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Survey assessing Riley County community needs opens online
By KMAN Staff on September 20, 2019 Local News, Manhattan, Riley County
A 2019 study assessing the social, economic and health needs of the Riley County community rolled out this week, coordinated by an area social service group.
The Flint Hills Wellness Coalition facilitated a comprehensive community needs assessment in 2015 and Chair Debbie Nuss says prior to that it had been 20 years since any similar studies were conducted. The survey covers issues ranging from quality of life as well as physical and mental health to housing, transportation and wage conditions.
Nuss says with the transient community in the Manhattan and Riley County area that turns over by more than 30 percent every 4 years, regular studies are essential.
"The needs of the community are likely to change because of that population shift," says Nuss. "The information that it provides will be very beneficial to charting what happens in the community over the next 5 years."
In addition to the survey, they identify around 30 individuals to be independently interviewed about the community's strengths and weaknesses. This time is different, according to Nuss, as in 2015 they spoke with community leaders and elected officials but many of their responses ended up being similar. They plan to focus on the more average resident this year.
"We're hoping by talking with 3 people who live and work and just go about their daily lives that we might get some different insights and perspectives about the community."
The FHWC keeps responses anonymous, but makes the overall data collected available to the community, government bodies in addition to public service and health agencies.
"If we can do it collaboratively and all get on kind of the same schedule, then we're not over-surveying the community," Nuss says. "People get tired of taking surveys — while our community is very responsive, if you survey them too often then the response rate drops off."
They received approximately 1500 respondents in 2015 and if any population is under-represented in the study, Nuss says they reach out to community leaders and conduct interviews with a focus group made up of residents from that demographic.
"So last time we did that with 18 to 24 year olds, the Hispanic population and low-income individuals," says Nuss. "So we'll do that again this time based on what the final response rate looks like."
Feedback on the survey questions in the 2015 edition was sought from community groups, but Nuss says the questions were kept as similar as possible in order to have more direct data comparisons between that and this year's survey and identify where more resources may need to be directed.
The survey takes between 20 and 30 minutes to complete. It's open through Friday, October 11, and can be found online. Hard copies can be printed and turned into the Riley County Seniors' Service Center or Riley County Health Department.

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PEN International: Keeping Score at the 2018 World Cup
Posted on 15.06.2018 16.06.2018 by maria
Keeping Score at the 2018 World Cup: Reporting on the dark side of Russia
Since 1992, 58 journalists have been murdered in Russia, the majority with total impunity.
Today, football teams from around the world will congregate in Russia for the 2018 World Cup. To mark the start of the tournament, PEN International is launching 'Keeping Score 2018', a digital campaign highlighting the human rights violations perpetrated by Russia and calling on its authorities to respect and protect freedom of expression and human rights.
'The World Cup brings people together from around the world, irrespective of race, gender and religion. To uphold these values, it is our responsibility to highlight and hold to account governments that abuse power to oppress and silence those who stand in opposition. PEN will not turn a blind eye to the egregious violations of the Russian government because human rights are not negotiable under any circumstance.' – Said Jennifer Clement, PEN International president.
PEN International has long campaigned for justice for writers in Russia, including in the cases of killed journalists Anna Politkovskaya, Natalia Estemirova and Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev. More recently, PEN International and a number of its Centres around the world have been campaigning for the freedom of Ukrainian writer and film director, Oleg Sentsov. Sentsov has been serving a 20-year prison sentence since 2014, after being convicted on spurious terrorism charges after a grossly unfair trial by a Russian military court, marred by allegations of torture. He has been on hunger strike since 14 May 2018 to urge the Russian authorities to release all Ukrainian nationals currently imprisoned in Russia on politically motivated grounds.
'The so-called charge of "terrorism" against Oleg Sentsov, and his sentencing of 20 years in prison, followed by his hunger strike, which continues, together are one more tragic instance where the real nature of rule in the Russian Federation breaks the surface. The regime would like brave men – and women – like Sentsov to be quickly forgotten. It is important that we don't let that happen.' – said Tom Stoppard, PEN member and British playwright.
'The Russian PEN Center expresses deep concern about the situation with the film maker and writer Oleg Sentsov, and appeals to the President of the Russian Federation and other Russian authorities with an urgent request to show mercy to him as his physical suffering grows.' – Russian PEN Center.
In recent years, the free expression environment in Russia has continued to worsen. Laws passed since Vladimir Putin's return to the presidency in May 2012 have dramatically increased the Russian authorities' control over the flow of information, online and offline. Much of this crackdown has been fuelled by Russia's foreign policy, in particular its role in the conflict in neighbouring Ukraine and its armed intervention in Syria.
The clampdown on free speech is accompanied by mounting pressure on journalists and writers to stay in line with official opinion and by blocking websites carrying opposition views.
'The Russian authorities should fully comply with their international obligations by ensuring that journalists and bloggers are free to collect and disseminate information without obstruction and fear of reprisals, and by immediately ceasing overly broad blocking of websites.' – said Elena Chizhova, director of St Petersburg PEN and Russian novelist.
'According to Memorial Human Rights Centre there are 158 political prisoners in Russia. We at the Free Word Association have not forgotten the persecutions of those involved in peaceful protests from May 2012 to the present day, with new cases continuing to emerge. The FIFA World Cup should not be overshadowed by the suffering of people who are held in custody solely for their opinions. Oleg Sentsov has been on hunger strike for more than thirty days already. We cannot not let him die.' – Free World Association.
Throughout the World Cup, PEN International will be highlighting key cases of persecuted and killed journalists and calling on Russia to cease pressurising, demonising or criminalising peaceful opposition voices.
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Google+ Social network brought together 500+ Photographers who collaborated to publish "Plus One Collection", a Photography Book. Google+ served as a strong medium to gather a targeted community with similar interests, and helped them share ideas (and photos) and decide to share their work with the world. A team of 11 photographers chose the final images.
It was interesting to see how easy it was to publish and print books using Blurb, a self book publishing platform, and that too for a few dollars only. I checked that Blurb allows you to preview first 15 pages of the ebook One Collection" easily as a promotional gesture.
You can buy the ebook for $5 only and get softcover for $65 and hardcover for $75. Moreover, they decided to donate all the book sale funds to Kiva, a non profit organization which helps people across the world with microloans by people like you and me, with as little as $25!


Despite his recent setbacks, Vladimir Putin is likely to be returned to the Kremlin by the presidential election in March. The West will have to live with this result. But what sort of Russia will the world be dealing with?
Putin and his colleagues needed and expected two outcomes to the elections to the Russian parliament, the Duma, in December last year: a tolerable working majority for the government party, United Russia; and public acceptance of such a result. They got the first, even though United Russia did markedly worse than in 2007, but they got it by massive and publicly detected fraud, even coercion, and so failed to get the second.
The first demonstrations were comparatively small scale, and as such looked familiar to the authorities. But arrests, truncheons, and compliant judges sentencing selected victims were not enough. Tens of thousands came out to protest on December 10 - and even more on December 24 - and not just in Moscow. More demonstrations are planned.
Putin's system has its own institutionalised pathology. Concentrating power at the centre must be a continuing and self-reinforcing process. As Putin has become accountable only to himself, so the rest of his "vertical of power" has been liberated from responsibility. The abuse of authority has become the norm for all levels of the Russian state, and the state machinery's ability to manage the country has declined in parallel.
The presidency of Dmitry Medvedev did nothing serious to change this dynamic beyond fomenting the idea - unintentionally - that Russia was somehow heading in the wrong direction, a fear heightened by the damage done to the country by the global economic crisis beginning in 2008, and Russia's comparatively slow recovery from it.
Medvedev's abrupt announcement in September that Putin should be United Russia's preferred candidate for the presidency, plus Putin's proposal that his junior partner should take over the prime minister slot which he was vacating, highlighted the regime's preoccupation with itself, its arrogance, and its lack of strategic purpose beyond survival, so far as possible with its core group unchanged.
Both men have insisted that the Duma elections were properly managed, and that if there were violations, that they were minor, and that the perpetrators will be punished. They can hardly do otherwise, still less concede a re-run. They can take comfort from the fact that the tame non-government parties that have got seats in the new Duma are also reluctant to face the voters again. But that is not the end of it. The Duma which a re-elected President Putin must work with has little legitimacy, particularly if the votes returning him on March 4, or in the second round, look Botoxed. A suspect Duma and a compromised president would compound Russia's lack of autonomous institutions to channel demands for change.
Putin and his supporters are right to say that those taking part in the demonstrations have no agreed programme beyond calling for a re-run of the December election, and no common leadership. But that is no reason to treat them with contempt, or to claim them as hired agents of a malevolent US. The regime ought instead to fear them, in the knowledge that they represent a considerable part of Russian society, whose alienation from the country's present rulers has increased over recent years, and will very likely continue to grow. These people and their sympathisers reject Putin - and despise Medvedev as a weakling. They are not calling for revolutionary change, but for their rulers to be accountable to Russian law.
Putin and his associates have made some pro forma response to their critics, but nothing to suggest that the next presidency will be any different from the past three. The structural changes that would allow Russia to build a secure economic and political future would threaten not just the small ruling group but also the wider set of people exploiting their powers under the present set-up, and others, from pensioners to those working in obsolescent enterprises. It is no wonder that neither the pro-Kremlin party nor Putin has set out a strategic vision for the future beyond promising that more of the same will bring prosperity. This flies in the face of reality. Probably sooner rather than later during the next six years, Russia will have to rein in excessive budgetary spending, adjust to possible oil price falls, and tackle the plague of corruption.
The next Putin presidency is more likely to prove reactionary at home and anti-Western abroad than reformist. Western policy-makers will have the consolation that that trajectory will be disputed in Russia, and that its prescriptions will not meet Russia's longer-term needs. The bitter truth is that Putin can no longer offer stability, either by liberally tinged change or by tighter discipline. The world must be prepared to adjust to what will, in due course, follow that failure.


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Warren, R., Price, J., Graham, E., Forstenhaeusler, N., & VanDerWal, J. (2018). The projected effect on insects, vertebrates, and plants of limiting global warming to 1.5°C rather than 2°C. Science (New York, N.Y.), 360(6390), 791–795. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aar3646
The DOI is included at the very end of the reference. If an online work has both a DOI and a URL, include only the DOI. However, if the source only has a URL, then include the URL at the end of the reference.
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Enrollment in the course is limited to 10 people and the cost to take it is $500, which includes $300 for the CNA class and $200 for clinicals.
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Ben Maher's world number one horse sold
Eleanor Jones 25 November, 2019 17:56
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Ben Maher's championship medal-winning horse has been sold – but the news will not signal an end for the brilliant partnership as Ben will keep the ride.
Poden Farms has sold world number one showjumper Explosion W to Pamela Wright and Charlotte Rossetter, after "multiple offers and a series of negotiations headed up by owner Neil Moffitt, whose priority was to keep Explosion W with Ben and under the British flag".
Mr Moffitt said the four years of owning Explosion, with whom Ben won the Longines Global Champions Tour super grand prix in Prague this weekend, had been an "incredible journey".
"Ben and Explosion have been an integral part of our London Knights team success and, with this sale, that partnership will remain intact. It was imperative to us that Explosion also continue to compete for Great Britain and so we are delighted that this agreement has been reached.
"We wish Ms Wright and Mrs Rossetter the best in their new endeavour and look forward to watching the rest of this remarkable story unfold."
Ben, who also took individual silver and was on the bronze medal-winning British team at this summer's European Championships with the 10-year-old gelding, said the horse has been "a huge part of my life and success these past few years".
"My relationship with Poden Farms has been hugely successful over the past few years," he added.
"I have been very fortunate to have ridden and developed some incredibly talented horses with them and I look forward to many more successful years together.
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Ben Maher: 'I've had many good horses but Explosion is something different'
Silver for Britain as Switzerland bag gold in nail-biting conclusion to European Showjumping Championships
Ben Maher and Explosion W have added an individual European silver medal to their tally
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"Explosion is a true character and we have a very special bond. I am overwhelmingly humbled to Pamela Wright and Charlotte Rossetter for entrusting me with this special horse. I am thrilled with the partnership and look forward to seeing what the future brings."
Ms Wright and Mrs Rossetter added: "We are thrilled by the opportunity to be a part of Explosion's story. He is a magnificent horse that has already made a mark on the world and we look forward to seeing what new heights he will achieve in the future.
"We are excited to embark on this journey with Ben Maher, with whom we've already established a fantastic partnership."
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This weekend we are on a little Byway getaway in Orange Country on the California coast (infamously known as the OC). We decided to get away from the desert and head to the beach. One of the beautiful things about living in Pioneertown is that you are only a couple of hours from Los Angeles and San Diego and all the beach places in between. We thought we would escape the desert heat, but the heat followed us here as we are in the midst of a record-breaking heat wave all over this part of California. In spite of the heat, we are having a great time being in this different environment.
We are staying in Laguna Beach for the weekend, but today friends took us down the coast to share with us one of their favorite spots in the area - Dana Point. Dana Point is about an hour south of Los Angeles and less than 10 miles south of Laguna Beach. It is a pretty drive down the coast on Highway 1. Dana Point is a town, but it is also one of the few harbors in the OC area. The harbor/wharf/cove area has ample free parking, fun beach/picnic areas, a place to launch boats and kayaks, and lots of little restaurants at the wharf. The wharf is also a launching point for whale watching tours, sport fishing tours, and boats to Catalina Island. Dana Point has held an annual Festival of Whales in March, since 1972.
You will find the Ocean Institute here, with a replica of the tall ship Pilgrim outside. A tall ship festival is held here every September - the largest on the west coast of the US. The Pilgrim was Richard Henry Dana Jr's ship and Dana Point was named for him. He described the area as "the only romantic spot on the coast." I don't know the coast around here enough to judge that statement, but it is a very nice place and I would recommend a visit here if you are coming to the area.
We spent the afternoon at the harbor/wharf watching the boats, kayakers and pelicans along the docks, then walked around Dana Point Cove. Past the beach area one can walk quite far and the rocks and tidal pools are beautiful. Here are a few of my favorite photos from the day to capture the place. Its worth a stop on your Byway.
Pelicans hoping for some fish.
Pacific Ocean View from Dana Point.
Favorite thing I found beach combing at Dana Point Cove.
Found on the beach in Dana Point Cove.


When you hear the words "proprioception training" what comes to mind?
Perhaps you envision a patient rehabbing a sprained ankle or picture a client standing on a wobble board. If you were to do a Google image search for "proprioception training" you would get hundreds of pictures demonstrating balance exercises or single-limb exercises on unstable surfaces.
Despite the popularity of instability training and unstable surfaces, have you ever wondered how effective these techniques really are at improving joint proprioceptive awareness?
If we were to take a look some of the recent research you may be surprised to find out that unstable surfaces are not as effective at improving joint proprioception as their manufacturers would like us to believe.
A 2004 study by Verhagen et al. demonstrated that after six weeks of wobble board training there was no improvement in protective benefit to the ankle in both health and previously injured subjects.
Another study by Soderman et al. similarly demonstrated no benefit in elite soccer players when integrating instability training into their program. In fact, they actually saw an increase in knee injuries with instability training.
If the research doesn't support instability training for improving joint proprioception, what techniques are supported by research?
To answer this question we must first ensure that we have an accurate understanding of proprioception and how it is measured in the body.
Often confused with kinesthetic awareness, proprioception is our internal messaging system which provides sensory information regarding local joint position to the central nervous system (CNS). In return the CNS provides motor responses back down to the joints (muscles) ensuring adequate dynamic joint stability.
There are many different types of proprioceptors found within the body all varying in nerve size, distribution and reaction time.
Large nerve proprioceptors are probably the most well known but are associated with a slower reaction time. Large nerve proprioceptors can be found in our muscle tendon junction, joint capsules, ligaments and hairy skin with the most common being the golgi tendon organs and the muscle spindles.
Conversely, the faster, small nerve proprioceptors can be found in plantar foot skin, palmar hand skin and within our fascia. These under-appreciated proprioceptors provide faster and more finite joint position information and if trained properly can lead to faster dynamic joint stability.
So ultimately if small nerve proprioceptors are faster at providing and processing joint position information we must shift our current proprioception training protocol from large nerve to small nerve.
So then how exactly are these small nerve proprioceptors targeted?
Anyone who follows the Barefoot Training Specialist® Certification knows that barefoot training is one of the most effective ways to stimulate the small nerves, however, is this the only way?
Despite the skin on the bottom of the foot being highly populated with small nerve proprioceptors, there is an area of the body that is even more densely populated with small nerves. Can you guess?
Our fascia is an interconnected web of connective tissue that is contiguous with muscles, tendons, ligaments, retinaculum, periosteum—all aspects of the human body are intertwined within this myofascial web. Let's look a little closer at some of the most interesting facts in order to fully appreciate fascia.
Our fascial system is also known as the organ of form which means that it acts like an anti-gravity tissue, resisting forces (gravity) through integrated tension—often referred to as tensegrity.
Because our muscles and fascia are deeply intertwined many muscles actually attach to or originate off of our fascia. This means that as we contract our muscles, we create tension throughout our fascial system.
In addition, 10 times as many sensory nerves can be found in our fascia versus in our muscles. This means that when we contract our muscles what we actually "feel" is our fascia tensioning—not our muscles contracting.
Finally, when we look at joint specific tissue such as ligaments, retinaculum and joint capsule, all these connective tissue structures are continuous with each other and blend into the fascia. This means that many of the joint-specific connective tissue structures which are often viewed as large nerve actually contain small nerves—with the most common being the ligaments!
A 2007 cadaver study by Abu-Hijeleh et al. demonstrated that small nerve proprioceptors are found within fascia, ligaments and capsule. In addition Abu-Hijeleh et al. demonstrated a tight adherence between the different joint connective tissue suggesting that when tension is applied through our fascial web, all the joint connective tissue structures became tensioned. This interconnected tensioning is our bodies' way of establishing dynamic joint stability.
If proper tensioning of our fascia translates to faster dynamic joint stability then we must ask ourselves, how do we properly create and establish fascia tension?
In early 2015, I began to integrate the concept of fascial tensioning into the Barefoot Training Specialist® Certification. Fascial tensioning or body tension is a technique that is often used in gymnastics as a means for maintaining optimal body control during rapid impact forces such as during a tumbling pass or on the vault.
I applied this same fascial tensioning concept when explaining how the body damps impact forces during walking and running. Based on research by Nigg et al., studies have demonstrated that during dynamic movements our muscles contract isometrically to damp vibrations and to allow the potential energy of impact forces to go into our fascia and tendons.
Through further research, Schleip et al. demonstrated that isometric contractions are the secret to peak fascial tensioning via our perimysium, or fascial web that surrounds our muscle fascicles. If we were to apply the concept of isometrics and fascial tensioning to when we perform the short foot and many of the barefoot balance exercise of the Barefoot Training Specialist® Program—fascial tension can be translated through our small nerve fascial web from the bottom of the foot into the tissue that surrounds the ankle joint creating joint stiffness or ankle stability.
So how do we begin to integrate the concept of fascial tensioning and small nerve stimulation into our client or patient programming?
Concepts of fascial tensioning can be applied for both the lower extremity as well as for upper extremity joint stability. Below are sequences and exercises that I use for establishing foot-to-core tension as well as hand-to-shoulder tension.
I encourage you to view these exercises as a form of movement prep and activation sequencing before large, integrated movements you may use throughout your clients programming.
Abu-Hijeleh, M. et al. Deep fascia on the dorsum of the ankle and foot: Extensor retinaculum revisted. Clinical Anatomy. 20: 186-195 (2007).
Schleip, R. et al. Training principles for fascial connective tissues: Scientific foundation and suggest practical applications. J Bodywork Mov Ther. 17: 103-115 (2013).
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Rashaad Ernesto Green On Writing His Coming-of-Age Film 'Premature'
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Last year, Reinaldo Marcus Green made a big splash at Sundance with his taut Anthony Ramos-starring thriller Monsters and Men. This year, it's his brother, Rashaad Ernesto Green's time to shine. His feature is called Premature which fans of Green will recognize is the title of his 2008 award-winning short that also starred his same leading lady, co-writer Zora Howard. Only, the two never envisioned their feature project to be such an extension. But when they sat down to work together and develop a script about a love story set in Harlem, that earlier project about a young black girl who learns she's pregnant and must figure out how that'll affect her life kept seeping into their writing. Their resulting collaboration is both of those things: a tender love story between Ayanna (Howard) and Isaiah (Joshua Boone), as well as a coming-of-age film that sees Ayanna finding herself at that moment the title hints at: not just before you're grown-up but when you're called to grow up before your time.
Premature begins and ends with the bustling sounds of New York City's trains. The journey between, the one that takes place amidst the harried noise of a crowded subway and the buzzing trains at an empty MTA North station, is so anchored in the rhythms of the city that it manages to immediately tell you where you're at. If you've ever taken the 1 up to Harlem, you've met the group of girls the films opens with. "They bring such light in New York," Green, who's mother is Puerto Rican and grew up nearby in the Bronx, shared with Remezcla. "Getting off at 145th street you hear and see all kinds of things that may be shocking to an outsider but if you really listen there are some fantastic conversations going on. I really wanted to make New York a character and embrace that energy between young women." Joining Howard as part of the cast are Alexis Marie Wint, Tashiana Washington, and Imani Lewis, actresses and performers who bring to life this tight-knit group of friends who gossip, ogle, and hang out together the summer before Ayanna heads off to college.
Following a meet-cute at a basketball court (with its requisite discussion about basketball shorts and what dangles therein), Ayanna and Isaiah, an aspiring musician, soon start hanging out. Sun-dappled and just as interested in the flush of first love as the recent If Beale Street Could Talk, Premature marries the grit of New York City with a lyrical sensibility. Ayanna is a poet whose words we're constantly overhearing. Those voice-over moments weren't in the original treatment of the movie. But, as Green explained, it became necessary as they were editing the picture: "We realized that we wanted more access to her. We wanted more access to her interiority. She doesn't speak a lot. It wasn't enough to just see her thinking. We wanted to hear a little bit of what was going on inside. Knowing that Zora is an incredible poet I asked her to write some more poetry and record it into her iPhone. We used 90 percent of the stuff that she gave us. It was just—her poetry is incredible! I was concerned that it would get too ethereal and not real and raw New York. But it just worked. So we embraced it."
That kind of organic approach to filmmaking has served Green well. He's learned to trust his instincts and follow his passions. And while the process of making the follow-up to his first feature Gun Hill Road (2011) has taken close to a decade, he's optimistic about the present outlook for black and brown directors. "I would never question what you want to do or what the industry expects of you," he told us. "I would just wholeheartedly embrace the story that you want to tell. And make it happen by any means necessary. Don't wait. If you feel like your script is ready: go for it. If you can't make it for $2 million, then make it for $200,000. That may mean that you have to give up on the dream that Benicio del Toro will star in your film. That may mean that you'll have to make some sacrifices to get your work down. When you try to follow what seems like a traditional approach to filmmaking is where we get frustrated and our progress is stilted to some extent."
He echoes much of the advice doled out to filmmakers of color, which can feel both like a burden and a challenge: "Invest in yourself — basically you have to think outside of the box when it comes to financing. You have to be willing to adjust your expectations to make the movie that you can make, not just the movie that you want to make. So long as the story is not compromised, so long as your voice isn't compromised, just get it done."
Premature hits U.S. theaters February 21, 2020.
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Santiago Castro-Gómez (Bogotá, Colombia, 1958) es un filósofo colombiano. Es profesor en la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.

Biografía
Santiago Castro-Gómez comenzó sus estudios de Filosofía en la universidad Santo Tomás. Continuó sus estudios en las universidades Johann Wolfgang Goethe de Fráncfort del Meno y en la de Tubinga.

Pensamiento
El trabajo de Santiago Castro-Gómez se mueve en las fronteras entre la Sociología, la Antropología, los estudios culturales y los estudios literarios. Aborda problemas propios de la teoría crítica, el pensamiento decolonial y la filosofía política.

Obra
 La rebelión antropológica. El joven Marx y la izquierda hegeliana (1835-1846) (Madrid, Siglo XXI Editores, 2022).
 El tonto y los canallas: Notas para un republicanismo transmoderno (Bogotá: Universidad Javeriana, 2019).
 Historia de la gubernamentalidad II. Filosofía, cristianismo y sexualidad en Michel Foucault (Bogotá: Siglo del Hombre Editores, 2016)
 Revoluciones sin sujeto. Slavoj Zizek y la crítica del historicismo posmoderno. D.F. (México: AKAL 2015).
 Historia de la gubernamentalidad. Razón de estado, liberalismo y neoliberalismo en Michel Foucault (Bogotá: Siglo del Hombre Editores, 2010).
 Tejidos Oníricos. Movilidad, capitalismo y biopolítica en Bogotá, 1910-1930 (Bogotá: Universidad Javeriana 2009).
 Genealogías de la colombianidad: formaciones discursivas y tecnologías de gobierno en los siglos XIX y XX, editores Santiago Castro-Gómez y Eduardo Restrepo (2008).
 Reflexiones para una diversidad epistémica más allá del capitalismo global, editores Santiago Castro-Gómez y Ramón Grosfoguel (Siglo del Hombre Editores, 2007).
 La poscolonialidad explicada a los niños (Editorial Universidad del Cauca, Popayán, 2005).
 La hybris del punto cero. Ciencia, raza e ilustración en la Nueva Granada, 1750-1816 (Bogotá: Universidad Javeriana, 2005).
 Teorías sin disciplina: Latinoamericanismo, poscolonialidad y globalización en debate. Santiago Castro-Gómez y Eduardo Mendieta (1998).
 Crítica de la razón latinoamericana (Barcelona: Puvill Libros, 1996; segunda edición: Bogotá, Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2011).

Referencias

Filósofos de Colombia
Filósofos contemporáneos
Filósofos poscoloniales
Teoría crítica

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Die zyprische Squashnationalmannschaft ist die Gesamtheit der Kader des zyprischen Squashverbandes Cyprus Squash Rackets Association (). In ihm finden sich zyprische Sportler wieder, die ihr Land sowohl in Einzel- als auch in Teamwettbewerben national und international im Squashsport repräsentieren.

Historie

Herren
Zyperns Herrenmannschaft gab 1987 ihr Debüt bei den Europameisterschaften und belegte den 22. und letzten Platz. 1988 verbesserte sie sich auf Rang 20 und ließ zwei Mannschaften hinter sich. Auch 1989 erreichte sie diesen Rang, diesmal aber wieder als Letztplatzierter. Die bis heute beste Platzierung gelang 1990 mit dem 19. Platz. Erst 1999 kam es zur nächsten Teilnahme, die auf dem 21. Platz endete. Bei den bislang letzten Teilnahmen 2010 und 2012 erreichte sie jeweils Rang 26. Beim European Small Nations Squash Tournament gelang der Mannschaft, die von 1989 bis 2007 am Turnier teilnahm, in den Jahren 2002, 2004 und 2005 insgesamt dreimal der Titelgewinn. Auch beim European Nations Challenge Cup war die Mannschaft regelmäßig Teilnehmer und erreichte 2009 das Finale, das gegen die Ukraine verloren wurde.

An Weltmeisterschaften nahm die Mannschaft bislang nicht teil.

Damen
Die Damenmannschaft nahm 1991 erstmal an den Europameisterschaften teil. Sie kam dabei nicht über den 16. und damit letzten Platz hinaus. Ihre einzige weitere Teilnahme erfolgte 2010, als Zypern Rang 20 erreichte. Das European Small Nations Squash Tournament, an dem die Mannschaft von 1989 bis 2008 teilnahm, gewann die Mannschaft 1989, 1992, 1994 und 1995. Beim European Nations Challenge Cup gelang ihr 2009 und 2010 der Finaleinzug.

Auch die Damenmannschaft nahm bislang nicht an Weltmeisterschaften teil.

Weblinks
 Homepage der Cyprus Squash Rackets Association (estnisch)

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Squashnationalmannschaft
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Posted on March 3, 2019 by Portsmouth Daily Times
Timely Tigers earn redemption over Jeeps
Advance to first district final since 1985
By Jacob Smith - jsmith@aimmediamidwest.com
Kyle Sexton finished with 13 points in the Tigers 63-60 win over South Webster Sunday in Athens.
Photo courtesy of Jenny Campbell
South Webster senior Shiloah Blevins finished with 12 points, all of which came in the first half, in the Jeeps district semifinal loss to New Boston.
Ed Litteral | Daily Times
South Webster sophomore Tanner Voiers finished with a team high 15 points in the Jeeps loss to New Boston Sunday afternoon.
New Boston advances to their first district title game since 1985, with a chance to win their first district title since 1960.
ATHENS – What a difference a full season of games can make. That may seem cliché or obvious, but it's the truth in the case of the New Boston Tigers. On December 1st, the second night of a back to back, the Tigers travelled to South Webster and fell 63-61, largely due to missed free throws down the stretch.
In their rematch Sunday afternoon in the Division IV district semifinals at the Convocation Center in Athens, the Tigers made sure that wouldn't be the case again.
From the time sophomore Kyle Sexton stepped to the free throw line with 2:14 left in the fourth quarter, the Tigers closed the game 8/8 from the foul line, helping submit their 63-60 win over South Webster, New Boston's first ever win at the Convo and first district semifinal win since 1985.
"I'm super proud of the underclassmen," said New Boston senior Tyler Caldwell. "Grady Jackson hit the two biggest free throws of his life, Kyle (Sexton) goes 6/6. That's a freshman and sophomore stepping up at the Convo, not being scared to take the free throws."
The Tigers didn't just make free throws, they excelled at them to the tune of a 16/18 performance from the charity stripe. For comparison's sake, South Webster shot just 3/4 from the line.
"It was a great feeling," said sophomore Kyle Sexton. "When we played at their place, I was 1/5 from the line and Shiloah (Blevins) comes down and hits the jumper to give them one point lead. So it was great to go 6/6 from the line."
Speaking of Blevins, the talented Jeeps senior scored 12 points in the first half to lead his team at the intermission. In the halftime locker room, Tigers' head coach Adam Cox challenged his team to step up defensively and shut down South Webster's biggest threat.
"We came in at halftime down," said Cox. "Kyle only had two points, Shiloah was kind of having his way offensively. We challenged him and he stepped up. Something that last year's freshman Kyle Sexton wouldn't have done."
When both teams came out for the second half, Blevins wouldn't score again for the remainder of the game. Tanner Voiers finished with a team high 15 points to lead the Jeeps, followed closely by Andrew Smith who scored 14, twelve of which came from behind the arc.
New Boston was led in scoring by junior Marcus Saunders who scored a game high 17 points off the bench, Caldwell who finished with 15, Sexton who finished with 13, and McKinley who finished with 12, meaning that in total, four Tigers broke double figures in their district semifinal win.
"We thought about switching the starting lineup," said Cox. "We decided to give Marcus the shot off the bench. Our last eight games, he's averaging 16.4 points per game, all of which came off the bench. So we decided to keep him there, and we forced them to make adjustments and switch their lineups around because of our speed from our guards."
Following their district semifinal win, New Boston will face the Trimble Tomcats Thursday night at 6:15 at the Convo in their first district title game appearance since 1985. If they defeat Trimble, they'll claim their first district title since 1960, a chance 59 years in the making for Tiger fans.
"We're going to study them inside and out," said Sexton, "Come back up here on Thursday and try to win our first district title since 1960."
NB: 23-10-13-17 – 63
SW: 20-17-9-14 – 60
NB: 21 FG, 5 3PT (Caldwell 3), 16/18 FT. Scoring: Saunders 17, Caldwell 15, Sexton 13, McKinley 12, Jackson 6
SW: 25 FG, 7 3PT (Smith 4), 3/4 FT. Scoring: Voiers 15, Smith 14, Blevins 12, Zimmerman 9, Bockway 7, Ruth 3
https://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2019/03/web1_53165126_1225439687621635_8220168453621809152_n.jpgKyle Sexton finished with 13 points in the Tigers 63-60 win over South Webster Sunday in Athens. Photo courtesy of Jenny Campbell
https://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2019/03/web1_53597374_1225439774288293_2961653780526923776_n.jpgSouth Webster senior Shiloah Blevins finished with 12 points, all of which came in the first half, in the Jeeps district semifinal loss to New Boston. Ed Litteral | Daily Times
https://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2019/03/web1_53050683_1225439754288295_8962680217910902784_n.jpgSouth Webster sophomore Tanner Voiers finished with a team high 15 points in the Jeeps loss to New Boston Sunday afternoon. Photo courtesy of Jenny Campbell
https://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2019/03/web1_53074172_1225439680954969_518524465273896960_n.jpgNew Boston advances to their first district title game since 1985, with a chance to win their first district title since 1960. Photo courtesy of Jenny Campbell
By Jacob Smith
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Reach Jacob Smith at (740) 353-3101 ext. 1930, by email at jsmith@aimmediamidwest.com, or on Twitter @JacobSmithPDT
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Variația este schimbarea unei însușiri morfologice, fiziologice, biochimice, ecologice, care apare la indivizii vegetali și animali. Este un mijloc de realizare a variabilității.

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Din punctul de vedere al geneticii, variațiile pot fi:
  - variații neereditare, dobândite de un individ, dar care nu sunt transmise urmașilor,
  - variații ereditare, (mutații), - variații transmise urmașilor.
  - variație adecvată - schimbare a unei însușiri în strictă conformitate cu factorii de mediu care au provocat apariția sa, (indiferent de natura ereditară a organismului). Majoritatea biologilor nu recunosc variația adecvată;
  - variație definită - reacție uniformă a indivizilor din aceeași descendență față de un factor de mediu;
  - variație nedefinită - reacție neuniformă a indivizilor din aceeași descendență față de un factor de mediu. Variația nedefinită este mult mai frecventă.
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An American man named Eric Holler has launched what some would say was a rather controversial business, selling true crime collectables via his online business Serial Killers Ink.
Basically, the site feeds into the world's fascination with serial killers by selling items that were once owned or created by some of the most depraved convicted criminals in history. The picture above, for example, is a drawing of Chucky from 'Child's Play' by killer Robert Bardo.
They don't have any money, and if they can help me make money, then it's only right to give some back.
You can understand why this is considered a controversial business model and family members of the killers' victims have slammed Eric for profiting from the murderers' crimes and for helping them out financially.
For more of the same, check out these five serial killers who could run for Prime Minister. Never judge a book by its cover.


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Outreach, primarily through UMass Extension, is another important aspect of our School, and complements our excellence in academics and research. Our Outreach educational services and research programs affect all aspects of agriculture, including farmers, homeowners, landscape managers, golf course superintendents, sports turf managers, pesticide applicators, etc. Our community service programs also reach out to educators and the general public, and invite them to share in our knowledge and vast resources.


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An Occasional Quake
The big news this morning is that there was a small earthquake in Virginia, which affected Washington, D.C. By "affected," I mean it made some buildings shake a little. Apparently, no one was hurt, but a few windows broke and some pieces fell off the National Cathedral. Still, it was "big news" and everyone was talking about it.
Speaking as someone who lived 15 years in the Pacific Northwest, I am not really impressed. We had small quakes and big quakes. Our buildings shook and the ground trembled and we moved on with our lives.
It's all about what you expect, isn't it? If you expect quakes (like in the Northwest), then a quake is not a big deal. You just live with it. On the other hand, if you think you are immune from quakes, then even a small quake seems like a very big deal.
The same thing is true in life. Many of us were told, as children, that being a Christian meant our lives would be safe and easy. "God loves you," we were told, "and He will take care of you." Our parents seemed happy and we did not really know what went on in adult life. Likewise, some adults who are now in our churches were brought to church by the same promises. "God will fix your family" or "God will fix your finances" or "God will make you happy," they were told.
What happens when these lies are exposed? Because they are lies and they will be exposed. Yes, God loves us, but He loves as a Father not as a television dad. He is not about giving us lots of things, but about making us better people.
"My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by
him. For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he
receives." Heb. 12:5.
The Lord disciplines, which involves suffering. "For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant," we are told in Hebrews 12:11. "but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it."
What quakes have come your way lately? It may be much more than turning over some lawn furniture or breaking a window. It may be the kind of quake you would never have chosen. It may be the kind of quake that shakes you to the foundation of all that you are. But it is what He sends to you in His love.
Do not panic over the quakes you feel in your life. Have faith in God, and the quakes will yield the peaceful fruit of righteousness.


Because the IVF experience is so personalized, there are many avenues to achieving the same goal: having a healthy baby. Some couples choose to undergo IVF using frozen eggs. Whether you choose to use your own frozen eggs, or frozen eggs from a donor, the IVF process is slightly different when going this route.
Choosing to undergo IVF comes with a lot of decisions — one of the largest being whether you'll use your own eggs and sperm, or that of a donor. Whichever you choose, you'll also want to consider using fresh or frozen eggs.
In recent years, more women have chosen to freeze their eggs as a backup plan for starting a family, or as a way to ensure they can still conceive after undergoing intensive medical procedures such as chemotherapy or radiation. Freezing eggs are at their peak quality in your 20s and early 30s allows women to conceive more easily than they might naturally as they get older or following serious health issues. And in situations where women face fertility difficulties, using frozen donor eggs is one way to start a family even if their own eggs are not viable.
Using frozen eggs in the IVF process also has some benefits over fresh eggs. First, it can drastically speed up the IVF timeline, sometimes cutting down several months. That's because eggs are available almost immediately — they just need to be removed from storage and thawed, unlike fresh eggs that must be matured and retrieved from the patient or a selected donor.
Frozen eggs also give more choice to individuals and couples who are considering donor eggs; since eggs can be stored indefinitely, there's a larger pool of eggs available compared to the options for couples who are considering only fresh eggs.
To understand how IVF works with frozen eggs, let's start at the beginning: the initial egg retrieval. If you choose to freeze your own eggs, you'll likely undergo a treatment plan similar to the early stages of IVF.
First, a fertility specialist will meet with you to determine why you'd like to preserve and store your eggs, followed by a thorough evaluation of your reproductive health. From there, you may be assigned several weeks of birth control pills to help regulate your cycle in preparation for egg retrieval. About two weeks before eggs are retrieved from your ovaries, fertility specialists will prescribe you a course of hormones — a set of injections you'll need to take for nine to 10 day — that help stimulate the follicles in your ovaries. These injections will help your body to quickly mature a batch of eggs.
When a doctor determines that your eggs are mature, you'll undergo the retrieval process. This procedure is quick, lasting only about 15 to 20 minutes. You'll be sedated when doctors use a needle to withdraw several mature eggs from your ovaries — usually between 10 and 20 eggs at one time — which are promptly transferred to a laboratory for storage.
Eggs are prepared for freezing, and then chilled using liquid nitrogen. They'll be kept at around -196 degrees Celsius, and can be stored for an indefinite amount of time. Some doctors have successfully used eggs that have been in storage for 10 years, so there's no set rule on how long frozen eggs are viable.
Whenever you're ready to undergo IVF, you'll begin preparing your body for the soon-to-be fertilized eggs. This usually requires you to take estrogen and progesterone hormones (some orally, some through injections), to create a uterine environment that can support future embryos.
During this time, your frozen eggs are removed from storage and thawed. Partner or donor-supplied sperm is then collected and used to fertilize your now thawed eggs — a process that's called intracytoplasmic sperm injection, or ICSI. ICSI is a recommended form of fertilization that allows doctors to directly inject sperm into the egg, making fertilization more likely. That's because eggs can slightly harden after freezing, making it difficult for sperm to penetrate and fertilize as easily as they would with fresh eggs.
Within three to five days, fertilized eggs will develop into embryos, which can be transferred to your uterus just as they would in any other IVF cycle. If successful, embryos that embed into the uterus will be on their way to developing — what doctors would call a successful round of IVF.
If you choose to use frozen donor eggs instead of your own, you'll still experience much of the IVF process described above — except that you won't have to undergo the egg retrieval process. Instead, after selecting your donor eggs, you'll begin to take fertility hormones to prepare your body for implantation. From there, you'll undergo the same process. If you choose to use frozen donor eggs, you may find there are quite a few benefits. First, you'll speed up the IVF timeline by several weeks to months because you won't be undergoing egg retrieval. Secondly, choosing frozen donor eggs gives you a larger selection, meaning that because there's less of a time crunch when working with frozen eggs, you'll have more donors to choose from.
How much you spend on IVF with frozen eggs really depends on whether you are using your own eggs or frozen donor eggs. While there's no set cost for egg freezing or IVF, you can expect to find prices ranging from $10,000 and $20,000. There are a variety of factors that greatly impact cost, though whether you choose to use frozen donor eggs or your own frozen eggs is the largest factor.
If you choose to undergo IVF with your own frozen eggs, be aware that you'll need to pay for the cost of egg retrieval upfront. That's because you are essentially breaking the IVF process into two segments — egg retrieval now, and thawing, preparation, and fertilization whenever you're ready to conceive. Freezing your eggs can cost upwards of $10,000, which usually accounts for the procedure but not necessarily the annual cost of storing your eggs (on average between $500 and $800 per year). Whenever you're ready to use your eggs, you'll also pay for the thawing process, which can range between $3,000 and $7,000, along with the remainder of the IVF procedure.
Using frozen donor eggs can reduce some of the cost because you won't be paying for annual storage fees. Though, you still will need to pay for the thawing procedure, as well as the cost of fertilization and IVF.


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Q: Facebook iOS SDK: How to handle SKIP button when requesting publish_actions? I have a code to login to Facebook with 'publish_actions' permission.
Here's the snippet:
NSArray *facebookPermissions = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"publish_actions", nil];

[FBSession openActiveSessionWithPublishPermissions:[self facebookPermissions]
                                   defaultAudience:FBSessionDefaultAudienceFriends
                                      allowLoginUI:YES
                                 completionHandler:^(FBSession *session, FBSessionState state, NSError *error) {
    NSLog(@">>> Permissions available: %@", FBSession.activeSession.permissions);
}];

When that method is executed, user will be redirected to Mobile Safari Facebook page and asked whether facebook is allowed to access his/her account.
Screen1:
APPNAME would like to access your public profile and friend list.
[CANCEL] [OK]

After pressing OK, since we use the openActiveSessionWithPublishPermissions method, a second page will appear asking if facebook is allowed to publish stuff on your behalf.
Screen 2:
APPNAME would like to post to your friends on your behalf.
[AUDIENCE] [SKIP] [OK]

The tricky part is, when user clicks SKIP button, the log in the callback still list 'publish_actions' as one of the available permissions. Which is incorrect.
The error is also nil. How do I detect this properly?
This is the log:
2013-07-06 16:35:59.037 FbSandbox[56213:c07] >>> Permissions available: ("publish_actions")

Thanks in advance!

A: You can validate the accepted permissions by calling me/permissions. This will list the permissions the user has allowed. Cross-reference this list with the permissions you ask for and you'll be able to find out which were accepted and which were skipped.

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Q: In VBScript I need to "Get Latest Version" from VSS 8 Our VSS setup is like this: We have a set of unique folders with 100s of files in them. I need to, from within VBScript, get the latest version of all files in a set of folders and put them into a local directory so that other operations can be performed on them.
The reason for VBScript is, well, vague even to me. Perhaps VB or C# .NET will work as well, but for now I can only do it from within VBScript.
Is this doable?

A: Yes, you can try the VSS automation interface, or if that doesn't work, just shell out to the VSS command line.
This link as some sample code that may get you started.


We have a large site with thousands of tags. When we attempt to load the EPT Settings page, it takes for ever to load (have not actually seen it finish loading). I suspect that is because its trying to load a long long list of all of our tags instead of using pagination or tabs or something else to break up these settings?
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Afternoon Delight Review
Reviews, UK Jewish Film Festival
Jill Soloway's debut feature, Afternoon Delight is a quick-fire, charmingly sweet tale about what has to come between a couple to remind them what they already have.
Pitch Perfect Review
Walking into Pitch Perfect, I found myself slightly confused about what it was I was about to embark on. I had only seen the trailer once, a week previously (where I quickly decided I had to see this) but was u... Read More...
West Side Story Review
West Side Story is re-released in selected cinemas in England and Scotland from tomorrow, ahead of its 50th anniversary next month. Following last week's re-release of Kes, it's another welcome digital... Read More...
Gleeks rejoice for 3D Movie
Calling all Gleeks around the globe, the cast of the hit FOX TV show are ready to sprinkle some of that small-screen magic at the movies, as they announce the release of their 3D live tour. All 14 original c... Read More...
Glee's own Vampire Slayer?
Kirsty Swanson & Sarah Michelle Gellar have each had their chance to pull off the high heels and wooden stake look whilst playing Buffy, otherwise known as the Vampire Slayer but as more news emerges about the reboot of the franchise (without Godlike master, Joss Whedon!) it appears that Glee's own Heather Morris (who currently plays Brittany in FOX's ratings smash) is waiting patiently in the sidelines to find out whether she will be the next 'Chosen One'. (See what I did there?)
Cinevison: Small Screens That Should Be Made Bigger
The TV classics everyone would love to see on their cinema screens...


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Probably 5'5 flat or slightly shorter, i mean 5'8 Michael Imperioli dwarfed him on The Sopranos in some of the scenes they had in the last season.
Some say he is 5 foot 7. LOL.
Just watched an episode of The Sopranos that played in 2004- Robert would have been 18 or 19. In one scene he is standing beside his mother (Edie Flaco) listed here as 5'5". Robert is about 2-3 iches shorter than her. She appears to be wearing thicker soles (running shoes). Based on this I would say Falco is 5'5" and Iler is 5'3- or 5'4". Men who are 5'6" blend in better than he does. I would downgrade him an inch at least.
If this kid hasn't grown since this picture was taken, I am pretty sure he is somewhere between 5'5" and 5'6". So this guess makes sense to me.
Mugshots can be tricky. Some times they don't measure you up when you get arrested, they just write what you tell them.
His 2001 mugshot says he is 5'7'' tall, but he looks at least 2 inches shorter than glenn in that picture.
i dont know.some say he grew.though,i thought i saw him 2 months ago.dont remember the height.
how tall do u reckon this fellow is now, glenn?
I agree with hellokity, A.J has gotten taller and much thinner since this pic with Glenn. I cant wait for the Sopranos by the way and A.J really had a larger role last Season.
He's listed at 5'7" on IMDb. Not the most reliable source, but could have he grown significantly recently? He did look tiny in that Sopranos episode where Gandolfini mentions his shortness.
Glenn, I think AJ Soprano has grown since this pic was taken. He looks between 5'7-5'9 in the latest Soprano season.
I agree with saying that he's pretty short, but not 166 exactly,doesnt seem to be just a centimetre taller than jamie lynn discala, maybe 167pointsomething.
[Editor Rob: I start to wonder again about that jamie lynn and if this iler guy did grow since the glenn picture, or if he did, not by very much...Jamie with 178cm Model and 2, well her 'official' model height is that 5ft 10.
I heard that line too and was thinking that for it to be written in as part of the show he must be pretty small. He looks small on tv and you know everyone lookes bigger on tv than in person.
I always thought it was absurd that AJ was so much shorter than his dad Tony. But now Tony has shown his anger about it as well: 'I couldn't even hit him if I wanted to, he's so f***ing little!!! It's Carmela's side of the family!'.
makes it look like ur the celebrity.i think he is 168.
Watching him this season, he does seem to have a grown a little bit, and he has begun to lose his baby fat. I might go as high as 5-7.
Even on this season's episodes he looks very small. Edie Falco is taller than him (although she may wear heels). He makes Mike Imperioli look tall.
Glenn - was your billfold missing after he took the picture?
Rob look at that picture. That's not what a 5'6" guy looks like standing next to a 5'8" guy. More like 5'4".
I thought he was 5-4.this was late 2003.
Wow, I had no idea he was this small.
He looks more than 2 inches shorter than Glenn. From watching the Sopranos, I've always thought around 5'4.5" to 5'5"


in the copies spin button.
button. The initial capabilities were not applied at all.
sets a color that makes the text visible in the dark theme as well.
The CSS name for GtkPrintUnixDialog is printdialog.
And the compiler warning that comes with it.
collection of style classes for rendering the papers.
helps in cases where GTK+ is dlopened.
so we always fall back to "printer" for printer icons.
the first 'stack', and put the second one behind it.
... and use it in the print preview.
probably be replaced by real widgets.
the g_clear_pointer() calls in finalize never do anything.
Don't crash when /tmp is not writable when printing to file.
Show that getting of printer details failed for CUPS printers.
Don't make Print button sensitive until a printer is selected.
GtkPrintUnixDialog was leaking a GFile.
keys separated by space or tabulator using logical conjunction.
Based on patch by William Hua.
the message dialog correctly and uses gtk_widget_show() on it.


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package slogo.UI;

import javafx.event.ActionEvent;
import javafx.event.EventHandler;
import javafx.scene.Group;
import javafx.scene.control.ColorPicker;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
import slogo.View;

public class PathColorSelector {

    private VBox myVbox;
    private ColorPicker pathColor;

    public PathColorSelector (VBox vbox) {
        myVbox = vbox;
    }

    protected void create (Group root, Turtle t, View view) {
        ColorSelectorCreator sc = new ColorSelectorCreator(root);
        sc.setUpSelector("Path Color", AppConstants.SELECTOR_WIDTH, AppConstants.SELECTOR_HEIGHT,
                         AppConstants.SELECTOR_FONT_SIZE, Color.BLACK);
        pathColor = sc.getSelector();
        pathColor.setOnAction(new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() {
            @Override
            public void handle (ActionEvent event) {
                Color c = pathColor.getValue();
                if (c != null) {
                    view.sendCommandToBackend("SetPenColor " + 255 * c.getRed() + " " +
                            255 * c.getGreen() + " " + 255 *
                            c.getBlue());
                }
            }
        });
        VBox selectorWithLabel =
                sc.createSelectorWithLabel("Select a Path Color",
                                           AppConstants.TITLE_LABEL_FONT_SIZE / 3, Color.BLACK);
        myVbox.getChildren().addAll(selectorWithLabel);
    }

    public void setValue (Color color) {
        pathColor.setValue(color);

    }

    public Color getValue () {
        return pathColor.getValue();
    }

}