Postado por Edson Fabrício
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This time last year, the Kiwanis Park on Credle Street in Pittsboro was a fenced-in area with swings and other standard play equipment. The area without equipment was a steeply sloping grassy hill.

But the park has been transformed into a playscape of natural delights.

Pittsboro’s parks planner, Paul Horne, oversaw the creation of a natural playground full of flowers, shrubs and trees, and play areas made from natural materials such as stone and wood.

via Natural playscapes for beauty and fun – Home/Garden – NewsObserver.com.

Minnesota Internet Traffic Studies (MINTS) Nov 17, 2009 update says wireline Internet traffic growth is about 40-50% per year, down from its previous pace of 50-60% per year.

There is some info on wireless data traffic growing 100% per year. This is based on comments from Verizon, Cisco, and Chetan Sharma

Tues, Nov 20 Mop, hang clothes, &ct. Not feeling extra well.

THE CHURCH ON THE CORNER

It stands a silent monument
Of long and changing years,
Of love and service freely given,
Of faith and hopes and fears.
Its fittings, acquired one by one
With loving sacrifice
Of dear ones passed beyond our ken,
Were priceless in our eyes.

Tread softly lest the silent walls
Cry out in stark amaze;
They have echoes to the preacher’s voice
On countless Sabbath days;
They have looked on reverent lifted eyes,
Rapt faces gathered there,
Have caught the whisper of burdened souls,
The still sweet peace of prayer.

When Sabbath bells are tolling
No organ peal will swell,
No hymns of praise, no voice of prayer
Redemption’s story tell.
The silent room stands waiting . . .
Its windows light once more,
When rainbow tinted sunlight falls
Upon a dust strewn floor.

What lingers in its hushed precincts?
Tread softly, children dear . . .
We know they never can return
Who once have worshipped here.
But is there not a Presence left,
A sacredness in the air,
That breathes a benediction like
The still sweet peace of prayer!

Here is a transcript of a newspaper article published in November, 1919, before the church closed:

WOMEN’S LEAGUE
New Society Made Up Of Baptist Church Ladies

At a meeting of the ladies of the Baptist church on Wednesday afternoon, held at the home of Mrs. William A. Dalrymple, a society, known as the Women’s League of the Baptist church was organized, and officers elected as follows: President, Mrs. Ella W. Fisher; vice-president, Mrs. William L. Cotey; secretary, Mrs. Karl Field; treasurer, Mrs. W. A. Dalrymple. the object of the league is the promotion of general good fellowship, mission work, both home and foreign, and to give financial aid to the church. The meetings will be held monthly at the home of the members, and a missionary program will be arranged for each meeting. All ladies of the church and congregation are invited to attend the meetings. (Nov. 19, 1919)

(The church Ella belonged to closed because the congregation could not afford to keep it up. The building burned down shortly before she died. The “History of the Vergennes Baptist Church” that she wrote is now in the Research Center at the Henry Sheldon Museum.)

Interview with Paul Morris, FASLA

You've been active in the Center for Disease Control's Healthy Communities program. Please explain what the program is, and the role you've been playing.

It’s an evolving program at this point. It’s mostly through the Environmental Health Division, and they’re looking at ways to contribute to the efforts around the country focused on creating healthier living environments. In particular, they’re focused on the design of communities. The CDC assembled a group of 15 or 20 people recently in Atlanta for the purposes of evaluating the approach and methodology that they might use in creating, potentially, a new center around healthy community design. I was asked to participate as a representative from the ASLA. They had representatives from a variety of other professional associations, non-profits, governmental entities involved.

via American Society of Landscape Architects – Content Details.

Don’t know how to name them.  My friend gave me an idea for this.  She has a notebook where she writes down stuff and paste pictures in it. I used to do it too, but I would just paste the pictures as I didn’t have anything smart to say…

I had a lot of paper clips, whole pages from god-knows-where, some of my print and drawings, just hanging around drawers as they were about to be used for collages, but most of the stuff seemed useless (hm… and some things that had to be sacrificed for the sake of art),  but I turned that into little sweet keep-them-beside-my-bed books…

From books No.1 and No.3

Note to self:  get a cutter, scissors suck!

San Mateo Daily Journal, Four months, Unpaid, Four to eight internship slots
Sender’s Name: Jon Mays (jon@smdailyjournal.com / 650-344-5200)

RESPONSIBILITIES:

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Newspaper experience, preferably at least one year at the college level. We prefer candidates from the Bay Area. Access to a reliableform of transportation is required.

Comments:
To apply, please send a cover letter describing your interest in newspapers, a resume and three recent clips or photos. Before you apply, you should familiarize yourself with our publication. Our Web site is www.smdailyjournal.com. Send your information via e-mail to Editor Jon Mays at jon@smdailyjournal.com or by regular mail at 800 S. Claremont St., Ste. 210, San Mateo 94402.

Recently picked one of these up at the local Sonic. If they have Sonic where you live, I definitely recommend it! If not, you can always mix your own. DElicious!

Osservatorio Finanziario ranked our PayPal pre-paid card the 3^rd best pre-paid card of the year within a month from launch. Great job team!

Ecco le migliori carte del 2009. La settima edizione del Rapporto Prepagate, che prende in considerazione 33 prodotti, ha premiato “Conto Tascabile” di CheBanca!, seguita da SuperFlash di Intesa Sanpaolo a pari merito con Lottomaticard. Terza posizione per la nuova Paypal card. Il 2009 è un grande anno per le carte, lanciate verso l’e-commerce e i pagamenti dal cellulare.

More Italians words here…  http://www.osservatoriofinanziario.com/of/newslarge.asp?id=718

Feel free to leave your comments and kudos to IT team below

7 SENYALES NA DARATING NA ANG ATING PANGINOON (Gwen Avelino Salamid)

Ang huling paghuhukom ay darating na.

Ang makasalanan ay makakaranas ng walang hanggang kapighatian. Ang paghihiganti ng panginoon ay bubuhos sa lahat ng mga makasalanan. Pero ang pagpapala sa mga buhay na patuloy na nagtitiwala at sumasamba sa Kanya ay patuloy na pagpapalain.

Narito ang pitong senyales na maaaring pagbatayan na ang Panginoon ayon kay Edgar Cayce, ang “Sleeping Prophet”:

1. ANG MAGANDANG BALITA AY ITURO

>Ang Kristianismo ay magkakroon ng komprontasyon sa ibang pananampalataya at magwawagi ang Kritianismo. Ang sangkatauhan ay mamumulat sa nilalamanng bagong testament. Sulat ni Apostol Pablo sa Efeso Cap. 4:26 hanggang 32

ANG PANINIWALA AY MAGIGING LABAN NG BUHAY AT KAMATAYAN

>Dahil sa pagnanais na malaman ng lahat ang magandang balita ng Panginoon, maraming Kristiano ang mamamatay. 1 Corinto 1:18

KRISIS SA JERUSALEM

>Maglalaban ang bansang Israel at Palestinya sa bansang itinuturing na banal dahil sa usaping relihiyon

PAGLAPASANGAN AT PAGKASUKLAM

>Ang kasulatan na magpapatunay sa mg hula naa nilalaman ng banal na Bibliya ay nagsasaad na may isang makapangyarihang taoo na magmumula sa ibang bansa ang sasakop at mamuumuno sa bansang Israel at sasambahin sa templo ng Jerusalem. Gal. 6:1, I Cor. 2:4-5

MGA PROBLEMA AY BUBUHOS SA SANGKATAUHAN

>Dito ay tinutukoy ni Cayce, ang isinasaad sa Bibliya. Partikular na tinukoy ni Cayce ang iba’t ibang kalamidad na susubok kung hanggang saan ang tiwala ng sangkatauhan sa Panginoon

ANG PITONG HULING SALOT

>Hindi man sinasabing ang lahat ng huling pitong salot ang mangyayari, sinasabi namang magkakaroon ng nakakatakot na pangyayari. Ito ang susubok sa mga taong talikuran ang Panginoon at maniniwala sa kanilang sariling kapangyarihan. Ang salot na ito ay siyang magiging daan upang ang lahat ng tao ay magiging makapagpakumbaba. Roma 8:7-10

SENYALES SA KALINGITAN

>Bago ang pagbabalik ng Panginoon, ang kasulatan ay nagsasabing ang kalawakan ay sasabog katulad ng isang paputok. Dito lalabas ang Panginoon at asahan ang matagal nang hinihintay ng sangkatauhan. Ang pumagitna sa langit upang kabutihan ang manaig. Gawa 3:19 at Judas 1:14

Nangangalaap na raw g pruweba ang kampo ni dating pangulong Estrada upang agawin ang gobyerno kay Pangulong GMA.

Sinusuyod saw nila ang mga squatter area at inaalok ng pera ang mahihirap nating kabbayan upang sumama. Kaya naman mahigpit na binabntayan ang EDSA Shrine at ilan pang lugar sa Makati Citu kung saan magtitipon tipon umano ang grupo.

Kunsabgay sa kapal dawn g ‘grasya’ na nalikom umano ni Erap noong paanaahon ng kanyang panunungkulan at pamaamayaagpaag, kayang-kaaya raw niyang mamili ng mga taong susuporta sa kanya.

Ang pagpaapalayas laamang kay GMA sa trono ang kanyang huling braha upang maakaligtas sa mgaakasong kanyang kinakaharap.

Pero paano kung manalo si Ate Glo sa susunod na halalan? Samantalang ang inaasahan naman ni Erap na kanyang tagasalba(kung magwawagi) na si FPJ, ay away pa ring tumakbo hanggang sa kasalukuyan. Ito naming si Lacson, nagsisimula pa lamang  ang mga ‘pakulo’ laban kay FG Arroyo, ay pumlpak na agad.

Sino na nga lang kaya ang makapagliligtas pa kay Erap sa kalaboso?

Katarungan ng Diyos ang higit na mataas kysa sa Kataas-taasang Hukuman—at ditto kami umaasa ng patas na desisyon.

Ito ang madramang sinabi kahapon ng abogado ni dating Pangulong Joseph Estrada na si Atty. Allan Paguia kaugnay ng motion for reconsideration na nihain nila sa Sandigan bayan Special Division na humihiling na mataas pa umanong korte kaysa dito, at ito  ang hukuman ng Diyos.

Sinabi ng abogado ng ipagdarasal na lamang nila kung anuman ang kauuwian ng mga kaso ni dating Pangulong Estrada dahil kahit sa Konstitusyon, binabanggit ang pangalan ng “Almighty God”

“Sa konstitusyon po ay mayroong Almighty God at ditto na lang po kami hihingi ng tulong. Naniniwala kami sa Milagros, wika ni Paguia.

Ayon pa ay Paguia, tatanggapin na lamang nila kung hindi sila muling pagbibigyan ng Special Division sa kanilang mosyon.

Sinabi naman ni Presiding Justice Minita Chico Nazario ayaw nilang magmukhang katawa tawa sa harap ng taumbayan kung susunod sila sa kagustuhan ng kmpo ni Pangulong Estrada.

“Ano kami, gago?” tugon ni Nazario kay Paguia hinggil sa kagustuhan nitong magpalabas ng ruling ang korte kaugnay sa sinasabing maling desisyon ng Korte Suprema na kumikilala sa kapangyarihan ni Pangulong Arroyo.

Idinagdag naman ni Chief Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa Ignacio na isang propaganda lamang ang ginawa ni Paguia para palakasin ang mga kandidato ng oposisyon para sa presidential election sa 2004

Exerpt from “BULGAR Pub” by Lourdes Salvador-Abernales

WANTED: TAGASALBA NI ERAP!

Isinalba ng Presidential Fact-Finsing Commission si PNP Chief Hermogenes Ebdane sa pagkakatakas ng Indoseian terrorist na si Fathu Kohman Al-Ghozi.

Si Al-Ghozi at dalawa pang Abu Sayaff na sina Abdulkin Edris at  Omar Opik Lasal ay tumakas sa kanilang kulungan sa Camp Crame noong nakaraang Hulyo.

Ayon sa commission, sa pamumuno ni dating Justice Sec. Sedfrey Ordoñez, wala silang nakitang ebidensya na magpapatunay  na pinatakas nga ang tatlo. “incompetence” umano at depektibong pintuan ng kulungan ang dahilan ng pagkakatakas at wala ni isa sa mga opisyal ng PNP ang pangyayaring ito.

Samantala, pito sa mga pulis, apat ditto ay opisyal, ang inirekomenda ng commission sa kasalukuyan dahil sa kanilang katangahan at kapabayaan. Ito angnaginf resulta ng mahigit isang buwang pagimbestiga sa pangyayaring ito.

Dave W sent me this link to a gallery of Steve Jobs photo’s over at Fortune mag. It brings back a lot of memories for me as a Mac User. My first experience with Jobs and Mac was back in high-school where I learned to program in basic on the Apple II.

Here’s the transcript of a clipping from a scrapbook Ella Fisher compiled. It’s from the first anniversary of the Armistice.

VERGENNES ROLL OF HONOR
Memorial Tablet Unveiled on Armistice Day
Services In Bixby Memorial Free Library Largely Attended–Lieut. Gov. Stone Orator Of the Day–Poems By Mrs. Ella Warner Fisher

Tuesday, November 11, the first anniversary of the signing of the armistice and the ending of the World war, was fittingly observed in Vergennes, the day being made memorable by the ceremonies in connection with the unveiling of the tablet erected in the memory and bearing the names of the 115 young men who were in the service at some time during the war. The day was far from ideal, rain in the morning being followed by cloudy weather and a cold wind.
The formal exercises of the day were held in the rotunda of the Bixby Memorial Free library, on account of the threatening weather outside. The library was specially arranged and appropriately decorated for the occasion, every detail of the program being carried out in a creditable manner. . . .
Mrs. W. A. Dalrymple, for the committee of the D. A. R., presided at the exercises in an able and pleasing manner. Mrs. Ella Warner Fisher read a poem especially written for the occasion entitled “Our Sons,” which appears in full on page 2 of this issue. .
The design of the honor roll is plain but exceedingly artistic and appropriate in every detail. Seth Warner chapter, D.A.R., have demonstrated in a most definite manner their ability to care for the commemoration of notable historical events, and have good and sufficient reason to point to the result of the laudable efforts with a large degree of pride. The selection of a site for the tablet is considered a particularly happy one.
To Seth Warner chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution is due the principal credit for the success of the day’s program. It is true they received valuable assistance from the board of aldermen, the trustees of Bixby Memorial library, and other prominent citizens who interested themselves in the project as a matter of patriotic pride and desire to have due honor rendered to the veterans of the war who went from Vergennes and vicinity to fight for Democracy.

OUR SONS

Our fathers blazed a trail
In the wilderness
Such as we,
In the comfort of our homes,
Cannot conceive.
The path which they paved
Has lengthened its girth
To that civilization
Which has made America
The greatest nation on the earth.

It is our privilege
As Daughters of the American Revolution,
To perpetuate their memory;
To twine their names with Everlasting.
Their courage in hardship,
In peril and death,
We would tell it in words
That flame with the breath.

Their guns are silent,
Their forms are still,
But their lives live on
All time to thrill.

It has become our privilege
To honor the names of our sons;
They were accustomed to the ways of peace,
They imbibed it in homes and churches
And its restfulness
Made them good citizens.
With the pure air
And grand out-doors of God’s country,
They also imbibed
And undying patriotism,
A love of liberty
And its glorious emblem,
The beautiful star spangled banner.

Nobly the answered the country’s call;
It came from the war worn,
The despairing across the sea,
From the trenches
And the red desert of “no man’s land,”
It came from the gurgle
Of hungry waters
Where brave ships were drowning,
It came from the east and the west
While the foes of the Nation
Plotted ruin and waste,
Even its homes,
By the prowling of spies
Were in jeopardy placed.

Bravely they marched away
But oh, the heartache they left,
The homes with an empty chair,
A coat and a cap on the wall,
A vacant place at the table;
Even the streets and the highways
Were altars of prayer,
And the hush of dread and expectancy
Hung like a cloud
On the troubled air.

It is through the mercy of God
So man of them are here today;
They gave themselves
And we are here to honor them
with infinite care and skill
Their names have been cast in bronze,
Lest we forget.
As we look into their faces
Our hearts are filled with thanksgiving;
They have been returned to us
instead of empty aching hearts
And the memory of a white cross,
Somewhere in France.

The guns are silent,
The slain are still,
But their lives live on
All time to thrill.

The co-partnership of our sister town,
The interest and enthusiasm,
The aid our friends and townspeople
Have so generously given
Are things to be remembered.
Together we have wrought
During the cycles of the past year.
Side by side we have thought,
Looking forward to the is day,
And our harts have grown warm
With the glow of friendliness.

Our thought wanders
Down the vista of the future
When the names on this Honor Roll
Will be scanned by unfamiliar eyes;
When reverent lip[s will speak them
As a holy memory,
And reverent hearts will keep them,
A monument for all time.

Hi Dave, 

Thought others would like to know about this… I have been at State for a few years now and always wondered what this was at the library. Has a little significance to LAR – apparently one of Raleigh’s first art installations.

http://thecolorwall.org/

Best,

LA

via The Color Wall – Restoring NC State University’s kinetic light sculpture in D.H. Hill Library.

The Color Wall

Restoring NC State University’s kinetic light sculpture in D.H. Hill Library

 The Color Wall has intrigued and bedazzled passersby on Hillsborough St. for more than three decades. But, after years of on again, off again repair, the wall of color and light has gone dark. Our challenge now is to raise funds for the permanent restoration of this unique and dynamic work of public art. You can learn about Color Wall, it’s proposed restoration, and its creator, Joe Cox, in the informational segments posted here.

Complete the online donation form, selecting “Library Art Preservation Fund” from the drop down menu under “In Support of an existing endowment or fund:” section.

Under the “Comments” section, please note that the gift is designated for the “Joe Cox Color Wall”.

Please visit us again. TheColorWall.org will keep you up to date on the progress on the restoration campaign and will provide additional information on the Color Wall in future posts.

Thank you for your support!About The Color Wall

Color Wall is an exuberant symphony in light. Vertical patterns of vibrant color slowly and methodically undulate, everchanging, across a white background divided by slender black metal vanes. The 12′ x 36′ mural overlooks Hillsborough St., projecting from behind a glass wall on the first floor of the D.H. Hill Library book tower.

The Color Wall Restoration Fund site is managed by the contributors of Goodnight, Raleigh! and is not affiliated with NC State University.

O estudo mostra, ainda, que as pessoas que praticam esporte ou possuem uma religião tem índices até 87% menores de esgotamento e sofrimento mental. “Elas acreditam que mesmo na adversidade ainda possuem ‘alguém ou algo’ para se apoiar, e mostram maior grau de resiliência”, avalia.

 Fonte: Canal Executivo (www.uol.com.br/canalexecutivo).

Jessica Helfand

Open Letter to Design Students Everywhere

My freedom thus consists in my moving about within the narrow frame that I have assigned to myself for each one of my undertakings. I shall go even further: my freedom will be so much the greater and more meaningful the more narrowly I limit my field of action and the more I surround myself with obstacles. Whatever diminishes constraint diminishes strength. The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees oneself of the claims that shackle the spirit. —Igor Stravinsky, The Poetics of Music

June, which so famously heralds the beginning of summer, also marks the conclusion of the academic year — and with it, calls and emails from students trying to make sense of what to do, where to go, how to reconcile the various components of their education that lead to greater self-knowledge, better work, more challenges, and maybe, just maybe, an eventual opportunity to begin paying back those student loans.

And so, they come to see me. I look, carefully. I listen, hard, to see what, if anything, I have to offer them. I am aware, extremely aware, of the generational gap that divides us (perhaps one of the few benefits of my getting older) and I try to remain vigilant about that distance in time and space, resisting any comparison from their orbit to my own, now comparatively antidilluvian education. And yet they are — like I was, and all students are — overwhelmed by the embarassment of riches framed by the astounding prospect of two to three years of uninterrupted study, a period culminating, for many, in the development of a thesis.

While the definition of a thesis varies from school to school, one thing remains startlingly undisputed: how can you possibly narrow your focus when the world is truly your oyster?

more at Open Letter to Design Students Everywhere: Observatory: Design Observer.

Here are the most essential Mozilla Firefox extensions I've come across thus-far:

AdBlock Plus (*NOTE* I highly recommend that you install the EasyPrivacy filter subscription for this.)

AdBlock Plus: Element Hiding Helper (*NOTE* I don't understand why this feature does not come with AdBlock Plus by default – it is nearly as good as AdBlock Plus, and is developed by the same developer.)

Clippings

Greasemonkey

Hide Menubar (*NOTE* This extension will soon be obsolete since the current beta version of Mozilla Firefox has native support for hiding the menubar.)

Image Zoom

Inline Google Definitions

Is.GD Creator (*NOTE* I just recently discovered this; highly recommended.)

Nightly Tester Tools (*NOTE* Nightly tester tools is only recommended if you enjoy using nightly/beta builds of Firefox.)

NoScript (*NOTE* This extension is overkill for some users, but for many, it is considered as being an essential add-on.)

Rotate Image

Screengrab

Site Launcher

There you go. That is my list of the most essential Mozilla Firefox extensions I've come across thus-far.

Each of the add-ons I listed are hot-linked to their respective download page at addons.mozilla.org. Simply click on the add-on name to read the full description and reviews; this will ultimately help you decide whether you want to install a particular extension or not.

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Everybody’s got a great idea and a good many of us are drawn to landscape architecture because of the opportunity to fix problems that evolved from development patterns over the last century.  But  there are titanic forces aligned to keep those patterns repeating and with little tolerance for new ideas.   But not in Detroit. According to this article, America’s tail pipe is so unencumbered by bureaucracy it has become a dreamscape for urban farmer’s and the like…

“…the incapacity of the government is actually an advantage in many cases. There’s not much chance a strong city government could really turn the place around, but it could stop the grass roots revival in its tracks.”

via Detroit: Urban Laboratory and the New American Frontier.

Seeking a bright, energetic, well organized, detail-oriented media intern to assist a team of 4.

Responsibilities would include answering phones, filing, invoice reconciliation, running research reports, populating online tracking reports, requesting media information, preparing POVs, issuing insertion orders and media authorizations, pulling screenshots for online presentations and assisting with planning needs.  Excellent match skills a must.

Contact:

Sherry Bennett

650-222-9630

sherry@sbmediaservs.com

There are a lot of sculptural light concepts around the studio this semester.  Here is one from Seoul that merges light sculpture and streaming air quality data in a public space.  plus they show you how to build it

LIVING LIGHT life@thelivingnewyork.com Living Light is a building facade of the future that displays air quality and public interest in the environment. It is a permanent outdoor pavilion in Peace Park, across from World Cup Stadium in Seoul, Korea.

via Living Light.