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MCM Events, the conferences and events division of Maximum Capacity Media, publisher of Crane & Rigging Hot Line magazine, has announced that Skip Ohman, technical advisor at The Crosby Group, will deliver a paper to this year’s Crane and Rigging Conference (CRC) Canada, Oct. 22-23 at the Edmonton Marriott at River Cree Resort, Edmonton, Alberta. (PRWEB) May 11, 2013 MCM Events, the conferences and events division of Maximum Capacity Media, publisher of Crane and Rigging Hot Line...
Darin Grant joins Method as Chief Technology Officer LOS ANGELES, March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Method Studios, a Deluxe( )Entertainment Services Group company, announced today that Christian Kubsch has joined the company as President. Kubsch will oversee Method's global operations including the company's main base in Los Angeles along with locations in London, Vancouver, Sydney, Melbourne, New York, Chicago, Detroit and Atlanta. Kubsch will report to Stefan Sonnenfeld, President of...
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Paul Ottoson, a graduate of audio engineering school Pinnacle College, has been nominated for an Academy Award in Sound Editing for the critically acclaimed film "Zero Dark Thirty." Since graduating from Pinnacle College in 1992, Ottoson has won many awards, including two Oscars in 2010 for "The Hurt Locker." "Paul's sought-after expertise and repeated talent recognition emphasize his status as one of the best in the industry," said Sal...
ROSEVILLE, Calif., Aug. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cue Design+Build, a privately held home/restaurant renovation company, today announced the launch of its new product line - Ziptrak®, an all-weather, versatile outdoor blind system. Ziptrak®, originating in Australia, has made its way to the United States, and Cue Design+Build is the exclusive dealer/installer for all of North America. Ziptrak® is the ideal way to turn your outdoor space into an all-weather lifestyle and...
Cadillac is bringing gesture-based recognition technology to its new Cadillac User Experience system, called CUE, a comprehensive in-vehicle experience that unites intuitive design with auto industry-first controls and commands for information and entertainment data, beginning in 2012. CUE was introduced on Tuesday at the fall CTIA Wireless Association's Enterprise and Applications show in San Diego, an event showcasing the latest smartphone and gadget trends. Executives view CUE as the...
Remember when your little league football team lost the game because someone ran the ball back into their own end zone? Take heart, one University of Alberta researcher says it may be the player's unfamiliarity with perceiving transitional cues and not a reflection on their playing skills. Whether changing ends during a football game or performing different mathematical operations on a test, developmental psychologist Sandra Wiebe says that some children display challenges in set-shifting,...
IF SIGNED INTO LAW, LIGHTING DESIGNERS WILL BE PUT OUT OF BUSINESS CHICAGO, May 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Texas State Legislature has passed legislation that will have the unintended consequence of outlawing an entire profession -- lighting design. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090527/DC23261LOGO ) The International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) strongly urges the Texas Senate Business & Commerce Committee remove language restrictive to the...
A group of 100 youngsters have embarked on a fortnight-long frenzy of activity ahead of an ambitious annual drama production. Rehearsals for the Theatre Royal's Storm On The Lawn production began on Monday. The project, which is now in its 11th year, sees young actors putting together an open-air production from scratch This year's show is a new adaptation of Metropolis, based on the futuristic novel by Thea Von Harbou, which was filmed by Fritz Lang. On Monday the youngsters gathered at...
By Rosemary Winters, The Salt Lake Tribune Jul. 27--Sandy could grow to new heights. Still weighing a code change to allow the burb's first 30- to 40-story skyscrapers as part of the planned Proscenium development, the Sandy City Council could allow 15-story buildings across the board in the central business district. Currently, building heights in the district, which spans the Interstate 15 corridor from the South Towne Exposition Center near 9400 South to the South Towne Mall near...
By Rebecca Palmer Deseret News SANDY -- Architect Russell Platt's designs for the Proscenium theater complex were inspired by his art-loving family and his daily runs in the mountains of the Wasatch Front. The undulating curves of the proposed three glass towers are a tribute to the majesty of water-carved granite found in Utah's peaks, he said. And "green" elements such as walkability, high density, a garden atop one roof and wind-powered turbines disguised as sculptural elements will help...
