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Harvard Pres Says Females Naturally Bad at Math
Man_Holmes writes "Harvard president says that women lack natural ability in math and science and this explains why fewer women succeed in math and science.
Lawrence H. Summers later said that he was discussing hypotheses based on scholarly work and that it did not necessarily represent his private views."
how about this for a jewish rap:
...My father just died and left me power of attorney."
" I'm a real jewish guy and my name is Bernie..."
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There is no such thing as 'chocohol' or 'workahol'.
My partner is
Look I know it is trendy to treat any relationship as a partnership but (speaking as an attorney) it just isn't.
You two are not filing an IRS form 1065 to declare your partnership income tax. You are not getting flow-through treatment for that income. You are either (non-married) filing separate income tax forms, or (married) a joint tax return.
You two are not keeping capital accounts. When you go to divorce court, they are not going to look at your capital accounts to divvy up the funds. They'll divide them up based, not on partnership law, but on the "equity of the situation." And, when they do that 2 things. (1) The family court will care very much who is the husband and who is the wife. (Even though they are not supposed to.) (2) There will certainly be remuneration for services taken into account, which is a big no-no for partnership law.
When the "partnership" ends you are not going to go into a court of general jurisdiction and go through a "winding up" process. You'll go into _Family court_ and get a divorce.
It would nice, in some nirvana, if the law allowed domestic partnerships between two or more people. That would sidestep the entire gay marriage/polygamy thing. And, the idea of capital accounts and "no remuneration for services" would make divorces much cleaner. But, that isn't the world we live in.
She is either your "girlfirend" or "wife," but (unless you have a joint business) she is not your "partner."