Friday, September 26, 2008

Thursday, September 25, 2008

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The $700 billion figure? "It's not based on any particular data point," a Treasury spokeswoman told Forbes.com Tuesday. "We just wanted to choose a really large number."
Dodd proposed his own counter-proposal to Paulson's plan earlier this week. Among other things, it calls for limits on executive compensation at troubled firms and for the Treasury to take a contingent equity stake in those firms. On Tuesday, Paulson rebuffed both ideas, as it might discourage firms from participating in the bailout program.

Saturday, September 20, 2008

extensive personality test

http://www.trans4mind.com/personality/
Your Questionnaire Results:
Trait: Score: Scale (Min/Norm/Max):
Introversion/Extraversion
Activity 18 (Inactivity)0/16-17/31(Activity)
Sociability 9 (Unsociability)0/16-17/31(Sociability)
Risk-Taking 13.5 (Carefulness)0/15-16/31(Risk-Taking)
Impulsiveness 20.5 (Control)0/17-18/31(Impulsiveness)
Expressiveness 14.5 (Inhibition)0/11-12/31(Expressiveness)
Reflectiveness 27.5 (Practicality)0/17-18/31(Reflectiveness)
Responsibility 10.5 (Irresponsibility)0/14-15/31(Responsibility)
Emotional Stability
Self-Esteem 17.5 (Inferiority)0/18-19/31(Self-Esteem)
Happiness 9 (Despressed)0/18-19/31(Happy)
Anxiety 19 (Calm)0/15-16/31(Anxiety)
Obsessiveness 12 (Casual)0/10-11/31(Obsessive)
Independence 17.5 (Dependency)0/15-16/31(Independance)
Hypochondria 8 (Sense of Health)0/9-10/25(Hypochondria)
Guilt 17.5 (Freedom from Guilt)0/12-13/31(Guilt)
Mastery/Sympathy
Aggressiveness 17 (Peacefulness)0/12-13/31(Aggressiveness)
Assertiveness 17.5 (Submissiveness)0/15-16/31(Assertiveness)
Ambition 16 (Unambitiousness)0/14-15/31(Ambitiousness)
Manipulation 8.5 (Empathy)0/12-13/31(Manipulation)
Sensation-Seeking 21.5 (Unadventurous)0/15-16/31(Sensation-Seeking)
Dogmatism 16.5 (Flexibility)0/15-16/31(Dogmatism)
Masculinity/Femininity 12 (Femininity)0/13-14/31(Masculinity)
Sexuality
Sexual Libido 34 (Low libido)0/27-28/42(High libido) - (Female normal is 21-22)
Sexual Satisfaction 19.5 (Dissatisfaction)0/21-22/35(Satisfaction)
Sexual Permissiveness 25 (Restrictive)0/16-17/35(Permissive)
Sexual Stereotype 20 (Feminine attitude)0/24-25/35(Masculine attitude) - (Female normal is from 16-17))
Political Attitudes
Social Permissiveness 23.5 (Restrictive)0/15-16/32(Permissive)
Racism 1 (Non-discriminating)0/11-12/26(Racist)
Belief 11 (Non-believer)0/15-16/26(Believer)
Socialism/Capitalism 33 (Capitalist)0/23-24/50(Socialist)
Libertarianism 19 (Regimentation)0/11-12/27(Libertarianism)
Reactionism 7 (Progressive)0/16-17/27(Reactionary)
Pacifism 13.5 (Militarism)0/10-11/25(Pacifism)

Thursday, September 18, 2008