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Monthly Archive September, 2013

Skipping breakfast and everything causing cancer

Filed in Ideas ,Research News
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The New York Times had an article on the widespread confusion about whether skipping breakfast causes you to gain or lose weight. Turns out there’s no real scientific evidence that skipping breakfast has any effect on obesity.

Every day is a big day

Filed in Ideas
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Our friend Pete McGraw often says “today is a big day”. When people ask why, he says that every day is a big day.

New York Computer Science and Economics Day (NYCE 2013)

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The goal of NYCE Day is to bring together researchers in New York and surrounding areas who are interested in problems at the intersection of economics and computation.

Tipping on room service when delivery fee and service charge are included

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Tipping: Room service bills often includes a “delivery charge” of a few dollars plus a “service charge” of close to 20%. Should you tip more?