My new words

arbitrary: based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system. rationing: allow each person to have only a fixed amount of (a particular commodity). ploy: a cunning plan or action designed to turn a situation to one’s own advantage.     Anchoring effects explain why, for example, arbitrary rationing is an effective marketing ploy.…

Apricot jam – 2

1 kg fresh apricot – without seeds in halfs 400gr sugar 1/4 lemon   Put apricot halfs in a pan skin side down on pan. Put sugar on top of each with a spoon. Wait about an hour, till sugar melts. I did not see much fruit water so I added a tablespoon full water…

Apricot jam

1,5kg fresh apricot – without seeds 600gr sugar 1/4 lemon Cut seedless apricot pieces in to cubes. Put them in a pot. Add sugar on top, then wait for about an hour. After seeing sugar is melting away stir all with a spoon and turn heat on in medium-low.     Let it cook slowly.…

Greetings

Yesterday while walking towards bus stop after visiting Santa Clara town center, I saw a nice woman was sitting on the bench. First thing I noticed on her was her knee high socks colored with blue tiny shapes on white. While approaching her, she was dark yellow haired shaped like choppy bob with a deep…

My new words

By now you should be convinced that anchoring effects-sometimes due to priming, sometimes to insufficient adjustment-are everywhere. The psychological mechanisms that produce anchoring make us far more suggest-people who are willing and able to exploit our gullibility. gullibility – credulousness In Turkish: gullibility – saflık Şimdiye kadar çapa etkilerinin- bazen ateşleme, bazen yetersiz düzeltmeler nedeniyle-her…

My new words

Only much later did men encase their legs in a single bifurcated garment, trousers. For women the legs were enveloped in long skirts, with no bifurcated garment of any kind worn until the mid nineteenth century. The gender division of dress was thus much more pronounced than in Near Eastern dress, with garments of entirely…