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The Centre offers children and teenagers an insight into what scientists actually do and how their work influences real life, through a series of interactive games. Visitors can try their hand at virtual experiments, observe real body parts and diagnose disease using high-power microscopes. This combination of digital technologies and real-world science creates a science education experience not available in the classroom.

Centre of the Cell is designed by Land Design Studio and lit by David Atkinson Lighting Design (DALD). The

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"We have put a lot of work into finding just the right partner to handle the North American markets." says Mattias Strömberg, marketing manager for Milab Microphones. "That means someone who feels as strongly about our brand as we do and who has both the brains and the muscles to represent and market Milab appropriately."

"We are delighted that we have FDW-Worldwide as our chosen partner to bring Milab closer to our customer in this part of the world. I am confident that we both are looking at a very bright future with this partnership" says Thomas Nöjdh, president of Milab Microphones.

FDW-Worldwide Pr

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Held 1 October 1 - the 60th anniversary of the 1949 revolution - this year's celebrations featured 200,000 participants, an array of large, festive floats representing cultural, sporting and national successes and culminated in a 60,000-person evening rendition of I Love China in Tiananmen Square accompanied by a 300,000-shell fireworks display.

Overall sound design was delegated to Radio Film and TV Design Institute of the China Media Group, with the bulk of audio-specific systems integration shouldered by Hong Kong-based ACE Professional Sound and Lighting. Although the sheer magnitude of au

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Taking place in Kostrzyn on the Polish-German border, rental company Fotis Sound provided a Midas XL8 and XL4 for front of house, with a choice of PRO6 and H3000 on monitors, a Venice 160 for communications and a Klark Teknik DN9696 high resolution recorder, which was used to record the Saturday Anniversary Concert attended by original Woodstock founder Michael Lang.

Special guests at this year's festival were Nobel Peace Prize-winner and former president of Poland, Lech Walensa, and Tadeusz Mazowiecki, the first prime minister of Poland post- 1989. Forty internation

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connecting the Martin Universal USB/DMX box to any Maxxyz PC will generate 1024 DMX channels. This is an opportunity for Martin LightJockey users with larger requirements to experience all the power and benefits of Maxxyz PC, says the company. Users can download the new software from the Maxxyz support site at www.martin.com/maxxyz/support.asp

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Pancho comments: "We chose the grandMA2 for two primary reasons. First of all the console is one of the most universally accepted worldwide as well as in Brazil, especially the grandMA2 light, which addresses all the requirements of both large and smaller tours. The other reason is because of the fantastic support offered by the local MA Lighting office in Brazil, MA Lighting Latin America.

Rent All Show is a company with 20 years experience in the market. It provides professional lighting and audio solutions for the entertainment business, mainly for the concert touring sector and already owns MA equipment.

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Blanc is no stranger to working with Anastacia, having performed FOH duties for her on and off since her first single broke some eight years ago. He is also no stranger to DiGiCo and was happy to be able to specify a D5 for her latest tour.

As the tour didn't carry a full PA system, Blanc utilised 56 of the D5's inputs and fed the varying systems with five sends: main PA, front-fills, subs and delays as required.

"The show was her usual pop style, where the songs vary in colour and intensity," he recalls. "Most programmers work at hom

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14 March 2016

The company says: "According to BS7906-2:2000, initial and periodic inspections of truss should be both implemented and recorded, to ensure the safe use of trussing systems and assemblies. It is also a requirement of LOLER (Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998), that all parts of a lifting system must be subject to a specific inspection regime. Furthermore, these inspections must be carried out by a qualified person - which can be notoriously difficult to determine or monitor.

"Inspection therefore, is often a discipline that i

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14 March 2016

AV systems, including the security cameras, building security, classroom sound reinforcement, public address and sound system for the cafetorium and gymnasiums, were installed by Muzak of Toledo of Toledo, Ohio. Muzak of Toledo's engineer, John Raymond worked closely with Beuhrer Group to optimize the AV systems.

As in many small towns, the high school is also a centre for community activities of all kinds, including theatrical productions and musical concerts as well as athletics. All of these and more can take place in Fayette Local Schools, in a multipurpose space that includes both a gymnasium and cafétorium. A central st

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The site is accessed through four portals, Concert Touring, Theatre, Television and Live Events, each providing access to news, services, people and equipment tailored to the market sectors that PRG Lighting's teams serve.

The site's core sections are linked together allowing the visitor to see the recent shows and events that each project manager has supported, what equipment each show featured, and browse images and videos to see what it all looks like in action.

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No fewer than 170 chain hoists from ChainMaster were deployed during the opening ceremony in the Indoor Stadium. Eighty-eight of them were already installed in the stadium, being BGV-D8 hoists with a safe working load of 1,000 kg equipped with encoders, load sensors and computerized control. These were complemented by a further 82 BGV-D8 rigging lifts, also with SWLs of 1,000kg brought in specially for the event.

The opening ceremony combined three themes: Garden in the City, Asian Zest and Spirit of Evolution. It began with 400 schoolchildren from Singapore dancing to a medley of songs in a variety of Asian languages. The climax of the ceremony came when all the lights wer

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Adjacent to the Windsor Castle, a favourite social gathering point, the new Juice Bar was specifically created as a cutting-edge music performance venue for bands of all styles to ply their trade. As an extension of the Juice Music Television brand, the ability to provide world-class sound quality was a design prerequisite for the new nightspot. With the expertise of Auckland, N.Z.-based Edwards Sound Systems, a new sound reinforcement system from D.A.S. Audio has been installed.

Jonathan Hardie-Neil, managing director of Edwards Sound, comments: "The primary challenge we faced was that the Juice Bar was to be multi-purpose. Our clients, whose expectation

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In 1999, Kent County International Airport became Gerald R. Ford International Airport and, at the beginning of the new Millennium, it completed a $50 million renovation of its passenger terminal building. Since then, its programme of improvement and upgrade has continued, with one of the most recent additions being an extensive Ampetronic induction loop system, designed to improve the experience of its hearing impaired customers.

Jonathan Curtiss, network manager for Kent County Department of Aeronautics, comments: "One of the reason

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14 March 2016

Created in collaboration with Proel Communications, the website is an appropriate vehicle for the new team at Proel Group Professional, headed up by sales manager Gianluca Farina, to become easily accessible to the Italian market. In addition to providing contact details for the sales team, the website integrates with Proel's strategy of focusing on distributing its entire portfolio of professional audio, video and lighting products.

"We have many customers in Italy, and with this new website we hope to attract many more to the Turbosound brand since we can offer a broad range of live sound and sound contracting pro

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The Digital Signage Product of the Yearhonour was awarded to Digital Projection for its innovative fireproof, dustproof and waterproof XTP?HD 300 projector. The fully IP65 certificated projector was originally designed to meet London Underground's rigorous safety and quality requirements for a cross?track digital signage projection system.

TV One received the Systems Product of the Yearfor its 1T-C2-750 Dual DVI Scaler. Steven Mattingly, managing director of TV One, was there to collect the award and states, "It is a privilege and an honour to accept this award on behalf of TV One. We are extremely proud to receive it.

"The CORIO2 Technology behind the 1T-C2-750 is among the best scaling

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Mike Blackman, managing director, Integrated Systems Events, says, "ISE prides itself on being a 'quiet' show where attendees can talk business without competing with high-level sound. But we have been aware for some time that many of our audio exhibitors would like to be able to demonstrate their systems at higher sound levels than our show floor policy permits.

"We have

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The show itself only lasted two hours, but the preparations had been ongoing for many months. Lighting director Mac Chan opted to redesign the stage layout from previous years, bringing the actual stage much closer to the audience.

To control all the lighting fixtures, lighting programmer Low Wee Cheng specified a grandMA system consisting of two grandMA full-size consoles, two grandMA2 lights for full tracking backup, eleven MA NSPs (Network Signal Processors) expanding the processing power and 32 MA 2Port Nodes which were distributed all over the stage.

"The reason I chose grandMA for Nationa

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White Light's appointment as a distributor gives it access to the full range of Philips' lamp technologies, including the FastFit system which enables easy lamp replacement and adjustment while also reducing overall lamp length, and P3 technology, which offers greater heat tolerance so increasing lamp life.

For entertainment lighting, these technologies are incorporated in a wide ran

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The equipment included high and medium resolution LED screens, Catalyst and Hippotizer digital media servers plus control, spherical projection system, cameras and IMAG PPU and 17 crew.

XL supplied Coldplay's video equipment for the third our running and right from the start of this one in June 2008. The account was project managed by Des Fallon, who said, "It has been a pleasure to be work with Coldplay again, on all 159 shows."

The LED video elements were scaled up dramatically for the stadium shows, most noticeably with the addition of 550sq.m of XL's F30 SMD screen, which formed an elegant elongated 54m wide by 12m high arched backdrop traversing the whole of the upstage area. The Arch

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In Melbourne, the long-awaited Federation Square integrates civic spaces, a transport hub, tourist and civic facilities. Buildings and open spaces include a large irregularly shaped city square (or plaza), sunny sheltered areas for al fresco dining, street theatre and music, gallery space, performance space and facilities for cafes, as well as other multimedia facilities, a function centre and offices. A galleria and indoor amphitheatre sit between the two major building complexes, and the development is topped off by a free-standing viewing tower.

At the centre of it all, in the large open-air plaza, is a giant 16:9 high-definition LED screen, which provides visual communication and entertainment as well as coverage of live sporting events

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To equip the convention center with drapes and curtains, Gerriets used more than 10.000sq.m of grey and black Clivia 600 stage velvet. The fabric is heavy-duty and has the quality that is necessary for curtains of exceptional height.

For the main hall, Gerriets provided an Opera white projection screen. Further, 700m of Vario Dance and Design floor was also provided.

For the main stage, Gerriets manufactured a 37m Fence Scissor track system, one of the largest in the world. The track system moves the two-piece main curtain (each piece is 19 x 14.30 m) in the main hall.

Gerriets installed al

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FOH engineer Shan Hira comments: "I especially like the onboard effects package. Having eight Lexicons to play with is a rare old treat."

Hira, who has also mixed for the Chemical Brothers and The Streets, has been a fan of the Vi6 for some time. "I had used it before and liked the layout, ease of use, and most importantly the sound of the desk," he says.

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The brief from event producers, Smyle Creative, was to provide the biggest projection display ever seen at the 15,000-capacity venue, and AV specialists QED duly obliged, filling the massive 34.5m wide by 11.9m high Harkness Hall projection canvas by deploying six Christie Roadster HD18K projectors - flown off a 25m high truss, high above the audience, via their own fast-fit custom-designed rigging system.

This tour de force enabled a host of motivational speakers (including Bootcamp founder Andrew Reynolds) to address aspiring entrepreneurs in an event held annually by the millionaire. Previously Wembley Conference Centre, The Bournemouth International Centre and The Brighton Centre have hosted Bootcamp b

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When he accepted the post in Jersey, a technical modernisation programme was already in the offing, and naturally, he wanted something modern and cool on the control front - to replace the existing system that had been in place since 2000.

"My ethos for the entire technical upgrade - encompassing sound, lighting and stage - was to get a future-proof system in place - something with a lifespan of at least 10 years" he confirms.

The console was supplied by Stage Electrics. Francklin had been keen to wait for the grandMA2 to come online before making the final purchasing d