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For the past 10 years Jim has been in business outsourcing, distribution, manufacturing and channel sales where he was responsible for national sales for two separate companies in the consumer electronics, satellite, and wireless internet industry.

"I am excited to be joining the Wybron team, especially when Wybron's cutting-edge technology and innovations are needed more than ever in today's industry," Koza says. "I look forward to supporting our client partners with all their lighting needs."

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Featuring large user-friendly buttons, faders and data wheels, MIDIcon has the look and feel of a conventional light board. Each time you manipulate one of its controls, it sends signals to your software via standard MIDI messages, allowing you to trigger scenes and play back shows directly from its console-style panel, without requiring the use of a computer mouse, says the company.

To make things even easier, Elation has built templates for Midicon right into the CompuShow and Emulation software programmes. This means there's no need for the user to configure MIDIcon. Functions are already pre-assigned to the various but

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The meeting will be held in the PLASA Show seminar theatre during the second day of the show and Bonner hopes that as many representatives from the lighting manufacturers exhibiting or visiting the show will take the time to attend. The topic for discussion is a voluntary standard labelling system for their lighting fixtures to communicate the information for the end user in respect of their responsibilities to the new Artificial Optical Radiation Directive (AORD)

The new regulations require all employers to assess the amount of exposure to artificial light their workforce is exposed to. Bonner is concerned that the responsibilities of the manufactures to comm

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"This was a great project for Black Light," says Stephen Read, head of the company's Events Team. "It was an exciting challenge to transfer our skills as theatrical technicians to the world of on-site TV production. There are a number of differences in terminology and working practice to get used to, but my team was well up to the job and everyone performed superbly."

The main technical challenge involved in getting the show broadcast was ensuring that all the lights were properly placed to create the illusions and effects needed by the producers. "It was interesting to see how the TV crew pu

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The rapper was up first - he performed his number one hit Pass Out and new single Written In The Stars. Kylie performed an acoustic version of All The Lovers and the night's biggest crowd-pleaser, her 1988 worldwide hit I Should Be So Lucky. Pub landlord Reuben Goddard commented, "The locals were shocked but we all had an evening we'll never forget. It's a bit out of the ordinary for ro

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"We are particularly pleased to be able to host what we understand will be the first public comparison of ETC's Source 4 and Selecon's new SPX range of profiles," says Hall for Cornwall's head of operations, Simon Crick.

The day will run from 10am to 4pm, and interested parties are welcome to join in the fun.

"This is a superb opportunity for people in the South West to try out a whole range of products in a real theatre environment right on their doorsteps," continues Crick. "It is a very rare event for this to happen outside of London or in a non-trade show environment so we hope people will take advantage of this opportunity."

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In April, Robert Juliat's Singapore distributor, Total Solution Marketing delivered a total of four Victor 1800W MSR followspots, four Super Korrigan 1200W HMI followspots and 16 RJ 600SX 1K profile spotlights to the Sands Expo and Convention Centre which first opened in April 2010.

The Robert Juliat Victors, Super Korrigans and profile spots will be employed mainly on the high profile meetings, incentives, conventions & exhibitions (MICE) events when keynote speakers address the floor.

Glenn Wong, managing director of Total Solution, comments, "Robert Juliat is renowned for its fantastic equipment with superb R&D. Their followspots are extremely user-friendly with the placements of their controls. They have

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Lighting consultant Light & Design Associates (L&DA) won the Lighting Design Award 2010 in the Heritage Projects category for the installation, which consisted of a complete rewiring and new electrical installation.

Jim Morse, then a director at L&DA and now a consultant with them, was the lighting designer on the project. He says, "The cathedral knew it needed new lighting both internally and externally, so took the opportunity to upgrade to the latest and best technology. We used two types of Source Four PARs: 575W with wide beam lenses for days when the cathedral is open for services and concerts; and Source Four PAR HID 150W for days when it is open for the general public. That way, they would have the quality they needed while keeping energy costs

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In the past there have been concerns that BS 8901 - the new event management standard developed to ensure the 2012 Games are delivered in a sustainable way - was merely tokenism, but LOCOG has reiterated its commitment to the standard, and is now seeking third party certification for its own implementation of the standard across the Olympic venues.

If you are interested in supplying the Olympics this information is significant because it strengthens the requirement for suppliers to be working towards BS 8901 compliance, plus it's clear there will now be an emphasis on being third party certified as opposed to relying on 'self certification' in the future.

PLASA is working in partners

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During the selection process for a major theatrical lighting overhaul for the Performing Arts Theatre Peter McKenzie, sales manager for Philips Selecon demonstrated the energy-saving 1200W 80V Rama High Performance Fresnel as an alternative to their larger, hungrier stage luminaires. This presentation, backed up by an independent assessment convinced the Council to specify and install 36 80V 1200W Rama High Performance Fresnels which have now completely replaced all the older 2000 / 2500W Fresnels in the 1139-seat theatre.

Chris Dbais, venue operations manager, comment

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The Roundhouse shows were produced by W1 Productions. Over 60 artists were performing on 31 consecutive nights, all being recorded and made available on iTunes, offering up a high profile mix of international artists from a mix of musical genres.

The line-up included the Scissor Sisters, Faithless, Ozzy Osbourne, Biffy Clyro, Paloma Faith and Rolando Villazon and many more, all of whom required a distinct look and identity for their shows. The imaginative and intelligent use of video was a large part of creating a unique presentation for each night.

It is the second year that Trenell has been video designer for the event, for which he also supplies the video f

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It's the third time that Blond has supplied technical services for the Big Brother phenomenon, produced by Endemol South Africa for DSTV Africa, and lighting for the studio that hosts the opening and finale episodes plus the weekly eviction shows is designed by Peter Rieck. The set was designed by Dewet Meyer.

The studio is a small space, narrow and tall, and the lighting was required to be flexible and multifunctional, with every single

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Suitable for any large scale event where both beam and wash effects are required such as stadium and arena shows, the conversion kit gets the most out of existing lighting gear, eliminating the need to invest in a completely new fixture.

The MAC 2000 Beam XB upgrade kit consists of a new front lens module with micro-Fresnel lens and a set of four beam effect gobos/apertures. The kit installs in less than fiveminutes and also works with the MAC 2000 Wash. Components can be easily uninstalled and the fixture returned to a standard Wash configuration at any time.

The 1500 W MAC 2000 Beam XB delivers a fat, tight and bright

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The event included a spectacular outdoor concert featuring performances by Grammy-Award winner Kelly Rowland, Broadway's Jersey Boys, regionally acclaimed artiste JJ Lin, and Singapore Idol 2009 first runner-up Sylvia Ratonel.

Working closely with Luminous, JM Rental provided a 127m2 Lighthouse LED screen as the backdrop to the integrated resort's Event Plaza. The screen comprised 15 x 11 panels (15.2m x 8.36m) of Lighthouse R7-ER LED panels, with a pixel resolution of 1920 x 1056, which treated guests to full HD resolution images.

Before the live concert got underway, the celebrations began with the inaugural World Championship Climb to the Sands SkyPark, a competition for seven teams of climbers from

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A Martin Maxedia Broadcast media server, complete with video clips, still images and integrated animations and optimised for High Definition playback, supplies graphics to horizontal rows of backdrop LC video panels.

Media content onto the LED panels is driven through Martin's P3-100 System Controller, an advanced video signal processor that allows LED screens to be treated like lighting instruments through direct DMX control of brightness, colour, pixelmapping and more. The LC Series panels used on Let's Dance were upgraded with LC Plus Series electronics, which adds many of the LC Plus features, including P3-100 compatibility.

Projected across the dance floor are powerful beam looks

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Phil Bailey, 5 Star's chief engineer explains: "Once we'd made the decision to invest in a third machine, plans were initiated to ensure the smoothest possible installation with the minimum disruption to production - which took some logistical juggling as we have been absolutely flat out busy throughout the summer."

The existing two machines were moved, along with the necessary electrical and air services, allowing the third Thermwood to be secured in place.

Bailey concludes: "Having completed the installation and commissioning of the latest machine, 5 Star now has even further capacity to produce cases and foam inserts that require CNC ma

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"We've been using Le Mark's labels on all our kit for more years than I can remember," says ELP's Jon Smith. "They stick to almost anything and they stay there too. Our flight and road cases are transported throughout the world and as with most things in this industry, the labels need to be incredibly heavy duty otherwise they just don't last.

"Being able to re-use them is essential, we just write on the contents of the case and the production they heading for, when we're done Le Mark's Label cleaner wipes away the ink and they're ready to go again."

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The Mill Project was part of the Ip-Art 2010 arts festival organised by Ipswich Borough Council. As part of the festival, Midas Productions asked Phil Supple to develop a centrepiece lighting project, building on the collaboration the two have enjoyed over three years of the Northumberland Lights project as well as the Iconic Burns project in Scotland, both of which were also supplied by White Light. Phil Supple comments, "The only parameters offered were a desire by the Council to create a focus of interest on the town and the festival, and on the waterfront in particular."

Supple's proposed scheme involved using lighting to animate and draw attention to

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An employer could write his own safety inspection procedures from scratch as part of his duty to provide a safe workplace, but borrowing from or adopting the final version of this document might be easier and lead to a better set of procedures.

The public review is over when the 'Review End Date' shown on the website of October 26, 2010 starts. Comments should be submitted before then.

Reviewers also are requested to look for protected intellectual property in the document. ESTA does not in

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The event was held at Cologne's LANXESS arena, one of Europe's largest all-purpose venues and host to concerts by an impressive range of international music stars.

Production management for the event was by Placet Die Veranstaltungsgesellschaft. Stage lighting, audio and video supply was by PRG Cologne, with set design by John Stillwell. For the third year running, Marcus Krömer and Marcus Bossdorf provided the lighting and video content design for the all-day event, which featured a conference in the morning, an awards show in the afternoon and a concert in the evening. Splitting into two teams, programming was 24/7 for a whole week in the arena.

Krömer needed

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Making their debut will be a range of lightweight multi-channel amps, three new 1U installation mixers/zoners a processor and a 15 inch 600W sub bass cabinet. All of these products were designed by MilTec's technical director, Graham Gosden.

In the lighting products section there will be two new IP65 LED pars fitted with 48x 3W RGBW or tricolour LEDs. There will also be new LED battens featuring 1W and tricolour LEDs, both featuring multi-zone operation.

The new LEDHead 50P is a 50W LED moving head profile with eight colo

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Using Robe's latest products, the booth lightshow will consume 30% less power than before, and look equally impressive, says the company.

There will also be no less than seven newly launched environmentally friendly moving light and LED products on stand 1-F47 from the Czech Republic based manufacturer.

Says MD Josef Valchar, "Robe has already been operating a strong green policy for several years, we are not just jumping onboard a current trend, and now is the time to push this philosophy to the next level". He adds that Robe intends to keep at the forefront of developing sustainable technologies and encouraging everyone to think s

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CAST Software will be demonstrating Vivien during PLASA2010. In addition to Vivien, CAST will also be showing their groundbreaking industry products wysiwyg, BlackBox and the new BlackTrax.

Vivien2010 is an intuitive, 3D event design and sales software designed for the full spectrum of event professionals who work in the special events and meetings industry. Computer skills can range from novice to highly advanced. It empowers users to conceive, design, sell, manage, and produce stunning events.

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Over 2,000 chairmen, 800 lighting designers, 1,000 engineers, 900 technicians / programmers and 500 installers are among them - with concert & touring, live events and theatre the fastest growing sectors and impressive growth coming from the AV visitor figures too. Confirming that PLASA 2010 continues to be viewed as a truly international event, 30% of registrations are from non-UK visitors.

Interest has been high as organiser PLASA Events has announced a stream of over 60 new and returning exhibitors over the summer, joining the show's regular cast of hundreds of key international brands, between them preparing to launch an estimated 500 new audio, video, lighting and stage technology products.

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