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    To Tip or Not to Tip: Is it a Must in Restaurants and Hotels?

    Could you share on who to tip, when and how much if you are staying at a rather nice hotel? (Background: Grad student attending a conference, room is being paid for but I guess I need to factor tips into my expenses)
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    Simple Partial Differentiation Question

    Ahh...ok. I get it. Thanks a lot :)
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    Simple Partial Differentiation Question

    Homework Statement I found this solved example in an old textbook. I don't think that the solution provided is correct. I'll be very grateful if someone could verify it. Question: xxyyzz = c What is \frac{∂z}{∂x}? Solution Provided: Taking logarithms on both sides: zlog(z) =...
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    How to Beat a Speeding Ticket for Motorists

    Buyback of shares?
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    History Women & Voting: An American History Perspective

    This is an image of a pamphlet (from 1910) that was posted on http://feministing.com/2013/02/13/vintage-sexism-anti-suffrage-pamphlet-warns-of-petticoat-rule/, and other websites a couple of months ago. http://feministing.com/files/2013/02/antisuffrage.jpg
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    I know, I failed, but here's a dinosaur. With a hat.

    There was one time when I made up some integration results to get to the desired answer. Got a comment next to the final answer to the effect that it was just a coincidence :(
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    News Delhi gang-rape victim dies in hospital in Singapore

    What you don't seem to get is that there is no 'safe time' or 'safe conditions'. And victims aren't fair game at any time, place or situation. Victims aren't stupid or careless or incompetent. And as long as you continue to pick apart a victim's actions you are victim blaming, and enabling the...
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    News Delhi gang-rape victim dies in hospital in Singapore

    So 10 pm is the magical hour when all the pumpkins turn into monsters? And do you also back up these 'recommendations' of yours with a guarantee of safety, if someone should actually listen to you?
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    News Delhi gang-rape victim dies in hospital in Singapore

    When would you recommend that a woman 'roams' the streets of Delhi, or any other city for that matter? With whom? And with whose approval? Stop blaming the victims. I disagree. I find your comment highly insensitive, patronizing and offensive.
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    Warm Beaches, Hot Volcanoes And Cold Back Home

    Congratulations!:smile:
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