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RfH Insights: HR Leaders Share Tips for First-time Managers
March 29, 2021 — By Manasi Patel
We've all heard it before — with power comes responsibility. Becoming a manager means having an influence on the employee experience and professional trajectory of those who report to you. But managers are also accountable for establishing team processes, evaluating new candidates, overseeing projects, setting goals, facilitating review cycles, and providing a safe working environment — all while exhibiting leadership and trust in their direct reports.
Businesses can set first-time managers up for success by equipping them with the tools they need to transition into a management role. To get a sense of how HR leaders are doing this in their organizations, we asked Lattice's Resources for Humans community to share tips and resources for training first-time managers. Here's what they had to say:
1. Learn to communicate.
Building strong relationships with your direct reports is all about communication, but this can be a challenge, especially for new managers. Part of being a boss is understanding that the employees you manage may behave differently toward you or avoid disclosing sensitive information that could have a negative impact on their career. This communication dynamic between managers and direct reports is also known as "mitigated speech," and it's common for first-time managers to struggle to overcome this issue. That's why it's important for HR teams and managers to be invested in communication training.
"Communication skills training helps [first-time managers] understand what makes a great manager — empathy, perspective, compassion, and trust," said Ellie McLaughlin, Director of People Operations at Aprio Cloud.
First-time managers also need to be mindful of clarity and tone when communicating with direct reports. Teams take what their managers have to say seriously, so it's important to be explicit when you're making a direct ask versus sharing an idea or suggestion. It's also important to be open to feedback so that peers aren't afraid to share perspectives that might not align with your own.
"I always recommend starting with 'listening' training and then following up with 'feedback' training. It's more important as a manager to listen to your team than it is to have all the answers. Listening builds relationships and buys understanding," said Rachel Ben Hamou, RfH Ambassador and Director of Talent Development at PeopleStorming.
Apart from engaging in communication skills training, first-time managers can make a point of seeking input from their peers and direct reports on their behavior and decisions. Relying on your team to help you grow and stay informed is perfectly normal, and how you go about this is up to you. Do you want to use an issue tracker? Do you prefer one-on-ones? Do you want a weekly update from your direct reports? Maybe a combination of all three? Figure out which cadence and approach work for you in keeping communication transparent and consistent.
2. Lead with authenticity.
We spend most of our day interacting with our coworkers, so it makes sense that we feel a connection with them. As a manager, it's important to maintain boundaries and keep in mind that your direct reports are not responsible for your emotional state. But that doesn't mean managers can't set an example of openness and authenticity in the workplace.
"We often become friends with people we manage, or start out as friends or peers and then become their managers. This is normal. And there's also value in being able to be authentic about our own difficulties and where we are struggling at work and in life," said Amy Newell, Senior Director of Engineering at Wistia in her article, "You're not just a manager, you're also a boss."
Everyone deals with struggles outside of the workplace that may or may not impact their performance. Managers need to be prepared to have difficult conversations about sensitive issues, like mental illness, interpersonal challenges, or harassment. The best way to create a safe space for your team is to be available and honest.
Follow-up with your coworkers if it seems like they are going through something. When you are unsure if you have overstepped a boundary, ask how it makes the other person feel. If you don't know the answer to something, be open about it, and use it as an opportunity to learn about how systems operate at your organization. If your company is doing things right, they'll provide you with all the resources you need.
"I've created a manager toolkit which is a crash course in company policies, onboarding, giving feedback, offboarding, pro-dev, as well as other softer skills that managers should work on and develop," said Ashley Waldemar, HR Manager at HYPEBEAST.
3. Take care of yourself.
You can't pour from an empty cup. Managing others can be emotionally draining work, and having direct influence over those around you can sometimes feel like a heavy burden to bear.
"Employees trust you with their careers, their feelings, their promotions, and their raises. It's a big responsibility. There will be times in your management career where you will need to deliver painful feedback, coach someone into a different role or even a different employer, or outright fire someone. If you are taking your responsibilities seriously, none of these things will feel good to you," Newell said.
It's important to make taking care of yourself a priority, especially as a first-time manager. If you have a major presentation or have to deliver bad news in the morning, try giving yourself some time to recover before jumping into your next meeting. Some managers like to set standard communication hours during the day and enforcing a no-contact policy after work hours to help maintain a sense of work-life balance. There is also lots of helpful literature available for first-time managers in search of guidance and leadership training.
"I have a few books about leadership that I've really enjoyed reading over the years and I recommend them to all our new managers. We have a monthly book benefit, and I tell all my employees they are always welcome to expense books that I recommend to them," shared Caitlin Cuesta, RfH Ambassador and People Operations Manager at Screencastify.
When you consistently demonstrate that you care about your teammates' well-being and show up when they need support, they're more likely to put forth their best effort and stick with you through times of difficulty. First-time managers can play a pivotal role in building a healthy and supportive work environment. They just need the right tools and mindset to lead.
To learn how other HR professionals are equipping managers for success, join the Resources for Humans Slack community.
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"One of the best thrillers of the year! Kepler treats us readers to a nonstop roller coaster of suspense, taking us deep into the hearts and minds of perfectly realized characters. And, oh, what a villain! Lazarus is the definition of a one-sitting read!" —Jeffery Deaver, New York Times best-selling author of The Goodbye Man
Sometimes the past won't stay buried.
All across Europe, the most ruthless criminals are suffering gruesome deaths. At first, it seems coincidental that their underworld affiliations are finally catching up to them. But when two of the victims are found to have disturbing connections to Detective Joona Linna, it becomes clear that there's a single killer at work. Still, police are reluctant to launch an investigation. If a mysterious vigilante is making their jobs easier, why stand in his way? Joona, however, is convinced this is no
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Desperate for help, Joona turns to Saga Bauer. If his hunch is correct, she's one of the few people who stands a chance at bringing this criminal mastermind down. But Saga is fighting her own demons—and the killer knows just how to use them to his advantage. He continues to strike with impunity, and no one, it seems, is safe. When the killer begins targeting those closest to Saga and Joona, it appears more and more likely that Joona has been right all along, and that tracking down the person responsible will force him to confront a ghost from his past . . . the most terrifying villain he's ever had to face.
LARS KEPLER is the pseudonym of the critically acclaimed husband-and-wife team Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril and Alexander Ahndoril. Their novels have sold more than fifteen million copies in forty languages. The Ahndorils were both established writers before they adopted the pen name Lars Kepler and have each published several acclaimed novels. They live in Stockholm, Sweden. Translated by Neil Smith.
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Why is it taking so long for the Academy to deal with the Authorship Question?
Posted on November 1, 2019 | 4 Comments
The following is the substance of the lecture I gave recently at the Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship Conference in Hartford CT.
It's so obvious that a man from William of Stratford's background, that of an uneducated 16th-century wool dealer's son from a town three days ride by horseback from England's only theatrical city, simply COULD NOT have written the works of Shakespeare. So why does the Academy lie about that? Why have they continued to lie for centuries?
One thing is certain, to attack the English Department for its stupidity has been a waste of time. It arrived too late in the Shakespeare game to do anything but keep on turning in tight little circles around the kind of issues that are all their peculiar brand of philology will allow. No, our problem is with the History Department. Until we understand that, and the unseen immensity of the question of his identity, we will never get anywhere.
Because while the English Departments care nothing about Oxford, or William, or any possible author, the History Department does care about him, because it hates him. It has hated the Earl of Oxford for centuries. It sees him as a pampered brat who did nothing but waste his family inheritance and insult that kindly old gentleman, Lord Burghley. Alan Nelson is only the most recent in a long stream of historians who've been egregiously slamming Oxford for centuries. Forty years before Nelson, sociologist Laurence Stone labelled Burghley's wards "an antipathetic group of superfluous parasites" with Oxford "the greatest wastrel of them all."
Part of this is the Earl's own fault. Following his return from Italy in 1576, he effectively disappears from history. Focussed on building theaters and giving actors work, he did what he could to stay out of sight of the Reformation puritans and evangelicals whose passionate belief that making and watching plays was a slippery slope leading to eternal damnation. Though his name pops up now and then in the Revels records and Court Calendar, these seem almost accidental, as if by a new clerk who didn't yet know that the actors preferred to keep his involvement a secret.
None of this, however, goes anywhere near explaining why every biographer, journalist or novelist who has ever had cause to mention Oxford's name in passing has paired it with some nasty pejorative, such as: "the obnoxious Earl of Oxford"; the "violent" Earl of Oxford; the "dissolute," "feckless," "atheistic," "profligate," "arrogant," "supercilious," "spoiled," "pathologically selfish," "ill-tempered," "disagreeable" Earl of Oxford. To the early Stage historian C.W. Wallace he was a "swaggerer, roisterer, brawler." To Burghley's biographer Conyers Read, he was "a cad," "a renegade," "an unwhipped cub." To literary historian A.L. Rowse he was "the insufferable, light-headed Earl of Oxford." To Alan Nelson he was, and doubtless still is: "notorious . . . insolent . . . sinister . . . a mongrel,"––this last because his mother wasn't a thoroughbred aristocrat! And they call us snobs!
Some of this mistreatment began in his own lifetime. We know this from the Sonnets,where he speaks of himself as 'ïn disgrace with 'fortune and men's eyes," and because in the version of Hamletpublished while he was still alive, the dying protagonist begs his friend, "O good Horatio, what a wounded name, things standing thus unknown, shall live behind me . . . ." What things unknown?
As all are aware who have delved into what E.K. Chambers calls "the Shakespeare Problem," there are entire periods, whole sequences of events, that are missing from history. One of these is the truth about Shakespeare's identity. Another is a satisfying account of the creation of the London Stage. With both of these it's is as if a film about the moon landing were to go from the planning stage to the return from space with nothing to show what took place in between. In the great 4-volume compendium E.K. Chambers published in 1923, The Elizabethan Stage, his only acknowledgement of these chunks of missing data is the arcane Latin term, lacunae.
On a subject that calls for a book length treatment, all we have time for today is a close look at one important moment, and even for that, just the briefest of outlines.
We'll begin in the spring of 1590 with the death of the then Secretary of State, Sir Francis Walsingham. History's claim––that Walsingham had no interest in the Stage––is another flat out lie, one of the many that we encounter when seeking the truth about the creation of the London Stage. As you find when you look further than statements in things like the DNB, Walsingham had actively fostered the Stage throughout the 1580s. Why then, as soon as he was gone, did it begin to suffer the setbacks that came close to destroying it? The only possible answer is the return by Lord Burghley to running Walsingham's office, the office that Burghley himself had created during the Queen's first decade, and that he brought in with him his son Robert to help with those aspects of the job that his increasing age made difficult. Among these it seems was Robert's all-out attempt to control, even to destroy, the London Stage, Oxford's great accomplishment.
According to the Revels Account for the winters of 1590 through 1593, the three companies that had entertained the Court every winter for the decade that Walsingham was in charge, Paul's Boys, the Lord Admiral's Men, and the Queen's Men, were dropped, one by one, from the roster. With their loss of the government's support, some of these companies were forced to break, and their actors to take off to the Continent in hopes of finding work there.
When Burghley's attempt to get the popular playwright Christopher Marlowe incarcerated on a trumped up charge of counterfeiting failed in 1592, his brutal murder by government agents the following year was blamed on Marlowe himself. To make certain that no one would bother to investigate his murder, a team of disinformation operatives were put to work creating documents that defamed his character, a defamation that has lasted to this day.
The following year came the murder of Marlowe's patron, Ferdinando Lord Strange, recently raised to 5th Earl of Derby. In 1595 came the marriage of Ferdinando's younger brother William, now the 6th Earl of Derby, to, of all women, Oxford's daughter. With Ferdinando out of the way, the marriage, arrranged by Burghley, gave the Cecils the entry into the upper peerage that was denied them when Oxford failed to provide them with an heir.
This brings us to 1596, the year the Queen finally gave in and appointed Robert Secretary of State. Two weeks after Cecil's appointment, Lord Chamberlain Hunsdon, creator of the Lord Chamberlain's Men, the company that was meant to replace the companies disbanded by the Cecils, died unexpectedly following a healthy dinner.
Two weeks after Hunsdon' death, his office as Lord Chamberlain was given to Cecil's father-in-law, Burghley's main supporter William Brooke Lord Cobham, which put Brooke on the Privy Council, thus giving control of the Council to the Cecils. By October, the Council had been persuaded by Elizabeth Russell––Robert's Aunt, Burghley's sister-in-law––to prevent the Burbages from opening their elegant new theater in what she regarded as her personal bailiwick, the Liberty of Blackfriars. The following February, James Burbage, builder of the first public stage in London and father of the team that led the Lord Chamberlain's Men, was also dead.
When Cecil , now the most powerful man in England, was informed the following May that he was the butt of a play being performed at a new theater by a company made up of actors from those he had forced to disband, he ordered all the theaters in London closed for the rest of the summer. He would have to allow them to reopen in October because that's when upwards of 500 parliamentarians from all over England would pour into Westminster for the Queen's Ninth Parliament, hungry for the kind of entertainment that they could find only in the nation's capitol. Cecil could not afford to displease these important constituents by keeping the theaters shuttered, so they reopened in October. That is, all but two, one of them the Burbages 20-year-old public stage. It remained closed––permanently.
With no theater in which to perform, no Court patron to protect them, their manager dead, their livelihoods at stake, the Lord Chamberlain's Men turned to the one thing they had left, their playwright. Faced with the destruction of the industry he had created and with the loss of contact with what by then must have become an immense public audience, Oxford called once more on his "Muse of Fire." Revising his old True Tragedy of Richard the Third into the brutal and humorless play we know today as Richard the Third, the Company, with the help of someone close to the press community, launched their attack. With no theater available, they must have arranged to perform it nearby in the hall of one of London's great manors.
The Court was used to Robert Cecil's tiny body and his deformity, his spindly little legs, hunched back and crooked neck. Born with a serious form of the scoliosis that touched so many members of his mother's family, Robert had borne the slings and arrows of his cruel misfortune, the dismissive attitude of the tall men and beautiful women who winked at each other over his head in a Court ruled by a Queen who surrounded herself with tall, handsome, long-legged men. But the parliamentarians from the north and west of England may never have seen him in person until he stood before them in Parliament as the Queen's new representative.
And so, as the footlights were lit, and the young Richard Burbage, hunched over and garbed all in black, entered the darkened room, the audience of MPs and Court regulars gasped to see the image of their new Secretary of State. With Burbage mimicking Cecil's lurching gait, speaking in accents modelled on the voice they had been hearing every day in Parliament, they listened with astonished horror as he mouthed the opening lines:
"I that am rudely stamp'd, . . . Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, deformed, unfinish'd, sent before my time into this breathing world, scarce half made up,"––a description written by one who had been present during his mother's pregnancy, who had seen the anxiety with which his family anticipated his birth (his mother had a history of miscarriages), who had seen his struggles to breathe and walk. Thus did Oxford lash out at his adversary and Richard Burbage launch his career as one of the most famous actors of his time, in the role for which he would forever be best known.
As the parliamentarians watched in stunned silence while the evil king proceded to destroy one after another of his rivals, the question must have struck many: Who could have written this devastating slander? Who was daring enough to risk Cecil's wrath? Later, as Parliament finished its business and the MPs returned to their home territories, the scandal would have spread like wildfire throughout the nation––but only whispered, behind closed doors, for no one who had seen the play would have dared to speak openly. No one would have dared to put anything on paper. Despite the lack of incontrovertible evidence, that this is what happened is the only possible explanation for what followed.
Before the arrival of the MPs in October, someone had seen to it that this revision of The True Tragedy was made available to them in inexpensive quarto. However prepared by this, what the audience would not have been prepared for was the comparison of their new Secretary of State with the evil King. There is nothing in the published version to suggest it. Only those who had seen the play would make the connection. And with no record of the performance but hearsay, how could anyone prove that the comparison with Cecil was intentional, or anything but the viewer's naughty imagination? Best to keep silent, at least until they got home.
That the play created a firestorm of scandalized commentary at Court and in London may never have reached the record, but it is suggested by the fact that a second edition of the play was published at some point not long after the Christmas break, one with exactly the same text as the first except that the phrase "by William Shake-speare" had been added to the title page. Thus was the name Shakespeare launched to an eternity of fame and misidentification.
That life at Court appears to have continued as though undisturbed, suggests that Elizabeth got involved. Normally she left all matters relating to her Court entertainment to her Lord Chamberlain, doubtless so that her reputation not be tarnished with the evangelicals, but the subsequent smoothing over of what must have been a great if whispered scandal could only have been done by the Queen herself. In any case, as the Lord Chamberlain's Men and Lord Admiral's Men continued to entertain over the winter holidays, and as Robert Cecil continued beside her as her main advisor, it must have seemed to most that he had survived the blow aimed at him by his brother-in-law.
There was, however, one who would continue to feel it and that most painfully, namely Cecil himself. Having proven himself a Master of the Dark Arts by the success of the sting with which he destroyed Marlowe and his reputation, Cecil's campaign to destroy the London Stage and its creator was to have been the ultimate demonstration to his enemies that he was proof against all efforts to damage him. That in the final showdown over the Stage Oxford had beaten him, and that the world, or that part of it that mattered, knew it, left Master Secretary Cecil with a great thirst for revenge.
Having learned from his father how He who owns the Record owns History, once Cecil reached the level of power under James that gave him access to every record in the nation, can we doubt that he took advantage of it? Can we imagine that having the power to eliminate everything about the London Stage, along with everything that connected it to his hated brother-in-law, can we think for one minute that he failed to use it? Having no other weapon with which to wound him, with his subsequent history of dirty tricks and political conniving under King James, can we doubt that he did so?
What other explanation can there be for E.K. Chambers's lacunae, the great gaps that appear in the record where there ought to be something about the Stage? The only persons in a position to do that were the Cecils, who, except for the decade and a half that Walsingham held the office of Secretary, had control of it for half a century. What other explanation can there be for the barrage of pejoratives that has attended any mention of the Earl of Oxford from that day to this? Who else could have seen to it that nothing good about him remained in the record, while things like the Howard-Arundel libels remained?
Hatfield House, home to the Cecils and their descendants ever since Robert acquired the property from King James, has also been the permanent home of the archives from the Tudor period as collected by the Cecils over the half century that they controlled the record. For 400 years, scholars requiring access to original documents from the Tudor and Jacobean period have had to apply for permission to study these in the library at Hatfield House, under the watchful eyes of their librarians.
As other household archives ended up in the British Museum or the Public Record Office, those gathered by Burghley and his son remained under their family's control at Hatfield House. Only since 2003 has the creation of the National Archives and the growth of the Internet has made it possible for those of us without the support of a university to research these records without the authorization of the Cecil family.
Long after the original Cecils were gone, generations of Robert's descendants have served on boards and committees whose goal has been to oversee the creation of a morally acceptible English History. Can we doubt that these have been partly driven as a means of protecting the good name of Salisbury, correcting anything that might threaten to damage it with an ugly truth?
In his 1973 memoire about his family, Lord David Cecil repeats the version of Oxford that the Cecils have been telling each other and the nation ever since. It's all there, including the accusations of pedophilia, which means that generations of Cecils, and those following the paper trails they left to History have all had access to the Howard-Arundel libels long before Alan Nelson published them in 2000. There is a nasty quality to these off-hand slurs that reflects the tone of the terms used to defame gay men by inference during the 19th-century when England writhed in the grip of its epidemic of homophobia, a story that has barely reached beyond what it did to Lord Byron and Oscar Wilde. How it contributed to the damage done Oxford's reputation is a chapter that needs to be told.
It was also during the 19th century that William Cecil's lifetime goal, the raising of a humble family to the peak of power, was finally and gloriously achieved when the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, another Robert Cecil, rose to become Queen Victoria's longest ruling Prime Minister and the major power behind the phenomenon known as the British Empire. The grand irony here is that while this Cecil's economic and political might spread the English language and its literature around the world, it took with it the works of Shakespeare, including of course, his Richard the Third, an irony that Oxford would surely have appreciated, had he been around to see it.
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4 responses to "Why is it taking so long for the Academy to deal with the Authorship Question?"
Jacques Pratte | November 1, 2019 at 8:07 pm | Reply
Excellent. Neat, but excellent.
Mrs Joanna Murphy | November 3, 2019 at 2:46 pm | Reply
This is beyond fascinating! Thank you!
George Steven Swan | November 3, 2019 at 9:54 pm | Reply
History, historians and Elizabethan secrets….Where are all the sources appreciating that while a Bess's spy in France, Anthony Bacon was CONVICTED OF SODOMY but nobody in England ever knew?
Cary Jennings | November 5, 2019 at 4:24 pm | Reply
I was present along with a couple of hundred other participants for Ms. Hughes' presentation in Hartford. It was joyously received by all, with sustained applause and a standing ovation. She is truly a treasure to Oxfordian studies.
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§ Hoo boy the drumbeat for Patience by Daniel Clowes is beginning and here's a petty epic profile of Clowes by Robert Ito with ILLUSTRATIONS by Rutu Modan, Anders Nilsen, Richard Sala, Isabel Seliger, Seth (above, der) and Anuj Shrestha just as a super duper bonus feature. Ito weaves together Clowes history with the rise of the comics, and you'll learn that Patience's time travel story was foreshadowed on an Eightball cover! Time travel indeed.
If things had gone differently, says Clowes, Patience might have been published, in a greatly abbreviated form, more than two decades ago. He had an opening for the story in issue No. 16 of his long-running anthology, Eightball, and the germ of an idea. "I had this vision of a bull-in-a-china-shop kind of guy from the future stomping through the present," he says. But Clowes had only six pages to spare, sandwiched between the letters page ("Tell your friends they're fucked-up and stupid," one read; another asked Clowes if he "got an erection" while coloring nude figures) and the sixth installment of Ghost World. Figuring it would take at least 20 pages to tell the story, Clowes abandoned the idea. If you look at the original cover he created for that issue back in 1995, you'll see the unwritten story's evocative title, "Martian Holiday," between headlines for "Immortal, Invisible" and "Squirrel Girl and Candy-Pants."
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§ Speaking of Books of the Year, Tom Hart's Rosalie Lightning is one of them. Rob Clough has an in-depth review of this haunting masterwork:
The immediacy and power of Hart's images have never been better. He uses a cheery, cartoony style in depicting scenes from the past. There's a recurring image that Hart shares of a man and woman adrift on a raft drawn in classic Hart style (cartoony but slightly grotesque, with sausage fingers and bulbous noses), in which he transposes himself and Leela onto that couple. In the present tense, especially in the beginning of the book set shortly after Rosalie's death, Hart's self-caricature is an inky, chunky, scratchy, jagged mass of lines that looks as much stabbed onto the page as drawn. Hart makes references to EC Comics, to the cartooning team Metaphrog, to George Herriman, to Gustave Verbeek's upside-down comics, to Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy, Werner Herzog's film Fitzcarraldo, and to a single panel from a Chester Brown comic. Each reference builds on the next in how they personally speak to him regarding loss; for example, Astro Boy is about an inventor building a robot to replace a boy. The referenced EC story climaxes with characters falling into a huge hole, an image that Hart returns to repeatedly.
§ One more Angoulême link! Photos from the show via PW and Jody Culkin! Above, the Women in Comics Publishing panel.
§ Albert Ching of Comics Book Resources had a pretty awesome start to his day this week.
§ Multiversity Comics has a spiffy new design!
§ Patreon, the recurring crowdfunder beloved of webcartoonists and The Beat, now has an app!
§ Patreon is not as robust as Kickstarter in quantifying all its campaigns for that "Wow that's doing great I better support it! factor, however, this site, Graphteon provides some metrics if you're into that. Podcast, videos, and naughty podcasts and videos are the big earners, but you'll see Jeph Jaques and Zack Weinersmith on there as well. And believe it or not, The Beat's own campaign is in the top 1000 campaigns! Let's make it top 900, people!
§ Many of you will want to read an article entitled: Why Are Comics So Damn Complicated?
§ Yet THIS is the title of the day: I Completely Lost My Will to Write After a Long Career—Until I Discovered Graphic Novels by Anneli Rufus, an dit refers to The Haunted Guitar a story about, well, I guess about a haunted guitar. The healing power of comics.
After 11 nonfiction books and several thousand articles, is The Haunted Guitar (begun for fun, a birthday card that swelled to 37 illustrated pages) my true soul liberated, surfacing at last, hilariously drawing dolphins? In its sculpted-earwax randomness, is The Haunted Guitar a New Thing which, as such, I should gaily display? Or is it gloomy proof of my past-50 plummet from prize-winning intellectual to past-it pity case, waving crayons while yelling "I dwew dis!" as ex-fans tiptoe silently away?
§ Mark Trail artist Jack Elrod, whom we often linked to as the oldest working cartoonist until he retired in 2014. has passed away at age 92.
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§ Suicide Squad released a trailer on Instagram. That's a preferred format these days, and we have seven more months of this.
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"From the time Clowes began the book in 2010 until its completion last October, he didn't show a single page of it to anyone, not to Erika, his wife of 20 years, nor to his publishers at Fantagraphics, who will release the book this March, nor to his closest friends."
I distinctly remember Frankie Santoro writing at TCJ about a visit to Clowes during this period, and him commenting specifically on the double page spreads.
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Birkenstock Arran
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A lot of consumers were delighted about the amazing comfort that the Birkenstock Arran brings.
Many owners mentioned that they received compliments when wearing this fashionable sneaker.
This sneaker is durable, according to several satisfied wearers.
Some reviewers liked the feel of this shoe's footbed. They said it felt like wearing Birkenstock sandals.
The Birkenstock Arran Textile offers good arch support, as mentioned in several reviews.
Wearing this shoe created an illusion that the feet are small and narrow, according to a number of comments.
More than a few narrow-footed people appreciate the lace-up closure of this shoe because it allows them to tighten the shoe as needed.
This shoe is recommended by many users with foot issues and injuries.
A few users noticed that this shoe has enough wiggle room in the toe area.
This kick comes in a variety of colors to choose from.
Numerous purchasers were disappointed about the stiffness of this shoe.
It takes 2 to 3 weeks to break into the Arran Birkenstock sneaker, according to a couple of reviews.
A couple of individuals complained about getting blisters from wearing this shoe.
A couple noticed that the seams and threads on the inside rubs on various points of their feet.
Another comfortable Birkenstock sneaker with a stylish aesthetic comes in the form of the Birkenstock Arran. It has good arch support with enough wiggle room yet it makes their feet look small and dainty.
It requires a bit more time to break in and has caused others to have blisters in the heel as well as in other parts of the feet. While the shoe has a few negative feedback, the pros far outweigh the cons making this shoe hard to miss if you are looking for something casual and trendy to match your OOTDs.
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Male and female sneakerheads can cop this shoe because it comes in unisex sizes. The Birkenstock Arran women's shoes are available in sizes 5-5.5 to 11-11.5 while the Birkenstock Arran men's shoes are offered in sizes 7-7.5 to 3-13.5. Most of the models are offered in regular widths but there are colorways that offer the shoe in wide widths as well.
Birkenstock Arran Style
The Birkenstock Arran is a round-toe sneaker with an upper made of either canvas, fur, natural leather, suede, patent leather or a combination of materials. One of Birkenstock's low-top silhouettes, it comes in different colors to choose from, namely white, black, red, and green. The canvas-clad Arrans are best worn during summer or spring while the leather/suede/fur iterations are perfect for strutting during fall/winter. Wear this sneaker with skinny jeans, cropped jeans or leggings, and shorts for a street-smart look. Whether you are going to work or running an errand to the grocery store, this Birkenstock sneaker will never fail to impress.
This sneaker features an anatomically contoured cork-latex footbed that is fully removable. It provides excellent arch support for all-day wear. The deep heel cup offers stabilizing support while its built-in metatarsal support hugs the natural curves of the feel for a customized feel.
Birkenstock Arran History
Birkenstock's history extends as far back as the 1700s. The company was started by a committed cobbler named Johann Adam Birkenstock in Germany. After more than a century in 1896, Konrad Birkenstock, Johann Adam's great-grandson, began making flexible footbed insoles. He also opened 2 stores in Frankfurt where he sold these insoles.
Birkenstock in the 1900s
In 1925, Konrad bought a factory in Friedberg, Hesse. It has a larger production facility and extensive grounds. The production of his insoles happened day and night and one of the products manufactured was the legendary blue insole.
Fast forward to 1963, Karl Birkenstock launched a revolutionary sandal which he called Madrid. It is the first ever sandal with a flexible footbed. It became the foundation for the comfortable footwear that we know today. In 1988, Birkenstock became the first shoe manufacturing company in the world to use solvent-free, water-soluble adhesives almost exclusively.
The 1990s saw the rising popularity of Birkenstock shoes, which is comparable to the success of Crocs in the 2000s. Aside from sandals, they have manufactured a variety of sneakers including the Arran. It is a pleasantly lightweight sneaker that is created for casual, summer wear.
The Birkenstock Arran uses a PU and rubber outsole for maximum durability and shock absorption.


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Reesha joined Watsi on June 30th, 2015. Seven years ago, Reesha joined our Universal Fund, supporting life-changing treatments for a new Watsi patient every month. Reesha's most recent donation supported Dennis, a 12 year old boy from Kenya, to fund clubfoot repair surgery.
Reesha has funded healthcare for 90 patients in 15 countries.
Meet Dennis, a 12 year old boy living in Kenya with his parents and two younger siblings. When Dennis isn't in school - where math is his favorite subject - he enjoys playing with friends and reading books. Dennis' father works as a casual laborer, while his mother is a housewife. Dennis was healthy at birth, but at the age of two, his left foot started to bend inwards. His parents brought him to numerous hospitals, but his condition remained unresolved. This is very frustrating for Dennis, who has to walk on tiptoes, and is in pain when he walks. Doctors at our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation, diagnosed Dennis with a clubfoot. Now he is scheduled to undergo clubfoot repair surgery at AIC Cure International Hospital on January 16th. This procedure which will allow Dennis to wear shoes and to walk with ease. African Mission Healthcare Foundation is requesting $1,286 to fund Dennis' life changing procedure. "Our joy will be to see Dennis walking and playing like other children," Dennis's mother told us.
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Norelien is a 7 month old baby boy from Haiti who comes from a loving family. Norelien was diagnosed with hydrocephalus, a condition in which excess cerebrospinal fluid accumulates in the brain and increases intracranial pressure. As a result of his condition, Norelien has been experiencing headaches, irritability and increasing head circumference. He had a shunt placed in his head to help treat his condition, but he now urgently needs a new one. Without this treatment, Norelien will experience severe physical and developmental delays. Our medical partner, Project Medishare, is requesting $957 to cover the cost of surgery for Norelien at Hospital Bernard Mevs, the only hospital in the country where this care is currently available. The procedure is scheduled to take place on December 29th. This critical treatment will replace the shunt and drain the excess fluid from Norelien's brain to reduce intracranial pressure and greatly improve his quality of life. With proper treatment, Norelien will hopefully develop into a strong, healthy young boy. The family is hopeful that their child's shunt will work once again and that Norelien's condition will improve.
Andy lives in a neighborhood of La Paz with his parents and younger sister; he is in the fifth grade and likes playing video games and spending time with his friends and family. Andy was born with a heart condition called ventricular septal defect: a hole exists between the two lower chambers of his heart, and blood leaks through this hole without passing through his lungs to obtain oxygen, leaving him weak and short of breath. During surgery, doctors will sew a patch over this hole to close it. His surgery costs $1,500, and Andy's family needs help to pay for it. Andy's mother said, "Our family is very hopeful that after this surgery Andy will have more energy and will grow bigger and stronger!"
Janeth is a two-year-old girl and the youngest in a family of two children. Her father is a small-scale farmer, while her mother has a few cattle whose milk she sells to buy food and other commodities. They also harvest and sell some of their crops to earn money. They are living in a harsh environment, but they try to manage on a day-to-day basis. Janeth was involved in an accident last year where she sustained severe burns. Her mother had made porridge for breakfast. She took the pot off the fire and placed it at a corner to cool down so that she could feed Janeth. As she went out to clean the plates Janeth took a cup and tried to take porridge by herself from the pot. She dipped her hand in the pot of hot porridge and while pulling her hand out, some of the porridge spilled on her left foot. Her mother ran inside when she heard Janeth crying, but she had already been badly burned. Her mother gave her first aid and rushed her to the nearest clinic where she got treatment that helped with the open wounds. The wounds have healed, but left her with scars that make her left-hand fingers hard to use, and the toe on her left food was disfigured. A relative who saw Janeth advised her mother to seek treatment at our medical partner's care center ALMC (The Plaster House). Janeth was diagnosed with burn scar contracture on her left hand and left foot. Her hand needs a release surgery with skin grafting because her fingers are webbed, and the fifth toe of her left foot needs to be amputated because it causes pain when she tries to wear shoes. Her mother cannot afford the $1,088 cost of treatment and is asking for help. Janeth's mother says, "I had to convince my husband to let me come and seek treatment for our daughter. I am not at peace every time I think of her."
Meet Britney, a sociable, six year old girl, living in a village in rural Kenya. Britney is an only child, and is currently in school. Her mother is unemployed, and relies on family to support her and Britney. While Britney was born a healthy child, her legs began to bow out when she turned two. While her mother, who suffers from the same condition, brought her to various doctors, Britney's condition continued to deteriorate. Well wishers, who noticed Britney's condition, brought her to the AIC Cure International Hospital for further evaluation. Thanks to our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation, Britney will undergo surgery on September 27th, to help correct her bowed legs. This procedure will enable Britney to walk more easily, and to live without pain. Britney and her family are seeking $1,224 to fund the operation. "I will be grateful to see my daughter growing and walking well like other children," Britney's mother told us.
Thomas is a sweet three-week-old baby from Kenya. He is the youngest in a family of four children. His father works as a luggage carrier, and his mother does laundry and other house chores for people to help provide for their family. Thomas was born at a hospital near their home. At birth, he was diagnosed with spina bifida, as well as clubfoot. Spina bifida is a type of neural tube condition in which the spine does not properly close around the spinal cord. Without treatment, Thomas is at risk of lower-limb paralysis, infection of the exposed nervous tissue, development of tethered cord syndrome, and possible developmental delays. Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation, is requesting $1,151 to cover the cost of Thomas's spina bifida closure surgery. The procedure is scheduled to take place on August 31st. This procedure will hopefully spare Thomas from the risks associated with his condition, instead allowing him to grow and develop along a healthy trajectory. Thomas's father says, "Currently, we are very stressed because of our child's condition. We are requesting for any help to see him become well."
Alison is a sweet 6-year-old from Bolivia who loves princesses and coloring in coloring books! She lives with her parents in a small town on the border between Bolivia and Argentina. Her father is a minibus taxi driver, and her mother is currently finishing her university studies. Alison also attends school and recently finished first grade. Alison was born with a ventricular septal defect, a cardiac condition in which a hole exists between the two lower chambers of the heart. Blood leaks through this hole without first passing through the lungs to obtain oxygen, leaving her feeling weak and short of breath. Fortunately, Alison is scheduled to undergo heart surgery on July 26th with the support of our long-standing medical partner Haiti Cardiac Alliance, which is now growing and expanding into Bolivia. Surgeons will close the hole with a patch, allowing blood to properly flow through her body and improving her quality of life. Another organization, Gift of Life International, is contributing $2,500 to pay for a portion of Alison's procedure costs. Our medical partner is requesting $1,500 to cover the remaining costs, which funds surgical expenses, cardiac exams, medications, and travel fees so Alison and her family can travel to receive her life-changing cardiac procedure in La Paz. Alison's mother shares, "Our family is so grateful for this opportunity to save our daughter's life!"
Wilna is a 13-year-old student from Haiti. Her family lives in a rural area in northwest Haiti, as Wilna's parents both work as farmers. Wilna is in the sixth grade and enjoys her math and social studies classes. Wilna has a cardiac condition called severe mitral regurgitation, which means one of Wilna's heart valves was damaged due to an infection she experienced earlier in childhood. As a result, Wilna's heart is not adequately pumping blood through her body. The care that she needs is not available in Haiti, but fortunately, Wilna will fly to the Dominican Republic to receive treatment. On July 26th, she will undergo cardiac surgery, during which surgeons will either repair her damaged heart valve or implant an artificial replacement, so that her heart can pump blood normally. Wilna's family is requesting assistance to cover the costs of her surgery prep, as our medical partner, Haiti Cardiac Alliance (HCA), is contributing the funds to cover the cost of surgery. HCA is requesting $1,500 to cover Wilna's surgery prep, which includes all labs, medication, check-up and follow-up appointments, and the passports needed for HCA's social workers to accompany Wilna and her family overseas. Wilna shared, "I am glad to be having this surgery so that I will be able to walk without feeling tired."
Rayvan is a 1 month old baby boy living with his parents and three siblings in Kenya. Rayvan's mother used to plough her neighbors' farms, while his father herds cattle and ploughs farms to earn a living for their family. Rayvan parents shared that he was born at home because they could not afford to pay for his delivery at a hospital. After his birth, his mother noticed that Rayvan had a large swelling on the lower part of his back. She immediately took him to a nearby hospital to be examined. Rayvan was given some medication, and sent back home. After using the medication for a few weeks, there was no change in his condition. His mother shared her concerns about Rayvan with her friends, and one of them referred her to our medical partner's care center BethanyKids Hospital in Kijabe. On arrival, he was examined and diagnosed with spina bifida, a condition that requires surgical intervention to heal. Without surgery, Rayvan is at risk of developing paralysis of his lower limbs, infection of the exposed nervous tissue, and possible developmental delays. His parents do not have health insurance, and are unable to pay for the surgery he needs. Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare, is requesting $1,151 to cover the cost of Rayvan's spina bifida closure surgery, which is scheduled to take place on May 18th at BethanyKids Hospital. This procedure will hopefully spare Rayvan from the risks associated with his condition, and enable him to grow up strong and healthy. Rayvan's mother says: "I have never seen such a condition before and I was very much worried about my child. Now I'm happy to hear that he can get treated. The sad part is that I cannot afford the treatment but I believe that God will make a way."
Samir is a beautiful 12-day-old baby boy and the first-born child of his young parents. Both parents are very happy having had their first-born child, but they were became very concerned when they were informed that their son was born with a medical condition that need surgery to be corrected. Samir was born with clubfoot, a condition in which the foot is twisted out of shape. As he grows older, this condition will cause difficulty walking and even wearing shoes. Samir's father works as a mechanic, and he says he spent all his savings during the delivery, and he no longer has any money to be able to cover treatment for their son's clubfoot treatment. Fortunately, Samir's family traveled to visit our medical partner's care center, Arusha Lutheran Medical Centre. There, surgeons will perform clubfoot repair surgery on April 22nd. Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare, is requesting $935 to fund Samir's clubfoot repair. After treatment, he will be able to grow up healthy and walk well as he grows. Samir's mother shared, "I don't want our son to grow up with a disability of the foot just because we don't have the money to treat him. Thank you for helping."
Baraka is a beautiful, charming 3-month-old baby boy and the youngest in a family of three children. Baraka's father works for a construction company. His mother was selling vegetables by the roadside until the government forced her to close her stall. Baraka has clubfoot on both feet. Clubfoot is a condition in which the foot is twisted, causing difficulty walking and even wearing shoes. Fortunately, Baraka's family traveled to visit our medical partner's care center, Arusha Lutheran Medical Centre. There, surgeons performed clubfoot repair surgery on March 11th. Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation, is requesting $935 to fund Baraka's surgery. After treatment, he will be able to walk and play just like other kids as he gets older. Baraka's mother says, "I want my baby to grow up a normal child without a disability. Please help us so that he can have his feet corrected."
Kyaw is a 50-year-old man who lives alone in a refugee camp on the Thai-Burma border. He used to work as a day laborer for a grocery shop, loading and unloading items from cars. However, he stopped working one month ago, when the vision in his right eye worsened. In his free time, he enjoys reading books and cleaning in his house. Kyaw has a cataract in his right eye and can't see more than light in that eye. Because of his vision, he will often not recognize his friends while he walks past them. Though he likes to read, it now gives him headaches. Fortunately, surgeons at our medical partner, Burma Children Medical Fund (BCMF), can help. They are requesting $1,500 to fund lens replacement surgery for Kyaw. On February 23rd, doctors will perform a lens replacement, during which they will remove Kyaw's natural lenses and replace them with an intraocular lens implant. After recovery, he will be able to see clearly. Now, he needs help to fund this procedure. Kyaw shared, "I am so happy that you will support the cost of my surgery. I hope your organisation will continue to help patients in the future. Thank you so much for helping me."


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Ron Davidson
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Ron Davidson was born into a Perth newspaper family and served his time as a journalist. He failed first-year English at the University of Western Australia three times before giving up and taking a psychology degree. Ron lectured in psychology for twenty years and published academic papers before rediscovering the family knack for storytelling. Meanwhile Ron was having a love affair with Fremantle during his thirty years in a heritage house there. He accumulated stories, characters and places, and the result, Fremantle Impressions, has been hailed as a new way of writing about cities. Fremantle Press website.
Peter Kennedy, obituary in the West Australian, 9 November 2020:
Port city's champion
Ron Davidson was a staunch advocate for the preservation of Fremantle's heritage, including the historic prison.
And he also applied his writing skills, producing several books recording important aspects of the port city's rich history.
He was well qualified to do both.
His first job was as a cadet journalist in 1954 on the Sunday Times, where he learned the value of a keen eye for detail and producing copy, which accurately recorded events in a very readable style.
One of his first assignments was the royal visit to Perth of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.
It occurred during the height of a poliomyelitis epidemic, and the royal couple was forced — for health reasons — to return each night to the royal yacht Gothic at Fremantle rather than stay at Government House.
Ron became the paper's senior football writer in 1956 when he also covered the Olympic Games in Melbourne, doubling up in Rome in 1960 to report on his old school friend, Herb Elliott, spread-eagling the field in the 1500m final in world record time.
Ron moved to political reporting in the 1960s, with many stories on premier David Brand and industrial development minister Charles Court — both later knighted — and their successful strategy to open up the Pilbara as an iron ore province.
With a sharp eye for the unusual, Ron was an entertaining source of stories ranging from popping champagne corks at the premier's Christmas parties to long-term rivalry between senior Labor MPs John Tonkin and Herb Graham.
He was also studying part-time at the University of WA and recording A passes in his psychology units. He graduated with first class honours in 1964, winning the psychology department's coveted Fowler Prize.
This led to a career change, joining the department's staff, first as a tutor then in a lecturing capacity. The topics in his research program were wide-ranging, including opinion polling, political propaganda, personality and politics, effects of punishment and intravenous drug use by the young.
After retiring from UWA in 1997, Ron returned to writing as well as becoming more involved in issues linked with Fremantle. His home overlooked the old prison.
Ron had already written High Jinks at the Hot Pool, published in 1994, telling the story of the weekend Mirror newspaper, which covered many offbeat stories as well as the divorce courts and Saturday sport.
It was also the story of his father Frank, a senior executive at Western Press — publisher of the Sunday Times — who had edited the Mirror.
He observed the arrival of Rupert Murdoch, who bought Western Press in 1955 and visited Perth regularly to oversee the editions of both the Sunday Times and the Mirror, which — while still profitable — he closed in 1956 without warning because of its "lack of taste". Ron was occasionally enlisted to drive the future media baron to Perth Airport for his return flight to Adelaide.
Ron served on committees for the Fremantle Society, Community Action for Rational Development, the Fremantle Prison Trust and was one of the founders of the Fremantle History Society.
He wrote widely, including Fremantle Impressions and also Fighting for Fremantle, which he wrote with his wife Dianne (nee Everts). He also wrote about the wartime prime minister, John Curtin, whom he met when his father was WA officer in charge of the department of information. Ron recalled travelling in the family car when his father and the PM discussed wartime matters!
Ronald Courtney Davidson was born in Perth on January 17, 1936, the elder of Frank and Mavis (nee Robinson) Davidson's two sons. He attended Aquinas College and, despite being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 15, was a prominent athlete.
He later assisted coaching Aquinas teams for the annual Interschool Sports.
He married Dianne, a postgraduate student, in 1977. They have two daughters, Emma and Jane.
In his eulogy, younger brother Lawrie praised Ron's "courage, tenacity and intelligence, (for) taking responsibility for his health and medication, all from a beginning in difficult teenage years".
The owner of the Fremantle Herald, Andrew Smith, said Ron was responsible for him becoming the editor as well.
Ron offered to help find a replacement when the initial editor quit soon after the paper's launch 30 years ago. Several days later, Ron recommended that Andrew take on the role — which he did — despite minimal experience.
Anne Brake, who was appointed curator at Fremantle Prison in 1994, said Ron had been a strong believer in the rights of the community to participate in the decisionmaking process, including for heritage places.
A former professor of history at Murdoch University, Bob Reece, said Ron had a "whimsical view of the world that made him a droll — but never dull — companion".
George Williams, who was a junior reporter at the Sunday Times, observed Ron's strategy when accompanying him on Friday visits to cabinet ministers' offices. "He had perfected the subtle art of saying very little," George said, "and living with an awkward silence which was so long that people would blurt out stories to him."
Ron's mobility had been restricted in recent years and he had a severe stroke in late September. He is survived by Dianne, Emma and Jane.
Davidson, Ron 1994, High Jinks at the Hot Pool: The Mirror Reflects the Life of a City, FACP.
Davidson, Ron 2007, Fremantle Impressions, FACP.
Davidson, Ron & Dianne Davidson 2010, Fighting for Fremantle: The Fremantle Society Story, Fremantle Society.
Ellement, Connie & Ron Davidson 1987, The Divided Kingdom, FACP.
Dorward, Cécile & Ron Davidson 2000, Anything but Ordinary: The Nine Lives of Cécile, FACP.
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DIGITALSPEC Strengthens Ties with the U.S. Department of Education with Award of 8(a) IT Security Support Services Multi-Year Prime Contract
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FAIRFAX, VA, August 08, 2018 /24-7PressRelease/ — The U.S. Department of Education (ED), has awarded a Prime Contract to DIGITALSPEC, LLC. (DSPEC) for a five (5) year, multi-million dollar contract to provide IT Security Support Services at the Headquarters located in Washington, D.C.
The DIGITALSPEC Program Team will deliver experienced, seasoned and well-practiced physical and IT security specialists and communications experts to support ED in its mission to promote student achievement and prepare for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access.
"DSPEC is thrilled to be solidifying our partnership with the Department of Education," said Vishal Dadoo, President of DSPEC, "We cherish the strong alliance we have developed with ED and appreciate the opportunity to continue adding value." The IT Security Support Services Program Team will provide high-quality IT security, adjudication processing, communications, innovative information technology, and effective technical writing for the Agency. "We are very excited to have the opportunity to work for a company who takes the time to come out and meet with us face to face" said newly appointed team members, "It makes us feel like we are really apart of the DIGITALSPEC family."
DSPEC has a heavy presence in the Department of Education in and around the nation's capital. In 2015, DIGITALSPEC was awarded a competitive multi-year, million-dollar contract for the ED Federal Student Aid (FSA) Technology Office Support Services (TOSS) contract to improve technological efficiency. "We are proud to utilize our experience in background investigation processing and system IT support to FSA to resonate into our growing relationship with the Department of Education," said John Cregar, Program Manager.
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DIGITALSPEC, LLC is a Small Business Administration (SBA) certified 8(a)/SDB, ISO 9001, 20000, and 27001 company founded in 2005 and headquartered in Fairfax, VA. We are a leading provider of Business Consulting Services and Technical Solution & Services delivering true business value and return on investment to Federal clients in the metropolitan Washington, D.C area. DSPEC provides solutions and services in markets such as: Homeland Security and Law Enforcement, Defense and Intelligence, Financial Services and Social & Citizen Services. We work collaboratively with clients to create solutions that "fit" the client environment and use industry best practices. DSPEC's Managing Principals leverage more than 100 years of combined business and IT experience, deep domain expertise, and rich technical knowledge to ensure client satisfaction.
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Writer Argentina Uranga WINS I contest Microrelatos Museo de la Palabra
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Toledo, 18 nov (EFE).-Argentine writer María Soledad Uranga has won the I contest of Microrelatos Museo de la Palabra, equipped with 7,000 euros, by its composition makes days that it rains, composed of eighteen words. (Source: Univision.com)
Doña Letizia greets the Egido Serrano Caesar Foundation
Madrid.-Doña Letizia has chosen to remain outside all the problems surrounding lately and continues his agenda with normality. This time, the Princess has received in audience part of the Caesar Egido Serrano Foundation, with its founder patron at the head. (The free voice)
Cospedal will ask the Government that the Museum of the word reaches the UN
Cospedal was announced during the award ceremony of the II international competition of Microfiction of the word Museum, held in the town of Quero and that have chosen 14.253 works from 89 countries. (Source: Teletoledo)
Cospedal extols the Word as a tool from which everything can be
The President of the Junta of Castilla - La Mancha, María Dolores Cospedal, has valued the Word as a tool from which everything can be achieved, the instrument to rectify wrongs, quoting el ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha.
Cospedal in Quero
It undertakes to promote this international Microfiction contest can reach the area of the United Nations (Europa Press).
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This Wednesday, May 9, the regional President, María Dolores Cospedal, assists in Quero (Toledo), at the awards ceremony of the II International Prize of Microfiction Museo de la Palabra, summoned by the Fundación César Egido Serrano.(Source: the Economista.es)
César Egido Serrano in the program causa comun at Teletoledo
Barreda tomorrow will attend the inauguration of the Museo de la Palabra in Quero (Toledo)
The President of Castilla - La Mancha, José María Barreda, will attend tomorrow, Monday, at the opening of the Museo de la Palabra, in the town of Quero (Toledo), an act that will be broadcast via the Internet and during which there will also be awards of I Certamen de Spanish short story. (Source: what Toledo)
Barreda attends the inauguration of the Museo de la Palabra in Quero
The President of Castilla - La Mancha, José María Barreda, will attend tomorrow, Monday, at the opening of the Museo de la Palabra, in the town of Quero (Toledo), an act that will be broadcast via the Internet and during which there will also be awards of I Certamen de Spanish short story. (Source: the fence)
Mrs. Letizia audience to the Fundación César Egido Serrano and the Museo de la Palabra
The Princess Doña Letizia has received in audience to a representation of the Fundación César Egido Serrano and the Museo de la Palabra located in Quero (Toledo) in the Palacio de La Zarzuela. To the front the founding patron, Caesar Egido Serrano. The President of the Cortes of Castile - La Mancha, Vincent Tirado Ochoa accompanied them.(Manchainformacion.com)
In a village in La Mancha opens an intercultural forum: the Museo de la Palabra
You recognize with me is a beautiful utopia, said the promoter of the initiative, Caesar Egido Serrano, during the inauguration, which have assisted the President of Castilla la Mancha, José María Barreda, and former Ministers, César Antonio Molina and Cristina Alberdi, as well as writers, journalists and diplomats.
It opens in a village in La Mancha the Museo de la Palabra, an intercultural forum
I quero (Toledo), 23 Nov (EFE).-promoting coexistence between different cultures is the challenge of the now opened Museo de la Palabra, an Alliance of civilizations whose headquarters are located in a Palace of the 18th century in Quero, a village in La Mancha Toledo, although it will be a museum where not shown anything. (Published in Euronews)
I quero (Toledo), 23 Nov (EFE).-promoting coexistence between different cultures is the challenge of the now opened Museo de la Palabra, an Alliance of civilizations whose headquarters are located in a Palace of the 18th century in Quero, a village in La Mancha Toledo, although it will be a museum where not shown anything.(Source: elEconomista.es)
It opens in a village in La Mancha the Museo de la Palabra
I quero (Toledo), 23 nov (EFE).-promoting coexistence between different cultures is the challenge of the now opened Museo de la Palabra, an Alliance of civilizations whose headquarters are located in a Palace of the 18th century in Quero, a village in La Mancha Toledo, although it will be a 'Museum' in which will not be shown nothing.
You recognize with me is a beautiful utopia ', said the promoter of the initiative, Caesar Egido Serrano, during the inauguration, which have assisted the President of Castile - La Mancha, José María Barreda, and former Ministers César Antonio Molina and Cristina Alberdi, as well as writers, journalists and diplomats.(Published at Terra.es)


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Identifying the Unmet Needs in patients with Multiple Sclerosis: developing the LUN-MS questionnaire
By Dr. Krishnan Padmakumari Sivaraman Nair, Charlotte Kirkland, Dr. Esther Hobson
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Multiple sclerosis causes gradually worsening physical and cognitive disability. Due to the complex manifestations of this disorder, patients often have a spectrum of needs. There are currently gaps in provisional services to meet physical, psychological and social needs. The LUNS is a 21-item questionnaire which is valid and reliable in assessing the unmet needs in stroke. The present study aimed to develop a modified version (the LUN-MS) and test its reliability and acceptability in MS and identify the most unmet needs.
Phase 1 involved triangulation of data from three sources; the literature, a clinician's survey, and patient-public involvement. A list of 43 MS related needs was constructed and a 46-item LUN-MS questionnaire developed. In Phase 2, 20 MS patients were given the 46-item LUN-MS, and asked to identify 10 needs that were important, and 10 needs that were unmet. This allowed the LUN-MS to be revised to a 29-item questionnaire. In Phase 3, 43 participants were recruited to complete the LUN-MS, MSIS-29 and a satisfaction questionnaire at two time points, two to four weeks apart. The intra-rater reliability of each LUN-MS item was tested (n=25), with all items having a percentage agreement above chance (>50%). 19 items also had a statistically significant kappa agreement (k>0.5, p<0.05). The satisfaction questionnaire confirmed the acceptability of the LUN-MS. Information about treatment and trials and fatigue were identified as the most unmet needs. Qualitative feedback suggested that the LUN-MS needs further adaptations before it can be routinely used.
In a future study, the LUN-MS should be modified and re-tested on a larger sample. This tool could then be used to monitor needs in MS, and identify gaps in provisional services. This is the first step to improving the MS service in the UK, leading to an increased quality of life for patients with MS.
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Jan 6. Rally Organizer's Wild 2 A.M. Sermon: Acid, Yoda, and a Congressional Subpoena
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Ali Alexander, who is facing a subpoena over his role in the rally preceding the Capitol riot, went down a series of rabbit holes... including the color of his urine.
Zachary Petrizzo
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Updated Dec. 05, 2021 3:54AM ET / Published Dec. 04, 2021 1:40PM ET
An early Saturday morning Telegram call took an unexpected turn, as Jan. 6 "Stop the Steal" rally organizer Ali Alexander—whom Congress has subpoenaed—splattered a series of random thoughts against the brains of approximately 30 listeners while declaring that Congress wants to see him dead.
The unhinged 45-minute phone call at 2 a.m. further divulged into topics ranging from plastic surgery, consuming acid, and taking life lessons from the Star Wars character Yoda.
"I was actually moved to sadness. I was moved empathetically to mourn the loss of reason amongst otherwise well-intentioned people," Alexander said at the start of the call, seemingly stringing a series of words together which he referred to as "very beautiful."
Alexander, who is no stranger to lengthy diatribes, went on to claim that he has been tasked with much of his own "legal preparation" in light of being subpoenaed by the House committee investigating the Capitol riot because one of his lawyers has been "hospitalized" in recent days and his other attorney came down with COVID-19.
"I am doing all this legal preparation for myself," he stated. "I mean, my full-time job right now is to comply with Congress."
Nearing the halfway point of the bizarre call, the far-right activist then tapped into what he claimed is a deeper, unique mindset that gives him a greater perspective on the world, revealing that Congress is made up of "not permit beings" who seek for him to be six feet under.
"They are defiling, they are not Congress, they are not permit beings. This committee is an insurrection against Congress, an insurrection against the will of the people. The members of the committee would love it if I die. They would love it," he riffed as the conversation took a dark turn. "They would love it," he repeated, before referring to members of the Jan. 6 House Select Committee as "Satan."
Alexander, becoming more and more spun up, claimed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) "hates my kind," only to then lodge a misogynistic and sexist screed against the democratic leader.
Eventually, between sporadic biblical references, the activist took the opportunity to compare taking acid to prayer. "When you pray for your enemies, it gets very introspective," he said, comparing casting spells and praying for enemies to that of consuming acid. "And I've allegedly partake [sic] in LSD a few times. I felt it," he said. "I saw it."
For good measure, Alexander told his supporters to channel the mindset of Yoda, seemingly when one is not on an acid trip. "You got to study Yoda," he said while adding that the far-right conspiracy theory QAnon is a "false prophet."
"Your piss is yellow because your soul is yellow, okay!?" he continued, randomly wrapping the call by railing against people who "wack off all day." "Be a red-blooded being, a human being! A red-blooded being. It means you are going to bleed out one day."
In response to this story, Alexander wrote in a statement, sent via his lawyer: "I did a livestream talking about how my Christian faith prevents me from hating Members of the Select Committee who are opposed to me and my political views. We need more love."
In late November, he stated he would comply with the congressional subpoena stemming from his role in the programming ahead of the Capitol riot because he doesn't have "money to spend on legal bills."
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Frank Dankovich, head of Chrysler Group's government sales & operations, highlighted the automaker's expanding line of law enforcement vehicles.
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The Revolution play their home games at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts. Gillette Stadium was developed for New England's NFL franchise, but the stadium operates fine when used for soccer. The capacity for soccer is set at around 20,000 – but the number can be expanded for playoff games and if the stadium is hosting the MLS Cup finals.
As with most Boston area sports teams, the Revolution have a rivalry with the New York Clubs – especially the Red Bulls. New England has the edge in the series, especially when playing at home. At one point the Revolution were undefeated in 20 consecutive home matches against the Red Bulls – from 2002 to 2014. The club also has a bitter rivalry with the Chicago Fire and D.C United due to the numerous times they have met in the playoffs. New England does not have an official rivalry with the LA Galaxy, but they have lost 3 of their 5 MLS Cups' to the Galaxy – losing each game by a single goal in overtime. Due to the sheer closeness of their three Finals matches, bettors and fans can get excited to see these two clubs faceoff on the pitch.
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The pathway to US college tennis and the potential to receive an athletic scholarship is an incredible opportunity. Not only is US college tennis a great athletic and academic opportunity for a young aspiring tennis player and has a tremendous financial value, but there are many intangible benefits from pursuing this worthy pathway.
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The US college tennis pathway starts with U10 and U12 players testing their skills at summer community clubs, then joining year-round competitive tennis programs and competing at local, provincial, national and potentially international events from U10 to U18 age groups.
After graduating from U18 junior tennis and high school, these youngsters are ready to pursue a US tennis scholarship. This pathway is a way to continue to play the game that many young athletes love and allows them to be a part of a team working together towards common goals all while enjoy the camaraderie with teammates and develop life-long friendships and relationships.
Note: Although many athletes start playing and competing early in their junior careers, it is important to know that it is possible to pick up a racquet at a later age and obtain an athletic scholarship to a US college.
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College tennis in the United States is an exciting and rewarding experience. College tennis gives you, the student athlete, the ability to improve your tennis while furthering your education and earning an accredited bachelors degree.
There is a tremendous financial value for aiming for an athletic scholarship.
Financial Considerations: The monetary value of a US College Tennis Scholarship
If you do not receive athletic scholarship aid, some student-athletes are offered a position on their school's tennis team and receive an academic scholarship (depending on their SAT grades and high school transcripts). Other student athletes may be offered a part academic scholarship and part athletic scholarship.
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The NCAA, NAIA, NJCAA are the governing organizations of collegiate athletics within the United States.
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A number of Canadian players have also taken the NCAA route, including Carol Zhao (Stanford), Brayden Schnur (UNC) and Benjamin Sigouin (UNC).
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