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Bob Ball, who runs H&R Salvage of Mitchell, is in the business of destroying blades, something he says hes already doing with success in Iowa, where the issue has become a hot topic with increasingly aging blades.

Ball is already leading the demolition and burying of turbine blades in Lake Mills, Iowa, working out agreements to cut up old General Electric turbine blades and putting them into a Waste Management landfill.

They dont let just any hillbilly get their blades and cut them up, he told the Davison County Planning Commission. Im the most successful of anyone they know for chopping them up.

On Tuesday, the Davison County Planning Commission approved H&R Salvage to expand its existing operation to dismantle wind turbine blades. Final approval will be considered by the Davison County Commissioners on Dec. 10. The county does not have to rule on the landfill decisions.

Meeting with the Davison County Commission earlier on Tuesday, Mitchell Public Works Director Kyle Croce and Street and Sanitation Superintendent Kevin Roth said theyve been approached by H&R Salvage to put up to 700 tons of old wind turbine blades from Wessington Springs into its landfill.

Those blades would be cut down to 50-foot pieces and eventually down to 3-by-7-foot sections and would be placed in a ravine at Mitchells Old Landfill, which is located at 2801 E. Havens St. (Mitchells current 160-acre landfill, located southeast of the city on 257th Street, would not be taking wind turbine pieces, the city officials said.)

Those turbine pieces are made of non-toxic fiberglass and essentially dont decay or disintegrate over time. Its that potential white elephant factor that makes them a burden when theyre no longer usable for wind turbines, drawing the concern of Davison County Commission Chairwoman Brenda Bode.

Youre burying something that will never go away, Bode said. This is taking up land, making a footprint that is never going to be used. We need to do some due diligence.

Currently, Mitchell takes commercial trash and garbage, rubble and building debris for $36 per ton. Croce and Roth said they would consider a fee of $65 per ton for commercial waste outside of the landfills general five-county service area.

NextEra Energy owns the Wessington Springs Wind Energy Center, which has 34 turbines and has been in commercial operation since 2009. Earlier this year, NextEra began work to replace the previous 77-meter blades with longer, 91-meter blades, which can capture more wind energy and convert it to electricity with more efficiency. Blades usually weigh between 14 and 19 tons.

Croce said the city has not yet made any commitments to take the blade pieces, and said they want to have the plans approved by Davison County. Roth also said the city is changing the permitting on its old landfill to allow for up to 5,000 tons of garbage in a year, starting on Jan. 1. Currently, the landfill is permitted for 500 tons.

Thats why were considering the higher fee, Croce said. We want to deter haulers from coming in and using our landfill. We want them to be using the landfills in their contracted area.

Bode said that neither the city nor the county has the money for another landfill, so the decisions on how much material Mitchell is willing to take needs to be weighed carefully.

Is it worth filling it up with wind turbines? Everyone wants someone else to take their garbage, she said.

Commissioner John Claggett alluded that wind energy companies have been shopping around to various municipalities and counties to find places to take their old blades. Sioux Falls, for example, stopped allowing turbines to be dumped at the citys landfill, but only after two Iowa wind farms dumped more than 100 turbine blades, each measuring more than 120 feet long, the Argus Leader reported.

Ball said the South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources generally wont let landfills take out-of-state turbines. He said he will only take 12 blades per day at its salvage location just west of Mitchell, because thats as much as his employees can get through in a days work. In Iowa, they are buried in a large pit, Ball said, and thousands of blades have been broken down to the point past recognition.

Its a lengthy process but once its done, its done, said Ball. These blades are going to have to go somewhere for a long time.

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Detroit Starting Friday, Interstate 75 will temporarily closein both directions for a weekend demolition of three road bridges, officials said.

The Bridging North America projectwill close I-75 from Springwells to Clark streets while crews begin work on the Michigan interchange for the Gordie Howe International Bridge Project. The project will require demolition on bridges at Springwells, Livernois and Clark.

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Work will start at 11 p.m. Friday;lanes will re-open by 5 a.m. on Monday, officials said.

The following bridges will remain open to winter 2020 before work commences: Green Street, Waterman Street, Dragoon Street, Junction Avenue and West Grand Boulevard, officials said.

Local traffic can to exit northbound I-75 at Springwells and enter northbound I-75 at Clark. Southbound I-75 traffic can exit at Clark and enter southbound I-75 at Springwells.

West Fisher Service Drives between Springwells and Clark, on both sides of the interstate, will remain open.

Traffic traveling toward Detroit from Toledo on I-75 will be directed to I-275 north to Interstate 96, then I-96 east to reconnect with northbound I-75.

Traffic traveling to Toledo from Auburn Hills on I-75 will be directed to take I-96 west to Interstate 275, then I-275 south in order to reconnect with southbound I-75.

Traffic exiting the Ambassador Bridge toll plaza and traveling to Toledo will be directed to take I-96 west to I-275 south in order to connect with southbound I-75.

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A time capsule will be uncovered underneath the Communications Center when the UI begins demolition in 2020.

The Communication Center is seen on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019. The Center is the former location of the UI School of Journalism and The Daily Iowan newsroom. The Board of Regents have voted to raze the building.

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The Communication Center is seen on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019. The Center is the former location of the UI School of Journalism and The Daily Iowan newsroom. The Board of Regents have voted to raze the building.

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The Communication Center is seen on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019. The Center is the former location of the UI School of Journalism and The Daily Iowan newsroom. The Board of Regents have voted to raze the building.

Demolition of the University of Iowa Communications Center, which is more than a half-century old, will uncover a time capsule placed beneath the buildings floorboards 33 years before the capsule was supposed to be retrieved.

Built in 1953, the Communications Center formerly housed both the journalism school and The Daily Iowan. The building is slated for demolition after graduation in spring 2020, said Wendy Moorehead, strategic communications manager of UI Facilities Management, and the crew will hand off the unopened capsule to the journalism school following its recovery.

Moorehead said that construction fencing will be implemented in January, asbestos abatement on the Communications Center will occur through March, and the actual demolition of the building will begin in May. The budget for the project is $970,000, she added.

Substantial completion will occur in early August, Moorehead said. Permanent restoration of the site into a greenspace with pedestrian plaza will occur under a separate project in 2021.

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The DI reported in 1953 that the time capsule was slated to contain manuscripts, equipment items such as film and tape, and the script of a movie.

Former UI journalism professor Edward Mason was quoted in a 1950s DI article stating that the time capsule aimed to present an interesting and meaningful picture of the mass-media world of 1953 for the communications profession of 2053.

Not only will it provide record of today, but it will also mirror our hopes and aspirations for the future, Mason said at the time.

Longtime former DI Publisher Bill Casey said that it was time for the aging building to be torn down.

It was a great location, but in the summer it was too hot, and in the winter it was too cold, Casey said. It leaked when it rained, but great work was done out of there through the hard work at The Daily Iowan.

The center was poorly built and had temporary walls, Casey said, so the DI was moved to the Adler Journalism Building following the buildings construction in 2005.

I remember conversation about the time capsule that existed underneath the Communications Center and what was possibly in it, Casey said. There are surely old copies of the DI, but Im not sure about what else.

UI history Associate Professor Nick Yablon published a book about time capsules and their importance.

Yablon said the time capsule wouldnt technically be called a time capsule at all because of its location.

Instead, Yablon said, the object would be called a cornerstone, which requires the demolition of a building to be retrieved, while a time capsule does not. Nevertheless, he said the terms are typically interchangeable and witnesses can learn similar things from both.

We might learn about how students viewed their own present and life as a student in that year. It might contain predictions about the future, Yablon said. It would be interesting to see where our society lies compared to their predictions.

Yablon said that people criticized the production of time capsules in the 50s, and many wondered why sane people spent time and money on the object without understanding the importance of it.

We can use the past to legitimize parts of history and use memories to see how people viewed their own contributions to history, Yablon said.

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Demolition expert S.B. Sarwate on Tuesday said that razing of the illegal flats at Maradu through controlled explosion would not have any significant impact on any structures in their vicinity.

Talking on controlled explosions at an event organised by the Institution of Engineers India, Kochi chapter, Mr. Sarwate, roped in by the government to help it pull down the structures that violated the CRZ rules, said that any normal structure would develop minor cracks after five years of construction. The character of soil in places like Kochi accelerates the process. He maintained that there was no need to link the cracks spotted at houses in the neighbourhood of the flats to the controlled explosion proposed for razing the towering apartment complexes to ground.

Mr. Sarwate, who holds a record in guiding over 250 demolitions through controlled explosions, said that from his experience, there was no need to harbour apprehensions about any danger from the proposed demolition at Maradu. The concerns raised by the residents in the neighbourhood had come to his notice, he said. But their fear is unfounded, he said.

The demolition, he argued, would be eco-friendly, as it would give rise to better atmosphere. It doesnt generate any chemicals. The concrete debris from the demolition can be removed and disposed of in about eight to 10 days, Mr. Sarwate said.

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A decision on whether to demolish Napier's civic building and library has been put off after doubts were raised about whether it was severely earthquake-prone as previously thought.

Napier's library. Photo: Google Maps

Both buildings have been empty since 2017 after an assessment found them to be earthquake prone and council staff have recommended demolishing both so the site could be sold or leased to a hotel company.

The 2017 Strata assessment found the civic building only met 10 percent of legal requirements for earthquake strength under the New Building Standards, while the library only met 15 percent.

However, former top EQC structural engineer Graeme Robinson told councillors this morning that his own assessment of the building in 2010 found it fully complied with earthquake standards.

"I assessed the main office building at not less than 100 percent of the New Building Standard for current earthquake design loadings, and I found that the council chambers had some structural limitations, so I recommended that it should be strengthened or demolished within 20 years."

The Strata report recommended the building be strengthened or demolished within 7.5 years, but it did not explain the level of "earthquake horizontal force" applied in its calculations, Mr Robinson said

"That is a fundamental issue I have with that Strata report. Without identifying the level of horizontal force that a new building of the same style would now be designed to resist, it is impossible to stats what percentage of that horizontal force would cause the building to collapse."

Strata appeared to have identified two columns that were expected to fail in an earthquake, despite rigid walls absorbing the bulk of the shocks, he said.

"And it is only after they have yielded and deflected sideways by significant distances that the flexible columns will be called upon to resist horizontal forces."

"The Strata assessment appears to reverse this sequence of structural failure," he said.

The Strata report also calculated that the building would collapse at a very low-level of shaking, yet it had survived four large earthquakes since it was constructed in 1968, Mr Robinson said.

Napier City Council's director of city strategy Richard Munneke told councillors the proposal to demolish the civic building was not around seismic strengthening, but that it was no longer fit for purpose.

"The civic building was prohibitively expensive to get up to modern building standards. It was decided we could sell the site for other purposes ... the demolition is one step in that process and no hotel to date has wanted anything to do with the current building in terms of building a hotel on that site," he said.

The council was in discussions with a hotel group to sell or lease the site, it confirmed.

However, in light of Graeme Robinson's report the council voted to delay its decision until the next council meeting on December 19.

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This years anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition comes after the historic SC verdict of Nov 9 that the disputed land would be given to the Hindu parties.

The Hyderabad city police have imposed Section 144 from Thursday to Saturday across the city. The move by the police comes a day ahead of the 27th anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition on December 6.

We have received information that certain groups are trying to create disturbances affecting public peace and order in the city, inciting communal animosity between different communities on December 6, the police said, in a statement to media.

Police have said that Section 144 will be in force from Thursday 6 pm to Friday 6 am.

The police have prohibited all kinds of processions, dharna, rally (including motorcycle rally) or public meetings during the period. Prohibition has also been placed on individuals or groups of individuals from making any speech, gesture or displaying pictures, symbols, placards, flags etc, which are likely to create religious animosity or hatred between different communities or individuals or is likely to cause disturbance to the public peace and order in the limits of the city, except those permitted by the police.

This years anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition comes after the historic November 9 verdict by the five-judge bench of the Supreme Court (SC) that gave a unanimous judgment in the Ayodhya case. The Supreme Court held that the disputed land would be given to the Hindu parties.

The SC also ordered alternate land measuring five acres for the Sunni Muslim Waqf Board. The verdict was given by a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, and comprised Justices SA Bobde, DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer.

The Centre has been tasked with the creation of a Board of Trustees for the construction of the temple at the disputed site. The trust has to be set up within three months from the verdict and the trust will take over the management of construction of the temple.

The disputed 2.77 acre land, which includes the inner and outer courtyards, will be handed over by the Centre to the trustees. The rest of the land will also be handed over to the trustees.

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The renovation of Geoff and Liz Caans house in Newton, Mass., has been a 16-year work in progress. Since the couple bought the 1920s Georgian-style brick house in the Chestnut Hill historic district in 2003, Ms. Caan, an interior designer who favors rooms bursting with statement-making color and pattern, has rarely rested.

Renovating and redecorating the rooms one by one, she has overhauled some spaces more than once to suit her changing tastes and the shifting dynamics of her family of five.

Its like a little laboratory for design ideas, said Ms. Caan, 51. I think your home should evolve with you.

When she and Mr. Caan, 50, a managing director at SLC Management, moved in, she decided to keep the kitchen cabinets, but added black-and-white striped wallpaper and painted the floor a vivid red-and-white diamond checkerboard.

A few years later, she replaced the venetian blinds with black shutters, swapped the nickel pulls and plumbing fixtures for brass ones, and repainted the floor with a pattern of interlocking hexagons in two shades of blue.

Last year, she repainted the floor again, in Farrow & Balls electric Yellowcake.

I loved it at first its very bright, she said, noting that her goal with the floor has always been to divert attention from the inexpensive cabinets that came with the house. Its funny, because people always love the kitchen, but its really kind of junky.

The family room has undergone such extensive changes that repeat visitors could be forgiven for thinking they were in the wrong house. When we first did it, it was light yellow, pink and green, Ms. Caan said. It was winter when I did it, and I was in this kind of Palm Beach-y mode like, Get me out of here so I made it look very tropical, light and summery.

That lasted five years. Then she threw everything out and started over, coating the walls in a deep emerald green and banishing the pink accents.

Then, two years ago, I just felt like I was more in a blue phase, she said, so she repainted the walls a high-gloss aqua and added cloud-patterned Fornasetti wallpaper to the ceiling.

And dont get her started on the living room.

Its had 500 different furniture arrangements I just keep playing with it, she said, to accommodate the furniture and accessories she acquires. Recent additions include a 19th-century English secretary that belonged to Mr. Caans mother (now used as a bar) and a taxidermy zebra mount from SafariWorks Decor.

Stuck indoors during a snowstorm last winter, she suddenly felt inspired to give the room a salon-style gallery wall. I decided to gather all the art that was lying around, she said. I just started to hang stuff and added little charms and things to fill in the spaces.

For Mr. Caan, the redesigns sometimes double as workouts. I do help with some of the heavier lifting, he said, literally, in terms of moving things around.

But he welcomes the changes. Prior to this house, we lived in different cities, in different apartments and houses, he said. With this, you get a whole change without moving, so its refreshing.

Of course, there were less glamorous improvements along the way. The Caans replaced the heating system, going from oil to natural gas. They finished the basement. They fixed drainage issues outside, and added a bluestone patio and fence. They replaced the gutters and built a new driveway.

Between the flurries of renovation, there have been a few moments of relative calm. I take breaks, Ms. Caan said, recalling the time in 2016 when she finished renovating the three bedrooms and two bathrooms the master suite and rooms for the couples daughter, Lilly, now 19, and younger son, Leo, 12 on the second floor of the three-story house.

I did the whole second floor at one time and then took a couple of years off, she said.

But like a dormant virus, the renovation bug always comes back. I wake up one day and Im like, Oh, that fireplace surround is awful, and I cant live with it for another day, she said. Then I make some phone calls, and its gone.

When their older son, Henry, 24, left for college, she wrapped the walls and ceiling of his third-floor room in black-and-white, gingham-patterned wallcovering to make it a more welcoming retreat for guests.

Over the years, the Caans have paid contractors a total of about $430,000, Ms. Caan said, estimating that they spent a similar amount on the decorating (and redecorating).

And theyre not done yet. For 2020, she has big plans.

The kitchen and the dining room will be changed, Ms. Caan said. Im going to open them up to become a larger kitchen-dining area.

And where there are now kitchen banquettes, she plans to add a powder room. She also intends to open up the back wall with big windows and doors.

Then it might be time to give the house another break. Weve been chipping away at it over the years, she said. Its getting there.

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Christmas is just around the corner, and every area of town is getting in the spirit. This roundup of local holiday happenings will help you find a way to get festive with your neighbors this holiday season.

DOWNTOWN CHATTANOOGA

Brew Lights 2019

Dec. 7, 7-10 p.m.

Most holiday events are focused on families, but sometimes kid-free festivities are a welcome break. The Chattanooga Zoo's second annual 21-and-up holiday event features animals and alcohol under the glow of colorful twinkling lights. Christmas carolers and DJ Santa will add to the already abundant holiday cheer. Buy tickets at chattzoo.org/events/zooevents.

MAINX24

Dec. 7, 6:30 a.m. until Dec. 8, 6 a.m.

The Southside's 12th annual 24-hour block party features something for everyone, from old favorites like the adult big wheel race and chili cook-off to new additions including an axe throwing competition and "what's under my kilt" game. The family-friendly day kicks off with a pancake breakfast followed by a parade down Main Street. Many events benefit local charities, and businesses get in on the action with open houses and sales. Visit facebook.com/mainx24 for more.

Chattanooga Ballet's "The Nutcracker"

Dec. 13 and 14 at 7:30 p.m., Dec. 14 and 15 at 2 p.m.

Chattanooga Ballet's 32nd annual production of this holiday classic returns to the Tivoli Theatre with four showings. This year's production features 200 local children, music from the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera, and fresh choreography from the company's new artistic director, Brian McSween. Ticket prices range from $18-$65 and are available at tivolichattanooga.com or by calling 757-5580.

LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN

Ruby Falls Christmas Underground

Dec. 5-8 and 12-23, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturdays and noon to 8 p.m. Sunday-Friday

Named a 2019 Top 20 Event by the Southeast Tourism Society, Christmas Underground transforms Ruby Falls into an interactive holiday wonderland. Visitors can meet Santa in the underground winter wonderland of swirling snow flurries and sparkling geodes, mine for "joystones" and stroll through a Sugar Plum Fairy Village and glittering ice cave. Tickets start at $16.95 for ages 3 and older and include a souvenir joystone. For more information call 821-2544, or visit rubyfalls.com/special-events/christmas-underground to buy tickets.

HIXSON

Hixson Community Christmas Tree Lighting

Dec. 7, 6 p.m.

Open to the entire community, this holiday event held at Clear Creek Church of Christ begins with a meet-and-greet opportunity to catch up with friends and meet new neighbors. A program follows at 6:30 p.m. featuring sounds of the season performed by the Hixson High School music department, and the festive evening concludes with the lighting of the tree at 7.

LAKESITE

Christmas Tree Lighting

Dec. 6, 6 p.m.

A longest popcorn string contest, ornament crafting, seasonal food and drink, and photo ops with a special guest are among the highlights of this third annual event co-hosted by the city of Lakesite and Covenant Church at Lakesite City Park.

NORTH CHATTANOOGA

Holiday Window Treasure Hunt on the North Shore

Through Jan. 5, 2020

Shop local for the chance to win a gift basket worth more than $1,000 by participating in the NorthShore Merchants Collective's fifth annual Holiday Window Treasure Hunt, which benefits the Northside Neighborhood House. To enter, pick up a game card from any of the 28 participating businesses and search for hidden gems in the holiday window displays while checking names off your shopping list.

RED BANK

Christmas Festival & Parade

Dec. 6, 3 p.m.

The city of Red Bank's annual holiday festival at Red Bank City Park on Redding Road features family activities, music, food, vendors and a visit from Ole St. Nick. A parade of floats sponsored by local businesses, organizations and groups begins at 6 p.m.

SIGNAL MOUNTAIN

Town Tree Lighting Festival

Dec. 7, 4-7 p.m.

The Mountain Arts Community Center in Signal Mountain is pulling out all the stops for the town's annual tree-lighting, which includes pictures with Santa, stories with Mrs. Claus, a holiday gift market, and free refreshments provided by Life Care Center of Red Bank. The MACC's newly reopened auditorium will showcase performances by Signal Mountain Middle/High School brass and strings, the Thrasher Kool Kids Chorus, the DuRoy Family Sing-a-long, Princess Ballet and a teaser by the cast of "Frozen, Jr." A short presentation will share the story of how soldiers during the first World War called an unofficial truce for the celebration of Christmas.

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Christmas events kick off this weekend in Chattanooga. Here's what to do no matter where you live. - Chattanooga Times Free Press

Peloton reduced the price of its digital-only memberships and launched on Amazon Fire TV and Apple Watch apps so members can access workouts outside of owning a Peloton bike.

The high-end exercise bike company announced the app additions on Wednesday. Peloton is also dropping its pricing for digital memberships from $19 to $13 a month, according to CNBC.

Peloton wants to be everywhere you are, from your wrist to your phone or tablet, or even to your TV, to make your workout experience even better, the blog post reads.

For Apple Watch users, the Peloton app will provide metrics like heart rate and pace and distance. You will also be able to see how much time remains on your Peloton workout.

The Amazon Fire TV integration will allow users to directly access the Peloton app onto their smart TV to take a variety of classes like strength, yoga, stretching, and more.

Digital Trends reached out to Peloton to find out if more app integrations will happen in the future such as for Android smartwatches or other smart TVs and well update this story once we hear back.

The digital membership is leaps and bounds cheaper than owning a Peloton bike, which starts at $2,245, plus an additional $39 a month to access 24-hour cycling classes. CNBC reports that the company is looking to move away from having its core user base as cyclers to cater to a broader fitness audience with more accessible price points.

While the company is known for its high-end luxury bikes and devoted fitness following, one of its holiday commercials has gone viral, and not necessarily for a good reason. Many people have called the 30-second clip sexist and that it has a distinct theme of the husband subtly telling his wife to lose weight. Peloton has since responded to the backlash of the ad, saying it was meant to celebrate that fitness and wellness journey.

Peloton has revolutionized exercise bikes and fitness tech, bringing all the tech of an in-class spinning experience into your living room. Its by and large the most expensive bike on the market, but with it, you get 24-hour access to studio cycling classes.

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