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Kraft still optimistic about football in 2011
Patriots owner Robert Kraft released a statement on Saturday showing optimism that football will be played in 2011 despite the current NFL lockout.
Light moves up Patriots' priority list
When a new Collective Bargaining Agreement is struck and free agency can begin, the Patriots have one notable player left to attempt and re-sign: OLT Matt Light. And we hear the veteran could get more than a one-year deal.
Report: Patriots S Meriweather accused of being involved in shooting
Two shooting victims have accused Patriots S Brandon Meriweather of allegedly shooting them in Florida during a fight on Feb. 27.
Supreme Court won't review 'Spygate' case
The Supreme Court will not review a decision to throw out a lawsuit stemming from the Patriots' 2007 "Spygate" scandal.
Patriots positional analysis: specialists
This is the last in a series of position-by-position looks at the Patriots' personnel entering the 2011 offseason. Today, we analyze New England's specialists.
Patriots positional analysis: Defensive backs
This is the eighth in a series of position-by-position looks at the Patriots' personnel entering the 2011 offseason. Today, we analyze New England's defensive backs.
Patriots tender Green-Ellis, Page and Arrington
The Patriots made their tender offers official on Thursday, offering contracts to restricted free-agent RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis and S Jarrad Page, as well as CB Kyle Arrington, an exclusive-rights free agent.
Patriots OG Neal files retirement papers
Patriots OG Stephen Neal has retired, ending his 10-year career.
Report: Green-Ellis receives second-round tender
The Patriots tendered RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis at a second-round level, his agent Roosevelt Barnes told PFW correspondent and Boston Herald writer Ian Rapoport.
Patriots positional analysis: Linebackers
This is the seventh in a series of position-by-position looks at the Patriots' personnel entering the 2011 offseason. Today, we analyze New England's LB situation.
The New England Patriots are without starting guards Logan Mankins and Connolly against the Indianapolis Colts.||||||| Mankins missed Sunday's game with calf and ankle injuries, while Connolly has a back problem.
The Patriots re-signed offensive lineman Dan Connolly on Tuesday, and announced two more free-agent deals, with defensive end Jonathan Fanene and tight end Daniel Fells.||||||| Connolly, 29, is a veteran of seven NFL seasons, and has been with the Patriots since 2007. While with New England, he has started at both guard and center. Last season, Connolly played in 13 regular-season games with 11 starts at center. He also started at center in all three postseason games. Connolly set an NFL record for the longest kickoff return by an offensive lineman with a 71-yarder against Green Bay on Dec. 19, 2010.
Connolly missed Wednesday's practice with a concussion three days after his 71-yard kickoff return against Green Bay, believed to be the longest by an NFL offensive lineman.||||||| According to STATS LLC, it was the longest since 1976, when the league began keeping complete records. Earlier Wednesday, Connolly became the second offensive lineman ever to be honored as the AFC Special Teams Player of the Week by the NFL.
The Patriots signed Connolly from their practice squad on Saturday.||||||| Connolly has played in four career games, all with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2005. This season, the 6-foot-4, 313-pound offensive lineman was on the Patriots' active roster for the first five games. He was released Oct. 20 and signed to the team's practice squad two days later.
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The Wiki for Resto Shaman is now live and available at the
Theorycrafting Think Tank: http://elitistjerks....an_restoration/
Thanks to all who helped with editing and refining the article, especially Daidalos, Malan and Binkenstein.
The Theorycrafting Think Tank is designed to be the definitive source of information. Post there only if you have a correction or update.
If you have a question, or want to discuss an idea, you can still post in this thread.
I have removed most of the information in the first post of "How to Heal Like a Pro,†since it duplicates what is in the Wiki.
Latest Wiki Updates (8/22/2008):
- Added chart listing average stats for shaman at pre-Kara through Sunwell
- Added chart to totem section showing how much dodge tanks gain from Grace of Air
- Added new macro for removing poisons and diseases (Thanks TranquilRage)
- Clarified that threat received from Earth Shield healing is divided evenly among all mobs present.
- Updated tables with revised values for healing spells from Daidalos' spreadsheet
- Added link to haste mechanics thread
- Added links to chardev.org for Best in Slot and Haste sets. Updated haste set.
- Added to Best in Slot list (if no DPS caster needs)
- Added to section on Spell Hit for Interrupts (Thanks Espera!)
- Patch 2.4.3 removed the ability to swap relics in combat on every spell cast via macros due to the following change:
Equipping an item will now cancel any spell cast currently in progress.
- Updates Useful Links & Addons to include GridStatusChainRule. Removed outdated addons.
- Updates spell haste section with haste needed to reduce Chain Heal cast times
- Updates formula for downranking penalty to (Level Learned + 11)/70
- Updates proc rate to 3.85% on and notes it has a 15-second hidden cooldown
- Adds to best in slot
- Includes nerf to Tier 2 in Patch 2.4.2
- Added both haste and mp5 trinkets from M'uru
- Fixed some minor typos and made other corrections
- Chain Heal: Effect on Fire and Earth Elementals
- Consumables: Superior Wizard Oil and Flask of Distilled Wisdom
- Trinkets: List of combinations to super charge your Earth Shield and Healing Stream totem
- Patch 2.4.2 change to Tier 2 set bonsuses
- Relic swapping
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What do you think of my spec? Can I get some feedback?
I think [random trinket] could be really good trinket for shaman. I looked at my WWS from last night's raid and it appears to proc off each jump of chain heal, which would mean it procs 6% of the time, not 2%. Here's a link to the report. Anyone else notice this?
Can you guys comment on my gear?
Should I regem my shoulders with spinels?
Helpful Links
Binkenstein's ShamStats
Allows comparison of gear based on talents, buffs, etc.
Healing Calcs by Daidalos
RestoShammySpells by Boko
Calculates Avg. Healed, HPS, HPM, MP5 spent for each heal. In addition the real HPS depending on current MP5/Manapool/Time of fight calculated for each spell.
Wrath of the Lich King
Discussion of new talents can be found here: http://elitistjerks....ion/#post780593
Resto Shaman changes in Patch 2.4.3
- Equipping an item will now cancel any spell cast currently in progress. The change will probably impact those using the mod CasterWeaponSwapper to optimize their Spell Surge enchant. In addition, it will end the ability to relic swap on every spell cast. The following type of macro will now cancel the heal in progress.
/cast Chain Heal
Resto Shaman changes in Patch 2.4.2
(PVE only)
- Ten Storms Set: The Chain Heal bonus from this set has been reduced to 5%, down from 30%. Tier 2 gear is now worthless for healing in BC.
- buffed with an extra +7 Stamina and +18 healing, making it equivalent to the leather version
- nerfed to +22 Stamina and +21 Intellect (previously +34 Stamina and +29 Intellect). Healing and haste values unchanged.
Resto Shaman changes in Patch 2.4
(PVE only)
- Global cooldown on dropping totems reduced from 1.5 s to 1 s.
- Spell haste on healing gear will be more useful. Spell haste now reduces the global cooldown on spells, down to a minimum of 1 second. This change does not apply to melee and ranged abilities.
- Totem UI allows individual totems to be destroyed, and is accessible through the API for macros/mods.
- Earth Shield: Mana cost reduced roughly in half (450 mana instead of 900 mana), and charges reduced from 10 to 6. Each charge will cost 16.7% less mana to cast but you will have to cast the shield 40% more often.
- Tremor Totem now pulses every 3 seconds, down from 4 seconds.
- Archon's Gavel will be an alternative for shaman who don't have .
- You will no longer have to remember to retrain Earth Shield if you respect. Characters will now retain talented spell ranks so when they retalent they do not have to relearn the spells from trainers.
- Fixing . Unlike all the other relics, this one was being applied after talents and set bonuses. It will not be correctly applied before talents and set bonuses. So, instead of saving 19 mana per Chain Heal (17 mana with Tier 6) you will now save 20 mana.


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"Purpose-built" and "opera house" are not generally terms that go together, but in June 2006 the Canadian Opera Company will take up residence in their new permanent home in downtown Toronto, the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. Credits for the Four Seasons Centre, the first of its type in Canada, go to Jack Diamond, pre-eminent architect from the award-winning Toronto-based firm Diamond and Schmitt Architects Incorporated, the design team includes Joshua Dachs from Fisher Dachs Associates of New York and Julian Sleath, technical director for the COC for the theatre planning and design, and Sound Space Design of London, England for acoustics.
The spectacular purpose-built 2,000-seat venue has been designed as a "proper" opera house, meaning it has three chambers–the audience hall, the open orchestra pit and the stage–all working in unison to provide perfect balance for voice and instrument. Additionally, an opera house is distinguished by the number of stages required to operate as a repertory theatre. Any great opera house has more than one stage. In the Four Seasons' R. Fraser Elliott Hall there will be three: main, rear, and side.
The Hall has been designed in the classic European horseshoe shape and stainless steel booms for the theatrical lighting system are being lifted and fixed into place around the proscenium. In April, Selecon will be shipping almost 200 stage lighting fixtures for the front of house lighting bridges: 60 Pacific 5.5-13 Zoomspots, 54 Pacific 12-28 Zoomspots, and 54 Pacific 23-50 Zoomspots, plus 24 Aurora 4-way Groundrow.
The Canadian Opera Company owns the new building and will use it for mainstage performances approximately 24 weeks of the year. The National Ballet of Canada is the primary tenant and will use the theatre as its new performance venue, for 17 weeks annually with the venue available for community events and corporate rentals as well.


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Privacy on the social web is an incredibly complex issue that we approach with the utmost seriousness. Our mission is to help people understand their influence and to get the most out of it. With that goal in mind, it is critical that we are model citizens in this space and do everything we can to respect the privacy of our users. That said, like Facebook, Google, and nearly every other company in this space, we are working hard to figure this out, but will not always get everything right. Recently, we erred in creating profiles for registered users' Facebook friends who had recently interacted with them and did not have private accounts. The public interactions were used to show which Facebook friends that registered user was influencing. While this is ok per Facebook's policy, the data returned to us about friends does not include age information and when we realized that accounts for minors had been created we rolled the changes back.
We will always be vigilant in working with the platforms (Twitter/Facebook/etc), our legal counsel, and the community to do what's right here. We messed up on this one and are deeply sorry.
I think it's important to be specific, so here is how Klout thinks about and has always thought about social data:
Klout analyzes public data to measure a person's influence. The best way to think of this is in relation to how Google analyzes public websites to generate PageRank.
Klout respects the privacy settings of all the networks it measures. If you have a private account on a social network and you have not explicitly given Klout access to your data it will not be analyzed.
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Topic: RIDIC006: Dual Boot Remix EP (Triple Agent, Duane Barry, Ghettface)
RIDIC06: Dual Boot Remix EP
Release: June 01, 2010
01. Trigger (Triple Agent Remix) PREVIEW
02. Trigger (Duane Barry Remix) PREVIEW
03. Crank It (Ghettface Remix) PREVIEW
After the release of their first album "Clandestiny", local St. Louis electronic act Dual Boot has handed the remix duties of their first singles off to Ridiculoud Records. First, Triple Agent takes the first single Trigger to a psychedelic and acid influenced ecstasy. The driving beats and rave sound bring the dark themes of the Dual Boot original to a new energetic high. Secondly, Duane Barry synergizes the raw noise of Trigger with progressive beats and raw acidic energy, reminding us of the beauty of chaos. Finally, Ghettface takes on the old-school influenced Crank It. Utilizing patented Dual Boot darkness, he lays a rumbling bassline over thick beats while maintaining the old-school feel of the original.
Mr. No Hands (Mixmag) - "Phatty tunes, I likes."
LuQuas - "Done it again fellas - All mixes are strong, but the Triple Agent one stands out for me - he nailed this remix."
Mobius (APE Records) - "Ghettface remix of Crank It is my favorite here."
Steve Maccabe - "Really liking the psy-breaks feel to the Triple Agent remix of Trigger; loads of nice little noises, a nice breakdown and good energy and pace - good work. Think my favorite out of the three is the Ghettface remix of Crank It; great work on the percussion throughout, the track is quite funky yet tough at the same time. Nice work on this."
Kickflip - "Triple Agent's providing some tidy, techy acid business with his remix of Trigger, good stuff!"
Karton (Sound Of Habib) - "Another solid package."
Home Alone (Dead Famous/Ridiculoud) - "Awesome EP with three amazing remixes. I can't really pick one because I like all three of them for different reasons. I love the way Ghettface combines old school with nu skool sounds. I'm a big fan of anything Duane Berry does (he's got a trademark sound) and Triple Agent's mix is an unstoppable shiny machine. Great stuff!"
Vital Substance - "I'm into the Ghettface remix of Crank It! Loving those sizzling live hats! Nice work!"
Duane Barry (Digital Sensation UK) - "Great package here. I really like what Triple Agent did with Trigger and you can always expect Ghettface to deliver with his productions. Will be playing the whole thing!"
Lee Martin (Dusted Breaks) - "I honestly thought that the Duane Barry remix would suit me as I'm already a big fan of his work BUT Ghettface's remix is awesome!! It's definitely his best work to date (in my opinion); will play this out and will also support Duane Barry too."
Daniella Downs (Dead Famous) - "I absolutely love the Duane Barry mix here. It's got some good acidy drive, and I love that he branched out and tried something new here, although I love just about everything he does. Awesome release gents!"
Hedflux (Broken Robot) - "Wow, what a release!!! Absolutely bang on, great sounding, fat, filthy, packed with attitude and energy. My pick is by far the Triple Agent mix - heard this on soundcloud a while ago and was blown away, really inspirational for me. Next the Ghettface mix - I will play this out, though probably less often. The Duane Barry mix is cool, best I've heard from him yet! Congrats on a fine release!"
Vize (Ridiculoud) - "I like all three. Love the heavy drums, signature bassline and massive crowd reaction to the Ghettface remix."
Bill Vega (Downbeat/Badbwoy Bass) - "Ghettface remix for me, great stuff 8/10"
EK - "My favorite of the bunch is the Triple Agent remix."
Robosapiens (Dead Famous) - "Good package liking it a lot. It's the Triple Agent remix all the way for me - very big, will be playing."
DiiSTORTiiON (Ridiculoud) - "All remixes are solid but it's the Triple Agents mix that takes the cake for me. Phat driving breakbeat. Nice work!!"
Far Too Loud (Broken Robot/Funkatech) - "Lovely moody remix from Triple Agent. I'll have a bit of that!"
Josef Sedlon (Radio1) - "I like the Ghettface remix the most."
BSD (iBreaks) - "Triple Agent remix is awesome! Powerful! The bass reminds me of the best sounds of EBM."
This package will be available at Beatport June 1st and everywhere else June 29th!
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Discover why Philadelphia is better With Art by curating your own artistic experience at visitphilly.com/withart. Start at the Penn Museum, and branch out! You can make your own art itinerary, peruse blockbuster event and exhibit listings, find hotel accommodations and more. Be sure to explore our With Art Philadelphia™ partner attractions: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Barnes Foundation, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society—all united to help visitors experience Philadelphia for what it truly is: one of the world's great cultural destinations.
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Tucked away just south of Newburgh is a pleasant park with a private marina. It's an ideal location for a picnic, or wedding photos by the gazebo.
Snaking along the western shore of the Hudson River, Rt. 218 yields dramatic views of the river, ridg...
This is one of those hidden jewels.
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The United States is one of the most diverse countries on earth, jam packed full of amazing sights from St. Patrick's cathedral in New York to Mount Hollywood California.The Northeast region is where it all started. Thirteen British colonies fought the American Revolution from here and won their independence in the first successful colonial rebellion in history. Take a look at these rolling hills carpeted with foliage along the Hudson river here, north of New York City.The American south is known for its polite people and slow pace of life. Probably they move slowly because it's so hot. Southerners tend not to trust people from "up north" because they talk too fast. Here's a cemetery in Georgia where you can find graves of soldiers from the Civil War.The West Coast is sort of like another country that exists to make the east coast jealous. California is full of nothing but grizzly old miners digging for gold, a few gangster rappers, and then actors. That is to say, the West Coast functions as the imagination of the US, like a weird little brother who teases everybody then gets famous for making freaky art.The central part of the country is flat farmland all the way over to the Rocky Mountains. Up in the northwest corner you can find creative people in places like Portland and Seattle, along with awesome snowboarding and good beer. Text by Steve Smith.


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Acerca del autorKai Hansen
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I am a self described aviation enthusiast who visits aviation facilities and special events. Since the 1960's I have been involved in aviation photography. I want to share some of my adventures for the benefit of our new Museum. We are in the process of starting a Museum " The North American Museum of Flight Simulation" which will be situated at Boundary Bay Airport, Delta, BC. Planned opening is 2015. Like any other non-profit organizations we need money. One way to help us is to purchase any of my books. When you do that $ 15.00 will be donated to the Museum.. To find out more about the Museum vist the website: .http://simulationmuseum.sharepoint.com/ To find out more about World Aviation Photography visit the website: http://www.worldairphotography.com/
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CHICAGO — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday that he had no timetable to make any ruling on whether Vikings QB Brett Favre broke any personal conduct rules in an alleged incident that occurred when Favre was a member of the Jets in 2008.
A Deadspin.com report alleges that Favre sent racy text and voice messages and lewd photos of himself to Jenn Sterger, who was a sideline reporter for the team at the time. Favre also might have been involved with two team masseuses, according to various reports.
Goodell said the league is investigating the matter and that he has no idea when a ruling might take place.
"Our staff has been working aggressively on this, trying to gather data," Goodell said. "Then we'll make some determinations. I'd be hesitant to say any timing until I had a chance to understand it and make sure we can get all the information. As you know, we are seeking cooperation to make sure we can get all the facts."
Goodell said he had no plans to meet with Favre but would do so if it helped the investigation. Sterger reportedly has not spoken with NFL officials yet and is said to be planning her next course of action.
"Some of the facts that we want to understand: what happened, what's transpired and (to) make sure we are dealing with it in a responsible fashion," Goodell said.
Although Favre never has been guilty of violating the personal conduct policy, he still could be subject to suspension. Goodell said he didn't want to jump to any conclusions on the case but added that personal conduct — especially with the high-profile cases of Favre, Ben Roethlisberger and Michael Vick taking center stage the past few seasons — remains a chief concern of his.
"It's one of the reasons we implemented the personal conduct policy," he said. "It's to make sure that everyone involved in the NFL — commissioners, players, coaches, executives — understand the responsibility to conduct themselves in a responsible fashion. We all have to understand that."
Favre currently has played in 313 consecutive games (including playoffs), an NFL record, and any suspension would end that run.


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When you've been filling theatres, stadiums, and arenas for as long as the Rolling Stones, how do you top yourself? That was the question on the minds of Mick and company when the band got together at the beginning of the year and started kicking around ideas for their next tour, which was to feature a significant set of classic Rolling Stones hits as well as new songs and dubbed the Licks World Tour 2002/03.
The answer: why not fill the theatres, stadiums, and arenas all in one shot? In an attempt to make this tour more exciting and rewarding for both the band and the fans, the Stones decided to play different size venues in the major market cities, all at the same time. For example, in New York City, the band played Madison Square Garden with an indoor arena setup, Giants Stadium in New Jersey for a stadium show, and then finished up at Roseland Ballroom for a more intimate, stripped-down show. Keith Richards was quoted in The New York Times as calling it "The Fruit of the Loom tour — it's small, medium, and large." The tour will cover North America, and for the next year travel to Japan, Europe, and for the first time in the band's history, China.
The three shows are built around a core concept, each with its own flavor. "The lighting outdoors, is up, positive," notes lighting designer Patrick Woodroffe. "The arena is edgy, with the video it's more theatrical. The theatre is straightforward, smoky and dirty."
Though Woodroffe, set designer Mark Fisher, video designer Willie Williams, and sound engineer Robbie McGrath all put together a visually and aurally seamless design (see "Classic Rock," below), the real story behind the Licks tour concerns the logistical challenges facing the crew. Because it is essentially three shows in one, the opportunities for disaster grow exponentially, providing three times the chance of logistical nightmares. Luckily, the Stones had Jake Berry on the case.
"F" as in Fun?
Berry, longtime Stones production director, was on the road with U2 when he heard about the concept from the producers; he at first thought it sounded like a good idea. Then he thought about it some more and began to see the logistical challenges. "There are two words to describe this tour — the first begins with 'F,' and the second is 'big,'" he laughs. "It's bigger than Steel Wheels, bigger than Bridges to Babylon. It's huge, their biggest tour to date." Berry should know: he's served as the band's head of production for years now, a position he's also held for U2. "It requires more moving and we are in a city longer," he continues. The production is so large that it requires 60 trucks, 10 buses, and a 125-member crew traveling with the show to handle it all. On top of that, local crew is always needed to supplement the touring crew — not that they ever have a problem filling the spots. "It's the Stones," says Berry. "Whenever I put a crew call out, I get twice the number of volunteers as I request. Everyone wants to say that they had a part in putting on this show."
The band went to Toronto to rehearse for a month prior to starting out on the road. Berry erected the two major sets in the old Maple Leaf Gardens arena. "We actually got both sets up at the same time at the Gardens," says Berry "We put up the arena stage at one end, width-wise, and ran the stadium set lengthwise. It was the first time they had ever had a 25-ton hoist in the Gardens. Rehearsals ended in the latter part of August, and in the beginning of September the band kicked off the tour in Boston.
After the equipment lists were drawn up based on the designs of Fisher, Woodroffe, and Williams, Berry and his staff began working on the logistics of playing three different venues in a city. It was decided that all of the equipment would do double and sometimes triple duty. Lighting crew chief Ethan Weber and lighting director Jim Straw started pulling the gear together at VLPS Lighting Services' facility in LA along with members of the veteran lighting crew. It became clear that even though the same fixtures would be used in the three venues, they would have to build two completely different cable systems for the lighting, one for the arenas and one for the stadiums. "We spent so much time building cable bundles," says Straw. "We were building cables right up until we hopped a flight to Toronto to rehearse. We spent the day building cables, hopped our flight, and that night were celebrating Mick Jagger's 59th birthday in craft services. It was pretty surreal."
Cream of the Crop
Because of the logistical demands of such a tour, it was imperative that Woodroffe assemble a top-notch team: Weber, Straw, and the rest of the extensive lighting crew are among the cream of the touring crop. "The Stones lighting crew is comprised of some of the best in the industry," says Susan Tesh, general manager of VLPS Lighting Services™, Los Angeles. "Their expertise is key to effectively and safely managing the additive and subtractive processes needed for the three different shows. Well before the final lighting spec was settled, the crew was working as a team on the best way to accomplish the task at hand while remaining flexible to adjustments and changes along the way. It's obvious they love what they do and are hugely successful at it."
The lighting equipment gets broken down thusly for arena shows: 34 High End Systems x.Spots™, 24 HES Studio Beams™, 35 VL2416™ wash luminaires, 46 VL6C™ spot luminaires, 10 VL5™ wash luminaires, 9 VL2000™ wash luminaires, James Thomas Engineering 8-Lites, nine with Wybron large-format Coloram II scrollers, 36 PAR-64s, 16 Diversitronics 3kW strobes, eight MR-16 striplights, four T-Lights, and 11 3kW Syncrolites, all controlled from a Flying Pig Systems Wholehog II with a wing and three overdrives. For the arena and stadium shows, lighting director Straw runs the lights off the Wholehog II consoles.
The majority of the lighting rig was provided by VLPS Lighting Services, including Wholehog II control, conventional lighting, truss, and rigging, as well as a variety of Vari*Lite automated lighting equipment, with additional equipment from Fourth Phase and Syncrolite.
For the stadium shows, the arena gear is supplemented with the following additional equipment: four HES x.Spots, 14 VL2416s, 30 VL5s, three VL2000 washlights, 23 James Thomas Engineering 8-Lites, 11 3kW Syncrolites, six 7kW Syncrolites, and 96 ACLs. A ground support rig, used for the B stage with a custom roof system, is located in the center of the field; it contains the stadium B stage lighting grid, is supported by towers containing custom trussing, and is also designed to incorporate cantilevered sections to support speakers.
The dimmer patch stays the same for all of the venues; more floor fixtures are used in the stadium setup, and almost all of the fixtures get dealt with. "There are a lot of Vari*Lite changes and all of the fixtures except the x.Spots get re-addressed," says Straw. "It is very labor-intensive."
Flexible Support
Concurrent to the lighting preparations, Brilliant Stages, Tomcat USA, and Tomcat UK provided rigging equipment and support for the Licks tour. "One of the biggest challenges has been that this equipment needs to work in three different configurations: stadium, arena, and club," says Dave Sowa, project manager for Tomcat USA. "The first test took place in Boston, where there was a performance using each setup." Tomcat Global provided onsite design, as well as CAD and fabrication services during production rehearsals in Toronto as well as the first stop in Boston. A mobile shop staffed by two fabricators, Elias Padilla from Brilliant Stages and Mike Morris from Tomcat USA, provided fabrication for any tour staff or vendors. Tait Towers provided fabrication of the scenic elements.
For the stadium shows Brilliant Stages provided extensive design and fabrication of equipment including a video screen support and drive system, vertical tracks, back wall panels, lighting pods, and a control system. The system supports and moves the video screen as eight individual video columns; each column is supported by a motor-driven tug and travels on a steel I-beam to track across stage. Each column can be individually controlled to create a combination of screen looks: one large screen, two medium screens, or up to eight separate video columns.
The vertical tracks guide approximately 15 back-wall panels and lighting pods manufactured by Tomcat UK. The panels themselves are digitally printed scenic panels used to cover the high back wall in the stadium setting. They travel and store in an integral cart at the base and are raised to grid height. Once in place, the panels are kept under tension at all times to create a complete wall; they were designed so that outer panels may be used in large venues and left off in small venues. The eight lighting pods each support a pair of VL6C fixtures and travel on vertical tracks on a closed loop belt drive, which was built into a traveling frame attached to the base of the track. Keeping the mechanics at stage level assures a speedy setup; those same motor drives are also used for the arena lighting pods. A control system, incorporating 31 axes of movement operates servomotors on video screens, back-wall panels, and lighting pods. This PC-based system also has a touchscreen control interface.
Tomcat also created a rigging grid, towers, and lighting pods for the arena videowall. This wall incorporated a small gap between various columns to allow a lighting pod to travel up and down. Due to the curve of the screen, each lighting pod required custom design with unique angle and cantilever. The seven 15" spigoted guide towers incorporated custom-designed nylon roller guides to maintain precision while the pod travels the 40' height of the tower.
The videowall is 46' tall by 52' wide and weighs in at approximately 55,000lbs. During the load-in for the Toronto rehearsals, the massive videowall came within 2" of the roof steel. "So we used a shoehorn," says Berry. "We adjust to fit the varying venues we will play on this tour."
In the early stages of the tour, Berry says, the crew generally takes a complete day to load in the rig, then comes back in on show day and spends five or six hours "tarting up the place." Afterwards, the next tour stop dictates how the trucks will be packed; different venue plans constantly tax the logistical planning of Berry and his staff. Rarely are two truck packs ever alike.
Licks may well be one of the most logistically challenging tours ever to hit the road. Still, once in a while even the toughest road warriors catch a break. In Philadelphia, Berry recalls the move from Veterans Stadium to the First Union Arena. "My truckers did an overnight move of 250 yards!" he laughs. "That has to be the shortest overnight haul they have ever done."
Fisher, Woodroffe, & Williams Work Their Magic Once Again
"Raw luxury. Maximum minimalism. Spectacular simplicity showcasing the greatest rock-and-roll band in the world with naked extravagance and understated overstatement," quips the wry London-based architect/production designer Mark Fisher, who has been designing for the Stones tours since the seminal Steel Wheels tour, by way of Voodoo Lounge, No Security, and Bridges to Babylon. His all-star design partners include Patrick Woodroffe on lights, Willie Williams handling the video images, and sound engineer Robbie McGrath once again handling the audio duties.
"The initial concept for Licks was to present the band in front of a spectacular but neutral backdrop," Fisher explains. "Neutral in terms of narrative, not any specific place. It's like a kickback to a design in 1980 when the band performed in front of a huge painted scrim." This is a very different approach than the giant environments Fisher created for the Stones in the past.
Our Lips Are Sealed
This time around, the backdrop for the stadium segment of the tour is a huge "poster" by pop artist Jeff Koons. Fisher had seen and liked a painting by Koons appropriately called "Lips," which is hanging in New York's Guggenheim Museum. "We photographed it and had it made into a drop by Landrell Fabric Engineering in the UK," Fisher says. This was used for the first few weeks of the tour, as the commissioned piece by Koons was not quite ready.
By the New York-area show at Giants Stadium on September 26, the colorful new drop by Koons was in place. Fisher describes it as including images of "a large inflatable dog, women's knickers, a pair of masculine/feminine lips, and several large trash bins. It's about the universe, and the ephemeral nature of life in the 21st century."
Well, maybe or maybe not, but the drop does add quite a bit of color to the stadium shows. Printed on vinyl-coated polyester fabric, it measures 200' wide by 80' high, and is divided into 13 vertical panels, each 15' wide, with narrow gaps between the panels. Each panel is rigged on tracks between two masts. "The drop is designed to withstand steady winds of up to 40mph and gusts of 60mph," says Fisher, who was confronted with the problem of taking the drop down and moving it from stadium to stadium. The solution is a special machine that folds the drop without taking it out of the tracks that secure it.
The stadium show opens with the drop seen fully. As it progresses, eight Barco LED video screens stored upstage move into place as several of the drop panels move down. The computer-controlled LED screens can be shifted into various combinations of shapes, from one large screen to two columns to one or two big blocks. The screens were built and hung by Brilliant Stages in the UK, while several scenic elements were built by the Lititz, PA-based Tait Towers.
It's a Gas, Gas, Gas
Later in the show comes what Fisher calls "the Liberace drapes," a second backdrop made of huge panels of gold and pink pleated cloth strips, which can be seen behind the video screens. "There are three looks during the stadium show," he says. "First the Koons poster alone, then with video, then the video with the Liberace drapes." The stadium show explodes with pyrotechnics for the traditional closing number, "Jumpin' Jack Flash."
While video is mostly for I-Mag (image magnification) on the outdoor shows, it is the backbone of the design for the edgier, more theatrical arena shows, where there are five video cameras for live feeds (two by the front of the stage and three midway back on the ground floor near the lighting desk). The backdrop for the entire show is a 55,000lb Barco LED videowall that remains in place the entire time, which shows a mix of the live images and a bank of images designed by Williams, the veteran LD (U2, REM) who has recently taken a keener interest in the use of video. From a video "billboard" of the band set against video of traffic on a freeway at night to an animated Honky Tonk Woman riding a studded version of the Stones' logo tongue to seductive lips, Williams captures the spirit of the songs without being overly specific.
"I met with Mick Jagger and the band several times before we went into production rehearsals," says Williams, who arrived with storyboards of ideas for compelling video images. "What was most important for me was to try and create a sense of place and atmosphere using figurative imagery. Rock-and-roll video today is like moving lights in the 80s," he adds. "Everybody's got it but it's mostly glorified screen saver material."
Williams wanted something more appropriate for the Stones. "Even the abstract, textural pieces are rooted in figurative materials, and the history of the Stones," he says. And the animated tongue dominatrix was an actual table dancer shot riding a bucking bronco. "A Japanese 'anime' artist drew over the film cels and we were able to make the entire sequence in about six weeks, when animation usually takes a very long time," Williams notes.
To create images of fire, such as a burning version of the classic tongue logo, Williams used shapes up to 30' wide made of pipes with gas jets. "The shapes were filmed from above so it looks as if the flames are shooting directly at the audience," he explains. "The tongue was very successful and the audience loves it."
There are lots of pictures of the band in the video mix, but Williams tried to mix and match them in an interesting fashion. "There are live images used during almost 85% of the show, working in tandem with animation or prerecorded images," says Williams. The live images are mixed in real time by video director Christine Strand from a backstage control center.
The smaller theatre shows, in more intimate venues like Roseland in Manhattan and the Tower Theatre in Philadelphia, are a lights-only affair, performed in front of black drapes (there was originally a backdrop with the Stones tongue logo in triplicate, but the creative team realized they didn't need it after the first night, reports Fisher). The look for these shows is smoky, straightforward, and laid back.
Lighting designer Patrick Woodroffe, who has worked with the Rolling Stones for the past 20 years, conceived the three different shows as parts of a whole. "Each show stands alone, yet is part of a trilogy," he says. "We wanted something stylish, exciting, and dramatic for the band's 40th anniversary tour."
The lighting for the outdoor stadium shows is like a big celebration. "It's all color," says Woodroffe, "upbeat and bright so people can see the band." Six 7K Syncrolites are the workhorses for the outdoor rig, with Vari*Lite VL6™ and VL5™ automated luminaires hung less than 25' in the air, "to add heat," Woodroffe says. He notes that he also likes the power of the broad Syncrolite beams.
In the arena shows, the overhead rig is over 50' in the air, above the videowall, with Vari*Lite VL6Cs moving up and down in narrow slits between the screens on motorized belts. Additional layers of light come from the floor and the sides, adding visual interest. "There are more lights than I've used inside in the past," says Woodroffe. "There is a progression throughout the show in the way we worked with the lights, the video, and the focus, to make sure each song looks like something you haven't seen before." In the stadium show, the lighting segues directly from song to song, while in the arena version Woodroffe has created a beautiful transition moment when the lights all come back to a blue silhouette look from overhead.
For lighting director Ethan Weber, who also serves as lighting crew chief for the tour, the theatre shows are more subtle and relaxed. "There is a mix of hard-edged and soft-edged lights, and each song has its unique character," he says. "The idea is to create an atmosphere that is fairly static and not overpower the band."
On paper, three tours might seem to provide some economies of scale, and indeed this plan makes more sense than going out three different times with three different-sized rigs. Still, the sum is greater than its parts; Licks is much more than one production. "It's like being on three tours at the same time," says Woodroffe. "We didn't realize at first just how complicated it would be. Normally you rehearse a show, fix it, and watch it get better each night. In this case we didn't see the same show again until the next week. But ultimately we all love it."
Rolling Stones Licks tour credits
Production design: Mark Fisher
Lighting design: Patrick Woodroffe
Video design: Willie Williams
Live video direction: Christine Strand
Production director: Jake Berry
Billboard artwork: Jeff Koons
Project manager: Richard Hartman
Lighting director: Jim Straw
Lighting director/lighting crew chief: Ethan Weber
Assistant lighting designer: Adam Bassett
Lighting programmer: Dave Hill:
Sound engineer: Robbie McGrath
Stage manager: Anthony Giordano
Assistant stage manager: Seth Goldstein
Head rigger: Bart Durbin
Ground rigger: Joe Favor
Rigger: Shawn Moeller
Head carpenter: Alan Doyle
Assistant head carpenter: Flory Turner
Site coordinator: Toby Fleming
Production coordinators: Wendy Overs, Scott Nichols
Monitor engineer: Chris Wade-Evans
Vari*Lite crew: Kenny Ackerman, Nick Barton, Wayne Boehning, Barry Branford, Greg Gore, Craig Hancock
Syncrolite crew: Stanley Kimberlin, Olaf Poettcher
LSD crew: Adam Finer, Russell "Bits" Lyons, Aaron Stephenson
Engineering: MG Mc Laren PC
Sound crew chief: Niall Slevin
FOH assistant engineer: Jim Homan
Monitor assistant engineer: Kevin Glendinning
FOH system tech: Tony Luna
Monitor tech support act: Chris Hoffman
Sound crew: Ken Check, Dustin Johnson, Roy Parrott
Video engineer/crew chief: Zainool Hamid
Video AD: Charlie Harris
Lead LED engineer: Greg "Grit" Frederick
LED engineer: Marty Kell
Camera operators: Simon Cadiz, Gabriel Lopez, Joe Weir
Pyro crew chief: Pyro Pete Cappadocia
Pyro crew: Jason Jones, Dick Richmond
Carpenters: Steve Chambers, Gordon Hyndford, Michele Morin, Heather Rogan, Dewey Shepard, Mike Washer
Rigging equipment & support: Tomcat Global, Brilliant Stages
Scenery construction: Tait Towers
Steelwork: StageCo Belgium
Soft goods: Perry Scenic


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In part 2 of 4 we dig into setting up the Lumix GH3′s quick menu…like a BOSS.
Every time I shoot with the GH3 I use the quick menu…every time. The quick menu is great for recalling settings that you might otherwise dig into the main menu on a regular basis. Using the quick menu will save you time, help you with your shooting accuracy which of course makes you a more efficient photographer or as I like to say – makes you shoot like a BOSS
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Package tours are now commonplace in these days of shrinking touring budgets. Bands who hit their prime years ago can still fill a summer amphitheatre--if they're paired with other bands from the same era. Hence, the Big Rewind tour featured the reunited Culture Club teaming up with Human League and Howard Jones, while Deep Purple toured with Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and KC and the Sunshine Band shared the bill with Sister Sledge.
Happily, the B-52s and the Pretenders also teamed up to mount a very successful tour for 10 weeks this summer. But, budgets being what they are (or, rather, are not), having two big-name bands share one stage creates a bit of a quandary for the production staff.
While it was a co-headlining tour, the B-52s produced it, so their LD, Norm Schwab of Lightswitch, was put in charge of coordinating the lighting system for both acts. "But it was clearly stated, and just as clearly felt, that from the get-go we needed to make it as equal a partnership as possible," Schwab explains. "Of course, just to make it more interesting, a third act was added so that neither the B-52s nor the Pretenders had to go on first. The opening act that was chosen, the Royal Crown Revue, is a huge swing band, so that made the stage even more cramped. The B-52s alone take up 20' (6m), so the Pretenders ended up getting squished in there in the front, although we tried to move the B-52s back as far as we could. The lighting budget was also fairly tight, so we were limited in what we could do."
To make the design work effectively for both acts, Schwab and the Pretenders' LD, Alan Parker, realized that they would have to shield the B-52s area. Tom Strahan helped by designing a set of soft goods. "Alan and ourselves came up with the idea that the lighting system would include a grid, with the downstage truss part of the grid working as our midstage position, and that would support the backdrop for the Pretenders," Schwab explains. "We hung a lot of fixtures off the downstage side of it, and then on the upstage side of the grid had trusses that could move and hold a backdrop. That shielded the B-52s and also created a background for the Pretenders.
"Then Alan came up with a great idea--a combination of drops that we hung on two rails of the truss that were both transparent and translucent, which enabled him to create a backdrop," Schwab continues. "He was able to use all my lighting behind that to backlight the drop and also to shoot out into the audience over the truss rig. We were able to make a relatively small lighting system look a lot bigger because he used a lot of smoke and created a lot of large, loud rock-and-roll looks and a lot of bright looks on the drop--and the audience couldn't see the configuration of the lights behind it because they were blocked by it."
For the B-52s' part of the show, the band wanted a psychedelic light show. "They talked to me a lot about trying to do something akin to the Joshua Light Show. There's definitely a B-52s vibe that is very spiritual, and also harks back to the 60s," Schwab says. "Even though their music may not be Flower Power Child, they love that feeling. They wanted the liquid light show, and anything else that could invoke that kind of feeling. They love sparkly strobes as well as a lot of in-your-face lighting. I've always said that with them it's like creating 'a game show in outer space.' "
Schwab used all available space to make that happen. "We didn't actually have a front truss. We had two flown verticals that were angled, hung diagonally," he says. "Amidst those and the three upright vertical trusses in the back, we put all sorts of tacky equipment: star strobes, beacons, egg strobes, rope lights. You name it, we had it back there. The only lights I didn't have were those Uni-Pars that Willie Williams used on R.E.M.'s last tour. Now I wish we had them because they were probably the only thing we were missing in really great tacky lighting. But we did hang little mirror balls all over the place."
The basic lighting system, supplied by Upstaging, consisted of 18 High End Systems Cyberlights(R) and 18 Studio Colors(R). "We chose the Cyberlight because of its ability to create so many different looks with its projection and gobos," Schwab says. "To me, the Cyberlights are very strong. When we used them in the Crown casino in Australia (see "Crowning glory," page 62, LD November 1997), we realized that doing a high-resolution 1,600 DPI pattern gives the clarity of slide projections, and you can use them very much the way you would use Pani projectors for scenic effects. They have a similar brightness. All you have to do is make sure that you don't design broad images that have to look a very specific way. You design them more as pieces."
Keeping this technique in mind, Schwab decided to place many of the Cyberlights on the floor. "That way they could sneak in between set pieces to hit the backdrop, and then also turn around and come out into the audience, or up through the band, to build a little collage of projections," Schwab explains. "The Bs don't like anything that could possibly pollute them, so they won't really let me use smoke. Sometimes we might sneak it in a little, but I mainly depend upon lighting surfaces. As a result, the value of the Cyberlights and the Studio Colors to light the scenery with strong, vibrant colors and very clear patterns was so important."
Though not a custom pattern, Schwab used sunflower gobos during the show, which did look much more like projections than lighting effects. "We also combined patterns to create liquid light," he says. "We would morph with depth of field, going back and forth between two gobos and blending them together along with split colors. You can create effects that don't look like a normal gobo pattern. Just about every pattern we had in the unit was either a custom or non-standard pattern. That's how we were able to make a show that didn't have a big budget have a lot of different looks."
Set designer Strahan points out that the nature of the band demands that its tour look very different from the average rock show. "Having worked with them in the past, it was clear that we really had to talk to them first--it's always suicidal not to speak with the band, but in the case of the B-52s it's really important, because they all have different ideas and notions. They want to be a part of the design process--and they should be. The beauty of working with them is that they have always been a bit offbeat and there's nothing more a designer could ask for. I was thinking of movies like Barbarella--futuristic but also retro at the same time. That may sound completely contradictory, but it's perfect for the Bs."
Strahan also used 60s psychedelia as a jumping-off point. "We combined that with the concept of disco--hence the mirror balls--and mixed in the futuristic and cosmic elements, which put it into yet another realm. But it took a lot of careful planning to come up with a way to do all this with the money we had. Luckily, Norm came up with some of the items that made translating what they wanted a little easier, like the 10'-diameter (3m) globes and the mirror balls."
Those globes were actually two balloons from Scott Thurm at Universe Lighting. "They take helium balloons, and put red, blue, and green bulbs in them, plus strobes. The ballast for it is actually a small dimmer that you can attach to DMX, so you can do color mixing on the balloons," Schwab explains. "We had two of them and they turned into great items to project Cyberlight patterns and colors onto. But they also shine from within, so they were great for all sorts of songs like 'Planet Claire' and 'Rock Lobster.' Plus, they pack into a cooler, and take just a very small amount of helium. I'd love to use them more, and they're talking about trying to build them in different shapes. Anything that can be done to make things more compact and to do more with less is incredibly important these days."
"The whole process was based on trying to eke out some design on a minimal budget, so all of the platforms came from their tour nine years ago--they had been sitting around MHA Audio's warehouse," Strahan adds. "They took some of my drawings and pulled out some of that old material to see if it would fit, then called me back to say that they found something close. It was kind of fun, but also difficult under these constraints to find something that would make me happy--and, hopefully, the band as well."
Although production rehearsals were frustrating for almost everyone involved, the designers were ultimately happy with how the show turned out. "We bid out the lighting system between four companies, and Upstaging got it," Schwab says. "As part of the deal they threw in the ability to set up the system in their shop and do some pre-programming. This was invaluable, because we only got about two days of production rehearsals in Poughkeepsie, NY, in a building with a very low ceiling, where we couldn't really see the full rig. Those two or three days atUpstaging with the full rig set up enabled us to pull off the show--their people are very good with High End products, and got us whatever custom adapters we needed to make it work."
Schwab and lighting director Mike Duncan programmed the show on the Flying Pig Systems Wholehog II. "This was the first Bs tour that I didn't have to go out and run," Schwab says. "Mike and I have been friends for a long time, and I thought he'd be a great person to bring in as lighting director (Counting Crows, which Mike had been out with, and the B-52s have the same management). We worked together to come up with the design. Since I was handing it off to him, we wanted to program the show as a button push--we programmed every cue for every song, in order, which can be a lot of cues and a lot of orders. But in the end, it made it so easy for Mike to run. Occasionally, we would put a few drum hits or a few fills on some of the submasters, but for the most part it was run Broadway-style."
Parker was still in England at this point, touring with Marillion and also using a Wholehog II. "So we sent Alan the plot, and he did some pre-programming on the Wholehog there," Schwab says. "That helped him, but as usual with rock tours, you create the songs and continue to update as you go along."
"The show was satisfying for me to run, even though at first I wasn't sure it would be," Parker says. "Norm selected the desk and the equipment. Up until the day before I was on another tour, using a Hog II, Cyberlights, and Studio Colors--it's the only desk I use now. When I arrived and the equipment was the same, that was great. I banged a lot of cues into the desk and then just busked large parts of the show at the beginning. The majority was done by me programming blind during the day on the spare desk. Then I'd run it the first time during sound check, but would never really see it until the show that night. If you're confident enough in what you do for a living, you can be fairly certain how it will work out. I knew how I wanted it to look, so I think we ended up with a good-looking show."
Obviously, Parker's lighting for the Pretenders did not take its cue from the psychedelic era. "It's a different show from Norm's but I was happy with the way it all worked at the end of the day," he says. "I had to have a show that could compete with the B-52s, but I had to take a different approach. The Bs are a cool band, but the Pretenders have Chrissie Hynde, and it's impossible to take your eyes off her--she commands your attention. You have to keep watching her to find out what's going to happen next in the set. She can do anything anytime--and she frequently does. I love working with people like that, and I have enormous respect for her. They're a great band to work with and there are no constraints on what I do."
The tour was also a learning experience for those involved. "I learned a lot from Mike and crew chief Bill Frostman about the Wholehog, and they in turn learned some new things about it from me," Parker says. "Mike is an excellent operator--I was so impressed."
Great praise, considering this was the first time Duncan had run a Wholehog. "Bill was about the same level as me, and now we're both really well-versed on the board," Duncan says. "Norm did some looks with color and patterns that I had never considered. We gigged every day, so it became very smooth pretty quickly."
Despite the initial rough patch, Parker has fond memories. "I thoroughly enjoyed the tour--it was interesting to work with Norm and Mike," Parker says. "Norm was nothing but courteous and helpful with everything we talked about. His design was very eclectic, and well suited to the B-52s, but all the time he was very aware that it was a double header, so he was keen to keep a lot of equipment usable for me. Anything I wanted to use was never a problem with him, although some of it was impractical, considering his position. I've always been the main LD on a tour and have never had to work with somebody else using the system. But it was a great joy to work with everyone involved."
Lighting Designer Norm Schwab/Lightswitch
Lighting Director Mike Duncan
Set Designer Tom Strahan/Scale Design
Production Manager/Sound Engineer Mike Scarfe
Stage Manager/Rigger/Carpenter Harold Behrens
Tour Manager Matthew Murphy
Lighting Crew Chief Bill Frostman
Moving Light Technician Scott Zematis
Monitor Engineer John Bracken
Sound Technicians Keith Suffecool, Robert Bowers
Lighting Designer Alan Parker
Tour Manager Tim Bricusse
Sound Engineer Chris Ridgway
Monitor Engineer John "Grubby" Callis
Main Lighting Contractor Upstaging
Balloons Universe Lighting
Sound MHA Audio, Inc.
Set Construction Stagecraft
Lighting equipment (20) ETC Source Four ellipsoidals (44) ETC Source Four PARs (100) PAR-64s (4) 8-lights with 650W PAR-36s (6) 8-lights with 250W 28V ACL PAR-36s (14) Wybron Colorams with 11-color custom scrolls (24) High End Systems Dataflash AF-1000s (60) Diversitronics star strobes (18) 20' strands of chasing rope light (18) High End Systems 1,200W Litho Cyberlights (18) High End Systems Studio Colors (2) Reel EFX DF-50 foggers (Pretenders only)
Upstage grid (2) 40'x20 1/2" box truss (2) 8'x20 1/2" box truss (2) 4'x20 1/2" box truss
Vertical trusses (4) 90 degree corners for 20 1/2" box truss (3) 20'x20 1/2" box truss (1) 16'x20 1/2" box truss (1) 12'x20 1/2" box truss


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Initiative to estimate the Global Burden of Foodborne Diseases
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The real impact and costs of foodborne diseases globally is unknown. The Initiative to Estimate the Global Burden of Foodborne Diseases was launched out of the need to fill this data vacuum by the Department of Food Safety and Zoonoses (FOS) of the World Health Organization (WHO) at an international consultation in September 2006. This Initiative primarily strives:
- to provide data and tools to support policy-makers and other stakeholders to set appropriate, evidence-informed priorities of food safety at country level.
Through the support of a special advisory group, the Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group (FERG), the Initiative aims to:
- Strengthen the capacity of countries in conducting burden of foodborne disease assessments and to increase the number of countries who have undertaken a burden of foodborne disease study.
- Encourage countries to use burden of foodborne disease estimates to set evidence-informed policies.
- Provide estimates on the global burden of foodborne diseases according to age, sex and regions for a defined list of causative agents of microbial, parasitic, and chemical origin.
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- A Global Report and Global Atlas on FBD morbidity, disability and mortality. Both will be made accessible online and through software available to scientists in developing countries.
- A peer reviewed paper series in a high-impact journal with at least 50% of authors from developing countries.
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BUSINESS leaders and council chiefs in Hampshire will discuss green travel at a conference next month.
The Grand Harbour Hotel in Southampton will host an event to discuss ways of how businesses can use sustainable transport and reduce traffic congestion.
Transport experts and other companies will discuss how to reduce their costs and improve efficiencies through promoting staff commuting, business travel and greener deliveries.
The conference, which is held in partnership with green charity Sustrans, will also advise businesses on how to use electric vehicles as part of green fleets and will also use a number of case studies in Hampshire, which will provide practical guidance.
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Case studies will include the University of Southampton, insurance giant Skandia and DIY and homeware giant B&Q.
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A 21-year old Flanders man has died after he was shot in the chest on Sunday morning.
The man, Demitri Hampton, was reportedly shot in the chest by two armed men who entered his home at 200 Priscilla Ave., according to Suffolk County police, who were alerted after they received a 911 call at about 3:15 a.m.
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The special Onam collection is inspired by Athapookalam – the art of flower decoration!
Mumbai, August, 2012: Diamondére.com, the online jewellery selling website that provides end to end mass personalization of elegant designs, announces special collection for Onam. One can buy classic yet stylish jewellery in the most hassle free way on the special occasion of Onam. Going by the tradition of the festival, Dimaondere.com has selected designs from the website which aligns with the concept of Athapookalam – the art of flower decoration.
The intricately designed gold jewellery has flower motifs studded with precious gemstones and diamond giving it a very traditional feel. The collection has a very chic appeal making it an ideal choice for modern day women.
Diamondére.com is an innovative mix of e–commerce and technology which helps the online shopper overcome the touch and feel factor of traditional retail, while introducing them to a world of virtual customization and trial which changes their experience of buying jewellery online. Diamondére.com has adopted pioneering technology which enables their customers to personalize each jewellery piece on the website. One can chose from a plethora of precious and semi precious stones that enables them to experiment with the existing designs on the website. Thus, giving one the liberty to customize and chose a piece which appeals to them as per their style. Apart from this one can also change the variation of diamond and gold quality to suit their budget. With dummy live size hand and face displaying the collection, the buyers will get an exact perception of each jewellery piece.
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Stoke want Carl Jenkinson on loan, Liverpool have made a final offer for Philippe Coutinho, while Kieron Dyer is poised to join Middlesbrough.
Liverpool will wait until next month to sign keeper Victor Valdes as a free agent, and Radamel Falcao will earn £350,000-a-week at Man United.
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