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Blowin' In The Wind - Bob Dylan's failure to acknowledge his Nobel Prize in literature is "impolite and arrogant", according to a member of the body that awards it. The 75-year-old singer was named the shock winner of the prize last week. But all efforts by the Swedish Academy to contact him have failed, and he has not acknowledged the win in public.

Academy member Per Wastberg told Swedish television, "He is who he is," adding that there was little surprise Dylan had ignored the news. We were aware that he can be difficult and that he does not like appearances when he stands alone on the stage," he told Sweden's Dagens Nyheter newspaper in a separate interview. A reference to the prize was removed from Dylan's website last week. It is still not known if he will travel to

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Canada - Gilray Densham, owner and CEO of CAST Group, has won an Ernest C. Manning Innovation Award, a prestigious innovation award in Canada.

Densham has been awarded the David E. Mitchell Award of Distinction, the second highest achievement of the Ernest C. Manning Innovation Awards, and a sum of $25,000 in recognition for BlackTrax real-time motion tracking system that offers production professionals with six degrees of freedom, including 3D and rotation.

To date, BlackTrax has been used in many of the world's most dynamic and exciting projects ranging from Cirque du Soleil productions, Marvel Universe LIVE! and Disney on Ice. It is also currently part of the Harry Potter production in London's West End.

Densham established CAST Group 22 years ago and the current portfolio includes BlackTrax realtime motion tracking system, wysiwyg lighting design and previsualisati

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Sweden - Aura Light is well known for its light sources with long lifetime and high quality. The Swedish made LED tube, Aura UltiLED Long Life, has a guaranteed lifetime of 58,000 hours. After additional testing Aura Light can now confirm an even longer lifetime expectancy of this particular LED light source. The tests show a theoretical lifetime of up to 147 000 hours, equivalent to almost 17 years of non-stop burning light, says the company.

The first generation of the LED light source, Aura UltiLED Long Life, was launched in 2012, leading the way for modular and energy efficient, high quality LED light sources. Recent testing indicates that this particular high quality LED tube has a very low lumen depreciation, exceeding the guaranteed lifetime by 150 percent.

"This strengthens the conviction that our modular high quality approach is at the forefront of LED development

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Indochine X PixMob Fan Immersion

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's - 40 thousand LED pixels on a ceiling!!! Indochine's whirlwind tour transports fans to another level of the live experience - immersing them from floor to ceiling with PixMob's X4 wristbands, and an LED ceiling made entirely of its NOVA Minis! With the vision of Indochine's creative team, PixMob used its LED fan-technology to turn attendees and venues into an ocean of effects, and a starry sky of LED magic. Très très cool!

Read more about the Indochine tour in the latest issue of LSi

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UAE - UK-based designer and manufacturer Baldwin Boxall is set to welcome visitors to its stand (number 4-G12) at Intersec Dubai in January 2017. This is always a busy show for the company and staff on the stand expect to see many new faces, as well as catching up with existing contacts too.

Visitors to the stand will see the EN54 (LPCB) certified VIGIL voice evacuation system and the company's Omnicare EVC system and disabled toilet alarms. These products, as you would expect from Baldwin Boxall, have an undeniable reputation of being robust and exceptionally reliable. (The company has recently gained Civil Defence Approval in the Middle East.)

Baldwin Boxall is a British designer and manufacturer and prides itself, not only on the quality of design and build of its products, but also on its customer service and support - which directors and staff believe is paramount to

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USA - In an effort to offer their clients an even greater understanding of how LED video can transform any environment, LED video manufacturer PixelFLEX is has announced a new partnership with SpaceView.

As an Augmented Reality technology, SpaceView transforms the way commercial construction and renovation design teams collaborate and visualize their creations by providing near-instantaneous and accurate product installation renderings. Operating across all Apple, Android and Microsoft OS platforms, PixelFLEX customers will now be able to virtually experience their LED video creation in true-scale with the simple drag-and-drop of a photo.

"Our goal at SpaceView is to help our customers communicate a realistic vision of what they can do for their clients as easily and quickly as possible," began SpaceView co-founder and VP of customer success Cody White. "Since our clients

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USA - LDI 2016 was twice as nice for Chauvet Professional, as the company's new freestanding theatrical lighting demonstration booth drew large and appreciative crowds throughout the three-day show. Located across the aisle from the Chauvet Professional main booth, the new demo area highlighted the company's Ovation LED ellipsoidals, Fresnels, battens and cyc lights, as well as its COLORado wash fixtures.

"We created a separate demo booth so visitors could appreciate the flat even light field, colour rendering and other extraordinary capabilities of our theatrical fixtures without being distracted by other light," said Berenice Chauvet, vice president of Chauvet. "The response from everyone who saw our Ovation and COLORado fixtures in action was overwhelmingly positive."

Among the highlights at the demo booth was the new Ovation E-260WW IP, the first IP65 rated LED ellipso

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UK - Arena Group designed and installed London's largest temporary cinema venue in Victoria Embankment Gardens, forming part of the 60th anniversary celebrations of BFI's London Film Festival, 5-16 October.

People Creative's Tim Elliott was the project director on behalf of the BFI, with Arena Group's expertise called upon to support the design process, then complete the logistically challenging installation, particularly mindful of their duty of care working in the busy, environmentally sensitive Embankment Gardens.

Arena Structures project manager, Phil Bish, lead his first solo project delivering Arena's temporary I-Novation structure spanning 25m x 35m. Built on 10m legs, with 40mm solid walls and externally wrapped with BFI branding, the structure was internally fitted out to the highest of standards with fully carpeted surfaces, acoustic linings, black wool serge dra

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South Africa - Durban based Hirezone Audio Visual has purchased 12 Robe Spiiders LEDWashBeam luminaires.

"We needed a wash light with versatility, something that had beams, and brightness was also a factor," said Richard Gild, founder of Hirezone. "The Spiiders are well priced, lightweight and I think they will be a big industry standard in the next six months to a year. That's where we want to be, allowing us to cross rental in the future."

Hirezone purchased the Spiiders from DWR Distribution. "I get so much support from Robe and DWR," added Richard. "I felt happy to give back to them and make this purchase."

(Jim Evans)

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Europe - Belgian entertainment engineering specialist WIcreations was tasked with creating a neat and novel piece of technical wizardry for Coen Janssen, keyboardist with acclaimed Dutch symphonic rock band Epica who wanted to be able to move his keyboards up, down, along and around the stage throughout their energetic live performances.

WI's project manager Koen Peeters was initially approached by Epica's lighting designer Erwin van Lokeren - familiar with WI's work on various projects - and asked to propose a robust, reliable and tourable solution to enable Coen to whizz around the stage.

With only three weeks from receiving the order to delivering the finished completely bespoke product to the band in time for the start of a new world tour campaign for their seventh studio album, The Holographic Principal, WI designed and fabricated two different systems to suit differe

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USA - On 7-8 October, the experts in safe sound at Sensaphonics, makers of in-ear monitors and hearing protection products, held their final Gold Circle seminar of 2016. Five audiologists from across the country came to Chicago for the two-day, CEU-certified seminar, earning inclusion on the company's roster of exclusive providers.

The Gold Circle seminar provides a mix of practical and technical product information, hearing wellness principles, and concert sound system basics, with a primary focus on in-ear monitors. Participants learn through a series of classroom modules, as well as a hands-on demo session featuring a live band experiencing in-ear monitors for the first time.

Audiologists earning their Gold Circle certification include Lidia Lee, PhD, of Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, MI; Rachel Otto of Pacific Hearing Service in Los Altos, CA; Jake Marsden A

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Spain - ARX has appointed Madrid-based Serman Pro as its exclusive distributor for Spain.

"Serman Pro is a well-known and respected distributor of professional audio and AV products," says ARX MD, Colin Park. 'Here at ARX, we're looking forward to working with José Urrialde and his team. They're the ideal partner to grow the market and user base for our digital and analogue product range throughout Spain."

"ARX fits perfectly into our portfolio, and will be of great interest to our dealers and end users' says José Urrialde Serman Pro's commercial director.

ARX joins a distribution portfolio that includes includes Canare, Audio Performance, AVT Audio Video Technologies and JTS.

Serman Pro will launch their distribution of ARX products at the Bitam Exhibition, Pabell

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UK - The ISCE is hosting Hearing Loop System training courses on 23 and 24 November at Leisuretec's TECZone in Leighton Buzzard. The first course, on 23 November, will focus on 'Design & Installation of Hearing Loop Systems'.

"Learn the best way to design and install a correctly working hearing loop system, ensuring compliance with appropriate Standards and Regulatory requirements (including BS7594, Equality Act, IEC/EN60118-4).

"While induction loop systems are now mandatory for many premises, a large proportion are badly designed, poorly installed, and rarely maintained. By attending this course, you can learn the correct way to design and install HLS, and importantly, be aware of the many potential pitfalls and how to avoid them." Click here to book.

On 24 November, trai

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UK - The Shakepeare Trilogy is an all-female production of three of Shakespeare's most renowned plays: The Tempest, Henry IV and Julius Caesar.

While this 13-week repertory season is the latest production from the renowned Donmar Warehouse, the plays are actually being performed in a custom-built theatre located near Kings Cross Station. White Light was approached to provide the lighting equipment for this production, which includes the revolutionary Spotrack system.

The lighting designer for the Trilogy is James Farncombe, who has worked with WL on several projects. He comments, "My brief for The Shakespeare Trilogy was to create a design that would give each play a separate identity yet have the aesthetic through-line that roots the trilogy in a recognisable environment. The productions are all presented in-the-round and on the s

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UK - Enlightened has appointed David Howard on a one-year work placement between years 2 and 3 of his University of South Wales degree in Lighting Design & Technology. As well as working on the Robe stand as one of their student interns for two years in a row, David was also the winner of the Hog Factor competition run by AED at PLASA London 2015.

David is the first placement student that Enlightened has taken on for a whole year and will hopefully be the first of many, as part of the company's new investment in young talent. Over the course of the year, David will work in all departments at Enlightened and will gain experience in production, installation, sales, hire, and repairs. He comments: "I approached Enlightened as the company had been spoken of highly by industry professionals that I had encountered during my first and second year at university. Meeting the team at En

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Germany - Panasonic has announced the launch of the Panasonic PT-RZ31K Series, designed for applications requiring brighter, immersive and ultra-reliable projection in auditoriums, museums and large event settings. Consisting of two ultra-high brightness 3-Chip DLP laser projectors - the PT-RZ31K (WUXGA) and the PT-RS30K (SXGA+) - the range delivers 31,000 lm (centre) of brightness from exceptionally compact and lightweight bodies.

Available this month, the two projectors feature Panasonic's proprietary SOLID SHINE laser technology, ensuring incredibly immersive picture quality combined with real maintenance-free design for up to 20000 hours. A unique Panasonic dual light source allows for uninterrupted projection as it offers redundancy in case of a technical fault. This makes the projector ideal for high-profile entertainment, staging, rental and exhibition applications.

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Europe - The Laserworld Christmas laser light effects are more than just firefly starshower lasers: They project actual Christmas themed patterns in different colours. Bells, Christmas trees, stars, Santas and more are displayed in red & green or blue & green, depending on the product model.

The Christmas lasers are designed as waterproof devices (IP67), so they can be used outdoor as well. Some models come with radio remote control, which allows for the control of colours, rotation and pattern change speed, as well as for selecting additional strobe effects.

The Christmas themed projection effect is generated with glass gobos in combination with an optical diffraction grating, so the effect does not flicker, like it would do with normal scanners. Due to the diffraction grating it has a wide projection angle, too.

The Laserworld Christmas laser light effects are rated

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USA - The University of Kentucky's Big Blue Madness is a special kind of event, where a packed crowd at Rupp Arena gear up for another season of UK Basketball. With a massive lighting package from Bandit Lites, the televised festivities on 14 October included a homage to former players, a flying Wildcat mascot, UK women's coach Matthew Mitchell's annual dance routine and the dynamic introduction of the 2016-2017 season's players.

Bandit Lites has provided the lighting package for the stellar scrimmage for the last five years, striving each year to match the energy and excitement of Kentucky's fans. Lighting designer Aaron Swetland configured a rig that did the all-important task of illuminating the court, but also filled the arena with beams of light.

One aspect of the event comes from the fact that the only colours used throughout the whole occasion are blue and white, ca

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USA - Up and coming Canadian singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes recently toured the United States and Canada with an Adamson E-Series sound reinforcement system provided by Cleveland, Ohio-based Eighth Day Sound.

"I had not used the rig before, but had heard it many times and really liked the sound quality," explains Tom Wood, FOH engineer for Mendes. "When I talked with Eighth Day Sound and they explained how flexible the system was, I knew it would work-and it was exceptional."

The tour was on the road with a full complement of Adamson E and S-Series line array modules and subwoofers. The larger arena shows used left-right arrays made up of 12 E15 and three E12 enclosures with a total of 16 E119 subwoofers flown in two arrays of eight. Twelve S10 enclosures per side were selected for out-fill when necessary. Further low end was provided by sixteen E119 ground-stacked subwoof

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Italy - The Grammy award-winning Joe Lovano has found his musical comfort zone by continually pushing the boundaries of the jazz genre. His artistic expression is fuelled by new collaborations, and new experiences. One such recent experience for the highly acclaimed saxophonist was the emotive return to his Italian roots in Sicily.

In mid-August, Lovano embarked on the journey to Alcara Li Fusi in Sicily to participate in the festivities of San Nicolo Politi and afterwards performed a special concert as a gift to the citizens of the town and its jazz aficionados. On a personal discovery for 'the world's greatest jazz musician in history', the festival organisers pulled out all the stops, and paid attention to every detail. With the expertise of Arka Service, a specialist audio, visual and lighting rental company in Sicily, Turbosound and Midas had quite the show to deliver.

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USA - Are there colours of sound? Can sound be expressed in the movement of light? Renowned instrumentalist and double platinum recording artist Nicholas Gunn thinks so, and he enlisted lighting designer Jeff Hinton of 815 Productions to help him demonstrate these principles with a ground-breaking video that they shot in an historic Chicago home in late September.

Gunn, a pioneer of New Age (or World Music), whose recordings like Thirty-One Nights have become classics in the genre, arranged for Hinton to capture his performance on the flute, as well as interpretive dance numbers, with an improvisational lighting display. To achieve this visionary goal, the LD surrounded the small stage with circular truss and mounted 12 Intimidator Spot 255 IRC moving fixtures from Chauvet DJ on the structure.

"Nick got a hold of me, wanting to try and do something different. He was

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USA - The University of Tennessee at Martin has completed a major upgrade to its 8500-seat Hardy M. Graham Stadium. The renovated stadium now boasts a large, modern academic/football press box facility and a new audio system with Community R Series and W Series loudspeakers.

UT Martin's goals were to upgrade its locker rooms and training facilities, add classroom space and enhance fan experience with a major new press area, a new concessions stand, a private club level and an audio system with music quality and performance that would rival major university and professional stadiums.

Lowrance Sound Company of Union City, Tennessee designed and installed UT Martin's new audio system. According to owner Carl Lowrance, the stadium's previous system was a 10-year-old, end-zone design using a pair of Community R2 loudspeakers which had provided good coverage and intelligible ann

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