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Create a Year-Round Closet
Years ago, a change of seasons was a fraught time for me. Excited as I was about the warmer or cooler weather ahead, I dreaded the looming Big Closet Switch.
It was a messy, days-long chore. It always looked worse before it got better: clothes spread all over the room; keep/donate/does-it-still-fit piles everywhere; last-season's clothes needing to be washed before being binned; next-season's clothes needing to be ironed (nooooo!) after getting crumpled in bins.
The problem is, I really love the change of seasons. It's fun when you first pull on a cozy sweater in the fall or head out the door in only a light jacket in the spring. But the way I had organized my closet was turning the change of seasons from a fun celebration into a dreaded chore.
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VAT collection: We must wake up to reality, says Gombe governor
Inuwa Yahaya, governor of Gombe state, says the move by governments of Lagos and Rivers to collect value-added tax (VAT) is a wake-up call for the state.
Yahaya said this when he received All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders from Gombe south senatorial district on Monday.
The governor said with what is happening with Lagos and Rivers states on VAT collection, "if they are granted the opportunity to collect VAT, what are we going to do?"
According to him, if the income generated from VAT ceases, the Gombe state government would be unable to pay salaries, adding that 35 percent of the state's earnings was from the tax.
Yahaya said the reason why Lagos and Rivers could boast over VAT collection was because of the industries they have in their states, hence, "we must wake up to the reality on the ground".
Earlier in the month, Muhammad Magaji, Gombe commissioner of finance and economic development, advised Lagos and Rivers governments to reconsider their resolution on collecting value-added tax (VAT).
The commissioner urged both sides to put sentiment aside and their brothers' keepers.
Though Rivers and Lagos had implemented laws to collect VAT in their states, the court of appeal in Abuja directed them to maintain status quo pending the determination of an appeal filed by FIRS.
Notwithstanding the judgment, the Rivers state government is challenging the court's ruling at the supreme court.

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In the fall and spring, hunters can take advantage of the snow goose migration. With speeds of up to 100 km/h in the air, it's no wonder geese are hunted when they're on the ground, resting in a field or near a water source. Hunters install baits to attract them.
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Ask Jules: Should I be sharing more on social media?
Every once in a while, I will post a message about my son's birthday or a photo, but I am inconsistent. Part of me feels like dropping my social media accounts altogether so I don't have to worry about not doing my part in these communities.
The other part of me knows this is the primary way people connect now. My son, who is 9 years old, is asking for my help to create online content, and I keep pushing him off. I also fear losing out on keeping up with my friends' and family's lives online. How should I reconcile these feelings? And should I suck it up and start creating content?
Ready to X out: Gone are the days of, "Just delete your social media" being a plausible piece of advice. At least from my perspective.
I haven't seen anyone successfully move away from being a social media user for the long run. Instead, I see people deactivate their accounts, only to give in and reactivate them weeks later.
These platforms are how we stay plugged into the cultural zeitgeist. It's not impossible to walk away from social media, but it's tough to abandon what now feels like an extension of you, or at least, those you love and respect.
While navigating this relationship, it's clear that you're battling with an all-or-nothing mind-set.
At one extreme, you'll decide to go cold turkey altogether because you feel pressure to post. This is bound to create a void if you find that the other side of social media — observing an array of people and outlooks — deeply benefits your life.
At the other extreme, you'll force yourself to share more of your life online despite having no innate desire to do so. This is bound to overwhelm you.
As an avid consumer, curation might be something that feels far more natural to you than creation. Through curation, you uplift others' work while still being expressive of your personal taste — sharing content that you find valuable and worth showing your friends and family. As someone who often enjoys curation over creation online, I say give it a shot.
But don't undermine the accuracy of your intuition. If you try and still don't feel compelled to post in any form, then don't. Energy can be felt through the screen, and it's transparent in the content of those who "post just to post."
If you come to this conclusion, I suggest you take a periodic approach to your relationship with social media. By removing the apps from your phone for two weeks, then redownloading for one week, and repeating the cycle — you may find that the relationship becomes more rejuvenating than agonizing. All while avoiding extremes.
Social media's value for an individual is subjective, and there's power in the act of restraint.


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Review: Do KKW Beauty Concealer Kits Live up to the Hype?
April 20, 2018
The beauty icon is spreading her wings once again.
Kim Kardashian West, founder of KKW Beauty, wowed fans by the release of concealer kits on March 23, 2018. Equipped with concealer, setting powder, brightening powder, a dual-sided brush, and a beauty blender, the total kit retails for eighty dollars, but buyers can also opt to buy single products for eighteen dollars each.
The decision to release a concealer kit was much anticipated by fans who have watched West's makeup artist, Mario Dedivanovic, master his concealer routine on Kim over the past decade.
According to KKW Beauty, the concealer is described as a full coverage, liquid concealer with with a creamy and hydrating formula perfect for everyday use alone or along with the setting and brightening powders. The bottle is 4.60 grams and contains .162 ounces, and retails at $18.
During Manny MUA's review, he mentioned the concealer has about two times less than the popular Tarte Shape Tape concealer, with contains .3381 ounces. However, due to the fact that Shape Tape is ten dollars more than the KKW Beauty concealer, consumers have to make the decision as to if the limited quantity is worth your money. Despite the size issue, following a wear test, Manny concluded the product stayed full coverage and lasted the majority of the day, and described the concealer as a "win" for him personally.
Despite the concealer being a long lasting and very full coverage concealer, many YouTube beauty gurus, such as Desi Perkins, found the concealer range being one of the most disappointing things about the launch. The collection supposedly contained four light shades, four medium shades, four dark shades, and four deep dark shades. The dark shades, though, many found were more medium than dark, and many recommended KKW Beauty add an additional deep deep dark, so the concealer was more available for women of color.
As for the setting powder, it is described by KKW Beauty as a lightweight, non-drying, velvety powder formula that creates a soft and diffused finish. The websites states that they have shades suitable for every skin tone, and that the powder is perfect for baking and setting the under eye.
The description of the setting powder posted on KKW Beauty stated that the product only weighs 3.5 grams and only contains .123 ounces of product. For $18, some may decide the name and quality is worth the price, but the lack of product can make some turn away. Upon first application, Perkins noticed the powder was very fine and light, contrasting it with the Laura Mercier setting powder. Perkins and Manny both displayed positive reactions about the setting powder for its ability to brighten the under eye substantially.
The last of the three products was the brightening powder. KKW Beauty described it as a silky pressed powder infused with brightening pearls which add radiance under the eyes, and help create a fresh, awakened look. The product weighs 3.6 grams and contains .127 ounces, once again giving the consumer the decision as to if the price is worth little product.
There were various reactions to the setting powder. Perkins found that the setting powder brightened her enough that she didn't even need to add the second powder. Despite, that, Perkins applied it. On application she found it to have a sheen, and appeared more like a highlighter. Her final verdict on the brightening powder was that it was an odd choice for under the face considering the sheen it gives, but recommends it for nose highlight or under the brow.
Overall, this kit has both pros and cons. The product quantity being immensely limited can keep some consumers from spending the money, but the quality and long lasting appearance gave an overall positive reaction from Perkins and Manny. In addition, the incredibly limited shade range can leave many KKW Beauty supporters without a product they can even attempt to try.
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New York City
Popular things to do
The fun never has to stop in the city that never sleeps! See for yourself why more than 65 million tourists come to visit this world class city!
Located at the World Trade Center, the 9/11 Memorial & Museum is the country's principal institution exploring 9/11.
Opened in 2014, the venue honors those who were killed in the September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993 attacks as well as first responders and others who risked their lives to save others, and all who helped and demonstrated compassion during and after the attacks.
There are two pools at The Memorial, representing the Twin Towers. The names of the all the men, women, and children killed in the 2001 and 1993 attacks are inscribed into bronze parapets surrounding the pools.
The Museum tells the story of 9/11 through artifacts, imagery, personal stories, and interactive technology. Exhibits include the Historical Exhibition: September 11, 2011; the Memorial Exhibition: In Memoriam; Revealed: The Hunt for Bin Laden; and K-9 Courage among others. Educational programs, events and live, interactive virtual tours are offered, too.
No trip to New York would be complete without a visit to the Statue of Liberty, America's most iconic landmark. Accessible solely via ferry, Liberty Island offers a beautiful park, a Statue of Liberty Museum and of course, the statue itself. The museum houses incredible exhibits and Lady Liberty's original torch. The Liberty Vista at the top of the museum offers sweeping views of the Statue and New York Harbor.
Ellis Island is accessible via the same ferry service as Liberty Island, making it easy and convenient to visit both sites on the same day. The Ellis Island Immigration Museum, which visitors can explore on their own or via a guided tour, provides the experience of immigrants landing at Ellis Island through curated collections of belongings left behind, photo galleries and more. Curious visitors can review the intake records to look for potential relatives.
Created by landscape designer Frederick Law Olmsted and architect Calvert Vaux, Central Park in Manhattan covers 840 acres offers a plethora of visuals, including statues, monuments, landmarks, gardens, exhibits, meadows, wooded areas, bodies of water, fountains and more.
So much to do! There's an endless list of activities such as tours, events, bike rentals, concerts, sports, yoga and fitness classes, the Central Park Zoo, an ice skating rink, attractions and more to entertain residents and visitors of all ages.
Favorites include the blooming of the Cherry Blossom trees (April – May); Strawberry Fields, which pays tribute to the late Beatle John; Belvedere Castle; Delacorte Theater; the Great Lawn; the Turtle Pond; the Ramble; the Blockhouse; the Women's Rights Pioneer Monument and the oldest public monument in North America, The Obelisk.
Founded in 1870, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, referred to as "The Met" is the largest art museum in the U.S.
The institution actually lives in two sites: The Met Fifth Avenue, which sits along the Museum Mile on the eastern edge of Central Park in Manhattan's Upper East Side and The Cloisters located at Fort Tryon Park in Upper Manhattan
The main building houses a permanent collection with art from classical antiquity and ancient Egypt, paintings, and sculptures from nearly all the European masters, and an extensive collection of American and modern art. The Met maintains extensive holdings of African, Asian, Oceanian, Byzantine, and Islamic art. The museum also hosts rotating and special exhibits, events and educational programs.
The Cloisters contains an extensive collection of art, architecture, and artifacts from medieval Europe
In 2016, the museum opened the Met Breuer on Madison Avenue on the Upper East Side to house its growing modern and contemporary art program.
For 360 degree views of New York City visit the One World Observatory located at the top of the One World Trade Center, which has three levels to explore and family-friendly interactive exhibits and restaurants.
Take the SkyPodTM Elevators and climb 102 stories in 47 seconds. Once there, experience the Step Out onto the Sky Portal, a 14-foot wide circular glass disc that delivers an unforgettable perspective, using real-time, high-definition footage of the streets 100 stories below. Take an interactive guided tour with Skyline Concierges and don't miss the See Forever Theater for a thrilling audiovisual experience.
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Good evening darlings!
How are you tonight? Are you ready for a new alphabet challenge manicure?
I think that no letter had me thinking so much about what to do : queen, quatrefoil, quartz, question and even Qatar (I didn't do the flag because it's very simple)
After a lot of thinking and even more googling I decided to do : QUAGMIRE.
Who is Glenn Quagmire?
Glenn Quagmire is the sex-crazed, perverted neighbor of the Griffins.
No, I am not a big fan of Family Guy but this time they saved me.
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College News
Spectroscopy sensationDate Posted: 11/09/2017 | Posted In: Latest news
A Level Chemistry students from QE enjoyed a visit to Northumbria University to participate in its annual Spectroscopy Day. The day began with an introductory presentation on the concept of spectroscopy delivered by a member of the university's academic staff. Students were then able to complete practical experiments using advanced equipment and chemicals. These included making an ester with an unknown alcohol and then having to use infrared spectroscopy to identity the alcohol, in addition to getting to grips with various purifying and distillation techniques. Students were also introduced to new analytical techniques, such as thin-layer chromatograph, often used in synthetic chemistry.
Student, Oliver Excell, who aspires to study Biochemistry at university, comments: 'I found the day extremely enjoyable and interesting to work in a university laboratory and using more sophisticated methods and equipment, such as the mass spectrometer. The experience has definitely furthered my desire to study Biochemistry at university and to work in a professional laboratory full-time'.
Julia Magnall, Chemistry teacher at QE, adds: 'As teachers, we find that the Spectroscopy Day is an ideal opportunity for students to develop their employability skills as they have to communicate with the staff at Northumbria University, listen to instructions carefully and follow the precautions identified by risk assessments. Our students thoroughly enjoyed the challenge of being in a university laboratory with new equipment and techniques to master, and their practical skills developed nicely'.


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Kylee Kellett is a mixed media artist and illustrator versed in acrylic painting, traditional, and digital art forms. She has also ventured into tattoo design. Kylee is the co-owner and operator of Shooting Star Arts LLC. She has worked on larger pieces such as a mural project for the J.W. Sexton High School and smaller commissions for friends and family. Kylee's work has also been seen at the 2020 Carnival of the Creatives in Downtown Lansing. Kylee is local to the greater Lansing area and has lived here for a majority of her life. She has been a self-taught artist since she was six years old. All of the women in her family are artists in their own right and have always done their best to nurture her artistry. Kylee sites her dear friends Dani and Cassie as driving forces in her pursuit of her art career. Kylee hopes to expand her artistic knowledge and inspire others with her work.
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News about Opportunity Arts and it's Affiliates.
September 2023
Past Headlines
Monday Night Masterpiece:
New Live Talk Show & Art Experience Coming to the Capital City on Monday Nights this Fall
Seizing the Opportunity:
The Lansing Art Gallery & Education Center Becomes an Opportunity Arts Affiliate.
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Gini Wijnaldum offered on loan to several Premier League clubs
Gini Wijnaldum's representatives have sounded out several Premier League and European clubs with a view to a loan move in January, 90min understands.
The 31-year-old joined Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer in the summer after they beat Barcelona to his signature upon the expiry of his contract at Liverpool.
PSG handed him a huge financial package worth in excess of £300,000 per week, but the midfielder's playing time has been limited with just eight starts under Mauricio Pochettino so far this season.
Wijnaldum has grown increasingly concerned about his lack of minutes and he has held talks with the club management and hierarchy about his predicament, while sources with knowledge of the situation have told 90min that intermediaries are working on finding him a potential loan move in the new year.
PSG realise that should they sanction a move - which is far from guaranteed - they will have to cover a significant portion of his hefty wages, and as such a move back to England is probably the best option for him, although clubs in Germany, Italy and Spain have also been informed of his potential availability.
One of the teams approached to have shown some interest is the Dutchman's former side Newcastle United, who would have the resources to offer PSG an enticing structure following their takeover by a Saudi-backed consortium in October.
However, 90min understands that Wijnaldum's former Newcastle manager Rafa Benitez is ready to go to battle with the Magpies as he bids to take the midfielder to Everton.
Benitez is a big fan of the player following their brief time together at St. James' Park in 2016, while the Netherlands international admitted he loved working with the Spaniard after moving to Liverpool from Newcastle, saying: "It was great playing for him, I learned a lot.
"He is really good at making a team with the type of players he has and he is also a man who knows how to get every bit of potential out of you. I was happy that he was there."
As well as Newcastle and Everton it is believed that more than half the Premier League have been approached, and among those not to dismiss the idea of a loan are Arsenal, Tottenham, West Ham, Leicester and Aston Villa.
Wijnaldum's representatives are now set to continue talks with PSG about the prospect of getting him out of the Parc des Princes in the new year, although the final decision will rest with the French giants.


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Designation: 150th Fighter-Interceptor Group, 150th Tactical Fighter Group
Units Assigned: 188th FIS, 188th TFS
Location: Kirtland AFB, New Mexico
F-100 Models Flown: A/C/F
Dates F-100 Assigned: 1958-1973
Remarks: The first ANG unit to equip with F-100s. Received F-100As and assigned the air defense mission as the 188th FIS. Swapped out the A model for F-100C/Fs in 1964 and were redesignated the 188th TFS. Called to active duty and deployed to Tuy Hoa AB, South Vietnam, in May of 1968. Flew combat missions while attached to the 31st TFW; returned to state control in June of 1969. Converted to the A-7D in 1973.


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Film Festivals Revisited
Our third issue of the year examined the phenomenon of the film festival. The film festival has changed the dynamic of the art of film. It has opened up new paths for releasing films and brought attention to what has become a major force in the art world: the independent filmmaker. In case you started following The Muse Dialogue a bit later in the year, we invite you to visit this collection of articles.
Click here for the table of contents to Vol. 1, No. 3: Film Festivals


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Puzzle Quest wasn't the first puzzle game driven largely by RPG elements, and it won't be the last. That's because Puzzle Quest 2 will be coming to consoles in June, but also because the premise for transforming what is generally a simple, compelling puzzler into a full-fledged role-playing success will undoubtedly be picked up by other developers. If you're unfamiliar with this particular formula, it manifests itself in Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords through the expansion of the familiar Bejeweled-style block shifting gameplay. In Puzzle Quest, these puzzle segments function as the means for the player to battle enemies, gain experience and gold, and complete quests to advance the fully fledged RPG story. Players can use gold and experience to upgrade abilities, equipment, and spells for use in the puzzle battles, and participate in a number of side quests aside from the main story quests.
Some games like Bookworm Deluxe and quiz-based games have already made the leap similar to Puzzle Quest, and mostly to their benefit. So which other puzzle titles should receive this kind of makeover, or perhaps, which would be best served by the upgrade? This Top 5 Takedown gets puzzletastic.
5. Aqualux – Fluid Tube Puzzle
This may be most familiar to gamers as "that pipes hacking mini-game in Bioshock," because that's where this kind of puzzler has seen the most success. But there's room for improvement, and what better way than to slap some shiny new RPG paint on it? Maybe there are multiple flows happening concurrently, and being moved by your opponent every few seconds as well, or perhaps a few upgrades and character attributes allow for an all-out rush on the flow of the fluid. There's really an endless amount of combos that could go with the standard fluid tube puzzle, but role-playing makes the most sense.
4. Snood – Ball Shooting Puzzle
This type of puzzler has also seen some partial revamps in console gaming, notably in Super Bubble Pop on the GameCube. Once again, they didn't go far enough. While some may argue that the distinct simplicity of a game like Snood, unfettered by the trappings of an RPG, are what give it great value, the same was said of Bejeweled, especially in relation to Puzzle Quest. And the RPG revamp, largely, was received with open arms in the puzzle gaming community. Isn't it time Snood got a little… less snoody?
3. Breakout – Brick Breaking Puzzle
Breakout has been a puzzler standard since the days of the Atari, and comes on just about every phone these days in one form or another. It lends itself very easily, too, to the kind of level- and ability-building of RPGs, like new weapons, a bigger shield, or even a bigger ball. Players could even employ spells like slowing time and maybe some kind of Modern Warfare 2 -type nuke for crazy combos. The level could even fight back at the player, causing you to play defense and offense aggressively. How's that for your standard waiting room cell phone brick game?
2. Grow Cube – Sequence Logic Puzzle
These kinds of games used to be few and far between, but have recently popped up all over the place, mostly in the form of "escape this place" titles. For those who are unfamiliar, the basic premise is that you either have one environment or a series of rooms that you interact with simply by choosing what to do in what order. For example, with a game like Grow Cube, players have to choose how to place humans, plants, houses, tubes, and more on a brown cube in order to accomplish… well, to beat the game. But these kinds of titles generally don't have much drive aside from unlocking the mystery of what will happen next. Imagine that same formula, used in multiple battles throughout the game, and the faster or more efficiently the puzzle was solved, the greater the outcome for the player. Applying that kind of puzzle framework to an RPG would certainly take a lot of work and imagination on the part of a developer, but the fruits of that labor would taste oh so sweet.
1. Tetris – Tetromino Placement Puzzle
Alexey Pajitnov, the original programmer of the Tetris code, probably had no idea that his idea of fitting sets of four cubes together would create the puzzle-gaming phenomenon that it did. How might RPG elements, then, add to this already very successful game? While this has already been done to some extent, the RPG side of the equation has yet to be fully realized. Completing lines could not only attack enemies, but gain experience and power up magic for players to unleash on their opponents or to use for healing. But to really do justice to the origins of Tetris, the story would have to center around Russian intrigue, and prominently feature the iconic Tetris music, themes A and B for those who remember the Gameboy version. It's about time we saw a Tetris revival, and the Puzzle Quest formula would be the perfect way to go. Listen, if 3D Dot Game Heroes can do it, why can't Tetris?


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Postal union concerned change in injury reporting led to understatement of incidence rate and allowed management to receive bonuses
OTTAWA (CNW) - The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) has asked the Auditor General of Canada to investigate what led Canada Post to fraudulently report workplace injuries and whether these decisions led to improper bonuses being paid to senior management.
"There is no disputing that Canada Post submitted incomplete injury reports to Labour Canada for a number of years," says Mike Palecek, National President of CUPW. "We'd like to know how this affected bonuses at Canada Post, which has the highest injury rate in the federal sector."
Canada Post changed the reporting of lost time injuries to provide accident frequency rather than a raw number of lost-time accidents. This falls in direct contradiction with Labour Canada's definition of disabling injuries. The improper redefinition seems to be a deliberate attempt by Canada Post management to report a steady reduction in disabling injuries in 2011, 2012 and 2013.
A 2009 special examination of Canada Post by the Auditor General found that manager scorecards recorded safety as the highest objective. This, coupled with the improper redefinition of disabling injuries by Canada Post, brings into question whether managers received bonuses that they weren't entitled to.
"Canada Post reporting to Labour Canada has been negligible and faulty, and these errors have permitted Canada Post to understate the actual incidence rate of injuries. CUPW wants to know why this is happening and put an end to this misrepresentation," CUPW said in a news release.
SOURCE: Canadian Union of Postal Workers


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It would be lillelykkehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108471500650911409.post-76530333914212559262019-07-03T16:55:00.000+08:002019-09-20T17:16:33.478+08:00Oh hey vacay! Not sure about your plans but I am taking a break to spend some quality time with husband and kids this summer. Hope it will be a summer like last year. The grass was not so happy but I loved the heat. Quote image via Pinterestlillelykkehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108471500650911409.post-68361025364652063802019-06-03T16:48:00.000+08:002019-09-20T16:49:01.243+08:00There's rainbows and holidays on my mind With Spring kicking in I am starting to long for the same long, warm, sticky summer as last year. Wearing flimsy clothes and flipflops and drinking fruit juice and gin tonics. This combination gives me the same vibes. A vibrant Ibiza feel rug and palm tree lamps combined with wicker and some kick ass artwork. It feels like rainbows and summer in my mind. lillelykkehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108471500650911409.post-45113021409559113592019-04-12T16:38:00.000+08:002019-09-20T16:39:25.419+08:00Become a style instead of parading after one I love the community of Instagram. It has brought so many brands to my attention that I otherwise may not have found. So kudos for that. However.... it also seems to kill our own creativity. We all seem to create the seem mudded toned kids rooms. I am wondering where is the brightness, where are the vibrant colours. Still okay to choose a theme but add some personality. So here is my kick lillelykkehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108471500650911409.post-33730605243174783592019-03-29T16:35:00.000+08:002019-09-20T16:35:24.965+08:00This sparks me joy! This sparks me joy! I don't do the Marie Kondo style of living. I could try for a while but I am not a stick to the program kind of person. It has however helped me a great deal getting rid of some items that I was hanging on to for the wrong reason. So a big hurray to her for that. If I was to live a Marie Kondo kind of 'no clutter' lifestyle I would imagine it looking a bit like this. lillelykkehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108471500650911409.post-74302149344050310712019-02-06T16:31:00.000+08:002019-09-20T16:31:45.130+08:00Collect your memories on a wall Whenever I go through my photo feed I have favourites. Those should be enlarged to a size for a beautiful memory wall. Why keep them locked up in a digital devise? This wall is all about moments with my kids, the life we had in Singapore. It won't stay like this for ever, it will keep changing and growing just like my kids do. lillelykkehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108471500650911409.post-8385486844974413362018-11-23T10:26:00.000+08:002018-11-23T10:26:06.320+08:00#SEASONGIFTGUIDES no 5 - we may need a bigger chimneyEvery year I struggle making a wish list. During the year I can come up with numerous items I would like but when the pressure is on... I stall... This year I imagined a room and a mood. So I came up with a bedroom where you get ready for the day surrounded by a selection of precious items. This includes a rug... hence the titel 'we may need a bigger chimney'. A-line satin dress | Huette lillelykkehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108471500650911409.post-78157736235128423092018-11-16T06:45:00.000+08:002018-11-16T16:29:49.502+08:00H E L L O F R I D A Y | Scandinavian design hand in hand with traditional flower decorGoing through Pinterest and Instagram I see a lot of old English and Scandinavian atmosphere with abundant flower wallpapers and velvet chairs. This style is brought to this century by adding modern quote posters, design light features and minimalistic modern furniture. As soon as it catches my eye I need to try to create my own style of collage with this atmosphere. Artwork trees and flowers lillelykkehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108471500650911409.post-47832856727375405432018-11-13T18:27:00.000+08:002018-11-13T18:27:03.413+08:00#SEASONGIFTUIDES No 4 - Prepare for a Winter WonderlandAnother 'SEASON GIFT GUIDE' edition for you! I love winter and hope we get a frosty one so we can take the kids out with the sledge and ice skates. The good thing about all this frisky outdoor life is that you double enjoy the moments of comfort and warmth inside. A hot chocolate drink with one if these fun chocolate bars or playing for hours in your maillot on this Winder Wonderland tale lillelykkehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108471500650911409.post-62884439518263778822018-11-09T22:31:00.002+08:002018-11-09T22:33:46.478+08:00H E L L O F R I D A Y | Let's get excited about ZONDAG (Sunday)Sundays.. the last day of the week. A day to come together with friends or family. A day of sports and of taking time for things. Like for instance cooking. Weather it is a breakfast, a lunch or a dinner... at least one meal on Sunday should feel like a feast. In England they have the Naked Chef and in the Netherlands we have The Holy Kauw Company. With a passion for food and an eye for lillelykkehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108471500650911409.post-59037413786711481002018-11-06T21:34:00.000+08:002018-11-08T21:35:10.762+08:00K I D S T U E S D A Y | Still not bored with the jungle theme, are you? We still cannot get enough of the JUNGLE theme for a kids bedroom. It is because you can take it into so many different directions. Go 'botanical' with a few stuffed wild animals, or use some 'bohemian' to create the feel of a jungle treehouse. In this 'mood board' below (sorry I wanted to see what it would actually look like) I combined some online favourite brands, some Instagram hits and a lillelykkehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108471500650911409.post-15622827105771403002018-11-01T21:39:00.001+08:002018-11-01T21:39:17.337+08:00Autumn... a season I appreciate so much more not I can enjoy it with my kidsShop credits for the Autumn inspired moodboard on Instagram: Maileg bunny Carla with sweater | Woodland Children's print by Wonder & Rah | Muuto pendant lamp Grain nature | Wall hooks trees by Ted & Tone | Mog Mittens oatmeal by Donna Wilson | Duvet covers by La Cerise sur la Gateau | Pine no Whine pillow by House of Rym lillelykkehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108471500650911409.post-91399596141439744132018-10-24T17:07:00.000+08:002019-09-20T17:08:31.378+08:00Dutch Design Week 2018 Ieder jaar is het weer mooier, weer grootser en weer beter georganiseerd. Met als achtergrond de verlaten productie fabrieken van onder andere Philips en Campina presenteert Eindhoven ieder jaar in oktober de Dutch Design Week. Door de combinatie van grotere namen, aanstormend talent en designs die vragen bij je oproepen is het voor mij hét inspiratie event van het jaar. Als je lillelykkehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108471500650911409.post-85408799403102788492018-10-15T06:05:00.000+08:002018-10-15T06:05:12.473+08:00#SEASONGIFTGUIDES No3: are your kids the kind that like to build things?Check out these toys!! Are your kids the kind that love to build things? Mine are. Thank goodness because I also love that type of play. For this post I've done quite a search to get a fun combination of age, skill and price range. The toys are unique and fun and will keep your kids away from the screens. Not kidding! Can't wait for the cold winter days that you go out for a walk or some lillelykkehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108471500650911409.post-34373696455242932722018-10-08T07:53:00.000+08:002018-10-08T07:53:10.824+08:00#SEASONGIFTGUIDES No2: Galaxy never gets boring Finding fun and unique things to gift your children this holiday season doesn't have to be difficult. Just keep an eye out for our #seasongiftguides. At LilleLykke we source the internet for the most cute, fun, must have items. Sometimes in a theme like here, sometimes just by colour or play theme. Galaxy will never bore your kids. It is something mesmerising and even will intrigue us lillelykkehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108471500650911409.post-42814201706148488122018-10-02T09:50:00.000+08:002018-10-02T09:50:00.368+08:00KIDS TUESDAY - for doll loving ground playing girly girls As you may know by now I am a boys mama. Could that be why I enjoy creating these girly rooms collages so much? The start for this collage was this amazing doll bed by Crate and Barrel. I know most mommies are in love with the Sebra one but this is a good contestant as well if you ask me. It's a mini version of a Jenny Lind bed. Combined with the magical stars in the canopy and the lush little lillelykkehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108471500650911409.post-66998340709988341092018-10-01T04:24:00.000+08:002018-10-01T04:24:17.733+08:00#SEASONGIFTGUIDES 2018 No1 It is too early to start making suggestions for Sinterklaas and Christmas shopping? No! Ok that came out a bit harsh. Before you know it favourites will have sold out. You get so flustered with everything that needs to be organised you forget where you have spotted something. Or the worst... you leave it to the last minute meaning there is not enough time for online (original) shopping so you lillelykkehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108471500650911409.post-74299971110524946562018-09-28T00:13:00.000+08:002018-09-28T00:13:09.551+08:00FAVOURITE FRIDAY - lightness and darkness combined in a sereen design When I think about this design I see a renovated home with fresh plastered walls, steal frame doors and a light wooden floor such as this chevron floor (we call this in Dutch a Hungarian point floor). The wallpaper is quite dark and heavily decorated. So this asks for a light balance. Found in the cloud lamps and the artwork with jellyfish art. It needed a warm highlight somewhere and I have a lillelykkehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108471500650911409.post-88634610895852747722018-09-18T07:20:00.000+08:002018-09-18T07:20:14.247+08:00KIDS TUESDAY.... some decorations for the roomThere is so much to find to decorate a kids room. No matter what style you like. I love to source things that trigger a kids imagination or their urge to play. With Dinosaurs, bugs and pretty art pieces you can never go wrong. All come in different prints, colours and shapes so make sure you visit the sites to find the ones that fit your room. Wallpaper Tiny Tots Esseners light-grey | lillelykkehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108471500650911409.post-22438387639085536842018-09-11T10:03:00.000+08:002018-09-11T10:03:15.853+08:00KIDS TUESDAY... Let's head for the mountains With the wether changing and Autumn approaching we get that 'get the house winter cosy' itch. But what to look for? It is so hard these days to find something original. When I open Instagram I see mommy bloggers working hard to get their kids all the cool items (often in a sponsored post) and this inspires other moms to get inspired and follow. What I am longing for is quirkiness, identity, lillelykkehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108471500650911409.post-58510139752610166962018-09-07T06:47:00.000+08:002018-09-07T06:47:02.244+08:00Hello Friday.... new Flexa 2019 colour: Spiced HoneyFlexa presented the colour of 2019 this week. Last year I was not very keen on the colour of the year. Heartwood will not be likely to end up on my wall. This new colour is more my cup of tea. It is called 'spiced honey' and it feels a bit caramel to me. I've used this colour to create an inspirational collage. With autumn approaching I've chosen some warm terracotta colours to match and soften lillelykkehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108471500650911409.post-24845440014932892852018-09-04T19:17:00.003+08:002018-09-04T19:17:32.007+08:00Kids Tuesday.... step outside your comfort zoneWho needs a comfort zone when it comes to creating a kids room? Whatever you do... dstep on't ever leave the odd one out. It may just make the room. When creating this collage I was not really sure if the leopard print throw would work. That thought in itself is reason enough for me to leave it there. If I take it out and put a more plain coloured one there it would become 'expected' and thereforlillelykkehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108471500650911409.post-40986942684609317662018-07-27T05:03:00.000+08:002018-07-30T05:03:46.078+08:00Hello Friday.... Let's go outside and enjoy the Summer Let's talk about this summer. It is such a great sunny and warm time this year. Nothing better to do than go outside and enjoy your garden. This trend I am quite positive is coming directly from all the Pinterest inspirations. The dark timber in the gardens combined with luscious greens. I also have a few boards filled with some amazing gardens. Another thing I really like are the flagstone lillelykkehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108471500650911409.post-949186312952626442018-07-17T09:30:00.000+08:002018-07-17T09:30:06.528+08:00Kids Tuesday... it's funky, it's fresh and full of surprises Find all credit to this funky fresh kids room here: Wallpaper Farrow & Ball closet stripe st 360 | Tufted rug Faiza via Urban Outfitters | Corridor wall lamp by Dutch Bone (check out this lamp!!!) | Casement Black small sideboard (perfect storage) via Create & Barrel | Swedese Spin stool via Mister Design | YAY wall banner (about poster size) via Ponyrider in Australia | Bedding (almost lillelykkehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com, Nederland51.9244201 4.477732599999967551.7677541 4.1550090999999671 52.0810861 4.8004560999999679tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108471500650911409.post-49228148119200662952018-07-13T09:30:00.000+08:002018-07-13T09:30:15.193+08:00Hello Friday... this feels like summer! It's holiday timeI can smell the summer here! Iced cold Gin and Tonic drinks, vibrant colourful vegetable crisps and kids playing outside. The school holidays have started and I am hoping it will allow me to do a bit more blogging. Sounds a bit off but I work as a freelancer during school hours. So with the holidays here I will be home a lot more. Hopefully you'll have a great summer and I can't wait to throw lillelykkehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com


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Former UN procurement officer pleads guilty to taking bribes
A former United Nations procurement officer pleaded guilty to soliciting a bribe under the Iraq oil-for-food program, making him the first U.N. official to face criminal charges in connection with the scandal-tainted operation, AP reported.
Alexander Yakovlev, a Russian, also pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to charges of wire fraud and money laundering for accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from U.N. contractors in his work outside oil-for-food. He could face up to 20 years in prison for each of the three counts against him.
Yakovlev surrendered to FBI agents in Manhattan earlier Monday, as U.N.-backed investigators released a report accusing him and Benon Sevan, the former chief of the $64 billion (euro51.74 billion) program, of corruption. Sevan was accused of taking some $147,000 (euro118,835) in kickbacks.
Later Monday, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan waived Yakovlev's immunity when he got just such a request from David Kelley, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
There was no suggestion that the timing of the report and Yakovlev's guilty plea were coordinated. Volcker said Monday that Kelley had not cooperated with his probe.
Yakovlev's decision and the Independent Inquiry Committee's findings, put forward in its third report so far, give new ammunition to critics who have labeled oil-for-food a boondoggle at best and huge swindle at worst.
"Our conclusions are obviously significant and troubling," Volcker said. "What's important is that we contribute effectively to the needed reform of the United Nations administration."
Condemnation from Republicans in the U.S. Congress was swift.
"This report demonstrates the United Nations lacks the institutional red lights and alarms necessary to warn of misconduct," Representative Christopher Shays of Connecticut said in a statement.
Yakovlev, 52, resigned in June over separate allegations that he helped his son get a job with a company that did business with the United Nations.
He was released later Monday on a $400,000 (euro323,363) bond, and no new court date was immediately set, said Megan Gaffney, a spokeswoman for Kelley.
"In term of sentencing we expect a much better deal if we enter a guilty plea," Yakovlev's lawyer Arkady Bukh told The Associated Press.
Volcker's team said it would release a final report _ expected to be up to 700 pages long _ in September. Among other things, that report is expected to consider new evidence suggesting Annan knew more about an contract awarded to a Swiss company that employed his son, Kojo. Both have denied any wrongdoing.
The oil-for-food program, launched in December 1996 to help ordinary Iraqis cope with U.N. sanctions imposed after Saddam Hussein's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, was one of the largest humanitarian programs in history. It was a lifeline for 90 percent of the country's population of 26 million.
Under the program, Saddam's regime could sell oil, provided the proceeds went to buy humanitarian goods or pay war reparations. Saddam allegedly sought to curry favor by giving former government officials, journalists and others vouchers for Iraqi oil that could then be resold at a profit.
The program has become the subject of several U.S. congressional investigations, as well as probes by a federal grand jury and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Mark Malloch Brown, Annan's chief of staff, again defended the United Nations' handling of oil-for-food, saying it was the organization's very willingness to open the books that had attracted so much attention.
"Those who have kind of stayed in the shadows, who have not had a Volcker to investigate their own politicians and diplomats and companies involved in this program, have gotten away a little more lightly," Malloch Brown said. "There's a certain sort of injustice in that."
He said the United Nations had given Kelley's office the results of its internal investigation about Yakovlev last month after finding "prima facie evidence of criminal wrongdoing." It was not imediately clear if that was the genesis for Kelley's investigation or if his probe was already underway.
Volcker's latest report said that Sevan, who oversaw the program from its inception in 1996 to its conclusion in 2003, took the $147,000 (euro118,835) in kickbacks, apparently because of his "precarious" financial situation at the time.
Volcker's team said Sevan helped steer contracts to a small oil trading company with the help of Fred Nadler, an African Middle East Petroleum Co. Ltd Inc. director and the brother-in-law of former U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, and Fakhry Abdelnour, the president of AMEP.
Sevan, a Cypriot citizen, is also under investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney's office. He denies the allegations and accuses Volcker's team of succumbing to pressure from U.N. critics and of scapegoating him.
"The charges are false, and you, who have known me for all these years, should know that they are false," Sevan said in a letter to Annan on Sunday.
As for Yakovlev, the Volcker investigators found that he secretly tried to bribe a company called Societe Generale de Surveillance S.A., which was seeking an oil inspection contract under oil-for-food.
But they also came across more explosive evidence of wrongdoing outside oil-for-food. Investigators said Yakovlev took at least $950,000 (euro767,987) in kickbacks from companies that had won some $79 million (euro63.8 million) in separate U.N. contracts.
Kelley's office appeared to have been working along the same lines after getting evidence about Yakovlev from the U.N. itself. Both the report and the counts against Yakovlev mention Moxyco, a company that Yakovlev apparently set up as a conduit for the illegal payments.
And while Kelley doesn't mention Societe Generale de Surveillance, he said Yakovlev faxed a foreign company "information related to that company's bid for an inspection contract under the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program."


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Philly schools to join city's recycling effort
As the first step toward implementing a roadmap to cleaner, healthier schools, the District will institute a system-wide recycling program in the fall.
By Michelle Feldman
Part of my job as the director of Keep Philadelphia Beautiful is to visit schools throughout the city to help foster the next generation of environmental heroes.
We're not alone in tackling this important work. My nonprofit, which is dedicated to fighting litter and promoting recycling, works closely in the schools with the city's Streets Department, Recyclebank, and other organizations large and small. And now, thanks to the leadership and dedication of the School District of Philadelphia, our job is about to get a whole lot easier.
This summer, the School District will release a sustainability plan, GreenFutures, which will work to embed the following values into school operations and culture:
As the first step toward implementing that roadmap to cleaner, healthier schools, the District will institute a system-wide recycling program in the fall. Every school will receive a recycling dumpster and additional physical infrastructure, as well as tools and resources to engage teachers, students, parents, and staff in making recycling a part of school culture.
The idea is to build on the city's residential recycling program, which has made great progress since Mayor Nutter took office in 2008: Philadelphia has seen a more than 100 percent increase in tonnage of materials recycled; the Streets Department, with the help of community partners, has distributed tens of thousands of recycling bins to residents in every neighborhood; and new materials, such as cartons, have been consistently added to the list of items accepted in blue bins.
The School District's efforts constitute another major step toward expanding recycling in Philadelphia and truly making us the greenest city in the nation — all while cutting costs.
Critically, this initiative also creates an opportunity to teach students about the larger meaning and various effects of recycling. This isn't just a way to divert waste from landfills — though of course that's important to the future of our environment. Recycling is also a means to talk about how we take care of and have pride in our community. And it leads to discussing a more expansive definition of sustainability, which includes preserving resources of all kinds (economic, social, and environmental) for future generations.
Just as important, as the students will soon learn, is that establishing a recycling program presents a tangible way for them to take on leadership roles, and for stakeholders at each individual school to work together and build community.
At Keep Philadelphia Beautiful, we couldn't be more excited and proud to help the District lay the groundwork for the recycling launch. But the District needs your help, too. Talk to the parents and students in your life about recycling and why it's important — and let them know that recycling is coming to a school near them.
And remember to visit philadelphiastreets.com/recycling regularly to stay informed about what is and isn't recyclable.
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D.C.'s next wannabe power spot, Pennsylvania 6, gets its name and inspiration from New York's historic Hotel Pennsylvania. The restaurant's New York location is just around the corner from the storied hotel, which claims to have the longest continuously used phone number in New York and was once a hub for entertainers and the political elite.
The D.C. location, by contrast, is just around the corner from… the Hilton Garden Inn. But that hasn't stopped the Franklin Square restaurant, slated to open Nov. 20, from attempting to adopt a 1940s "Hollywood glam" look in its office building space. The restaurant comes from the same group behind City Tap House but is decidedly more upscale and interested in attracting a K Street crowd.
A lounge area dubbed "The Parlor" is outfitted with leather couches, Persian-style rugs, and, next to a fake fireplace, mahogany tables where people can play chess. Another section of the dining room has the air of a private club: on the walls are paintings of jockeys and ships, shelves filled with old books, and a globe. The bar area looks more modern with a huge marble bar, oyster bar, and community table. The space was designed by Swatchroom's Maggie O'Neill, who's also behind the decor at Provision No. 14 and Teddy & The Bully Bar, among others.
Like its sister restaurants in New York and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 6 has staples like steaks and seafood. On the high-end, the raw bar will supply plateaus in two sizes, $68 and $130 each. But the restaurant will also have a happy hour weekdays from 4 to 7 p.m. with $1 oysters.
Executive Chef Marc Plessis says one of the highlights unique to this location will be an appetizer of wild Burgundy snails with bone marrow butter. Other starters include a foie gras mousse and yellowfin tuna tartare with habanero aioli, mango relish, and plantain chips. "Plates" (entrees) range from monkfish osso buco to lamb shoulder ragout. Lunch will launch in December with more salads and sandwiches.
One big "get" for the restaurant is James Beard award-winning sommelier Mark Slater. He's curated a list of around 200 bottles, including a range of Champagnes and shellfish-specific wines. Cocktails pay homage to the 1940s, and there are 14 beers on draft.
Next spring, the restaurant will have a black and white-striped awning for its French brasserie-esque outdoor patio.
Take a look at the space and dinner menu below:
Pennsylvania 6, 1350 I St. NW; (202) 796-1600; pennsylvania6dc.com
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Numerical modeling of stationary heat exchange panel building OD4 series
Results of numerical modeling of stationary heat exchange in three-dimensional model of a site of the panel building of the OD-4 series are presented in article. Dependence of thermal losses on physical parameters of construction materials of a protecting design is shown. Results of modeling are well coordinated with data of the thermovision shooting carried out by authors. Calculation for justification of technology of recovery of heatphysical characteristics of protecting designs of panel buildings due toapplication of polysulphidic tapes for sealing of interpanel seams is executed. External conditions for the climatic region of St. Petersburg arechosen. The increase in heatlosses through protecting designs at decrease in their heatphysical characteristics of rather design indicators reaches 30%. Economic efficiency of sealing of seams isdefined.


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Two events of the day:
First, chatting with two friends before my ethics class today about the decline of the lie-lay distinction among educated people...
Second, being told just now by Words with Friends that SQUAW is not a word for purposes of the game...it used to be that any word, no matter how vulgar or ethnically charged, passed muster in Scrabble, but online Scrabble and its imitator WWF exclude many edgy words (though by no means all...I just played GOY).
My question: Do these two language changes reflect ethical progress, ethical decline, or ethical stasis? My personal belief in the overall moral equality of cultures/ethics/ethoses in the past and present (sure, we're better than our ancestors in some ways, but it, seems to me, not in an overall virtue ledger, if such there could be) inclines me to the third alternative...I wonder what my friends and what my students think...
No invite to play again has come from Player 1, whom I suspected of cheating and against whom I cheated myself in my own possibly misguided stab at harmonization--or was it retaliation? We're done, I'm pretty sure.
As for my fave foe Player 2, zi held on to zir early lead in our last game to beat me, 439-431. Excellent!--big scores for both us--exactly the kind of generous game I like the best and that we often play.
After our latest game, neither Player 1, whom I (possibly incorrectly) suspected of cheating and with whom I responded with a few cheats of my own, invited one another to play again. I'm guessing our games are over. I'm not inviting zir, and I'm guessing zi now has a fishy feeling about me.
I felt uncomfortable after cheating against zir in the other games I was playing. Once one cheats, there's a slippery slope--why not use a cheat against a random player, not just one one believes is cheating? For zir part, I'm guessing Player 1 didn't like the feeling I suspect zi had of being retaliated against for cheating anymore than I liked the queasy, slippery slope feeling I had after cheating against zir. I'm hoping that my and zir (if I'm right about zir) cheating days are over.
As for my favorite foe, Player 2: I won the game in which zi wouldn't let me ditch my Q. In our rematch, zi's clobbering me with SEWERED for 108 points plus POWERED. With a blank up my sleeve, I still have hopes of a comeback, or at least a close loss...more likely, though, zi'll take advantage of the triple letter score/triple word score zone I just opened up to bury me completely :)
In one vision of ethics--universalizing ethics--we are the same person everywhere and at all times, with the same moral code in all of our interactions with other people. In another vision--harmonizing ethics--who we are, and our moral code, change, depending on the person we are with, and our respective situations.
An example from the online Scrabble-knockoff Words with Friends (WWF), in which I've opted for harmonizing over universalizing: I'm playing now with two especially interesting anonymous opponents, along with some more generic, ordinarily pleasant ones, as well as a few people I know personally. Of the two interesting anonymous opponents, Player 1 I strongly suspect of occasionally using cheats (very readily available!--see, e.g., scrabblecheat.com) to boost his/her/zir performance.* Player 2, on the other hand, strikes me not only as honest, like the overwhelming majority of WWF players I've played (there have only been two other opponents out of the hundreds I've dealt with that I had the same sense of being cheated by that I have with player 1),** but as an unusually excellent partner/foe. Player 2 and I reinforce a wide-open style of play in each other that I very much enjoy--I'd much rather lose a 440 to 430 game than win a 330 to 250 game--and he/she/zi strikes me as a fine person, not that I know anything about zir beyond zir's occasionally changing profile picture and gracious comments.
First, the Player 1 story: When I decided zi was dealing some of the time--not often--from the bottom of the deck, my first reaction was to simply decline any further invitations to play. But after doing that once, with a social excuse about having to work, I accepted zir next invitation. Zi was/is in fact a good player and worthy foeperson--and how bad was it really for zir to resort to cheats now and then to make up my slight points per word edge over zir? Zi was probably a perfectly okay person, like all the subjects in Duke marketing professor Dan Ariely's experiments who cheated a bit, but only a bit.*** And how bad would it be for me to maintain my underlying edge over zir with my own occasional cheat?
So, dear reader, I recently became a cheat. Instead of feeling huffy about losing to plays like WAMEFOU and ARETHUSA that felt computer-aided, I decided to join zir--to harmonize with my own occasional cheating, matching my sense of what zi had been doing. So far, it's worked out fine--zi complimented my first computer-aided play of a funky long word, something zi'd never done before with my honest plays. As for the future, we shall see--but for the moment, I'm enjoying harmonizing with Player 1. Will I change my mind and decide that my morally relaxed harmonizing--if it be that, because of course I do not know that zi is cheating--needs to stop? Will I then stop, but perhaps start cheating again with zir or another player? I'm open to ideas, criticism, and persuasion!--maybe harmonizing with people like the notional readers of this blog, or the very real ethics students I will meet for the first time on Thursday, will help in one way or another, whether it leads me more toward harmony, more toward universality, or in yet another direction.
Now, more briefly, my Player 2 story: It's the endgame, with no tiles left, and I can get rid of all my tiles but the Q for a nice 36 points, with the drawback of leaving me no place to play the Q, with an eventual big point swing for Player 2. Or I can make a weaker 18 point play that sets up QI for me next turn if zi doesn't take the spot to play ZIT for 22. But zi can play ZIG on a double word score elsewhere for 28. And zi and I are all about offense not defense, right?...so zi won't take my space, will zi?! So I play the 18 point play--and zi does block me by playing ZIT instead of ZIG. I'm miffed at zi for a moment--and then I'm happy. Chivalrous we may both be--but we both want to win, too. With my underlying four points per word edge, I win the big majority of our games, so it's entirely understandable that zi wants to play some D to maximize zir chance to beat me. Good luck to zir!
*To be Nate Silverish about it--see his excellent book The Signal and the Noise, as well as his blog, 538.com--I'd guess there's a .7 chance that Player 1 has used Scrabblecheat or a like source. WWF is a form game, in which players with a higher points per word average beat players with lower averages a predictable percentage of the time, and, as I checked when we started to play, I have a 2 points per word edge over P1. My losing a majority of our game could of course be chance, though...what tilts me toward P1 being a cheater are some joker long word plays zi's made, such as the ones mentioned above in the post, that strike me as very unlikely unless you were a better player than P1 or you're spending a whole lot of time doing semi-legitimate "fishing" to see if a play works--but P1 moves fast by WWF standards. In other words--I do.not know beyond a reasonable doubt that P1 is a cheater. What I have is a probabilistic suspicion that seems to me rationally based, but could be mistaken.
**If cheating is defined more broadly to include fishing--let's see if GOONIES is a word--then my sense is that a considerable majority--.8?--of WWF players cheat, most certainly including myself. Within that majority of fishers, I believe a few of us are energetic, semi-cheating fishers who try anything (and in doing so shade into cheaters who use programs), more of us are lazy, or conscientious, semi-honest cheaters, if cheaters we be, who limit our attempts to what we think might be words we've heard of, and yet more us are mostly lazy/conscientious but occasionally energetic fishers.
***The (Honest) Truth about Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone--Especially Ourselves (2012).
Below are imagined introspective inquiries by a middle-aged white man who is for Trump and a middle-aged white woman who is for Clinton:
Elrod: Why am I for Trump? Yes, I'm mad. I'm sick of a privileged elite of women and minorities like Obama and Hillary who think they're better than the rest of us. The kind of sexism and racism you can get away with nowadays is all against men and against whites, and it's garbage. Trump! And he's fun, too. There's always a twinkle in his eye--I bet I could have a great time with him. Yes, I admit I've got some reservations. I think Hillary gets politics and how things work, and Trump doesn't. And does Donald have any shame, I wonder. Hey, I do. I know I treated Vera wrong with all my drinking and my catting around. But Donald--I wonder if he ever has felt ashamed about anything. And I worry about that.
Vera: Why am I for Hillary? God, I'm so happy that there finally is going to be a woman president! So happy I can cry. And yes, I'm mad. I look at Trump and I see all the male garbage that I and every woman has had to put up with for fifty thousand years, big as a giant dump truck on an Imax screen. I see Elrod and his lawyer, asking for alimony from me because Elrod drank his life away and couldn't hold a job. Hillary! I'm with her!!! And yes, though...yes, I worry. Partly for practical reasons--I think Trump and the Republicans get business and how the economy works in a way that Hillary and the Democrats don't. And part of it's emotional. I'm huge on taking responsibility, I told our children all the time that life is about what you can do, not blaming other people...and I worry that Hillary and the Democrats encourage people to do that.
In both Elrod and Vera, their active, or yang temperaments--the angry/choleric and happy/sanguine--tilt them toward their preferred candidates, while their passive, or yin temperaments--the ashamed/melancholic and the calm/phlegmatic tilt them in the other direction.
A few potential research questions: How could one measure political ambivalence based on temperaments? What proportion of us have temperament-related political ambivalence? Is it the case, as the example above implies, that the more active temperaments usually prevail over the quieter ones?
A draft version of the last chapter of my book:
In my class this Sunday for second and third graders at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair, I told about the life of Cecilia Payne, an Anglo-American astronomer who went to Cambridge University in the early twentieth century but couldn't get a degree (none for women until 1947), and then found a home in the somewhat more female-friendly Cambridge, Mass., where she earned her Ph.D.
Wikipedia told me that as a student Cecilia Payne did an experiment on the efficacy/non-efficacy of prayer. That led me to devise an experiment for us in Montclair. I divided the class (11 children, me, my assistant Sue Zapata, and our teenage helper Ana) at random into Team Science and Team God. Team God recited, "Oh great and good God, please help the poor children around the world," and Team Science recited, "I believe in science and doing good for the poor children around the world." I then asked the children to fill out whether they thought people were good or not and whether the universe was good or not. Then I asked the members of Team Science to wish for heads in seven coin tosses so that poor children could be helped. After that, I had the members of Team God do the same.
My fairly weak priors were that members of Team God would be more positive about people and the universe, and my super-strong prior was that neither team would have the power to tilt the coin to heads. In our small sample, my priors on prayer and positivity were true. (Some of the children kept their papers; for this and other reasons, further research is definitely called for:))
The coin flips? Team Science had 3 heads, 4 tails. Team God was doing all right with heads for a while, but the tide turned. Ana as the last member of Team God flipped a tails, and it wound up the same 3 heads, 4 tails for both teams.
If particularist religion PR was the enemy/partner for Judaism J, if PR and J were the enemies/partners for Christianity C, if PR, J, and C were the enemies/partners for Islam I, if PR, J, C, and I were the enemies/partners for the Enlightenment E, PR, J, C, I, and E alike will be the enemies/partners for the Post-Enlightenment P-E.
Who are the key members, the clerisy, of the E, who will be the enemies/partners of the new clerisy of the P-E? My answer, today: Professors. (I've had other answers to that question in the past, and will, I'm sure, in the future :))
[V.U. provoked by the recent Times editorial against our only professor president, Woodrow Wilson, being commemorated/memorialized at Princeton]
Does ethics pay?
One way to operationalize the question: Analyze all of the 144 possible matrices representing ordinal utility in one-shot 2 x 2 games.
Download The Social Gene vs. the Selfish Gene--beta--6-9-15
If the analysis in the attached powerpoint is correct, a "social" player who plays the highest joint value outcome for the two players narrowly outperforms a "selfish" or "non-social" player who plays a dominant strategy where applicable and mixed Nash otherwise. The edge of the social player in S-S interactions over the non-social player in N-N interactions narrowly overcomes the edge of the non-social player in S-N interactions.
A more fine-grained breakdown: The significant edge of the N player in the 15 PD matrices is narrowly overcome by the considerable edge of the S player in the 9 Stag Hunt and 8 Battle of the Sexes matrices, along with a tiny edge for the S player in the 17 Chicken matrices. There are plenty of nuances--two of them are that the edge of the S player is dependent on the S player and not the N player being able to employ Schelling focal points in 4 Battle of the Sexes matrices, and that the edge of the S player is substantial in the 7 symmetrical PD, Chicken, Stag Hunt, and Battle of the Sexes matrices.
Got all riled up yesterday by an article in the WSJ sports section on the hot hand fallacy and then by reading a paper by Miller and Sanjurjo on SSRN...
When I calmed down, started thinking about a topic I've been mulling over a long time: whether cognitive biases can be usefully understood in terms of matched opposites that help in solving social games.
An example: you've got the hot hand bias, and then you've got the opposing gambler's fallacy. Why? Maybe it's all about adjusting people's payoffs in social games in a way that helps us solve prisoner's dilemmas and other games that are tough for unbiased people.
If that's the case, morality in the four temperaments line I espouse and cognitive biases would work similarly...there's a certain probability of being in one biased state or another biased state, just as there's a certain probability of being sanguine or choleric...the jolts that the biases impart to neutral, unbiased payoffs lead to social solutions that would be elusive absent the biases.
To be continued :)
Written on my phone...the usual disclaimers apply...
My notes:
The uber-game of classical game theory as it developed in the 1950s was the Prisoner's Dilemma...
In the PD--or "Disharmony", as I call it--the logic of dominance (play a strategy that is best regardless of what the other player does) and the logic of highest joint value (do what is best for both of you, or the entity of which you are both a part) point in opposite directions...
The PD/ Disharmony is a very rough, very nasty game indeed...
The key applications context for the PD in the 1950s/early 1960s was nuclear strategy...
Schelling and others noted that the US and the USSR could be understood as trapped in a dilemma of rationality that could be addressed by rational measures to communicate and coordinate...
Schelling's advocacy of a hotline between Moscow and Washington was one key proposal....
Perhaps classical game theory and its cool, detached perspective on the USSR-US rivalry is one of the reasons we're all still here...
Thank you, Professor Schelling!
Pages of my book discussing the perverse logic of the PD/Disharmony: 4, 16, 64-65, 163
Pages of my book discussing Schelling: xi, xiv, 2, 18, 23
My notes on slide 2:
Classical game theory was born in a deeply pessimistic moment...
The Holocaust, the gulag, the atom bomb and the H-bomb...
My "greatest influence" professor Thomas Schelling and John Nash were two central figures in creating the field...
Schelling with his concept of credible commitments showed how an emotion driven player could in many circumstances do better than a cool, calculating, "rational" player...
Nash with his analysis of equilibrium strategies showed how calculating egoists do strikingly poorly in one-shot games...a great deal of value is left on the table by such players...
Download Scm-seminar--a-new-approach-to-game-theory--9-11-15--slide 2
Parts of my forthcoming Palgrave book that discuss these points: Intro, p. 2; Chapter 1, p. 29
With my book Why Business Ethics Matters: Answer from a New Model of Game Theory coming out next month, I thought it was a good time to do a presentation for my department. The presentation focused more on the analysis of matrices than the book does--the slides are below.
Download SCM Seminar--A New Approach to Game Theory--9-11-15
...is the title of the fourth chapter of my forthcoming book from Palgrave.
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For our classical predecessors, the idea that nature and everything in it has a purpose was a commonsensical position. So, too, was the idea that the purpose--the telos--of nature as a whole, and of most, though not all, the individual things that make up nature, was ethically good. Now, a belief that nature and the things in it have a good purpose is usually understood as a matter of faith, not of rational judgment. My aim in this chapter of the book is to suggest that our optimistic predecessors had it basically right, and that we pessimistic moderns have it wrong. There is, I believe, an evolutionarily stable solution to social games played by things of all kinds--people, animals, and inorganic matter--that is ethically good.
In the past, blogging in the past was a way for me to work through ideas that eventually become the Four Temperaments approach to social games I take in my book. Now, as I return to blogging after writing the book and submitting it to Palgrave--yay!--I see it as a way to explore thoughts I'll express more formally in my article, and of expressing the ideas in the book in a different way.


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Highway 1 in southeastern BC closed until Sunday due to washout
An overnight washout on the Trans Canada Highway just west of Revelstoke in southeastern BC has forced the closure of the route for at least two days while crews conduct extensive repairs.
The flood occurred when the river overflowed and sent metres of debris and mud onto the roadway and bridge. According to the Ministry of Transportation, Highway 1 in both directions 25 km west of Revelstoke to Sicamous is closed until further notice.
Drivers are being diverted to Highway 23 south of Revelstoke, across the Arrow Lake ferry, which leads to Highway 6.
Expect major delays throughout the weekend on the alternative routes in the BC interior due to the closure.
This is why it's closed pic.twitter.com/eZY9ZquWsm
— Jess Trukker (@Jesstrukker) June 9, 2017
Sicamous is at max capacity highway 1 closed east of here. Make other plans. Don't come this way. @BCRoads2 @DriveBC @TranBC pic.twitter.com/wztes4KxZI
— Jess Trukker (@Jesstrukker) June 9, 2017
Getting out of this cluster f!€k. Company rerouted us up hwy 5 via Edmonton 🤘😎 this pic is at enchanted forest. East of sicamous #mudslide pic.twitter.com/SU3zAim8aD
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PAN, January 6, 2014
Woman shot dead in northern province, bringing toll of slain women to 14
Last year, the nose and lips of a woman were cut off by her husband
By Hidayatullah Hamdard
A woman was shot dead in the Asqalan area of Kunduz City, raising the number of slain females to 14 in a year in the northern province, officials said Monday.
Sayed Hussain Sarwari, the police spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the killer of the 35 years old woman was yet to be identified. But her husband disappeared after the overnight incident.
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Hi all,
I am a big boat sailor, but unfortunately my local club is becoming more and more against big boat racing and my only opportunity is the winter series for 6 weeks, frankly 6 weeks a year racing in my eyes is pretty poor. I am curious to weather any body has any pointers for a big boat sailor who has never stepped foot onto a dinghy before, to weather or not it is a recipe for disaster or a realistic option. I am from Newcastle upon tyne so if anybody has a clue to where is also good to start out that would also be great.
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Its not too difficult a transition, as you should already know the mechanics of what makes a boat move, sail trim etc. The big difference is obviously the tippyness and getting your head round the fact that dinghy's are sailed flat. I would recommend finding a sailing school and tell them what your experience is and see what they suggest or find someone who needs a crew an is willing to teach you and just get out there.
The nearest club to you is probably South Shields SC.
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You could always take the middle road and try Flying Fifteens. I think they have quite a good active fleet at Derwent reservoir near you. All the fun of a dinghy while still retaining the benefits of keelboat.
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You could try a K1, they really push the boundaries between dinghy and keelboat sailing. They are the same size a large dinghy (and are single-handed) yet have a keel. http://yachtsandyachting.com/classes/?s=42&c=336
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Sounds like you wanna go racing, what active fleets do they have at your local clubs? I'd keep in mind that most successful racing clubs seem to be inland.
Im sure you will have no problems.
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Come and give Kielder Water a look - we have training courses for members and also members looking fo rcrews. We are always looking for keen racers - but it is only handicap racing.
What size and weight are you? Fancy hanging on a trapeze?
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I would definitely go about joining a club nearby. They usually offer training courses, sailing instruction as well as being other people you can socialise with you enjoy the sport you are partaking in!
If you know how to sail a yacht, you should be able to sail a dinghy to a very average standard.
On the other hand sailing a dinghy compared to sailing a yacht is like comparing go karting to driving the family car. Dinghy sailing is much faster paced (you will be finished in an hour or so), while yacht sailing is more daily or even weekly long distance sailing.
I prefer dinghy sailing, because you are closer to the water and you have to make much faster decisions, while when yachting everything moves much slower and once you have set the sail, you pretty much stay static (although this is not true in yacht racing).
There is a lot more to learn in dinghy sailing to get every inch of speed out of it, which part of the whole fun of learning how to sail.
My site http://www.startedsailing.com is aimed specifically at people who want to learn how to sail dinghies as well as yachts.
Check it out if your interested.
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The "buoyant and brainy Mexican cooking authority" (New York Times) and star of the three-time James Beard Award-winning PBS series Pati's Mexican Table brings together more than 150 iconic dishes that define the country's cuisine
Although many of us can rattle off our favourite authentic Mexican dishes, we might be hard-pressed to name more than ten. Which is preposterous, given that Mexico has a rich culinary history stretching back thousands of years. For the last decade, Pati Jinich has sought out the culinary treasures of her home country, from birria to salsa macha, to coyotas, to carne asada.
Many of these dishes are local specialties, heirlooms passed down through generations, unknown outside of their original regions. Others have become national sensations. Each recipe is a classic. Each one comes with a story told in Pati's warm, relatable style. And each has been tested in Pati's American kitchen to ensure it is the best of its kind. Together, these essential recipes paint a vivid picture of the richness of Mexico.
Pati Jinich Treasures of the Mexican Table: Classic Recipes, Local Secrets is available at Amazon.com and Indigo.ca.
Sweet lime and chicken soup
Serves 6
To say this chicken soup is a signature dish of the Yucatán is an understatement. You'll find it on just about every restaurant menu on the peninsula. What makes it uniquely Yucatecan is not just the sweet lime, known as lima, the variety of lime that is used there and gives
the soup its name as well as its unmistakable flavour, but also the harmonious combination of bell pepper (called chile dulce in the region) in the sofrito base, roasted garlic in the broth, and fragrant dried oregano. Even the tortilla chips that garnish the soup are cut differently from those in traditional tortilla soups: They are long strips rather than short strips or wedges.
You can find lima citrus in specialty stores and online, or substitute regular limes or lemons.
5 garlic cloves, not peeled
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 1½ pounds)
3 quarts water
1 teaspoon dried oregano
½ teaspoon dried thyme
3 bay leaves
3 cloves
2½ teaspoons kosher salt, or more to taste
¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons vegetable oil, plus more for frying the tortilla strips
1 cup chopped red onion
½ pound ripe tomatoes, chopped, with their juices, or half a 15-ounce can crushed tomatoes
1 green or yellow bell pepper, cored, seeded, and chopped
6 to 8 corn tortillas, cut into 2-x-½-inch strips and fried or baked until crisp
½ cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves and upper stems for garnish
1 sweet lime (or regular lime or lemon), thinly sliced, for garnish, plus 2 to 3 sweet limes (or regular limes or lemons) for squeezing
1 fresh habanero chile, thinly sliced, for garnish (optional)
Preheat the broiler, with the rack 2 to 3 inches from the heat source. Place the unpeeled garlic cloves on a small baking sheet under the broiler and broil for 5 to 10 minutes, turning from time to time, until the skin is completely charred and blackened and the garlic is soft and mushy. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool slightly; peel when cool enough to handle. Alternatively, you can char the garlic on a preheated comal or skillet, turning it occasionally. Remove from the heat.
Place the chicken breasts in a large pot and cover with 10 cups of the water. Add the charred garlic cloves, oregano, thyme, bay leaves, cloves, 2 teaspoons of the salt, and the pepper and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Skim off the foam, cover partially, reduce the heat to medium-low, and simmer for 30 to 35 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through but still moist. Remove from the heat.
Remove the chicken breasts from the broth and set aside until cool enough to handle, then shred along the grain into thin pieces. Strain the broth into a large bowl and add the shredded chicken.
Rinse and dry the pot. Add the oil and heat over medium-high heat until hot. Add the onion, tomatoes, bell pepper, and the remaining ½ teaspoon salt and cook, stirring often, until the vegetables are very soft, almost a mash, about 10 minutes.
Stir in the chicken broth and chicken and bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat to low, partially cover, and simmer for 8 to 10 minutes, until all the flavours have come together.
Ladle the soup into bowls. Top each serving with a handful of tortilla strips and garnish with some of the cilantro, lime or lemon slices, a squeeze of juice, and, if desired, some sliced habanero for added flavour and heat.
The sweet lime, Citrus limettioides, is of Asian origin. It was brought to Mexico by
the Spanish and it took hold in the Yucatán Peninsula, where it is now ubiquitous. It goes by various names, such as lima, sweet lemon, and limetta. The fruit is plump and round, about 21⁄2 inches in diameter, with smooth, deep green skin that becomes yellow and freckled as the fruit matures.
The pulp is a beautiful light green, with a perfumed aroma and an intriguing flavour that is much milder, sweeter—almost floral, but with a hint of bitterness—and less acidic than that of regular limes.
Recipe reprinted with permission from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.


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Marketing Management
Learn the fundamentals of leading and managing aspects of marketing to improve organizational performance.
Course details
CEUs 3.5
Schedule Independent
Location Online
Marketing Management
Learn the fundamentals of leading and managing aspects of marketing to improve organizational performance.
What you'll be able to do — competencies
- Explain the functions of modern-day marketing management.
- Compare and contrast various information tools to drive marketing decisions.
- Explain product strategy and new product development.
- Compare and contrast various pricing strategies.
- Apply strategies to create, capture, or communicate value.
Course Description
This course prepares leaders and managers to have marketing skills and knowledge to solve customer problems and capture market value. This is an advanced course. You should have already taken a foundational course in marketing or have at least three years of experience in marketing. You will engage a marketing simulation to integrate major marketing management concepts such as marketing planning, marketing research, value offering, and brand building. By the end of the course, you will appreciate the role of marketing management as a core business activity to meet organizational goals.
This course provides access to a digital text with adaptive learning technology and other interactive methods to promote transformative learning. It has required reading, assignments, and discussions to deepen understanding of concepts.
- College-level reading and writing skills
- Applied Marketing Foundations or another foundational course in marketing
Next available start dates
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