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TV Legend Jay Leno Narrates McPherson College’s Historic Finish at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance

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Thursday, February 1, 2024

McPherson College announced today that legendary television host and comedian Jay Leno will narrate “The Path to Pebble,” a documentary that tells the incredible story of McPherson College’s decade-long journey to compete at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, the most prestigious car show in the world culminating in a historic podium finish in August 2023.

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  • McPherson College announced today that legendary television host and comedian Jay Leno will narrate “The Path to Pebble,” a documentary that tells the incredible story of McPherson College’s decade-long journey to compete at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, the most prestigious car show in the world culminating in a historic podium finish in August 2023.
  • A special “sneak peek” for the public will take place in McPherson on February 13 at 7 p.m. at the McPherson Opera House.
  • In 2023, McPherson College’s 1953 Mercedes-Benz 300S Cabriolet – restored entirely by students of the college’s Automotive Restoration program – secured second in class at the 72nd Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.
  • The victory marked the first time in Concours history that an entirely student-restored car has ranked in the top three in class at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.

Vexcel Announces 3D Models for Metro Areas Around the World

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Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Explore and build with ready-made, high-quality 3D data models for major cities across the globe

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  • Explore and build with ready-made, high-quality 3D data models for major cities across the globe
    New large-scale 3D models span entire metro areas, not just city centers
    CENTENNIAL, Colo., Jan. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Vexcel Data Program today announced 3D Cities, its newest product line covering key urban areas worldwide.
  • Vexcel is launching more than 60 3D Cities on four continents, including Berlin, London, Los Angeles, New York City, Sydney, Tokyo, Vancouver, and Vienna.
  • "More than ever before, 3D models have become essential across multiple industries when it comes to design, planning, and analysis," said Erik Jorgensen, CEO of Vexcel Group.
  • "Our new 3D City models cover larger areas and are more geometrically accurate and detailed compared to other 3D products on the market," Jorgensen added.

AVO CIGARS TO COLLABORATE WITH WORLD-RENOWNED DJ D-NICE FOR THE LIMITED EDITION AVO EXPRESSIONS 2024

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Tuesday, December 12, 2023

MIAMI, Dec. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Avo Cigars, a leader in hand-made premium cigars, will collaborate with world-renowned DJ D-NICE for the limited edition "Avo Expressions 2024."

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  • MIAMI, Dec. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Avo Cigars, a leader in hand-made premium cigars, will collaborate with world-renowned DJ D-NICE for the limited edition "Avo Expressions 2024."
  • The Avo Expressions line of cigars was created with the purpose of collaborating with individuals who are true experts in their craft, following in the footsteps of the late Avo Uvezian, the founder of AVO Cigars.
  • The AVO Expressions 2024 release will highlight the globally recognized artistic talent of DJ D-NICE.
  • More information about the Avo Cigars Expressions 2024 will be made available in the coming months.

Tribute to Maria Callas 100th Anniversary in the XR Ecosystem

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Thursday, November 30, 2023

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- A Hollywood virtual human pioneer pushes the limits of AI technology as part of an ongoing EU Research project.

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  • European scientists bring Maria Callas to the XR/AI World marking 100 years since the birth of La Divina.
  • "We are entering a new era, where 3D modeling for XR, film and special effects will become obsolete, being replaced by Neural Rendering and Diffusion Models."
  • Maria Callas was reconstructed from 50+ Internet images with the help of AI-based head shape estimation methods, traditional view-based 3D modeling techniques, and generative AI.
  • By leveraging data from RAI's extensive archives and collaborating with AI and technical artists, we successfully crafted a realistic synthetic representation of Maria Callas."

Consumers Energy Foundation Announces $500,000 for Prosperity Award Winners

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Thursday, October 19, 2023

JACKSON, Mich., Oct. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Consumers Energy Foundation announced today $500,000 in grant funding as part of their annual Prosperity Awards. This year's recipients, based in Cheboygan and Madison Heights are working to support neighborhood revitalization and arts and culture development in their communities.

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  • "I am so thankful to our grant application team and the Consumers Energy Foundation for helping us realize a long-term goal for the community.
  • The Prosperity Awards are the Consumers Energy Foundation's final signature grant allocations in 2023 totaling $1.5 million.
  • The Consumers Energy Foundation is the charitable arm of Consumers Energy, Michigan's largest energy provider.
  • In 2022, the Consumers Energy Foundation, Consumers Energy, its employees and retirees contributed more than $18.5 million to Michigan nonprofits.

Patrick White was the first Australian writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature – 50 years later, is he still being read?

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Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Did you know that 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of Patrick White winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, the first Australian writer to be so honoured?

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  • Did you know that 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of Patrick White winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, the first Australian writer to be so honoured?
  • Until last week, neither did I.
  • As a lover of White’s writing, I was shocked by my own lack of awareness, which was quickly overshadowed by the realisation that seemingly everyone had overlooked it.

Cultural cringe

    • There should have been conferences and celebrations – a festival that would leave the Opera House in the dust!
    • The 50th anniversary of White’s best-known novel Voss in 2007 was marked with a two-day symposium.
    • The cringe, Phillips wrote,
      mainly appears in an inability to escape needless comparisons.
    • The Australian reader, more or less consciously, hedges and hesitates, asking himself ‘Yes, but what would a cultivated Englishman think of this?’ When it comes to White’s reception, especially post-Nobel, the cringe is everywhere apparent.
    • Here were signs, at last, that Australians could produce real literature – at least, according to Europe and Britain.

A writer unread?

    • He infamously chastised mainstream Australian writing as little more than the “dreary dun-coloured offspring of journalistic realism”.
    • A.D. Hope’s similarly infamous review of The Tree of Man judged the novel to be “pretentious and illiterate verbal sludge”.
    • White’s uneven reception reflected an anxiety about what Australian literature actually was.
    • The preeminent questions asked in undergraduate Australian literature units are still: What is Australian literature?
    • That Watts and Tsiolkas are both novelists themselves might explain their fervour for White, a writer who fits well under the moniker a “writer’s writer”.

Reputation

    • The question that is asked of White is not just “should we read him”, but should we study him.
    • White’s reputation as a canonical writer, and more specifically as a “difficult” modernist author and a “writer’s writer”, is a disaster when it comes to getting people, including students, to actually read him.
    • He is not only the kind of writer one would expect to study at school and university; many people assume he can only be read in those contexts.
    • Of course, White is a difficult writer, though it is often overlooked that he can also be funny, especially in his depictions of suburbia.
    • She had noticed seed at Woolworths and Coles; it was only a matter of choosing.
    • So far departed from the rational level to which she had determined to adhere, her own thoughts were grown obscure, even natural.
    • Vain or not, it would seem, maybe until now, that the award has been the crowning achievement.

True Crime/Mental Health Podcast Announces Second Season "Stage Combat: A Mental Health Story" Now Available

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Tuesday, July 25, 2023

"It's a mental health story told like a true crime podcast wrapped in a juicy, backstage theatre tale!"

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  • "It's a mental health story told like a true crime podcast wrapped in a juicy, backstage theatre tale!"
  • Season One of Stage Combat: A Mental Health Story showed the listener, moment by moment, how a mental health crisis happened at the Goodspeed Opera House.
  • In Season Two, the listener will experience the fallout from that mental health crisis in an epic eleven-episode arc of Sean Hayden's mental health journey.
  • As a mental health advocate, Sean has provided thought leadership on how employers can better support the mental health of their employees in various media outlets.

HONEYWELL SUPPORTS SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE TO REACH SIX STAR GREEN STAR RATING

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Thursday, May 18, 2023

SYDNEY, May 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Honeywell (Nasdaq: HON), a Sydney Opera House Global Goals partner since 2021, today announced its contributions to help the UNESCO World Heritage-listed building achieve a 6 Star Green Star rating from the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA). Key to this achievement was retrofitting the Sydney Opera House with Honeywell's innovative, ready now technology to help support more sustainable operations and to reduce the building's environmental impact.

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  • SYDNEY, May 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Honeywell (Nasdaq: HON), a Sydney Opera House Global Goals partner since 2021, today announced its contributions to help the UNESCO World Heritage-listed building achieve a 6 Star Green Star rating from the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA).
  • The Sydney Opera House is one of the first UNESCO World Heritage-listed buildings to receive a 6 Star Green Star rating, which represents 'World Leadership' in environmental and social sustainability operations.
  • As a globally recognized performing arts venue and World Heritage-listed icon, the Sydney Opera House operates 24/7 requiring close collaboration between Honeywell and the Sydney Opera House's safety, projects, and service teams.
  • The GBCA Green Star Building rating tool is similar to the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification system from the U.S. Green Buildings Council (USGBC).

Old World Meets New Solar Technology: Marigny Opera House Launches New Solar System to Performing Art Center in New Orleans.

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Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Marigny Opera House, also known as the Church of the Arts, is an opera house and performing arts center in Faubourg Marigny, New Orleans, Louisiana.

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  • Marigny Opera House, also known as the Church of the Arts, is an opera house and performing arts center in Faubourg Marigny, New Orleans, Louisiana.
  • Today, the Marigny Opera House is a performance venue for dance, theatre, opera, jazz, and classical music, as well as special events.
  • While keeping the aesthetic of the Marigny Opera House, the solar system features 88 panels arranged across two south-facing roof planes.
  • Marigny Opera House has shown its leadership on climate change, renewable energy, and sustainability with this groundbreaking investment," said Solar Alternatives, Jeffrey Cantin.

Otr Elkalam: In the world's largest religious competition - A Saudi Opera Singer Eliminates a Voice Coach

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Monday, March 27, 2023

Al-Sharif, who performed previously at the Opera House of Oman and the Egyptian Opera House, was able, through his beautiful vocal capabilities, to present an excellent performance through his melodious adhan.

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  • Al-Sharif, who performed previously at the Opera House of Oman and the Egyptian Opera House, was able, through his beautiful vocal capabilities, to present an excellent performance through his melodious adhan.
  • This helped Al Sharif to eliminate his rival, who had participated in several international competitions, including the Egypt International Competition, the Algerian International Competition, and other competitions in Mauritania and Qatar.
  • Ismail performed with a pure voice and flexible tones, which was evident in his use of the maqam of Sika.
  • The competition is the largest in terms of the number of contestants and prizes that total $3.3 million.