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Should I put "nanny" on my resume?
There is a huge (8 month) gap on my resume from when I was a nanny before my current job. Should I include that on my resume? If so, what are some good ways to state my "duties"?
5 AnswersMarketing & Sales1 decade agoWhat is a better way to say "so that" in a paper?
I am editing a paper and the sentence says "The system is designed so that a low level and/or constant signal is received when..."
I feel a little uneasy about the use of "so that", but I can't think of a better way to put it. Do you have any ideas?
10 AnswersWords & Wordplay1 decade agoWhat brand of coffee does EarthFare sell?
I bought some sort of Turkish bold coffee from there and I can't remember what brand it was... it wasn't the special EarthFare coffee; it was pre-packaged.
2 AnswersOther - Food & Drink1 decade agoWhat brand of coffee does EarthFare sell?
I bought some sort of Turkish bold coffee from there and I can't remember what brand it was... it wasn't the special EarthFare coffee; it was pre-packaged.
1 AnswerOther - Food & Drink1 decade agoI have a job interview tomorrow! What do I do?
I sent my resume to a geophysics company and I got a response the next day from a geophysicist (NOT HR or any hiring manager) that said he wanted to meet with me and talk about my career goals. First, is this an interview? Second, what should I wear? Geophysics is known for being a very casual industry.... do I need to whip out my suit when he will probably be wearing short sleeves? Help! I am nervous!
2 AnswersOther - Science1 decade agoIs there a good software for writing long documents?
I am writing my Masters thesis right now and am fed up with Microsoft Word. Are there any other options for documentation software? Something that can pull together all of my chapters and NOT screw everything up?
3 AnswersSoftware1 decade agoWhat is the name of an online store where people sell their homemade items (soap, clothing, etc)?
the one I am thinking of only has 3 or 4 letters in the name
3 AnswersOther - Arts & Humanities1 decade agoWhat is the connection between chemical weathering of eroded silicates, carbonates, and...?
... the drop in atmospheric carbon dioxide?
1 AnswerEarth Sciences & Geology1 decade ago. How were Native American treated by the legal/court system in the mid- to late-1970s?
What were three separate examples that occured after the occupation of Wounded Knee?
1 AnswerHistory1 decade agoBefore the American Indian Movement, what was the relationship between the US government and Native Americans?
What were some government policies that may have led to resentment among Native Americans? (Circa 1970s)
1 AnswerHistory1 decade agoHow do you find the expectation value of an operator in quantum mechanics?
Specifically, I am using Angular momentum operators (Lx, Ly, Lz) and their raising and lowering operators (L+, L-). By combining L+ and L- to get Lx (Lx=(1/2)(L+ + L-)), how do I get the expectation value of Lx?
Do I need to play around with eigenstuff??
Please help!
2 AnswersPhysics1 decade agoWhat do you think about global warming and what has brought you to your conclusion?
I am taking a Global Climate Change class and I know where I stand on "global warming", but I am curious to see what makes people think the way they do about this issue. Is there any scientific basis for your view or do you just believe Al Gore? Have you researched this? Have you looked at both "sides"?
7 AnswersEarth Sciences & Geology1 decade agoWhat does change in flux of Strontium mean for global climate change?
2 AnswersEnvironment1 decade agoHow do you find the normalized eigenvectors of a hermitian operator in the |n> basis?
O= a |1><1| +a |2><2| + ib |1><2| - ib |2><1|
How do I find the normalized eigenvectors of O in the |n> basis?
3 AnswersPhysics1 decade agoIs this operator Hermitian?
O= a |1><1| +a |2><2| + ib |1><2| - ib |2><1|
How do I figure this out?
2 AnswersPhysics1 decade agoAbout how much has entropy increased in the universe due to heat escaping from your hosue on a cold winter day
Making any necessary estimations
3 AnswersPhysics1 decade agoHow do you calculate entropy created by mixing hot and cold waters?
say you mixed 50liters of hot water (55C) with 25 liters of cold water (10C), how much entropy have you created?
1 AnswerPhysics1 decade agoPartition function help?
How can I estimate the probability that a Hydrogen atom at room temperature is in one of its first excited states (relative to the probability of being in the ground state). "Don't forget to take degeneracy into account"
1 AnswerPhysics1 decade ago