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Ascent is leading the world of regulatory compliance forward by offering greater efficiencies, greater cost savings, and greater accuracy using Regulation AI.
Our cloud-based platform provides Intelligence-as-a-Service ("INTaaS") as a groundbreaking new way to navigate the increasingly complex world of regulations quickly, efficiently, and most important of all, reliably.
We're a team of compliance officers, lawyers, data scientists, and technologists committed to helping our customers win at regulatory compliance.
Brian Clark, Founder and CEO, Ascent RegTech
Brian has a wide breadth of regulatory compliance experience including derivatives exchanges, market investigations, clearinghouse compliance, and registered brokerage businesses. He earned an undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Illinois, a Juris Doctor degree from DePaul University, and an MBA from the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business. He is a former Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel, and is passionate about entrepreneurship. He is an Eagle Scout. In 2015 he co-founded Ascent RegTech. Ascent's uses artificial intelligence to help customers digitalize and automate their regulatory risk and compliance programs.
Arbela Takhsh
Arbela has deep background in the technology industry having held various engineering and operational leadership roles at Motorola, Google, Comcast, and Gogo developing and supporting global products and technologies. Arbela brings a wealth of experience in scaling operations, launching new products and lines of business in highly regulated industries, operational excellence and quality, customer success, and advanced data science solutions for breakthrough insights and capabilities. Throughout her career, Arbela has guided organizations to maximize their impact through inclusive thoughtful leadership, customer obsession, and a sharp focus on execution and business results. She earned her undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Temple University, and her MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Jeff Heine
Chief Revenue Officer
Jeff has extensive experience in helping build and scale early stage tech companies. His focus is on the Sales, Marketing and Customer Success functions and he is incredibly passionate about building organizations around the market and customer needs. He earned a BS from Bradley University and is certified Business Professional by Hecht & Associates in Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation
Chris Doyle
Chris has spent more than a decade in software development and management in both startups and large companies. His work at Ascent is a natural extension of his experience creating workflow tools, gracefully combining human and machine operations, and building beautiful, intuitive, user-oriented experiences. He earned a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Olin College.
Spencer Allee
VP Data Science
Spencer specializes in building and leading data science and data engineering teams with a focus on enabling people to feel excited about their work, make an impact, and grow their careers. At PwC's Analytics Advisory practice he started and led the AI Accelerator, a machine learning-focused innovation team. At Tribune Publishing he served as the VP of AI and Data Solutions, focused on developing new products using the Tribune's unique data assets. He holds a BA in Economics from Yale University.
Subha Sriram
Subha is a passionate product leader with 20 years of experience working in the software consulting services space and product management at large, medium and small size organizations. In true agile fashion, she has worn multiple hats in her career development, project management, coach, program management, professional services staffing and product management. When not at work, she loves to travel, cook and watch movies.
Asha Sarode
VP Regulatory Intelligence
Asha has a wide breadth of legal and management experience, working as an attorney for over 11 years – including litigation, data-driven contract processes, and complex legal transactions – and managing teams of legal services professionals. She earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan in Political Science and Philosophy, her Juris Doctor from DePaul College of Law, and her MBA from the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business.
Dan McKelvey
VP Finance
Dan is a seasoned finance leader with over a decade of international work experience focused on building strong finance teams and partnering with the business to create robust, analytically rigorous organizations. He earned his undergraduate degree in Economics and Asian Studies from Case Western Reserve University and an MBA from the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business.
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Kristopher Craw
Knowledge Product Owner
Kris is a technical product manager/owner with over a decade of experience in startups and R&D departments. He is obsessed with cutting edge product and process, and loves the opportunity to work with smart and creative people. He has previously been a software engineer and technical lead with experience in distributed backend systems, machine learning, and natural language processing. He also has a J.D. from the University of Denver and is a USAF veteran. When not working on technology products, Kris is an avid gamer and foodie, and enjoys spending time with his wife, son, and dog.
Sunkanmi Olaleye
Sunkanmi is a Software Developer at Ascent, where he develops and supports applications, including devOps for the Customer App team. Sunkanmi has worked with big brands such as Idemia, NML and GPP, developing financial services and online investment solutions for banks and investments professionals, among other distinctions within the fintech space.
Seun Adekunle
Seun Adekunle is a full-stack software developer at Ascent, where he helps in growing out the core platform by developing and creating both front-end and back-end features with JavaScript and Ruby. Seun is a lover of comedy movies and sports, from Lagos, Nigeria.
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Sura Guiffreda
Sura Giuffreda is the Product Manager for Customer Application at Ascent RegTech. Sura began her journey at Ascent on the Customer Success team and her customer-centric empathy and desire to build an impactful product led to her Product Manager role. Sura graduated from the University of Houston with a Bachelor of Science in Geophysics. Prior to focusing on a career in Product Management, Sura worked as a Geophysicist for 5 years in the Oil & Gas industry. Sura is truly a people person who enjoys sharing laughs, cooking and traveling.
Nurudeen Ibrahim
Nurudeen is a Software Developer at Ascent, where he creates SaaS programs, including building features that improve customers' experience, using Ruby and JavaScript. Nurudeen loves playing football and watching comedies, and he's from Lagos, Nigeria.
Franklin Ajaps
Ajaps is a software developer at Ascent. He is proficient in Ruby on Rails and Javascript, and he is working to gain proficiency in other programming languages such as Python and Java. When he isn't working, he likes to drink beer with friends, listens to different genre of music, or play football(soccer).
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Daniel Conrad
Daniel is a full stack engineer with over a decade of experience in creating and managing high-performance web applications. He has a vigilant eye for web best-practices and design implementation. Outside of work, he enjoys robotics, woodworking, cheese making, and teaching kids how to code.
Scott Fullman
Machine Learning Research Lead
Scott is Ascent's Machine Learning Research Lead, where he oversees the development and deployment of modern machine learning methods in an applied research environment. Scott has spent more than a decade focused on building commercial applications of new technologies, including leading an award winning, global analytics lab at a big four consulting firm, using data science to improve operations in the newspaper business, and serving as a product manager at the intersection of software and hardware applications. Scott has a degree in engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Patrick Lambros
Senior Regulatory Intelligence Analyst
Patrick is a Senior Regulatory Intelligence Analyst at Ascent, where he develops, creates, and improves processes to ensure our Regulatory Data is precise and accurate. Patrick focuses on Data Integrity and has implemented improvements to many of Ascent's internal workflow processes that have increased efficiency and accuracy. Patrick is a problem-solver that is willing to take on any challenge. His work helps firms efficiently comply with domestic and international financial regulations.
Riley Maloney
Reference Document Analyst
Riley Maloney is a Reference Document Analyst at Ascent. Riley works in consort with his fellow team members to create an encyclopedic database of regulatory and related compliance documents. Though new to the regulatory intelligence industry, Riley has contributed a dynamic and creative energy to the team which enables him to develop new and exciting ways to push the frontier of the Reg-Tech industry and the Reference Document process. Riley is a recent graduate of Oxford University where he earned a Master of Science degree. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts from Providence College in History and Political Science. In his free time, Riley enjoys hiking, rock climbing, and exploring the diversity of Chicago's architecture and distinct neighborhoods.
Max Joubert
Regulatory Intelligence Analyst
Max Joubert is a Regulatory Intelligence Analyst at Ascent Technologies, where he works with the Reg Intel team breaking down regulatory text for input into the customer application. He has learned each part of the workflow process and along with the rest of the Reg Intel team improved the speed and accuracy at which regulations are processed. Max works on a variety of projects across teams, including working with the Data Science team to improve the automation of the workflow process. He hopes to continue learning how artificial intelligence can help financial institutions improve their compliance programs. Max is a fan of Chicago sports and attends Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Yesenia Vega
Reference Documents Analyst
Yesenia is a Reference Documents Analyst at Ascent, where she reviews regulatory documents and helps automate the process. She is a recent graduate from The UIC College of Business Administration, where she majored in Information and Decision Sciences. Yesenia became passionate about financial regulations when she took a course in Market Microstructure and Electronic Trading. She is glad to be a part of the RegTech industry.
Sukhpal Kooner
Regulatory Intelligence Associate
Sukhpal is a Regulatory Intelligence Associate at Ascent, where he analyzes regulations from both U.S and international regulatory bodies. Sukhpal stays current with any legislative updates, revisions or modifications, understanding their impact on clients within the banking and finance industry. He earned his undergraduate degree at McMaster University in Biology, and his Juris Doctor from DePaul University College of Law. Prior to joining Ascent, Sukhpal worked in-house at a private managed care company based in Chicago. During his spare time, Sukhpal enjoys hiking, boxing, and exploring Chicago.
Jonathan Michael Crowley
As a lawyer, book editor, and aspiring novelist, Jonathan has an ever-pondering brain and an eye for detail that serve him well reviewing and analyzing regulations. He earned his undergraduate degree from Illinois State University and his Juris Doctor from DePaul University College of Law. In his free time, Jonathan enjoys learning new things, knitting, and going on long walks. He is well known for reminding people to make good choices.
Alexandra Lehr
Alexandra is a Regulatory Analyst and works to create the content for the Customer Application by reviewing and distilling regulations. She earned a JD from Loyola University Chicago School of Law and is currently licensed to practice law in Illinois. Prior to joining Ascent, Alexandra clerked for a personal injury law firm, an associate judge in the Circuit Court of Cook County, and the legal department at a mid-size company. Alexandra's varied experience and legal background allow her to confidently operate in the growing world of regtech. Alexandra lives in Chicago and enjoys going to the theater and trying new restaurants.
Jesse King
Jesse is a law student at DePaul University College of Law, where he is currently pursuing a certification in Information Technology Law. He will graduate in May of 2019. Prior to law school, Jesse graduated from the University of Tennessee with a BA in Philosophy. Prior to working at Ascent, Jesse worked as intern at Saper Law doing entertainment law. Jesse also has interest in building computers, and computer repair.
Sydney Worsham
Sydney is a member of the Regulatory Intelligence team where she works on breaking down the regulatory text that eventually goes into the customer application. She is currently a 3rd year law student at DePaul College of Law. She received her undergraduate degree in Marketing and Management from St. Ambrose University where she also played soccer.
Wesley Heap
Wesley is a Regulatory Analyst at Ascent, where he distills the contents of regulatory texts into trainable data for Ascent's machine learning models and for integration into Ascent's application. Starting in January 2019, he transitioned to working on the Rules Team where he focuses on maintaining rule updates and the workflow ingestion process. Wesley is a licensed attorney in Illinois whose prior firm experience in intellectual property and civil litigation allow him to confidently approach and solve problems in a growing company environment. He lives in Downers Grove and enjoys climbing, reading, and eating.
Shubhangi Jain
Shubhangi is a member of the Regulatory Intelligence team where she works on transforming regulatory text into content that eventually goes into the customer application. She graduated with her Masters in Technology Management from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2018. She completed her law degree from India in 2015 and worked in the financial services industry as a corporate lawyer for 2 years post that. Apart from work, she enjoys taking up arts and crafts projects over the weekends.
Craig Novack
Craig Novack is an Account Executive at Ascent RegTech. Craig is on the Sales team that is helping financial organizations understand the value of implementing the Ascent platform to help drive efficiencies in their regulatory compliance processes. For the past 15 years, Craig has been selling software and technology into the legal, insurance and compliance markets. He has worked with various sized organizations, from small to Fortune 100 companies, to help ensure that new technology will properly address the requirements of their project, the needs of the employees and the goals of the organization. When Craig is not working, he enjoys time with his family, cooking and starting (and in many cases, not finishing) projects around the house.
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Jay Gillette
Jay is an Account Executive at Ascent, where he establishes and fosters relationships with financial services firms. With nearly 9 years of experience as a FINRA Examiner and Compliance Officer prior to joining Ascent, Jay takes pride in going the extra mile to understand his customers' compliance processes, successes and pain points. Jay's prior experience and deep expertise in the compliance domain allow him to pinpoint precisely where Ascent can be best applied to most effectively reduce risk and lower manual efforts for his customers. Jay resides in Chicago, IL with his wife and son. In his spare time, Jay enjoys trying new restaurants, reading financial articles, and you may even find him at the zoo, aquarium or local park with his family.
Vanessa Yeh
Vanessa owns strategy and execution of all marketing activities, including digital, content development, communications, and events. Vanessa previously served as the VP of Brand, Marketing, and Communications at 1871, Chicago's hub for tech and entrepreneurship. Prior to that, she spent 5 years at the helm of a boutique events agency in Los Angeles, designing and producing offbeat events. Vanessa is a graduate of UCLA and likes sci-fi, scrabble, and pie shops.
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Director of Solutions Engineering
Maria Phillips
Maria has extensive experience in accounting, governance, risk and compliance from industry roles at KPMG, UBS and BMO and later with technology platforms in the GRC sector. Maria brings a wealth of BAU and implementation consulting experience in assurance, regulatory impact analysis, change management and governance reporting. Throughout her career, Maria has guided organizations in streamlining processes to maximize cost saving. Maria is a member of ACOI(compliance) and studied Marketing at H.S.I. In the role of Implementation Consultant Maria is helping financial organizations understand the value of implementing the Ascent platform to help drive efficiencies in their regulatory compliance processes. Maria resides in the United Kingdom and works with Ascents European client base.
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Security cost for Doko Park mounting
BLYTHEWOOD – During the Town's budget workshop last week, a discussion of the increasing incidents of vandalism in Doko Meadows (the town park) and the increasing cost of security to prevent that vandalism, became contentious.
A total of 36 security cameras have been keeping an eye on the goings-on in Doko Park and around Town Hall since last November, but Town Administrator Gary Parker said that while the cameras have helped, there is still considerable vandalism. To cover the park more adequately, Parker suggested Council might want to install two more (vehicle) tag readers and three more security cameras in areas not currently covered.
"If someone had thought about all we're going to spend when they started this park, I'm not sure they'd have done it. We've spent $100,000 on cameras now," Councilman Tom Utroska said. "It has to end someplace. It's never going to be perfectly secure. You can't have cameras between every tree."
"We're providing a public facility that's becoming more and more popular every year," Parker said. "So more and more visitors are coming to town property. This is a security measure to protect those people and the Town itself."
Parker asked Council if they see more cameras as a valid expenditure justified by the potential problems that could result.
"Nationwide, more and more towns use cameras. Myrtle Beach has over 800 cameras watching the city. It's a Council call," Parker said.
"Let's leave it in the budget for now and have (Ron) Perryman (National Alert Security System) back to discuss this with us before we decide," Mayor J. Michael Ross said.
But the issue of park security didn't end there.
"We're having a lot of problems with playground (security)," Steve Hasterock, Director of The Manor, said. "We have people coming over from The Point because they aren't allowed to smoke cigarettes (on the premises), so they come over and smoke behind the gas station and then come into the park. We've also got kids as young as 5 and 6 years old taking rocks from around the public restrooms and the drainage pipes and throwing them in the pond."
Again, it was suggested Council invite Perryman to the June work session to discuss how to solve the playground security problems.
Parker also advised Council that there is now the additional problem of rolls of toilet paper being stolen from the dispensers in the park restrooms. Parker suggested using $750 of the $8,000 in the Parks & Recreation budget (designated for cleaning supplies) to purchase six new theft-proof toilet paper dispensers.
Ross also said it is now necessary to hire someone to clean the park restrooms twice a day on weekends, adding another layer of expenses to the park's budget.
But it was a discussion about whether to secure the soccer fields with up to $20,500 of fencing that caused Council's fur to fly.
"We need a quote for fencing the park's athletic field," Parker advised Council.
"Why?" Utroska asked.
"For security and to prevent children from kicking the soccer ball in to McLean Road," Parker said. "It has been brought up to at least fence along McLean Road."
Parker said the cost for 400 linear feet of galvanized fencing along the road would cost $5,300, with more attractive vinyl-coated fencing in blue, brown or green costing $7,000. To surround the entire soccer field in galvanized fencing would cost $15,000, and vinyl coated fencing would cost $20,500. The quote, Parker said, was not a bid, but a ballpark cost from the company who fenced the playground.
"Fencing the entire field will also help prevent vandalism," Hasterock said.
"Then they'll just tear down the fence!" Councilman Malcolm Gordge, Ross and Utroska blurted out in frustration.
While the Jeep Rogers YMCA on Kelly Mill Road will be renting the soccer fields in the fall, Ross pointed out that, for now, he has never seen more than 5 or 6 kids on the field at one time.
"Maybe put a fence down McLean Road," Ross said. "But I'm not going to pay $20,000 to put a fence around that thing. We've got too many things to spend money on. We could talk all day about things like someone running in to the parking lot chasing a butterfly. That's nuts! So we put 'em inside a fence and they climb over and fall andbreak a leg. We're going too far thinking we can prevent every little thing."
"There are generic risks with a park – we have a pond out there," Hasterock cautioned. "But there are philosophical arguments that we need to reasonably try to prevent things like that. When the YMCA comes in and they start having lot of games and practices, maybe that's the time we should consider this (fencing)."
"Maybe they should put the fence up," Utroska said.
"I could ask," Hasterock said.
"He's just being facetious," Ross joked jokingly about Utroska's comment.
"No, I'm not," Utroska countered. "If the persons using it (the soccer field)…" He paused. "I've said enough. I wrote a note on my copy that says 'money pit,'" Utroska said, showing his notes to Ross who was seated next to him.
"The park?" Ross asked.
"Yes," Utroska said.
Bringing the discussion back to center, Parker asked if it was Council's desire to leave the budget item for fencing blank for now or plug in $7,000.
"I would say put the fence on McLean Road," Councilman Larry Griffin said. "It shows then that we're trying to protect. I go over to Richland County's big ball fields and there is no fencing. And you're not going to stop vandalism by putting a fence up. We might put the fence off another year until we see larger groups out there. Put the money into the cameras so you can get the (vehicle) tags and the vehicles."
"Then we can use the revenue we get from (renting the fields to) the YMCA to put the fence up," Utroska said.
A third budget workshop will be held May 25.
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State to Air Force: Clean up contamination at Holloman
Samples from groundwater monitoring wells revealed PFAS concentrations at 1.294 million parts per trillion.
State to Air Force: Clean up contamination at Holloman Samples from groundwater monitoring wells revealed PFAS concentrations at 1.294 million parts per trillion. Check out this story on lcsun-news.com: https://www.currentargus.com/story/news/local/2019/02/07/new-mexico-holloman-air-force-base-water-contamination-environment/2801090002/
Laura Paskus, NM Political Report Published 11:53 a.m. MT Feb. 7, 2019
A 54th Operations Support Squadron air traffic controller observes an F-16 Fighting Falcon taxi near Badger Road, Dec. 18, 2018, on Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. Badger Road is named after a badger found by airfield management. (Photo: Staff Sgt. BreeAnn Sachs/U.S. Air Force)
The state of New Mexico has responded to reports of groundwater contamination at yet another Air Force base — this time, Holloman Air Force Base.
On Wednesday, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) issued a notice of violation against the U.S. Air Force over groundwater contamination at Holloman, which sits on nearly 60,000 acres just outside the City of Alamogordo.
"We are dismayed by the Air Force's lack of prompt response to the contamination found at Holloman and will use all avenues available to us to hold the military accountable and make affected New Mexicans whole again," said NMED Secretary-designate James Kenney in a press release from the department. "This Notice of Violation is a step toward ensuring that happens."
A November 2018 Air Force site inspection report showed contamination levels in some areas at Holloman are 18,000 times the federal limit for PFAS.
PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a class of human-made chemicals, and include perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS). The human health advisory—for a lifetime drinking water exposure to PFAS—is 70 parts per trillion, or 70 nanograms per liter.
MORE: Report: Holloman Air Force Base groundwater highly contaminated
Samples from groundwater monitoring wells revealed PFAS concentrations at 1.294 million parts per trillion. And at wells covered by a state groundwater discharge permit, concentrations were at 137 parts per trillion.
Under state law, NMED issues groundwater discharge permits to military installations, national laboratories, businesses and others. Under these sorts of permits, the state specifies the maximum allowable contamination of waters. If pollution exceeds those levels, permittees need to have a cleanup plan.
Now, NMED says the Air Force violated its state permit.
State threatens penalties
In the letter to Col. Joseph Campo, the commander of Holloman Air Force Base, NMED's Groundwater Bureau Chief Michelle Hunter wrote that failure to comply with the state's notice of violation could result in $15,000 per day in civil penalties, or "action in district court."
According to Tripp Stelnicki, director of communications for Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, the governor spoke with Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson on Wednesday. The state's entire congressional delegation was on the call, he said, along with Kenney and New Mexico Department of Agriculture Secretary Jeff Witte.
54th Operations Support Squadron air traffic controllers observe F-16 Fighting Falcons taking off, Dec. 18, 2018, on Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. The air traffic control tower is divided into five positions with unique responsibilities including ground transportation, flight data, local control, the watch supervisor desk and the supervisor of flight desk. (Photo: Staff Sgt. BreeAnn Sachs/U.S. Air Force)
"The New Mexico delegation and governor expressed their frustration and displeasure with the continued lack of response and communication from the Air Force regarding water contamination at not only Cannon but Holloman directly to the secretary," Stelnicki said. "The governor feels it is unacceptable for the responsible party to be as unresponsive as it has been to the needs of New Mexicans and to the state's pressing concerns, as expressed today."
Wilson represented New Mexico's First Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1998 to 2009.
Stelnicki added that the governor and NMED are evaluating "other potential actions," but the preferred action would be "coordinated action between the state and Air Force. But, he said, "it is now incumbent on the Air Force to reach out and work with the state, as we have sought to do."
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Last fall, groundwater monitoring wells at Cannon Air Force Base near Clovis detected concentrations of PFAS exceeding 26,000 nanograms per liter, or roughly 345 times the federal lifetime drinking water exposure limit. In off-base wells, including those that supply drinking water to dairies, levels ranged from 25 to 1,600 nanograms per liter.
At the time, NMED issued a notice of violation against Cannon and began working with the Air Force on wrapping PFAS cleanup into Cannon's hazardous waste permit from the state. The Air Force responded in January by suing the state of New Mexico, challenging NMED's authority to compel PFAS cleanup under the state permit.
Congressional calls to address concerns
U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small, whose district includes Holloman, called reports of the contamination "incredibly unsettling."
"We also know it's not affecting our drinking water," she said. "We have to be vigilant and safe, but also realistic about what's happening right now." The drinking water people have access to right now is safe, she said, but the Air Force needs to be more responsive to community concerns.
The 49th Wing at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, and all co-located units, will realign from Air Combat Command to Air Education and Training Command effective Oct. 1, 2018. As a result of the realignment MQ-9 pilots and sensor operators will be able to attend initial training and graduate training all within one command. (Photo: J.M. Eddins, Jr./U.S. Air Force)
Torres Small also added that it's "disheartening" that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hasn't set national standards for PFAS.
In 2016, EPA established guidelines for exposure to PFAS. The human health advisory set the lifetime drinking water exposure limit at 70 parts per trillion, or 70 nanograms per liter. But now the agency is backing away from plans to create a formal drinking water standard for PFAS.
New Mexico's congressional delegation has pushed back against EPA on that issue. They are joined by other senators and representatives nationwide, whose districts have contaminated groundwater from military bases.
MORE: Royal Netherlands Air Force visits HollomanIn 2018, the U.S. Department of Defense announced that activities at 126 military bases had contaminated groundwater with PFAS. In total, 401 active and former installations had at least one known or suspected release of PFAS.
According to the EPA, health impacts from exposure to PFAS can include thyroid disorders, pregnancy-induced hypertension and preeclampsia, cancers, high cholesterol, increased liver enzymes, decreased vaccination response and reproductive and developmental complications.
The contamination is linked to firefighting foams used beginning in the 1970s to extinguish petroleum-based fires. (PFAS were also used in food packaging, nonstick products like Teflon and cleaning supplies.) The manufacture of many PFAS chemicals has since been phased out in the U.S., but the health impacts from exposure to the chemicals remain. The compounds move through the groundwater, and they're persistent, which means they stay in the system for a long time. They also bioaccumulate, or move up the food chain, accumulating more and more within each species.
New Mexico Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, Rep. Ben Ray Luján and Lujan Grisham also issued a joint statement following their call with Wilson.
They called for the Air Force to respond more urgently to the contamination at both Cannon and Holloman, and said they would work with Wilson "to ensure the Air Force moves quickly to determine the full extent of PFAS contamination and take substantive action to protect the health of impacted communities and our servicemembers."
They added, "New Mexico is a proud and welcoming host to three Air Forces bases, and we are entitled to accountability and access to safe, healthy water for households and businesses in our communities. We will pursue this and push the Air Force until it is achieved."
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Ann Stafford, Army Without Banners
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Handheld Press (which I run) will be publishing a novel in March 2020 called Business as Usual, by Jane Oliver and Ann Stafford: it was originally published in 1933. I've been working on this since August last year. While researching the lives and careers of Oliver and Stafford I worked out that they published at least 97 novels together and singly (their story, as far as I can piece it together, is in my Introduction to the Handheld edition). With so many to choose from, where do you even start? One of Ann Stafford's later solo novels caught my eye: Army Without Banners from 1942, because I noticed a snippet of information about it in a review of another book, describing it as a novel about the volunteer ambulance service in the Second World War. I also managed to find an inexpensive copy through abebooks.co.uk.
It's very good. Stafford (and Oliver), then both in their late 30s and unmarried, though Oliver had recently been widowed, both drove ambulances as volunteer drivers during the war. Stafford's other talent was illustration: we've reproduced almost all of the delightful line drawings that she did for Business as Usual, and she's filled Army Without Banners with them as well, because this is a novel that cries out for pictures.
It is 1941. Mildred Gibson is living in Surrey. Her husband and son are both in the armed services, and she is keeping their home ready for their return but not doing very much herself. Then a letter from her cousin Daphne Pennington arrives, telling her about the ambulance unit she volunteers for, and how they need good drivers. The letter basically tells Mildred she should come to London and be useful. And Mildred does. She arranges to let the house, and pays off her maid (and presumably her cook and char as well: she's that kind of middle-class woman).
She packs her cases with what she usually takes to London (her smartest clothes, hats and evening dresses), then she rereads Daphne's letter, and unpacks them to start again. Daphne had mentioned that the gas in her street was often cut off due to bomb damage, so Mildred packs her oldest and warmest tweeds and woollens, especially a jumper that her husband dislikes but which has far too much wear left in it to be thrown out. She fills a packing case with dried and packet food that won't go off, and she remembers at the last moment to take the metal washing-up bowl, as the retired major in the village had warned her about shrapnel. Neighbours supply her with vegetables and potatoes, three dozen eggs and tannic jelly for burns. And she drives to London, feeling terrified, but also knowing that she can't go back now, and that she has got to help Daphne.
Daphne's house is still standing, and she takes in neighbours whose homes have been destroyed. Belinda, for instance, was in the pub with her husband when their flat was bombed. He's a pilot in the Air Force now, and she works in a mobile canteen, sleeping in Daphne's dining-room when she can, along with all the other guests of the house, since the upstairs rooms are a lot noisier in a raid.
'Daphne's dining-room had been a period piece – red tapestry curtains, Heplewhite and elegant prints. Now it was a forest of pit-props, and between the pit-props were half a dozen bunks, gay with check dust-sheets, and from the pit-props hung more coats, civilian-duty respirators, a spare tin hat, pick-axe and saw. There was a medicine chest in a corner, and a galvanised bin marked Water in red. A cheap gate-legged table stood in the middle of the floor, with stools round it.'
Mildred learns to drive a clanking bus of an ambulance for Daphne's unit, and after her first night out in a Blitz is rewarded by her team with the name of Gibsy. All the women in the unit are called by an abbreviation of their surnames – familiar but not too familiar – once they've done service. And what service! There were horrors, and great sadnesses, but the most impressive thing about this novelisation of Stafford's experiences in the war is the phenomenal organisation behind the volunteers who drive the ambulances, served as fire-watchers, were street and borough wardens, who arranged the telephone system to make sure that the right services were sent to the right places for what was needed, as soon as possible, during and after the bombing.
Stafford's interest in the organisation of civil defence and her own experiences of it change the novel to a straightforward account of what it was like, to a kind of tour of all the ways that women can serve their country by volunteering. On one of her hours off Mildred goes to see 'the little woman warden who had come about an unexploded bomb. She must have been nearer sixty than fifty', and she gives Mildred a full explanation of how wardening works. One night Mildred and Bilson get a shelter call, because a woman is about to give birth and needs to be taken to hospital, and the shelter and its inhabitants and workings are described (and illustrated). When Mildred picks up a shell-shocked victim of a raid and takes her to a First Aid Post, she can't help worrying about her and so goes to visit the Post the next time she has a long enough break. Then we have the workings of the welfare system described, showing how the people who have been bombed out of their homes and need advice, address, forms for compensation, and so on, are supported by competent and trained staff and volunteers.
The original novelisation of the experiences disappears about two-thirds of the way through, and the threads of plot and characterisation that had been developing are forgotten as Mildred travels from one voluntary service to another, showing the wartime reader the extraordinary wonders that were happening all around them, in which they too could participate. Because Army Without Banners is most definitely a rallying cry for the women of Britain to get stuck in and do their bit, a prospectus of all the service opportunities out there that might suit them, described with nicely judged humour and delicately placed moments of heart-stopping pathos. Stafford is never heavy-handed in her writing, and her illustrations are just marvellous. This is a highly recommended book for those interested in the social history of the war, in London's war, and in how women worked as volunteers.
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Martin Ternouth says:
I read Army Without Banners as a teenager, sixty years ago. My father bought it for 3d in a second-hand bookshop in Brighton – the illustrations caught his eye. I still have a recall of the word-pictures that the author creates that subconsciously illuminate any newsreel films or recollections of civilians in wartime.
It's very evocative writing, isn't it?
Claire (The Captive Reader) says:
Being interested in all these things, this sounds fascinating. I recently borrowed Business as Usual from the library and was delighted by it so am now eager to discover more by Stafford and Oliver!
JosieHolford says:
What a find! What a gem! I'm going to look out for a copy – (I see one at ABEBooks.) Is this a book that should be brought back into print?


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Men cannot exist without a philosophy of some kind… the philosophy of the hills is a simple one, on them we approach a little nearer to the ends of the earth and the beginnings of heaven'
F. S. Smythe 1931
The English Lake District was one of three key locations, the others being the Elbe sandstone mountains in Saxony & the Dolomites in Italy, in which rock-climbing developed as a distinct sport (i.e. separate from Alpine mountaineering) in the 1880s & 1890s. While Alpine mountaineering remained largely the preserve of the English upper class, the coming of the railways in the later part of the 19th century gave many, particularly from the northern industrial cities, access to areas such as the Lake District.
Some of the earliest recorded climbs were made by W P Haskett-Smith on Pillar with the first ascent of Napes Needle on Napes Crag, Great Gable in June 1886, where he left his handkerchief on the top fluttering in the wind.
The first ever rock climbing group in the Lake District, the Fell & Rock Climbing Club, were formed in 1907 and held their first ever meeting at the Sun Inn, Coniston. Ashley Abraham of Keswick was elected as its first president. The chief objective of the club was:
"To encourage and foster under the safest and most helpful of conditions the exhilarating exercise and sport of Fell Rambling and Rock Climbing in the Lake District."
Safety was an issue at the time, since several fatal accidents had occurred recently. Alluding to these, Abraham commented at the first annual dinner:
"Lack of discretion is a great evil in rock climbing, but there is another evil equally as great, and that is competitive climbing. This has been the fundamental cause of most of our home accidents."
The club now has well over a thousand members, owns huts and cottages in the Lake District and Scotland and produces widely-used rock climbing guides such as Lake District Rock
The Armitt Library's collections of books and photographs cover the history of rock climbing during this and subsequent periods. In addition, there is also substantial material on fell walking in the Lake District and also Alpinism and mountaineering more generally.
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Visitors to the library can read accounts of early benchmarks in the history of rock climbing in the Lake District, such as the following:
– W.P. Haskett-Smith's first ascent of Napes Needle, climbing free solo (without a rope) in 1886.
– Owen Glynne Jones' climb of Kern Knotts Crack, (Great Gable) in 1897.
– The climb led by Siegfried Herford of Flake Pitch on Central Buttress (Scafell) in 1914.
"We did not find our friend but in descending I dreamed of the Golden Age."
The scope of library's mountaineering book collection extends much further than this. It contains works dating from the 1890s to the 1990s, many now out of print. As well as books on the history of rock climbing, it contains histories and accounts of mountaineering from across the world. The collection also covers geology, botany, biography and travelogues where they relate to mountaineering in some aspect. Also in the collection are the journals of the Fell & Rock Climbing Club 1907-2004.
Highlight's from the Mountaineering Library Collection:
'Matterhorn', Guido Rey (1897)
'Rock Climbing in the English Lake District' O.G. Jones, 2nd edn. (1900)
'The Complete Mountaineer' George Abraham (1907) – [Incl. photographs]
'Englishmen in the Alps', A. Lunn ed. (1913)
The Fight for Everest 1924', E.F. Norton (1925)
'South Col', Wilfred Noyce (1954)
'Climbing Days', Dorothy Pilley (1935) – [Prominent female mountaineer who climbed in the Lake District , the Alps & North America]
'Night Climbing in Cambridge', Whipplenaith (1952) – [Author is NH Symington]
'Conquistadors of the Useless; From the Alps to Annapurna—and beyond', L Terry (1963)
The Photographic Archive
The Lake District can be thought of as a 'territory of the imagination', a creation of culture mediated through the printed word and illustration. In the latter half of the 19th century, the invention of photography revolutionized this process of cultural representation and, in addition, would help to establish a strong link between the new sport of rock climbing (as well as fell walking) and the cultural identity of the Lake District.
The most important practitioners in this respect were the Keswick-based photographic entrepreneurs and accomplished rock climbers, George and Ashley Abraham. At the turn of the 20th century, the Abraham brothers' iconic photographs, such as the striking scene of climbers on Napes Needle (overleaf), were sold as inexpensive postcards and served to popularise the Lake District as a tourist destination for fell walking and rock climbing enthusiasts.
"There in the upper world where the emptiest air meets earth at its most ironbound, most structural, they danced their solemn dance."
The Armitt's photographic archive contains many early photographs and lantern slides showing rock climbing and fell walking scenes; including a selection of the Abraham brothers photographs and the equally interesting, but rarely seen, JP Taylor lantern slides take in the 1930s (see above and on the right in this section).
Many of the photographs have been digitised and are available to view or, where copyright allows, to purchase as prints.
The Alfred Wainwright Collection
The Armitt Library has a First Edition set of Wainwright's seven-volume 'Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells'. The Pictorial Guides, which were first published between 1955 and 1966, consist entirely of reproductions of Wainwright's handwritten manuscripts and are a guide to 214 of the English Lake District Fells.
Wainwright was born in Blackburn, Lancashire in 1907. He took his first holiday to the Lake District at the age of 23 and was eventually able to move to his beloved Lake District in 1941 after securing a position in the Borough Treasures Office in Kendal. He lived and worked in the town for the rest of his life.
"I was totally transfixed, unable to believe my eyes; I had never seen anything like this."
Wainwright started work on his first Pictorial Guide in 1952, finally completing the series 13 years later. He started the project for his own interest and the books were published using his own handwritten manuscripts and drawings. Wainwright died in 1991 and his ashes were scattered beside Innominate Tarn near the summit of his favourite mountain, Haystacks. There is also a memorial to Wainwright in the church at Buttermere.
Oral History Collections
The Ambleside Oral History Group Archive contains over 300 recordings of local people.
The transcripts available to search at the Armitt Library and Ambleside Library contain a wealth of information and memories dating back as far as the 1890's. The subjects are many and varied but there is a great deal of information available on mountaineering and fell sports.
Many people in the local area were concerned with the creation and development of mountain rescue services and many of the transcripts discuss memories of the Langdale Mountain Rescue Service and the St. John's Air Ambulance. There is also information on search and rescue dogs.
Other topics discussed include rock climbing, fell walking, fell- running and skiing.
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School district's food distribution site creates delivery jobs, offers lifeline to those in need
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School district's food distribution site creates delivery jobs, offers lifeline to those in need
At Castlemont High School, food service workers are preparing lunch, usually a week's worth for some 12,000 Oakland public school students in need.
OAKLAND, Calif. - At Castlemont High School, food service workers are preparing lunch, usually a week's worth for some 12,000 Oakland public school students in need.
Included in the boxes of lunch is fresh produce for the student's family as well. The pandemic has made hard financial times even harder.
But the school district has changed the way it was getting all this food to the students and families.
Up until recently, a family member had to go to a specific site and pick up the food, either by foot or by car.
"It's pretty cool to interact with people and hand people food when they need it at this time. People are struggling."
— Driver Braheim Himed.
But for many people that was a problem, especially in the pandemic.
"When the regular school year started, parents were having to stay home with their kids, helping them with Zoom learning. It was really hard for them to get out to those walk-ups, drive-through sites," Donnie Barclift, nutrition services supervisor for the Oakland Unified School District.
School district officials decided that if students or relatives can't come to the food, the food can come to them from delivery drivers the district has hired from the community.
"It's pretty cool to interact with people and hand people food when they need it at this time. People are struggling," said driver Braheim Himed.
The drivers deliver daily across Oakland, bringing lunches the students would normally get at school if the schools were open.
Many of the drivers have lost their jobs during COVID.
One driver worked for UPS. Now he helps make ends meet by delivering food to students and their families.
"I feel good. It's paying me. Keeping my family fed. And I'm helping feed other families as well," said driver Eric Yanez.
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Dan Charles is NPR's food and agriculture correspondent.
Primarily responsible for covering farming and the food industry, Charles focuses on the stories of culture, business, and the science behind what arrives on your dinner plate.
This is his second time working for NPR; from 1993 to 1999, Charles was a technology correspondent at NPR. He returned in 2011.
During his time away from NPR, Charles was an independent writer and radio producer and occasionally filled in at NPR on the Science and National desks, and at Weekend Edition. Over the course of his career Charles has reported on software engineers in India, fertilizer use in China, dengue fever in Peru, alternative medicine in Germany, and efforts to turn around a troubled school in Washington, DC.
In 2009-2010, he taught journalism in Ukraine through the Fulbright program. He has been guest researcher at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg, Germany, and a Knight Science Journalism fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
From 1990 to 1993, Charles was a U.S. correspondent for New Scientist, a major British science magazine.
The author of two books, Charles wrote Master Mind: The Rise and Fall of Fritz Haber, The Nobel Laureate Who Launched the Age of Chemical Warfare (Ecco, 2005) and Lords of the Harvest: Biotech, Big Money, and the Future of Food (Perseus, 2001) about the making of genetically engineered crops.
Charles graduated magna cum laude from American University with a degree in economics and international affairs. After graduation Charles spent a year studying in Bonn, which was then part of West Germany, through the German Academic Exchange Service.
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On a soggy field in eastern North Carolina, Jason Tew and his crew of loggers are cutting trees and sorting logs into piles based on their size and the type of wood. There's a lot of pine, but also hardwoods: poplar, sweet gum, elm and oak. Some piles will go for making plywood; some will become absorbent fiber in baby diapers.
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Foods go in and out of style. Few of them, though, have gone through as dramatic a renaissance in their reputation as Brussels sprouts.
For many years, they were scorned. Even Steve Bontadelli admits it, and he makes his living growing them. "A lot of people of my generation hated them," he says. "Their moms boiled them and made them even stinkier."
As The Climate Warms, Companies Scramble To Calculate The Risk To Their Profits
Every year, the company Ingredion buys millions of tons of corn and cassava from farmers and turns them into starches and sugars that go into foods such as soft drinks, yogurt and frozen meals.
Lots of things can go wrong along the way. Weather can destroy crops. Machinery can break.
Lately, though, Ingredion's top executives have been worried about a new kind of risk: what might happen on a hotter planet.
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took a trip to Europe this week but was followed by allegations that he and other American diplomats helped to try to strong-arm Ukraine into aiding President Trump's reelection campaign.
At a public meeting in Athens on Saturday, a Greek journalist asked Pompeo about the Ukraine-related investigation back home. Pompeo seemed exasperated by the question. "This is what's wrong, when the world doesn't focus on the things that matter ... and instead, you get caught up in a silly gotcha game," he said.
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Chasetown FC unveil programme of pre-season friendlies
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Chasetown FC have confirmed their pre-season programme. New boss Scott Dundas will kick off his time in charge of The Scholars with a trip to near neighbours Heath Hayes on July 15. A journey to Alsager Town follows on July 22, before a Port Vale XI visit Chasetown three days later. Home friendlies against Sutton Coldfield Town on July 29 and August 1 round off the schedule. Dundas said further fixtures could be added: "I am looking at another two possible games – a long away day fixture on August 5 and another midweek fixture." Meanwhile, the new manager has also unveiled his backroom team. Ex-Nantwich Town and Kidsgrove Athletic boss Anthony Buckle will be his assistant. Steve Harper – who has made more than 500 professional appearances for the likes of Burnley, Huddersfield and Port Vale – will be first team coach, while Dave Hamnett takes up the post of chief scout. John Birt will continue as goalkeeper coach.
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1075 I Must Eat A Pancake To Get Over The Shock
The empty room fell into dead silence as soon as the projection ended.
Apart from watching everything Zhuge Feifan did from moving his possessions to leaving via the dimensional portal eventually as well as finding out his reason to escape and the exact time of escaping, they seemed to have learned nothing more.
"Are there any clues?" Lin Huang turned his head to look at Guan Zhong and Qian Rui.
Guan Zhong shook his head helplessly. "Not really, but he didn't set the coordinates when he took the dimensional portal out in the end. Instead, he just stepped into it right away. It shows that those are the default coordinates, so it should be coordinates that he frequents. We can go back to the places that he usually goes and perform the video playback one after another to see if we can find more clues."
"Can't the Union Government get the usage data from the dimensional portal? Can't you just get his last teleportation coordinates?" Huang Tufu interrupted unclearly while munching on the pancake.
"The dimensional portal data system was only set up 36 years ago. We only have data backup for dimensional portals that were produced since the data system was set up. We've no data backup for those that were produced prior to that, so we can't find out anything about it," Qian Rui shook his head as he explained, "Zhuge Feifan has been using this dimensional portal for over 100 years. We can't find any related data in most of our databases."
"But don't all dimensional portal companies have a data storage record before the database was set up? Can't we retrieve anything from them?" Lin Huang remembered seeing some related information at the library back them. He had been slightly interested since it was related to dimensional portals, so he had taken a peek.
Guan Zhong glanced at Lin Huang, not expecting Lin Huang to know such a thing so well. He added on to what Qian Rui said earlier, "Indeed, we can retrieve dimensional portal data from the dimensional portal company that produced it. However, the one he's using is a model that was produced over 100 years ago. Plus, we're not sure which company produced it. There are up to 100 companies that produced dimensional portals 100 years ago. Today, only three companies with the biggest model in the entire continent are left while most of the rest went bankrupt. Those that were fortunate would've been bought over and there might've been data that was left behind while those that were unfortunate would've lost their data long ago."
"Even if we're lucky enough to get the dimensional portal data and find the coordinates, it can't be Zhuge Feifan's final hiding place. With his stealthy character, he definitely won't use the particular dimensional portal again," Qian Rui continued.
"But no matter how many dimensional portals he has, we can only search following this clue since we've no other hint at the moment."
"Do you guys want to look at the playback again? Or do we go to the next location?" Lin Huang asked both of them without giving any other opinion.
After all, anyone from Agency EA would be more professional than him in tracking. He had no other option on his side.
"Let's take a look again then," Qian Rui said without thinking twice, "We can skip the front part. Start from the time when he saw Guan Zhong's message until he left."
Lin Huang nodded and performed the video playback again. He set the playback time to past four in the afternoon when Zhuge Feifan got the message until he stepped into the dimensional portal a few minutes later.
"Pause here. Let me take pictures of this dimensional portal," Qian Rui shouted immediately.
Lin Huang paused the video. Qian Rui walked up to it and took pictures of every side and every detail of the dimensional portal. He did not want to miss a thing.
He only nodded at Lin Huang after he took a few minutes to finish. "I'm all done. Sorry for the trouble."
"Don't worry about it." Lin Huang waved and put the Book of Sorcerer Dao away into his body.
Qian Rui, on the other hand, sent out the photos and called a number. He got his underling to check the details about the dimensional portal.
As everyone was done working on their own thing, Huang Tufu happened to finish the last pancake.
"Do we go to the next location now?" Lin Huang asked Guan Zhong and Qian Rui.
Guan Zhong then summoned a dimensional portal in which they stepped in one after another.
Lin Huang had no idea that within less than two hours, all the social media applications were having fun with the picture in which he was guzzling the pancakes.
The topic of 'Dynasty's Newly Appointed Emperor' which had just cooled off was now a hit again. The topic now became 'Stickers of the Emperor Eating Pancakes'.
It was more popular than the topic 'Everyone in the Wei Clan Has Gone Missing' which ranked No. 1 and 'The Blessing Trading Company Explosion' ranking No. 2 that morning.
Even the comments of the next two top topics were related to pancakes.
"Supernatural stuff happened to the Wei Clan? It's so scary! I must eat a pancake to get over the shock!"
"I heard THE Blessing Trading Company exploded! It's so scary. I must eat a pancake to get over the shock!"
"The commenter above, stand there and don't move. I'll go get you a pancake."
"The commenter above, buy fish head biscuits from me. 18 servings with massive fish heads. That will be a big portion to fill your tummy. It only costs 998 life crystals! You'll be losing out if you don't get it at 998 life crystals. You'll regret if you don't get it at 998 life crystals. You deserve it!"
Even Lin Xin, who was far away in Emperor City, saw the picture of Lin Huang eating pancakes. She shrieked so hard in laughter when she saw the stickers, and she downloaded them immediately.
Naturally, everyone in Dynasty saw that too. They downloaded the sticker pack without hesitation.
Even people in some group chats began making the Emperor's stickers into emoticons. They were having so much fun.
Just when Lin Huang passed through Guan Zhong's dimensional portal, his Emperor's Heart Ring began vibrating.
He opened his communication page. Then, he clicked it immediately after seeing that it was a message from Lin Xin. He thought something had happened to her.
He realized she had sent him a comic. It was him eating pancakes in the comic with a sentence, 'I must eat a pancake to get over the shock!'
Lin Huang had a bad feeling when he saw the comic. He figured out roughly what had happened.
He opened the Heart Network and saw the 'Emperor's Sticker Pack' on the No. 1 daily topic. There were over 300 million clicks on it.
Lin Huang clicked the topic, feeling speechless. Soon, he saw over 30 versions of his pancake-eating stickers. One of the versions had more than 100 million downloads while another had over 80 million downloads.
Seeing that Lin Huang was checking his communication page, Guan Zhong and Qian Rui looked away. They did not want to stick their nose in his business.
On the other hand, Huang Tufu peeped over Lin Huang's shoulder and saw the projected content. He could not help but chuckle out loud when he saw Lin Huang's stickers.
Lin Huang turned his head and looked at him without an expression on his face. "What are you laughing about? You're a part of it too."
He then showed Huang Tufu his stickers. His stickers were even more interesting than Lin Huang's since he ate more pancakes than Lin Huang did. He was simply not as popular as Lin Huang, so there were much fewer downloads. However, there were over ten million downloads for his most-downloaded sticker pack.
Huang Tufu looked horrified when he saw his stickers. "I was just eating pancakes. Why are these people so mean?!"
Lin Huang did not dwell on it and closed the Heart Network. He had seen many such cases back on Earth. No matter how popular the sticker packs were, it would only be a hit for a few days. People would forget about it after the heat was over, thus it was unnecessary for him to think too much about it.
Seeing that Lin Huang closed the Heart Network page, Guan Zhong then pointed at a small villa that was completely burned over ten meters away. "This is a property Zhuge Feifan owns in the First City. It's also one of the accommodations he most frequented."
"Let's take a look." Lin Huang nodded and walked straight into the charred house.


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2019 NBA Finals: 5 Keys to Golden State Warriors-Toronto Raptors
By RADIO.COM
May 29, 2019 05/29/2019 5:53 pm
By John Healy
For the fifth consecutive year, the Golden State Warriors are in the NBA Finals, but this time -- after four straight showdowns with the Cleveland Cavaliers -- they will have a new opponent.
The Toronto Raptors, led by All-Star forward Kawhi Leonard, will be making the first NBA Finals appearance in franchise history after overcoming an 0-2 deficit to win four straight games against the No. 1 seed Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference finals.
Will the Warriors, who continue to be led by the core group of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and the injured Kevin Durant, complete a three-peat and win their fourth NBA title in five years, or will the Raptors make history with their first?
Here are five things to watch for in the series, which begins Thursday night in Toronto:
1. Will Durant play?
Durant has been ruled out for Game 1, but his status will remain a significant factor in this series, especially if the Raptors take a series lead. The Warriors have won every game since Durant went down with a calf strain in Game 5 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Houston Rockets. Still, Durant is a two-time NBA Finals MVP and arguably the best player in the game right now. Even if he is not at 100 percent, his return would be impactful for the Warriors.
2. Can Leonard be stopped?
While the Warriors have several players who can take over a game on any given night, the Raptors rely heavily on Leonard to be that guy. Leonard, who won the NBA Finals MVP with the San Antonio Spurs in 2014 at the age of 22, is averaging 31.2 points, 8.8 rebounds. 3.8 assists and 1.6 steals during a dominant run in this postseason. He recorded 11 games of 30 points or more before the Finals, a feat that only had been accomplished by Michael Jordan and Hakeem Olajuwon.
Kawhi Leonard has 11 games with at least 30 points in the 2019 #NBAPlayoffs. The only players in postseason history with more such games prior to the Finals are Michael Jordan (13 in 1989, 12 in 1990) and Hakeem Olajuwon (12 in 1995). pic.twitter.com/6rUUpVHIan
— NBA.com/Stats (@nbastats) May 28, 2019
Leonard is dealing with a nagging leg injury, and it will be interesting to see if that plays any role in the Finals.
3. Curry's legacy
Curry was not playing up to his standards for most of the playoffs -- until Durant went down with his injury. Now, Curry is back to vintage form, shooting 46.6 percent from the field and 42.7 percent from 3-point range in Durant's absence, scoring at least 33 points in each of those games. Curry is still missing an NBA Finals MVP on his resume; Durant won the previous two and Andre Iguodala won in 2015. Curry enters the series as the betting favorite to win the award. Though Curry said he does not view it as something he must win, it may affect his place in the all-time NBA pantheon.
One of many examples of Steph Curry's value: he's not wrapped up in Finals MVP and has been supportive when Iguodala (2015) and Durant (2017, 2018) won pic.twitter.com/n2RN8FNae2
— Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina) May 27, 2019
4. Help for Kawhi
The Raptors won both games this postseason when Leonard was held to fewer than 20 points. A large part of that -- in addition to his rebounding and defense -- was his supporting cast was able to step up. In Game 4 against the Bucks, in particular, Leonard was being double- and triple-teamed all game, but Kyle Lowry and Marc Gasol knocked down shots and the Raptors got big performances off the bench from Normal Powell, Fred VanVleet and Serge Ibaka. VanVleet had three of his four double-digit scoring games of the playoffs in the final three games against the Bucks. If the Raptors can continue to get that kind of production from players other than Leonard, especially the bench, it could present problems for the Warriors.
5. Boogie factor
Warriors center DeMarcus "Boogie" Cousins has been out since Game 2 of the first round because of a left quad tear, but he was upgraded to "questionable" for Game 1 against the Raptors and said he is "pain-free." Even if he returns, he may be limited and find difficulty matched up with Gasol, who can move the ball around and spread the floor. The Warriors may benefit more from a smaller lineup with Draymond Green at center, which could throw Gasol off his game and force the Raptors to make adjustments. Cousins' return would provide the Warriors with some depth, though, something they currently lack.
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The Herndons, one of the most prominent Black families in Atlanta's history, sharply reflect the city's distinctive development as a center for Black business, education, and culture. From Alonzo Herndon's rise from slavery to leadership in the Black business community, the Herndons are unique resource of local and national significance in the interpretation of Black struggle and achievement.
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The documentation for the Golden Hello scheme for GPs has been updated to make eligibility clearer.
A new NHS Circular, PCA(M)(2018) 05, has been issued to replace PCA(M)(2018)03 which was distributed at the end of April. This had an expanded list of remote and rural practices, and removed the requirement for a GP relocating to one of these practices to have never received a Golden Hello before.
The new NHS Circular is accompanied with a new claims form for the Golden Hello and other recruitment grants. This form replaces the annex C of PCA(M)(2003)06. While the form is not obligatory, it is recommended for the mutual benefit of practices and Health Boards.
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Named for Benjamin F. Mather
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Mather House, 2012
About Mather House
Mather House is named for Benjamin F. Mather, born in 1810, the son of a Pownal, VT hatter. He became Williamstown's principal merchant before his death in 1888. Mather was built in 1840 and served as both home and store for the Mather family. Williams College purchased the property in 1956. It has served as a faculty residence, an Honors Work Center and headquarters for Phi Beta Kappa. From 1971 to 2001 it was the home of the Admission Office.
The building has undergone several alterations and been moved several times. It once stood at the corner of Park and Main Streets and was moved to make way for the Faculty House/Alumni Center. In 2002, it was moved to it's current location on Stetson Court to make room for the '62 Center for Theatre and Dance. Mather currently houses the Experiential Education Office, the Academic Program Coordinator and the Spouse/Partner Employment Counselor.
Major Construction History
1956 Restored
Architects: William Gass and Peter P. Welanetz, PE $37,000
1971 Converted to Admission Office
1976 Addition $20,000
1984 Renovation
Architect: David J. Westall, R.A. $114,500
2002 Relocation to Stetson Ct and renovations
Architect: Thomas Bartels
General Contractor: Renau $497,187


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Summit shock fades; Samsonite struggles; Europe's big data day
by Alanna Petroff @AlannaPetroff May 25, 2018: 5:17 AM ET
1. Global market overview: Market sentiment has recovered from the shock news that the United States would not hold a June 12 summit with North Korea to discuss its nuclear weapons program.
Stocks dropped Thursday, and then recovered to close little changed. The Dow Jones industrial average ended down by 0.3% and the S&P 500 was off by 0.2%. The Nasdaq was flat at the close.
US stock futures were inching higher on Friday, and European markets were mostly rising in early trading, with some key markets up by 0.5%.
Investors were a little more cautious in Asia, where some stock market indexes closed the day with narrow losses.
2. More drama at Samsonite: The world's biggest luggage maker Samsonite has fired back at an investment firm that accused it of questionable business practices, but its response failed to reassure shareholders.
The company's stock plummeted by about 12% in Hong Kong on Friday following a 10% drop the day before.
Samsonite (SMSOF) came under fire Thursday from Blue Orca Capital, a new firm led by renowned short seller Soren Aandahl. Short sellers are investors who profit when the value of a company's shares drops.
Samsonite said the allegations were "one-sided and misleading, and accordingly, the conclusions drawn in the report are incorrect." It warned shareholders to treat the Blue Orca report with caution, as "it may be intended specifically to undermine confidence in the company and its management, and to harm its reputation."
It said it believed it had no information it needed to disclose to investors under Hong Kong securities rules.
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3. Rusal retreat: Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska is taking another step to distance himself from his massive aluminum company that's reeling from crippling US sanctions.
Rusal, the world's second largest aluminum producer, said in a statement Friday that Deripaska, its founder, had stepped down from his role as a non-executive director on its board.
It said the decision was taken in order to "protect the interests of the company and its shareholders." His departure follows those of the company's CEO and seven other directors, which were announced Thursday.
Rusal, which produces 7% of the world's aluminum, has been under intense pressure following the imposition of US sanctions, which targeted a number of oligarchs and government officials, including Deripaska.
The sanctions were designed to punish Moscow for meddling in the 2016 US presidential election. The US Treasury Department said last month it would consider easing sanctions on Rusal if Deripaska divests.
4. New privacy rules in Europe: The highly anticipated privacy revolution has arrived in Europe.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect across the European Union on Friday, changing the way companies around the world collect and handle personal data.
The new law affects any organization that holds or uses data on people inside the European Union, regardless of where is it based. An Indian call center handling customer services for companies that sell products in Europe or a US website tracking browsing histories of Europeans will be impacted.
The last few days were marked by a huge scramble among businesses to get their data privacy policies in shape.
Those who fail to comply could now face fines of up to €20 million ($23 million) or 4% of their global annual sales, whichever is bigger.
Privacy advocates have already filed legal complaints against Facebook (FB) and its Whatsapp and Instagram subsidiaries, and Google (GOOGL), alleging they are breaking the new rules.
5. Earnings and economics: Buckle (BKE) and Foot Locker (FL) are the key companies releasing earnings before the open Friday.
In economics, the University of Michigan is releasing its monthly consumer sentiment survey for May at 10 a.m. ET.
In the United Kingdom, the Office for National Statistics reiterated that the economy grew by just 0.1% in the first quarter of 2018 compared with the previous quarter. Some economists had been expecting the number to be revised higher because the preliminary report was based on partial data.
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Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts Suffer Huge Declines In Membership
America's most iconic youth organizations – the Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of the USA – have been jolted by unprecedented one-year drops in membership, due partly to the pandemic, and partly to social trends that have been shrinking their ranks for decades.
Have The Girl Scouts Changed Since The Boy Scouts Let Girls In? They Haven't.
The key has been giving girls a space for girls, built by them, especially when girls already have to participate in many mixed-gender spaces to begin with.
Girl Scouts Call On Cookie Bakers To Address Child Labor
The Girl Scouts of the USA said Wednesday that child labor has no place in its iconic cookies and called on the two companies that bake them to act quickly to address any potential abuses linked to the palm oil in their supply chains.
ScoutReach Program Aims To Get Disadvantaged Children Involved In Scouting
KERA's Rebekah Morr spoke with Lawrence "Ty" Washington Jr., the director of ScoutReach in North Texas, about eliminating barriers for communities of color and disadvantaged young people who want to engage in scouting.
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The girls' leadership development organization is accusing the Boy Scouts of trademark infringement, after it started admitting girls as well as boys.
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When she was a Brownie, Sylvia Acevedo was inspired to earn her science badge. In her new memoir, the Girl Scouts CEO says this experience led directly to her career at NASA.
Boy Scouts Changing Name To 'Scouts BSA,' As Girls Welcomed Into Program
Camila Domonoske
The organization will still be Boy Scouts of America, but beginning in 2019, the program for older youth will change its name. Girls have already been allowed to sign up as Cub Scouts.
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Bill Zeeble
The Irving-based Boy Scouts of America recently launched an effort in some area schools, helping to teach classes and introduce more kids to scouting…
Boy Scouts 'Exploring' Co-Ed Programming Provokes Girl Scout Ire
Amy Held
While no decision has been made, the Boy Scouts have been considering welcoming girls in an unspecified capacity, a spokeswoman tells NPR.
Girl Scouts Add Badges For Robotics, Other Science Skills
"Girls have expressed a ton of interest and have been very vocal about their desire to do more STEM," a Girl Scouts regional representative says.
Kansas City Archdiocese Cutting Ties With Girl Scouts Over 'Troubling Trends'
A Kansas archbishop says Scouts shouldn't hold up women like Gloria Steinem as role models. He says American Heritage Girls troops are "based on Christian values" and are a better fit for parishes.