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GET SPOTTED PICKING UP @Rutherfordwkly On YOUR COPY! WIN $50! Follow The Pharmacy You Know And Trust ��Community First Media YOUR HOME HEALTH CARE HEADQUARTERS 720 South Church St. Our 21st Year ��� Issue No. 9 ��� February 28, 2013 ��� 828-248-1408 RUTHERFORDWEEKLY.COM Hwy. 2221A GET SPOTTED Inside Facebook���s Forest City Data Center: A Creative Culture Fueled by Local Talent Picking Up Your & WIN $ 50 ISOTHERMAL CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES STARTING IN MARCH Catering for a Crowd Puppetry for Dummies Cosmetology CEU Class Beginning Spanish Computer Fundamentals II Pharmacy Tech Cert Exam Prep Yoga Fitness Swim Microsoft Word Wine Appreciation E-mailing Basics Concealed Carry Handgun Class Electrician CEU Class Water Exercise Cake Decorating-Advanced Organizing Your Computer Meal Magic Spring Hair Styles To register, contact the Continuing Education Dept. at 828-2863636, option 2, then option 1. A heady mix of local and international talent make Facebook���s Forest City data center an innovative and inspiring place to work. A recent video tour of the facility explored the data center���s technical workings. But there���s still more to the culture that drives Facebook���s constant innovation -- from art to cuisine. Inspiring art plays an important role at all of Facebook���s offices. Western NC���s Gabriel Shaffer has contributed two new pieces to the company���s collection that is significant in both size and vision. Shaffer���s mural -- entitled ���Super-nature Growth Chart��� -- measures approximately 35ft wide by 14ft high, filling an entire wall in the large, open room where Facebook personnel monitor data center activities. Colorful and brimming with a diversity of characters measuring up to seven feet high, the piece represents Facebook���s role in connecting the world. Says Shaffer of the piece: ���The overall theme/concept of this piece is interconnectedness, amongst people, regional history, different cultures and generational ideas. There are ten separate characters standing side by side in a linear formation. Each of these characters is either interacting, reaching towards, or into each other, to convey a sense of communication and sharing. Facebook, not only represents interconnectedness, it promotes opportunity and individual truths while witnessing the human experience. It gives the smallest individual a hope that they can change the world with an idea.��� Meantime, in the sunny and spacious cafeteria, Shaffer has created a koi pond. The 10ft x 10.5ft floor mural includes Facebook���s ���f��� logo and inspiration from the pond at the farm of the artist���s grandmother. The murals are the latest in a series of local art projects including a largerthan-life statue of Facebook���s iconic ���f��� created from recycled materials found at the site by Rutherford County sculptor Tom Elfers. In addition, work from area middle schoolers who���ve participated in an annual Facebook art contest is on display. ���Facebook is about expression, and what better way to celebrate expression The Facebook sculpture created from recycled than commissioning works from talented parts found on the site by Rutherford County���s local artists,��� says data center manager Tom Elfers. Keven McCammon. Facebook���s facilities in Forest City are among the most advanced and energy ef���cient in the world. At 355,000 sq ft., each of the two data center buildings are the size of three football ���elds. More than 1,500 people worked on the ���rst building, clocking in more than a million hours. Those same crews immediately went to work on a second building, to help Facebook (which now counts more than one billion users) keep up with its unprecedented growth. Many of the innovations featured in the data center originate with Facebook���s Open Compute Project. Now Booking! Artist Shaffer has created a koi pond, located in the cafeteria. Shaffer���s mural, entitled ���Super-nature Growth Chart��� is 35 foot wide. Before blueridgephoto.net 828-447-0592 COMMUNITY 3 198 TH 30 ���I lost 23 lbs. in 40 days all done with no hunger or exercise, amazing program.��� 2013 FIR IA ANNIVERSARY ST , INC. D ME Lose up to40 lbs in 40 Days Annette FIRST MEDIA After ���Photos and information courtesy Facebook, Forest City FREE WORKSHOP Columbus Columbus, NC ��� 7 W. Mills Street 799 828-894-9910 Thursday, February 28th ��� 5:30 PM Seating is Limited Call Now 1-828-245-0202 CAROLINA Chiropractic Plus Or Call For Your Free Personal Consultation thru February 28th! Forest City, NC ��� 152 W. Main Street www.carolinachiroplus.com ���If you���re serious about losing weight this year, I can really help you.��� If You Decide To Purchase Additional Treatment You Have The Legal Right To Change Your Mind Within 3 Days And Receive A Refund. Federal Recipients Are Excluded From This Offer Dr. Sarah Merrison-McEntire

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