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EU to unveil new Russia sanctions
The European Union is set to unveil a fresh package of sanctions against Russia as western leaders staged a show of support for the beleaguered Ukrainian government.
The move comes after David Cameron, US president Barack Obama and other senior Nato leaders held talks with Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko at the alliance summit in Wales.
British government sources said that the EU would unveil measures in Brussels tomorrow - including sanctions targeting state-owned Russian defence and energy companies.
World leaders discuss Ukraine at the Nato summit in Wales (AP)
They will also look to strengthen existing measures against state-owned banks and extend controls on the sale of military equipment to cover dual-use civilian military kit.
It is expected that the United States and Canada will announce similar measures in a co-ordinated move against Moscow.
One source said they were designed to force Mr Putin "to the negotiating table and off the battlefield" in eastern Ukraine.
The move came as the Ukraine's ambassador to the United Nations said a convoy of tanks and armoured vehicles seized by pro-Russian separatists was moving towards the key Black Sea port of Mariupol.
Yuriy Sergeyev told a news conference in New York that the column had been halted by Ukrainian forces and civilians, adding "The fight is still going on right now".
Earlier, Mr Cameron said that existing sanctions were already hurting the Russian economy.
"It is making a difference. The Russian economy was growing, it is now shrinking. Russian banks - some of them are getting short of money. The Russian stock market, the rouble, have suffered," he told BBC1 Breakfast.
"What Russia needs to understand is that if they continue with this approach in Ukraine, this pressure will be ramped up.
"The Ukrainians know that they have our support and this sanctions pressure is the right way to tell the Russians that what they are doing is unacceptable."
Mr Poroshenko said the summit represented a "landmark event" in the relationship between his country and Nato.
Speaking at a press conference alongside Nato secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen, he said: "I have never felt such a strong, enormous support from all the leaders of the countries, heads of government and representatives of the people of Nato member states as was demonstrated today for Ukraine.
"It is definitely a landmark event of the highest level in the 20-year history of the partnership between Ukraine and Nato.
Mr Poroshenko said Nato member states had agreed "bilateral military technical co-operation on non-lethal and lethal items" while Ukraine had agreed to work towards full inter-operability between its forces and those of the trans-Atlantic alliance, including by taking part in joint exercises.
"The completely new security situation created by this aggression calls for our joint action to counter the emergent security challenges, including hybrid warfare threats and thus shape a new strategic framework of Nato-Ukraine co-operation," he said.
Police move a mobile police cordon into position close to Celtic Manor in Newport
Nato secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen urged the Russians to draw back their forces from the Ukrainian border
Security close to Celtic Manor in Newport on the first day of the Nato summit
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Saying his town's shoppers are no longer in need after Hurricane Sandy, Paramus Mayor Richard LaBarbiera made a clear line in the sand about what can be sold in his Bergen County town this Sunday if a blue laws ban is in effect: furniture, appliances and sneakers are OK, but basketballs and $800 high heels are not.
"I told our two Sports Authoritys and our Dick's (Sporting Goods) that if they open up on Sunday and sell sports clothing and sneakers, I think the executive order provides for them to do that. But if they're selling basketballs or fishing equipment, the blue laws will be strictly enforced and they'll have to face the consequences," LaBarbiera said.
LaBarbiera promised fines and possible arrest for any retailers that sell the wrong goods.
"The stores will be expected to limit sales to specific items on Sunday, and if they do not, then there will be strict enforcement of the blue laws, which includes a fine and might also include arrest," said LaBarbiera. "We will be going around making sure every store and every mall tenant complies with the rules that only certain items can be sold, and I pity the tenant that willfully continues to sell products that aren't covered within the limits of the law that was written."
LaBarbiera was reacting to an executive order by Gov. Chris Christie suspending Bergen County's blue laws, which normally prohibit retail stores from being open on Sundays. Christie's edict, aiming to help state residents recovering from the superstorm, was effective Nov. 3 and is expected to remain law until the governor rescinds it or the hurricane-related emergency order for New Jersey is lifted.
LaBarbiera said he is communicating with Bergen County executives — whose petition to temporarily suspend the blue laws led Christie to issue his executive order — in an effort to "re-evaluate the ban before the weekend comes," and he noted "everyone is on the same page in questioning the need for the suspension at this point … and while we recognize necessities must be provided, we're finding the people that are in the stores are not truly in need anymore."
John Holub, president of the New Jersey Retail Merchants Association, has said if Paramus officials block any retailer from operating on Nov. 11 while the executive order is still intact, the municipality will be "clearly in violation" of Christie's executive order.
"Clearly, the executive order that says any retailer can be open on Sunday until further notice covers all of BergenCountyand trumps any local ordinance. Unfortunately, retailers are now hearing very conflicting messages from Paramus officials — everything from not being allowed to be opened on Sunday or they'll be fined, to selling only certain products like clothes and electronics," said Holub. "That's great if people out there need clothes to stay warm, but it doesn't make any sense. Right now retailers are active participants in responding to the recovery, and the last thing they need is confusion from their local government officials."
But LaBarbiera said the order is "not as liberal as the retail association would like to believe," as he noted its language "specifically applies to selling items deemed as necessary to address the needs of people who received damage, like furniture, clothing and appliances — not selling someone a pair of Christian Louboutins at Nordstrom for $800."
LaBarbiera said he recently called the municipalities' three malls and "told them to be cautious" about selling inventory aside from clothing and appliances on Sunday if the blue laws waiver is still in effect.
"Walls are not bursting at the seams, which I think is a testament to the fact that there's no great need here for retail on Sunday," LaBarbiera said. "We're very happy thatParamushas been able to come through this disaster as quickly as we have, and that's why it's important for us to talk to the governor's office and the county executives to tell them there's not a need for this executive order anymore."
Holub said as long as the municipality is under a state of emergency, officials should allow retailers to sell their inventories to customers without limitation.
"This is the second year in a row, considering the blue laws were still in effect before and after (Hurricane) Irene last year, that people are not allowed to go to stores inParamus to prepare for a storm or recover after a storm," Holub said. "This just shows the absurdity of the overall blue laws to begin with, but for now, Paramus officials need to understand we're in state of emergency and extreme conditions, and they need to comply with Gov. Christie's executive order."
Gerald Dergen, a concierge at Westfield Garden State Plaza, in Paramus, said as of 1 p.m. Tuesday, every store in the mall will be open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, though he noted "that may change if another update from Paramus officials comes out later on in the day or the week."

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Sars Wars: Bankok Zombie Crisis (US - DVD R1)
Gabe Powers grabs a lazer-sword for some Thai style zombie smashing...
Hours after a triumphant speech toting the fact that Thailand is the only East Asian country without any cases of any strain of the new SARS virus, an outbreak of type 4 SARS is discovered in a large apartment complex. It seems that type 4 SARS has nothing to do with the upper respiratory system. Instead it turns the infected into raging, flesh-craving zombies. The Thai government is quick to take action, and plans a cover-up that'll see hundreds of Thai citizens dead.
Meanwhile, Khun Krabii is sent by his master to save the sexy and nubile young daughter of a high stakes business tycoon from a group of seedy kidnappers. The kidnappers are holding the girl hostage atop the very building infected with the deadly virus. Krabii is soon in over his head, and calls his master in for some assistance. It's an old fashion zombie smack down, complete with faux-lightsabers, mutated animals, and raunchy villains.
There are high concept films, and then there are high concept films; and there's also Sars Wars, which has a concept lower than the Ben Davis khaki's on the lamest Gringo wanna-be gangster on University Ave. Who wants another zombie comedy, specifically another Romero and Raimi inspired East Asian zombie comedy? A show of hands, everyone. Is that all? Well you get one anyway, you ingrates, and I'm pretty sure you'll get another one next week too. This isn't the worst RRIEAZC I've ever seen, but it's barely anything to get too worked up over as well. It lies somewhere between Wild Zero and Stacy.
I admit to not having seen too many Thai films, in fact I'm pretty sure the American release of Ong-Bak is my beginning and end so far, and I'll guess that there's a cultural uniqueness to some of the film's humour. At the same time, though, I'm pretty sure this film aims at being as Western as possible. The action and horror aspects, though wholly unoriginal, work in that 'beer and pizza' kind of way, but the lewd humour is so unimaginatively low-brow it teeters into the realm of embarrassing. I guess if Scary Movie is your cup o' tea you'll enjoy yourself enough. It really is too bad because there are some funny, Stephen Chow-esque touches throughout.
Sars Wars is the very definition of a mixed bag. There are plenty of great moments, but just as many groaners, making the film average out to be disappointingly mediocre. I liked the look of the zombies a lot, and the apartment tower setting reminded me of David Cronenberg's Shivers, or more specifically Lamberto Bava's Shivers rip off, Demons 2. It's a tired formula, yes, but I'm still a sucker for it. Maybe it's the die hard Dawn of the Dead fan in me that enjoys large, yet constrained areas for my zombie fighters to do battle.
The film peaks during the animated interludes. The have utilized a few different styles of unique animation, which I'm guessing were meant to capitalize on Kill Bill's Oren Ishii origin, considering their use and basic looks. Regardless of possibly less than honourable motivations, the animation is show stopping in a charming kind of lo-fi way. Some viewers may also notice that the film's structure is very similar to that of a modern video game, most specifically Resident Evil. Button mashers the world over will likely recognize a cut scene/action/cut scene/action structure, not to mention the third act's 'final boss', a giant, mutated snake that can be seen throughout torturing our heroes in preparation for the final confrontation.
There's some real smashing sound editing (some of the female zombies scream very inhumanly), and the candy-coloured visuals were most pleasing, but it all rang pretty hallow. The rapid fire, music video editing is painfully hip, and in a few instances actually creates enough confusion that I was pretty sure the DVD had skipped a chapter. It's clear that the film was made to make money not as art, so this case of terminal hipness can be forgiven, and I have to take the film for what it aims to be rather than what I'd like it to be.
In its brighter scenes, this Discotek DVD looks great. Colours are rich and vibrant with minima blooming or bleeding. At its best this film looks like a living cartoon. During the darker scenes the transfer reveals some problems, mostly grain related. The darker a shot, the heavier the grain, to the point that some scenes are hard to ascertain. This issue seems to be a problem of both the original film elements and the DVD's compression, as this grain is often marching hand-in-hand with low-level noise. When the darkness passes however, the transfer becomes once again dynamic.
I was caught off guard by how good this DVD's Dolby Digital 5.1 track was. The entire track is very aggressive, and surround effects are lovingly crafted. As I said in the film review, the sound design of Sars Wars is one of its strongest assets. Occasionally a cartoony emphasizing sound effect will be too loud, but for the most part we're dealing with real pros here. There is the tiniest issue with the dynamic range of the track, and I did find myself turning the system up and down a few times.
I was a little disappointed with the DVD's subtitle track, which didn't subtitle credits or signage, and occasionally dropped out all together. I wouldn't say anything important was missing, but it was disappointing.
First up is a large buffet of deleted scenes. These are more interesting than your average deleted scenes in that they seem to represent an entirely different film, or at least an altered first half. I'd like to note that one of the two plot synopsis of the film on imdb.com is inaccurate because it takes all these deleted scenes into account. Some of the scenes are basically the same with costume and setting changes, and others feature a more thoughtful, but less entertaining opening. There are also a few scenes that may have been cut by the Thai film censors due to their general raunchiness (they aren't missed), but I don't know enough about the Thai film industry to say for sure.
The rest of the disc is in the promotional vein, including trailers, music videos, and a featurette. The featurette is short and pretty uninformative, but does let the audience know that Sars Wars was made with box office receipts in mind rather than critical acclaim. The music videos are interchangeable but fun, and the music is shockingly poorly produced. How is it that these people can make competent CG creatures but can't mix a rock/rap song? The second, and better (but less catchy) song is sung on the video by the film's star. I'm not sure if he sang it originally though.
The longer, theatrical trailer is great simply because it ends with the phrase 'bring some toilet paper...because you'll shit yourself laughing'. Seriously, more American trailers should be so blunt, even if it is a lie. Discotek has also provided a promo reel of recent releases, set to a groovy techno song.
If you honestly haven't had enough East Asian zombie comedies, than you should probably give Sars Wars a shot. It flops violently between 'inspired' and 'worthless', and is enough to entertain a room full of half-drunk teenagers. It's not as much fun as Wild Zero or Bio Zombie, and it's not in the same league as Shaun of the Dead, but there are worse ways to waste your time. I was very impressed with the audio presentation, and the deleted scenes offer an interesting incite into the filmmaker's process, even if the making-of featurette does not. Besides, how can I hate any movie with a faux-lightsaber?
Review by Gabriel Powers
Frank The Rabbit Member Join Date: March 2005 Location: United States Posts: 180
Sars zombies, HAHAHAHA!!!
JckRbbitSlim Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: United States Posts: 280
I thought that said Star Wars at first glance....I was gonna say......Hmmmm?!
Kyle Mertes Member Join Date: August 2005 Location: United States Posts: 700
JckRbbitSlim wrote: I thought that said Star Wars at first glance....I was gonna say......Hmmmm?!
I thought I was the only one who thought that...
I thought I was the only one who thought that...
Stephen Etherton Member Join Date: October 2003 Location: United States Posts: 706
No, I thought it, too...
I can safley say I will be passing on this release
I can safley say I will be passing on this release
Dave Brock Banned Join Date: November 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1,237
I've had the super cheap Thai release for a while...still sadly unwatched though.
mikey mike Member Join Date: March 2006 Location: Yemen Posts: 256
even though it had zombies and lightsabers it still sucked? I'll still check it out anyway
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
It doesn't "suck", it's just that the bad and good are entirely equal.
MGR Member Join Date: February 2006 Location: United States Posts: 94
I could hav sworn thie title was Star Wars when I clicked it..... DAMN DIRTY MIND GAMES!!!!!
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
Look, you guys can still read the review even if it isn't for Star Wars.
Dave Brock Banned Join Date: November 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1,237
Gabe Powers wrote: Look, you guys can still read the review even if it isn't for Star Wars.
MGR Member Join Date: February 2006 Location: United States Posts: 94
Gabe Powers wrote: Look, you guys can still read the review even if it isn't for Star Wars.
I did read the review and it sounds like something I would want to avoid
I did read the review and it sounds like something I would want to avoid
Worst Nightmare Senior Member Join Date: July 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 6,716
Makes it worth alook-see...
oh and great review Gabe....Love the 2nd last screen shot...
oh and great review Gabe....Love the 2nd last screen shot...
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Disc Details
Release Date: 15th August 2006
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Thai
Subtitles: English
Extras: Deleted Scenes, Behind the Scenes, Music Videos, Trailers, Discotek Promo Reel
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Taweewat Wantha
Cast: Po-Ngam, Kitsuwan, Tunphairao
Genre: Action, Comedy and Horror
Length: 95 minutes
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Oklahoma Christian University is one of the best colleges in the West according to the nationally known education services company, The Princeton Review. It is one of 121 institutions The Princeton Review recommends in its "Best in the West" section of its website feature, "2012 Best Colleges: Region by Region."
"We are honored to be ranked among the best universities in the West region," said Mike O'Neal, president of Oklahoma Christian. "This is a reflection of the hard work of our dedicated faculty, staff and students."
For this project, The Princeton Review asked students attending the schools to rate their own colleges on several issues—from the accessibility of their professors to quality of the campus food—and answer questions about themselves, their fellow students and their campus life.
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The 121 colleges that The Princeton Review chose for its "Best in the West" list are located in 15 states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. Collectively, the 629 colleges named "regional best" constitute about 25 percent of the nation's 2,500 four-year colleges.
Last year The Princeton Review also named Oklahoma Christian as one of the top 50 undergraduate gaming design programs in the nation. It was the only one in Oklahoma to make the list.


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Plymouth University on course for the future
In the UK's biggest higher education IT refresh project to date, Plymouth University adopted a big bang approach to replacing its entire fleet of 6,000 devices — choosing ICT manufacturer Viglen and partner Toshiba to carry out the £3.9m contract.
IT provision is an increasingly important issue in helping universities recruit and retain students. With tuition fees currently averaging £9,000 a year, students are looking for the best possible value for money and attend open days armed with lots of questions about resources and expectations of access to all the latest kit, wireless infrastructure and apps.
About the University
With over 32,000 students and 3,000+ staff, Plymouth is the largest university in the South West of England and is consistently ranked as one of the top five modern universities in the UK. Its reputation for top-quality teaching and innovation is backed by the application of leading-edge IT, relying on up-to-date operating systems and the latest technology to enable remote access to the PCs as well as management of the power state of the PCs and security features.
The Challenge
Rather than run a rolling programme of upgrades, the Plymouth IT team prefers to replace all the desktop and laptop equipment in one fell swoop. It is challenging, but this type of big bang roll out has a number of advantages for us, said Joe. It allows us to adopt a truly homogenous approach and is the most costeffective way to manage a large fleet like ours. For example, we have used just four models throughout the entire university — two types of desktop and two laptops — which makes for far easier management and maintenance of the service.
The Solution
The Viglen solution involved a cradle-to-grave desktop PC and laptop fleet management service. Firstly, all the old kit had to be data destructed, taken off site and either disposed of in line with WEEE legislation or returned to the leasing company. Then, prior to delivery, Viglen began asset-tagging and configuring the new kit with the University's disk image, including 250 different applications. Then came the deployment to the desktop, which involved supplying 3,100 Viglen Genie Slim desktops, 550 Viglen Genie Medium desktops, 6,600 Philips monitors, 160 Toshiba Tecra laptops, 1,700 Toshiba Portege laptops, 1,860 Toshiba docking stations and 2,000 Ergotron laptop stands. At this stage the asset tagging was completed and recorded on a SharePoint portal deployed onsite on Toshiba Android tablets to give Viglen and university staff a complete record of all the equipment by serial number and allowing identification of its network point, room location and primary user details. When a PC moves, Viglen can update the database to include the PC's new location details and any other changes.
The Result
This total refresh of all devices means the whole university is now using Windows 7, with the very latest Intel Core Architecture so that log in is faster and all the devices are delivering higher performance. In terms of technical developments, we are futureproofed for the next four or five years, this time we added 50 per cent more laptops for our professional staff and installed docking stations to allow them more flexibility around mobile working. This encourages hot-desking and more efficient use of space. said Joe.
Everyone is pleased with the installation, from our chief information officer John Wright, through to our students. We surveyed students to measure their satisfaction with the new fleet of computers and we've had some very positive responses. For example over 90 per cent of students rated the speed of our computers as good or very good and 86 per cent said login times were good or very good.
Joe Grant
Senior Project Manager, Plymouth University
We very much value our relationship with Plymouth University and enjoyed being involved in their big bang approach to IT, as they stay ahead of the curve and offer their students the very best resources and facilities they can. For technology to truly deliver on its promise within the sector, power, performance and innovation are not enough.


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A simple twist reveals or hides the light on this innovative reading lamp - and it can be used on Shabbos according to halacha! It's a practical and innovative idea that's perfect in any room, as a gift or for everyone in your family.
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What do you think? Oui or non PBers?
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- Anonymous9:46 AM
When in Paris I always stay in the Marais. I have seen the Institute Suedois but didn not know what it was. I did see cafe tables...can any one go into the cafe for food and to look around? Since I do not speak French or Sweedish I did not know how to ask in person. I will be back in the Marias in abaout two weeks and would like to go inside. Any advice?ReplyDelete
There's a link to their website in the post.Delete
Check it out.
Anyone can walk inside
Of course a weekend edition, Carol! Your blog is a treasure trove of info/eye candy. I love checking in daily ... even several times to read comments. Quel plaisir.ReplyDelete
The more information the better! But don't wear yourself out just to keep us informed. By the way we were in Paris last Sunday - brought the beautiful weather with us (you are welcome, Paris!) and enjoyed a picnic in the park with all the rest of Paris - what a wonderful day!ReplyDelete
I think no! I think you need your weekends free and not to be always working...invites burnout, but that's just me. LOVE the post!!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous2:36 PM
I love your blog! I am voting yes for a weekend edition. By the way, can you identify the poster in the last frame of your blog today? It caught my eye and since I'll be in Paris a month from now, I'm wondering if it's for a current exhibit?ReplyDelete
Thanks for providing a little slice of Paris every day.
Everything is so pretty..the green grass..the Noix St -Jacques..the tiny bites..but especially your macaron with the strawberry hat~ReplyDelete
That little container..be still my heart.
I would love it! I always miss PB on the week end. But, perhaps, to avoid burnout, just feel free to skip it now and then if you are super busy or worn out from all your jaunting about.ReplyDelete
Weekends - oui! Can't get enough PB to drool over!ReplyDelete
Oui!! Weekend PB? Tres bien!ReplyDelete
Oh, what a fabulous post. Spring and salmon and champagne and Bear. Happy Sigh. (Meanwhile, here where I live, temps soared up to 4C today, and the snow is nearly all melted. Spring can't be far away. ... Can it?!)
- Maureen8:18 PM
Oui bien sur but only if it doesn't wear you out. What if you went to a different musee chaque weekend & reported on that? I have only seen the Louvre, D'Orsay, Jacquemart Andre,ReplyDelete
Musee du Moyenne Age and Musee des Arts Decoratifs so I am way behind!Replies
The weekends are when the museums are packed MaureenDelete
I try to go during the week so far this week: Hotel de Ville, l'Orangerie, musee de l'Armee, Pinacotheque and maybe the Moderne today for the Keith Herring show...
That's why I need caviar brunches each week
Yes please on the weekend edition. Love reading what you are seeing there.ReplyDelete
I like the shot of the strawberries - they really jump out at you.ReplyDelete
I've never had caviar - I'd love to try it.
Weekend edition, sure!Replies
Strawberries have been jumping out at me all over Paris. I finally bought some in the marche and they were delicious!Delete
So early too
- Anonymous12:15 PM
Boujour from Sao Paulo – Brazil!!ReplyDelete
OUI OUI!!! Paris Breakfast on weekends too!!
I can´t wait to receive your daily Paris Breakfast everyday , the pictures and your comments on what is going on in Paris regarding expositions, food, parisian´s style and life and Bear the most lovely little guy ever! It makes my DAY!
Merci Beaucoup!
I'd rather be in Rio...saudage do BrasilDelete
Very funny!ReplyDelete
Bear flirting with the petrossian food!
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- Anonymous2:22 PM
Oh please do weekends too...this was fabulous as my favorite era was the deco...the art work l is wonderful and the food looks too beautiful to eat...the strawberries sure dont look like anything here in ugly Phoenix. There are no wonderful bakeries like what I left in San Francisco...LynneReplyDelete
Bien Sur!!! A weekend edition would be a much anticipated treat pour Moi!ReplyDelete
I'm a bit behind reading PB this week but it's always a pleasure to read through however many posts you've made for us. What a breath of spring this post is. Those strawberries do look magnificent. As does your Petrossian taster plate. I'm intrigued by the dried caviar concept.ReplyDelete


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Four area law enforcement officers were recognized at the Pottawatomie County courthouse Friday with citations for bravery and heroism for their roles in help saving a trooper's life when a plane crashed in Pottawatomie County.
It was the evening of July 26 when Trooper Dennis Dickens, flying an Oklahoma Highway Patrol single-engine aircraft, was in the area of SH 9 and Bethel Road to assist the task force in a manhunt.
As the pilot whistled and pointed from the air to the location of the suspect, the plane, about 80 feet off the ground, had some type of mechanical problem and crashed in a pasture.
Honored Friday for acts of bravery and heroism that day were Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Deputy Jason Holasek, Shawnee Police Cpl. David Carpenter, Citizen Potawatomi Nation Major Jody Opela and Sheriff's Deputy Anthony Lee.
Sen. Ron Sharp introduced the group and said the day was about honoring them for their courage and service.
"I cannot tell you how much our nation needs to honor our brave," Sharp said.
Sheriff Mike Booth summarized the events of that day, which also was echoed when Rep. Josh Cockroft read aloud the citations.
"As we recognize these men today for bravery, I want to recognize their families and the families of all men and women in law enforcement," Booth said, adding the support and understanding of families help all of them do better jobs.
"We all know when we pin on a badge, strap on a gun and walk out the door, we all face challenges that may be dangerous," Booth said. "Law enforcement is a way of life — not just another paycheck. We have a bond of brotherhood with the badge. We watch each other's back and make sure our brothers and sisters get home at the end of their shift."
Booth explained what happened that day as those assigned to District 23 task force were searching an area for suspect.
Holasek was about 200 yards away from the plane went down and ran to the crash site, where he found the trooper a few feet away from the burning plane. He pulled the injured trooper about eight feet before being overcome by smoke and fumes from the wreckage, Booth said.
Without hesitation, Booth said Carpenter and Opela arrived and carried Trooper Dickens about 35 feet to safety.
As all that was unfolding, Deputy Lee also was involved and was responsible for getting the suspect in custody.
Cockroft, who said they wanted to recognize the bravery and courage of the officers, read aloud the State of Oklahoma citation, which was signed by local senators and representatives. All four received a standing ovation in the packed courtroom.
While all appeared humble about the honor, none made any comments but were congratulated by many.
Previously, Holasek talked about how he believes the trooper, by leveling out the plane before it went down, contributed to his own survival, which in turn helped them rescue him from the site.
Opela, who also was honored during CPN ceremony last week, said they knew they had to get the trooper out of that area fast, with Opela saying they all worked together as a team.
Several legislators, city and county officials, area law enforcement officers as well as OHP troopers were among those attending.
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pster wrote:I find myself rather indignant that poor Mr. Arndt could go to the trouble to write on a subject as narrow as reflexive pronouns and have others blithely disagree with him. What gall! I may have to champion his cause just on general principles.
John W. wrote:
I'm aware that, in Thucydides, σφίσι sometimes refers to the main subject of a sentence rather than to the subject of a relative clause within it
pster wrote:Sorry John for making a mess out of your question. I like Hobbes and Fowler. So I guess I'm against Arndt.
UPDATE: But I'm not going to pass final judgement until I have read Arndt. Do we have a link?
pster wrote:Fowler writes:
σφίσι : refers to the subj. of ψηφιεῖσθαι: "they would adopt no other measures than those which they (the Boeotarchs) recommend to them after previous deliberation." The indir. refl. pron. often refers in Thuc. to the subj. of a dependent verb. Cf. i. 20. 10; 30. 14; 58. 7; iii. 3. 19; iv. 113. 11. Kühn. 555, N. 9. The change to σφεῖς or ἐν σφίσι, which has been proposed, is therefore unnecessary.
Seems right to me. Would have been nice if Hobbes had explicitly inserted the dative in the English.
So I don't think we need the Smyth/Nate special sauce.
But I am sure I have missed something very basic. So what is it?
NateD26 wrote:...so you can agree or disagree with whichever commentary or grammar
you choose, but do so with some degree of respect or reverence rather than
outright disparaging them.
pster wrote:http://mercure.fltr.ucl.ac.be/Hodoi/concordances/thucy_guerre_pelop_01/listvoca.cfm
is a great site that I have mentioned before that gives you a quick way to see all the instances of a word in a given book of Thucydides. Just fiddle with the URL to get other books since navigation isn't straightforward.
Just in book I, there are too many instances for me to look at. But Smyth's rule strikes me as rather odd. Why not just say, "the subject of its own clause"? Are we supposed to imagine that there is some difference?
But leaving that aside, I'm interested in other instances from Thucydides that seem to break what I take to be the general rule of just finding the referent one level up. According to Smyth, there are other places. Do we know of any besides 5.14 so that I can have some more practice explaining away anomalous cases?
NateD26 wrote:Charles F. Smith in his appendix to Book 6 takes the view of an alliance of the Egestaeans
with the Leontines in a lengthy comment with multiple references. I couldn't understand
much of it but it may be of some help to you.
pster wrote:There is a several page discussion of the sentence. Its meaning even hinges on the results of an examination of an inscription with a laser! Looks like fun. I'm up for it, but it may take me a few days to summarize it for you.
pster wrote:Hornblower says he adopts the interpretation that it was an Athenian alliance with Leontinoi, the same interpretation as most translators going back to Hobbes. There are two other interpretations: Egestaian alliance with Leontinoi going back to Vala in 1400's; and Egestaian alliance with Leontinoi held by Steup.
He says the best discussion of the matter is here:
http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/ifa/zp ... 083038.pdf
Hopefully that will keep you busy for a day or two until I can read some more Hornblower!
Funny I was just looking at vacation ideas in northwest Sicily. I may have to go look at this inscription myself. Where is the stone?
pster wrote:ὥστε τὴν γενομένην ἐπὶ Λάχητος καὶ τοῦ προτέρου πολέμου Λεοντίνων οἱ Ἐγεσταῖοι ξυμμαχίαν ἀναμιμνῄσκοντες τοὺς Ἀθηναίους ἐδέοντο σφίσι ναῦς πέμψαντας ἐπαμῦναι
Does ἐπὶ Λάχητος καὶ τοῦ προτέρου πολέμου just mean "in the time of Laches and the former war"?
pster wrote:John, are you satisfied? Or do you still want to hear more about Hornblower? I've got about a dozen things going on now, so have been limiting the Greek to 60 minutes. Did you read that pdf?
pster wrote:Soon after leaving port, my Thucydidean trireme was struck by a Polybian quinquireme. So despite spending the entirety of last year preparing for voyage, it has had to return to port for repairs. Plans are to resume in about 8 weeks!
pster wrote:Hornblower is silent on the issue. I'll give it some thought Monday morning.
I take your point re an object for σκηπτόμενοι, but does it have to be τί itself? Could it not be an understood relative referring to τί? In other words, the construction would be '... or, using [it] as an excuse ...'. Is this a possibility?


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Global Brass & Copper Inc., East Alton, Ill., the former Olin Corp. metals business acquired by New York-based KPS Capital Partners LP, has named John H. Walker as chief executive officer.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — John Reifsteck looks out at his muddy 1,800-acre central Illinois farm and wonders when he'll get to plant.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — John Reifsteck looks out at his muddy 1,800-acre central Illinois farm and wonders when he'll get to plant.
Like so many other Midwest growers who were praying for rain during the recent drought, he's now pining for enough sunshine and heat to dry out his soggy fields as the deadline approaches for deciding what he can even plant this year.
It's a troubling scenario playing out across America's breadbasket, where the U.S. Department of Agriculture says just 12 percent of the nation's cornfields have been planted. That's about a quarter of what would was planted by this date over the previous five years, and it marks the slowest start in decades in some states.
The numbers have been even worse in the biggest corn-producing state, Iowa, where only 8 percent of the corn crop is in the ground, down from 62 percent the same time last year. The USDA says it's the slowest planting pace since 1995 in Iowa, which was socked by a snowstorm last week.
It's a stark juxtaposition from a year ago, when farmers jumped on an early spring and by this time had 69 percent of the corn planted, weeks ahead of schedule. Then by June, the drought began what became a summer-long intensification, although better crop technology still helped U.S. farmers reap one of their biggest corn crops ever.
The current situation frustrates farmers such as Reifsteck. Many of his acres are standing pools of water, and others are green with weeds that have thrived during recent weeks of rainfall and will require the fields to be reworked to ready them for planting, provided his tractors don't get stuck.
Reifsteck knows that if he has to wait much longer, he may have to scale back on the amount of corn he'll plant this year and go instead with more soybeans, which can be planted later, have a shorter growing season and proved more resilient last year to the punishing drought. Or he could take the risk of sowing the corn when the ground is still mucky and hope that using heavy machinery on the saturated soil doesn't compress the ground so badly that it prevents the plants from developing strong root systems.
The later the planting, the greater the likelihood that yields will suffer from the time lost in the growing season. There are corn varieties that mature faster, nearly 30 days in some cases, but the shorter the time to maturity again means a lesser yield.
"We're just waiting for it to dry out," Reifsteck said from his farm in Champaign County, Ill. "For corn, the odds of diminishing the yield get greater the farther you go in May (before planting the crop). You're basically squeezing it into a shorter season, and the odds of everything going well are pretty low. Once you get to June 1, you have to decide if you want to plant a lot of acres of corn" or devote more acreage to soybeans.
"This will be a difficult crop to assess, and yeah, it's discouraging," he said. "We're just playing the odds. We just have to get something planted."
The USDA recently estimated that U.S. farmers would plant 97 million acres of corn this year, which would be 100,000 more acres than last year, and that this year's crop could produce a record harvest if yields are close to the trend line or above. But that's if farmers can just get the crop planted: Mirroring Iowa's issues, just 14 percent of Nebraska's corn has been sown, 7 percent of Illinois' and 22 percent of Missouri's.
Given that early May typically is ideal for planting corn, farmers in water-logged areas may have to wait a week or more for their fields to dry enough to be planted. There's incentive to make it happen: Farmers broadly already have fertilized the fields, making it difficult to let that cost go for naught.
If the planting gets delayed into June, growers could turn to the shorter-season corn varieties, switch some of the acreage to soybeans or declare the land unplantable and collect the crop insurance for that lost opportunity, said Christopher Hurt, a Purdue University agricultural economist.
"This is just something they now are thinking about — what are my alternatives?" Hurt said. He added that the recent rainfall would help the Corn Belt better withstand another drought, if one occurs this summer, by restoring its subsoil moisture.
"We keep saying, 'Don't panic,'" Hurt added. "But how many more weeks can we go and not panic? Not many."
Adding to the uncertainty are commodities markets, which in recent months have shown volatility. Corn prices dropped about 80 cents in early April but jumped 40 cents early last week, with planting delays accounting for at least some of those swings, said Chad Hart, an Iowa State University agricultural economist. The price of corn remains healthy and allows for profit, he said.
"The market is ready to make a run, but it doesn't know which direction to go yet," Hart said in a news release. "There's some cause for optimism in the middle of all this volatility in the market."
In Ohio, Bill Bayliss remains upbeat. With about 2,000 acres on which he grows corn, soybeans and wheat near West Mansfield while also raising cattle and sheep, the 67-year-old farmer credits his area's drier conditions than other states for allowing him to get his fields prepped for planting, two weeks behind schedule.
"No corn planted yet, although several neighbors started just yesterday," he told The Associated Press on Monday. "Guys could probably run today, and maybe 10 years ago they would have. But with the expense of seed and chemicals, we don't want to do it wrong."
"We're on the verge of being able to go, and the conditions look pretty good if it just stays open and a few showers don't get us too wet," he added. "We're kind of holding our breath and waiting to try to do it just the best we can."
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It would seem only natural that Carrie Rodriguez would make the move into songwriting and performing solo after playing the fiddle for other artists.
After all, songwriting is in her blood. She is the daughter of David Rodriguez, an acclaimed singer-songwriter who has released several albums.
But instead, she said the connection to her father actually made her hesitate to explore her songwriting talents.
"If you're the kid of someone who's known for what they do and they're really good at it, which my dad is — he's a very renowned songwriter — you don't want to go there," Rodriguez said in a mid-January phone interview. "It's a little intimidating."
But her plans to be a sideman changed in 2001 when Rodriguez played the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas, as a member of a band called Hayseed.
Chip Taylor (who wrote "Wild Thing" and "Angel of the Morning") saw her and offered to take Rodriguez on the road and under his wing.
This partnership led to three albums as a duo — "Let's Leave This Town" (2002), "The Trouble With Humans" (2003) and "Red Dog Tracks" (2004).
By that time, Taylor had already convinced Rodriguez to start singing — a move that revealed that she was a more than capable vocalist.
Taylor also encouraged Rodriguez to start writing songs. She had a few co-writes on the latter two albums with Taylor, and then stepped out as a solo act with her 2006 album, "Seven Angels on a Bicycle."
Still, Taylor was a major presence on "Seven Angels," writing seven songs and co-writing four others with Rodriguez. The album gained enough notice that Rodriguez landed a deal with a major label, EMI Records.
And on her next album, 2008's "She Ain't Me," Taylor was not directly involved in songwriting or production, as EMI instead had Rodriguez write with such A-list songwriters as Gary Louris (of the Jayhawks), Dan Wilson and Mary Gauthier. She ended up co-writing all but one of the songs on "She Ain't Me," marking her full-on arrival as a solo artist.
But almost as quickly as Rodriguez had stepped up to the big leagues with her EMI deal, Rodriguez was dropped from the roster.
She realized it was a good time to step back and try to process all that had happened over the preceding seven years.
"So much of my early musical career was a whirlwind. It happened so quick," Rodriguez said. "It left me kind of just wanting to catch my breath and wondering, 'Well, I've enjoyed all of this, but what is truly my voice, when it's not being influenced by these amazing songwriters and record-label executives who are hoping for me to have a hit.' I needed some time to figure out what it all meant."
She bought herself some time by doing a covers record, "Love and Circumstance," which helped her reconnect with her musical roots and figure out her next step as a songwriter and solo artist.
With "Give Me All You Got," Rodriguez returns sounding more confident and more willing to stretch beyond her roots in folk and country. There are still elements of the acoustic-leaning folk of her earlier work, but Rodriguez works with a larger instrumental and stylistic palette.
"Devil in Mind," one of a pair of songs Rodriguez co-wrote with Taylor, is a gritty, spirited tune with a bluesy chorus and bits of rock and folk elsewhere. "I Cry for Love" is an edgy vocal tour de force that combines blues, rock and country. The gently swinging "Tragic" has a bit of torch song jazz in its smoky, late-night sound.
"I think I have a lot of different genres that come out of me," Rodriguez said." And I love having the freedom to let them come out. I no longer feel afraid to let something sound country if that's the way it comes out. But I also, at the same time, think the new album really runs the gamut of styles, Some of those songs came out sounding like really odd little indie pop ditties or something. That's just how they came out."
On her first tour in support of the album, Rodriguez is having to give songs a facelift. That's because she's touring only with multi-instrumentalist.
"It's really fun for me to find new, fresh arrangements, of both the new and the older stuff," she said. "When you have (just) two people, the music is very elastic. We can really take liberties that you can't take when you have drums."
Carrie Rodriguez finds her true voice in eclectic musical mix
It would seem only natural that Carrie Rodriguez would make the move into songwriting and performing solo after playing the fiddle for other artists.