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I owed $90 for a cell phone bill (I canceled to move abroad, and had a pro rated balance left that I didn't know about). It went to a collections agency and I finally found out when they called me.  I paid on the collector's website, but they said it didn't register in their system. I gave them...

If I were a climate change scientist with access to those answers I would be making more money and not posting to this forum. Regardless, your question basically has no answer because countries change their emissions all the time. For example, if every single country except one stops emitting...

If you're asking whether any single entity can unilaterally fix the world, the answer is no. Furthermore, no single entity can just fiat enough countries to change the world. The only option on the table is piece by piece negotiation for reductions from one country after another. In this sense...

Then China's and India's prosperity should also be encouraged for the benefit of humanity as a whole.

The historic argument matters because it dictates who should do what, when. Over the past couple of decades, China has lifted more people out of poverty than anyone else at any time and wants to continue doing so. India wants to do the same thing. Telling them to stop developing because we've...

Historical emissions data is a thing. A very well tracked and highly cited thing. http://pdf.wri.org/navigating_numbers_chapter6.pdf http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/apr/21/countries-responsible-climate-change http://www.shapingtomorrowsworld.org/lewandowskyHistorespons.html CO2...

It's more like for each particle we emit, China emits 1.03. We've also been emitting at globally leading levels for ~200 years. China has been emitting at globally leading levels for ~20 years. Roughly 25% of all emissions currently in the atmosphere (i.e., cumulatively since the beginning of...

I don't have contact information for anyone who interviewed me. My only contact is an assistant from the department. I sent an email thanking her and another one after I received job offer A, kindly requesting any informal feedback they could share. No response to either email. This is the part...

I tried that one week after the interview and got no response. Unfortunately my contact isn't even part of the review team so I should have seen this coming.

Shot in the dark here. I have a job offer on the table but have another, seemingly better, opportunity coming down the pipeline. I went through the final interview and am now waiting for a decision. The first job offer won't wait forever, so I'm in a bind. Job B uses Taleo for recruitment...

I would argue the idea of a middle class squeeze in terms of college finances is a myth. The only need-based [non-loan] financial aid available at the federal level is a Pell Grant worth, at most, <$6,000. That's hardly huge. It's also a sliding scale, so it's not like Kid A gets the full...

Everything holds some relevance. Duke TIP would be an added activity, but not a game breaker. Very little on the application is considered a game breaker.

The SAT is a standardized test, so it's norm'd to prevent this from occurring. If it does occur over a long period of time, it becomes recalibrated, which is what happened two decades ago or so.

EFC is the expected family contribution towards the student's educational costs. From the school's perspective, total cost of attendance - estimated family contribution = maximum amount of aid that can be provided (unless something like a full athletic scholarship comes into play). But an EFC is...

Taking off my college admissions hat, I would recommend that you make this decision without considering college admissions. It sounds like both are excellent options and could provide a great education for your daughter. Do what you think is best for her and the college piece will fall into...