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NURBURG, Germany — If you’ve ever wondered how far you could get in a Porsche over the span of 24 hours, a team of drivers at the Nürburgring Nordschleife have provided an answer: 156 laps of the 25 km track (about 15.5 miles), or a little over 2,400 miles — at an average speed of 100 mph through the track’s matrix of twists and turns, with close to 200 other race cars for company.

KUWAIT — The Kuwait Center for Autism opted last year to expand the use of its five-year-old theatre, and in a bid to make the venue more attractive for potential users, they decided to upgrade the existing lighting capabilities with the installation of a new grid.

MOSCOW — Star Factory, a reality TV talent show broadcast on Russia’s Channel One, offered viewers a new visual look with Clay Paky’s narrow-beam Sharpy. Mixing elements of Pop Idol and Big Brother, the contest aims to nurture the next generation of singing talent with help from pop industry veterans.

LOWER WITHINGTON, U.K. — Jodrell Bank Observatory became a destination for an outdoor concert featuring the Flaming Lips, British Sea Power, OK GO and other bands, and dbn and projection company Bluman Associates helped turn the Lovell radio telescope and its 76-meter-wide dish into something to look at for the crowd of 5,000 who attended.

MILAN, Italy — As part of the Salone del Mobile home furnishing exhibition here, LD Paul Cocksedge relied upon precise colors projected from 80 ETC Selador Classic Ice LED fixtures in an exhibition space that projected both lighting and video onto an 82-foot-long, curved white wall. Visitors would not be able to see the video, however, until they viewed the wall through a red light shade.