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Junior Achievement 2
Shine a LiGht! 3
Updates from Corporate 4
Updates from ACI-H 6

Editor-in-Chief: Matthew Boryczka

ACE Editor: Rajender DoGra
ACI Editor: Samriddhi Rohila
ASP Editor: Ashok Allam
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J unior Achievement
During my volunteer work with Junior Achievement, I had the opportunity to speak in classrooms across
the Cleveland area to students of many different grade levels and socio-economic backgrounds, about how
they can participate in their communities, how to manage personal finances, and how to apply entrepreneurial
thinking in the workplace.

It all started in 2009, when one of my colleagues at Ernst & Young was looking for additional volunteers for a
workshop day, during which Junior Achievement travels to multiple schools in a single day to provide hands-
on instruction to large groups of students. The experience was so powerful that I went on to become a solo
in-classroom volunteer, helping students to develop the skills necessary to succeed in a global economy.

Over the past eight years Ive spoken to 2nd graders about what makes up a communitywhere they oper-
ate banks, manage restaurants, write checks, and vote for mayorand to 11th graders about skills that will be
critical to their success in the professional and labor sectors after high schoolsuch as how to get and keep
a job in high-growth industries. At first I was a bit anxious to stand in front of 30 little faces, equipped only
with my maps and worksheets and laminated flash cards. Once the lessons get going, however, they are so
engaged and excited to learn about concepts that they can apply directly to their own lives and to their dreams
for the future. Some of their questions and ideas have expanded the program outside of what was included
in my materials; so we improvise and follow the paths of inquiry that are most important to that class at that
moment.

As school curriculums change and as students home and social lives become more digital, they may not be
as exposed to ideas such as civic engagement, non-traditional job trajectories, and basic concepts of needs
vs. wants when it comes to budgeting. It has been an honor to reach out to so many young people about the
possibilities for the future, and I hope to keep volunteering in classrooms across my city.

If youre looking for a way to directly impact youth in your area, I recommend seeking out the Junior Achieve-
ment office near you! It is a primarily US-based organization and reaches more than 4.8 million students per
year in 210,000 classrooms and after-school locations.

Autumn SpaldinG
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S hine a Light!
The risk of skin cancer goes up when you spend too much time in the sun. But theres also a
good side to sunshine. A few minutes of sunshine can provide some great health benefits. Being
safe in the sun and limiting your exposure is the best way to keep your skin healthy. Heres a
quick list of ways the sun can help and harm your health, so you can find a healthy balance.

Benefits of sun exposure:

Sunlight helps your body create vitamin D, which helps build bone and muscle strength. Vitamin D can also help
lower your risk of certain cancers, heart disease, and seasonal affective disorder (SAD)

Exposure to daylight can help you sleep better

Sunlight enhances your mood and feeling of well.being

Harms of sun exposure:

Ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun can lead to skin cancer. Be sure to have regular exams and ask your
doctor about any new, unusual, or changing spots on your skin

Damage from the suns rays is a major cause of wrinkles, brown spots, and other signs of aging

UV rays can lead to problems with your eyes and vision, like cataracts and/or macular degeneration

Protect your skin and eyes:

The best defense is to avoid the sun between 10:00 am and 3:00 p.m., if possible. When out in
the sun,

Wear a wide.brimmed hat and protective clothing

Choose sunglasses that block UV radiation

Use a broad.spectrum sunscreen with an SPF of 15 or higher

Reapply sunscreen often throughout the day

Ten to 15 minutes of sunshine three times per week is enough to produce the bodys requirement of vitamin D.
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Updates From Corporate

Bill Kasdorf Named New IPTC Public Relations Chairperson
Were thrilled to share that Apexs very own Bill Kasdorf, CMS VP and Principal Consultant, has been named as the
new Public Relations Chairperson of the International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC).

IPTC is a consortium of news agencies, publishers and industry vendors that develops and publishes technical specifi-
cations and standards to promote the easy, accurate and inexpensive sharing of news and information in all media. Bills
main goals as Marketing and Public Relations Chairperson are to increase and strengthen the membership of IPTC, and
to extend awareness of IPTCs work to other sectors of publishing beyond news that would benefit from IPTCs work.

The PR Chairperson should combine ideas from our membership with needs from
up-to-date marketing strategies and Bill will do this in an excellent way, said Michael
Steidl, Managing Director of IPTC.

IPTC is at the forefront of the publishing ecosystem in the development and implemen-
tation of machine processable rights expressions, as well as photo and video metadata,
Kasdorf said. We live in a multimedia world, and IPTC is providing essential technolo-
gies for making that world work.

More than 60 companies, organizations, and associations from news and other industries
are members of IPTC, drawn from five continents.

Click here to read the full IPTC press release.

NISO Elects Greg Suprock to Leadership Team

Congratulations to Greg Suprock, Apexs Head of Solutions Architecture, who was elected to the National Information
Standards Organizations (NISO) Board of Directors for the 2017-2018 term, which will begin on July 1, 2017. Other
leadership positions that were elected this cycle include Vice Chair and two other Board Directors.

These new appointments bring significant library, vendor, and standards experience to NISOs board, and I look for-
ward to working with this talented and forward-thinking group, says NISO Executive Director Todd Carpenter. Our
current portfolio of work will benefit enormously from the diverse perspectives the new
members will bring to the organization.

Greg Suprock has worked in scholarly publishing for over 20 years. He has been involved as
a vendor and publisher on NISOs work with NLM and JATS XML, Z39.50, OpenURL, and
DTB. He previously worked as New Technology Director for Nature Publishing Group and
has been a member of the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) Education Committee and
is a current SSP Board Member.

Click here to read the full NISO press release.

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Benetech Announces New Global Accessibility Program

Benetech, the leading software for social good nonprofit, announced their new Global Certified
Accessible program, which is the first third-party ebook verification program for accessible
content. Global Certified Accessible supports publisher efforts to meet or exceed accessibility
requirements set by K-12 schools and post-secondary institutions. Benetechs announcement
comes on the heels of a six-month beta program with participation from industry leaders
spanning educational, academic, professional, and trade publications.

Global Certified Accessible ensures students unable to read standard print due to blindness,
low vision, dyslexia, or a physical disability have equal access to the same content as their
peers. The program has a global footprint in order to serve students around the world.

A supporting partner of Benetechs Global Certified Accessible initiative, Apex shares a firm
commitment to supporting, enabling and furthering accessibility support and adoption within
our own workflows, services and technology products.

This is a watershed moment for accessibility. Benetech has long been a leader in fostering
Born Accessible publishing. Its development of the certification standards for the Global
Certified Accessible program brings long-needed clarity to the process of creating and pro-
curing properly accessible publications, said Bill Kasdorf, VP and Principal Consultant, Apex
CoVantage. Our partnership with Benetech in this program enables Apex to guide our many
publishing clients to integrate accessibility into their workflows so that their publications can
be truly born accessible.

For more information, take a look at this article from Publishers Weekly.
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U pdates From ACI-H

International Dance Day

On April 29, 2017, International Dance Day is celebrated around the world. People celebrate
this day by performing various events, such as open-door-courses, exhibitions, dance evenings,
street shows, and individual performances. We too celebrated it by performing flash mob on
the floor to the tune of several Bollywood and Tollywood hits.

Saturday Vibes
The HR department of ACI-H initiated
a new employee engagement drive called
Saturday Vibes. It emphasizes having fun at
work, by involving employees in several ac-
tivities like JAM games and movies. These
games are selected, not just to give fun but
also improve teamwork and coordination.