Wow. Pro athletes only get paid during the season. Maybe we'll see them file for off-season unemployment benefits.
http://money.cnn.com/2011/05/05/news...laims/?iid=MPM
WHAT THE FUCK????According to a government official familiar with the report, it was something much more unusual. Schools on spring break in New York threw the entire reading off kilter.
In some states, education workers -- such as cafeteria workers, bus drivers and other contracted employees -- are able to file for unemployment benefits when school is out of session.
The government usually tries to account for this temporary distortion, by seasonally adjusting the numbers. But this time around, claims related to New York spring break were not factored into that adjustment, the government official said.
They claim unemployment for the week the school is on spring break? Are you fucking kidding me?
Quote from Cypress:
"Scientists don't use "averages". Maybe armchair supertools on message boards ascribe some meaning to "averages" between two random data points. And maybe clueless amatuers "draw a straight line" through two random end data points to define a "trend". Experts don't.
They use mean annual and five year means in trend analysis. Don't tell me I have to explain the difference to you. "
Wow. Pro athletes only get paid during the season. Maybe we'll see them file for off-season unemployment benefits.
Minister of Truth (05-05-2011)
why are you against reparations?
The stone that the builder refused
Will always be the head corner stone
So in response I get two nonsensical posts from a troll, one from toppy and one from a delusional USC grad.
Any on the left care to explain how this makes any sort of sense?
Quote from Cypress:
"Scientists don't use "averages". Maybe armchair supertools on message boards ascribe some meaning to "averages" between two random data points. And maybe clueless amatuers "draw a straight line" through two random end data points to define a "trend". Experts don't.
They use mean annual and five year means in trend analysis. Don't tell me I have to explain the difference to you. "
tinfoil (05-05-2011)
How to lie with statistics.
More and more, i've come to the conclusion that most of the democrats here simply don't understand statistics. Take Jarod, for instance. The guy can't spell at a third grader's level. Do you really believe that guy understands statistics?
They get to do that because they are likely to be living paycheck to paycheck. These employees, unlike teachers, do not get paid throughout the year so the week off is unpaid, and can be detrimental to household bills.
Of course, people in such a position should prepare for that, but that is the basic thinking.
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- -- The Buddha
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- -- Aristotle
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Most places they cannot. Their wages are pro-rated and paid monthly, even during times they are off, UE benefits are not available to those getting paid like that. However bus drivers and cafeteria workers do not get the same deal, on weeks they aren't working they aren't paid.
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
- -- Aristotle
I'm off this weekend, should I apply for unemployment?
Phantasmal (05-05-2011)
Yeah, the average salary for a pro football player is $700,000 and the average salary for a bus driver is $32,000. I wonder which one lives from pay check to pay check? I wonder which needs that week of unemployment? If the school district doesn't pay them for that time, why shouldn't they collect unemployment?
If you have car insurance, do you file a claim when you wreck the car? Isn't that what unemployment INSURANCE is all about?
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