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A highlight from Real Estate Market (Crashing)? Price Reduction Scripts & Systems
"Welcome to Real Estate Coaching Radio, starring award -winning real estate coaches and number one international bestselling authors, Tim and Julie Harris. This is the number one daily radio show for realtors looking for a no BS, authentic, real time coaching experience. What's really working in today's market, how to generate more leads, make more money, and have more time for what you love in your life. And now your hosts, Tim and Julie Harris. And we are back. Now we're going to be really drilling down over the next five podcasts on pricing listings to sell, but also getting price reductions. There's a lot of technique to the things we're going to be sharing with you guys. A lot of scripts, a lot of systems. It's very important that you use the notes that are below. Obviously we try to, I think almost always put all of our notes, right Julie? In the show description below. So scroll down, all the notes are there and we're going to be really getting into the weeds with all of you so that frankly you can start pricing your listings to sell. If you have listings now that are overpriced, then you can get them repositioned on the market so they correctly reflect the market's expectations. That was a script. Did you write it down? Snuck that in on them, didn't you? I did. And when your hunting expires, as all of you will be doing, you're also going to be knowing how to get the prices adjusted accordingly so the properties will sell. So this week is very intense, really focused on pricing properties to sell because it is going to become very, very tricky in many markets. Now I'm going to start out with a little bit of, we need to I think have a common understanding of the difference between value and price. And I'm reading your notes and I see what you're about to talk about so I think this will fit in perfectly. It's a good intro. Right. Well, we'll see. Back to you. Yeah, exactly. So I was thinking about this last night, how to explain. So Julie and I, when we socialize with people and go to parties and just talk with all of you guys, just run across everyone. People make the mistake constantly of saying there's some sort of or alluding to or believing that there's some sort of big price or value erosion that's going on. Value erosion, not price erosion. Value versus price. That's where I'm going with all this. Because back in 2007, 8, and 9, there was value erosion. The values of the properties actually dropped below what people paid for them. So there's a difference between pricing and value. So get this clear in your head and then I think it'll give your mind room to be open to the thoughts that we're going to be sharing with you in a second. So if you have, like I'll give you an example, Julie and I had, let's say if we had a car for sale and let's say we put the car for sale for 50 grand and even though the market tells us that the car is worth 30 grand, like every single comp, every single thing that's out there is telling us that car is not worth 50, it's worth 30, right? You guys with me so far? And then we eventually, in order to get the car sold, we have to adjust the price down to 30. Did we lose 20 grand or did we just finally price the house correctly? Do you guys get the difference? And so what a lot of people are believing is because they have to price their properties correctly that the properties have lost value. No, they didn't. They lost value maybe in your head, right? They didn't actually lose value. The difference between, so for example, if we'd bought that car for 30 grand, let's say, and we were selling it for 15 grand, then yeah, we lost 15 grand. That's like what was happening in 2007, 2008, 2009, well, mostly seven and eight. The definition of a short sale, you're selling it for less than you owe. Well short sale, you're selling it for less than you owe, or exactly, assuming you owe like you just said. So yeah, so that's the whole moral of the story here. So please don't think this is anything like the previous market, which I'm teeing you up perfectly. Exactly. As we have said, pricing is the hot topic all week because it's a big hairy topic. We'll take a look at the factors causing price reductions, what to do from a listing agent's perspective, as well as what to do when you're representing a buyer. And we're going to dive into some price reduction scripts and give you the confidence you need to navigate the changing market. So let's first take a look at what's happening to prices right now. And no, by saying that, we are not talking about the market crashing. Just as Tim said, the market is not crashing, it is simply normalizing. So here are the facts, hot off the presses. Nationwide, one in every 15 listings had a price reduction in the past 30 days. That's about six and a half of active list, six and a half percent of active listings in the country. However, some markets have seen 50 % of active listings get a price reduction in the past 30 days. So let's compare those two. Nationwide, it averages out to six and a half percent of actives got a price reduction last month. But there are many markets that it's quite a bit more severe. But so what this is, when you see this kind of statistic, we've seen this before. Julie and I have been doing this for decades. And what this is kind of a, I don't even want to, I don't want to be overly critical, but this is essentially sellers who have unrealistic expectations as far as what their homes are worth. We call it aspirational pricing. And frankly, this is evidence of agents that don't know how to actually properly price properties. In other words, they're just taking the listing at an elevated price. Maybe they don't know how to go about setting the price correctly in the first place, or maybe they don't want to, they don't have the skill set being blunt to get the property priced correctly in the first place. So when you see these kinds of widespread statistics and especially something like 6%, which is a pretty meaningful number, honestly, when you see numbers like that, that is essentially the market still adjusting to the new reality. That's the sellers adjusting to the new reality. And that's also the agents having to learn how to adjust to the new reality. And then, you know, doctor filling their sellers, you know, learning how to write exactly this, this type of information. When you see these types of statistics, this is 100 % proof that the market is still very much adjusting. Now, also taking the time, you know, take when you're considering all this, what time of year it is, what's the, you know, what's interest rates are doing. And so these types of things in a cyclically adjusting market, the numbers will go up and down pretty radically pretty fast. So just adjust accordingly. This information is as of two days ago. That's right. Now, the five metro areas with the highest percentage of listings that got price cuts, this is the percentage of listings that had a price reduction. When I give you these stats, these percentages, that doesn't mean they're coming down by that percent. That's just the percent of overall actives that had to have a price reduction. So that's Wenatchee, Washington State, Idaho Falls, Idaho, Carson City, Nevada, and Austin, Round Rock area, and Waco, Texas. Those were all in the 50 to 54 percent of active listings came down. Again, that doesn't mean they came down by 50 percent. It just means half of the actives had a price reduction. Now she took that sort of sampling because obviously price reductions were happening all over the country, but she was using that to show the fact that it's happening in these completely different unrelated markets. That's right. So unlike before, you know, when the market was super hot for several years, kind of the whole country moved about the same way. We were all going rapidly up in price. We all had multiple offers basically on anything. All it had to do was be available. Well, now we're seeing markets kind of stretch apart, and what's happening in the ones I just rattled off is different than, say, Florida, which still is pretty strong. So you have to know your actual market. Now, this is all happening, all these price reductions are all happening at the same time that prices are still up by at least 3 percent this year and are expected to end up averaging about 5 percent higher by year's end. This figure shows you that we are normalizing, not crashing. A crash would not have price increases. Okay, so that's worth, we really need to drill down on that. So listen to what Julie just said, be very, very clear in your head. There were no price increases, there were no value increases that were happening, it was value basically, that were happening during 2007, 2008, quite the opposite, right? Properties in some markets dropped by, you know, 40 plus percent. That is not what we're experiencing. Year over year, what Julie just explained to all of you guys, is that in many markets prices went up, values of properties went up by at least 5 percent. So despite what the headlines and all the click -baity things on all the news channels and all the rest of it are leading you to believe about real estate, guess what? If you own a home, it went up by probably at least 5 percent this year. Exactly. Okay, now, remember, again, we're proving the point that we are adjusting and normalizing, not crashing. Remember this, at $52 trillion, the total value of homes in the U .S. is up, get this, 49 percent since before the pandemic. That truly is insane. Yes, 49 percent. So these price adjustments won't be catastrophic to most sellers. We're a very long way away from short sales, so don't go thinking the sky is falling. Okay, so again, worth drilling down. Prices are up by almost 50 percent in the last... It's since 2019. Now what you're seeing now with the price adjustments or the price reductions essentially that many markets are now experiencing, remember that you still had 5 percent increase in value in the last 12 months. So you're looking at properties in many markets that have increased by at least 50 percent since 2019? Yeah, since pre -pandemic. Okay, so that is a substantial massive increase. Now, the value of those properties, there's no reason to believe, and it's incredibly important you're really clear in your head about this, that the values of the homes are going to somehow regress back into say 2019 values. And I read that sometimes from people that are, I don't want to come off overly negative, but they really piss me off because they don't use any real factual information. No, they're only using their thought that, well, you know, prices were going really high in and 2006 5, and so then there was a crash, and since prices have gone up, there must be a crash. That's not based on any underlying factors. It's just basically, well, that's what it did before, that's what it's going to do now. It's basically yo -yo thinking about, you know, there's going to be another bubble that's going to burst. There's no reason to believe that's true. The same people who've been predicting that since, again, 2019, they've been wrong year after year after year after year, and they're going to continue to be wrong because nothing is the same as it was back in 2007. Well, that's why we're facting them, right? Okay, so look at the runway, though. Okay, so a 49 % increase since pre -pandemic, and you know, the average, and not every single listing is having a price reduction, but when they do, they're still only coming down by less than 5 % on average, so you've got that remaining, you know, 44 % left to go before you're even Steven with 2019. There's just so much runway there. Now, are there isolated instances where people refinanced, took a bunch of equity out, didn't have a very big down payment in the first place, and maybe are behind on payment, and that makes them even very, very, very randomly, literally less than, I think it's like 3 .5 % of the market of closings were even short sales. So along those lines, again, you'll have this memorized because that is what you do. Possibly. We'll see. No, she will. You watch, listeners. So what percent of all home inventory is distressed? almost It's like 4%, but it's less than 4 % overall. Which is a record low for what period of time? Forever. Yeah. Literally forever. It is a record low since they started recording it, I think back in the 80s. You remember when all the - And actually, it's gone down. It was a previous low, and it's actually gotten lower in the past quarter. Remember when all the naysayers were saying, well, when the COVID - Forbearances. Forbearances. There was going to be a foreclosure wave. There's one thing after another, after another, after another. Okay. So the forbearance naysayers, there's going to be this awful backup of foreclosures due to forbearances. Well, they also said there would be a silver tsunami when all the baby boomers just had to sell their houses all of a sudden. And they also thought there would be an Airbnb bust. And now the new thing is, as soon as somebody has to make their student loan payments, well, that means they're going to miss their mortgage payments from one drama to the next, but not based on facts, which we like to sprinkle upon you. Again, the reason that we're so adamant about you guys getting these facts and the reason that we spend so much time on this podcast and our coaching program to make sure you have the actual information is because if you operate with bad information, you're going to then pass that bad information along to your customers. You're then going to, you know, it always comes down to the same thing. If you don't believe that tomorrow is going to be better than today, you're not going to take the actions today that would have made tomorrow better than today. In other words, if you believe the sky is falling, you're sure as hell not going to do what you don't want to do when you don't want to do at the highest level, you're not going to learn to price properties correctly. You're not going to learn how to get prices, you know, lower prices on homes. Why would you bother after all tomorrow? It's going to be, you know, some sort of, you know, locust apocalypse, so you're never actually going to make tomorrow better than today. So that's really the reason that you want to purge from your mind all of these naysayers, all of these snake oil salesmen that are trying to sell you into the belief that there's any sort of anything other than frankly, amazing things that are going to happen in the real estate markets. And here's a little foreshadowing, and we're working on a podcast about this. If you look purely at the demographics of what the United States is experiencing over the next 20, 30 years, it's extraordinary and it's going to do nothing but maybe even increase the demand for housing by something like five to seven X. So that's how many home sales and how much new construction is going to have to be built just to meet demand and it's going to be built and that demand will be met and you are going to be a beneficiary of that provided that you are taking the right steps now to, you know, stay relevant in the real estate. That's right. And provided that you make it through this next three to six months because it is going to be more challenging than you're used to. That's why we're talking about price reductions because we've seen, you know, we've gotten texts, we've seen videos online, we've seen stuff on social media where agents were losing their minds over having to do price reductions, hearing about price reductions, having to ask a seller to come down.
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A highlight from Real Estate Agents Money Making New Construction Plan (Part 2)
"Welcome to Real Estate Coaching Radio, starring award -winning real estate coaches and number one international bestselling authors, Tim and Julie Harris. This is the number one daily radio show for realtors looking for a no BS, authentic, real time coaching experience. What's really working in today's market, how to generate more leads, make more money, and have more time for what you love in your life. And now your hosts, Tim and Julie Harris. Welcome back. We are on to day two and we're picking up where we left off yesterday and we're talking about how to make money with new construction. If you didn't listen to yesterday's points, make sure you go back and listen and I know a lot of you will find, by the way, the show we did prior to yesterday is the day before will also be, I think, a very big eye opener for many of you with regards to the different types of mortgage financing that's out there. But without any further delay, Julie, let's just roll right back in and let's talk about the easiest, the most advanced ways that agents can work in new construction. That's right. So we're going to start with something a hundred percent of you can do to get your feet wet with new construction and then we'll end with the most advanced iteration of making money with new builds. So point number one, work in a new construction model home during the hours the builder doesn't build with that builder or don't build it at all. They might buy new construction, for example. Think listing leads, new construction buyer leads, et cetera. And in fact, I think you know this, we have several of our coaching clients who have worked out deals with even some of the bigger builders. I know one of our coaching clients in Texas has a deal worked out with KB Homes, which by all means is kind of a production builder. They've got tons of different neighborhoods. Well, when one of them is about to be done and the next one is just starting, they don't go around. Coverage being that there's not enough new build reps to go around to all the model homes that they have available. That's right. Or maybe the hours that they work doesn't work all the time. Maybe there's just one day a week that you can do this. Anyway, our coaching client worked out a deal where she makes a certain percent if she sells one of their new builds. So she's basically acting like a sub for the new build reps when the new build reps can't or for whatever reason don't want to be at that particular new build model. Now, it's important though to explain this why the new build reps want to do this. Because they're going to get paid regardless of who brings the buyer, so they don't care. And new build reps, especially using Julie's example KB, they're not going to be listing resells. They're only selling the product that that builder has for sale in that particular subdivision. Most of the new build reps aren't even allowed to sell across subdivisions. If there's five KB Homes developments and I'm thinking of Keith Moulton and his great new EXP group and Inkeny, Iowa and all that whole big area of Iowa where they are, they're all those large new build constructor guys. They list the mid -tier ones and they list them within their EXP group, but the upper tier ones, the really large national ones, it's exactly like what Julie and I are describing. So what Julie is saying with point number one is, again, get off your duffs, get away from your keyboard and go out and befriend the new build reps and then offer to basically be their sub working in the models. They are going to say yes, provided they respect you and they know that you'll represent them well. They might have to ask for permission, but in a lot of cases they won't. And you will, guess what, sell new construction, but you're also going to pick off some resale leads. In other words, someone's going to walk in, they're going to want to build with that builder and they're going to have a house to sell, you're going to get that lead. And why is it that the new build reps aren't licensed? It's very obvious. The new builder pays them a salary, pays them a commission, doesn't want their loyalties divided, but also doesn't want that new build rep to then start, well, this model is not good for you at XYZ homes, I'm going to take you across the street and sell you one from ABC homes. They want that particular staff member only selling that particular product. That's where you can come in. Point number two. Well, that's right. And let me just point out why this is number one. Remember, we're going from easiest to most advanced. Notice that here you are not asking for a listing agreement. You are not, I mean, you can write the buyer side, which they're already prepared to pay. All you really have to do is learn a little bit about their product and how a builder contract works, which is generally more simple than your normal contract. Actually even simpler than that, Julie, because what you just said is going to intimidate about 90 % of them if you think about what you just said, right? Even simpler. Just be the meter and greeter and the police fill out your information or, you know, that's it. And then turn over the lead. Don't even do anything other than meet them and greet them because guess what? You met that buyer when they walked into that model, you're going to get the commission. Let them walk through the model. Let them walk through several models, maybe some specs. As long as they've registered, if those people decide to build with that particular builder, you will get paid whatever the co -op commission is. So open your eyes to how easy this can be for all of you. That's something a very low skilled new agent can easily pull off. I think of new construction model homes as kind of like the best buyer mousetrap ever. If buyers are searching, and we know for a fact with lower inventory, buyers are going to these new builds on their own, they're finding the inventory, you might as well be the one between them and the house, right? I mean, we're going to belabor this point too long, but this is something else. It's very rare that you see a new builder up that has an assistant. So if somebody walks in, and they want to see a spec that's maybe 10 minutes away in the subdivision, that means they lock the door to that model home, which means any subsequent buyers that pull up, which may have been equally as motivated, are going to get, you know, they're going to leave and they're going to go next door, they're going to maybe even leave the whole area. You guys get the point. So what the new build rep wants to do is sell more new construction. What you can do is cover them when they're not there. Maybe just act as their assistant on the weekends, and you will pick up sales that way. We've had lots of coaching clients do this over the years. I will say a funny story, I remember this. We had a coaching client that would go to this new build model area where it was a, I think it was a gal actually, and she knew this builder rep only worked on Saturdays. She knew that, guess what, most of the buyers were coming out on Sundays, and they never were there Monday through Friday. So what did she do? She went out and made camp, basically. Go where the buyers are. And then she just waited for the buyers to pull up, and then she was selling the new build rep's models, and she was obviously pulling off other business from that. I mean, talk about a great, a very ambitious, very proactive lead generator. Which, by the way, didn't cost you a referral fee, or a impression fee, or any other kind of paying for your leads fee. And you didn't have to make a TikTok video to get the sale. Not even that. Okay. Imagine if you will. All right, point number two, how do you make money with new construction? Create a relationship with those new build reps, and or the sales managers at different projects, where they refer the resale listings to you. Now, if they are licensed, and remember, they aren't always. It's very, very rare, only if they're really, really small builders, that you'll find a new build rep that is licensed. But we just belabored this point exhaustively, I think. We rolled that into point number one. Anyway, if they happen to be licensed, you can pay them a referral fee. If not, you can do gift cards and other things. But the flip side to it is, is a lot of times, and you and I did this when we sold real estate, we've coached our other agents to do this as well. Let's say you do go to one of those small or mid -level builders, and there's, it's frankly, usually the person that's the build rep is the wife or the husband of the actual builder, And so what you can do, as opposed to having any sort of financial exchange, what they're going to want to do is they're going to want to thank you for selling that particular house by giving you the listing on their next spec. And that's something you can do mostly in the really high end. So if you approach a builder that's specing on a really high end build, and they're still out there, plenty of them, and you're going to say, well, I have a potential buyer or buyers for this property. In the past, when I've worked with other high end builders, the arrangement we've had is I help them sell this particular house to one of my buyers. And then when they build another spec that they'll list that house with me. So then obviously I can help them sell that property as well. And you'll be surprised how that domino of buyer to listing, buyer to listing, buyer to listing, that can last you your entire real estate career. Yeah. It's a beautiful relationship and you can have more than one with more than, you know, different builders. Right? So that kind of leads us into that third point, list the spec homes. Now we've been throwing around that term. What is a spec home? A spec home spec stands for speculation and they come in two flavors. One is the builder is building a home that does not have a contract on it yet speculating that they will. That's why it's called a spec home. And the other way spec home happens is if somebody was in contract to build with that builder, but for some reason, either they backed out, they lost their financing, they lost their will to sell. Somehow the deal came apart and it becomes an inventory home. Sometimes they're called inventory homes instead of spec homes. We're going to share with you guys now, like normal price range stuffs in normal price range, let's say even nowadays, what the hell is normal pricing, right? A million or less. Generally speaking, it's very easy to get out of a new build contracts because the builder knows they've got a hundred buyers that one particular house, but the more expensive stuff when you starting into multimillion dollar spec homes, what happens a lot of times is the builder will ask for the buyer to, in essence, have 20 % hard money into the house. In other words, let's say the buyer is buying a $5 million house and the builder is going to ask for, and usually two deposits, a million dollars. And if the bill, if the buyer doesn't close that a million dollars stays with the builder, you see? So these are just different little things you're going to learn as you climb the ladder. We've had coaching clients, we coach agents to sell new construction, all different price ranges. So you need everywhere from, you know, big old ranches and land, raw land, trees, forests, all the way obviously to ultra luxury homes. So all these skills are applicable to all markets and all price ranges, which leads me to a friendly reminder. The notes for today's podcast are down in the section below. So if you scroll down under the video, if you're watching on YouTube or if you're over on iTunes or Stitcher or Spotify, just go down there and open up the show description. You'll see all the notes as Julie and I are presenting them for the most part. And you're also going to see a link to join Premier Coaching. Now Premier Coaching is, from what we understand, the nation's number one selling coaching program for real estate professionals. And the best part is, I think all of you will agree, is you can join Premier Coaching right now for free. It's a next natural step for all of you in your real estate careers. We know you love this podcast. It's the number one listen to daily podcast for real estate professionals in the United States. You won't believe what you get as part of being a coaching client. This is training. At the best we can do in the 20 or 30 minutes we have you every day, it's training. Coaching is what you get when you join Premier Coaching. So click the link below or you can go to premiercoaching .com or of course you can text the word Premier to 47372. But remember when texting message and data rates may apply. That is going to be homework from this podcast and every podcast after that. Next point Julie. Point number four, list every listing the builder has representing them on the whole development or the whole building if it's a condo building for example. This may include both lots to sell to other builders and or the actual homes or condos being built. That's where you you have the relationship with the builder. So I'm thinking about people like Lance and Karen Kenmore out in Washington state who have been coaching clients for a long time. They have multiple builders, different developments where they represent the entire thing. So they have signs on lots. They can sell those to other builders. They have signs on lots that they're representing the builder. It's not built yet. They have half built homes. They have spec homes. They have everything. One of their builders is going to do a town home project next so they can do different products as well. So another little idea of spinning off Julie's point number four is if you for example have the opportunity to list a parcel of land, a big swath of land that might be great for a developer. There are people that do the developing. There are people that go and essentially have if necessary the zoning work done. They'll put in the sewers, the electric. They'll even subdivide all the lots and all the rest of it and then they sell those off to builders. A lot of times some of these land developers, all they'll do is identify the lands and they'll sell some of the land to somebody to develop the land all on up. So what you're going to discover is from a big old farm field to new construction and a big huge subdivision, there are different levels of businesses that are involved. Now how do you stay involved if you're the one that happens to cross the big old soybean field as was the case for Julie and I sold real estate. All right, so you find the big parcel. Let's call it, you know, 25, 50, 100 acres, whatever it is. You then will list the property and then you will then find the people in that particular market that do the development and then the developer, if the lots are then sold as a whole off to a new builder, which is usually how it actually works, try to stay attached to the transaction every single deal, every time the property changes hands. Make it so that you're part of the deal every step of the way. I'll give you an example. There's a friend of Julie and I's in Houston, his name is Vinod, he owns a place called Urban Living and in its day it was a massive brokerage and what he would do is he goes out and identifies, well he would find a parcel of land in Houston, the zoning laws and this is, you guys are going to think I'm making it up but it's true, in Houston you can actually have a commercial building right by a residential building and so it's not uncommon when you're driving around certain areas of Houston where you see like how the hell is there a church's chicken right next to a, for example, a literal home next to a condo building, next to a car wash.
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A highlight from UPDATED: How Big A Deal Are The Changes to Crypto Accounting Standards?
"Welcome back to The Breakdown with me, NLW. It's a daily podcast on macro, Bitcoin, and the big picture power shifts remaking our world. What's going on, guys? It is Thursday, September 7th, and today we are asking how big a deal are new crypto accounting rules? Before we get into that, however, if you are enjoying The Breakdown, please go subscribe to it, give it a rating, give it a review, or if you want to dive deeper into the conversation, come join us on The Breakers Discord. You can find a link in the show notes or go to bit .ly slash breakdown pod. Now, reiterating that point, I said this on my AI show as well, but today you are listening to a birthday episode. Yes, 39 years ago today I was born, and if you would like to give me a beautiful gift, leaving a rating or a review for this show wherever you happen to listen to it would be an awesome, awesome thing to do. I appreciate all of you listeners and participants, and so let's talk new crypto accounting rules. The Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, have changed their recommendations for how crypto holdings should be recorded in corporate financial statements. The FASB oversees reporting and accounting standards for companies that follow generally accepted accounting principles or GAAP guidelines. On Wednesday, the FASB unanimously passed a vote to recommend fair value accounting for crypto assets held on corporate balance sheets. This means crypto will be marked at the prevailing market price in financial reporting. Previously, corporations were recommended to record impairment losses on their balance sheet when the price of crypto fell. This impairment was not removed if crypto prices recovered, making it difficult to quickly determine the value of corporate crypto holdings using this method. Michael Saylor, the chairman of MicroStrategy, has been railing against this recommended accounting for years, claiming that it made little sense it was misleading to investors. MicroStrategy and some other companies worked around this problem by providing an alternative accounting within their financial disclosures, which included the current fair value of crypto holdings. Now, the FASB kept the proposed changes simple and elected not to address NFTs, wrapped tokens, or stablecoins for now. Companies may begin using this method in their official accounting immediately, with the rules officially changing in 2025. FASB member Christine Bodasan said, It's not very often that we can both take cost out of the system and improve the decision usefulness of information, and it makes it a really easy vote to do both of those. Jeff Runlet, the head of accounting strategy at accounting software company Cryptio, said, It's a great step forward for the entire crypto market. I think it's a great step towards mainstream adoption. I can see finalizing this proposal to help large corporations that are maybe scared to hold crypto on their balance sheet because they're scared of the technical complexities. Now, by and large, the community greeted the news as something that was unlikely to cause big widespread attention, but which was quietly significant. Michael Saylor tweeted, Fair value accounting is coming to Bitcoin. This upgrade to FASB accounting rules eliminates a major impediment to corporate adoption of Bitcoin as a treasury asset. Stack Hodler says, Huge FASB votes in favor of fair value accounting for Bitcoin on corporate balance sheets. Most public corporations couldn't stack Bitcoin without this rule change. Now, cash rich companies have a way to ensure their bond portfolios against debasement. Dr. Chris Dark said, They voted unanimously to change the rules to fair value accounting, which is logical by the end of the year. FASB rule change for crypto matters for corporates a lot. It's boring and wonky, but it fixes one of the most silly accounting rules where it was an indefinite lived intangible asset. TLDR, corporates will be able to hold Bitcoin or ETH or crypto, and in quarterly accounts it will be valued at its fair value, not by the current rules, which is at its purchase cost minus impairment. Genuinely big news that no one will care much about. Well, Dr. Dark, we care about it here at The Breakdown. Next up, another bit of news along the same theme of institutionalization, which really one could joke, pretty reasonably, that the perpetual bull narrative in crypto is institutions just around the corner. Anyway, a pair of asset managers filed applications for Spot Ethereum ETFs on Wednesday. ARK, in partnership with 21Shares as well as VanEck, will try their luck to get the first of their kind products approved by the SEC. Now a reminder about process, once the regulator acknowledges the applications, that will start the clock on a 240 -day deadline for a final SEC decision. The first interim deadline for the regulator comes after 45 days, and these Spot ETH filings join 16 existing applications for products offering exposure to Ethereum futures. Now if you want a little more insight into 21Shares and their parent 21 .co, go check out my interview with CEO Hani Rashwan on Bitcoin Builders. We talk about how much the company and the industry has changed since they got their first -ever crypto exchange -traded product approved in December of 2018. Now back to this news, both of the applications filed on Wednesday featured a surveillance sharing agreement with Coinbase. This feature is intended to monitor Spot crypto markets for manipulation and has been seen as a key difference in the latest round of Spot Bitcoin ETF applications. Coinbase will also serve as the custodian for the ARK 21Shares ETF, although VanEck has not yet named a custodian. Up until now, the SEC has always summarily requested the withdrawal of Spot ETF applications. And yet, Grayscale's recent courtroom win has been widely viewed as making the SEC's continued rejection of Spot crypto ETFs for major tokens, if not untenable, then certainly at least on borrowed time. One of the key rulings is that there was no fundamental difference between how futures -based and spot -based ETFs should be considered, given that the markets are 99 % correlated. When all is said and done, Bloomberg analysts expect additional Spot ETH ETF applications to pour in over the rest of the week. Bloomberg analyst James Safard tweets, The Spot Ethereum ETF race is officially on. It's early, but I'd estimate a final deadline on these applications to be around May 23, 2024. Now, all the same, many crypto traders noticed that, once again, a bullish piece of news had basically no impact on price. ETH pumped an anemic 2 % on the news and then fully retraced. Based Carbon tweeted, We used to pump coins harder on fake Grayscale trust filings than we did on a real ETH ETF filing. Still, I think analyst Ilo has it when they write, Price action still looks like it's going to be bleak in the short term. No liquidity, no volume, everything basically dead. But 2024 is shaping up like this. Approved ETH futures and spot ETFs, hard to ask for a better setup. You get to buy the lows before all the flows are with us again. Shoot your shot. However, because we are in this in -between moment, that means that any day that has a bunch of good news is also going to have, if not bad news, then at least news of the cleanup and fallout of last year. On that front, bankrupt crypto lender Genesys have sued parent company Digital Currency Group for payment of over $620 million in loans, which came due in May. These loans have been at the center of the Genesys bankruptcy, with allegations that they were made in an attempt to paper over problems within the DCG empire after the collapse of Three Arrows Capital in May of last year. And yet, despite their notoriety, relatively little has been known about the details of these loans until this lawsuit was filed. According to the complaint, Genesys loaned DCG almost 19 ,000 Bitcoin in June 2022 under the terms of an open loan agreement first signed in 2019. In November, the loan was converted to a fixed term due on May 11th this year. The filing states that the loan was partially repaid with a balance of 4 ,550 .5 Bitcoin outstanding. The two parties underwent mediation, which ended in August, but continued to negotiate. According to a separate document also filed on Wednesday, Genesys extended four cash loans to DCG throughout 2022 worth a total of $500 million. DCG claimed that it was able to convert the loans back to open term loans under the prior agreement, but Genesys disagreed. Genesys is seeking the repayment of principal without late fees. Now, it's unlikely that this lawsuit will move forward anytime soon, as Genesys has stayed the court process. A DCG spokesperson said, Genesys has agreed to stay the turnover action so that we can move forward with documenting the deal in principle that was reached with Genesys, the Unsecured Creditors Committee, and DCG. We are documenting a forbearance agreement and expect to file it with the court shortly. At that point, we will initiate the distribution of funds and continue on the path to significant recovery for Genesys creditors. Now, you'll remember that this in -principle agreement was filed in late August and promised repayment of 70 -90 % on unsecured creditor claims. The deal was widely panned as a bad deal by commentators, and Gemini, who are the largest creditor in the Genesys bankruptcy, do not support the agreement. Roe Rider tweets, SEC needed a new reason to deny Grayscale ETF. Well, they just got it. Pending litigation against a parent company from lenders involving substantial underlying shares and assets is all the excuse they'll need. DCG can only hide behind its entity structure for so long. Now, one more smaller side story staying in the DCG world. Arkham Intelligence believes that they have identified a Bitcoin wallet cluster belonging to Grayscale. The on -chain tracking platform has flagged over 1 ,750 wallet addresses linked to Grayscale's Bitcoin trust holdings. Each wallet holds less than 1 ,000 Bitcoin worth around $25 .7 million. In total, the wallet cluster sums to $16 .1 billion in Bitcoin holdings, matching Grayscale's public disclosures. Arkham did not disclose the full list of wallet addresses. In addition to the Bitcoin wallets, though, Arkham has also identified Grayscale wallets containing other assets including $4 .9 billion in ETH. Moving on to other Fallout stories. The assets of former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky have been frozen according to a court order unsealed on Wednesday. The order was originally issued on August 16th, and the list of assets included accounts held with Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, and SoFi Bank, as well as a property in Austin, Texas. It included assets held in the name of companies Koala LLC and AM Ventures Holdings, as well as in the personal names of Alex Mashinsky and his wife Christine. Financial institutions are no longer permitted to facilitate transactions to and from the listed accounts. Mashinsky was of course arrested in July in relation to criminal fraud charges surrounding his operation of Celsius. Prosecutors claim Mashinsky defrauded customers and lied about Celsius's profitability. Mashinsky has pleaded not guilty to the criminal charges, which his lawyers have called baseless. He was released on bail after posting a $40 million bond. Mashinsky also faces civil lawsuits from the SEC, the CFTC, and the Federal Trade Commission. Over in FTX world, SPF's request for immediate release from jail has been rejected, pending appeal. Sam is currently appealing a decision to revoke his bail made last month by the Federal Circuit Judge assigned to his criminal case. The Court of Appeals denied a motion for immediate release on Wednesday, but will hear the appeal before a panel of three judges at the next available opportunity, although it's unclear how long that will take. Now, Sam's trial is set to begin in less than four weeks. Defense attorneys have been protesting Sam's lack of access to a suitable laptop to review volumes of evidence, which have been disclosed by prosecutors in discovery. They've complained of low -quality internet access on a laptop with insufficient battery life when Sam is brought to the courthouse to look over documents in a holding cell. But according to a joint letter filed by the DOJ on Tuesday, Sam now has an upgraded battery and access to the laptop seven days a week, with copies of the discovery documents downloaded to hard drives. The letter also claimed that the internet access provided is sufficient for most internet review activities. Sam's defense team has until the close of this week to apply for a delayed start to the trial on account of the claimed difficulty accessing documents. That said, during a hearing last week, the judge made no indication of whether they were likely to grant a delay on the information currently disclosed. Now, earlier this morning, Bloomberg also reported that Ryan Salem was going to be pleading guilty, but as of recording, we don't have more info as to what, so we'll have to circle back to that later this week. Lastly today, tornado cash developer Roman Storm was arraigned on Wednesday. He has pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to operate a money transmitter, facilitate money laundering, and sanctions evasion. Storm was released on a $2 million personal recognizance bond secured by his residence in Washington state immediately after his arrest last month. The tornado cash co -founder will remain on house arrest with limited travel allowed in central California, as well as to New York and New Jersey to attend court hearings. A Russian passport was seized from Storm who maintains dual citizenship. Fellow tornado cash co -founder Alexei Perseve is facing similar charges in the Netherlands and remains on house arrest awaiting his trial, and a third co -founder Roman Semenov has been charged by the DOJ but remains at large. Authorities allege the trio knowingly facilitated over $1 billion in money laundering through tornado cash without mitigating its illegal use. Tornado cash was for a time believed to be the primary money laundering system used by notorious North Korean hackers the Lazarus Group. Storm's lawyer, considered one of the top criminal defense attorneys in the crypto legal community, has said that authorities are In that, this case will be much more significant than just whether this set of people happen to do wrong. Anyways friends, that is going to do it for this birthday edition of The Breakdown. I appreciate you listening as always. Until tomorrow, be safe and take care of each other.
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"The Garden Question is a podcast for people that love designing, building, and growing smarter gardens that work. Listen in as we talk with successful garden designers, builders, and growers, discovering their stories along with how they think, work, and grow. This is your next step in creating a beautiful, year -round, environmentally connected, low -maintenance, and healthy, thriving outdoor space. It doesn't matter if you're a beginner or an expert, there will always be something inspiring when you listen to The Garden Question podcast. Hello, I'm your host, Craig McManus. Dean Norton fell in love with the Mount Vernon Estate Gardens 53 years ago and never left. After receiving a degree in horticulture from Clemson University, he began his career as the estate's boxwood gardener. The historical gardens of the first president of the United States, George Washington, became his responsibility in 1980. His promotion to horticulturalists allowed him to apply the latest plant science and horticultural management techniques for historical gardens. Dean has devoted considerable time to researching 18th century gardens and gardening practices. He has received awards for conservation from the DAR and the Garden Club of America, as well as the Garden Club of America's Elizabeth Craig Weaver Proctor National Medal. He is an honorary member of the Garden Club of Virginia and the Garden Club of Providence. He has been awarded an honorary doctorate from Washington College, serves on several historic property boards, and lectures nationally and internationally. This is Episode 125, Cultivating History, Exploring George Washington's Mount Vernon Garden, with Dean Norton, an encore presentation and remix of Episode 64. Dean, why did General George Washington, the first president of the United States, garden? Well, he really gardened for necessity. The earliest gardens were called gardens of necessity for health and survival. Of course, the most important plant to be planted within a garden were vegetables, something that you were going to have at the dinner table to eat. Vegetables were huge to him. Even during the Revolutionary War, he wanted to make sure that his troops were getting as many vegetables as they could whenever possible. I would not actually call him a gardener per se, but for a year and a half, he became a designer. He totally redid his country seat from a very simplistic design to one following naturalistic design principles. Then that landscape were four very fine gardens that he oversaw. What story does the Mount Vernon Garden tell? Tell us the story of a man that wanted his gardening world to be complete, I would say. He had a very small botanic garden, which he fondly called his little garden. When he was here on site, he was typically doing that work himself on his knees, planting seed and seedling saplings. He kept such good records in that little tiny garden that we were able to recreate that quite nicely. His earliest gardens were a fruit and nut garden and a kitchen garden, but when he changed his design, the kitchen garden remained as it is. The fruit and nut garden became a pleasure garden with vegetables in there as well, which is kind of an interesting combination. He had a vineyard for a while, but the grapes failed, and that became a fruit garden and nursery. The nursery was for plants that he could grow to plant on other areas of the estate and also to grow things just for collection of seed. What is today's mission for the garden? Today's mission for the garden is interpretation. We are trying to share with our visitors what life was like in the 18th century, why these gardens were important. Certainly after 1785, the gardens took on a new role, which was for people to come when he had created here at Mount Vernon. The story of gardeners themselves, the gardeners that Washington hired through the Articles of Indenture, also the enslaved gardeners that worked with the professional gardener to cultivate till to harvest. It's a great story. It's one that we thoroughly enjoy telling. Gardening really hasn't changed much from the 18th century, so the more we're out there digging in the earth, we think of those gardeners from the past. Today's visitors, how do they respond? I'll tell you what, when they come through the gates and they get to the Bowling Green Gate and see the house for the first time, that's exactly what they were expecting to see, this beautiful house that Washington lived in. But then the further they go into the landscape, they're really totally blown away by the amount of landscape and gardens that Washington had. They weren't expecting that at all. I think the gardens are well received, and I think that the stories we tell throughout the estate in so many different areas are certainly appreciated by our visitors. The garden's been there for about two and a half centuries. You've told us that there's four gardens that make up the Mount Vernon Garden. Could we walk through each one of those and you tell us about them? Sure. The panic garden is a simple garden, very small. It was intended to plant things that Washington was not familiar with, although sometimes other things that he knew quite well ended up in there as well. He received 500 Chinese seed, which he planted in one of the beds. None of them came up. So actually, we could show one of the beds with nothing but bare dirt and we would be exactly correct. That was his playground, and he truly loved getting plants he wasn't familiar with and planting them in there, and he did most of the work in there himself. There was an area that he started a vineyard, hoping to get some grapes for making wine, but that failed. That four -acre area became a fruit garden and nursery. Washington kept such good records that the fruit trees are planted exactly as he describes in that particular enclosure. Part of it is a nursery as well, where he grew trees and shrubs, also some other grasses and things just for the collection of seed. The kitchen garden was the first garden laid out in 1760, and that has been cultivated as a kitchen garden since 1760. It's never changed in its purpose, which is the only garden like that on the estate. Both the kitchen garden and fruit nut garden were an acre in size, so that's a significant garden. The nut garden changed from a garden of necessity to a pleasure garden, and that was meant to be the aha moment. When people were strolling around the Bowling Green, they could look through that gate, they saw a beautiful conservatory. The idea was to walk in there and just enjoy the beauty of the flowers, and those flowers were there for their enjoyment and not for their use. I think his gardening world was quite complete. You said the conservatory, would that be the greenhouse? That's correct. It had a greenhouse that he copied from a lovely property called Mount Clare, just to the north of Baltimore. The owner was Margaret Carroll. He asked for permission for some information, and she was thrilled and gave him all that he needed, even his first plants for his collection, to get his greenhouse started. I started studying that greenhouse in pictures. When I think greenhouse, I think a glass top or a plastic top or something like that, and this was constructed quite different. Could you tell us about how it was constructed and it was heated? The greenhouses in the 18th century typically just had glass panes on the south side, this was southern exposure. Also typically they were triple home windows, so you could open top and bottom to allow for good air circulation. This was quite modern, very good. It had a vaulted ceiling, so hot air didn't get trapped up at the corners. It had a wood door on the west side of the structure to keep afternoon sun from coming in. It was too hot. A glass door on the east side to allow morning sun in. It had shutters that closed very tight, so in the wintertime when you got whatever heat you could get from the solar energy, you could close those shutters and retain the heat overnight. It was heated by a stove room on the opposite side of the structure. The fire pit was quite low, and that hot air and smoke would go underneath the slate floor in the greenhouse and then rise up along the back wall and out the chimney. It was very efficient. It housed the semi -tropical plants and citrus trees in the winter. Not for them to continue to fruit, so he had lemons and limes and all that. Just to keep them alive in the wintertime. In all these gardens, he's combining beauty with necessity. How did he accomplish that? The one garden that really does that beautifully is the upper garden, or pleasure garden. He wanted a pleasure garden. He wanted the aha moment when someone walked into there. It's a 10 -foot -wide path, edged in boxwood with this greenhouse at the end. He was concerned, though, in that he didn't want to lose a lot of space to the growth of vegetables, which were still the most important plant that he grew on the property. 18th century horticulture said, look, George, you can do both. Plant your vegetables and then surround them with a border of flowers. The border could be three feet, five feet, whatever you so decide. It's the border that's actually the pleasure garden. So you're really not losing that much space to growing vegetables. How did Washington change his gardens to enhance Mount Vernon's natural beauty? He adopted the naturalistic style. There are four key elements of that. The curve line is nature's gift, management of surprises, random planting, and hidden barriers. If you can do those four things, you're well on your way to a wonderful naturalistic design. The management of surprises, the curve line helps you with that. Around each bend, you can do something different. The book that he's learning all these techniques from was written by a gentleman named Batty Langley. He wrote the book in 1728 called New Principles of Gardening. Washington purchased it in 1759. Langley goes in, he says, once you've seen one quarter of your garden, you should not have seen it all. There's nothing more shocking and stiff than a regular garden. He said every garden must have good shade. If you have to walk more than 20 paces in full sun, your walk is not worth it. Washington really took all these thoughts and comments to heart and made sure he put trees on either side of his serpentine avenues. Around each bend, he added shrubberies in wilderness areas and groves. It really was a complete landscape, and it was all just trying to stay within the qualifications or the requirements of a naturalistic garden. There are many historical events that took place away from Mount Vernon. For long periods of time, Washington was gone. How did he stay in touch with his garden and its growing? Much to his demise, much to our benefit, Washington, during the 45 years he lived here at Mount Vernon, he was away for 16 years, only visiting his house a couple times during all that time. When he is away, he's communicating with the land manager with lengthy letters, three, four, five pages long, giving him instructions to do this, make sure that is done, have you planted this, I want to try to do this next. We have that exchange of letters. Gives us a tremendous advantage in being able to represent Mount Vernon as accurately as we do in today's world. You should be considered the current garden overseer, but there's been many that have come before you. Have you got any good overseer stories about your predecessors? Yeah, there's some. I'm number 37. I don't know if that number is exactly correct, but I'm honored to be the current gardener, whatever number I am. They were all pretty competent in their practices. Washington called one clever because he was so good at grafting trees. Probably one of the cutest ones is when Washington's trying to hire a gardener. He's writing to his land manager saying that the gardener should not have any children, but if he does, only one, but certainly no more than two. He just keeps going on and on, giving almost any option possible for the gardener. He was always looking for the Scottish gardener because they were some of the best. I'm thrilled to be following in the footsteps of so many great gardeners. I hope that I'm continuing their tradition of maintaining a beautiful Mount Vernon. Tell us about the people that worked in the gardens during Washington's time. He hired gardeners under the Articles of Indenture, so they would come over, he would pay their way, and they would have to work that to pay Washington back. Some of them stayed for many years. There was a German gardener named John Christian Eller who was here for a number of years. They had a bit of a falling out, but apparently after Washington passed away, he actually returned because there is something in the notes about a German gardener saying that he used to work here. There is one from Holland, England, and then of course you had your Scottish gardener at the very end of his life, which Washington said that he was dedicated, sober, passionate about his work, and that in short, he's the best hired servant I've ever had. What makes it even better is that he says he has never been happier. I think that's really wonderful, and it certainly rings true for me. For being here at Mount Vernon as long as I have, my life here as a gardener has been a very happy experience. What did the garden go through between Washington's death and until the time it was bought by its current owners? It started to fall and disappear rapidly. Visitors' accounts have been occurring since Washington lived here. People visiting, and they write in their diaries or letters to friends, which is tremendously valuable to us, for that is our Polaroid to the past. Washington died in 1799, and visitors in 1801, 1802 are saying that it's deteriorating, it doesn't look anything like it did during Washington's time, so things just started to fall apart a little bit. You didn't have the money, you didn't have the dedication maybe to do as well. Not to say that work wasn't being done and things weren't being cleaned up as best as possible, but definitely it was noticeable to visitors that it was in a bit of disarray. When the Ladies Association purchased the property in 1858, things started to change, of course, quickly. And of course, Mount Vernon is in their hands today, it's a beautiful, beautiful site. Did they buy it from the family? They bought it from John Augustine Washington, the fourth Washington that owned the property before it was sold to the ladies. It cost them $200 ,000, and with that they received 200 acres, where others said you should take everything down but the mansion, because that's all that's important. They made the decision that they wanted to keep everything that was there during Washington's time, which was absolutely the right thing to do. We have all the outbuildings. It's an amazing opportunity for visitors to come to see an estate, a plantation, as it was during the time of the owner. Are there new discoveries being made through modern archaeology and research, or do you feel like you've re -established everything there? No, there are new discoveries all the time. It's amazing. Archaeology, the science, is becoming more and more exact all the time, with radar and LiDAR flyovers and just all these wonderful techniques that they now have. We're still finding letters that we didn't have before. Eventually we may find the plan that Washington did for the Bowling Green. We have the plan's key that is in his hand, but we don't have the actual plan itself. You can never write the final chapter in this adventure that we're in here from Washington's time till now. We try to represent things as accurately as we can, but we may find a new letter or something that will totally alter our interpretation of what we were using or going on to create an area that we thought was accurate, but new information may change that, and we will go back and make those changes so that it's historically accurate. Where did Washington acquire his plants? Initially, the landscape was completed by nothing but trees and shrubs that he found in his wildernesses surrounding Mount Vernon. So it's certainly a native landscape, and he identified these plants in the wintertime by structure and bud and had them dug and brought back. He did say that he was looking for exotics. He loved plants of all sorts. Now, we don't know if an exotic to him was Mexico or South Carolina, but what we do know is he said he wanted plants outside of his geographic area. People sent him gifts of plants often. Also he ordered from three of the principal nurseries of the time, John Bartram in Philadelphia, William Hamilton in New York, and Prince on Long Island. He ordered a lot of these plants and that he was experimenting with and putting within his landscape. I heard a story about a Franklin tree. Was that ever a part of the estate? The Franklinia, I think it was actually ordered from Philadelphia, and we've tried to grow them any number of times. We can't get them to survive. They're very finicky. They need to be in a spot they're really happy with, and so far we haven't found that spot on the estate, unfortunately. What's the significance of the Bond Plan? A gentleman named Samuel Vaughan visited Mount Vernon in 1784, I think it was, or 83. He was a landscape designer. He did a good bit of work up in the Philadelphia area, actually did some work around Independence Hall. He came and visited Mount Vernon, and in his sketchbook drew the plan of the estate, and then went back to Philadelphia. We drew a beautiful big plan that was very, very accurate. Washington said that you've drawn my estate accurately except that you've enclosed the view with trees, and so the only problem that Washington states is when looking from the house down the Bowling Green, down a vista to the forest beyond, there were two willow mounds that were planted on the Bowling Green. They weren't meant to act as punctuation points. No planting would occur within that, so you had a wide open view to the west. Whatever reason, Vaughan decided to draw trees all in there. In Washington's eye, it was all correct except for that. So it's a beautiful plan, archaeologists have used it, and all the buildings that he shows on that plan are where they find them when they dig in the soil. So he was recording the existence and not proposing new things. There's been some debate about that because Vaughan was a designer, and some say, well, how do we know that this is something Washington had, or was Vaughan drawing what he thought it should be? The written account seemed to support what Vaughan was drawing was accurate. So it's all about interpretation. We could look at two passages somewhere and interpret it both totally differently. I think the Vaughan plan is amazing. I think it's as accurate as we can possibly get. You've mentioned the Bowling Green a couple of times. What grass did they use in the Bowling Green? Their grass was called goosegrass or speargrass. They also had rye, and it's even bluegrass. It was a very coarse grass. Coarse grass was kind of important, actually, because they mowed it with the English sigh, and a very fine -bladed grass would be very difficult to cut with that implement, whereas the wider -bladed grass, they could cut quite nicely if they had a good sharp edge on their sigh, and the sickle, of course, would have been the weed eater. The Bowling Green was meant for games and entertaining and would have been mowed on a regular basis, rigged, rolled, and mowed right up until you may have a drought or something where the grass would stop growing, just like we have in an experience today. What variety do you grow there now? Weeds. It's just, I'm serious. It looks great from a distance, but if you walk up on it, it's just clover and creeping Charlie, and if it's green, I'm fine. We don't want to use chemicals on the lawn. We have a lot of visitors, a lot of children running around, so it's just as natural as possible. We overseed and everything, but no, just don't look too closely. Well, that'd be more accurate to the period, I guess. You know, I don't know. It'd be interesting to see the grass back then. It was maintained in a way that it was intended for them to bowl. They had lots of games with the hoops and other things, so it was used a great deal as a green for entertaining. How do you cut it now? Oh, we have John Deere's to go 13 miles an hour. It's pretty nice. You know, front deck mowers, it's great. Is that a reel? No, my goodness, no. Years ago when I started, our only riding mower was a Toro reel. Now, nothing against Toro, okay, but that thing never worked. Poor man that was operating, he was a World War II vet, and he was always in the shop just standing here waiting for his mower to work. So no, it's not a reel. My dad had a reel mower, and he was always working on it too. My dad's way to fix anything was with a screwdriver, not to actually tighten any screws. He would just beat on it. He was so upset. You've got the serpentine pass. What materials did they use? It was a combination of gravel and clay, pea gravel, smaller grade gravel, and it was cobblestone up around the circle in front of the mansion. Washington said if he could find any alternative form of paving, he would certainly use it because gravel roads were constant maintenance of raking, rolling, adding new gravel to keep them from being muddy all the time. That's exactly what was used in the gardens as well, was a gravel type path. Is that gravel mine from the Potomac? Washington talks about a gravel pit. It would seem as if they got a lot of it from the Potomac, and they would have sifted it to get the right size stone that they wanted. I think there were a couple sources, but not real clear on it. What kind of staff does it take to maintain all this? In horticulture, my responsibility has to do with anything that deals with chlorophyll and manure. The gardeners, just like in the 18th century, they said a garden an acre in size will require one full -time gardener, and so every principal garden we have is one full -time gardener working in that spot. Then we have a swing gardener that does all the smaller gardens and helps in the other gardens as well. We have a landscape gardener that takes care of all the non -exhibition areas. It's truly bare bones. We have some summertime help, college students, some high school. College students love it. We give them as much opportunity to learn whatever they want if they want to work in the greenhouse or use equipment. It's a really great program that we have for that. Then we have our livestock crew. We have five full -time livestock employees that maintain the genetic line of three very rare breeds, and those animals are here for interpretation as well. One thing I just want to share is that Mount Vernon is a very special place. People come and they don't leave real quickly. I've got almost 53 years. Our five livestock staff combined have 92 years of service here at Mount Vernon. It's just truly amazing. Wow. What type of livestock? We have a milking red devon, beautiful reddish -brown cow, aussebal island hogs, hog island sheep, and a Narragansett turkey. So all these are on exhibition at our Pioneer Farmers site, which is a site that we created in the 1990s down near the river. That's a site where we interpret Washington the farmer. That's the livestock's playground. They get to take the animals down there, the oxen, the horses, and work the fields. So it's really very exciting. It helps bring the estate to life. Are you taking the manures and the straw and things like that and using it in compost, or how does that all work? 100 percent. That's all we use. We have huge piles that we are able to windrow with using a manure spreader. We always have these windrows, just these lines of the material that is whipped around by the manure spreader. The row is about maybe eight feet wide, ten feet wide, and it's about six feet high. The oldest windrow is used as the fertilizer used in the gardens. And once that's gone, we windrow the next row over to aerate it again. We just always have a source of compost that we can use in the gardens, and it just works out beautifully for us. How long does it typically age? It doesn't take long, really. We have a pile that's been here for so long that even stuff that is not that old, maybe three months or so, when you mix it up with the other, it turns out very, very well. In the 18th century, Washington would take manure from the stables and just put them in a dung repository for a fortnight or two. You're only talking two or four weeks, and then they thought it was readily available for the gardens. So it was much more rapid for them than it is for us. Are there any special approaches that you take to maintaining a historical garden? The approach to maintaining a historic garden really is visual. We want them to see a garden that is planted in the manner that would have been in the 18th century. We want them to see what an 18th century garden looked like. As far as our actual practices, it is really no different than what would have been going on in the 18th century. Our tools may be a little sturdier, a little nicer, rakes, shovels, soil life, and everyone has one of those on their bill. You can do anything with those. As far as planting, we're definitely concerned about height derangement more than color coordination. We want to make sure the plants we plant are appropriate to the 18th century. Paths, the box which should be trimmed, are very short. They were never intended to be a backdrop for perennials, just as a border. That's the main thing. We want it to look right. The way we take care of it, that hasn't changed for 250 years. What are your biggest challenges with the garden? People, compaction, really the damage that comes from, especially kids, I used to share that the worst pest we can have is a child that's been on a bus for five hours from somewhere, gets here and the chaperones go, go, go, and they just start running. Back when we had big boxwood, they would just go and run and jump in and break a branch of a 150 year old boxwood within 10 seconds and that's hard to control with any kind of spray or whatever. But I developed to have a hard trap that was a bit larger. I found out I put an iPad or something in there, I could catch five or six at a time and I would let them off at the West Gate. The chaperones would eventually find them, but at least we got them out of the garden.
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A highlight from Tornado Cash Arrests: Attack on Terrorism or Attack on Privacy?
"Welcome back to The Breakdown with me, NLW. It's a daily podcast on macro, Bitcoin and the big picture power shifts remaking our world. What's going on, guys? It is Thursday, August 24th, and today we are talking about tornado, cash and some big announcements of arrests yesterday. Before we get into that, however, if you are enjoying The Breakdown, please go subscribe to it, give it a rating, give it a review, or if you want to dive deeper into the conversation, come join us on the Breakers Discord. You can find a link in the show notes or go to bit .ly slash breakdown pod. Well, friends, a bit of a big announcement yesterday. On Wednesday, the Justice Department unsealed charges against two tornado cash co -founders. Roman Storm, who lives in Washington state, has been arrested and Roman Semenov, a Russian citizen, remains at large and is believed to be currently residing in Dubai. In addition to the charges, Semenov has been added to the Office of Foreign Asset Control Specially Designated Nationals list, which is the list of sanctioned companies and individuals. The pair are charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to commit sanctions violations, and conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money -transmitting business. A third co -founder, Alexey Pertsev, you will remember, was arrested in the Netherlands in August of last year, and Pertsev is currently awaiting trial on money laundering charges from home detention after spending over six months in jail. Ofack said in a statement that, quote, tornado cash has been used to launder funds for criminal actors since its creation in 2019, including to obfuscate hundreds of millions of dollars in virtual currency stolen by Lazarus Group hackers. Alongside Semenov being personally added to the sanctions list, eight Ethereum wallet addresses were identified as belonging to him. According to Elliptic, these addresses have processed more than $11 .5 million in crypto transactions. Now, the DOJ claims that tornado cash has, quote, facilitated more than $1 billion in money laundering, including, quote, hundreds of millions for North Korea's Lazarus Group. The key to the case, according to U .S. Attorney Damian Williams, is that the pair here charged, quote, knowingly facilitated money laundering. He said in a statement, while publicly claiming to offer a technically sophisticated privacy service, Storm and Semenov in fact knew they were helping hackers and fraudsters conceal the fruits of their crimes. Today's indictment is a reminder that money laundering through cryptocurrency transactions violates the law and those who engage in such laundering will face prosecution. Now, Storm's lawyer claimed that the case hinged on a novel legal theory. He said in a statement, Now, let's take a step back and put this in the context of what happened last year. In August of last year, tornado cash was placed on the sanctions list. The use of sanctions to prohibit the use of anonymizing services was controversial within the crypto industry. Both Coin Center and a group of individuals backed by Coinbase have sued the Treasury Department over the sanctions, with each lawsuit claiming that the sanctions impinge on U .S. protections around the execution of computer code. In addition, they claim that autonomous smart contracts cannot be the subject of sanctions law as they are not the property of a sanctioned individual or group. Last week, however, the Coinbase lawsuit was dismissed, with the judge writing in their decision that smart contracts are analogous to vending machines in the way they carry out their predetermined task. The judge wrote that, Now, let's dig into the charges a little bit. The newly unsealed charges explain the functionality of tornado cash and how Storm and Semenov established a token system around the protocol in order to profit from its operation. Tornado cash allows users to deposit ETH to be mixed with other depositors. Users receive a secret note, which can be redeemed for the deposited ETH at a new, unrelated address. In order to facilitate the withdrawal of ETH to fresh wallets that could not pay gas fees, tornado cash established a system where users could use relays to process withdrawal requests using the smart contract. Relays would take a fee for providing this service. This process makes private transactions possible on the Ethereum network, breaking the ability to trace funds through blockchain analytics. Storm and Semenov, the government accused, would frequently give instructions on how to maximize the anonymity provided by the service, including waiting several days before withdrawing to ensure that transactions couldn't be linked. Nine months after the launch of tornado cash in August of 2019, the developers updated the smart contract to remove their private keys. This made it impossible for the code to be further modified and relinquished any ability to control its operation. In December 2020, the founders created the tornado cash DAO to make governance decisions around the protocol. The DAO issued torn tokens and distributed them with 8 % of the supply going to each founder and 6 % going to venture capital backers. The DAO then used these tokens to create an incentive scheme to encourage relay to compete to process transactions and to incentivize users to deposit funds to increase the anonymity set for the protocol. The indictment alleges that the founders profited from the price appreciation of the torn token, ultimately cashing out for $2 .6 million each in August of 2022. Now where the nuance in this case comes in is the question around were these charges for writing code or were they charges for some other type of activity that the government sees as beyond the pale. Obviously, when we're talking about something where the implications are the big thing that matters, these sort of details are essential to really understand. And indeed, in this case, the charges against Storm and Semenov go deeper than just writing and publishing the code underlying tornado cash. In fact, the DOJ appears to be much more focused on the actions taken by them to support, promote and profit from the protocol after its initial deployment. The indictment claims that the developers were aware and indifferent to the use of tornado cash to launder the proceeds of crime from the beginning. As far back as November 2021, the government says the developers considered whether they should implement KYC and anti -money laundering features into tornado cash and chose not to. This consideration became more serious after the $552 million Ronan Bridge hack in March of 2022, given that the following month the attack was attributed to the Lazarus Group, which had been on the sanctions list since September 2019. The stolen funds were very publicly identified as being laundered using tornado cash. According to encrypted chats disclosed in the indictment, Storm sent a message to his fellow developers as the news broke in April stating, Guys, we are effed. The tornado cash team then implemented some perfunctory controls on the protocol's front end, such as the website used to access tornado cash would now block deposits from wallet addresses on the sanctions list. However, in encrypted chats, the developers acknowledged that these controls would be quote easy to evade by interacting with the smart contract directly. The indictment also introduces evidence that the developers were aware of just how rampant money laundering was on tornado cash. In encrypted chats, they shared an article which claimed that more than 90 % of transactions through the service were related to criminal acts. In the three months that followed the Ronan attack, as much as 15 % of volume was attributed to the laundering of those funds. The key allegation in the indictment is that, quote, Throughout this time period, the Tornado Cash founders continued to operate the Tornado Cash service and facilitate the Lazarus Group's money laundering and sanctions evasion, including by paying the U .S.-based web hosting service to continue to host the Tornado Cash website, continuing to maintain and keep the UI accessible to customers, and promoting the Tornado Cash service in public statements. Moreover, they maintained the Relayer algorithm and the Relayer registry, which allowed them to profit financially from the continued use of the Tornado Cash service by the Lazarus Group. As to the charges, the developers have been charged with three counts each. Conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to commit sanctions violations, and conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business. As you might imagine, the crypto legal community has a lot to say about whether the facts alleged in the case established that Tornado Cash or the system of relays around it legally qualify as a money transmitting business. Peter van Valkenburg, the director of research at CoinCenter, said, The factual allegations of unlicensed money transmission are in conflict with FinCEN's longstanding guidance that a, quote, anonymizing software provider is not a money transmitter. In an accompanying article, Valkenburg says that the only part of the indictment that indicates the developers were operating an unlicensed money transmission business is that they, quote, engaged in the business of transferring funds on behalf of the public. According to Valkenburg's analysis of the law, this falls short of the legal definition which requires acceptance of funds from a customer for the purposes of transmission. The implication is the same one that Tom Emmer has been putting forward in his blockchain regulatory certainty bill that, quote, if you don't custody consumer funds, you are not a money transmitter. However, Preston Byrne, a lawyer at Brown and Rudnick, noted that there is some legal nuance in the way the DOJ went about charging the developers. He said, The feds don't need to show that they accepted or received funds because defendants aren't charged with the underlying offense, they're charged with conspiracy. Preston expanded that thought, There is a huge difference, he wrote, between a, merely publishing code for discussion purposes which could be used unlawfully, and b, running an unlawful business which monetizes that code. After reading the tornado cache indictment, if things are as alleged, it was the latter. For the purposes of 18 USC 1960, the publication of protocols on GitHub isn't the same thing as operating a whole damn system, including hosting a UI and bolting on a shitcoin to it, where the returns from the coin are linked to the provision of liquidity for the system. I think it is that involvement with the essential functionality of the system which makes it not subject to the network access carve -out from the definition of money transmitter. Do we need privacy in crypto? Absolutely. Are there ways for people to run code that does this lawfully? Yes. Was tornado cache the way? No. Now of course, as much nuance as there might be in the specifics of how the defendants were charged, one of the big concerns is the chilling effect on privacy norms in open source development that it might have no matter what the charges actually are. In a rare moment of speechlessness, Jake Travinsky, the chief policy officer of the Blockchain Association said, I'm struggling to think of something, anything, useful to say about the tragic mistake that is the DOJ's decision to treat privacy in speech as crimes. I'm blank. Later, he followed up, Privacy is normal. Code is speech. The right to anonymity is essential to a free society. These are fundamental principles embodied in the U .S. Constitution. In time, I'm confident they will be confirmed by the judiciary, even if today they were ignored by the executive. Chris Bleck wrote, The arrest of Roman Storm and Roman Semenov of Tornado Cache isn't about money laundering. This is an attack on privacy. It's an attempt to chill the open source community into compliance. The government does not want you to do anything that it's unable to observe and judge. Dystopia Breaker writes, Take a moment to consider the broad and absurd implications of writing software that is used in a bad way makes the author legally responsible for every bad use would mean. No signal. No privacy tools. Total handover of power to centralized orgs and illegalization of privacy. Ultimately, this position is so absurd that it seems unlikely to be accepted. It's remarkable that they went with it. Masari's Ryan Selkis said, We are so far from our founding principles, we just jailed a software developer for building encryption tech and daring to empower citizens to transact freely. Utterly disgusting. We need a total evisceration of our political police state and D .C. No reform. Mass layoffs. And Udi Wertheimer really summed up many people's feelings when he said, Today is a sad day for America and for freedom. Privacy is for everyone, and it is crucial that as an industry we keep fighting for it, no matter the setbacks. No one else is going to. At this point, I think in crypto, we're almost anesthetized to more government actions against the industry. But I think this one is worth holding aside and putting in a slightly different category. The conversation here isn't really about cryptocurrency, except in so far as it was used as a reward mechanism for people who are promoting this protocol. Obviously, the much bigger questions are about the nature of privacy, about the rights of software developers, about the responsibilities of software developers, about the tools that the government uses to fight money laundering and terrorism. They are, in other words, emblematic of bigger concerns and bigger questions. It's reasonable to have contradictory feelings about this, but that's exactly why we need regulatory clarity, not just for crypto, but for software development. And guess what? In a world of AI, these questions are coming up all over again. The question in particular of whether the developers of software can be held accountable for how it's used is becoming an even bigger question than it ever has been in the past. In other words, this one is worth considering for far more than the implications for just this industry, but for the very basis of the technology -driven society that we live in. Anyways, guys, that is going to do it for today's breakdown. I will, of course, keep you updated as the situation evolves. Until next time, be safe and take care of each other. Peace.
The Eric Metaxas Show
Kevin McCullough Shares Hope in Battling Nutty Gender Laws
"To Kevin McCullough, you know him as votes, Tridamus and Kevin, you were just talking about how even in states like California, that there is hope on on on the craziness of this gender stuff. There's more hope than there used to be in those states. Washington and California would both go to the Ninth Circuit. It's a little bit better than it used to be because Trump put about a third of the judges there. They're still two thirds to a third. Nuts to common sense folks. We've got we've got to deal with some issues there, but likely any case that would come out of that circuit would go to the Supreme Court. And I feel very good about where these types of cases land at the Supreme Court as they have done nothing but back religious liberties and religious freedom and religious exercise since this current court has been put together. And that's even since the addition of Katani Jackson. So you've got you've got a good foundation for jurisprudence. It's going to go in the direction of the families in the Michigan law. If it decide if they if someone decides to bring litigation against it, it will end up, guess where, in the Sixth Circuit, which has already put two pieces of precedent down backing children and parents. So we've got reason to hope that even these nuttiest of nutty laws can be overturned and put in to a better situation. But to your point from last segment, if people are listening to you or watching you in California right now, you can't withdraw from the fight. You've got to engage. Same with Washington State, same with Michigan. The election's going to be here before you know it. I can't believe how fast it's coming. And yet, you know, these types of issues are going to be on the ballot. They were on the ballot last time. Nobody paid attention to it. Not really. Joe Biden said he was going to do some of this stuff. He was going to force the transgender stuff onto the schools like he did and so forth. But he didn't make a big deal about it. And nobody talked about it. Now we've had three years of nothing but that being implemented. And parents across the country have freaked out about it. And that's why we saw some of the school boards have a red wave in 22 and not a lot of other places did.
The Charlie Kirk Show
A highlight from Trans Camps and Ukraines NATO Sugar Daddy
"I want to thank Charlie. He's an incredible guy. His spirit, his love of this country. He's done an amazing job building one of the most powerful youth organizations ever created. Turning Point USA. We will not embrace the ideas that have destroyed countries, destroyed lives and we are going to fight for freedom on campuses across the country. That's why we are here. Brought to you by the loan experts I trust Andrew and Todd at Sierra Pacific Mortgage at andrewandtodd .com. I want to start with a news article that will not be the number one story in America and I think it's an example of something that every parent out there, every grandparent out there, you need to be constantly reminded of this because in the society we grew up in there were certain areas where you felt a level of trust or comfort. I could turn on the tv and my kid could watch Disney and I don't have to worry about what they might be consuming and send my kid to school and don't think that they're going to be groomed by members of the gay mafia. In several parts of the country especially the northeast but also apparently in Washington state there is a tradition in American Jewish culture to send kids to summer camp. It's not only Jewish families that do this but in particularly Jewish families will send their kids for overnight camp June, July, August without parental supervision. Kind of like hey here's the kids we'll see in September type thing and there's a lot of backstory of how that came to be and it's well known. Now there's one Jewish summer camp that deserves to be highlighted today. It's called Camp Solomon Schechter in the state of Washington and it's just another example of a broader theme of what the secular totalitarians seek to accomplish. Now this is a Jewish summer camp you think of all the different institutions out there this one would understand the fifth commandment on your mother and father so that you may live long in the land of which you are in. It is the only one of the commandments that involves your nation and involves a promise. So Solomon and Schechter has schools throughout the country and at this summer camp they are now boasting that if you send your kids to our summer camp we will hide and conceal your kids transition to a different gender from parents. Quote if a camper or staff chooses to identify differently from how they do at home whether that be using a different name or pronoun if they decide to transition at camp or if they choose to disclose their identity to a member or of staff this does not authorize Camp Solomon Schechter to share this information with their parents or guardians. It added that all campers deserve the right to discuss their gender identity openly.
Northwest Newsradio
"washington state" Discussed on Northwest Newsradio
"Washington State is in the red, not fiscally, but on a map showing where wildfires summer this are expected to be at their worst. Northwest News Radio's Corwin Haake with the update. At a U .S. hearing, Senate Washington Democrat Maria Cantwell displays a map showing the red zones where the summer fire season is expected to hit hardest. The last time we showed this, there was a little bit of Washington in the red. But for the months of July and August, the entire state is deep red. My whole state is in the forecast for this summer being in the epicenter. Cantwell speaks from Washington, D .C., a city currently choked with smoke from fires in Quebec and Ontario, Canada. I think it's really time to engage with the Canadians because our continent knows no U .S.-Canadian barrier. She's calling for better interagency and international cooperation to create a more coordinated and effective fire response. Corwin Haake, Northwest News Radio. Fire commanders reporting minimal growth at the Iron Creek Fire that's burning in County. Lewis It's near the town of Randall and started Saturday. Just about eight acres has burned at the Iron Creek campground area. Investigators believe it was human caused. More than a hundred people have been assigned to fight that fire. With warm weather, dry conditions too upon us, East Pierce Fire and Rescue is getting a step ahead with their wildfire safety training. Assistant Chief Bill Sandlian says that Wednesday's training involved accurately accounting for wind direction and other conditions. At least with a fire, with a house fire, it's confined by the walls by, so to speak. But out here, anything can happen with the wind. Another important reason for the training is to get first responders acclimated to the heat they'll face. A bacterial outbreak at Virginia Mason Medical Center has resulted in two more deaths. That brings the overall total to nine. Since the start of the outbreak, 33 people have been infected with Klebsiella pneumoniae. That's a bacteria that normally lives in our digestive system. According to Virginia Mason they're working to identify the source of the transmission and they're being helped the by State Department of Health and the CDC. Northwest News Time 1204. We check your traffic every 10 minutes on the force from the High Performance Homes Traffic Center and Kimmy Klein. Good afternoon. we're Yeah, seeing another day of road work and maintenance happening in Auburn on westbound 18 at Southeast 304.
AP News Radio
Suspect 'stands silent' in slayings of 4 Idaho college students; judge enters not guilty pleas
"A judge entered not guilty pleas for the suspect in the stabbing deaths of four university of Idaho students. Brian cober opted to stand silent in court to the murder charges. It doesn't happen often. The judge entered the not guilty pleas on his behalf. The students were killed in a rental home near the university of Idaho campus. Co burger was a graduate student studying criminology at nearby Washington state university. Investigators say traces of DNA found on the knife sheath inside the home matches co burgers, and a cell phone belonging to coburger was near the victim's home on a dozen occasions prior to the killings. He was also caught on surveillance footage repeatedly driving near the home at the time of the killings. I made Donahue.
AP News Radio
Early heat wave in Pacific Northwest could break records
"And early heat wave in the Pacific Northwest good break records. I Norman hall. A heat wave this weekend could surpass daily records in parts of the Pacific Northwest and worsen the wildfires already burning in Western Canada. The region has grappled with scorching summer temperatures and unprecedented wildfires fueled by climate change in recent years, the unseasonable high temperatures get further boost dozens of fires burning in Canada's western Alberta province, the national weather service has issued a heat advisory lasting from Saturday through Monday for much of the western parts of both Oregon and Washington state. Its at temperatures could raise the risk of heat related illness, particularly for those who are dehydrated or don't have effective cooling. I Norman hall
AP News Radio
Washington state to decriminalize drugs unless lawmakers act
"Washington state will decriminalize drugs unless lawmakers act, governor Jay inslee is calling lawmakers back to work for a special session on May 16th after they rejected a bill setting out a new statewide drug policy. Lawmakers adjourned their regular session last month after voting down a bill that would keep drug possession illegal and boost services for people struggling with addiction. Inslee has called that unacceptable. A temporary law that makes possession of small amounts of drugs a misdemeanor expires in July, so if lawmakers fail to pass a bill, Washington would become the second state after Oregon to decriminalize drug possession. I'm Julie Walker
AP News Radio
Historic investment in urban trees underway across the U.S.
"A historic investment in urban trees is underway across the United States. President Biden's inflation reduction act has set aside $1.5 billion to fund tree planning projects over the next decade. Urban forestry advocates believe this initiative will transform underserved neighborhoods that have grappled with dirty or air and dangerously high temperatures because they don't have a leafy Canopy overhead. Washington state commissioner of public lands Hillary France says more trees are needed everywhere. In every state and in our state, we have underinvested in our urban tree canoe. Detroit resident amine Taylor is one of 300 workers who will plant 75,000 trees in the city over the next 5 years. It'd be the fastest city. And not only that, it gives more oxygen too. Trees help suck up, heat trapping, carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. They also reduce erosion and flooding. I'm Mike Hempen.
AP News Radio
Semi-automatic rifle ban passes Washington state Legislature
"A semi-automatic rifle ban has passed the Washington state legislature. A ban on dozens of semi-automatic rifles cleared the Washington state legislature and governor Jay inslee is expected to sign it into law, the high powered firearms once banned nationwide are now the weapon of choice among young men responsible for most of the country's devastating mass shootings. The Washington law would cover more than 50 gun models, including AR-15s, AK-47s and similar style rifles. The band comes in a year that has seen the most mass shootings during the first 100 days of a calendar year since 2009. I'm Shelley Adler
AP News Radio
While some students skip college, trade programs are booming
"Community colleges are facing an enrollment crisis. Santos Enrique Camara wanted to study audio engineering at shoreline community college in Washington state. He liked the subject matter, but he was failing with community college I needed more like money. She'd make it. Like if I had more money for equipment and books, he dropped out after two semesters. Research scholar David Jenkins at Columbia University says community colleges are in crisis because they rely very much on enrollment for funding. Community colleges play really important at least potential role in enabling people to advance in the labor market. And also serve local talent needs for technician and so called middle skill workers. Employers meantime are unimpressed with the quality of community college students who do manage to graduate. I'm Ed Donahue
AP News Radio
Former NBA star Shawn Kemp charged in parking lot shooting
"Former NBA star Sean Kemp is now charged in a parking lot shooting. I'm Lisa dwyer. Prosecutors in Washington state of charged former NBA star Sean Kemp with first degree assault in a parking lot shooting last month over a stolen cell phone, Kemp was arrested after the shooting outside the Tacoma mala march 8th, no one was injured and kept lawyers have insisted he returned fire in self defense after tracking and trying to retrieve a cell phone that had been stolen from him earlier that day. However, a probable cause statement by Tacoma police did not indicate that Kemp was shot at. Kemp was a 6 time NBA all star and played for the Seattle SuperSonics from 1989 to 1997. He also played for Cleveland, Portland and Orlando, I'm Lisa dwyer
AP News Radio
Health secretary slams abortion pill ruling as 'not America'
"The Health and Human Services secretary says nothing is off the table when it comes to making sure the leading abortion pill remains available, including recommending the FDA ignore a court order. Rallies and protests were held across the country this weekend. Meanwhile, president Joe Biden tells secretary Javier becerra told CNN State of the Union, they're doing everything to fight a Texas federal judge's ruling suspending the FDA's approval of mifepristone in use since 2000, the Justice Department already appealing, and there's also a competing ruling from a Washington state federal judge. Planned Parenthood president Alexis McGill Johnson says mifepristone is safe and the Texas judge's ruling is wrong. He relied a lot on junk science. If I can even call it science, science that was put before him by anti abortion opponents. Mifepristone and misoprostol, another abortion drug remain available while the case works its way through the courts. I'm Julie Walker
AP News Radio
Washington shutters pot businesses due to old pesticide
"Handful of farms because of high levels of pesticide residue being detected. Several outdoor marijuana farms and packing facilities located at former fruit orchards in north central Washington state tested high for levels of DDE, a chemical that remains when the pesticide DDT breaks down, nearly 20 businesses are affected. The CEO of Walden cannabis, which advertises that its pot is pesticide free, says he stunned to be targeted, adding DDT, which was banned in the 70s, had been used throughout the entire Pacific Northwest. Federal health officials say studies show women with high amounts of DDE are more likely to give birth prematurely or have a baby that wheezes. Earlier this year, 5 marijuana customers in Vermont reported feeling sick. And the pot was found to have pesticide contamination. Nevada regulators have issued a warning about
AP News Radio
Access to abortion pill in limbo after competing rulings
"Access to the abortion Bill plunged into uncertainty Friday, following conflicting court rulings over the legality of mifepristone, which has been widely available for more than 20 years. A U.S. district judge in Texas, a Trump appointee ordering a hold on federal approval of mifepristone Friday, in a decision overruling decades of scientific approval on the tarmac and Nashville vice president Kamala Harris saying this is a drug the FDA approved safe 20 years ago. Courts and politicians should not tell the FDA what it should do. And the Justice Department saying it will defend the FDA and file an appeal, also on Friday a U.S. district judge in Washington state and Obama appointee directed U.S. authorities not to make any changes that would restrict access to the abortion drug in at least 17 states where Democrats sued in an effort to protect availability. I'm Julie Walker.
Gun Talk
"washington state" Discussed on Gun Talk
"That's where we have a list of all of our classes that we have going and the other things we have working on. The first person offender experience where you can come and do force on four training. What is that? Will you get tossed into kind of a real-life scenario, and then you've got to figure out what to do. Maybe you're under attack. Maybe you're not. Maybe somebody else is under attack. Should you get involved with that? Should you just leave? Should you just call the police? Should you save the people who are there? Not easy questions. But you know what? It's better to try to figure them out in a controlled environment like this, where you can then decompress, take a look at it, get some training from people, then we'll try it again. Apply your problem solving skills to the middle of chaos. And that's really what amounts to. Can you solve the problem? Can you analyze what's going on and come up with solutions in the middle of the chaos and the best way to do that is to have already figured out what your response should be. Because you thought about it enough. And then if it happens, if you get it in the middle of it, you simply push the go button because you've already made all the decisions. What a thought. Oh, by the way, in case anybody is confused. God, I hope not. Tulsi Gabbard is not friendly to gun rights. Tulsi gabbert has called for all sorts of gun control laws. She has been a gun control gun banned person until she decides to be a Republican and change her views. I don't trust her as far as I can throw my car so that's where you all we need to say, I think about that. Our number 8 6 6 talk gun. Jeff called us at a grand Oregon on four. Hey, Jeff, what's your question here? What's going on? Went to a gun show and made a trade yesterday, Tom. Okay. And it's a really nice Smith and Wesson model 17 6, but it has some engraving on it. I'm not familiar with. So I thought I would call the encyclopedia to find out more. So I'm not the encyclopedia. I'm the card index. I just point you to places to go. I don't know the answers. Well, you may know about this. It says the revolver series number 23 of 500. I didn't know the significance of that. I do not either. Two things. We're going to do for you. Why is it going to put the call out right now? Somebody may know and can call in. But the other I'm going to do is I'm going to point you to the Smith and Wesson collectors association. These are the people who are okay. Everything about this. And their website is pretty easy. Once you figure it out, because we're talking about the Smith and Wesson collectors association, so it's the WCA. TAT, SW for spent the Westin, CA for collectors association dot org.
Northwest Newsradio
"washington state" Discussed on Northwest Newsradio
"The last remaining mask mandates in Washington state is about to be lifted. Details from northwest news radios, Jeff Poe jala. On April 3rd, masks will no longer be required at healthcare or correctional facilities. However, the Department of Health is recommending masks still be worn in those settings. And it's not just Washington. California, Oregon, and Washington you've all decided to make this step together. State epidemiologist doctor Scott lindquist says the mask mandate could come back if cases rise, but at the moment, the data doesn't support such a move. Jeff pojo and northwest news radio up you all up police officer accused of raping a woman made an appearance before a judge today. Pleaded not guilty to third degree rape in his bell was set at $200,000. He's also required to stay in western Washington if he posts bail. According to the judge, also lost his job with the P wall at police departments, the next hearing for amicia is scheduled for two weeks. Tyra majors. A man accused in a brutal attack inside a prison is back behind bars now facing new charges. Abraham was charged with attempted murder following an attack on corrections officer Terry breedlove at clallam bay correction center that happened back in 2016. The case was ultimately dismissed and Abraham was released from prison in January of this year. Only to find himself back in handcuffs less than a month later. Police say he carjacked a man in Seattle, knocked a 70 year old woman to the ground outside of a community center, stealing her purse, and was involved in an officer involved shooting in burying all within the span of 5 days. We talked with a corrections officer who nearly lost his life in that 2016 attack. That is like the worst nightmare of all. If he's back out on the street, the next time somebody could either end up like me or dead. He's going to hurt people. That's what he does. That report from como for Steve mccarran. Sound transit now says it's light rail line from Federal Way to Tacoma won't be open until at least 2035. David Jackson with sound transit says floodplain issues have taken the 5 station out of the running and a second potential station location is not much better. The alignment along I 5 have some serious constructibility issues and also potential cultural resources in that area. So we need to study an additional alignment along SR 99. The sound transit board will convene march 23rd to discuss options, but at this point, they estimate light rail from Federal Way which should open 2024 or 2025 will take about ten more years to reach to coma. A state economist says personal income is stable, statewide, and revenue collection is strong. In other words, a predicted recession has yet to land locally, more from northwest news radios corwin Hague. Four months, economists have been abuzz over layoffs, inflation, and the coming recession. Consumers still have some serious concerns. On the other hand, they're continuing to buy things. That's doctor Steven lurch, executive director and chief economist with the Washington state economic and revenue forecast, trying to get a fix on our local economy. He says, despite all those tech layoffs late last year, overall income has remained level statewide. We do have a little bit lower levels of Washington personal income compared to what we were looking at in November. The overall growth rates on average are quite similar. Nor are tax collectors complaining still very good growth, 6.4% year over year. While none of that suggests a booming economy, it's not necessarily recessionary either, but lurch says, check back later this year, when tech companies severance packages run out, corwin hake, northwest, news radio. Boeing rewarding CEO David Calhoun with compensation valued at 22 and a half $1 million for this past year. However, the company will not pay him a $7 million bonus because it will fail to get its new triple 7 X jetliner into service by the end of this year. The company says the jet will be behind schedule for reasons largely beyond mister Calhoun's control, but also say some of his decisions regarding the plane contributed to the miss. Northwest news time, four ten and the kraken try to pad their winning column against the
A Desi Woman with Soniya Gokhale
"washington state" Discussed on A Desi Woman with Soniya Gokhale
"Successful and a ticket so incredibly important and you really to be applauded on a new work on that front and i do want to ask you clearly. Huge proponent of women everything you outlined just now about single mothers and and women sort of bearing the brunt of a lot of the poverty and generational poverty that we see not only in washington state but really nationally and yes globally. No question about that is so important. You also are supporting a bill that would offer tax tax exemption for certain feminine hygiene products. And i know that in michigan. They're contemplating this same. Typical called the tampon tax. So just want to hear more about that. It is shocking to me that in twenty twenty one. We are being taxed on on this product. Which i it's just incredible being from south asia. We know that there's many things that need to happen. In order for feminine hygiene products to be readily available for women not only in the global south but other parts of the world. But here we are in the most advanced country in the world and we continue to pay tax on these items so just want to hear more about that from you now. I love a bill. We in the state of washington no longer pay tax on mental products. So i you know. There's just so much stigma around menstruating especially in our culture. And so i think it's really important for seven on this conversation about the human body and the female body and transgender bodies and you know human bodies the human body so it's an interesting story you know. I don't have a lot of history and politics have a lot of history in policy. And so when i ran for office four years ago. I really don't come from political background. Come from very much a policy oriented background. And so when i ran my campaign it was very important for me to engage the youth. I i better my kids were gosh yeah thirteen and fifteen and so we have a team campaign committee where engage over two hundred fifty teenagers in this campaign and we can talk a little bit more about model minority and south asian kids because i love them were south asian and so after i won my election i told the teens i say you know what you guys have such bleed ideas. I wanna make sure a sponsor at least one or two bills that have been brought to me by the youth so every year i sponsored two bills. That teenagers brought to me and The feminine hygiene product..
A Desi Woman with Soniya Gokhale
"washington state" Discussed on A Desi Woman with Soniya Gokhale
"Of the factors that led them to commit this crime and how as a society can we address those and for the vast majority of them it comes down to substance use disorder and pay for health and mental health and to really making sure that while they're in custody that we're providing the services and that we then have a transition plan to transition them out of prisons and jails into the community and we have enough data to know that when there's a warm hand off when there is transition to housing and treatment and education and services that individual will not go back into a life of crime so i think we really have to be smarter about the manner in which went handling a criminal justice system instead of being reactive at also means really understanding human nature. And how dr change will that is so incredibly insightful. And i have to say. I kind of got charles when you were speaking about. The high school graduation heard that statistic is so incredibly important and so just wanna revisit that when we have young adults that can matriculate and complete high school you're indicating there is a notable drop-off in terms of their propensity perhaps define themselves incarcerated and that is huge so she legion farm. Yes it's huge. It's something that people in the criminal justice system. No really wow. They know that those individuals without a high school degree at the ones named up seeing bare. And so this is. Where you wearing policymaker hat and that's what's really cool about me being indisposition that i can do preventative work where i can say okay. We're going to stop us. And we know the data's very very clear that when they graduate with a high school degree their chances of getting involved in the criminal justice system plummet. It's not just a minor drop it. They plummet and it also reduces actually the chances of going to emergency room after severe mental health issues too. So it it really. We don't talk enough about graduating from high school in enabling our children to be successful.
A Desi Woman with Soniya Gokhale
"washington state" Discussed on A Desi Woman with Soniya Gokhale
"I'm so proud to offer with our listening audience for those. That may not be aware that you first elected to the senate by the constituents of the forty fifth legislative district in november two thousand seventeen in washington state you are the first sikh legislator elected in the nation and that is so meaningful and impactful and in fact i just interviewed congressman amirah from california and he shared how many stories like yours pertaining to the south asian diaspora and our community that are not being widely shared. So this is historic. Your win is historic. And i celebrate that with you even if we didn't have a chance to do so in two thousand seventeen. It's it's huge. And so i really applaud you on that. And beyond that though as you stated you are not only an advocate for those that are survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. You also walk the walk outside of your duties and obligations as a legislator you co-founded chhaya an organization that assists south asian survivors of domestic violence. And you lead. The organizations work toward ending. Systemic violence to education and prevention also serve on the board of the national alliance on mental illness on the east side. And so would really enjoy use speaking about that and again. I think that's an amazing accomplishment. Considering how busy you must be a legislator a mother a wife and however obviously you're impassioned about this send i'll just say We all win a lot of different hats. So i got involved in working on gender-based violence issues. While i was at at uc berkeley. I am was interested in issues on date rape and so i had started volunteering at a place called the national clearinghouse on metal date. Great and that's when i was really introduced to More issues around domestic violence and side started volunteering ban at a domestic violence shelter in oakland called the safe place and at the same time. There were a group of south asian women in the berkeley oakland area. Who wanna just start. One of the first south-asian domestic balance organizations called ninety and so given my work with a safe place in. I was invited to join this opposition. That will start in. And so i was working with them and then graduated so when i moved to the university of washington i was interested in continuing that work. Now i bought a ties to california. But i didn't in washington so i literally put up a flyer at the local south asian grocery store saying hey anyone interested in working on issues. A domestic violence call me and cyclists connected through other means to this when other women and she said it will group them working on domestic violence issues. So i got connected there. And what brought were at the lessons learned from starting naika and what i had learned from a safe place and really trying to merge the two so that we can provide culturally competent services to individuals. But really making sure we have that accountability and transparency and are doing it in a safe manner and so that's how chhaya was created. The name come comes from rabindranath to gore poem outweigh. He talks about chhaya the shade and saying on your weary journey. Let us provide you shade. And so it's it's.
A Desi Woman with Soniya Gokhale
"washington state" Discussed on A Desi Woman with Soniya Gokhale
"So you know we had a lot of exposure to the us growing up because of his experience and because of where his side of the family was so when we then moved to when i was thirteen it interesting because we came to california and was surrounded by family which is so unusual for so many people because i feel when they come here they have that sense of isolation because just starting new but it was different because i had my grandparents and cousins here but it definitely made for a very interesting journey going up. Well that is definitely a very different perspective. And thank you so much for elaborating upon that because I do believe that each and every story a narrative is so different and yes exactly what you. Outlined is a different perspective and and kudos share mom for standing up saying no. I don't wanna come to the united states quite yet because that's that's absolutely a daunting process and consideration and yet and yet you did do it and i think what's really really interesting about your background. Is that up. You didn't always jus- come onto the public front to pursue a career just legislator rather you have deep background in prosecution. You were a prosecutor and as well. You've a background in behavioral health. And i think both of those two background are so compelling an interesting. And i want to hear more about that and sort of what drew you in to this line of work so you know i will come. I do come from a traditional indian family where we have a lot of engineers doctors. And i knew early on that. I wanted to be neither. And i grew up reading a lot of erle. Stanley gardner books about the perry mason stories. And so you know in ninth grade. I had decided. I wanted to go to uc berkeley. Find a yale law school and i wanted to be a prosecutor and what really drove me to be specifically a prosecutor. Was you know. I come from a long line of really strong women like my grandmother. Her sisters might paternal grandmother and they've all of them have just done. A lot of work with survivors of gender-based violence and just very strong feminists. And so i really wanted to be a prosecutor because i was really crucial to make sure. I'm helping survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. So and so. That's the path laid out for me. I did make it to uc berkeley. From undergrad yale didn't want me so i went to the university of washington law school and started working at the prostate office and so definitely very much survivor focused. And then that's around the time after i'd been at the prosecutor's office for about five years. When treatment courts was starting up so the first mental health court was started in florida and the second one was actually started in king county washington. And so i got exposed to it because i was a supervisor and when this court was starting out the supervisor kind of handled a hearing and so that's that was my entry into behavior health and criminal justice reform and taking a look at alternatives to incarceration individuals with behavior health. History i love to hear that Background information about a strong line of women and your family. I think that's very very indicative. Not only what you described about your mother or by yourself as well and I didn't interview recently with a patty yourself from the campaign school at yale university and your colleague washington state senator mona's and a sort of both underscore the fact that politics is quite brutal. It is not for the faint of heart. And so i really applaud and salute all women who enter the political arena and especially those from the south asian diaspora. And i have to say that. I in researching for this podcast..
A Desi Woman with Soniya Gokhale
"washington state" Discussed on A Desi Woman with Soniya Gokhale
"Food welcome back to another episode of a deysi woman. Podcast i'm your host sonia. Go klay and the voices. I am seeking may have never been heard before but their stories deserve to be told. What is they see woman. She's a dynamic fearless and strong woman. She is your mother your grandmother your daughter your sister. She is every one of us who is on an endless pursuit of self empowerment and fulfillment. I am stone. Go klay and i am a deysi woman. Hello and welcome to another edition of a dc woman. Podcast i am your host sonia. Today we are so delighted to be joined by washington state. Senator monka.
KIRO Radio 97.3 FM
"washington state" Discussed on KIRO Radio 97.3 FM
"NEWS Washington State's stressed hospital system will likely not get much emergency staffing help from the federal government radios. Nicole Jennings has more it does not look like the state will be getting much help from the National Guard. Riley, executive vice president for the Washington State Hospital Association, says they've asked for federal staffing help. But it's mostly a no go federal resource staffing resources are also very stretched, responding to other areas that are inundated with covid and also experiencing these weather related events. Instead, they're relying on the state's emergency volunteer data bank and community volunteers that individual hospitals state School Superintendent unveils Washington's teacher of the year to open the red envelope. With your 2022 teacher of the year from North Thurston public schools. Jared kept Jared kept he has taught for 16 years. Currently a native student program specialist He will represent our state at the national Teacher of the Year competition at 2 33. We checked the roadways in real time traffic. Here's Evan Smith. North Island I five at two 72nd Street, a couple issues there and to 72nd Street. There's a collision blocking the carpool lane and the left general herb slain and just north of there, there's a collision blocking the Wrights lane that is slowing traffic down right now. Back into the federal way area from there. Meanwhile, we're seeing some hesitation right now. On South Beach and five of nine from Northgate through Seattle, down to about the West Hitler Bridge area south four or five often on slowing from downtown Bellevue through Newcastle, and I'm seeing increased volumes now in south five from Highway 18 through the five curve. This report is sponsored by Duck Duck. Go Protect your Privacy for Free with Duck, duck. Go! What is it? That makes you uniquely you? Well, doctor go doesn't think that's any of their business and frankly, It shouldn't be the business of any tech company. Protect your privacy online For free with duck duck. Go with cover radio world time traffic. I'm Evan Smith and your forecast for the rest of the afternoon. Looks mostly sunny clouds are starting to go away. Increasing sunshine highs right around 70. This afternoon.
KOMO
"washington state" Discussed on KOMO
"As for Washington state's numbers in the last 24 hours More than 4200 new covid cases were confirmed nearly five dozen people dying governor Inslee, saying that all almost all of those deaths were preventable and 252. More people have been sent to hospitals in just the last day. Tomorrow marks the 20th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks. ABC News chief Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz has a look back at that day and at the threats we still face in this country. It began on a clear bright day with no warning the deadliest terror attack on U. S soil in the history of this nation. We just got a report and that there's been some sort of explosion at The World Trade Center in New York City. Nearly 3000 people died on 9 11 more than 6000 injured that day, sending a generation. And then another two. What would be America's longest war? It would take 10 years before the U. S killed the mastermind of the attack. Osama bin Laden. I'm an al Zawahari and Egyptian doctor, often seen by bin Laden side succeeded him. But he has not been heard from in years, with many analysts believing he is in ill health or even dead. I think it's accurate to say that Al Qaeda has diminished capability. When Isis came on the scene, they decided to kind of move into a quiet and patient strategy. They decided that they could wait us out. But with the U. S withdrawal from Afghanistan and the government now run by the Taliban The same group that once provided safe haven for bin Laden and Al Qaeda. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin now worries that Al Qaeda will regenerate and says he has put the Taliban on notice. They should not allow that to happen. But I'll.
KIRO Radio 97.3 FM
"washington state" Discussed on KIRO Radio 97.3 FM
"All, not the best of drives their into coma. We're still dealing with slowing, but it is getting better that we're starting to ease off some of that volume there and still running about 45 minutes from the Tacoma area. Sorry from Olympia into the Tacoma area. No. But 19 vaccines are now available to everybody. 12 and older to schedule an appointment. Go to vaccine. Locator dot d o h dot wa This is a message from the Washington State Department of Health. Sun is blazing. There's gonna be blazing. This is your omelet on the sidewalk day before everything cools down tomorrow cookies on the dashboard. That's my favorite cookies on the just done it before. Really. That's right. You do ours and they're pale, but it works. Yeah. So go ahead and fire up your preferred solar oven and get ready because this is the afternoon toe do all your experiments because tomorrow the bottom drops out, But you know, that's not bad with a little rain to suppress the fire, danger, and all in all, I think we probably have the ideal climate 64 at the Carter Subaru studio and coming up To preserve or to progress, Historian Felix Banel asks. Can't we do both? This is Cairo Radio. King County has become the first county to ban government use of facial recognition software Hannah Scott record. Their vote makes the county one of the largest jurisdictions in the nation to ban the use of the technology by government agencies, such as the Sheriff's Office sponsor Jeannie Caldwell's driving home. Why this bill was so vital for protection against our most marginalized.
True Mysteries of the Pacific Northwest
"washington state" Discussed on True Mysteries of the Pacific Northwest
"Welcome to true. Mysteries of the pacific northwest. Strange and unexplained stories of people places and events obscured by the mist of time. I'm your host crumb. Today's mystery washington state crop circle warning almost as highly debated as ufo's or crop circles. Circular patterns have appeared in wheat cornfields across the united states and around the world. They've been attributed to meet ear. Electrical storms crop disease and pranks by teams. Perhaps the most widely speculated source for making these often complex designs are aliens are ufo's although the term crop circle wasn't coined until the early nineteen seventies. the earliest reference to designs in fields of grain wasn't sixteen fifty eight in her first shire england where it was said to have been created by the mowing devil but in one thousand nine hundred ninety a dry lake. Bed near oregon. Steam mountains was aside of thirteen mile long three yang of mandela crop circle. This ancient design claim by many to have been created by aliens wasn't reality created by a local group of artists likewise the crop circles has started to world's awareness of such things was created by doug. Bauer dave charlie who were inspired by the saucer nest case australia. Where a farmer claim to. I have seen a ufo then. Found a flat. Circle of swamp reads a massive crop. Circle reported to be the last warning by aliens of a coming cataclysm that may possibly bring the world to bring of destruction appeared in washington state. In july twenty twelve notable russian scientists agreed on the warning while the united states government remains non committal on the warning aspect of that crop circle but area farmer's preparing for the summer harvest. Find the distraction. More amusing than alarming. You can't do anything other than laugh about it. Said cindy gabe who owns the field along with her husband. Greg you just kind of roll with the theory. It's aliens noor special because aliens chose your spot. French called the gibbs on july twenty four th when the pattern of flatten wheat spotted off highway. One seventy four about five miles. North of the town of wilbur. The feels about ten miles south of the grand coulee dam which bureau of reclamation says its largest hydropower producer in the united states the circles resemble a four leaf clover and remind cindy give of mickey mouse ears. The design knocked down about an acre of there. We'd some of it could be salvaged by combines when the harvest starts in a week or two she said but some will be lost. Crop circles have been a worldwide phenomenon for decades and this is not the first one in lincoln candy. Similar circular patterns were left and crops in the wilbur area in twenty ten twenty eight and twenty nine. There were no signs that anyone had walked in that field. We're trying to figure out how they got out there without breaking any of the wheat. It's hard to walk through the crunchy wheat. And not knock it down. Gibbs said at the same time it's hard to think it's aliens bizarre thing to wrap your brain around like the ufo's the debate over source of crop circles continues but now you been warned. The washington state crop circle warning was researched by ryland anderson written by his team of urban legend. Riders produced here at night. Owl sound studio. I'm kit chrome. Thanks for listening..
860AM The Answer
"washington state" Discussed on 860AM The Answer
"Million to settle allegations from the Washington State Attorney general's office that it's a pyramid scheme of the Rosales leggings and other clothing to a network of independent retailers who recruit other retailers to sell the company's products. Attorney General Bob Ferguson sued the company and its executives two years ago, saying they deceive people about how profitable it was to be a little Arrgh retailer. Ferguson said the $4 million of the settlement will be distributed to about 3000 Washington. Residents who were recruited to the company blew the road denied wrongdoing in a consent decreed filed in a Seattle court. Jeremy House reporting on Wall Street last week Down Industrials closing the weekend. 31,000 won 48 the NASDAQ at 8 13,056 breaking news and analysis of town hall dot com. Thousands of Arab citizens of Israel demonstrating Saturday protest ng of rices of rising crime wave and what is seen is poor police protection in Israel's Arab community. The protests in the Arab town of Tamron northern Israel, came in the wake of the death of a 22 year old passer by was killed in a shootout between police and criminals after he walked out of his home. Protesters held white flag stained with blood and raised banners calling for the ending of widespread crime. Many accused police of failing to contain criminal gangs and other violence. The protest also closed the major highway for several hours before the demonstration ended in the late afternoon. Under rocks to reporting former heavyweight champ Leon Spinks has died after battling prostate cancer. He was 67. He won the gold medal, the 1976 Montreal Olympics and later rose to prominence when he beat Mohammed Ali for the heavyweight title. 1978 more on these stories, a town hall dot com Hey, this is TV personality. Eric. Bowling with NFL Hall of Famer bred far Get out the NFL Hall of Famer Break farm. Yeah. Depends on if you want money or not, Or if I owe you well, okay, I'll take it. We're coming together for a new weekly podcast called.
790 KABC
"washington state" Discussed on 790 KABC
"He get this set for USC and Washington State and Sam will want to look back a little bit. I mentioned it earlier, 2002 Pac 10 Player of the year and then you go on to It has been a very long securities. Professional career is taking you all over the world. What have you been up to? Since last the Trojan family really saw you? Oh, I've been traveling the world. I played in Ah 10 countries on four different continents. Last I was in Argentina for private last 8989 years. Something like that. So Old man was still playing and finally ready to hang it up and move on with my rest my life. What was your favorite country? Theo live in playing desperate. The question I get the most everywhere has its good and bad, But I love Argentina. The most It was people treated me like I was one of their own like a native son. Well, it Z As you mentioned. It's been a while It is now the 20 year anniversary of your elite 18 that run that you guys made in 2001. When you look back at that now, 20 years later, you know what? What stands out from that run? Honestly, it was some of the best times of my basketball career. Um, what stood out was that everybody was judged at the same moment We were honestly, before that run. We were struggling with the pack. In the Pac 10 at the time were struggling last two games and we went to that tournament. We just everybody start clicking the same moment and it was really like, like Cinderella, you know, And it was a group, you know, not unlike what we've seen in the infield do here. It was a group that sort of built from the ground up a little bit, too, right? I mean, there were hard times that that that in particular that five that core five went through before you had the sort of glory years of the end. Yeah, we didn't is coming to success. We had the work for me. It was two years way had to work hard two years. I mean, when I first started the USC was by this many people here in the crowd over there at the sports arena, But no, we came in. We were all we came in all together, so corporate guys came in together, So we grew together. So by the time we got to that Leave it run. We were already you know, we were already general. We were friends on and off the court for 334 years by then. And then as we fast forward now disinterested obviously, it's been from abroad from afar, your your thoughts on on where the USC program has gone, You guys had it sort of to a spike that deploy the era headed up to Ah, Spike a little bit.
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"washington state" Discussed on KOMO
"Of nonstop news on comb. Oh, it's 606. Earlier this week, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Cesar indicated there would be millions of extra vaccine doses released to the states. We are releasing the entire supply we have for order by states. Rather than holding second doses in physical reserve. But new reporting in the Washington Post shows there were no doses available in reserve. As a result, states that had been gearing up to expand distribution of the Copan vaccine have no extra doses to give out in a tweet. The Washington State Health Department says they understand why people may feel the situation is confusing and frustrating. Oregon Governor Kate Brown calls it A deception on a national scale. We've reached out to health and human services for comment. The State patrol the National Guard, preparing for any possible protests or confrontations at the state capital this weekend. Here's combos Charlie Harder with Maura Fence lined with troopers and guard members continues to surround the capital and nearby buildings. This comes, says the FBI warns of possible threats at all 50 state capitals between now and January, 20th. State trooper Chelsea Hudson tells coma, they continue to monitor intelligence coming in well this point in time, we don't have any known explicit threats that would indicate details of the time place or specific activity in our area. FBI Highlights Sunday and Inauguration Day is the two days to be on the highest alert, Hudson says they're ready for whatever comes their way. Charlie Harder come O'Neill's. There is increasing concern for the safety of journalists covering protests at state capitals across the U. S. And in Washington, packing a gas mask and helmet has become the new normal is starting to look just a bit like what foreign correspondents face in the world's conflict zones. This week, the Oregon State police gave virtual training on what to do if there's a shooting rampage in the state Capitol building. Former longtime foreign correspondent Andrew Selsky, says there are increasing risks to journalists in America. Lawmakers in Olympia had their first public hearing on a major police reform bill that would affect Washington's 11,000 police officers and update now here's come. Oh super marrow, the Criminal Justice Training Commission certifies law enforcement in the state of Focus of House Bill 10. 82 is on D certifying officers that have shown misconduct. Many who spoke where family members of people who died after interactions with police. Elaine Simon says the officer who killed her foster son should not have been on the job in his 11 year. Career. He is responsible for three of nine killings in Auburn Washington. To me, that is a serial killer. Law enforcement agencies opposed the bill, which would also change the makeup of the training commission, with fewer police and more private citizens. Maura Than 70% of the members of the commission would not be experts in or be subject to the rules of the actions of the commission. That's Jim McMahon with the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police chief's Soup. Romero Come on news The Washington state Supreme Courts has Benton County Sheriff Jerry Hatcher may have committed a felony when he backdated an official document on an internal review of his actions. The court already allowed a recall effort to move forward but yesterday released a lengthy rebuke of the sheriff's actions come most. Carleen Johnson reports. The initial report back in November from the state's high court stated the recall effort against Sheriff Jerry Hatcher could go forward. Now in this 47 page, expanded opinion, the court said all eight charges alleged against him were legally in factually sufficient, including tampering with physical evidence and intimidating witnesses. The officer's union has voted no confidence in their sheriff Alan Harvey is theater knee representing deputy Jason Eriksson, who brought the recall effort. He says the department is united despite the strain of this awkward time, their unity through the sense of purpose that they're doing the right thing for the right reason that they have maintained their professional integrity and and they have gone to work every day, and they're still doing their jobs. Hatcher denies any wrongdoing and no criminal charges have been filed against him. Those behind the recall effort have until May to gather signatures. Carleen Johnson. Come on News Still to come on coma. I'm Corwin Hague, urging you to buy some music and help an ailing Seattle icon. The Falcons hire.
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"People without electricity. And in the Snohomish County, P ut It's 93,000 customers who are out of power. We begin our coverage with Cuomo's Carleen Johnson, who filed this report from South King County wins means guessing over 50 Miles an hour more than 60 and federal way more than 70 Miles an hour across what come county where some trees Came down across from student housing on campus. One student was injured. Huge limbs are down across the region and power repair crews will be putting in a very long day. Backyard one big fir tree laying on my neighbor's house, John well, lives in Puyallup, a few blocks off Canyon Road east were several homes are damaged. In Tacoma Firefighters had to rescue a homeowner on South Mason Avenue huge tree sheared off nearly a quarter of the home there. Courtney Carpenter is a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Seattle. We are on a record when I start to the year and so Ground is saturated and that causes trees to fall down with less wind that then we might typically see Highway one of one blocked at Lake Crescent this morning because of slides and trees down. Carleen Johnson come on Use the driver of a mail truck is lucky to be alive. After surviving a herring experience. Early this morning, a wind gust nearly pushed his semi over the rail of the deception past Bridge. Jeff Miles says his driver's side door is all that stood between him and a 180 ft plunge. Look down at the water, so I wasn't gonna open that door. He told KOMO News that he scrambled Upward to safety out the passenger side. That section of highway 20 is still closed this morning, and there's also a dangerous tree at one end of the bridge that has to be removed, and crews can't do that, until daylight crews are busy in the north and cleaning up and call most. Corwin Hate has more from Snohomish County. Everywhere I go, I see evidence of the overnight windstorm, mostly in the form of evergreen bows scattered over roadways. Overturned curbside trash cans and here and there are large, fallen branch. My colleague, Coma reporter Ryan Harris checked in from south effort, He says the winds really began picking up late last night. We got crazy high winds blowing through That I thought were going to blow over some of the bigger trees in the area where I live. Fallen trees are all over, according to Rocky, all a fence with Washington State Patrol. Just be aware that there might be treason. The road's slow down Pay more attention to the road, increasing following distance. Make sure your lights are on and be patient as road crews and power companies work hard to repair the damage. Corwin Hague Co. Moh news What's coming up after we check traffic and weather? The feds say, scrap your plan. Let's roll out the vaccine. This way. I'm Brian covered with the change. Washington may not make easily. First we check your driver Komal traffic every 10 minutes on the floors from the demon Law Group Traffic center. Here's Kira Jordan. We've been working with a crash traveling north on state route 169 at Cedar Grove that's been causing a mile back up into the area in Maltby. Traffic alternating on highway nine year to 28th instituted trees in the road. And if you're traveling south on Highway nine You're sitting in a solid mile and a half back up there. And when Bonnie Lake both directions of highway 4 10 are really backed up approaching both of veterans Memorial Drive in the westbound direction. Sky Island driving eastbound direction of westbound drive has over a mile back up. I don't have anything officially reported in the area might guess, though, is that it's probably a traffic like that isn't working properly. Work down 16 sevens going to be slow out of Sumner into alguna north Bound four or five years. State route 1 16 You see a crash on the shoulder and then we continue with the busy drive from sunset through Newcastle, North Carolina, five has been slow for mid Boeing Field to Seneca and North about 99 backed up approaching the First Avenue South Bridge. Our next Cuomo traffic up 7 14. This report is sponsored by only orthe over the world class positions and all the Northwest South sound. Well, I take a long, stressful drive when only Ortho was right in your own backyard. The Oracle has your back your knee. Your hip, your shoulder. You get it on the Ortho, Calm your life in motion. Let's get our forecast for a meteorologist Kristen Clarke. Strong winds howled through the strait and sound overnight, causing tree damage and numerous power outages across western.
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"Free throws there at 61 little over 61%. That's something they obviously have to work on. The cover was picked ninth Washington State picked 12th in the Pac 12 preseason. Both teams are doing better. Yeah, at this moment and color, you know, e think Washington State has to feel really good where they are. Think Colorado would really look back on perhaps the Oregon State game and the Denver game and kick themselves, perhaps down the line here a little bit that they didn't do better, especially at Denver to get that win, But But Colorado has, I guess you could say, almost turned a corner a swell It's maybe not as big of a corner a sweet Washington state has done But Colorado is definitely achieved well. This year. I Yeah, I agree, And it's interesting. You bring up Oregon State. I don't What's gonna happen with that? They're not playing again this weekend. Um, they're struggling, and it has to do with hold it on the protocols and trying to pass. The protocol's been making sure the players are safe. So that's gonna be a bump in the road. I think for a lot of people in the Pac 12, but I think you're right. I think Colorado looks back on that and said We could have won that game. If we could just come in with our heads screwed on tight like they had like it. Hey, have been over the last three games. They played here at the event. Sir. I know it's tough to play on the road. Um, They've got Oregon here in a few weeks and then Oregon state potentially way Don't know about that. Yes. So that's that's one of the bumps. We're gonna have down the road. You certainly like to think whatever's going on at Oregon State is remedy in two weeks. Otherwise, they've got figure issues than we think.