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Australia - The Franciscan church of St. Mary Immaculate is located on the east side of Sydney. To improve the sound of the existing system located in the church, R&B Sound & Vision chose the D.A.S. Audio Artec and Factor systems.

D.A.S. Audio distributor in Australia, Magma Systems & Engineering, offered their considerable experience in the installation of D.A.S. systems in religious centres. They recommended the use of the new Artec systems. Specifically, four white Artec 26 sound boxes were placed vertically in the altar area. These systems, ideal for near field applications, offer clean cut and sleek styling fit perfectly in any type of architectural space, says the company.

On either side of the hall, four white Factor 5 systems were used for paging and background music. Th

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USA - NSCA's latest Market Intelligence Briefing (MIB) report, Recruit and Retain Quality Staff: Organizational Issues and Structure, highlights how employee training, staff involvement in organizational strategic planning, and participation in staff reviews can enhance your company's employee recruitment and retention efforts.

This latest report provides resources to assist in organisational development by comparing what other successful companies in the industry are doing to retain, develop and recruit staff. Simple processes such as the development of organizational charts, job descriptions and employee reviews, can promote the strengths of your employees, overall value and employee satisfaction.

"A good company can become great by using these strategies to find, develop and retain talented and dedicated staff," said Jodi Montgomery, NSCA senior director of

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Germany - The Trade Fair Tower in the heart of Frankfurt Main is considered one of the most exclusive and attractive venues in the Rhein-Main region. With eight meeting rooms, two lounges and a bistro, the Trade Fair Tower offers plenty of room for the most diverse events: conferences, roadshows, , main assemblies, incentive events, or after-work parties.

Since the beginning of 2008 PDM Light & Sound has been the official technical supplier to the Frankfurt Trade Fair Tower Service GmbH. PDM manages the existing audio-visual technology already installed in the building, and provides additional equipment and professional support as the need arises.

"We're happy that the Frankfurt Trade Fair Tower Service has chosen us to be their long-term partner," states Fred Jung, managing director of PDM Light & Sound. And Carsten Krause, sales manager for HK Audio Concert Sound a

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UK - Martin Locket has been appointed chief executive of Production Resource Group UK, which encompasses PRG's four European brands - PRG Lighting, Essential Lighting, PRG Distribution and Summit Steel.

Richard Williams takes the role of chief operating officer & chief financial officer within the group and will be working closely alongside Locket to coordinate, drive and grow the UK businesses.

Locket also retains his role as managing director of Essential Lighting, which became part of PRG in 2008. Williams has been finance & operations director of PRG since 2005 and he will also stay closely involved in the running of the Group's flagship 168,000sq.ft Longbridge operation.

PRG's UK businesses operate as a network of specialist brands, focussed on a particular market sector or area of technical supply. The group currently operates from four UK locations and employs 200 sta

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Germany - MA Lighting has dropped the prices for its grandMA pico, grandMA micro, grandMA ultra-light consoles and for the MA NSP (Network Signal Processors). The 20% discount refers to the recommended international retail prices and is valid until the end of April 2009.

"This is not a regular Sale, says Michael Althaus, managing director of MA Lighting International. "Although grandMA2 will be available soon, the grandMA 'series 1' consoles are not terminating or being discontinued. This special promotion is an MA Lighting economy programme to help overcoming challenging times and to offer our customers innovative, value stable and future oriented tools at a most attractive and competitive price for mid-size consoles."

(Jim Evans)

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The Netherlands - Mojo Barriers provided the crowd safety infrastructure required for the Dutch premiere of Valkyrie, the new film starring Tom Cruise. Cruise, who is known for his enthusiasm for greeting fans, often spending one or two hours on the red carpet outside film premieres, required the most robust safety measures for his appearance at Holland's Pathé Tuschinski Cinema, Amsterdam.

Mojo Barriers supplied 30m of aluminium barrier following a specific request for their product to achieve the highest standards of security and crowd safety. The Hollywood star met Dutch fans, signing signatures and constantly reaching over the barrier to shake hands, while crowds remained comfortable in spite of the high turnout.

"The comfort and safety of both the actors and the public was paramount to the organisers of the Valkyrie launch," says Patrick Jordan, ma

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Spain - The Goya Theatre, which was founded in 1914, first started its theatrical activity in 1916 and was later converted into an important theatre in the city of Barcelona. In addition to being used as the headquarters of the Aragonese Centre, the theatre has staged productions in which many famous have taken part.

In 2004, the theatre was forced to close and was on the verge of ceasing its activities, but the Focus Group took charge of bringing it back to life in order to prevent the loss of one of the most emblematic artistic and drama centres in the city.

The refurbishment work executed in the Goya Theatre, which will celebrate its 100th birthday in 2016, is based on building a new theatre within an existing frame. The theatre has a capacity for 520 people, including both the tiered stalls and the amphitheatre. The remodelling project has a cost of 3.7 million euros, of w

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USA - Lighting for a concert video shoot featuring Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana performing eight songs to be aired in the promotion of her upcoming album release and mega-hit Disney Channel series was designed by Lee Rose of Design Partners.

Held outdoors before a live - and very vocal - audience at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine, CA, the concert was performed on a full stage set created by Tom McPhillips of Atomic Design . One of Rose's lighting challenges was to add excitement to four pieces of scenery used to surround video columns on the stage. "Tom (McPhillips) had come up with a set design that included four video columns," said Rose. "The surround to each column was a piece of scenery that looked kind of lonely."

Wanting to tie this scenery into the show's colour and movement, Rose positioned six Impression LED moving heads from Elation Pr

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USA - Shure SM microphones have proven their worth through decades of rigorous use and abuse on stage and in the studio. Now Shure is expanding the line to give performers and engineers more tools to choose from with the introduction of the SM27 and SM137.

The SM27 is a versatile large-diaphragm, side-address cardioid condenser microphone designed to pick up the nuances of vocals and instruments with clarity. This microphone has a one-inch ultra-thin Mylar diaphragm for superior transient response, exceptional low frequency reproduction, and a low self-noise (just 9.5 dB SPL) to reveal fine detail when recording or during live performance. The SM27 offers lower self-noise and improved dynamic range specifications over the KSM27 model that it replaces.

The SM137 is a cardioid probe microphone for instrument recording applications. The SM137 employs an ultra-thin diaphragm for s

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Germany - In order to expand its technical services for customers in the region, Meyer Sound is establishing a European technical support centre within the Meyer Sound Germany facility in Montabaur, approximately 45 miles northeast of Frankfurt.

Freddy Meyer, the latest member of the European technical support team who joined in December 2008, is currently setting up the new location. The new support centre will take advantage of Meyer Sound Germany's convenient location, and will be an extension of Meyer Sound's worldwide technical support network. The facility will soon be fully equipped to provide comprehensive technical support and design services to Meyer Sound customers and partners throughout Europe, as well as function as an in-house training centre.

"We are very excited to add traditional office-based technical services to our European facility with Berkeley-like

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UK - The Soundcraft Studer team has announced the latest addition to its Si Series of digital mixing consoles. The Soundcraft Si2 is a smaller partner to the Si3, launched only in September last year, and is bound to appeal to those wanting a compact and highly-featured digital console at a competitive price, the company says.

The Si2 comes in a smaller footprint than its bigger brother, and has 48 mic inputs mapped on 24 faders (the Si3 has 64 inputs), but this is where the differences end. The Si2, like the Si3, has four dedicated Stereo Line channels, four dedicated FX Returns from the four stereo Lexicon FX processors, 8 balanced insert sends and 8 balanced insert returns. Si2 is complete with 24 Group/Aux busses available at all times, 8 matrix busses and a full complement of monitor talkback and main bus outputs. One of the most unique and compelling features of the Si ser

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India - Mumbai-based Rich Audio, one of India's leading pro audio, lighting and trussing rental companies, provided complete event solutions for a recent major concert by Indian bhangra/pop star Daler Mendhi in Nanded (Maharashtra, Western India). The event was held in celebration of the 300th anniversary of the Gurdwara at Nanded.

Rich Audio, headed by company founder Richie Braganza, purchased EAW's KF760 line array speaker system from Aditya InfoTech Ltd, EAW's Indian distributor, and Aditya's representative Dhruv Datta.

Rich Audio dispatched Lee Braganza, Rich Audio FOH and system engineer, to serve as head system tech for the event, held at the MGM College grounds at Nanded. The scalable system, under the care of Lee and Zura Braganza, was rigged up and powered for the first time directly at the venue.

Also used were Crown Macro-Tech I series amplifiers wired to an EAW

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Australia - The Wesley Centre for Hyperbaric Medicine is located in the Sandford Jackson Building on the campus of Brisbane's Wesley Hospital, the only private day hospital facility of this nature in Australia. The facility utilises the hyperbaric chamber to treat conditions such as decompression illness, non-healing wounds and radiation induced injuries.

Communications between the nursing attendant inside the chamber and the medical staff outside is a priority. The previous communications system had its limitations and was recently damaged as a result of the external fire sprinklers flooding the unit. In consultation with Fink Engineering the Clear-Com FreeSpeak digital wireless system was recommended.

"The metal is inches thick and you cannot hear anything so if you don't have a good communications system you're really in strife," remarked Sharon Peut, nurse manage

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Australia - Last year the Sydney Opera House hosted Le Grand Cirque which turned out to be the highest grossing show they had ever had. UK-based Storm Lighting was re-invited to design the lighting for the return tour which ran this January at the Opera House. The design was by Pete Kramer with guidance from an old colleague of his Gavin Norris, now a full time production manager for the opera house.

The show was a tricky feat due to the high rig trim height and weight loading restrictions of the listed building. Fortunately, for the first time, Kramer had Vari*Lite luminaires in his rig. "In this situation, with the high trim height, I think the Vari-Lites were definitely the best fixtures for the job," he remarked. "We really needed the VL3000s for their brightness and throw, but also due to the restrictions on the roof, we could use fewer of them. I've f

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UK - MilTec (UK) has announced the release of the XL250 from PR Lighting. Features include a 14-22 degree motorised zoom lens and a motorised iris. In addition to the zoom and iris, the XL250 has the following features: seven interchangeable, indexing rotating glass gobos, 10 interchangeable static gobos and a three-way rotating prism; 12 interchangeable colours; high quality gobo morphing; Independent16-bit dimming and 0.3-13fps strobe/shutter mechanism.

The powerful LCD menu system allows for easy setting of DMX address, sensor fault diagnosis and DMX signal monitoring. The display can also be programmed to switch itself off after a suitable time so that it cannot be seen by the audience during a show.

DMX control is via three and five pin XLR connectors, with three operating modes- 14, 18 and 22 channels.

The XL250 is designed for use in the professional stage, TV and ren

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UK - XL Video UK is supplying MiTrix screens, 290 HD VersaTUBES, cameras/PPU, Catalyst digital media servers and crew to the Kings of Leon Only By The Night tour.

The show features an inventive and original IMAG mix directed by Phil Woodhead, who is working closely with Catalyst operator Phil Haynes, lighting co-designer Ali Bale and creative director Paul Normandale on the show's visual big picture.

It follows XL's work with the band throughout 2006 and 2007, and is project managed for XL by Des Fallon. He comments, "Once again the Kings of Leon's show pushes all the creative boundaries and is an exciting fusion of video, digital and conventional lighting working together for provocative results. It's also great to be back on the road with tour manager Ivan Kushlick and his team."

(Jim Evans)

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UAE - Martin Professional Exterior 1200 Wash colour changing luminaires are being used to visually enhance the lengthy, anterior façade of Abu Dhabi's Khalidiyah Shopping Mall in the United Arab Emirates. Combining with Martin Exterior 600 colour changers, the Exterior fixtures project a series of multi-chromatic shades onto the building's modern Islamic architecture.

Rising from Abu Dhabi's bustling new city centre, Khalidiyah Mall is a high profile shopping centre whose architectural design combines the traditional with the contemporary. The Mall's concept goes beyond shopping to embrace leisure, entertainment and dining, and includes landscape features like fountains and a summer gardens.

Keeping in line with the Mall's intent of boosting the economic profile of Abu Dhabi, an eye-catching exterior lighting scheme was sought. "We wanted to do something different that w

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Slovakia - Robe moving lights were in action on the Slovakian launch of the new Audi Q5 car which was staged in the ex-Cvernovka (fabric) factory in Bratislava, and produced by Promea for Porsche Interauto Slovakia.

LD Tomas Lecký specified Robe for his moving lights, which were rigged on a combination of flown trusses and an 8m high ground support system measuring 24 x 10m that was installed onto one of the derelict factory's old halls. The off-beat location was transformed into a highly atmospheric temporary showcase area in which to reveal the various Q5 models.

He used a total of 10 Robe ColorSpot 1200E ATs, 16 Robe ColorWash 1200E ATs, 12 Robe ColorMix 575 ATs and four Robe Scan 575 XTs. There was also a large LED video wall in the hall.

The Robes, along with all the other lighting and audio equipment for the show was supplied by Q-99. Lighting was programmed and run f

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USA - Furman, a world-leading provider of power management solutions, have announced the launch of the P-1400 AR E rack-mount voltage regulator/power conditioner. The P-1400 AR E provides stable voltage protection and line noise filtration for any A/V installation where reliable and comprehensive protection is needed.

The P-1400 AR E accepts input voltages between 188V-270V and converts to a steady, stable output, user selectable to 230V or 240V (±10V). Voltages approximately ±10% beyond that range may be converted to usable levels, depending on the requirements of the equipment. This stable voltage protects equipment and allows optimal performance. The P-1400 AR E's True RMS Voltage Regulation technology is driven by an ultra-low-noise, microprocessor-controlled, eight-tap toroidal autoformer that is engineered for use in any A/V environment.

"The benefit of True RMS V

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The Netherlands - At ISE 09 in Amsterdam, Christie unveiled the Christie Vista URS-1608, a universal routing switcher. Offering total flexibility with "virtually limitless input and output formats", the Christie Vista URS-1608 eliminates the need for most or all front-end and back-end boxes providing one point of control with just one piece of equipment, says the company.

"Most routing switchers require all sources and destinations to be the same format. If your input source doesn't match your output display, you need peripheral hardware to process and convert it before the router can do its job," explains Vista Systems' president Clark Williams.

"However, this is not the case with the Christie Vista URS-1608. You can do all your processing in the switcher itself and route it to any destination - super fast and easy. The Christie Vista URS-1608 packs a

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USA - The entertainment industry has again named Bandit Lites as 'Lighting Company of the Year'. The awards ceremony took place on 30 January 2009 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Hosted by Comedian Jeff Garcia, the event also featured notable celebrity presenters such as Steven Adler (of Guns N Roses), Steve Harwell (of Smash Mouth) and Davy Jones (of the Monkees).

The awards ceremony closed out the 2009 CIC Convention. Held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, the annual three-day event seeks to facilitate the exchange of ideas between key decision makers, enhance the flow of information among professionals, and make a positive contribution toward enriching the concert industry's health.

Bandit chairman of the board, Michael T. Strickland and general manager, Dizzy Gosnell were there to accept this honour on behalf of Bandit Lites. This is the fourth

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