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Skip to comments.Conn. gun-maker declares intention to leave state
Posted on 04/10/2013 3:26:37 PM PDT by Olog-hai
A Connecticut gun-maker announced on Wednesday it intends to leave the state, just six days after passage of restrictive gun control legislation, while two other manufacturers said they are considering relocation offers from other states.
Manufacturers also plan to lobby the states congressional delegation next week to make sure they hear from our side, said Mark Malkowski, president of Stag Arms in New Britain.
Bristol-based PTR said in a statement posted on its website that it has not decided where it will move, but has commitments from most employees to relocate. The company makes military-style rifles and employs more than 40 people. PTR Vice President John McNamara said the company expects to make a more formal announcement about a move within six weeks.
The Connecticut Valley in Connecticut and western Massachusetts has been home to a large gun industry dating to the Revolutionary War.
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Sorry Mr. Malkowski, they're not interested in your side. They want to control you and your company...get out while you can.
Bristol CT middle school teaching...Americans do not have right to bear arms
The company is welcome in Arizona.
I won't buy another Ruger til they re - locate and I really like the SR 45.
Wouldn't that be a better plan BEFORE they pass legislation?
You would think so wouldn't you!?!
PTR = scary black rifles
PTR to Move from Connecticut
Posted on April 9, 2013
April 9, 2013
This past week an historic and highly controversial bill was passed by the State of Connecticut which will have far reaching consequences to the state, its citizens, and businesses. The bill we refer to is Bill No. 1160, AN ACT CONCERNING GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND CHILDRENS SAFETY. This bill purports to reduce gun violence by banning hardware responsible for less than 3% of homicides in 2011 ; and claims to increase childrens safety by restricting the ability of those most responsible for it their parents to defend them.
As a firearms manufacturing firm, our industrial roots reach deep in the State of CT. Along with other companies in the trade, we were deeply apprehensive at the hurried process to develop new gun laws and fearful that it would generate unintended consequences for our industry. On Thursday April 4th 2013, upon reading the full text of Bill 1160, our worst fears were confirmed. What emerged was a bill fraught with ambiguous definitions, insufficient considerations for the trade, conflicting mandates, and disastrous consequences for the fundamental rights of the people of CT.
The magnitude of the constitutional and economic importance of this bill is such that the disregard for public input (in the final version), and the haphazard production of the legislation should be insulting to any citizen or business in CT. It should be a shock to us all that such landmark legislation could be written in one week, and seen by no one (including the rank-and-file legislators) prior to its emergency certification. Having been present in the deliberations in both legislative chambers, it was clear that a majority of our legislators had not even read the bill and those that had read it had only a cursory understanding.
The process with which this legislation proceeded, along with the language that resulted gives us no confidence that this will be the last violation of our rights in our beloved home state, and we only hope that this does not set a precedent at a national level.
The rights of the citizens of CT have been trampled upon. The safety of its children is at best questionably improved from the day of the tragedy that triggered the events that lead us here. Finally, due to an improperly drafted bill, manufacturing of modern sporting rifles in the State of CT has been effectively outlawed. With a heavy heart but a clear mind, we have been forced to decide that our business can no longer survive in Connecticut the former Constitution state.
Furthermore, we feel that our industry as a whole will continue to be threatened so long as it remains in a state where its elected leaders have no regard for the rights of those who produce and manufacture its wealth. We are making a call to all involved in our industry to leave this state, close your doors and show our politicians the true consequences of their hasty and uninformed actions. We encourage those in our industry to abandon this state as its leaders have abandoned the proud heritage that forged our freedom.
Although PTR has not decided upon a specific relocation site at this time, over the coming weeks the company will be actively considering offers from states that are friendly to the industry. We hope to have a site identified within the next six weeks, and hope to have our move completed by the end of this year. We plan to keep our business partners informed on the status of our move throughout this process in order to affect a smooth transition.
We have extended the invitation to join us in the move to all of our employees, as well as all of our vendors. We are pleased to say that we currently have commitments to move from a majority of our employees, which includes ALL of our management personnel, engineering staff and skilled gunsmiths.
It is our hope and sincere belief that this move will represent a step forward for the company; and that by bringing our expertise and core personnel to combine with the business friendly policies, and a motivated local labor force from a state that respects industry and the second amendment that we can expand our operations and not only maintain but increase the quality and reputation of our products.
Please direct any questions or inquiries to John McNamara, Vice President of Sales, at email@example.com or at our main phone number.
Manufacturers went to the hearings and expressed their concerns.....those fell on deaf ears.
This whole process was a farce for the get-go. Which is why, in challenge, I think it won't succeed.
Been a proud owner of a PTR91 for around 3 years now! A fine fine battle rifle!
Bookmark for FBI tables of stats....
Yep. It's a recent one, I noticed.
We are truly A Nation Divided. And good. I'm ready for this. 100% ready for this.
So are our enemies. Better pray that this isn't a "hang separately" situation . . .
Excellent news. So what says Colt, Ruger, Mossberg and Marlin?
So are a lot of us. Not only with weapons but with our skills also.
Come to NC- we need the jobs. The NE is doomed to become North Korea.
Ninja Fighting Skills. ;)
Rooster Redux: You are absolutely correct.
Just leave. Take your companies and employees to a state where they will be free from these marxist-wannabes and delusional Democrats.
I left Maryland long ago. The best thing I ever did. Look at it now, the shithole of the Middle Atlantic states, led by Marxist O'Malley, powermad Miller, and with far-left congressthings like Van Hollen, Steny Hoyer (a legend in his own mind), Mikulski, small in physical height (nothing against it), but small in mind and intelligence.
Like the So. Vietnamese and Cambodians did, "VOTE WITH YOUR FEET", and never look back until your state is cleaned up (not in my lifetime).
Was a very nice varmint gun.
Ruger, like Colt, S&W, and the rest will move...just give them time.
And don't hold your disdain for Bill Ruger against the Company...they make a fine product.
all makers should move south where guns are looked at as friendly, if the socialist north wants their radical left utopia then screw them
all gun owners and conservatives need to get the hell out of the socialists states, the north east has gone to crap and how anyone today can live there with all the laws and socialism and radical left wing agendas today is beyond me.
My wife moved to north east FL, St Johns county\
and she said it was the best move she ever did, we are surrounded by fisherman and woman, hunters, gun owners and conservatives thankfully
sorry but having going north of VA is like being in another country
You ever get a chance get down here. just last week two families from WI who are very conservatives, very pro gun, pro marriage hunters etc and they love it thus far as does their family who moved here a couple of years ago.
north east FL St Augustine
New England, how could such a beautiful area, with all it's history be taken over by a bunch of socialists, how the founders must be turning in their graves
like my wife, she moved out of MA and moved here
St Augustine north east FL
and she said it was the best move she ever did.
She now knows her vote counts, she has so much freedom, no emissions on cars, no inspections, low taxes, no state tax, have fires in back yards etc
When she went back she hated it, she hated the north and not because of just the weather but all of it, the bad drivers, high taxes, bad roads, corruption, anti everything marriage, guns etc
Like you said, vote with your feet and get of of the north east.
I'll add , take your hard earned money and stop giving it to the socialist state
Get out as soon as you can
Did ya take the hint, or are you still waiting for her to send that bus ticket?
You know I'm just messin' with ya, right? I'm a complete sucker for an opening like that :-)
Alexander Hamilton and his federalist who called that region home probably are rolling in shame.
In any event while i regret the tragity that has befallen the north east I am glad to see the arms industry moving to our lands. If the day should ever come that we should have to fight for our rights, their expertise shall be much appreciated.
Don't just talk about it: DO IT!
Revolt is coming.
Sadly you are right, we are a very badly divided country.
Unfortunately conservatives are doing nothing more than fighting a rearguard action. We're losing ground all over. There's not a single area we've made forward progress. Gun control and immigration we're being sold out by our own.
People will simply NOT comply, period in regards to gun control.
Let's not fall into the trap of calling semi-autos "battle" or "assault" rifles. It empowers the gun-grabbers by affirming their bias.
Look for more gun companies to leave CT and the northeast.
LOL just saw the post, no problem, as long as her mother does not get down here I;m happy
I think the north east is beautiful, great history etc but sadly there are so many idiots who live there which spoil the area today and how many are turning in their graves seeing what it is today
"New England, how could such a beautiful area, with all its history be taken over by a bunch of socialists, how the founders must be turning in their graves"
It is amazing to me. I can drive some short distance and look at the place where the Tories were hanged after the battle of Kings Mountain, and understand exactly why someone would have hanged that filth. These morons live in the very cradle of the American Revolution, and apparently the only heroes they recognize are Marx, Lenin, and Stalin. My only comforting thought about the region is that there will be plenty of rope for the reckoning, whenever it comes.
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Skip to comments.Another insurer to drop policies (Nationwide won't renew 40,000 policies for Florida homeowners)
Posted on 09/01/2005 1:49:31 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Not all Nationwide Insurance homeowners in Florida have to worry about a round of rate hikes going into effect starting this month.
Thousands won't be renewed at all.
Beginning March 1, Nationwide will not renew about 35,000 homeowners' and 4,800 mobile home policies across the state, the Columbus, Ohio, company said Wednesday. It also will no longer write mobile home policies starting today and won't renew about 12,000 commercial policies (mainly condominiums, apartments and rentals) starting March 1.
After the cutback, the fourth-biggest property insurer in Florida will continue to carry about 570,000 policies in Florida, including 240,000 homeowners' policies.
"It has become increasingly apparent that we are not comfortable with our current exposure in the Florida property market," Jeff Rommel, the company's regional vice president of Florida operations, said in a statement.
"While these are difficult decisions, we have an obligation to act in a responsible and thoughtful manner to ensure long-term stability for Nationwide policyholders in Florida and across the country."
The news wasn't a surprise.
Last month, Nationwide said it would stop writing new homeowners' policies across Florida starting this month and said it was considering more drastic measures, including nonrenewals in the state.
The local fallout includes dropping almost 9,800 Nationwide policyholders in Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco, Citrus and Hernando counties. Of those, 8,233 are in Pinellas, meaning more than a third of Nationwide's policies in the county will not be renewed.
The Florida pullback is the latest fallout from last year's four-hurricane barrage.
More than a half-dozen companies have left the state or stopped writing policies since hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne caused a combined $22-billion in insured damages. Among them: Safeco Insurance, which told the state last month it would not write new policies and, beginning in 2006, would stop renewing customers. Allstate also has decided not to renew 95,000 policies.
In July, Nationwide won approval to raise rates an average of 21 percent on homeowners' policies and 25 percent for mobile homes.
In the bay area: Pinellas County homeowners insured by Nationwide face an average 29 percent increase in premiums; Hillsborough, 16.3 percent; Pasco, 28.9 percent; Hernando, 22.8 percent; and Citrus, 3.8 percent.
The biggest insurers, State Farm and Allstate, have not written homeowners' policies in high-risk, coastal areas of the state for years.
Increasingly, the only choice for property owners seeking coverage is one of the many startup insurers with a limited track record for handling claims or the state-run Citizens Property Insurance, which covers those who cannot find property insurance on the open market. Citizens has swelled into the second-largest insurer in Florida. By state law, its premiums are supposed to be higher than the market average as a disincentive to be used by homeowners as an easy fallback.
Information from Times files was used in this report. Jeff Harrington can be reached at 813 226-3407 or email@example.com
.....The biggest insurers, State Farm and Allstate, have not written homeowners' policies in high-risk, coastal areas of the state for years....***
Well we have a MAJOR CLUE as to the source of the problem right there.
In a free market, there will be a price at which all sorts of insurance will be available.
In a government regulated market, you will quite likely end up with none at all.
Interesting point.
It's the bottom line.
Those in areas prone to hurricanes and flooding are going to pay dearly for insurance.
good, quit bailing out poor decisions
Is Citizens breaking even?
I don't know.
Apparently Katrina made landfall on the same calendar day that Andrew did. Which means 11 named hurricanes in 2005 up to this point...compared to one single named hurricane up to the same point in '92. The insurers have noticed these stats too.
Which one? There's about 8 of em by that name.
I have sympathy for their profit margin but this is insurance and while they accept our money, they never seem to like to pay out.
I asked an insurance agent that once and he said "peace of mind." I didn't ask him how you could have peace of mind if using your insurance was going to cause you to lose it!
LOL. Wow. I am amazed at his honesty.
Historically-until the mid 20th century, these "desirable" ares of real estate had remained undeveloped and unpopulated precisely because of their propensity fro runs of violent weather.
Nationwide AIN'T on their side.
Insurance is the idea of spreading the losses over a large segment of the insureds,some have many losses while others do not have any losses, thats right, we all pay for the ones that use the policies over and over. My premium on my homeowner policy here in Pennsylvania has gone up quite a bit and I'm sure some of it is to help defray some of the costs of the couple of bad years in the hurricane belt.
I for the life of me cannot understand why we have to subsidise rebuilding of places like New Orleans when we know this could happen again.
The 2004 ground zero for 2 hurricanes in as many weeks just happens to be the fastest growing city in Fl., on the top ten nationwide list, and is adding a turnpike interchange and an I-95 interchange to keep up with the massive population influx.
Go figure. :-)
Unfortunately this is true with any insurance.
Car insurance, health insurance, etc. You can pay in for years, but file a claim or come down with a serious illness and you risk being cancelled, or having your rates raised so high that you can't afford to keep the insurance.
Free market, I guess, but I've had friends have to "fight" with an insurance company about a claim but the insurance company had been more than happy to take money for years. As long as no claim was filed, there were no problems.
That being said, I have State Farm, live in a coastal region, and State Farm has continued to renew our policy and allowed us to up our coverage. And another insurance company we've had good service from is Geico. Have had a couple claims over the years because of accidents and they have been very efficient.
I've always worked with State Farm. But even they have their limits. After everyone started filing "black mold" claims in the Houston area after Allison, we received rewritten policies at renewal. You could accept or go elsewhere. The black mold scare was lawyer heaven. As usual lawyers have A LOT to due with how much we pay.
We're in Maryland now and only were accepted as a State Farm customer due to our long (and I'm sure not expensive to them) history. They'd stopped writing policies here due to tornado damage, as they had in Texas due to hurricane damage. They probably have started writing policies since then.
INSURANCE, n. An ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitted to enjoy the comfortable conviction that he is beating the man who keeps the table.
INSURANCE AGENT: My dear sir, that is a fine house â pray let me insure it.
HOUSE OWNER: With pleasure. Please make the annual premium so low that by the time when, according to the tables of your actuary, it will probably be destroyed by fire I will have paid you considerably less than the face of the policy.
INSURANCE AGENT: O dear, no â we could not afford to do that. We must fix the premium so that you will have paid more.
HOUSE OWNER: How, then, can I afford that?
INSURANCE AGENT: Why, your house may burn down at any time. There was Smith's house, for example, which â
HOUSE OWNER: Spare me â there were Brown's house, on the contrary, and Jones's house, and Robinson's house, which â
INSURANCE AGENT: Spare me!
HOUSE OWNER: Let us understand each other. You want me to pay you money on the supposition that something will occur previously to the time set by yourself for its occurrence. In other words, you expect me to bet that my house will not last so long as you say that it will probably last.
INSURANCE AGENT: But if your house burns without insurance it will be a total loss.
HOUSE OWNER: Beg your pardon â by your own actuary's tables I shall probably have saved, when it burns, all the premiums I would otherwise have paid to you â amounting to more than the face of the policy they would have bought. But suppose it to burn, uninsured, before the time upon which your figures are based. If I could not afford that, how could you if it were insured?
INSURANCE AGENT: O, we should make ourselves whole from our luckier ventures with other clients. Virtually, they pay your loss.
HOUSE OWNER: And virtually, then, don't I help to pay their losses? Are not their houses as likely as mine to burn before they have paid you as much as you must pay them? The case stands this way: you expect to take more money from your clients than you pay to them, do you not?
INSURANCE AGENT: Certainly; if we did not â
HOUSE OWNER: I would not trust you with my money. Very well then. If it is certain, with reference to the whole body of your clients, that they lose money on you it is probable, with reference to any one of them, that he will. It is these individual probabilities that make the aggregate certainty.
INSURANCE AGENT: I will not deny it â but look at the figures in this pamph â
HOUSE OWNER: Heaven forbid!
INSURANCE AGENT: You spoke of saving the premiums which you would otherwise pay to me. Will you not be more likely to squander them? We offer you an incentive to thrift.
HOUSE OWNER: The willingness of A to take care of B's money is not peculiar to insurance, but as a charitable institution you command esteem. Deign to accept its expression from a Deserving Object.
I have been in one major accident and a couple of fender benders. One my fault, the others not. All with State Farm. Been with them over 10 years now. Very good service. They have been good to me.
Thanks for the post!
I understand.
But they wait until a disaster to complain.
That's understandable.
There is no perfect solution but I don't think insurance companies want to lose clients either.
At some point there is no gamble and then there is no profit.
New jingle: Nationwide is on the run!
That was going through my head too.
I live in Pasco county. A raise of 28.9% would have been great.
I haven't had time to figure out the exact percentage, but my raise this year was over 100%. Not because I had a claim - I never have claimed here in FL.
I was dropped by my insurance company for owning a German Shepherd.
Lord help me. I owned a German Shepherd where it rains a lot. I'm wicked, wicked.
You bad.
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I've been very silent lately for one reason (plus I could have sworn I posted a version of this a few months back). I was a DC fan. My pull list consisted of Blue Beetle, Robin, Nightwing and Birds of Prey, a few bits of Batman and Booster Gold.
With the insufferably bad Crisis on Finite Batman storyline, which, back in June 28 2008 I called the Jezebel Jade storyline. (She had the double – a villain and copped a ManBat fridging), I quit the BatFranchise. Then the rest of the BatFranchise quit me. The complete waste of death of Batman actually depressed me at the technical story writer level. The Death of Batman should have been a central story arc for the entire DCU, and not some complex footnote in the story arc of Crisis 2009.
Like I said back then, DC needs to hire writers. Teams that could make the death of Batman something that fundamentally shook the core of the DCU, made every non-metahuman character reconsider their role if Batman, the best of the human, could be beaten, how could they deal? Plus, since Batman was so universally influential, his death by a team of supervillians would elevate those villains threat profiles astronomically. Also, consider the competitive rivalry amongst the DCU villians now these clowns were responsible for the take down of the greates Detective ever… could Lex Luthor stand the humiliation? Would the Arkham Asylum inmates feel cheated of their revenge and seek new targets? How many Batverse villians would find their motivation waning now they weren't challenging Batman? Would victory drive Joker sane? All these and more could have been the dawn of an awesome era of story telling.
Instead we have Dick versus Tim versus Jason versus Randy Orton in "Battle for the Cowl". Oh, and Steph Brown being sacked as Spoiler. Again. Because that worked out as a clever story arc last time.
Wake me when Bruce comes back from the dead in 12 months, and somebody learns how to make BatBrat Damien interesting.
Since now with all bar one of my regular comics stopped at the publisher side, and there's a sequence of fearfully dull crossover arcs infecting the DCU, I'm fishing around for a new franchise. I'm not too keen on the Marvel Universe and I have routinely had problems following the internal logics of their universe
Anyone have anything positive/negative to say about the Wildstorm franchise? Specifically Gen 13, Stormwatch: PHD, Authority, and Wildcats?
Anything good in the IDW franchises?


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Editor for this issue: Simin Karimi <siminlinguistlist.org>
Case Second Edition By Barry J. Blake Cambridge University Press 2001 Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics 227 pages Reviewed by Laura and Radu Daniliuc School of Modern Languages Department of Linguistics The Australian National University Linguists should agree that, whatever framework they may assume, case is quite an intricate subject and that often it is not simple to determine what is the particular role case plays in languages. In 1994 Barry J. Blake took up the unenviable task of leaving frameworks aside and writing about case in itself, about the problems it has raised during the history of linguistics and about the different perspectives it has been studied from. Seven years after the first edition of "Case" appeared, Blake came back to this sensitive topic with the unhesitating belief that there are so many things to be said about the long-studied phenomenon of case. As stated by the author in the preface of the book, this is a general review of the 1994 edition and of the current developments in the field, including some additions to the data and revised interpretation of the data and extended discussions of the key concepts. The main revision has been dedicated to abstract case in the Chomskian paradigm. Preserving the basic structure of the first edition, this book is a concise and accessible introduction to case, that is to the ways in which relations between words in sentences are marked across languages. It is a close investigation of how case is manifested in different grammatical system and of how different grammatical theories perceived the phenomenon. The book addresses students and academics in general linguistics or in different languages of the world. As the book contains examples from a wide range of languages, the reader should find no difficulty in closely following the descriptions, comments or explanations. Description of the book's contents: The Overview opening the book begins with the central definition of case as "a system of marking dependent nouns for the type of relationship they bear to their heads". Several key concepts such as 'paradigm', 'case markers', 'case relations', 'function', and 'meaning' are explained through Turkish and Latin examples. Other manifestations of case, such as concordial case, case on non-nouns, vocatives, ungoverned case and analytic case markers are discussed for a variety of languages. Blake also tackles the problem of other grammatical mechanisms that mark head-modifier relations, such as head marking, word order, adverbs and relator nouns, and possessive adjectives. In Chapter 2, Blake deals with two problems rising in describing case systems such as Latin and Ancient Greek: one is the problem of distinguishing the cases, while the other refers to the description of their meanings and functions. Relevant to the discussion of the first problem are the distributional approach and the formal approach, together with what Mel'cuk (1986) has called 'nonautonomous case'. The latter problem traditionally implies finding a principal meaning, as well as a separate meanings and functions. Chapter 3 surveys modern approaches to case, that is problems that have been debated over the last forty years, such as grammatical relations (with examples from Kalkatungu), abstract case in the Chomskian paradigm (the most substantially revised section of the book), semantic roles and grammatical relations, and hierarchies. Besides Chomsky's Minimalist Program, other modern theories are inventoried, such as Fillmore's Case Grammar, Perlmutter and Postal's Relational Grammar, John Anderson's Localist Case Grammar, and Starosta's Lexicase. Based on a large number of examples from a variety of languages, Blake presents in Chapter 4 the distribution of case marking within the clause (various complements and adjuncts), within the noun phrase (internal and external relations), within the word (types of marking, stem formatives, compound case marking and multiple case), and within the subordinate clause (internal relations within the clause and external relations with the governing predicate), in other words the distribution of case marking within the sentence. Chapter 5 offers a survey of case systems and their marking. It is divided into two parts, one dealing with the organization of the core or nuclear relations and one surveying the organization of peripheral relations. Blake points to the differences between accusative and ergative systems and examines active, mixed and direct-inverse systems. The second part of the chapter discusses peripheral grammatical relations such as dative, genitive, partitive, local cases, and other cases, and includes some considerations on inflectional case hierarchy. The final chapter of the book talks about the life cycle of case systems. It begins with the origins of case marking: verb to case marker, noun to case marker, and adverbial particle to case marker. Later on, developments within case systems are taken into consideration and phonological and non-phonological factors are described. The chapter ends with discussion of loss of case marking (with examples from Romance and English), as well as derived functions of case marking. The structure of the book is completed by notes, an extensive guide to the terminology used in the book, an explicit guide to further reading (signaling the few works devoted exclusively to case and written in English), references and index (author, language, and subject indexes). The history of case in the grammatical study of languages can be traced back to the Greeks. Originally, 'case' meant declension or modification and it was used to refer to the forms of a given noun, 'case forms' in Blake's terminology. The Latin word "casus" (> English "case") is a loan translation of the Greek word "ptosis", which was occurred for the first time (cf. Seuren 1998:20) in Plato in the context of the vicissitudes of life, which resemble the ways dice may come down in a poker game. It is Aristotle who used the term for morphological variations of word stems, whether nominal or verbal, and the Stoics to reduce its use to nominals (cf. idem). As such, case was studied for a log time as one of the main topics of morphology. However, in the late 1970s and the early 1980s, case came to play a major part in syntactic theory as well. Following an idea suggested by Jean-Roger Vergnaud (cf. Ura 2001), Chomsky (1980) suggested that case should be regarded as the prerequisite for DP to be active in syntax. In other words, a sentence which contains any DP without case appropriate for its structural positioning is excluded as an ungrammatical one. The main idea is that, whether overt or covert, case should be present in all nominals at a more deeply abstract level in the theory of grammar. This idea of abstract case is discussed by Blake in the most extensively revised section of the book. Blake comments in detail on Chomsky's Government and Binding model case theory, as well as on the differences between structural and inherent case (with examples from German) and on exceptional case marking, when case is assigned outside the normal scope of government. In respect to terminology, Blake emphasizes that the notion of case is useful "only where cases can express more than one relation", whereas using the notion of universal, abstract case can be dangerous because there is the risk of confusing case with grammatical relations. Despite the variety of problems approached in this book and of the number of terms and theories addressed by the author, "Case" remains an accessible introduction for students of linguistics, providing an overall perspective to the ways relations between words in sentences are marked in languages. Blake offers an interesting and laborious exploration of the phenomenon of case, which is fundamental to the whole system of language. Besides paying particular attention to traditional and current terminology in case, he also deals with such areas as word class, structure, agreement, roles and grammatical relations. In this revised edition, Blake refines and expands on his discussions of the most important concepts in the study of case, taking into account recent developments in the field and providing the background against which the case-marking of particular languages can be best understood.. Whether Blake's attempt has been successful, this is to be seen not only in the impact his book has had on some many generations of linguists, but also, and probably most importantly, in taking up his advice, modestly written somewhere between lines, that there are so many facets of case that need to be studied. The Author: Barry J. Blake is Professor of Linguistics at La Trobe University, Australia. The Reviewers: Laura and Radu Daniliuc are the authors of the first Romanian translation of Ferdinand de Saussure's Cours de linguistique g�n�rale (Curs de lingvistica generala, Editura Cuv�ntul nostru, Suceava, 1998) and of Descriptive Romanian Grammar. An Outline (Lincom Europe, Munich, 2000). 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There is no secret that mainstream personal computers have been approaching "good enough" performance and quality barrier for a long time and for many consumers contemporary performance levels as well as feature-sets are not needed, at least for every day computing. Looks like the head of Nvidia Corp. agrees with that and expects that cheap netbooks will eventually eat market share of mainstream mobile PCs.
"During difficult times many people who still need to have a PC or would like to have a PC, now have a very inexpensive version to buy. So, the demand for Intel Atom PCs and these netbooks has really surged. I think what is going to happen is that the low-end part of the marketplace is going to cannibalize the mid-range part of the market," said Jen-Hsun Huang, chief executive officer and president of Nvidia in the most recent quarterly conference call with financial analysts.
Nvidia itself has never concentrated on low-end products: the company has always tried to sell its graphics processing units (GPUs) and core-logic sets at premium price points so to get higher profit margins. But the tough economic times have also affected Nvidia: the company's most recent quarter results were expected, but were a disappointment for many.
For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009 (ended on the 25th of January), revenue was $481.1 million compared to $1.2 billion for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008, a decrease of 60%. For the twelve months ended January 25, 2009, revenue was $3.4 billion compared to $4.1 billion for the twelve months ended January 27, 2008, a decrease of 16%. According to Nvidia, discrete GPU sales were down 47% quarter over quarter in Q4 FY 2009, workstation business declined by 44% sequentially, chipset business dropped by 51%.
Mr. Huang claims that during the global slump in demand those, who need value will go a product that just provides everything they need and will no opt for more, whereas those looking for performance will still find money to get their higher-end device.
"People who want performance still will go for performance: the netbook will hardly serve their needs. But for a lot of people in the mid-range part of the marketplace the netbook is clearly going to disrupt that," the head of Nvidia told analysts.
Nvidia is currently trying hard to push its own low-cost Ion platform designed for Intel Atom processors, but with no actual success so far. The company does not want potential users to believe that Nvidia Ion-based devices are cheap and incapable, formally, the GeForce 9400M core-logic inside Ion supports DirectX 10 capabilities, hardware-accelerated high-definition video playback and other advanced capabilities.
"Intel Atom with the Ion [platform] creates a fully-featured notebook: it is fully capable of DirectX 10 3D graphics, high-definition Blu-ray disc playback. Just about anything you want to do on your computer is possible with Intel Atom processor and Nvidia Ion," proclaimed Mr. Huang.
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- 1 cup salad dressing (recommended: Catalina)
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Combine the tomatoes, cheese, onion, lettuce, and ground beef in a large bowl. Add the salad dressing and mix well. Just before serving, add the taco chips, tossing to combine with other ingredients. Top each serving with salsa. Serve with tortilla chips.
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By Tom B.
The envy of most backyard chefs is that of a food smoker. There's just something about having a smoker that up's your backyard cooking game. For most though, adding a food smoker to the outdoor kitchen hasn't happened yet. So, what do you do in the mean time when you want that smokey flavor but don't want to go to the store and buy smoked foods or use liquid smoke? Well, if you have a bbq grill box, you're already on the path.
I had family in town over the weekend and wanted to cook salmon. But I wanted to make it awesome. So how do you make salmon more awesome than it already is? You smoke it. That's what I did and it turned out great. So great that my sister, a self-proclaimed "flex-a-tarian" (the in between land of eating meat and being a vegetarian), ate her whole filet.
I did my best to provide a how-to on smoking salmon in the bbq grill box. There's no real sure-fire way to doing this. Tweak it as you see fit and most importantly, enjoy.
Step 1: I grabbed some cedar wood from my dad's garage and broke it in to smaller pieces so I could fold it up in aluminum foil. Be sure to fold the foil over the ends and pinch them tight.
Step 2: Once you have the wood wrapped in the foil, put holes on the top side. Pull the grate off to the side and place the wood one side or the other the grill box and place the grate back on the grill box.
Step 3: Turn the stove on to medium to medium-high heat. This will heat up the cast iron and get the wood smoking. Once you have a solid smoke coming from the grill box, you're ready to cook.
Step 4: Place your salmon on the box and add some seasoning. I used lemon juice and lemon pepper. Not a lot, just enough to add some sizzle and flavor.
Step 5: After about 15 minutes, I added more lemon juice and added butter.
Step 6: This step is all up to you. After 20 minutes or so, I took the cedar out from underneath the grate. If you want a more smokey flavor leave the wood under longer or if you don't want a strong smokey flavor take it out sooner.
Step 7: Now the tricky part. You will want to flip the salmon to finish cooking it all the way through and to brown the top. This is where cooking on a well-seasoned cast iron grate comes in handy. The skin doesn't stick to the grate, so I used some tongs and flipped the salmon over and let them cook for another 8-10 minutes.
Step 8: Enjoy!
To complete this great meal we had corn and potatoes fresh from the garden. And my wife made a caprese salad with fresh tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, basil, and some killer vinegar and oil. This was a Sunday dinner done right.


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Present -
Tove, Simone, Marine, Alex, Deborah, Isla, Abby, Anna, Mike, Tim, Ilaria, Steven, Gareth, Jamie, Era, Emma
Carried forward action points:
Smells - Alex (nearer time)
Entrance - as above
Food - Ida and kitchen managers
Booze - Jamie (budget will be agreed, Jamie to order and update Emma/Lynne on costs etc)
Forest recordings - Emma to check with Nix
Slushie machine - Graham
Smoke machine - Simone to check with Dai
Tombola - Emma to organise prizes
New Points & Updates:
Date agreed at 23 April. Roxy is booked all day for set up.
Simone confirmed bunting. Nix to confirm on tents etc. Tove joined group. Mike mentioned floating chair. Further updates due next time.
Ilaria has drafted but needs more details to complete before sending. Aims to do by end of week.
Ilaria has made a short list and is in the process of organising bands. Alex will help Ilaria with contact details and organising.
Bar staff:
Mike and Gareth will share bar manager responsibility on the night. Gareth to make a rota and list of all bar staff for the event and pass to Alex as Roxy needs this in advance.
We agreed to run event from 4pm to 11pm. From 4pm to 6.30pm will be family friendly with no bar. After 6.30pm kids out and bar open.
Discussed that £10 too much and would exclude some from coming. All agreed £5 good price and we will still make decent return on that. Food will still be free but we could invite donations too for those that can manage. Tim will make a box for food area.
Event name:
We want a name for the event for invites etc. Agreed that we will put it out to all to come up with ideas on BB.
Face painting:
Marine volunteered to do this.
Laughing gas:
Not going ahead!
Screen printing:
Steven has put out BB post asking for donations of t-shirts, bags, material. Deborah volunteered to help with printing and has ideas for designs. Abby has volunteered to make bags for printing. Steven will also make patches for sale.
Mike will arrange music for in between bands etc.
Family friendly time:
Kids allowed in from 4 to 6.30pm and we will do lots of things for them:
Puppet show
Parachute and other games
Poi lessons
Anna and Isla will organise a schedule for this part of the day.
Kids get in free if under 12.
Isla will make games for sale on the day.
Alex to speak to Jane for recipe.
Era confirmed this will be done separate to fundraiser event.
Door staff:
We need people to man the doors, keep people from being noisy etc. Tim volunteered to find people and arrange a rota (1/2 hour shifts)
Forest choir:
Abby (or someone else?) volunteered to ask Chandra.
Mike to organise sound checks/engineer for night.
Abby will design and bring storyboard for next meeting
List of what's planned so far:
4pm - 6.30pm
Family time
6.30pm to 11pm
Competitions - home brew, cakes, veggies, human livestock
Slushie margaritas
Massage & Bach flower remedies
Face painting
Forest shop (t-shirts, patches, bags, games)
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I saw this product when I was at my local beauty supply store stacking up on lashes. It seemed to have all the qualities that I like in a lash glue - the new wand applicator, and it was a dark version. Plus, it was under $5.
I brought it home and tested it out.
The main problem is the formula. It's a really weird consistency - oily yet runny at the same time. I applied it to the lash and stuck it on and my lash was coming off within the hour. This glue just doesn't stick. I definitely recommend skipping this if you see it in your local beauty store.
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Five years after its adoption, the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions is reaching a decisive turning point with its foundations clearly in place and new steps towards implementation. This 4th session of the Committee marks a significant step in the Conventions operational phase; the agenda will cover topics from the International Fund for Cultural Diversity to activities around the world to promote ratification and to engage civil society in the communication of the Conventions key principles and messages.
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International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA) Briefing Note on the Convention (PDF)
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Loss from Alcona fire over $4 million
LINCOLN – Fire destroyed the Alcona County Road Commission garage in Lincoln and numerous trucks Saturday night, and now administrators are assessing what the road commission can do with its surviving equipment.
A witness saw smoke coming from the building on Lake Street and originally thought it was steam coming from the roof vents, Administrative Assistant Marlena MacNeill said. Alcona County Sheriff deputies were called to the scene later to assist Lincoln, Barton City, Mikado, Harrisville and Alcona Township firefighters, according to a sheriff department release. The blaze was extinguished at about 4:30 a.m. Sunday.
The state fire marshal is investigating the blaze, road commission Managing Director Jesse Campbell said. An investigator looked over the scene Monday, and one is expected to return today. Campbell believes there's no suspicion of foul play so far, and the sheriff department release states no cause has been determined.
"They want to make sure they rule out all areas of suspicion," he said.
So far, Campbell said he estimates the fire caused just over $4 million in damage. The department lost five of its plowing, gravel hauling and scraping trucks, three pickups inside the building and one outside, two medium-duty trucks, and various other smaller equipment. He expects the estimate to rise as employees and insurance adjusters continue to assess the damage.
One of the five plow trucks was a 2013 Western Star the department had just purchased. That alone cost around $193,000, MacNeill said.
The road commission took a considerable hit to its fleet, and Campbell said the services it can offer will be limited. Other surrounding counties have offered services and equipment, and Alcona County is holding off on state highway projects for at least a week. But there's other work that needs to be done before winter, so crews are doing what they can with what they have.
When the snow hits, the road commission should be able to plow the roads with the help of the state and surrounding counties, Campbell said.
While the road commission has insurance through the Michigan County Road Commission Self-Insurance Pool, it won't pay for everything, Campbell said. It's likely the road commission will never quite get back to where it was. The trucks had appreciated-value insurance, and the building had a set cost for replacement.
"The worst part is, we don't have any place to store or work on those vehicles now," MacNeill said. "We're scurrying to find some kind of facility to try to make it work for us."
Alcona Community Schools has offered to make space in its bus garage so the road commission has a place to fix its equipment, Campbell said. A private business owner in Lincoln also has offered garage space. Both offers are under consideration.
The garage originally was built in the 1930s, with two additions built in the '40s and '50s, Campbell said. There was no sprinkler system in the building, although the wiring was updated in 2009 after a fire. A work crew had just finished putting a new roof on the building.
The road commission office was saved, although the department still lost a considerable amount of records, Campbell said. He and MacNeill praised firefighters and deputies for their hard work. Road commission employees also pitched in, saving what equipment they could.
"I'm not pleased with the situation, but I am pleased that no one was injured or killed," he said. "I'm very proud of the community that we have."
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By Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, Sept. 11, 2009
This massive complex overlooking the Potomac River has seven stages (nine if you count the two free Millennium stages in the Grand Foyer) and is one of the best places to catch world-class talent such as Cate Blanchett, appearing in "A Streetcar Named Desire" (Oct. 29-Nov. 21), as well as lighter offerings such as "Young Frankenstein" (Dec. 15-Jan. 10). "In any given year," says Max Woodward, the center's vice president of theater programming, "you can see practically anything you're interested in."
Where to eat? Two in-house restaurants offer the most convenience: the cafeteria-style KC Cafe and the fancier Roof Terrace Restaurant. Off-campus, there isn't much in the immediate neighborhood, but Notti Bianche (202-298-8085; http://www.nottibianche.com) and Dish + Drinks (202-338-8707; http://www.dishdc.com) are good options in nearby hotels.
Concession-stand fare: A cut above: prepared sandwiches and baked goods; beer, wine, cocktails and nonalcoholic drinks.
Tickets: Ticket prices vary widely, depending on the production. Seats for "Streetcar" in the Eisenhower Theater, for example, start at $58 for the side balcony and run to $110 for the box tier. Prime orchestra seats for this show will set you back $80 to $90, depending on the performance.
Getting there: The center is an eight-minute walk from the Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro station. Or catch a free shuttle, departing every 15 minutes from the 23rd Street curb just outside the subway entrance. On-site parking is $18.
Season spotlight: Three Terrence McNally plays, including one D.C. premiere, in three theaters next spring: "Golden Age" (March 12-April 4 in the Family Theater); "The Lisbon Traviata" (March 20-April 11 in the Terrace Theater); and "Master Class" (March 25-April 18 in the Eisenhower Theater).
Opened in 1971, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has become one of the nation's busiest performing arts venues, with more than 3,000 performances that play before nearly two million patrons each year. It is home to the National Symphony Orchestra, the Washington Ballet and the Washington Opera, and hosts artists from around the world. The center's profile raised even higher recently, thanks to a repertory festival of Stephen Sondheim musicals in 2002 and the beginning of a five-year partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2003.
-- Brad Hathaway
Here are the primary venues of the center:
Family Theater
Opened in the former American Film Institute Theater space in December 2005, the 324-seat theater is home to the Kennedy Center's performances for children.
Millennium Stage
Located at either end of the Grand Foyer are the two stages for the free concert series, offering open-to-the-public performances every evening (except Dec. 24) at 6. These shows are simultaneously fed to the Internet and can be viewed live from streaming video-equipped, Internet-connected computers anywhere in the world.
-- Brad Hathaway
Concert Hall
A renovated Concert Hall opened in October 1997 with better acoustics and improved access for people with disabilities. From onstage box seats you can see the conductor's face. Some chorus seats, behind the stage and facing out into the audience offer a "musician's-eye-view" of the proceedings. The handsome hall has plush, dusty-red seats, gold-colored checkerboards inlaid on the fronts of the balconies, and wooden panels placed throughout the house. Among the original features retained are the crystal chandeliers, which have been reconfigured. The embossed hexagonal patterns on the ceiling have been buffed up but remain intact. The largest of the Kennedy Center auditoriums, the Concert Hall has 2,518 seats.
-- Beth Brophy
Eisenhower Theater
A friendly looking bronze bust of Dwight Eisenhower peers down from the box tier of the Eisenhower Theater. At 1,142 seats, the Eisenhower is the smallest of the three theaters on the main level of the Kennedy Center. There is something cozy about sinking into a plush red seat surrounded by wood-paneled walls as the lights high above your head fade and the red curtain rises to reveal a new performance. Although the exclusive box tier claims the most-expensive seats, the orchestra rows often offer a more intimate connection with the performance, because the seats are physically closer to those on stage. The first tier proves a good vantage point for taking in the whole picture and the reactions of the theatergoers below.
-- Nicole Lewis
Opera House
There is no mistaking the grandeur of the place -- the exquisite Lobmeyr crystal chandelier, a gift from Austria, dwarfs the one used in "The Phantom of the Opera." The theater has 2,318 seats and one of the largest stages of its kind in the country. Productions tend to be big and flashy, not to mention pricey, although there's always standing room if the show is sold out. Ballets, musical theater and operas are performed here, and patrons like to get gussied up for a night out at the Opera House, especially on the weekends, but no official dress-code exists. The four levels of the theater can give your legs a real work-out: orchestra, box tier, first tier and second tier. The box tier claims the most expensive tickets and if you are lucky, you'll sit near the White House box, which is reserved by the White House and usually occupied by someone or other from the administration (former first daughter Chelsea Clinton was a fan of the ballet). The Kennedy Center Opera House is perhaps best known nationally as the home of the annual Kennedy Center Honors recognizing lifetime contribution to the arts. Taped at the center in early December, with the president and first lady in attendance, the show normally airs on television the week between Christmas and New Year's.
-- Nicole Lewis
Terrace Theater
Take the elevator in the Hall of States to the second level of the Kennedy Center and you'll discover two things: great theater spaces and great views. The theater closest to the notorious Watergate complex is the 512-seat Terrace Theater. A bicentennial gift from Japan, the interior swims in deep purple with velvet lavender seats, each row on a gentle grade affording perfect sightlines to the stage. The most traditional and the most quirky programming can materialize in this space. Each spring the Terrace Theater presents its chamber music series, showing off new artists and old favorites. Each fall, the theater transforms into a venue for the cutting edge. This theater has an intimate setting and generally cheaper ticket prices. And you can't beat the views if you choose to stroll outside on the Roof Terrace during intermission.
Remember to pick up tickets for the Terrace on the main level in the Hall of States box office. If you arrive unfashionably late and have to wait a few minutes to be seated, don't despair: A TV monitor across from a comfy couch (purple, of course) displays the action on stage.
-- Nicole Lewis
Theater Lab
By day, the Theater Lab at the Kennedy Center entertains children seated on rows of orange-carpeted benches. By night, '70s disco music blares from a tacky hair-salon set and an audience of all ages watches "Shear Madness," the half mystery, half farce that has been ensconced here since the 1988 season. The long-running show, plus staged readings of plays in progress, is the bill for the Lab, originally conceived as an experimental theater space (Willem Dafoe and Gary Sinise played here for free once upon a time). There is no curtain; the set sits naked on stage, giving audiences a sense of being part of the show. Black swatches of material create the theater's walls. Inches behind the fabric lies the production office and dressing rooms. With 399 seats, this is the smallest and sparest of the Kennedy Center's performing spaces; the atmosphere is functional, rather than elegant. It's a place for children to feel comfortable for what may be their first introduction to live theater.
-- Nicole Lewis
The KC Jazz Club enlivens the intimate, roof-level Theater Gallery.
This Free Tour Is Just the Ticket
By Amy Orndorff
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, June 27, 2008
There is a certain magnificence about the Kennedy Center with its red-carpeted Grand Foyer. Its seats have held royalty, presidents and those who can pay more than $100 to witness the best that the arts have to offer.
What makes the Kennedy Center extraordinary is that its mission is to make the arts accessible to everyone from America's most notable citizens to its most ordinary ones. You probably know about free Millennium Stage shows daily at 6 p.m., but did you know that you can get into the Kennedy Center's theaters -- without buying a ticket -- as part of free daily tours?
On a recent Sunday morning, the 10 people who stood in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall admiring the organ with its 4,144 pipes and 11 Hadelands crystal chandeliers were in jeans and tennis shoes. They were visitors from abroad as well as area residents, but one thing was clear: Everyone was, well, ordinary.
Members of the Friends of the Kennedy Center, a 500-person volunteer group, lead 45-minute tours whenever someone stops by their kiosk on the main foyer level. Positioned near the elevators from the parking garage, the tour leaders are the first people visitors see when they walk in. A new tour starts about every 10 minutes.
Brochures for self-guided tours are available, but the real fun is going with a docent, who takes guests into the expansive theaters and discusses little-known facts about the center. Did you know that the ceiling in the Concert Hall can be raised and lowered to create the best acoustics possible?
The docents are quick to point out that the nation's home for the performing arts is filled with gifts from other countries: curtains, artwork and even a theater. With that kind of international presence, there's little doubt that the Kennedy Center is truly for everyone.
WHEN SHOULD I GO?Tours are Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and weekends from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Go as early as possible on the weekends since certain theaters close for matinees. During the week, later is better. Take off work early, tour the center, find happy hour deals at the center's kiosks and catch the Millennium Stage show.
WHERE IS IT? 2700 F St. NW (Metro: Foggy Bottom-GWU, with free shuttles). Tours depart from the kiosk on the main level, midway between the entrance plaza and the Grand Foyer. If you can't find it, anyone in a red jacket will point you in the right direction.
WHERE CAN I FIND MORE INFORMATION? 202-416-8340 or http://www.kennedy-center.org.


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Air travelers are experiencing delays the government warned us about a few months ago. The delays are reportedly caused by forced federal spending cuts. On Monday, New York City-area airports reported delays for all incoming flights because air traffic controllers were forced to take unpaid time off.
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