Mercury

• PHOENIX, March 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- As the #1 fastest-growing bank in Arizona recording 625% loan growth in 2023* helping small businesses, Integro Bank is thrilled to announce its next upcoming exclusive event for the CEO Club.
• Elaine Szeto, Chief Innovation Officer at Integro Bank, stated, "From one Chief Innovation Officer to another, Paul Rivers has created a path less traveled by others.
• The program has completed its first full year, resulting in the fast-paced organic growth that Integro Bank has observed.
• March's event showcases the continued growth and opportunities that Integro Bank is providing to small businesses.

• "We are excited to continue this partnership with Flume," said Adam Bakonis, Mercury Senior Product Manager.
• Flume's Smart Home Water Monitor is compatible with about 95% of residential water meters in the United States (you can check compatibility at flumewater.com).
• After a quick, 10-minute DIY installation, Flume begins monitoring your water usage and can help prevent or reduce damages due to leaks.
• The Flume app is unique in that it allows you to monitor your water usage inside and outside your home.

• LOS ANGELES , March 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Forbes Magazine has named Mercury Insurance as one of America's best mid-sized employers for 2024, the fifth time the company has been recognized since 2017.
• Organizations with 1,000 to 5,000 employees were deemed mid-sized employers while companies with more than 5,000 employees were considered large.
• "We are exceptionally proud of being chosen as one of America's Best Mid-Size Employers, yet again," said Heidi Sullivan, Vice President and Chief Human Capital Officer for Mercury.
• Headquartered in Los Angeles, Mercury Insurance provides auto, homeowners and business insurance through more than 4,700 employees and a network of more than 8,000 independent agents in 11 states.

• Medieval monastic thinkers often recorded celestial events such as eclipses.
• Most medieval observation of the heavens was by eye.
• Chroniclers, if not observing the event themselves, would rely on an eyewitness or other written records for the details.
• It is important to appreciate that this explains the serious attention paid to astrology in ancient and medieval thought.

• Direct correlations were made then by chroniclers of the period between celestial phenomena and political change – bearing in mind that most, if not all, chronicles were written after the fact.
• A comet is a star which is not always visible, but which appears most frequently upon the death of a king, or on the destruction of a kingdom.
• Another example, from September 13 1178, concerns the observation of the “horns” of the partially eclipsed Sun rotating to point towards the Earth.
• This was followed in the same year by a cruel war and terrible bloodshed in those counties, and general disturbances happened throughout England, Wales and Ireland.

Today’s celestial spectacles

• These days, celestial spectacles are seen as simply manifestations of the richness of a natural world that is explicable, at least in principle.
• Nevertheless, despite the predictive success of, for example, the theory of gravity and classical dynamics, there are still problems that remain unpredictable.

Giles Gasper receives funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK, and The Leverhulme Trust Brian Tanner does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.