April 2013 has not been a fully happy period in our industry, at least on the accidents front. Unfortunately I have to report that a lot of the top 20 posts that were read in 193 countries all over the world were stories I reported where injury or death to our stage hand brothers and [...]
Read More accidents, Amazon, AT&T Center, darth fader, Dean Williams, death, disasters, gaff tape, injury, JOL, LED, LER, Lumen Buddha Studios, Most Read Posts, mushrooms, Mycena lux-coeli, Pilobolus, Radiohead, rigger, safety, san antonio, Texas Stadium, top posts, Ultra Music Festival, Wicked LasersHave you ever heard of a factor called the Luminaire Efficacy Rating, or LER? Luminaire Efficacy Rating is exactly what it sounds like – it is a measure of how efficient a luminaire is, which basically means "how much light does it put out based on how much energy it consumes?" Imagine it as "miles [...]
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