Washington State Unemployment - October, 2008 November 24, 2008
Posted by hardly Strategic Concerns
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On the 18th, Washington State put out the October Employment report, and here are some of the high-level items of import:
- The total civilian employment number increased by .4% to 3,517,200 from September.
- Statewide Unemployment increased to 6.3% from 5.8%.
- Nationwide Unemployment stood at 6.5%
For the technology sector, we're starting to see the overall economy take a toll:
- Software Publishing employment statewide dropped from 53,100 to 52,700 from September to October.
- Telecomm (Wired + Wireless) showed no decline from September to October.
- In context of the 12 months that have gone by, Software Publishing shows an increase of 4.7% from last year, and Telecomm shows a decline of 300 workers in the same time period.
Basically, we're seeing firms in the Software Publishing arena being more financially conservative with their primary cost item - people. Too, I don't think these numbers reflect a number of the recent layoffs that have been reported, so I suspect that our November numbers will be lower. And, the Microsoft & Google hiring machines have been idled (mostly), so it will be interesting to see how the numbers change next month.
Was that a personal best? November 24, 2008
Posted by hardly Bar, Kettlebell, Medicine Ball, Other, Pushups, Row
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Warmup:
- 30 Medicine Ball Cleans
- 30 Situps
- 40 Kettlebell Cleans @ 16 kg (20 per arm)
- 30 Pushups
Workout:
- 10 Barbell Cleans @ 75#
- 35 Power Cleans @ 75#
- 20 Overhead Squats @ 45#
- 60 Knee-ups
- 1K Row: 3:40
- For total reps:
- 3:00 of Wallball @ 20#
- 3:00 of Pushups
- Reps: 131
- 2:00 of Squats: 80
- 2:00 of Sit-ups: 51 (clearly, I was not in top form on this… knee ups the culprit?)
Workout:
- Type: Other
- Date: 11/24/2008
- Time: 07:00:00
- Total Time: 1:00:00.00
Who likes Conspiracy Theories? November 24, 2008
Posted by hardly Other
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Mark Anderson of SNS fame has a thought-provoking post, The Men Who Killed JFK.
What I continue to find fascinating is the death-bed confession by these former spooks (is there any such thing as a 'former' spook?). Why is it that these men, who believe staunchly that they are highly patriotic, have to confess to these deeds? If they really thought they were doing right, why admit to something they're guilty about?
Some strong lessons there for everyone, especially those figuring out what they want to do with their lives.
And, a great last question by Mark: What do we do about this?
