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SYSTEMIC TEAM COACHING
WE KNOW COACHING WORKS FOR INDIVIDUALS – AND HOW TO DO THAT WELL.
SO, WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO COACH TEAMS?
WHY SYSTEMIC TEAM COACHING HELPS ORGANIZATIONS SUCCEED
Systemic Team Coaching starts with a simple premise: Today's worthy social and business goals cannot be accomplished by any one person alone. Collaboration is how we accomplish the great things we cannot achieve on our own. The time we spent collaborating with others has more than doubled in the past two decades. In fact, 91% of leaders surveyed about the state of teams by the Center for Creative Leadership consider teams "central to organizational success".
Teams that are healthy have a collaborative advantage because they have so much more energy to spend on the actual work. — Patrick Lencioni
We know coaching works for individuals – but if the team is the crucial unit where organizations create their true value-add why just coach them? Why not coach the entire team system? And what could this look like?
The team is a system – living in an organizational context that's also a system. Systems Thinking has demonstrated the power of not just looking at elements of a system but also at the relationships and interactions between them.
Teams which want to "become more than the sum of their parts" – to quote a true and overused phrase – need to do just that – look at themselves, their interactions with one another, and their interactions with their organizational context – often through the advocacy and leadership of their team leader.
When we engage in systemic team coaching, we coach all members of the team–individually as well as in group settings. In individual coaching, we work at the intersection of what the person wants to learn along with what would make him/her a more effective and collaborative team member. In team settings, we observe live group dynamics and reflect them back to the group for greater awareness of interpersonal patterns working well or hindering the team. Whether we are working with individuals or the team, our coaching is informed by the multiple relationships at play. We work to encourage team members to "try on" the multiple perspectives of their colleagues so as to arrive at greater empathy, social attunement, and compatibility overall – key drivers of collaboration and relationship-building.
A Paradox of Systemic Team Coaching: Teams Grow Only When Individuals Grow
In Learning the Same as Growth? we explore why professional growth isn't just about learning but takes learning and transformation. Sustainable growth cannot happen unless the person grows as well.
The same is true for team growth. High-performance team building needs the usual things we would expect — a shared sense of purpose, a vision, and prioritized objectives to move toward it, team guidelines, clear roles, etc. These conversations can be challenging in and of themselves but that's just the "mechanical" side of team development.
Those mechanics are necessary, but they are not sufficient to turn a team into a high-performance team. The human element of collaboration isn't yet addressed. Conversations about human dynamics and our behavioral rigidities require different skills as well as the courage to show up with authenticity, to speak one's truth, and to try different behaviors that support team compatibility. For a team to grow, it needs growth of the individual team members.
Systemic team coaching looks at the task-side and the human side of collaboration. Besides facilitating important team conversations, growth-oriented coaching is offered to team members. Why? Because teams won't just grow from clarifying their roles, deliverables, and decision rights. Yes, team productivity will increase. High-performance teams, however, need more than that: team members have to grow as well. For teams to reach and sustain peak performance levels, people need to grow around their interpersonal behaviors, their ability to overcome the rigidity of their own preferences and to work flexibly with different preferences in relating, reasoning, and problem-solving. Individuals need to mature in order to stand both on their own and in integrity with their team.
Systemic team coaching has a tremendous advantage because insights from individual coaching processes can be included in supporting relationships and team effectiveness. Conversely, insights from team sessions provide powerful and relevant real-life examples that can be used in individual coaching sessions. This kind of "double-feedback loop" is one of the true advantages systemic team coaching has over more fragmented team building approaches.
The right mix of task-oriented and relationship-oriented conversations – boosted by individual growth coaching – considerably enhances the collaborative capacity of a team. Systemic team coaching, however, also recognizes that a team's success doesn't depend only on the team's productivity and positivity. The team lives in a bigger organizational landscape that cannot be ignored.
Key Aspects of Team/Leader Fit
Have you seen a team work well together and then watched their performance suffer under a new leader? Or seen a team clickunder new leadership and a team excel from poor or good to great?
Recently we worked with a team of global leaders after an acquisition. While a few team members were new, most were legacy leaders of their two respective organizations. Those companies had very different cultures. The team leader who was a good fit in his old company culture — direct and directive bordering brash and controlling, driving fast from a position of siloed, centralized, functional power – had now to succeed in a new organizational culture that worked with longer time-horizons, more consensus-driven decision-making, and an elaborate matrix environment. Even though the leader offered a compelling commercial vision and a readiness to challenge the status quo in important ways — it didn't end well. Besides having a polarizing effect on the team – the leader annoyed too many stakeholders and wasn't an effective advocate for the team anymore.
This example illustrates the two main aspects related to team/leader fit that systemic team coaching focuses on:
Is the leader a fit for the team? I.e.can the team leader maintain and improve the collaborative capacity of the team? In other words, through role-modeling, facilitation, coaching, and direction-setting can the leader encourage collaboration among team members?
Is the team leader an effective advocate for the needs and goals of her or his team?
Teams may have different expectations about what a team leader is or does – depending on how hierarchical/formal or flat/informal their organizational culture is. Regardless, the team "sits" within a larger organizational context and someone will represent the team to the rest of the organization. Usually, that job falls on the team leader – who is a crucial advocate and emissary for the team to get its job done. A team leader's failure to "go and bat for their team" means resourcing and alignment will suffer.
Systemic team coaching "folds" such considerations into the individual leadership coaching of the team leader(s). Working with other team members and the team at large provides an immensely valuable treasure trove or real life, relevant data – and timely feedback loops – that boost the leader's and everyone's growth – and thus the team's performance.
The Team's Organizational Context – Yet Another Success Factor
At this point, let's assume the team has a healthy degree of collaborative capacity and the team leader fit works – out of sheer luck and compatibility or due to intentional effort. But the team also "sits" within a greater organizational context that cannot be underestimated. Systematically helping a team perform at high levels must involve supporting the team navigating its stakeholder landscape.
Put another way, one important aspect of systemic team coaching could be named "stakeholder-centered team coaching". Marshall Goldsmith, the renowned executive coach, established with colleagues an approach to executive coaching that systematically takes a coachee's stakeholder landscape into consideration. They were motivated by two key reasons. First, a leader's reputation among stakeholders is a key success factor. Perception is reality. That needs to be worked with. And second, leadership growth goals have to take stakeholder expectations into account.
The same is true of team coaching. While most team building efforts will review or define a team purpose statement, for instance, too often no systematic effort is made to explore the team's organizational context, the team's key stakeholders, and team members' assumptions about the importance and needs of their stakeholders, ways to influence them, or opportunities to communicate with one team voice, to name a few.
Teams Can't Grow Without Trust and Psychological Safety
What we've discussed thus far – developing a team's "collaborative capacity", supporting the team/leader fit, and improving organizational stakeholder alignment – do not develop in a step-by-step fashion; rather, it's an interwoven process of discussions, commitments, and decisions that build on each other.
But for any of these conversations to occur effectively, they all need something in common: trust and "psychological safety" – a climate of open exchange where people speak honestly, build on each others' ideas, and challenge themselves, each other, and the status quo. That's a lot easier said than done. And, in our experience, just one or two individuals can break an environment of psychological safety when they act in immature or unhealthy ways. The corrosive effects of unresolved interpersonal conflict or individual self-centeredness limit a team's performance level. Just having team norms document written up likely won't make much of a difference; what will make a difference is systemic team coaching's holistic approach that invites individual, interpersonal, and task-related aspects of team collaboration into the conversation.
"Developmental Edges" of Teams
Every individual has a developmental edge – our personal frontier where our professionalism, maturity, and presence unfolds. The same is true for teams. The most common conversations we address with teams related to:
Being candid and honest
Having difficult conversations
Being able to disagree from a place of clarity
Adapting flexibly to each other's work and communication preferences
Creating a culture of ongoing commitment and accountability
Exploring interdependency and decision rights
Where does my role end and your role start?
What should really be discussed here?
Which constraints to respect? When are we in the weeds?
What's the most fundamental way this team adds value?
Are we focused on that? A shared sense of priorities?
How Do You Transform a Learning Environment to a Growth Environment?
What is required to move a poorly working team to an average team is functional, but not necessarily personal. However, to develop a given average performing team into a high-performance team requires individual growth. That, we would argue, is also the beauty of it: By becoming a better team collaborator we become a socially and emotionally more rounded person.
To transform a learning environment to a growth environment is to make learning personal.
This kind of personal growth challenge – on top of discussing the functional challenge of team work and stakeholder management – is exactly what systemic team coaching has to offer. It's the most powerful way to support a team – and thus to support the entire organization.
Find out more how a systemic team coaching approach can boost and sustain high-performance teams in your organization.
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Leadership coaching is now an accepted and valued approach to supporting individual leadership effectiveness. Too often, this approach focuses on making star performers even better or mitigating the effects of underperformers or troublemakers. But if the team is the crucial unit where organizations create their true value-add – why just coach individuals? Why not coach the entire team system to build a high-performance team?
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BREAKING: F******* Provided Untold Millions in Undisclosed In Kind Contributions to Obama's 2012 Campaign
March 19, 2018 Elder Patriot, FEATURED
Elder Patriot – While the mainstream media went apoplectic today over Cambridge Analytica's ability to mine the personal data of 50 million Americans in support of the Trump campaign, they actually praised Obama's campaign team for doing the same thing in securing his 2008 election when Eric Schmidt led Obama's data analytics efforts.
At the time the media touted Obama's brilliance. Today they castigate Republicans for even approximating Obama's 2008 efforts.
By 2012, when Obama was running for re-election, Facebook actually looked the other way to allow his campaign team to access the personal information of virtually every American even after they had discovered the breach. And, the New York Times lauded Team Obama's ingenuity:
Carol Davidsen who had served as Obama's director for media analytics during the 2012 campaign made the shocking revelation in a series of tweets yesterday.
Davidsen explained the significance of this:
"We were actually able to ingest the entire social network of the U.S. that's on Facebook, which is most people."
"So [then] they shut off the feature."
"The Republicans never built an app to do that. So the data's out there — you [Facebook] can't take it back. The Democrats have this information, so when they look at a voter file and someone comes to them, they can immediately be like 'Oh, here are all the other people that they know, and here are people they can help us persuade, because they're really good friends with that person.'"
"The Republicans do not have that information and will not get that information. I'm a Democrat, so maybe I could argue that's a great thing, but really it's not, in the overall process. That wasn't thought all the way through and now there's a disadvantage of information that to me seems unfair.
The most important takeaway from Davidsen's "come-to-Jesus" moment is that Democrats continue to hold the personal information on virtually every American solely because Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a conscious decision to allow them to access it in the first place.
The Republicans don't have that information and never will because Facebook closed the door to them.
There is no way to ever level that playing field.
This amounts to hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars of in kind contributions to past and future Democratic candidates. And, not a penny of it was declared on FEC filings of even a single candidate.
The question that remains is what to do with Facebook. How do you sufficiently punish a company that purposely shared the personal information of its users in order to deliberately create a permanent structural distortion between America's two major political parties?

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The ghostwriter of Younger's fictional novel Marriage Vacation speaks out
By Aja Hoggatt
June 07, 2018 at 09:30 AM EDT
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Pauline (Jennifer Westfeldt) may be a delightful addition to the cast of TV Land's Younger, but she's still seen by many fans as a mere obstacle in the ongoing Charles-Liza love story. Last season, the character wrote a novel called Marriage Vacation, with Liza as her trusted editor. A thinly veiled account of Pauline's time away from her family, moving from Big Sur to Australia and the jungles of Thailand, the book has now been published — for real.
Of course, Pauline is but a fictional TV character, so to get the scoop on how exactly Marriage Vacation came together, EW caught up with the book's real-life ghostwriter, Jo Piazza, who's also the author of the upcoming novel Charlotte Walsh Likes to Win. Below, Piazza reveals how the Younger opportunity came along, why she relates to Pauline, and whether she's Team Josh or Team Charles. Read on for the full conversation, and order your copy of Marriage Vacation here (and pre-order Charlotte Walsh Likes to Win here).
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How did you get involved with this unusual project?
JO PIAZZA: I had just finished up a novel with [my editor] Christine Pride, from Simon and Schuster, called Charlotte Walsh Likes to Win, about a woman running for Senate in the midterm election. Christine called me up and was like, "We have this crazy thing that we're doing, and I think you might be the only writer that I know that can pull it off for us." We just took it from there.
Were you a fan of Younger before you signed on?
I think it's one of the better comedies on television. It's so smart, so witty. I had to rewatch the entire show as research for the book. I had a newborn at the time, and it was actually one of the easiest things to watch while breastfeeding because the episodes are short and they're like candy to devour.
What was the writing process like? Did you collaborate with the Younger team?
They gave us a lot of leeway while writing the book, which was fantastic. We came up with an outline, gave it to Darren [Star, the show's creator], and Darren has a couple tweaks, a couple changes, and was like, "yes," and we got to run with it.
How does Marriage Vacation expand the world of Younger?
I think it makes the world of Younger bigger, in a way. I think every fan has been waiting for this; I know I've been waiting for this. Every book that they've come out with on the show, I've wished was a book in real life. It's just another way that fans can enjoy the show, which is so incredibly cool. It also lets us see a different side of a character who doesn't get that much airtime, but who I think a lot of fans can relate to. Frankly, I would like to see all of Younger's fictional books become real books.
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Page 58 was was really built up on the show. How did you go about writing that scene?
Oh my God, it was so hard. No pun intended. It was so hard. I'm not a raunchy sex person. I'm not a great writer of dirty sex scenes. This is by far the dirtiest thing I have ever written, or ever thought about. How often does a writer have to build a plot around a single scene and know that it's going to land on a very specific page? Like, we knew that page 58 had to be happening from the very beginning, and I was nervous about it the whole time. My first draft, I wrote what I thought was a very dirty sex scene, and Christine writes back to me and [tells me] it's not dirty enough. I think one day we have to publish the text messages between the two of us, [because we were just] going back and forth one-upping each other.
Then, we [finally] have a draft of the scene that we both think is the dirtiest thing I've ever written, that she's ever edited, and then we go back and check in with everyone over at Younger, and they're like, "No, dirtier."
Pauline made the choice to leave her family to find herself. How did you work to make her sympathetic throughout the book?
It was hard. I have to say that. We didn't have that much to go on to create the plot of the book, and we knew we wanted the book to also be a standalone novel, so if you haven't watched Younger, you can read the book, you're fine. You can read and enjoy the book — great beach read. But Pauline was complicated. We were pretty much thrown one of the most absurd plots possible and had to figure out how to still make her a sympathetic character, and how to make her fun and interesting, because at the end of the day, every woman, no matter how long you've been married, can fantasize about taking a vacation from your marriage. [But] she's [also] a mother of two young girls who leaves her kids, and that's harder. So it's harder to come up with a plot where a woman's leaving her children and still make her a sympathetic and likable character, and that was the biggest challenge for us.
And the impetus for Liza's actions on the show — no matter how absurd — is her love for her daughter.
One of the things that we do know is that Liza really did like this book — she enjoyed this book, and that's what made us know that Pauline had to be sympathetic in it, because Liza is such a devoted mother that we couldn't have Pauline just be this flake who just jets off and is like, "Peace, guys. I'm gonna go party in Bali for the next year, then come back." We had to ground it in a real plot and give her real motivations, and also real anxieties and issues that would cause her to leave. This is the catch-22. We had to make her sympathetic, but we didn't want to make Charles unlikeable.
With the addition of the book, fans are getting a version of another 40-something woman, who is quite different from Liza.
One of the things that I love about the show, and now about the book, is that we're building out really interesting characters of these 40-something women, right? For so long, the rom-com, chick-lit books [were about] women in their 20s, and [the fear of turning 30]. Both the show and the book are showcasing real women in their 40s with real struggles and also really interesting lives, inner lives and outer lives, and I think that that's a big step, to show women in a different age range than both Hollywood and books have in a really long time.
And the show and the book are showcasing women who are taking agency over their lives.
A lot of Marriage Vacation was about Kate/Pauline taking agency over her own life and what that means when you finally decide, "I need to be the one to make a change." It's a big deal.
Why should fans of the show read the book?
Fans of the show will love the book because there's just so many nuggets from the show that it gets you so excited when you stumble on them. Hands down, the best thing about the book is that we get to know more about Charles. I think most fans desperately want to know what's beneath that very well-tailored three-button suit.
Are you Team Charles or Team Josh?
Team Charles all the way.
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Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS): For Researchers and Health Care Providers
NICHD Research
NICHD's Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Branch (IDDB) supports extramural research on a variety of intellectual and developmental disabilities, including PWS.
NICHD IDDB Council Report (PDF - 1.01 MB) describes the scope of work supported by the Branch, including support for training; support for centers for research into intellectual and developmental disabilities; integration of research, training, and support; and collaborations with federal agencies, organizations, advocacy groups, and community partners.
The IDDB also supports the Angelman, Rett, and Prader-Willi Syndromes Consortium as part of its efforts to understand PWS and related conditions. The consortium is part of the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network , which provides information for health and research professionals about ongoing clinical research.
The NICHD's intramural Unit on Metabolism and Neuroendocrinology researches the endocrinological characteristics of the food behaviors and metabolic symptoms of PWS.
The NICHD's intramural Section on Growth and Obesity studies the metabolic and behavioral factors in body weight regulation and body composition during childhood.
The Genetics Home Reference includes a PWS page with links to published reviews, clinical trials, and information about related genes.
The Strategic Plan for NIH Obesity Research (PDF - 627 KB) provides a detailed review of the full range of research supported by the NIH on obesity. It addresses all areas of research, including basic science research, prevention, and treatment. It also addresses strategies for dissemination of research findings.
The 2012 Workshop on Rare Syndromic Body Fat Disorders, sponsored by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, addressed rare disorders in which obesity is a common feature. Participants also discussed the study of families with disorders including PWS; research into etiology and treatment; and areas of ongoing research.
The Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (USA)
The association sponsors research on topics related to PWS, including obesity, behavioral interventions, and respiratory symptoms, plus basic research relevant to PWS.
The Foundation for Prader-Willi Research
The foundation supports research aimed at eliminating the challenges of PWS, particularly research on the shift from failure to thrive to excessive hunger, gene reactivation, and the cellular phenotypes of PWS.
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Die Badminton-Bundesliga-Saison 2021/2022 war die 51. Spielzeit der Badminton-Bundesliga. Am Start waren elf Mannschaften. Die ersten beiden Mannschaften der Liga qualifizierten sich direkt für das Final Four. Die Plätze 3 bis 6 spielten in einem Play-Off die beiden verbliebenen Plätze zum Final Four aus. Die beiden Tabellenletzten stiegen direkt in die 2. Bundesliga ab. Der Tabellenneunte spielte zusammen mit den beiden Aufsteigern aus der 2. Bundesliga Nord und Süd um den Verbleib in der 1. Bundesliga.

Hauptrunde

Playoff
Nach Abschluss der regulären Punktrunde wird die Meisterschaft über die Final Four ausgespielt. Hierbei qualifizieren sich die ersten beiden der Hauptrunde direkt für die Final Four. Die Plätze 3 bis 6 spielten dabei in einem Play-Off Viertelfinale die beiden verbliebenen Plätze für die Final Four aus. Der Drittplatzierte trat dabei gegen den Sechstplatzierten an und der Viertplatzierte spielte gegen den Fünftplatzierten der Hauptrunde.

Viertelfinale

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Beim Final Four Event trafen am 22. und 23. April 2022 in der Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart die beiden Bestplatzierten Teams der Hauptrunde auf die beiden Gewinner der Viertelfinal-Play-Offs. Im Halbfinale spielte der Hauptrundensieger gegen den rangniedrigeren der Play-Off Gewinner. Der Hauptrundenzweite traf auf den ranghöheren der Play-Off Gewinner. Mit einem 4:3-Sieg gewann der 1. BC Wipperfeld erstmals den Titel bei den Deutschen Mannschaftsmeisterschaften.

Halbfinale

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Disney never looked for a replacement after James Gunn was fired from 'Guardians of The Galaxy 3'
Gunn was re-hired last week.
James Gunn poses for a photograph upon arrival at the European Gala screening of 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' in London on April 24, 2017. Credit: DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images
James Gunn is back as the director of Guardians of The Galaxy 3, some eight months after he was originally sacked by Marvel.
The filmmaker was dropped as the director of the Marvel movie in July 2018 after his old tweets, which made light of paedophilia and rape, were resurfaced by conservative personalities online. The director apologised for his jokes, saying: "My words of nearly a decade ago were, at the time, totally failed and unfortunate efforts to be provocative."
But while the names of directors such as Taika Waititi and Adam McKay were bandied about as potential replacements, Deadline reports that Disney didn't actively search for a replacement director in the time that Gunn spent away from the project.
Waititi poked fun at Gunn's return on Friday, joking that he believed that he would be hired for the job. McKay, meanwhile, claimed to have held discussions with Marvel boss Kevin Feige in late 2018.
The Deadline reports also states that the decision to bring back Gunn was made several months ago, after he convinced Disney boss Alan Horn that he should return.
"I am tremendously grateful to every person out there who has supported me over the past few months," Gunn wrote on Friday.
"I am always learning and will continue to work at being the best human being I can be. I deeply appreciate Disney's decision and I am excited to continue making films that investigate the ties of love that bind us all."
At the time of Gunn's firing in 2018, the Guardians cast penned an open letter in July 2018 calling for Gunn's reinstatement. In an Instagram post with a copy of the letter, Chris Pratt commented: "Although I don't support James Gunn's inappropriate jokes from years ago, he is a good man."
Gunn will now directly a Suicide Squad sequel for Warner Bros, before returning for Guardians 3.


The dynamics of cultural transformation in contemporary world is associated with the phenomenon of multiculturalism, a symptom of the present day Europe. The latter gives rise to serious dilemmas among its citizens, with regard to their identity and cultural origins, the resulting benefits as well as the actual and envisaged threats. This is particularly evident on the junctures of various cultural domains, on their borderlines, seen both literally and symbolically. The extraordinary cultural diffusion which takes place before our eyes, excites interest and elicits reflection from the representatives of numerous scientific disciplines, such as cultural anthropologists, ethnologists, historians, cultural studies experts, philosophers, linguists, literature experts and others. At the same time, this demonstrates that the description and diagnosis of contemporary culture are not feasible without interdisciplinary research, which sets out to analyze phenomena of the contemporary era and the ages past. .
Studia Europaea Gnesnensia is a scientific periodical established on the initiative of researchers from the Institute of European Culture of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, located in Gniezno.
Ex definitione, the Institute stipulates the need of interdisciplinarity, the research carried out therein concerns European culture in the broad understanding, without the constraints of chronology and thematic scope. Nevertheless, these studies all share a common denominator: the conviction that European culture, in its remarkable diversity, is a definable notion. Gniezno, the first capital of Poland, is an apposite symbolic motivation for such research orientation: here, in the year 1000, Otton III, German emperor, and Bolesław Chrobry, the then ruler of Poland, met at the tomb of St. Adalbert, the patron of Unified Europe. They were driven by the idea of common Europe, rooted in the culture of antiquity and the attainments of Christianity, with due respect retained for the achievements of the "barbarian world". We would like the Gniezno European Studies to provide a territory for reflection on the legacy of history and the spiritual condition of the present day Europe, on the place of such of its constituents, which in the past were either negated (Jewish culture) or underestimated (culture of the Arabic world), or those that appeared in the course of the last century (culture of the African and Asian countries) and which are frequently treated as alien. This obviously encompasses all sorts of ethnic minorities, whose culture and the right to its self-determination have been "suppressed" by more powerful neighbours. We are interested in the development and the transformations of the contemporary European culture, its condition, character and its shades on all its planes.
This means that we assume a very broad formula of the periodical. It remains open not only to researchers from Gniezno and the Greater Poland area, but also from across Poland, Europe and the world. We wish that it becomes a forum of assiduous scientific debate on the state of European culture and its impact on the culture of the world, in other words, on its place in globalization processes as well as on the place of each nation, each ethnic group in the making of a superordinate value, which we tend to term "European culture". We hope that the subjects discussed in the papers published in Studia Europaea Gnesnensia will become an inspiration to scientific polemics and further research for many Readers.


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Las dos Dianas is a Venezuelan telenovela written by José Ignacio Cabrujas and produced by Marte Televisión in 1992.

Carlos Mata and Nohely Arteaga starred as the main protagonists.

Cast
 Carlos Mata as Diego Morales / Gabriel Morales
 Nohely Arteaga as Diana Burgos / Dianita Moncada Burgos
 Lupita Ferrer as Catalina Arismendi de Moncada
 Astrid Carolina Herrera as Jimena
 Julio Pereira as Alfredo Cedeño
 Raquel Castaños as Dulce
 Herminia Martínez as La Danta Carmona
 Rodolfo Drago as Dr.Miranda
 Pedro Renteria as Francisco Monacada
 Luis de Mozos as Leandro
 Lourdes Valera as Rosita Vilariño
 Marlene Maseda as Isabel Moncada
 Lino Ferrer as Martin Paz /  Martin Guerra
 Manuel Salazar as Enrique Moncada
 Miguel Ferrari as Mercurio Calderon
 Zamira Segura as Lutecia
 Natalia Fuenmayor as Eloisa
 Javier Paredes as Balbino Cedeño
 Gioia Arismendi as Dianita niña

References

External links
Las dos Dianas at the Internet Movie Database

1992 telenovelas
Venezuelan telenovelas
1992 Venezuelan television series debuts
1992 Venezuelan television series endings
Spanish-language telenovelas
Television shows set in Venezuela


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When using .each(), you need to the jQuery selector $(this) for .css('width') because .css() is a jQuery method.

A: Try $(this).css('width'); that should work.

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Depression and dementia are unfortunately two very common disorders in mental health. But the fact that they occur together is not explained by their overall prevalence. The relationship is a bit more complicated. Joan Dietz joins Jim Siegler in a discussion on how she counters these common conditions.
Produced by James E. Siegler. Music by Lee Rosevere, Jason Shaw, Chris Zabriskie, Kai Engel, and Scott Holmes. BrainWaves' podcasts and online content are intended for medical education only and should not be used for clinical decision making.
Byers AL and Yaffe K. Depression and risk of developing dementia. Nature reviews Neurology. 2011;7:323-31.
Korczyn AD and Halperin I. Depression and dementia. Journal of the neurological sciences. 2009;283:139-42.
Alexopoulos GS, Murphy CF, Gunning-Dixon FM, Latoussakis V, Kanellopoulos D, Klimstra S, Lim KO and Hoptman MJ. Microstructural white matter abnormalities and remission of geriatric depression. Am J Psychiatry. 2008;165:238-44.
Dotson VM, Beydoun MA and Zonderman AB. Recurrent depressive symptoms and the incidence of dementia and mild cognitive impairment. Neurology. 2010;75:27-34.
Saczynski JS, Beiser A, Seshadri S, Auerbach S, Wolf PA and Au R. Depressive symptoms and risk of dementia: the Framingham Heart Study. Neurology. 2010;75:35-41.
Lee CW, Lin CL, Sung FC, Liang JA and Kao CH. Antidepressant treatment and risk of dementia: a population-based, retrospective case-control study. J Clin Psychiatry. 2016;77:117-22; quiz 122.
Sachdev PS, Smith JS, Angus-Lepan H and Rodriguez P. Pseudodementia twelve years on. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry. 1990;53:254-9.


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Has Marilyn Done It Again?
Marilyn vos Savant, owner of the world's highest IQ according to Guiness Record Books, has possibly put her foot where it should not go....You decide!
And Marilyn's "possible-foot-in-mouth" response: In theory, the results are equally likely. Both specify the number that must appear each time the die is rolled. (For example, the 10th number in the frist series muts be a 1. the 10th number in the second series must be a 3.) Each number--1 through 6-- has the same chance of landing faceup.
But let's say you tossed a die out of my view and then said that the results were one of the above. Which series is more likely to be the one you threw? Because the roll has already occurred, the answer is (b). It's far more likely that the roll produced a mixed bunch of numbers than a series of 1's.
So, is she right...or wrong? I "no" my vote...but will let you argue over it.
Hint: Reduce the question to a simpler form...you flip a coin twice. Are the sequences HH and HT equally likely? Remember that order is important, as the sequence HT is different from the sequence TH.
First, it has nothing to do with the fact that the rolls have occurred. The probability of these two distinct events remain equal.
Second, Marilyn seems to be confusing the situation with the question...If you roll a die 20 times, is it more likely that you will get a stringt of all 1's or a string of a variety of numbers 1-6? This is not the same question!
In Parade (10/23/2011), math teacher George Alland argued that Marilyn was incorrect withy clear examples...but Marilyn refused to budge (e.g. "she said "My answer is correct.").


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Andi Dorfman and Josh Murray: On Top of Each Other 24/7 (and Not Always in a Hot Way)!
by Free Britney at August 7, 2014 8:51 am . Updated at December 16, 2021 9:39 am .
They just went public last week, but The Bachelorette stars and Atlanta residents Andi Dorfman and Josh Murray have been on top of each other for months.
Most of the time, that's been an enjoyable thing.
Stealthily carrying on behind closed doors, Dorfman tells Atlanta lifestyle magazine Jezebel that their "safe house" rendezvous kept the duo very, very close.
"We have a safe house that we lived at basically, and we [were] on top of each other 24 hours a day," the 27-year-old Assistant District Attorney said.
"We get on each other's nerves sometimes, but it's very realistic. It's kind of interesting how you get thrust into it ... we're basically living together."
Andi Dorfman and Josh Murray are happy as ever, though, with the beauty calling herself a "believer" in the magic of The Bachelorette since meeting him.
"I think if Josh wasn't there I would not be engaged right now ... I really, truly believe that. So I can't help but think that part of it is the show, and a lot of it is fate."
Somewhere, Nick Viall is weeping into his Milwaukee's Best Ice.
So what makes Andi so crazy about Josh? What doesn't?!
"I love that he genuinely is my best friend. I call him for everything. He's the last person I want to talk to at night, the first person I want to talk to in the morning."
"I just want to tell him everything. I can be whoever I want around him. I don't have to put on all this makeup and get in a glamorous gown. He's just my partner through it all."
Andi, who says that most likely she'll be getting married on TV next year, doesn't care about the details. "I just want to marry Josh," she says, admittedly cheesily.
Murray is equally smitten. Tuesday, he shared an Instagram shot of the Jezebel cover, captioning it, "Wow, my fiance @andi_dorfman is smokin' ... and Taken!!"
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If you like a little intrigue with your dinner, make a reservation to dine in one of the world's haunted restaurants to get your spooky fix. While the United States is full of restaurants where owners and patrons routinely report some paranormal activity, dining establishments, pubs, inns, and bed-and-breakfasts around the globe have also been known for many ghost sightings.
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On the South Shields coast in England is a cave bar, restaurant, and pub that is reportedly haunted by smugglers who inhabited the cave many years ago; diners have stated that they spotted flying ashtrays while sipping on a pint. Similarly, at Casey Moore's Oyster House in Tempe, Ariz., seeing is believing. Patrons, employees, and guests have said that at the 4 a.m. witching hour they've witnessed a couple dancing in the top part of the restaurant with a glow emanating from the stairs.
At one of New York's most romantic restaurants, One if by Land, Two if by Sea, employees and managers have gone on record with their haunting experiences. Many have reported seeing machinery turn on and off inexplicably and picture frames and furniture out of place, and some employees have even attempted to serve food to the apparitions. And another New York favorite, The Bridge Café, is not to be outdone with ghostly visitors.
Asia is no stranger to paranormal experiences, either. A haunting tale from the Buma Inn in Beijing tells the story of a man who was poisoned by the hotel's chef, who later stabbed himself. Whether or not you're a believer of those tortured spirits coming back to haunt us, perhaps a trip to one of these culinary landmarks may change your mind. Click through our slideshow to learn more about the 17 scariest restaurants around the world — if you dare!


Some insights into what I've been working on recently.
A slide show of a few of my paintings from 2017 that I posted on Facebook.
'Street Through Time' included in a new British Library Book.
15 years collaboration with Osprey Publishing.
Yet more work from 2016!
Prints recently being prepared for dispatch to the United States.


If you are new, please introduce yourself here. Hopefully, more JETs will join the forum over the next few weeks. This forum has been pretty quiet lately so let's try and revive it together.
I hope that all your preparations for coming to Japan are going as smooth as they can be. I remember it being exiting and busy at the same time.
This is my last month on JET and I will only get to see JETs who will be arriving in Tokyo in Group A.


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Edward Hernandez: Tobago's Legacy
Posted on July 4, 2016	by national archives
Today's blog post was written by Dr. Jesma McFarlane. Dr. McFarlane is a genealogical researcher. She was formally a zoologist who completed her post graduate work at Howard University, Washington D.C.,U.S.A. Her scientific background is an integral part of the foundation for her many years of genealogical research.
Edward Hernandez, who passed away on Monday 26th August 2013, has contributed significantly to Tobago's heritage. Google his name and you will learn among his many contributions that he was a heritage expert, artist, designer and musicologist. The Tobago museum located on Fort King George, Scarborough, owes its life to this Tobago icon, the first Curator of this facility. When the museum was first established by Mr. Hernandez, it was housed at the Mt. Irvine Bay Hotel, there, one could have appreciated Tobago's history documented and on display in a public space. The museum subsequently found a home among the legacy and remnants of an old colonial fort. He has been a source of information for many aspects of Tobago and is remembered by many who have benefited from his knowledge.
To honour his memory researchers who consulted with him on the presence of the Couronians at Courland Bay, Plymouth, Tobago during Duke Jacob Kettler's occupation in the seventeenth century, dedicated their research paper to Mr. Hernandez. The Journal of Baltic Studies published a research paper in 2013 entitled, "From The Port of Ventspils to Great Courland Bay: The Couronian Colony on Tobago in Past and Present" written by Imbi Soonan, Jesma McFarlane, Vladis Traudkains and Stefan Donecker. The paper was dedicated to the memory of Edward Hernandez for his kind hospitality during their visit to Tobago which they described as unforgettable as well as for his assistance with research.
The paper referred to the English royal patent acquired by Duke Jacob between 1645 and 1647, granting him possession of Tobago. A patent, he invoked decades later when he sent an expedition to colonise Tobago. They landed at Great Courland Bay, now Plymouth, around 1654. He named the island Neu-Kurland (New Courland) and erected Fort Jacobus (Fort James) at Plymouth.
The Tobago House of Assembly celebrates the Couronian presence in Tobago during the annual Tobago Heritage Festival, albeit not every year. There is a monument erected to the memory of the Courlanders at Fort James, Plymouth.
Great Courland Monument
In memory of the bold, enterprising and industrious Courlanders from faraway Latvia on the Baltic shores who had lived in this area named after them from 1639 to 1693.
Dated 25/6/78
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The Tale of Two Ladies (Part One)
Posted on March 11, 2016	by janelleduke
Trinidad and Tobago has a legacy for producing some of the most talented nationals, in any sphere, who could easily knock glasses with or in some cases surpass their international counterparts. This also includes persons who would have left the twin island state to "create a better life" in the diaspora. The journey and sacrifice that these persons make when leaving the comfort of their home country to venture into unknown territory and at times unforeseen experiences will never be understood by other persons who remain or thrive in their country of birth. Nonetheless, their stories should be told just like any other, not only in the country of impact but also in the country of origin.
With this idea in mind, to commemorate International Women's Day 2016, the story of two Trinidad and Tobago born women living in the United Kingdom and United States were chosen for a two part series. Claudia Jones and Hazel Scott, though born in Trinidad and Tobago, left pivotal marks in the United Kingdom and the United States respectively. Their steadfast advocacy and unchallenging natures made them powerhouses in the fight against racism and marginalisation in a time when discrimination was an ugly rampant product of open and deep-seated prejudice. What is to follow is only but a brief treatment into their lives and the events that made them prominent actresses in the creation of a 'better world.'
Claudia Jones
Claudia Jones was born in Belmont on February 21, 1915 to Charles Bertrand Cumberbatch and Sybil Cumberbatch née Logan. She left Trinidad for New York City with her sisters Lindsay, Irene, Sylvia and Aunt Alice Glasgow upon the SS Voltaire in 1924 to join her parents who had left for economic reasons two years earlier. The cocoa industry in the world market was going through a recession and this meant that it severely crippled the economic growth of the colonies of the Caribbean, thereby adversely affecting land owners and other interested parties. Jones stated about her parents:
"([They]… were middle-class landowners – on my mother's side and hotel owners on my father's side) had been worsened as a result of a drop in the cocoa trade on the world market, from the West Indies which had impoverished the West Indies and the entire Caribbean. Like thousands of West Indian immigrants, they hoped to find their fortunes in America where "gold was to be found on the streets" and they dreamed of rearing their children in a 'free America'" (Davies 10)
In actuality, what they met in the United States was the exact opposite. She states that,"together with my three sisters, our family suffered not only the impoverished lot of working-class native families and its multi-national populace, but early learned the special scourge of indignity stemming from Jim Crow national oppression." (Davies 10) During her time at school, she endured many experiences that eventually cemented her belief system in fighting against inequality. Before her graduation from high school, she contracted tuberculosis and was committed for a year to the Sea View Sanatorium for treatment. There she had the opportunity to:
"…read avidly, to think deeply about the social ideas instilled in me by my mother and father… My father's social ideas instilled in us were that of a pride and consciousness of our people, of our relation to Africa, from which my antecedents sprang, to our interrelationship to Caribbean independence the dream of San Simeon, great Caribbean patriot to the new recognition of the struggle for Negro equality in the US linked indissolubly as I later learned with the freedom and equality in the American trade unions and working-class as the future class of society" (Davies 13)
These profound ideas continued to shape the young Jones into the radical that she was to become. In 1935, she graduated high school and began to work at menial jobs to assist her family since two years prior, her mother died suddenly due to spinal meningitis and her father lost his job due the extenuating circumstances after the crash of 1929. She began to write a column for a black newspaper and later became the youth editor for an organ of the Federated Youth Clubs of Harlem. She also attended rallies in the same area. In 1936 Jones joined the Communist Party and the Young Communist League. She progressed up the ranks of the latter movement quickly from Secretary of the Executive Committee to New York State Chair and National Council Member by 1938. During this time she was an active member of the National Negro Congress and Southern Negro Congress, where she attended many conferences in states such as Atlanta, Alabama and Virginia. This type of activism continued well into the 1940s when she became a full member of The Communist Party (CPUS) after having reached the age to graduate into the adult association.
Her activism however, did not go unnoticed since she was arrested under the 1918 Immigration Act and imprisoned on Ellis Island in January 1948. She was also threatened with deportation back to Trinidad and a Deportation Hearing ensued but she continued to work assiduously with the working class and black women within the Party and later giving a speech at the May Day Rally in Los Angeles. In March 1950, she gives a speech for 'International Women's Day and the Struggle for Peace' which contributes to her being arrested for a second time in October. She subsequently obtains bail and continues to speak but is arrested a third time and convicted under the Smith Act in 1953. She was sentenced to one year and a day and a fine of two hundred dollars. At the end of the trial, she suffers heart failure and is hospitalized. She recovers but is hospitalized again in December 1953 and is diagnosed with hypertensive cardiovascular disease.
Jones began to fulfill her sentence in January 1955 but by October she was released on 'good behaviour' after countless petitions against the sentence citing her health condition. The deportation order was then served in December and she left for London on the Queen Elizabeth after residing in the United States for 32 years. When asked why she was deported in an interview, she retorted:
" I was a victim of the McCarthyite hysteria against independent political ideas in the USA… I was deported from the USA because as a Negro woman Communist of West Indian descent, I was a thorn in their side in my opposition to Jim Crow racist discrimination against 16 million Negro Americans in the United States, in my work for redress of these grievances, for unity of Negro and white workers, for women's rights and my general political activity urging the American people to help by their struggles to change the present foreign and domestic policy of the United States… I was deported because I urged prosecution of the lynchers rather than the prosecution of the Communists and other democratic Americans who oppose the lynchers and big financiers and war mongers, the real advocates of force and violence in the USA. (Davies 17)
Upon arrival in London, Jones was embraced by friends and the Communist Party members of Great Britain. She quickly became affiliated with this faction and continues the work she started in the United States fighting against racism, immigration restrictions and general oppression of West Indians living in London. She co-founded the West Indian Workers and Students' Association.. Jones also continued to write and founded the West Indian Gazette in 1958, which became a key pillar in the rise of Afro consciousness within the Black British community. Racial riots broke out in Notting Hill, London and Nottingham. In response to these events, Jones created the Notting Hill Carnival, held for the first time at St Pancras Hall, London in 1959. This event would evolve and blossom into its present form today. In 1962 and 1963, Jones visited the Soviet Union, the latter time as a representative of Trinidad and Tobago to attend the World Congress of Women.
In what was to be her final year alive, Jones worked in the fight against the Apartheid System in South Africa and to free political prisoners such as Nelson Mandela. She spoke at a rally with George Lamming (author of the famous book "In the Castle of my Skin") and met with Martin Luther King Jr in London on his way to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. She also travelled and spoke in Japan and China, meeting the infamous Chairman Mao and interviews Soong Ching Ling (wife of Sun Yat-Sen). On December 25, 1964 Claudia Jones suffers heart failure in London ending a long legacy of struggle against racism and marginalisation in both the United States and the United Kingdom for women, the working class and Blacks. In her words written in June 1964 about the future Jones states:
"Tonight I tried to imagine what life would be like in the future – personal that is. For on the broad highway of Tomorrow, despite craggy hills and unforeseen gullies, I am certain that mankind will take the high road to a socialist future… Penchant that I have for introspective discussion, I seem to have wound up where I began I bore no one but myself. I have admitted nothing; but sought to analyse all this for self-understanding, I find I have deluded myself – conscious though I ever am that delusion is unrealistic, can never replace togetherness or evoke happiness – nor sympathetic friendship or understanding. And as I become too aware of this state to even try to change – – I realize I not only have become lethargic in these matters… but positively without nerve… The bad though then become "threads to deceive." Sometimes they can be untangled and sometimes they serve as webs. How I believe in the Loom of Language! – and in the Family of Man!" (Davies 20)
Dowlat, Rhondor. "Claudia Jones' Life Remembered." Trinidad Guardian [Port of Spain] 21 Feb. 2015, Lifestyle sec.: n. pag. http://www.guardian.co.tt. 21 Feb. 2015. Web. 4 Mar. 2016.
Every Generation. "Claudia Jones." 100 Great Black Britons. Every Generation Media, n.d. Web. 4 Mar. 2016.
Hinds, Donald. "The West Indian Gazette: Claudia Jones and the Black Press in Britain." Race and Class 50.1 (2008): 88-97. http://www.irr.org.uk. July 2008. Web. 9 Mar. 2016.
Jones, Claudia, and Carole Boyce Davies. Claudia Jones: Beyond Containment: Autobiographical
Reflections, Essays and Poems. Banbury: Ayebia Clarke, 2011. Print.
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Fundraiser Launches to Help Daryle Singletary's Family With Funeral
Fans who would like to help Daryle Singletary's family pay for his funeral can now do so.
Singletary died unexpectedly on Feb. 12, leaving behind a wife, Holly, and four children; Mercer, Jonah, Charlotte and Norah. The singer, best known for a run of '90s hits including "I Let Her Lie" and "Too Much Fun," was just 46 years old, and reportedly working hard to play small shows to feed his family toward the end of his life. A new crowdfunding campaign via YouCaring.com aims to raise $100,000 for Singletary's funeral and other expenses.
A representative for Singletary has confirmed the veracity of the campaign, which will run the money through Franklin Synergy Bank. Those who wish to help can donate by either visiting the campaign's page or by mailing a check. Make checks out to The Daryle Singletary Foundation Keepin' It Country and mail them to the following address:
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On Feb. 14, Platinum Records Nashville released a new song, "She's Been Cheatin' on Us," online, representing it as some of Singletary's final recorded work and saying the proceeds would go to his family for expenses. In an email to Taste of Country on Feb. 15, Singletary's business partner of 21 years, Chuck Rhodes, clarified that the song was a demo Singletary had sung under a work for hire agreement, and nobody in Singletary's family or any of his business associates had sanctioned its release. He said that a fund did not yet exist, and a cease and desist letter had been issued to Platinum Records head Greg Hudik demanding the unsanctioned new music be removed.
A Google search reveals a GoFundMe campaign Hudik started that has since been removed. The YouCaring campaign is the only one verified by Singletary's associates.
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It's been said the total amount of Hector Macho Camacho net worth is 100 thousand dollars. Hector Macho Camacho was mainly called a fighter from Puerto Rico, but he was also an occasional vocalist. Both of these engagements were considered the primary sources of Hector Macho Camacho net worth, at the same time. Talking about him as a fighter, he was generally known for his quickness in the ring, which helped him to conquer many adversaries. Along with his quickness, Hector Macho Camacho was also successful because of his flamboyant fighting fashion.
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Besides his amazing profession in this company, Hector Macho Camacho also had some legal problems along with dependence to drugs. In 2005, Hector Macho Camacho was charged due to the burglary he was involved into. In 2008, Hector Macho Camacho won among the most important titles in his career as a fighter, that has been the World Boxing Empire middleweight champion. In 2011, his life became more difficult when he sufferd a few shots in San Juan, nevertheless, afterwards it was inquired that after these shootings Hector Macho Camacho had not been injured. It was also understood that he physically abused his kids.
1 Was shot in Puerto Rico on November 20, 2012.
3 He had three sons with ex-wife, Amy: Christian (born 1 December 1989), Justin (born 1992), and Tyler Camacho (born 1998). He was also the father of Héctor 'Machito' Camacho Jr. (born in 20 September 1978, to a former girlfriend).
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"Fitness has Nothing to Do with Fatness": Teen Athletes Speak Out about Body Positivity
June 19, 2020 by Ava Kitzi
Photo credit: Natalie Talbert
If the older generations looked to magazines like Vogue and Cosmopolitan to see prevailing beauty standards, teens today have a guide to the model body, how to (unhealthily) achieve it, and their self-worth if they can't, in their pockets all day, with no escape. Social media. It's flooded with get-fit-quick schemes, detox teas, and photoshop, and it's no secret that the perfected bodies teens see on Instagram are a major prompter for eating disorders and body image issues. And while teen CrossFitters probably aren't obsessed with fashion models like their peers, the people they see as they scroll do create a high standard that can be just as destructive.
17-year-old Emma Spath knows the consequences of this new cultural touchpoint particularly well. Spath qualified for the 2018 CrossFit Games in the 14-15 division, years after setting her mind on getting to the Games when gymmate Brooke Ence earned a trip in 2015.
"Watching Brooke compete was definitely when I decided I wanted to go to the Games," Spath said. "Seeing her on TV, I knew that's where I wanted to be."
In the 2017 Age Group Online Qualifier, 14-year-old Spath placed 36 worldwide, just 16 spots out of the Games. So when the 2018 Open and AGOQ rolled around, she came out with a vengeance and ambition that seemed to surprise even her.
"I think I redid one of the workouts three times," Spath laughed, recalling that she tried to give herself as many tries as possible to qualify for the Games.
Spath recalled deleting social media, advising her friends not to talk to her, and avoiding the leaderboard in order to stay focused during the weekend of the Qualifier. And in the end, it paid off. Spath placed 18 in the AGOQ in 2018, punching her ticket to Madison. After scores had been finalized the Wednesday after the AGOQ, Spath got the good news surrounded by her favorite people.
"It's an amazing feeling," Spath said. "It was one of my favorite moments of my whole life."
As the school year finished up and Spath looked down the barrel of a summer full of training, she took on a new challenge to up her game — counting macronutrients. According to Spath, though, her motivations weren't in the right place.
Spath: "I wasn't just working out to be a CrossFit Games athlete, I was working out to look more like the CrossFit Games athlete I thought I should be."
As her drive to be taken seriously as a Games athlete grew throughout the summer, Spath fell into a cycle of restricting and binging, resulting in a Binge Eating Disorder. For the month leading up to the Games, Spath moved to Idaho to live with her coach so she could focus on training with other competitors. As a result of the intensity of her training and restrictive eating, Spath recalls her body constantly telling her to "give me food!" which led her to repeatedly binge eat.
Photo credit: Daniel J. West
When the Games finally came around, Spath remembers being too stressed about the food she was eating, how her body looked, and what people thought of her to really take in the few days of glory she had worked for years to earn. And while Spath does remember the many happy moments from the Games, like meeting other like-minded teens that made her feel less isolated, a surprise visit from her grandparents, and the workouts, she says her anxiety about her body and food tainted the experience.
"Thinking back on the Games is really sad for me," Spath admitted. "I was living my dream and I was so obsessed with food and my body that I wasn't actually living in it, which is really sad."
When Spath returned home from Madison though, she slowly started to recognize the toxicity of her relationship with food and began her journey of recovery. Which, over the past 20 months since the 2018 Games, has led her to become an outspoken advocate for self-love and body positivity in (and out of) the CrossFit space.
"As CrossFitters, I think we're taught to appreciate what our bodies can do," Spath said. "But at the same time, we see the one-percent (athletes), and it's very rare that you can actually look like that, be that lean."
Unfortunately, Spath is joined by many other teen CrossFit athletes that are also struggling with different phases of eating disorders, body dysmorphia, and other body image issues. Spath said that because she doesn't have the typical, "perfect" body type that you see on social media, she used her platform to prove that "fitness has nothing to do with fatness."
Photo credit: Ash McClintic
"I felt a bit misplaced at the Crossfit Games because I felt like I didn't have the abs or muscle definition that the others had," 2019 Games athlete Josefin Andersson admitted.
Andersson recalls struggling with body image issues since she was as young as eight-years-old, and always having her current daily calorie count in her head since.
When she traveled from Sweden to Madison last summer, Andersson felt different than the other athletes, and wouldn't take her shirt off, even after a tough workout. And while 16-year-old Andersson does appreciate that her goals as a Games athlete require a different body type than that of the Victoria's Secret models, she does believe that some big-name Games athletes can create just as much toxicity.
"It hurts knowing you don't look like (Katrin Davidsdottir)," Andersson said. "Crossfit influencers love showing their lean meals even though they probably eat a lot more, but to young impressionable girls seeing those posts it looks like that is the only way for them to look like that."
Photo credit: RX'd Photography
In an interview with the Morning Chalk Up, Spath said she believes the toxic culture surrounding food in CrossFit is more a result of social media. But sometimes, when the two come together, it can be ever more calamitous. For example, when three-time Games athlete Sheila Barden posted an ab-pic on Instagram in 2019, people were furious.
"Sheila, I want to look like you." "I want Ab Veins!" "Damn Girl! Teach me your ways." "You have amazing genetics." — ⬆ All Real DMs in the Past 24 Hours ⬆ — Y'all, real talk: You want a summer beach body? Want people to be jealous of your physique? EAT LESS FOOD! You're worried about making sure it fits in your macros or keto or paleo or whatever, and you're so consumed with following some fad diet that you've forgotten the #1 Rule: BURN MORE CALORIES THAN YOU CONSUME! — During cuts, I go to bed hungry 5 out of 7 nights a week. I eat less food than I'm burning on a daily basis. I force my body to use my stored fat from the winter as fuel. — Put down the cookie, the glass of wine and the second serving of chicken. "Healthy Foods" will still make you fat if you're eating more calories than you're burning in a day – #Fact Eat less food for 30 days straight and you'll be amazed at how quickly your body changes ? — No magic pill, just less food.
A post shared by Sheila Barden (@sheila_sue) on Mar 18, 2019 at 10:53am PDT
To many teen athletes, Barden's message of "eat less, go to bed hungry, burn more than you consume" was heartbreaking and wrong, Spath among them. Diet-culture opponents were quick to sound off in the comments, sharing messages of disappointment for Barden and encouragement for girls going through these struggles.
"It worries me that some people might believe you after reading this post," AGOQ athlete Olivia Skogstrand commented. "Reading what you wrote can be really triggering for others and people like you writing this is one reason why people develop eating disorders. They believe that they have to starve themselves to feel worthy and good."
But, of course, there are other girls who have been saved by CrossFit. Among them are Delia Moises and Karis Jackson, two tough 14-15 competitors placing 20th and 70th respectively in the 2020 AGOQ. Like many of their peers, they've been competitive athletes in a variety of sports — volleyball, cross country, and track — and were driven by an urge to look skinnier. Both Moises and Jackson developed eating disorders, restricting their calories to extreme amounts, still never satisfied with their bodies.
Moises: "I would avoid eating in social situations, cancel plans so I could get my run in, and wouldn't eat cake on my birthday."
Jackson was struggling just like Moises, and when she saw the 2017 CrossFit Games documentary, "The Redeemed and the Dominant," she knew that was her way out. Jackson was eating as few as 600 calories a day, but when CrossFit came into her life, she slowly but surely grew with her body image and eating habits.
"What helped me in recovering (was) realizing all the amazing things my body was capable of, and how much I should appreciate it and be thankful for it," Jackson explained. "I finally realized stressing about what your body looks like just wastes precious time in our lives."
And so while CrossFit is most certainly healing some young athletes as they grow up and navigate a new world of social media and body comparisons, the issues that athletes like Emma Spath have faced are prevalent and concerning.
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Propeleda – rodzaj małży morskich należących do podgromady pierwoskrzelnych. Do rodzaju Propeleda należą następujące gatunki:

 Propeleda carpenteri (Dall, 1881)
 Propeleda ensicula (Angas, 1877)
 Propeleda extenuata (Dall, 1897)
 Propeleda fortiana (Esteves, 1984)
 Propeleda longicaudata (Thiele, 1912)
 Propeleda louiseae (A. H. Clarke, 1961)
 Propeleda paucistriata Allen & Sanders, 1996
 Propeleda platessa (Dall, 1890)
 Propeleda trulliformis Marwick, 1931 †

Przypisy

Bibliografia

 Percy A. Morris, Pacific coast shells including shells of Hawaii and the gulf of California, The Easton Press, Norwalk, 1986, s.2-4

Pierwoskrzelne


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EastEnders' actor David Witts: People think I'm gay because I'm nicer than the character I play
EastEnders star David Witts has posed for Attitude and says that he would be happy if his character Joey Branning turned out to be gay – but he thinks it's unlikely.
"I think it's very unlikely that he will end up gay. But if he did, that would be fine," DS reports the 21-year-old actor said. "I'm not opposed to it. I've played gay before.
"I get [called gay] all the time. You type 'David Witts' into Google and the suggested third word is gay.
"I'm like, 'No! He's not gay!' But because he's nice, and he's not like his character, he must be gay. No! Broaden your mind a touch."
Witts, who is heterosexual, also described himself as "a little more awkward" than his "dick" of a character, but said that he is not opposed to stripping off more on EastEnders if the producers requires it.
"I am a little more awkward than Joey in the way I carry myself," he said. "I don't dress in a masculine way like Joey.
"Everything he wears is to enhance his physique whereas I would sooner just cover myself up with a big coat and a hat and a pair of glasses."
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Travelers are constantly looking for new places to visit for unique experiences. The world provides many cities to choose from. However, financial constraints sometimes make it hard for travelers to enjoy their desired experience. Here are some of the top cities that you can visit across the United States without breaking the bank.
With a record of up to 3 million tourists annually, San Antonio has a lot to offer travelers from around the world. In addition to the vibrant Mexican culture, this city is home to the Alamo, River Walk District, San Antonio Missions National Historic Park and other attractions that provide remarkable travel experiences. San Antonio, TX has a well developed transport network and affordable accommodation facilities that allow travelers to enjoy amazing low budget expeditions.
Kansas City has on many occasions been voted as the most affordable city in the US. This Midwest City is a remarkable destination for travelers to experience diverse cultures, cuisines and art. Its strategic location makes transport quite easy and affordable. The average accommodation rates are also on the low with lots of free attractions across the city. Some of the best places to visit here include Boulevard Brewing Company, Harley Davidson Plant, Crossroads Art District and Kaleidoscope.
Unlike the neighboring New York City, Philadelphia is a more affordable alternative for travelers. The City of Brotherly Love is sprawling with numerous historical sites, eateries and entertainment spots all of which you can explore for quite less. Some of the key attractions to check out in Philadelphia include the Independence Hall, Liberty Bell, National Constitution Center and street food outlets.
Listed among the America's most visited cities, San Diego has a variety of attractions and sites as well as an incredible weather all year round. Travel might sometimes be a little on the high end but there are lots of options to consider. Besides, this coastal Pacific city has some of the best bargains in terms of accommodations and attractions. The most famous attractions in the city are San Diego Zoo, Sea World and Legoland.
Other amazing cities for travelers with limited budgets include Atlanta, Houston, Denver, New Orleans, Memphis, Arizona and Phoenix.
Everybody wants to travel but time is a limiting factor for everyone. Basically, time moves very fast for everybody no matter what they do. You just need to know how to create time to travel in your busy schedule. Essentially, you don't need a whole month to travel. There are many opportunities that you can exploit and travel.
You can travel over the weekend or travel on a Friday to spend the weekend somewhere else. Two days may not seem like a lot of time. However, they are enough for exploring a town, city or camp. Therefore, consider going on weekend trips more often. In any case, traveling to a distant place for two days is better than not traveling at all.
Do you have a week only to travel? Then choose a nearby travel destination. That's because when you have time limit, you risk spending all time traveling to a distant destination. That means you won't have enough time to explore the destination. Therefore, choose a close destination to ensure that you have enough time to explore. What's more, you are likely to get a better flight deal when you choose a close destination.
Many people do not tour their localities enough. For instance, how often do you explore new establishments in your city or visit the museums? Although there are many attractions in the place where you live, you may not have time or interest to visit them. But, they are very thrilling and they attract travelers from different parts of the world. Therefore, take a weekend and travel to a local attraction. That way, you will satisfy your travel bug and even understand or learn more about your locality.
Avoid striving to see everything that the earth has to offer travelers. This will make you run too much. You can't see the entire Europe in one or two weeks. If you try to see everything within a limited time, you will burden your itinerary. You will be overwhelmed by travel destinations and eventually give up. Thus, you will decide to put off travel until you have 'enough time' to travel. To avoid this, stick to one or few attractions. That way, you will see them all and satisfy your desire to travel. Bear in mind the fact that less is usually more in travel.
So, if you think you don't have time to travel, think about the nearby destinations that you can visit. Use your limited time productively, think, and plan your itinerary wisely. Bear in mind that travel is largely about exploration. And exploration happens anywhere for any duration.


Is it too early to think about back to school stuff? No. No it is not! Head to Kmart this coming Saturday and they can help you make even a little dent in your supply list.
This coming Saturday, 8/6, is yet another Freebie Saturday at Kmart. Bring the kids with you and they can score a free Back-To-School item! What is it? We don't know!! But, hey, every little bit helps when it comes to shopping for school supplies! This offer is available for kids 12 and under. And will only be available on a first come first serve basis, so make sure to get there early.


Michigan is blessed with many wonderful waterfalls! Join us on a journey across this great state, looking at over 200 waterfalls, large and small, as we take a picturesque tour of this incredible, watery wonderland. Along the way you are sure to find new favorites, and perhaps revisit old standbys.
Once you start finding waterfalls, you may have an urge to discover even more. It's a fantastic way to spend time in the great outdoors and enjoy the beauty that surrounds us. So get your family and friends together and start planning your ultimate Michigan waterfalls adventure.


I don't know what it is about books about midwives that appeals to me so much, but I can almost guarantee I will read a novel about them. Maybe it all began after I read (and loved!) MIDWIVES by Chris Bohjalian, or maybe it's because my first daughter was delivered by a midwife. I'm not really sure, but I do know that the new book THE SECRETS OF MIDWIVES by Sally Hepworth looked terrific.
THE SECRETS OF MIDWIVES tells the story of three generations of women who are all midwives. Neva Bradley is the youngest midwife and is trying to keep the details surrounding her surprise pregnancy a secret. Her mother, Grace, has very different ideas. Grace and Neva don't have much in common besides their occupation, and their relationship has been strained through the years. Neva does her best to respect Neva's privacy, but she just can't help herself -- she has to know! And then there's Floss, Neva's grandmother and Grace's mother. Floss is a retired midwife that is reminded of her own past when she learns that her granddaughter is going to be a single mother.
The novel travels back and forth between the present and the past as the mysteries surrounding Neva and Floss's pregnancies come to light. If the truths are ever revealed, there will be consequences for all three women that could potentially have devastating effects on their relationships.
I really enjoyed THE SECRETS OF MIDWIVES. The characters were interesting, as were the mysteries surrounding their lives; and I was definitely by the story. It actually ended up being a quick read for me in a time where I'm having a hard time finding much of anything I want to read! I won't go so far as to say that the book had any earth shattering revelations, and truth be told, it did wrap up pretty neatly; however, it was an entertaining novel all the same!
One thing that definitely appealed to me about THE SECRETS OF MIDWIVES was the actual "midwife" aspect of the story. I thought Ms. Hepworth did a very good job with presenting the different types of midwives. Floss was a traditional midwife from England back in the 1950s, while Grace was definitely more of a "granola-type" midwife who did house deliveries and had disdain for doctors. Neva was a midwife who worked in a more formal, hospital-like setting with doctors. In addition to presenting the different types of midwives through these three women, the author did a great job of treating all of their practice methods equally. Actually, she did a great job of presenting all birthing options (doctor or midwife, natural or c-section, drugs or no drugs) as the right one... depending on the mother's preference.
Another aspect of THE SECRETS OF MIDWIVES that I enjoyed was how well the author tied Neva and Floss's stories together. I can't go into too much or I'll end up giving away some of the surprises in the story, but suffice it to say that will their stories were similar in that they were both single mother. However, Floss's story definitely had a little more drama to it than Neva's. I appreciated how Floss, upon learning about her granddaughter's pregnancy, was sent reeling back into her past. Many of the secrets she'd been keeping for decades resurfaced, and she had to decide if telling the truth after all these years would do more harm than good.
And finally, I liked that the story ended the way it did. Was I surprised by anything? Not really, and sometimes I have to wonder if everything was tied together a little too neatly with a pretty bow! Having said that, I think I would have been disappointed by anything else. I wanted a happy ending for these characters that I had grown to love, and I liked the themes about mothering and sacrifice.
I'm sure you can already tell that THE SECRETS OF MIDWIVES would make a terrific book club discussion, especially if you're group is like mine and consists of moms. There is a reading guide with ten discussion questions. Some of the themes you might want to explore include secrets (of course!), mother/daughter relationships, sacrifice, trust, privacy, marriage, love, birthing choices, single mothers, and family.
THE SECRETS OF MIDWIVES is an entertaining read that will appeal to fans of women's fiction. Highly recommended!
From the title, I thought this was historical fiction so I passed on it. Now I'm kicking myself. It sounds terrific!
I hadn't heard of this one, but it sounds great! I like the idea of different threads weaving together through the different generations. Thanks for the review!
I love books about midwives, too! I think I must have been one in a previous life or something. Will check this one out.


Students of Xplora Design Skool, as part of their foundation program, were given the challenge to find & solve pressing social issues from their local environment. The challenge was of 2 weeks duration in which they had to understand and run a Design Thinking project involving – broadly 3 stages: Exploration stage, Experimentation stage & Expression stage, these 3 stages cover the Problem finding & defining the domain, and, problem-solving domain. Whereby sensitizing students with steps in each of these stages i.e. Empathy, observation skills, scouting for problems and defining the problem they want to solve, idea generation & finally prototyping & testing the solution with a thematic exhibition.
Which Social problems to take-up as the Design Project?
To observe and find a problem/ challenge, the students went to field area "the city of Ahmadabad, the aim was to see if they could observe and notice a problem faced by their fellow citizen.
The most prominent thing that the team observed was the excess use of mobile and the use of social media networking, which the students themselves are aware of, and the most evident was the that created havoc among the youngster on the metro cities the "THE BLUE WHALE" game on the social media. There were two sets of people found those who said I use a cell phone to release my stress and the others who said we break from mobile and do our jobs.
The students then discussed for which broader domain to choose for these.
Brainstorming was a great help to zero down on one out of many Social issues observed. Brainstorming was a great help to zero down on one out of many Social issues observed. And that was "THE SOCIAL MEDIA".
Students then engaged in brain writing on "Social Media", to come up with a range of words, Ideas, visuals, experiences – from which emerged further specific problems and concerns.
Students define the problem narrowly – so as to be more effective followed by next empathizing with citizens to know their stories and experiences.
The team talked to approx. 15 people from different walks of life, presented here is an interview which stood out and guided the students to narrow their focus on – THE PROBLEM. The team of students divided themselves for different activities; first, they sat to make questionnaires – framing the kind of questions to be asked that will bring out hidden views, i.e. students good with rapport building talked to the citizens, whereas others documented the interview by taking notes, photographs, and videos.
Also online business is killing the local business which is not helping in the development of the country.
Now the team got excited about solving one of the pressing problems and found it challenging too, this was the test to select and define the problem.
From empathy emerged different areas like Cybercrime, entertainment, health-related issues, distractions, online businesses as areas of social media that need to be researched and discussed.
The students gathered information related to the topic from different sources like Wikipedia, google scholar, etc. Some of the team members talked to experts and noted their views. Different articles were collected from renowned newspapers, magazines, etc. Taking pictures and videos were also a major part of the research.
The students then went documenting the findings & learning and presenting it in a digital format.
Ideation: A thorough research helped in developing a better understanding of problems to be addressed and at the same time it triggered many ideas about solving the problems. This eventually helped to generate ideas and concepts, this made very clear that the chosen topic "social media" has been seen in different ways. There were two different points of view that flashed out, Good (those were the users who understand that it is the best thing they have in their life), two were people who think it as a great destruction and is not good if it goes beyond its extreme.
Initially, it was a great problem as for how to approach or visualize it and how to convey that there are two different approaches to look at it, is it really good or is it really bad, or both impacts are equal.
An idea of showing a model with a strings attaché to tiny people in the world/Globe.
"Creating two point of views and the impact in a single viewpoint with showing and connecting the globe with the social media's negative and positive impacts in one. Positive is with Angel side and Negative with Devil seen in the mirror showing the side effects, from the front side of the Angel.
Making of the mood board from research material on "The Screen and beyond".
This process involved the creation of a model/an installation to convert the Idea into a tangible form for better understanding and intended impact. Making the creation cost effective was a challenge and so to create the model using waste material worked at its best.
Cut out Model of a devil and an angel was created using carton box and for the globe, a bamboo basket was used by covering it with old newspaper and a white sheet, similarly, all the other elements were created with Waste packing martial.
The project was greatly appreciated when it was kept open to the parents, student's friends, and the general public. The student team invited media persons to cover the same so that citizens of the city could be made aware and spread the message.
The student's team of Xplora Design Skool involved passionately in this project.


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