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Boeing 737 Max Return to Service: Federal Aviation Administration Signs Order to Pave the Way by 30Seconds Travel
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Steve Dickson signed an order that paves the way for the Boeing 737 MAX to return to commercial service. Administrator Dickson's action followed a comprehensive and methodical safety review process that took 20 months to complete. During that time, FAA employees worked diligently to identify and address the safety issues that played a role in the tragic loss of 346 lives aboard Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302.
Throughout our transparent process, the FFA cooperated closely with our foreign counterparts on every aspect of the return to service. Additionally, Administrator Dickson personally took the recommended pilot training and piloted the Boeing 737 MAX, so he could experience the handling of the aircraft firsthand.
In addition to rescinding the order that grounded the aircraft, the FAA published an Airworthiness Directive specifying design changes that must be made before the aircraft returns to service, issued a Continued Airworthiness Notification to the International Community (CANIC), and published the MAX training requirements. These actions do not allow the MAX to return immediately to the skies. The FAA must approve 737 MAX pilot training program revisions for each U.S. airline operating the MAX and will retain its authority to issue airworthiness certificates and export certificates of airworthiness for all new 737 MAX aircraft manufactured since the FAA issued the grounding order. Furthermore, airlines that have parked their MAX aircraft must take required maintenance steps to prepare them to fly again.
The design and certification of this aircraft included an unprecedented level of collaborative and independent reviews by aviation authorities around the world. Those regulators have indicated that Boeing's design changes, together with the changes to crew procedures and training enhancements, will give them the confidence to validate the aircraft as safe to fly in their respective countries and regions. Following the return to service, the FAA will continue to work closely with our foreign civil aviation partners to evaluate any potential additional enhancements for the aircraft. The agency also will conduct the same rigorous, continued operational safety oversight of the MAX that we provide for the entire U.S. commercial fleet.
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I'm kind of grateful to not be traveling right now. It will be good to see if they can make sure this plane is truly safe before we all start flying on it. What a tragedy that all those people lost their lives on board one of these planes. RIP and let's hope it never happens again.
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If home health providers needed any more proof that acute and post-acute providers are becoming more aligned, they received it in the form of a blockbuster acquisition announced Tuesday.
TeamHealth Holdings Inc. (NYSE: TMH) is buying IPC Healthcare Inc. (Nasdaq: IPCM) in the all-cash deal with an enterprise value of $1.6 billion, or $80.25 per share, the companies announced Tuesday. This is a premium of about 37% on IPC's price as of the market close on Monday.
The equity portion of the transaction is valued at $1.4 billion, according to calculations from Reuters based on IPC shares outstanding as of June 30.
The Knoxville, Tennessee-based TeamHealth is a leading provider of outsourced staffing for U.S. hospitals, with more than 14,000 affiliated health care professionals in fields ranging from emergency medicine to anesthesia. Its staffing and management services are utilized by about 1,000 hospitals, clinics and physician groups in 47 states.
IPC operates on a similar model, but is known especially for its strong post-acute presence. More than 1,900 post-acute facilities—including assisted living and skilled nursing facilities—are working with IPC for outsourced clinicians, a spokesman for the company told SHN.
Information was not immediately available on how many assisted living versus other post-acute settings IPC clinicians practice in, the spokesman said.
The acquisition was driven by the growing importance of post-acute services in the evolving health care landscape, TeamHealth President and CEO Mike Snow emphasized in a prepared statement.
A variety of these value based reimbursement policies, many related to the Affordable Care Act, are more closely tying hospitals' Medicare payments to how well they coordinate care with post-acute providers. In one recent example, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that it will tie some hospitals' payments to how well they work with home health, inpatient rehab providers and others involved in joint replacements.
TeamHealth is betting that it will be better positioned as a provider of outsourced clinicians if it has a strong, unified platform of both acute and post-acute professionals.
TeamHealth and IPC provider groups already have been participating in one of these initiatives—Bundled Payments for Care Improvement. Phase II of the initiative began July 1, 2015. The IPC and TeamHealth groups are managing a combined $2 billion of Medicare spend, trying to leverage technology, infrastructure and post-acute expertise to achieve cost savings, the companies stated.
There are a variety of reasons behind the decision to outsource, including cost considerations. IPC clinicians receive training and the company also offers information technology and management support systems to the facilities it serves in order to reduce costs while improving quality.
The acquisition also was attractive due to the operational overlap between TeamHealth and IPC. Within three years, TeamHealth expects to realize at least $60 million of combined cost and identified revenue synergies.
The boards of both organizations have approved the deal, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year.


From a small beginning in the late 1980s, Bodh has grown in to a strong and vibrant institution. This growth has been possible because of various factors – the support of local communities and programme partners, a natural extension of activities across multiple domains and of course, the dedication and skills of the personnel.
Currently, Bodh's internal structure comprises of four broad sections – Urban Programmes, Rural Programmes, Central Research and Resource Centre (CRRC) and the Administrative and Finance wing. Each of these sections functions in its own domain. However, they are also closely interlinked.
The rural and urban programme teams comprise teachers, co-ordinators (at various levels), fellows and academic support personnel. The CRRC includes multiple components and centres. Its team members mainly act as resource and academic support personnel for internal programmes as well as for external agencies/initiatives. The administrative and finance team involves personnel working on finance, logistics, store management, managing offices, transport and other aspects of administration.
All key decisions are taken at the level of the core group – a collective comprising of senior representatives of all the sections and the secretary, Bodh Shikha Samiti. Bodh also has an Executive Committee which meets periodically to review and reflect on organisational and other related issues. It provides valuable guidelines and direction to all efforts.


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A letter from Winston Watson, general manager of Petrojam, has revealed that the $1,370,850 that was spent on a surprise birthday party for former science, energy, and technology minister Dr Andrew Wheatley has been reimbursed.
The letter, dated January 10, 2019, indicated that "on Monday, December 31, 2018, a cheque was received under cover of a letter from Elizabeth Moyston" and outlined that the amount received represented the total cost of the birthday party.
Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis conducted a probe, which found that Petrojam had been charged US$2,427 for food and beverage and US$1,000 for a four-tiered topsy turvy chocolate cake to host a surprise birthday party for Wheatley at a hotel in Montego Bay, St James, on January 9 last year.
Following the auditor general's report, which examined the operations of Petrojam and its parent company, the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica, Wheatley said that he was in talks with friends about repaying the funds spent on the party.


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An Open Letter to Talx and Equifax
Jason Morris, 4 weeks ago 0 4 min read 634
Rudy Ploder
President, Equifax Workforce Solutions
St Louis Mo 63146
Re: TALX Corporation (a provider of Equifax Verification Services), Consumer Reporting Agency Resale of The Work Number
Dear Mr. Ploder,
As representatives of Professional Background Screeners ("Screeners"), the undersigned wish to draw your attention to the many issues caused by recent abrupt changes to The Work Number ("TWN") product configuration and associated billing practices. These product changes, while not requiring development efforts or operational changes for Equifax Workforce Solutions ("Equifax"), have had a significant impact on our technology, billing systems and operations and will have a significant downstream impact on our employer end-user customers, many of whom are also your clients. Equifax has had a history of unfairly forcing changes made to better service customers in other industries on the Screener with no regard for the impact to our businesses or our end-user customers. We would appreciate an opportunity to partner with Equifax on rectifying these issues and to be properly considered in product changes going forward.
First and most importantly, end-user employer requests for verification of previous employment history are deliberate and specific. Employers specifically request a recent history or history that aligns with work performed by a candidate that is "job related" or relevant. When an employer seeks to verify the previous three employers or last five years of relevant work history, for example, returning a report that includes other employment that does not fall within the requested timeframe or that contains non-relevant work history, is of no use whatsoever but will still result in a major fee from TWN. Further, returning work history in bulk only creates noise and confusion on the consumer report, making it more difficult for the candidate to understand the purpose, nature and use of the information on the report. This raises concern related to temporary work or secondary/alternate sources of income that a prospective employer might unfairly consider when making an employment decision, resulting in unintended consequences, including costly litigation related to hiring decisions made by prospective employers.
Next, Screeners are left to decide how to treat this information. Without having the proper tools to know when to direct the request to TWN, such as "participating employers", Screeners will be forced to send every request to TWN, knowing that TWN will return results that do not fulfill the request of the end-user and TWN will charge a fee to the Screener regardless of whether the results returned are of any use, whatsoever. The Screener will then be forced to absorb this fee or in most cases pass it on to the end-user, without any corresponding results that are useful or related to the end-user's request. This is not only unfair to Screeners, it's unfair to the end-users who will be forced to pay for information they do not find useful.
Plus, this change to TWN product was unfairly timed. Screeners often plan their development roadmap items a year in advance and TWN made an unfair assumption that Screeners could simply remove the company code from their request and thereby consume all the information returned in the query. In result, Screeners are investing significant dollars and development efforts to properly digest the data returned by TWN and are having to hire additional personnel to sift through the data while these changes are being made.
It is unfair and unjust for Equifax to inappropriately group employment screening into other product types. This issue is a perfect example of how mortgage companies or creditors have different use cases for work history and is justification to have the needs of the employment screening industry considered in product development and pricing decisions. Screeners are outraged by these changes to TWN and are actively considering alternatives to querying TWN to meet the needs of end-user employers.
We appreciate your attention to this matter and request an opportunity to meet with you as a group to discuss these issues and arrive at a product solution that is mutually agreeable. The ball is now in your court!
A Coalition of Screening Companies
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Jason Morris
A veteran screening and risk management professional, Jason Morris founded Cleveland-based EmployeeScreenIQ in 1999 and served as the company's President and Chief Operating Officer until November of 2015 when EmployeeScreenIQ was acquired by Sterling Talent Solutions. Morris served as Sterling Talent Solutions' SVP of Client Success and was a member of Sterling's M&A team until October 2017. Under Morris' leadership, EmployeeScreenIQ become a global leader in employment screening. With over 100 employees when acquired, EmployeeScreenIQ won numerous awards, including the prestigious WeatherHead 100 for high growth companies in Northeast Ohio six years in a row. EmployeeScreenIQ was also a founding member of the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS). Morris served as the Co-Chairman of NAPBS in 2005-2006, making frequent presentations to government agencies, including members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. He has also lobbied on behalf of the screening industry and has consulted with officials from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Department of Justice. Morris continues to be active in the organization today. Morris frequently serves as an expert witness on the topics of background checks, employment screening, human resources and the FCRA. He is also a licensed private investigator in the states of Ohio, Illinois, New Jersey, Texas, Arizona and Nevada. He has also made public testimony on behalf of Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) in several jurisdictions on behalf of Lyft and Uber. Active in community and philanthropic causes, Morris is a past president of the American Cancer Society Cuyahoga County Unit Board and former board member of both the Big Brothers/Big Sisters Association of Cleveland and Make-A-Wish Foundation. In addition, he is a past Revenue Chairman for the March of Dimes. Morris also sits on advisory and company boards and is involved in angel funding and investing in real estate, businesses and private equity. Morris is a criminal justice studies graduate of Kent State University and currently lives in Cleveland, Ohio with his wife, two daughters and three dogs. He loves live music, golf, fly fishing and enjoying the outdoors with his family.
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Sometimes discovering restaurants or bars is a bit like falling in love: last year we went on a date with the wine shop/wine bar Carinho do Vinho, came to the conclusion that we were a perfect match and now more than a year later, sparks are still flying. Especially now that they have some seriously great food on offer, too. So here is a small but necessary update on a true Lisbom pioneering favorite, still going strong.
Maybe we shouldn't say that in case that there are some crazy stalkers (we know you're out there) but anyone who knows us, knows that "Carinho do Vinho" has become one of our favorite hangout spots in the city. Which means that not all that much has changed since our last review: the wine is as good as ever (these days always with a couple of bottles of both red and white open so you can choose a bit more), lots of informality and talking to strangers and just in general a hoot to sit there at that long wooden table and just feel damn lucky to know a place like that. Plus, they've got a fancy stereo now too so chances that there is pleasant music playing in the background have increased significantly (also because we are going to provide them with a playlist). Thankfully, "Carinho do Vinho" is wise enough not to go all fancy on our fine asses when it comes to food. Instead, what they have on offer, is just a very personal take on simple dishes done right. A perfect example of that are the meat- and fishsticks, consisting of tender pieces of grilled meat (pork and beef) and some of the most succulent perfectly pieces of grilled salmon we must have had in a long time. The accompanying cream sauce with dill is refreshing and cuts through the richness of the meat and fish perfectly. Nice to know is that they get their meat and fish from the nearby butcher and fishmonger at Praça dos Flores. Local businesses supporting local businesses, as it should be. Now that summer has come along, there's also nothing better than diving in to the super refreshing gazpacho made with homegrown tomatoes from a friend of theirs or going for the minty, fresh couscous salad with toasted nuts. Menuwise, there's no going wrong here: no crazy combinations only a raving, lucky lunatic or a genius mastermind chef could make work, no ridiculous risk-takings, just simple food with classic combinations that work, like scrumptious dates with bacon or beautifully baked potatoes and sweet potatoes with rosemary and garlic. The portions are more or less tapas sized and it's healthy, balanced and filling without being diet conscious or taking any of the fun away with useless nutritional facts we don't care about when we go out to eat. By the end of the evening, having shared a couple of glasses of wine and some food, you'll probably walk away paying not much more than 15-20€ per person which really is very fair for what you get and the quality of it all. Even though we've described the menu to you, don't necessarily expect for it to be exactly the same when you go there: "Carinho do Vinho" is wise enough to adapt their menu and dishes depending on their mood and what's available on the market and what's in season and what isn't – the erasable menu written on a tile gives that away. In that respect, it's going to be quite challenging to find a better summer dessert this year than their strawberry pie, a buttery slice of sweet cake accompanied by some lovely summer strawberries and cream with the slight, fragrant crush of fresh vanilla seeds.Simple fare, sure, but totally unique in Lisbon as is the whole engaging, local atmosphere of "Carinho do Vinho". And you know what makes the whole package even nicer is the fact that this is a family-run, small business with such open and kind people like Phillip and Ina who run the ship when the evening comes – and always have great stories to tell – or Sr. Luis (and his killer moustache really gives it away that it's "senhor" and not just "Luis") who sells the wine in the shop during the day. He is basically as old school as a wine merchant is likely to get – meaning: not getting this wine means tragically missing out on a life changing experience. You'd better believe him To be honest, this kind of slow business not interested in making quick bucks but instead investing in connecting with the local community and using their space to serve as a meeting space for all kinds of people obsessed with wine and food is just a great source for optimism and pure joy. In the hustle and bustle of a continuously evolving capital city looking for the next rage, "Carinho do Vinho" is so unabashedly old school and basic in all of its humble simplicity, we can't help ourselves but go back there time and again. That, and the wine of course, which is pretty good too.


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El río Yalde es un curso de agua del interior de la península ibérica, afluente del Najerilla. Discurre por la comunidad autónoma española de La Rioja.

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Discurre por la comunidad autónoma de La Rioja. El curso del río, que atraviesa los municipios de Castroviejo, Santa Coloma, Bezares, Manjarrés, Alesón, Huércanos y Uruñuela, termina desembocando en el Najerilla. Aparece descrito en el decimosexto volumen del Diccionario geográfico-estadístico-histórico de España y sus posesiones de Ultramar de Pascual Madoz de la siguiente manera:

Perteneciente a la cuenca hidrográfica del Ebro, sus aguas acaban vertidas en el mar Mediterráneo.

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Patterns of Part-Time Work Across Government Reveals Patchy Strategy
There is still a stigma that you just aren't serious about your career if you want to work part-time or flexibly. This is part of the reason why women struggle to progress to the top of the civil service. The hidden bias against women who need to work flexibly following their maternity period, for example, leads to a gradual reduction in the number of women as they rise up the ladder of seniority.
Ann McKechin
Member of Parliament for Glasgow North
The Government's response to its own Modern Workplaces Consultation announced that the civil service would become an "exemplar in flexible working practices". This is a good thing. Flexible working is beneficial for individual wellbeing, for families, and for businesses. Government is right to set a good example. But a series of parliamentary questions which I recently submitted, asking for precise details of flexible working practices in government, revealed a muddled picture of inconsistency across departments, both in the number of staff working flexibly, and in the way these details are recorded.
All departments recorded the number of staff working for them part-time (see below).
Other information was less easy to come by. For example, numbers of staff in a job-share were mostly withheld because recording such information would incur "disproportionate cost", the answers said. Some departments seemed not to worry about the cost; the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Ministry of Justice revealed that 0.7% and 0.2% of their staff respectively were in a job-share. The Welsh Office had no staff working in a job-share, and all other departments failed to record how many were, if any.
The proportion of staff working in other flexible arrangements, such as compressed hours, flexitime and term-time working also showed considerable inconsistency across departments. The Welsh Office and the Treasury gave accurate figures (12.5% and 1.1% of staff working in 'other flexible arrangements' respectively), but most other departments either kept no records, or did not provide figures. The Government Equalities Office said that staff are able to record flexible working patterns on a human resources system; 82% had done so, of which 53% recorded having a flexible working arrangement. Compared to only 3.1% of staff at the FCO working either part-time or flexibly, it's clear to see that working culture and practice across the civil service is far from consistent.
Of course, flexible working arrangements are likely to be devolved to individual line managers to approve, but with the government proposing the right to request such arrangements for all employees in the future, surely it makes sense to begin recording this information comprehensively now across the civil service, and the public sector as a whole. With such little reliable data to measure progress from, the government's attempt to turn the civil service into an "exemplar in flexible working practices" seems some way off.
Beyond methodological inconsistency, the figures are also show widely divergent trends in flexible work. The Department for Work and Pensions (39% of staff work part-time) and the Home Office (19.54%) top the list. This can be explained by the larger numbers of staff working in call centres and other customer-facing roles in these departments. Many employed in these positions are women, and part-time work can suit the care responsibilities which are still most likely to fall on women. At the other end of the spectrum, high fliers in the FCO or the Treasury are far less likely to work part-time. There is still a stigma that you just aren't serious about your career if you want to work part-time or flexibly. This is part of the reason why women struggle to progress to the top of the civil service. The hidden bias against women who need to work flexibly following their maternity period, for example, leads to a gradual reduction in the number of women as they rise up the ladder of seniority.
Sir David Normington, who recently gave evidence to the Business, Innovation and Skills committee's inquiry into women in the workplace, put it best when describing his work as the First Civil Service Commissioner:
". . . you need to create flexible working opportunities to keep those women in touch and give them the opportunities to balance their childcare responsibilities, which they often have, maybe with working part-time on a flexible basis. It is easier to do that at first-tier senior management than at the most senior management level, though it is not impossible at that level. That is where all organisations need to focus their attention. If you lose touch with your excellent women managers at that point, you will probably not get them back and they will go off and do something else. That is very bad for the organisation and also for them."
Some departments show extremely good flexible working practices. Almost 18% of the Department of Transport's 18,000+ staff work part-time, for example. The real problem, however, is a general inconsistency in the way flexible and part-time work is approved and recorded. A better system of measurement is needed if the government are going to make the civil service a model for the modern, flexible and equal workplace.
Government shouldn't underestimate its ability to set an example for other organisations. As a model of how to do this, it should look to the AthenaSWAN charter, which seeks to increase the number of women in science and engineering at universities. Family-friendly employment policies have led its members to significantly improve the pipeline of female talent in their institutions. The same sensible, voluntary-led approach should be a feature of all large organisations, including Government departments. Losing excellent women managers because of lack of employer flexibility, as David Normington warns, is a negative trend that the 'right to request' can possibly correct. But there is no need to wait; ministers and civil service managers must start now and set the example that flexible working policies ultimately make organisations and their staff stronger, happier and more productive - and keeping accurate records is just the start.
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Anakin Skywalker's journey to the dark side was completed in 2005's Star Wars: Episode 3 - Revenge of the Sith. But that hardly means George Lucas and Co. have run out of stories to tell from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
Enter Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the debut effort from Lucasfilm Animation. This animated movie chronicles the further adventures of Anakin, Obi-Wan Kenobi and their supporting cast of new and familiar characters. It also serves as an introduction to the Clone Wars series on cable TV's Cartoon Network.
The story takes place during the three-year gap between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. Call it Episode 2.5 if you will. The titular Clone Wars rage as the Jedi guardians of the Galactic Republic engage the droid armies of the Confederacy of Independent Systems (also known as the Separatists), led by the cunning rogue Jedi-turned-Sith lord, Count Dooku.
Dooku has kidnapped Jabba the Hutt's infant son, Rotta (who resembles a wriggling, big-eyed, overgrown tadpole), and has framed the Jedi for the crime. Dooku hopes to secure a treaty between the Separatists and the Hutt clan, who control the shipping lanes in the Outer Rim Territories. Anakin's task: Rescue the Huttlet and thus preserve the Republic's strategically necessary relationship with the slimy interstellar gangster.
Anakin's main sidekick this time around is a young apprentice Jedi named Ahsoka Tano—a headstrong young woman who tests Skywalker's patience. Meanwhile, shadowy Sith assassin Asajj Ventress stalks their every move as they seek to return the littlest Hutt to his daddy.
As with all the Star Wars films, there are many moments of heroism and bravery as Anakin, Obi-Wan and Ahsoka place their lives on the line for the sake of one another and for the Republic. That's especially apparent when Anakin and Ahsoka sneak behind enemy lines to disable a shield generator. Likewise, Obi-Wan stands his ground even as hope for victory in a key battle fades. Two Republic officers, Commander Cody and Capt. Rex, also exemplify courage under fire.
Senator Padmé Amidala (Anakin's soul mate, eventual wife and the mother of Luke and Leia) puts herself in considerable peril when she tries to clear the name of the Jedi by visiting Jabba the Hutt's uncle, Ziro the Hutt. Yoda and Mace Windu offer strategic counsel in guiding all these characters through various webs of political intrigue and military confrontations. And, of course, R2-D2 and (to a lesser extent) C-3PO blend comic relief with courage in their stereotypically stalwart support roles.
When Anakin complains about having Ahsoka assigned to him as an apprentice, Obi-Wan reminds him, "Teaching is a privilege" and something that is part of a Jedi's responsibility. Anakin slowly warms to Ahsoka and is able to see the young woman's strengths, one of which is acting in a very motherly way toward young Rotta, who is sick almost to the point of death when they rescue him. (In one of the oddest twists of all, we learn that Jabba is a devoted father who loves his son and refers to him as his little "punkie muffin." Really.)
Anakin's torturous path toward the dark side of the Force is nowhere to be seen in this story. Instead, we've got an old-fashioned, Saturday matinee story of good vs. evil where the distinction between the two is in no danger of being confused.
Speaking of the Force, Clone Wars assumes that viewers are already fully in the know regarding the pseudo-spiritual energy field that the Jedi harness for good and the Sith (dark Jedi) for ill. There are no long, expository conversations about the nature of the Force like the ones that pop up occasionally throughout the live-action films. Mostly, we see how it equips Anakin, Obi-Wan and Ahsoka (as well as their dark-side opponents Dooku and Asajj) with superhuman agility in combat, as well as the ability to telekinetically shove objects and people out of their way.
Even though Anakin isn't initially enthusiastic about being paired with Ahsoka, he says, "It's the will of the Force that you're at my side" and that there are "no accidents." These Jedi convictions about what happens and why are broadly similar to the Christian doctrine of providence, which also emphasizes the purposefulness of everything because all events are under God's control.
A character uses spiritual verbiage to talk about the reality of consequences, saying, "Old sins cast long shadows." C-3PO says, "Oh, thank the maker."
Both Jabba and Ziro employ female entertainers whose dancing is somewhat sensual. The woman who dances for Jabba wears a form-fitting full-body outfit that's much less revealing than the one that's seen in Return of the Jedi. In the case of Ziro's dancer, we see her silhouette as she undulates in the darkened background behind him. Ahsoka's outfit reveals her midriff, while Asajj's exposes some cleavage.
Also, it seems that there may be more to Ziro than him being just a quirkier Hutt than Jabba. Shawn Adler, writing for MTV Movies Blog, states, "OK, let's be straight for a second: Jabba's uncle, Ziro the Hutt, a new character introduced specifically for the upcoming animated series, is a gay stereotype that makes what Jar Jar Binks represented to the island of Jamaica look subtle by comparison. It's not the look or design that pushes it over the top into stereotype, of course, but the voice (performed by Corey Burden), a lispy, high-pitched twang purposively reminiscent of Truman Capote." Adler goes on to report that it was George Lucas himself who asked for the lisp.
Combat scenes permeate The Clone Wars as the Jedi square off against droid armies on the ground and their fleet of warships in space. Lasers and lightsabers play a dominate role in frequent firefights that include a considerable number of explosions and casualties on both sides. Droids meet their end in all manner of ways, including getting their metallic heads lopped off.
More intense is when a similar fate befalls several Republic soldiers who're wearing armor from head to toe. Several take energy shots to the head and are knocked down so fast it seems as if they, too, were decapitated. One beam blasts a hole all the way through the torso of a soldier. Combatants on both sides meet a fiery death in space as well, especially when a small craft crashes into the landing bay of a larger transport ship.
The majority of the violence is free from blood and gore. One notable exception: The heads of four failed bounty hunters are presented to Jabba on a plank of wood.
An obligatorily extended lightsaber battle between Obi-Wan and Asajj ends without either warrior vanquishing the other. Dooku has the ability to hurl lightning bolts from his fingertips, and Asajj uses the Force to choke a man, à la Darth Vader.
One "d--n." Beyond that, the worst of it is the putdown "scum."
Ziro smokes from a hose-like apparatus.
Anakin doesn't think much of Ahsoka at first, largely because he's arrogant and not interested in training anyone else. He often dismisses Ahsoka's good ideas about how to deal with the problems they face. And his pride keeps getting them into trouble—a character trait that's consistent with how he's depicted in the live-action flicks. Anakin's grumpiness is also evident in his disdainful attitude toward Jabba's son, whom he dubs "Stinky" (a moniker reinforced by the Huttlet's loud belch).
Dooku schemes, manipulates and lies constantly. As does the series' ultimate villain, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, who is secretly an evil Sith lord plotting the fall of the Republic.
I've never been to a movie where sparkling white, armor-clad Imperial Stormtroopers guarded the box office. Until Star Wars: The Clone Wars, that is.
At the pre-release screening I attended in suburban Denver, the line of devotees snaked around the block. And Stormtroopers weren't the only ones in attendance. One family sported authentic-looking Jedi robes—Dad, Mom, the kids, everyone. And a woman from a fan club talked with me about her group's prized possession: a three-quarter-size X-Wing fighter.
It's a testament to the enduring cultural mystique of George Lucas' Star Wars saga that even an animated offering such as this inspires rabid identification among the faithful. And it's exactly fans like these who'll likely continue queuing up throughout the film's theatrical run—then buy the Blu-ray DVD and watch the TV series—to discover what Lucas might still have to offer that's new and interesting.
As it turns out, there's little that's changed here except for the downshift from live action to computer animation. From a fan's perspective, Clone Wars is neither breathtaking nor awful. Mostly, we get more of the same stiff dialogue and rather predictable storytelling that Lucas majored on in the last three movies. (He served as executive producer on this project, but did not write the screenplay.) Combat is intense—plenty o' lasers and 'splosions—but for the most part the ride is quite smooth. The major bumps being a brief glimpse of four unfortunate bounty hunters' noggins and a soldier who gets a hole blasted in his chest.
In other words, it's cartoonish.
Which is exactly the point. At the end of the day, Star Wars: The Clone Wars isn't really intended to be a stand-alone theatrical offering. Think of it instead as a marketing vehicle for the upcoming Cartoon Network series, an 88-minute big-screen preview of what you can likely expect when the story migrates to the tube.
Still, if 30-plus years of Star Wars history—coupled with the image of those watchful Jedi and Stormtroopers in Denver—is any indication, I'd say it's probably unwise to underestimate the drawing power of the Force. And, if you twist that phrase a half-turn, it's probably unwise to dismiss the drawing power of the Force, especially upon young new fans who may just be discovering the George Lucas universe for the first time. Those who are curious about the heroes and villains he's crafted will certainly need some help navigating the violent and spiritual worldview that the franchise as a whole espouses—even if this film mostly assumes that everyone is totally familiar with it already.
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Our Government Relations department works tirelessly to advocate for decisions made by legislatures at the federal, state, and local levels that benefit home health care patients, families, and employees. With the ever-changing landscape, it's important to know what home healthcare can expect now and in the years to come.
The Positive
"There is a lot more funding available," said Bill Sczepanski, Vice President of Government Relations. "And this is a huge generational push that may not come along again in the decades to come."
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and the additional Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) is a great example of new funding across the nation. The additional 10% FMAP funding can translate to hundreds of millions of additional dollars per state, for states as population desolate as Montana or Alaska.
According to KFF, FMAP is computed from a formula that considers the average per capita income for each state relative to the national average. By law, the FMAP cannot be less than 50%.
The above formula helps states know what Medicaid changes to invest in. The FMAP can potentially translate to rate increases for home health clinicians, an expansion of services for home health agencies, extra training, and internally for Medicaid – assistance with their training and recruitment.
The additional 10% FMAP funding referred to by Sczepanski was included in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) (Pub. L. 117-2).
"On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) (Pub. L. 117-2). Section 9817 of the ARP provides qualifying states with a temporary 10 percentage point increase to the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for certain Medicaid expenditures for home and community-based services (HCBS). States must use the federal funds attributable to the increased FMAP to supplement, not supplant, existing state funds expended for Medicaid HCBS in effect as of April 1, 2021, and states must use state funds equivalent to the amount of federal funds attributable to the increased FMAP to implement or supplement the implementation of one or more activities to enhance, expand, or strengthen HCBS under the Medicaid program." – Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Learn more about the additional 10% funding here.
The Negative
The additional FMAP funding is a temporary solution as it only provides a temporary additional 10% for states. Though this funding can be used in the years to come and does not have a short lifespan, Medicaid has difficulty dispersing the additional funds to the appropriate programs and agencies.
"Medicaid, in most states, is not set up well to give funding away and they need help," said Sczepanski. "They're not a bank, so how do they get that money into your hands? Now Medicaid is working to create internal policies and procedures to get this done but that takes time and manpower."
The nursing shortage has also been an ongoing issue and the home health industry is especially finding it difficult to retain talent. Nurses are leaving or choosing to work for hospitals, facilities, and specialists for a higher pay rate and in some cases, a sign-on bonus.
In a recent article by Ed Crump with ABC 11 News, a North Carolina family shares their frustrations and complications with the lack of available Private Duty Nursing (PDN) for their 6-year-old daughter. This article is just a glimpse into the nursing shortage that families are feeling the ramifications of nationwide.
The Future, 2022 and Beyond
Next year is an election year. This means the United States Senate, Congress, and House of Representatives seats will be up for election, along with some governorships. With this in place, Sczepanski says the general public can expect to see a push for several initiatives because this may be the last chance for these officials to push their political agenda and prior campaign commitments.
"We will still be dealing with the ramifications of COVID-19 as well," said Sczepanski. "This is important when we discuss all of the emergency orders that have been granted – will these continue to be made permanent? The health care industry will need more clinicians as COVID-19 continues to exacerbate the nationwide nursing shortage the longer this virus continues."
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Is There a Future for Sony Crackle?
Sony Crackle has ceded the top of the AVOD pile to private company Tubi TV. Can it still climb back to the top of the AVOD space?
Sony (NYSE:SNE) has not had the best few years in the streaming space. The company's live TV streaming service, PlayStation Vue, has been struggling relative to its peers. And life has not been too much better for Sony Crackle, the company's ad-supported streaming video on demand (AVOD) service.
Sony purchased its streaming service -- then called "Grouper" -- for $65 million in 2006 . The next year, it rebranded the service as Crackle (in 2018, Crackle became Sony Crackle). By 2010, the service was expanding overseas.
But in 2014, Crackle shut down its operations in the UK and Australia. That same year, it gained a new competitor in the form of Tubi TV.
Tubi TV, a private company, entered the AVOD fray in 2014. At the time, Crackle was the biggest service in the space (other AVOD services include smaller operations like Popcornflix, another private company).
From the start, Tubi TV had an edge on Crackle. Tubi TV's library had more than 20,000 videos at the time of its 2014 launch, which instantly made it the largest library in the AVOD space.
And Tubi TV has kept growing. Tubi TV now has more titles than Netflix. It may have the largest library of any streaming service (Tubi TV hasn't released exact figures about its library for months now -- as a private company, it has no obligation to be particularly transparent).
Meanwhile, Sony Crackle kept suffering. Its excessive ad load and poor promotion led to further problems, and it shut down operations in Canada in 2018.
It's self-evident that Tubi TV's rise is not good for Sony Crackle. Despite its head start, Sony Crackle has ceded the inside track to its rival.
Still, there are at least some important reasons not to give up on Sony Crackle.
Perhaps the most important of these is that the nature of AVOD services makes Crackle a much safer investment than Sony's other streaming service, PlayStation Vue. The details of streaming content deals can be complex and are often private, but AVOD services have an advantage in that their source of income -- advertisements -- scales up with streaming volume. With a well-structured content deal that pegs fees to streams, an AVOD service can be reasonably sure that it will at least not lose money. That's not true of live TV "skinny bundle" services like PlayStation Vue, which rely on subscriber fees and often pay more for content per subscriber than they earn in fees.
Another reason to hold out hope for Sony Crackle is the nature of AVOD services themselves. By any estimation, a significant chunk of AVOD streamers are using their AVOD service to supplement -- not replace -- their paid streaming subscriptions. Sony Crackle does not need to be anyone's first choice of streaming service in order to survive and profit. If AVOD services in general can survive on what trickles down from SVOD, perhaps Sony Crackle can survive on streamers supplementing both SVOD and another AVOD service, like Tubi TV.
On the other hand, there is one factor that suggests Sony Crackle will not have much luck living on Tubi TV's leftovers. That factor is the nature of Sony Crackle's streaming library, and that of AVOD streaming libraries in general.
Generally speaking, AVOD services have been less focused on original series than SVOD services have been. Sony Crackle's one significant original series success, Jerry Seinfeld's Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, now belongs to Netflix. Tubi TV hasn't touched original series at all.
That makes sense: AVOD services are less incentivized to lower content costs. Netflix has to cover its content acquisitions with subscriber fees, while AVOD services can be sure that each additional stream of an extra-popular movie will also generate additional advertising revenue. And AVOD services are less likely to get in bidding wars because they are far less focused on exclusive rights deals that companies like Netflix may be.
This is a decidedly mixed bag for the future of Sony Crackle.
On the one hand, Sony Crackle has a fairly impressive -- if somewhat small -- library. The same titles regularly come to Sony Crackle, Amazon, and Hulu. Sony Crackle offers those titles for free. So far, so good.
But those same titles also come to Tubi TV, and that raises a significant issue for Sony Crackle.
AVOD services offer value because they offer large libraries of content that may not be available on Netflix. If you can't find your favorite movie on the world's most dominant streaming service, AVOD services hope you'll turn to them and watch it for free, rather than choosing to buy or rent that movie through a paid service. And as Netflix and other companies focus on original series to differentiate themselves and lower content costs, AVOD services hope to see more and more of this sort of trickle-down traffic.
But since AVOD rights deals are rarely exclusive, there is reason to fear that much of this trickle-down traffic will be sopped up by the largest AVOD service -- which, right now, is Tubi TV. Sony Crackle may have a lot that Netflix doesn't, but it is not nearly so well-positioned against its AVOD rival. That's a serious problem.
All of this spells trouble for Sony's AVOD service. Without exclusive content, Sony Crackle needs a huge library to be a viable alternative to Tubi TV. It doesn't have a comparable library right now, and it's allowing Tubi TV to dominate the space. AVOD is a viable business model, but without exclusives, it's hard to see more than one AVOD service enjoying real success. Sony Crackle may not be shut down anytime soon, but it doesn't seem poised to make much of a profit, either.


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Gejza Bukowski von Stolzenburg, auch Gejza von Bukowski (* 25. November 1858 in Bochnia, Galizien; † 1. Februar 1937 ebenda) war ein österreichischer Geologe.

Bukowski von Stolzenburg wurde 1885 an der Universität Wien zum Dr. phil. promoviert. Von 1885 bis 1889 arbeitete er am Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Wien als Assistent. Zwischen 1889 und 1918 war Bukowski von Stolzenburg bei der k. k. geologischen Reichsanstalt in Wien angestellt. Dort hatte er zuletzt die Stelle des Chefgeologen inne. Seit dem Jahre 1893 war er mit der geologischen Kartierung in Süddalmatien befasst, einem Gebiet, in dem bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt die geologischen Verhältnisse weitgehend unbekannt waren.

Von 1918 bis 1937 war er am Państwowy Instytut Geologiczny (Geologisches Staatsinstitut) in Warschau beschäftigt. Bukowski von Stolzenburg erforschte unter anderem Süßwassermollusken aus dem Pliozän sowie das Karbon und die Trias von Jugoslawien.

Veröffentlichungen (Auswahl)
 Die levantinische Molluscenfauna der Insel Rhodos. In: Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften 60, 1893, S. 265–306 ().
 Geologische Detailkarte von Süd-Dalmatien, Blatt Budua. Verlag der k. k. geologischen Reichsanstalt, Wien 1903.
 Erläuterungen zur Geologischen Detailkarte von Süddalmatien, Blatt Budua (Zone 36, Col. XX SW). Wien 1904, 66 S.
 Geologische Detailkarte von Süd-Dalmatien, Blatt Spizza. Südhälfte. Verlag der k. k. Geologischen Reichsanstalt, Wien 1909.
 Geologische Detailkarte von Süd-Dalmatien, Blatt Spizza. Nordhälfte. Verlag der k. k. Geologischen Reichsanstalt, Wien 1909.
 Erläuterungen zur Geologischen Detailkarte von Süddalmatien, Blatt Spizza (Zone 37, Kol. XX) in zwei Teilen (Nordhälfte und Südhälfte). Wien 1912, 104 S.

Literatur
 Gustav Götzinger: Zur Erinnerung an Gejza von Bukowski. In: Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt, 87, 1937, S. 1–10 ().
 Helmuth Zapfe: Index Palaeontologicorum Austriae (= Catalogus fossilium Austriae Heft 15). Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1971, S. 22 ().

 Bukowski von Stolzenburg, Gejza Edler. In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon Online-Edition, Lieferung 2 (15. März 2013).
 Barbara Vecer: Das erfüllte Leben des Geologen Gejza Bukowski von Stolzenburg (1858–1937). Forschungsreisender auf zwei Kontinenten, in: Jahrbuch des Wissenschaftlichen Zentrums der Polnischen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Band 1, Wien 2009, S. 65–83.

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Home Earth & Climate Coral reefs can't return from acid trip
Coral reefs can't return from acid trip
Coral reef (stock image).
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A new study published in Nature Climate Change finds coral reefs are under threat from ocean acidification.
The study was led by researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (Coral CoE). Their results suggest some corals and coralline algae — the 'glue' that holds reefs together — cannot survive the expected more acidic oceans caused by climate change.
"The results validate previous research on ocean acidification threats to coral reefs," said lead author Dr Steeve Comeau, who is now based at the Sorbonne Université CNRS Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche sur Mer in France.
Co-author Prof Malcolm McCulloch, from Coral CoE at the University of Western Australia, said the researchers examined the calcifying fluid of four species of coral and two types of coralline algae under a year-long simulation.
"The effects on the calcifying fluid were rapid and persisted for the whole year," Prof McCulloch said.
Co-author Dr Chris Cornwall, now at the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, explained coralline algae cements reefs together by acting as a foundation species and breeding ground for many species from the poles to the tropics.
"Declines in coralline algae could lead to the loss of important marine species that use the algae as a nursery," he explained.
"The results also confirm that ocean acidification could have repercussions on the competition between species. This can affect the ecological function of reefs," Dr Comeau added.
He said the team did find two coral species were resistant to ocean acidification. However, these are corals that were resistant from the start.
"This indicates they already had an in-built mechanism that made them resistant," he explained, "whereas sensitive corals were affected from the start and were not actually able to acclimatise."
The study suggests the composition and function of future reefs — if they can survive climate change — will be very different to what we see today.
Materials provided by ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies. Note: Content may be edited for style and length.
S. Comeau, C. E. Cornwall, T. M. DeCarlo, S. S. Doo, R. C. Carpenter, M. T. McCulloch. Resistance to ocean acidification in coral reef taxa is not gained by acclimatization. Nature Climate Change, 2019; 9 (6): 477 DOI: 10.1038/s41558-019-0486-9
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So you've finally found a room in a WG for under €500 a month in Kreuzberg or Neukölln. You've hauled all your belongings up four flights of stairs. You've met your new WG mates, who are all aspiring DJs. What's next? Explore your new neighbourhood and find something to eat, of course. Except your new-found enthusiasm will run out of steam before too long. Soon you'll be eating that same kebab or schawarma every night. And you know it's true.
Now there's a new way to not only see, but taste your neighbourhood. BiteMojo is an app that appeals to the foodie as well as the intrepid adventurer in you. It allows you to explore Berlin neighbourhoods at your own pace, from restaurant to bistro to café, whether on foot or bike, sampling bite-sized morsels in every place they recommend and checking out any points of interest along the way.
The app provides tours in most major districts – Mitte, Kreuzberg, Neukölln and, yes, even a vegan tour for Prenzlauer Berg.
Once you've registered, decided which tour you'd like to go on, and selected your preferred mode of transport, you simply have to head down to the tour starting point. Once there, the app will shepherd you from one bite location to the next. Simply show your bite voucher to whomever works at the eatery in question and you'll be given your dish after a short wait, much like at any restaurant.
If it sounds simple that's because it is. The app is really well thought out and pretty intuitive to use. I sampled it on a Prenzlauer Berg tour (the non-vegan option, €25) and was pleasantly surprised at how well-curated the tour was. After living in the district for over a year, I assumed there wasn't much I didn't know already. And while I wasn't completely wrong, the route Bitemojo planned took me to a number of high-quality eateries, and passed a number of interesting sites along the way.
When I downloaded the app, I was sceptical. No tour guide. Bite-sized meals. It all sounded like a lot of work for very little reward. But throughout the six stops I discovered six new and interesting places to eat. And not just that, but at every stop the proprietor seemed genuinely excited to explain each dish and the concept behind it to me.
It's a pretty pleasant way to spend an afternoon, imbibe some foodstuffs that you might not encounter day-to-day, and act like a tourist in your own district with a group of friends.
If there were any pitfalls to the idea behind the app I would say that the weather could be a dampening factor – I happened to be on my third stop when a ceaseless rain began to fall. But since that's beyond anyone's control, there's really no blame to impart – just pick your days carefully.
For more info, check out the BiteMojo website here.


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3 Stocks to Own as Regional Banks Rebound
HIBS – Regional bank stocks Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS), Webster Financial (WBS), and German American Bancorp (GABC) don't get much attention, but they should. Here's why.
By Phil Hall
In just the first few days of trading in 2021, regional bank stocks are soaring. The SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE) is up more than 12%, while the S&P 500 is trading just 1.29% higher.
The banking industry saw more than its fair share of challenges in 2020, ranging from the closure of branches due to the coronavirus pandemic, to the increased competition from non-bank fintechs. The Deloitte Center for Financial Services is estimating that the U.S. banking industry may have to provision for a total of $318 billion in net loan losses from 2020 to 2022, which would represent 3.2% of loans.
Last month, Fitch Ratings revised its Sector Outlook for U.S. banks from Negative to Stable for 2021, although it also pointed out that approximately 60% of U.S. bank ratings were carrying a Negative Outlook. While the ratings agency acknowledged that "bank fundamentals have largely held up better than our baseline and downside scenarios, suggesting widespread downgrades are less likely," it also warned a continuation of the historically low interest rate environment and declining loan demand, coupled with the uncertainty of credit quality when the federal stimulus is eventually tapered, could pose new problems for the industry.
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Nonetheless, investors have not lost their appetite for bank stocks. And while the largest banks inevitably gain the lion's share of attention, a trio of regional banks that rarely gain the national spotlight – Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS), Webster Financial Corp. (WBS), and German American Bancorp (GABC) – continue to offer consistently solid performances in our proprietary POWR Ratings and are likely to see continued gains into 2021.
Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS)
HIFS was founded in 1834 and has 10 branches spread across the Boston, southern Massachusetts and Nantucket markets. In its Q3 earnings, the bank reported $2.719 billion in assets, up from $2.48 billion one year earlier.
HIFS' book value per share was $130.24 as of Sept. 30 closing date of Q3, representing 17% annualized growth year-to-date and 17% growth year-over-year. In addition to the increase in book value per share, HIFS declared $2.31 in dividends per share since Q3 2019, including a special dividend of $0.60 per share declared during the fourth quarter of 2019 – HIFS' regular dividend per share has been rising over the last four quarters.
At the close of Q3, the bank had modified less than 1% of its total loan portfolio by number and less than 3% by dollar in response to pandemic. HIFS Chairman Robert H. Gaughen Jr. announced the Q3 earnings by noting that the bank has responded to "unusual opportunities" in the pandemic-era economy while remaining "focused on careful capital allocation, defensive underwriting and disciplined cost control – the building blocks for compounding shareholder capital through all stages of the economic cycle."
HIFS is trading at $216.21, slightly below its 52-week high of $230.02 and a comfortable distance from its 52-week low of $125.55. It holds an overall POWR Rating of "A" (Strong Buy), with POWR Components of "A" for Trade Grade, "A" for Buy & Hold Grade, and "A" for Peer Grade.
Webster Financial Corp. (WBS)
WBS is the parent company of Waterbury, Connecticut-headquartered Webster Bank and its HSA Bank division. The company was founded in 1935 and operates 156 branches across Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
In its Q3 earnings report, WBS reported $32.9 billion in assets, up from $29.8 billion one year earlier. WBS' Q3 loan growth of $2.3 billion was up by 11.8% from a year ago – excluding Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, Q3 total loan growth was $946 million, or 4.8% year-over-year. Q3 deposit growth was $3.6 billion, or 15.6% year-over-year, fueled by a $1.8 billion rise in demand deposits and $688 million in HSA deposits.
"True to our heritage and our values, we are pleased to be able to do our part to help consumers and businesses manage through uncertainties brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic," said John R. Ciulla, chairman and CEO, in announcing the Q3 results.
However, WBS is not without problems. Last month, it announced plans to close 27 branches across Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts as part of a cost-cutting strategy designed to reduce operational expenses by up to 10% before the end of 2021.
WBS is trading at $45.96, closer to its 52-week high of $53.60 than its 52-week low of $18.16. It carries an overall POWR Rating of "B" and its components include an "A" Trade Grade, a "C" Buy & Hold Grade, and an "A" Peer Grade. It is ranked #9 out of 81 in the Northeast Regional Banks category.
German American Bancorp (GABC)
Jasper, Indiana-based GABC was founded in 1910 and is the parent company of German American Bank, which serves southern Indiana and Kentucky from 80 branches, and also operates German American Investment Services Inc. and German American Insurance Inc.
In its Q3 earnings report, GABC's total assets were $4.85 billion, an increase of $496.9 million, or 11%, compared with the previous year. GABC's Q3 earnings of $14.6 million, or $0.55 per share, was an increase of approximately 12%, on a per share basis, compared to third quarter 2019 net income of $13.1 million, or $0.49 per share. End-of-period loans, as of the conclusion of Q3, were approximately $3.2 billion, a year-over-year increase of $164 million, or approximately 5%, while total deposits approximately $4 billion were up by $548 million, or approximately 16%, relative to one year earlier. The Company also declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.19 per share.
"The current environment of extremely low general market interest rates makes it very difficult to drive growth of net interest income," said GABC Chairman and CEO Mark A. Schroeder.
"Additionally, it's prudent to continue to enhance the level of our allowance for credit losses until the future economic impact of the pandemic is more readily determinable. In spite of these headwinds, we were, nevertheless, able to generate very strong 12% year-over-year quarterly earnings improvement by focusing on the growth of multiple sources of non-interest income and solid control of nearly every category of operating expenses."
GABC is trading at $35.50, slightly below its 52-week high of $36.17 and comfortably higher than its 52-week low of $23.54. It carries a POWR Rating of "A" and its rating components include an "A" Trade Grade, "A" Buy & Hold Grade, "B" Peer Grade and "B" Industry Rank. It is ranked #7 out of 57 stocks in the Midwest Regional Banks category.
HIBS shares were trading at $1.35 per share on Thursday morning, down $0.09 (-5.94%). Year-to-date, HIBS has declined -19.16%, versus a 1.36% rise in the benchmark S&P 500 index during the same period.
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