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I may get my geek cred revoked as I just don't care to see Star Trek. I'm sure its great but I just keep looking at the previews and feeling meh.
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I was kinda meh before, too. It's worth it for the casting/performances in iconic roles.
 
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I was kinda meh before, too. It's worth it for the casting/performances in iconic roles.
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I may just have to make myself go. I'm pretty meh about everything coming out of Hollywood right now. There's a dozen Lit stories I would rather see as movies than half the stuff on screens now.
 
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I may just have to make myself go. I'm pretty meh about everything coming out of Hollywood right now. There's a dozen Lit stories I would rather see as movies than half the stuff on screens now.
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It's pretty sexy, you should definitely check it out sometime. ;)
 
I was just watching Narnia: Prince Caspien, and I kept thinking "This can't end well" every time something happed and there was too much time left until the end of the movie.

I really didn't think some of those scenes would go the way they did, but I think I am glad that they did. Mostly. I think Peter could have thanked Edmund after the ice bit.
 


The one place you don't go to get answers to economics questions: NPR!

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All Things Considered, May 9, 2009 · This Thursday, high school students across the country will be filling in tiny bubbles on the macroeconomics Advanced Placement test. But how do you grade a test on economics when the answers in real life are changing every day? Take this question:

To counteract a recession, the Federal Reserve should:
(A) raise the reserve requirement and the discount rate
(B) sell securities on the open market and raise the discount rate
(C) sell securities on the open market and lower the discount rate
(D) buy securities on the open market and raise the discount rate
(E) buy securities on the open market and lower the discount rate

The College Board says answer (E) is correct, but what about (F) — bail out the banks that are too big to fail? And subsidize giant insurance companies while you're at it? [ Ha, ha— very funny. In case you missed it, this is an example of a typically sorry NPR attempt at humor. ]

The committee that writes the AP exam can move glacially to make even the smallest changes in the test. We won't know for a long time how the last six months are going to rewrite Economics 101.

Quiz Yourself
See how well you know the basics by taking our quiz, drawn from sample Macroeconomic AP questions given to us by the College Board.


1. If the Federal Reserve sells a significant amount of government securities in the open market, which of the following will occur?
(A) The total amount of loans made by commercial banks will decrease.
(B) The total amount of loans made by commercial banks will increase.
(C) The money supply will increase.
(D) Rates of interest will decrease.
(E) Rates of interest and amount of loans made by commercial banks will remain unchanged


2. The purchase of bonds by the Federal Reserve will have the greatest effect on real gross domestic product if which of the following situations exists in the economy?
(A) The required reserve ratio is high, and the interest rate has a large effect on investment spending.
(B) The required reserve ratio is high, and the interest rate has a small effect on investment spending.
(C) The required reserve ratio is low, and the interest rate has a large effect on investment spending.
(D) The required reserve ratio is low, and the marginal propensity to consume is low.
(E) The marginal propensity to consume is high, and the interest rate has a small effect on investment spending.


3. Which of the following will most likely occur as a result of an increase in labor productivity in an economy?
(A) An increase in output and a decrease in inflation
(B) An increase in interest rates and a decrease in investment
(C) A decrease in both money demand and money supply
(D) A decrease in exports and an increase in unemployment
(E) A leftward shift in the short-run aggregate supply curve and a decrease in output


4. Which of the following is most likely to cause an increase in the international value of the United States dollar?
(A) Higher United States real interest rates
(B) Lower United States government expenditures
(C) Higher real interest rates abroad
(D) Expansionary monetary policy in the United States
(E) Reduced inflation abroad


5. If the reserve requirement is 25 percent and banks hold no excess reserves, an open market sale of $400,000 of government securities by the Federal Reserve will:
(A) increase the money supply by up to $1.6 million
(B) decrease the money supply by up to $1.6 million
(C) increase the money supply by up to $300,000
(D) increase the money supply by up to $100,000
(E) decrease the money supply by up to $100,000


6. An increase in which of the following would cause an increase in aggregate supply?
(A) Labor productivity
(B) The wage rate
(C) Prices of imports
(D) Consumer spending
(E) Interest rates


7. Which of the following is true when the velocity of money falls?
(A) An increase in the money supply will have less effect on nominal gross national product.
(B) A change in the money supply will affect output only.
(C) The Federal Reserve will decrease the money supply.
(D) Output will be greater for a given money supply.
(E) The public will increase its holdings of assets other than money.


8. A stimulative fiscal policy combined with a restrictive monetary policy will necessarily cause:
(A) gross domestic product to increase
(B) gross domestic product to decrease
(C) interest rates to fall
(D) interest rates to rise
(E) the federal budget deficit to decrease


9. If nominal gross domestic product fell while real gross domestic product rose, which of the following must be true?
(A) Unemployment increased.
(B) The inflation rate was negative.
(C) Net exports were negative.
(D) The average of stock prices rose while bond prices fell.
(E) Nominal interest rates rose by less than the rate of inflation.





Answers
1(A); 2(C); 3(A); 4(A); 5(B); 6(A); 7(A); 8(D); 9(B)
 
Everyone is apparantly really proud of me for my performances yesterday, even though I came in last in both categories. Though it was my first tournament, so I guess that makes up for the mistakes, er something like that.
 
For some reason.... bloomers just seem incredibly sexy today. Not me wearing them but having a partner who would, would be just mmmmmmm yeah!
 
I think I want to be infamous. Not sure for what or why, but "the infamous salvor hardon" just has a nice ring to it I think.
 
Annie Duke should have won The Celebrity Apprentice. She completely outdid Joan Rivers on everything. She also did it was a ton more professionalism. But the Don showed his bias and gave it to Joan instead.
 
I helped clean out my grandmother's trailer yesterday. We found books that are pushing 100 years old and that are in relatively good condition, along with a stack of Viva magazine "for women" from the mid-seventies. It seems to be a Penthouse spin-off and wit was before the razor was discovered for the purposes of fur removal.

I thought I had a hairy chest, but apparently at least one of the girls is fucking a man-shaped bear. Or maybe it's a man-shaped gorilla. I really can't be sure. It's got white skin, but this thick coat of black hair, black beard, 70's hair, and a decent sized dong. Maybe it's some sort of werewolf.
 
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