Normally I would not give this kind of facile argument much attention, but it is such a perfect illustration of a point I have made for years about the climate debate that I simply cannot resist.
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Quora, Contributor
Dec 13, 2012
The article makes the claim that there just aren't enough dateable men in the world for women these days because:Women don't face the same pressures to marry and therefore don't need to make commitments as quickly.There aren't enough available men at the same level of quality as there are available women. Women would rather not date than settle for less than what they think they deserve.Regarding the first point: While it's true that more women are graduating from college,[...]
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Quora, Contributor
Dec 13, 2012
There are a number of reasons for this that range from the technical to the aesthetic. Please keep in mind that I have not seen the film, but have seen early clips and have read extensively on the subject because I'm in the film industry.
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Ernst & Young chalked up one small victory in New York State Supreme Court this week over claims by the New York Attorney General that the firm committed fraud leading to the failure of Lehman Brothers in 2008. Justice Jeffrey Oing said the New York Attorney General cannot claim $150 million in fees that Ernst & Young earned from Lehman Brothers Holdings from 2001-2008, when the firm filed bankruptcy.
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An Alekstra analysis of 2'000 iPhone users in United States and Finland shows an interesting divergence in text-messaging volumes over the past 11 months. In America, annualized decline of SMS message volume among iPhone users was 0% - the texting behavior of consumers shows no change. In Finland, SMS consumption of iPhone owners declined at a -20% rate over the same time period. The statistical analysis is based on the users of the Ratemizer application that helps iPhone owners minimize their mobile[...]
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The 12/12/12 concert at Madison Square Garden brought together some of music's biggest names to raise money for Sandy relief. The concert rocked, but where were the women?
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In a previous post I said that the U.S.-Japan security alliance is on the wrong side of history. My point has been that ex-Japan Asia, with China as its hugely dominant center, has been rapidly growing more powerful and richer, and will continue to do so, both absolutely and--especially important--relatively to the U.S. and Europe (as well as to Japan). Asia, and particularly China, are already Japan’s largest export market and the favored destination of Japanese corporations’ investment (often[...]
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