Remixed: Bench and the Hearing Impaired
…One after-work afternoon, I went inside one of their stores looking for “emergency” socks. Mine’s all soiled and I need fresh ones to last me until three days after, the day I get my clothes from the cleaners. I approached one unsuspecting sales person to ask where they put ‘em. The lady, about 5′2 in height, shoulder-length hair, charming and pretty, clean-looking and pleasant, was everything that a helpful sales person ordinarily may look like. She then amicably showed the ID hanging from her neck that read, “I’m Deaf.”… read the rest of this story at fritizified.com >>
The Eraserheads: Crossing Paths with Titans
Everybody’s talking about the Eraserheads these days. Hardcore fans. Posers. New media. Old media. All because of their reunion concert. This reminded me of how rabid a fan I was back in the 90’s and how casual an observer I am now. Don’t get me wrong, I still love the hell out of them and their music. I just loved them more when I was younger and the band was just beginning to shake the foundations of the Philippine music industry. It is all still fresh in my mind.
UFC 88 Breakthrough result
On September 6th, UFC will be showcasing UFC 88: Breakthrough. Buy this PPV folks, this is an all star cast! According to UFC.com, the televised fight card is as follows:
Click here to read more -> UFC 88 Breakthrough results.
Chuck Liddell – Rashad Evans: Result
Chuck Liddell vs Rashad Evans is the main event of UFC 88: Breakthrough. These two are supposed to fight previously in England, but Liddell was forced to pull out because of an injury. But this time, the fight will happen without problems on September 6th.
Click here to read more -> Chuck Liddell vs Rashad Evans result.
Rich Franklin – Matt Hamill: Result
On September 6th, Rich Franklin will be going back to a heavy talented division, which is the Light Heavyweight division to face Matt Hamill. Rich Franklin vs Matt Hamill will be the co main event of UFC 88: Breakthrough.
Click here to read more -> Rich Franklin vs Matt Hamill result.
Dan Henderson vs Rousimar Palhares: Result
Dan Henderson will be coming back inside the Octagon after two straight losses against the lightheavyweight champion before, which is Rampage Jackson, and against the middleweight champion Anderson Silva. This time, he will be going against a very tough opponent, a brilliant BJJ practitioner Rousimar Palhares.
Click here to read more -> Dan Henderson vs Rousimar Palhares result.
Would you blog a horrible experience?
Blogging has been a good medium to express our feelings, get information, make money online, as well as sharing experiences in our daily lives. You blog about your first Google Adsense payment, you blog about how successful your SEO experiments are, you blog about which restaurant you had a great time, etc.
Click here to read more -> Would you blog a terrible experience?
Google’s 10th Year Anniversary
In line with Google’s 10th Year Anniversary, they are releasing new products and upgrades one after another. Just today they released the New Picasa Web Albums and Picasa 3.0 Beta, and Chrome.
Simply put, the new Picasa products (Web and Desktop) has become a Photo Suite (IMO), while Chrome if you still haven’t heard, is Google’s very own FLOSS Browser!
Details about the three products are available here and here.
Smart Rob
I decided to subscribe to the pre-paid broadband service from Smart Communications to speedup my communication to my potential customers. This is the one the you connect a wireless modem (or whatever that is) to your computer via USB port and with a 3G signal… tada! you are now connected to the internet…
Ask the Economist: Slow increase in employment rate despite high GDP growth.
Starting today, I’ll be entertaining queries pertaining to economics. You can email me your questions at musingsofayoungeconomist@gmail.com. You may also post a question at this PinoyExchange link
Here’s a question posted by drhenry4 on PinoyExchange :
(The) Philippine economy grew by 7.3% last year, the fastest in the country’s history, but employment rate grew by (a) mere 0.2%. How is this so?
For this analysis, I will be using the unemployment rate for convenience. By definition, the unemployment rate is the percentage of unemployed workers in the labor force. The labor force, here in the Philippines, is defined by the NSCB as “all persons 15 years old and over as of their last birthday who are either employed or unemployed.” In notation form, Labor Force = Employed + Unemployed.
In theory, what causes unemployment? Two things:
- Frictional Unemployment. This is the time it takes people in the labor force to look for a job. This occurs because it takes time to match people and jobs (due to preferences, educational background, previous training, mobility in terms of location, and specific industry demand for labor).
- Wage Rigidity. When real wage is above equilibrium level, the supply of workers exceeds the demand for them. Firms would then limit their demand for labor resulting in unemployment.
Continue reading this article at Musings of a Young Economist.
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