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My Theory about These Obama-Planned "Occupy" Protests...
Original post made by Hope I am wrong, Amador Estates, on Nov 11, 2011
My theory is that these Occupy protests are designed to grow and become more and more violent each month up to next November just prior to the election. These Occupiers will try to raise hell at the election sites.
Obama, sensing election defeat and to create maximum chaos using the Occupy violence as an excuse, will then declare "martial law" and will attempt to call off the elections.
This will create even more chaos.
Maximum chaos is his intent...so that the citizens will look for immediate Federal intervention to stop the chaos.
This is pure marxist Alinsky and Cloward-Piven. i.e. Obama's bibles and playbook.
Buckle your seatbelt for a rocky 2012.
For the sake of America in general and for our children in particular, I sure hope I am wrong.
Comments (43)
a resident of Ruby Hill
on Nov 11, 2011 at 3:49 pm
Are you wrong? Yes
Are you a complete idiot? Yes
a resident of Amador Estates
on Nov 11, 2011 at 4:13 pm
wow mr. slippers. you have such a tremendous way of persuading others to your view given your brilliant economy of thought.
now would you care to tell me where my theory may break down? after all, obama has sided with the marxist anti-capitalist protestors, he believes strongly in alinsky and used to teach the ACORN community organizers alinsky's "rules for radicals," and he has stated the he is intent on "fundamentally transforming america."
i am open to hear your constructive criticism.
a resident of Oak Hill
on Nov 11, 2011 at 4:22 pm
OK, "hope I am wrong", here's my honest constructive criticism: You're really going off the deep end here and you need to seek out some professional help.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Nov 11, 2011 at 4:23 pm
Hope, I sure have to tell you that when it comes to fabricating the most arcane, absurd and close to schizophrenic notions about politics, you post takes the cake.
But on the other hand, I would sure love to hear your comments on the Repubs like Cain (womanizer), Perry (duh! I forgot what I was talking about) and the others. A sad sack of potential candidates I have every seen. I guess the one that strikes me more like you is Michelle Bachmann (Obama is at fault for everything, including the rain, the fact my grass isn't cut, and my campaign is in the toilet).
Just remember folks, ol' Obama is responsible for everything, absolutely everything wrong. Mental decay like Hope here doesn't have a thing to do with it.
Hey, and I'm not an Obama fan either. I just think malarkey needs fumigating.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Nov 11, 2011 at 4:24 pm
I don't know that Obama has much to worry about. The Republican candidates, so far, are either not someone I would vote for or have no chance of getting the nomination. Your scenario is possible, I suppose, but not probable.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Nov 11, 2011 at 4:54 pm
Hope I'm Wrong, the depth of your conspiracy driven paranoia is frightening. Would it matter to you that guys like Colin Powell support the OWS movement? Or is he just an Obama apologist?
Get some help, soon.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Nov 11, 2011 at 4:57 pm
Hope, you are right...occupy actually announced last night it was going to become a leftist political body...no surprise with SEIU
and other union groups, started with nurses, now striking teachers.
Kathleen, you are the the scary religious crusaders and bigots, who are a minority but the most vocal in the rep party would rather have Obama than vote for a Mormon, although the most competent, educated, and experienced candidate in quite some time.
If he's nominated by mainstream, the zealots will vote against him in Nov to insure he will not be elected. Obama is safe ! !
a resident of Amador Estates
on Nov 11, 2011 at 5:28 pm
Dear "A Neighbor"...
I have respect for Colin Powell's military service to America.
However, I have ZERO respect for his politics.
Tho he states he is a republican, there is absolutely zero evidence of this from his various leftist positions and Obama worshipping.
So save me from your Colin Powell BS.
May I suggest pulling your head out of the mainstream media sand and find out what is really happening to America, its Constitution, our freedoms, our national defense, our (growing lack of) energy independence, the debt that we and our children are facing, etc. under this absolute anti-American President bent on the destruction of this country (and succeeding in this effort thanks in large part to people like you who are oblivious).
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Nov 11, 2011 at 5:52 pm
Neither party sufficiently represents my views. If the Libertarians could come up with a real candidate, then maybe. I don't like Romney because I don't like many of his policies. That simple. Religion will never be part of my concerns.
a resident of Ruby Hill
on Nov 11, 2011 at 6:41 pm
Mormonism, witchcraft and voodooism, snake worship, apocalypse-right-around-the-corner millenialism, Satanic child-beating cultism, UFO abductees.... Let me tell ya, all that doesn't concern me. Religion will never be any part of my concerns when considering a presidential candidate. We just need govt out of our lives.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Nov 11, 2011 at 7:46 pm
"First, we all know that these Occupy Protests around the US (spreading to other countries) was clandestinely planned by Obama/SEIU/ACORN/Cloward-Piven-ites and other related Obama groups. It is the Alinksy and Cloward-Piven blueprint."
I do not know this to be a truth. Dear "I Hope I am Wrong": can you please provide me evidence of this "truth" that you think "we all" hold as self-evident?
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Nov 11, 2011 at 8:39 pm
Jane/Dean--You're back as Mr. Slippers-how fun is that! What is so difficult to understand? Who cares what religion a candidate practices--the important thing is whether the teachings of _name that church_ creep into policies. And then, I'm voting on the policies. Here's the list--were the religions the thing we remember about any of them other that JFK?
List of Presidential religious affiliations (by religion)
Warren Harding
Harry Truman
Jimmy Carter (Southern Baptist)
Bill Clinton (Southern Baptist)
Calvin Coolidge
John Adams (later Unitarian)
Disciples of Christ
James Garfield
Lyndon Johnson
Ronald Reagan (also Presbyterian)
Dutch Reformed
Martin Van Buren
Theodore Roosevelt
George Washington
James Madison
James Monroe
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
Zachary Taylor
Franklin Pierce
Chester A. Arthur
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Gerald Ford
George H. W. Bush
George W. Bush (later Methodist)
James Polk (originally Presbyterian)
Ulysses Grant (allegedly; his theology is unknown)
William McKinley
George W. Bush (originally Episcopalian)
Andrew Jackson
James Polk (later Methodist)
James Buchanan
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Woodrow Wilson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ronald Reagan (also Disciples of Christ)
Herbert Hoover
Richard Nixon
Roman Catholic:
John F. Kennedy
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
Millard Fillmore
William Howard Taft
United Church of Christ
Barack Obama (later no affiliation)
Note that the 1957 merger which formed the U.C.C. included the Congregational Christian Churches.
No denominational affiliation:
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses Grant
Rutherford Hayes
Barack Obama (previously United Church of Christ)
a resident of Amador Estates
on Nov 11, 2011 at 8:59 pm
Dear So Ok...
I don't have time to spoon-feed those who only watch the Obama-controlled mainstream media news.
So I will only give one source below...
Web Link
If you haven't heard, ACORN IS/WAS OBAMA. He was an ACORN instructor and their legal representative. ACORN's unwritten objective and goal is to build more democrat voters and votes by any means necessary...most of which are illegal. ACORN is also a means for community agitation, intimidation, corruption and worse.
a resident of Ruby Hill
on Nov 11, 2011 at 9:11 pm
Jan and Dean? Isn't that an old rock group?
I was merely pointing out that voting for a candidate solely on his or her proposed policies indicates a tad bit of simplicity on the part of he or she who would adhere to such.
When thinking about a candidate for president, it would be naive not to look at, say, Herb Cain's alleged penchant for groping and actual penchant of degrading women, or Michelle Bachmann's apparently relgiously based belief that homosexuality is a curable disease, or Sarah Palin's religious belief (wedded somehow to a voodooist cult -- see her being purged of witches in her 'church') that dinosaurs and Adam and Eve co-existed, or Santorum's strict adherence to the very worst tenets of Catholicism. The list goes on.... (See Perry's stupidity, Gingrich's morality in his relationships with wives, Paul's one-rutted road paved with insanity. Have I left out any of the buffoons?)
If we weren't concerned about matters of character, moral judgment, cognitive independence from a cult religion or a pope, we wouldn't have the candidates debate. We'd simply look at how they voted on one policy or another in the past, and then go to their websites to learn what policies they _claim_ they might wish to promote in the future.
I'm not strictly against a candidate being religious, though I do think it implies a disturbing cognitive-moral weakness. But if in times of crisis they fall back on a god for guidance, I don't want it to be a god that tells them to invade Iraq and lie about it so as to pull it off; nor do I want it to be a long-johns wearing, supporter of polygamy and child abuse whose adherents stopped engaging in such only because of relatively weak secular state intervention. To ignore such matters is, again, a wee bit naive. But I guess it's easier to count presidents and their religions and count up their policy stances than to actually think through the moral foundations of their _alleged_ policy positions.
a resident of Ruby Hill
on Nov 11, 2011 at 9:17 pm
"relatively _recent_ secular state intervention."
ps Dear "Hope I am wrong". I doubt you mean that. But then again, being the idiot that you are....
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Nov 11, 2011 at 9:24 pm
Not naive. Of course I look at the whole, just haven't found that religious preference has weighed in very high. As you perhaps inadvertently point out, candidates show their true colors in many other ways.
a resident of Ruby Hill
on Nov 11, 2011 at 9:43 pm
Always happy to have helped you better clarify some of your more simplistic remarks. You might consider reading up on Mormonism, its history and its current doctrine.
a resident of Ruby Hill
on Nov 11, 2011 at 10:43 pm
Thank you, "Hope I am wrong but too idiotic to realize I actually hope I'm right." Your idiocy knows no bounds, as now you have resorted to a threat of violence.
This is precisely why the vast majority of the tens of thousands of posters on these sites do not post their real names. This "Hope" guy is one of yours, Kath.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Nov 11, 2011 at 11:04 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
Boy, did you miss a big chance there to bring up Perry's religious affiliation. Web Link
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Nov 12, 2011 at 12:09 am
Thanks much Stacey for the link. Yes Perry's good 'huggin buddy' the puckered pursed lips of Rev Jefress, made it very clear at 'Values Voters' political strategy planning convention how they wouldn't vote for Romney. He repeated judgemental evangelicals do not consider Romney a Christian....The Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints. Never mind that out of the entire slate Romney is the only truly competent, educated, experienced, and squeeky clean personal life. Instead, the bigotry of Rev Jefress, and the mean bi*** on Fox will not vote for him in Nov. They would rather have one of the clowns, and keep Obama. These zealots are so bad for the country, which obviously they do not care about....very sick minds.
They would rather have Cains personal shortcomings, and Newt's 3 marriages. Hypocrisy ???
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Nov 12, 2011 at 6:26 am
I was clear. Is this a full moon thing?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Nov 12, 2011 at 9:38 am
Dear Posters, it is time to ignore Hope I am Wrong and not respond to any more of his baiting. Threatening violence against Mr. Slippers on this thread is unacceptable, and he needs to be shunned.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Nov 13, 2011 at 7:30 am
A Neighbor, not at all in favor of violence, but you need to catch up on Mr. Slippers as Jane or Dean or many other names used. Just an FYI.
a resident of Ruby Hill
on Nov 13, 2011 at 12:05 pm
Like I say, Kath, this "Hope" guy is one of yours.
You say you're "not in favor of violence, but...." "But" what? Just what are you saying, Kath? Sounds like a strongly implied endorsement of "Hope's" threat of violence to me. As I and others have stated, you seem to be in serious need of a moral compass.
Oh, and you seem to be just peachy when someone like "Hope I'm Wrong" doesn't reveal his actual name. It's only Mr. Slippers who you seem so intent on identifying. Methinks you may be as sick as "Hope I'm Wrong" is.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Nov 13, 2011 at 5:21 pm
...and all that prayin' at Perry's tent revival, just days before entering the race, hasn't protected him from making frequent boo-boos. Most of the boos-boos could have been avoided if he had a full understanding with personal positions. But, it all comes from his advisors coaxing, reviewing, and he forgets because they weren't his original thoughts. Then when he does have notes to read, you recall how he stumbed in a debate by interchanging 'scrapping and scraping', which proved they were NOT HIS thoughts, just attempting to read what staff had written for him.
He still doesn't get it ...he's NOT in Texas anymore ! ! AND, he's not ready for the big time or a big TENT, (beyond revival) ! He's just hiring more minions to spout his religious bigotry for him, but now I think it's spreading to a wider range of issues.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Nov 13, 2011 at 6:05 pm
Kathleen, I do not care what Mr. Slippers's legal name is, and neither should you. He was the target of a clear threat of violence made by Hope I am Wrong, period. You cannot blame the victim here, regardless of which side of the political spectrum you are on.
a resident of Parkside
on Nov 13, 2011 at 6:23 pm
You guys need to get over yourselves, in spite of mr. Slippers impending demise.
Mr slippers is a cats name and sometimes cats fight with horrible consequences.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Nov 13, 2011 at 6:38 pm
Mr. Slippers, You should know all you do is insult people, and then you wonder why someone would appear to threaten you. Nonsense. What others? My compass teaches me that a discussion does not require implied threat nor demeaning someone for holding a different viewpoint.
A Neighbor, I don't think it was a clear threat, but I truly would not accept it as a reasonable approach, even to an objectionable person.
a resident of Del Prado
on Nov 13, 2011 at 7:35 pm
This thread need to go back on target and I'm the one to do it.
Hey Occupy Oakland, the hammer is gonna drop tonight so you better leave or batton down the hatches cause there's a world of hurt coming and it couldn't happen to a better bunch of scumbags.
a resident of Ruby Hill
on Nov 13, 2011 at 7:45 pm
I was the first to respond to the psychologically imbalanced "Hope I'm Wrong." Probably should have left the sicko to wallow in his own malaise.
Still, a threat is a threat. And Kath's strongly implied endorsement of the threat, then her weak denial, then her most recent attempt to dissemble, combined with her political allies, Steve and Big Poppa, all point to a rather gleeful receptance to violence against those they disagree with. To Kath, Hope, Steve, and Big Poppa, I think you're all pretty disgusting human beings.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Nov 13, 2011 at 8:18 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
So what you're saying, Mr. Neighbor Jane Slippers, is that only you are allowed to engage in insulting and uncivil discourse on this site? Perhaps you should lighten up and allow for all manner of rhetorical style and stop trying to censor others with calls to shun them.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Nov 13, 2011 at 8:20 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
After all, it's only anonymous posters who are writing.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Nov 13, 2011 at 8:24 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
Given that OWS has been going on for more than a month now, one does have to wonder when the Obama administration is going to start standing up for the 99%. Instead, Obama's administration is pushing for California to accept the settlement over the mortgage abuses perpetrated by the banks. Here's hoping that Kamala Harris continues to hold out.
a resident of Highland Oaks
on Nov 13, 2011 at 8:33 pm
I reported the threat to the edit.
The OP's IP address should be blocked.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Nov 13, 2011 at 8:37 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
Ah Mike, a man of action!
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Nov 13, 2011 at 8:43 pm
Mr. Slippers, I said, more than once, that violence was an unacceptable reaction, even for the likes of you. You consistently use derision and feign surprise that others react in equal measure. Tell the other posters the truth; this isn't even an implied threat because you don't live in Ruby Hill.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Nov 13, 2011 at 8:51 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
I'm sure Jane will find a way to rationalize it in order to save face.
a resident of Highland Oaks
on Nov 14, 2011 at 3:16 am
This is an Internet discussion board.
Say it with me, "This is an Internet discussion board."
Anyone who becomes emotional involved enough to post a threat needs to stay away from the medium.
a resident of Ruby Hill
on Nov 14, 2011 at 4:59 am
And now we have Stacey, predictably, casting her lot with Kath and the rest of the morally depraved who threaten others with violence or who advocate the use of violence against others. Neither seems to be able to discern a difference between the use of derision -- "How idiotic!" -- and a threat of violence. Kath, for example, claims that a threat is merely to "react in equal measure" to an act of derision. Oh, and then she claims that a threat cannot be a threat when the person who is threatened has provided a fictional address. The moral deficit in someone advancing such claims couldn't be clearer.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Nov 14, 2011 at 7:02 am
Slip, You provoke; there is potential for a reaction; you know it. I'm going to assert (taking an example from you here) that you like to push the limits so you can blather on about, well, everything.
Hope posts an improbable scenario. You are pleased "to be the first" to call Hope an "idiot." It devolves from there. One could interpret the request to meet "face to face" comment literally, and there is no threat because you are both anonymous. Probably not accurate. One can also take the other extreme, as you have, and infer a real and present danger. Also inaccurate--you don't live there and few know who you are. Both parties are behaving poorly, and I defend neither of you.
If you feel derision is perfectly acceptable, that is what would point to moral deficit.
a resident of Siena
on Nov 14, 2011 at 8:27 am
Joe1195 is a registered user.
Whew! So many comments. I'm not going to read through all of them---too much work. I just want to say that I agree with the original post.
a resident of Parkside
on Nov 14, 2011 at 8:46 am
SteveP is a registered user.
Good news, the flea party Occupy Oakland squatters are being rousted out of Frank Ogawa plaza as we speak. Ms. Slippers was seen running with her sleeping bag to Snow Park to scratch out a spot in the loose dirt there.
This 'movement' is now circling the drain, as expected.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Nov 14, 2011 at 10:12 am
Stacey is a registered user.
This is an Internet discussion board with anonymous and unverified posters who regularly abuse the anonymity that this site affords them. I have a history here of denouncing the use of uncivil rhetorical styles like name-calling, calumniating, derision, and threats and Jane called my efforts censorship. Now it seems like Jane is too emotionally sensitive and gets bent out of shape when someone else uses uncivil rhetorical styles on an anonymous Internet discussion board. So why would Jane call Hope an idiot and advocate the use of such rhetoric herself? It's a propaganda tactic that works to fool readers into believing her propaganda. Remember, Jane never denounced the Occupy violence. Has Jane fooled you yet, reader?
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Re: st: How to deal with the quasi-complete separation problem in the logit part of ZINB analysis
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> I encountered the quasi-complete separation problem in my data when I doing the ZINB analysis in Stata.
> I have found and installed the firthlogit ADO file which is very useful to deal with the separation effect by using the PML method, but how could I use the same way in the ZINB analysis? Does any one know that there might be some similar package, command, parameters or ADO files that
> could take the same effect in the ZINB analysis?
In my experience the ZINB is quite challenging to fit. You have both
negative binomial overdispersion and excess zeros. I'd try fitting a
ZIP or simplify the ZI component of the model, assuming you are using
some predictors for it.
I'm sure with some programming the ideas in -firthlogit- could be
extended to other models. Essentially from the math it looks like an
approximation to a Jeffrey's prior in a fully Bayesian analysis.
(Update: Went and looked at the paper by Firth and that's exactly what
it is!) Other priors could similarly help. Often you can use a
"pseudo-data" approach and add a few fake data cases to approximate a
prior. Any recommendations beyond that would require some information
about the dataset. If all your predictors are discrete you can often
simply add a few observations to the cells created by the table. It
might be to add a few cases with average covariate values and use MI
to predict observations.
Note that all these *tricks* are just that, tricks or devices that are
not well-founded theoretically.
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Ok MAchilda is really good, I like him!
Sorry not really concentrating on Brandon's performance because the entire time I was trying to figure out whom used that piece of music at the very beginning, then it hit me! 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist in Ladies All-Around in Gymnastics Lilia Podkopayeva, that music is her signature piece, the floor routine outstanding!!!!
Okay, back to Brandon, IIRC he fell out of his 3A jump, but I think the rest of the jumps were shaky, but done...
Voronoz of Russia had a shakey landing on his opening 4S, huge 3A!, and equally good 3R. But that's all I recall, I wasn't very impressed with anything but his jumps.
He goes into 2nd behind Brandon Mroz by the slimmest of margins.
Wow Mroz did a 4-3 in sp! !!!!
He is boring though...
OMG, this should easily go into 1 place! LOOOOOOOOOOVE this Soul Man Medley routine by Kozuka, perfect vehicle for him, fully into the character, cool man cool! *wears sunglasses* (:^)
Gorgeous opening 4/3 combo., great dance steps, everything GORGEOUS!!!!!
And he easily pulls away from the competition! :sleek:
I didn't care very much for Kozuka's program from an artistic standpoint (and found his performance a bit underwhelming), but clearly he deserves to be in 1st so far after that one.
Kozuka did a 4-3???!!
I m behind in the feed, watching Voronov now.
Edit: and he is not good, Morozov did him no favors with this look and program.
Last edited by seniorita; 11-05-2010 at 06:37 AM.
I liked Samuel Contesti's program better when Ryan Bradley did it. Decent 4T-3T, though.
Gorgeous opening 4?/3 combo. by Contesti, but then he fell apart after that, came down on two feet on the 3A, doubled a planned triple, fell out of donut spin, etc.
60.6 for Contesti. Ouch, but deserved.
Guys neither Kozuka nor Contesti did a 4-3, they did a 3lz-3t, dont excite me falsely!
So Kozuka has less ss skills than Chan and gets 77 for this...
OMG, I don't know what to say, this is almost as exciting as seeing Zhenya last year at COR via IN. Brian easily dominates, everything PERFECT, gorgeous 4T/3T, shakey landing on the 3A, but gorgeous comeback with the 3L jump!!!!!
It's like watching the movie "Once Upon A Time in America". This is my favorite program of ANY man this season. Oh how I wish he had used this last year during the Olympic Season (or better yet, Zhenya).
I LOVE , LOVE , LOVE THIS PIECE!!!!! *shaking, lol*
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On the girls side, the Rush Select girls avenged a loss to the Virginia girls earlier in the week with a 3-1 win. After a scoreless first half, the Alaska Rush girls defense was finally broken by Washington as they won in their matchup.
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that is so adorable. I love nutcrackers and you both did a great job.
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that is so adorable. I love nutcrackers and you both did a great job.
It's absolutely STUNNING! I love it!
Really cute!
Beautifully done! What a great project for the two of you.
fantastic job
Have a great day and happy sewing !
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For the first time ever in 2004, the annual reports of the Social Security and Medicare Trustees contained a complete accounting of the programs' unfunded benefit liabilities. In addition to the usual calculations of Social Security's and Medicare's "actuarial deficit†($4.0 trillion and $8.5 trillion, respectively), the reports included measures of the programs' "closed group†liabilities ($12.7 trillion and $29.5 trillion) and "infinite horizon†liabilities ($11.9 trillion and $61.7 trillion). The OMB and Treasury have also published similar liability estimates.
The new focus on unfunded liabilities is welcome. The Concord Coalition has long stressed the crucial importance of honest accounting for the government's entitlement commitments. Unfortunately, there is considerable confusion about what the numbers mean. Many policymakers assume that the "official†(and smaller) actuarial deficit figures must be more important than the alternative (and larger) liability estimates, whereas just the opposite is true. Few understand that all of the liability measures are present value figures, and that as such even the largest numbers may understate the long-term challenge.
The federal government's unfunded benefit liabilities are increasingly reported in the press and discussed in Congress. There is even a bill, sponsored by Senator Lieberman, that would make monitoring one special measure--the government's overall "fiscal imbalanceâ€--a formal part of the budget process. It's time to review what the different measures mean, why they are important, and what their limitations are.
A Vast Sum
Let's start with the basics: Unfunded benefit liabilities summarize the gap between projected program revenues and projected expenditures in a single "present value†number. In other words, they tell us the amount of extra money that we would have to have on hand and set aside today in an interest-earning account in order to precisely cover future costs.
Until recently, the only widely reported liability measure was "actuarial balance,†the official indicator of Social Security's and Medicare's trust-fund solvency. The Trustees define actuarial balance as the present value of trust-fund revenue over the next seventy-five years plus current trust-fund assets minus the present value of trust-fund expenditures over the same period. As of the beginning of 2004, Social Security's actuarial balance was a deficit of $4.0 trillion--or the equivalent of an extra 1.9 percent of U.S. worker payroll each year starting today.
Defenders of the entitlements status quo like to cite Social Security's actuarial deficit because it makes the long-term problem seem modest. Yes, the defenders say, an extra two percent of payroll may be a significant levy, but surely we cannot regard it as a catastrophic imposition on future workers.
Actuarial balance, however, is a highly misleading measure of the long-term cost challenge. To begin with, it counts trust-fund assets as genuine savings, even though these assets aren't going to reduce future tax liabilities by one dime. The CBO, GAO, and OMB all concur: The trust funds represent a claim on future tax revenues, not real savings that can be drawn down to defray future benefit costs. If we exclude trust-fund assets from the calculation, Social Security's unfunded liability leaps to $5.5 trillion.
There's another problem with actuarial balance: the arbitrary seventy-five-year time horizon. This limit assumes that future Americans will allow Social Security to run off a financial cliff in 2079. In other words, it assumes that our children, come the year 2025 or 2050, will be utterly unconcerned with the fate of their own children. To assess Social Security's true financial status, we need to look at its liabilities over a longer--indeed infinite--time horizon. While this may strike some readers as unusual, it is actually the seventy-five-year cut-off that is odd. Private financial markets routinely value income and expenditure in perpetuity. Perhaps taking a cue, the Trustees now calculate and publish an "infinite horizon†liability estimate for Social Security. It is $11.9 trillion excluding trust-fund assets--or three times Social Security's official actuarial deficit.
Social Security of course isn't the only program for which the government is accumulating long-term liabilities. There is also Medicare. According to the Trustees, Medicare has an actuarial deficit of $8.5 trillion. This measure, however, is even more misleading in the case of Medicare than of Social Security. Not only does it count illusory trust-fund assets, it ignores trillions of dollars in very real Medicare spending, including the new prescription drug benefit, because it is paid for outside the Hospital Insurance program, the trust-fund financed portion of Medicare. If we include all Medicare spending--and extend the calculation over an infinite time horizon--Medicare's true liability turns out to be $62 trillion, or seven times its official actuarial deficit. The combined liability for the two major senior entitlements thus comes to $74 trillion.
All of the numbers discussed so far are "open group†liabilities--that is, they assume that new generations of participants will join the Social Security and Medicare systems. They measure the extra burden of continuing to pay current-law Social Security and Medicare benefit promises, and thus the programs' fiscal sustainability. They say nothing directly, however, about the programs' generational equity--in other words, about how much of the extra burden will be borne by ourselves and how much by our children. The Trustees also calculate another liability measure, known as a "closed group†liability, that answers this question. The closed group measure assumes that Social Security and Medicare will be closed to all new entrants. It then determines what today's workers and retirees are due to receive in future benefits over and above what those same workers and retirees are due to pay in future contributions. Private pension plans calculate something similar called a "termination liability.†Indeed, federal law requires them to do so.
As of the beginning of 2004, Social Security and Medicare had a combined closed group liability of $42 trillion. This number represents the subsidy that today's adults expect from future generations, which is another way of saying that it measures the extent to which future generations will fail to get a fair return on their contributions. It also tells us the cost of transitioning from today's pay-as-you-go entitlement system to a new funded system. It is the sunk debt that future generations would have to liquidate before they can invest their own contributions free and clear.
Whichever measure you pick, we are talking about a vast sum. The $42 trillion closed group liability for Social Security and Medicare is ten times greater than our publicly held national debt ($4 trillion). The $74 trillion infinite future liability exceeds our nation's total net worth ($42 trillion, which includes all property owned by U.S. residents--real and financial). Paying it off would require taxing away an extra 18 percent of workers' earnings forever--again, starting today.
Unfunded Benefit Liability Measures* in Trillions of Present Value Dollars
Social Security
|75-year Actuarial Balance
|...minus trust fund assets
|...plus Medicare SMI
|Infinite Horizon Liability
|Closed Group Liability
*Actuarial balance figures include contingency fund; infinite horizon and closed group liabilities exclude trust fund assets.
Wading Out to the Sandbar
A close look at the unfunded liability numbers leaves no doubt that the nation faces a huge cost challenge. No single present value number, however, can give a complete and accurate picture of the magnitude of the entitlement challenge--or the required response.
One problem is that unfunded liabilities, as present value numbers, implicitly assume that any savings generated by entitlement reforms will be set aside, earn interest, and finance future benefits. They may thus understate the size of the future tax hikes required to sustain today's benefit policies--or conversely, of the future benefit cuts required to sustain today's tax policies. After all, the historical record on budgetary "lockboxes†isn't very encouraging. Three years ago, many hoped that mountainous budget surpluses would pay down the national debt and finance a painless reform of Social Security, but it hasn't worked out that way.
Another problem is that unfunded liability calculations can conceal a roller coaster tax and spending path--and thus obscure the pros and cons of different reform approaches. Consider two reform plans: one that first allows Social Security and Medicare spending to double, then cuts it in half, and a second that keeps spending from rising in the first place. The impact on the programs' unfunded liabilities will be similar, but not the impact on the budget or the economy. It's a bit like wading out to a sand bar. The present value calculation says that you'll be safe and dry once you get there. You need annual budget projections to tell you whether you're going to drown on the way.
A related issue is that the present value accounting framework makes no distinction between formal and informal indebtedness. Some economists argue that this is an advantage. The focus on the annual deficit, they say, creates an irrational bias against reforms that increase the public debt, even if it is projected that the debt will be more than offset by future benefit reductions. In an economist's world, that bias may indeed seem irrational. But in the world of budget politics, it serves a vital purpose. Once public debt is incurred, it must either be paid off or permanently serviced. Future benefit savings is contingent on the willingness of future Congresses to inflict pain on future voters. The one is certain, while the other is not.
There's a final issue policymakers need to consider --namely, that unfunded liability calculations make more sense for some types of spending than others. Economists Kent Smetters and Jagadeesh Gokhale recently calculated an unfunded liability estimate for the entire federal government. Senator Lieberman's bill would make monitoring this overall "fiscal imbalance†measure part of the formal budget process. The Concord Coalition applauds the Senator for putting honest accounting for the government's entitlement commitments on the Congressional agenda. However, Concord is skeptical about the practicality of the fiscal imbalance measure.
Long-term liability calculations are only meaningful for programs that embody long-term promises. Social Security and Medicare are classic examples. Yes, they are legislated entitlements, not contracts. Still, so long as their authorizing legislation remains in force, accrued benefits are paid out automatically. The whole terminology of social insurance, from "trust funds†and "insured status†to "earned benefits,†implies that participation confers property rights. Much of the electorate believes this to be the case and votes accordingly. As a consequence, no one seriously doubts that Social Security's and Medicare's unfunded benefit promises constitute some sort of government obligation.
Once we move beyond social insurance programs, the political dynamic changes. Means-tested programs like Medicaid may constitute a major cost challenge, but nobody believes that they confer property rights. Spending levels in discretionary programs are determined year to year in the appropriations process. As for general revenues, tax hikes and tax cuts come and go along with short-term political priorities and changes in the fiscal and economic environment.
A single measure of future fiscal imbalance implies that all forms of taxing and spending are equally certain. This can lead to meaningless conclusions, such as the often-heard claim that the seventy-five-year savings from repealing the Bush tax cut would be more than sufficient to close Social Security's seventy-five-year actuarial deficit. The comparison is not so much wrong as irrelevant. Congress routinely changes tax policy year to year. Social Security spending is locked in by promises spanning generations.
Real Americans
In the end, the great value of the unfunded liability numbers may simply be to wake America up to the challenge. They are useful as indicators of the fiscal unsustainability and generational inequity of the entitlements status quo, but are less helpful as guides to reform. They say nothing about annual spending levels, and hence when the entitlement burden will become acute. Nor do they tell us the government's annual borrowing needs, and hence its impact on U.S. savings, investment, and living standard growth.
Solving the entitlement problem will take real Americans making real sacrifices. They will want to know what they have to give up--not just in present value terms, but in terms of their pay stubs and benefit checks.
FACING FACTS AUTHORS: Neil Howe and Richard Jackson CONCORD COALITION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Robert Bixby


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#1 Tue 18 Sep 07 3:48am
- Forum champ Occupation Duty Free Lancome and Fragrance sales
- From Greater Vancouver
- Member since Mon 23 Oct 06
Your Kitchen...
Describe your kitchen! Big, small, favorite tool, favorite appliance, you name it! Add a pic if you want! Any ideas you want to share? Let's see your spice cupboard or drawer! I just cleaned mine out, lol, I think there were spices in there from goodness knows when! They are in the garbage now ( shame on me ) and I will only buy dry spices as I use them!
Do you have art in your kitchen? Chalk boards or maybe you want to show off you cookbooks or anything unusual or unique you would like to share?? Keep in mind, this is a family space...
Let's see the kitchens across the world here on Jamies Forum! We have so many!
Hey, add you too!
#2 Tue 18 Sep 07 12:37pm
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- From Germany
- Member since Mon 13 Mar 06
Re: Your Kitchen...
My kitchen is not very big and the cupboards are all varied, as I did not really have much money to outfit it. One is a 1940s or 50s white cupboard that dates back to my late great grandmother. I don't think it will survive another move. It is wedged in between wall and fridge otherwise it slightly leans sideways.....
I have a big fridge-freezer combination and my oven/stove is the old-fashioned electric kind: no ceramic top, no air vent, no extras... coffee pot, water kettle, microwave...
But everyone admires my spice rack. I have lots and lots of spices and I do use them all.
There is a long book board that holds most of my cook books, but as I buy lots of them and give away only few, some don't fit.
Not much room left for art work, but there are some smaller pictures (mostly IKEA cards in little IKEA frames sometimes repainted to my taste). And a van Gogh nightcafe painted by all the guests of our wedding at our wedding reception. Refrigerator poetry on the fridge and art work by my friend's 5-year old daughter.
Generally I try to do the best with limited space
#3 Tue 18 Sep 07 4:01pm
Alex G
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- From Brighton/ Bournemouth
- Member since Sat 29 Oct 05
Re: Your Kitchen...
My kitchen is tiny and not the best eqquiped (though it's getting decorated soon). It's so small the fridge/freezer won't fit in there. Electric hob, oven and grill. Enough knives to do most things. As long as I can cook some tasty food i'm happy.
#4 Tue 18 Sep 07 4:36pm
Re: Your Kitchen...
My Kitchen is quite small but im quite good with storage options so it works well, i Have Black granit worktops and black tiles with shaker style cupboards in oak (wait for it) Pink walls with 50`s style tea/Sug/coff pots and utensil holders also in pink, i have 2 spice racks that are strips of Aluminium which do the job very well and as my spices grow so can my shelves,lots of pots and pans and my could not do without food processor, A small part of one of my walls is filled with cookery books i have collected over the years and my window sill has growing herbs my only problem i have is little black flies there driving me mad!!!!!! any suggestions helpfull. large fridge freezer but NO dishwasher but im working on it, as on Tv yesterday it was proven that dishwashers filled properly are more enviromentally friendly than washing up if you have a family of 4 or more, so i can feel a little less guilty about owning one now ha!
#5 Tue 18 Sep 07 5:19pm
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Re: Your Kitchen...
Ha! Trust me- I have never felt guilty about having a dishwasher! Rather it than me...
#6 Tue 18 Sep 07 5:41pm
Re: Your Kitchen...
ooooooooooo feel so much better ha
#7 Wed 19 Sep 07 1:34am
- Forum champ Occupation Duty Free Lancome and Fragrance sales
- From Greater Vancouver
- Member since Mon 23 Oct 06
Re: Your Kitchen...
Lol, I have lived in many places and have had almost nothing to where I am now and only have what I need, not what I want.
I think having or adding older pieces adds charactor! I would love to have an antique/old piece to hold plates, etc... I have a galley style kitchen and dont have room for something like that. Its a big kitchen but it's not laid out well, it was built in the 70's.
Alex, how's the decorating going? So, is the kitchen next?
itsmarie, you gotta get that dishwasher woman! I like the idea of having something quirky in the kitchen. I have a small space above the pantry that needed something. I am not one for fake flowers or things of that nature so I put up my small teapot collection. Most were bought in China. They are the really small ones and are different in shape. There is also 2 sake vessels that were bought in Japan. It looks ok since they are all pottery.
The next thing I would like to buy for the kitchen is what's called a gel mat. You can see what I mean here www.gelmats.com. I have a carpet runner that stretches the length from my sink to the end of the stove now but I think its getting a little sad looking these days!
#8 Wed 19 Sep 07 10:05am
Re: Your Kitchen...
Hey BCrain, Those mats look good, id love my whole kitchen floor done in that stuff though how fab would that be, you would never get me out the kitchen ha ha ha my flooring is also black with granit and glitter i love it, and if you like quirky i have a beautiful wooden mouse door fixed to my front door and with every holiday or event that passes, my mouses door gets decorated too, im now looking for miniture halloween decorations.
#9 Wed 19 Sep 07 11:29am
- Forum champ Occupation Retired Clergy & Computer Consultant
- From Bradford, West Yorks
- Member since Mon 03 Jul 06
Re: Your Kitchen...
Great thread - so here's a tour of my new kitchen.
Its quite a decent size, 12 ft x 9 ft, and fully fitted out with white "country style" units, black "granite look" work surfaces with a rustic tile splashback, black tiled floor, and the walls a sort of dusty orange.
Coming in the door from the hallway, to the right is the built in pantry - full height doorway, leading into 3ft x 3ft cupboard, fully shelved for bulky items. then we get to the kitchen proper.
Starting the tour in a clockwise direction.
On the left is the fridge/freezer - freezer below for frozen veg, fruit and fish, along with pastries, pies etc., fridge above for cheese, milk, cream and opened jams & sauces, bacon, eggs etc.
Next 5 ft run of worksurface, with fridge under mainly for cold drinks, followed by corner cupboard for casserole dishes, mixing bowls, trays, small cutting boards etc.. from the corner, another 4ft run of work surface, with drawers under for cutlery, teatowels, hand towels & cloths etc.. On the work surface, Kenwood chef, rechargeable multi tool (beater, stick liquidiser, knife), then knife & tool block, heavy chopping board and deep fat fryer. Above the work surface, run of 8 power sockets. Then, cupboards over the surface, first with unopened tins, bottles & jars, plus salts, peppers, sauces, honeys and condiments. At the top, unopenedbulk spices and seasonings. Next the glass fronted vinegars cupboard, with bulk long life spices (e.g. nutmegs, dried limes,dried coconuts etc.) over. Next in the corner cupboard comes the everyday crockery - plates. bowls, serving dishes etc.. Then another glass fronted cupboard for the oils, with about a dozen different oils. The cafetiers and coffe equipment above. The final cupboard on this run contains the mugs below, with the fancy crockery above. OK - thats the first corner!
Now comes the doorway to the second storage area, toilet and into the conservatory - ut more of that later.
The other side of the door we come to a 12ft run of units. First a small unit, with cookware - baking trays, bread tins, roasting pans, etc.etc. Over that is a metal rod shelf for some pans, with hooks below fir kitchen utensils (lots of them). Next comes my cooker - 110 Leisure Rangemaster, with gas hob and gas double oven - 4 burners + griddle and warming plate, with gas grill under and with a glass lid on top which lifts into a splashback. I'm waiting for the black glass splashback to go between the tiles and the hood - I'm having to have that made. Above that, there's the extractor hood and fan, which vents outside. The cooker is "British Racing Green" with brass fittings that you can dry towels on. Next, another small unit, with pestles & mortars, balti dishes and overflow bakeware.
Then a double unit, with double porcelain sink & drainer, under the sink is the storage for washung up stuff, powders, cleaning materials etc.. Over that is a window, looking out onto the small area next to the garden shed where we grow some herbs.
Next comes a corner unit, with pots and pans under, plus rice cooker, slow cooker, mandoline, griddle pans etc.. On the work surface, there is the electric kettle, toaster, bread bin, tea, coffe and sugar jars and combination microwave/oven/grill. Over that another 8 power sockets. Round the corner under the wok surface are three wide drawer. Top drawer contains all the small utensils, then below two drawers full of pots, pans, cast iron casseroles, cast iron and other frying pans, tagine etc. Above, the top cupboards have, first "breakfast" stuff - tea, coffee, cereals, with cake tins over. The next cupboard has the breakfast mugs at the bottom, plus large wineglasses at the top. A corner cupboard next, with vases, jugs, and such like. Finally, another glass fronted cupboard with glassware.
Now comes a 9ft run of work surface for doing the baking, pasta making etc, with a wide window looking out onto the front garden. Under that is first the Dishwasher, then a space for kitchen steps and waste bins. Then a small cupboard for dishwasher and washing powders, liquids etc., and finally the washing machine.
That takes us right back to the side of the pantry, and completes tge kitchen tour.
But theres more
Through the door I mentioned before, on the right is the chest freezer, for long term storage - mainly meat and some bread. There is another window over the freezer. Straight ahead is the lobby into the toilet.
On the left is the coatrack, and then a six foot run of 8ft high cupboards. First has the wine rack at the bottom, with over that the drinks cupboard, with drop down flap. Then, two rows of bookshelves. At the very top is the storage for occasional items - Large bread bowl, port pourer, etc.
Next cupboard as a low open space at the bottom is for shoes. boots etc.. Over that is a large cupboard. From the bottom, flours, pastas and noodles. Next shelf up is baking and cake & dessert making supplies. Next is the sauces and liquids - mainly oriental, such as nam pla, soy, mirin, teriaki, anchovy, mushroom, plum, etc. etc. etc.. Next shelf the pickles and preserves. Above that the dry goods - beans, peas, other pulses, grains, couscous, etc. etc.. Then the final shelf has overflow and larger jars of spices, and such odds and ends as molasses and treacles.
The door of thus cupboard is rather special. It's on re-inforced hinges, and has seven shelves with fiddle rails for spice jars - 80 different spices here for immediate use!
Above another occasional cupboard for Mongolian steamboat, chinese steamers and such.
Next cupboard is a long one at the bottom for ironing board, vacuum cleaner, brushes etc.. Above there are two more bookshelves, and finally a top cupboard for Spanish cazuelas and tapas dishes.
Then, the archway into the conservatory, which is also our dining room. There is another coatrack on the other side of the archway.
And thats it for your exhaustive tour of the kitchen. If I get time tomorrow, I'll post some pictures.
Its not perfect - but it works, and I'll make any necessary changes as I go on.
What do you think?
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Re: Your Kitchen...
Wow What a kitchen, it sounds amazing and you described it so well, it looks like you have a place and a space for everything and a dishwasher im jealous


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I have just finished putting the final border on Smith Mountain Morning and laid it out on my bed, will ring my LQS tomorrow and book it in to be quilted, probably in two weeks. yay another finish.
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Just picked up two of these! New Dan Coonan Type 1 Fal receivers
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That looks nice...I need one!!!
$250 was the original issue price I heard
They're already being whored up on Gunbroker for $350
I'm like number 900 (or something like that) on the list, so I don't think I'll be seeing mine anytime soon.
Got these off Gunbroker for $400 ea. Little steep but there is nothing out there right now other then a few type 3's
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The Imbels are going for $500.0+ on Gunbroker.
You got the best price I've seen in awhile & I check GB almost daily hoping for the bargain that will NEVER happen.
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He's out right now but has orders in for more
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You have to be persistent. I scored a brand new Imbel GL receiver for $370 off of gunbroker a few months ago. Every once and a while, one falls through the cracks.Originally Posted by Bradrock
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Playboy.com's Start 'Em, Sit 'Em: Week Two
With week one in the books, we've got a better feel for the league looking ahead to week two's fantasy rosters and who you need to start and sit.
Always active and interested in the lives of you, our fine and flawless readers, this week Playboy.com premieres the newest addition to our sporting family, our "Start 'Em, Sit 'Em" Fantasy Football guide. Each week, we'll sort through the rubble of waiver wires and underappreciated players to find sneaky good players to start (or in some cases sit) to help you win your fantasy week. Please keep in mind that we're not going after the big fish here; you should start Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady and Arian Foster all the time. These are the guys you might be on the fence about or find rotting on the wire. You can thank us later.
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Josh Freeman (Tampa Bay): Bear with us: under new OC Mike Sullivan, Freeman will be more of a game manager than a free-throwing gunslinger, but with the Giants' corner situation precarious at best, the Bucs will likely want to use their new toy, Vincent Jackson, to pick this defense apart. Better still is that they'll have to in order to keep up with Brother Eli's offense. Sneaky good start here.
Stevan Ridley (New England): Ridley is starting to look like an every-down, cowbell-type back; he straight wrestled the starting job away in training camp, put up 125 yards on 21 carries in week one against the Titans and is featured in an offense that has surprisingly put up the most rushing touchdowns of any team over the last three seasons. This week he gets Arizona, who will likely be down and out early, meaning lots of yards for New England's new workhorse.
Nate Washington (Tennessee): As you'll see on the "Sit" side of this week's picks, we've got more than one Tennessee Titan on the bench, but their offense has to come from somewhere. With Britt likely the subject of close corner examination and working back from a knee injury and Chris Johnson's poor showing in week one compounded by a Chargers D that can stop the run, Washington might be a de facto good play this week.
Lance Moore (New Orleans): Moore, a perennially undervalued receiver in an explosive offense, caught six catches for 120 yards and a touchdown last week. With Colston and Henderson still dealing with lingering injuries, Moore should again be a primary target for Drew Brees and a Saints team looking to get back on track after dropping their opener to the rookie-run Redskins.
Dennis Pitta (Baltimore): New year, new look. The Ravens' offense finally looks like it has caught up to its notorious defense, and Dennis Pitta might be one of the biggest beneficiaries. Last week he caught five catches for 73 yards and a "put-it-up" touchdown. His size and ability to go up for 50/50 balls make him a valuable weapon in the new no-huddle offense in Baltimore; we could see him becoming a short-yardage security blanket, not to mention red-zone candidate, for Joe Flacco.
Cincinnati Bengals: A lot of people will probably be scared off the Bengals after they surrendered 41 points to a once-pedestrian Ravens offense, but that really has more to do with the new style no-huddle in Baltimore than with the Bengals. These guys were a top-ten defense last season going up against the Browns and Brandon Weeden, who gave up four interceptions in week one.
Check out who we've got on the bench this week on Page 2.
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Michael Vick (Philadelphia): In throwing a career-high 58 times last Sunday, Vick foisted up four picks against the woeful Browns and barely managed to sneak away with the win. Up against the revered Ravens D, not only will Vick's highly touted mobility be limited (diminishing his Fantasy upside) but Andy Reid will likely want to limit Vick's potential for errors by limiting his throws.
Chris Johnson (Tennessee): Johnson's dismal performance in week one (11 carries for four yards, six catches for 47) isn't necessarily a sign of things to come, but week two might not be any better against a San Diego team that held Darren McFadden and the Raiders to 45 rushing yards. That said, proceed with caution here; Johnson probably went top 10 in your draft for a reason.
Kevin Smith (Detroit): Smith surprised a lot of people out of the gate with four catches for 29 yards and a touchdown on top of 13 carries for 62 yards and another score, but his value is limited against a San Francisco team that proved last week they can stop the run while almost daring a good QB to throw the ball.
Kenny Britt (Tennessee): Coming off suspension (a phrase that often precedes Britt's name), the Titans wideout not only has to shake off the rust but get a bum knee up to speed. Chargers corners will probably pay him his due, but that might be the problem. If you've got options you might want to use them and sit on Britt to see what he's capable of.
Laurent Robinson (Jacksonville): Robinson's coming off a 10-TD season in Dallas and five catches for 66 yards last week. But now the real test begins. He's no longer an under-the-radar threat and doesn't have someone as seasoned as Tony Romo throwing to him. Until Justin Blackmon gets up to speed, Robinson is public enemy number one in Jacksonville and defenses will treat him as such. Whether he can outplay them is yet to be seen, but don't count on it against the Texans.
Brent Celek (Philadelphia): Celek caught four passes on eight targets last week for 65 yards, which would be fine if Vick hadn't thrown 58, making that ratio look paltry. Adding insult to injury is his competition, TE Clay Harbor, who had six targets and a game-winning TD catch in the dying minutes. Whether the Eagles decide to spread their receivers or tone the passing game down, Celek's upside is limited, especially against the Ravens.
Seattle Seahawks: One of Seattle's strengths heading into the season was supposed to be their defense, which fared beyond poorly against an Arizona team with no run game and minimal talent through the air. This week they get both with DeMarco Murray, Tony Romo and the Dallas receiving corps coming to town.


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O'Reilly's Mike Hendrickson has published some interesting data about the company's programming book sales.
I previously looked at Hacker News poll on readers' favorite languages and compared it to RedMonk's analysis of programming language use on Github and questions on StackOverflow. Looking at the popularity of languages amongst programmers can help companies decide what languages to use for projects in order to find the most qualified developers, and it can also help developers decide what languages to learn. But these sorts of metrics can overlook the realities of what's actually being used at companies. Looking at job postings on Dice can be a portal into what's actually being used, as opposed to what developers like using for side projects.
O'Reilly's book data seems like it can provide a bit of insight into both, if we assume that employers will buy books for employees based on internal needs and that individual developers will buy books based on their own interests.
Hendrickson identified 11 "large" programming languages. These comprised the top 11 languages by language sold:
- Java
- JavaScript
- Objective C
- Python
- ActionScript
- .net Languages
The next tier was labeled "major" languages, and included Ruby, R and Perl. Hendrickson writes:
You'll notice in the Major languages that Ruby had the biggest growth among this grouping. And the R language had significant growth and surpassed Perl in sales units. Perl used to be one of the largest languages around and is now ranked #19 among the languages. PowerShell experienced it second consecutive year of growth in 2011.
I was surprised to see Ruby so low. It was the second favorite in the Hacker News poll, and a top tier language in RedMonk's poll. But perhaps I shouldn't have been so surprised. In Dennis B. Moore's analysis of Dice.com listings last May, Ruby ranked only #11 even though it was one of the fastest growing languages Moore looked at. I was also surprised at how Smalltalk ended up ranking – far ahead of Lua, for example, which I also thought would rank higher.
Other factors may influence the results as well. For example, it could be that just about everyone who wants to learn C or Perl already has a book on it. It could also be that the preferred books on some languages are not published by O'Reilly. Still, I think we can conclude a few things based on the data we have now:
1. Java is still very popular, thanks in part to Android.
2. Python is more popular than Ruby.
3. R and JavaScript are still growing fast.
4. Despite challenges, PHP isn't going anywhere any time soon.
5. The Microsoft languages are still sitting pretty.
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DAARA, the Daytona Antique Auto Racing Association, put on a show that could remind you of the first event at Ocala Speedway way back in 1952. With cars that have raced since 1936 to cars from the 1970s; and 26 year olds to 76 year olds driving, everything and anything was out there. Bob Jordan in his blue 1947 Kortis Kraft Midget won the Midget race, Ronald Hess in his orange 1939 Chevy won the Modified race, and Captain Jack Sapp in his yellow '60s Ward Watson won the Sprint race.
The $1000 to win Amsoil V-8 Thunderstocks feature brought 31 cars out which led to a B Main. In the B Main, Eddie Kilbury, Willard Driggers, Eddie Lentz, and Jonathan Appleby earned the transfer spots and Vaughn Woodall moved in to the A Main through points position. The Feature had some excitement going on, as Chris Shea was working his way up from mid-pack. On lap 13, Shea got loose and Mike McDonald barely tapped Shea while trying to avoid him, which finished off Shea's loop. On a restart, Mike Stalnaker looped it in turn 2 and Jesse Corbitt had nowhere to go except right into Stalnaker's door. On the lap 17 restart, Jonathan Gillette did a 'tornado spin' in turn 4 which collected Richard Calmes, Chris Shea and Vaughn Woodall. At the end of the night, Scott Mooers outlasted the rest to take home the $1000, Robert Ray again finished runner-up, Jason Gamble finished 3rd, Steve Mooers was 4th, and Mike McDonald worked his way back up to 5th.
The Colortyme Open Wheel Modifieds had a fun night on the dirt with 1 major car swap: Kyle Bronson and Wayne Hammond. They switched cars for the night and it paid off. The race up front was between Kyle Bronson, Charlie MacNichols, Buzzy Reutimann, and Jeff Mathews with 2nd-4th switching continuously. Mathews didn't have it easy, though, as he spun in turn 4 on lap 5. As the race neared its end, Reutimann passed MacNichols and Mathews passed both of them! No catching "The Killer" Kyle Bronson and he won his 3rd straight at Ocala, followed by Jeff Mathews, Buzzy Reutimann, Charlie MacNichols, and Larry Burkins rounding out the top 5.
The final event of the night was the Gladiators and they put a great show on with some good surprises at the end. On lap 1, James McCloud rolled the 57 in turn 2 and a flat tire was all that stopped him from staying out on the track. After the clean-up, Casey Feaster, in the 51 of Nathan Rhodes, had a problem on the left-front which pushed the car right into the turn 1 wall. On lap 6, more front runners, Jerry Taylor and Kyle Morse had a problem in turn 2 and the damage was evident on Morse's driver side door. At the end, Matt Shea beat Devin Walker for first and Steve Johnson was coasting for 3rd when he slowed on the front stretch. Kathie Fisher had gradually moved up and was set for another top 5, but when Johnson slowed, Fisher jumped at the opportunity and got her first trophy on the night after her birthday. Ken McCloud was able to get around Johnson for 4th and Johnson did get 5th.
Ocala Speedway has kids costume contest this up-coming Friday along with the Late Models, Amsoil V-8 Thunderstocks, Mini Stocks, and Gladiators. For more information or to see the complete schedule you may call the Speedway or visit www.ocalaspeedway.com.
Ocala Speedway Results for 10/22/2010
Tee Pee Tire Hobby Stocks
1- 56 Patrick Williams
2- 55 Heath Walker
3- 99 Daniel Miller, Jr.
4- 17M Billy Meadors
5- 96 Ronald Lentz
6- 69 Tommy Ausburn
7- 61 Martin Johnson
8- 26 Brian Jerrels
9- 9R Bubba Christian
10- 37J Dean Jarvis
11- 05 Chris Lane
12- 15 Donald Paugh
13- 11 Jody Wells
14- 7E James Erickson
15- 81 Donald Woosley
Amsoil V-8 Thunderstocks
1- 10 Scott Mooers
2- 9 Robert Ray
3- 21G Jason Gamble
4- 10M Steve Mooers
5- 5W Mike McDonald
6- 58 Cory Howard
7- 6 Wallace Douglass
8- 114 John Thorpe
9- 3W Vaughn Woodall
10- 326 Gordon Cade
11- 29 Thomas Hughes
12- 15 Luke Sadler
13- 76 Chris Shea
14- 64 Jonathan Gillette
15- 30 Michael Tovet
16- 4C Richard Calmes, Jr.
17- 11 Austin Kirkpatrick
18- 14M Tim Mathieu
19- 3D Jesse Corbitt
20- 8 Michael Stalnaker
21- 17K Eddie Kilbury, Jr.
22- 56A Jonathan Appleby
23- 21 Willard Driggers
24- 96L Eddie Lentz
25- 96 Eddie Lake
Colortyme Open Wheel Modifieds
1- 66H Kyle Bronson
2- 33 Jeff Mathews
3- 00 Buzzy Reutimann
4- 11 Charlie MacNichols
5- 54 Larry Burkins
6- 3 Josh Sanford
7- 33F Michael Flick
8- 1M Jay Miller
9- Z Tim Zackery
10- Z06 Larry Mott
11- 75C Len ONeil
12- 67 Garrett Stewart
13- 10 Don Depew, Jr.
14- 7H Charles Howard, Jr.
15- 0 Richard Dickinson
16- 40B Wayne Hammond
1- 96 Matt Shea
2- 55JR Devin Walker
3- 83M Kathie Fisher
4- 76 Ken McCloud
5- 81 Steven Johnson
6- 14 Chris Town
7- 7 Roy Lester
8- 83 Kody Fisher
9- 77 Matthew Kramer
10- 3H Brandon Haseleu
11- 48 Art Suther
12- 82 Kyle Morse
13- 10 Larry Nelson
14- 31 Jerry Taylor
15- 41 unknown driver
16- 51 Casey Feaster
17- 57 James McCloud
18- 21 Robert Graham


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Learnt to negotiate the Motorways, a two person job at this stage. Lots of lanes, heaps of trucks and everyone about 10km over the speed limit! The English are quite polite on the road, havent heard many horns.. they dont believe in indicators though! Our GPS isnt so smart, and if we listed to it in Preston, we'd still be there making u-turns. We exited off the M6 and were instructed to "take the 5th exit". As we rounded, counting the exits I realised that it was putting us back onto the M6 in the other direction! Managed to avoid this, and find another quieter exit where we were able to reassess. Learning point: do not put 100% faith in GPS!
Made it to Carl's in South Norwood (what a huge relief!), the streets off the Motorway and main arterial roads are just like in The Bill. Noone seems to have driveways, cars parked on both sides of the road, and not enough room for 2-way traffic! Had a really nice meal (thanx Sarah!). House is big on the inside, with a large backyard. Everything grows so well because of all the rain. Kel saw a squirrell! Woot to that. Didnt see any foxes.


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