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Data Curation, SPEC Kit 354
Title: SPEC Kit 354: Data Curation (May 2017)
Keyword(s): research library; library services; data repository; data deposit
This SPEC Kit explores the infrastructure that ARL member institutions are using for data curation, which data curation services are offered, who may use them, which disciplines demand services most, library staffing levels, policies and workflows, and the challenges of supporting these activities.
It includes examples of data repository web pages, descriptions of services, infrastructure, workflows, metadata schemas, and policies, and job descriptions.
Hudson-Vitale, Cynthia, Heidi Imker, Lisa R. Johnston, Jake Carlson, Wendy Kozlowski, Robert Olendorf, and Claire Stewart. Data Curation. SPEC Kit 354. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, May 2017.
Data Literacy as a Pathway to Data Science at Georgia Tech (RLI 298, 2019)
Title: Data Literacy as a Pathway to Data Science at Georgia Tech
Decade of Assessment at a Research-Extensive University Library Using LibQUAL+® (RLI 271, Aug. 2010)
Title: A Decade of Assessment at a Research-Extensive University Library Using LibQUAL+®
Delayed Retirements and the Youth Movement among ARL Library Professionals (RLI 295, 2018)
Title: Delayed Retirements and the Youth Movement among ARL Library Professionals
Demographic Trends in the ARL Library Professional Population: An Overview (RLI 295, 2018)
Title: Demographic Trends in the ARL Library Professional Population: An Overview
Developing a Vital Research Library Workforce (RLI 272, Oct. 2010)
Title: Developing a Vital Research Library Workforce
Developing Inclusive Research Libraries for Patrons and Staff of All Abilities (RLI 286, 2015)
Title: Developing Inclusive Research Libraries for Patrons and Staff of All Abilities
Different Kind of Conversation: The Sparky Awards and Fresh Views on Change in Scholarly Communication (RLI 264, June 2009)
Title: A Different Kind of Conversation: The Sparky Awards and Fresh Views on Change in Scholarly Communication
Digital Collections Assessment and Outreach, SPEC Kit 341 (August 2014)
Title: SPEC Kit 341: Digital Collections Assessment and Outreach (August 2014)
Keyword(s): research library%3B digital collections%3B assessment%3B outreach%3B collection management
This SPEC Kit investigates what methods ARL member libraries use to maintain the relevancy of their locally curated digital library collections, and to continue to sustain, grow, capture return on investment, and enhance existing resources through outreach and assessment. The survey also explores current practices for integrating digital resources into the research, teaching, and learning environment.
This SPEC Kit includes examples of digital project selection criteria, outreach and assessment guides, assessment reports, marketing plans, lesson plans, job descriptions, and works created with material from digital collections.
Ochoa, Marilyn N., Laurie N. Taylor, and Mark V. Sullivan. Digital Collections Assessment and Outreach. SPEC Kit 341. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, August 2014.
Digital Humanities, SPEC Kit 326 (November 2011)
Title: SPEC Kit 326: Digital Humanities (November 2011)
This SPEC Kit provides a snapshot of research library experiences with digital scholarship centers or services that support the humanities (e.g., history, art, music, film, literature, philosophy, religion, etc.) and the benefits and challenges of hosting them. The survey asked ARL libraries about the organization of these services, how they are staffed and funded, what services they offer and to whom, what technical infrastructure is provided, whether the library manages or archives the digital resources produced, and how services are assessed, among other questions.
This survey revealed that library-based support for the digital humanities is offered predominantly on an ad hoc basis. However, as demand for services supporting the digital humanities has grown, libraries have begun to re-evaluate their provisional service and staffing models. Many respondents expressed a desire to implement practices, policies, and procedures that would allow them to cope with increases in demand for services.
This SPEC Kit includes documentation from respondents that describes the mission or purpose of digital humanities centers, the services offered, policies and procedures, examples of digital projects, fellowship and grant opportunities, promotional materials, and repositories for digital projects.
Bryson, Tim, Mariam Posner, Alain St. Pierre, and Stewart Varner. Digital Humanities. SPEC Kit 326. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, November 2011.
Digital Image Collections and Services, SPEC Kit 335 (August 2013)
Title: SPEC Kit 335: Digital Image Collections and Services (August 2013)
Keyword(s): digital images%3B image collections%3B library services%3B digital asset management
This SPEC Kit examines how research libraries and their parent institutions have responded to the transition from analog to digital images and the growth of digital images available from commercial vendors and/or created within institutions or their libraries. The survey gathers information about current practices relating to the development and management of institutional digital image collections and the acquisition and use of licensed image databases. It explores the infrastructure and support provided by research libraries and/or their institutions for the creation and use of digital images in teaching, learning, and research, including systems and platforms, cataloging and metadata, access and training, services and service points, and copyright and other rights issues. It also identifies collaborative strategies among ARL member institutions for providing digital images.
The SPEC Kit includes examples of digital image collection websites, finding aids, image use training materials, copyright and use rights policies, selection policies, descriptions of digital image service points, and digital collection promotional materials.
Kandiuk, Mary, Aaron Lupton, and Catherine Davidson. Digital Image Collections and Services. SPEC Kit 335. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, August 2013.
Digital Preservation, SPEC Kit 325 (October 2011)
Title: SPEC Kit 325: Digital Preservation (October 2011)
This SPEC Kit explores the strategies that ARL member institutions use to protect evolving research collections and the roles and responsibilities of stakeholders. The survey asked ARL libraries about their digital content, their strategies for preserving that content, and the staff, time, and funding they currently devote to digital preservation. It also asked each responding library to compare its digital preservation activities of three years ago to current activities and project three years into the future. In addition, to better understand the roles of research libraries in the emergent field of digital curation, the survey sought to identify issues that are and are not being addressed through current practices and policies.
This survey revealed, as the digital preservation field is maturing, that most ARL libraries are rising to the challenge of establishing policies, workflows, and infrastructures to systematically preserve their rapidly expanding bodies of digital content. The survey also revealed that most ARL libraries are actively engaging in in-house digital preservation rather than outsourcing it to external parties, thus maintaining their control and ownership over the digital content that they curate.
This SPEC Kit includes documentation from respondents that describes policies, procedures, and guidelines for digital preservation, cooperative agreements, job descriptions, and data management services.
McMillan, Gail, Matt Schultz, and Katherine Skinner. Digital Preservation. SPEC Kit 325. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, October 2011.
Digital Scholarly Communication: A Snapshot of Current Trends (RLI 263, April 2009)
Title: Digital Scholarly Communication: A Snapshot of Current Trends
Digitization of Special Collections and Archives: Legal and Contractual Issues (RLI 279, June 2012)
Title: Digitization of Special Collections and Archives: Legal and Contractual Issues
Diversity and Inclusion, SPEC Kit 356
Title: SPEC Kit 356: Diversity and Inclusion (September 2017)
Keyword(s): research library; minority librarians; staff development; workforce; diversity programs
This SPEC Kit gathers information about current recruitment and retention strategies that aim to increase the number of minority librarians in research libraries, staff development programs that foster an inclusive workplace and climate, how diversity programs have changed, and how libraries assess these efforts. It includes examples of diversity goals, visions, and statements, committee charges, mentoring programs, research resources, and job descriptions.
Anaya, Toni, and Charlene Maxey-Harris. Diversity and Inclusion. SPEC Kit 356. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, September 2017.
Diversity in Research Universities (RLI 263, April 2009)
Title: Diversity in Research Universities
Diversity Plans and Programs, SPEC Kit 319 (October 2010)
Title: SPEC Kit 319: Diversity Plans and Programs (October 2010)
This SPEC Kit explores what progress has been made in ARL member libraries to recruit and retain a diverse workforce; the strategies they use to increase the number of ethnically/culturally diverse librarians in the profession and in their libraries; the elements of programs that successfully support an inclusive workplace; the people, groups, and/or committees responsible for overseeing the programs; and how libraries are assessing the effectiveness and success of such programs.
The survey results indicate there has been a significant increase in the number of groups and committees formed to address diversity or inclusive workplace goals in the past ten years. Human resource officers share the responsibility of leading these committees and implementing diversity plans with diversity officers, staff development officers, multicultural librarians, and other library staff. Approximately half of the responding libraries have ongoing presentations and/or workshops on issues relevant to promoting an inclusive workplace. Others have had at least one-time presentations or plan to develop programs.
Recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce continues to be a challenge for libraries. It is evident that research libraries are committed to actively recruit librarians from underrepresented ethnic/racial groups and have employed a variety of strategies to increase the diversity of applicant pools. Measures to evaluate the success of their efforts to recruit and retain an ethnically/culturally diverse workforce are still in development, though.
This SPEC Kit includes documentation from respondents in the form of diversity statements, diversity plans, and descriptions of diversity and recruitment programs.
Maxey-Harris, Charlene, and Toni Anaya. Diversity Plans and Programs. SPEC Kit 319. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, October 2010.


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If you think basic income is "free money" or socialism, think again
First, saying basic income is socialism is as absurd as saying money is socialism. It's money. It's all it is. What do people do with money? They use it in markets. In other words, basic income is fuel for markets. Markets are a wonderful invention that serve to calculate via a massively distributed computer comprised of people, what goods and services should be made, using what, going where, by whom, of what quantity, etc. It's an incredible act of decentralization built upon supply and demand signaling.
When someone has money and wants to buy something, that is a demand signal. Businesses meet this signal with supply. Basically, buying is like voting. We vote on what we want using money as our ballots, and we do this over and over and over again, every day. Now imagine someone has no money in a system built around markets. How do they vote? They can't. The market thus confuses this lack of a vote as a "no" vote. These two signals are of course very different. One is zero and one is null, but markets don't know that. They can't differentiate between them. This means markets containing people who don't have enough money to signal their demand can't function properly.
Have you ever played the game Monopoly? I'm sure you have. Is that a game about socialism? According to "free money is socialism" logic it is, because everyone starts the game with free money and everyone gets money for simply passing Go. But I'm sure you know the game is actually about capitalism, right? It's just a smart enough game to know that a game involving money requires that all players get a minimum amount of money.
Have you ever heard of the Alaska dividend? Every year since 1982, all residents of Alaska receive an equal dividend as their share of the dividend of the Alaska Permanent Fund (APF), now worth over $61 billion. Rich or poor, adult or child, everyone has received a Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) of $1,000 per year on average for over 30 years. Is Alaska a socialist utopia? Do people move to Alaska to worship at the altar of Karl Marx? Nope. Alaska is a red state, but not that kind of red state. It's a conservative state where everyone gets what too many media outlets refer to as "free money".
Of course, it's not actually free is it? It comes from someone. It comes from the oil companies. How? Well, Alaska owns the land and charges oil companies for the right to drill in it. They then put 25% of the earnings in the APF. Being the conservative state it is, they figure that the government should keep it's damn hands off that money. The APF is not to be touched, and the dividends go directly to Alaskans because Alaskans know far better what to do with that money than government does. As a result, the dividend boosts and stabilizes the economy, and every year come dividend time, local businesses compete against each other for the business of Alaskan consumers armed with dividend checks.
Does that sound like socialism to you?
It didn't to Milton Friedman or Friedrich Hayek, both of whom supported the idea of basic income, and both of whom can be considered fathers of free market economics. Hayek was even from the Austrian school. If you are confused why free market economists could like the idea of basic income, that's because you probably don't actually know what basic income is.
But that's not the only problem in such thinking. A bigger problem appears to be a preference of ideological thinking over scientific thinking. Here's what you need to do to avoid this mental trap. Go out and find experimental studies that show how given two populations, one a control group, and one a group where the experimental variable is cash without conditions, that the one given money ends up worse off. Also, good luck with that. Because I've been looking for years now, and all I keep finding are study after study of people ending up better off.
Imagine that, right?
One of the biggest problems with government, and believe me, I recognize its many problems, is that it's full of people who think they know what's best for other people. But the thing is, it's that way because that's how we are. We vote for people who think they know what's best for people because we think we know what's best for people. It's our problem. And it's a big problem. Why?
Because that's how places get to be what Americans think of when they think of the Soviet Union. Don't trust people by giving them money and letting them spend it as consumers in markets. Give them food. Don't let them choose what kind of food. They don't know what's best. Give them approved food as determined by a board of health specialists. Give them housing. Don't let them choose their housing. Build public housing that's best for them. Give them this. Give them that. Just don't give them money, because money enables too much freedom. Money can be spent on anything. And don't give money unconditionally, because money without conditions means lack of control. Money with conditions means people must do what we want them to do. No having kids out of wedlock. Two kids maximum. Fill out 10 job applications per day. No refusing a job no matter what it is or what it pays. Work eight hours a day. Go to school. Retrain. Do what we say, or else. That's control. Conditions are control. Lack of conditions is freedom.
Do you think seniors receiving Social Security are under the control of government, because they're all so scared that it can be removed at any time? Hell no. The exact opposite is true. Seniors vote in large numbers to make damn sure government responds to their needs. Government is afraid of seniors. And seniors can use their Social Security checks on anything. It's cash. They can also work to the day they die if they so choose. No one is stopping seniors from earning additional income. Their Social Security checks are simply an absolute minimum. It's a monthly non-zero income floor from age 65 or so till death, possibly 50 years.
Do you honestly think seniors are worse off with Social Security? That someone receiving it for 30 years is suffering under an oppressive socialist government that's controlling them, and if only they stopped receiving it, they would be free and private charity would step in and lift them up just as high or even higher? Because there's really clear evidence that before Social Security seniors were far worse off than after, and as Social Security spending per capita has risen, poverty rates have fallen in lock step.
But again, such understanding requires looking at actual evidence doesn't it? It requires comparing the map that's in our heads with the actual ground. Do they match? Always remember, the map is not the territory.
Here's some more of the actual ground. UBI and UCT (unconditional cash transfer) experiments & programs have shown decreased hospitalization rates via reduced stress, lower crime rates, higher education rates, better education scores, healthier eating, reduced drug/alcohol use, increased entrepreneurship (3x more than control groups), economic multipliers ($1 grows the economy more than $1), healthier baby weights due to better maternal nutrition, higher rates of home ownership, reduced teen pregnancy rates, etc. The list goes on and on.
It's really hard to look at the evidence and say giving people money is wrong, because having enough money means being able to buy enough food. It means being able to have a roof over your head. For those without money, money means everything. It can even mean the difference between life and death.
Now maybe you're so extreme in your ideology that you don't care about how basic income improves lives. Maybe you only care that the money had to come from someone in the top 20% (because the bottom 80% would all benefit), and that it's stealing and therefore wrong. It's wrong to eliminate poverty if it means yachts are a foot smaller, right? Okay, let's look at that.
Once upon a time, none of the land was owned. Sure, in the US, natives lived here, but fuck them, right? We started to carve it up with invisible lines. It was done all over the world. What once wasn't owned, became owned. That was a great deal for the new owners, not so much for those whose land was taken, or who lost access to the land or even just free passage through it. That land was passed down generation after generation and here we are now with everything owned where human beings are born onto a planet they aren't allowed to exist on unless they work for those who own the planet.
Now that should be a problem to anyone who cares about voluntaryism. Should you be able to force someone to work by withholding the access they would have otherwise had to meeting their basic needs, had you not put walls up everywhere? I for one think the labor market should be fully voluntary.
Everyone should get enough money to be able to refuse to work. That way, the incentive is shifted to employers where it should be. Want someone to do something? Pay them enough to do it. If you refuse to pay anyone enough thanks to their ability to tell you to go fuck yourself, then either automate that job, or let it go undone. If the work needs to be done, you'll sweeten the deal or hand it to a robot. By the way, the best work is work done voluntarily. People are more engaged and productivity is higher. You should know that, but if you are fighting against a free labor market and for forcing people to do the bidding of those who own enough property to command people to do their bidding, maybe you don't. Or maybe you're the one enjoying the involuntary labor force?
Now, one of America's founding fathers looked at this whole loss of common property situation and thought wait a second, when someone owns land, that land used to belong to everyone who no longer has access to it, and so they owe a rent to everyone to compensate everyone for their loss in exchange for the right of private ownership. That man was Thomas Paine, and he thought the revenue from that rent should supply everyone an unconditional grant when reaching the age of adulthood and also pay for seniors and the disabled. Sound familiar?
Let's also look at what's been happening in the economy. For decades, almost all the economic growth has gone to the top ONLY. Our productivity has been going up and up and up, but wages haven't.
Source: HBR
And it didn't used to be this way.
Even weirder, why did hours worked stop going down as they had for centuries back in 1980, and instead start creeping back up? Does this make any sense in a world where productivity is increasing that people are working more and earning less?
Source: Fast Company
So then let's take a quick look at the technology picture where so many appear to subscribe to the silly notion that technology is nothing to worry about because jobs are always created. Yes, we've been creating jobs as we've lost jobs, but let's look closer. We've been automating mid-skill, fairly high productivity jobs because the tech capability was there and the price point was right. Those unemployed were then put into new low-skill low productivity jobs, because the tech ability to automate those jobs wasn't there (yet), and the price point wasn't right (yet).
Source: Journal of Economic Perspectives
In other words, here many are saying everything is just fine and dandy when someone loses their $60,000 full-time 40-hour per week career to a machine and gets handed two part-time $20,000 total 60-hour per week shit jobs. Notice how this explains the rise in hours worked? People need to in order to try to prevent their incomes from falling. Meanwhile, what happens to these new low-skill jobs once technology is cheap enough to even handle minimum wage jobs? What jobs are left when technology is not only doing all the routine labor, but also the non-routine thanks to artificial intelligence breakthroughs like deep learning neural nets? There's nowhere else to go except for the lucky few. Game over.
Yes, it really is different this time.
Let's also make sure and notice that income variability has increased as well so even if someone is making the same amount of income per year doing something else now, their pay may vary a lot month to month which introduces the ability to fall behind and fall into downward spirals.
Source: JPMorgan Chase
Suffice to say, our entire safety net is built around an antiquated notion of jobs, and universal basic income is a key component of a 21st century system built as a solid foundation instead of a hole-filled net.
By the way, about those holes, in the US about 1 in 5 people living under the federal poverty line get TANF (our cash welfare program). About 1 in 4 people who qualify for housing assistance get it. About 1 in 5 people with a disability get disability income. Basically, the way the system works is to exclude far more people in need than it includes. Even worse, due to targeting of benefits, those who receive them see the highest marginal tax rates of all. No billionaire sees as high a tax rate.
How does that work you ask? Well, by providing a targeted benefit, it gets pulled away when they earn income. Essentially, welfare punishes work. It's built as a ceiling instead of a floor. Would you work a shit job if you were promised 10 cents on the dollar? Of course not. Why would you? Because any job, even a shit job that effectively pays 75 cents an hour provides the meaning of existence?
One final thing. Universal basic income need not be done via taxation, just as the Alaska dividend isn't via taxation. It can be done in many ways including by non-debt-based money creation, which by the way is mostly done by private banks right now, not the government. And yes, even cryptocurrencies could be designed to provide UBI. So an issue against taxes is not necessarily an issue with UBI itself, at least it shouldn't be, but with how it's funded. In that case, be a part of the solution instead of part of the problem by talking about the best way to go about basic income instead of lying to people purposely or out of ignorance about what basic income actually is. Basic income is not left or right. It's forward.
Basic income is also not charity. It's not a handout. It is owed to you. It's your dividend. It's your compensation for your loss of access to this rock in space called Earth. It's your return on investment for the tax dollars invested in technological R&D and thus the technology unemploying you. It's your royalties for the big data which everything you now do (and even don't do) is increasingly generating. It's your share of rising productivity that used to go to you before it was stolen from you. It's your right to life, and just as no one has the right to take your life, no one has the right to force you to do anything for them in order to stay alive.
Basic income is not free money. It's freedom. And freedom belongs to you.
I like markets. I want to reduce the size of government. I want less bureaucracy. I want less administration. I want fewer government jobs. I want lower taxes for everyone who hasn't been benefiting from our economic growth for decades. I want a simpler tax code. I want fewer subsidies. I want less market distortion. I want a voluntary labor market. I want more freedom. If we appear to want many of the same things, I urge you to question what you think you know, and spend some real time looking into basic income.
With that said, here's how I recommend we go about doing basic income in the US in a way that doesn't raise anyone's income taxes.
Interested in doing more to grow the basic income movement than you can through social media alone? Filling out this survey from the Universal Income Project would be helpful. You can also sign the Economic Security Project's belief statement, join the Basic Income Slack channel, Basic Income Action, and the U.S. Basic Income Guarantee Network.
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Yaşam Göksu (born September 25, 1995) is a Turkish female football defender, who plays in the Turkish Women's Football Super League for Fenerbahçe. She has been part of the Turkey women's national football teams since 2010.

Private life
Yaşam Göksu was born in Konak district of Izmir, Turkey on September 25, 1995. She has two elder brothers.

Playing career

Club

Yaşam Göksu obtained her license on March 2, 2007, and was admitted to the Konak Belediyespor club in her hometown. Already in the 2008–09 season, she became part of the team competing in the Women's First League. As of the 2013–14 season, she capped 110 times and scored 10 goals for Konak Belediyespor. During this period, she enjoyed two consecutive champion titles, in the 2012–13 and 2013–14 season with her club.

Debuting in the match against FC NSA Sofia on August 8, 2013, she appeared in seven matches of the 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League, at which her team advanced to the  Round of 16.

In the 2015–16 season, she transferred to 1207 Antalya Muratpaşa Belediye Spor.

After two seasons with 1207 Antayaspor, Göksu returned to her gormer club Konak Belediyespor in the 2017–18 season.

In October 2018, she joined the Gaziantep-based club ALG Spor, which were promoted to the Women's First League in the 2018–19 season. The next season, she returned to her hometown club Konak Belediyespor.

On 22 January 2021, she moved to Spain, and joined the Lleida-based club SE AEM to play in the n the Women's Segunda División Pro of Spain.

For the 2021-22 Turkcell Super League season, she returned home to play in her former club Konak Belediyespor.

International

Göksu became international playing for the Turkey Girls' U-15 national team in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics qualifying round match against Georgia on October 12, 2009. She capped two times for the Turkey U-15 team.

Debuting in the match against the girls from England on October 3, 2010, she was part of the Turkey girls' national U-17 team in the four matches of the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' tournament in Singapore, at which Turkey took the bronze medal. She played in all three matches of the 2011 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship – Group 6 round. She capped 8 times in total for the Turkey U-17 team and scored two goals.

She appeared for the Turkey U-19 team playing in two games of the 2012 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship – Group A round. Later, she took part at two matches of the 2013 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship First qualifying round – Group 5 scoring two goals, three matches of the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship First qualifying round – Group 10, and three games of the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship Second qualifying round – Group 5 competitions.

On May 7, 2014, Yaşam Göksu debuted at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 match playing for the Turkey women's national team against Belarus on May 7, 2015. After five years, she was called up again to the national team to play at the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying Group A matches.

Career statistics
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Honours
 Turkish Women's First League
 Konak Belediyespor
 Winners (3): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
 Runners-up (1): 2010–11
 Third places (3): 2009–10, 2017–18, 2019–20

 ALG Spor
Runners-up (1): 2018–19

References

External links

1995 births
Living people
People from Konak
Footballers from İzmir
Turkish women's footballers
Women's association football defenders
Turkey women's international footballers
Footballers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Turkish expatriate women's footballers
Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Expatriate women's footballers in Spain
1207 Antalya Spor players
Konak Belediyespor players
ALG Spor players
Fenerbahçe S.K. women's football players
Segunda Federación (women) players
Turkish Women's Football Super League players

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The ToCTogether Bookham Support Group meets on the 2nd Monday of every month from 7pm at The Old Barn Hall, 41 Church Rd, Great Bookham, Leatherhead KT23 3PG.
ToCTogether covers the growing number of local cancer support groups offering patients, carers, spouses, family and friends and anyone interested in knowing more about cancer the opportunity to learn from and support each other. There are no costs or booking requirements for members and refreshments are provided free too.
The Bookham Support Group meets on the 2nd Monday of every month from 7pm at The Old Barn Hall in Great Bookham, Surrey. We enjoy social evenings and a variety of occasional guest speakers. Reecent talks have been from our local MP on the current political situation regarding cancer and budgets, Dr Nicola Annels on immunotherapy research being conducted by our own team in Guildford and other charities, therapists, celebrities, consultants and patients.
We try to organise at least one day out each year and some of the Bookham Support Group can be seen, in the image above, at Polesden Lacey. The image below shows Dr Annels talking at an evening meeting.
Topic of Cancer started out as a local cancer support group offering patients, families, friends, carers, charities, therapists and professionals the opportunity to meet socially to exchange experiences and resources. Members' journeys with cancer vary widely and we learn a lot from each other and relax with others who understand us and our situation.
We invited guest speakers each month to educate and entertain us as well as enjoying a social gathering. The group was started by John Blackburn and Nigel Lewis-Baker, both local men and cancer patients with close association to both Cancer Research UK and Macmillan Cancer Care.
The Old Barn Hall in Great Bookham, very generously hosts our meetings.
John (right in the picture) was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma in 2000 aged 52 and had chemo and radio therapy which seemed to do the trick. Unfortunately, John sadly passed away in May, 2015.
Nigel (left in picture) was diagnosed with inoperable and incurable Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer in May 2004 aged 58 at St Luke's Cancer Centre, Royal Surrey County Hospital and had a course of seven weeks intensive radiotherapy with ongoing hormone therapy. When the first hormone started to fail he volunteered for a 14 month vaccine trial being run by Prof Hardev Pandha and the research team in Guildford and on completion, as the PSA was rising a little too rapidly, was put on the two alternative hormones together. The PSA was kept under control until December 2009 when the hormone approach began to fail again and he took part in another trial that was ended early due to the side-effects. He is currently being checked every 3 months and hoping for another trial soon as he is now castrate resistant.
Nigel was honoured in the Queen's Birthday Honours list in 2014, with an MBE specifically for the work of Topic of Cancer.


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Home > Paris Accord > Prospering thru Green Building in a Changing Environment
I spoke to a gathering of construction industry attorneys the other day about changing environment of Federal government regulation portending huge business opportunities for green building. These were my prepared remarks for that talk.
While much of the mass media hyperbole is focused on the new Administration's 2018 "skinny" budget request of $5.7 Billion for the Environmental Protection Agency, the bigger story is for construction attorneys is how the changing environment of Federal government regulation portends huge business opportunities for green building, and especially for construction attorneys who advise the sustainable building industry.
This is a time of major changes to the national environmental agenda, and an ideal moment to articulate how green building is "the" ideal means of voluntarily mitigating the negative environmental impacts that human activity has on the planet.
Green building can save the planet
The construction of buildings provides countless benefits to human beings far beyond mere shelter, and voluntary stewardship of the environment through green building can save the planet, or, more precisely, green building can save mankind and our current way of life.
It is this belief, that green building will provide a safer, healthier, and more sustainable way of life, that has led to the broad brand and wide market share acceptance of the LEED green building rating system. [i]
In most business circles today, the debate about climate change has shifting away from a discussion of costs and risks, and towards the question of how to capitalize on the exciting opportunities in the green building space.
Prospering from voluntary sustainability is consistent with the current Federal government's refocusing of the national environmental agenda. The 45th President of the United States is not a 1960s Barry Goldwater environmentalist who favored "federal intervention with regards to the environment." To the contrary, President Donald J. Trump is a real estate developer who campaigned on dismantling much of the EPA (e.g., rolling back EnergyStar, WaterSense and other programs that can be transferred to the private sector) and repealing executive orders on climate change (e.g., including those associated with the Guiding Principles for Sustainable Federal Buildings), withdrawing from the Paris climate accord, and rolling back regulations (e.g., Clean Power Plan, non tidal wetland expansion, etc.).
Reduce energy use, water use, solid waste and GHG emissions
While there is no one homogenized building type, voluntary green building can significantly reduce energy use, water use, solid waste and greenhouse gas emissions.
By way of example, compared to the average commercial building, an oft quoted study found the LEED Gold buildings in the U.S. General Services Administration's portfolio generally: consume 25% less energy, use 11% less potable water, have 19% lower maintenance costs, 27% higher occupant satisfaction, and emit 34% lower greenhouse gas emissions. [ii]
But at a time when many in society describe environmental matters apocalyptically, as if human existence on the planet is at risk, a real, and currently available, response is a built environment reducing energy use, water use, solid waste and greenhouse gas emissions.
And green buildings do all of that and so much more.
TRACI lead us to LEED
It is time to refresh our recollection that the first version of LEED allocated points based substantially upon the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology "Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability" (BEES) environmental impacts in 1998. [iii] An updated version of BEES is expected in 2017.
Later, LEED version 2009 reweighted the solutions to environmental impacts using the U.S. EPA "Tool for the Reduction and Assessment of Chemical and other environmental Impacts" (TRACI). [iv] Implementing TRACI standards was not a large leap from the previous standard because the previous BEES standard was based upon the existing TRACI standard. The current TRACI standard measures impacts based on: Ozone Depletion, Global Climate, Acidification, Eutrophication, Smog Formation, Human Health Particulate, Human Health Cancer, Human Health Noncancer and Ecotoxicity. The green building industrial complex will remain relevant in this changing environment only by effectively articulating the positive outcomes from those impacts to developers and owners. .
Driven by building owners in pursuit of those positive environmental externalities, green building has already exploded onto the scene with a 3200% growth in share of the U.S. non-residential construction activity since 2006. [v] That statistic, in and of itself, should cause every construction attorney to turn green.
The wellbeing of building occupants
Moreover, the wellbeing of building occupants is in 2017 increasingly being described as a key driver of sustainability. In the in the U.S. alone, there are more than 120 million employees who spend an average of 8.1 hours at work within a building each day. And staff costs broadly account for 90% of business operating costs, the health and wellbeing of those employees, and the resultant increased productivity of healthy and happy building occupants, makes this emergent trend in sustainability very real. [vi]
The aims for a sustainable building have shifted in the U.S. from green buildings that were "high performance" because they had a low carbon footprint to, now, occupant wellbeing and the resultant increased productivity. This dramatic shift may mean less demand for LEED buildings (although 1.85 million square feet being is being LEED certified every day) [vii] and more WELL projects and Fitwel building, two emerging building standards that center on considerations around protecting occupant health, wellness, and productivity.
That view, including the voluntary shift in priorities, is consistent with those that control the White House and Congress. It also meshes well with land owners who believe that a voluntary, non-mandatory approach to environmental protection is the best hope for stewardship of our planet. They believe that burdening land owners with yet more government mandates is wrong and is not efficacious.
The failure of green codes
The broad failure of the International Green Construction Code to be widely enacted suggests a mandatory green building code that goes far beyond life safety is going too far and will not be accepted by developers and owners. Further, the fact that ASHRAE 189.1 has only been implemented by the U.S. military is equally damning. Mandatory green codes and energy standards touted by the last Administration, when Congress would not enact hyperbolic responses to climate change at the risk of changing our way of life, are not popular with the current thought leaders in control of the Federal government.
Additionally, attempting to mandate that a private land owner must build a LEED or Green Globes certified structure misuses the voluntary rating systems. David Gottfried, the U.S. Green Building Council co-founder who unabashedly believes "all building should be green" said in a 2014 interview, "LEED was designed as a voluntary standard" acknowledging that "some governments have grabbed onto it." And Jerry Yudelson, the former President of GBI (the Green Globes folks), makes clear he does not advocate mandatory green building laws for private building and he sees "a benefit of allowing the freedom of the marketplace to control this rapidly changing field, where performance counts."
Making a profit while saving the planet
But not only is green building a cost effective engineered solution for many of the environmental impacts arising from human activity, from an economic perspective, it is clear that green building is profitable. There is nothing wrong with making a profit on innovations developed in response to those environmental impacts while saving the planet, whether it needs to be saved or not.
George Carlin famously quipped in one of his oft repeated comedy routines, "The planet is fine. People are fucked." [viii] But his observation that Earth is 4.5 billion years old, so "The planet isn't going anywhere. We are," belies the comedic wisdom of this very real fact.
Once the dust settles from the ideological Armageddon over the 2018 Federal budget and with a push from the President when the U.S. withdraws from the Paris accord, it will become clear that green building policies that promote growth and innovation creating an environment rich for investment in real estate can save both mankind and our current way of life; and we all can get wealthy from building green
[i] http://www.usgbc.org/
[ii] https://www.gsa.gov/graphics/pbs/Green_Building_Performance.pdf
[iii] https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/bees
[iv] https://www.epa.gov/chemical-research/tool-reduction-and-assessment-chemicals-and-other-environmental-impacts-traci
[v] https://analyticsstore.construction.com/smartmarket-reports/2016WorldGreen.html
[vi] See, Fitwel may be the Future of Building Sustainability, https://www.greenbuildinglawupdate.com/2017/03/articles/sustainability/fitwel-may-be-the-future-of-building-sustainability/
[vii] http://www.usgbc.org/leed
[viii] Watch a YouTube video of "George Carlin – Saving the Planet" (1976) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W33HRc1A6c
Tags: BEES, EnergyStar, EPA budget, Paris Accord, TRACI, WaterSense Print


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Weather Source is excited to announce we have partnered with Knoema, an end-to-end data and knowledge management platform. Knoema customers can now integrate, visualize, and autonomously discover Weather Source data products.
"Knoema's value goes far beyond simply cataloging industry-leading alternative datasets. I was impressed with their ability to map disparate data, and therefore provide visualization that helps clients discover insights and actionable data signals," said Michael J. Fix, Director of Sales at Weather Source. "Weather Source looks forward to providing our best-in-class weather and climatology data to Knoema customers and building upon this partnership."
Coincident with the introduction of Weather Source products, Knoema created two Insight Dashboards that showcase the value of our curated continuum of analytics-grade weather data:
1. Insights Into the Accuracy of Weather Forecasts for Major U.S. Cities
Those in the weather business know forecasts become less reliable the further out you go from the date in question. But access to homogenous and statistically consistent weather data such as that offered by Weather Source empowers organizations to create actionable business intelligence. The common schemas in Weather Source data make it easy to join and compare disparate datasets via a single pane of glass. To put this in context, Knoema considered a single day: July 4, U.S. Independence Day. Knoema compared forecasted weather parameters such as air temperature and precipitation against historical averages for four major U.S. cities. They concluded weather forecasts are generally most accurate out 3 days and relatively accurate out 5-7 days.
2. Criminals More Active in Nicer Weather
In this dashboard, Knoema examined how weather correlates with an unfortunately intrinsic aspect of society: crime. Analysis of weather data from Weather Source and crime statistics from the Chicago Data Portal shows that the intensity of some (but not all) types of criminal activity correlates highly with weather conditions. Knoema found warm air temperatures and blue skies seem to align with most types of criminal activities.
The Value of Versatile, Granular Weather Data
"We're delighted to welcome high-quality data providers like Weather Source onto the Knoema platform," said Charles Poliacof, CEO of Knoema. "The breadth and depth of data that individuals and enterprises are seeking is expanding rapidly. We are confident that the versatility and granularity of the weather data available by Weather Source enhance the Knoema experience for individual and enterprise clients."
Weather Source's hyper-local solutions can be tailored to a customer's points of interest, from lat/lon coordinates to geographically bounded areas such as ZIP/Postal Code, designated market area (DMA), metropolitan statistical area (MSA), Census tract/block, county, and more.
Weather data can reveal meaningful observations for a variety of industries. For example: retail and food service companies can analyze weather's effects on product sales and footfall traffic; finance organizations can optimize trade signals; energy providers can anticipate potential changes in demand; and much more. Nearly every business has some degree of weather sensitivity and Weather Source has the tools and expertise to help organizations harness Mother Nature to their advantage.
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Two Presumed Extinct Species Rediscovered!
March 5, 2019	| by	ifcnr | 0 Comments
In a time where reports show that humanity has wiped out 60% of animal populations since 1970, hearing news that two thought to be extinct animals have been rediscovered is most certainly something to celebrate. And coincidentally, both animals happen to have the word 'giant' in their name. The Fernandina Giant Tortoise of the Galapagos Islands was last seen in 1906 and Wallace's giant bee of Indonesia in 1981.
Last Sunday, during an expedition by the Giant Tortoise Restoration Initiative (GTRI), an adult female Fernandina Giant Tortoise was found and experts believe she may be more than a century old. The director and expedition leader stated that genetic tests would be carried out to reconfirm that this tortoise belongs to the Fernandina Island species. This tortoise is one of 14 giant tortoise species native to the Galapagos Islands of which most are endangered, primarily due to being killed over the past two centuries for food and oil. The team will continue their search plans, as tracks and scents of other tortoises were also observed that day, and will eventually start a breeding program in captivity to recover this species.
The Wallace's giant bee is the largest bee in the world (as big as a human thumb), and scientists have long feared it had gone extinct. But in late January in Indonesia, a group of researchers comprised of a natural history photographer, an entomologist, a behavioral ecologist, and an ornithologist made the rediscovery. This bee has only been documented as being seen by two other researchers, once in 1858 and once in 1981 by entomologist Adam Messer. The team was able to find the bee by studying its habitat and behavior from Messer's research as well as by examining satellite imagery to become more familiar with the terrain, knowing the bee prefers lowland forest and tree-dwelling termite nests.
It took days of hiking through humid forests before the researchers were able to find the bee. And after now rediscovering it, Clay Bolt, the natural history photographer of the group, said he hopes to work with local conservationists to potentially turn the Wallace's giant bee into a flagship species for the area. Currently, this species of bee is classified as "vulnerable" by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) because of mining and quarrying. Deforestation in Indonesia has strengthened in the past decade due to agriculture, but despite this, the researchers say there is still enough forest and time to have hope for the bee and its survival.
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Most Stock Control functions are automatically processed within the system when actions are carried out on Sales, Jobs, Purchase or Work Orders. The system records the stock transactions, if Record inventory movements history is checked in the System Preferences window.
TIP: Inventory Transactions can cause part Physical quantity to go negative. This can be a useful feature. However, you may wish to have the user receive a warning when physical goes negative during a transaction. Option optStockNegativeWarn, if set to 1 or YES, will cause a message to be displayed.
TIP: You can add a Scrap and Rework processing tab pane to the window using the option optStockScrapRework. This is only usefull for parts that are set to Multi-location only and not batch tracked. See below for details.
TIP: You can add a warning to users of excessive adjustment using the option optStockCtrlVarWarn. Set to a non-zero % of physical for which a stock control activity and stocktake result triggers a user warning. If physical is 1 or less any quantity will trigger the warning.
CUSTOM CAPABILITY: The Negative Stock warning message text is held in string number s1860.
CUSTOM CAPABILITY: Every stock movement is processed in a common routine. For special needs the $ctask.tCustom1.$StockTransaction(pQtyIntoPhysical,pQtyIntoStockLoc,pMoveType) can be used for post-processing.
The Stock Control Activities window accessible from Process -- Inventory -- Stock Control is used for making General Issues from inventory, Returns to inventory and inventory physical stock Adjustments. You also use this window to create locations for Multi-location parts and move quantities in and out of them. Finally there is an Advanced section that enables you to adjust maintained quantities.
Typically you can enter a part number partially or in full, use the navigation buttons, use the Keyword system, click on a Parts Scratchpad line or use drag and drop from the Scratchpad or BoM Listing.
The following fields are common to all tab pane functions.
Float stock is the difference between physical stock and non-quarantined multi-location stock and should always be zero for tracked parts.
The total quantity of quarantined stock.
For details see the Parts Current Quantity subwindow.
To obtain a listing of movement history for the selected part.
To show a list of transactions you have made so far in this window session.
To process a general stock issue.
With this option you can issue a quantity of the part for any non-specific purpose. Directly enter the Quantity and then, if you wish, a Movement reference and comment. Confirm with an Ok or press the enter key. If you want to cancel the movement, simply change the part or click on the Cancel button. The latter will close the window.
If the part is a Multi-location part and there are locations listed, you can issue from a particular location by first selecting it in the location list. If you want to issue from float stock, do not click on the list after selecting the part.
If the part is a Tracked part, you must identify in advance of entering the quantity which Location/Batch it is being Issued from. In this case you can not Issue from float stock. On confirmation you will be asked to enter a tracking reference, which may be helpful in the future when you are looking at the destinations of tracked materials. See the Batch Identification window for details.
You can not Issue from a Quarantine location.
With an Issue, you can add a Movement Reference and Comment which will be included in the Stock History record.
NOTE: "SO-", "JB-", "PO-", WO-", "IN-", "CN-" are standard system prefixes for Sales, Jobs, Purchase and Work Orders, Invoices and Credit Notes respectively.
List of all multi-locations for the part.
The movement quantity of inventory in stock units of measure.
To process a general stock return.
A Return operates in a similar way to an Issue. The direction of movement, of course, is into the stores to increase the physical quantity.
If you want to Return into a Multi-location, select the location first. Then carry out the return in the normal way.
For a Tracked part you will be offered the opportunity of adding a Tracking reference in the same way as an Issue.
You can not Return to a Quarantine location.
With a Return, you can add a Movement Reference and Comment which will be included in the Stock History record.
To process a stock issue quantity adjustment.
An Adjustment operates in a similar way to an Issue or a Return. The direction of movement is determined by the sign of the quantity you enter. A positive quantity will increase the physical quantity like a Return. Whereas a negative quantity will reduce physical quantity in the same way as an Issue.
The treatment of Multi-location and Tracked parts is the same as in an Issue or Return.
You can not Adjust a Quarantine location's quantity.
With an Adjustment, you can add a Movement Reference and Comment which will be included in the Stock History record.
The movement quantity of inventory in stock units of measure. Negative reduces stock.
To set up a new stock multi-location.
This option is only available for parts flagged as Multi-location parts. You use it to set up locations for inventory that you have not received into a particular location during another stock control process such as receiving from a Purchase or Work Order.
Having selected the part and this option, enter a quantity in the quantity field box. Then tab to the Location field and enter a location. If you then confirm the new location with an Ok the quantity will be transferred from float stock into the new location. The Part's physical quantity will not change and no Stock History record is created for the transaction.
If you decide to make it a Quarantine location, you must check the Quarantine checkbox. Having done that you will be able to add a Movement Reference and Comment.
When you create a Quarantine location, you will move the quantity out of float stock, or another location if you have one selected, into the new location. This will reduce the part's physical quantity and create a Stock History record. The Non-Conformance Report Details window will open in which you can report the quarantine reasons.
For a Tracked part you will be offered the opportunity of adding a Tracking reference in the same way as an Issue or Return. You can only create a new location for a Tracked part if there is sufficient float stock for the quantity.
To change a stock multi-location quantity.
This option is only available for parts flagged as Multi-location parts. This is used to change the quantity held in multi-locations. You can also use it to change the Location code for multi-location entries. It is similar to an Adjustment acting specifically on locations.
If the part is not a Tracked part, through this option you can move a quantity from and to float stock.
If it is a Tracked part, you will normally not have float stock. However you can move a quantity from a selected location by entering a negative quantity.
On confirmation, you will need to identify where you are moving the quantity to using the Batch Identification window. Select a destination from the pop-up list. The FREE destination will place the quantity into Float stock. You can then add a Tracking Reference.
To manually adjust process quantities such as allocation, due to SOs, due from P/WOs and kitted.
This is a System Manager function that gives access to otherwise automatic data values in the parts master files. The user can change the stored Allocated, Due out to Sales Orders, Due in from Purchase Orders and Work Orders and Kitted to Work Orders quantities for parts.
Although these quantities are maintained automatically by the system errors can occur either due to system malfunctions, interruption of terminal processing or changes in BoM structure while an assembly is on order.
This pane is available for manual changes. It is recommended that you use the Re-set Part Process Quantities function in the Datafile Integrity Maintenance window to globally reset part process quantities.
To adjust the allocation quantity held for a part.
To adjust the due on SO quantity for a part.
Make this selection to change the value of 'Due from POs and WOs' quantity held for the part.
To change the Kitted to WOs quantity.
The change quantity of value in stock units of measure.
This tab pane is only visible then the option optStockScrapRework has been set up. This is only usefull for parts that are set to Multi-location only and not batch tracked.
This option is useful for users that wish to record in a standard way the movement of stock into and out of a quaranened multi-location, typically for re-working. It further provides for stock to be removed and recorded as scrap.
The first parameter (MAIN) is the multi-location to which stock is returned from quarantined rework. This is optional and if left blank stock is returned from rework to float stock.
The second parameter (SCRAP) is the movement referance applied to an adjustment (N) out of stock. This can be from float stock if no location is selected in the list, or any location selected. If the location is a quarantine location the adjustment movement (N) will be preceeded by a release movement (T). If you use this for scrapping sub-quality parts, you can report this with a suitable selection in Inventory History reports.
The third parameter (REWORK) is the quarantine multi-location into which stock is moved for rework.
Select a non-quaqantine location, or no location if from float stock, and enter a +ve quantity.
If there is no RETURN quarantine location, one will be created. The quantity is removed from the selected location (or float stock) and quarantined (type S movement) in the RETURN location.
Select the REWORK location in the Multi-Location List and enter a +ve quantity.
The quantity is released (type T movement) from the REWORK quarantine location. If there is a MAIN first option parameter, the quantity will be moved to that location (a MAIN location will be created if not present). If there is no MAIN option parameter, the relesed stock will go to float stock.
Enter a -ve quantity without selecting a multi-location list line.
The quantity will be adjusted (type N movement) out of stock but not affect any locations. The document reference will be the second option parameter.
Enter a -ve quantity with a multi-location list line selected.
If the location is a quarantine location, the quantity will first be released (type T movement). The quantity will be adjusted (type N movement) out of stock but from the location. The document reference will be the second option parameter.
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Sierra Hillman Excited for Track and Field Career at Robert Morris
In her time representing the Kane Lady Wolves, Sierra Hillman proved to be consistent, resilient, and versatile. The now Robert Morris Colonial was a three sport athlete from 2016 to 2020. Hillman was a key contributor in basketball, volleyball, and track and field. However, it was not always these three sports that she loved most.
(Photo by Tessa Boschert Photography)
Until the seventh grade, the current Robert Morris student athlete loved the game of softball. Her middle-school gym teacher Rae El Wittman was the first person to encourage the McKean County product to give track and field a chance. It did not take long for her to love the sport and find her footing in the throwing events.
"I can remember my dad saying that would be okay to give track and field a chance. If I did not like it, I could return to softball. That never happened because I really fell in love with the sport."
While track and field is her favorite and likely best sport, this did not deter her from remaining in basketball and volleyball. She served as a key member of the Lady Wolves District 9 title in volleyball during her sophomore year as well as a vital part of the first D9 title in girls basketball in program history during her junior season.
Some of Hillman's fondest memories in sports took place during these two teams' runs to the PIAA state playoffs, and those memories will last a lifetime.
"I can remember being on the bus before our D9 title game in volleyball and Coach (Judy) Kessler told us that we were in for a tough game. We ended up winning in just three sets."
Coming into her junior season of basketball, the Lady Wolves met with former Lady Wolves head coach Dave Kiehl to go over what their team had lost from the previous season. What the team lost was around half of their scoring and rebounding. However, this team believed they had what it took to not just win an Allegheny Mountain League (AML) title, but also to win a District 9 title.
The Lady Wolves defeated Clarion to advance to the D9 finals in class AA. In the finals, the Lady Wolves took care of AC Valley in overtime to help give Kiehl the coveted title he deserved. During this run, however, Kiehl suffered from some health complications and did not have the chance to coach in the D9 title game.
Despite this, the team rallied and won the game for their coach. When reflecting on all of the emotions she experienced during this historic run, the Kane graduate said "Our team was so strong that season. We faced a lot of hardship, but the community really rallied behind us. I remember getting off the bus, and there were Kane people wearing red in support of us and also Coach Kiehl. It was a surreal feeling to feel how much our town was behind us."
While her basketball and volleyball careers were filled with lifelong memories with her friends, she also accomplished a great deal as a thrower. Hillman was ranked first in the district in javelin coming into her senior season as well as amongst the top throwers for discus. Unfortunately, she was not able to wrap up her career how she planned because of COVID-19. Her senior season ended before it really started, but Hillman kept a positive attitude during a difficult time.
Despite not throwing in her senior season, Robert Morris knew what they were getting with Hillman; a well rounded athlete with a great attitude. She committed to Robert Morris this past spring, and is planning on majoring in cyber security or criminal justice. She hopes to have a career in government someday.
The former three sport athlete had a lot of help along the way from various people, but she lists the number one supporter and mentor to her as her father, Jim Hillman. He is a longtime football coach in the Wolves program in addition to recently joining the Kane Wolves track and field program as a coach.
"He shaped me most in my athletic career," the McKean County native mentioned. "He was always so supportive and knew how to try to help me succeed."
An additional long time mentor is her throwing coach from Kane Rae El Wittman, who has guided many of her high school athletes to the college level.
"Coach Wittman has been a family friend for a long time. She has taught me how to be a better athlete, thrower, leader, and person. She treats all of the throwers and team members like family."
The current college freshman left readers with a glimpse of what it means to her to be a member of Kane Area High School Athletics.
"Playing with the same girls all my life, it has turned us into a family. It does not matter who gets the accolades, but being together as a part of a special team means the most. Being an athlete and an athlete for Kane shaped me into the person I am today."


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The Invictus Games change lives and save lives.
Created and spearheaded by Prince Harry, for whom this is a very personal cause, the Games are for current and former servicemen and women who have been wounded, injured or sick.
Most races are about who gets to the finish line first. At the Invictus Games, even making the start line is an achievement beyond measure. Triple amputees, cancer survivors, multiple sclerosis patients, PTSD sufferers and many more all compete. They have been through the darkest of times, but in the camaraderie of competition they find hope anew.
Unconquerable: The Invictus Spirit represents the spirit of the Games, upholding a message of self-determination, positivity and sacrifice. These stories of the Invictus athletes will inspire you, give you the courage and determination to succeed, and act as a `bedside Samaritan' for anyone to turn to in their hour of need.
These are the people who make the Invictus Games what they are. These are their stories. They come from all over the world. They are ordinary people who have done, and continue to do, extraordinary things. They are the power of the human spirit. They are Invictus. They are Unconquerable.
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Home News Hmong veterans reflect on 30 years since end of the war
Hmong veterans reflect on 30 years since end of the war
BY NHIEN NGUYEN
Examiner Staff
When Hmong war veteran Nhia Yia Heu arrived in Seattle in 1980 from war-torn Southeast Asia, it was like he was born again, he says through a translator, starting his life "from zero."
"What am I going to do with no skills and no education?" Heu asked himself when he arrived in America. Growing up in an agrarian culture in the hills of Northern Laos, he was so dependent on his sponsors to help him get settled into his new home in America that it was like "starting to learn how to walk again."
Twenty-five years and 40 grandchildren and great grandchildren later, Heu still misses his country and feels like "a dummy" who doesn't know what to do with himself in America and hardly ever ventures anywhere around town.
Heu, 73, is like many other Hmong war veterans who were recruited by the CIA to fight for America in the once-secret wars in Laos and found themselves fleeing to escape persecution from the Communist government. The United States had promised to help the Hmong in exchange for their assistance in the war, though, in reality, much of their lives in America have been spent facing challenges on their own with help from families and their communities.
The vets will be officially recognized for their contributions to the U.S. war efforts for the first time in Washington State at the Hmong New Year celebration at the Seattle Center on Saturday, Nov. 5.
"We want to let them know that their contributions have not been forgotten," says Xee Yang-Schell, chair of the Hmong New Year event which marks the 30th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War.
Yang-Schell says that the coordinators of the event hope to educate the public about what happened to their people, since so little is written about how the Hmong vets played a big part in the war and why there came to the United States as refugees.
"Some people think we came because of the opportunity," says Yang-Schell, "but it was because we were trying to escape persecution and mass killings."
Yang-Schell adds: "The vets sacrificed so much; so many people died and people don't even know who we are."
Like Heu, Blar Tau Soung wondered what he would do in America when he arrived in Texas in 1979. Working with the United States in the army since 1957, he worried how he would start over at his age and with no education, he says through a translator.
Soung moved from Texas to Kansas and then to Seattle in 1984, where he brought his wife and children under the support of his oldest son.
Soung, who was 61 when he came to the United States, knew that the skills and knowledge in America was very different than where he was from. When he got to America, he thought he was just "too old to learn everything."
Both Heu and Soung speak limited English – a barrier to life and opportunities in America.
Luckily for Youa Bee Chang, he came to American equipped with a working knowledge of English. As an army recruit at age 14, Chang learned English in order to communicate with his American counterparts. His duties in the war included dropping supplies from a chopper for those on the frontlines and taking care of dead bodies.
When Chang first arrived to Hawaii in 1976, the government helped pay for his rent and utilities, but only gave his family of four $20 a week for food. After three weeks living on the meager allowance, Chang knew it would be necessary to find a job to feed his family.
Chang lived in Hawaii for five years, and came to Seattle where relatives and friends lived and more job opportunities awaited him.
Chang managed to fit in a few night classes to improve his English. Now, at age 55, he translates for members of the Hmong community, like Heu and Soung.
Some of the Hmong vets stay connected to their community through activities with the Hmong Senior Club under the Pacific Asian Empowerment Program where 100-150 Hmong, Khmmu and Mien gather at least twice a week.
When Chang thinks of this Hmong New Year marking the 30th anniversary since the end of the Vietnam War, he reflects that "a lot of good people were lost."
Many Hmong vets, Chang says, sit quietly in their homes in America and let things go.
Though the U.S. government fell short of their promise to provide for Hmong in America, these three Hmong vets don't harbor resentment. They understand that there were a lot of refugees in need of services back then, but do wish that more assistance could have been given.
At age 87, Soung still thinks about his time in the war.
"Day by day, year after year, those bad times still stay with me," says Soung.
Yang-Schell says that many Hmong men in their 50s, 60s and 70s died during the war. There is a gap of men missing in that age range because of the war.
Yang-Schell, who was only two years old when she left Laos, says this event is a chance for myself and others to know the vets and their stories.
"They don't talk about it much," says Yang-Schell, who got to know more about the details of the vets' stories through their widows.
Yang-Schells says the New Year event shows that "this is what we did, this is what we suffered, and this is what we endured."
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We will be walking as a group with leaders to Wortley.
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Please ask all your family and friends if they could collect them and place all vouchers in the box in the scout hut.
All vouchers collected will go towards equipment for the group.
To get your Chef's badge you had to attend both weeks and hand in two pieces of homework. The following people need to hand in their homework to get the badge.
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Please bring a prayer along with you on Monday 25th February.
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We will be meeting in the Scout Hall 7-9pm as normal wearing Full Uniform.
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This photograph, that I took 20 years ago over the North Arabian Gulf, is still a common sight. Those F/A-18C Hornets are still flown today and with similar weapons on the wings, and that Iranian oil-rig flare-stack down there is probably still burning as bright as it did in the 90's when it served as a landmark for us. There is an American aircraft carrier nearby, such as there has been in the Gulf for almost every day of the past 20 years, and seven years before that.
I am not acquainted with Harlan Ullman, the author of the recently-released Anatomy of Failure: Why America Loses Every War it Starts, but was aware of him through his writings and guest appearances on cable news and CSPAN before I picked up his thought-provoking book. He is a naval officer by trade, a combat-experienced Vietnam swift-boat commander who went on to serve in "The Building" and defense think-tanks. He is a product of the Washington defense establishment, and is a sought-after commentator on defense issues. He has quite the pol-mil pedigree, and comes across as a serious guy who is speaks truth to power.
At its core, Anatomy is a study of the presidential administrations and the conflicts each has presided over since and including Vietnam. Though Ullman touches on the post-WWII world order, he cites military actions the United States has engaged in since he came of age in the 1960's. It is not a record of success. While military men and women are justifiably proud of their service in combat, it is Washington, and primarily the White House, that almost every time manages to lose the peace. So then, why are we still patrolling the Arabian Gulf, and with airplanes and weapons that are 20-years old and older? Why is our annual defense budget some $700 billion with a new-normal of behind-schedule and over-budget acquisition programs? Why?
Ullman's primary causal factor is that the occupants of the White House, even ones with résumés that say otherwise, are not well-versed (or just versed) in the realities of geopolitics. Unwilling to learn – they are already the Commander-in-Chief so why should they? – a succession of presidents and administrations, congresses, defense departments, diplomats and even uniformed commanders make blunder after blunder with lasting consequences in their wake. Groupthink takes hold, and I am reminded of my time in Washington after 9-11. By early 2002, going to war in Iraq to finish the job – regime change – was next; it was in the air. Look at the above photo; I knew the situation better than most citizens, had a sense of the risks involved, and supported the effort to change Iraqi governments. Ullman did not, and calls 2003 a catastrophe of the highest order. I would point to 2011 and the unilateral pull-out – abandonment – of Iraq on an artificial timeline, but serious political and diplomatic mistakes were made in 2003 and 2004 that made the situation much worse. Reasonable – and informed – citizens can disagree. This brings us back to Ullman's first point. To have these educated conversations and debates, one must be educated. Short of sending every American to War College for an advanced degree in National Security Policy and Strategic Studies, self-study through reading is the answer.
Ullman's book is not tearing up the charts on Kindle. While it is well-written and thorough, it, like most pol-mil literature, is dry and frankly over the heads of most Americans; not you, Dear Reader, but most and particularly our young Americans. If you admit to liking War College reading assignments (okay, okay, I read most of books assigned, but late at night…after the kids were asleep!) you'll enjoy Ullman's book. Alas, most of our citizenry has never heard of it and would not even crack it open were it handed to them. That's fine…except every 2-4 years those same citizens wield a very powerful weapon – a vote.
If non-fiction books like Ullman's are not going to be read by even a fraction of 1% of our population…how do we expect our population to know anything about the current challenges we face? We learn through stories. Movies are the easiest way, just sit back and watch, but even movies about real events can be quite flawed. Black Hawk Down and We Were Soldiers are exceptions. Movie fiction can be even worse, but there is a place for fiction.
Luke Ryan at SOFREP says it well that fiction allows the reader to get inside the character, multiple characters, on both sides of a conflict, and experience the drama and emotions of a fictional occurrence that could happen. To use hard-hitting and direct language to convey the feeling of being terrified or confused. Autobiographies do this well – hard to argue with a first-hand account – but fiction can take that to a higher level, and history is full of compelling stories that resonate with readers long after they've finished.
"Thank you for your service" rings hollow when the person saying it has no idea, zero, on how our men and women in uniform are deployed and what it is like for their families left behind. Especially today with instant global communications and 24-7 news. Our population is not being taught much of this in school – I assure you – and if they do not have a basic understanding of history and geography then geopolitical life is going to be harder for us as a society. Each of you have a favorite book, fiction or non-fiction, that encapsulates to you a story that every American should know. Give the gift of a book, as many do, to help friends and family understand.
Regrettably, Ullman discounted the 30-year "War on Drugs" as not worthy of his study. Those I know who have spent careers "fighting" it quip that our efforts such as they are only serve to prop up the price for traffickers. Books, more than movies, can deep-dive into philosophical questions of warfare and when to wage war, and when not to.
In Washington's where-you-sit-is-where-you-stand political coloring (pretty sure I know where Ullman sits), Ullman does a good job calling them as he sees them, giving it to both parties who have much to be ashamed of. Our country and especially the active-duty military serving it deserves better, much better. It is not too much to ask of our elites in high-level defense, legislative, and diplomatic positions to read works such as his, and other works by well-known authors such as Stavridis and McMaster, to name a few. We should demand it of them. Popular market biographies of such as Powell, Cheney and Rumsfeld are also helpful to educate the public on how DoD functions and the realities of geopolitics, and there are plenty of authentic stories out there. Every American, and there is no excuse if you have a college education, should read at least one true-life account or authentic novel about our military in their lifetimes. That is supporting our troops, and that helps when making an educated vote every-other November.
Well said, Kevin! Well said, indeed! Have you shared this on your Facebook page? If not, may I? Might reach a wider audience of those needing to learn of whom you reference in your remarks.


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Russia's Baltic Shipyard floats out Yakutia nuclear-powered icebreaker
ST. PETERSBURG. Nov 22 (Interfax) - OJSC Baltic Shipyard, part of Russia's United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), on Tuesday floated out the Yakutia icebreaker, the third versatile nuclear-powered icebreaker of Project 22220, an Interfax correspondent reported from the vessel's float-out ceremony.
Project 22220 icebreakers operate in the Arctic, the Yenisei River, and the Gulf of Ob. They are also used to tow vessels and other floating structures through ice and tackle other tasks.
The construction of the project's flagship, the Arktika nuclear-powered icebreaker, began at Baltic Shipyard in November 2013. The Arktika was floated out in June 2016 and was commissioned in October 2020.
Rosatom signed an 84.4 billion ruble contract with Baltic Shipyard for the construction of the first and second serial Project 22220 icebreakers, the Sibir and the Ural, in May 2014. The Sibir and the Ural were initially expected to join Russia's nuclear fleet in November 2020 and November 2021, respectively. However, their commissioning was then moved to 2021 and 2022. The Sibir joined the Russian nuclear fleet in December 2021. The Ural was put in the water in 2019 and is expected to be transferred to the customer on November 29, 2022.
Baltic Shipyard is now also building the third and fourth serial icebreakers, the Yakutia and the Chukotka, at a cost of more than 100 billion rubles. They are expected to be commissioned in 2024 and 2026.
The Project 22220 icebreaker is 173.3 meters long, 34 meters wide, has a 60 MW capacity and is able to cut through 2.8-meter-thick ice.
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The Swon Brothers sign deal
Saturday, November 2, 2013 – The Voice Season 4 finalists The Swon Brothers signed with Arista Nashville.
Zach and Colton Swon - the brother duo from Oklahoma who were part of Blake Shelton's team on The Voice - are currently writing and securing songs for their major label debut album, with a first single due in the spring of 2014.
"Signing with Arista is literally our dream coming true," says Colton Swon. "My brother and I have been chasing this goal for 15 years now. Being a part of The Voice was an unbelievable experience; there isn't another show like it. Our mentor and friend Blake Shelton gave us the direction and advice we needed to keep this dream alive. We feel blessed beyond measure for the chance to continue to connect with people through our music. Arista is the home we were looking for and we have a great team of people helping us on this journey."
Brothr Zach said, "We are so excited to get into the studio to make new music for our fans. It's amazing and humbling for us to have so many fans supporting us now and asking us when we are going to have a record out. We are looking forward to our new relationship with Sony and making some history together."
When they were 9 and 11 years old, they asked their parents to "drop by" Nashville on the way to their Florida vacation so they could "get a record deal." They marched into every label on Music Row to play for anyone who would listen and continued making trips to Music City.
Performances on "The Voice" included their tribute to the late George Jones with Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes, Bob Seger's Turn the Page and Loggins & Messina's Danny's Song.
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If all you know about The Swon Brothers is their self-titled album's first single, "Later On," which sounds like a bad Florida Georgia Line imitation, you haven't truly met the brotherly act at their best. Although they won't give the Everly Brothers a run for their money (at least not sibling harmony-wise), this nevertheless contains some memorable songs. For starters, the second single, "Pray for You," is a song that reminds us how whiskey and even friendly »»»


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Musician Michel Nath is old school.
Even in the digital era, he has maintained a passion for vinyl records. When he stumbled upon a set of printing machines in an abandoned factory, he had the tools to pursue his dream of making them. Michel spent years fixing the machines - including 18 months beginning production and conducting trials – and in 2017, he established Vinil Brasil, a record printing business in São Paulo which has already sold 65,000 records.
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Vinil Brasil receives 99.9 percent of its orders via the app, estimates David McLoughlin, the company's commercial manager. He says it is where all details — from cover art and music samples to purchases — are discussed and agreed upon.
One customer who has placed 20 orders with Vinil Brasil says, "I cannot even remember the last time I placed an order not using WhatsApp; I only use email to deal with the bureaucracy."
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"We can follow all the steps of production, from payment to transportation to pre-sales. WhatsApp makes me feel a part of the process," adds another customer who previously ordered from factories as far away as Eastern Europe until he discovered Vinil Brasil and gave it a shot.
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