By Jana Benscoter

For the Daily Record/Sunday News

Money used to fund the audio and visual systems in Springettsbury Township's fire station project is part of a vision to make the location an emergency operation center, officials said.

The station is under construction on Commons Drive, between East Market Street and Eastern Boulevard. It is scheduled for completion in June.

Township supervisors voted 5-0 recently to pay $47,764 to Advanced AV for the new systems.

Township manager John Holman said they will be installed on the first floor only. He said the project is being paid for with grant funds, and the original price of the project was estimated at $68,000.

The project summary provided by Advanced AV states, "this proposal consists of a multi-purpose room with projection, audio, microphone, reinforcement, control and recording."

Video includes installation of one ceiling mounted wide screen, accommodating for laptop connections, and additional output plates, which will allow the ability to roll in additional flat screen displays.

Audio provided in the project will include a conference microphone system, with seven microphones, 10 ceiling speakers, and an audio recorder, along with hearing aid applications."

The meeting room will be used by the York Area United Fire and Rescue Board, by the township or YAUFR board for training exercises and as a location for an emergency operations center. The board of supervisors could use this space if they wanted to or needed to hold a special meeting.

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Visitors to Dana Park in Mesa will see something a little different in the coming months due to the installation of two art pieces in the shopping center at the northwest corner of Baseline Road and Val Vista Drive.

The art featured is a series of murals including a bobcat and roadrunner as well as installations suspended from the complexs ceiling. Both were either painted or installed by Valley-based artists: Isaac Caruso did the murals and Muharrem Yildirim and Matthew Briggs did the installations.

Its something thats unexpected and refreshing, Caruso said.

The installation is part of a series organized through the IN FLUX initiative, which brings temporary art exhibits like those in Dana Park to local communities in different cycles. The cycles bring different installations to different communities. The Dana Park project is part of the fourth cycle, and IN FLUX will begin its fifth cycle in the coming months.

IN FLUX has partnered with organizations representing municipalities like Chandler, Mesa and Gilbert, although project manager Kirstin Van Cleef said this is the first time IN FLUX has coordinated with a non-government group to set up an exhibit.

The IN FLUX concept is near and dear to Van Cleefs heart, and she said a couple of the projects goals of the project are to support local artists and provide a direct connection between art and the community.

Public art is oddly invisible to the average citizen, she said.

In Carusos case, accomplishing the mission entailed linking Dana Park to the nearby desert environment. That wasnt too difficult for the Phoenix native, whose murals bring in some of the desert environment not far from the shopping plaza.

It definitely ties it in a little bit for the area, said Pita Jungle manager Matt Jenkins.

The exhibition also fits squarely into what Pita Jungle does on a frequent basis. Jenkins said the restaurant has a rotating art gallery it switches out every six months, which makes the IN FLUX project very in-line with our concepts.

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Particularly loud acts visiting the Barclays Center in Brooklyn will be asked to keep the noise down despite the recent installation of 1,800 insulated ceiling panels meant to keep sound from escaping the arena and into the rattled ears of fed up neighbors.

Vocalist Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath will play a newly dampened Barclays Arena next month. (Credit: virginmedia.com)

The installation of the ceiling panels, first reported in atlanticyardsreport.com, followed a string of noise complaints by disgruntled neighbors which in May of last year led to a $3,200 noise violation fine.

Hip-hop artists like former arena investorJay ZandKanye Westwill be asked to keep noise down in the future, though softer acts will be left out of the controversy.

This isnt happening during Barbra Streisand, Ashley Cotton, chief of staff at Forest City Ratner, told a crowd at a community meeting, according to the Daily News.

Noise reduction measures are in the best interest of Forest City Ratner, as the B2 Building set to become the tallest modular building in the world, and the first of 14 buildings planned for the Atlantic Yards site is under construction and will almost literally hug the arena at the corner of Flatbush Avenue and Dean Street.

We have as much motivation as anyone in the neighborhood to get it right, Ms. Cotton told the News.

Arena officials said they are considering additional unspecified changes to the roof. After all, several loud acts are booked for the near future. Proudly loud metal actBlack Sabbath and front man Ozzy Osbournetake the stage next month; the band releasedLive & Loud in 1993 and were heavily featured in an oral history of heavy metal titledLouder than Hell.

It wasnt clear just how the new rules would be enforced or if Mr. Osbourne would be asked to keep it down.

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(PRWEB UK) 25 February 2014

Signbox has recently completed an extensive branding and wayfinding project at Haven Point, a new 17 million world-class leisure complex on the sea front at South Shields, Tyne and Wear. Owned and operated by South Tyneside Council, this development forms a key element of the regeneration of South Shields and the seafront to enhance the Borough's health, wellbeing and tourism offer.

Officially opened by His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge on Friday 22 November; the inspirationally designed facility comprises:

The project comprised static internal wayfinding, branding, glazing manifestation and digital wallpaper. Signboxs modular sign system was specified as an elegant and robust solution for ceiling suspended directories, powder-coated and digitally screen printed with text and graphics on a Durst UV direct-to-surface printer. Various wall mounted signs comprised tactile and Braille lettering to meet DDA compliance. External signage included low energy LED illuminated and non-illuminated monoliths providing wayfinding and directory information.

The faceted architectural detail of the building was reflected in graphic elements throughout the sign design and within the glazing manifestations from 3M etched vinyl across the extensive glazed areas of the complex. The large bespoke monoliths were engineered to suit the exposed coastal location, with a specification for the structures to be resistant to the corrosive environment and all components hot zinc coated.

Mark Bartlett, Managing Director of Signbox, comments, Regardless of whether a specification calls for bespoke or off-the-shelf signage solutions, the success of a scheme is dependent on a collaborative process with our project managers working closely with the contractor, architect and designer to understand the form and function of a building. We were delighted to work with LA Architects on this project, from initial specification to successful completion.

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Last year James Turrell lit up the Guggenheim, and now there is another light show in town.

American artist Doug Wheeler has a new installation consisting of a circular, white room, with a domed ceiling, and lights coming from the floor. It's at David Zwirner gallery's 537 West 20th street location. The idea is to portray the way light changes along the horizon as the earth turns.

Matthew Powell, a writer for Interior Design magazine, said in this interview that the job of designers and architects is to take an infinite amount of space and organize it, but Wheeler and other artists who work with light do something different.

"They do the opposite of what most people do with space, so looking into how to craft the infinite is something that is astounding to me," he said.

To avoid lines, visitors can book a 15 minute appointment to see the piece. That's what Annie Farrar, who is visiting New York from Baltimore, did earlier this week. She said she felt the piece plays with different kinds of human perception.

"I felt like I was in the piece for a long time and when I came out it was like 10 minutes," said Farrar. "So just an awareness of how arbitrary time is and our experience of it."

The piece is entitled LC 71 NY DZ 13 DW, 2013.

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When a stranger demands that you take off your shoes in public, it usually means you're about to get on a plane. But at David Zwirner Galleryknown for its blockbuster installations and huge lines of fans who come to Instagram themyou're about to experience an otherworldly installation.

The airport comparison is actually pretty apt. The artist behind the gallery's current show, Doug Wheeler, is an avid pilothe is fascinated by the sky and earth, and his immersive light sculptures seem to draw from the lonely travels of a celestial navigator.

This month, Wheeler debuted a piece that he calls "a rotational horizon work," about which he is willfully mysterious. He doesn't allow outside photographersso I'll try to describe it for you. First, a gallery attendant asks you to take off your shoes and don hospital booties. Then, you're led into a darkened corridor. An intense blue light radiates from a rectangular hole in one wall of the gallery, about the shape of a door frame:

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The light that emerges from this shape is almost like a halo or aurait feels like you're walking into a fog of blue light. But once you step over the threshold and onto the smooth white floor inside, everything changes: Now, you're inside a spherical hall with absolutely no defining featureslike an IMAX theater covered in white plaster.

The floor is rimmed with hundreds of hidden LEDs, which shift colors ever-so-slightly in five-minute intervals. Once you've reached the center of the room, you realize you're standing far higher than you were when you arrived. That's because the floor is convex, making it a disembodied analog for the earth, with the LEDs marking the horizon:

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The strangest part? Your only point of reference is yourselfand the door you came in through. Otherwise, you could be in a room as big as Madison Square Garden. It's impossible to tell how high the ceiling is. The blue light turns you and your companions into stark, blue-tinted creatures. The Earth's horizon seems to move around you, as though you were in a jet far above the Arctic Circle. In fact, the curators describe the effect as "mimicking the sensation of the earth's rotational pull and curvature."

It's as if Wheeler is casting you as an actor in some heavenly drama. In fact, that's the whole point. "We have first-hand experiences, and those are the ones we don't forget. They stay with us and hopefully they're meaningful enough that they're with you the rest of your life," Wheeler, who lives in California, has said. "That's pretty much what I've always been after. I've always tried to do that stuff that has an effect on you that you never forget the first time."

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Upper Darby, PA (PRWEB) February 20, 2014

While Martella Electric is hardly new to electrical service and repair, its focus on what its customers truly want and need has meant that it is always adding to its list of services. Now, the company is proud to add recessed lighting installation to the services that it provides.

Locally owned and operated, Martella Electric pays attention to its community. It has never lost sight of the customer as the very top priority. In this, it has found that recessed lighting has become an increasingly popular and desired feature in the homes around Upper Darby, Villanova, Bala Cynwyd, Gladwyne, and the surrounding area.

The look of flush mount ceiling lights provides a space with a sleek, uncluttered, and overall clean appearance. By ensuring that only experts provide the recessed lighting installation, homeowners can be certain that they will achieve a contemporary look that is attractive, functional, and safe.

For every installation or repair, Martella Electric Company will provide a skilled independent electrical contractor who is courteous, clean, background checked and drug free. These professionals arrive promptly in trucks, nicknamed the Warehouse on Wheels that are stocked with thousands of parts so that jobs can be completed quickly and without unnecessary delays.

The electricians are trained, skilled, and experienced in recessed lighting installations for ambient lighting, task lighting, and accent lighting to improve the look, feel, and function of a room or home. They are knowledgeable regarding all of the most popular trims, including baffle trim, reflector trim, adjustable trim, lensed trim, and decorative trim.

Whether the job is for a new recessed lighting installation, an upgrade, or a repair, Martella Electric professional electricians will complete the task properly, professionally, cleanly, and with the highest level of service.

For more information about the Martella Electrics new recessed lighting installation services, visit the webpage at http://www.martellaelectric.com/services/services-offered/recessed-lighting.php.

For more information about the company and the full range of services that it provides, as well as its complete service area, visit http://www.martellaelectric.com. You are also welcome to call and speak to a friendly representative at 610-449-2654.

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Loveland photographer Mark Lewis, professionally knows as Gmark, shines a light on some of his photos that will be part of his installation called Energia Figura II for the upcoming Love + Lights show. ( Steve Stoner )

Mark Lewis, with his long mustache and thin, wispy beard, held a light that shone on ethereal figures frozen in place with blurred lines of motion surrounding them as he explained his newest installation.

"Assuming there's some motion, I might have a fan I can use at the Feed and Grain. It will look something like this," he said about the photos of dancing figures with swirling colors printed on metallic film that hung temporarily from the ceiling in his studio.

The light bounced off the shiny surfaces of the images.

Lewis' reflection appeared and went as one of the prints slowly turned.

The photographs are part of his installation, "Energia Figura II," at the Love+Lights show this weekend.

Love+Lights, sponsored by Art @ The Feed & Grain, will be a show of illuminations and love-centered installations. The show runs Thursday to Saturday.

What: Love+Light art show.

When: 6-9 p.m. Thursday-Saturday.

Where: Feed and Grain building, 130 W. Third St.

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