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text: Challenge in federal court to Texas rule prohibiting Planned Parenthood affiliates and other entities affiliated with abortion providers from participating in Texas' Medicaid Women's Health Program. In May 2012, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a U.S. District Court decision granting a preliminary injunction preventing the law from going into effect. Current Status: In August 2012, the Fifth Circuit lifted the injunction and allowed the law to go into effect pending the outcome of the case. In October 2012, the full Fifth Circuit refused to rehear the case. (See the rule here. See the district court opinion here. See the Fifth Circuit's May order here. See the Fifth Circuit's August order here.)


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Every session, legislators file bills concerning ad valorem tax exemptions, and this session is no different. The bills, while beneficial to certain groups in a county, can increase the tax burden on other groups. An article by the Temple Daily Telegram discussed the problematic tax shifts created by tax exemptions by looking at the effect of a law that allows certain disabled veterans to receive homestead exemptions based on their disability rating. In 2011, statewide, 36,309 veterans were classified as 100 percent disabled and were absolved from paying taxes on their homes. That took $3.8 billion off of property tax rolls. In 2012, in Bell County, there were 300 new tax exemptions for 100 percent disabled veterans, resulting in $1.36 million of property tax value being taken off Bell County's tax rolls. The effect is that other taxpayers in the county may see a rise in their property taxes to pay for the exemptions, shifting the tax burden from some members of the community to others.
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Jefferies' Investment Bank Will Fit In Nicely With Leucadia's Casino And Slaughterhouse
By Matt LevineLeucadia National Corp., which EDGAR tells me is in the "Lumber & Wood Products (No Furniture)" business but which also processes beef, drills for oil, owns a Mississipi casino and develops biopharmaceuticals, is getting out of one business:
Leucadia National Corporation (NYSE: LUK) and Jefferies Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF) today announced that the Boards of Directors of both companies have approved a definitive merger agreement under which Jefferies' shareholders (other than Leucadia, which currently owns approximately 28.6% of the Jefferies outstanding shares) will receive 0.81 of a share of Leucadia common stock for each share of Jefferies common stock they hold. …
Leucadia will continue to operate in its current form, except that the merger agreement contemplates that Leucadia's Crimson Wine Group, with a book value of $197 million, will be spun out in a distribution that is intended to be tax-free to current Leucadia shareholders prior to the completion of the merger.
I assumed that the spinoff was driven by some sort of regulatory impediment (alcoholic or financial), though on the analyst call for the merger Jefferies said that Crimson was just "less synergistic" to the combined business than … I guess, than the casino or the slaughterhouse? Still, I like it: you can combine a casino and a wine business, or a casino and an investment bank, but not a wine business and an investment bank. Do you think the investment bankers are prudes, or the winemakers?
What are the investment bankers up to anyway? It makes a lot of sense for a low-investment-grade wee investment bank who recently overcame a near-death experience re: Eurozone sovereign bonds to sell itself to a highly rated financial conglomerate – a "baby Berkshire Hathaway" no less – with a big balance sheet that can provide cheap funding for its bond-market misadventures. But this isn't that: Leucadia's rating is 2-3 notches lower than Jefferies', and its balance sheet is smaller, though Moody's is talking about upgrading Leucadia on the deal.
Here is Moody's affirming Jefferies' Baa3 rating:
Moody's also noted that the merger will allow Jefferies to warehouse illiquid risks from time to time within other legal entities in the Leucadia family (subject to Leucadia's new investment guidelines). Jefferies historical avoidance of less liquid assets has been a key feature supporting the current Baa3 rating. Therefore an increase in the firm's appetite to underwrite or warehouse illiquid risks (regardless of the "ability" to book them elsewhere in the Leucadia family) could suggest an increase in Jefferies' overall risk tolerance and put pressure on Jefferies' ratings.
And here is the Jefferies/Leucadia merger deck on that topic:
Jefferies' investment banking and trading platforms periodically originate investment opportunities that offer the opportunity to earn outsized returns over the medium horizon
- Leucadia will leverage Jefferies' 700 investment bankers across 8 industry verticals in offices worldwide, as well as Jefferies' research and trading platforms
- For example, Leucadia's investment in Fortescue emanated from a Jefferies introduction
- Opportunistic intermediate term (six months to two+ years) marketable securities investments emanating from Jefferies' trading flow and market knowledge (such as recent investment in Knight Capital)
Why would you want to run an independent investment bank nowadays? One answer could be that you love the thrill of the M&A business and the feeling of satisfaction that comes from your clients' confidence in you, and maybe some boutique bankers think that. That explanation is somewhat perilous – there's, like, no M&A – but in any case it probably does not explain Jefferies; here is a June Goldman research note:
So that leaves you with: you are a trader. You like buying low and selling high, without the Volcker and G-SIFI constraints that your larger, more cheaply funded brethren face. But if you're Jefferies you're increasingly running up against other constraints. Turns out nobody likes a 12x levered independent investment bank, or over-reliance on short-term funding, or, umm, Europe, which means that you're increasingly stuck funding a low-risk, not-too-frightening market-making business with a long-term, expensive balance sheet.1 This is not a recipe for having fun as a trader.2
If you can't expand risks by levering up a short-term balance sheet, and if the market doesn't love it when you expand risk by just buying riskier stuff, what does that leave you? The last big risk dimension is time: you can take longer-term risks. You can be a merchant banker. In a strange part of the merger call this morning, Jefferies CEO – and soon-to-be Leucadia CEO – Richard Handler revealed that was his lifelong dream. A Sandler O'Neill analyst asked how long this merger had been in the works, and Handler said something like "you're not going to like this answer, but I've been planning for this my whole career." He admires the Leucadia team – they're investors, they spot value, they buy low and sell high, etc. – and he wants to be them.
So he ran an investment bank, because once upon a time that was a good place to do that. Now it's not: post MF Global, it's hard to put much of anything long-term on your balance sheet without freaking out the markets. So why not take over a … a beef-processing-timber-cutting-biopharma-developing conglomerate? Anything you buy in Jefferies will be scrutinized closely; anything you buy in Leucadia, given that hodgepodge background, will fit right in. Except I guess a winery.
Leucadia to Buy Jefferies in $3.6 Billion Deal [DealBook]
Leucadia National Corporation and Jefferies Group, Inc. to Merge [BusinessWire]
Leucadia – Jefferies: A Unique Combination [JEF]
1. From that same Goldman note:
Or take leverage: per Bloomberg, Common Equity/Total Assets was 6.75% at the end of 2010; now it's 9.79%.
2. Nor is it necessarily a recipe for high returns on equity for shareholders. As has often been noted, there is significant alignment between what is fun for bankers and what is good for shareholders. Not total alignment, but significant.
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Can we all sing the Mississippi song for Matt? Sing out on the DOUBLE P part, now.
Well at least his parents had a sense of humor.
if he wanted to be a 'merchant banker'…why didnt he just turn Jefferies into a PE fund? Whats the difference between a mid tier PE fund that never actually sells anything and just lives of the management fees and whatever Leucadia is.
Probably named his older brother Sue, too.
I see nothing funny about working for Jefferies.
That was so Piper Jaffrayish of you.
-Former independent LUK director who felt the need to resign over this and is deeply concerned that management may next endorse matriculating at Georgetown.
Possibly the only area where Matt trumps Bess is in the photo rollover captions.
Charts? Also, I heard he once managed to drink more margs than she did, if you count all the ones he spilled when he got in all excited trying to explain Modigliani–Miller to some NYU undergrad chicks.
Slaughterhouse could come in handy in IB headcount-reduction scenarios.
dude, stop wining
Just imagine what would happen if they bought a ratings agency…
We Are All Dick Handler!
-JEF Call to Arms
JEF needs to merge with Crimson Wine to survive.
– Ken Lewis
Independent investment bank? So it goes.
He's getting drunk? Where?
Chris Collinsworth is fat!
Leucadia needs to buy a bank to have 700 investment bankers bring in ideas? Couldn't they just put up a sign or something?
You'd frankly be amazed how useful owning a slaughterhouse is in investment banking.
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Chicken noodle soup, green Volvos, and fashionable sweaters were just a few of the topics that came up during the opening keynote address of ISM's 87th Annual International Supply Management Conference. Hau L. Lee, professor from Stanford University, gave attendees some insights to intelligent supply management, as it has applied in various instances for the food, automotive, and apparel industries. "Our job is not just taking one task and improving it, but to produce intelligence that can create more value," says Lee. Specifically, he discussed his theories of how technological innovations result in effects of substitution, scale, and structure.
For example, when the automobile was first introduced, the substitution effect transpired as people would substitute a car for a horse on a given trip. Then, the effects of scale kick in when people realize that farther travel and more extensive travel is possible using automobiles than horses. Finally, structural effects take place when other industries emerge, such as highway, suburbs, and shopping malls, as a result of increased automobile traffic.
These structural effects should be the prime goal should be the ultimate goals as supply managers strive to make improvements, for the structural changes create the most value through intelligent procurement and supply chain coordination. Furthermore, there are three types of structural changes that can take place.
Here's where chicken soup comes in. Lee told attendees about a sales promotion that Campbell's Soup ran --- which ultimately failed due a lack of supply chain coordination between functions. Chicken soup sales peak during the winter months and at one point, Campbell's ran a promotion to specifically push chicken noodle soup sales even more during this time period. However, unbeknownst to the marketing department, this promotion actually created more costs on the supply side. For example, because so much chicken had to be purchased ahead of time in anticipation of the demand, more freezer space was required. More labor costs were incurred during the peak production period. Production schedules of other items had to be altered (at a costs) to accommodate the chicken noodle run. These and other factors meant that whatever extra revenue was produced by the sales promotion were ultimately erased by the increased supply chain costs. This example shows the vital role that cross-functional supply chain integration can play.
Later, in a "by-invitation-only" session, part of ISM's Power Conference, Lee elaborated on these topics and stressed the three critical elements for an organization's integration:
He said that one way to motivate supply management departments for process improvements is to hold them accountable for performance measurements of links that are further down the chain (such as an auto manufacturer being responsible for dealership activities). This works because the supplier is then motivated to assist the "customer" to improve its processes.
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I did want to mention one other thing........On our road trip to and from (1 hour each way) they watched Monsters, Inc and on the way home Frozen. It certainly keeps them quiet with their headphones on, however, from my view point, children don't learn to amuse their selves and enjoy the view from the car window. I can remember holding my dolly up to look out the window with me, or my brother & me playing who can be the first to spot a "yellow" car or something along those lines. I also think the "captive" family time in the car is priceless and lost now that children watch movies or hold their laptops! Just an old fashioned Grandma, I guess!!
Karen, my mind never wanders.....
Susan, I feel the same way you do, when my grandkids were small, as soon as they got into the car , the video went on.
I see your points of view about the videos and laptops, however! I remember taking my two kids on road trips, where they got so bored they commenced arguing and fighting. "Mom, he's putting his leg on my side!" "Cut it out! Mooooom, she hit me!" It ruined so many trips for DH and me we certainly would have welcomed videos, etc. A little peace and quiet! Many's the time I had to sit in the back seat with one of them and put the other one up front.
I love Frozen. love all the Disney, my favourite, Bambi and Lion King.
Nudder crappy day, don't think we will see the sun till Sat.
Hi ladies,
I am back from infectious disease dr. Dr. K had good news for me. My infection has dropped. She wants it drop to level 5 before taking me off antibiotics. I told her I want it to show zero for my peace of mind. The antibiotics are causing me to feel hot and cold but no fever. This is what kept me home from cards last week. She said that was normal. I don't have too much longer to put up with it but I want a clean bill of health before getting off!!
I called Dr. Juergens' office about my foot and he got my file and is reviewing before calling me for an appt. I am anxiously waiting to see if he can help me. My foot has been having a lot of electrical shocks in my foot and toes. I was told it was neuropathy by two friends at church while others said it could be a sign of getting my foot back to normal. None are doctors but all have opinions!!! I will see what this dr has to say. I hope it is soon because the pain has upped!!!
I am not looking forward to getting my staples out on Mon. I feel them pinching me now and know it will hurt when he takes all 28 out!
Susan I bought these bingo game boards about car colors, states, make of cars, etc. I pass these out for them to play but they still love watching videos and texting or playing games on their cell phones. This generation loves to keep entertained and still ask when will we get there all the time!!
Diva N your nose just grew 3 feet!!!
Joanie I remember those days without videos!! Drove us crazy!!!
Rags good to have you back. My days are like yours spent going to drs for test or other!
Carol I see your favorite restaurant is Olive Garden. Did you get the books free for your Kindle?
Marlene how are you doing?
Diva D are you traveling or just busy walking?
Sharon I hope you have a lazy day or two.
Have a good one,
good news Karen, nah, my nose did not grow 3 feet.
Carola, get Lion King, it is the greatest..
I feel like I am in Jolly old London, we have had heavy fog for 3 days, and rain.
Thanks guys! I was really happy with the news about the infection.
I have more news for your guys. DS has had a girlfriend for a month and has been diligently looking for a job. He has one!!!! He is working at an assistant living center in Eldorado. He is getting his first patron at 3-9 PM on the 18. I think he will do a marvelous job!. DS is a night person and this is his prime time. I am so happy for him and he will be able to take his gf out. He also found out that he is hyperglycemic and has to eat meat and veggies and cut down on certain carbs. He has been eating too much rice and gravy with meat and no veggies. He goes back to dr in July to see if his situation is okay.
Ticks are bad this year. DH has been having me pull them off of him every minute day and night when he comes in from the field. He looks like someone poked him all over his back and stomach. I pray that he doesn't get Lime disease or Spotty Rocky Mountain Fever! He has sprayed himself but they are bad!
Karen you are just full of good news! So glad you are feeling better and doing better. Hope those feelings in the foot means its coming back a bit. Is DS doing private duty type care? He only has one person at a time? I'm so glad he's found a girl and is getting out more. I'd be worried about those ticks too!
Rags I'll come stay with you and be your transition coach! How well do you pay? If nothing else I wouldn't have to go to work. And after today, I don't care if I ever go back. Just sad! You take care of yourself you hear?
Carol loved Alvira's boyfriend. I don't eat much at Olive Garden except soup and salad. Get full too fast.
Weather has been beautiful here. Gentle lovely rain yesterday. None today and about 79 degrees. Looks like it's going to be a nice weekend too.
Well gonna get going. Hope you all have a nice evening and a wonderful day tomorrow.
Rain rain, go away, it is pouring cats and dogs... I need sun.
Karen good news with DS. and the girlfriend.
I had a good night's sleep. I didn't sleep much yesterday and had to get up early for Dr. K. I didn't make it to 10:15. I was out like a light.
Yes, I wanted to share all the good news about me and DS. He is love struck and was determined to get a job and did. It is amazing what having a girlfriend can accomplish!
Laureen is work getting that bad? I feel for you and wish that you could transfer.
Carol glad your Olive Garden didn't have a car going through it!
Diva N join the club. It has rained here every day in June. I am tired of it and it looks like we will start getting warmer weather without the rain soon!
How about them SPURS? one more winning game is needed.
Wow --what a storm last nite. A very loud one but no tornadoes in my area. 70 MPH winds tho, much lightening, rain etc Wind was howling around the edges of my door..
So glad to hear from CJ. Wish she could get on prevention.
Karen, amazing what love can do. you sound so good...
Marlene, I watched the game.... rooting for Spurs all the way, I heard about your storms, those were high winds.
Oh Carol-- hummm--- i think I might have sent the weather up to you. that video of the Amazon parrot is impressive. Especially since as a breed, they are known to speak but not as well as my little precious and her breed. lols
I see that the bad bad weather may have been headed up nort (central US). I got limbs in the yard from my neighbors tree a couple of house over. I loss electricity for brief times but just found out that many in the neighborhood are still without. Lucked out to have not been included.
The Spurs continue to amazed me with the high level of team sports that they play rather than the hype on one player.
So Glad to see you back Rags and hope you had a wonderful time!!! I will have to check the other site to see what's up. No plans Rags.....I should -have thought about it- so many dr appts this month. Saw the oncologist...all is good. wants me to do another bone density scan due to meds. will check with insurance to make sure they will cover more than one a year.
What gold bars? was I missing in action again? Sorry...
Wait - WHAT??? Gold bars? Why was I not informed about this????
I have good news, I got a letter from my cousin Pat in Australia. She said she was thrilled to hear from me and get some photos of her mother as a child. She filled me in a bit about her family; she has a daughter Michelle the same as I do!
She is going to be more thrilled; I was going through a bunch of pictures I inherited when my Dad died, and there is one of her mother and father, looks like it was taken in the 1960's judging from the clothing. I guess her mother did get in touch with my Dad, her brother, after I left home. I will send it to her.
Good morning,
Joanie I enjoyed your post.
Flag Day today and I will be putting the flag outside in a few minutes. In fact I will put both the US and Italian flags outside for the duration of their World Cup presence. There is a light right beside my balcony so Old Glory will be safe. Carol UK vs Italia tonight.
DH and I earned our gold bars in 2013 (April 6). We have those tucked away safely to help us through the next part of this life's journey.
Happy Flag Day, Sharon.
Joanie, so happy to hear that cousin Pat sent a reply! Did she send pictures of her family. Interesting that you both named your daughters Michelle. Did she mention an email address? Did her letter come through the agency? Too bad your Dad didn't have the letters from Pat's mother in with the pictures!
For some reason I woke up about 1:30 and finally gave it up and drank a cup of tea and finished a book on the Kindle. I think DH was awake before I was and he finally got up as well and made coffee. He decided we were hearing noise from the festival that is going on in town. It is a good 10 miles from here so just image what those poor folks in town are going through!
Have no idea what gold bars are.
Happy Flag day everyone.... show your flags off proudly
What pictures are you talking about, I don't see any pictures on our fb.
Joanie, love your post too, so glad you heard from her.
Carola, I did not send you the weather, we got it from Karen and Doris.
I have an early meeting today, looks like the sun is coming out, will hang a wash load outside.
My ankle has been hurting me where PT twisted it in the hospital. I am thinking of going to my FP to get it x-rayed again to see if it is broken. I can't have a tight bandage on it or it will swell double! I will just stay off it.
Marlene you had a wicked storm. How did the birds do?
Diva N love can make you do things that you didn't think you could!
Carol who has Bella? I bet she misses you!! I think Marlene sent the bad weather to you! What am I blamed for this time with Diva D?
Rags I am sure The university would love to have those books! When is your Golden?
Joanie and Virginia must have been babies when they got married!!
Sharon you are patriotic putting up flags of your birth country and your country where you live!
Morning. I've got 10 more years to get my gold bars. Not sure what if anything we'll do for June 29 for #40. Guess having the kids and traveling will be our "celebration".
Joanie I'm so happy that your cousin wrote you. She will love the pictures! This has to be quite emotional for her. Such a coincidence that you have daughters named the same.
Karen be careful with that ankle. Chances are they didn't break anything, more likely that they strained a tendon or ligament. I'm sure it's frustrating to be laid up because of the foot when you are finally feeling better after the back surgery.
Didn't even realize it was flag day today. Thanks for the reminder Sharon.
Carol have you heard from Ben how Belle is doing? Are the dogs pestering her or has she "settled" in? I bet she'll be as happy to see you as you will her. How will you get her home? Don't be surprised if she ignores you a bit cause you know you have to pay for leaving her behind for a short time at least.
Dee, bet you are enjoying those grand kids! Loved the pictures I've seen so far. Have you set the baby down yet? How much longer will they be there?
Well best get going. Hi to everyone else. Be back later.
Cousin Pat's letter was just a short one; she didn't send any pictures. I do have her address now as it came from her, not through the agency. I don't think she has email. When I write back, I'll ask her for some pics.
Carola, when are you going back home?
Joanie, it would be great to get Pat's email, if she has one... so happy she is in touch with you.
Yep, Karen and Doris, sent us the bad weather. was cold today, had period of sun, hopefully tomorrow will be warmer. Clothes outside did not dry, had to take them back in.


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LSR4300 Series 5.1 studio monitor systems incorporate RMC' Technology and Harman HiQnet' network functionality for unprecedented accuracy and simplified setup of 5.1 surround sound monitoring.
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, April 16, 2007 — At NAB2007, JBL Professional brings its LSR4300 Series studio monitors to broadcast applications with the introduction of two 5.1 surround sound systems featuring networking functionality and JBL's groundbreaking RMC' Room Mode Correction technology.
Building on the high-performance requirements of JBL's LSR Series and incorporating a next-generation automated version of JBL's RMC technology, the LSR4300 Series plays with stunning accuracy while overcoming the room's acoustic problems that have plagued broadcast and post engineers. Each speaker and the new LSR4312SP Subwoofer has a built-in analyzer that measures and automatically compensates for low-frequency problems caused by the room's standing waves and boundaries. Calibration of the system is simply accomplished by connecting a supplied calibration microphone to the speaker and pressing a button. The RMC system can be calibrated and settings can be viewed on the computer desktop using LSR4300 Control Center Software.
With an ever-increasing demand for 5.1 surround sound programming driven by high-definition broadcast production, the LSR4300 system is engineered to be "surround smart." The Harman HiQnet network, along with LSR4300 Control Center Software, simplifies setup and control of large surround systems with up to eight LSR4326P or LSR4328P monitors (with 6" and 8" woofers respectively) and two LSR4312SP subwoofers in a single system. Control Center Software includes a virtual "monitor section" with a system volume control, individual channel solo and mute, monitor source selection, eliminating the need to purchase an outboard speaker controller. Additionally, the entire system may be controlled from anywhere in the room using the LSR4300 wireless remote control. Recognizing some rooms may not have the space to position surround and center channels at the optimum distance, the LSR4300 adjusts the output of each speaker on the network to accurately balance sound arriving at the mix position.
Until now, achieving proper balance of a subwoofer in a surround sound system has been tricky, and requires the use of outboard measurement tools and a pink-noise generator. When connected to the network, the auto-calibration feature in the new LSR4312SP powered subwoofer automatically balances the sub to the rest of the system. Using the supplied remote control, or Control Center software, all settings of the sub can be auditioned and adjusted without ever leaving the mix position
For digital production, each speaker includes high-resolution 24-bit, 96kHz AES/EBU and S/PDIF digital inputs to interface with digital broadcast consoles, computer audio I/O, playback sources and processors. On-board input switching allows the user to monitor a range of analog and digital playback sources via supplied remote control, software or the speaker's front panel input control.
The inclusion of a tri-color meter display on the speaker's front panel allows broadcasters to monitor system levels. A compliment of illuminated controls provides access to EQ, SOLO, Input selection volume and RMC calibration. When networked, the front panel of any speaker controls all speakers in the system.
"LSR4300 Series has also enjoyed tremendous success in the broadcast and post-production markets," said Peter Chaikin, Director of Marketing, Recording & Broadcast, JBL Professional. "With HD driving the demand for 5.1 content, our new LSR4300 5.1 systems deliver exceptional accuracy at the mix position in any room while providing tremendous convenience for the broadcast customer."
JBL offers the LSR4300 Series in two affordable 5.1 packages. The LSR4328P/5.1 system includes five LSR4328P powered speakers and one LSR4312SP subwoofer. The LSR4326P/5.1 system includes five LSR4326P powered speakers and one LSR4312SP subwoofer. The systems come complete with an accessory kit including a calibration microphone, wireless remote control, Control Center Software for Macintosh and Windows computers, USB and CAT 5 cables.
About JBL Professional:
Headquartered in Northridge, California, JBL Professional is the world's leading designer, manufacturer, and marketer of professional loudspeakers for recording and broadcast, musician, cinema, touring sound, commercial sound and contracting applications. JBL Professional is the proud recipient of the 2005 Technical GRAMMY® award. JBL Professional is part of the Harman International network of professional and consumer audio companies. For complete product and company information, go to the JBL Professional website at www.jblpro.com.
About The Harman Pro Group:
Headquartered in Northridge, California, the Harman Pro Group is part of Harman International Industries, Incorporated (www.harman.com), a leading manufacturer of high-quality, high fidelity audio products and infotainment systems for the automotive, home and professional markets. The Company's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol: HAR. Harman Pro Group companies include AKG Acoustics, BSS Audio, dbx, Crown International, JBL Professional, Lexicon, Soundcraft, and Studer.
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