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Rio Tinto Expands Down Under
Rio Tinto is expanding several mines in Australia as worries about a mining tax Down Under, which had consumed the industry early this summer, fade into the distant past.
Scott Eden
Sep 14, 2010 12:00 PM EDT
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Rio Tinto (RTP) - Get Reinvent Technology Partners Class A Report is expanding two of its mines in Australia, yet another indication that a mining tax widely feared three months ago has all but evaporated in the wake of a political shakeup Down Under.
Rio Tinto said this week that it will invest more than $800 million to expand its Argyle diamond mine in the state of Western Australia. It's also awaiting word on whether the state government of Queensland will approve the expansion of a bauxite coal mine, called Weipa, which would include the construction of a new port and two processing facilities.
Earlier this year, in May, a
40% tax on the profits generated by mines in Australia
was proposed by former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. The move triggered such an uproar among corporate heavyweights in this most important Aussie industry that many have attributed Rudd's subsequent ouster to the mining-tax brouhaha.
After negotiations with the three biggest Australia mineral extractors -- Rio,
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-- Rudd's successor, Julia Gillard, revised the tax proposal greatly in favor of the mining industry. Not only has the headline tax rate decreased to 30%, but it now applies apply only to iron ore and coking coal mines. Thus, the tax misses both diamonds and bauxite, which is used in the production of aluminum.
Gillard, as of last week, finally secured her position as the first woman to head Australia's parliament after a contentious effort since August to cobble together a coalition government.
Neither Gillard's Labor party, nor the opposition Liberal party, had won enough seats to form a government in the Aug. 21 elections.
In recent days, Gillard has said she wouldn't budge on the revised mining tax plan (officially known as the Mineral Resource Rent Tax, or MRRT), which critics have called watered down.
The mining industry sees it differently. "We're fine with it," said a BHP spokesman recently. And so are the other diversified mining multinational, namely Rio and Xstrata.
Smaller players focused singly on coking coal or iron ore, such as
Fortescue Metals
, Australia's third-largest iron ore producer, may not be as pleased. Still, Fortescue too appears to be going ahead with expansion plans that could make it the nation's biggest iron-ore miner.
Rio Tinto has been active all over the world of late. It recently
scoped out Russian potash interests
as it looks to keep up with the Joneses: that is,
BHP and its pursuit of a blockbuster acquisition
(POT)
-- Written by Scott Eden in New York
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Fellows Voices: The Rainbow at PA
In her entry, "Queering PA," Tang Fellow Marisela Ramos shares how she is increasing visibility for LGBTQ identities.
by Marisela Ramos
Approximately fifteen percent of PA students identify as bisexual, homosexual, pansexual—well above the national average. Our faculty who identify in this way make up about ten percent of the total faculty—also well above the national average for the general population.
There are a few key places on campus where we can see acknowledgement of LGBTQ identities, but one of the conundrums of sexual orientation is that it is not necessarily something that is visible. Yet LGBTQ people often rely on visual cues to determine the safety of a place and whether that is a place where they can belong.
Through this project, The Rainbow at PA: Making the Invisible Visible, I hope to help implement strategies for making Phillips Andover a campus that visibly represents our commitment to creating an "equitable and inclusive school" for LGBTQ identities.
The Importance of Space and Place
If we were to walk onto an empty PA campus, devoid of all of our vibrant community members, we could probably envision our school's past as an all-male institution. Could we also see expressions of sexuality? If spaces—such as our campus—can reflect race, gender, and class, can it also reflect sexuality?
Our built environment is a product of the time in which it was constructed as well as the time in which it is used. Space reflects and shapes identities. If we think of physical space as social products—something we created—it becomes central to human interactions. Spatial theory posits that physical spaces cannot be neutral since they affect how we see ourselves and how others see us. We think of a space as queer only when visual markers indicate it. Otherwise heterosexuality becomes the default.
One of the key successes of the gay liberation movement—perhaps the very reason it succeeded—was spatial visibility. Through marches and pride parades, law suits and literary works, the gay movement infused public spaces with queer identities. Their visibility became a direct challenge to heteronormativity and heterosexism. Even as we thought of sexual orientation/sexuality as something that was private, the visibility of gay activists served as an indicator that sexuality is always present in the spaces we inhabit.
Beyond geographical space, this project also considers the importance of place in shaping and reflecting identity. Place includes social institutions, policies, values, etc. Together space and place help to create a sense of belonging. Often, these markers carry more meaning for those to whom they directly apply. Most of us might not even notice a safe-zone sticker, but for LGBTQ peoples a safe-zone sticker or a policy that acknowledges all genders can be an indicator of where they can develop a sense of belonging.
Reflections on Campus
One of the first steps is to locate current queer spaces and places at PA. Where do we, as a campus and community, express or represent gender and sexuality? Where can we currently locate queer identities? How can we better build our environment at PA to represent our values and acceptance of queer peoples? The next step is to strategize on how to create more queer spaces and places.
Currently we have an active GSA that recently celebrated its 30th anniversary on April 13. Gender and sexual orientation are integral parts of our core values. We have an all-gender dorm, a Brace center, a LGBTQ+ adult coordinator. The Theater and Dance department launched a production of The Laramie Project this fall. We were able to host PA's first queer families event during Family Weekend. There are numerous other ways in which queer identities are reflected on our campus. There are also many small and big steps that we can take to create more visibility.
This term, specifically, I am walking around campus locating all-gender bathrooms, which I will then pinpoint on a map. The students in my Gender Studies course will be contributing to the design of a PA safe-zone sticker—one that is unique to us. I hope to work with Dr. Roberts on an archival project and with Ms. Jamie Kaplowitz on designing a teaching module using the Addison's collections. There is a small group of faculty that I will be working with me on integrating more LGBT themes into language courses. I will also continue to find creative ways of integrating LGBTQ histories into the history curriculum.
Ultimately, I will spend a lot of my time seeking answers to questions:
What happens when a prospective student or employee searches our website for LGBTQ identifiers?
How do we classify same-sex parents?
Where does PA's queer history begin?
Stay tuned for more project updates from Marisela as her work continues! If you have questions, please feel free to contact her at mramos@andover.edu.
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Australian Open 2022: When does the Grand Slam start and what is the latest news?
by Yahoo Sports December 28, 2021
Australian Open 2022: When is the draw, when does it start and how to watch on TV in the UK – GETTY IMAGES
The world's best tennis players are beginning to arrive in Australia ahead of the opening Grand Slam of 2022 – the Australian Open. But Covid cases rising Down Under, uncertainty surrounds the tournament.
From a British perspective, all eyes will be on Emma Raducanu as she looks to make her mark again following his victory at the US Open last September.
Raducanu tested positive for Covid earlier this month but is understood to have recovered and will kick start her preparations in the Melbourne Summer Set – which is two WTA 250 tournaments scheduled to run from January 3-9.
The odds on Novak Djokovic winning his 21st major title in Melbourne next month – and thus breaking the three-way tie at the top of the leaderboard – have lengthened after the world No1 pulled out of the upcoming ATP Cup.
Djokovic's intentions for this opening phase of the 2022 season remain shrouded in doubt. His ATP Cup withdrawal is the first piece of factual information to emerge from a complex situation.
No explanation has been offered to date, but the issue would seem to be the Australian government's insistence that any tennis players wishing to travel and compete must have undergone Covid-19 vaccination.
Djokovic has previously expressed his scepticism about vaccines and has refused to reveal whether he has received the jab, saying that this should be a "private matter". However, the fact that he is not playing the ATP Cup – an event which begins on Dec 31 and where Serbia will be the defending champions – suggests that he is still holding out against vaccination.
Djokovic has won nine titles and not lost a match for almost four years at the Australian Open. The Serbian tabloid Blic suggested this week that there has been a concerted and ongoing attempt from Tennis Australia to persuade the Victorian state government to grant Djokovic – and several other leading players – a medical exemption. This would allow the players in question to travel and compete without evidence of vaccination.
Tennis Australia responded to Blic's story with a statement, describing the medical exemption process as "rigorous and independent".
Elsewhere Naomi Osaka arrived in Melbourne on Tuesday to defend her Australian Open title and naomi mark a return to professional tennis following a break over mental health fears. The defending champion has not played since she lost to Leylah Fernandez in the third round of the US Open in September. After the defeat, the 24-year-old tearfully announced she would take an indefinite break from the sport to focus on her mental health.
Japan's Naomi Osaka – REUTERS
But it appears her hiatus is set to come to an end as Osaka touched down in Melbourne ahead of next month's Australian Open. The major has proved a happy hunting ground for Osaka who has won the competition twice in 2019 and last year. The former world number one was among several players to arrive in Australia. Seventeen charter flights have been organised by Tennis Australia to transport players and support staff from Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Los Angeles, Santiago, Tokyo and Singapore.
Meanwhile, Dominic Thiem has withdrawn as he continues his recovery from a wrist injury. The 28-year-old Austrian, who was runner-up in 2020, has not played competitively since suffering an injury in June, which meant he was unable to defend his US Open title. Thiem suffered a setback in his recovery during a recent training camp in Dubai and, although he says he is fully fit again, the former world number three will skip Melbourne Park.
When is the Australian Open?
The tournament gets underway on January 17 and concludes with the men's final on January 30.
Where is the Australian Open?
The Australian Open takes place at Melbourne Park in Victoria.
Who is missing at the Australian Open?
Two of the sport's biggest names – Roger Federer and Serena Williams – will not be in Melbourne next month as they continue to recover from injuries that disrupted their 2021 seasons. 2014 winner and Federer's Swiss compatriot Stan Wawrinka is also out.
2019 US Open champion Bianca Andreescu is also missing as she takes a break from the tour while former British No 1 Jo Konta announced her retirement from tennis in November.
Australian Open match dates
January 17 – Men's and women's singles first round
January 19 – Men's and women's singles second round
January 21 – Men's and women's singles third round
January 23 – Men's and women's singles fourth round
January 25 – Men's and women's singles quarter-finals
January 27 – Women's semi-finals
January 28 – Men's semi-finals
January 29 – Women's final
January 20 – Men's final
How to watch the Australian Open 2022 on TV
Eurosport has the rights to broadcast live action from Melbourne.
Coverage begins at midnight on January 17 for the opening session of the tournament.
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Speeding Toward Her Goals
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Growing up, Hillary McFadden did not enjoy eating out as much as she might have because there were no braille menus available for her to review and choose her meal.
Blind since infancy, McFadden said, "As a blind individual, eating out can be overwhelming because we constantly have to ask someone to read to us what is on the menu."
As a young adult, McFadden decided to do something about the situation and start her own business at the same time.
"I came up with the idea of creating braille menus for restaurants that did not have any menu to accommodate people with visual impairments," she said. "I met with a few of my favorite restaurant owners, explained my concerns, and pitched my accommodating ideas."
Several of the establishments she spoke with were excited about her idea, and now, they have become very satisfied clients.
Mcfadden at a local coffee shop, using her braille-writer to create menus for her business.
"Being a business owner is cool because I get to create my own itinerary of restaurants I would like to do business with," McFadden said. "It's rewarding to be paid for services I am rendering in the community."
Of course, she has also been faced with rejection.
"There were times I pitched my idea to restaurants [owners] who were not interested," she said.
However, for her, the excitement of visiting a restaurant that is using the menus she created, and witnessing someone ordering from those very menus, definitely makes it all worthwhile.
What makes the story of this young entrepreneur even more remarkable is that McFadden is not only blind, but also on the autism spectrum. She works with Keystone Autism Services' Adult Community Autism Program, which, according to the folks at KAS, offers "one of the nation's leading innovative programs to support individuals with autism spectrum disorders as they seek to be included in the community."
With their support, McFadden has been able to create her own job when few opportunities for traditional employment exist for someone like her. According to a recent report entitled "The Case for Inclusion," released by the ANCOR Foundation, only 17% of Pennsylvanians with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities work in competitive employment, working alongside those without disabilities and earning market-driven wages.
McFadden reading a book to a class at Capital Area Head Start.
"I've been a participant with KAS since August of 2010," McFadden said. "I enjoy working with the people who support me at KAS. They help me achieve goals so that I continue to become more independent in my everyday life."
McFadden is not all work and no play, though. She is also quite the accomplished speed skater, a sport that perhaps might not seem like something in which someone with visual impairments could excel. She recalls that when "speed skating was announced at school, I wanted to try it but was told no."
The summer following that announcement, she attended the W.I.N.G.S. program for the blind in Maryland, and it was there she learned that "the sky is the limit and I can do anything I put my mind to.
"So that next school year when speed skating was announced, I stated I was interested in trying," said McFadden.
This time was different, though. When she again was told that she could not participate, "my mom and I fought hard for me to be part of the speed skating program," McFadden said. "Eventually they gave in and allowed me to speed skate."
She has been excelling in and enjoying the sport ever since.
McFadden has participated in the Special Olympics winter games and the winter state games. Training is hard work and takes a lot of time and dedication, but it is all worth it because, as she said, "I love how it makes me feel free on the ice, and I love going fast."
As a young woman who owns her own business and participates in a highly competitive sport, McFadden wants others who have been identified as having ASD to be encouraged and to keep "striving for what they want to achieve in life," she said. "It may be challenging, but fighting for what makes you happy is key."
As far as what she wishes people would take the time to realize about those with ASD?
"People with autism are very smart," she said. "We may have challenges expressing what we want or need, but we are consistent and goal-driven individuals."
Although she admits she is not quite yet where she wants to be in life, McFadden also said, "I will continue to work on accomplishing my goals and being a role model for those who are visually impaired and individuals living with autism."
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Science rap? Great video about a very cool program that is turning more kids onto science through rap. I've seen this done for math and history as well. Whatever it takes to reach them. It should never be a one-size-fits-all approach to education. Keep it coming.
Amazing footage of Fela Kuti, live in 1971. Shot by Ginger Baker, the drummer from Cream, at a small night club in Calabar, Nigeria. Filmed just shortly after the end of the Nigerian Civil War, Fela was taking his message straight to the people. Translation? "No matter what you (the government I assume) do to me, I can not be silenced. If even if I am jailed, that would not stop me from telling the truth." He goes on to say, "The truth is bitter, mankind detests it. The chorus: "Allow me say my part, allow me!". This video will make you feel like you are there on that hot, rainy night. I wish I was!
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On Thanksgiving Day, hundreds of people gather on Alcatraz Island, the famous former prison and one of the largest tourist attractions in San Francisco, for a sunrise ceremony to honor Indigenous culture and history. In 1969, an intertribal group of students and activists took over the island for over 16 months in an act of political resistance. Richard Oakes, a young Mohawk from New York, was one of the leaders in this movement dubbed the "Red Power Movement." Latino USA tells the story of Richard Oakes' life, from his first involvement in activism to his untimely death at the age of 30.
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King Tides, heavy rainfall, flooding and landslides. We've got an active week of weather across the Oregon coast and Willamette Valley. KOIN 6 meteorologists Kelley Bayern and Joseph Dames break down the timing of our next atmospheric river event that's forecast to bring soaking rain back into the city, along with a couple days this week that may stay dry.
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Instead of trying to figure out what the post-medical phase of his career is going to be, Michael is determined to return to his residency at Wilshire Memorial. The only problem is that he still hasn't figured out how to manipulate Peter -- but he won't need to, if he can just get Amanda to push Peter's buttons on Michael's behalf. Obviously Amanda isn't interested in helping Michael out of pure altruism, so she makes him an offer: if she can get Peter to rehire him, Michael will give her his share of Jane's company. There's a lot more blah blah business blah about this, but suffice it to say that a quasi-villain like Amanda should be a lot cannier about monologuing her process. Meanwhile, Jake and Sydney aren't aligned on how to proceed after sleeping together: he's really into her, and she's really worried about sucking him into the maelstrom that is her life. Susan and Alison try to start over in a spirit of honesty, with Susan dating Billy out in the open and Alison being okay with that. As anyone could have guessed, Alison is not actually emotionally prepared to do that, and drinking to dull her feelings about it doesn't help. Matt runs into Jeffrey by chance and finds out why he's been back in Los Angeles for months without getting in touch...and it's a rough one. And we finally meet the lawyer who's been taking all of Jo's money: John Saxon! He was in Enter The Dragon, so he might need a larger-than-average payday so he can get knee surgery or something. We've got a prescription for what ails you: our podcast on "Dr. Jekyll Saves His Hide"! VISUAL AIDS Visual Aids S03.E09 SHOW NOTES Show notes for this episode can be viewed on this episode's page on AgainWithThisPodcast.com. SUPPORT AWT ON PATREON Thank you to all our supporters! You can support the podcast directly on Patreon and get access to bonus episodes of "Again With Again With This" as a thank you from us! Check out AWT's Patreon page today. SUPPORT AWT WITH A PERSONAL MESSAGE Wish your friend a happy birthday or just call them a squeef with a AWT Personal Message. It's $50 and helps keep us going. Start on our ad page now! BUY OUR BOOK "A Very Special 90210 Book" (Abrams, $24.99) can be yours RIGHT NOW! Here's ordering info via our publisher, Abrams or find it anywhere else books are sold! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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P.s. your podcast has helped open my mind with the variety of books that y'all discuss, thanks for that. -Ben 2. It's been a rough year (for everyone), and I am struggling to really see the light at the end of the tunnel. I'm looking for a read without too much trauma on the page that imagines a better future/society. That's pretty open-ended, but I enjoy so much of what gets recommended on the show that I trust y'all to run with it! Thank you for all you do; you're getting me through all this shit. -Diana 3. Hello! On your most recent episode (the final one in 2020), one or both of you mentioned reading more nonfiction books than usual this year. I haven't gotten into nonfiction much, but would like to read more of it. So I was wondering – what were your favorite nonfiction books that you read in 2020? Thanks! Love the show! -Kathleen 4. Happy Holidays from Indonesia 🙂 I'm looking for some new reading recommendations for my girlfriend, preferable a series she can dig into. She and I have slightly different tastes, so I'm looking to the experts for some ideas 🙂 She loved Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, and The Hobbit series. Books she's read recently that she really enjoyed were Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin, The One by John Marrs, My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite, and now she's loving Memoirs of a Porcupine by Alain Mabanckou. She couldn't get into The Handmaid's Tale or Fever Dream. She loves a good plot, loves dogs (including Petunia), ghosts are good, and she likes imaginative books and worlds 🙂 Some violence is ok, but not overly brutal or too graphic. Nothing too obscure or literary. Thank you and Happy New Year!!!! -P 5. I have just started going through your backlist of episodes! I listen to your podcast In bed to relax after coming home from work before going to sleep, so I haven't gotten that far in (about 27 episodes). Since I haven't listened to all of your episodes, you may have covered this recommendation topic before (or something like it), so feel free to point me towards an episode or not answer the question if you feel like you don't need to! I have recently (within the past couple of years) gotten into reading literary fiction and am looking for some egregiously overlooked literary fiction that you feel everyone should love and read! I'm not looking for the super popular books that have been hyped so much, but am looking for those little gems that reader's may have missed. I have read "Ask Again, Yes," "A Little Life" (which ruined me for about a week after reading it. I literally started and put down 5 books the day after I finished it because I couldn't read anything else), "The Heart's Invisible Furies," "On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous," and others And have loved them all. I just started "Everything I Never Told You" and am loving it! Why it took me so long to read Celeste Ng, I don't know! Any recommendations you provide would be greatly appreciated. And the recommendations can be as dark or depressing as you want. In fact, I'd prefer that! Thanks for entertaining and relaxing me before I drift off to sleep each night! Here's hoping you have a happy and healthy 2021! -Kari T. 6. I usually read darker mysteries and thrillers, but during the pandemic I've been turning to cozy mysteries a lot, as they really are the ultimate comfort reads, especially when you can dive into a whole series. But one thing that's coming to annoy me in most modern cozies is that the protagonist rarely actually solves the murder through any deductive reasoning. Usually they blunder around asking questions until the murderer has had enough and decides to try to murder them as well, at which point our main character always manages a narrow escape. Can you recommend a contemporary cozy mystery series where the protagonist actually uses clues to solve the murder rather than just figures out who it is by almost getting murdered themselves? Cozy series I've read during the pandemic include Agatha Raisin, the Maine Clambake series, the Meg Lanslow series, Tea Shop mysteries, and Daisy's Tea Garden. I also really love a lot of historical series, including Flavia de Luce (who I think does use clues and logic more than most!) but I'm looking for something contemporary in this case. Nothing magical or paranormal, please, I haven't really been able to get into any of those. Thanks! -Sarah 7. I just read Circe by Madeline Miller and I absolutely loved it. I'm so intrigued by Greek mythology right now. Can I have some recommendations on books on Greek mythology? The Song Of Achilles by Miller is on my list. I am looking for fictional retellings or easy read non fiction. -Amanda Books Discussed Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty SFF Yeah episode on Genre-Blenders That Inevitable Victorian Thing by EK Johnston The Feminist Utopia Project, edited by Alexandra Brodsky and Rachel Kauder Nalebuff Third Rainbow Girl by Emma Copley Eisenberg The Mason House by T. Marie Bertineau (tw: domestic violence, alcoholism) The Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix (Sabriel, Lireal) The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell (tw: rape, racism, racial slurs) America is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo (tw political torture) My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki (tw: child abuse, domestic violence, lots of weird dark stuff that i can't remember precisely) Dead in the Garden by Dahlia Donovan (tw: racism, ableism, homophobia) Death at Breakfast by Beth Gutcheon (tw: suicide, drug abuse, child abduction, fatphobia) The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker (tw: rape) The Half-God of Rainfall by Innua Ellams (tw: rape on the page) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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When Gabby Rivera wrote her coming-of-age novel "Juliet Takes a Breath" in 2016, she didn't know that it would get her attention from an unusual place: Marvel Comics. They asked her to write for America Chavez, their first queer Latina superhero. Gabby said yes. But as she was writing for their superhero, she found herself swept up in #comicsgate, an online harassment campaign against the comic book industry's efforts to include more women, people of color and LGBTQ characters. In this "Portrait Of," Maria sits talked to Gabby about her beginnings as a writer, her difficult experience with #comicsgate and about returning to comic book writing.
City Of Oil
Los Angeles, you might be surprised to learn, sits on top of the largest urban oil field in the country and has been the site of oil extraction for almost 150 years. Today, nearly 5,000 oil wells remain active in Los Angeles County alone, many operating in communities of color, often very close to homes, schools and hospitals. Latino USA visits a neighborhood in South Los Angeles, the epicenter of an anti-oil-drilling movement that is gaining momentum. We meet Nalleli Cobo, the 19-year-old who's working to shut down the oil industry, one well at a time. This story originally aired in June of 2019.


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Beauty Pageants on Lake Hopatcong
By Marty Kane I August 21, 2011
Contests to determine "the fairest of them all" have been around since ancient Greece. While the topic of women's beauty has long been discussed, the first modern American beauty pageant was staged by P. T. Barnum in 1854. Though he had previously held dog, baby, and bird judging contests, it seems that Americans of that era were not quite ready to judge women in the same way. It is unclear whether the contest was ended by public protest or if Barnum simply was unable to lure respectable young ladies of the Victorian era to publicly display themselves, but live beauty pageants would have to wait for another day. However, Barnum developed a brilliant alternate plan wherein he accepted entries in the form of daguerreotypes (photographic likenesses) which were displayed in his museum where the public was invited to vote for their favorites.
In the decades to follow, the photo contest format was widely imitated and became a respectable way for girls and women to have their beauty judged. Civic leaders across the country held newspaper contests to choose women that represented the spirit of their communities. One of the most popular of these occurred in 1905, when promoters of the St. Louis World's Fair asked newspapers across the country to select a representative young woman from their city to compete for a beauty title at the fair. There was intense competition and many thousands of photographic entrants.
By the early decades of the twentieth century, attitudes had begun to change about beauty pageants. Prohibitions against the display of women in public began to fade, though not disappear altogether. When one of the earliest known resort beauty pageants was held in 1880 at Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, it was dismissed as the activity of a "working class" beach resort. Beauty pageants only became widespread after the turn of the century. One of the issues which had to be overcome was that Victorian dress codes did not allow for the development of close-fitting, one-piece bathing attire for women before the early twentieth century. In the early 1900's, women were expected to wear cumbersome dress and pantaloon combinations when swimming. In 1907, at the height of her popularity, Australian swimmer Annette Kellerman was arrested for indecency on Revere Beach, Massachusetts, while wearing one of her fitted one-piece costumes. However, the popularity of her suits won the day and resulted in her own line of women's swimwear.
Public opinion, clothing and timing all came together in 1921, when a beauty pageant, which would become the first Miss America contest, was staged in Atlantic City. Local businessmen, looking for an event to entice tourists to stay past Labor Day, happened upon the idea of a bathing beauty pageant. Nine girls competed – three from New Jersey and six from surrounding states. A carnival atmosphere surrounded the event. There were fireworks and a decorated float was towed in from the ocean carrying "King Neptune" (portayed by Hopatcong's own Hudson Maxim) who would crown the winner. So as not to offend public morals, the contest was just one event in a week-long, elaborate festival that included sports events, automobile races, orchestra and choir competitions. Stressing that the contestants were both youthful and wholesome, the Miss America Pageant developed a concept that would be followed in future years.
Following the success of the Atlantic City pageant, beauty pageants became popular summer events across the country during the 1920's and 1930's. Lake Hopatcong was no exception, holding its first beauty pageant in 1924. Charles Engelbrecht, a photographer with a studio at Nolan's Point, was familiar with Atlantic City's pageant and thought a similar event could be successful at the lake. He combined a beauty pageant with a baby parade, swimming and diving contests. The crowd was so big that the bathing beauty pageant had to be moved into Allen's Pavilion (located where the Windlass sits today). In 1925, Engelbrecht repeated the event and added boat races. In 1926, the Lake Hopatcong Association was founded "for the betterment of the lake." Engelbrecht, one of the group's founders, helped plan a fundraiser. The "Monster Carnival," as it was billed, featured a wide array of events including a two-part beauty pageant – a bathing beauty contest at Lee's Park and an evening gown competition at Bertrand Island Park. The Association planned another carnival in 1927 with the beauty pageant moving entirely to Bertrand Island.
From 1927 until World War II, beauty pageants were a mainstay at Bertrand Island Park and became one of its most successful promotions. Girls representing various parts of the lake as well as some hotels would compete for local championships – Miss Northwood, Miss Castle Edward, etc. Bertrand Island Park conducted one of these local events. Miss Bertrand Island would then compete against winners of the other local pageants for a chance to become Miss Lake Hopatcong in a competition held at Bertrand Island Park.
The biggest beauty pageant held at Lake Hopatcong took place in 1934. Though the Miss America pageant had originated in Atlantic City, there were several years during the late 1920's and early 30's when the contest was not held by the Atlantic City organization due to financial problems and scandals concerning the eligibility of contestants. This left the door open for other cities to hold the contest. On August 28th and 29th, 1934, thirty-six girls from all over the United States descended on Bertrand Island for a contest billed as Miss America 1934. The contest drew huge crowds and was widely covered by the newspapers and newsreels. Although this contest is not recognized today as an officially sanctioned event by the Miss America Organization, it was a great public relations success for Bertrand Island. In 1935, Atlantic City restarted its Miss America Pageant and has held the contest every year since.
During the early years of the Miss America Pageant, organizations throughout the country were sanctioned to hold contests and send their winners directly to Atlantic City. Bertrand Island Park was one such site. The Miss Lake Hopatcong winner went directly to compete in the Miss America Pageant, with her travel costs paid by the park. For purposes of publicity she would compete as Miss Bertrand Island. Following a third place finish in 1936, 17-year-old Bette Cooper of Hackettstown won the Miss Bertrand Island Pageant in July 1937. In August, she was named Miss Lake Hopatcong and was sent to the competition in Atlantic City. On September 11, Bette was named Miss America 1937.
Unprepared for the publicity appearances and demanding schedule which the Miss America Organization expected of the winner, Bette disappeared for some 24 hours and the news services had a field day reporting that she had run off with her chaperone. Newspapers ran photos showing the empty throne. When the dust settled, Bette and her family demanded and received a less rigorous schedule, which led to permanent changes in the Miss America pageant rules.
Pageants remained popular at Bertrand Island when it was selected to host the 1939, 1940 and 1941 Miss New Jersey pageants, with the winner being the state's sole representative in the Miss America pageant. During these years, Bertrand Island held two contests each year with the winner of the Miss Bertrand Island contest competing for the title of Miss New Jersey. The advent of World War II ended Bertrand Island's close association with beauty pageants. However, pageants made a comeback at Lake Hopatcong in the 1950's and 1960's, although they were no longer held at Bertrand Island Park. Janet Adams, from Stone Avenue in Hopatcong, won Miss Lake Hopatcong 1962, went on to become Miss New Jersey, and competed in the 1963 Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City. We are aware of at least three more museum members who won the title of Miss Lake Hopatcong during this period. As the lake turned into a year-round community, beauty pageants disappeared from the lake scene. In recent years, there have been attempts to revive competitions in some of the towns around the lake, with mixed results. While the era of beauty pageants at Lake Hopatcong has faded, they will always be indelibly tied to the lake's past prominence as a summer resort.
The Miss America promoters asked Lake Hopatcong's own Hudson Maxim to serve as King Neptune in 1921 and 1922. Here he is presenting the trophy to Miss America 1922, Mary K.Campbell of Columbus.
Bathing Pageant at Nolan's Point 1924.
Bertrand Island Park's Flyer for its 1927 Bathing Beauty Contest
Girls from various parts and hotels on the lake competing at the Miss Lake Hopatcong Beauty Contest, in the June Rose Ballroom at Bertrand Island Park, circa 1930.
Miss America 1934 Pageant at Bertrand Island Park
Myrtle Richardson, after being crowned "Miss America" at Bertrand Island Park in August 1934
Miss Bertrand Island, Bette Cooper, competing at the Miss America Pageant in 1937
Bette Cooper, of Hackettstown, who participated as Miss Bertrand Island after being crowned Miss America 1937 in Atlantic City
Miss New Jersey 1963 was Janet Adams of Stone Avenue in Hopatcong
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June 3 - Saints Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs - Optional Memorial - My Catholic Life!
A journey of personal conversion!
Many of the faces of the saints in heaven that shine with the light of God will be dark faces. North Africa was one of the first regions to be evangelized and was home to a vibrant, diverse, and orthodox Church for over six hundred years. North Africa had over four hundred bishoprics and enriched the universal Church with a wealth of theologians, martyrs, and saints. This Catholic culture drowned under the crushing waves of Arab Muslim armies that inundated North Africa in the seventh century, altering its cultural and religious landscape. Small pockets of Christianity continued to exist in isolation for a few centuries more. But by 1830, when French colonists and missionaries settled in Tunisia and Algeria, local Christianity had totally disappeared. The Christian light had gone out in North Africa long ago.
Yet today's saints are nineteenth century African martyrs. While North Africa has remained in the tight grip of Islam, sub Saharan Africa has lived a contrary reality. It has embraced Christianity. Throughout the nineteenth century, daring missionary priests and religious from various European countries penetrated deep into the towns, savannas, jungles, and river deltas of the "dark continent," carrying the light of Christ. For the most part they were well received, and initiated the long and complex process of evangelization, inculturation, and education that has turned today's sub Saharan Africa into a largely Christian region.
Charles Lwanga and his companion martyrs were all very young men, in their teens and twenties. They ran afoul of their local ruler for one reason and one reason only—they were Christians and adhered to Christian morality. The ruler did not otherwise question their loyalty, devotion, or service to him. He was suspicious of the European priests who had brought the faith, wary of outside interference in his kingdom, and also eager to impress his subjects with a display of ruthlessness and power. He was also a sodomite who wanted these young men to engage in unholy sexual acts with him. For refusing to satisfy his disordered and abusive lust, they became victims of homsexual violence.
The ruler and his court questioned the young males who served as their pages and assistants to discover if they were catechumens, had been baptized, or knew how to pray. Those who answered "Yes" were killed for it. One was stabbed through the neck with a spear and another's arm was cut off before he was beheaded. But most were marched miles to an execution site, cruelly treated for a week, then wrapped in reed matts and placed over a fire until their feet were singed. They were then given one last chance to abjure their faith. None did. These tightly wrapped human candles were then thrown onto a huge pyre where they returned to the dust from whence they came. One of the executioners even killed his own son. The executioners and onlookers knew their victims had succumbed to the flames when they no longer heard them praying.
The site where these Ugandan martyrs died is now a popular shrine and a source of pride dear to the heart of African Catholics. Charles Lwanga and his companions, though new to the faith, acted with the maturity of the wise and the aged, choosing to sacrifice lives full of promise rather than surrender the pearl of greatest price—their Catholic faith.
St. Charles Lwanga and companions, help us to be courageous in the face of threats, to stand tall for our beliefs, and to suffer scoffing, ridicule, and hatred rather than renounce or minimize our relationship with Christ and His truth.


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Best answer: What is the response of the church to poverty?
What is the Catholic Church's response to poverty?
How does religion respond to poverty?
What do Christians do for poverty?
What is the mission of the Church towards the poor?
How does the Catholic Church define poverty?
How the Catholic Church helps the poor?
How does the Church help poverty?
Does religion help poverty?
How does religion cause poverty?
How does Christianity respond to poverty?
What does Christianity say about poverty?
How does religion affect poverty?
How does the church respond to poverty?
What does the church of the poor mean?
What are the 3 missions of the church?
To this day churches, synagogues, and mosques provide food, clothing, housing, health care, and job assistance to those in need. They send volunteers to disaster areas, such as New Orleans, to rebuild communities. And they resurrect impoverished communities in their own neighborhoods.
Jesus himself taught the importance of helping those who are poor and need help. The Church also teaches about the 'preferential option for the poor', that in order to improve life for the poor, we should speak for the voiceless and defend the defenceless.
Religion can also influence the response to poverty by fostering an attitude of willingness to practise generosity. Religion can educate communities in order for human dignity of all in society to be restored. Thirdly, religion can be part of the system actively encouraging and participating in alleviating poverty.
In order to remove the desire for wealth and material possessions as an obstacle to faith, some Christians have taken vows of poverty. Christianity has a long tradition of voluntary poverty which is manifested in the form of asceticism, charity and almsgiving.
AMAZING: What does it mean to die to your sin?
Thus, the mission of the church and mainly the CEM is to address the country, social, cultural and economic devastation that brought so much suffering on the population. To promote spirituality, to protect the poor and to defend the oppressed.
Scripture and Poverty
Consideration of poverty in Catholic social teaching begins with the foundation that each person is both sacred and social, created in God's image, and destined to share in the goods of the earth as part of a community of justice and mercy. … They are poor and powerless.
The Vatican is using donations for the poor to fight its budget deficit, report says. As little as 10% of donations by Roman Catholics that are specifically advertised as helping the poor and suffering actually go toward charitable work, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Religion and poverty are two of the world's most enduring social and cultural phenomena. … In recent years, faith-based organisations have been recognised in research as an important factor in global poverty reduction.
Religious traditions have always played a central role in supporting those experiencing poverty, through service delivery as well as the provision of spiritual resources that provide mechanisms for resilience at both the individual and community level.
AMAZING: What does the Bible say about our speech KJV?
Many Christians believe it is part of their religious duty to help the poor. They follow the example of Jesus, who reached out to the poor in society. Some Christians believe that faith and the fight for justice go hand in hand.
In the Bible, it is clear that those in poverty are close to God's heart. Jesus himself was born into poverty and gave up his heavenly riches when he came down to earth. Constantly, the poor are said to be "blessed" and we are instructed to value integrity over riches.
The Roman Catholic Church teaches that the poor represent those who are marginalised in society. … The Church also teaches about the 'preferential option for the poor', that in order to improve life for the poor, we should speak for the voiceless and defend the defenceless.
This means that the Catholic Church must be united with the poor in fighting institutional injustices that are caused by oppressive policies and political action. … It also calls upon the leaders of the Catholic Church to be on that radical mission to shepherd them toward political freedom.
AMAZING: Question: Does the Catholic believe in the Trinity?
We have a sacred responsibility to fulfill the threefold mission of the Church — first, to teach the gospel to the world; second, to strengthen the membership of the Church wherever they may be; third, to move forward the work of salvation for the dead.


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WHAT: When Nick Walker (Ryan Reynolds), a dirty Boston cop with a guilty conscience, is killed during a major drug bust, he's given the chance to redeem himself by joining the Rest in Peace Department – a group of deceased lawmen from throughout history who protect the living world from those who have escaped Hell.
WHY: As much as I wanted to like this movie, "R.I.P.D." just isn't very good. Though it's based on a comic book of the same name, the film feels eerily like the "Men in Black" series, both in tone and the dynamic between its lead characters. Unfortunately, it doesn't work nearly as well as its high-concept premise suggests, despite a cast that includes Reynolds, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Bacon and Mary-Louise Parker. Bridges, in particular, is the only reason the movie is even remotely watchable, camping it up as a hootin' and hollerin' Western lawman that's partnered with Reynolds' morose cop. Parker has a few bright moments as their boss, but for the most part, "R.I.P.D." represents a pretty big waste of talent on several fronts. It's also incredibly corny, formulaic and features some awful special effects for a summer blockbuster. Still, at a brisk 96 minutes, the movie is almost worth suffering through just to see Bridges do his thing. Almost.
WHAT: Mother-daughter vampires Clara (Gemma Arterton) and Eleanor (Saorise Ronan) are forced to flee to an English coastal town when they attract some unwanted attention from their own kind. After years of keeping her story a secret, Eleanor finds solace in a sulky teenager named Frank (Caleb Landry Jones), unaware of the grave consequences that doing so will have.
WHY: Neil Jordan may be responsible for adapting one of the most popular vampire stories of the modern age ("Interview with a Vampire"), but that doesn't give him license to ruin the genre with a film that completely rewrites the classic mythology. That's because no matter how hard he tries, "Byzantium" doesn't feel like a vampire movie at all. Fangs have been replaced by a sharp nail that extends to puncture victims' necks, sunlight is fair game (though they don't sparkle), and the method of turning into a vampire is terribly unsexy, unfrightening and anticlimactic. More than anything else, though, the film is just really boring. None of the characters are particularly interesting, and the brief flashbacks explaining Clara and Eleanor's transformation feels like an afterthought. It's a shame to see actors like Saorsie Ronan and Johnny Lee Miller trapped in such a dull movie, because "Let the Right One In" proved that it's possible to make a great vampire film that defies conventions; "Byzantium" just isn't one of them.
EXTRAS: There's over an hour of interviews with various members of the cast and crew, but that's the extent of the bonus material.
Tags: Blu Tuesday, Byzantium, new Blu-rays, R.I.P.D.


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Lake Hopatcong Smallmouth Brace
My son, Matt, had trouble sleeping last night. He's still asleep now after returning from Lake Hopatcong. Just before he conked out, he told me he didn't fall asleep until 2:00 a.m. He was up at 3:45. I have to say he did well on the lake considering.
To rent a boat from Dow's is to gain access to a great lake if you don't own a boat, so long as you have a NJ Boater's Safety Certificate. But without electric for positioning, and the irresistible temptation to stock the livewell with herring for hybrids and walleyes (last August we actually went without the live bait), the way we fish is different from the way we would fish while strictly going after bass, with allowance for pickerel.
Along a shoreline I fished Senko-type worms both Wacky and with inset hook to penetrate weeds as deliberately as would surely bring results under better conditions. We did not see any clouds in the sky at all upon sunrise. The air temperature had dipped to about 50 degrees. Fishing very hard, I used the 9.9-horsepower gas outboard as best I could like an electric to position casts. Matt used his "secret weapon," Berkeley Worm Blower-adjusted nightcrawlers (they float) and didn't even catch sunfish. Not even a tap.
Finally by about 8:00 a.m. we got to a rocky point. Matt pulled up a one-pound largemouth from 10 feet directly under the boat. I fished the Senko hard, and put out herring. The shadow line extended out over 25 feet deep of water, and I had vague hopes for a walleye or hybrid in the shade. After a half hour Matt caught a 10-inch smallmouth on herring just about when the guy who had been fishing further west, over open water, motored near and offered us the remainder of his herring.
"Sure!" I said. I had hesitated, as if I would depend more on plastics instead. But I had the stirrings of desire to do something with the herring for pickerel.
"Catch any?" I asked.
"Two smallmouth and walleye," he said.
"The walleye good sized?"
"Yes. I'll show you."
We pulled boats together, traded off the herring, and he opened his livewell. The walleye was huge. I have never seen one so large. Big and thick bodied, it weighed eight pounds at least, possibly 10.
"Did you get it deep using a slip bobber?"
"Eight to ten feet down over 26 feet of water, just a hook and a barrel swivel over the side of the boat."
Of course it couldn't have been too deep, since oxygen is depleted now.
I had a moment of decision. Would we move on? I knew we should go back along the rock faces and that shade. We did, and it felt right. It didn't take long before I was into a very good fish that took herring over about 25 feet of water. The smallmouth measured 17 1/2-inches, weighed about three pounds. I put herring back out and caught another exactly the same size the same way. (The first fish took my hook; it wasn't the same bass.) Then something good sized took my son's herring. He had it on a couple of seconds before it pulled the hook.
While the herring took care of themselves on no more than a light wire, plain shank, size 6 hook, I fished that Senco hard and sensitively. I lost a good bass--at least two pounds--and had the peculiar experience of hooking, for a moment, what I think was a good-sized pickerel 15 feet deep, outside the shadow line (which had receded). The line clean cut, I saw no indication of a bad knot. But I made damn sure I then tied on a tiny barrel swivel and a 15 pound test fluorocarbon leader.
I did try the herring for pickerel later over weedbeds. I had one hit that took the herring clean off the hook in a split second. Another herring came off on the cast, and fluttered at the surface, taken by the slight chop, and several minutes later we saw the splash.
I have to say I took a lot of pleasure in using herring today. I never succumbed to nightcrawlers. But the herring and the smallmouths made sense. Apparently these were suspended fish and tube jigs (or Senkos) would not be so effective. I wish I had inquired about that man's smallmouths, but I concluded that, yes, he got them suspended way out off the point. He had told me he caught the walleye at about 7:00. The entire time we observed him fishing he stayed out there.
Labels: hopatcong, lakes, smallmouth bass
Fluke at Long Branch, New Jersey
Yesterday after work my son and I arrived in Long Branch, bought the best killies I've ever seen at Long Branch Bait & Tackle, along with four fresh clams, and set up on the beach immediately south of Seven Presidents Park. Not one of the killies is really small, they're about 50/50 medium and large, and I have a whole five gallon bucket full (aerated) to use for stream smallmouths this weekend. After half a dozen casts and a missed hit, I beached a 16-inch fluke, let it out with the wash, then put my rod up with the rest of our things. My son had persuaded me to go in for a swim, which invigorated me through and through since water wasn't warm, but not cold either. As you can see in the photo, my son got cold.
Tide had crested not long before we arrived. The sharp drop behind the breakers to about five feet of water, right off the beach, held plenty of fluke when we returned to cast with light spinning rods. Lip hooked on plain shank, size 6 hooks, the killies live-lined on six-pound test and weighted with single large split shots yielded three more fluke one right after another. But when I returned to pitch another killie just five yards beyond the wash after taking care of a keeper, they were gone. My son didn't bother to fish anymore, concerned about keeping warm rather than standing in the wash and getting wet to the waist. He had missed a hit. "I set the hook too hard," he said. He had echoed his Uncle Rick's advice to just lift the hook into them so that the bait and hook doesn't get yanked out of the odd mouth. I fished most of the next hour for one more hit. The small baitfish remained, so why did the fluke take off minutes before sunset?
No sign of stripers. Nothing touched my clams all spring, first time that happened. We had our heavy duty rods ready to go with bunker-snag trebles, but nothing happened. A lot of fun catching those fluke. It would have been incredible action had they kept hitting like they did for about 10 minutes.
All this for a 10 inch Bass! Mount Hope Pond and Other Places
I didn't expect to get a hit, besides those from numerous sunfish. In the morning the sky, completely clear, signaled hopelessness by the water, but by the time I fished the sky had become partly cloudy. Still, plenty of sun from noon position threatened to ruin my time out, which began way off kilter. This is Monday, I hadn't fished all weekend, the last I had fished--I will tell you--I got skunked for the fourth consective time on the water, and a separate, large writing project had become uncertain in my mind, driving me nuts. Little things seemed to pop up and threaten to unnerve me. My new camera had a problem with image stabilization apparently, and my Penn spinning reel's (425S? I don't remember exactly and it's downstairs) head had come loose--I could barely use it.
I fished Round Valley Friday. Literally, I had just taken my second cast when rain began to fall. By my fifth cast I knew I wouldn't take my camera out. By my 15th or so I marched out quick for cover, and thunder rolled high in the clouds, but directly over me. In the car, I put aside the camera--I had paid over $16.00 to have it arrive quickly by UPS--and put on rain pants and what I thought was a top-half rain shell. Then I actually went out in the thunder. Thunder up in the clouds. I fished the rocks along the dike, reservoir side. Rain poured. But what pissed me off was that no bass finned back in the far pond corner to take my Senco. I had given it a good, patient 15 casts. Meanwhile, I knew I was a lot wetter from my shoulders to my waist than I was when I put on the "rain shell." It's just some sort of windbreaker that looks and feels waterproof. When I took it off in the car, my shirt was entirely soaked. So was my hair, the hood had been useless.
That was number four and I was numb to the apparent inevitability of number five today at Mt. Hope Pond. I kept thinking about how I didn't know I had it so good back in May. I couldn't even begin to cast with my normal accuracy. In fact, my first cast hung my Senco (and why cast that at all, no good reason) in two branches, which despite the inset hook would not let it go, and I snapped it off. Then my line moved off. Another sunny? I tightened to check, I never failed to do this, but no, a bass! I set the hook and almost pulled the Culprit twister away from it, since plenty of bow in the line startled me. But I got it up on the bank when the hook fell out. A 10 inch bass hasn't felt so good since I can remember.
I did miss another bass. How big I couldn't tell, just that the weight, when I tightened to tell, was much more than the peck-peck of a sunfish. Then I realized this Culprit probably sinks too slow without a split shot. To use just enough to make the tail flutter... but all I had were large shot, the size I use for salmon in October. What the hell, I put one on. But I got only four more casts. I had somewhere else I had to go.
And maybe my son and I have somewhere to go tomorrow--Long Branch. Stripers pushed bunker against beaches last week. Who knows? (As Victor Hugo or Jimi Hendrix would say.) But we're seriously after fluke. Would rather be after big stripers, but chances are... but we will have our bunker-snag trebles ready. We may even put some clam out.
Anyway, I had the camera right in a minute. And the wobbly head of my Penn--like my own of course--I tightened up with a wrench in the same amount of time. David Lee Roth said, "I been to the edge. And there I stood and looked down." I don't know if I drove myself over or got thrown off, but it was a long climb back up, and I still feel I'm hanging onto the rocks. Not today I mean, today was just a slight taste of how bad it can be!
All this for a 10 inch Bass! Mount Hope Pond and O...


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Winter Environmental gets busy with bids
By Steve Ducker27 August 2020
A leading US demolition contractor is experiencing its highest bidding volumes in 15 years, despite the Covid-19 pandemic.
And Winter Environmental, the demolition arm of the Georgia-based Winter Construction Company, has even used its expertise to develop business in Covid disinfection.
Jim Graham, Winter Environmental
Executive vice president and principal Jim Graham told D&Ri: "Bidding is at an all-time high for us, but the award process is not quite as fast as the bid process, unfortunately!
"Probably one of the busiest demolition sectors is utilities, which has many fossil assets that often cannot be repurposed.
"There are over 400 sites across the US coming down. An example is Google, a household name which is going to be build a datacentre on a former site in Tennessee.
"Not everyone is going to get a Google out of the power plant they are decommissioning, but for the owners there is still an operating expense, and the sooner they can get that off their books, the happier their shareholders are."
On Covid disinfection, Jim added: "A year ago none of us knew what Covid was, but we are extremely fortunate to have on the staff here one of our vice presidents, Bucky Thompson.
"Following the tragic 9/11 incidents in 2001 he was heavily involved in the disinfecting of two large postal distribution centres contaminated with anthrax, so he had a working knowledge of biological contaminants.
"We got all those different chemicals and then scrambled to get the equipment to train our people to provide a service to our clients. We don't want be profiteers in terms of the pandemic, we want to keep our people engaged and employed."
The full interview with Jim will be available with digital issue of D&Ri, which is published next month and will be downloadable from www.khl.com
North America Market & forecasts Demolition & Recycling


Today, Wed. November 16 2011 the U.S House of Representatives Judiciary Committee held a hearing on H.R. 3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act, which was introduced October 26, 2011. This hearing, of which no recording is currently available, was controversial – not only because of the provisions of the Act, but also because, with the exception of Google, every invited witness is a vocal proponent.
Opponents have deemed today American Censorship Day and statements have been issued opposing the bill including letters from corporations, advocacy groups, members of Congress and law professors.
A petition on the White House site has already surpassed its target of 25k signatures.


The client is one of the largest hedge funds in the world and operates a high-availability, 24-hour research and trading support service. The group produces critical strategy updates that influence trading around the globe.
Updates come from a combination of custom applications, batch analysis jobs and reports, data uploads, and spreadsheet models. The group was plagued by painful staff turnover, inadequate documentation, and frequent staff wake-ups due to errant system processes.
Reduce staff wake-ups, shift the support load from senior staff to a reliable support layer to enable senior time for upstream fixes, and increase the predictability of incident resolution.
Phase 1 was a 3 month test with a single lead, two process runner team, embedded within a very over-worked support group. The team had trouble at first engaging senior resources in the documentation process. Management aligned incentives and we tweaked the process design in response. We started to make major progress against the group's pain points and pushed through to complete senior team backing.
80% reduction in overnight wakeups. 3X increase in runbook creation and incidents executed entirely by OntimeOps. Onboarding of additional systems outside of the initial scope and expansion of the steady state team by 100%.


Born in Paris, France, in 1803, this First Daughter was a trendsetter who made pants, or "pantalettes" as they were called back then, fashionable among young girls. Maria and her family didn't move into the White House until New Year's Day, 1818, because the residence had to be rebuilt after the British torched it on August 24, 1814. But Maria made the most of her time there. She fell in love with her 22-year-old cousin Samuel L. Gouverneur, who had moved in to work as the President's secretary, and after two years of courting, they married on March 9, 1820, at the White House. It was the executive residence's very first wedding.


I think I have food ADD. Is there such a thing? Well if there is, then I've got it!
if it's just sweet, just salty, just sour… then after about 2 or 3 bites, I am bored. I don't want to eat it anymore.
I blame my mother for this! She used to serve all our meals with grapes or cantaloupe "to break up the taste". She rationalised that by having a few bites of something sweet between mouthfuls of dinner it would encourage you to eat more. Is that weird?
Who would have thought something so simple would shape my entire approach to food… FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE!
Black forest cake and pavlova are my absolute favourite! I need those plump tart cherries to cut through the chocolate cake and the sour passionfruit, strawberries and kiwi to compliment that sweet meringue. The balance of sweet and sour is what makes it exciting. The food comes alive for me.
I love to dip salty pretzels in nutella (especially late at night as I'm watching TV!) and as my husband looks on at me shaking his head. But I don't care. I am in taste heaven!
Which brings me to this week's Tuesdays with Dorie recipe.
I combined the rhubarb with the sugar, vanilla bean and water to make the jam filling.
And the hit of sourness that greeted me amongst the sugary sweetness of the jam excited me! This was going to be good!
I made the dough. Chilled it in the freezer. Then grated half of it into the pan. (I've never, ever grated dough before!) I then spread every last drop of the rhubarb jam over the grated dough before grating the other half of the dough over the layer of jam.
I baked it for 40 minutes and then sprinkled a generous amount of icing sugar over the top.
I have to admit I couldn't wait for it to get cold before I dove into it!
My daughter (who has inherited my eating habits) loved this as much as I did.
The smooth, tart, rhubarb jam cut nicely through the sweet shortbread.
My husband, who has tamer taste preferences when it comes to his food, loved the shortbread but found the rhubarb jam a bit too sour for his liking. He fixed this easily by scraping off half the jam before going back for more, again and again!
To get the full recipe head on over to this week's hosts, Cher from The not so exciting adventures of a dabbler… or visit Lynette at 1smallkitchen .
You can also visit Tuesdays with Dorie and check out what the rest of the group thought!
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Your mother´s fruit additions are a funny but very logical thing! It´s necessary to balance the sweet with something different. I like your pictures. Your shortbread looks tender and inviting!
These look lovely – especially with the fruit filling oozing out.
One of my favorite food combinations is salty french fries dipped in a chocolate milkshake. My poor daughters have picked up the habit as well. I love the contrast of opposite flavors.
I think we have food add here too. Most of the FFwD recipes are too bland for us…we regularly make seasoning additions or put in more veges, etc…and I usually "fix" these recipes too. After readig other posts, I'm getting more ideas about how to make this recipe more flavorful. This shortbread recipe is really good, but I needed ice cream and more jam on top and almost got out the chocolate and caramel…part of why we all like to cook. No body does it as well as we do ourselves.
My husband is the one who introduced me to the whole sweet/savory thing, so now if I eat something sweet I have to chase it with something salty or savory. Your rhubarb jam looks fabulous. Your shortbread turned out beautifully, Sanya.
OMG, your shortbread turned out fantastic. Yum!
I like hearing about your food history and your pictures are lovely!!
My fave is McD's fries with a hot fudge sundae 🙂 Beautiful picture – I think yours is the first rhubarb shortbread so far!
Such a very pretty shortbread! Lovely photos! We really loved this….way too much!
I'll have to try this with rhubarb, it looks fantastic even if your husband only enjoyed the shortbread and not the jam!!!
YUM YUM YUM. Excellent shot! Like the thick layer of jam. I made Strawberry Jam instead. Will definitely try the Rhubarb Jam.
I think I have the same disease – my favorite foods to eat are sushi and Thai because I feel like there are so many layers of flavor that I never get bored. Your jam was such a beautiful color! I feel like mine didn't get that beautiful pink/red that yours did. Glad you and your family enjoyed the shortbread!
Now that is what I call "jam filled"! Beautiul!
If the shortbread was half as good as the photo then it was outstanding.
I agree with you – the contrast between the tartness of the rhubarb and the sweetness of the shortbread is what makes this so good. Yours looks lovely!


"Stretch your (symmetrical) wings" says InStyle! With ABLE's Cat Eye 101, you can create this liner look on autopilot.
InStyle knows the drill – "Dealing with liquid liner is kind of like running across a wolf in the wild—you can't show any signs of fear or intimidation, otherwise it will know, and you (or your expertly-blended smoky eye) will end up in a pretty compromising position." But this was in the pre-Cat Eye 101 world. Now you can place, trace, and repeat for a gorgeous and even look each time.
Beauty editors know all of the tricks of the trade – but in their own words, that doesn't mean they've mastered all of them. Cut to Cat Eye 101, ABLE's liquid eyeliner with a "ruler" to help you stay in line when applying your wings. The Outfit may call this "The Hard Edge" strategy, but the secret is that it's easy to achieve – "fool-proof," even!


December was very fast, I spent my days working on Christmas orders. I have to say it was a great month, too much work but I'm thankful for that.
By the way, Happy New Year!!!! 2017 seems to be a cool number to me. Let's see.
A new resolution: I was on a trip again to the mountains. I love it there and I'm seriously thinking about changing my life and have a life there. I know it won't be right now, but it will be my new year's resolution.
Christmas time: This month I have combined working with eating a lot, you know…Christmas time, family, friends meetings, dinner, lunch, tapas, churros, chocolate…omg! My stomach is exhausted, the thing in Spain it isn't over until January 6, so six more days of parties!
Two movies I saw: This month I saw two movies and I loved them: I, Daniel Blake by Ken Loach and Elle by Paul Verhoeven. I recommend them 100%.
☆ I discovered this great artist by chance: Jérôme Pradet. Here it is an animation about the art of flamenco. Enjoy it!!
☆ The British Pathé website. Pathé News was a producer of newsreels and documentaries from 1910 until 1970 in the United Kingdom. Its founder, Charles Pathé, was a pioneer of moving pictures in the silent era. The Pathé News archive is known today as British Pathé. Its collection of news film and movies is fully digitized and available online.
☆ Fashions of the future as imagined in 1893. Fascinating!
Your Secret Santa is fantastic! Beautiful photos, thanks for sharing!
I left Paris for a really small town between mountains and forest everywhere… I wish you will be able to change your life! I feel so much better here!
I'm sure I will be better!
When hiking I also often play with the idea of living in the mountains. I don't know if I ever will but hiking I will always do.
Thank you for the movie ideas 🙂 Have a Happy New Year!


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Editorial: Morrison still pushing coal and gas despite climate disaster
Scott Morrison has seized on the coronavirus as a welcome distraction from the bushfire crisis and the calls for action on climate change.
Morrison no doubt hoped that this would re-establish him as a strong leader able to "keep us safe".
But closing the border to anyone travelling from China, except Australian citizens or permanent residents, has only further fed racism. Using the detention centre on Christmas Island to quarantine Australian citizens was simply a stunt to appear tough on borders.
Morrison may have adjusted his language over climate change, and stored his lump of coal out of sight. But despite the unprecedented horror summer of bushfire destruction and extreme heat, he continues his push to expand fossil fuel use.
Instead of accepting the urgency of stepping up emissions reduction, Morrison declared that "mitigation and adaptation" to the threat of fires through hazard reduction, building dams and disaster planning was "climate action". But this is just dealing with the symptoms, not the fundamental cause.
Instead of expanding renewables he wants more use of gas, announcing a deal bribing NSW to increase supply.
He declared there is "no credible energy transition plan" for Australia without increased use of gas as a "transition fuel". Yet gas is still a fossil fuel that produces carbon emissions. Morrison backed this up with the straight out lie that alternatives would not be, "commercially scalable and available for at least a decade".
Yet South Australia's Tesla battery system, the biggest in the world, has been so successful it is set to expand in capacity by 50 per cent.
Power company AGL is building another one of similar size in Queensland next to a new solar power plant, and another four large battery systems in NSW. All of them will store energy from renewable sources like wind and solar to dispatch power when needed.
Despite the official change of rhetoric, climate denial inside the Coalition is just as active as ever.
The Nationals celebrated the announcement of a $4 million feasibility study into building a new coal-fired power station in Collinsville in Queensland, with Barnaby Joyce predicting it would find in its favour.
New Resources Minister and Nationals MP Keith Pitt declared he would spearhead a push to expand coal, gas and uranium mining with the aim to "add billions of dollars to the Australian economy".
Barnaby's push to return to the leadership of the Nationals may have failed. But he isn't about to let up on his regular rants against renewable energy, demanding more action to support coal.
Public investment
Morrison hopes to deflect the growing desire for action on climate change and to pretend that his government is doing what it can. He can't be allowed to get away with this.
Most people now want climate action. But there is huge confusion about what kind of action is needed. Focus group research for The Age and Sydney Morning Herald in late January found that, despite growing concern, people, "were not able to identify what specifically should be done".
Labor's inability to put forward any climate policy is not helping. Deputy leader Richard Marles would not even give an opinion on whether he supported new coal-fired power stations, washing his hands by saying it was "a matter for the market".
But relying on the market will get us nowhere. Even allowing existing coal power stations to keep running until they need replacement will means decades more pollution. New Greens leader Adam Bandt's push for a Green New Deal has helped open a discussion about how climate action can lead to better jobs and services.
But the only way to transition to 100 per cent renewables in ten years is through a government-funded plan of mass investment in publicly-owned energy.
This is just the start of the transition needed across public transport, manufacturing and land use. And it is only government action that can secure guaranteed alternative jobs for workers as this happens.
The last year has seen the emergence of an exciting new climate movement. Nationwide days of protest in response to the fires this year have seen thousands march again.
Winning the kind of action we need requires a mass movement able to challenge capitalism and the fossil fuel companies blocking action. The power to do this comes from workers' strike action.
Morrison's attack on the unions through the Ensuring Integrity Bill, which Jacqui Lambie has indicated she could support when it returns to the Senate, will strengthen the laws against effective strike action further. That's why climate activists and unionists everywhere should back the union stopwork in Sydney on 1 May for workers' rights and climate action.
School Strike for Climate has also announced the next major Climate Strike for 15 May.
Students, workers and unionists everywhere need to go all out to build a month of Mayhem for climate action.


BlackBerry after releasing the first Android phone last year in November, is coming up with the next device in the lineup. This Android phone from the erstwhile Querty keyboard specialist is rumored to be named as BlackBerry Vienna. Besides enhanced device capacity and more affordable price range the next BlackBerry Android phone is rumored to have an attached keyboard with the touch screen. BlackBerry Vienna is more likely to be a mid range handset less ambitious price tag compared to the flagship Priv. As for predicting the release date, there is no credible information yet on that.
The first ever Android phone from BlackBerry, the Priv, has just been released only a month ago garnering widespread acclaim from the experts and Blackberry admirers. But following this release the company seems to have set higher Android aspirations as the upcoming device is going to provide higher affordability and cool specs. This rumored next year release has a different significance as well. As BlackBerry chief executive John Chen recently said in an interview that a whole range of Android products are already in the pipeline.
In the Blackberry Vienna unlike the classic BlackBerry handsets the screen will not be square but rather would be more similar to other Android touch screen devices as leaked information suggest. As far as the look and feel of the display is concerned it would have few similarities with the Priv that offers a 5.4-inch QHD AMOLED display. Though to meet the expectations of an affordable price Vienna may have a screen size around just 5-inches or smaller than that with just 1080p screen resolution. The physical keyboard accompanying the screen may lead to a bigger overall size of the device.
In look and feel the upcoming Android device from Blackberry would have a few specialties like in absence of the sliding display as it was in Priv, it would look more like a candybar device with the keyboard below the touch screen.
As expected the Vienna will be offered in total four color variants, respectively as, silver, grey, green and red. As leaked in the mock-up show, the device would have a front-facing mono speaker, front camera, volume rocker and power buttons on the side slots for microSD and SIM card. It seems very probable that the device would have three physical buttons just under the screen for Android controls.
With the angular top edges Vienna looks much similar to the BlackBerry Leap in countenance. That also suggests that the device would mainly have a plastic body. This would also have some price advantages as far as affordability is concerned.
As of now, as far as the suggestive leaks and predictions, the device would have mid range specs. While the BlackBerry Priv had a Snapdragon 808 hexa-core processor with 3GB of RAM, Vienna is rumored to have same RAM capacity and Exynos 7 Chip Set. The forthcoming Blackberry Android device would have 25GB internal storage as well besides having support of external memory. Many speculate that in hardware specs Vienna would offer a slightly reduced option, especially because of maintaining a good price advantage. Besides all these there is hardly any credible speculation on the device battery.
The camera is not going to be a big deal in the new Blackberry Android device and as compared to earlier Blackberry Priv version the Vienna camera is going to be smaller. The Priv camera is really an impressive one with 18MP and with great performance and in contrast to this Vienna is expected to have a step down on camera front. A front facing camera is very expected besides an LED flash for the rear camera.
This article is contributed by Keval Padia, Founder & CEO of Nimblechapps, a fast-growing android game development services provider company. The current innovation and updates of the field lures him to express his views and thoughts on certain topics. If you would like to write for us, join eSoftload Community.
Great post. I thought Blackberry was gonna drown. But this new android Blackberry device really looks promising. Waiting for its launch.


Have you ever woken up at night with ear pain so bad it makes you sick? Your first thought might have been the emergency room, and while it's never a bad idea to check into an ER when you're in serious pain without explanation, there's a less costly and just as effective option for non-life-threatening ailments: urgent care.
The surge in urgent care centers across the country is a truly remarkable innovation in medical services. For injuries or ailments that require medical attention but are not life-threatening, urgent care can be a quick and affordable alternative to emergency rooms. A typical trip to an urgent care clinic costs 40 to 50 percent less than a trip to an ER. And since you don't need an appointment at an urgent care place, you can walk as needed. Wait times are much shorter here.
When should you check out an urgent care place?
Urgent care centers may also be able to handle routine preventive services. If your doctor is booked for months ahead of time and you need a physical, for example, then you can usually get basic preventive services at a walk-in clinic. That might include gynecological exams, drug screenings, well-baby checks, vaccines and school or work-related physicals. You may also be able to get an X-ray or EKG at an urgent care place, saving time and money over making a trip to a diagnostic imagining center.
Babies under three months old should always be taken to an ER for troubling symptoms because infants require specialized care. And if you're ever in doubt over whether to visit an ER or an urgent care center, don't hesitate to check in with your local emergency department or call 911. It's better to be safe than sorry when it comes to medical issues.


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Compete in Solar Decathlon 2013
U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon organizers today released a request for proposals for Solar Decathlon 2013 teams. Collegiate teams interested in participating have until Nov. 10, 2011, to submit the required documentation for consideration.
Where To Build in New York City? Team New York Looks Up
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Team Massachusetts Brings a Fourth Dimension to the Solar Decathlon
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Team Florida Takes "Sunshine State" Moniker Seriously
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D.C. Community Comes Together in the Name of Sustainability, Affordability
From left: Joel Towers, executive dean, Parsons; Dorothy Douglas, Deanwood resident; Sheila C. Johnson, board chair, Parsons; Sylvia Brown, ANC commissioner; Deputy Mayor Victor Hoskins; Kent Adcock, president and CEO, Habitat for Humanity of Washington, D.C.; Michael Bruno, dean, Stevens Institute of Technology; Neil Grabois, dean, The Milano School of International Affairs, Management and Urban Policy at The New School (Courtesy of Lisa Bleich)
Saving energy to save money—it's a simple yet effective strategy that can greatly benefit families faced with the variable, often high costs of utility bills. It's a goal made all the more significant to the Parsons The New School for Design and Stevens Institute of Technology Solar Decathlon team because the houses they design and build will serve as future residences for two families in the historic Deanwood community of Washington, D.C. (more…)
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What drives American innovation and new technology? How does education, opportunity and government funding help or hinder America's chances in the race to innovate? What implications could innovation have on healthcare, climate change and the future of space exploration? We'll bring together top scientists, entrepreneurs, thinkers and entertainers to talk about the future of American Innovation on the Space Coast of Florida, the home of NASA's Cape Canaveral.
Ed Hoffman is NASA's Chief Knowledge Officer.
Mark Randall is Adobe's Chief Strategist and VP of Creativity, developed a tool called Kickbox that aims to seed innovation throughout Adobe by providing tools and funding to super-charge the innovation of marketable ideas.
T. Dwayne McCay, Ph.D. is the President and CEO of Florida Institute of Technology.
Christine Herron is the Director at Intel Capital and an expert on venture capitalism and turning new ideas into profits.
Prior to the One Nation: American Innovation main stage discussion, expect to enjoy a festive atmosphere of music, beer, food and networking. DJ Rage will be our featured DJ during the 90-minute lead-up to the show. Pre-show activities and interactive displays will excite and engage the crowd. Check out the Harris Innovation Hub and enter to win an i-Pad. Experience the Augmented Reality Sandbox being featured at this year's Arts & Algorithms festival. Stop by KSC display and take a selfie with a Robonaut. Instant polling with the Twitter Challenge. A presentation by renowned local artist Derek Gores. Rock the Vote will be on hand, as well as the Larsen Motorsports Race Team with the Florida Tech jet dragster. Go old school on a giant 6' x 3' stand-n-play Nintendo controller presented by 321 Millennials. And don't miss is the virtual reality, immersive 360 video experience presented by USA TODAY. Plus, free stuff and giveaways including a VR viewer for the first 200 guests compliments of USA TODAY.