Waching daily Jun 30 2018

Well Karen it's funny you said 2018 because I kind of feel like we're back in 1859.

1859?

1859.

What was in 1859?

Well there was an interesting thing that happened in 1859.

Charles Dickens wrote his famous 'Tale of Two Cities,' the opening lines of which

you might remember were the best of times and the worst of times.

I think that defines our industry today.

For some it's the best of times. For some it's the worst of times.

I'm Karen Tso and this is my new ride for the week.

I'm taking it for a spin along the Croisette for the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity -

and bringing along some of the biggest names in advertising, business and entertainment.

As we ask…

Today, I'm taking a trip down memory lane with Medialink CEO and founder Michael Kassan.

With Kassan at its helm, the consultancy firm has built a name for itself by making high-level connections,

whether that be at their star-studded, VIP parties or behind closed doors.

I'm an aficionado of Hamilton.

I've seen the musical seven times.

My favorite song from that show is Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr and Thomas Jefferson

and James Madison lamenting about no one else was in the room where it happened.

I fancy that MediaLink has afforded me and our team the opportunity to be in the room

where it happens in our industry and to be part of the decision making,

as an adviser of course but to be part of the decision making.

So how did Kassan and his company end up advisors to high-profile decision makers?

Let's put this car in reverse - right back to the 1950s.

Michael Kassan was born in New York, Brooklyn specifically.

But it wasn't too long before his family moved out west.

As I like to say my parents loaded up the covered wagons and moved across the country

to California which then was a lot of orange groves.

So it was an interesting time to go west young man as we would say.

I had a pretty standard childhood.

I grew up in Southern California, did all the Southern California things, traded in

my horseback riding for my surfboard and my surfboard for my skis.

Kassan attended UCLA for his undergraduate and law degrees.

But it was Kassan's third stint in higher education that brought him back to the east coast.

That's where I focused my career as I started as a tax lawyer in the entertainment industry.

That was quite big in the day, wasn't it? To be a tax lawyer?

It was and interestingly enough, riding through Cannes which is a festival founded on creativity

and core to its principles.

I would submit to you that in tax planning back in the day you could be creative.

The laws allowed for a fair amount of creativity.

If I'm honest though Karen, I never envisaged that I would practice law for my whole career.

It looked to me more like a means to an end.

I wasn't sure what the end was but I knew that I really wanted to be the client more than be the lawyer.

Kassan's evolution from tax lawyer to media executive began with one of his clients,

International Video Entertainment.

We had characters on video like G.I. Joe and Transformers and Strawberry Shortcake

and Inspector Gadget and the early days of home video were around identifying those titles,

those big movies but also around children's titles.

And it was another client of Kassan's that finally pulled him into the media industry.

Western International Media was the biggest buyer television spot advertising in the nation

at the time, and its founder Dennis Holt wanted Kassan on board.

He turned to me in the early 90s and said, "I need some help."

And I said, "Well, I'm not looking for a job," and he said "I'm not offering you a job, I'm offering you a life."

And I said, "Well that's interesting," "And what life would that be?"

He said, "That life would be to help me run this company."

I said, "Well I don't know much about the media business."

Quite daunting for Kassan at the time, but he learnt on the job.

A client would come to us and say I have money to invest in my marketing spend

and in those days the choices were simple.

It was television, it was radio, it was out-of-home billboards and it was magazines and newspapers.

There wasn't much else. We didn't have the internet.

The business became much more complicated as we go.

But that's how I made my start in the business, joining that company in the early 90s.

Kassan stayed on with the company after its sale to advertising holding company Interpublic in 1994.

When I left that company in 2000 we were at about $11 billion of media placement

which at that time made us the largest in the world.

So I got my start at a pretty good place in the media ecosystem and was proud to build

that company to heights that had not been realized before in media planning and media buying.

Another point of pride?

Opening up Cannes Lions to media.

My first trip to Cannes Lions was by accident.

The Cannes Lions was strictly the domain of the creatives.

I happened to be on holiday at the Hotel du Cap and I saw several of the lead creative

people in the industry and I said, "Gee this is funny why are you all here?"

They said, "Well it's the Cannes Lions down the beach a bit and you know at the Croisette."

And I said, "Oh Cannes Lions I've heard about that."

Because on the media side we were never part of this festival

and as a result of that I took a ride in from Antibes and looked around and said,

"Geez the media people should be here."

Creativity is at the core but media is what drives the business in terms of getting the message out.

Kassan and Interpublic parted ways in 1999.

But instead of diving headfirst back into the industry, Kassan decided to take some time off.

When I left Interpublic at the turn of the century, I love to say that makes me feel so old,

at the turn of the century I took about 18 months off and I took that time off

to really understand where the digital world was taking us, and taking us I mean those

of us at the sort of intersection of marketing, media, advertising, entertainment and technology

because if I was fortunate to do one thing I identified that intersection as being rather

chaotic and if it was an opportunity that grew out of the chaos I wanted to make sure

I understood all the different elements of it.

Kassan surrounded himself with the smartest people he knew in the business,

but it was his wife that inspired his next big adventure.

I turned to the person who gave me sage advice for the last 43 years and that was my wife

and she said, "You know all these people are calling you asking you questions and asking

for your advice and your strategy help. You could actually charge them for this."

And I said, "Well maybe."

And that's how the idea of MediaLink was born.

Sitting at the intersection of marketing, media, advertising, entertainment and tech,

the consultancy advises clients on business transformation, organizational design, acquisitions,

executive searches and media reviews for some of the biggest ad spenders in the world.

For example, Disney and Comcast - NBCUniversal's parent company - have been making headlines

with a bidding war over FOX's assets.

MediaLink works with all three.

I'm going to bet it's going to be a fight to the finish and an interesting one.

Who's going to win?

Oh gosh, you know.

Roberts or Iger?

I don't know. This was a tough call.

You've got two of the best businessmen in the world in Brian Roberts and Bob Iger,

certainly in the world of media.

And I think they both want it very much.

Michael, you're sitting on the fence here. Which side?

I'd put my money today on the Walt Disney Company as having an advantage,

in that they've been there and kicking these tires for about six months since December.

So I think that gives them an advantage.

I feel like it's Sophie's Choice for me to make a real call there, but if I had to make that bet

I think that's the bet I'd make today.

The man known for advising on big deals recently got involved with one of his own,

selling MediaLink to Ascential, a business-to-business media and events company

most famous for organizing Cannes Lions.

Amongst my friends and those in the industry the joke was everyone used to say that MediaLink

owned the Cannes Lions and then a year and a half ago the Cannes Lions actually ended up owning MediaLink.

Now MediaLink is focused on expansion.

It's opened offices in London and Frankfurt over the past year and is expanding into Asia next.

I've never been great at math, I tell people I spent 50% of my time in Los Angeles.

50% of my time in New York and a third of my time elsewhere so

that does add up to be more than 100% I know.

For more infomation >> What drives MediaLink CEO Michael Kassan? | What Drives You - Duration: 9:32.

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UI Online: File a New Claim English - Duration: 6:20.

Welcome to UI Online – a fast and convenient way to apply for Unemployment Insurance (UI)

benefits and manage your UI claim.

In this video, we'll show you how to file a new claim with UI Online, the first step

to receiving your UI benefit payments.

Once you've filed your claim, you can use UI Online at any time to request benefit payments,

get your latest claim and payment information, and more!

You'll even receive important notifications to help you keep your claim on track.

So, let's begin with what you will need to complete your UI application.

The process will be quicker if you gather all of this information before you start.

You'll be asked for your personal information including your name, birthdate, full mailing

address and Social Security number.

If you're not a U.S. citizen, you'll need information from your employment authorization

document.

You will also need to list your employment history for the last 18 months.

This includes the names, addresses, and phone numbers for each employer you worked for during

this time as well as the total income earned from each employer and the reasons why each

job ended.

Now that you've gathered the necessary information, here's how to file your UI claim.

First, you will need to create a Benefit Programs Online login.

If you already have one from a previous Unemployment Insurance, Disability Insurance, or Paid Family

Leave claim, you do NOT need to create another one, and can skip this step.

If you're new to the EDD's online services, you'll need to create a Benefit Programs

Online login at www.edd.ca.gov/BPO.

It's a fast and simple process.

Just provide your personal email address, create a password, answer four security questions,

and select your security image.

You'll use this login to access UI Online and other EDD benefit systems.

To file a new claim, log into Benefit Programs Online using your email address

and password you've established.

Select UI Online, and then File New Claim to get started.

You will only see the File New Claim button, if you need to file a new claim.

Otherwise, you'll be navigated directly to your UI Online homepage where you will

find important claim information and notifications such as when it's time to certify for benefits

or reopen an existing claim.

If you need to reopen an existing claim, the Reopen Your Claim button will appear.

After you review the instructions page and agree to the terms and conditions,

you'll be asked a series of questions to help the EDD determine your eligibility to

receive UI benefits.

To ensure your claim is filed quickly and accurately, you'll be asked some questions

to help determine what type of claim is right for you.

It also allows us to gather the necessary information to file your claim.

The next series of screens will ask you for your personal information, last employer,

and employment history for the last 18 months.

This system is very user friendly.

But if you need help, UI Online has a built-in help feature to assist you in completing the

required fields.

Simply select the question mark Icon or the help link in the upper right hand corner of

the screen.

A progress bar at the top of each screen lets you know where you are at in the process at

all times.

If additional information is needed, the system will ask you clarifying questions to help

avoid unnecessary follow-up phone interviews and payment delays.

Once you fill in all required information, you'll have an opportunity to review or

make changes to your answers before submitting your application.

If you need more time to complete a screen or to verify your information, you can use

the Save as Draft feature and return to the screen where you left off any time before

8 p.m., Saturday of the week you started your application.

If you return after this time, you'll need to start over.

Once you have successfully submitted your UI application, a confirmation page will display

along with your confirmation number and helpful information about the UI program.

We recommend that you print this page for future reference.

So, what happens next?

After you file, you'll be mailed information about the UI program and your claim.

To request benefit payments you must report your eligibility information to the EDD every

two weeks.

This process is known as certifying for benefits and can be done online, by phone or by mail

with the continued claim form.

Certifying for benefits with UI Online is the fastest and most convenient way to process

your claim forms and receive your eligible benefit payments sooner than mailing in the

paper forms.

As an added convenience, UI Online users automatically receive email reminders when it's time to

request their next benefit payment.

Since you must certify for benefits every two weeks, we highly encourage you to use

UI Online to get paid faster and avoid payment delays.

Remember, it's your responsibility to certify for benefits every two weeks, be able and

available to work, and actively seek employment for each week you wish to request benefit

payments.

It's also your responsibility to follow all rules related to receiving UI benefits.

Be sure to read and respond to all requests to avoid payment delays, penalties or disqualifications.

We hope you found this video helpful and invite you to learn more about UI Online at

www.edd.ca.gov/UI_Online.

For more infomation >> UI Online: File a New Claim English - Duration: 6:20.

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Dallas Fuel | On the Watch | Ep.21 - Stage 4 Playoffs - Duration: 12:57.

Since we went 3-1 against Valiant to end it, we knew that playoffs were very

much within our reach. But now we relied on other people. We needed London

to take one map even just to draw with Philadelphia in order for us to have the

map differential to make playoffs. That day we had scrims scheduled for right

after the time when London-Philly were supposed to play so players were kind of

getting to the office in the middle of the match. And looking at the match score,

Philly 2-0 against London halftime. I was like no way they're actually gonna 4-0

them. During the London match I was so nervous, like actually I'm not really

nervous when I play but watching that match was so nervous for us because it

was like our chance to show everyone that we can be in stage playoffs. You don't

have the fate in your own hands right? They just put it in somebody else's and

hopefully they do it for you right it's a it's not a good feeling to have,

especially when you're a person like me who always expects the worst.

The last map starts and we're all like "oh no it's 3-0 Philly". Everybody's

like looking at the game like this is "they have to win this".

London is attacking they pretty much just have to cap it and they win.

That last fight was very much a flip flop because we got super

excited when boombox fell off the map with his trance on, and then a D.VA bomb

came and killed a couple people. And it was it was all over the place and was very

hectic. It was like a roller coaster you just like it looks like they're

doing it and then if it's like this fine they doing it and they throw it well

everyone's fully invested in it you know you hear people calling out like don't

soon I don'ts now call targets what are you doing

London is now best friends with Dallas fuel fans is Philadelphia fails to

somehow they clash it out they got the one map we want it and we got the

playoffs we will hold super happy super I don't

know like amazed we were going to play us

I'm so so exhausted from that game make

now it's such a good feeling how's that a good feeling because now we had one

more thing on to how this stage was for us he wasn't just us doing well now it

wasn't just us beating an undefeated team it wasn't us just you know having a

good stage we were now in stage playoffs you know we're one of the eight teams

that have made a stage playoffs now and I think that means the world to

everybody I mean I guess Amitabh early guys tell me that yes - I love you so

much 70 oh we definitely had to go into practice little late because you know we

had the chill we had the you know take a breath at going into practice we didn't

know if we'd be playing against gladiators against Tommy I guess in New

York so we went in with mostly working on just the basics we didn't want to go

too crazy into our stuff we had a couple tweaks like we didn't go too crazy on

practicing for one team individually and it went well everyone was super focused

and excited because it was our chance to stamp our name in the play

time ooh what's your educated guess who will the gladiators pick I think they're

gonna pick us they think we're the worst team so they're gonna pick us in the

players respect to play against gladiators because they are the first

see it well at first we actually thought that gladiators will pick us no it's not

valiant the team that given us the most adversity this stage was the LA valiant

so we want to choose them head-on I

wasn't shocked you know I thought gladiators would pick us because I'm

pretty sure they see us still as a weak as a weak team whatever it was you know

I was happy either way I wasn't actually that surprised I think even though they

said they wanted to have the valve la I think they were just scared

I think they taught that and I wouldn't figure it out we didn't have much time

to prep for New York we didn't play them at all on stage four and we anticipated

them making it to the finals so we had a little bit of prep already for him but

we then took it a little bit further going deep Brenda how everyone plays and

you know we definitely prepped very hard and you didn't have much time but we

were still confident going it just be a proud of everything that we've done this

stage yeah no matter what happens out there we rocked this stage today we're

gonna we're gonna give it our all we're gonna leave it all out on the stage all

right so we're gonna burn blue on three you ready boys one two three it's time

to meet your team please welcome to the stage the squad from Texas it's the fuel

we'll so that the restaurant money can it's a nice grass deliver a woeful AKM

another two pills mindful shortly after and that is just about the end of that

song here for New York and Alice will take second point without this trend

sentence as well but meanwhile all the kills continue to come through

Harry hookless four percent away from Valkyrie but he will sit with it and

spawn and the New York excelsior of old

kills himself three remain here for Dallas fuel and that's not gonna be for

long either time load Uncle Harry hooked and and that is gonna be it well that

belt could be up for the next push

nobody close enough Harry Hogge going for the mouth trying to fly his way back

into this fight but they will not make it in time it is gonna be two ticks and

a second map picked up for the New York XL taking the lead in this best of five

series I think we came in like into the match really stress winner vez so we

didn't really play the way we wanted to play and we did way too many mistakes

that castle is it the first two maps not calling the proper targets they

countered our strats we don't adapt again and we pretty much lost like

really bad the players got a little bit flustered because they we weren't

expecting New York to handle it that way no team has handled it that way but this

was another one of those moments where we stopped we chilled out and we talked

about it we had a bit of a cooling down session the backstage era had a good

speech and then we were like yeah we need to play more aggressive we're

playing so scared oh these maps the key is just being aggressive we're playing

like we're scared yeah yeah like playing so scared like so passive

pre-much so scary about like doing mistakes so I say I don't care I don't

care if we lose as long as we play aggressive focus on the lot to be focus

on being sad we're not gonna get anywhere

okay so put that shit behind you doesn't matter anymore we're just focused on

stomping their ass okay no the other four is the best team

in the league right now but we cannot give them too much respect we need to

play all styrene to play the way we always play the shot second just a

liberal alone the Tigers going back to Dallas was waiting around the corner

it'll be the next man in touch the point to get on that body may be there to

remove

for a Dallas fuel to find the victory that's pretty much gonna snuff it here

for Dallas your bride oh gee the char is off the balcony all over the place for

New York this is the initial fight here from time of unrest will can't do it

he's gonna put this tanks come in as you

can see the bag yeah sure there you go do I need to heal my teammates know

everything else is dead I walk became crazy means else there'll be no

hesitation on his side all of the stuff from Seagal again with the stylish

self-destruct again with the massive famine even go baby touch he gets away

somebody who your Excel would agree to in the end advancing to the finals over

Dallas but what a dream it was what a ride that spot hex thank you very much

our boys in blue for that beautiful set of overwatch

they certainly burned bright today I feel like New York have way different

playstyle so we can learn how to play against them but it was too late dry so

we pushed New York who is considered the best team in all of overwatch we pushed

them to the final fight to less than 30 seconds left I went almost like a series

in a reverse sweep it was very close well some people were a little

frustrated I think everyone looked at it from a traumatic perspective on the

moment obviously we were super disappointed because we knew that if we

didn't really mess up our first two maps we had to be higher chance to win if we

don't play like that if we don't play that scare at the start of the game we

won that game so we we feel sad in a way because we know we could've won that

game for sure it was not a failure like it was still super happy but the match

was that close against the best team in the world and that we even managed to

get there so of course we were not disappointed we were pretty happy and

proud of ourselves and during the season expectations were

high for the team things happen and everything kind of went downhill for the

first few stages but coming into the last stage everyone really put their

heads down grinded it out and worked really hard on both themselves on the

team and they came out being one of the best teams in the league still you know

it's been an incredible ride for these guys and the season was over now and

they're able to reflect and ending the season on a high note means a lot to all

the players because when the seasons been like this you know been up and down

it's been a roller coaster you know we were at a point now where we're happy

with how this they did it it was by far our best stage and we're really hopeful

looking at season two and regardless of what happens you know this stage shows

that all of the players on the Dallas fuel are still world-class players

all fuel Envy fans thank you so much thank you so much for sticking with us

the season has been quite the roller coaster for you guys for us and it means

a lot that you know you still stuck around and cheered for us glad that all

of you that supported us even through the hard times hopefully you're enjoying

to get tens now and I hope you guys enjoy watching us even though we have a

tough time and we would try to be the base I don't know what's going to happen

in season two but Dallas field is gonna be stronger than ever you know we're

gonna come into season two with fire and we're ready to rock season two so I'm

thank you so much for sticking around and I can't wait to show you what we

have in store we won't make you guys disappoint it

you

For more infomation >> Dallas Fuel | On the Watch | Ep.21 - Stage 4 Playoffs - Duration: 12:57.

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Honeymoon House: Tour Drew Scott and Linda Phan's New Home - HGTV - Duration: 4:11.

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Jupiter MAP - Duration: 2:27.

Great planets are spinning

They are far apart in space

To get more light

Planets spin like in a dance

They only see each other from a far

And they blink, giving sings

Night alone is their faithful friend

Day is their master alone in the darkness

Earth! Earth! I'm Jupiter

You don't sleep, I don't sleep yet

Earth! Earth! I'm Jupiter

You don't sleep, I don't sleep yet

Earth! Earth! I'm Jupiter

You don't sleep, I don't sleep yet

Earth! Earth! I'm Jupiter

You don't sleep, I don't sleep yet

Look, see

Fleeing the Milky Way

Earth! Earth! I'm Jupiter

Wait, don't go away

Fly, love

And me - somehow

Earth! Earth! I'm Jupiter

Wait, don't go away

Fly, love

And me- somehow

Earth! Earth! I'm Jupiter

You don't sleep, I don't sleep yet

Earth! Earth! I'm Jupiter

You don't sleep, I don't sleep yet

Earth! Earth! I'm Jupiter

You don't sleep, I don't sleep yet

Earth! Earth! I'm Jupiter

You don't sleep, I don't sleep yet

Look, see

For more infomation >> Jupiter MAP - Duration: 2:27.

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"Happy 8th Birthday Lai Lai" - Duration: 7:34.

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations." Jeremiah 1:5

For I spoke a word

you were singing over me

over me

you been

so so

good to me

For I took a breath

you breath your life in me

you been so so good to me

you been so so kind to me

Oh, Oh

For more infomation >> "Happy 8th Birthday Lai Lai" - Duration: 7:34.

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দৈনিক তিন বার পড়লেই সকল গুনাহ থেকে মুক্ত থাকবেন || মতিউর রহমান মাদানী || Bangla Waz Short Video 2019 - Duration: 2:27.

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Penn State Football, Lift For Life - Duration: 1:43.

I think this is awesome for us to be able to one use our

platformer student-athletes to do something bigger than ourselves do

something that's gonna make a difference outs to off the football field and

something that a lot of guys that you know even when I came and I didn't

really know much about rare degenerative disease community working through

uplifting athletes kind of opened my eyes to all the struggles and hardships

people go through that you might not realize so I think one for us to be able

to come in and make it real difference there is awesome and then being able to

interact with the community the community come out

watch us kind of perform and try and put on a little bit of a display fetch for

these freshmen you get here and you're here for a week and this is one of the

first things you see it really shows you what the magnitude of what it is what it

really what it means to be a Penn State football players not just what you see

on Saturdays and Beaver Stadium it's stuff like this that it's what brings

you together you know closer as a team more so than anything else I always feel

that that June is the hardest month of the year including camp with the guys

training and what they have to do and they're all in school as well so this

day is a is a great break for them and to be able to come in be together the

camaraderie of competing against each others you guys know that football

players that love to compete but just they have fun having the fans here and

the best part of this day is definitely the kids circuit you know that that's

something that that we love the freshmen love doing that and that's kind of

highlight of the event as that freshman circuit so it it's a real big part of

our summer and we always love putting it on