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Starkville School District trustees will hold a second reading of a new Internet policy aimed at safeguarding students from inappropriate content and educating all age groups about proper online behavior at their 6 p.m. meeting on June 5.
The board will discuss the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) in June and is expected to implement any changes necessary to its current policy to adhere to the act. SSD Director of Technology David Hill said the only difference between the district's current Internet usage policy and the incoming CIPA adjustment is a district-led teaching aspect aimed at educating students to proper Internet behavior and cyberbullying.
School districts which fall under CIPA guidelines may not receive E-rate discounts until they are certified under the policy. CIPA states schools must block or filter Internet access to obscene materials or those which are illegal or harmful to minors. Schools must also adopt policies to monitor students' on-campus Internet usage and activities.
SSD Assistant Superintendent Walter Gonsoulin estimates E-rate funding pays 80 percent of district Internet services and other technology expenses.
"In the previous years, all we had to do was have a filter in place which prevented (viewing) unauthorized materials (and) sharing of personal information," Hill said. "Because the Internet is so broad … kids are now coming in contact with anybody. There's no 100 percent (Internet) filter. (CIPA) gives them a mechanism … (so) students can proactively handle (inappropriate) situations."
While CIPA guidelines only affect students, faculty and staff using school district Internet access, Hill said associated educational efforts will focus on proper Internet behaviors during on- and off-campus usage.
School districts around the state are working with the Mississippi Educational Technology Leaders Association to develop age-appropriate videos which will educate students on proper Internet behavior, he said. The videos will be available for students in the fall.
"The real issue is the school district can only monitor Internet activity while at school. We know cyberbullying happens outside (of school district facilities). We want to educate kids on how to react to this whether they're at school or home," Hill said. "We'll put information out as we can. It's educational for parents to look at this information and discuss it with their children. Cyberbullying is something new to all of us. Parents and the community need to be aware of these activities."
While SSD filters its Internet access to students, faculty and staff, administrators can grant more access to employees who provide a legitimate research or educational need.
"It's a good policy, and I think it's something that will be extremely beneficial to the students, faculty and the community," Hill said.
Trustees will also hold a second reading of the district's new building-naming policy in their June meeting. In April, board members expressed a need for building-naming guidelines after Starkville High School athletic director Stan Miller approached the district about renaming its baseball field after retiring coach Danny Carlisle. The board unanimously approved the name change without a formal policy on the matter.
The proposed building-naming policy states any motion by the board to name a facility in honor of someone must have unanimous support for approval. The policy also states the individual must have made major contributions to the school system through either financial support, work which led to the improvement of school facilities, the advancement of student learning, enhancement of instruction or by bringing acclaim or distinction to the district.
"School facilities named for a person will retain that person's name as part of the building's name for as long as the facility is used for instructional purposes by the school district," the policy states. "Exceptions to this stipulation may be made by the board at its discretion."
SSD administrators said the general public is invited to attend the meeting and ask questions about either potential policy.
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Titus Maccius Plautus (c. 254–184 BCE), commonly known as Plautus, was a Roman playwright. His comedies are among the earliest surviving intact works in Latin literature. He is also one of the earliest pioneers of musical theater. The word Plautine is used to refer to Plautus's works or works similar to or influenced by his.
Plautus' comedies are mostly adapted from Greek models for a Roman audience, and are often based directly on the works of the Greek playwrights. He reworked the Greek texts to give them a flavour that would appeal to the local Roman audiences. They are among the earliest surving intact works in Latin literature. (Some might more properly be called "adaptations"). His works include Amphitruo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi, Casina, Cistellaria, Curculio, Epidicus, Menaechmi, Mercator, Miles Gloriosus, Mostellaria, Persa, Poenulus, Pseudolus, Rudens, Stichus, Trinummus, Truculentus and Vidularia.
At the time, the general Scipio Africanus wanted to confront Hannibal, a plan "strongly favored by the plebs". Plautus apparently pushes for the plan to be approved by the senate, working his audience up with the thought of an enemy in close proximity and a call to outmaneuver him. Therefore, it is reasonable to say that Plautus, according to P.B. Harvey, was "willing to insert [into his plays] highly specific allusions comprehensible to the audience". M. Leigh writes in his chapter on Plautus and Hannibal that "the Plautus who emerges from this investigation is one whose comedies persistently touch the rawest nerves in the audience for whom he writes".
Later, coming of the heels of the conflict with Hannibal, Rome was preparing to embark on another military mission, this time in Greece. While they would eventually move on Philip V in the Second Macedonian War, there was considerable debate beforehand about the course Rome should take in this conflict. In the article "Bellum Philippicum: Some Roman and Greek Views Concerning the Causes of the Second Macedonian War", E. J. Bickerman writes that "the causes of the fateful war … were vividly debated among both Greeks and Romans". Under the guise of protecting allies, Bickerman tells us, Rome was actually looking to expand its power and control eastward now that the Second Punic War was ended. But starting this war would not be an easy task considering those recent struggles with Carthage—many Romans were too tired of conflict to think of embarking on another campaign. As W. M. Owens writes in his article "Plautus' Stichus and the Political Crisis of 200 B.C.", "There is evidence that antiwar feeling ran deep and persisted even after the war was approved. Owens contends that Plautus was attempting to match the complex mood of the Roman audience riding the victory of the Second Punic War but facing the beginning of a new conflict. For instance, the characters of the dutiful daughters and their father seem obsessed over the idea of officium, the duty one has to do what is right. Their speech is littered with words such as pietas and aequus, and they struggle to make their father fulfill his proper role. The stock parasite in this play, Gelasimus, has a patron-client relationship with this family and offers to do any job in order to make ends meet; Owens puts forward that Plautus is portraying the economic hardship many Roman citizens were experiencing due to the cost of war. With the repetition of responsibility to the desperation of the lower class, Plautus establishes himself firmly on the side of the average Roman citizen. While he makes no specific reference to the possible war with Greece or the previous war (that might be too dangerous), he does seem to push the message that the government should take care of its own people before attempting any other military actions.
One main theme of Greek New Comedy is the father–son relationship. For example, in Menander's Dis Exapaton there is a focus on the betrayal between age groups and friends. The father-son relationship is very strong and the son remains loyal to the father. The relationship is always a focus, even if it's not the focus of every action taken by the main characters. In Plautus, on the other hand, the focus is still on the relationship between father and son, but we see betrayal between the two men that wasn't seen in Menander. There is a focus on the proper conduct between a father and son that, apparently, was so important to Roman society at the time of Plautus.
This becomes the main difference and, also, similarity between Menander and Plautus. They both address "situations that tend to develop in the bosom of the family." Both authors, through their plays, reflect a patriarchal society in which the father-son relationship is essential to proper function and development of the household. It is no longer a political statement, as in Old Comedy, but a statement about household relations and proper behavior between a father and his son. But the attitudes on these relationships seem much different – a reflection of how the worlds of Menander and Plautus differed.
Plautus is well known for his devotion to puns, especially when it comes to the names of his characters. In Miles Gloriosus, for instance, the female concubine's name, Philocomasium, translates to "lover of a good party"—which is quite apt when we learn about the tricks and wild ways of this prostitute.
At the time of Plautus, Rome was expanding, and having much success in Greece. W.S. Anderson has commented that Plautus "is using and abusing Greek comedy to imply the superiority of Rome, in all its crude vitality, over the Greek world, which was now the political dependent of Rome, whose effete comic plots helped explain why the Greeks proved inadequate in the real world of the third and second centuries, in which the Romans exercised mastery".
A single reading of the Miles Gloriosus leaves the reader with the notion that the names, place, and play is Greek, but one must look beyond these superficial interpretations. W.S. Anderson would steer any reader away from the idea that Plautus' plays are somehow not his own or at least only his interpretation. Anderson says that, "Plautus homogenizes all the plays as vehicles for his special exploitation. Against the spirit of the Greek original, he engineers events at the end... or alter[s] the situation to fit his expectations." Anderson's vehement reaction to the co-opting of Greek plays by Plautus seems to suggest that they are in no way like their originals were. It seems more likely that Plautus was just experimenting putting Roman ideas in Greek forms.
Greece and Rome, although always put into the same category, were different societies with different paradigms and ways-of-life. W. Geoffrey Arnott says that "we see that a set of formulae [used in the plays] concerned with characterization, motif, and situation has been applied to two dramatic situations which possess in themselves just as many difference as they do similarities." It is important to compare the two authors and the remarkable similarities between them because it is essential in understanding Plautus. He writes about Greeks like a Greek. However, it is also important to note that Plautus and the writers of Greek New Comedy, such as Menander, were writing in two completely different contexts.
Plautus' attack on the genre whose material he pirated was, as already stated, fourfold. He deconstructed many of the Greek plays' finely constructed plots; he reduced some, exaggerated others of the nicely drawn characters of Menander and of Menander's contemporaries and followers into caricatures; he substituted for or superimposed upon the elegant humor of his models his own more vigorous, more simply ridiculous foolery in action, in statement, even in language.
By exploring ideas about Roman loyalty, Greek deceit, and differences in ethnicity, "Plautus in a sense surpassed his model." He was not content to rest solely on a loyal adaptation that, while amusing, was not new or engaging for Rome. Plautus took what he found but again made sure to expand, subtract, and modify. He seems to have followed the same path that Horace did, though Horace is much later, in that he is putting Roman ideas in Greek forms. He not only imitated the Greeks, but in fact distorted, cut up, and transformed the plays into something entirely Roman. In essence it is Greek theater colonized by Rome and its playwrights.
This lack of permanent theaters in Rome until 55 BCE has puzzled contemporary scholars of Roman drama. In their introduction to the Miles Gloriosus, Hammond, Mack and Moskalew say that "the Romans were acquainted with the Greek stone theater, but, because they believed drama to be a demoralizing influence, they had a strong aversion to the erection of permanent theaters." This worry rings true when considering the subject matter of Plautus' plays. The unreal becomes reality on stage in his work. T. J. Moore notes that, "all distinction between the play, production, and 'real life' has been obliterated [Plautus' play Curculio]". A place where social norms were upended was inherently suspect. The aristocracy was afraid of the power of the theater. It was merely by their good graces and unlimited resources that a temporary stage would have been built during specific festivals.
T. J. Moore notes that "seating in the temporary theaters where Plautus' plays were first performed was often insufficient for all those who wished to see the play, that the primary criterion for determining who was to stand and who could sit was social status". This is not to say that the lower classes did not see the plays; but they probably had to stand while watching. Plays were performed in public, for the public, with the most prominent members of the society in the forefront.
The wooden stages on which Plautus's plays appeared were shallow and long with three openings in respect to the scene-house. The stages were significantly smaller than any Greek structure familiar to modern scholars. Because theater was not a priority during Plautus' time, the structures were built and dismantled within a day. Even more practically, they were dismantled quickly due to their potential as fire-hazards.
Two scholars, V. J. Rosivach and N. E. Andrews, have made interesting observations about stagecraft in Plautus: V. J. Rosivach writes about identifying the side of the stage with both social status and geography. He says that, for example, "the house of the medicus lies offstage to the right. It would be in the forum or thereabouts that one would expect to find a medicus." Moreover, he says that characters that oppose one another always have to exit in opposite directions. In a slightly different vein, N.E. Andrews discusses the spatial semantics of Plautus; he has observed that even the different spaces of the stage are thematically charged. He states:
Plautus' Casina employs these conventional tragic correlations between male/outside and female/inside, but then inverts them in order to establish an even more complex relationship among genre, gender and dramatic space. In the Casina, the struggle for control between men and women... is articulated by characters' efforts to control stage movement into and out of the house.
Andrews makes note of the fact that power struggle in the Casina is evident in the verbal comings and goings. The words of action and the way that they are said are important to stagecraft. The words denoting direction or action such as abeo ("I go off"), transeo ("I go over"), fores crepuerunt ("the doors creak"), or intus ("inside"), which signal any character's departure or entrance, are standard in the dialogue of Plautus' plays. These verbs of motion or phrases can be taken as Plautine stage directions since no overt stage directions are apparent. Often, though, in these interchanges of characters, there occurs the need to move on to the next act. Plautus then might use what is known as a "cover monologue". About this S.M. Goldberg notes that, "it marks the passage of time less by its length than by its direct and immediate address to the audience and by its switch from senarii in the dialogue to iambic septenarii. The resulting shift of mood distracts and distorts our sense of passing time."
Goldberg says that, "these changes fostered a different relationship between actors and the space in which they performed and also between them and their audiences." Actors were thrust into much closer audience interaction. Because of this, a certain acting style became required that is more familiar to modern audiences. Because they would have been in such close proximity to the actors, ancient Roman audiences would have wanted attention and direct acknowledgement form the actors.
Because there was no orchestra, there was no space separating the audience from the stage. The audience could stand directly in front of the elevated wooden platform. This gave them the opportunity to look at the actors from a much different perspective. They would have seen every detail of the actor and hear every word he said. The audience member would have wanted that actor to speak directly to them. It was a part of the thrill of the performance, as it is to this day.
For example, in Miles Gloriosus, the titular "braggart soldier" Pyrgopolynices only shows his vain and immodest side in the first act, while the parasite Artotrogus exaggerates Pyrgopolynices' achievements, creating more and more ludicrous claims that Pyrgopolynices agrees to without question. These two are perfect examples of the stock characters of the pompous soldier and the desperate parasite that appeared in Plautine comedies. In disposing of highly complex individuals, Plautus was supplying his audience with what it wanted, since "the audience to whose tastes Plautus catered was not interested in the character play," but instead wanted the broad and accessible humor offered by stock set-ups. The humor Plautus offered, such as "puns, word plays, distortions of meaning, or other forms of verbal humor he usually puts them in the mouths of characters belonging to the lower social ranks, to whose language and position these varieties of humorous technique are most suitable," matched well with the stable of characters.
the statements that one meets with, that this or that form is "common," or "regular," in Plautus, are frequently misleading, or even incorrect, and are usually unsatisfying.... I have gained an increasing respect for the manuscript tradition, a growing belief that the irregularities are, after all, in a certain sense regular. The whole system of inflexion—and, I suspect, of syntax also and of versification—was less fixed and stable in Plautus' time than it became later.
There are many manifestations of these archaic forms in the texts of Plautus' plays, in fact too many to completely include them in this article. Here the most regular of irregularities, i.e., archaisms, will be delineated:
These peculiarities are the most common in the plays of Plautus, and their notation should make initial readings a bit easier. Archaic word forms in Plautus reflect the way that his contemporaries interacted. Plautus' use of colloquial dialogue aids in understanding, to a certain extent, how the Romans greeted each other. For example, there are certain formulaic greetings such as "hello" and "how are you?" that elicit a certain formulaic response such as a returning hello, or an indication of one's state of being. Quid agis here would mean, "How are you?" These archaic forms present the reader with a richer understanding of the Latin language.
Plautus employed the use of proverbs in many of his plays. Proverbs would address a certain genre such as law, religion, medicine, trades, crafts, and seafaring. Plautus' proverbs and proverbial expressions number into the hundreds. They sometimes appear alone or interwoven within a speech. The most common appearance of proverbs in Plautus appears to be at the end of a soliloquy. Plautus does this for dramatic effect to emphasize a point. Further interwoven into the plays of Plautus and just as common as the use of proverbs is the use of Greek within the texts of the plays. J. N. Hough suggests that Plautus's use of Greek is for artistic purposes and not simply because a Latin phrase will not fit the meter. Greek words are used when describing foods, oils, perfumes, etc. This is similar to the use of French terms in the English language such as garcon or rendezvous. These words give the language a French flair just as Greek did to the Latin-speaking Romans. Slaves or characters of low standing speak much of the Greek. One possible explanation for this is that many Roman slaves were foreigners of Greek origin.
There are various manifestations of word play in Plautus, but one instance in the Miles Gloriosus is Sceledre, scelus. This example is one of the punning of names in Plautus. Word play figures as an important technique in Plautus because it is fitting for certain characters, especially the clever slave. These poetic devices stand in the text in order to accentuate and emphasize whatever is being said in the text, and elevate the artistry of the language.
Playwrights throughout history have looked to Plautus for character, plot, humor, and other elements of comedy. His influence ranges from similarities in idea to full literal translations woven into plays. The playwright's apparent familiarity with the absurdity of humanity and both the comedy and tragedy that stem from this absurdity have inspired succeeding playwrights centuries after his death. The most famous of these successors is Shakespeare—Plautus had a major influence on the Bard's early comedies.
W. B. Sedgwick has provided a record of the Amphitruo, perennially one of Plautus' most famous works. It was the most popular Plautine play in the Middle Ages, and publicly performed at the Renaissance; it was the first Plautine play to be translated into English.
The influence of Plautus's plays was felt in the early 1500s. Limited records suggest that the first known university production of Plautus in England was of Miles Gloriosus at Oxford in 1522-3. The magnum jornale of Queens College contains a reference to a comoedia Plauti in either 1522 or 1523. This fits directly with comments made in the poems of Leland about the date of the production. The next production of Miles Gloriosus that is known from limited records was given by the Westminster School in 1564. Other records also tell us about performances of the Menaechmi. From our knowledge, performances were given in the house of Cardinal Wolsey by boys of St. Paul's School as early as 1527.
The Plautine and Shakespearean plays that most parallel each other are, respectively, The Menaechmi and The Comedy of Errors. According to Marples, Shakespeare drew directly from Plautus "parallels in plot, in incident, and in character," and was undeniably influenced by the classical playwright's work. H. A. Watt stresses the importance of recognizing the fact that the "two plays were written under conditions entirely different and served audience as remote as the poles."
The differences between The Menaechmi and The Comedy of Errors are clear. In The Menaechmi, Plautus uses only one set of twins—twin brothers. Shakespeare, on the other hand, uses two sets of twins, which, according to William Connolly, "dilutes the force of [Shakespeare's] situations." One suggestion is that Shakespeare got this idea from Plautus' Amphitruo, in which both twin masters and twin slaves appear.
It can be noted that the doubling is a stock situation of Elizabethan comedy. On the fusion between Elizabethan and Plautine techniques, T. W. Baldwin writes, "…Errors does not have the miniature unity of Menaechmi, which is characteristic of classic structure for comedy." Baldwin notes that Shakespeare covers a much greater area in the structure of the play than Plautus does. Shakespeare was writing for an audience whose minds weren't restricted to house and home, but looked toward the greater world beyond and the role that they might play in that world.
Another difference between the audiences of Shakespeare and Plautus is that Shakespeare's audience was Christian. At the end of Errors, the world of the play is returned to normal when a Christian abbess interferes with the feuding. Menaechmi, on the other hand, "is almost completely lacking in a supernatural dimension." A character in Plautus' play would never blame an inconvenient situation on witchcraft—something that is quite common in Shakespeare.
The relationship between a master and a clever servant is also a common element in Elizabethan comedy. Shakespeare often includes foils for his characters to have one set off the other. In Elizabethan romantic comedy, it is common for the plays to end with multiple marriages and couplings of pairs. This is something that is not seen in Plautine comedy. In the Comedy of Errors, Aegeon and Aemilia are separated, Antipholus and Adriana are at odds, and Antipholus and Luciana have not yet met. At the end, all the couples are happily together. By writing his comedies in a combination of Elizabethan and Plautine styles, Shakespeare helps to create his own brand of comedy, one that uses both styles.
Also, Shakespeare uses the same kind of opening monologue so common in Plautus's plays. He even uses a "villain" in The Comedy of Errors of the same type as the one in Menaechmi, switching the character from a doctor to a teacher but keeping the character a shrewd, educated man. Watt also notes that some of these elements appear in many of his works, such as Twelfth Night or A Midsummer Night's Dream, and had a deep impact on Shakespeare's writing.
Later playwrights also borrowed Plautus's stock characters. One of the most important echoes of Plautus is the stock character of the parasite. Certainly the best example of this is Falstaff, Shakespeare's portly and cowardly knight. As J. W. Draper notes, the gluttonous Falstaff shares many characteristics with a parasite such as Artotrogus from Miles Gloriosus. Both characters seem fixated on food and where their next meal is coming from. But they also rely on flattery in order to gain these gifts, and both characters are willing to bury their patrons in empty praise. Of course, Draper notes that Falstaff is also something of a boastful military man, but notes, "Falstaff is so complex a character that he may well be, in effect, a combination of interlocking types."
As well as appearing in Shakespearean comedy, the Plautine parasite appears in one of the first English comedies. In Ralph Roister Doister, the character of Matthew Merrygreeke follows in the tradition of both Plautine Parasite and Plautine slave, as he both searches and grovels for food and also attempts to achieve his master's desires. Indeed, the play itself is often seen as borrowing heavily from or even being based on the Plautine comedy Miles Gloriosus.
H. W. Cole discusses the influence of Plautus and Terence on the Stonyhurst Pageants. The Stonyhurst Pageants are manuscripts of Old Testament plays that were probably composed after 1609 in Lancashire. Cole focuses on Plautus' influence on the particular Pageant of Naaman. The playwright of this pageant breaks away from the traditional style of religious medieval drama and relies heavily on the works of Plautus. Overall, the playwright cross-references eighteen of the twenty surviving plays of Plautus and five of the six extant plays by Terence. It is clear that the author of the Stonyhurst Pageant of Naaman had a great knowledge of Plautus and was significantly influenced by this.
There is evidence of Plautine imitation in Edwardes' Damon and Pythias and Heywood's Silver Age as well as in Shakespeare's Errors. Heywood sometimes translated whole passages of Plautus. By being translated as well as imitated, Plautus was a major influence on comedy of the Elizabethan era. In terms of plot, or perhaps more accurately plot device, Plautus served as a source of inspiration and also provided the possibility of adaptation for later playwrights. The many deceits that Plautus layered his plays with, giving the audience the feeling of a genre bordering on farce, appear in much of the comedy written by Shakespeare and Molière. For instance, the clever slave has important roles in both L'Avare and L'Etoudri, two plays by Molière, and in both drives the plot and creates the ruse just like Palaestrio in Miles Gloriosus. These similar characters set up the same kind of deceptions in which many of Plautus' plays find their driving force, which is not a simple coincidence.
20th Century musicals based on Plautus include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Stephen Sondheim).
The British TV Sit-Com Up Pompeii uses situations and stock characters from Plautus's plays.


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Hai Yi wrote:
> hi there:
> One of my friends's album in picasa was hacked and some of her
> not-that-decent pictures were published by the hacker on a well known
> Chinese bbs (the post was soon removed, though). She was obviously
> depressed by the incident, and seeking legal approaches to prevent
> further damages.
> What's law that can apply in such a case? Any governmental agency that
> she can look for consultation? Or report to police? Will picasa be
> accoutable and mandated to surrender the hacker's possible info?
I don't think a legal approach is particularly feasible. Hell even much
higher profile cases like the recent google attack are likely to see any real
In any case I'd recommend picking a strong password and never type it anywhere
but into the picasa login.
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Interior Design Students Volunteer for Dream Room Makeover
November 29, 2011
Eight Interior Design students from the School of Art + Design who are members of the NJIT chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) spent Nov. 20 in Union, NJ, volunteering to help a family in need. >>
Architecture and Design Students Attend Autodesk Bootcamp
August 18, 2011
For the third consecutive year, students from the College of Architecture and Design received invitations and scholarships to participate in the Autodesk Bootcamp held in San Francisco, California. >>


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Despite fluctuating business, a Bend man hopes to benefit from the growing music scene.
These days, it's good to remember that there are actual entities out there that fail to make a profit, but do so on purpose. I am referring of course to the plethora of nonprofit organizations that dot our great state.
Three Central Oregon companies are among the 14 startups competing for $100,000.
A Myrtle Point man hopes his construction inventions will attract consumers and investors.
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AS ERIN WHITE watched the election results head towards victory for Barack Obama, she felt a burden lifting from her shoulders. "In that one second, it was a validation for my whole race," she recalls.
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One 27-year-old at a financial services firm in New York City brings her BlackBerry along while she does it, and sends an email during the experience so that she has an "alibi." A popular national morning TV show host in her 40s�who, like most others interviewed in this story, asked to remain nameless to avoid embarrassment�said that she walks 10 minutes to another section of her midtown office building to do it, and still then only does it when no one in the hallway sees her en route.
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Photo By Brett Coomer/Houston ChronicleThe NFL suspended Texans long snapper Bryan Pittman for four games without pay on Tuesday for violating the league's anti-doping policy. Also suspended were New Orleans Saints football players Charles Grant, Deuce McAllister, Will Smith and Minnesota Vikings football players Kevin Williams and Pat Williams. All six were punished for using a diuretic, which can serve as a masking agent for steroids.
Texans long snapper Bryan Pittman went to Reliant Stadium early Wednesday to clean a few items out of his locker. By late afternoon, he was still struggling to accept the fact that he is no longer allowed around the facilities during his four-game suspension for violating the league's steroid policy.
Pittman did not test positive for the much talked about StarCaps diuretic, but he did test positive for another diuretic that was on the league's banned list. He was suspended, along with five other players, for violating "a long-standing provision of the policy relating to the use of diuretics and water pills, which serve as masking agents for steroids and are potentially dangerous to the health of players."
"Mostly, I'm frustrated that I'm being punished for something that was an innocent mistake," Pittman said. "I'm being punished for taking a performance decreaser if anything. And I'm frustrated with myself for even having to take a water pill to make my weight."
Pittman said he has exhausted all of his options and will comply with the suspension and move forward. He can be reinstated with the team on Dec. 29, the day after the regular season ends.
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The Sauk County Sheriff's Office has concluded an investigation of several burglaries that occurred in September and October of 2012. A Baraboo man, 27 year old Anthony Keepers allegedly confessed to burglarizing 13 homes in the Lake Delton and Baraboo areas while armed with a handgun in October of 2012. Keepers also told Sauk County detectives that he had committed thefts and burglaries in the Wisconsin Dells and Lacrosse area.
Keepers was arrested by Sparta Police on October 8th of last year after he led police on a high speed chase into La Crosse County in a stolen car before losing control and flipping his car. Evidence in the car led to information to his involvement in burglaries that occurred in Sauk County.
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An unequivocal specimen from the true story that broke a million gridiron hearts1966-68 Brian Piccolo Game Worn Chicago Bears Jersey, MEARS A10. Perhaps only Rudy Ruettiger, the diminutive dreamer of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, earned as many fans for his relatively limited talents in the sport as this hardworking but undersized fullback out of Wake Forest. Piccolo was born on Halloween of 1943, the costume of his dreams always the uniform of an NFL franchise. But despite leading the NCAA in rushing during his Senior season, the six-foot tall, 205 pound rusher went unselected in the 1965 draft, the scouts united in their belief that the young man was neither large enough nor fast enough for the sport's highest level.
Undeterred, Piccolo tried out as a free agent in 1965, but made it no further than the taxi squad. The following season, the first possible vintage of the presented jersey, Piccolo realized his aspiration of a roster spot, though his play was primarily restricted to special teams. In 1967 he finally made it into the Bears backfield as a back-up for Gale Sayers, carrying eighty-seven times for 317 yards. His first touchdowns, a pair of them, would come in 1968, the most productive season of his brief career, and the last possible year this jersey saw use. It was during the ninth game of the 1969 season that the Bears sideline was stunned to see its faithful warrior voluntarily bench himself. The fateful diagnosis of cancer was the result of his medical examination, and less than a year later, at age twenty-six, Piccolo succumbed to his illness.
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Jeremy Renner and his girlfriend, Sonni Pacheco, are the proud new parents of a baby girl, Ava Berlin Renner. A rep for the "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters" star tells Us the 7 lb. baby was born Thursday (March 28). "They are beyond thrilled," says the rep of Renner and Pacheco. "Mother and daughter are doing great."
Since Renner's rep refers to Sonni as Jeremy's "girlfriend," that must mean pregnancy brought them back together. Us previously reported the pair had gone their separate ways after dating casually, until Renner found out Pacheco was pregnant and moved her into his home.
Now that she's officially coupled up with Jeremy and a baby makes three, perhaps Sonni can give up her career as a wet t-shirt girl and energy drink promo girl. Yes, indeed. Before becoming Jeremy Renner's baby mama, Vancouver-born Pacheco was best known for her turn as "Splendid Wet T-Shirt Girl" in 2009's straight-to-video classic, "American Pie Presents: The Book of Love." Ah, the American dream ...
As for Renner's next career move, the Academy Award nominee is currently working on a film with David O. Russell of "Silver Linings Playbook" fame, and is expected to return for "The Avengers 2."
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The emerald catfish (Brochis splendens), emerald brochis, emerald cory, green catfish, or shortbody catfish is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the Corydoradinae sub-family of the Callichthyidae family. The fish has appeared on a stamp in Brazil. Though this species is sometimes called the emerald cory, it is really not a corydoras catfish at all. It is in another genus of catfishes, Brochis. Brochis catfish can be distinguished from corydoras catfish by their longer dorsal fins with tall spiny first rays. Brochis catfish also generally have longer snouts than coryboras catfish.
This species has long been classified as Brochis splendens. However, Brochis has been synonymized with Corydoras.
The fish inhabits sluggish waters with dense vegetation along the banks. It occurs in shallow muddy waters and will grow in length up to 7.5 centimetres (3 in). It lives in a tropical climate in water with a 5.8–8.0 pH, a water hardness of 2–30 dGH, and a temperature range of 22–28 °C (72–82 °F). It feeds on worms, benthic crustaceans, and insect larvae. It lays eggs in dense vegetation and adults do not guard the eggs.
Spawning has been achieved in captivity. Typically, the fish are separated into a breeding tank in the ratio of three males to two females, all well-conditioned on live foods. The couple will spawn while sitting on the bottom, not while swimming as many similar species do. In captivity, the female collects the eggs in her pelvic fin basket and pastes them individually to plants and other objects. Eggs will be deposited by the female throughout the tank, but especially on any floating surface plants. According to most reports, the parents do not immediately try to eat the eggs. The eggs hatch in about four days and the fry become free swimming two days later.


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Since science can measure distance accurately, why can't 1 kilogram be defined in terms of the mass required to bend a beam of light by a certain angle (22 February, p 32)?
• Einstein pointed out that mass does bend light, but a 1-kilogram mass would have a minute effect - far too small to be detected even by today's instruments. During a solar eclipse in 1919, Arthur Eddington determined that starlight was bent by less than 2 arcseconds (a few thousandths of a degree) by the Sun. Given that the Sun weighs 2 × 10
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Al-Ahly (النادي الأهلي) is an Egyptian football club based in Cairo. Founded by Englishman Mitchell Ince in April 1907, is arguably Africa's most successful club.
Al-Ahly, which means "national" in Arabic, is the most crowned club in Egypt ,designed to keep the majority content, having won the Egyptian League thirty-three times and the Egyptian Cup thirty-five times. Moreover, Al-Ahly was named in the year 2000 by the CAF as Africa's club of the twentieth century.
Al-Ahly began to dominate the Egyptian game in the 40s due to its popularity among people and rulers of Egypt at that period. But it was not until the 80s that the Red Devils truly emerged to the African level, winning the top club competition in 1982 and 1987. They triumphed again in 2001,2005 and 2006 under the coaching of the Portuguese Manuel Jose making them the most crowned team in Africa with 5 Champions Leagues, 4 Cup-Winners Cups, 3 African Super Cups and 1 Afro-Asian Cup.
Furthermore Al-Ahly was the first club in the world to reach the FIFA Club World Cup two times following two consecutive appearances in 2005 and 2006 winning the Bronze Medal in the latter.
Al-Ahly has a fierce rivalry with local rivals El Zamalek (akin to the Old Firm rivalry in Scotland, these clubs have never been relegated from the Egyptian top flight); the derby matches are so intense, that foreign referees are brought in to officiate the game.
Al-Ahly was founded in April 1907, when the first ever board meeting was held on the 24th of the same month. Egypt at the time was ruled by Khedive Abbas Helmi II, and occupied by the British regime, and as a result sparked nationwide tension.
Al-Ahly club was established a couple of years after the High School Students Club was set up in 1905. Ahly Club was initially the idea of Omar Bey Lotfi, who went on to induce the idea to his friends. The 8th of April 1924 witnessed the first meeting that assembled a number of individuals who were impressed by the idea and unsurprisingly Omar Lotfi Bey. They set up an organisation responsible for collecting the necessary funds to establish the club on the outskirts of Cairo. The decision was to set up the club in the southern part of the Zamalek Island (Nile). The initial cost was thought to be 5000 L.E., which was divided over 1000 shares, 5 L.E. per share.
On 24 April 1907, the founders committee held the first official meeting for board members, 5.30pm at Mr Michel Anas's house and hosted a few other leading personalities like Omar Lotfi Bey.
The first board meeting concluded that the first Chairman would be Mr Michel Anas, who remained in his position until 2 April 1908 when the board accepted his resignation because he wanted to return to his home country. His replacement was Aziz Ezzat Pasha who succeeded Mr Michel Anas to become the second president in the club's history.
On 18 July 1907, the members committee met and decided to appoint Saad Zaghlool as the committee's first chairman. No body can forget Zaghlool's stance at that time when he was the Education Minister. Mukhtar El-Titch had to choose between his academic qualification and travelling with the team to take part in the Olympics. Saad Zaghlool said at the time; I have been appointed as the first president for Al-Ahly Sports Club, and I want our young to practice sport, for it nourishes the mind, body and spirit. Hence, we cannot afford to deprive the student from his academic achievements, nor can we deny him the right to practice sport. For this I give permission for Mukhtar to travel with the team to Paris, and his examination papers will be sent so that he could take his exams abroad.
Ahly's red outfit is derived from Egypt's flag, at the time was the Ottoman flag which is completely red with a crescent and star in the middle. The jerseys were red and white vertical stripes at first, and then modified to jerseys that were half red and half white. The club's logo was decorated with the King's crown at the top, Al-Ahly's name at the bottom, and the flying eagle in the middle. After the 1952 revolution, the King's crown was taken of the logo.
The founders chose the name Al-Ahly because the club aroused as an Egyptian nationalistic club. It is a name which carries family sentiment, social sentiment and patriotic sentiment. There was dispute about whether to translate the name to English making it National but it was thought that the English name does not carry the same meaning as the Arabic name. Al-Ahly club opened the doors for membership right from the beginning. It cost 3 L.E. per annum for government employees to sign up for a membership, and 5 L.E. for other people. Students received special treatment as the club was initially established for them. The membership for a student was 6 piastres per month, 15 for a graduate. On the 17th of December, it was decided that the club inauguration will be on the first of January 1909. Application forms were distributed in the High School Student's Club, another confirmation of Al-Ahly's strong relationship with students since its early days.
The club started accepting memberships in 1909, and a sluggish turn up saw 80 members join. The number of members kept creeping up, gradually reaching 310 members in 1930, then reduced to 140 the following year due to the demolition of Qasr el Nile bridge which was the only mean of travelling between the river banks.
On 8 January 1929, Al-Ahly club was sponsored by King Foad. The chairman Gaafar Wali Pasha received a letter from an official stating that the club will be sponsored by the King.
Over the years, there has been a saying that Al-Ahly is a national fort in the minds of people and in the fans and across the different generations.
On 17 January 1956, president Gamal Abdel Nasser announced his acceptance to become the honorary club president in recognition of his national role in the revolution.
During the 1967 war, all sporting activities came to a halt, especially after the bitterness of defeat overshadowed a nation which had never surrendered before. The club members began military training on 5 August 1957.
Ahly's role to support war-torn Egypt On October 11, 1967, Ahly's sense of duty towards Egypt was clearly shown through the following decisions, where were taken by the club's board:
-The club's sporting members are obliged to endure military training as well as taking part in the national resistance against Israeli occupation. Anyone who doesn't follow Ahly instructions will be banned. -It is necessary that women from 20 to 40 years take nursing responsibilities in such crisis. -Donations will be collected from the club members to support the army. The club will contact Egyptian government officials to arrange the process.
As usual, Ahly fulfilled their national duty during the sixth of October war in 1973, calling for blood donation. Their demand was never turned down as in the space of 24 hours, 8,000 persons were ready to give blood.
On October 14, Ahly board held a meeting in which they took the following decisions:
-Sending a supportive letter to Egypt president Mohamed Anwar Al-Sadat and the defense minister. -Constructing a committee to supervise the mission of volunteers and everything related to the war.
Ahly's huge popularity definitely came from football as the Red Devils' teams were always successful throughout the club's 100-year history. Ahly's first football team was formed in 1911, four years after the club's establishment. The 11 players who represented this team were Hussein Fawzi, Ibrahim Othman, Mohamed Bakri, Soliman Faeq, Hassan Mohamed, Hussein Hegazi, Ahmed Foad, Hussein Mansour, Ibrahim Fahmi, Foad Darwish and Abdul-Fattah Taher.
The beginning was in the 1920s, and then the golden era arose 20 years later when Ahly won the Egyptian League for nine successive years, a unique record for the Cairo giants.
They were the first club in Egypt to go to Europe and play friendly matches there, beginning their trip on 17 June 1929 and returning home on September sixth.
In Turkey, Ahly thrashed Fenerbahce 6-2, lost to Galatasary and the country's national team 1-0 and 2-1 respectively. In Germany, Ahly drew 2-2 with Leipzig, defeated Munich 1860 4-3 and tied Tennis Borussia Berlin 2-2 before being handed a 5-3 defeat to the same team.
In Bulgaria, Ahly held Levski Sofia to a 1-1 draw and lost 4-1 against Slavia Sofia.
Ahly have also enjoyed a glorious reign during the 1970s, under the guidance of Hungary great Nandor Hidegkuti.
Ahly's African domination began in the 1980s as they won the Champions League twice in 1982 and 1987 as well as claiming the Cup Winners Cup three successive times in 1985, 1986 and 1987. The team won the competition again in 1993 to preserve the trophy for life.
After a rebuilding process in the early 1990s that saw several stars like Hani Ramzi, Hossam Hassan, Ibrahim Hassan and Magdi Abdul-Ghani leave Ahly to have a new adventure in Europe, the team suffered dire consequences. They missed out on their favorite league title for three successive seasons as the new players lacked experience to compete at the highest levels.
Ahly bounced back in the late 1990s to win the league for seven seasons in a row and start a new era of complete domination.
The team's huge achievements can't be compared to any club in Egypt. Ahly holds the domestic records as they won the Egyptian League 33 times and the Egyptian Cup 35 times.
They also share the African Champions League record with arch-rivals Zamalek as both won it five times.
Ahly legend Saleh Selim was the team's most prominent player in the 1950s and 1960s, to the extent that fans used to call him one of Egypt's rulers along with infamous singer Om Kolthoum and president Gamal Abdul-Nasser. He was one of the few players to play abroad at that time, joining Austrian club Graz AK and making a memorable impact. Selim returned home but soon ended his playing career following the 1967 war, which led to football being frosted. However, his popularity was never affected because he proved a huge success in the field of management. He was promoted until he reached the chairman's seat, with the mission of maintaining the club's Code of Ethics.
After stamping his name in Ahly's history, Selim died in May 2002 at the age of 72.
Al-Ahly derived its color from the early 20th century Flag of Egypt. Story of the color goes back to year 1911 when the jersey was linear striped in red and white.
Then, it was changed to a half red-a half white linear jersey, until it rests at the red color only as it was the color of the Egyptian flag in the reign period of Abbas Helmy the second at that time.
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Total War: Rome II due for release September 3rd
by John Callaham
One of the longest running RTS game franchises will release its next installment on the PC September 3rd. That's the date for the launch of Total War: Rome II, from developer The Creative Assembly and publisher Sega.
Sega's blog post reveals more about the release plans for the game, which will take fans of the Total War franchise back to the ancient Roman Empire once again. Anyone who pre-orders Total War: Rome II will get the first DLC pack for the game for free. The Greek States Culture Pack will add three more factions to the game: Epirus, Athens and Sparta.
Sega will release both a regular edition of the game as well as a collector's edition, which will have a bunch of extras. Only 22,000 individually numbered copies of the collector's edition will be made. The game disc will be enclosed in a debossed Steelbook case. The collector's edition will come with 30 bone-effect game pieces that are designed to play Tabula, a precursor to backgammon.
It will also come with Total War Cards, a two player card game. Finally, the collector's edition comes with a way to assemble a small but functioning replica of the Roman Onager siege catapult. Sega is selling the special edition for $154.99.


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Rescued Martinez beaver is sick — an update
By Gary Bogue
Friday, January 4th, 2008 at 7:35 am in Beavers, Lindsay Wildlife Museum.
Here's an e-mail I received from the Lindsay Wildlife Museum on the condition of the immature male beaver that was rescued from the banks of Alhambra Creek in downtown Martinez Thursday afternoon and taken to the museum's Wildlife Hospital for care:
January 3, 2008, 5:30 p.m.
At about 2 p.m. this afternoon, Contra Costa Animal Services brought an immature, male beaver from downtown Martinez to Lindsay Wildlife Museum.
This beaver had been reported to be exhibiting unusual behaviors including swimming in circles and bumping into things in the water. The beaver attempted to get out of the creek and was reportedly helped out by a bystander. The animal control officer who picked up the beaver noted that it did not attempt to get away, appeared weak and lethargic and could not stand.
Dr. Nancy Anderson, the museum's veterinarian examined the beaver this afternoon including taking radiographs and blood samples. There were no obvious physical wounds or trauma. The beaver may have a kidney problem and has a mild infection. The exam also showed a nervous system disease that is most likely centered on the right side of the beaver's brain. The animal is also blind.
The beaver is receiving antibiotics, anti-inflammatory medication and fluids. Blood samples were sent to a diagnostic lab for additional tests. Those results should be back in the next two days.
The beaver's prognosis is extremely guarded. Any wild animal that is this weak with a serious underlying disease has a slim chance of survival. However, the animal will continue to receive medical care and we hope that further diagnostic testing will help determine an effective treatment.
Sherrill Cook, Director, External Affairs, Lindsay Wildlife Museum
Here's another pertinent e-mail from Heidi Perryman of the Martinez beaver people:
Gary: Lots of talk about the injured beaver in Martinez, just wanted to check in and let you know that we have always had one kit with a kind of "swimming limp," which has suggested a neurological condition.
It's possible that the stress of the night exacerbated this, and I let the Lindsay Museum know while he was being examined. There is no reason a healthy beaver would have been out poking around that cage, and its doubtful that this caused his injury. Skip Lisle (Vermont beaver expert installing a water flow device in the beaver dam/Gary) feels sick about this, as do I, who have been worried about that little one since the beginning. …
Honestly the mood yesterday was so hopeful, and the City did everything as Skip recommended. Skip is very well respected by every beaver expert I've spoken too. Updates will be available as I get them on the http://www.martinezbeavers.com Web page.
Thanks gary, Heidi
Dear readers:
I'll keep you updated here as I hear anything new about the sick beaver. You can also monitor the Martinez beavers Web site above. They are posting a lot of up-to-date information on things that are going on with the beaver dam and the beavers. If you have any comments, or information to add about the beavers you can do so by clicking on "add a comment" below. Thanks. /gary
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Yafa pens are not only made from recycled materials, they are also refillable so you can keep on pumping away on that note pad for years to come. Traditionally this site is known for their high end writing utensils, so you can bet these utility tools have been tested for quality as well. Yafa sells these packs of twenty pens for only twenty bucks, so you can also save ink while writing those office supply checks. Yafa pens come in red, blue black and, naturally, green.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- If the Columbus Blue Jackets spectacular run this season has proven anything, its this: When theres a winning product on the ice, Columbus fans will come. And they did it in stunning fashionSaturday night as a sell-out crowd of 19,002 gathered in Nationwide Arena to watch their boys beat the Nashville Predators 3-1. The hearty group, which was quieted in the second period by a Nashville goal, started gathering outside the ticket office before noon for the 7 p.m. game and packed the Arena District for pre-gaming long before the doors officially opened at 6. It was quite a nightfan appreciation nightand it was made even more special when the Blue Jackets organization allowed fans to stay and watch the final seven minutes of the Minnesota Wild game versus the Colorado Avalanche. Detroit had already clinched the 7th spot in the Western Conferenceif the Wild won, they moved into 8th, tying the Jackets and winning due to regulation wins. If the Wild lost, the Jackets wou...
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Oops! Medallion found — by accident
December 8, 2010 at 3:03 pm in Worthington Daily Globe
WORTHINGTON The sky was dark, she didn't have her glasses on, and she wasn't even searching, but Barbara Gray of Worthington found the glittery ornament early Wednesday morning, bringing an end to the 2010 Magic of Christmas Medallion Hunt.
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Going Green: New Program Outlines Environmental Building
The New Jersey Sierra Club joined College representatives in May to highlight the College's new Green Building program, an important step in preparing the county's workers for the new, green energy economy.
Green jobs and energy conservation are vital components of the future health of both the economy and environment. By offering these Green Building courses, Middlesex County College is playing a key role in the region's success. The courses are being offered by the College's Division of Corporate and Community Education, which features non-credit programs.
College President Joann La Perla-Morales said the program will serve the needs of the community in several ways. "The college is committed to reducing the carbon footprint," she said. "This program will contribute to making our planet a more sustainable place to live. These courses address that from two viewpoints – that of the homeowner and the building industry professional."
Jeff Tittel, director of the New Jersey Sierra Club, said, "College students today are concerned about global warming and protecting the environment. Now they will be able to be educated on not only the theory of global warming but also how to fight global warming as a vocation."
The program is made up of two classes: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Accreditation Preparation and an energy audit and weatherization class.
LEED accreditation prepares professionals with a thorough understanding of green building practices.
"We also look at it from the jobs-creation perspective. Green Building is a growth industry with an increasing number of jobs available," Dr. La Perla-Morales said.
The College is not just teaching others to go green; it is using green building and energy efficiency initiatives in the construction of a new building to replace West Hall. The new building will be completed in accordance with the LEED Green Building Rating System and is expected to obtain a Silver rating.
"This will be an environmentally-friendly building with numerous features designed to save energy and resources," said Don Drost, executive director of facilities management. "A good portion of the materials used in construction of the building will be made with recycled materials, and we have a goal of recycling 80 percent of the materials used in construction."
Mr. Drost added that the College is conserving water by capturing rainwater for use in watering the landscaping. "We'll also provide special parking areas with recharging stations for electric vehicles," he said.
"This is the kind of model we need to have in all of New Jersey's community colleges," Mr. Tittel said.