Seth Strouf graduated from Doane University in 2010 with a B.A. in Music Education and Vocal Performance. He earned his M.M. in Music Education from the University of Nebraska in 2017. He has taught K-12 Vocal Music at Raymond Central since August 2010.
PLASA’s Technical Resource Office announces that an RDM and sACN Developers Conference and Plugfest will take place on the 26 – 28 April, in the UK, at Gatwick Manor, London Road at Lowfield Heath, just south of Gatwick Airport.
This Developers Conference aims to provide a European forum for manufacturers, designers, consultants and prospective users; and to ensure that the adoption of these new standards achieves desired levels of interoperability and reliability.
The “Plugfest” is a hands-on opportunity for product developers to try their products and code implementations with products from a variety of other manufacturers, with support from their industry peers in an environment that encourages co-operation and improved understanding of the standards, and with the aim of achieving high levels of interoperability.
Typically, engineers participate in these events with the ability to code and debug aspects of their implementations on site, sometimes retreating to their hotel rooms to craft improvements before returning to the “Plugfest” to continue testing.
Participation is by invitation, and limited to registered delegates. The conference is designed to appeal to Lighting Designers, System integrators, Theatre Consultants, Production Electricians, Rental company technical staff and product development engineers. The focus for Thursday will be broad, and designed to appeal to all categories of participant. Friday and Saturday will be orientated towards product development engineers who are either considering or actively implementing these standards.
A single registration fee of UK£45 per person, payable in advance, covers participation and a buffet lunch. Delegates may attend one or more days as they think appropriate. The registration fee is fixed, regardless of the number of days you attend, but you are required to indicate your proposed level of participation in advance.
Achieving 35% carbon reduction and eating ice cream for breakfast – Reading in the news Thurs 9 Feb – University of Reading
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The fall of the Euro: Prof Ted Malloch (Henley Business School), the US President's likely choice to become his EU ambassador, has said the fall of the euro is "an economic reality" - writes The Express. City AM covers a story on Prof Malloch's comments about ‘Anti-Americanism' in Europe.
Carbon reduction target: UoR has achieved its target to cut carbon emissions by 35%, producing a saving of £17 million over a five year period. The University has now set a target of 45% carbon reduction by 2020/21. Energy Live News, The Business Magazine and EAUC cover the news. Read our story here.
The modern construction industry: Construction is increasingly turning to virtual reality and augmented reality, says Dr Dragana Nikolic (Architecture), in an opinion piece for BIM Plus.
Eating ice cream for breakfast: A study by a Japanese professor found that eating ice cream for breakfast had surprising health benefits. Good Food (USA) covers the story and features a quote from Katie Barfoot (Psychology).
Bercow visit to UoR: House of Commons Speaker John Bercow visited Reading last week to give a talk to Politics students where he rehearsed his opinions on Trump's visit to the UK, which have been widely reported in the media this week. GetReading reports.
Data privacy: Ardi Kolah (Henley Business School) talks to Bloomberg BNA about what the new EU General Data Protection Regulation coming into effect in 2018 means for EU companies.
UK China trade set to grow: Analysts are forecasting growth in UK-China bilateral trade and investment in light of the British government's latest policy document on Brexit arrangements. Prof Andrew Godley (Henley Business School) provides expert commentary in this ChinaDaily article.
A Cincinnati news channel featured a brief mention of the professional chocolate tasting job that is being advertised by Mondelēz International, which is based on the Whiteknights campus.
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