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Lendlease, Rubicon Technologies, Mycocycle, and Rockwood Sustainable Solutions applied mycology to roofing shingles in what is believed to be a first-of-its kind sustainability study, emphasizing the importance of recycling, reuse, and carbon reduction

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, October 06, 2022--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lendlease, Rubicon Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: RBT), Mycocycle, and Rockwood Sustainable Solutions, today announced the completion of a successfully partnered pilot involving used asphalt shingles, mushrooms, and mycoremediation technology to reduce construction and demolition waste in order to produce a sustainable and reusable product to further create a more circular economy.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, 11 to 13 million tons of asphalt shingles end up in landfills each year, where they take upwards of 300 years to break down. After seeing the large percentage of waste that was generated by used asphalt roofing shingles from a recent re-roofing project at their Fort Campbell Army installation in Kentucky, Lendlease, Rubicon, Mycocycle, and Rockwood Sustainable Solutions proposed a solution to reuse the material in a new capacity.

"Every asphalt shingle from those 214 homes would have gone to a landfill," said Sara Neff, Head of Sustainability at Lendlease Americas. "There was simply no viable use for them. We understand the importance of reducing our Scope 3 carbon by diverting waste streams from the landfill. After teaming up with Rubicon, Mycocycle, and Rockwood Sustainable Solutions, we came up with an innovative idea using mycoremediation technology; combining mushrooms and shingles to break down waste materials and create a new by-product that could ideally be reintroduced for reuse, furthering a circular economy."

Shingle samples were gathered and transported to Rockwood Sustainable Solutions facility in Lebanon, Tennessee where Mycocycle, an environmental remediation company that uses fungi to decarbonize waste streams, performed what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind pilot study, mixing the sample with three strains of fungi, a process called mycoremediation.

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"The successful completion of this pilot is a fantastic example of environmental innovation in action," said Nate Morris, Chairman and CEO of Rubicon. "Rubicons mission is to end waste, and it is innovations such as these that find second life circular solutions for hard-to-recycle materials. Partnerships, like this one between Rubicon, Lendlease, Mycocycle, and Rockwood Sustainable Solutions are possible when environmental innovation and the circular economy meet."

"Using mycoremediation to process waste so as to be further recycled and form part of the circular economy is its highest use," said Joanne Rodriguez, Founder and CEO of Mycocycle. "Our mycelium recycling pilots continue to see excellent results among a wide range of materials, and Im excited to see where our work, in partnership with Lendlease, Rubicon, and Rockwood Sustainable Solutions, takes us."

"This partnership has the potential to be a template for the future," continued Neff. "Of those 11 to 13 million tons of asphalt shingles dumped in landfills each year, only 5-10 percent are being recycled. Taking a product that is no longer viable and combining it with a natural renewable source that results in a new product is a phenomenal outcome that is both beneficial to the environment and bolsters the economy. We are proud of this pilot and our future partnerships with Rubicon, Rockwood Sustainable Solutions, and Mycocycle."

Alexandra Ewing of Lendlease, Chris Batterson of Rubicon, Lincoln Young of Rockwood Sustainable Solutions, and Joanne Rodriguez of Mycocycle will be hosting a session on the results of this project, titled "Forging a Truly Circular Economy for Toxic C&D Materials," at the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo on Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California.

Additionally, the team is looking to manufacturers across the building industry and encouraging them to continue to focus on the impact these new materials can have on reducing emissions while making our supply chain more sustainable.

About Lendlease

Lendlease (www.lendlease.com) is a leading global real estate and investment group with operations in Australia, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Our purpose is to create places where communities thrive. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, and listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, Lendlease has approximately 7,700 employees internationally. Our core capabilities are reflected in our operating segments of Development, Construction, and Investments. The combination of these three segments provides us with a sustainable competitive advantage and allows us to provide innovative integrated solutions for our customers.

About Rubicon

Rubicon Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: RBT) is a digital marketplace for waste and recycling, and provider of innovative software-based products for businesses and governments worldwide. Creating a new industry standard by using technology to drive environmental innovation, the company helps turn businesses into more sustainable enterprises, and neighborhoods into greener and smarter places to live and work. Rubicons mission is to end waste. It helps its partners find economic value in their waste streams and confidently execute on their sustainability goals. To learn more, visit http://www.Rubicon.com.

About Mycocycle

Mycocycle, Inc. (www.mycocycle.com) was founded in October 2018. It is a woman-owned, early stage cleantech company using mycoremediation to process toxins out of waste. Mycocycle was one-of-seventeen companies worldwide selected to The Circulars Accelerator in 2022 through the World Economic Forum and Accenture, was the winner of the 2021 1871 Momentum Awards as an Industry Disrupter and Chicago Innovation "Up and Comer" Award, recognized as a Finalist in FastCompany's "2021 World Changing Ideas" Awards issue, recognized as a Forbes "Next1000" Entrepreneur and Energy+Environment Top 100 Leader, selected as a Top 100 Global Deeptech Pioneer by Hello Tomorrow, and a 2020 Innovation selection in the EPA's Innovation and America Recycle's Fair.

About Rockwood Sustainable Solutions

Rockwood Sustainable Solutions (www.rockwoodrecycling.com) was founded in 2014. Rockwood began their operations in shingle recycling; collecting materials, processing, and utilizing the shingle in hot mix asphalt in Tennessee. As the company progressed, they continued to grow through recycling additional construction products including wood, tires, and drywall. Today, Rockwood is one of Tennessees largest construction recycling companies specializing in a variety of material recovery for various end markets.

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Oct. 5After sitting vacant for years, the former home of Marietta's Gone With the Wind Museum just off Marietta Square is getting a new lease on life.

Boxwood Social Hall, a multi-use event space, will be the latest tenant of the historic building and is expected to open this fall.

Lauren Ainsworth, the venue's proprietor, told the MDJ she recently moved from Atlanta to restore the structure. She hopes it'll be "something different than your typical venue space."

"We can host anything from a large wedding or dinner gala to small corporate meetings and seminars," she said. "We don't really want to pigeonhole ourselves as a wedding venue. There's so many of those around Marietta."

The property itself has sat vacant since 2018, when the museum moved to its current location in Brumby Hall on Powder Springs Street. Plans to open a restaurant with rooftop dining at the location never materialized. Property records indicate the building is owned by Murphy Thomas.

The 1880s-era building has a rich history, according to Amy Reed, head of the Marietta History Center. It was originally used as a cotton warehouse, becoming a newspaper office and printer for the Cobb County Times in 1918.

In the early 1980s, it had a brief stint as Gus Fletcher's Livery Stable, a bar and dance hall, before it housed Captain Billy's seafood joint in the 1990s, its last tenant before the museum moved in.

Ainsworth said she's worked to preserve the building's historic character while installing some needed updates.

"It's really beautiful. We've kept all the original brick, we still have the original hardwood flooring in. All we've done is put up some some drywall that can easily be taken down without damage," she said. "We're restoring the original rafters, and we did some work on the roof, all keeping to the original designs."

The opening date for the venue remains "a moving target," Ainsworth added, as it awaits its certificate of occupancy from the city, but she hopes to welcome Marietta with a grand opening party soon enough.

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**UPDATE: The house has been found! You can now see it as part of the Skeletour display in Downtown Kalamazoo**

It's something that happens every year in October...skeletons invade downtown Kalamazoo.

Skeletour, as it's called, brings themed skeletons to the downtown Kalamazoo area that are usually posed in front of businesses. They stay up throughout the month so people can see them, take pictures with them, and so on. Cheri's Chocol'art, for example, has an I Love Lucy-themed skeleton outside their store as an homage to that iconic chocolate factory scene from the show:

However, with the official kick-off of the Skeletour happening this Friday, October 7th, a piece of one of the displays has gone missing.

A small, haunted house meant to be used for the Jacqua Realtors' display has disappeared. This is what it looks like:

Via/ Downtown Kalamazoo

The 5ft house was taken from the area surrounding the 8thDistrict Courthouse. Now, it could have been taken by mistake since there was no skeleton set up next to it at the time. However, Downtown Kalamazoo is now asking locals to keep an eye out for it so it may be returned to Jaqua Realtors' display.

It was last seenin the back of a white pickup driving south on Westnedge around 2:15 pm. This was close to Whites Road. There's no reward being offered but, there's also no penalty for taking it. They just want it back.

If you happen to spot it around town, call269-388-2830, and someone will come and get it. Additionally, you can reach out to the Downtown Kalamazoo Facebook page here.

This isn't the first time a piece of the Skeletour display has gone missing. Last year, someone decided to steal the head off one of the skeletons:

The kickoff for Skeletour is happening this Friday, October 7th, as mentioned above. Find more information below:

Sorry, everyone else, Alan Perkins in Ohio just won Halloween with his giant, homemade skeleton that looks to be overtaking his home.

Muskegon House Listing Features Weird Skeleton Man in Every Photo

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Through all the seasons of 2021 and 2022, a group of talented painters has been capturing the beauty of Franklins public park system in watercolors, acrylics, and oils.

On November 11, The Chestnut Group and Friends of Franklin Parks will unveil the collection of works as part of Painting the Parks, a fundraising art show and sale to be held at the Eastern Flank Battlefield Park Event Center at 1368 Eastern Flank Circle in Franklin.

The Chestnut Group, a non-profit collective of artists who have been painting to preserve in Tennessee for more than two decades, paints the landscapes of middle Tennessee en plein air, or outside in the environment. They then sell their paintings to support efforts to protect and enhance these cherished lands. This year, they partnered with Friends of Franklin Parks to present an art show and sale beginning Friday, Nov. 11, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and continuing Saturday, Nov. 12, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 13 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Nearly half of the net proceeds will benefit Friends of Franklin Parks, and the remainder to support the artists and The Chestnut Group organization.

The mission of The Chestnut Group aligns perfectly with the efforts of Friends of Franklin Parks, as our members are passionate about protectng the natural and historical landscapes of Middle Tennessee, said Brenda Coldwell, who is co-chairing the PainXng the Parks event with Karen Philpo]. As plein air painters, we are dedicated to preserving public spaces and the 900 acres of parkland in Franklin, Tennessee, provide a spectacular range of subjects to capture.

Chestnut members have captured scenes and the seasons at several of Franklins most beloved parks, including Harlinsdale Farm, Fort Granger, Eastern Flank, Pinkerton, and more in preparation for the show, which will feature more than 100 works. Visitors can expect to see a variety of landscapes, historic structures, wildlife, and engaging natural scenes. Several paint-out events, where Chestnut Group members gather in a specific part of the park to paint, have been held since 2021 and throughout 2022, and the pieces will allow a]endees to see these moments captured through the artists eyes and talents.Friends of Franklin Parks ExecuXve Director Torrey Barnhill cites the long legacy of artists working in the parks, including at the historic Hayes House at Harlinsdale that is now set to undergo a full restoration.

Art is a central component of our plans at the Hayes House, and we are thrilled to have been selected as a beneficiary by The Chestnut Group, Barnhill said. Dollars raised from the PainXng the Parks event will be directed to a range of enhancements to public spaces, from the inclusive playground Ellie Gs Dream World to the restoration work at Harlinsdale and our efforts to continue expanding our trails and greenways.

The exhibit/art sale is free and open to the public, November 11-13, 2022, at the Eastern Flank Ba]lefield Park Event Center at 1368 Eastern Flank Circle in Franklin, with plenty of parking available. For more information, click here.

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ASandro Botticellipainting of the Virgin Mary that was once owned by the late Microsoft cofounderPaul Allenwill be auctioned by Christies this November. The house expects that it will fetch more than $40 million, making it one of the most expensive works from Allens estate to head to sale.

In late August, the auction house made waves when it announced plans to sell $1 billion in art held by Allen. Among the works headed to sale are pieces by Claude Monet, George Seurat, Jasper Johns, and Paul Czanne. The sale proceeds will go toward philanthropic causes Allen established prior to his death in 2018 at the age of 65.

This is an image that defines the popular notion of Botticelli as an artist, Christies London-based Old Masters specialist Andrew Fletcher toldARTnews, describing the painting as imposing and intimate.

Measuring at 24 inches in diameter, Botticelli produced the painting, titledMadonna of the Magnificat,in the late1480s, at a time when his studio was thriving. Experts at Christies believe the panel was most likely commissioned by a well-off patron who intended to display it in a private residence for devotional purposes. A similar example by the Italian painter belongs to the Uffizi Galleries in Florence.

The work has been in Allens private collection since 1999, when he acquired it privately for an undisclosed price.

Madonna of the Magnificathas been widely shown in museum exhibitions. It last appeared in the 2020 exhibition Flesh and Blood: Italian Masterpieces from at the Seattle Museum of Art. Before it entered his collection, the painting was shown at Londons National Gallery on long-term loan from 1960 to 1978.

When they resurface on the market, Botticelli paintings can generate large sums. In 2020,Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Roundelsold from the collection of the late Sheldon Solow at Sothebys for a record-setting $92 million. This past January, BotticellisMan of Sorrows(ca. 1500), a portrait of Christ wearing a crown of thorns, sold for $45.5 million.

IfMadonna of the Magnificatreaches its estimate, it will be among the top three works by the artist to sell at auction.

According to Fletcher, the amount of significant works by Botticelli still held privately are tiny in number.

The Botticelli will appear alongside pieces by Seurat and Van Gogh that are estimated to sell for more than $100 million.

The Allen sale, Fletcher remarked, is poised to be a significant one for the Old Masters market. Botticelli is rubbing shoulders with the titans of 19th-and 20th-century art, he said. Its putting him and his work in front of collectors who may not ordinarily have had their attention drawn in that direction.

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This Botticelli Painting, Once Owned by the Late Paul Allen, Could Fetch $40 Million at Auction - Robb Report

A painting of a Jamaican man that has been hidden away from public view for years has been identified as a work by Richmond Barth, a key figure within African American art history.

The painting, titled Seated Man in a Landscape, dates back to the 1950s, during a period when Barth was based in Jamaica. But art historians did not know that he was the author of the work because the attribution was incorrectly transcribed, according to the National Trust, the U.K. organization that announced the new research done on the painting.

The National Trust plans to put the piece on view at Belton House in Lincolnshire starting on Thursday. The paintings display is meant to coincide with Black History Month in the U.K.

Belton House, which owns the work, has never before put the piece on display. The National Trust said it did not know how the work had arrived at Belton House in the first place, although the organization speculated that it may have been acquired by Perry Brownlow, who lived from 1899 to 1978 and had a vacation home in Jamaica.

The late art historian Margaret Rose Vendryes, an expert in Barth, conducted the research on the painting in collaboration with Alice Rylance-Watson, an assistant curator at the National Trust. Together, they also identified the paintings sitter as Lucian Levers, a worker at Barths studio in St. Ann Parish.

We are delighted to be able to identify Lucian Levers as the sitter as it can be difficult to name black individuals who appear in historic portraits, chiefly because of a lack of documentation, Rylance-Watson said in a statement.

Barth is best known as a sculptor of images of Black men, whose bodies he rendered in exacting detail. These works achieved fame during the mid-20th century in the U.S., and he moved to Jamaica to escape the violence he encountered in New York and the attention being lavished upon him countrywide. He also spent time in Haiti, where he designed coins and built a monument to Toussaint Louverture in Port-au-Prince.

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It can be hard to remember a time before smartphones and in particular the model that started it all. Apple's iPhone, which has probably replaced your computer, music player, calculator and approximately a billion other devices, first launched in 2007. Or is that 1860?

A nineteenth century painting has resurfaced featuring what very much appears to be a woman holding an iPhone. And while that obviously isn't what we're looking at, it's fun to imagine, right? (Check out the best iPhone 14 deals if you want to look as contemporary as her.)

The Expected One" by Austrian painter Ferdinand Georg Waldmller is doing the rounds right now, with social media users going wild for the hilarious illusion. The lady in 162 year-old painting is displaying all the hallmarks of a modern day smartphone user: both hands clutching the device, presumably messaging a suitor, eyes down, oblivious to the beautiful landscape around her and to the slightly creepy guy brandishing a flower in the foreground. There even appears to be a faint glow emanating from the 'screen' this must be an OLED model.

But of course, she isn't holding a prehistoric iPhone. According to Vice (opens in new tab), the painting was spotted at Munich's Neue Pinakothek museum earlier this year. "What strikes me most is how much a change in technology has changed the interpretation of the painting, and in a way has leveraged its entire context, he said.

So what's she holding? A prayer book, of course. The girl in this Waldmller painting is not playing with her new iPhone X, but is off to church holding a little prayer book in her hands, Gerald Weinpolter, CEO of the art agencyaustrian-paintings.at, told Vice.

Still, it's not the first time we've seen iPhones pop up in unusual places. Last year, the internet went wild when a supposedly unreleased model appeared in an Apple TV series but just like the lady looking at Tinder her prayer book, all was not quite as it seemed there either.

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The ever popular window painting contest hosted by The Womans Club of Madisonville will hit the streets of downtown Madisonville beginning October 21.

According to Nadean Young, last years Chairwoman for the event, they are hoping to lock in at least 250 storefront windows in the downtown business district.

This event started a long time ago, then it quit, and now it started back up again this year, Young said. People really like this event. It is a fun contest and it brings some great artwork to Main Street to celebrate Halloween.

The Womans Club posted their pre-registration link and flyer about the event on Facebook Wednesday afternoon, and just eight hours later it was closed, as it it completely filled up.

Current Chair for the Arts & Culture Committee of the Womans Club of Madisonville, Sandra Betts, shared that they are excited for this years event.

I am humbled and honored to have been chosen to fill this position this year, Betts said. In 2015, the Womans Club of Madisonville resurrected the fall event known as the Downtown Window Painting. Many adults in Hopkins County that had enjoyed this traditional activity years earlier as children themselves were the most excited to see this event return to the community. The Womans Club felt that by bringing back this event it would allow the club a new opportunity to invest its time, energy, and money. Better still, this project would also help to promote arts in the community. Many of the club members remember helping judge these contests in the earlier years of 1981-1996.

The Womans Club of Madisonville began by partnering with Downtown Turnaround and the City of Madisonville. This year they have added the support of Hopkins County Tourism as sponsors.

In 2015 we registered 118 students in K-8 grade. With growing interest, in 2018 we broadened the contest to preschool through 12th grade. In 2021 we registered 360 children painting on 232 windows. The downtown business owners have been the best at allowing us the opportunity to hold this event. They are always will to participate by donating the use of their windows.

According to Betts, one excited business posted on Facebook enjoyed watching the artists paint on my window last year and I wonder who would be painting this year?

This family friendly event will begin with painting at 2 p.m. on Friday, October 21, and must be completed by noon on October 22. The Club and its sponsors will provide a bucket with six colors of paint, a couple of brushes and dry erase marker. The guidelines will provide information on other items you might need to complete your drawing.

This is a service project for The Womans Club and we are proud to have such a great event that the community really enjoys, Young said.

Judging criteria and all other information and instructions can be found on The Womans Club of Madisonvilles Facebook Page. Online registration is closed, as 200 windows have already been preregistered for, however, be sure to check back online for more details to come.

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TCU is sending out invitations of sorts to the world to join in celebrating its landmark birthday in 2023.

Rather than stock, the university is using paint.

As part of the lead-up to TCUs 150thanniversary, the school is highlighting notable Horned Frog leaders who found their inspiration at TCU with a series of murals, hand painted in cities across America.

The larger-than-life artistic portraits will appear in select U.S. cities to recognize outstanding individuals who represent the power of TCUs alumnileading onin extraordinary ways in their chosen fields.

The first mural in the series was unveiled in New York City this week and features alumnusJohn Devereaux, currently touring with Hamilton.

John is amazing, and he represents what we believe is the power of all Horned Frogs: We find our passion and pursue it, says TCU Chancellor Victor J. Boschini Jr. in a statement. In corporations, in classrooms, in operating rooms and even on stages, youll find Horned Frogs leading on.

The mural series is part of TCUs new national brand campaign supporting its 150thanniversary theme Lead On: Celebrating 150 Years of TCU.

New commercialsfeaturing TCU students, faculty and staff are also debuting to promote its academic and campus experience. Streetlamp banners convey the powerful then and now connection between TCU leaders from yesterday and today with descriptors like Boldly, Compassionately and Authentically. Anaccompanying photo essaygoes deeper, telling the story of everyone represented on the banners.

Devereaux credits multiple experiences and people at TCU that prompted him to pursue a career in the performing arts. He says his life would have been different without the culture of connection at TCU and the support and encouragement from professors and classmates.

I am so grateful to everyone at TCU for nurturing and expanding my gifts, says Devereaux. It is so meaningful to be celebrated like this and to know that I am viewed as a leader in my community. I truly believe that the stage is a platform for joy. I stand on the shoulders of those who came before me, and I pray that my shoulders will be strong to hold those who will stand on mine.

The mural featuring Devereaux is 15 feet wide and 32 feet high. It is located on25thStreet between 6thand 7thAvenuesin Manhattan. The bold mural, painted in TCUs signature school purple, is accented with the sesquicentennial year creative featuring a prismatic purple sunrise gradient, and features a photo-realistic portrait of Devereaux and playful lettering featuring his inspiring quote: The stage is a platform for joy.

Last month, TCU students and administration used an opportunity to ring the final bell on Wall Street to promote its anniversary and mission.

The second mural location will be unveiled in Los Angeles in February and feature alumKatherine Beattie, a producer/writer forNCISand, as an adaptive sports athlete,the first woman to land a backflip using a wheelchair.

Other mural subjects and locations will be announced soon, with the final mural debuting in Fort Worth in fall 2023.

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