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    Iraq Wedding Fire Kills 100

    Reddit Thread ABC News StoryTragic event with by far the clearest video of what was happening.And in what's apparently a common occurrence, fire exits were blocked and fire safety codes weren't followed.
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    Rechargable Battery Fit

    Different than live theater, but in a theme park environment we found the ROI on Shure rechargeable to be about a single summer season. Plus the significant ease of use. And they have a built in storage function for the off season.
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    E-Drums, anyone using?

    Youth theater. Been using electric drums for at least about 12 years now. Was a Roland kit originally, not sure if it still is now. It's been used both on and off stage. Granted, they've never been featured on stage, so there's been no complaints about aesthetics.Unintentionally we've found...
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    Qlab 4 Net cues - no HTTP/TCP?

    HTTP requests work best as script cues that run some AppleScript. Little goofy, and I wish there was better documentation for it, but it's very reliable once it's going.
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    Qlab cue that just shows time since start?

    A memo cue with a sufficiently long Pre-Wait or Post-Wait will do nothing, but when triggered they'll start timing. In the Active Cues list you'll get a count down, but in the cue list itself it'll be counting up.
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    Need help with a sound effect trigger

    Gilderfluke makes some really good hardware and has excellent support, but it costs like you'd expect.For a more economical option, I'd probably be looking at a BooTunes Amped from Fright Ideas. 4 digital inputs to trigger 4 sound effects, built in amplifier, SD card media storage. Can be...
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    BREAKING: QLab 5 is out... and it is *METAL*. <smirk>

    I've got multiple installations of QLab 5 running some Halloween attractions and have had no issues with reliability. And there's some very welcome changes, like Mic cues allowing for separate input and output patches, or the changes to icons for groups operating in different modes. Also having...
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    BREAKING: QLab 5 is out... and it is *METAL*. <smirk>

    Since the new version uses Metal for graphics (at least for video cues) you might struggle with making those work with unsupported graphics cards.
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    First Aid kits

    It varies by state, but generally Epi pens are not widely available without specific medical licenses or a prescription. Narcan/Naloxone is generally easier to get OTC though.Also a general word of caution. If you're going to be putting together a large trauma/first aid kit (especially one...
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    Bounce House Safety!

    Not a regulation, but for anyone interested, there are standards for bounce houses: ASTM F2374. An unfortunate side effect of standards publishers (ASTM, ANSI) is that it's valuable information that's generally heavily debated between experts, and then promptly locked behind a paywall. And...
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    One plug to rule them all (and in the darkness bind them)

    That looks like an expensive solution to a non-problem. I'm sure there's some places that it might save you in a pinch, but you can have a decent inventory of whatever you might have on site for what they're asking. Interesting idea though.
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    Background Music

    Current theme park employee. Park audio running through Crown's equivalent of Q-SYS. Individual attractions run dedicated Mac Mini's running Qlab receiving triggers via OSC. And a small smattering of BooTunes (AMPED!) for small things with little coordination.
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    Controllable clock hands

    With an appropriately sized counterweight you'd need a lot less torque.And if you're really talking a 14' clock, small 3 phase motors, VFDs, and a little PLC to control them would be pretty easy to acquire and program.
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    Radio Earpieces

    Are they the audio coil kind? I've had these plain earpieces and they work well.
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    Backup generator for a theater

    You actually can get battery backups (that meet life safety backup requirements) that are capable of running elevators, as long as the elevator doesn't regen back to the power line.
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