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Russian Laser Show Leaves 61 Partially Blind
MOSCOW — At least 61 cases of permanent vision loss have been confirmed after lasers for an open-air event were used indoors instead. The organizers for the Aquamarine Open Air Festival moved the festivities under tents to shelter attendees from a driving rainstorm, and powerful lasers designed for outdoor use were used under the tent.
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Wybron Releases Apps for Apple's iPhone
 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — Two new Apple iPhone and Apple iPod touch applications have been developed by Wybron, Inc. for choosing and mixing colors for Wybron’s color scrollers: the Gel Swatch Library and the CXI Color Calculator. The Gel Swatch Library lets users browse, compare and search nearly 1,000 gel colors made by GAM, Lee and Rosco, showing similar and complementary colors for each shade. The CXI Color Calculator lets users create nearly 500 different colors for the CXI IT dual-gelstring color-mixing scroller.
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New President, Officers, Directors for USITT
SYRACUSE, NY — Carl H. Lefko of Christianburg, Va. took office as president of USITT on July 1. Lefko, who has served the organization as vice president for programming since 2002, had been president-elect. Lefko and USITT’s other new officers and directors at large were formally acknowledged at the organization’s trade show in March. He will lead the 3,800-member organization of designers, managers and technologists in performing arts and entertainment for the next two years.
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Lighting a Dual-Purpose Space on the Hudson
 NEW YORK — Part events hall and part nightclub, the 10,000-square foot Hudson Terrace serves a corporate clientele weekdays. On weekends, it transforms into a nightclub. The lighting for the space, co-owned by Sean McGill and Michael Sinensky, was designed with its two purposes in mind.
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Moving Lights for McCartney Show in Kiev
 KIEV — You can’t go back to the USSR. But former Beatle Paul McCartney performed in Kiev for the first time earlier this month to help billionaire Viktor Pinchuk and 350,000 others celebrate Ukraine’s independence from the former Soviet Union.
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BTH Lamp from Osram
 Osram has introduced its BTH lamp, an upgrade for 6-inch and 8-inch Fresnels. The lamps can also be used for PC Spots using medium pre-focus base lamps. Shown as a prototype at the 2008 USITT show, the 575W lamps operate on 115V and serve as a direct replacement for 500W, 120V BTL lamps, providing 30 percent more lumens and a higher color temperature. At 15,500 lumens, the rated output of the BTH is significantly higher than that for a BTL lamp at 11,000 lumens. The average rated life of 300 hours is on par with most major SSTV lamp types.
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Control Systems for Live Entertainment
By: John Huntington
 The third edition of John Huntington's book offers an in-depth examination of control for lighting, lasers, sound, stage machinery, special effects, and more for rock concerts, theatre, themed retail, theme parks, cruise ships, and other kinds of live events. Written by a seasoned and respected professional and professor, this is not only the only book that explains how to operate control systems for live entertainment, but this book already has full industry respect and it is the go-to industry standard for advice on operating control systems.
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Stick with the Stickers
UL or ETL compliance stickers don’t add to the wow factor of your show. No one in the audience will oooh and aaah over them, and they won’t get an ounce of applause, even if the audience could see them. Compliance stickers aren’t sexy and they aren’t the rock stars of the industry, but they are your best safeguard against poorly-designed gear that could go wrong. And when it goes wrong, you’ll wish you had paid more attention to those little stickers. — Richard Cadena, from Focus on Fundamentals, PLSN, July 2008
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Coming up in the August 2008 issue...
- Company411: A&S Case Company
- Timecoding a Rock Show
- Wide Angle: Alicia Keys
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