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aestra
13y ago
About 20 percent of women in their 60s have different names from their husbands for what it's worth. I know people like lawyers celebrities and real estate agents have a vested interest in keeping the name they built a reputation aroun
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aestra
13y ago
Re: children we don't have any so we haven't had to make a choice about names yet. Thank you for your kind words.
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aestra
13y ago
Successful women tend to keep their surname after marriage. I did. Some consider me mildly successful I guess? It is also because I didn't want to lose my identity I had for 30 years, and I am not the property of my husband.
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aestra
13y ago
Most US Companies charge a strangely large "currency conversion" fee for this privilege.
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aestra
13y ago
Not really. Imagine if you had a serious alcohol control problem, alcohol was a huge trigger for you, you had a family alcohol related death, you were arrested for drinking and driving, you grew up with alcoholic parents, you were removed f
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aestra
13y ago
>when the solutions that third-wave feminists put forth further disadvantage men in areas like unemployment and education Feminism is a collection of movements and ideologies aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal politica
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aestra
13y ago
As mentioned, Spitzer, before he was Governor, was the Attorney General of New York. As Attorney General he aggressively prosecuted prostitution. For him to be caught with prostitutes was not only illegal but made him look terrible. He was
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aestra
13y ago
>Every study done on it has proven that diversity increases team productivity Which studies? They don't say that, exactly. http://www.academia.edu/887990/The_effects_of_team_diversity... Over the past few decad
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aestra
13y ago
Of course it's relevant. I (and every other person I know personally) have been calling it by it's shorthand Obamacare when discussing it and I would like to know if we have been using this "emotional" word to portray th
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aestra
13y ago
Nothing on the linked page says anything about "Congress is exempt." Everything I've read on the subject says exactly the opposite, that Congress and their staff are forced to purchase healthcare from the Healthcare Exchanges
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13y ago
Giving to charity makes you happy. http://www.livescience.com/2376-key-happiness-give-money.htm... Statistical analyses revealed personal spending had no link with a person's happiness, while spending on others and cha
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aestra
13y ago
Ok, is it supposed to be negative or positive?
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aestra
13y ago
>There is a populist opposition to the law because there are many large companies and labor unions (and Congress itself, including the president) that have been exempted from the law... And there are rumors that the president is going to
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aestra
13y ago
Health insurance is weird in the US. In World War II we had wage controls which kept wages tight. When the War Labor Board declared that fringe benefits, such as sick leave and health insurance, did not count as wages for the purpose of wag
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aestra
13y ago
>which could also not explain why the plan did not meet the Affordable Care Act's requirements. News at 10, health insurance companies are participating in shady business deals. I have absolutely no proof but they probably did some
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aestra
13y ago
Um, I don't consider "Obamacare" emotional, I consider it neutral. I just think it's a catchy nickname for legislation. It is neither negative or positive.
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aestra
13y ago
Oh yeah, it is one of the strongest, most distinctive odors out there. If you've ever smelled it, you'd know it immediately, and it is damn impossible to clean out of anything. Washing fabric in a washing machine that has been pee
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aestra
13y ago
How exactly does antibiotics fatten animals up for slaughter?
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aestra
13y ago
I always take an empty water bottle with me. I always travel with a water bottle, even on short (hour long) car rides. Usually a drinking fountain is provided outside the bathrooms. Better yet, find a restaurant with a soda fountain, those
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aestra
13y ago
Really? cellphone? I don't wish to encourage to culture of phone over-attachment. I am not tethered to my phone, and I don't wish to be. It's always around here, somewhere, but not on my person unless I'm out of the hous
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aestra
13y ago
What type of items have you had success doing this with?
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aestra
13y ago
Craigslist?
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aestra
13y ago
Storage is good for someone who is between apartments for whatever reason. I used it for when I moved across the country, and didn't have a permanent residence for several months, I was staying with friends and family. Also good for co
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aestra
13y ago
This is crazy stupid and naive. I like spending time with my friends and family, some of which I have to travel far to see, for one. I spend 40+ hours a week in front of a computer, when I get a chance to go out in the world, I want to GO O
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aestra
13y ago
Because SAT scores are a very very terrible indicator of if you have 1) the ability and 2) the work ethic to build a site. And how old are you? SAT scores? I'm only in my 30s and I don't remember my what my SAT scores were or reme
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aestra
13y ago
IANAL or a legal scholar. In the US, generally people are employed at will ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At-will_employment ) which means an employee can be dismissed by an employer for pretty much any reason and an emp
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aestra
13y ago
They are terrifying for me because I am claustrophobic. That is all.
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aestra
13y ago
I'm guessing almost nobody read the research I linked to, but it is pretty damning and eye opening. Here's some of the summary from the first link. Males outnumber females 3 to 1 in family films. In contrast, females compris
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aestra
13y ago
In clinical settings people experienced hallucinations with less than 48 hours of sleep deprivation. http://www.amsciepub.com/doi/abs/10.2466/pms.1989.68.3.787?j... I have no idea where you get 7 days from, I
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aestra
13y ago
Have you seen a doctor about this? I know they have CPAP machines which have a heated humidifier, which I presume will keep your congestion under control over the course of the night and your airways open. I'm no doctor, so go talk to
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