Posted: Sunday, October 27, 2013 9:30 pm

Symposium to continue exploring technology use

By Samantha McDaniel/Associate News Editor

The Daily Eastern News

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A symposium with a number of remaining sessions will explore technology, its history and its use in modern society.

The Revolutions in Science and Technology Paradigms has a series of upcoming session, running until Nov. 7, that will showcase effects of technology, people who had a major influence on technological development and current implementations of new technology.

Wafeek Wahby, a professor in the School of Technology and one of the symposium coordinators, said technology has such an impact on peoples’ lives and it is important to understand the extent of its impact.

“Classes are different. The part of having teachers stand in front of student is changed by the Internet,” Wahby said. “You name it, any communication is different.”

Wahby said one of the goals of the symposium is to bring the campus and Charleston community together to discuss the effects of technology.

The events will take place over the next two week and the schedule of events is available on the Eastern website.

Booklets about the symposium are also available.

The next session is at 10 a.m. Monday in Room 4440 of Booth Library. The session, titled “A Concrete Advantage: Production of Portland Cement” will discuss how new cement changed landscaping.

The following session at 11 a.m. Monday in Room 2153 of the Physical Sciences Building will feature information about Sir Isaac Newton, an influence on science.

Other studies will talk about female inventors, technology and health and the Internet.

The closing session will take place at 10 a.m. Nov. 13 in the Charleston-Mattoon Room in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

The session “An Inspiring Look at New Fundamental of Technologies and How to Use Them in Your Future Career,” will focus on how the world uses technology and how it will continue to change to fit the needs of the global community.

The idea behind this symposium came from the idea that communication has changed because of technology.

This year’s symposium was supposed to be on ancient Rome, following the ancient Egypt and ancient Greece symposiums the last two years, but a technology-themed symposium was decided on instead.

Wahby said student should come to the symposium because they will be the ones affecting future technology.

“Look at these guys who did Facebook, Myspace and other social sites, mostly they were young,” Wahby said. “It is interesting to see how young people spark ideas that really influence the world.”

Samantha McDaniel can be reached at 581-2812 or slmcdaniel@eiu.edu.

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When Boy Scouts build a footbridge or something similar for an Eagle Scout project, concrete is often the foundation.

Paul Brunetti tackled a construction project that started with a different type of base — his Catholic faith.

Paul, a junior at Millard North High School, built a rosary garden at St. Philip Neri Catholic Church, a project that helped him earn his Eagle Scout Award during a ceremony Oct. 20. His brother, Phillip, received his Eagle award during the same ceremony.

Even as a young boy, Paul displayed a strong faith and a love of reciting the rosary, a form of repetitive prayer and meditation used by Catholics. The beads of the rosary are separated into five decades or sections, each representing a mystery or event in the life of Jesus. The Hail Mary is the rosary’s central prayer.

Paul’s mother, Beth Brunetti, said that ever since he made his First Communion in second grade, Paul loved saying the rosary. He’d come up to her and ask that they say it together.

“It gives me strength,’’ Paul said.

Paul, a member of Troop 408 at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, got the idea for the project two years ago when he was at Harold’s Koffee House with his mom. They ran into friends who are members of St. Philip Neri, and his mom asked them if they had any ideas for an Eagle project.

One of the friends suggested a rosary garden at the church, 8200 N. 30th St. There was already a grassy area on the south side of the church with a statue of the Virgin Mary.

Paul thought it was a great idea. He brought up the idea to the priest at Philip Neri, and then to the parish council. The parish agreed that it would be a nice addition to the church grounds.

Paul has family ties to Philip Neri and the neighborhood. His mom grew up in the parish, and his grandfather founded the nearby Harold’s Koffee House. Paul works there, and relatives own it.

The rosary garden features flat, round granite stones representing each bead of the rosary. The stones encircle the Virgin Mary statue, with some of the stones leading to it. Two benches are set in a mulched area near the statue, and the garden is filled with geraniums and other colorful flowers.

The garden was completed last fall, and the flowers were planted this spring.

Paul raised money for materials by making the granite stones memorials. Parish families donated money so each stone could be engraved with either a blessing or the name of a relative.

About 300 total hours of work went into building the garden, including Paul’s time and help from volunteers. Paul said he received lots of help from his family, fellow Scouts and members of Philip Neri, including a man who owns a landscaping business.

Paul said what’s most satisfying about the project is hearing from people who visit the garden, say the rosary and draw strength from it.

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Get to know: Paul Brunetti

Age: 17

Hometown: Omaha

Education: Junior at Millard North

School Activities: Cross-country, wrestling and Latin Club

Family: Parents Beth and Mark, and brothers Phillip and Anthony.

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The local food movement is big here in Asheville. Buying locally grown food each week is a great way to invest in the community, and a positive routine for your family’s health. As a small farm that directly supplies food almost exclusively to our locals, we can attest to all of the wonderful love and support we get back from the community each week at our markets. We’ve been farming in Asheville for eight years now and have developed quite the customer base. We have made lots of amazing connections along the way.

But this year, we are ending the season at a crossroads. The leases on both parcels that we’ve been farming are up at the end of this year and we’ve got nowhere to farm next season.

My husband Kevin and I started Ten Mile Farm in 2005. We’d both been in Asheville for several years – he did landscaping, I did healing arts, and we both worked in restaurants. Kevin’s passion for growing food began when he interned on Keith’s Farm in New York back in 1999. Ever since that fateful season, he’s known that he wants to farm vegetables. My passion for plants stemmed from studying medicinal plants with Peggy Ellis at the local school that is now called Appalachia School of Holistic Herbalism.

Kevin and I got together in 2003 and our path led to the desire to start our own farm together. We started out small, on one leased acre in Candler, and slowly grew the business from there. Ten Mile Farm is now three and a half acres of production. We supply Asheville families and restaurants with farm fresh veggies from May through November each week at two farmers markets.

Our first challenge starting out as a small farm is stated directly in our name: Ten Mile Farm. We are commuter farmers, driving out each day to two separate pieces of leased land in Candler, ten miles from our home in Montford. It’s been a great experience for us, allowing us to learn from our mistakes at our own pace without the pressure of a large land payment. Aside from the obvious environmental challenges of not living there, we are limited in what items we can offer as a small farm. We can’t invest into any perennial crops like an orchard or berry bushes, because we don’t own the land. Having animals is out of the question, and the possibility of offering season extension with a winter CSA isn’t manageable if you don’t live on the farm. These are just some of the circumstances that mean that Ten Mile Farm is not yet what we hope to create.

We’ve learned so much about farming, and what works and doesn’t work for us, from this experience. From our friends and neighbors to the many chefs we see every week at market, we’ve cultivated a strong customer base whom we provide with over forty varieties of vegetables throughout the growing season. Our understanding of soil, water and seed grows stronger each year. We’ve reached a place where we are ready to expand our offerings, and we feel excited about the prospects.

So here we are: we have an entire working farm in our pockets, but no land to call our own. It’s an interesting feeling, knowing that we have a farm and nowhere to grow.

The real challenge for us in simply buying our own farm is the cost per acre. Land in the Asheville area is priced to develop, not to farm. There are no benefits to encourage owners to sell agricultural land at a lower price. A vital link is missing here in the mountains. We need to be able to connect farmland with farmers – it’s an essential part of our human ecosystem. We also need to preserve farmland for future generations. Other states (Maine, for example) have programs in place that are keeping farmland affordable and keeping farms farming.

There’s some good news -Asheville is starting a similar program, WNC Farmlink. It’s still in the incubation stage, but it’s a great first step to getting a dialogue started and making connections between old-time farmers and the next generation. We’ve also talked with Maggie Ullman, Chief Sustainability Officer for the City of Asheville. The City has a few prime farmland parcels in the area that could possibly be made available to beginner farmers, as a way to encourage food safety, small business and agriculture in the community.

This is new to the table, and has huge potential as an asset to farmers in the area. The Asheville City Council’s Gordon Smith is passionate about the city’s Food Action Plan, and we’ve planted the seed with Gordon – it’s imperative for all of us to be mindful of why we love it here in Western North Carolina, and to take action in preserving our diminishing farmland.

It’s exciting to see the community and the City of Asheville bringing these ideas to the table, with the goal of real changes in the way farmland is preserved. Ten Mile Farm is what it is today because two separate landowners gave us an opportunity to be beginning farmers. But Ten Mile doesn’t fall into the beginning farmer category anymore. We aren’t starting a farm – we’re succeeding at farming, and we want to do more! What we are looking for right now is a creative solution for our farm, and we are open to ideas.

We are certain of two things: we want to stay in the Asheville area, and we want to own our land – or at least have access to it for our lifetime, so that we are able to really invest all the love and attention a diversified farm needs. There are a lot of options: lifetime leases, someone to buy land with, owner financing, breaking new ground – we are ready and receptive!

And we know we are not alone. We can name three other small direct-market farmers in the area, growing local food for Asheville, who are also on leased land and experiencing similar uncertainty in their futures. We want to give you the best, nutritious, beautiful vegetables, to keep our community healthy and to contribute to the thriving culinary arts scene in Asheville.

We want to stay here and farm here, and to do that we need some soil to call our own. We are calling out to you, Asheville. We need a solution!

To stay updated on Ten Mile Farm’s progress, visit their Facebook page. Owners Christina Carter and Kevin Toomey can be reached at tenmilefarm@gmail.com or 236-1822.

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EASTHAMPTON – Consultants with the Boston-based Cecil Group will present ideas for Union Street improvements Monday night, and planners hope resident will comment on the proposed designs.

The city received a $10,000 state grant in April to help planners look at the problems and issues on Union Street.

A meeting was held with residents in July and now the consultants are returning to present conceptual designs.

The focus is on pedestrian and bicycle safety, parking, landscaping, and vehicular traffic flow on Union Street.

Union Street is home to myriad businesses, including restaurants, a Rite-Aid Pharmacy, two gas stations and the Chamber of Commerce among its businesses. The city wants to create a more attractive and safer environment.

The city received the funding from the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development from its Massachusetts Downtown Initiative program. The city received money from the same source years ago to look at similar issues on Cottage Street. 


The Massachusetts Cultural Council named that street a cultural district earlier this year, in part for its walkability. The city initially included Union Street in its plans for that district but then omitted it in part because it was deemed not walkable.

This will be the last meeting and workshop for the city, according to the flier promoting the event.

“With your perspective and inspirations, we will create a vision plan for the street and its edges. The meeting will build upon the key areas and topics discussed in the previous kickoff meeting, and review concepts, design suggestions, and enhancements proposed by The Cecil Group.”

The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. in Municipal Building.

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that many people think of as simply “evergreens”.

Evergreen landscaping trees are the only choice you have to have an elegant looking
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provides the garden with much fascination and style. Of course this is only
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their leaves, the evergreen trees on your garden just standout dominantly
giving your garden a green appearance as compared with the brown twigs and
branches of the others.

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A humorous look at the companies that caught our eye, for better or worse, this week

• Caterpillar

  Oct. 25 close: $84.77 (U.S.),
  down $2.57 or 2.9% over week

  Ladies, looking for the perfect holiday gift for the special man on your list? Consider a backhoe loader – perfect for weekend landscaping jobs around the house. Or surprise him with an asphalt paver – and say goodbye to those potholes on your street. With Caterpillar slashing its full-year forecast following weak third-quarter results, now’s the time to negotiate a deal on the machine of his dreams.

  

  

• Whirlpool

  Oct. 25 close: $146.18 (U.S.),
  up $12.75 or 9.6% over week

  Your appliances say a lot about you – especially if you leave them on your front lawn. But Whirlpool investors don’t have to live in the seedy parts of town now that the stock has nearly tripled in the past two years. With the U.S. housing market improving and Whirlpool’s third-quarter earnings rising 51 per cent on higher sales and margins, the appliance maker is cleaning up.

  

  

• NQ Mobile

  Oct. 25 close: $10.63 (U.S.),
  down $14.29 or 57.3% over week

  The two words most feared by Chinese companies? Muddy Waters. The research and short selling firm that brought down Sino-Forest has turned its sights on NQ Mobile, alleging that the Chinese mobile Internet services company is a “massive fraud” and the stock is a “zero.” The company swiftly rejected the charges, but judging by the collapse in the shares, investors are fearing the worst.

  

  

• Canadian Pacific Railway

  Oct. 25 close: $150.04,
  up $14.67 or 10.8% over week

  Trains are a great way to transport all sorts of goods, from grains and automobiles to steel and, um, crude oil. As any CP investor will tell you, trains are also a great way to transport large sums of cash into your wallet: Shares of the railway operator surged to a record after third-quarter earnings jumped 45 per cent, lifted by booming volumes of petroleum products. At least the stock hasn’t derailed.

  

  

• Wi-LAN

  Oct. 25 close: $3.25,
  down 91 cents or 21.9% over week

  Shareholders of Wi-LAN, a well-known patent troll, er, intellectual property licensing company, might have to start living under a bridge after its latest court defeat. The Ottawa-based company lost nearly one-quarter of its market value after a Texas jury found that Apple did not infringe on a patent related to wireless technology. You might say the stock came in for a hard Wi-LANding.

  

  

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The plan to create a regional medical district in Cedar Rapids is starting to take on a more solid shape.

MedQuarter stakeholders introduced ideas for potential land use, streetscape designs, pedestrian amenities and branding opportunities for the 55-block district to the community on Thursday night at UnityPoint Health- St. Luke’s Hospital.

The MedQuarter was designed to promote economic development, improve the quality of health care and contribute to the growth of Cedar Rapids, said Scott Freres, a principal with the Lakota Group, a Chicago-based urban planning and design company, during a 15-minute presentation outlining the project’s goals.

“How do we get young doctors here?” Freres said. “What do we have that people want?”

Possible ideas for the MedQuarter include building a new hotel for patients and their families, adding bike lanes, employee housing and a large park.

Branding is another important component, Freres said. Adding banners, signs, kiosks and mile makers will help direct people as well as create a strong image for the district.

Paving a large “pedestrian oriented street” through the district and calling it “Wellness Way,” “MedQuarter Mile,” or “Health Walk,” also could help in this regard, he said.

Freres recalled a recent trip to Houston where he visited the medical district and saw light rail, superior landscaping and signs.

“(The medical district) put Houston on the map on an international basis — it’s brand was so strong,” Freres said.

Ted Townsend, president and CEO of St. Luke’s Hospital, said it’s important to have discussions about the district early on, when parties involved can be flexible.

“We need to have the debate ahead of the (master) plan so we can make the necessary changes,” Townsend said.

Those interested in submitting ideas and critiques about the MedQuarter plan can do so through its website, www.crmedicaldistrict.com.

The Lakota Group is aiming to release the master plan, which will include a five-year strategic plan, goals and a vision for the MedQuarter, by early 2014. The cost of the plan will be about $225,000.

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This year the Bergen County, NJ, based Cipriano Landscape Design won several awards for their pool landscaping ideas, including the coveted “People’s Choice” Award, for its design and implementation of a violin pool in Bedford, NY.

Bergen County, NJ (PRWEB) October 25, 2013

On October 18th 2013, the Northeast Spa and Pool Association (NESPA) held its annual awards dinner where they acknowledged the past years projects of pool designers and builders from New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. This year the Bergen County, NJ, based Cipriano Landscape Design won several awards for their pool landscaping ideas, including the coveted “People’s Choice” Award, for its design and implementation of a violin pool in Bedford, NY.

The Violin pool is a meticulous replica of a 1700’s era Stradivarius violin, and its design plan was requested by the homeowner, who is himself an amateur violin player, and collector. The complexities of the design and application of the violin pool were numerous, but its finished product is outright dazzling. The pool houses almost 500,000 translucent glass tiles, with a custom gradient blend that transitions from every direction. Typically, the gradient blend only transitions in one direction. In order to achieve this outstanding effect however, the Cipriano Landscape Design landscape architecture office had to map out every single sheet of tile on the pool floor. Then, during the installation, one of the firm’s tile installers had the solitary obligation of ensuring the proper color correction of each sheet of tile as they transitioned from the center of the swimming pool out to the pool walls, which helped to certify the tiles groundbreaking, and mesmerizing effect.

Further, among many other incredible features, the pool houses a 12-person perimeter overflow spa, as well as two artistic fish-filled koi ponds. The perimeter overflow spa is located where the chinrest on a genuine violin would lie, and is completely outfitted in jet-black glass tiles. The koi ponds, which were designed to resemble the bow of the violin, are viewable at “the neck” of the violin, where the sides of the pool are composed of transparent acrylic panels. This gives the swimmer the under-water illusion that they are swimming together with the koi fish, when in all actually the two are completely separated. After dark this connection becomes even more incredible, with the bather able to view the 250 twinkling fiber optic star lights on the floor of the pond from inside the pool.

Winning the “People’s Choice” Award, struck a special chord with all the staff at Cipriano Landscape Design, but especially with its President, Chris Cipriano. “The honor of being recognized by our peers is truly appreciated” Cipriano said regarding the award. “Every award that we win is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our staff, and it pushes us to work harder to ensure that our customers continue receive the very best that outdoor living has to offer.”

About Cipriano Landscape Design:

Celebrating over 24 years in business, 14-time international award winner Cipriano Landscape Design distinguishes themselves from all other swimming pool landscaping companies with their extensive experience. The Mahwah, NJ company provides more than just a pool installation. As a recognized national leader in custom residential commercial landscaping, masonry, swimming pools and water features, the NJ firm has been offering complete estate transformations since 2001. With a design office headed by 15-year-veteran, Certified Landscape Architect William Moore, the Cipriano team has won 75 awards of excellence since 2006 and in 2013 was named By Pool And Spa News to the “Top 50 Pool Builders”.

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SPEEDWAY, Ind. (WISH) – The town of Speedway is taking another step in its ongoing effort to revitalize itself. 

An old motel is about to bite the dust. 

It sits at 6330 Debonair Lane, just north of Crawfordsville Road near I-465.  

This old Motel 6 had been an aging problem property. Not what the town of Speedway wanted at its front door says Scott Harris, Executive Director of the Speedway Redevelopment Commission.  

“I think this is the gateway to the town of Speedway and it’s a very significant gateway to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway,” he says. 

A gateway to a town that since 2009 has been remaking itself.

Main Street was the first part of the makeover project and it’s already been rebuilt. New landscaping, new restaurants, and new anchor tenants have turned it around. 

It hopes for that same success at the old Motel 6 site.

“This is a high traffic intersection. Good view from 465, 74 comes in here.  It’s close to downtown and close to the airport,” he says. 

It’s the kind of property Harris hopes will be attractive to developers.

“We’re acquiring the property. And later this year we’re going to put out a request for proposals for development. Hope to get some in, consider our various options, and select a developer, absolutely,” he says. 

Probably retail says Harris, but the town is open to ideas. Any idea he says that will help with the ultimate goal of making Speedway more than a day in May.

“We’re going to work to revitalize it and I think we’ve made a good start on Main Street and we hope to do something special out here,” says Harris. 

There is another motel property right across Crawfordsville Road from the one being bulldozed, that the redevelopment commission would like to buy. But the land it sits on is owned by the city of Indianapolis. So Harris says, that will take more time and work to get a deal done.

October 24, 2013

Updated Oct 24, 2013 at 11:27 PM EDT

Binghamton, NY (WBNG Binghamton) Some members of the Binghamton community got a glimpse into the future of downtown with the final presentation of Blueprint Binghamton.

Blueprint Binghamton ended Thursday night with a final presentation of possible new zoning laws for the Main Street – Court Street Corridor.

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Code Studio, a company out of Austin, Texas, worked with Third Coast Design Studio from Tennessee.

Their ideas include more landscaping, increased residential areas up and down Court and Main Streets, and adjusting lanes to help create a stronger and financially brighter community.

“If you look at the fabulous buildings that are here in Binghamton, they’ll be here another 100 years from now, and we need to treat the rest of the area the same way,” said Lee Einsweiler from Code Studios.

Code Studio has been collecting ideas from residents and neighbors since Saturday.

Now, Code Studio will give their preliminary designs to the city of Binghamton, in hopes the city will use their hard work as suggestions for the future.