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Temperatures this morning are cool -- ranging from 30 in Quakertown to the lower and middle 40's along I-95 at 4 AM under a sky that ranges from clear in most spots to a mix of clouds and stars south and east of town. Those clouds will push away over the next few hours, with the region likely to see a mostly sunny if not mainly sunny sky for today. No sneak attack showers are on the horizon as the influence of the upper trough wanes and pushes out of the region.
Today will be a nicer day than the past several, a bit less breezy than the past several, and milder as a result of the additional sunshine. Temperatures should top out in the mid 60's regionwide, with Philly getting to around 66 this afternoon. Winds generally under 15 miles per hour will make it feel a bit more comfortable out there and it will feel pretty darn nice out there.
The projected warmup is still on track for the weekend and next week, with 80's likely Sunday through Tuesday, warmest on Monday where mid 80's look likely...perhaps even upper 80's if everything breaks right. Philly's record is 90 so the record may be a bit tough to reach but we will come relatively close...and it will be a stark contrast to the 55 of Wednesday and 59 of yesterday.


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Theater Review: "A Funny Thing Happened …" at The Wick
Posted by Kevin Studer on October 14, 2015 January 28, 2016
If you are looking to go to a musical that will make you fall out of your seat from laughing, then the Wick Theatre has the show for you.
Originally premiering on Broadway in 1962, Stephen Sondheim's "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" is a crowd-pleaser that has retained its charm for more than 50 years. Full of puns and mistaken identities, "A Funny Thing…" is lead by Pseudolus (Ken Jennings), a servant for a prominent family, who tries to win his freedom by helping his young master, Hero (Chris Brand), end up with the love of his life, Philia (Whitney Winfield). Unfortunately for Hero, Philia is a courtesan who has already been sold to a soldier (Jim Ballard) who is on his way to retrieve her. There are also multiple subplots throughout the show that all come together in the end, featuring a cast of hilarious characters.
Right from the start, as the cast sings the enduring "Comedy Tonight," the tone of the show is set. Jennings adds in modern references to Justin Bieber and the Kardashians, and the audience is immediately enthralled. Having appeared in multiple Broadway productions including "Sweeney Todd" (for which he won a Drama Desk Award), "Side Show" and "Urinetown," Jennings commands the stage. The 68-year-old actor has all of the energy one would expect from someone half his age. While he is onstage, no one has to worry about a dull moment.
Brand and Winfield beautifully play the lovers of the show. Their Act One duet of "Lovely" is just as the title says—and I dare you not to cringe every time someone comes between them. The indefatigable supporting actors Ronen Bay, Brian DiRito and Wesley Slade, who make up the trio of Proteans, are worth a special recognition. They take on multiple roles throughout the show, and they bring laughter each time they grace the stage.
Choreographer Angela Morando has done a spectacular job, as the group numbers are a spectacle to see. When Pseudolus and Hero are trying to find Philia from the house of courtesans, each courtesan has a separate dance routine to reflect her character, and each is fully developed. Between the vitality of Jennings and Morando's choreography, the show's energy never wavers.
The first show of the Wick's second season, "A Funny Thing…" is not to be missed. The combined talent of local and national actors makes for a wonderful show that will have audiences cracking up from start to finish.
"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" runs through Nov. 1 at the Wick Theatre, 7901 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton. Tickets cost $70. Call 561/995-2333 or visit thewick.org.
This article first appeared on Boca Magazine on October 14, 2015 and can be found here.
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For my second try in S&B competition I decided to make my favorite transition - from jazzy vibes to deeper side of drum&bass. Hope you will enjoy this trip.
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Twitter, one platform in the social media arena, allows real-time communication to occur in 140 characters or less.
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On February 27th we had guest speaker Sergi Mora come to our Ethics and Responsibility class to give a talk about his own personal career inside the tourism industry. He has quite an interesting story with varied experience in different ambits of the hospitality and luxury world.
Starting off as a student, he studied Tourism and Wine before moving on to get his Master's diploma as a Sommelier. He then began working as a flight attendant for Ryanair, when word came out about his knowledge for wine, he got promoted to working in Premium at Qatar Airlines. It was during this work experience that Mora got his first taste as to what it was like to serve clients on a luxury level and got insights into what were their needs and wants and got to establish what were these client's expectations. It was also during this work experience that he made valuable and high-ranking contacts, as Mora puts its "famous people and sometimes even kings".
After all these travels Mora came back to Barcelona looking for work and ended up returning to his passion for wine and working as a Sommeiller for the Ritz Carleton Hotel, before eventually being promoted to Head Sommeiller and Head Manager for Majestic Hotels Group.
Majestic Hotels Group currently has 7 hotels operating under their umbrella, and they are divided into two sectors: luxury hotels and boutique hotels. The originating hotel has an interesting story in itself, and was originally bought in 1918 by an Italian family, a year later in 1919 a Catalan family bought the building next door, eventually the two building were merged to create the Majestic Hotel.
Under Mora's guidance, they were able to gain prestigious accreditations and become part of one of the most desired groups in the Tourism Industry Leading Hotels of the World. This highly exclusive group is known for their exceptional standards in quality and to hold a position with them is quite difficult to maintain as they send a secret guest quite frequently to ensure that all standards are being held. Mora himself acts the hotels own secret guest, testing and making sure that the training of his staff is top notch.
Mora has helped the hotel expand in many other ways, one being their restaurant SOLC, which held a Michelin star before it closed, being reopened and rebranded as a fine dining experience using all fresh and local Catalan produce. Currently their 2019 project is giving all attention to their outdoor terrace.
Thanks to Sergi Moras excellent management skills the hotel currently holds a 70-80% occupancy rate, but it wasn't all smooth sailing for the young manager. Mora explained his struggles as having to prove himself and his experience, especially among staff much senior to him and with many more years' experience in the hotel.
He emphasized the importance of not only gaining your employees respect but also tips and tricks when it comes to implementing change. "Focus on the people who are motivated" he said, by focusing on the people who are eager to learn and change, the more reluctant ones will eventually come around and want to become a part of the change as well. Majestic Hotels Group also offers great benefits for their employees such a retirement plan, incentives for high performance, and training programs and workshops when needed.
Mora has been able to transform Majestic Hotels Group and take it into the modern world by creating new social media marketing strategies using influencers and the hashtag Majesticmoments where he features how the hotel goes above and beyond for their clients. In one case, a couple with a little girl had to cut their holiday short as the girl had to spend some time in the emergency room. The girl was then surprised with some sweets and balloons brought personally to the hospital by hotel staff. It´s little things like these that not only keeps their customers loyalty but also instills in them emotion that makes the experience of staying at Majestic Hotels an unforgettable one.
A big thank you to Sergi Mora for sharing his story with our Barcelona Campus students and also for all the insights into what it takes to make it and keep growing within the profession of your choice.


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 Райгород — название польского города Райгруд в период его нахождения в составе Российской империи (1815—1917) и СССР (1939—1944).

Россия
 Райгород — село в Славгородском районе Алтайского края.
 Райгород — село в Светлоярском районе Волгоградской области.

Украина
 Райгород — село в Немировском районе Винницкой области.
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Elon Musk: Bye, California, I've Moved To Texas
Musk has been harshly critical of California's lockdown policies
By Hank Berrien
Dec 8, 2020 DailyWire.com
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Speaking in an interview on Tuesday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed he has left California and moved to Texas.
Musk, who has had more than one home in Los Angeles and one in the Bay Area, made the announcement at The Wall Street Journal's CEO Council annual summit in an interview with editor-in-chief Matt Murray.
Musk's move comes after months of him openly criticizing the state of California's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the end of April, speaking on a Tesla earnings call on Wednesday, Musk ramped up his rhetoric about shelter-in-place orders around the nation, calling them "fascist." Musk stated, according to The Verge.
"We are a bit worried about not being able to resume production in the Bay Area, and that should be identified as a serious risk," said Musk. "The expansion of shelter-in-place, or as we call it, forcibly imprisoning people in their homes, against all their constitutional rights, is, in my opinion, breaking people's freedoms in ways that are horrible and wrong, and not why people came to America and built this country. What the f***!"
He continued: "If somebody wants to stay in the house that's great. They should be allowed to stay in the house and they should not be compelled to leave. But to say that they cannot leave their house and they will be arrested if they do… this is fascist. This is not democratic. This is not freedom. Give people back their godd*mn freedom … Everything people have worked for all their lives is being destroyed in real time. I think the people are going to be very angry about this and are very angry."
The night before, Musk issued a series of tweets targeting the lockdowns around the country, stating, "Give people their freedom back!" in response to a Wall Street Journal opinion piece asking whether the lockdown policy saved lives. "Bravo Texas!" he tweeted in response to the news that Texas was reopening for business, and finally, a bluntly stated, all-caps, "FREE AMERICA NOW."
In May, Musk threatened to move from California after shelter-in-place orders forced him to shut down his sole car factory in the United States. In mid-May he gave an indication of how fed-up he was with the leftist governance of his home state of California, apparently urging followers on Twitter to join the conservatives of America as he tweeted succinctly, "Take the red pill."
Take the red pill 🌹
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 17, 2020
The Journal noted, "The auto executive later filed a lawsuit against Alameda County, home of the Tesla factory, and defied local authorities by proceeding to reopen the plant, daring them to arrest him. The county eventually blessed the plant's reopening and didn't pursue an arrest."
In October, Musk filed paperwork transferring his personal foundation from California to Austin, Texas, according to local records. Musk's Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, has operations in Texas.


Trouble with Experts: CBC TV featured a documentary on how good expert predictions, especially those stated confidently in the mainstream media are (hint: not very). Unfortunately, the show did not spend much time on research findings that experts who make probabilistic and nuanced forecasts are worth listening to but the show is still worth your time.
Do not make illegal downloads: Let's set aside the moral reasons for a minute. Michael Geist writes in The Star how movie studios are taking Canadians making illegal downloads to court and under current law statutory damages could run as high as $20,000. That kind of money can pay for a lot of DVD/Blu-Ray movie discs.
Buying the Dips: Jason Zweig writes in The Wall Street Journal that the exhortation to "buy on the dips" sounds good in theory but doesn't stand up to analysis.
Million Dollar Journey takes a look at the new Capital One Cash Back Credit Cards.
Michael James on Money explains why investing in an index is like picking the brains of the best investors out there. David Chilton explains index investing in similar terms in The Wealthy Barber Returns.
Money Smarts Blog will be travelling to the US and researched ways to get a little bit less ripped off on cell phone data roaming charges.
Blunt Bean Counter offered a list of 20 things about income taxes that baffles him. I have one item on my list: why is the child care deduction capped at $7,000 per child? And why isn't it even adjusted for inflation?
Canadian Financial Stuff is a big fan of paying for everything with cash but points out that, in all fairness, an all-cash approach isn't without its flaws either.
Jim Yih pointed out that compound interest is a powerful force in growing your wealth. Keep in mind though that fees, expenses, turnover, taxes and inflation are forever working against compounding.
My Own Advisor sucked up to his wife with a post on financial lessons he learned from her. Just kidding, Mark!
The Wealthy Canadian, on the other hand, sucked up to Kevin O'Leary. Enough said!
Canadian Couch Potato reviews The Smartest Portfolio You'll Ever Own and includes a model portfolio built with ETFs from the book.
Canadian Financial DIY slams a Investment Funds Institute of Canada report for employing questionable tactics in its bid to call all ETFs "expensive".
I won't pretend that this week hasn't been brutal. The S&P/TSX Composite dipped briefly into bear territory today when it dropped to 11,420 from its recent high of 14,329 set in April of this year. At times like these it is worth keeping in mind that we build diversified portfolios expecting that we will experience turbulent waters like the one we are currently navigating at some point in the future, although we did not know when.
1.	Bonds are doing their job of providing a ballast to the portfolio. In fact, they are doing a little bit more than that. Bond yields have fallen sharply boosting bond prices. If the stock market falls even more, some bonds can be sold to rebalance into equities.
2.	We've discussed over and over and over again the importance of holding foreign equities without currency hedging because taking on currency risk lowers volatility. While foreign stocks have also dropped in value, the fall has been cushioned by the depreciation in the Canadian dollar primarily against the US dollar. Example: QTD VTI is down 16.4 percent in USD terms but in CAD terms the loss is 10.6 percent.
3.	Surprisingly, Real Estate Income Trusts (REITs) are also holding up (at least for now). The S&P / TSX Capped REIT Index is only slightly off its recent highs. If equities drop a lot more from here and REITs drop to a lesser degree, REITs will be another source of funds for rebalancing into stocks.


H.R. 1585, legislation to strengthen and support programs authorized by the hugely successful and NAACP-supported Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) is expected to be voted on by the full U.S. House tomorrow, 4-4-19. We need to pass it by a strong majority of Members to demonstrate our support for strengthening VAWA and protecting all survivors.
For more information about the program and the bill and what you can do to make a difference, please see the attached Action Alert and take Fast Action.


Zolpidem, more popularly known as Ambien, is a popular sleeping pill that is supposed to help you fall asleep and awaken refreshed. However, those taking this medication may be getting more than what they've bargained for. A new study by the US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) found that there are a growing number of emergency room visits from adverse reactions from the drug.
The researchers reviewed data from the the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN), which is a public health surveillance system that studies reports from various hospital networks across the nation. The adverse reactions they found included hallucinations, paranoia, confusion and agitation, which led to 19,487 emergency room visits in 2010, a 220% increase from 2005. Over half of these visits involved the user taking the sleeping pill with alcohol or other medications, like antidepressants, sedatives or analgesics.
Over two-thirds of those visitors were women, who appear to be much more vulnerable to the drug compared to men. Three-quarters of those visitors were 45 years old or older.
Back in January, the FDA announced that it will require drug makers that produce sleep medications that contain zoplidem to cut their recommended dosages for women by half. This cut came after recently published research suggested that blood levels of the drug were still elevated in the morning, putting the user at risk of severe impairment and drowsiness. There was no dosage change recommendation for men.
Sleep medications like zolpidem are igned to be short-term treatments for insomnia. However, if you're looking for long-term alternatives to get a good night's sleep, check out Dr. Oz's sleep hub, where you can learn about the best foods, supplements and lifestyle modifications to help you get better sleep.
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Ju-Jitsu International Federation
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The Ju-Jitsu International Federation (JJIF) is an international sport federation founded in 1998 after the expansion of the European Ju-Jitsu Federation (EJJF) for the propagation of the modern competitive sports version of Jujitsu, also known as Sport Ju-Jitsu.
JJIF
1977 (as EJJF)
Arts taught
Modern Ju-Jitsu
Ancestor arts
http://www.jjif.info/
As a member of the General Association of International Sport Federations (GAISF) and the International World Games Association (IWGA), the JJIF represents Sports Ju-Jitsu worldwide. The JJIF is currently the only Jujutsu/Ju-Jitsu organization recognized by the GAISF and IWGA; Ju-Jitsu under JJIF rules is a part of the World Games[1] and World Combat Games.[2]
2 Traditional Jujutsu and Sport Ju-Jitsu
3 Rules of Sport Ju-Jitsu
3.2 Fighting
3.3 Ne-Waza
4 Sport Ju-Jitsu and the Olympic Movement
The Federation commenced as a coalition of three countries' associations. In 1977, delegates form Germany, Italy and Sweden founded the European Ju-Jitsu Federation (EJJF). As the number of member Nations increased, in and out of Europe, in 1987 the Federation changed its name to International Ju-Jitsu Federation (IJJF) and the original European nucleus of the Federation became the first Continental Union (EJJU) of the IJJF. Following a series of changes of its Statutes and a change to its membership structure, in 1998, the IJJF decided to change its name to the Ju-Jitsu International Federation (JJIF).[3]
In the early 1990s the IJJF became a provisional member of the General Association of International Sport Federations (GAISF), member of International World Games Association (IWGA – part of the Olympic Movement together with the IOC) and affiliated to the Sport for All Federation (FISpT). During the 1998 GAISF Congress the JJIF obtained full membership status.
Ju-Jitsu under JJIF rules has been an event at the World Games since the 1997 World Games in Lahti, Finland.
Traditional Jujutsu and Sport Ju-JitsuEdit
Different schools (ryū) have been teaching traditional Jujutsu in Japan since the 15th century. The JJIF is not a governing body for any of these schools of traditional Japanese jujutsu—the JJIF does not exercise authority over traditional Japanese jujutsu styles, which are often instead headed by leaders who claim leadership from unbroken lineages of transmissions from different Japanese ryū, some of them hundreds of years old.
Rather, the JJIF was founded as an international federation solely for governing Sport Ju-Jitsu, a competitive sport derived from traditional jujutsu.
Rules of Sport Ju-JitsuEdit
JJIF currently regulates three different types of competitions at the international level: the Duo system', Fighting system and Ne Waza.[4]
DuoEdit
The former is a discipline in which a pair of Jutsukas (Ju-Jitsu athlete) from the same team show possible self-defence techniques against a series of 12 attacks, randomly called by the mat referee from the 20 codified attacks to cover the following typologies: grip attack (or strangulation), embrace attack (or necklock), hit attack (punch or kick) and armed attack (stick or knife).
The Duo system has three competition categories: male, female or mixed, and the athletes are judged for their speed, accuracy, control and realism. It is arguably the most spectacular form of Ju-jitsu competition and it requires great technical preparation, synchronicity and elevated athletic qualities.
FightingEdit
With a different approach, the Fighting System is articulated in a one-on-one competition between athletes. The system is divided in several categories according to weight and sex
(Male categories: -55 kg, −62 kg, −69 kg, −77 kg, −85 kg, −94 kg, +94 kg; Female categories −48 kg, −55 kg, −62 kg, −70 kg, +70 kg).
The actual competition is divided in three phases (Parts): Part I sees the jutsukas involved in distance combat (controlled attacks with arms and legs and atemis of various nature – punches, strikes and kicks). Once a grab has been made the Fight enters Part II and hits are no longer allowed.
The jutsukas try to bring one another down with various throwing techniques (and points are given according to how "clean" and effective the action was). Also – despite being uncommon – submission techniques as controlled strangulations and locks are allowed in part II.
Once down on the tatamis (mats) the match enters its Part III. Here points are given for immobilisation techniques, controlled strangulations or levers on body joints that bring the opponent to yield.
The winner is the Jutsuka who has accumulated most points during the fight. Automatic victory is assigned to the Jutsuka who gets an "Ippon" (clean action, full points) in all three Parts. This type of competition requires timing, agility, strength and endurance.
Ne-WazaEdit
Ne-Waza (ground technique) is one of the main Jujitsu (and Judo) bases. The fight of two opponents starts standing. Punches and kicks are not allowed. After starting the fight the referee interrupts only in critical moments, so normally the main part of the fight takes place on the ground. It is the goal to win by submission with a lock on the joints or strangulation. During the time of 6 minutes it is possible to gain points for throws, take-downs, controlling positions and actions to gain an advantage in the fight. The Ne-Waza Ju-Jitsu is extremely tactical and sometimes described as the chess game of martial arts. This ruleset is similar to Brazilian jiu-jitsu rules.
Weight categories in JJIF ne-waza-system
weight categories
Cadets (U17) male −55 kg −60 kg −66 kg −73 kg −81 kg −90 kg +90 kg
female −44 kg −48 kg −52 kg −57 kg −63 kg −70 kg +70 kg
Juniors (U20)
Seniors −48 kg −52 kg −57 kg −63 kg −70 kg −78 kg +78 kg
male −60 kg −66 kg −73 kg −81 kg −90 kg −100 kg +100 kg
The contest duration is 4 minutes for cadets, 6 minutes for juniors and seniors (<=35 years) and 5 minutes for competitors from 36 years onwards.
Sport Ju-Jitsu and the Olympic MovementEdit
The JJIF is a member of GAISF and IWGA, and both organizations are in close cooperation with the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The organisation is striving to establish Sports Ju-Jitsu as an Olympic event in the future.[5]
Martial arts portal
^ Korea Jujitsu Belt Wrestling Federation website
^ http://www.worldcombatgames.com/en/sports/17/Ju-Jitsu
^ What is Ju-jitsu, JJIF website] Archived 29 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ The official rules can be found at the JJIF-Referees website.
^ Traditional Ju-Jitsu shines bright as gold at the Sixth World Games, Grappling Magazine, March 2002
United Society of JuJitsu Organizations - Official Website
JJIF Official Website
JJIF Referees Official Website
Official Member of JJIF , Vice President of JJAU - Korea Ju-Jitsu Association - KJJA
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Yellow Journalism
Yellow Journalism is journalism that is based upon sensationalism and a crude exaggeration of news stories that entices the reader and informs them of what's going on by phrasing and telling the story in a ludicrous manner (U.S. Diplomacy and Yellow Journalism 1895–1898, n.d). In the 1890s, two famous newspaper owners, William Randolph Hearst, and Joseph Pulitzer, coined a term, and helped create an entirely new newspaper section and theme of journalism, this was known as Yellow Journalism (Yellow Journalism, n.d). This new type of journalism allowed the writer to get the reader's attention by exaggerating stories written in the articles while also making money by people buying these papers. The two creators of this new type of journalism would eventually become involved in what would be called a circulation battle as well. These two newspaper owners were rivals because at that time both businesses were in the same area. Both wanted to make money by writing articles in Yellow Journalism (Mahony, 2009). Another fascinating aspect about this theme of journalism is that the headline usually grabs the attention of the person who is reading the newspaper.
In 1883, Pulitzer purchased The New York World newspaper company. For approximately 12 years Pulitzer did not have to worry about a competing newspaper company in New York. In fact, Pulitzer's newspaper was thriving. However, in 1895 he would meet his rival and match when Hearst bought The New York Journal (Mahony, 2009 Encyclopedia Britannica, 2016 Mahony, 2009). 1895 was when their rivalry would take off. They were rivals because people now had two different newspaper companies to read from, thus causing competition amongst the two of them (Mahony, 2009 Encyclopedia Britannica, 2016 U.S. Diplomacy and Yellow Journalism, 1895–1898. n.d.).
The term "Yellow Journalism," itself originally came from Pulitzer's New York World. In Pulitzer's newspaper, artist R.F. Outcault came up with "the yellow kid." This cartoon character came from a comic sketch known as "Hogan's Alley." In this comic it had a yellow-dressed character dubbed the "the yellow kid." Eventually, this Yellow Kid would add fire to this two-owner's newspaper rivalry. They would both use the yellow kid to sensationalize and exaggerate the news through the yellow kid's popularity in both newspapers. Since these two owners were in a very competitive rivalry to compete New York Journal owner William Randolph Hearst copied Pulitzer's sensationalist style and even hired "Hogan's Alley" artist R.F. Outcault. In response, Pulitzer commissioned another cartoonist to create a second yellow kid. Soon, the sensationalist presses of the 1890s became a competition between the "yellow kids," and the journalistic style was coined "yellow journalism"(Encyclopedia Britannica, 2016).
Cartoon depicting the battle between Hearst and Pulitzer
The term "circulation battle," comes from a military term called "Battlefield Circulation." This term means that the leader goes where he can best influence the battle, where his moral and physical presence can be felt, and where his will to achieve victory can best be expressed, understood, and acted upon. (Magness, 1970). For this term, these two newspaper owners both used yellow journalism to make money, gain popularity, and push America to declare war on Spain in 1898 (Yellow Journalism, n.d.). For this term, it is referring to the fact that both owners realized a good way to gain popularity and money was by sensationalizing events that had transpired with the USS Maine getting destroyed of the coast of Cuba by what people still beielve could have been Spain's doing. Thus, the two owners newspaper companies coined another phrase known as "remember the Maine."
Encyclopedia Britannica. (2016, August 11). Yellow journalism. Retrieved December 07, 2017, from https://www.britannica.com/topic/yellow-journalism
Mahony, D. O. (2009, September 16). The circulation battle of Pulitzer and Hearst | Comm455/History of Journalism. Retrieved December 06, 2017, from http://historyofjournalism.onmason.com/2009/09/16/46/
Magness, T. (1970, January 01). Leader Business. Retrieved December 07, 2017, from http://leaderbusiness.blogspot.com/2008/07/battlefield-circulation-part-i.html
Mott, K. (2013, February 13). Yellow Journalism – Present and Past. Retrieved December 06, 2017, from https://www.americanhistoryusa.com/yellow-journalism-present-and-past/
U.S. Diplomacy and Yellow Journalism, 1895–1898. (n.d.). Retrieved December 04, 2017, from https://history.state.gov/milestones/1866-1898/yellow-journalism
Yellow Journalism. (n.d.). Retrieved December 04, 2017, from http://www.pbs.org/crucible/frames/_journalism.html
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It takes many people to keep the Museum functioning. There are six divisions that manage and lead its operations. You are encouraged to contact any of the managers or leaders shown below to volunteer in an area that interests you.
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Chuck Painter, Member #2808 (2025)
Member since 1989. He is the project manager of the AT&SF 60; he also worked on the 108 project. Chuck is an active participant in the Special Events Committee and participates in Museum Special Events. He is the scriptwriter and storyteller on the Thomas Train and was the backup entertainment on the Santa Train. He rewrote the new Operator's Guides for the Pacific Electric and L.A Railway Collections. He serves on the Endowment Committee. He designed and installed new exhibit signage in Carhouse 4 and Cottonwood Station. Chuck is a frequent contributor to the Gazette. Chuck is the president of his own stock brokerage and investment advisory firm.
Phil Palmieri, Member #831 (2025)
Member since 1969. Mr. Palmieri has served as General Manager of the Museum and had several terms on the Board of Directors. Phil has been an active working member of the Museum since his membership began and is currently lead of Perris extension construction. He constantly supports our onsite track construction. Phil is a freight conductor for the Union Pacific Railroad.
Jason Shoemaker, Member #3640L (2025)
Member since 1994. He has held numerous Museum positions: Trainmaster, Electric Car Running Maintenance Foreman, Superintendent of Operations Training, Assistant Superintendent of Railway Operations, Division Manager of Maintenance, and Locomotive Engineer Trainer. Jason has been an active member for 24 years, volunteering in collections, restorations, and maintenance. He worked on Track Project 7 to 11,part of the Perris Connection project, and helped lay the Carhouse 7 lead. He has worked on the PE418 and PE498 restoration projects. He became a Project Manager, returning PE332 to service, and is leading the resurrection of PE 1624, PE314, and LATL 1450. Jason is a locomotive engineer for BNSF Railway.
Zeke Hastings, Member #3022L (2024)
Member since 1991. He has held three terms as a Director. He has been Vice President of Plant, Special Projects Manager, and a member of the Endowment Committee. Zeke is a retired aircraft mechanic who devotes much of his life to the Museum, spending most of his time with plant and track improvements.
Gary Starre, Member #675 (2024)
Gary Starre has been an active member since August 1969. Trolley Operator, Lead Electric Car Instructor, Assistant Division Manager of Operations, instrumental in several car and equipment restorations and acquisitions, and in museum legal matters. Mr. Starre is an Estate Planner and Real Estate Attorney in private practice in Los Angeles.
Bill Lamb, Member #1479F (2024)
Member since 1977. Bill has been an active member of the steam crew for 40 years. He is a qualified fireman and engineer on the VC-2 and is a qualified engineer on all our operating diesel locomotives. Bill served as the Museum's CFO from October 2011 to December 2012 and is a former member of the Finance Committee. Bill serves on the Audit Committee and has taken on the task of sending out personal thank-you notes to those who donate to the Perris Connection project. He represents the Museum at the Perris City Council each month. He works to maintain trees and control weeds in front of Carhouse 4. Bill is retired from the City of Los Angeles Controller's Office where he was assistant general manager.
John Mobley, Member #9582 (2023)
Member since 2016. John was the BNSF Pilot for our VC-2 for the Perris Valley Line dedication ceremony at the Perris Depot in 2016. He is a volunteer for Emma Nevada project and a student fireman on the Steam Crew. Outside of the Museum, John was the President of BLET Div. 398 San Bernardino, CA and helped extend the partnership with the Museum. John is a 19-year BNSF Engineer/Conductor, and is working with them in the acquisition and movement of rail equipment to the Museum.
Rod Fishburn, Member #365-L (2023)
Member since 1965. He is the curator of the Museum's rail vehicle collection and manager of electric vehicle maintenance. His goals as a member of the Museum's Board include: increasing SCRM's presence as a valued member of the Perris community, supporting the expansion of our Museum and educational mission for the education and enjoyment of our visitors, increasing our volunteer recruitment efforts, and expanding our volunteer base. Rod is a retired electrical engineer who worked for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.
Ryan Gallaher, Member #9014 (2023)
Member since 2013. Over the past several years, Ryan has been heavily involved in the railway operating department assisting in weekend operations and at all major fundraising events. In May of 2018, he was appointed as Division Manager of Operations and have made many improvements to the department. These improvements include updating training programs and procedures, increasing and
improving critical documentation, and increased coordination between all museum departments. In addition to Ryan's duties as Division Manager, he assists in track inspection and maintenance as well as running maintenance for our passenger cars and Light Rail Vehicles. Lastly, Ryan has helped with the engineering updates and coordination efforts for the Perris Connection Project.
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Very nice photos. I guess the photos are more beautiful than the final product. How will the watch be?
Thanks. We shall have to wait til Oct/Nov of this year to see, but the prototype looks very promising indeed.
I agree, very beautiful. You don't know anything about the price (approximately)? I have no clue since I'm not that much into watches.
I'm told RRP is in the 70-80,000 CHF range.
For watches,the 60mm macro is better than the105VR?
I prefer it because you need less extension tubes to increase the magnification ratio, and the spherochromatism and longitudinal chromatic aberration are both lower.
Holy cow that's a lot of resolution.


There have been a lot of movement towards taking music back to the roots of the human voice. Making the first instrument the focal point of the recording or at least a major foundation of it's structure. Animal Collective, Panda Bear or even Ariel Pink don't feel like they're known for their innovative electronic directions as much as their unconventional vocals, using them as more than just a device for the melody and meaning. Walker Lukens seems to be playing with the rhythmic aspects of the human voice in a similar way alongside his clear, wavering soul vocal and electronics.
A-Side "Kindle to your Fire (Oprah Voice)" - Is there some kind of Amazon tablet connection here? A weird coincidence but this obviously makes more sense as a metaphor of being consumed by that other person. The track opens with Walker's vocal sounds, out the background comes a mass of vocalizations coming together in a haze of melody. That many layers of vocal in spits and bursts is inherently impressive, aside from the recording process. You're made aware of that heavily layered process, but it doesn't feel any less impressive. Walker's vocal is super strong coming in right over that chaotic rhythm, definitely feeling like one of those born singer/songwriters. The main instrumentation is made up of odd polyrhythms, handclaps and a multitude of human voices punching in and out. When the chorus comes back with that repeated title lyric it's an impressive piece of dense dancy electronics with his alter egos of backup vocals growing and growing almost overtaking the main lyric. It's a two minute flare up, a fireball burst of energy that started with nothing but a tiny spark.
B-Side's "Casa De Davide E Chiara" starts with a heavy alternating low thump and high pitch smack along with a click metronome, ever so slowly getting faster and faster. It's a monotonous machine pounding away over a delicate piano line playing along it's own separate path behind Walker's forward vocal, making the most of this silence. Strange almost reverse cymbals and creaking effects build up along with his impassioned style. A lone violin and bass line take this quicker horse trot rhythm from darkness into the light. Something like Jens Lekman in a more abstract direction vocally, but exploring those unique directions that have to come out of abandoning all references and creating for yourself.
Get this from Walker direct on his website.


I installed the shelves/cupboards/desk/filing cabinet combination down in Dorset last week. It was a late finish so had to take the picture in poor light, and there wasn't much clear space in the room (those are my excuses for a less than professional photo). Sometimes I wish the designer (me) had shown a little more consideration for the unfortunate person that has to install these things (also me) as there were some rather challenging moments during the fit. I was pleased with the result in the end though!


Member of the House of Lords (since 1991); Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at Warwick University; Fellow of the British Academy (since 1994).
Previous positions: Associate Professor of History at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University (1970–1976); Professor of history, philosophy and European studies at the Polytechnic of North London (1976–1978); Professor of international studies at the University of Warwick (since 1978); Professor of political economy, Economics Department, Warwick University (since 1990); Professorial Fellow of the Global Policy Institute at London Metropolitan University; Chairman of the Social Market Foundation (1991–2001); Honorary Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford (since 1997); Member of the Board, Wilton Park think-tank (2005–2009).
Selected publications: How Much is Enough? Money and the Good Life (co-written with his son Edward; 2012); Keynes: The Return of the Master (2010); three-volume biography of John Maynard Keynes (1983,1992, 2000); Keynes (1996); Oswald Mosley (1975).
Awards: three-volume biography of John Maynard Keynes won five prizes.


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What's the point of digital BSS?
Written by Scott Bicheno
14 October 2020 @ 16:30
Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry's most pressing issues. In this piece Akil Chomoko, Chief Marketing Officer at MDS Global, explores what we mean by 'digital BSS' and why we should care.
The need to switch to digital methods and systems has been an accepted business and technology mantra for some time. In fact, the switch to digital is now so universally accepted to be 'the right thing to do' that it seems to have become unnecessary to even state the business case supporting the changeover.
A recent trend has also seen the "we've gone digital" mantra morph into meaning little more than that a business has embraced virtualization and moved some of its networking, technology and storage to the cloud. But to deliver real, long term, business benefits and improved profitability, "going digital" has to be about more than just offloading services to the cloud.
To get to the heart of the matter, we commissioned STL Partners to research and analyse the benefits to operators of introducing a digital BSS solution to serve the Enterprise sector of their customer base. We gave STL a free hand to question the service providers, to dig into the detail of their business models, and to analyse the potential financial impact across a range of practical and operational areas of their business. The result: STL's research uncovered a potential 34 per cent boost to operator EBIT profits.
At a time when average revenues per account are declining, measures that claim to boost profitability are always going to get attention. But given that implementing any change will involve upfront investment, being able to precisely quantify what that change can achieve and in which areas of service provider operation – as a result identifying and detailing exactly how the profit boost is delivered – serves to really elevate and inform the discussion.
Looking at some basic operational costs, it becomes clear that adopting a digital approach can drive real, measurable, savings in sales and general administration expenses (SG&A), and also in the cost of goods sold (COGS). In particular, STL found that digital systems can enable those savings through automating areas such as service configuration and provision.
Whether dealing directly with an enterprise customer, or via a reseller partner, a digital BSS solution allows service providers to offer automated customer configuration of their services. Automated configuration gives controlled but open access to the system and enables the customer, or the partner, to self-select and personalise the level of service they require.
The system can then configure the service, price it in terms of cost to the operator, quote for it in terms of cost to the customer, and then both supply it and invoice for it without the need for any manual intervention. This is true, zero-touch automated customer provisioning, which STL estimate can contribute to savings in SG&A expenses alone of some 9.1 per cent.
It's also worth bearing in mind that, in many countries, more than 90 per cent of businesses are SMEs. Tailoring solutions for each enterprise customer would be grossly inefficient and supremely labour intensive and therefore can't be sensibly offered. Switching to an automated, self-service solution is the only way that providers can deliver this level of flexibility – and that in turn can boost revenues by attracting new customers and partner resellers. STL estimate that on top of the savings achieved, automated service configuration and purchasing can deliver a revenue boost worth a further 2.4 per cent.
But the learnings didn't stop there. One interesting finding from the research was that 60 per cent of the operators STL spoke to said that real-time billing management would be the element of a digital approach to BSS that would make the biggest impact on their profitability. That was more than three times the number who placed automated service configuration and purchasing in first place. This is partly because – just like switching to digital – real-time billing management has become accepted as the best method to combat churn and reduce demand on customer service operations.
The findings of the detailed analysis were rather different. STL did find that real-time billing management would reduce the cost of the customer service by 6 per cent over three years, and the cost of customer retention by 3.5 per cent over the same period. However, over the same period, STL calculated that automated service configuration and purchasing would more than double those percentage savings on the cost of customer services – up to 13 per cent. And while savings in customer retention costs would be slightly lower, at 2.8 per cent, the cost of customer acquisition would be reduced by as much as 11 per cent.
When all the revenue generation and costs savings in different areas were considered together, the biggest impact on overall operator profitability did not come from real-time billing management as predicted by the service providers – it was quite clearly delivered by automated service configuration, with improved use of customer analytics in second place.
Overall STL concluded that, across the five use cases of digital BSS they analysed, the combined impact on overall operator profitability would be an increase of between 2.7 and 4.1 percentage points over a three-year period. For a typical operator with historic EBIT profits of around 10 per cent, STL's mid-point, or expected, return of 3.4 per cent would represent an increase of more than 30 per cent in overall profitability.
Importantly, the research serves to increase our own understanding of the areas for operators to target for improvement. It helps to build a proper business case for adopting a fully digital approach to BSS as well as showing a clear path to a return on the investment in both the long and the short term.
Everyone agrees that going digital is undoubtedly "the right thing to do". Now – and very appropriately in BSS terms – it has the numbers to support the argument.
Akil Chomoko is Chief Marketing Officer at MDS Global. Akil has led product marketing and been a part of management teams in telecoms for almost 20 years, serving the OSS, BSS and CRM sectors. He began his career at Telecom SA (South Africa) as a developer before joining the team at Intec Telecom Systems, where he helped to establish product and commercial leadership for more than 8 years. Based in London in the UK, Akil has extensive experience in market and product strategy, drawing on all aspects of technology, industrial and regulatory evolution. He has an MBA from Imperial College, London.
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Happy Halloween! It's time for the 2018 Grave Plot Podcast Halloween special! What makes it special? Well… it's Halloween! Duh!
This is only a Fun Size episode as we don't have any Horror Business, but we do have some thoughts on that LeBron James/Friday the 13th story that's been making the rounds. We also have some other tricks, and treats, for your pumpkin bucket.
Every year we talk about two Halloween-themed movies and yet we have never done any of the Halloween films. That ends today as we'll be talking about the movie that EVERYBODY'S talking about, the brand new sequel… reboot… whatever the hell it is from Danny McBride and David Gordon Green.
We'll also be talking about another much-discussed edition of the series, the one without Michael Myers, Halloween III: Season of the Witch. It's developed a cult following in recent years, but is still somewhat of a hot button issue among many fans of the genre. Find out our thoughts now.
If all that isn't enough to whet your appetite, we also have an interview with All Hallows Eve and Terrifier writer and director Damien Leone! Hear all about Damien's beginnings making short films in his backyard to the creation of Art the Clown to what's coming next.
I stand by my comments on how both of you would die in a horror movie.


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Ексцентрична комедія з перевдяганнями й екзотичними інтригами на тлі слонів і бегемотів. Витівкам друзів — хлопчаків, білого африканця і чорного зулу — позаздрив би сам легендарний Кевін з комедії «Один удома». Життя їх надовго розлучило, але через 25 років вони знову пустують — тільки вже по-дорослому. Друзі викрадають півмільйона доларів і, перевтілившись в гримувальній телебачення білий у чорного, а чорний — у білого, переховуються від переслідувачів

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Saudi's Crown Prince Jails Opponents. Photo AFP ©AFP ⁃ FAYEZ NURELDINE
Saudi Arabia is rounding up political activists, journalists, judges and religious figures for ostensibly undermining the monarchy. On 12 September 2017, the Saudi Press Agency confirmed that the kingdom's counterterrorism agency was monitoring suspects who were colluding with 'foreign powers'.
Yet political commentators suspect that the real reason for the arrests is to punish influential figures who have not fully endorsed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) and his policies.
Activists Abdul Aziz al-Shubaily and Issa al-Hamid, founding members of the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association (ACPRA), a group that advocates political reform based on new interpretations of Islamic law, are among those who have been arrested. ACPRA itself was dissolved by authorities in 2013.
Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch, which monitors abuses worldwide, said that the imprisonment of these two activists prove that MBS has no genuine ambition to improve Saudi Arabia's freedom of speech record or battle extremism. "Saudi's alleged effort to tackle extremism is all for show if all the government does is jail people for their political views," she said.
Samah Hadid, Amnesty International's director of campaigns, added that MBS appears determined to crush Saudi Arabia's human rights movement. "Saudi Arabia's embattled human rights community has already suffered heavily at the hands of the authorities, and now with these latest arrests almost all the country's most prominent human rights defenders are in prison on bogus terrorism-related charges," she said in a statement.
At just 31 years old, MBS is the youngest heir to the Saudi throne. In June 2017, he ascended to power with the blessing of his father King Salman, who ousted the former crown prince Mohammed bin Nayef, putting him under house arrest. MBS is now the most powerful figure in the kingdom, dominating its fiscal, domestic and foreign policy.
Although many Saudis hope that MBS can improve their flagging economy through his ambitious Vision 2030 plan, he is steadily building a reputation as a brash and impulsive ruler, going to war against rebels in Yemen and, together with Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MBZ), trying to control Qatari policies.
The sweeping arrests are not helping his image. Judges and political commentators, some renowned for criticizing extremists, have been seized. Prince Abdul Aziz bin Fahd, the son of a former king and a nephew of King Salman, has also been imprisoned. Saudi officials have not confirmed yet.
Some critics speculate that MBS is cracking down on anyone who disagrees with his diplomatic feud with Qatar, especially those who believe that the Gulf crisis has exposed the limits of Saudi Arabia's power in the region. Others suspect that King Salman has permitted MBS to clamp down on his opponents before assuming the throne. One senior figure in the kingdom told the Guardian newspaper that MBS is particularly cautious of anyone connected to Mohammed bin Nayef or the old guard.
If MBS becomes king, Saudi Arabia could chart an entirely different path. Dr Azzam Sultan Tamimi, a political commentator for the al-Hiwar ('dialogue') network, suggests that MBS could reshape Saudi Arabia into a less conservative society, albeit without adopting the values of a liberal democracy. "Is he a despot? Yes. Is he an authoritarian? Yes. Does he believe in any ideology? I don't think MBS believes in anything other than himself," Tamimi told Fanack.
Popular religious clerics Salman al-Odah, Awad al-Qarni and Ali al-Omari have also been arrested. These figures are considered moderate personalities in Saudi Arabia, having built a large following on social media in recent years. Al-Odah tweeted for peace between Qatar and Saudi Arabia just hours before he was detained.
"I was very surprised that these men were arrested," noted Tamimi. "These men have been a moderating influence over young men in Saudi Arabia over the past five or six years. Even if they didn't fully agree with MBS on some issues, I thought the crown prince would see them more as an asset to his rule than a threat."
Instead, the clerics have been rounded up with nearly 30 others. Officials loyal to MBS claim that those arrested have conspired with the Muslim Brotherhood and the Houthi rebels in Yemen, two groups that the Saudi rulers classify as terrorist organizations. Al-Odah, for one, is a known supporter of the Brotherhood, publicly endorsing its aspirations to participate in government at the start of the Arab Spring.
On 21 September 2017, Saudi clerics issued a statement that spread quickly on social media, condemning the arrests and what they view as increasing despotism in Saudi Arabia. The statement, which did not reveal the clerics' names for fear of reprisal, urged Saudi authorities to stop seizing members of the old guard or banning them from travelling. They also accused the United Arab Emirates and Egypt of lobbying MBS to make the sweeping arrests.
The accusation might not be completely unfounded. Some political analysts speculate that MBZ is mentoring MBS. Politico magazine wrote in June 2017 that MBS generally accepts MBZ's counselling but would be horrified by the perception that he is an understudy. That said, the extent of MBZ's influence over MBS is unclear.
Speculation aside, Saudi Arabia's top religious body has supported MBS and his crackdown. However, the crown prince still risks backing himself into a corner as he consolidates power. Tamimi claims that members of the royal family are looking for a strong figure to oppose the crown prince. That could be Ahmad Abdul Aziz, who served as the deputy interior minister for 37 years before stepping down in 2012. Although perceived as a man of integrity by his counterparts, he is reportedly reluctant to oversee any serious reforms in the conservative kingdom.
"I'm told Ahmad Abdul Aziz is the person most capable of bringing members of the family around to challenge MBS," Tamimi said. "The internal dynamics of the royal family is revealing. Many of its members feel vulnerable and threatened by this young man."
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Un incontro/congresso per affrontare il tema del trattamento anticipatorio del dolore in Pronto Soccorso, organizzato dal dr. Gianfranco Cervellin, con il patrocinio di AcEMC e di SIMEU.
E' utile, possibile, conveniente affrontare la valutazione del dolore già dal triage?
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Il confronto con i professionisti che si occupano di "legalità" e sanità; il confronto tra medici ed infermieri; la presentazione di procedure già attivate in alcune aziende ospedaliere e le riflessioni che da queste analisi possono, e potranno, scaturire..
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Brookfield Property Partners L.P.
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Concordia International Corp
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Whistler Blackcomb Holdings Inc.
Vail Resorts, Inc.
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28-Jun-16
US rights to 37 approved and 5 pipeline generic products
Mayne Pharma Group Limited
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Aegerion Pharmaceuticals
QLT Inc.
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Victorian Thoroughbred Racing Media Rights
Tabcorp Holdings Limited
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Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc.
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26-May-15
Nordstrom, Inc. (Credit Card Assets)
The Toronto-Dominion Bank Group
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14-Jan-15
Chandler Macleod Group Limited
Recruit Holdings Co.,Ltd
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Peoplebank Holdings PTY LTD
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Tipness Limited
Nippon Television Holdings
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28-Jul-14
Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Limited
Retrophin, Inc.
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Investec Bank (Australia) Limited
Bank of Queensland Limited
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Global Television
NEP Group Inc.
Advised Catalyst Investment Managers on the sale of its portfolio company Global Television, Australia's largest provider of outsourced broadcasting and video production services, to NEP Inc., a leading provider of total broadcast solutions in the US, UK and Brazil. NEP is majority-owned by private funds managed by Crestview Partners
Open Colleges Australia Pty Ltd
Apollo Education Group, Inc.
Advised Open Colleges, Australia's leading privately owned online provider in the high-growth vocational education and training sector, on the sale of a 70% stake (plus exit arrangements for the balance) to Apollo Education Group, Inc., one of North America's largest private education providers
Aztec (subsidiary of Dentsu Inc.)
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d-cyphaTrade Limited
Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)
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iSelect (30% shareholding)
Ninemsn (T/A Mi9)
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Broadcast Rights for V8 Supercars
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SKY Network Television Limited
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Target Corporation's REDcard credit card assets
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DMG Radio Australia, a subsidiary of Daily Mail and Guardian Trust Plc
Illyria Pty
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Broadcast Rights for the National Rugby League
Nine Network / Fox Sports
Advised the Australian Rugby League Commission on the sale of the Australian television broadcasting rights for the National Rugby League to Nine, a leading Free to Air broadcaster and Fox Sports, Australia's largest pay TV broadcaster (partially owned by News Limited)
Aegis Group plc
Dentsu Inc.
Advised Aegis Group plc, a leading global media and digital communications agency, on its sale to Dentsu Inc., the leading advertising group in Asia
ISTA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Bausch + Lomb, Inc.
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