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World Masters Cross Country Championships preview part 2

With statistical assistance from Scott Lawrence

This blog episode will cover the 50+ and 55+ age groups. But first I owe a sincere apology to one of Australia's best ever cross country runners, Anna Thompson Munro. I have known Anna for about 25 years, yet I entirely missed her entry in the W45 events at Bathurst. My feeble excuse is that she entered as Anna Munro, whereas for years I have known her as Anna Thompson. Once alerted to my omission, I hastily consulted Wikipedia, which listed five of her appearances for Australia in the World Cross Country Championships. I subsequently learned that Anna has competed in the World Cross Country nine times! She represented Australia seven years in a row from 2002 to 2008, then again in 2010 and 2011, an extraordinary record. Her contest with Anna Kasapis in the W45 race should be a beauty.

Anyway, let's get back to the other age groups. The M50 race sees six countries represented. New Zealander Wim Luijpers has great recent track form, running 4:12 for 1500m in November. He will start as favourite. If someone travels halfway around the world for a 6k race, it's a fair bet that they might be a serious runner, and it looks that way for Frenchman Frederic Gilbert, who ran 4:22/9:15 for 1500m/3k indoors last year. Victorian Ant Rickards last week ran 16:49 for 5000m. He and another Victorian, Andrew McEvoy, who had a strong winter in 2022, are likely to be the nearest challengers to the two overseas visitors. Richard Hope is a former Victorian half marathon champion, but his current form is unknown.

(L to R) Luijpers, Gilbert, Rickards

There is only one foreign W55 entrant, so the race is likely to be yet another showdown between two Victorians, who have raced each other many times over the years, and a New South Wales speedster. Julie Norney Petrie has been in sparkling parkrun form of late, while Bev Thomas is a proven cross country runner. The two met twice in Victorian cross country events last winter - Bev beat Julie over 12k, while the result was reversed over 10k. This should be another great contest. Charlotte Middleton (NSW) is the dark horse, with outstanding 800m/1500m times in 2022, but she may be better suited to the 2k relay.

(L to R) Norney, Thomas, Middleton

Well, what an interesting line up we have in the M55 category. A few overseas runners, but the locals will dominate. Shaun Creighton (ACT) needs no introduction. What a career he has had, both as an elite open age athlete and then as a reborn 50+ runner. Lately Shaun has been running big distances and looks to have peaked nicely for this one. I think he is close to the hottest favourite in any of the overage divisions. The podium places will be hotly contested. Paul Arthur (NSW) is a former City to Surf winner and it's good to see him back in action. He will have strong opposition from John Meagher (Vic). I expect to see these three guns take the medals, but Michael Eury (Vic), Ken Wilson (NSW) and Bruce Davie (Vic) may not be far behind.

(L to R) Creighton, Meagher, Eury

In the W55 race, it's impossible to ignore Krishna Stanton (ACT now Qld). She was already famous as a Commonwealth Games silver medallist, Olympian and Australian champion at various distances. Then, from seemingly nowhere, Krishna set a world W55 marathon record in London last year. She looks impossible to beat here. Liz Miller (NSW) is another former Australian representative, but her form is unknown. If she is fit, the podium beckons. Englishwoman Julie Wilson is the only overseas entrant and she has a recent fast 3000m time, as does Karen Blay (NSW), so look for either or both to challenge for a medal.

(L to R) Stanton, Blay

So that's it for part 2 of this series. Part 3 will feature the 60+ and 65+ events. Please feel free to comment on these predictions on the usual social media platforms, especially if I have left out any nine-time Australian cross country representatives! Until next time, keep on running ...

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Art Review: At Frieze New York, Islands of Daring

Getting into this year’s Frieze Art Fair on Randalls Island will cost you $57, plus the round trip on the ferry. But that’s nothing compared to what it cost nearly 200 galleries to exhibit there. And so dealers have made the reasonable decision to bring a little of everything that sells — which may account for the conservative vibe. That said, there are many islands of daring, including special sections focused on solo presentations, small galleries, the influential gallery JAM and virtual reality. We sampled them all — along with the mainland fairs that are part of Frieze Week. Our art critics Martha Schwendener and Will Heinrich pick a handful of the best booths under Frieze New York’s big tent.

Booth C2

Bridget Donahue and LC Queisser

One of the strongest single-artist booths is a joint presentation by Bridget Donahue Gallery and LC Queisser, who represent the artist Lisa Alvarado in New York and the Republic of Georgia, respectively. Ms. Alvarado made her acrylic-on-canvas pieces, each painted with a thrilling zigzag pattern, as backdrops for performances by the Natural Information Society, in which she plays the harmonium. If the fair’s not too loud, you’ll be able to hear the band’s hypnotic music, too. WILL HEINRICH

Two exceptional but very different displays are on view in the fair’s midsection. At Casey Kaplan gallery, Matthew Ronay’s carved wooden sculptures, pieced together into abstract, evocative organic configurations in various coral hues, are placed on plinths and feel like an oasis amid the fair’s chaos. (Mr. Ronay also has an exhibition on view at Kaplan’s Chelsea location.) Martine Gutierrez continues her rampage as the Indigenous Woman, a transgender alternative-fashionista at Ryan Lee. In photographs and faux-fashion spreads, Ms. Gutierrez combines traditional Mayan and Guatemalan garments and fabrics with fantastic and futuristic accessories and makeup to conjure new, fluid forms of being. MARTHA SCHWENDENER

Booths F6, F12 and F14

Company, Bank and Very Small Fires

The Frame section of Frieze, devoted to galleries 10 years or younger, is particularly good this year. Befitting the ethos of the emerging artists they represent, the booths are platforms for performance or installations, with linoleum or AstroTurf covering the floors. The New York gallery Company is hung with paintings by Jonathan Lyndon Chase that feature roughly drawn figures or graffiti, as well as crude sculptures of a toilet seat or a dollar sign. Yanyan Huang treats the booth at Bank, a Shanghai gallery, as an “immersive portal” (according to a handout) in which traditional ink drawings merge with digital applications. Nearby, Diedrick Brackens’s colorful tapestries at the Los Angeles gallery Various Small Fires join traditional materials with references to figures like African-American cowboys. SCHWENDENER

The Tehran gallery Dastan (appearing here as Dastan’s Basement) has hung more than 50 portraits by the artist and architect Bijan Saffari. A member of the royal family who left Iran for Paris after his country’s 1979 revolution, Mr. Saffari was also gay, which made his position doubly precarious. The portraits are rather simple and conservative, drawn in graphite and colored pencil. And yet they are sensitive and closely observed, and they gain by their group presentation, appearing like a narrative of his circle of friends in the ’70s and ’80s. There is an elegiac tone to these drawings; the artist died days before the current edition of Frieze opened. SCHWENDENER

Booths B36 and F9

David Lewis and Antoine Ertaskiran

In a fair dominated by painting, David Lewis of the Lower East Side and Montreal’s Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran, making its Frieze debut, stand out with presentations that could pass for gallery shows. Four cool acrylics by New York painter Charles Mayton, at Lewis, feature schematic eyes and hands in jazzy mash-ups of shelves, bars and circles. Jane Corrigan’s large wet-on-wet paintings of women on the go, at Ertaskiran, are exquisite brown and yellow collisions of impatience and poise. HEINRICH

Booths A11, B32, C7 and D1

Foxy Production, Simone Subal, Rachel Uffner and Galerie Lelong

Several New York galleries have mounted outstanding painting displays in which artists bend the medium in a variety of ways. At Foxy Production, Srijon Chowdhury, Gina Beavers and Sascha Braunig offer reinventions of Gothic romanticism, surrealism, Op or Pop Art. Simone Subal is showing the work of Emily Mae Smith, whose paintings are slick and whip-smart updates and appropriations of posters from the ’70s and ’80s. Maryam Hoseini works both on and off the wall at Rachel Uffner, but combines abstracted Persian imagery or techniques with contemporary painting. Sarah Cain’s take on painting at Galerie Lelong offers candy colors, cutouts and a floor flooded and stained with pigment. They remind you of paintings’ origins — in childhood — and suggest a kind of joyful, delirious regression. SCHWENDENER

Booths S4, S10 and S11

Galerist, Galeri Nev and Pi Artworks

The fair’s outstanding Spotlight section, curated by Laura Hoptman of the Drawing Center, is dedicated to “significant work by overlooked figures.” They include Yüksel Arslan, a Turkish painter born in 1933 who moved to Paris at the invitation of André Breton and died in 2017. His “Arture 439, Sans Titre, l’Homme,” from 1992, in a joint presentation by Turkish galleries Galerist and Galeri Nev, is a gloriously strange gallimaufry of interspecies sex acts and quotations from the artist’s scientific reading, drawn with homemade colors. Susan Hefuna makes ink drawings inspired by the intricate wooden screens of her Cairo childhood. The examples presented by Pi Artworks of London and Istanbul are done on overlapping sheets of tracing paper fastened with rice glue. The multitude of tones and textures create a fascinating tension between clarity and ambiguity — the drawings are like letters of a foreign language glimpsed in a dream. HEINRICH

The Diálogos section of Frieze includes solo presentations of Latin American art, organized by Patrick Charpenel and Susanna V. Temkin of New York’s El Museo del Barrio. I was particularly taken with Mariela Scafati’s hybrids of paintings and sculpture at the Buenos Aires gallery Isla Flotante. Ms. Scafati takes wooden bars where canvas is stretched and treats them like bones, joining the parts together in puppetlike configurations, sometimes bound or “wearing” a jacket or a pair of pants. SCHWENDENER

Booths B9, B10 and B20

lokal_30, Koenig & Clinton and Kate Werble

A vibrant knot of color and form awaits you at the intersection of New York’s Koenig & Clinton and Kate Werble galleries and Warsaw’s lokal_30. From Poland come three painters exemplifying postwar and contemporary Surrealism, among them the young Ewa Juszkiewicz, who repaints classic portraits of women, but hides their faces with cloth, ears of corn or a backward French braid. They evoke feminism, dream logic and implicit violence. Tony Marsh’s over-the-top ceramic vessels, encrusted in what look like shards of glaze, meet the eye-bending optical paintings of Anoka Faruqee & David Driscoll at Koenig & Clinton. Marilyn Lerner makes delicately complicated oil-on-wood abstractions at Kate Werble; don’t miss the unlabeled low tables by Christopher Chiappa, also in Werble’s booth. HEINRICH

There’s something magical about William T. Williams’s early 1970s “Diamond in a Box” paintings, hard-edged geometric patterns in blazing colors. The subtle misdirection of those patterns, and the complicated rhythm of the colors, mean you could look at them forever. Michael Rosenfeld presents a dozen never-before-shown acrylic-on-paper works from the same period. In these, a wiggly meander snakes in and out of concentric circles filled with vibrant brush strokes — they’re like Bauhaus takes on the Aztec calendar. HEINRICH

Booth F18

PM8

Spanish gallery PM8 presents 80 black-and-white photographs by the Lithuanian photographer Gintautas Trimakas, shot in the mid-90s and hung in three long rows. The piece shows 80 women with their heads and legs cropped out. Though the backgrounds range from white to nearly black, and the clothing and body types are all over the map, the typological presentation wears away these differences and leaves the figures all looking more or less interchangeable. It’s a deeply cynical take on both the consumerist Western freedoms available to Lithuanians after their 1990 independence and on the fate of all human bodies — the women aren’t so much living people as corpses in waiting. HEINRICH

V.I.P.s have access to the Deutsche Bank Wealth Management Lounge at Frieze New York. But nearly everyone can benefit from PPOW’s display of paintings by Steve Keene, which are on sale for $15 to $50. Mr. Keene was heavily influenced by indie rock bands in the early 1990s — his friends in Pavement, Silver Jews and the Dave Matthews Band — and the idea of selling quick, sketchily rendered paintings like cassette tapes. Using a stage in PPOW’s booth as a pop-up studio, he will produce hundreds of paintings on thin plywood panels — they are part endurance performance, part public art stunt. The vibe feels like one in a record store during an album release party. SCHWENDENER

Frieze New York

Through May 5 at Randalls Island Park; frieze.com. Tickets are limited and only available online.

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Brooklyn Bridge

The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge in New York City, spanning the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the first fixed crossing of the East River.

How long does it take to walk the Brooklyn Bridge? New York commuters hurrying to work spend 25 minutes crossing the Brooklyn Bridge. 60 minutes. That's the time that most visitors to the bridge take to cross.

Is Brooklyn Bridge worth seeing? It's fun, free, and the perfect way to enjoy breathtaking skyline and river views! Walking across this iconic bridge is one of the best things to do in NYC.

How many people walk across Brooklyn Bridge each day? As of 2018, an average of over 116,000 vehicles, 30,000 pedestrians and 3,000 cyclists travel over the Brooklyn Bridge each day.

What subway stop is the Brooklyn Bridge? What's the nearest subway station to Brooklyn Bridge in Manhattan? The East Broadway station is the nearest one to Brooklyn Bridge in Manhattan.

Directions to Brooklyn Bridge (New York - New Jersey) with public transportation.

The following transit lines have routes that pass near Brooklyn Bridge. Bus: B62, BXM18, M15, M15-SBS, M22, M55, QM11 Train: PATH Subway: 3, A, C, F

Read also - Queensboro Bridge

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Preston Mosque Design Competition, Lancashire

Preston Mosque Design Competition, Architect, Lancashire Architecture Contest, Building Site Photo

New mosque near Preston, Lancashire

26 February 2021

Preston Mosque Architecture Competition

Thursday 25 February 2021

The RIBA launches an international design competition for a new Mosque near Preston, Lancashire, northwest England, UK.

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has today (Thursday 25 February) launched a competition for the design of a new mosque on a site near Preston in Lancashire on behalf of a local registered charitable trust.

The client is looking to create a landmark, timeless building on this site, close to the city centre.

This site is located close to the city centre but in its own, prominent setting, visible from a large part of the surrounding area including key routes into Preston therefore there is a great opportunity to design a building which will become a proud element of Preston’s skyscape for many years to come. At phase one, the competition seeks initial anonymous design concepts. A shortlist of up to five teams will then be selected to develop their designs.

The RIBA competition is open to registered architects worldwide. Further details about the competition and how to enter can be found here.

Initial design proposals must be submitted by 14:00 (BST) on Thursday 22 April 2021.

Date: 22 April 2021, 14:00 Place: Preston, Lancashire, UK Contact: call+44(0)113 203 1490 | riba.competitions@riba.org Fee: £4,000 +VAT

Introduction

A local charity is seeking a talented and ambitious architect to develop ideas for a new Mosque on the northern outskirts of Preston, Lancashire.

The design solution should be of the highest quality, both enduring and at the same time modern and reflective of current trends. As such, the design team should seek to create a landmark building.

Examples of landmark buildings of worship in the local area include:

• Preston England Temple in Chorley, Lancashire – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints • Fairhaven United Reformed Church in Lytham St Annes • Church of St Walburge’s in Preston – boasts the third tallest spire in the country

Location

The site for the proposed Mosque is at the western end of D’Urton Lane on the northern edge of the City of Preston. The site has been cut off by the recent completion of the Broughton bypass alongside the junction of the M55 and M6 and as such sits in a particularly prominent and elevated location. Drone footage of the site is available to view here:

Design Guidance

The intention is to produce a strong and bold design that is clearly identifiable as a place of worship but not necessarily to the extent that it is dominated by the traditional Islamic designs. Similarly, it is acceptable to have an element of Islamic flair or features but this is not paramount and if the building has minarets they should be subtle and modern in appearance. The building should have a clear focal point or strong design features which gives character and visibility at some distance. It should not be so institutionalised as to simply have the look of a contemporary office building.

Consideration should be given to the potential for the creation of an external courtyard area or sahn which would be part of the public realm and available for informal meetings or relaxation.

Detailed consideration should be given to the appropriate use of materials as part of the design but also in terms of the future maintenance and operating costs of the building which will be run by a charity. For example, it may be that a material such as marble or other high quality stone is acceptable whereas timber, although having the potential to add a contemporary element to the design, is not due to the ongoing maintenance requirements. Simple composite panels and cladding are unlikely to be the solution and the preference is most probably for the use of more traditional materials such as brick or stone, including marble.

Maintenance should also be considered not simply over 25 years but much longer.

Scale

It is expected that the mosque will extend to the equivalent of three storeys, with a large prayer hall of double or triple height and a capacity for some 450 prayer mats plus circulation space. This area should be open to allow clear views for all worshippers. There should be no columns in this area, but the prayer hall does require a domed roof to accommodate a double or triple height grand space.

In addition to the prayer hall, there should be three floors of other accommodation including a ladies’ prayer hall on a separate floor with a separate entrance and clear views into the main prayer hall. This area should extend to approximately half the overall footprint of the building.

The charity’s retained architects have prepared an indicative sketch of how the site may be laid out. This demonstrates a footprint of at least 730m2 is achievable but this should not be regarded a minimum or maximum requirement.

Interior

The building should make maximum use of natural light where possible. At this stage it has not yet been determined how the interior design will be addressed. Entrants are therefore encouraged to put forward their general ideas for the interior design which should be simple and not ornate with a general open and contemporary approach.

Sustainability

The architect should seek to achieve a zero carbon development or as close to this as is reasonably possible, subject to the demonstration of costs and benefits. This may include the achievement of a BREEAM Excellent rating or the equivalent but should look at all opportunities for the incorporation of renewable energy, enhanced thermal efficiency and sustainable materials where possible. However, such renewables should not be visually dominant and should not be clearly visible in views of the building.

Prominence

Given the location of the site, the potential is there for this to be a visually prominent building and the design should take advantage of this. It will be visible from both motorways, the surrounding area and, of course, close up.

It is therefore essential that the building makes a real visual statement from whichever angle it is viewed. It should become a real focal point and landmark building for North Preston and the approaches to it.

Landscaping

Consideration should be given to the potential for landscaping of the site. This should take into account short and longer distance views of the site to maximise the quality of the setting within which the building will site. There is a preference for the landscaping to incorporate a majority of evergreen species, but it should also address the emerging requirement for a 10% biodiversity uplift.

There may be an opportunity to combine the scheme of landscaping with that to be undertaken by the highway’s authority on adjacent land. Maintenance of the grounds should be taken into consideration also.

Parking

The layout should maximise the opportunities for parking with a minimum of at least 140 spaces including disabled spaces and electric charging points. There should be no underground parking. Cycle parking should also be provided and thought should be given to the overall pattern of travel and accessibility to the site. The parking should respect the landscaping scheme and not dominate the site

Preston Mosque Design Competition images / information received 250221 from the RIBA

Location: near Preston, Lancashire, north west England, UK

Preston Architecture

Contemporary Architecture in Lancashire – architectural selection below: Preston Buildings

Preston Bus Station Date built: 1969 Design: Building Design Partnership (BDP) photograph © Adrian Welch Preston Bus Station Building

Beautiful and Brutal: 50 Years in the life of Preston Bus Station Curator: Charles Quick Location: Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Library, Market Square, Preston, PR1 2PP, England photograph : Ian Clegg Preston Bus Station Birthday Exhibition Preston Bus Station is an internationally important piece of architecture that was built for everyday use by the people of Preston.

Brockholes Wetland and Woodland Nature Reserve Visitor Facilities, east of Preston Design: Adam Khan Architects Lancashire nature reserve

National Football Museum, Deepdale Design: OMI Architects National Football Museum Preston – the contents have now moved to Manchester’s Urbis building.

Avenham Park Pavilion Design: McChesney Architects Avenham Park Pavilion

Sika Liquid Plastics Limited Design: Frank Whittle Partnership Sika Liquid Plastics Preston

Preston Design Competitions

Preston Design Competition RIBA University of Central Lancashire in Preston Design Competition

Preston Office Building Competition Design: Moxon Architects Preston Office

Preston Housing Competition Preston Housing Competition

Park Houses Design: Ushida Findlay Architects and Holmes Partnership Preston Houses

Manchester Buildings image courtesy of architects office

Comments / images for the Preston Mosque Design Competition page welcome

Website: Architecture

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Things to Consider When Buying a Bluetooth Headset

Most smartphones support Bluetooth, and many people think that using a headset when traveling, such as in a car, eliminates the need to touch their cell phone to answer calls. So, what should you consider when buying a Bluetooth headset?

Call Quality

Cheap headsets are cheaper because they use economical components. These may not always sound the best to hear who you are talking to and that person to hear you. You can get a clear reception but he can hear a little robotic voice. So, it’s important to check the reviews of headsets that have caught your attention to make sure the call quality is adequate or better.

Noise Suppression

If you travel a lot with a headset, you may want to consider a brand that is particularly good at reducing outside noise. If you hear a lot of wind noise from the truck’s open window, it definitely doesn’t help the person you’re talking to. Some headsets have multiple microphones and one uses it to detect the ambient noise around you, and clever software to suppress it so you can easily hear your voice.

Battery Life

In general, the larger the headset, the larger the battery and the longer the charging time. Some headsets only last 2 hours, while others can last 6 to 8 hours at a time. Check out the specs!

UP

It is not always possible or very hygienic to test different headsets for a comfortable fit. However, some of them partially sit inside the ears, so I want to make sure it’s okay. They often have rubber or foam interchangeable pads of various sizes to aid in the fit. Some headsets are placed on your earlobe or lying on your ear.

Style

To be honest, many people think that people wearing bluetooth headsets are a little weird. You can pay more and get a really stylish headset like the Jawbone Era. Or, you can limit your use at your desk or while driving, so fewer people can see you.

Mono v stereo

Most headsets fit in one ear, but you can buy wireless headphones that cover both ears. It usually gives you worse sound quality than your wired cousin because some sound definition is lost when transferring music over bluetooth. Wireless can be very convenient in some situations. You have to decide for yourself if the sound quality is good enough for you.

Price

Manufacturers are often releasing new models to keep the range fresh, but this doesn’t mean that the old “best buy” is no longer worthwhile. Retailers may have a stock of discontinued items that are perfectly suited to the product you want. In general, a good headset costs 50 dollars or more. The best prices for top-of-the-line headsets start at $99.

My recommendation

If you need to choose a specific headset, I opted for Plantronics Voyager Legend. Large over-ear headset with long battery life. Both devices can be paired at the same time, so you can use it with your mobile phone and desktop PC VOIP without the need to pair every time you change the phone call source. Or you might want the affordable Plantronics M55, which offers crystal-clear sound, a comfortable fit and an incredibly long battery life.

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£345m confirmed for 76 local road projects – full list

Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has confirmed the 76 local projects from across the country to receive £244m funding to address pinch points and ease congestion.

He also will release an extra £101m for two new major roads in Middlewich, Cheshire, and Worcester in the Midlands to accelerate house building and boost jobs.

Grayling said: “These schemes will provide much needed upgrades to essential local roads up and down the country, cutting congestion, improving safety and shortening journey times for drivers.

“They will also help boost regional economic growth by unlocking jobs and supporting vital new housing development.”

The funding covers a range of projects, including:

the delivery of contactless payment options across Nottingham’s bus and tram network

creating a new link for buses in Plymouth providing direct access to Derriford hospital

improvements on the A66 in Darlington which will help unlock 2,600 houses and 4,300 jobs by improving travel connections

A major road improvement scheme in Worcester with £54.5m government funding will complete a series of upgrades to the Worcester Southern Relief Road, including a new carriageway alongside the existing Carrington Bridge.

This will provide much needed congestion relief and accelerate the building of more than 5,000 homes.

Another £47m funding in Middlewich will pay for the Eastern Bypass scheme which will open up more land for employment, potentially creating up to 2,000 extra jobs.

Funding for all these schemes is being provided from the National Productivity Investment Fund and the Large Local Majors fund.

76 local road improvements Region Lead authority Scheme name EA Essex CC A120 Braintree slip roads Millenium Way EA Essex CC A120 and M11 slip road Junction 8 EA Suffolk County Council Eye Airfield Junction Improvements & Link Road EA Bedford BC Bedford Northern Gateway to growth EA Southend-on-Sea Borough Council Town-centre Redevelopment Improvement Project (TRIP) EA Cambs and Peterborough CA A15 jn 18 Peterborough EA Cambs and Peterborough CA A605 Stanground East junction improvements EA Norfolk County Council A140 Hempnall Roundabout EM Derby City UA Derby Bus Station extension EM Leicestershire County Council Hinckley Hub Sub-Package (Part of Hinckley Area Project Zone 4) EM Leicester City Council Leicester Putney Road West (new Transport Link) Project EM Nottingham City Council Delivering Contactless Bankers Card and Mobile Phone Payment across Nottingham’s Public Transport Network and the Wider City Region EM Lincolnshire County Council A46 Lincoln Road, Welton, Lincoln EM Northamptonshire County Council Cliftonville Corridor EM Leicester City Council Leicester Urban Congestion Bus Pinch Point Improvement Project EM Derbyshire CC Highways hub advanced real time information NE NECA North Tyneside Council A189 Improvements Haddricks Mill to West Moor NE TVCA Darlington Borough Council Darlington Growth and Enterprise Zone Connectivity NE NECA Sunderland City Council Northern Gateway (North Bridge Street), Sunderland NE TVCA Middlesbrough Council A66/A171 Cargo Fleet Roundabout improvement scheme NE NECA Newcastle City Council Expansion of Tyne and Wear’s Urban Traffic Management Control centre Services NE NECA Durham Council (A19/A182) Junction Capacity Enhancements NE NECA Gateshead Council Sunderland road link NE TVCA Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council A171 Swans Corner to Flatts Lane Improvement NE NECA South Tyneside Council A194 / B1306 Mill Lane Roundabout Improvement Scheme NE NECA South Tyneside Council A19/A194 to A19/A185 Lane Gain/Lane Drop Arrangement NW Warrington Borough Council Warrington East Phase 3 NW Cheshire East Macclesfield Movement Strategy Phase 1 NW Warrington Borough Council Omega Highway Gateways – Junction Improvement Package NW LCRCA Wirral Borough Council A554 Tower Road Civilised Street Scheme, Birkenhead NW Cheshire West and Chester A556 Gadbrook Business Park Junction Upgrade NW Cumbria CC Whitehaven North Shore Access NW Lancashire County Council M55 Heyhouses Link Road NW GMCA Stockport A560 Cheadle corridor NW LCRCA Liverpool City Council A59 Liverpool City Gateway NW Blackpool UA Yeadon Way access route upgrade NW Blackburn Darwen Fabric Borders Blackburn NW Cheshire East North West Crewe access NW GMCA Manchester City Mancunian Way Princess Parkway SE Kent County Council Kent Medical Campus Enterprise Zone SE Southampton City Council Eastern Access to Southampton – A3024 Bursledon Road Junctions SE Bracknell Forest A329 A322 Corridor improvements SE Buckinghamshire CC A418 Corridor improvements Aylesbury to M40 SE Buckinghamshire CC A40 London Road High Wycombe improvements SE Milton Keynes Council CMK Peak hour journey-time improvement SE Kent County Council A2500 Lower Road Improvement Minster SE Hampshire County Council South East Hampshire Bus Rapid Transit SE Oxfordshire County Council Botley Road Corridor Improvements (Phase 1) SW Plymouth City Council Forder Valley Interchange SW Devon CC Exeter Eastern Growth SW Plymouth City Council Morlaix Drive Access Improvement & Bus Priority Scheme SW North Somerset Council Weston-super-Mare Town Centre Transport Enhancement Scheme SW Swindon Borough Council Mead Way Swindon – corridor improvements SW Wiltshire Council A350 Farmers Roundabout Improvements SW Bournemouth BC Wallisdown Crossroads Improvement SW Devon CC Sherford Main Street SW Gloucestershire County Council A38 Cross Keys Roundabout Capacity Improvements and Signalisation WM Worcestershire County Council Bromsgrove Town Centre Network: Unlocking Growth in Bromsgrove WM Worcestershire County Council Worcester City Centre Network Efficiency: Axis West East WM Warwickshire County Council A47 Hinckley Road Nuneaton WM WMCA Birmingham City Council Birmingham Growth Point Public Transport Package WM Warwickshire County Council Stratford-upon-Avon Gateway to Business and Culture: A3400 Birmingham Road Growth Corridor WM Stoke-on-Trent Council Cobridge Junction Improvement Scheme WM WMCA Walsall Council Walsall Economic Growth and Infrastructure Package WM Staffordshire County Council Lichfield Southern Bypass (Final Phase) WM WMCA Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council Solihull Strategic Cycle Network – Town Centre-UKC Hub-Birmingham Links YH WYCA Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council Clifton Business Park Transport Network YH SCRCA Sheffield City Council A61 London Road / Broadfield Road improvement YH East Riding Yorkshire A164 Riplingham Road Great Gutter Lane Junction Improvement YH York Council STEP Smarter Transport Evolution Programme YH WYCA Bradford Metropolitan District Council Bradford Transport Management Upgrade YH WYCA Leeds City Council SCOOT for Leeds YH SCRCA Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council A18 Thorne Road BKS 66 Rail Bridge widening YH SCRCA Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council College Road Roundabout – Rotherham Growth Gateway YH WYCA Leeds City Council A6120 Leeds ORR Cycle Superhighway YH North Yorkshire County Council Enabling Development and Business Growth in West Harrogate

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Construction to start on £100m quartet of roads

The Department for Transport has approved £100m of funding to start construction on four major road schemes.

The schemes given funding to proceed to construction are:

£31 million for the Preston western distributor scheme: a new dual carriageway link between the M55 and the A583 designed to improve travel between the enterprise zone at Warton and the Springfields nuclear facility at Salwick, as well as reduce congestion in Preston and directly lead to the creation of 3,575 houses and the creation of over 500 jobs.

£25.5 million for the Stubbington bypass: a new 3.5km single carriageway road will improve the environment in the village with the removal of traffic as well as improve access to development sites in Gosport.

£22.5 million for the White Hart junction: improving the intersection between the A419 and A420 to the east of Swindon which will benefit existing users of the junction and help unlock development of the New Eastern Villages site.

£22.9 million for the Wichelstowe southern access scheme: construction of an access road to the Wichelstowe development site under the M4 motorway which will unlock an additional 2,500 residential units

Seven other schemes will be awarded funding to develop their business cases while a further seven schemes have been given approval to proceed and to apply for funding at a later stage.

The DfT said: “This is just the first of a wave of funding to be announced for the major road network and large local majors programme, with further rounds to be announced in the next few months.”

Schemes at strategic outline business case which have been awarded development funding:

Tyne Bridge and Central motorway renewal

A38 Bromsgrove route enhancement programme

A511 growth corridor (Leicestershire)

A38 – (Bristol Airport access improvement)

A38 Manadon interchange (Plymouth)

A374/A386/A3064 Plymouth MRN phase 1

A140 Long Stratton bypass

Schemes given approval to proceed to the next stage:

A1079 improvement – East Riding of Yorkshire

Isham bypass, Northamptonshire

A28 Birchington, Acol and Westgate-on-Sea relief road

Southampton West Quay road realignment

A146 Barnby bends

Lombard roundabout (Croydon)

A13 Lodge Lane (Dagenham)

from http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2019/09/30/construction-to-start-on-100m-quartet-of-roads/

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Resources for Sanduni

Analog/digital product augmentation research

Search results ‘analog products with digital augmentation’, search 24 Aug

https://thepeakmagazine.com.sg/lifestyle/analogue-digital-merged-create-augmented-paper/

Agile manifesto

Addition to QR codes and alternatives

https://www.wired.com/story/augmented-reality-art-museums/

QR codes and alternatives

MIT article re visual search (alternatives to QR codes)

��https://www.technologyreview.com/s/425907/scan-anything-and-let-your-phone-do-the-rest/

National Archives exhibition on the early designs for Canberra featuring ‘augmented reality’ app for iPad. This review includes a whole section about the interface (scroll down to ‘use of tech in exhibition’ heading) 

More QR code articles at the bottom of this post ... read the abstracts, one points out that QR tech is not widely used.

Stop motion animation

Animation festival http://www.miaf.net/ . The wikipedia page for animation festivals tells you which ones are long established (ie ‘important’). Check out past winners/entrants and have a look at their work 

The Australian Centre for the Moving Image in Melbourne has lots of resources on stop motion animation including a ‘how to’.

Here’s a website devoted to animation in Australia OzAnimate

Reading list on animation how tos from the British Film Institute

Resources from the UC library on animation 

Includes DVDs of Jan Svankmajer’s work, a very famous Czech animator who used stop motion in all his work (quite dark, not paper based but you need to know about Svankmajer!)

Stop motion handbook 3: using GarageBand and iStopMotion

Description: A reference guide to help young animators learn how to produce polished stop motion movies. Includes teacher lesson plans. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, secondary.

Creation Date: 2012

The animation bible : a guide to everything - from flipbooks to flash

Creator: Furniss, Maureen.

Contents: 1. Concept, medium and style -- 2. Storytelling strategies -- Applications I. Hearing sound; Dynamics of color; Color rhythms; Developing personality -- 3. Pre-production -- 4. Production and post-production -- Applications II. Timing action; Developing frames; Twisted wire and clay figure -- 5. Early motion devices -- Applications III. Thaumatrope; Flipbook -- 6. Direct filmmaking: practice and presentation -- 7. Direct filmmaking: vision, sound and collective experience -- Applications IV. Direction motion graphics loopology; Direct sound; 16mm animaged sound notes -- 8. Mixed media and drawing -- 9. Water- and oil-based media -- Applications V. Texture book; Characteristics of media; Coloring test -- 10. Stop-motion animation: a survey of techniques -- 11. Animation in real world contexts -- Applications VI. Replacement animation and lip sync; Cutout figure using paper pivot hinges; Pixilation -- 12. Digital media and computer animation -- 13. Digital visions -- Applications VII. Playing with Flash -- Glossary.

Creation Date: 2008 University of Canberra Library UC Library General NC1765.F87 2008

The animation producer's handbook

Contributor: McConville, Yasmin.

Contents: 1. Animation -- 2. The producers -- 3. The concept and the pitch bible -- 4. Project development -- 5. Setting up the pre-production process -- 6. The 2D pre-production process : part one -- 7. The 2D pre-production process : part two -- 8. 2D production -- 9. Pre-production and 3D animation -- 10. 3D production -- 11. Post-production -- 12. Producing Flash, stop motion and multipath movies.

Creation Date: 2006 University of Canberra Library UC Library General TR897.5.M55 2006

The collected shorts of Jan Svankmajer Vol. 1 : the early years

The collected shorts of Jan Svankmajer vol. 2 : the later years.

Description: A series of short films made by the Czech surrealist Jan Svankmajer, using a combination of puppets, humans, stop-motion animation and live action. 

University of Canberra Library UC Library General PN1997.A1.C65 2003 dvd 2

QR codes journal articles

Mediating Museum Display and Technology: A Case Study of an International Exhibition Incorporating QR Codes

Creator: Dressler, Virginia A. ; Kan, Koon-Hwee

Is Part Of: Journal of Museum Education, 03 April 2018, Vol.43(2), p.159-170

Subject: Article ; Quick Response Codes ; Art Exhibition ; Informal Education ; Museum Display ; International Art Exhibition

Description: Theoretical and practical implications of incorporating Quick Response (QR) codes in a traveling international art exhibition are addressed in this paper. Blending the physical and virtual dimensions, the exhibition undergirded a pilot study of the integration of technology into traditional museum settings in both China and the United States. The conceptual and methodical framework highlighted in this study included the participatory museum, informal education, and an array of evaluation research methods and techniques. Data collected for analysis comprised a set using Google Analytics, questionnaires completed by exhibition visitors, and other in-depth qualitative findings collected from participating artists from both cultures. This paper shows that the technological aspects of display can lead directly to participatory learning with the potential for new directions and avenues of inquiry.

Publisher: Routledge

Identifier: fulldisplay.constants.ISSN: 1059-8650 ; E-ISSN: 2051-6169 ; DOI: 10.1080/10598650.2018.1459081: ISSN: 1059-8650 ; E-ISSN: 2051-6169 ; DOI: 10.1080/10598650.2018.1459081

Source: Taylor & Francis Group

Using QR codes to increase user engagement in museum-like spaces

Creator: Pérez-Sanagustín, Mar ; Parra, Denis ; Verdugo, Renato ; García-Galleguillos, Gonzalo ; Nussbaum, Miguel

Is Part Of: Computers in Human Behavior, July 2016, Vol.60, pp.73-85

Subject: Quick Response (Qr) Codes ; Museum-Like Spaces ; Engagement ; Experimental Design ; Design-Based Research

Description: Quick Response (QR) code technologies offer potentially outstanding opportunities to transform public experience in museum-like spaces. However, although QR codes are a cost-effective way of delivering digital information in these spaces, there is as yet little information on the resulting effects on visitor engagement. We conducted two different controlled experiments in order to examine the effects of QR codes on visitor engagement in museum-like spaces. These experiments were structured in two research cycles and followed the Design-Based Research methodology. The first experiment compares the effects of QR codes versus traditional display screens for providing information about the exhibits. This experiment was carried out with 200 participants in a public garden. The second experiment was carried out with 260 college students at a university campus hall. This experiment compares traditional (or one-way) QR codes with two-way QR codes as different methods for delivering information. Two-way QR codes allow visitors to search for information about the exhibit, as well as contributing by leaving comments. In both experiments, we measured engagement as a combination of three variables: (1) amount of information consumed by visitors; (2) the time visitors spend at the exhibit; and (3) the visitors’ perceived quality of the experience. The results show that visitors prefer direct mechanisms for obtaining information about the exhibits, such as text on a panel or videos on a screen. However, we also found that two-way QR codes are a cheaper alternative for delivering digital content in museum-like spaces, especially for college-age visitors. •The effect on visitors' engagement of using QR codes is studied.•One experiment compares QR codes versus traditional display screens.•Another experiment compares traditional QR codes with two-way QR codes.•Visitors prefer direct ways of delivering information: screen and text.•Two-way QR codes are more engaging than traditional QR codes.

Identifier: fulldisplay.constants.ISSN: 0747-5632 ; DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2016.02.012: ISSN: 0747-5632 ; DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2016.02.012

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A case study on the appropriateness of using quick response (QR) codes in libraries and museums

Creator: Schultz, Michelle Kelly

Is Part Of: Library and Information Science Research, July 2013, Vol.35(3), pp.207-215

Subject: Museums -- Usage ; Museums -- Case Studies ; Museums -- Analysis ; Libraries -- Case Studies ; Libraries -- Analysis;

Description: Libraries and museums are increasingly looking to mobile technologies, including quick response (QR) codes, to better serve their visitors and achieve their overall institutional goals; however, there is a lack of information regarding patrons' perceptions of QR codes — information essential to successful implementations. This case study explored staff members' and patrons' perceptions of QR codes at Ryerson University Library and the Museum of Inuit Art in order to determine the extent to which QR codes are appropriate for use in libraries and museums. Observations and 56 patron and staff interviews were conducted to obtain data on usage, knowledge, reactions and expectations regarding QR codes in these institutions. It was found that QR code usage was low, but that there was potential for use, with patrons' reactions being generally positive. Three themes were identified from an analysis of the results: an assumption that young people and smartphone owners use QR codes; that QR codes are only used for one-way provision of information, not to initiate a conversation; and that QR codes can be used to personalize a visit to an institution. Libraries and museums are advised that based on these findings, QR codes can provide a cost effective and potentially powerful tool, but patrons should be first surveyed to tailor these initiatives to their wants and needs. •QR code usage was observed to be low.•Patrons' reactions were generally positive, suggesting potential for effective use.•A common assumption was that youth and smartphone owners know how to use QR codes.•Another assumption was that QR codes are only used for one-way information provision.•The idea raised was that QR codes could help visitors personalize their visit.

Identifier: fulldisplay.constants.ISSN: 0740-8188 ; DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2013.03.002: ISSN: 0740-8188 ; DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2013.03.002

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Construction to start on £100m quartet of roads

The Department for Transport has approved £100m of funding to start construction on four major road schemes.

The schemes given funding to proceed to construction are:

£31 million for the Preston western distributor scheme: a new dual carriageway link between the M55 and the A583 designed to improve travel between the enterprise zone at Warton and the Springfields nuclear facility at Salwick, as well as reduce congestion in Preston and directly lead to the creation of 3,575 houses and the creation of over 500 jobs.

£25.5 million for the Stubbington bypass: a new 3.5km single carriageway road will improve the environment in the village with the removal of traffic as well as improve access to development sites in Gosport.

£22.5 million for the White Hart junction: improving the intersection between the A419 and A420 to the east of Swindon which will benefit existing users of the junction and help unlock development of the New Eastern Villages site.

£22.9 million for the Wichelstowe southern access scheme: construction of an access road to the Wichelstowe development site under the M4 motorway which will unlock an additional 2,500 residential units

Seven other schemes will be awarded funding to develop their business cases while a further seven schemes have been given approval to proceed and to apply for funding at a later stage.

The DfT said: “This is just the first of a wave of funding to be announced for the major road network and large local majors programme, with further rounds to be announced in the next few months.”

Schemes at strategic outline business case which have been awarded development funding:

Tyne Bridge and Central motorway renewal

A38 Bromsgrove route enhancement programme

A511 growth corridor (Leicestershire)

A38 – (Bristol Airport access improvement)

A38 Manadon interchange (Plymouth)

A374/A386/A3064 Plymouth MRN phase 1

A140 Long Stratton bypass

Schemes given approval to proceed to the next stage:

A1079 improvement – East Riding of Yorkshire

Isham bypass, Northamptonshire

A28 Birchington, Acol and Westgate-on-Sea relief road

Southampton West Quay road realignment

A146 Barnby bends

Lombard roundabout (Croydon)

A13 Lodge Lane (Dagenham)

[ebenalconstruct]

Construction to start on £100m quartet of roads

The Department for Transport has approved £100m of funding to start construction on four major road schemes.

The schemes given funding to proceed to construction are:

£31 million for the Preston western distributor scheme: a new dual carriageway link between the M55 and the A583 designed to improve travel between the enterprise zone at Warton and the Springfields nuclear facility at Salwick, as well as reduce congestion in Preston and directly lead to the creation of 3,575 houses and the creation of over 500 jobs.

£25.5 million for the Stubbington bypass: a new 3.5km single carriageway road will improve the environment in the village with the removal of traffic as well as improve access to development sites in Gosport.

£22.5 million for the White Hart junction: improving the intersection between the A419 and A420 to the east of Swindon which will benefit existing users of the junction and help unlock development of the New Eastern Villages site.

£22.9 million for the Wichelstowe southern access scheme: construction of an access road to the Wichelstowe development site under the M4 motorway which will unlock an additional 2,500 residential units

Seven other schemes will be awarded funding to develop their business cases while a further seven schemes have been given approval to proceed and to apply for funding at a later stage.

The DfT said: “This is just the first of a wave of funding to be announced for the major road network and large local majors programme, with further rounds to be announced in the next few months.”

Schemes at strategic outline business case which have been awarded development funding:

Tyne Bridge and Central motorway renewal

A38 Bromsgrove route enhancement programme

A511 growth corridor (Leicestershire)

A38 – (Bristol Airport access improvement)

A38 Manadon interchange (Plymouth)

A374/A386/A3064 Plymouth MRN phase 1

A140 Long Stratton bypass

Schemes given approval to proceed to the next stage:

A1079 improvement – East Riding of Yorkshire

Isham bypass, Northamptonshire

A28 Birchington, Acol and Westgate-on-Sea relief road

Southampton West Quay road realignment

A146 Barnby bends

Lombard roundabout (Croydon)

A13 Lodge Lane (Dagenham)

from http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2019/09/30/construction-to-start-on-100m-quartet-of-roads/