic lava ocean entry.
The scientists provided the art team with basaltic rock that was representative of the recent eruption. The artists, led by art instructor Linda Yamamoto, melted the rock to approximately 1200 degrees Celsius in a furnace typically used for bronze casting, then expertly poured the molten material into stainless steel beakers containing seawater.
HILO — More than 30 residents of a lava-locked kipuka in lower Puna drove across the lava channel from last year's Kilauea eruption Monday to return to their homes.
Using a road graded over the lava channel by Puna Geothermal Venture, authorized residents can drive to and from a subdivision south of Highway 132 that was cut off by lava during the eruption.
The road is an offshoot of one that was cut across the lava channel in December in order to restore access to PGV. While only PGV employees and suppliers have been able to use the road, now residents who signed an extensive waiver are permitted access to the roadway, although only at times designated by PGV.
Mike Kaleikini, senior director of Hawaii affairs for PGV, said the road will be open for ingress from 8-11 a.m. and 4-7 p.m. Leaving the kipuka via the road will be permissible at any time, and Kaleikini said the hours of access might be changed in the coming weeks based on how traffic plays out this week.
Access to the road is controlled by a checkpoint located just west of the intersection between Highway 132 and Pohoiki Road, that will remain staffed 24/7, Kaleikini said. Blank waivers can be obtained at the checkpoint.
Only a smattering of vehicles traversed the lava Monday morning, although Kaleikini said 28 waivers covering 74 residents plus 11 minors have been signed. By 4 p.m. Monday, Kaleikini said 32 people in 22 vehicles had been checked in.
According to Hawaii County officials, 56 properties with structures remain in the kipuka.
"It feels good, it feels like coming back home," said David Zuhars, one of the first residents to drive across the approximately 3/4-mile-long road.
Zuhars said he returned to his home in the kipuka before, but only through a taxing hike over the lava. Being able to access his home by vehicle will allow him to return full-time, after staying at friends' homes and in a disaster shelter for more than three months.
Kaleikini said PGV can temporarily close the road at its discretion to ensure residents' safety, such as during periods of extremely poor visibility. Furthermore, during times of high traffic, Kaleikini said residents will have to be patient, as the road is too narrow to accommodate opposing traffic lanes.
At the other end of the lava, residents Harald Fischer and Debbie Kalaluhi waited to greet incoming vehicles. The pair returned to their respective homes in the kipuka earlier by other means, but also signed waivers authorizing them to use the road.
Fischer said he has remained within the kipuka for months, assisting other residents with transporting property across the lava and securing their properties. His dirt bike, the only vehicle available to him in the kipuka, accumulated more than 500 miles of travel within the kipuka alone since the eruption.
"We had to airlift all our possessions and our dogs back in here," Fischer said.
"It's good to be free to come and go now," he added.
Kahaluhi said she hopes the restoration of access will lead to the county clearing Highway 132 of lava, which has been a widely requested project for months.
Until then, however, Kahaluhi said she is glad to be able to come and go as she pleases.
"Going to the store, going to the bank — we couldn't do that before, we took that for granted," Kahaluhi said.
A public meeting will be held Friday night regarding Puna Geothermal Venture, although scientists have already answered one set of pressing questions.
Puna Geothermal Venture, or PGV, shutdown operations during the 2018 eruption of Kīlauea Volcano on the lower East Rift Zone. The company has not been back online since. However, now that Kīlauea is quiet, PGV-parent company Ormat is working to bring the power plant back to life.
While PGV and its employees are looking forward to getting back to business, some in the community are not happy about it. A segment of the Puna population is opposed to the industry in their backyard, saying the facility poses a hazard due to its close proximity to residential neighborhoods.
Some even wonder if the geothermal facility had something to do with the 2018 eruption.
"Why won't our elected officials, civil defense, HVO scientists or permitting department heads look at the reality of the problem that geothermal is not safe use on an unstable active volcanic hot spot where there is human populations all around?" Steiner asked in another letter.
Following the recent Magnitude 5.5 earthquake on Hawaiʻi Island, Steiner penned another letter. This time, she asked scientists a direct set of questions (below).
"With PGV trying to insinuate itself back into Puna with certain trusted government agency blessings, it is ripe for HVO to make that assessment now and please do it as if your kids live in Leilani Estates, because it is time to think of the people and the environment first and foremost, not greedy fracking polluters trying to hide under the guise of renewable energy," Steiner wrote.
So, it would be really nice to hear from HVO about what happens to our underground rift zone when billions of gallons of cool chemical soup is reinjected under pressure for 30 years???
We are not sure what you mean by "billions of gallons of cool chemical soup." Magma is certainly not characterized that way, and we don't know of anything else that has been injected into the ground in that volume for 30 years.
Since you mention PGV in your last statement, perhaps this question is referring to geothermal drilling or fluid injection. If so, it is unlikely that PGV is injecting fluids at high enough pressures or volumes to affect the rift zone. If not, please clarify what you're asking and we will try to answer.
Could it erode holes or fracture the ground so much that the lave sprang forth?
(1) The magma that eventually erupted in Puna was injected into the LERZ from Kīlauea's summit and upper parts of the East Rift Zone near Puʻu ʻŌʻō hours-to-days before the LERZ eruption began. This NOAA animation depicts the earthquakes that occurred between April 30 and May 6, 2018. The earthquakes reflect the migration of magma from the summit/upper East Rift Zone to the LERZ just before and after the eruption began on May 3—and clearly show that the LERZ eruption did not originate with the PGV development.
(2) PGV is located on the East Rift Zone because a small hydrothermal resource heated by past eruptions is found there. Prior to the 2018 eruption, the most recent LERZ eruptions in Puna were in the 1790s (Lava Tree State Monument), 1840 (Kaohe Homesteads through Nanawale Estates), 1955 (Steam vent area along hwy 130 to Halekamahina), and 1960 (Kapoho)—well before PGV started drilling.
(3) Kīlauea is one of the most active volcanoes in the world. It was inevitable that, at some point, the Puʻu ʻŌʻō eruption would end and another eruption would begin on the volcano—and based on past activity, it was known that the next eruption could be located within the upper, middle, or lower part of the East Rift Zone. It just so happened that the 2018 eruption was on the LERZ.
(4) There is evidence of eruptive vents along the LERZ, both north and south of Leilani Estates. Unfortunately, many of the volcanic features indicative of the active rift—craters, cinder cones, steaming vents—were/are disguised by lush vegetation or have been removed by quarrying or grading, leading to a false sense of security in those areas. It was a matter of "when"—not "if"—another eruption would occur on Kīlauea's LERZ as indicated by Zone 1 on the USGS lava-flow hazard zone map.
(5) The 2018 fissure is within Kīlauea Volcano's lower East Rift Zone (LERZ) and was located between the 1955 and ~1790 fissures. Because of these (and other) earlier eruptions, the East Rift Zone was rated as Zone 1 on the Lava-Flow Hazard Map for Hawaiʻi Island. Zone 1 is defined as: "Includes the summits and rift zones of Kīlauea and Mauna Loa where vents have been repeatedly active in historic time." These areas are the most dangerous because all, or nearly all, erupted lava first emerges from the ground within Zone 1. For more info on lava-flow hazards, please see this.
In a straight line of 24 fissures in front of the frackers??
We don't know what you mean by "frackers." But to address the "straight line of 24 fissures" part of your question … Vents that erupted in 2018 opened along the lower East Rift Zone, which is a more-or-less linear structure, so it is no surprise that the fissures erupted along a more-or-less "straight line." This "line" of 2018 fissures passed south of the PGV property.
Also … If you look at a map of the fissures that erupted on the LERZ in 1790, 1840, 1955, and 1960 (before PGV started), you will see that they, too, are in a similarly straight line (for example, here).
With more intensity than any recorded rift zone eruption???
While the 2018 LERZ eruption had some of the highest eruption rates ever measured on Kīlauea, they were likely similar to the 1840 eruption in this same area (Kaohe Homesteads through Nanawale Estates). Kīlauea has been capable of producing voluminous eruptions since it formed.
Which then drained all the lava in the LERZ storage units in 4 short months????
There is no evidence that "all the lava in the LERZ" drained during the 2018 eruption. Chemical analyses have shown that lava erupted from the initial fissures of the 2018 LERZ eruption had been stored in the rift zone since the 1955 eruption. In other words, not all the magma that moved through the rift zone in 1955 was erupted to the surface. What did not erupt was stored below ground until the recent intrusion of magma "pushed" it to the surface. The same is likely true for the 2018 eruption – it's possible (even likely) that not all of the magma that intruded the rift zone erupted to the surface in May-August 2018.
The Puna Geothermal Venture meeting will take place from 4-6 p.m. Friday night at the Pāhoa High & Intermediate School cafeteria.
Puna residents impacted by last yearʻs Kilauea eruption are returning to their homes although they have only partial access, according to the Hawaii Tribune-Herald.
Puna Geothermal Venture, a subsidiary of renewable energy company Ormat Technologies Inc., is working to provide access to the area through its site near Highway 132.
The company has scheduled a March 22 meeting to discuss details with residents.
"PLZ OPEN HWY. 132" is painted on Highway 132 inside an area isolated by last year's Kilauea eruption.
Rep. San Buenaventura represents Puna, Hawaii. These poll results appeared in her Jan./Feb. 2019 community newsletter.
The owner of a Hawaii geothermal plant that had to close during last year's eruption of Kilauea Volcano plans to bring the plant back online by the end of the year.
Ormat Technologies CEO Isaac Angel made the statement in company financial results released last week, the Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported.
The 38-megawatt Puna Geothermal Venture plant was taken offline and evacuated soon after the volcano began erupting May 3. Before the eruption it provided nearly a quarter of the electricity used on the Big Island.
Lava destroyed a substation and covered a few geothermal wells during the eruption. It also cut off road access to the power plant. Otherwise the plant was spared significant damage.
Puna Geothermal built a temporary road in December, allowing people and equipment to traverse the hardened lava channel.
The plant still needs service power lines to connect to the Hawaii Electric Light Co. grid in order to test all the equipment. A water well has been constructed to restore water service.
Angel didn't note any major hurdles preventing the power plant from restarting.
Mayor Kim discussed Puna Geothermal Venture's plans for powering back up. He said the new road to the geothermal energy conversion plant was built over the lava flows on private property at PGV's expense.
PGV back online in 2019?
HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald An aerial view from Feb. 15, 2019, shows the 2018 lava flow and Puna Geothermal Venture in Puna.
Ormat Technologies, the owner of Puna Geothermal Venture, plans to bring the 38-megawatt power plant online by the end of the year.
CEO Isaac Angel made that statement in the company's fourth-quarter and full-year financial results released Tuesday.
The state's only geothermal power plant, and a major renewable power producer for Hawaii Island, shut down last year during the Kilauea eruption.
Lava destroyed a substation and covered a few geothermal wells, as well as cut off road access to the power plant, but it was otherwise spared significant damage.
PGV built a temporary road in December, allowing people and equipment to traverse the hardened lava channel.
The power plant still needs service power lines to connect the plant to the Hawaii Electric Light Co. grid in order to test all of the equipment, but a water well was constructed to restore water service.
Angel also said insurers are paying for costs of the destroyed property, though not all agree that business interruption coverage started May 2018. He said the company is trying to resolve that disagreement.
Despite the shutdown, Ormat saw revenue increase by 3.8 percent compared with 2017.
Mike Kaleikini, senior director of Hawaii affairs for Ormat, said PGV and its landowner, Kapoho Land Partnership, are still working to open an access road to isolated homes off Highway 132.
He said liability issues need to be resolved first, and that could be done in the next few weeks.
Kaleikini said there as many as 20 people working at the site each day.
"We're gearing up to bring everybody back," he said.
According to Ormat, the electrical substation is expected to be rebuilt during the last quarter of the year.
A large rig also is being shipped to allow for drilling of new wells if needed.
With regards to Puna, work is underway to resume operation of the plant. We have constructed a new access road to the power plant, drilled a new fresh water well and started to open a production well. Initial tests from the geothermal injection wells indicate higher temperatures at the reservoir with no sign of any negative impact on pressure. In light of that, we currently estimate that we will be ready for operation by year end 2019.
The Hawai'i County Council is in the process of accepting $170,355 in monetary donations for eruption disaster relief.
Most of the money is coming from Puna Geothermal Venture ($150,000). The remainder comes from Tokyoto Oshimamachi ($18,274.22), Saishoin Temple ($2,000), and Sister City Mayor Inoue ($80.44). According to the council resolution accepting the money, the funds would be used to help offset costs incurred relating to the 2018 lava disaster in the lower Puna region.
"That's $150,000. That's a lot," Mayor Kim said during a January 8 council committee meeting. "But that won't even pay for one foot" of a reconstructed road.
In order to accept the donations, the council must pass a resolution and then appropriate the revenue with a bill. During a January 22 council Finance Committee meeting in Kona, the council began the process.
Administration officials confirmed the donations haven't been earmarked for anything yet. Councilwoman Sue Lee Loy wondered if maybe the money could be put into a separate account that could be handled by the Puna council representatives.
The Finance Committee advanced Resolution 30-19 and Bill 12 to the full council with positive recommendations.
Plant Operator I – The primary responsibility of a Plant Operator is to ensure that the operation of the power plant is safely and efficiently carried out in accordance with plant safety procedures and standard operating procedures.
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Councilwoman Ashley Kierkiewicz, left, talks with residents Tuesday at the Pahoa Community Center after a meeting about restoring road access to homes isolated by the 2018 Kilauea volcano eruption. On her left are Civil Defense Administrator Talmadge Magno and Ron Whitmore, county Research and Development deputy director.
In the meantime, Puna Geothermal Venture and Lono Lyman, who leases land to the power plant, are working on amending a grubbing and grading permit to extend its temporary access road to the kipuka of about 50 properties that are surrounded by the flow.
PGV built a road over the hardened lava channel last month to its site off Highway 132.
Property owner Deseree Hughes said PGV officials are heroes for trying to help them get reconnected.
Hawaiʻi County Mayor Harry Kim thanked Puna Geothermal Venture executives for a six-figure donation, a short time before the company was granted permission to cut an access road over the inactive lava channel that isolated the company's power plant during the summer eruption of Kīlauea Volcano.
The lower East Rift Zone eruption of Kīlauea began on May 3, 2018 and forced Puna Geothermal to shut down. For several dramatic weeks, lava threatened to inundate the power plant, and officials scrambled to prevent a potential catastrophic interaction between the volcanic activity and the resource wells at the industrial facility. PGV has been offline ever since.
"I want to take this opportunity to thank you personally for being there with our first responders at Civil Defense day in and day out during the four-month emergency. Your presence was extremely helpful; it showed your spirit of solidarity with everyone involved," the mayor wrote.
On December 6, Kim signed a Sixth Supplementary Emergency Proclamation, lifting a set of lava-related prohibitions and allowing private lot owners to make "limited restorative physical modifications to the lava flow field surface on their private lot as authorized." Puna Geothermal Venture was given approval to start work on an access road.
Work on cutting a "pioneer road" over the large lava channel was completed on December 14, the Hawaiʻi Tribune-Herald reported.
Contacted by phone before the Christmas holiday, Kaleikini told Big Island Video News he would have an update after the holiday.
A Leilani Estates street was blocked by lava flow Sept. 8.
The Big Island produced a lot of new lava rock this year, and some of it could be the raw material for a new local industry, according to a report commissioned by a state agency.
The report said there's potential to commercially produce a versatile building material called basalt fiber — similar to carbon fiber and glass fiber from rock.
A production plant on Hawaii island costing $78 million could generate an average annual profit of $15 million over 30 years and employ 81 people earning $75,000 on average, said the analysis by California-based consulting firm SMA Inc.
But challenges also exist, including uncertainty over whether lava rock on the island is suitable for producing high-quality basalt fiber.
"Hawaii County is an ideal location for a basalt fiber manufacturing plant due to the ease of access to basalt and desire from the Hawaiian government to develop the nascent industry, however there are a number of risks and issues," the report said.
The Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems, an aerospace center in Hilo operating under the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, commissioned the report from SMA after issuing a request for proposals last year.
The agency is exploring basalt fiber because it is seen as something that can be produced and used on the moon and Mars. Basalt, which is made up of varying levels of three minerals — plagioclase, olivine and pyroxene — is similar on the Big Island, the moon and Mars, according to the agency.
Basalt fiber can be made into durable fabrics, rebar, insulation materials and structural mesh. It can be used in place of nearly all applications that use asbestos and is more resistant to heat, abrasions, corrosion, vibrations and chemicals, according to PISCES. The fiber is produced by crushing, washing and melting rock, which is then extruded into fine filaments that can be made into different products.
SMA's report said the worldwide value of basalt fiber production is estimated at $178 million this year and is expected to grow to $405 million in the next decade. The company said most basalt fiber is made in Russia and China. The report also identified plants in Austria, Ireland and one established earlier this year in North Carolina by the operator of the plant in Ireland.
SMA said U.S. producers can't compete on price with plants in Russia and China, so they need to focus on quality, customer service and technology.
"Limited manufacturing capacity in the United States means there is an opportunity to establish a local champion to meet emerging needs for U.S. customers," the report said.
In Hawaii, SMA suggested producing stringlike strands of basalt fiber instead of other products such as rebar because it has a broad customer base and it's easier to produce, sell and export.
The company said that even with Hawaii's high costs for labor, materials and energy, a plant could generate about $33 million in revenue and $15 million in profit annually over the long term.
Risks for a local plant include energy cost increases, labor cost and availability, community activist opposition, trade-war tariffs and currency rate fluctuations, the report noted. PISCES has determined that the mineral composition of lava rock on the Big Island can produce basalt fiber, but SMA said testing the strength of basalt fiber made from Hawaii rock hasn't been done.
"None of these risks alone will break the business case, but taken together they could severely limit the viability of the venture," the report said.
A photo taken during an overflight of lower Puna by Blue Hawaiian Helicopters shows lava flanking Puna Geothermal Venture on June 3.
Puna Geothermal Venture has access to its lava-locked site after a "pioneer road" was cut over the large lava channel from the recent Kilauea eruption.
Access was restored as of Dec. 14, though work is ongoing to improve the path, said Mike Kaleikini, senior director of Hawaii affairs for Ormat Technologies, PGV's owner, on Thursday.
The hardened channel was about 250 yards to 300 yards across and about 60 feet tall at its highest point, he said.
Kaleikini said no "abnormal temperatures" were found during road construction. He said the rock was mostly packed down so crews didn't have to dig down deep into the channel.
PGV needed road access to fully assess the status of the plant, sandwiched between the channel from fissure 8 and a string of other volcanic vents.
"It looks like the plant is in pretty good shape," Kaleikini said.
PGV will know more after it restores power and water service.
He said PGV is talking with Hawaii Electric Light Co. about getting permission to place power lines across the channel alongside the road.
A county waterline that remains in service can be accessed by connecting near Highway 132, Kaleikini said.
Kaleikini said he didn't have an estimate for how long that could take. It remains unclear when the plant, which has a capacity of 38 megawatts, will be able to restart.
Kaleikini previously estimated 18 months.
The operators of a Hawaii geothermal power plant have started restoring road access to the property cut off by lava from the Kilauea volcano eruption.
Big Island Mayor Harry Kim authorized a vegetation removal and grading permit for Puna Geothermal Venture to clear lava for a road to its site, the Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported Wednesday.
The plant near the intersection of State Highway 132 and Pohoiki Road is sandwiched between the main lava channel and a string of fissures that opened during the eruption.
Work clearing a path began over the weekend, said Mike Kaleikini, a senior director for plant-owner Ormat Technologies. The new road will run parallel to the highway until it reaches the plant's former driveway. It will then need to cross the lava channel, which is up to 400 yards wide, he said.
The project could take a week or two to complete, Kaleikini said.
The permit was granted after Kim issued a supplemental disaster declaration, which allows the county to permit the clearing of fresh lava rock. Kim said he asked Ormat officials to also help restore road access to adjoining properties.
Kaleikini said Ormat is committed to helping neighbors regain access, but he noted liability issues would need to be worked out.
Restarting operations at the geothermal plant could take about 18 months, Kaleikini said. The timeline will depend on assessments that have been mostly put on hold because of the road access problem.
Big Island officials are waiting to assess if other inundated roads can be restored until six months have passed from when the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reduced the volcano alert level, which occurred in early October.
Work began last week to restore road access to Puna Geothermal Venture.
Access to the power plant was cut off in May due to Kilauea's volcanic eruption.
A representitive for Ormat, the company that owns Puna Geothermal Venture, says it could take 18 months for operations to begin again.
Their first step is assessing the area for safety once ground access is complete.


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Perhaps the most distinguishing feature of the old Roman town of Remagen, about halfway between Dusseldorf and Frankfurt on the Rhine River, at the end of World War II was the 1,000-foot, double-track Ludendorff railroad bridge.
Despite the bridge's presence, Remagen didn't really factor into Allied plans as they stormed across France and Belgium in late 1944. The geography of the town, with narrow roads and imposing cliffs, made it unsuitable for a military crossing.
But the swift Allied advance toward Germany was blunted in autumn 1944 by supply problems and renewed resistance by German forces, themselves invigorated by the prospect of defending of their homeland.
After Allied forces halted and flattened the bulge created by a massive and ferocious German offensive in winter 1944, attention turned to how to cross the Siegfried line at Germany's western border and the Rhine River beyond it.
Plans were drawn up to thrust into the German heartland north and south of Remagen. The US 9th Armored Division — nicknamed the "Phantom" division because of repeated German reports that it had been destroyed — was left in a backup role.
But fate, and a few thousand pounds of faulty explosives, soon made the 9th Division the first military force cross the Rhine since Napoleon.
As US troops approached the Rhine River in February and March 1945, the prospects of finding one of the 40 bridges across the river intact seemed dim — until Lt. Karl Timmermann and the men of his company came across the bridge at Remagen.
Timmermann and his troops advanced through the town of Remagen on the western side of the river, fighting off German defenders. German soldiers on the bridge prepared the numerous demolition charges they had planted to destroy the bridge.
Just as Timmermann ordered his men to cross the span, its German defenders set off the explosives. Explosions rocked the superstructure, sending up plumes of smoke and debris. The US troops flung themselves to the ground for cover but soon stood up to see the bridge intact.
"I asked for 600 kilos (1,320 pounds) of army explosives; I received 300 kilos (660 pounds) of commercial explosives," Willi Bratge, a German captain in charge of bridge security at the time, told Stars and Stripes in 1962. "They were to be exploded electrically; we activated the detonator; only one charge went off causing a crater in front of the bridge.
"The main charge did not go off; a tank round must have hit the pipe carrying the cable to the explosives," he added.
Jacob Kleebach, then a sergeant of the bridge security force who became a carpenter in Remagen after the war, differed: "All those stories are not true. Nobody knows. It just didn't explode."
American troops scrambled across what remained of the Ludendorff Bridge, backed up by rifle, machine-gun, and tank fire suppressing the German soldiers attempting to beat them back. As they sprinted across the railroad tracks toward the eastern bank, US troops cut every wire they spotted, hoping to avert further demolition.
Sgt. Alex Drabik, running for his life through a storm of German fire, was the first infantryman to set foot west of the Rhine. Soon behind him was Timmermann.
Back in the US, on the evening of March 7, Mary Timmermann, at work at the Goldenrod Cafe, got a long-distance call. She was apprehensive. She had two sons in the US Army in Germany and brothers fighting on the German side.
"This is the Omaha World-Herald calling," the voice boomed, according to Ken Hechler's 1957 book, "The Bridge at Remagen." "Your son Karl has just crossed the Remagen bridge. You know what that means?"
"I know what it means to me: Is he hurt?" she replied.
"No, he's not hurt. But listen to this: Karl Timmermann was the first officer of an invading army to cross the Rhine River since Napoleon," the voice told her.
"Napoleon I don't care about," she said. "How is my Karl?"
American troops fanned out on the east side of the bridge, securing the surrounding area. Some members of the bridge's German garrison, confronted in the railroad tunnel at the eastern end, surrendered.
The call came into III Corps headquarters less than an hour after US troops had crossed the bridge.
"Hot damn!" a sergeant cried as he transferred the call, according to Charles B. MacDonald's 1972 book, "The Last Offensive." "We got a bridge across the Rhine and we're crossing over."
"Hot dog, Courtney," Gen. Omar Bradley, commander of the 12th Army Group, remembered telling Gen. Courtney Hodges, who was commander of the First Army at the time.
"This will bust them wide open ... Shove everything you can across it," Bradley said. Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, commander of Allied forces in Europe, responded in a similar way.
The Allied capture of the bridge at Remagen was a coup, but it would be short-lived. The Germans would turn their arsenal on it in attempts to bring it down. Mines, mortars, artillery, rockets, and Luftwaffe aircraft were sent at the bridge, but it remained intact until March 17, when it collapsed.
Many men were on the bridge when it collapsed. One reason for the collapse was that the eastern end of the bridge had been damaged by German attempts to blow it up before Allied troops captured it.
Germans and Americans who were there said overuse ultimately brought it down. Trains and retreating German vehicles during the days prior to the bridge's capture, plus heavy American tanks crossing after it was captured, strained the weakened span.
"No German bombs hit the bridge," Willi Bratge, in charge of security at the bridge at the time, told Stars and Stripes. "The nearest German V2 hit 200 yards from it."
US Air Force Sgt. Ray B. Smith, then an Army anti-aircraft gunner at the bridge, told Stars and Stripes, "They (the Luftwaffe) never bombed it. There was too much ack-ack. No German artillery fire hit it. It collapsed because it was remodeled. The engineers put heavy planking over the rails and removed some of the supports."
"It was a case of a rail bridge being converted to a vehicle bridge, and it just couldn't stand the conversion," he said.
By the time it fell, US Army engineers had built heavy steel bridges nearby. In the 24 hours after it was captured, nearly 8,000 men, a tank battalion, and other units crossed the river. In less than three weeks after the bridge was taken, Allied forces sent more than 25,000 troops into the Ruhr Valley, the German industrial heartland.
Both German and American military officials agreed that capturing the Ludendorff Bridge ultimately shortened the war. Germany surrendered exactly two months after the bridge was captured, on May 7. After the war, the bridge was not rebuilt.


Most people dread the moment the alarm clock goes off having to fight their way out of bed to start the day. But what if you could turn morning time into your favorite time of the day, where waking up is actually easy and more enjoyable?
1. Wake up to something pleasant: The very first thing most people think about when they wake up are all the things they have to get done that day. It quickly makes them feel overwhelmed, frustrated and stressed out. Instead, start your day thinking about the things you are grateful for, and focus on the fun activities you have planned for the day. Do some heartfelt meditation that focuses on deep breathing that will wake you up peacefully and put you in the mood to create throughout the day.
2. Lose the traditional alarm clock: Jarring the body from a deep sleep is unhealthy for the nervous system. Waking up to a softer noise that gradually increases in volume is a much better choice. Sounds from nature are soothing and naturally awake the body.
3. Drink a glass of warm water right away: Before you head for the coffee, drink a glass of warm water. Warm water will open up the circulation in the throat and stomach. It helps the body naturally hydrate and feel awake and alive. It also helps enhance circulation and removes toxins from the night and day before. People who drink water right before bed and when waking up are also less prone to heart attacks.
4. Have an organic smoothie: They say garbage in equals garbage out, so start your day with a powerful organic smoothie. Anything that contains green fruits/veggies is a good choice, along with plant-based proteins. Avoid animal-based proteins which are more difficult to digest.
5. Stretches: Just like you would warmup your car on a cold winter day, you need to break up the tension from the night before and get the body ready for action. Do some simple stretches that focus on the neck, shoulders, hips and spine.
6. Take a warm shower: It's as common as the chicken and egg debate: should you shower in the morning or at night? The answer is actually both, but especially in the morning because a warm to hot shower will increase circulation in the skin, and help awake the nervous system.
7. Clean air: When you sleep in a room that has clean air, you're going to wake up feeling refreshed and ready to take on the day. Use an air ionizer and purifier with HEPA filter that removes odors and fumes from cleaners, aerosols, carpet and paint. HEPA filters remove more than 99 percent of airborne irritants.
We're all excited once summer comes – the season for getting outside and getting active. Whether that means running, hiking, cycling, or performing any other form of outdoor exercise, you've finally got the weather on your side.
According to the Vitamin D Society, summer is the best time for Canadians to naturally generate vitamin D, which has many positive effects, including reducing the risk of developing serious diseases, such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, osteoporosis and others.
Kris Gethin is a lifetime, natural, drug-free athlete with a background in International Health and Sports Therapy. He is a Personal Trainer to Bollywood celebrities including Hrithik Roshan, John Abraham, Ranveer Singh and Mahesh Babu.
While over exposure to the sun can contribute to skin cancer and melanoma, avoiding the sun entirely by staying indoors, covering up with protective clothing or applying excess sunscreen can be just as bad or potentially worse for a person's health.


If one script sets the prototype of an object, it provides shared access for all instances of the object. Each request gets it own copy of the object, so that changes to Object X don't influence Object Y. If user/request A changes the prototype of Object X, it doesn't influence Object Y of user/request B, even if they are of the same type.
You can now create a prototype object to which all instances of name have access. You can create this anywhere in the code at any time; and all instances of the object inherit.
So the following is true.
me.hasOwnProperty("completename"); // false: completename is an inherited property of me, so it accesses a shared copy of the completename function.
So if you create 10 objects of type Name, only one object of completename is created, because it's shared (inherited) for all instances of Name.
Where it gets confusing is when you create a property that you can write to, with shared across all me instances. If you create a prototype property of middlename, for Name: Name.prototype.middlename="middlename", then do the following, because properties are read/write.
middlename = me.middlename;          // middlename now equals "Joseph"
wifesmiddlename = mywife.middlename; //middlename is still "middlename"
wifesmiddlename = mywife.middlename; // wife's middlename is now "Epps"
middlename = me.middlename;          // middlename is still "Joseph"
Now there are two instances of Name, me and mywife, and two instances of middlename, one set to "Joseph" and one set to "Epps".
So the prototype object is a way for instances of an object to inherit "shared" objects. However, when the object that is being inherited is a writeable property and the property is written to, updated or changed, the object gets its own copy of that object, so as not to interfere with each object's version of the property.


It was wonderful and magnificent attending the Asia Pacific Conference 2012. This year the foresighteers summit was held in Perth, Australia. I was invited to speak at the conference and was glad to present two diverse papers on foresight.
This blog discusses briefly the paper that I wrote on food, cosmology and futures studies. Entitled There is hope in pinakbet: exploring Ilocano alternative futures, the article was my first attempt to explore and make sense of food as a context/setting in the exploration of alternative futures.
The paper employed Sohail Inayatullah's Causal Layered Analysis (CLA) to unpack Ilocano alternative futures. Pinakbet was used as a conceptual framework to deconstruct the Ilocanoes personal, community and global futures. Pinakbet is a unique and authentic vegetable stew invented by Ilocanos, the third largest ethnolinguistic group in the Philippines. I interviewed 50 respondents in five separate CLA focus group discussion workshops to explore their perspectives on Ilocano futures.
It was apparent that Pinakbet was used by participants as a worldview and metaphor for hope, their struggles, their openness and belief in diversity and sustainable futures. Participants opined that Pinakbet symbolizes the Ilocanoes true nature.Their natural inclination to blend and evolve and their capacity to learn and relearn (life) when faced with harsh situations was similar to the vegetables shriveling when boiled. Like Pinakbet, Ilocanoes are, the participants noted, soft but flavorful.
The mixed vegetables represents the Ilocanoes willingness to embrace the world and they were, in fact, the first generation of migrant workers in the Philippines. Pinakbet represents a people that knows no boundaries. As a worldview and myth, the food serves to inspire and it could create a new community-indigenous story. The participants felt that it could, the Pinakbet, in many ways, help in re-perceiving the present and that it was more "relatable" hence was a practical narrative to inspire people to create positive futures.
Also, the popular saying "we are what we eat" and "the food shall be your remedy and your remedy shall be your food" was socially relevant. That it could engage people to act to create the new story. They said that Pinakbet as a story was a story that local community's and Ilocanoes could relate and reflect to. That Pinakbet, in its multidimensional context, was ennobling (the dignifying effect of the food on persons and communities) and it was personal and transformational.
This experience with food research and developing it as a futures context, I assume, can enrich our ways of knowing the real. As a method, it could help us unpack new ways of shaping and designing alternative futures.
What I learned in this process was that what we actually eat can influence, drive the way we perceive family, work, leisure, tourism, politics, economics, past and future futures. Food, I argue, is a driver and/or influencer of possible futures.
I was happy to share this and was glad that my food-futures concept expanded when I attended Prof. Hyun Rul Park (South Korea) and Prof. Dennis Morgan (United States) presentation on Heal Tech and Heal Being Culture. The food discussion deepened during lunch with Matti Heinonen (Finland), Marcus Barber (Australia) and Gareth Priday (Australia) and noted their brilliant positive comments.
I was glad to hear Emma Veenema's (Australia) feedback and said she would love to integrate the concept in her "West Australia Food Fest" project.
The Asia Pacific Foresight Conference was amazing! It was e to borrow Marcus Barber's words – satisfying and, yes, neurologically rich!


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Association between periductal fibrosis and bile duct dilatation among a population at high risk of cholangiocarcinoma: a cross-sectional study of cholangiocarcinoma screening in Northeast Thailand.
Chamadol N, Khuntikeo N, Thinkhamrop B, Thinkhamrop K, Suwannatrai AT, Kelly M, Promthet S
To assess associations between periductal fibrosis (PDF) and bile duct dilatation (BDD) in ultrasonography (US) screening of population at risk of cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) due to residence in an endemic area for CCA survival rates are low, and early identification of risk factors is essential. BDD is one symptom that can identify patients at risk of CCA. Detection of PDF by US can also identify at-risk patients, at an earlier stage of CCA development. Identification of association between PDF and BDD will inform screening practices for CCA risk, by increasing the viability of PDF screening for CCA risk.
Nine tertiary care hospitals in Northeast Thailand.
Cross-sectional study.
Study subjects in the Cholangiocarcinoma Screening and Care Program (CASCAP) in Northeast Thailand. CASCAP inclusion criteria are all residents of Northeast Thailand aged ≥40 years. Participants are recruited through CCA screening centres and through primary healthcare units. So far, 394 026 have been enrolled.
PDF and BDD were identified through US. PDF was categorised into three groups, PDF1, 2 and 3, depending on their high echo locality in the peripheral, segmental and main bile duct, respectively. Associations between PDF and BDD were determined by adjusted OR and 95% CI using multiple logistic regression.
BDD was found in 6.6% of PDF3, 1.7% of PDF2 and 1.4% of PDF1 cases. Among PDF cases, especially in PDF3, BDD was found in men more than in women (8.9% and 4.6%, respectively). Compared with non-PDF, the association between PDF3 and BDD was highly significant (adjusted OR=5.74, 95% CI 4.57 to 7.21, p<0.001).
Our findings reveal that there is a relationship between PDF and BDD, which is associated with CCA. Therefore, PDF can also be an indicator for suspected CCA diagnosis through US.
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The Balkan Region should follow up the global trends, but should be focused on the EU and Euro zone
By Mladen Dragojlovic/ Published on: 27/03/2019
The Governor of the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina (CBBH) participated in the works of the 41st meeting of the Central Governors' Club of the Central Asia, Black Sea Region and Balkan Countries, which was held recently in Istanbul.
Governor Softić, who was a speaker at the first session, dedicated his speech to the topic of global economic and financial outlook, and his focus was the Balkan Region and its perspectives. With the main recommendation that the region should monitor global trends, but be focused on the EU and euro zone developments, Softić specifically addressed the topics of the euroization, implementation of the reforms and building of more resilient financial systems.
Explaining the issue of focusing on the EU, Softić stressed that the EU has been the main trading partner for most countries in the region, and that the whole region will feel if there are the eventual slowing down of Europe's key economies. Furthermore, the whole region is strongly linked to the euro, either through the introduction of the euro as a legal tender or through monetary policy (currency board etc.). Besides, in most of the countries in the region, the banking sector is owned by international banks whose parent banks are headquartered in EU countries. "The fourth reason is that all countries from the region are: either EU members, or EU candidate countries, or like Bosnia and Herzegovina potential candidate country. Thus, either the whole region already applies EU rules, or prepares itself to introduce them", Softić stressed.
He also emphasized that it is hard to project the economic crisis, and that a country cannot influence itself much on its external environment, but, still, there are plenty of things that could be done internally. "Each of us in our own country can do our best to make our economies and financial system more resilient to potential shocks", Softić pointed out, adding that the key of success is to work continuously on carrying out the reforms and strengthening the system in times when the situation is stable.
As an example, Softić stated that it is necessary to consider not only the systemic stability in our own country, but the ones of our neighbours, too. Nevertheless, it is necessary for the central banks to prepare continuously for the crisis, and to work out the potential scenarios and proper ways of acting in that moment. "Although we cannot forecast the crisis, we can work on raising resilience to it", Softić said, underlining that it is particular necessary to become focused on financial innovations (FINTECH) and on the risks which have not been the focus of attention.
In addition to the session addressed by Softić, the 41st meeting of the Governor's Club has considered the issues of the central banks' governance and central banks' communication, aimed at a more efficient implementation of monetary policy.
The Central Governors' Club of the Central Asia, Black Sea Region and Balkan Countries bring together the governors and other senior officials from the world of monetary policy and finance to exchange views on current issues and further improvement of cooperation./ibna
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Teamwork is good, but not necessary good all the time.
"big" that they assign 3-4 people to each escrow.
And each people will have their own assignment.
thought it "must" be more efficient that way.
Most of us all had bad experience with all those "teamwork".
better it's a good team and it was coordinated very well.
business is that they all have a deadline.
the brand for the shoes, lotto, an european brand).
still indeed a line of business.
connect my past experience about 20 years ago.


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Missed Ben Platt at his sold out concert at New York's The Beacon Theatre last n
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Missed Ben Platt at his sold out concert at New York's The Beacon Theatre last night? No worries because the acclaimed stage and screen star has been adding more dates for his SING TO ME INSTEAD Tour which will include a return to NYC playing the legendary famed Radio City Music Hall on September 29th, 2019. For Platt, playing Radio City is a full circle moment because that's where he won his Tony 2 years ago for his breakout performance in Dear Evan Hansen. Who is excited?


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Moderna Museet in Stockholm. Photo: Åsa Lundén/Moderna Museet
There are many opinions about what art Moderna Museet should acquire. Following the tragic death of Lars Vilks, demands have been made that Moderna Museet should acquire the work "The Prophet M. as a Roundabout Dog". We have no plans to do this. But saying "No thank you" to this artwork is not a "No thank you" to Lars Vilks' artistic practice.
Throughout his career, Lars Vilks has been a provocative artist who has sparked debate. In 2003, Moderna Museet acquired Vilks' sculpture "Omphalos". A work that was built without permission at Kullaberg in Skåne, Sweden. This art project led to a series of legal actions. The work was eventually expelled from the site and later donated to Moderna Museet, where it formed the focal point of a Vilks exhibition.
Lars Vilks explored the mechanisms of the art scene, and his practice has the ability to pose sharp questions and has been widely acknowledged. But what defines artistic value? Is a work's capacity to raise debate a measure of its quality?
The work "The Prophet M. as a Roundabout Dog" has been, and will continue to be, highly relevant as a historic phenomenon relating to contemporary conflicts and debates on freedom of expression. However, the fact that it triggers debate does not automatically make it an important work of art.
Dagens Nyheter: Gitte Ørskou, Director Moderna Museet.
Vårt nej till Rondellhunden är inte ett nej till Lars Vilks konstnärskap
P1 Kultur: Fredrik Liew, Curator, Swedish and Nordic Art from 1974 and onwards, Head of Curatorial Team, and Mårten Arndtzén, art critic.
Vad gör Rondellhunden konstnärligt (o)intressant?
Sydsvenskan: Gitte Ørskou, Director, Moderna Museet.
Moderna museet ratar rondellhunden: "Kränkande"
Moderna Museet: Talk "What is worth preserving?"
Participants: Gitte Ørskou, Jenny Aschenbrenner, Dan Karlholm, Ivar Arpi och Cecilia Sjöholm.
Published 14 October 2021 · Updated 3 October 2022