Monday 7 June 2010

Why do women endure the discomfort of high heels?

High heels are completely uncomfortable and make walking much more difficult. They are also not really got for our health, they can injure the feet, knees and back. Why do women keep wearing them?
The answer is simply- women in heels are more likely to attract somebody. It make women taller, high heels force the back to arch, pushing the bosom forward.

Thursday 3 June 2010

Why is it legal to drive while eating a burger or drinking coffee, but not while talking on a mobile phone?

There is evidence that while we are using a mobile phone when we are driving, we increase the motorist's likelihood of having an accident. Government led to a ban of using mobile phones in cars. The only way that you can talk with somebody on your telephone is to have a headset that allows hands-free use. Yet drivers may legally engage in other activities that appear to be at least as hazardous- eating fast food, drinking coffee, changing CD/music, even using your cosmetics. But why is using a mobile phone not legal, but putting on make-up is allowed ?
It is possible that mobile phones are more distracting than other activities. A driver who becomes angry during their ride is much more inattentive than somebody who eats a burger. It may cause an accident. Yet talking to another passenger is legal, isn't that the same as talking to somebody using a mobile phone? However passengers may be able tell when traffic conditions dictate interrupting the conversation. Since we can use our mobile phones, but only with headsets, this solution is insufficient.
On the other hand if government would decide to put a ban on burgers and drinks in cars, there would probably be a big fall in demand for these products, because most of them are eaten/drunk in car.
If it is concerns headsets they are profitable for everybody. There is a high demand for this product, because everyone who have a phone has to have this product, therefore they have to buy it. It is also very useful for drivers, because they have both hands free, which makes it less dangerous to talk while they are driving a car.

Wednesday 2 June 2010

Why do taxi drivers stop work on rainy days


There are lots of answers for this question. It depends on the way of thinking of drivers, but the most important reason why it is like this is that during a rainy day people prefer to stay at home, they hide in restaurants, supermarkets etc. At this time the demand for taxis decreases, therefore there is no reason why they should work. On the other hand the demand could rise, because its raining and people can't find any place to hide, therefore they order a taxi. However if this assertion "taxi drivers stop work on rainy days" is true, we can deduce that while its raining it is very dangerous on the road, therefore taxi drivers stop their work, because of caution.

Monday 31 May 2010

Why do women’s clothes button from the left and men’s clothes button from the right?

One option, why it is like that, is because of tradition. Women's clothes buttoning is the opposite to men's.When we move to the time in history when women were allowed to ride horses, it was probably proper for a lady to ride side saddle- she always rode on the left side. This caused a woman's blouses to come open in the wind. So the blouse was changed to button on the opposite sid, so as not to be obscene.

Personally I think that it is made to simplify our lives- if we have two shirts, that are the same for men and women it is easier to find which one belongs to whom.


Why are petrol caps on the driver’s side in some cars and on the passenger’s side in others?

One of the most frustrating experiences of driving a hire car is to pull up at a fuel pump as you would when driving your own car, only to discover that the fuel tank is located on the other side. Car manufacturers could eliminate this difficulty simply by putting petrol caps always on the same side of the car. Why is it like this?

In countries in which motorists drive on the right side of the road, such as the U.S., it is easier to turn right than to turn left across oncoming traffic. A majority of drivers will thus buy fuel at stations they can enter by turning right.
During busy times, all spots on the right sides of pumps would be filled even while most spots on the left sides of pumps remained empty.Suppose fuel tanks were always on the driver's side of the car. Drivers would then have to park on the right side of an open pump in order to fill their tanks.
Putting petrol caps on different sides of different cars means that some cars can access pumps from the left. And this makes it less likely that drivers will have to queue for fuel.



Wednesday 26 May 2010

mind-blowing drawing


In fact, it is an amazing piece of 3D street art that has been produced for a theme park that is being built in China.
The master of the 3D pavement genre is street artist Kurt Wenner.
It looks like this young man is taking a dangerous leap into the unknown


Unemployment- A global Perspective

Firstly, we have to start by defining what in unemployment, who are they?
An economic condition marked by the fact that individuals actively seeking jobs remain inhered. Unemployment is expressed as a percentage of the total available workforce. The level of unemployment varies with economic conditions and other circumstances. they receive job seeker allounce.
People with jobs are employed, people who are jobless, looking for a job, and available for work are unemployed, people who are neither employed nor unemployed retires, full-time homemakers, full-time students are counted as not in the labour force.
Employment counts part-time and temporary work, you are counted as employed, if you have a work, but did not work for reasons such as vacation or illness.
To be unemployed, one must have actively looked for a job within the period four we ks and be currently available for work.
The bureau defines actively looking for work as including contacting an employer, sending out resumes and checking union or professional job registers.

Unemployment differences are more persistent by population subgroup. The unemployment rate usually is the same for women and men, however for teenagers is different, because its much higher. The rate for African- Americans is generally much more higher than for a whites.

We can divide unemployment into three groups:
1. frictional- due to frictions in labour market- some must seeking for jobs, because their old job ends before an acceptable new ob begins.
2. technological- technological advance means capital is employed to replace labour.
3. structural which we can divide also into 2 part
- occupational- falling demand for labour in one sector where unemployed are unable to move to take up job vacancies in growth sector
- geographical- falling demand for labour in one region where unemployed are unable to move to take up job vacancies in growth regions.