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Should Electric Collars be Banned?
By K9 Magazine
K9 Magazine takes a look at one of the most controversial subjects in the entire dog world, a much maligned defendant takes to the stand. The electric shock dog training collar. These are the collars that actually administer an electrical charge into the dog's neck when activated and should not be confused with other varieties of a remote dog training collar or anti-bark collar that use a variety of different methods to achieve desired results such as sprays and noises.
The Case For The Prosecution: (Against Electric Collars)
Electric shock collars, you stand accused of being one of the single most vivid examples of man's ability to use modern technology to the detriment of all that is natural and justified in the animal kingdom.
Whoever conceived the idea of a device capable of administering a painful electric shock into the neck of a creature devoid of the ability to comprehend electricity or its effects on the body should take a serious look into their conscience and picture the pain and anguish suffered by the thousands of dogs all over the world who have been electrocuted in the name of 'better' or 'more socially acceptable' behaviour.
Whoever had the notion that a device operable by a completely un-trained or un-qualified 'ordinary' pet owner, capable of sending an agonising current through the veins of an unsuspecting animal, would be an advancement of the human / canine interface must consider the damage and destruction they have caused to that most sacred of relationships.
Quite simply the electric shock collar would have been best left un-discovered in the same laboratory as Mustard Gas and gun powder.
The concept of the device is simply horrific. Dog partakes in behaviour not to the liking of dog's owner, owner electrocutes dog. Forgive me for thinking we lived in a society that had long since abandoned the ideals of drowning Witches or burning people at the stake but I am convinced that future generations will look back on the world who embraced the electric shock collar with a similar level of disdain.
Electric shock collars, you have caused harm, you continue to cause harm. The pain and anguish you have delivered in your time could never be justified by the pro-electric shock brigade who seem to think your ability to inflict instant 'correction' and the possibility of such an action being capable of righting the wrongs of a dog whose behavioural misdemeanours have placed him in life's last chance saloon, are a reasonable argument for their role in society.
How many times must we hear the argument that electric shock collars have saved the lives of dogs considered to be too unruly or too untrustworthy to co-exist in human society? Dogs with temperament problems who could be considered beyond the reach of the most successful canine behaviour experts still do not deserve to be persecuted and tortured into submission.
There are humane methods to change and influence the behaviour of any living breathing creature capable of thinking, a dog especially so. Remote control electrocution simply can not be considered a humane or acceptable solution, whatever the necessity to alter behaviour. Even convicted criminals, sentenced to death in the Electric Chair are spared the long term agony of punishing electrical charges being pumped into their bodies. Death comes relatively quickly for these people and as barbaric as the act itself may be, even murderers would never be subjected to a daily electrocution until such a time as they had 'learned their lesson.' Why, therefore, should a dog?
Members of the K9 Magazine jury, I ask you to consider the following:
Is it in any way conceivable that a dog, an animal born of no inherent malevolence, a creature whose psychological makeup is influenced entirely by environmental conditioning and its interaction with members of the human race, could ever commit an act worthy of this most vile and excruciatingly painful example of human cruelty as a means of justifiable reprisal?
Furthermore, that companies who profit from the sale and manufacture of a device renowned for its capability to inflict a deplorable level of brutality on its animal victims, should do so at the physical and mental expense of those dogs who have to endure the consequences of its potency all in the name of 'more desirable behaviour'?
Is this a product that we, a supposed Nation of animal lovers should be tolerant of as it is made freely available for sale in the United Kingdom to anyone who so desires to one?
Does not the sheer concept of a device, created to inflict punishment by means of remote electrocution on an animal we refer to as 'man's best friend', strike you as being barbaric, hypocritical and contradictory to everything that modern society stands for?
I put it to you, members of the K9 Magazine jury that you use your jurisdiction to sentence the electric shock collar to death by way of your consciences compelling you to speak out against anyone reckless enough to use one or any business mercenary enough to sell or manufacture one for profit. I say stop this shocking tool from being made available for sale and spare the anguish of thousands of dogs. Call for a ban on the electric shock collar.
Case For The Defence: (In Support of the Electric Collar)
Members of the K9 Magazine reader's jury. Before I say anything, I credit you all with the intellectual capacity to have already spotted the fundamentally flawed motives of the anti-electric collar bandwagon.
The charge levelled against this most innovative and successful product is without foundation and is confounded when you view the successes that have been achieved with electric collars.
Whilst it maybe true that many a dog trainer would have you believe they would never stoop so low as to use an ecollar, the facts are that many trainers who do sample the device when pressed with an apparently insurmountable behavioural problem capable of ultimately leading to the destruction of a healthy animal, discover a life-saving tool that is effective ONLY because it fits with the dog's own understanding of negative or positive behavioural re-enforcement.
Jury, you must understand what the anti-collar browbeaters fail to acknowledge. Dogs are not humans. It sounds obvious, in fact it is obvious but the reality is lost on the anti-ecollar protesters. Dogs, not being human, have learning and thinking systems that are very different to our own. Dogs understand the blackness or whiteness of a situation but not grey. That is to say a dog has the capability to understand if a behaviour it participates in is acceptable or not. It does not have a comprehension of a behaviour being anti-social or 'not in keeping with the expectancy level of its human counterparts'.
Let's take a hypothetical case: A family dog, let's say he's a 12 month old Labrador. His owners let him sit on the sofa in the living room every day. Every day that is apart from Fridays when his owners hold a very important dinner party in which case he gets scolded for being ill-mannered enough to even attempt to get up on the sofa and carry out behaviour which he understands to be acceptable on other occasions.
He doesn't know he can't get on the sofa on a Friday. He understands a pattern that says he either can get on the sofa or he can't. He'll pretty much accept either rule but what he really struggles with is this horrible, human inflicted grey area. I will re-iterate, dogs understand black or white, hot or cold, acceptable or not acceptable. They do not have a great ability to add in scenario evaluation or circumstance-relevant decision making to their thought process.
The dog's black or white learning pattern is the main reason why the electric shock training collar is so very successful and fair. It has the capability to instantly and effectively communicate a highly comprehensible message to the dog. 'Your behaviour is acceptable or your behaviour is not'.
Dogs do not enjoy the shock. Some ecollar advocates try and play down the fact that the device can (and sometimes does) cause discomfort. This is true, conceded. But neither does a dog enjoy an existence where there are no clearly defined social boundaries or confusion, for example dogs who pull on lead and are constantly being 'strangled' by an owner who has never correctly taught the dog to walk properly. Dogs understand rank and the system of a pack which is why the most successful and contented packs consist of pack leader who is on hand to administer discipline and order to the rest of the pack the instant it is required.
That discipline may range from a 'stare' in minor cases of behavioural misdemeanor to a full scale exertion of physical dominance, including the infliction of some degree of pain, in cases where the pack leader's authority is being severely challenged.
Here is where the case for the defence overwhelms any charges brought against the electric collar. If used correctly in accordance with manufacturers instructions and only in cases where there is a severe challenge of authority that threatens to destabilise the entire family unit (pack) either by way of the dog's behaviour becoming a danger to people or to their own lives, the electric shock collar has the power to save thousands of dogs lives through its ability to act quickly and decisively leaving the dog with no grey area difficulties.
If dogs could speak they would all seek to communicate their desire to live and conform in a human-lead, modern society ahead of the prospect of having their life terminated as a result of our human inability to translate our acceptable behaviour standards sufficiently into a language that they can understand.
The case for the defence rests and leaves the jury with this final thought:
"Ask a dog to choose between certain death or one final chance at being shown the path to acceptable human-interaction and behaviour and you have the very reason why electric collars have a valuable role to play in modern society. There are thousands of dogs who are only alive today because of this ground breaking, innovative use of modern technology and advanced understanding of canine behaviour"
Witnesses Called to The Stand
Hi to all of you at k9 magazine
I am one of those who think that the e-collar is a barbaric invention, one that if not banned should certainly be subject to strict legislation, only to be used by qualified behaviourists for extreme problems – where the only alternative would be euthanasia. They cannot be the way forward for modern trainers. Modern trainers mostly train with kindness and reward, positive reinforcement techniques, not by giving a dog an electric shock! I have been training my own dogs for twenty years and have not yet come across a training problem that can't be overcome with patience and perseverance. The damage that could be done to a sensitive dog by an inexperienced handler using an e-collar horrifies me. E-collars are a step backwards in training methods and have no place in our canine classes or in general use.
Karen White
Hi K9 Magazine
Only barbaric man could invent such a thing. Man's best friend they are supposed to be. I have done some studies with a reputable behavioural school and all studies have shown that this causes a dog more anxiety than anything we could imagine.
If a dog gets a shock at the wrong time, you are teaching it to be scared of all the wrong things. A dog has to be taught no within 3 seconds, you can not possibly get that right.
How would man like this treatment? Can you imagine every time you did something wrong at work for instance and your boss pressed the button, what would your reaction be?
Ban the damn things, a nation of animal lovers, I don't think so.
Dawn.
Dear K9 Magazine
Anything that causes pain to an animal should be outlawed! Would we use
the same device to get children to do as we want? I don't think so somehow!
Adele Travis-Jones
I read the last edition of K9 magazine and was pleased that the topic of electric collars has come up for debate having been an avid user for a number of years now. Whilst acknowledging that there is an element of concern over the use of anything electrical, this debate really stems from people not properly understanding on how it operates.
At no time when using our remote trainer have we caused our dog any distress, to the contrary it has saved our Labrador's life. He had taken to worrying sheep down on Common Land and was liable to be shot if we did not immediately take corrective measures.
We did seek advice, train him and follow guidelines along traditional lines – however this proved ineffective and the sheep far more interesting. We were then recommended a remote trainer by a friend, and indeed we only used the electric collar once in accordance with the manufacturer's guidelines and Wellington has never chased sheep again. This device was used to safeguard our pet within his home environment and has most definitely enhanced his enjoyment of being part of our family.
I have recommended these devices to a lot of people since first using it and the results are astounding.
I read with interest your request for comments regarding electric collars. Although your magazine is aimed at dog owners it was passed to me by a friend as we use such a product with our cats.
We live in a semi-rural area on the edge of town, a reasonable distance from the main road. Several years ago we rescued three cats from a local centre all of who became much loved, and very settled members of our family. However one always had a tendency to wander, and frequently crossed the main road to go into the fields beyond. We always had a strong belief that cats being very independent creatures should not be restrained, however earlier this year my husband went out to work early one morning only to find our beloved "wanderer" dead by the side of the road having been hit by a vehicle on his way home for breakfast. We were devastated.
Since then we re-considered that possibility of some sort of device to restrict their wanderings a little. After much consideration we opted to install a radio fence and have the cats wear electric collars. This has successfully prevented them from leaving our reasonably sized garden and has given us so much more peace of mind. The thought of losing another member of our family in such a horrible way was just too much to bear, and I am so glad we have taken this decision. The cats were carefully trained in accordance with the manufacturers advice, and after having received one or two corrections in the early days now accept their collars and the limitations to their wanderings. They are still well-adjusted, and very contented pets.
I do understand the other side of the electric collar debate, but feel very strongly that in the right hands and used correctly and responsibly they are a huge asset from several points of view – the animal's safety, the owner's peace of mind, and reducing the possibility of causing a major road accident.
Dear K9 Magazine,
There has been a lot of controversy about electronic dog collars and restraints in the press and government recently. I write as a very happy user of such a system. We live on a couple of acres in a village in Leicestershire
A couple of years ago we had problems with our Retriever bitch escaping and wandering when on heat, causing a bother to our neighbours.
We then also got a Ridgeback dog who when 8 months old escaped and was hit by a car in the road outside. Luckily, neither dog nor car occupants suffered serious harm. However, there remained the risk of nuisance to other people and dogs.
At the recommendation of some friends, we had a Freedom Fence system installed around our boundary. We adjusted the levels so that the dogs received the minimum prompt they recognised. Our dogs took 2 days to learn where the boundaries are.
Since then, our dogs will approach the boundary but will not cross unless for example we walk across looking like we are going to take them for a walk. The collars emit a warning beep when the dog comes up to the boundary, and the dogs know not to proceed further and to retreat a little to stop the bleeping, without receiving any prompt other than the beep.
The system gives a great benefit to the dogs. It allows us to give the dogs freedom to wander in our garden without worry, when we are indoors.
The system is excellent. It has not shown any sign of malfunction or problem, and can easily be switched off when we want to take the dogs out. Our friends who recommended it to us have similarly had nothing but success with the system. I recommend it to your readers for 3
reasons:
It stops the problems of wandering dogs.
It gives us the reassurance that the dogs are safe on our land. It allows the dogs the fun of wandering on our land when we are busy.
Jan van der Post
The Verdict: You're The Jury
Do you find electric shock collars guilty as charged or innocent and free to go on their way?
The above article was first published in K9 Magazine in 2003. Since then, debates over the electric dog training collar have raged just as actively as when we first broached the subject.
As is our style, we try to present a balanced case and afford our readers (you!) the chance to form your own opinions and have your say. If you HATE em', tell us why. If you support em', we'd like to hear your reasons.*
Over to you.
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I think the electric collar sounds terrible. But if it doesn't really give any pain, and if it trains the dogs well, I guess it's ok.
I think equating it to the electric chair is ridiculous, one pumps a fatally high current through someone's body and the other gives a minute current electrical shock I imagine this is much like the fencer I use to keep my horses in a certain area of field. Both me and my dogs and of course my horses have been shocked by that and have not suffered any mental or physical injuries, only I don't seem to learn as fast as my animals. lol
One concern I have about collars is how easily available they are for inexperience hands to use. The price tag would put off some people but there are cheap versions available on the internet and such. My other concern is the buried cable type where there is no clear visable boundary until a shock is felt. I have also heard of dogs not wanting to leave the property even following the owner when the device is switched off for fear of shocking.
As with most training devices, introduced correctly, used for purpose and responsibly by an experienced trainer with impeccable timing and as a last resort then I can see them as useful tools.
I've read both views on this, and like most things, black can be argued as white and made to look good. For those of you who like me, read the reasons for the ecollar and were swayed slightly: remember this – that yes… dogs dont understand anything other than clearly defined boundaries. These collars are for people who want their cake and want to eat it as well. What a pathetic example to justify collars… a dog who is not allowed on the sofa on a friday. Here's the truth of it -the owner is indeed the culprit and is a poor example of a dog owner. This is where conscience and caring should be a main component of taking care of a dog. Any dog owner who will not take the time and the trouble to fix the problem from the bottom up: ie identify that the boundaries regarding the sofa are not consistent, then they should not have a dog. Full Stop!.
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2021 Family Guide to Corn Mazes in the El Paso Area
mike Published: September 9, 2021
Great news lovers of fun fall activities; getting lost among the corn stalks is one of the weekend pastimes you'll be able to do again this year.
After COVID forced the closure of all El Paso area corn mazes in 2020, La Union Maze and Mesilla Valley Maze plan to reopen at the end of the month. The Corn Maze at El Paso's Farmland will open in October.
At this time they all have every intention of opening up 100% -- that means all attractions and no crowd limits, but it's a fluid situation so each will continue to monitor our community's Covid numbers and local mandates and make whatever changes are needed.
Beginning Saturday, September 25, those looking for an adventure can wander into a field of stalks that tower over your head and try to find their way out.
For those who don't appreciate a real-life puzzle of twists, turns, and dead ends, each corn maze offers lots of other things to do as well, like pumpkin picking and activities for the kiddos.
La Union Maze
La Union Maze offers 2 mazes; the regular corn maze and a flower maze. Other attractions and activities include tractor-pulled wagon rides to the Pumpkin Patch, a Cow Train, a farm animal corral, zip line, and picnic tables and concessions.
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Open: Sept. 25-Nov. 7, 2021
Hours: 5-10 p.m. Fridays, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturdays, Noon-6 p.m. Sundays.
Admission: Prices vary depending on age group and date. "Peak Days" are $1 more. Details HERE
How to get there: Map, directions
More Information: Facebook or launionmaze.com
Mesilla Valley Maze
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Mesilla Valley Maze offers a giant corn maze and a mini maze. Other things to do include a hay ride to Pumpkin Patch and Pumpkin Junction, gem mining, duck racing, face painting, pedal cars, slides, and a country store with food and gift items. Food, snacks, and drinks also available.
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Hours: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays
Admission: $15, $12 children 3-12 years, ages 2 and under free
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Corn Maze at El Paso's Farmland
El Paso's Farmland
Dubbed "Spirit of the Desert," the 10 acre corn maze features twisting, turning pathways and lots of blind alleys. Activities include a Kiddie Maze for the little ones, a train ride to the Pumpkin Patch, cow train, pedal cars, slippery slides, face-painting, and food trucks.
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Open: Oct 9-31, 2021
Hours: Saturdays & Sundays: 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
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1 - Shot of Tiger Lawyer's living room. While it's evident that the place is usually quite luxurious, at the moment it looks like a tornado recently swept through. The aftermath of a ripping house party are visible everywhere. Furniture is overturned, lamps are without their shades, and empty food and drink containers are everywhere, to name but a few things. Let's also say that there's a jetski lying in the middle of the whole disaster area. Along the back wall, there's an open doorway that leads into Tiger Lawyer's bedroom. Tiger Lawyer speaks from within the room, his word bubble shaky and wavy to connote his hungover state.
2 - Inside Tiger Lawyer's bed room. You wouldn't think it's possible, but things are actually worse here. One or two corners of the mattress has fallen into the bed frame, clothing is everywhere (as if TL's drawers have been completely emptied), things are broken, and claw marks cover anything and everything (again just to give an idea). The sliding door to his balcony / deck is open and nature has gotten into the place during the night. Despite the poor shape of the bed, Tiger Lawyer is asleep within it, completely covered by his sheets. He is in the unfortunate state of waking up. Word balloons remain shaky and wavy.
TIGER LAWYER (small in the balloon): what did I do last night...?
3 - Tiger Lawyer gets up from his bed. He holds his head in pain. Frame this so the open door is behind Tiger Lawyer and the whole shot is in silhouette. Word balloons remain shaky and wavy.
4 - Tiger Lawyer stands in front of the full length mirror in his room (or bathroom, if you prefer). He is terrified at what he sees. Shirtless, it's quite easy to see that Tiger Lawyer's stripes are gone. Instead, he's just a big, orange cat. Frame the shot from behind Tiger Lawyer, so the figure facing the reader is his reflection.
TIGER LAWYER: What did I do last night?!
CAPTION: Next: A tiger can change its stripes?!?
Such an odd concept to come at the character with but I dig it. It feels like an Aesop's fable gone wrong.
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Lastly Jetski in the living room is a great visual and clearly a sign of a good night.
I dig this one. There's some cool visual gags and that last panel is a great page turn.
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We're thrilled to have been awarded a very exciting contract!
Have you seen the press coverage and billboard adverts for the wonderful exhibition of Dale Chihuly's beautiful glass artworks at Kew Gardens - Chihuly: Reflections on nature?
A highlight of the exhibition (which runs until 27 October 2019) is a series of evening events called Chihuly Nights, where you can experience the majesty of Chihuly's forms and colours, beautifully illuminated under the evening sky.
Kew Gardens have asked us to devise a unique soundscape to accompany visitors' experience of these events. We're collaborating with internationally-acclaimed composer Nico Muhly to create an ever-changing musical backdrop to complement Chihuly's art.
Our ambient recorded soundscape will be augmented by a varied line-up of our favourite musicians, playing live in the Temperate House and the newly-opened Pavilion restaurant. The line-up will include Alasdair Malloy - the UK's only glass harmonica player. What better instrument to provide a musical background to Chihuly's glass sculptures?
Some musicians will also offer Chihuly Nights visitors the opportunity to add their own sounds to the composition, making for a truly immersive experience.
We're very excited about the project and we can't wait to experience these wonderful works of art in such an atmospheric setting. We hope you'll have the opportunity to visit the exhibition, and if you do come along to a Chihuly Nights evening, please say hello - we'd love to see you!
When "bespoke" really means "bespoke"!
This time last year, we embarked on a project to provide music at a beautiful wedding at Wrotham Park in Hertfordshire.
We were contacted by our friends Bryony and Penny at The Entourage Collection on behalf of their clients who were getting married in front of 300 family and friends in a glass marquee, with drinks in the House, followed by dinner back in the marquee.
The brief was to provide a string ensemble for the ceremony, musicians to lead the guests into dinner with music audible to all guests as they moved, and a jazz band to accompany dinner.
This brief presented us with lots of exciting possibilities, and also lots of issues to consider, such as:
• 300 people will make a lot of noise and take a loooong time to get from the house into the marquee!
• there are three distinct areas to cover – the house, the area between the house and the marquee, and the marquee…
• …which is ENORMOUS
• how do we ensure that guests don't get an 'overlap' of music as they move?
In the end, the solution was remarkably simple, in a complicated kind of way…!
Three string quartets played together as a mini orchestra for the ceremony, and then one quartet played in the House, one on the 'walkway' outside, and one in the marquee. Each quartet was hooked up to the PA system, with in-ear monitoring, and playing the same music in the three areas!
The sound guys from Ross Co were amazing and as you can imagine, the musicians had great fun during rehearsal, making sure that the sound was working properly! Here's a video of the rehearsals – bear in mind that it was a freezing cold day in late October…!
The orchestra sounded wonderful when all three quartets played together, and here are a couple of clips from before the ceremony (Allegro from Brandenburg Concerto no 3 by JS Bach), and as the bride and groom left (Wedding March, from A Midsummer Night's Dream by F Mendlessohn).
We were all bowled over by the amazing flowers, designed by Woodbrown, and well fed and watered throughout the event by Last Supper (not a dry, curly sandwich in sight!). And of course, the fantastic marquee from PBI Event Architecture was just fabulous! It's always a pleasure to work with such talented people to bring an event to life, and to realise the vision of the client and event designers.
Multi-cultural music for our multi-cultural business world
It is increasingly common that event organisers wish to celebrate the cultural heritage of their company, or to demonstrate their company's sphere of business, through the entertainment provided at company events. We are regularly approached by event planners for whom something "off the shelf" just won't work and so we design entertainment to cater to their specific requirements.
Last Summer, we worked with a couple who were to marry in Tuscany and were fans of World music. The groom was Jewish, and whilst the bride wanted to enter the ceremony to Pachelbel's Canon, she didn't want a string quartet. Oh, and they wanted to dance to folk and contemporary tunes, and some traditional Jewish Horas too - this was a brief for David, our Director, to really get his teeth into!
Based on the bride's request for Pachelbel and Western classical music during the ceremony, he started with a string duo and added a sitar for an authentic Indian sound. To help with the contemporary and folk side of the request, he added a guitar for its harmonic foundation, and finally percussion in the form of Indian tabla and various Japanese instruments.
The result was Synergy Six. As you will see, they performed repertoire as varied as John Legend's "All of me", Verdi's "Libiamo" and Jewish traditional pieces such as "Hava nagila".
This ensemble is perfect for events reflecting multi-culturalism within companies and their business, and the ensemble are keen to investigate the relationship between other musical cultures. They went down a storm, and the musicians loved working together in such an unusual ensemble, and we think you'll agree, their sound is a wonderful cultural mix.
For more information about Synergy Six or to discuss your specific requirements, please give us a call, or drop us an email.
Let's get this party started!
We're getting to the time of year when thoughts are turning to Christmas parties, and whilst the venue might be booked, the poor frazzled person dealing with it (as well as their 'proper' job!) may only just be getting round to thinking about the entertainment.
And therein lies the £64 million question…Band or DJ?
Here are some things to think about when making this important decision!
It's hard to beat the atmosphere generated by great live music, therefore a band is the obvious choice. Having said this, booking a DJ means that you get to hear the original versions of the songs everyone loves to dance to, plus you can have a much greater input into the playlist for the evening.
You should consider the number of guests you're expecting - if your party is relatively small, a DJ could well be a better option for you.
If you have a long evening of dancing planned, you might consider a band and a DJ, as a band will charge pro rata for performing longer than their standard set time, so hiring both might actually be more cost-effective for a long playing time.
If the performance area available isn't huge, DJs are normally pretty compact, whereas bands can take up rather more space, and can get a little upset when asked to shoe-horn themselves into a corner.
Finally, of course, there's the cost. A good DJ will cost about as much as a very mediocre band and a good band will cost three to four times as much as a good DJ. In our experience, there's no such thing as a good, cheap DJ or band: they're either good OR cheap: never both.
Entertaining Foreign Clients
At Guest Artists we do a lot of work with Destination Management Companies. DMC's, like us, are experts in arranging events, but whereas we stick to the entertainment side, they – poor things – have to look after EVERYTHING for large groups visiting the UK.
And when we say EVERYTHING, we mean every minute of every day and evening – from meeting and greeting the delegates at the airport and sorting their hotel and restaurant reservations, to organising every last element of both the business and social aspects of the trip – which could be anything from providing personalised flip charts to arranging a unique behind-the-scenes tour at a West End show.
When our friends at Wedgewood Britain were asked to arrange a quintessentially British experience for a group of Russian business people, they knew that the music and entertainment had to be diverse, and so called in the collective brains of our three offices.
Together we decided on two evenings of entertainment, the first of which was a "traditional British pub evening". Although this was, indeed, based in a pub – the excellent Butcher's Hook & Cleaver in Smithfield – this was a very unusual "traditional" pub evening. When we go to the pub, we aren't normally greeted by a bagpiper, and it's pretty rare for someone to draw a caricature of us whilst there too – and still less to invite us to take part in highland dancing. But this wasn't a normal evening, and our Russian guests enjoyed all this and more – including a tutored beer tasting with a beer sommelier from Fuller's Brewery.
Their final evening in London needed a more formal approach. Hosted at the lovely Middle Temple (one of our favourite venues) we felt a nod to the pomp and ceremony for which Britain is universally known was in order, so to the delight of the guests, a beefeater greeted them as they arrived. A jazz trio accompanied their reception on the lawn and rounded off a happy - and sunny - few days in London!
We put together a little video (below) of the entertainment they enjoyed – we think you'll agree that the piper and the beefeater were the highlights!
As always, it was a pleasure working with Vanessa and her colleagues at Wedgewood Britain. They certainly deserved a couple of days off after such a busy time in the sweltering heat that was early July…
Guest Artists does Michael Jackson
David and Emma had a fun evening at The National Portrait Gallery at the end of September, running the entertainment at a private viewing of the Michael Jackson – On the wall exhibition.
Having worked with the NPG earlier in the summer, we were delighted when they approached us to co-host this event and to provide the entertainment. The evening: to demonstrate the Gallery's innovative and unusual event spaces, and showcase suppliers. The brief: to provide an eye-catching opener, followed by engaging background music.
As you can imagine, this was an exciting brief, with the potential to do some unusual things! The end result was one of our amazing DJs, Flash Mob Dancers (above) and a strolling band, entertaining guests and turning them into a percussion section!
As you can see from the video, everyone had great fun and the cheer that followed the dancers' performance was magnificent! The evening was mouth-wateringly catered by Alison Price & Company, the fabulous flowers were courtesy of Hayford & Rhodes and Fisher Productions worked their wizardry with the sound and light, and all in the beautiful spaces of the National Portrait Gallery.
We look forward to working with you all again soon!
Guest Artists does Top Gear!
There are many days in our working calendar that stand out for us as a team. We thought it may be interesting to share with you some of the (sometimes, in retrospect, hilarious) hiccups we encounter, and the lengths we go to, to ensure our clients receive the very best service we can deliver.
Here's what happened when David, our Director, spent a rather hectic 24 hours running the music for a very elegant wedding in Europe.
The Runaway Priest…
For a start, the priest told me that he didn't like to hang about. He wasn't joking, sounding at times like the auctioneer on Storage Hunters (only with an Irish accent) - but to be fair, omitting the opening hymn altogether and then sending the bridal party out during the final hymn did give him a head start in his record-breaking attempt. The congregation must have wondered what this thing noted on the order of service as "recessional" was all about...
Frankly I'm not convinced he had even read the order of service at all - my suspicions being particularly raised when at one point he announced: "Let us proclaim the mystery of faith in bold type"...
Combining this with a request given just before the service for an extra (unrehearsed, of course...) "special piece" for the bridesmaids to enter to - they were sent down the aisle individually at 5 yard intervals by the wedding coordinator - made for a service more challenging than was strictly necessary.
But that was the easy bit…re-wind to the middle of the night before the wedding…
A flight cancelled late the previous night had led to a merry, early hours game of find-a-flight-going-within-200-miles-of-where-we're-going-before-anyone-else-finds-the-same-flight, to say nothing of a £2.5k bill - and this only once I'd explained to the nice Barclays lady in Newcastle that my desire to spend £2.5k on flights at 2am was entirely genuine. Having done that it was then simply a question of contacting the performers (it's the early hours of the morning remember), to get them all to change their plans and get to Gatwick rather than City for their early morning flight. Easy peasy.
Even this would have been fine except the replacement flight was then delayed on the tarmac, meaning that there was a fair chance that my esteemed colleagues wouldn't actually make the service at all anyway.
What to do? What would Jeremy Clarkson do? Hire a helicopter to meet the flight, of course. But the helicopter only seated six - and seven needed transporting.
So the day morphed into a "GA does Top Gear". Who would win over a 200-mile trip? A fast Mercedes going straight to the venue or a helicopter flying to its base about 30mins drive from the venue, plus car from there to the gig. (If you're interested, it was the helicopter by about 20 minutes). But all musicians made the service.
All in a day's (and night's) work
Once the service ended, all was disappointingly plain sailing!
But none of it would have been possible without the assistance, good grace and forbearance (and, of course, excellent performances) from our amazing musicians! I might perhaps have got a teensy bit shouty at some points, for which I apologise, but you were all stars!
This wedding was under a strict confidentiality agreement, so we're unable to share much more detail with you – but we wanted to share the logistics of what can happen with some of our client projects. We absolutely love the work we do, are passionate about music, and work with an amazing group of artists – which makes our jobs that much easier.
Guest Artists are on the Blog!
It has been said, many times, that we should start a blog to record the life and times of Guest Artists, and try to pass on our wealth of knowledge after 25 years in the business. As musicians and event managers, we regularly experience situations that just wouldn't happen to anyone else, and are daily in the privileged position of advising people about the music for their Big Day, organising spectacular entertainment for events large and small, and also giving comfort through music, after the passing of a loved one.
Through this blog we aim to: pass on tips for organising the music and entertainment for your event, be it large or small, private or corporate; take you backstage to show you the build up to some of our bigger events; and of course, share the "you won't believe what just happened…" moments.
We hope you'll join us on our journey into the world of blogging, and if there are specific topics you'd like us to cover, please let us know!
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Casa Terreno by Fernanda Canales
Casa Terreno sits on a relatively flat piece of property in the midst of rugged surroundings, and has four courtyards interspersed among its interior living spaces.
Photo © Rafael Gamo
You enter the house through an irregularly shaped patio defined by a curved brick wall and then proceed into a small skylit chamber, which is also made of brick, including its gabled roof.
A combination of vaulted and flat roofs shelter the house. These can be reached via a stair in one of the courtyards, offering an unusual perspective on the constantly changing landscape.
In all the interior living spaces, including the bedrooms (shown), the kitchen, and the living room, the material palette consists almost exclusively of the poured-in-place concrete roof slabs and vaults, formed with reusable wood molds, and wood floors and millwork in local oak.
In all the interior living spaces, including the bedrooms, the kitchen (shown), and the living room, the material palette consists almost exclusively of the poured-in-place concrete roof slabs and vaults, formed with reusable wood molds, and wood floors and millwork in local oak.
In all the interior living spaces, including the bedrooms, the kitchen, and the living room (shown), the material palette consists almost exclusively of the poured-in-place concrete roof slabs and vaults, formed with reusable wood molds, and wood floors and millwork in local oak.
Image courtesy Fernanda Canales
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If you know the work of a particular architect well, you can often spot his or her preferred forms, identify favored materials, or discern a particular aesthetic. But that is not the case with the buildings of Fernanda Canales, a Mexican architect known for her small but polished body of work. Each of her projects looks as though it could have been created by a different designer. Among her single-family residences, one urban house is a Modernist composition of crisp, overlapping and projecting white concrete boxes, while another, in a popular vacation area, is a rustic assemblage of stone-enclosed volumes with pitched roofs supported by exposed timber structure. And her Casa Bruma, in a secluded community about 100 miles southwest of Mexico City, is a village-like cluster of discrete one- and two-story structures formed in assertive black concrete.
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Her most recent house, Casa Terreno, a weekend retreat for her own family, has yet another expression. The 6,500-square-foot residence, in the same remote development as Bruma, is a horizontal ensemble of textured red brick walls and terra-cotta-tiled barrel vaults. As diverse as these projects might sound, however, they have a strong commonality: all are conceived around open-air living spaces, building on the long tradition of the courtyard in Mexican architecture. It is a theme Canales returns to again and again, "even though the formal solution is always different," she says.
This newest project has not one but four such courtyards. These outdoor spaces are of various sizes and shapes and are interspersed among the elements of the one-story compound, which include a wing of four bedrooms, each under its own barrel-vaulted ceiling and each facing east toward the morning sun; an open-plan living/dining room under a larger vault; and flat-roofed volumes for the kitchen and the caretaker's apartment. While providing daylight and fresh air, the voids break down the scale of the overall structure. But, according to Canales, they also bring a human scale to the spectacular landscape, which feels especially vast at night. This drama should be preserved, at least for the foreseeable future: Terreno, along with Bruma, is among a handful of houses completed so far on the community's 500 largely untamed acres, which for decades had been used for cattle grazing and logged for its once-plentiful supply of old-growth oak trees. The developers aim to keep the wild feel intact, capping the total number of residences at only 70.
Amid this rugged and sparsely populated terrain, the house's immediate 2.5-acre site is level, with few mature trees to provide shade from the often intense sun. Canales chose to emphasize its flatness, not only with the low-lying architecture, but also with her choice of plants for the area surrounding the complex and within some of the courtyards, including small fruit trees, flowering shrubs, and other, mostly ground-hugging, vegetation. During the dry season, which stretches from November through April, this flora, along with plantings on the flat roofs, turns reddish brown, like the brick exterior, camouflaging the house. Similarly, during the region's extended rainy season, Terreno also nearly disappears in the mist that often shrouds the site.
You enter Terreno through the curved brick wall of an irregularly shaped patio and proceed through a small skylit chamber, which, including its gabled roof, is also made of brick. The almost crypt-like room is intended, says Canales, to accentuate the sense of arrival. This unusual space opens onto a central courtyard and an arcaded walkway from which the interior living spaces flow: brick gives way to a different material palette, with the vaulted ceilings cast in exposed poured-in-place concrete and the floors and built-ins made of local oak, the grain of the millwork echoing that left in the concrete from the forms used during construction. The overall effect is simple yet refined, with generously proportioned rooms, and an aura of coolness and calm.
Canales's design approach was highly resourceful, making the most of the limitations of building in such a remote location. The bricks, for instance, were manufactured nearby. But the architect, predicting that many would be damaged during transport on winding and unpaved roads, decided to use intentionally broken brick. These are "torn" in half, with the rough face exposed, creating an unusual and rustic wall surface.
This practical mindset extends to the operating strategy, and almost every element of the house performs double duty. The roofs filter and collect rainwater, directing it to a 26,000-gallon cistern below the central patio, which is Terreno's sole source of water (sewage is treated on-site). And because the rooftops are accessible by way of a stair in one of the courtyards, they also are a vantage point for taking in the spectacular landscape, even offering views—on a clear day—of the Nevado de Toluca, a volcano about 20 miles away. The house has solar panels for electricity and hot water, but no mechanical heating or cooling systems: its 18-inch-thick brick walls and the concrete roof, in addition to serving as support and enclosure, provide thermal mass. These hefty structural components, along with wood-burning fireplaces and operable windows, are sufficient to keep the interiors comfortable—despite fluctuating climatic conditions and temperatures that can swing more than 30 degrees Fahrenheit over the course of 24 hours. "We get winter and summer all in one day," jokes Canales.
The constant change is what Canales loves about staying at the house—the rapidly moving clouds, the lifting of the mist, and the shifting colors of the hillsides. And with Casa Terreno, she has created a welcoming and intelligently designed retreat from which to appreciate the ever-evolving backdrop. "Every time we come," she says, "it is a new place."
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Fernanda Canales - Jurisprudencia 13, Copilco, 04360, Mexico City - +52 1 55 2699 1696 - www.fernandacanales.com
Engineers:
Structural: Gerson Huerta - Grupo SAI
General contractor:
Felipe Nieto
Rafael Gamo
Kitchen appliances: Piacere
Metal frame: Cortizo
Locksets: Arquideco
Cabinetwork and custom woodwork: Óscar Nieto
Floor and wall tile: Mármoles Arca
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Joann Gonchar, FAIA, LEED AP, is a senior editor at Architectural Record. She joined RECORD in 2006, after working for eight years at its sister publication, Engineering News-Record. Before starting her career as a journalist, Joann worked for several architecture firms and spent three years in Kobe, Japan, with the firm Team Zoo, Atelier Iruka. She earned a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University. She is licensed to practice architecture in New York State.
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Gjirokastra is often known as "the City of Stone" and its most distinctive feature is the silvery-colored limestone which gives the city its character. The stone is quarried nearby and is used in the construction of buildings, roofs and streets
Gjirokastra is in the south of Albania, situated on the east face of the steep Mali i Gjerë mountain range. It lies 232 km from Tirana, the capital of Albania; 31 kilometres from the Greek border crossing at Kakavia; and 56 kilometres from Saranda, the seaport that connects southern Albania to Corfu
The early history of Gjirokastra is relatively unknown. Due to the proximity of the Hellenistic settlement of Antigonea (near Jermë) and the Roman city of Hadrianopolis (close to the village of Sofratika) it has been frequently assumed that the medieval fortress represents the first occupation of the site.
The Ottoman period
As the Ottoman Empire expanded into Europe in the late 14th century, Gjirokastra fell under their dominion and its lords were for a period of time vassals of the Sultans. It is believed that by 1420 Gjirokastra and the entire Drino Valley became part of the Ottoman Empire.
During King Zog's reign (1928-1939), Gjirokastra established itself as one of the most important cultural and economic centers in the country, although it was also known for the large prison constructed in the castle during Zog's reign.
The communism in Gjirokastra
Gjirokastra was declared a Museum City by the communist regime in 1961 in an effort to conserve the unique cultural heritage of the town. As well as more specialist craftsmen, a large conscripted workforce – consisting mainly of young people, known as Volunteer Youth Brigades – was assembled to maintain the old town.
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Turning left from the main entrance, you will enter a long gallery lined with artillery pieces. All of these guns were either abandoned by, or captured from, the Italian and German occupation forces during World War II. Within this gallery there is also a small Italian tank built by Fiat.
The American Airplane
A U.S. military training plane was forced to land near Tirana in 1957 having technical problems. The pilot was returned to the US a short time later, but the plane, which the communists maintained was a spy plane, was brought to the castle as a trophy of the Cold War.
Skënduli House
Skender Skenduli, another wealthy land owner, built the Skendulate House (22) in 1823 during Gjirokastra's greatest period. The house had two courtyards and is unique in having both an internal and external staircase. It used to have 46 chimneys, indicating the wealth of the Skënduli family. The main guest room (oda), in particular, is distinguished […]
National Museum of Armaments
Originally opened in 1971, the National Museum of Armaments is located in what was once the part of the prison. The current displays cover Albanian arms from independence in 1912 to the end of World War II, and most of the museum is dedicated to the Partisan struggle against the Italian and German occupation forces […]
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during his State of the Nation Address at the plenary hall of the House of Representatives in Quezon City, Philippines July 27, 2020. Presidential Photos
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday defended his government's policy to fight its coronavirus outbreak and said early intervention had prevented as many as 1.3 million to 3.5 million infections.
Speaking during his annual address to the nation and as the country's cases grew to 82,040 and nearly 2,000 deaths, Duterte said a lengthy lockdown that was one of the world's strictest may have hurt the economy but had kept numbers in check.
The Philippines eased restrictions on June 1, but cases have since quadrupled and critics say the country was too slow in detecting infections due to weak testing, which Duterte acknowledged started slowly.
"To me, even if the numbers were much lower, it would still be and would have been worth the sacrifice we made," he said of the measures.
"Life first before everything," he said, adding "we initially encountered difficulties ramping up our testing capacity."
Duterte also reiterated that he would not allow schools to reopen for face-to-face classes until a vaccine was available and had earlier believed one could be ready as early as September.
He said he asked Chinese President Xi Jinping four days ago to make the Philippines a top priority once Beijing had developed its own vaccine for COVID-19.
"I made a plea to President Xi if they have the vaccine can they allow us to be one of the first … so that we can normalise as fast as possible," he said.
Duterte also promised no relent in a bloody war on drugs that has alarmed the international community and said the Philippines "will not dodge our obligation" to human rights, adding that included protecting people from drugs and corruption.
"Do not do it in my country because I will really kill youthat is a commitment," he said, warning drug dealers.
He also threatened the closure or government expropriation of telecoms firms for what he called "lousy" services, and gave providers until December to improve.
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"As far as technology goes, the shop floor was always state-of-the-art. We just had to update the office side to keep up with customer requirements. We had started doing some production for the automotive industry and became aware of the need for documentation and traceability to secure repeat business."
– Yvonne Stimac, Operations Manager, Metal Essence
Metal Essence, based in Sanford, Fla., is proof that the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and flourishing in America. The company began operations in a residential garage in 1986, much like Hewlett-Packard, another renowned high technology company that also had similar origins. At the time, founder Al Stimac was an executive for a leading Florida-based electronics manufacturer. In his post, he witnessed the huge volume of high technology business being purchased from other states, so he established a personal goal of making his adopted state, Florida, a high-technology resource. Consequently, he formed Metal Essence, a precision metals and plastics fabricator that today specializes in high-quality, close-tolerance machining for the electronics, automotive, telecommunications, medical and aerospace industries.
As with many individuals starting new ventures, Stimac was unsure that his fledging company would get "off-the-ground." Initially, Metal Essence had no open lines of credit nor investors, so Stimac treated the new venture as more or less of a hobby and chose to retain his full-time executive post. Knowing the value of quality in business, his first purchase for the new endeavor was a state-of-the-art CNC turning machine. It wasn't until 1992 that a rising sales curve at Metal Essence convinced Stimac that his "hobby" was a viable concern and one that required his undivided managerial expertise to achieve new levels of growth. Stimac's "hobby" had now become a full-time venture, and he assumed the role of Metal Essence President.
Stimac's initial efforts were devoted to growing sales, and within two years, the company had outgrown its 1,500 sq. ft. bay and relocated to a 5,000 sq. ft. facility equipped with multiple rows of precision CNC equipment. A second shift was added in 1994, and a third shift established in 1995. The close of 1995 saw the move to a new 11,000 sq. ft. facility and the addition of much-needed office personnel. What had started out as a part-time hobby now required a much larger staff and the need for better information in order to secure repeat orders. As Yvonne Stimac, Metal Essence Operations Manager, explains, "As far as technology goes, the shop floor was always state-of-the-art. We just had to update the office side to keep up with customer requirements. We had started doing some production for the automotive industry and became aware of the need for documentation and traceability to secure repeat business."
The company called in John Edgar, now CEO of an Orlando-based software consultancy. Edgar assessed the needs of Metal Essence and suggested the firm take a look at SYSPRO enterprise software, a modular, integrated Enterprise Resource Planning solution.
After seeing a demonstration of the SYSPRO solution, the Stimacs were convinced that it would fill their current needs, and, equally as important, also had the scalability to accommodate future growth. The latter was a significant consideration in the firm's justification of such a major purchase. Another strong selling point was the software's ability to support EDI (Electronic Data Integration), a growing requirement of the company's expanding automotive customer base. The EDI module gives companies the capability to rapidly exchange large batches of business transactions automatically and electronically in the traditional standardized formats between trading partners to support JIT (Just-in-Time) ordering objectives.
Almost immediately after installing the SYSPRO software, Metal Essence experienced notable improvements. The first two areas to show bursts of efficiency were job scheduling and purchasing. Explains Mrs. Stimac, "I could look at a process and know the breakdown costs in order to assess the profitability of the operation. I could determine the cycle times and where reductions had to be made." In fact, she says, it was the ability to add these operational efficiencies that helped the company gain repeat as well as new business. "We simply passed on the savings to the customer," she says.
At the same time, with a detailed history of purchases, she was able to streamline the firm's purchasing operations, making more efficient and timely buys and securing volume discounts where possible.
Perhaps the greatest contribution that the SYSPRO software has made to the growth of Metal Essence is the ability it gave the company to better leverage the lean manufacturing model. The real-time nature of the SYSPRO software provided the operational infrastructure by which Metal Essence could establish strategic guidelines throughout the company's supply chain and access the most current data for more effective and efficient decision-making. The software also gave the company the ability to maximize existing resources and eliminate non value-added activities, enabling Metal Essence to improve profits by producing to customer demand rather than tying up large sums in raw materials inventories.
In fact, today Metal Essence could be a "poster child" for the lean manufacturing model. The precise alignment of inventory with orders is the very essence of the lean manufacturing concept, and according to Mrs. Stimac, the SYSPRO software negates the need for the company to carry any inventory at all. "Through exact scheduling, we are able to order materials for same day delivery," she says, adding, "There would have been no way we would have been able to coordinate production schedules with raw materials needs without the SYSPRO software."
Another factor in the company's rapid growth has been the user-friendly nature of the SYSPRO software and the ease with which new employees could become proficient on the software with a minimum of training.
Mrs. Stimac refers to her own personal experience. "Although I had no computer background and little time nor money for support, I found it very easy to set up the SYSPRO software and get started with a minimum of help except for an occasional phone call. I did not have a technical background but a lot of common sense, and that's what the software is all about – its use is almost intuitive."
Today, Metal Essence is using the latest version of SYSPRO running on Window NT. The wisdom of the Stimacs' choice of SYSPRO has been consistently reinforced over the years. Says Mrs. Stimac, "Actually, we didn't have the money, nor time to do much training of the staff, but, thankfully, we found we didn't have to. While other systems need a full-time IT person on staff, SYSPRO software doesn't require one, because it's so easy to use and maintain."
Today, Metal Essence now employs 75 people and is approaching global revenues in excess of $10 million dollars, a huge contrast to the mere $300,000 the firm was doing at the time it implemented the SYSPRO solution. During the interim period to the present day, the company has twice moved to larger facilities, now occupying a 35,000 sq. ft. plant in Sanford, Fla.
"Without a doubt, we could never have managed the growth without SYSPRO," says Al Stimac. "Through efficient job scheduling, it has dramatically improved throughput and shortened lead times. It issues clear and concise bills of material that not only indicate parts and routing, but also special care instructions that the machine operators can easily follow….it's also enabled us to get control of purchasing."
Metal Essence's rapid growth is clearly due to a highly efficient operation and the attainment of economies, which the company passes on to a growing customer base. Says Al Stimac, "We compete on price and quality," proudly referencing the company's ISO 9001:200 and QS 9000:98 certifications. The firm's dedication to quality is also reflected in state-of-the-art machinery that is able to achieve the most crucial specifications at rapid speeds. In fact, some CNC machines can turn out parts in as little as 2.8 seconds using eight different tools. The high technology equipment enables Metal Essence to produce an astounding 8,000 to 9,000 pieces per shift and accommodate about 150 in-process jobs at any one time.
Though Al Stimac sits at the helm of Metal Essence, he has not lost sight of one of his original goals, that of promoting high technology business in Florida. Towards this end, he has served as the president of Manufacturers of Central Florida and works diligently on the following committees: Workforce of Central Florida; National Association of Manufacturers; and Florida Manufactures Extension Partnership. He is a firm believer in keeping manufacturing in America by leveraging technology and has even worked with his competitors to help them enhance their individual manufacturing operations. In fact, he has even advised Florida Governor Jeb Bush on ways to expand the manufacturing base in Florida.
Al Stimac, a true visionary, seems to have an affinity for surrounding himself with other visionaries. Accordingly, he says of SYSPRO, "It is a visionary company that has helped to keep Metal Essence at the forefront."
Not only is Metal Essence a testament to one man's dream, but it also exemplifies how forward thinking management, leading-edge equipment and innovative enterprise software can successfully execute the lean manufacturing model.
What does the future hold for Metal Essence? Mrs. Stimac says candidly, "We will continue to leverage the technology base of the company and empower our employees so that one day they can buy us out."
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