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"We are thrilled to have this opportunity to once again operate a world class business under the Fleetwood name, and are confident we have the right team in place to provide the best service for our customers' needs," says Dyckhoff. "Our aim is to continue to provide clients with the best location recording in the industry."

In its new incarnation, Fleetwood Mobiles retains all assets of Sanctuary Mobiles as well as the existing mobile recording team - en

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A 16-year-old worker's legs were broken less than two hours into his first day at work as he fell from the footplate of an 18-ton refuse lorry. He was riding on the outside of the vehicle because there was not enough room in the cab for him and the three other workers. A 17 year-old girl lost part of a finger only one hour of starting her holiday job. Her fingers were crushed in a machine at the bakery where she worked.

Figures from the UK Health and Safety Executive show that Men in the 20-24 age group suffer the second highest total incidence of non-fatal work place accidents. Women in the same age group are the fifth most vulnerable group.

Accidents like these are a daily occurr

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The lighting feature, which involves the up-lighting of 10 various sized bubble tanks, was created by architect/designers Natalia Kudriavtseva with Sean Mahoney of Hoare Lee, and specified by LTP after referral from Architainment, CK's UK distributor.

To up-light the tanks LTP's project manager Terry Reeves chose 92 pieces of Colour Kinetics Cove MX for their optical qualities as well as their practicality when it came to the actual installation.

The top of the atrium is glass panelled, and therefore filled with daylight for most of the year, so any lighting had to be exceptionally bright to hold its own. The MX is a Powercore fixture, which requires only a data enabler at

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Products include the Catalyst v4 software, the DL2 Digital Light fixture, the new Studio Command automated wash luminaire, the Hog iPC and Wholehog 3 console

Event hours are Wednesday, Dec. 7 from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. and Thursday, Dec. 8 from 2-8 p.m. Festive refreshments will be served. Projected Image Digital is located at 53 Northfield Road, London W13 9SY.

(Sarah Rushton-Read)

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It is designed to maintain high speech intelligibility without sounding hollow and harsh, while the ultra slim condenser microphone is unobtrusive. Audix say it has also made sure the headset is very comfortable adjusting for different head sizes and weighs just 1.1ounce (31grams). The flexible and durable steel frame includes a strain relief at the back of the frame to protect the microphone from damage.

The dual ear piece ensures it is stable on the head during dance routines. It has a flat response across the audio spectrum and an SPL handling of 140dB. It comes in either black or beige.

Available with either 3pin or 4 pin mini XLR. The Audix HT-5 is available now from Stirling Trading.

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RG Jones was contracted to provide the audio - based around their Synco Martin three-way W8LC/WLX line array system - for an event which was headlined by Simply Red and staged at the Mikheil Meshki Stadium, home of Lokomotiv FC.

The company were working for Steve Nolan's Chromatic Productions, who in turn had been contracted by Neos Creative, BP's main contractor for the event.

RG Jones' engineer, Simon Honywill explained: "BP as operators of the BTC pipeline are staging events to celebrate the completion of this pipeline which runs through Azerbaijan, Georgia and Tu

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The building's design - by Zoboki, Demeter and Associates - and a 21st century technological backbone enable the staging of high quality and large-scale performances, bringing together various branches of the arts under one roof. Its permanent residents include the Ludwig Museum, the National Concert Hall and the Festival Theatre. It is part of the Millennium City Centre, a major urban renewal development program in Budapest that includes the adjacent National Theatre.

Client and main contractor on the project, Arcadom Co. Ltd.,

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"For the opening ceremony, more than 60 audio signals generated from the mixing console needed to be distributed to processors located 300m away," comments Jeffrey Lim, Aviom's international sales manager for Asia. "System designers Ruan Feng Audio & Lighting Company Limited decided against using a conventional analog snake system, choosing instead to use a distributed audio system from Aviom."

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"Ches has a wide experience in the lighting industry, particularly within the lighting control and structured wiring system sectors," comments sales director, James Hughes. "His knowledge of these products, the market and the demands of installation projects places him in an excellent position to provide consultants and contractors with invaluable consultation and support."

Metway is a major supplier of structured wiring systems for commercial properties and has worked with many of the country's largest electrical contractors on a number of prestigious projects.

(Sarah Rushton-Read)

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Founded in 1996 by Morrison Music and Production's Wayne Morrison, the Rock 4 XMas Foundation works to bring food, gifts and holiday spirit to less fortunate families by hosting the annual concert series. Past shows have featured performances by Bad Animals, Blue Oyster Cult, Randy Jackson, and members of Toto, Quiet Riot, Dio, Vanilla Fudge and many others.

"The annual Rock 4 XMas tour is a massive effort, and has grown bigger every year," remarked Morrison. "We'd never be able to pull it off without the help of our sponsors. Community has been a generous supporter of the organization, and we really app

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Privately owned by local Berkshire entrepreneur Duane Clark, Bar Indigo comprises two discrete areas; a separate bar and chill-out zone at the front of the club, and a much larger bar and dancefloor at the back. The long tunnel-like shape of the club premises ensures a great architectural space, but also offered, "fairly foul acoustics" for sound installer Paul Knight of Ascot Audio.

"The reverb time is horrendous, like being in a cave," says Knight. "The only solution was to get everyone as near to a direct source as possible, so

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50-60 selected lighting companies will exhibit, the majority new to the 100% brand. 100% Light is a selective show and all exhibitors will be vetted by the 100% Light Selection Panel, made up of lighting industry experts.

The 100% branded shows held at London's Earls Court, attract over 25,000 architects, specifiers, interior designers, engineers and lighting designers amongst the 36,000 visitors each year. Exhibitors at 100% Light will not only be able to build on this established visitor attendance, but meet new visitors only interested in seeing the best lighting product.

100% Light will be located between 100% Design in Earls Court 2 and 100% Detail in Earls Court 1. A comprehens

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The competition, run by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), sets a series of challenges for groups of up to six engineers under the age of 30 to test their team working skills. Each team has to provide the necessary, multi-disciplinary skills to cover all aspects of masterplanning, building design and construction, tested through completing five stages of a build project, based on a real site.

The winning team, named Imhotep after the architect credited with building the first pyramid in ancient Egypt, included Rachel Banham, Rachel Sandbrook, Ivan Chan, Ben Worth and Ruth Bailey, all based in Buro Happold London, and Alex MacLaren, an external architect.

"Congratulations to all our staff who took part,"

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Stage One was responsible for building the Paul Bonomini designed set for the opening ceremony, which highlighted the history of the region, including shipping and pearl diving. Students of Aspire played a starring role in the performance.

The set included several stages, a huge desert backdrop, billowing wave effects and the movement of a dozen aerial performers swimming 'underwater' across the set, using Stage One's Q-Motion control system. To achieve this, Stage One mapped each individual performers

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Hanging in the atrium of Clacton High School's new wing, Weather Cluster is a complex web of screens and data-cables, which resembles a 21st Century chandelier. This cloud of thirty screens emits weather conditions from around the world. Students from the school film weather conditions at every opportunity; these video clips form a computer database, which constantly searches the Internet to ascertain the local climate. As the weather conditions change, the computers broadcast the relevant video loops. Year after year, the d

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Company manager Nacho Alberdi explained that the deal was the result of Brophy's impressive performances over the last 12 months, adding that his new team member's extensive experience on the international circuit would provide valuable rewards for Vieta in 2006. Brophy has, in the past, worked for Amek, Kling & Freitag and Garwood.

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Mike Blackman, managing director ISE 2006 is delighted, but not surprised by these figures. "The AV Systems Integration market continues to grow at an increasing rate, the outlook for new business is buoyant and we have more than justified our decision earlier this year to invest in a substantial increase in floor space at the Brussels Expo to accommodate the increase in bookings."

Visitors who attend will see a number of new displays, a comprehensive conference including a new manufacturer's forum and a series of displays in the Brussels Expo. The Residential Solution

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Sharing the same frame sizes as the company's HP-Eight Series, the new HP-W features two additional sets of alternative stereo outputs, including a dynamics section which can be used for recording purposes or as a versatile stereo output for delay speakers, secondary rooms, etc.

Other features include an ambient mic input and a dedicated stereo input module with four mono and four stereo inputs. All mono inputs feature line inputs via an additional jack to the XLR mic input. Another new module features eight-channel automix which can be disabled, making the HP-W ideal for the contracting market when no technically trained personnel are available. All input modules feature a BNC connector for adding a Lillite while auxiliary outputs will be XLR. Other provisions in

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Named after Rick "Parnelli" O'Brien, the awards honor both individuals and companies in the entertainment industry who keep it moving forward with the "four H's": Humanity, Humility, Honesty, and Humor. These qualities were the defining traits of Rick O'Brien, a renowned production manager and respected colleague.

The award banquet was held in conjunction with ETS-LDI, the industry's yearly product and services convention. Chip Monck presented this year's lighting awards. TLS David Milly said that receiving the award was a real honor, but having Chip Monck present the award was just as notable. Monck is a previous Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Award recipient.

The award is voted on by