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Illinois Gun Owners Descend On State Capital To Lobby Lawmakers
Yesterday was Illinois Gun Owner Lobby Day (IGOLD) down in Springfield. Nick Swedberg of the Associated Press reported last night:
Gun owners from across the state flooded the Illinois Capitol on Wednesday for an annual rally, and many spoke with lawmakers from their home districts about legislation to broaden gun rights…
I've blogged about this annual gun rights event before. From the Illinois State Rifle Association website:
Illinois Gun Owner Lobby Day (IGOLD) was started back in the early '90's to put a face on Illinois gun owners. Up until that time the media had portrayed gun owners and those who believed in the Second Amendment as some knuckle dragging Neanderthal throw backs, barely worthy of being called humans. IGOLD helped change that although the mainstream media still labels gun owners that way, when they can get away with it.
The first ISRA Lobby Day was attended by about 200 people. Among those attending were four undercover policemen. In 2006, the ISRA joined with several other groups and ISRA Lobby Day became Illinois Gun Owner Lobby Day (IGOLD). The Illinois Gun Owners' Lobby Day (IGOLD) has become the number one demonstration of citizens promoting gun owners' rights in the United States – the Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA) is its primary sponsor. The crowds have grown each year. In 2013, 8200 gun owners showed up to lobby their legislators and to become the face of all the gun owners in Illinois. Because of IGOLD and other ISRA activities, gun owners have increased in stature in Illinois…
I understand that this year IGOLD pushed for expanding gun rights in the state- particularly concealed-carry. Swedberg added:
Proposed legislation in the General Assembly would allow concealed carry in places prohibited under current law, such as bus stations, churches and bars…
The state's top gun rights advocacy group is expected to meet with [Illinois Governor Bruce] Rauner this month, a meeting that previous Democratic governors only promised to have. The organization's executive director said that's a positive sign that the new administration will be more favorable to their cause than the last.
"It's hard to deal with people who just shut you out," Richard Pearson, head of the Illinois State Rifle Association, said.
Illinois gun owners should be grateful for ISRA and IGOLD. Because when the next mass shooting along the lines of Newtown comes along, their keeping the spotlight on gun rights will remind politicians across the "Land of Lincoln" they'll have a battle on their hands attempting to implement knee-jerk ineffective and unconstitutional gun "control" laws.
For more information about the Illinois State Rifle Association, visit their website here.
Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
Swedberg, Nick. "Gun owners rally for right to carry guns in more places." Associated Press. 18 Mar. 2015. (http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-gun-rights-st-0319-20150318-story.html). 19 Mar. 2015.
Illinois Democrat Introduces Statewide Gun Registration, Ammo 'Control' Bill
"A list, record, or registry of legally owned firearms or law-abiding firearm owners is not a law enforcement tool and can become an instrument for profiling, harassing, or abusing law-abiding citizens based on their choice to own a firearm and exercise their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms as guaranteed under the United States Constitution. Further, such a list, record, or registry has the potential to fall into the wrong hands and become a shopping list for thieves."
-State of Florida Statutes, 790.335 Prohibition of registration of firearms; electronic records
The push for more gun "control" is on the march in the "Land of Lincoln."
Last year around this time, State Representative Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago) spearheaded statewide gun registration and ammunition "control" in Illinois with HB4715. Creating the "Firearms Registration Act," the legislation eventually went nowhere.
This time around, State Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins (D-Chicago) is the torch-bearer of more gun and ammo "control" in the Midwestern state, filing the resurrected Firearms Registration Act legislation in the Senate (SB1413) on February 20. From a synopsis of the bill over on the Illinois General Assembly website:
Creates the Firearms Registration Act. Provides that every person in the State must register each firearm he or she owns or possesses in accordance with the Act. Provides that a person shall not purchase or possess ammunition within this State without having first obtained a registration certificate identifying a firearm that is suitable for use with that ammunition, or a receipt demonstrating that the person has applied to register a suitable firearm under the Act and that the application is pending. Provides that the Department of State Police must complete a background check of any person who applies for: (1) a registration certificate for a firearm that was lawfully owned or possessed on the effective date of the Act, was brought into the State by a new resident, or was acquired by operation of law upon the death of the former owner; or (2) a renewal of a registration certificate unless, within 12 months of the date the renewal application is submitted, the applicant passed a background check conducted by the Department in connection with the applicant's acquisition of another firearm. Provides exceptions. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it is a Class 2 felony to sell or transfer ownership of a firearm to another person without complying with the registration requirement of the Firearms Registration Act.
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
Before Illinois gun owners dismiss the chances of such legislation becoming law in the state, it should be noted that:
• 2014 was as an election year for state senators and representatives
• Illinois Democrats maintain a veto-proof supermajority in both chambers of the Illinois General Assembly in 2015- 71 Democrats to 46 Republicans in the House and 39 Democrats to 20 Republicans in the Senate
• A future mass shooting along the lines of Newtown or some other mass casualty event on American soil "featuring" firearms could be all it takes for the public to get behind the Firearms Registration Act
For more information about Illinois Senate Bill 1413 and to track its status, you can visit the Illinois General Assembly website here.
Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
Obama Taunts Republicans On Economy: 'The Sky Hasn't Fallen, Chicken Little Is Quiet'
Back when I was running this blog's predecessor, Boom2Bust.com, "The Most Hated Blog On Wall Street," I remember coming across a number of infamous statements made prior to and during the Great Depression by leaders in government, finance, and industry of the day. For example, as Fox News cataloged back on October 26, 2009:
"We will not have any more crashes in our time." – John Maynard Keynes (1927)
"There is no cause to worry. The high tide of prosperity will continue." – Andrew W. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury. (September 1929)
"There may be a recession in stock prices, but not anything in the nature of a crash." – Irving Fisher, Leading U.S. Economist, New York Times (Sept. 5, 1929)
"This crash is not going to have much effect on business." – Arthur Reynolds, Chairman of Continental Illinois Bank of Chicago (October 24, 1929)
October 24, 1929, eventually became known in the history books as "Black Thursday," when "the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 11% at the open in very heavy volume, precipitating the Wall Street crash of 1929 and the subsequent Great Depression of the 1930s," according to Investopedia.com.
Right before the weekend, the White House published a press release on their website containing a transcript of U.S. President Barack Obama's remarks Friday at the Democratic National Committee's Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C. From that document:
I just want everybody to remember that at every step as we made policies, as we made this progress, we were told by our good friends, the Republicans, that our actions would crush jobs, and explode deficits, and destroy the country. I mean, I want everybody to do a fact-check — (laughter) — and go back to 2009, 2010, '11, '12, '13 — just go back and look at the statements that were made each year by these folks about all these policies. Because apparently they don't remember. (Laughter.)
And now that their grand predictions of doom and gloom, and death panels and Armageddon haven't come true — (laughter) — the sky hasn't fallen, Chicken Little is quiet — (laughter)…
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
Something tells me this remark- akin to calling the outcome of a baseball game while it's still in the early innings- will end up in the U.S. history books as well down the road, under that section entitled "Second Great Depression."
"Let's play two!" No thanks, Mr. Banks.
To be fair, President Obama isn't entirely responsible for the coming financial crash. The actions of both sides of the political aisle through the decades have made the approaching "financial reckoning day" possible- and likely- in America.
You can read the complete transcript of President Obama's speech on the White House website here.
Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
"False Hope: Famous Quotes During the Great Depression." FoxNews.com. 26 Oct. 2009. (http://www.foxnews.com/story/2009/10/26/false-hope-famous-quotes-during-great-depression/). 22 Feb. 2015.
Democrats Push 'New Message' Of Rebounding U.S. Economy
Big eye roll on my part when I spotted the following on my Internet service provider's home page this afternoon. Charles Babington of the Associated Press reported Friday:
Democrats' new message on America's economic recovery is: We told you so, and we're going to keep telling you so.
The economy is rebounding on nearly every front, even if the middle class still needs help, and it's time to tell that story loudly, top Democrats say. That's the key to reversing their midterm election setbacks, according to a host of House Democrats, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, all of whom came to Philadelphia this week for pep talks and strategy sessions.
"Democrats have to stand up, you've got to explain what we did," Biden said to loud applause Friday. "Be proud of it… We can't let the Republican Party rewrite history."
Obama said much the same the night before. "The record shows we were right" the president said, referring to the 2009 stimulus, the bank and auto industry bailouts, and other strategies to pull out the great recession of 2008…
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
A couple of thoughts here:
1. The true state of the U.S. economy and larger financial system is worrisome, as the "great recession of 2008" was merely "papered over" (I talk about that enough on this blog on a regular basis that I don't feel the need to go into it today).
The news radio station I listen to most often in Chicago has been going on and on this week about the U.S. economy being on such strong footing these days. It's almost as if they (like others in the mainstream media?) are carrying out the marching orders of the Democratic spindoctors to promote this "new message." It's been so ridiculous that if you didn't know any better, you might think you were listening to old newsreels laying it on thick with the propaganda of the day:
"Vintage 1930s Inflation Propaganda"
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2. "We can't let the Republican Party rewrite history." "The record shows we were right." Democrats vs. Republicans. Us vs. Them. Liberals vs. Conservatives. Left vs. Right. Coke vs. Pepsi…
Personally, I prefer RC.
And like that situation with the sodas, two choices often aren't ideal for me. Particularly when it comes to the major U.S. political parties, who I've come to see as merely two "heads" belonging to the same monster (special interests of the rich and powerful).
3. Finally, I've said this before but it bears repeating:
Use this economic "rebound"- as much of an illusion as it may be- to your advantage.
Is your employment status less than ideal? You may want to consider improving that situation while "the getting's good." Need some extra income? You may want to look at taking on a part-time job while they're available. Looking to purchase some emergency preps? "The shadow of crisis has passed." President Obama said so in his recent State of the Union speech. Shop around for discounted gear, supplies, and other items while demand isn't as strong as it has been lately and will be when hard times arrive down the road.
Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
Babington, Charles. "House Democrats' new message on the economy: We told you so." Associated Press. 30 Jan. 2015. (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/house-democrats-message-economy-told-183956034.html). 30 Jan. 2015.
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner To Push Drastic Spending Cuts, Sales Tax Hike In Near Future?
Some local news outlets have been giving new Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner a hard time lately, claiming he's still in "campaign mode" and not providing much in the way of tackling the state's economic ills.
But yesterday, Illinoisans got a glimpse of one potential measure the Winnetka businessman may turn to for improving the state's finances. Jessie Hellmann and Ray Long reported on the Chicago Tribune website Thursday:
Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner pressed a bit harder Thursday for an expansion of the Illinois sales tax as part of an agenda to right the state's financial ship.
Using charts and graphs, Rauner explained how surrounding states use broader-based sales taxes than Illinois to take advantage of growing service economies. "We're not competitive," Rauner said.
The idea of expanding the state's sales tax base to include services, such as on auto repairs, dog grooming or haircuts, has been debated in Illinois since the late 1980s. Expansion efforts repeatedly have stalled in the face of heavy resistance, but Rauner outlined how he thinks Illinois is "out of balance" with other states.
"We are not thoughtful about this," Rauner said, adding that the Illinois sales tax is too high and too narrowly applied.
Expanding the sales tax is one of the few items Rauner repeatedly has mentioned as a part of an unspecific overhaul of the entire tax code, saying Illinois can't "just nibble around the edges."
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
It's going to take a whole lot more than a sales tax hike to turn around the state's economic fortunes. And Governor Rauner knows that.
So what other measures could be on his agenda for the near-term?
Rich Miller discussed the governor's visit to the University of Chicago on January 22 and wrote on the Crain's Chicago Business website the following day:
What is crystal clear is that he won't ask for any more revenues without first making deep and even drastic cuts.
The new governor pointed to flat population growth and flat job growth as the roots of the problem.
Without "booming" growth, he said, Illinois can never dig itself out of the hole it's in. And Rauner always HAS said that high taxes are a hindrance to growth.
Rauner singled out two items for his chopping block. First up, Medicaid spending.
"When you realize our job growth is flat, how do you pay for it?," Rauner said of Medicaid. "I want to do that, but that is not sustainable." Medicaid, which pays for everything from childbirth to nursing home care, consumes a quarter of the state's operating budget, and despite some real reforms almost two years ago, costs are continuing to rise. And that's a problem when next fiscal year's budget deficit is being pegged at a whopping $9 billion.
Rauner also claimed state employees make too much money, saying they earn more than private sector workers (which AFSCME rejects, pointing to a recent University of Illinois study) and are the third-highest paid in the country. The number of state workers is declining, Rauner noted, but payroll costs are still increasing. Their health insurance is based on "low contributions" from workers, but has a high cost. So, while workers aren't chipping in much, "you're chipping in a lot," he told his audience…
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
"Deep and even drastic cuts." "Expansion of the Illinois sales tax."
It will be interesting to watch how Illinois Democrats- who hold veto-proof supermajorities in both chambers of the Illinois General Assembly- react to such proposals if Governor Rauner goes this route.
This could get ugly real quick…
Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
Hellmann, Jessie and Long, Ray. "Rauner presses for sales tax expansion in U. of I. speech." Chicago Tribune. 29 Jan. 2015. (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-champaign-appearance-met-0130-20150129-story.html). 30 Jan. 2015.
Miller, Rich. "Watch out: Rauner sharpens his cleaver." Crain's Chicago Business. 23 Jan. 2015. (http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20150123/NEWS02/150129882/watch-out-rauner-sharpens-his-cleaver). 30 Jan. 2015.
Illinois Diaspora Latest: Net Loss Of 94,956 People In State-To-State Migration In 2014
More evidence that Illinoisans are voting with their feet rather than be around as the "Land of Lincoln" is run into the ground. From the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board back on January 6:
Even on days when the temperature is above zero, Illinois struggles to keep people here. They're leaving, in droves, for states with sunnier economic opportunities.
New census data and other figures reveal the cold hard truth: More people are moving away than coming, tipping Illinois last year into the dreadful category of states with declining populations. From July 2013 to July 2014, Illinois shrank by about 10,000 residents in all…
Illinois suffered a net loss of 94,956 people in state-to-state migration last year, the highest rate in decades. That number is one part of an equation involving births, deaths and immigration from other countries that yields the overall population loss. But Illinois' state-to-state migration loss is the biggest contributor to that overall population decline, Frey says. The last year Illinois had lost population was 1987-88…
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
The Illinois Diaspora has been a recurring-yet-unwelcome theme on Survival And Prosperity lately. I blogged as recent as January 4:
The Illinois Diaspora continues…
Gregory Karp reported on the Chicago Tribune website Friday afternoon:
Illinois was the No. 3 state in America for outbound moves in 2014, United Van Lines said Friday.
Earlier this week, Allied Van Lines said Illinois was No. 1 for outbound versus inbound moves in 2014, according to its moving data for the year. And Atlas Van Lines said Friday its data also show more people leaving the state than coming, with Illinois ranking second among states with the highest proportion of outbound moves.
Whatever, people sure seem to love to leave Illinois…
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
I'm skeptical that a Republican governor now at the helm will be able to reverse the outflow- or the state's fortunes- anytime soon. First, the Democrats who have mainly presided over the fiscal mess are pretty much still in power- sans Pat Quinn. Second, I'm awaiting the Rauner administration to announce down the road that "drastic times call for drastic measures" (or something like that) to bring the state's economy back. I'm guessing those "measures" might not be too appealing to prospective Illinois residents, let alone those already here.
"I'm awaiting the Rauner administration to announce down the road that 'drastic times call for drastic measures' (or something like that) to bring the state's economy back"
Anyone hear Governor Rauner's multiple mentions of "sacrifice" in his inaugural address just the other day?
Stay tuned…
Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
Editorial Board. "Goodbye, Illinois: residents are leaving for other states." Chicago Tribune. 6 Jan. 2015. (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-illinois-census-brookings-edit-0107-20150106-story.html). 15 Jan. 2015.
'People Sure Seem To Love To Leave Illinois'
The Illinois Diaspora continues…
Gregory Karp reported on the Chicago Tribune website Friday afternoon:
Illinois was the No. 3 state in America for outbound moves in 2014, United Van Lines said Friday.
Earlier this week, Allied Van Lines said Illinois was No. 1 for outbound versus inbound moves in 2014, according to its moving data for the year. And Atlas Van Lines said Friday its data also show more people leaving the state than coming, with Illinois ranking second among states with the highest proportion of outbound moves.
Whatever, people sure seem to love to leave Illinois…
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
So where are all those former Illinoisans heading? Oregon, North Carolina, and South Carolina according to Karp.
Oregon? Must be the dream of the 90s being alive in Portland.
Regular Survival And Prosperity readers shouldn't be surprised to hear about any of this. I blogged back on May 13 of last year:
"Diaspora- the movement, migration, or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland."
-Merriam-Webster Online
On April 28, I blogged about a recent Gallup poll which revealed 1 in 4 Illinois residents (25 percent) say the state is the worst place to live.
On May 1, I talked about the same poll and the finding that 50 percent of Illinois respondents said they would leave the state if given the opportunity.
I had previously discussed how Illinoisans were departing the state in significant numbers.
And this morning, I read a commentary piece on the Chicago Tribune website that provided more evidence of a "diaspora" taking place from the "Land of Lincoln." Diana Sroka Ricker of the Chicago-based non-partisan research organization Illinois Policy Institute wrote:
A startling pair of Gallup polls recently suggested that Illinoisans are an unhappy lot. Half of us would move elsewhere if we could. One in 4 says Illinois is the worst possible place to live in the entire U.S.
Naysayers claim it's all talk. It isn't.
Not long after the Gallup polls came out, the Internal Revenue Service released fresh numbers showing which states people are moving to and which states people are fleeing.
Spoiler: Illinois didn't earn any positive marks in this report, either.
According to the IRS, Illinoisans don't just want to move; they are moving. And they've been moving for a long time.
From 1995 to 2010, Illinois lost more than 850,000 people to other states. That's after you offset the number of people who actually moved in.
The bleeding is bad; on net, 1 person leaves Illinois every 10 minutes.
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
I'm skeptical that a Republican governor now at the helm will be able to reverse the outflow- or the state's fortunes- anytime soon. First, the Democrats who have mainly presided over the fiscal mess are pretty much still in power- sans Pat Quinn. Second, I'm awaiting the Rauner administration to announce down the road that "drastic times call for drastic measures" (or something like that) to bring the state's economy back. I'm guessing those "measures" might not be too appealing to prospective Illinois residents, let alone those already here.
As for me? Permanent residency in Wisconsin is still a possibility, with the move depending quite a bit on how the "Land of Lincoln" fares in the next few years. If it all goes to crap, then there's a good chance I'll be seeking refuge behind the "Cheddar Curtain."
Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
Karp, Gregory. "Another moving survey shows people leaving Illinois." Chicago Tribune. 2 Jan. 2015. (http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/ct-illinois-outbound-moves-0103-20150102-story.html). 3 Jan. 2015.
The Economist Magazine Investigates Preppers
"Some Americans find survivalists sinister. After Adam Lanza shot 26 people in a school in Newtown, Connecticut in 2012, the media made much of the fact that his mother was a gun-stockpiling prepper. Yet there is no evidence that preppers in general are more dangerous than their compatriots. On the contrary, when natural disasters strike, it is useful to have neighbours who know how to stormproof a house and have bandages to spare."
-The Economist website, December 17, 2014
Late this morning, I stumbled on an article on The Economist website about preppers. I just finished reading "Preparing for the apocalypse: I will survive," and thought I'd blog about it a little. The author (couldn't find a name attached with the piece for some reason) did a pretty good job writing about preppers/survivalists, not falling victim to the usual stereotypes/generalizing echoed in a comment on the article. From "walrusandthecarpenter":
Preppers are people who are unhappy with their life and can't wait for the end of the world to come and the tables to turn. They are excited for it to happen.
Me? I like my smartphone. I have a first aid kit though.
"I like my smartphone." What a goof.
Like I was saying, the author did a pretty good job (points deducted for trying to link those Westboro folks to preppers) with the material. I found what James Wesley, Rawles of SurvivalBlog.com-fame had to say particularly interesting. From the article:
So how might TEOTWAWKI come about? The biggest threat, says Mr Rawles, is a huge solar flare. The last big one, in 1859, known as the "Carrington Event", disabled telegraph lines. A similar disaster today would "fry the circuitry" of electronic devices and take out the power grid "from end to end". It would take years to reactivate. Perhaps 60% of the American population could die, predicts Mr Rawles…
I've seen some put that die-off figure at 90 percent.
There was also this about present-day preppers:
Survivalists vary politically—just as they are dispersed geographically—and their views colour their apocalyptic imaginings. Many are conservatives, worried about crime, terrorism and hyperinflation and sure that the state cannot be relied upon to protect ordinary citizens. But a fair number are environmentalists, convinced that the planet can only take so much abuse before it becomes uninhabitable. The movement is broad enough to encompass anyone who suspects that disaster is looming, for any reason. It used to be mostly "Bible-believing Christian conservatives", says Mr Rawles, "But now we have a lot of alfalfa-munching Birkenstock-wearing leftists." He adds: "The more the better."
One more reason for me not to bash specific political ideologies/parties- except when they really ask for it, of course.
(Editor's note: Any former readers of Boom2Bust.com out there remember when I used to savage "Dubya" and Hank Paulson? Thinking of that reminds me this giant economic mess belongs to both sides of the political aisle.)
Jason Charles, a New York firefighter of Doomsday Preppers-fame (blogged about here), is also featured in the piece.
You can read the well-written article in its entirety on The Economist website here.
By Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
Illinois Named Worst-Run State In America In 2014
"'We don't have the time to mess around. We are in deep, deep trouble financially,' [Illinois Governor-elect Bruce] Rauner told a meeting of the Illinois Farm Bureau at a downtown Chicago hotel. 'The next 24 months are going to be rough. And I apologize. I ain't going to be Mr. Popularity for a little while. That's OK. Four years from now I think, though, everybody will appreciate what we did.'"
-Chicago Tribune website, December 8, 2014
Talk about lists you don't want to be on. In 2012 and 2013, Illinois was the 3rd worst-run state in the annual best- and worst-run states in America survey conducted by New York City-based financial news and opinion organization 24/7 Wall St.
So how did the "Land of Lincoln" fare in 2014? From the 24/7 Wall St. website on December 3:
How well run is your state? Assessing a state's management quality is hardly easy. The current economic climate and standard of living in any given state are not only the results of policy choices and developments that occurred in the last few years, but can also be affected by decisions made decades ago, and by forces outside a state's control.
Each year, 24/7 Wall St. attempts to answer this question by surveying various aspects of each state. To determine how well states are managed, we examine key financial ratios, as well as social and economic outcomes. This year, North Dakota is the best-run state in the country for the third consecutive year, while Illinois replaced California as the worst-run state…
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
Ouch. Worst part is, the people who brought us this mess are the same ones still in charge, more or less. It will be interesting to see how much of a difference Governor-elect Rauner- who ran on the Republican ticket- can make in the Democrat-controlled state.
24/7 Wall St. went into more detail about my home state's latest "honor." From the piece:
Illinois is the worst-run state in the nation. Like many other low-ranked states, more people left Illinois than moved there. Illinois lost more than 137,000 residents due to migration between the middle of 2010 and July 2013. A poor housing market may partly explain the exodus. Median home values fell 16.2% between 2009 and 2013, the second largest drop nationwide. Illinois has extremely poor finances by many measures. Just 39.3% of Illinois' pension liabilities were funded as of 2013, worse than any other state. Further, the state's reserves are estimated at just 0.5% of its general fund expenditure, the second lowest reserves rate nationwide. Both Moody's and S&P gave Illinois the worst credit ratings of any state, at A3 and A- respectively. According to Moody's, the state's rating reflects its low fund balances and high pension obligations, as well as its "chronic use of payment deferrals to manage operating fund cash."
As for our neighbors, Indiana is ranked 28th and Wisconsin comes in at 26th in 2014- down from 19th and 21st- respectively.
That's quite a hit (9 places) the Hoosiers took from last year. Wonder what's behind the drop?
Curious as to where 24/7 Wall St. ranked your state in 2014? Head on over to their website here.
By Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
Quote For The Week
"Have you met Joe Biden?"
-U.S. Representative Trey Gowdy (R-SC 4th District), on impeaching President Obama for issuing an Executive Order granting amnesty to illegal immigrants in the United States
By Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
Glenn Beck: 'I Think We're In The Most Dangerous Period Now Than The Republic Has Been In Since The Civil War'
Last year I had the pleasure of meeting Glenn Beck, the American television/radio host and producer, political commentator, author, and entrepreneur down at his Dallas studio. I was already familiar with his work from FOX News and TheBlaze, and in-person he seemed like a pretty knowledgeable guy who's able to grasp the big picture in terms of where our country is most likely heading. Here's what the host of The Glenn Beck Program is saying these days about where U.S. President Barack Obama is going to try and take the country now that the midterm elections are over. To which he adds a dire warning. In an exchange with Bill O'Reilly on The O'Reilly Factor Wednesday night:
O'REILLY: So you're sitting there with your pie up and your Fred MacMurray sweater and you're watching the returns roll in- what are you saying to yourself? Are you cheering? Is it good for you? Do you feel vindicated? What's the feeling?
BECK: My feeling is the President is disconnected from the American people entirely. You saw there was no humility in his press conference today. And he is also disconnected from the Democrats. Hillary Clinton has already separated herself, so now she's going to play the moderate. He announced yesterday when the election was still going on- that's usually when the president is quiet- he came out yesterday and said by Christmas he will have his Executive Order on illegal immigration. I think this president- and I hope this is not true- but I think this president is going to go more radical. He doesn't have anything to lose. He is going to super-serve the uber-left. And the Republicans are not prepared for this. They're playing politics circa 1975. And they're not going to be prepared for it. I think we have a very bad scenario headed our way where somebody- because the Democrats won't be blamed on it because they'll say "We didn't have anything to do with it" and "You know what? We're not as extreme as he is." And so somebody is going to be able to play the middle ground between the evil Republicans and this president. And I think it could get ugly. I think we're in the most dangerous period now than the Republic has been in since the Civil War. From now until probably spring of 2017…
FOX News Video
By Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
Specter Of 1994 Looms Over Democrats In Renewed Push For Gun 'Control'
Speaking of Barack Obama and gun "control" this morning, I hear the Democrats are doubling-down on the issue months before the crucial November mid-term elections. Ned Resnikoff reported on the MSNBC website last Thursday:
Gun control, long a dormant issue in American politics, surged to the forefront of the Democratic agenda following December 2012's massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Yet in the following months, as bill after bill failed to pass through Congress, the renewed push for gun control once again subsided – until now.
One hundred sixty-three House Democrats – over 80% of the entire caucus – signed onto an open letter Thursday addressed to Republican House Speaker John Boehner demanding that he allow "a vote on substantive legislation to address gun violence." The timing of the letter suggests that Democrats are prepared to make gun control in an issue in the 2014 midterm elections…
"The timing of the letter suggests that Democrats are prepared to make gun control in an issue in the 2014 midterm elections"
Just like they did in the lead up to the 1994 mid-term contests?
I've suggested it before on this blog- history could "rhyme" again soon for the Democrats.
On September 13, 1994, Congress passed the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, which included a 10-year ban on so-called "assault weapons." U.S. President Bill Clinton signed the legislation into law the same day.
In the months that followed, Democrats were being swept out of office left and right during the "Republican Revolution."
Now, some doubt the impact of the gun "control" push on this turnover. Here's what the former president had to say about that period of his administration in his 2005 autobiography My Life:
Ironically, I had hurt the Democrats by both my victories and my defeats. The loss of healthcare and the passage of NAFTA demoralized many of our base voters and depressed our turnout. The victories on the economic plan with its tax increases on high-income Americans, the Brady bill, and the assault weapons ban inflamed the Republican base voters and increased their turnout. The turnout differential alone probably accounted for half of our losses, and contributed to a Republican gain of eleven governorships…
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
This, from the man himself.
As I pointed out in that 2013 post and an earlier September 2012 piece about the Democratic Party's adopted National Platform, the Democrats own gun "control."
And evidently, they're trying to remind the American people of that fact in the months leading up to November.
Political hara-kiri all over again?
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Resnikoff, Ned. "Democratic House members demand gun control vote." MSNBC.com. 26 June 2014. (http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/democratic-house-members-demand-gun-control-vote). 30 June 2014.
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-Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, speaking at the Faith and Freedom Coalition's annual conference yesterday
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U.S. Senator Michelle Obama (D-IL)?
-Comment on website of Chicago NBC affiliate Channel 5 tonight regarding speculation surrounding a U.S. Senate run by First Lady Michelle Obama
Could First Lady Michelle Obama be our next United States Senator here in Illinois?
I spotted the following on The Great Debate blog on Reuters.com earlier this evening. Keith Koffler wrote last night:
Speculation about a possible political future for Michelle Obama has naturally centered on the White House. But that's the wrong place — at least for now.
Illinois has a Republican senator, Mark Kirk, and he is up for reelection in 2016. He'll be formidable, particularly given his brave recovery from a stroke. But Illinois is a heavily Democratic state, and the race could be close.
No Illinois Democratic candidate would bring the star power and nationwide fundraising capacity that Obama would.
She has proven herself a superb speaker on behalf of her pet projects and is now a veteran campaigner for her husband. She's also remained highly popular — even as the president's ratings have plummeted.
She could represent the Democrats' best chance to pick up a desperately needed — and winnable — seat. A December 2012 Public Policy Polling survey put her ahead of Kirk, 51 percent to 40 percent. Democratic leaders' pressure on her to run might get intense…
Personally, I believe that if Mrs. Obama runs for Senator Kirk's seat, she might just win it.
Nothing against Kirk. But Koffler isn't kidding when says the "Land of Lincoln" is a heavily Democratic state. A super-majority in both the Illinois House and Senate attests to that. And there's always "The Machine," which is still in good working order in Chicago.
That's not the say the city or state is, though.
I previously thought the Obamas would bid farewell to the "Windy City" after POTUS leaves the Oval Office. But if Michelle decides a Senate seat is something she wants, then it could be several more years still…
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Koffler, Keith. "Is Michelle running for the Senate?" The Great Debate. 4 Jun. 2014. (http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2014/06/05/is-michelle-running-for-the-senate/). 5 Jun. 2014.
Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan Vows To Get State Income Tax Hike Made Permanent
The Illinois House of Representatives approved a $35.7 billion state spending plan yesterday which didn't factor in funds from a 2011 temporary income tax hike being made permanently available. I surmised Tuesday:
So does this mean Illinois Democrats have abandoned their push to make the temporary income tax hike permanent? I doubt it. This is "Madiganistan," after all. And what Mike wants, Mike gets.
I wouldn't be surprised to see some sort of maneuvering being carried out to eventually land these funds. Perhaps another "temporary" increase in such taxes sometime after the November 2014 election, with buzz words such as "fiscal emergency" and "for the children" being used to justify the measure?
Monique Garcia, Ray Long, and Maura Zurick reported on the Chicago Tribune website last night:
Speaker Michael Madigan acknowledged the budget proposal would leave unfinished business and vowed to spend the summer and fall working to get the income tax hike made permanent to provide more money to run state government. The approach also ensures the governor's race will continue to be framed up by opposite positions on a tax hike Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican challenger Bruce Rauner have staked out.
"My expectation is that this issue will be taken into the general election and I think the governor will be supportive of an extension of the income tax increase through the general election," Madigan said. "My expectation is that Mr. Rauner will be against. So you'll have a clear line of division going into the election. And people can make their choice."
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
Hmmm. Should Governor Quinn be re-elected, one more buzz word I suspect Illinoisans might hear before legislative action is taken by the Democrats to make the income tax hike permanent is "mandate," as in "Illinois voters have given us a mandate to make the temporary income tax hike permanent during this fiscal emergency. Remember- it's for the children!"
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Garcia, Monique, Long, Ray and Zurick, Maura. "State budget would put off tough decisions until after election." Chicago Tribune. 27 May 2014. (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/clout/chi-state-budget-would-put-off-tough-decisions-until-after-election-20140527,0,6506902.story). 28 May 2014.
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A non-compliant HTTP caching proxy that excels at serving stale cached content, while keeping its cache updated asynchronously.
A non-compliant HTTP caching proxy that excels at serving stale cached content, while keeping its cache updated asynchronously.
The basic behavior of this proxy is:
- Non-cached content is transparently proxied (using node-http-proxy).
- Successful GET or HEAD requests will be cached for subsequent use.
- Cached content will be delivered from the cache.
- While delivering cached content to the client, the original request is also proxied to the backend. Once received, the new response will replace the existing data in the cache.
- Cache-Control and other standard HTTP cache headers are ignored.
The use case for this is to serve up cached content for unreasonably slow backend servers where stale content may be okay. Each time a request is made, the user receives the last cached response. Each request made also asynchronously refresh the cache. This generally means that after the first request, the user is always receiving the cached response for the previously made request.
var httpStaleCacheProxy = require'http-stale-cache-proxy'; httpStaleCacheProxycreateServer changeOrigin: true target: host: 'example.com' port: 80 listen8000;
Why another proxy?
What's the point of this when there's plenty of other great caching servers available?
- Varnish: Varnish's grace mode can deliver stale content, but only when a request is already open that will refresh the cache. The request that's actually preforming the refresh will not benefit from any cached results. However, this appears to be changing with Varnish 4. I wasn't able to stably run Varnish from master, but once that's released, that may eliminate the need for this project.
- Squid: Squid 2 appeared to have a stale-while-revalidate feature that did exactly this. However, this feature has never been implemented in Squid 3. My attempts at using this feature on Squid 2 were unsuccessful.
- nginx: Similar to Varnish 3's grace mode, nginx's proxy-cache_use_stale is only effective while the cache is currently being updated (but the request performing the update will not benefit from the cache).

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Carbon tax fight politically costly down under
Working out a way to deal with climate change by cutting carbon emissions has long tied Australia in political knots.
The country relies so much on coal and other fossil fuels for its energy that it is one of the world's highest emitters per head of population. Bitter battles over carbon pricing have cost two prime ministers and an opposition leader their jobs.
When he led the conservative Liberal-National coalition to power 10 months ago, now-Prime Minister Tony Abbott made it his chief electoral promise to "axe the tax." On July 17 Abbott claimed victory when parliament approved legislation to abolish the previous Labor government's tax on carbon emitters.
Abbott rose to the top of the Liberal Party as a skeptic about climate change. It was how he toppled Malcolm Turnbull as the party's leader in late 2009, after Turnbull had struck a bipartisan deal with the Labour leader of the time, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, over a cap-and-trade scheme for carbon emitters. Rudd's party, in turn, ditched him as leader when he walked away from that plan. Julia Gillard, Rudd's successor as prime minister, introduced the carbon tax in 2012.
More than conviction, it was populism that drove Abbott's campaign to abolish the tax. As voters' support for action on climate change wavered, he branded the tax a "wrecking ball across the economy," raising the cost of business and destroying jobs. He forecast that industrial cities such as Whyalla in South Australia would be "wiped off the map."
These predictions have not come to pass. Indeed, there were signs that the tax was starting to work, by encouraging Australians to switch to cleaner forms of energy. The Climate Institute, a research group committed to green policies, says that the proportion of Australia's electricity sourced from brown and black coal has fallen by 10 per cent in the two years since the tax started, while that from renewable sources, such as wind and solar, has risen by more than a third, albeit from a very low base.
The carbon tax brought the federal government revenue of more than $6.5 billion U.S. last fiscal year. In its place Abbott proposes a "direct action" plan. Details are sketchy, but its main feature is a public fund, worth about US$2.3 billion in the course of four years, to pay big polluters to cut emissions.
The plan is a nod to greens, and suits business by shifting the cost to taxpayers, but it sits oddly with the Liberal Party's free-market instincts. There also are doubts about whether it will achieve Australia's bipartisan commitment to cut carbon emissions by 5 per cent from 2000 levels by 2020. Meanwhile Abbott is resisting a bid by U.S. President Barack Obama to include climate change on the agenda of the G20 leaders' next summit, set for November in Brisbane.
Fulfilling his pledge to axe the tax has not gone entirely Abbott's way. An alliance in the Senate between Labour and the Australian Greens at first blocked the bill after the lower house had approved it. A new upper house, reflecting the result of last year's election, took over on July 1. Enter Clive Palmer, a legislator and a Queensland mining billionaire. Though he sits in the lower house, three new members of his Palmer United Party gave Abbott, on his third try, the votes needed to get the abolition through the Senate.
Some of Palmer's tactics are calculated to grab political attention. At a recent press conference in Canberra, where he stood alongside former vice president Al Gore of the United States, now a climate-change campaigner, Palmer laid out his conditions for supporting Abbott. He insisted that two public bodies Abbott had wanted to eliminate be saved: the Climate Change Authority, which advises the government, and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, which offers loans for energy-efficient projects.
Palmer also wants an emissions-trading scheme to replace the tax, but one with the price pegged at zero until Australia's main trading partners adopt similar schemes, as some already have.
No one is sure how or whether this will happen. Now even Abbott's modest direct-action plan faces its own hurdles in the Senate.
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- 320 E. Grace St.
- Richmond, VA 23219, US
- Phone: 804-545-0565
- Website: http://www.rroysters.com
- Hours: Sun: 10:30AM - 9:00PM, Mon: - , Tue-Thu: 5:00PM - 10:00PM, Fri-Sat: 5:00PM - 11:00PM
Alcohol Type: full bar
Smoking Allowed: No
Seating: Indoor
Reservations: suggested
Dress Code: none
Music Type: pre-recorded
Takeout Available: Yes
Delivery Available: No
Catering Available: Yes
Oysters $2.00
on the halfshell
Clams $1.50
Olde Salt clams on the half shell
Oysters and Pearls $18.00
6 Rappahannock River Oysters, Nori Granita, trout caviar
Cured Scottish Salmon Trout $12.00
beets, soft boiled quail egg, creme fraiche, Grinnel caviar
Spanish Mackerel Escabeche $10.00
fennel, tomato cabbage, coriander
Tuna Crudo $10.00
preserved lemon, castelvetrano olives, radish, calabrian chilies
served with creme fraiche egg salad, house-made cracker (various selections including Trout, Grinnel, American Sturgeon, Northern Lights)
Mixed Lettuces $8.00
VA apples, shaved fennel, 5 Spoke Tumbleweed Cheese, torn croutons, sherry, walnut oil
Roasted Root Vegetable Salad $9.00
treviso mustard greens, pickled onions, cumin vinaigrette, bottarga
Grilled Outer Banks Shrimp $11.00
green olive aioli, pickled kohlrabi
Rockfish & Barcat Oyster Bourride $16.00
garlic, fennel, potatoes, poached egg, grilled bread
Olde Salt Clams & House-made Pancetta $16.00
fino sherry, cavolo nero, toasted barley, marcona almonds
Wood Grilled Hangar Steak $20.00
corn bread pudding, sweet potatoes, red wine jus
Seared Black Grouper $22.00
melted leeks, baby turnips, kumquat agrodolce
Grilled Virginia Scallops $22.00
braised oxtail, roasted cauliflower, curry
Grilled Pork Belly $22.00
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Whole Grilled Fish
Market Price, with green rice, roasted baby carrots, charmoula
Seasonal Cobbler $8.00
with vanilla bean ice cream
Buttermilk Panna Cotta $7.00
Selection of Three Cheeses $9.00
5 Spoke Tumbleweed (PA), Rogue Creamery Smokey Blue (OR), and Firefly Farms Merry Goat Round (MD) with house-made preserves
Raw Bar
See regular menu - full raw bar available
Mixed Lettuces $8.00
VA Apples, Shaved Fennel, 5 Spoke Tumbleweed Cheese, Torn Croutons, Sherry Vinegar, Walnut Oil
Barcat Oyster Chowder $7.00
with Benton's bacon
Steamed Olde Salt Clams $14.00
Vermouth, Garlic, Herbs, Grilled Bread
Steamed Carolina Shrimp $12.00
1/2 lb of shrimp with Old Bay, Spicy Aioli
Salted Rockfish Brandade $12.00
Arugula, Piquillo peppers, Poached egg, Grilled Bread
Hangtown Fry $10.00
Eggs Scrmabled with Benton's Bacon & Fried Barcat Oysters
Grilled Pork Belly Sandwich $14.00
Pickled Fennel, Whole Grain Mustard Aioli, Ciabatta
Wood Grilled Hangar Steak $16.00
Corn Bread Pudding, Sweet Potatoes, Red Wine Jus
Classic $11.00
Catoctin Creek Roundstone Rye, Blenheim's Ginger Ale
Southern $9.00
George Dickel #12 Tennessee Whiskey, Mexican Coca-Cola
Spanish $11.00
Tanqueray 10 Gin, Q Tonic, orange peel, licorice root, juniper berry
Japanese $12.00
Yamazaki 12 Year Old Japanese Whiskey, Apollinaris
Hand-crafted cocktails specifically tailored for pairing with our menu, by Columbia Room alum Katie Nelson!
Poinsettia $9.00
Prosecco, cranberry-pomegranate shrub
Pisco Alexander $9.00
Macchu Pisco, Crème de Cacao, local cream, cinnamon-cayenne
Madeira Sangaree $11.00
Rare Wine Company "Charleston" Sercial Madeira, ginger-maple syrup, lemon
Almost Home $10.00
Yamazaki 12-year-old, La Cigarrera Manzanilla Sherry, lavender honey syrup, grapefruit peel
Chapman Manhattan $12.00
Buffalo Trace Bourbon, Cocchi Vermouth di Torino, Baked Apple Bitters, Foggy Ridge Cider
'Ti Punch $12.00
Depaz Blue Cane Rhum Agricole, cane sugar, lime peel, cinnamon stick
Orgeat Lemonade $6.00
Orgeat syrup, fresh lemon juice, crushed ice, mint
Virgin Poinsettia $6.00
Cranberry-pomegranate shrub, Apollinaris
Winter Sp'Iced Tea $6.00
Iced tea, chai-spiced maple syrup, orange wheel
Soda, Tea $2.00
Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Mr. Pibb, Swee Tea, Unsweetened Tea
Coffee (Lamplighter), Hot Tea $2.50
Pearl Necklace Oyster Stout (Nitro) $6.00
Flying Dog Brewery (Frederick, MD) 5.5%, 35 IBU. Brewed with our very own Rappahannock River Oysters. Black coffee, velvety, perfect with oysters.
Vienna Lager $6.00
Devil's Backbone Brewing Co (Roseland, VA) 4.9%, 18 IBU. Toasted chestnuts, biscuit malt, clean finish.
Matilda $7.00
Goose Island Brewing Co (Chicago, IL) 7%, 32 IBU. Dry, apricots, earthy, and complex.
1809 Berliner Weisse $7.00
Professor Fritz Briem (Freising, Germany) 5%, 9 IBU. Crisp, tart, effervescent.
Reserve Special Black Ale $7.00
Dark Horse Brewing Co (Marshall, MI) 7.5%, IBU unknown. Chocolate, dark fruit, smooth and rich.
Union Jack IPA $7.00
Firestone Walker Brewing Co (Paso Robles, CA) 7.5%, 70 IBU. Citrus, pine resin, very balanced.
Ray Ray's Pale Ale $6.00
Center of the Universe Brewing Co (Ashland, VA) 5.2%, 42 IBU. Citrisy, spicy, West Coast pale.
Ichtegem's Grand Cru $8.00
Brouwerij Strubbe (Ichtegem, Belgium) 6.5%, 19 IBU. Sour cherries, oak, brown sugar.
La Chouffe $8.00
Brasserie D'Achouffe (Achouffe, Bel) 8%, 20 IBU. Fruity esters, spice, honey blossom.
Great Dismal Black IPA $6.00
O'Conner Brewing (Norfolk, VA) 7.5%, 65 IBU. Roasted malts, pine, smoke.
Prosecco (yes, you read that right) $8.00
ON DRAFT, Montelvini, Veneto, Italy. NV. Crisp lemon, lime zest, no oak.
Pearl Necklace Oyster Stout $6.00
Flying Dog Brewery (Frederick, MD) 5.5%, 35 IBU.
Omission Lager $6.00
Widmer Brothers Brewing (Portland, OR), GF Light Lager, 4.6%, 20 IBU.
8 Point IPA $6.00
Devils Backbone (Roseland, VA), IPA, 5.9%, 60 IBU.
Session Lager $5.00
Full Sail (Hood River, OR), Lager, 5%, 18 IBU.
Saison Dupont $9.00
Dupont Brewery (Tourpes, Belgium), Belgian Saison, 6.5%, 28 IBU.
Sorachi Ace $16.00
Brooklyn Brewery (Brooklyn, NY), Hopped Saisan, 9.1%, 33 IBU.
Allagash White $7.00
Allagash Brewing Co (Portland, OR), Belgian Wit, 5%, 13 IBU
Prosecco $8.00
ON DRAFT, Montelvini, Veneto, Italy. NV. Crisp lemon, lime zest, no oak.
Digiorgis Moscato d'Asti,
Piedmont, Italy. 2011. Green pear, peach, lychee, lightly sweet, lightly sparkling, no oak.
Argyle Brut Rosé Brut,
Dundee Hills, Willamette Valley, Oregon. 2008. Guava, raspberry, strawberry, no oak.
Laurent Perrier Brut "L-P",
Tours-sur-Marne, Champagne, France. NV. White cranberry • lemon • bread • gentile oak.
Moët et Chandon "Dom Perignon" Brut
Epernay, Champagne, France. 2002. Apricot, passion fruit, brioche, gentile oak.
Jean Vesselle Blanc de Noirs Brut "Oeil de Perdix"
Bouzy, Champagne, France. NV. White cherry, biscuits, cream, gentile oak.
Michel Turgy Blanc de Blancs Brut "Grand Cru Reserve"
Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Champagne, France. NV. White flowers, pine nut, gingerbread, gentle oak
Muscadet Sèvre et Maine
Domaine Claude Branger "Les Fils de Gras Moutons" Loire Valley, France. 2011. Lemon peel, minerals, ripe pear, cream, no oak
The Santorini, Gavala
Greece. 2011. Ripe peach, fig, lemon, no oak.
Sauvignon Blanc
Patient Cottat "Les Grand Caillou", Loire Valley, France. 2011. Grapefruit, grass, tarragon, no oak
Grüner Veltliner
Zocker Estate "Paragon Vineyard", Edna Valley, California. 2011. Cantaloupe, fruit cocktail, watercress, white pepper, no oak.
MacRostie, Sonoma Coast, California 2010. Yellow apple, orange blossom, baking spice, cream, generous oak.
Chablis 1er Cru
Domaine Meulelier "Les Fourneaux" Burgundy, France. 2009. Lemon, oyster shell, minerals, no oak.
Mollydooker "The Violinist", McLaren Vale, Australia. 2011. Fruit salad, pear, cream, no oak.
Viognier Reserve
Barboursville Vineyards, Monticello, Virginia. 2011. Orange blossom, jasmine, apricot, no oak.
Bourgogne Aligote
Bouard-Bonnefoy, Burgundy, France 2009. Tart green apple, acacia blossom, hazelnut, no oak.
Rose of Pinot Noir
Villa Wolf, Pfalz, Germany. 2011. Bright strawberry, candied cherry, raspberry, no oak.
Pinot Noir
Erath "Estate Selection," Willamette Valley, Oregon. 2009. Black cherry, strawberry jam, nutmeg, light oak.
High Note, Mendoza, Argentina. 2010. Black cherry, lavender, Asian spice, gentile oak.
Cabernet Sauvignon
Justin, Paso Robles, California 2010. Black currant, black berry, boysenberry, anise, generous oak.
Qupe, Central Coast, California. 2010. Cranberry, leather, black pepper, light oak.
Ferraton Père et Fils "Samorëns," Rhône Valley, France. 2010. Raspberry, licorice, kirch, light oak.
Chateau Musar "Jeune Rouge"
Bekaa Valley, Lebanon 2010. Red currant, red cherry, raspberry, no oak.


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Multi-Antenna element systems and related methods. At least some of the illustrative embodiments comprise a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag comprising an antenna system. The antenna system comprises a ground plane, a first antenna element on a first side of the ground plane, and a second antenna element on a second side of the ground plane opposite first antenna element. The illustrative RFID tag further comprises a first radio frequency identification circuit coupled to the first antenna element.
1. A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag comprising:
an antenna system comprising:
a ground plane;
a first antenna element on a first side of the ground plane; and
a second antenna element on a second side of the ground plane opposite first antenna element, the second antenna element being electrically coupled to the first antenna element at a common feed point, wherein the first antenna element and the second antenna element each receive radio frequency signals; and
a first radio frequency identification circuit coupled to the first antenna element and the second antenna element at the common feed point.
2. The RFID tag as defined in
3. An apparatus comprising:
a first radiative patch;
a second radiative patch, wherein the second radiative path is electrically coupled to the first radiative patch, the first radiative patch and the second radiative patch sharing a common feed point for receiving a radio frequency signal that drives the first radiative patch and the second radiative patch; and
a ground element disposed between the first and second radiative patches and electrically isolated from the radiative patches.
4. The apparatus as defined in
5. The apparatus as defined in
6. The apparatus as defined in
7. The apparatus as defined in
8. The apparatus as defined in
9. A system comprising:
a first means for receiving and sending electromagnetic waves;
a second means for receiving and sending electromagnetic waves, the first and second means for receiving sharing an internally disposed means for insertion of a driving signal; and
a means for limiting directionality of electromagnetic waves, the means for limiting being disposed between the first and second means for receiving, and the means for limiting being electrically isolated from the first and second means for receiving;
wherein the first and second means for receiving are each configured to be driven at the means for insertion with a radio frequency signal.
10. The system as defined in
a first means for responding to interrogating signals, the first means for responding coupled to the first means for receiving; and
a second means for responding to interrogating signals, the second means for responding coupled to the second means for receiving.
11. The system as defined in
12. The system as defined in
1. Field
At least some of the various embodiments are directed to radio frequency identification (RFID) tags for use with metallic articles and/or bodies of living organisms.
2. Description of the Related Art
Radio frequency identification (RFID) tags are used in applications such as goods identification in wholesale and retail sales, access cards (e.g., building access, garage access), and badging and identification of employees. Certain RFID tags use a dipole antenna or a loop antenna as the mechanism to receive interrogating or reader signals, and respond to reader signals. However, while dipole and loop and antennas work well in free space applications, when placed close to metallic articles or water (e.g., a human or animal body), antenna performance is severely degraded, in some cases rendering the RFID tag inoperable.
Other antenna types, such as "patch antennas," also suffer performance degradation when proximate to metallic objects or water. Patch antennas are made of a metallic radiative element (the patch), placed over a ground plane that is also metallic. The patch antenna radiates (or receives) in a direction substantially perpendicular to a plane defined by the metallic radiative element, with the radiation (or reception) pattern being present on the same side of the ground plane as the radiative element. However, when the radiative element becomes positioned between the ground plane and a metallic article or animal body, the patch antenna performance is severely degraded.
As a specific example, consider an employee badge suspended on the employee's chest or belt, and the badge having an RFID tag with a patch antenna. When the ground plane of the patch antenna is between the radiative element and the employee's body, the patch antenna works properly; however, when the badge is turned around, the radiative element is shielded between the ground plane and the employee's body and thus the RFID tag may not operate properly. If the employee badge comprises a dipole or loop antenna rather than the patch antenna, suspending the tag proximate to the employee's body detunes the antenna and/or severely affects the directivity of the antenna. In either case, operation of the RFID tag is severely degraded.
For a detailed description of various embodiments, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings in which:
Certain terms are used throughout the following description and claims to refer to particular system components. As one skilled in the art will appreciate, design and manufacturing companies may refer to the same component by different names. This document does not intend to distinguish between components that differ in name but not function. In the following discussion and in the claims, the terms "including" and "comprising" are used in an open-ended fashion, and thus should be interpreted to mean "including, but not limited to . . . . "
Also, the term "couple" or "couples" is intended to mean either an indirect or direct connection. Thus, if a first device couples to a second device, that connection may be through a direct connection or through an indirect connection via other intermediate devices and connections. Moreover, the term "system" means "one or more components" combined together. Thus, a system can comprise an "entire system," "subsystems" within the system, a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, a RFID reader, or any other device comprising one or more components.
The various embodiments disclosed herein are discussed in the context of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and antennas for RFID tags; however, the systems, antennas and methods discussed herein have application beyond RFID tags to other types of radio frequency technologies. The discussion of any embodiment in relation to RFID tags is meant only to be illustrative of that embodiment, and not intended to intimate that the scope of the disclosure, including the claims, is limited to that embodiment.
There are several types of RFID tags operable in the illustrative system 1000. For example, RFID tags may be active tags, meaning each RFID tag comprises its own internal battery. Using power from the internal battery, an active RFID tag monitors for interrogating signals from the RFID reader 12. When an interrogating signal is sensed, a response comprising a data or identification value is transmitted by the active RFID tag using power from its internal battery. A semi-active tag may likewise have its own internal battery, but a semi-active tag stays dormant most of the time. When an antenna of a semi-active tag receives an interrogating signal, the power received is used to wake or activate the semi-active tag, and a response comprising an identification value is sent by the semi-active RFID tag using power from its internal battery.
A third type of RFID tag is a passive tag, which, unlike active and semi-active RFID tags, has no internal battery. The antenna of the passive RFID tag receives an interrogating signal, and the power extracted from the received interrogating signal is used to power the tag. Once powered, the passive RFID tag may either of both of accept a command, or send a response comprising a data or identification value; however, the value is sent in the form of backscattered electromagnetic waves to the RFID reader 12 antenna 14 from the antenna 17 of the RFID tag 16. In particular, the RFID reader 12 and antenna 14 continue to transmit power after the RFID tag is awake. While the RFID reader 12 transmits, the antenna 17 of the RFID tag is selectively tuned and de-tuned with respect to the carrier frequency. When tuned, significant incident power is absorbed by the antenna 17 of the RFID tag 16 (and is used to power the underlying circuits). When de-tuned, significant power is reflected by the antenna 17 of the RFID tag 16 to the antenna 14 of the RFID reader 12. The data or identification value thus modulates the carrier in the form of reflected or backscattered electromagnetic wave. The RFID reader 12 reads the data or identification value from the backscattered electromagnetic waves. Thus, in this specification and in the claims, the terms transmitting and transmission include not only sending from an antenna using internally sourced power, but also sending in the form of backscattered signals.
Regardless of the type of RFID tag used (i.e., active, semi-active or passive) for the RFID reader 12 to interrogate the tag and receive return data, the antenna 17 of the RFID tag 16 is tuned to substantially the proper frequency, and the antenna directivity of the RFID tag 16 is in at least partial alignment with directivity of the antenna 14 of the RFID reader 12. However, dipole antennas and loop antennas tuned for free space tend to de-tune when placed proximate to metallic articles or water (e.g. a human or animal body). Moreover, directivity of the transmission (or receipt) of electromagnetic waves of dipole antennas and loop antennas degrades when the antennas are placed proximate to metallic articles or water. For example, a RFID tag in the form of an employee badge suspended proximate to the body may de-tune and/or have its antenna directivity affected to the extent that the RFID tag becomes unreadable when the RFID tag uses dipole or loop antennas.
The various embodiments herein address the difficulties discussed above employing an antenna 17 in the RFID tag 16 that is quasi-omnidirectional and that is unaffected, or only slightly affected, by placement proximate to a metallic object or water. In particular,
The dual-sided patch antenna 100 also comprises a ground plane or ground element 20. The antenna element 18 and the ground element 20 each define a plane, and those planes are substantially parallel in at least some embodiments. In
Still referring to
Radio frequency signals are driven to each of the antenna elements 18 and 24 by way of probe feeds or feed points (i e., the locations where the radio frequency signals couple to the antenna elements), such as feed point 30 for antenna element 18 (the feed point for antenna element 24 not visible in
Consider for purposes of explanation that the centroid axis 28 lies along the 0°-180° axis in an overhead view (i e., looking down on the length L from above) of the dual-sided antenna of
The far-field radiation patterns of
Although the radiation pattern illustrated in
In alternative embodiments, the effects of placement of one antenna element proximate to a metallic article or water are reduced by electrically isolating the two antenna elements 18, 24 from each other.
In semi-active and passive tags, the power supply 56 rectifies received power from the interrogating signal, converts the received power to direct current (DC) (e.g. using Schottky diodes), and uses at least some of the converted power to control the buffer 58. For example, the buffer 58 may be configured to electrically isolate the antenna element 18 from the RFID circuit 66 when no power is provided from the power supply 56 (i.e., when there is no interrogating signal being received by the antenna element). When an interrogating signal is incident upon the antenna element 18, the power supply 56 extracts power from the signal, and uses the power to drive the buffer and couple the antenna element 18 to the RFID circuit 66. Thus, regardless of the tag type, when an interrogating signal is received on antenna element 18, the signal is coupled to the RFID circuit 66, which responds to the reader 12 (
Consider now a situation of a RFID tag 16 comprising the circuits as shown in
The dual-sided patch antenna 100 of
The above discussion is meant to be illustrative of the principles and various embodiments of the present invention. Numerous variations and modifications will become apparent to those skilled in the art once the above disclosure is fully appreciated. For example, the antenna elements or radiative patches need not be square, and other shapes (e.g. circular, rectangular but with slots cut such that the patch takes an "E" shape, or an "F" shape, dipole and loop antennas) may be equivalently used. Further, while the antenna 100 is shown with a single ground element 20, a dual-sided patch antenna 100 may be manufactured by adhering two patch antennas back-to-back. For example,
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Got a 1990 Craftsman GT6000 917.254450 with an 18hp B&S opposed twin vertical shaft. My question is about the 44 inch mower deck, I've adjusted it exactly like it says in the owners manual but even with the lift lever locked in the raised position it cuts about 3/4 inch lower then what I would like. I don't like how low the deck hangs in the front. The mower deck scalps the grass really bad and I can't get it into my shed because the front hangs up on the lip of the shed floor. With the lift lever locked in the raised position the back is 3' off the ground but the front is an inch. I don't see any adjustment for raising the front of the deck, just the back and side to side. I can't mow in any other position except with the lift lever locked in the raised because then the front of the deck drags on the ground. I also have the depth knob maxed out in the raised position which is no help. Does anybody know how I can raise up the front of the deck or is just nature of the beast?
Here is a link that might be useful: Deck Adjustment
Oldie but goody?
First thing, before making any other hardware adjustments, make sure all your tires are properly inflated, 14 PSI Front, 10 PSI Rear. Underinflated tires wreak havoc with deck height adjustment.
Next, check all the holes and pins that have anything to do with hanging the deck, for wear. On the holes you are looking for elongation, on the pins you are looking for wear that effectively reduces the diameter of the pin. Big holes and small pins cause problems by allowing the deck to hang lower than when everything was brand spanking new.
Next, check for wear to the front axle mounting saddles, trunnion spacer and mounting bolt, and the axle center (trunnion) hole for wear.
On the IPL in the owner's manual the mounting saddles are items # 41 & 43, the trunnion bolt is item # 42, the trunnion spacer is item # 45.
Wear to these parts allows the tractor frame to be lower to the ground than when new.
Last, check the steering knuckles (aka steering spindles) and all wheel bearings/bushings for wear.
Worn parts in those will also allow the frame to be lower to the ground than new.
Now, the really bad news...........any/all wear in any/all of the aforementioned components and parts is additive or accumulative, meaning that a little wear here and a little wear there and some more wear to this other part can all add up a significant total sum of wear.
So measured wear you find in one place must be added to the measured wear of all the other things in order to see the big picture, and get an idea of just how much lower your tractor and deck are to the ground in 2014 than in 1990.


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University of Idaho records enrollment bump
BOISE — The University of Idaho has 1.4 percent more students statewide than it did a year ago.
The university said Wednesday there were 11,957 students enrolled on the 10th day of the fall semester, which is 166 more compared to the same time last year.
Colleges and universities typically use the 10th day of class as a measuring stick because it cancels out students who enroll on the first day and quickly drop off.
The university rebounded from a 5-year fall enrollment slump last year with 11,791 students statewide, after an aggressive recruitment campaign and amped up efforts in high schools.
The school says the number of transfer students has increased nearly 10 percent compared to last year.
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