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Accessibility and ASNT: Ensuring Inclusive Engagement for All Readers
. by Jill Ross One of the hot topics in publishing right now is “accessibility”. Accessibility refers to the extent to which a product, service, or environment is designed to be usable by people with disabilities. It is not the same thing as “access”, which refers to the ability or opportunity to use or access something. Accessibility is not a new issue. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law in 1990.
Call for Contributors: Special ME Issue on Emerging Technologies in Nondestructive Testing
. by Jill Ross . We are excited to announce a unique opportunity to contribute to a special issue of Materials Evaluation on Emerging Technologies in the Nondestructive Testing (NDT) industry. The aim of this special issue is to explore and showcase the latest advancements, breakthroughs, and innovative approaches in NDT, with a focus on cutting-edge technologies that have the potential to revolutionize the field.
Meet Quinton LeJeune: From USAF to ASNT NDT Technician
By Jill Ross . “This is NDT: Technicians” is a short video series that showcases the diversity and importance of Level II NDT inspectors and technicians who work out in the field to ensure the safety and reliability of the things we use every day. This two-time award-winning series offers a look into aerospace, oil and gas, research and development, and more, all through the eyes of the individuals who have made NDT a career. Let’s learn more about Field Application Engineer Quinton LeJeune. . .
Black Playwrights Initiative Festival Set For Next Month
Black Ensemble Theater’s Founder and CEO Jackie Taylor has announced the 2023 Black Playwrights Initiative (BPI) Festival, July 11-15, 2023 at Black Ensemble Theater. Tickets are $25 and are available at www.blackensemble.org, (773) 769-4451 and at the Black Ensemble Theater Box Office, 4450 N. Clark Street in Chicago.
Black Ensemble Theater Announces 2022 Black Playwrights Festival
Black Ensemble Theater's Founder and CEO Jackie Taylor announces the 2022 Black Playwrights Festival from April 26-30, 2022, featuring works by Viola Bennett, Jill Ross, Lillian Mitchum, Reginald Williams and Dwight Neal, curated and directed by Black Ensemble Producing Managing Director Daryl D. Brooks. The Black Playwrights Festival features the scripts written by the members of the Black Playwrights Initiative (BPI) and is sponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Sara and the Search for Normal
Gr 4-8–King has done it again with this in-depth look into life-altering mental health issues. Sara, who was a supporting character in King’s book OCDaniel, gets to tell her own story. Sara is 12 years old and has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and schizophrenia. She also is selectively mute; she only speaks to four people in her life when the story begins. Sara’s goal in life is to become normal, and she has 154 rules for achieving it.
Freedom Soup
K-Gr 2–It’s New Year’s Day, and Belle gets to help her grandmother, Ti Gran, make the Freedom Soup because the child “has a heart made for cooking.” As Ti Gran teaches Belle the recipe, she retells the history of the injustices of slavery in Haiti, how the people fought and died in the revolution so Haiti could be free, and how the soup that they are making is a celebration of that freedom.
Comment: Beating the post-Christmas blues
Christmas can sometimes feel like a mixed blessing for many brands. On the one hand, they welcome a surge in consumers ready to open their wallets for festive purchases that can be supplied as quickly, painlessly, and cheaply as possible. On the other, they risk being drawn into a race to the bottom on special offers and super-low prices. And when it’s all over, they can find they’ve done little to engage meaningfully with new customers, or build more profitable relationships for the long haul.
Comment: The new power generation
Recent years have seen retailers training their sights squarely on millennials. As this ‘Generation Y’ matured, retail transformed alongside it, embracing the technology these customers depend on and seeking to provide the innovation they expect. Now, a new generation of consumers is rivalling the millennials for retailers’ attention. Aged 20 or younger, Gen Z is coming of age as a consumer force.
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