Unemployment Actually 9.7%, When the Underemployed and "Discourage" Are Added 12/30

Grok Headline matches for Unemployment Actually 9.7%, When the Underemployed and "Discourage" Are Added 12/30

"Jobless Count Skips Millions: The rate
hits 9.7% when the underemployed and
those who have quit looking are added"

"Jobless Count Skips Millions: The rate
hits 9.7% when the underemployed and
those who have quit looking are added" 12/29/2003 09:13 PM

Top VCs Trying To Discourage The
Competition

Top VCs Trying To Discourage The
Competition 01/27/2004 02:53 PM
It seems that some of the bigger name venture capitalists out there are suddenly saying that there's too much venture money flowing into the market again and that means that it's much more difficult for the horses they've backed to compete. Apparently, they would prefer it if venture financing remained an exclusive little club where the old boys could pick two or three players and let them fight it out in the dog pit, and then pick up their winnings at the IPO window. Of course, I'm not sure why these guys should care so much. Assuming they know how to make a good investment, then who cares if the other VC firms are throwing their money away? They always talk about how much their guidance and experience helps the companies they invest in - so what do they care if lesser VCs are backing other companies that compete with their companies?

MMOs discourage heroism, FRPGs encourage
it

MMOs discourage heroism, FRPGs encourage
it 08/07/2004 05:30 AM
Very good Terra Nova post analyses the ways that Massively Multiplayer games discourage the acts of heroism that made D&D so much fun to play.

On one level, this tale highlights the plight of low levels in the MMORPG. They pose the litmus test: do opportunities for heroism exist for them in and amongst the treadmills? Is it ever possible for a low-level to make a *real difference?* Perhaps, for some, an exceptional stand by a NOOB ("newbie") party against MOB trains (large flocks of NPC monsters) in some NOOB dungeon somewhere, qualifies. But is there a more fundamental difference?

Consider. Can one make the argument that MMORPGs, as an adventuring platform, have gone astray with player = single(few)-avatar assumption? Because of the investment of time (read treadmills), social and emotional capital, players are practically limited by the number of characters they can play. Consequently, they are loath to get in "over their heads" and virtual worlds are loath to offer dire scenarios with only heroic exits for a few. Hardly a profound point, but the question: is such a dynamic, in some guise, necessary for the organic emergence of heroic narratives in an MMORPG?

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Online Obstacles Discourage The Blind
From Logging On

Online Obstacles Discourage The Blind
From Logging On 06/21/2004 06:09 AM
SiliconValley.com Jun 21 2004 10:32AM GMT

Net-Detective.com - in Addition to Just
Added Neighborhood "Red Alerts" on
Sexual Predators, Net Detective has
Added the Genealogy Detective Program

Net-Detective.com - in Addition to Just
Added Neighborhood "Red Alerts" on
Sexual Predators, Net Detective has
Added the Genealogy Detective Program 04/06/2005 03:14 AM
Net-Detective.com is already one of the most extensive online database resources with information on over 211,400,000 U.S. residents, or 90% of all U.S. residents. In addition to its new After just adding the Sexual Offender neighborhood 'Red Alert' program to Net-Detective.com's online offerings, Net-detective.com has ehanced its family of products to included Genealogy Detective. Add to this the internet search program's ability to perform online 'real time' background checks, criminal records checks, asset searches, investigate your own credit report, locate military, hospital, birth and adoption records - and one can see why hundreds of thousands of individuals, companies and private investigators themselves from all across the country, use http://net-detective.com in their daily investigations. [PRWEB Apr 6, 2005]

Stocks finish lower as Cisco outlook and
oil prices discourage buyers

Stocks finish lower as Cisco outlook and
oil prices discourage buyers 08/11/2004 06:50 PM
Vancouver Sun Aug 11 2004 11:44PM GMT

Fluorescent pink dye in fertilizer
designed to discourage meth-maker theft

Fluorescent pink dye in fertilizer
designed to discourage meth-maker theft 08/22/2004 01:26 PM
Mark Frauenfelder: Farmers are hoping that a pink-colored stain, called GloTell, will prevent speed chemists from stealing their anhydrous ammonia, which is used as a crop fertilizer. It's also a critical ingredient in methamphetamine manufacture.

The visible stain, even if washed off, was still detectable by ultraviolet light 24 to 72 hours later....

"Most people that are drug users, they like a clean-looking drug if they are going to ... put it in their body," Clements said. "We know the end-product is not pretty at all."

Snort it, and it turns the nose fluorescent pink. Inject it, and the telltale pink shows up at the injection site, he said.

I'm guessing this will fail. Speed users would rather have pink noses than no speed. Adding green food coloring to beer doesn't stop people from drinking on Saint Patrick's Day. So why would speed users turn up their nose at a line a pink-colored crystal meth? Link

UK unemployment on the rise

UK unemployment on the rise 08/11/2004 04:47 AM
The number of people unemployed in the UK goes up by 27,000 between April and June, the second rise in a row.

UK unemployment total on the up

UK unemployment total on the up 04/13/2005 03:54 AM
Unemployment in the UK rises 29,000 to 1.43 million in the three months to February, official figures show.

UK unemployment at 20-year low

UK unemployment at 20-year low 04/16/2004 05:08 AM
Unemployment in the UK continues to fall, but accelerating wage growth raises the prospect of higher interest rates.

"eclecticism > Of bl0gging and
unemployment"

"eclecticism > Of bl0gging and
unemployment" 10/29/2003 09:08 AM

Unemployment Numbers for May Due Today
(AP)

Unemployment Numbers for May Due Today
(AP) 06/04/2004 07:16 AM
AP - The Labor Department releases its May report on jobless claims this morning at 8:30 a.m. EDT. Economists are looking for an increase of 215,000 in nonfarm payrolls and for the jobless rate to hold at 5.6 percent.

eclecticism > Of bl0gging and
unemployment

eclecticism > Of bl0gging and
unemployment 10/29/2003 09:10 AM
Blogging when working at Microsoft can get you fired. Jesus .. Blogging and Unemployment

michaelhanscom.com/eclecticism/2003/10/of_blogging_and. html
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Unemployment Drops to 5.4 Percent (AP)

Unemployment Drops to 5.4 Percent (AP) 09/04/2004 01:30 AM
AP - Employers stepped up hiring in August, expanding payrolls by 144,000 and lowering the unemployment rate marginally to 5.4 percent. While the figures didn't amount to a national job fair, analysts said, they did hold out the promise of stronger growth following the summer lull.

New Unemployment Numbers Due Today (AP)

New Unemployment Numbers Due Today (AP) 09/03/2004 06:49 AM
AP - The Labor Department reports the unemployment numbers for August at 8:30 a.m. EDT Friday.

Markets Await Unemployment Report (AP)

Markets Await Unemployment Report (AP) 07/02/2004 06:44 AM
AP - U.S. stocks futures were relatively flat early Friday, and the release of non-farm payroll data may dictate sentiment and overall direction for the day.

explains why recent unemployment and
economic

explains why recent unemployment and
economic 12/02/2003 03:02 AM
About the Jobless "Recovery" 12/1 .. The Unemployment Myth .. some people .. argues

nytimes.com/2003/11/30/opinion/30GOOL.html
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Unemployment, Oil News Keep Stocks Mixed
(AP)

Unemployment, Oil News Keep Stocks Mixed
(AP) 09/23/2004 09:05 AM
AP - Stocks were mixed in early trading Thursday as investors weighed a rise in unemployment claims against a slight drop in oil prices.

Japan unemployment rate falls in May

Japan unemployment rate falls in May 06/29/2004 12:54 AM
Seattletimes.nwsource.com - Tue Jun 29, 02:14 am GMT

Ohio to Allow Unemployment Claims Online
(AP)

Ohio to Allow Unemployment Claims Online
(AP) 08/05/2004 12:14 PM
AP - Out-of-work Ohioans in a few weeks will skip the unemployment line for online, as the state replaces a more than 20-year-old system with the new Internet-based method for making claims, tracking payments and filing appeals.

June Unemployment Numbers Due Today (AP)

June Unemployment Numbers Due Today (AP) 07/02/2004 06:44 AM
AP - The Labor Department will release the unemployment report for June at 8:30 a.m. EDT. Economists expect an increase of 250,000 jobs for the month with the unemployment rate holding steady at 5.6 percent.

Hurricane Victims File for Unemployment
(AP)

Hurricane Victims File for Unemployment
(AP) 08/17/2004 07:15 PM
AP - Still smarting over the loss of their homes, Hurricane Charley's victims turned out by the hundreds in 90-degree heat Tuesday to cope with the storm's latest blow to their lives — the mass shutdown of businesses that has left them without jobs.

Ohio to Allow Unemployment Claims Online

Ohio to Allow Unemployment Claims Online 08/05/2004 01:52 PM
AP via Los Angeles Times Aug 5 2004 5:11PM GMT

U.S. Senate Rejects Unemployment
Extension

U.S. Senate Rejects Unemployment
Extension 05/12/2004 05:28 AM
Free Internet Press May 12 2004 9:24AM GMT

Thousands Form Symbolic Unemployment
Line in N.Y.

Thousands Form Symbolic Unemployment
Line in N.Y. 09/01/2004 12:03 PM
The demonstrators stood silently along the sidewalk in a column that stretched for miles.

Japan unemployment rate rises 4.9
percent

Japan unemployment rate rises 4.9
percent 08/27/2004 02:00 PM
Seattletimes.nwsource.com - Fri Aug 27, 02:49 am GMT

Stocks Edge Higher on Unemployment
Report (AP)

Stocks Edge Higher on Unemployment
Report (AP) 06/10/2004 09:30 AM
AP - A steady unemployment picture cheered Wall Street Thursday, boosting investors' confidence in the economy and sending stocks moderately higher.

Korea's unemployment lifted by rising
natural rate

Korea's unemployment lifted by rising
natural rate 01/04/2005 08:53 AM
Maekyung Internet Jan 4 2005 1:18PM GMT

New Poll Added

New Poll Added 06/10/2004 02:35 PM

New Book Added

New Book Added 05/23/2002 10:39 PM

30 Plus Autographs Just Added

30 Plus Autographs Just Added 08/16/2004 10:19 AM
From C2 Ventures: "We have just added 30+ new autographed photos to our Autograph eStore. We have new images of Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), young Anakin (Jake Lloyd), Darth Maul (Ray Park), and a great new image of Kenny Baker popping out of the top of a R2-D2 unit. Many of the autographs are in very limited quantities. Check them all out here: C2 Ventures Autograph Store."

New Kilps Added

New Kilps Added 06/26/2002 01:01 PM

Perl added to the OED. Really.

Perl added to the OED. Really. 12/14/2003 11:06 PM
jest writes: "A few months back we had a discussion about the putative addition of «Perl» to the Oxford English Dictionary, and I said at the time that though it had been drafted, it was not then in. I am happy to be able to announce that now ...

7th Gallery added!

7th Gallery added! 03/21/2003 05:55 AM
Here is another other gallery! You can find the latest gallery on this link Checkout older galleries here: Apartment Gallery 07 Apartment Gallery 06 Apartment Gallery 05 Apartment Gallery 04 Apartment Gallery 03 Apartment Gallery 02 Apartment Gallery 01 Apartment...

New gallery added!

New gallery added! 03/19/2003 10:25 PM
Here's a new gallery, and NO I'm not dead. Just been kind of busy lately, weblogging hasn't been my first priority! You can find the latest gallery on this link Checkout older galleries here: Apartment Gallery 06 Apartment Gallery 05...

248,000 Jobs Added In May
(washingtonpost.com)

248,000 Jobs Added In May
(washingtonpost.com) 06/05/2004 05:51 AM
washingtonpost.com - U.S. businesses hired hundreds of thousands of additional workers last month, the Labor Department reported yesterday, a pace of job growth that if sustained would erase all the job losses of the recession by the end of the year.

Marius added to the feed.

Marius added to the feed. 03/13/2003 10:14 AM
Ok, definitively our youngest (and cutest, according to his mother :) member, marius has been added to the feed. All...

New Apartment Gallery Added!

New Apartment Gallery Added! 03/13/2003 10:23 AM
Here is the design I choose for the bathroom, some nice Tunaga tiles from Spain. Classic modern design Click on the image or the this link to see the latest picture gallery! Checkout older galleries here: Apartment Gallery 03 Apartment...

New Features Added To iMix

New Features Added To iMix 08/06/2004 07:58 AM
New additions include Most Recent, Featured, staff picks and a running counter -- the number of iMixes created so far is 81242. By Macworld UK (via MyAppleMenu)
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