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Translated by Jerrold Landau With respect to modern education, or as it was known in those days, improved (metukan) education, our town, like all other towns in Poland and Russia prior to the First World War, was very conservative. Jewish children studied in cheder, and when they grew older, many were sent to continue their education in Yeshivas, some close by and others far off. This was with respect to boys. Regarding girls, most of them learned to read and write for one hour during the day in a cheder, separate from the boys, and their period of study was very short. When Reb Berl Siemienowicz sent his eldest daughter Sarake to Warsaw to study courses for kindergarten teachers with Yechiel Halpern, this was an extremely exceptional occurrence in our town.
The majority of the Zionist maskilim in town were able to understand and speak Hebrew, and they would read Hatzefirah or Hazman, the Hebrew dailies that were published in Warsaw and Vilna. With regards to education, they relied on the Cheder Hametukan whose curriculum was based on the study of Hebrew language and its grammar, bible, and Jewish history. They also improved the physical environment of school that is to say, that it was not a group of students sitting on benches on two sides of a long table, but rather separate school desks along the length of the schoolroom, as was customary in the government schools.
A revolution in the field of Hebrew education did not occur at that time, but nevertheless, there were two attempts in that direction that are worthy of noting.
a) Approximately two years prior to the First World War, Chuna Mondensztejn, the son of Yechiel the baker, returned to Stawiski and established the Cheder Hametukan, consisting of a kindergarten and grade 1. It was a metukan (improved) cheder in the full sense of the word both with regards to its physical appearance and its curriculum. The room was rented from one of the rich farmers who lived on the outskirts of the city, on the way to the post office, behind the civic court building.
The students were mainly girls, with a few boys. Only a few parents would permit their sons to study in a cheder that had a mixture of girls and boys, and where the teacher taught without a head covering. Furthermore, the course of study was different from that which was traditional in the cheders. The power of Chuna was in his song. He had a pleasant voice, and his enthusiastic singing of Hebrew songs would draw the hearts of his students. At that time, I was studying in a Yeshiva in a city far away from Stawiski, and I would come home for Passover. I remembered visiting the Cheder Metukan of Chuna prior to the holiday, and I recall that the students were singing songs of Passover and sections of the Haggadah [1] . The Cheder Hametukan of Chuna lasted about two years, until the outbreak of the First World War.
b) During the First World War, our town was conquered twice by the Germans: at first for two weeks before Rosh Hashanah of 1914, and the second time in the middle of the winter, in February, 1915. Our town was literally on the front line during the first year of the war. The front itself was at the forest on the route to Lomza. During the time of the occupation, Jewish youth were conscripted for various tasks, such as paving the road between our town and Jedwabne, fixing up other roads around our town, as well as sanitary work such as cleaning the houses and inoculating the residents against influenza and typhus, illnesses that were very prevalent in those days.
At the beginning of 1916, the front moved in the favor of the Germans, with the conquest of Lomza, Warsaw, and the surrounding regions. The occupying army in Stawiski was composed of reservists. A German captain oversaw the town, and he had various guards at his side. Chaim Zebulon Bramzon was appointed by the captain as the mayor of the town, and several other prominent residents were appointed to the town council.
The Jewish youth, for want of anything to do, began to organize. The Hatechiya meeting place was set up, which served as a location for meetings and various cultural activities. A library was established, consisting mainly of Hebrew books. On Sabbath eves, there were lectures. Members of the army and the German guards would come to the lectures. We received permits from them to engage in cultural activities. This detail is worthy of noting in the historical annals of our town during the First World War.
At that time, there were two centers of Jewish life in Stawiski: The Beis Midrash for the adults and elderly in the town, and the Hatechiya hall for the youth. The cheders fulfilled their role faithfully in imparting knowledge of Torah and fine traditional education to the Jewish children.
Moshe Aryeh Brzostowiecki was regarded as one of the finest teachers in the town, and excelled particularly in the teaching of Talmud. When Chaim Zebulon Bramzon sent his oldest son, of about ten years old, to study in the Cheder of M. A. Brzostowiecki, he mad a condition that he would dedicate a few hours of the day to the study of Hebrew language, Jewish history, and bible.
At that time, I was occupied with private teaching to small groups of individuals, and Moshe Aryeh and Chaim Zebulon turned to me and asked me to teach those subjects in the cheder. I accepted this request happily, for I saw in it a chance to change the customary teaching methodology, and take the first steps toward the founding of a Cheder Metukan in town. For two semesters, summer and winter, I taught the students in the Cheder of Moshe Aryeh five days a week, for about an hour and a half a day. This was during the time that the Rebbe ate lunch and took his afternoon rest.
Relations between us were excellent. Moshe Aryeh was happy that the number of his students grew, and due to the variation in curriculum, the students displayed greater interest, and paid attention better even during the study of Talmud. To my sorrow, this partnership only lasted for one year 1917 due to the opposition of the teachers in the city and their supporters. The teachers feared that as time would go on, they would be left without students, so they spread rumors that we are turning away from the true path, and setting up a generation of heretics [2] , Heaven forbid.
I recall the graduation party that took place in the month of Elul, at the end of the second and final semester. A public quiz took placed in all of the subjects that the students had studied during the semester. Chaim Zebulon Bramzon, Aharon Eliezer Zak and David Dobrzyjalowski were the examiners. The emotions of both the students and the examiners ran very high. When Chaim Zebulon heard his son answer one of the questions in history, and explain the details of the era of Ezra, Nechemia and the return to Zion his eyes welled up with tears. He kissed his son as well as the second student Zelig, the son of the teacher Moshe Aryeh, who both excelled in their knowledge.
After the quiz, a party took place, and presents were distributed to the teachers and the students. I received a set of 5 machzorim for all of the holidays [3] inscribed with a special dedication. I still have them to this day.
From among the students, two in particular stood out. These were the sons of Moshe Aryeh. One of them, the first born Chaim, was a well-known teacher for many years in New York. He authored several textbooks. He died while still in his prime. The second, his younger brother Zelig, changed his family name to Broshi. After some time, he immigrated to Antwerp, where he served as a teacher. He was in Belgium at the outbreak of the Second World War. He survived, and lives today in New York. He wrote two books one on Rabbi Saadia Gaon and the second on Rabbi Eliezer ben Horkonos [4] . Aside from these books, he published articles in Yiddish and Hebrew in New York newspapers, and also articles on explanations of books of the bible.
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|Imiol M. Tz.
|Marek E.
|Imiol Sh. G.
|Marek Sara
|Ipkowski Yaakov
|Morus Y.
|Ejmanska Etka
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Socialism: Taking into consideration that Socialism strives to liquidate the existing order, in which injustice and exploitation prevail, leading to wars and bloodshed its lofty aim is to rebuild human society on a basis of freedom, justice, and collectivity. The organization sets as its goal to educate the youth in a socialist spirit, and to awaken in them a social consciousness so that they will ready for the social struggle.
In order to actualize the above mentioned goals, the organization will base its activities upon the following points:
- It will arrange frequent readings on various topics. There will be a particular emphasis on the development of Zionism and Socialism.
- There will be lectures on Jewish history, politics, economics, etc.
- In order to combat illiteracy, the organization will open courses to study Yiddish, Hebrew and Polish, in accordance with individual desires.
- A reading hall will be opened in the existing library.
- Special funds will be raised for the library and the organization through flower days, evenings, and the like.
- It will work for all of the Zionist funds, especially for the national fund.
- It will support the Socialist movement, professional unions, sick funds, and the like.
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Translated by Jerrold Landau {Photo page 203: Muli Wingrowicz, Mattityahu Liberman, Choronziski, Shimon Kagan, Chaim Pesach Kulawski, Avraham-Pesach Goelman -- Translator's note: the photo is entitled Members of Hechalutz in Stawiski, and is dated 18 th of Nissan, 1922, April 16, 1922}
Approximately fifty years ago, a chapter of Hechalutz was founded in our town by a group of youth. The founding of Hechalutz was a significant occurrence in our town. This was the fruit of the vision of a few, who did not find satisfaction in the realities that surrounded them, a reality without aim and purpose. They were brazen enough to see into the future. Hidden in their bosom was the realization of the desire of their hearts a group of young people dreaming, struggling, and making aliya to the Land of Israel to work it and protect it.
The founding of Hechalutz did not arouse any opposition or negative reaction from the Jews of the town, most of whom were well rooted. Even though they were faithful to traditional Judaism, they accepted the change that was taking place amongst the youth with full understanding, for they realized that there was no future for the Jewish youth in the town, and life in the town was not going to provide them with a goal.
At first, we were few, and our work was confined to a room that was the size of a door squared. However, within a short period of time, other boys and girls joined the small group, and a new life, vibrant and full of content, was infused into the Hechalutz organization of our town. We devised an interesting and practical program of work, and, through this; we succeeded in instilling the pioneering idea to the majority of the Jewish youth in town. Only a small number of the youth chose different movements.
As new members joined, we became the center of pioneering Zionist publicity in the town, a center that could take credit for much successful activity. We succeeded in implanting the pioneering Zionist idea into the Jews, who up to that time were quite distant from this mindset. Through our educational programs, we showed the youth ways to serve their nation and their Land, and to prepare themselves to a free life in their Land. We served not only as an ideological center, but also as a practical center for hachsharah (preparation) towards aliya and labor. Until we were able to fulfil our objective [1] , we were practically the only pioneering youth movement in town. Youth continued to join us; and, from our side, we did what we could in order to take them under our wings in order to prepare them for realizing their aliya. It seems to me that we fulfilled this objective in a non-trivial manner, and the number of natives of our town who made aliya testify to this.
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KENNEWICK, Wash. — Washington's wine grape industry continues expanding in acreage and tonnage, but there is concern about a relatively new disease — the Grapevine red blotch.
The red blotch virus probably has been active for years but wasn't known because it was mistaken for another disease known as leaf roll, said Richard Hoff, a viticulturist for Horse Heaven Hill vineyards of Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, Woodinville.
Symptoms are similar to leaf roll — red leaves and grapes that are low in sugar and color and high in acid, he said.
Grapevine red blotch has only been known the past three years and there is no cure, Hoff said. The only remedy is yanking infected vines, and some growers have removed whole blocks of vineyard, he said.
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"It definitely is a serious problem. Right now there's no commercial testing lab in Washington which is a little bit of an issue because growers have to go to California for testing," Hoff said.
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Large estate companies, like Ste. Michelle, take care to flag and not use infected grapes, but smaller growers often can't afford that loss or crush grapes not knowing they have the disease, he said.
Naidu Rayapati, a virologist at Washington State University's Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center, Prosser, does limited sampling for growers, is trying to determine how widespread red blotch is and how much it affects wine, Hoff said.
"He thinks leaf hopper spreads it but other labs haven't confirmed that so it's anecdotal," he said.
Hoff and Rayapati were to lead a session on red blotch and leaf roll at the last day of the annual meeting of the Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers in Kennewick, Feb. 7.
During the first day, Feb. 5, Steve Warner, president of the Washington State Wine Commission, said 209,000 tons of wine grapes were produced in Washington in 2013, up from 188,000 tons the year before. He said he does not foresee any leveling soon.
There was discussion of the history and future of Chardonnay, first planted in the state 50 years ago and the most prominent variety.
The 2013 season clocked in very close to 2003 in heat units, 2,843 compared with 2,828, said Wade Wolfe, owner and winemaker at Thurston Wolfe Winery, Prosser. But too much of the 2013 heat came too early and was wasted in terms of benefiting the crop, Wolfe said in his annual crop review. Heat was flat late in the season and sugar levels didn't rise much, he said.
May and June were the wettest months and there was some localized hail damage, he said. Wildfire smoke wasn't as severe as in 2012 and apparently did not affect aroma and flavor, he said.


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Beyonce Pulled Off Stage by a Fan! [Video]
Beyonce has a thing with fans -- both real, human fanatics and appliances that blow air-- at her live shows. Earlier this summer, the Queen Bey's hair was caught in a fan near the stage while performing. This weekend in Brazil, a shirtless fan got too close and tried to yank the sparkly blue jumpsuit-wearing singer off the stage. Yikes. Scary!
Bey was rocking out and she bent down to interact with the fans lucky enough to pressed up against the stage when the overzealous fan pulled her down at nine seconds into the video. She quickly rebounded and was helped back to her feet by security. At 28 seconds in, she even tells security that it's okay. They may have been getting rough with the fan that got a little too handsy with the diva.
Not only was Bey a class act by diffusing any post-pull drama, but she didn't even stop performing for a second. She wasn't even bumped off her game, much less knocked off of it.
Bey later returned to that part of the stage and shook hands with a fan, asking their name and saying "I love you, too. "
We can't tell if it was the same offending fan or someone else. He may have been escorted from the building for his actions.
We understand that Beyonce wants to get close to the Beyhive, but she has to take extra precautions. She's Bey -- everyone wants a piece and things can get dangerous for a diva.


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A decade after the first Prius went on sale, Toyota's global sales of hybrid vehicles have hit a landmark 1 million, underlining the Japanese automaker's lead in "green" technology that has changed the face of the auto industry.
Toyota Motor's cumulative sales of gas-and-electric-powered vehicles totaled 1.047 million as of the end of May. Of those, nearly 345,000 hybrids were sold in Japan, while 702,000 were sold abroad, the company said in a statement Thursday.
Sales of Toyota hybrids have climbed from just 18,000 in 1998 to 312,500 last year, the company said.
Demand for hybrids, which deliver superior mileage by switching between a gasoline engine and electric motor, has soared amid higher fuel prices and greater consumer concern about pollution and global warming.
Toyota's dominance in the category has driven Detroit's automakers to follow with their own versions and to rely less on lower-mileage SUVs as the main engine for their profits.
"Toyota is clearly ahead of the pack in hybrids," said Tsuyoshi Mochimaru, auto analyst with Deutsche Securities in Tokyo.
The Prius is the overwhelming leader in the category, with a total of 757,600 units sold since its 1997 introduction in Japan. Toyota began selling the Prius in North America, Europe and other places in 2000. Last year, the model made up more than 40 percent of hybrid sales in the U.S.
The Prius, which gets 55 miles a gallon on combined city and highway driving conditions, has been enormously popular as a mid-size sedan, a best-selling vehicle category.
Although most automakers are working on hybrids, Toyota has the advantage of almost 10 years of experience in selling the technology, and in using feedback from drivers to make improvements, rather than relying on information from labs.
Toyota has placed a large emphasis on hybrid technology: It offers several other hybrid models, including the hybrid Camry and hybrid Lexus models.
"Hybrids will play a key role throughout our lineup," Toyota spokesman Paul Nolasco said. "That means all vehicle categories."
The company also started domestic sales of its most expensive hybrid, the 15 million yen - or about $124,000 at current exchange rates - Lexus LS 600h. It will be exported over the summer, according to Toyota.
Not all hybrids sell well. Earlier this week, HondaMotor said it will discontinue the hybrid version of its Accord sedans, which sold poorly because it didn't fit the customer demand profile of the smallest, least expensive hybrids with the highest gas mileage.
Hybrid sport-utility vehicles have struggled in sales compared to the Prius, partly because an SUV doesn't have a green image to start with, analysts say.
Sales of Toyota's RX400h hybrid SUV, sold as the Harrier in Japan, have reached 85,000 worldwide since it was introduced in 2005. Another hybrid SUV, the Highlander, or Kluger in Japan, has sold 67,000 over the same period.
The Prius, by contrast, has sold 478,800 units since the start of 2005.
Among American automakers, Ford Motor has the hybrid Escape sport-utility vehicle and General Motors sells the hybrid Saturn Vue Green Line sport-utility vehicle and hybrid trucks.
GM has also promised four new hybrids this year, the two-mode gas-electric systems in the Chevrolet Tahoe and GMC Yukon large sport utility vehicles, and hybrid systems for the Saturn Aura and new Chevrolet Malibu sedans.
Yasuaki Iwamoto, auto analyst with Okasan Securities Co., said that rivals will have a hard time catching up to Toyota in hybrids - and that the technology will play a key role in defining Toyota in the years ahead.
"Ecological features are going to be very important for building Toyota's brand image amid intensifying competition, and Toyota will continue to push the hybrid to the forefront," Iwamoto said.
Toyota has repeatedly stressed that the hybrid holds more potential than the diesel or other innovations.
Iwamoto said it remains unclear what will be the dominant ecological technology in 20 years time, however.
"No one knows what will become the standard, or even if there are going to be several types of technology that will become the standard," he said.
The next innovation in hybrids is expected to come from a new type of battery, called the lithium-ion battery, which will be smaller and lighter than the nickel-metal hydride batteries Toyota now uses for its hybrids.
A major breakthrough is needed to switch to lithium-ion batteries, now widely used in laptops, to make them power cars.
Mitsuo Kinoshita, a senior Toyota executive, recently denied Japanese media reports that Toyota had given up on having a lithium-ion battery system for the next-generation Prius.
"We're still working on it," he told reporters.


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bionicDan necesitaba un nuevo diseño de botón o icono y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 31 diseños de 8 diseñadores freelance.
Socialight - http://socialight.com
Based in NYC, the Socialight platform attaches multimedia content and local social networks to real-world places through virtual notes (like sticky notes). We've done this for customers like Travel Channel and Ford Motors.
Our Vision:
Socialight creates mobile technology that connects people intuitively to the spaces and places around them. In our increasingly globalized world, we zero in on the hyperlocal level to help customers big and small develop useful, fun, social, and profitable applications.
Our Mission:
Socialight's mission is to build and strengthen communities by providing people with local media that's trusted and relevant.
We develop and provide a local content and community platform that attaches multimedia content and local social interaction to real-world places. Location-based content is added by individuals or professionals and shared socially. People consume and create content with location-aware mobile, web, and other applications that access the platform via Socialight's API.
Our applications provide core content and social communication, along with advertising and opportunities for commercial transactions based on user interests, social networks, and locations.
These will be shown on the front page of our new website, to be at http://socialight.com
* People working for potential customer organizations (see requirements for customer types) who are researching mobile solutions for their organizations.
* Specifically, business development, marketing, and digital staff at customer organizations.
* These are professionals who are web media-savvy, or at least consider themselves to be.
* They're brand-conscious.
The Basics:
* 11 buttons, 1 for each "Customer Type" (see below).
* Shown next to the text, "We cater to an array of customers." (these will indicate the customer types)
* Need 50x50 and 100x100 pixel sizes.
* Each as PSD (Photoshop) or AI (Illustrator) file.
* Easy to recognize images; no text.
Design Direction:
* Lozenge-like feel to the buttons. Tasty!
* Easy comprehension (what does the icon show) from the audience on a quick glance.
* Simplicity over complexity in images.
* All 10 don't need to be the same exact style, but they will be shown next to each other so should look good together and as if they were created to be part of the same set.
* Should look good when shown in black-and-white.
* If you feel strongly about it, you may stray from the suggested images specified below.
* See row at the bottom of http://mobileroadie.com/ for something similar.
Customer Types - and suggested image:
1. Hotels & Tourism - suitcase, concierge bell
2. City Guide - street signs, tourist guidebook
3. Local Media - newspaper or something indicating it's "local"
4. Government - capitol-looking building
5. History - classical looking building (columned), or the Roman coliseum
6. Outdoor Sports - ski, snowboard, hike, bike
7. Nature - bird or tree
8. Art - outdoor sculpture or graffiti (keep in mind we're thinking outdoor art)
9. Education - mortar board or blackboard
10. Your Idea - light bulb
11. Local Community - group of people of all different colors


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If you've spent much time wandering cemeteries, you've come across those realistic, but sometimes ornate, tree stone grave markers. While intriguing, there are always questions concerning them: How did they come about? What do they represent? And is there a difference between the organizations MWA and WOW? Read on…….
|Joseph Cullen Root
Joseph Cullen Root founded Modern Woodmen of America http://www.modern-woodmen.org/ in Lyons, Iowa in 1883. Root was a member of several fraternal organizations and wanted to create one that would provide insurance benefits to a family when the husband/father died. Most fraternal organizations at the time were tied to religious orders. But Root imagined one without religious ties, a society that would "bind in one association, the Jew and the Gentile, the Catholic and the Protestant, the Agnostic and the Atheist."
Root decided on the woodmen name after hearing a minister describe his congregation as 'trees in God's forest." When first founded, modern woodmen were white men between the ages of 18 and 45, from rural Midwestern states. The home office of MWA began in Fulton, Illinois in 1884 and moved to Rock Island, Illinois in 1897, where it remains today.
|Royal Neighbors
of America
In 1888, the ladies auxiliary of the MWA, the Royal Neighbors of America (RNA), was started. Their symbol was a five-petal flower.
|Woodmen of the World Logo
In 1890, after a heated dispute, Root left the Modern Woodmen of America to found another fraternal insurance benefit society, Woodmen of the World (WOW or WOTW) in Omaha, Nebraska.
|Foresters Drill Teams
The Modern Woodmen of America (MWA) became well known for their drill teams. Known as the Foresters, over 10,000 units, made up of over 160,000 men performed nationally from 1893 through the late 1930's. The Foresters Drill Teams performed at parades and festivals across the country, and even entertained at the White House for President Hoover.
|MWA TB Sanatorium
MWA members were also known for their community assistance. The organization built a 1,000-acre, $1.5 million dollar tuberculosis sanatorium in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1909, one of the largest in the country. It was named as one of the most outstanding TB institutions by the American College of Surgeons. Over 12, 000 MWA members were treated there for free. The recovery rate at the institute was an amazing 70%. The facility closed in 1947 when drug treatments for tuberculosis showed promise and deaths began to decline. In 1910 MWA membership hit the one million mark. By 1929 women and children were also being insured by the group.
|MWA Marker
Founder Joseph Root wrote a funeral ceremony that was to be performed when a member died. These ceremonies were held during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Today, memorial services are held during the month of June at each chapter to remember their deceased members.
|MWA Marker
|Ornate and interwoven
|Prices for MWA Logo
|Montgomery Wards
Tree Stone Marker
Tree stone markers were also available for purchase from the Sears and Roebuck catalogue and the Montgomery Ward catalogue during the early twentieth century. A tree stone marker does not necessarily mean that person was a member of MWA or WOW. Only if the organizations' initials or symbols are located on the stone does it indicate that the deceased was a member of one of these organizations.
The MWA doctrine includes striving for family financial security, positive family life and service to the community. MWA symbols include the axe to represent industry, the wedge to signify power and the beetle to illustrate progress. The logo is made up of the capital letters M W A. Their motto remains "Pour Autre Vie." – 'For the life of another.'
Today, the Modern Woodmen of American is the nation's third largest fraternal benefit society, with close to 750-million members. The group has assets of over $9 billion. Close to 2,200 chapters or 'camps', exist in the U.S., mainly in the Midwest and the South. MWA meetings are held throughout the year, along with parades, and community events. The MWA also supports youth activities and organizations throughout the country. In 2008, Modern Woodmen of America celebrated their 125th Anniversary.
Friday, we'll explore Father's Day in the cemetery.
Next Tuesday we'll take a look at the second fraternal benefit society that Joseph Root founded, Woodmen of the World. This is the organization known for the tree stone grave markers.


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Community blogging – what a great idea!March 27, 2011 at 8:59 am | Posted in fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | Leave a comment
The National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS) in the UK has a section on 'Health Unlocked' which is a networking site for patients and care givers for all sorts of conditions. The NRAS site on Health Unlocked is here. Some parts of the NRAS site can only be viewed by NRAS members (or which I'm proud to be one) but others are open to anyone who joins Health unlocked (which is free). The thing that most impresses me (even if they won't link to my blog (or anyone else's) presumably for fear of being thought to condone the terrible things we say ) is they have a 'community blog' where anyone who's a member of NRAS Health Unlocked can just throw up a post – no mess, no fuss, no need for a wordpress or blogger account, and no need to worry about regular posting, statistics etc. You just post your thoughts, frustrations, feelings, requests for advice etc. and lots of like-minded people read them and post replies. It doesn't matter if you only post once, and if you want you can post every day (or several times a day) then you're very welcome to do that.
Of course it is, and it has to be, 'policed' by NRAS – so I suppose one isn't quite as free as if you have your own blog. I probably wouldn't, for instance, post factitious comments about my doctors and nurses on there! But it works – it really works… there's lots of interesting content and discussions on there, and it's also an opportunity for people who really don't feel well enough to maintain a blog of their own (or who just don't want to) to still get their thoughts heard.
I have to confess that my initial thought was, 'Community blog? I don't need that. I've got a blog.' I was wrong – I'm hooked! 🙂
Once again, well done NRAS.
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MOORESVILLE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In February 2013, Lowe's Creative Ideas magazine will celebrate 15 years of redefining home improvement. Since its launch in 1998, the magazine has had one of the largest circulations for a free publication in the nation and now has a top-rated free iPad app in the iTunes Newsstand, a robust Pinterest following and more than 1,000 how-to videos available online at YouTube.com/Lowes.
By providing authentic inspiration and helping real homeowners build their do-it-yourself confidence, Lowe's Creative Ideas has helped differentiate Lowe's as an affordable décor destination.
Top 5 DIY Projects
With the New Year quickly approaching, the Lowe's Creative Ideas editorial team selected its five favorite projects from past issues to help inspire do-it-yourselfers in 2013 to make stylish, smart and clever updates throughout their homes, regardless of time or budget.
1. Painted
front mat
2. Backyard pergola
3. Terrariums
4. Lemonade stand
5. Vertical gardens
Top 5 How-to Videos
In addition to finding home improvement inspiration in Lowe's Creative Ideas, consumers regularly turn to how-to videos for advice and information. In 2012, the most popular how-to videos on Lowes.com included:
1. How
to install a paver patio
2. How to prep for a ceramic or porcelain floor
3. How to build a deck
4. How to build an outdoor fire pit
5. How to install laminate floors
For more ideas and tips that will make your home's New Year's resolutions last, visit Lowes.com/subscribe. Inspirational project ideas from the magazine also can be found on the Lowe's Creative Ideas Pinterest boards and in Spanish at Facebook.com/LowesIdeasCreativas.
With fiscal year 2011 sales of $50.2 billion, Lowe's Companies, Inc. is a FORTUNE® 100 company that serves approximately 15 million customers a week at more than 1,745 home improvement stores in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Founded in 1946 and based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe's is the second-largest home improvement retailer in the world. For more information, visit Lowes.com.


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Website Builder Heaven - A Guide to HTML
Having and creating a website is no longer the domain of highly technical webmasters anymore. Today it is common for everyone from kids to professionals, and even senior citizens to carve out their own little space online. Whether a website is a serious, business network or simply a personal blog, it certainly helps to know the basics about HTML and other web programming languages. Especially in the case of HTML, learning the language is actually far easier than it might seem. One of the best ways to learn is to arm yourself with a tutorial and jump right in! The resources below will help you to get started.
Basic HTML Tags
The main feature of HTML is known as tags. Tags can be used to format content, to create links, or to specify the behavior of an object. An example of a tag is to create bold text. This type of tag is an opening tag. HTML tags need to be closed so that the browser knows where to end the command. In the example above, the closing tag would be . The content that is meant to be bolded should be in between the opening and closing tags.
- HTML Link and Anchor Tags
- A General Guide to HTML Tags
- HTML Header Tags
- HTML Tags for Formatting Content
- Formatting with HTML Tags
- Meta Tags
Form Filling
Apart from having static content on a website, adding in interactive content helps visitors to get more out of the site. One type of interactive content is a form. Forms are a bit similar to physical paper forms: they contain fields, checkboxes, or other areas where people can fill out information and the submit it. Forms can be used for contact purposes, surveys, fulfilling orders, and many other reasons. It is important implement the forms carefully so that submitted data is private.
- HTML Form Tags
- Creating Forms with HTML
- A Chapter on HTML Forms (PDF)
- Understanding HTML Forms (PDF)
- HTML Forms Slideshow Presentation
- Ways to Process Forms
CGI Scripts
In the case of dynamic web pages, some of the content requires a program to process it. For example, if general users are allowed to add content to a publicly viewable website, they would first be asked to input the data. A CGI program might then take that data and process it in order to add it to an existing webpage. Finally, it would generate a result which would show the webpage with the newly added text. There are a couple of ways to get started with CGI scripts. An easy, quick way is to use scripts that have already been created by others. There are many such scripts freely available online. Advanced users can try to modify these scripts or create entirely new scripts by coding it themselves.
- An Introduction to CGI
- Sample CGI Scripts
- Creating Your Own CGI Script
- Tips for Using CGI Scripts Safely
- How to Use CGI Scripts with HTML
- A Guide to CGI Scripts
Frames are a way of creating separate areas of content within one screen. Behind the scenes, each frame is actually a separate html document. The actual page that the user sees has code that divides the page into several areas and specifies which document should be pulled into each area. Using frames can be a little tricky, so programmers need to test out the final page in several different browsers to ensure that it looks the same for all users.
- A Lesson on Frames
- HTML Frames Tutorial
- Combining Frames and Forms (PDF)
- Frames Coding Tips
- Implementing Frames in Dreamweaver
- Best Practices of Using Frames
System Programming
HTML and other languages, such as PHP and JavaScript can be used to create a variety of user experiences online. Apart from using tags to format content, websites can also make use of databases to present or write content. A great example of a website that uses a programmed database is an online shopping cart. The actual website is what customers see. The database is the program that runs behind the website. It is responsible for updating inventory levels, saving customer account information, and helping orders to be processed.
- A Look at Web Programming (PPT)
- HTML as a Programming Language
- HTML Programming for Different Browsers
- Essentials of Web Programming
- Different Languages for Web Programming (PPT)
- Web Programming Lesson Notes and Presentations
Java is a programming language that can be used to create small programs called applets. Applets can be embedded within a webpage to add extra interactive functionality. A small sample of Java applets include games, image processing, and graphing functions. Java is not to be confused with JavaScript, which is a different language. JavaScript can be used within HTML code to add additional formatting to content, or to include more sophisticated interactive functions to the page.


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Gathered at the table at a family dinner, two brothers tossed around various ideas in hopes of improving the curb appeal of this newly bought home.
They felt that it looked ghostly and uninhabited. Aside from the recycling bins welcoming visitors on the balcony, which reveal a clue of human presence, I would have to agree.
A pyramidal evergreen such as a Juniperus chinensis Fairview planted in the corner near the backyard or a grey fence adorned with a resting clematis would serve a practical purpose by hiding the unsightly plastic receptacles.
The vinyl siding is a chilly, light greyish blue. I felt strongly about replacing the dated white diagonal surfaces above and below the windows with either a white aggregate finish or painted wood panels and relief details. These raised thin planks would replicate the frame patterns of the windows.
For increased security and good looks, additional aluminum railings ought to be installed on the exterior sides of the staircase, all the way down to the last step. Specialized concrete paint, in a matte finish, will coat all faces of the cement porch and stairs, including the two first darker steps on top. The front and sides of both of these should be closed off.
The doors will remain black, although the white trims should mirror the ebony colour. The hexagonal lattice on the front door window and, if possible, the square ones on the widows on the right would make the facade look more homogeneous if they were all removed. The height of two strong custom-made trellises will be aligned with the top of the set of larger windows on the left but will not be directly propped against the corner walls. They should be installed away from the siding using small spacers to allow a place for the horizontal gutter pipe and air flow around the Clematis Dr. Ruppel. To encourage a nice comeback in September, this climbing plant will need a trim in June after its first wave of pink and white flowering. The other clematis, near the yard, never requires any pruning intervention.
Made-to-measure flower boxes will wrap around the two sides of the porch. They will host graceful cascading Begonia Dragon Wing pink annuals and greenery. Similar vegetation will thrive in an ample sized white hanging basket. This basket should be secured to the ceiling and centred between the doorway and the edge of the left railing.
A new Y-shaped pathway made out of light grey paving stones or other large concrete slabs would be the way to go. The owner's two bushes that turn orange red from the foliage and fruits in fall look too overwhelming against the soft blue-grey walls. I chose a white, pink and yellow palette from botanical specimens. In the triangular bed, the branches of the grafted-on stalk Hydrangea Pinky Winky will never droop as other varieties do. Its cone-like clusters of inflorescence will gradually turn to bright pink. The name of the Spirea japonica White Gold successfully expresses the yellow tint of the leaves and blooms of the three shrubs at the base of the decorative tree. The Hemerocallis Rosy Returns, saturated with two shades of pink and yellow petals and fine arching leaves, will be showcased on the exterior border of the walkway. They will rally around the two sides of the staircase as well.
At the bottom of the basement window, ethereal white flourishing clouds over lime green and pink persistent foliage of the bunch of Heuchera Marmalade will astonish any onlooker. Adorned with a multitude of trumpet-like pink flowers, a streamline of dark green Polka Weigela shrubs will hug the foundation on the right side of the façade.
Evergreens visually anchor any building, especially during winter when leafy bushes look bare. The owner's two Pinus mugo will now reside on each side of the left corner. For balance, a globular light green cedar will be planted on the exterior corner on the far right. Near the porch, a hand-some Taxus Capitata would look festive in the holidays if embellished with plenty of mini white lights.
Unless the owner is emotionally attached to his foot car wash, the extended gutter pipe over the path could be substituted by a same-length, in-ground, perforated flexible black plastic tubing.
Less of a trip hazard and much more discreet, don't you think?
Vegetation (from left to right):
- Clematis Piilu (climbing, pink, fence)
- Coreopsis verticillata Moonbeam (several perennials, yellow, side wall)
- Alcea rosea (biannuals, all white or all colours, auto-seeding, side wall)
- Owner's Pinus mugo (two evergreens, corners on left side, near trellises)
- Heuchera Marmalade (bunch of perennials, white, lime green and pink)
- Clematis Dr. Ruppel (climbing, pink with white border, trellises)
- Hydrangea Pinky Winky (grafted shrub on stalk, white to pink, in triangle)
- Spirea japonica White Gold (three shrubs, white, yellow, in triangle)
- Hemerocallis Rosy Returns (perennials, pink and yellow, edge path and stairs)
- Taxus cuspidata Capitata (pyramidal evergreen, porch)
- Begonia Dragon Wing (cascading annuals, pink, flower containers)
- Weigela florida Polka (shrubs, shades of light pink, hedge, foundation, right)
- Thuja occidentalis Danica (globular evergreen, exterior right corner)
This is a column in which designer Suzanne Rowe selects homes that could benefit from a little inexpensive help in increasing their curb appeal. After examining photographs, she then proceeds to sketch out an artist's rendering of what they could look like with a few minor changes. We hope you enjoy the results.
Most homes can use a little bit of help when it comes to warming up their curb appeal. If you would like some inexpensive ideas on how to improve the appearance of your home, send a clear photo of your house with your commentary to: Suzanne Rowe, Designer, firstname.lastname@example.com


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It's hard to look glamorous while cleaning leaves out of a rain gutter, but Les Misérables star Anne Hathaway, draped in a Gucci gown at PEOPLE's photo portfolio of Oscar nominees, shows us she's truly a woman of many talents.
And while in real life she may dress down a whole lot more for dirty chores, the Academy Award frontrunner says that at home, she's truly just like everyone else.
"I'm on the winning end of an award," Hathaway, who picked up a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award for best supporting actress, tells PEOPLE. "That's very surreal and unusual. But then today I have a load of laundry to do!"
PHOTOS: Photo Fun at the Oscar Nominees Luncheon
Another gorgeous photo of Anne with her beloved dog Esmeralda, and 11 pages of more exclusive shots of A-list Oscar nominees (Bradley Cooper! Robert De Niro! Jessica Chastain!), photographed by Martin Schoeller, can be found in the new new issue of PEOPLE.


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'The Nose Job'-3-9
A woman is looking for her fiance, when Elaine suggests ______ (quote)
'The Stranded'-3-10
What does Elaine feed her elderly boyfriend who is recovering from a stroke
'The Alternate Side'-3-11
What does the cleaning lady, who George is sleeping with, get thrown at her as a little girl
'The Red Dot'-3-12
Kramer eavesdrops on this tip about a horserace: 'His mother was a ____'
'The Subway'-3-13
Kramer invents a cologne that smells like what
'The Pez Dispenser'-3-14
Kramer takes George's trip to the Cayman Islands instead of him and ends up playing nude backgammon with who
'The Suicide'-3-15
What color was the condom George used
'The Fix-Up'-3-16
Newman walks by Keith Hernandez after the Mets game and says _____ (quote)
'The Boyfriend Part 1'-3-17
Finish the line: 'Jerrrry, you gotta see the _____'
'The Boyfriend Part 2'-3-18
What are the first names Jerry and George make up for Murphy and O'Brien
'The Limo'-3-19
What does Mary Hart's voice do to Kramer
'The Good Samaritan'-3-20
What movie does Jerry's girlfriend steal the letter from
'The Letter'-3-21
What does Kramer's friend Mike call Jerry
'The Parking Space'-3-22
Kramer gets a job on the TV show 'Murphy Brown' as her secretary. What is his name on the show
'The Keys'-3-23
How does George like his covers on his hotel bed
'The Trip Part 1'-4-1
Where did Jerry read that a dollar was a good tip for a chambermaid
'The Trip Part 2'-4-2
What does Newman trade his helmet to Kramer for
'The Pitch'-4-3
Whose name does Kramer shout out while on stand for Newman's ticket
'The Ticket'-4-4
When Kramer tells Jerry's parents that Crazy Joe Davola is after Jerry, Helen Seinfeld says: 'How could ______ you'
'The Wallet'-4-5
What drink does Kramer ask for in Elaine's shrink's office
'The Watch'-4-6
What is the misprint on the Trivial Pursuit card
'The Bubble Boy'-4-7
What does Jerry say when he tries to talk dirty to Sandra
'The Cheever Letters'-4-8
What is on Crazy Joe Davola's tongue when he leaves a message on Jerry's machine
'The Opera'-4-9
What is 'the virgin's' name
'The Virgin'-4-10
What magazine does George 'use' in his mother's house
'The Contest'-4-11
What do Jerry and Tia Van Camp reply to the stewardess's question: 'More anything?'
'The Airport'-4-12
What part of Kramer's body do the Calvin Klein executives describe as 'sublime'
'The Pick'-4-13
What kind of comedian is Jerry's annoying peer Pat Buckles
'The Movie'-4-14
What does Ping say his cousin Cheryl Fong's nickname is in court
'The Visa'-4-15
Where are Elaine's shoes from
'The Shoes'-4-16
What is the classic line from this episode about being gay
'The Outing'-4-17
Which singer (whose records Newman and Kramer are trying to sell) can't walk down the street in South America because of his cult following
'The Old man'-4-18
Elaine asks Sidra in the sauna if her boyfriend ever talks about ______ (because she knows the type)
'The Implant'-4-19
Episode Name-Season-Number
What are in all of Roy's paintings (George buys one)
'The Junior Mint'-4-20
Who brings Mona back from lesbianism
'The Smelly Car'-4-21
The gang buys a big screen television for ______
'The Handicapped Spot'-4-22
What does the guy who auditioned for Kramer steal
'The Pilot Part 1'-4-23
What organization does Russell Dalrymple join in order to win over Elaine
'The Pilot Part 2'-4-24
Kramer takes a bite of out this fruit, which had gone bad
'The Mango'-5-1
Jerry's gonna be the first _____
'The Puffy Shirt'-5-2
What is wrong with the blind man's glasses
'The Glasses'-5-3
What is the sweater that triggers the sniffing made out of
'The Sniffing Accountant'-5-4
Who does Kramer discover in the hospital
'The Bris'-5-5
What break up line did George invent
'The Lip Reader'-5-6
Who is in the yogurt shop with all their co-workers
'The Non-Fat Yogurt'-5-7
What file is George given to work on, while at his new job
'The Barber'-5-8
Name one of the names Elaine suggests for her boyfriend Joel Rifkin to change his name to
'The Masseuse'-5-9
Who is on the cover of the TV guide (also appears in the episode)
'The Cigar Store Indian'-5-10
What does Kramer have that is irresistable to women
'The Conversion'-5-11
What is a mimbo
'The Stall'-5-12
What is George's thick jacket made of
'The Dinner Party'-5-13
What brand of golf ball does Kramer use
'The Marine Biologist'-5-14
What is the name of Kramer's girlfriend with the long nails who scratches his back
'The Pie'-5-15
What is the name of the midget actress Mickey is interested in
'The Stand In'-5-16
What actress plays Jerry's fake wife in order to take advantage of the dry cleaning discount
'The Wife'-5-17
What is the name of the raincoats Morty Seinfeld invented
'The Raincoats Part 1'-5-18
What Spanish dish does Estelle Costanza make in preparation for the Seinfelds coming over
The Raincoats Part 2'-5-19
Who has Eric the Clown never heard of
'The Fire'-5-20
When George tries to catch Rachel naked, he barges into the room, but finds her clothed talking to Jerry. George claims he was looking for ____
'The Hamptons'-5-21
George wants to do everything opposite so he orders a different meal than usual. Name one thing he orders.
'The Opposite'-5-22
What does George suggest they make the Yankee's uniforms out of
'The Chaperone'-6-1
What item does Mr. Pitt need Elaine to find at the store (not socks)
'The Big Salad'-6-2
What bank are all the checks from that Nana sent Jerry over the years
'The Pledge Drive'-6-3
What is odd about Frank Costanza's lawyer
'The Chinese Woman'-6-4
What vegatable does Kramer want to put on pizza much to Poppie's objection
'The Couch'-6-5
What is the suggested name for the company after Morgan Springs and Poland Creek come together
'The Gymnast'-6-6
Where does Jerry take Bania for their 'meal'
'The Soup'-6-7
How does Mr. Pitt like his pretzels
'The Mom & Pop Store'-6-8
Who does Bania have a date with at the end of the episode
'The Secretary'-6-9
Where does Ned get blacklisted from
'The Race'-6-10
Who reveals Kramer's first name
'The Switch'-6-11
Which nation does Kramer call weak while playing Risk
'The Label Maker'-6-12
Who is the scofflaw
'The Scofflaw'-6-13
What does George find unappealing about his date, Kramer's friend
'The Beard'-6-16
Who put Nana in a nursing home
'The Kiss Hello'-6-17
What does Kramer fake doing to George to entertain some tourists
'The Doorman'-6-18
What song does Mel Torme sing to Kramer
'The Jimmy'-6-19
What fruit does Kramer eat that's only good for two weeks
'The Doodle'-6-20
What is Frank's 'move' on women (how he got Estelle)
'The Fusilli Jerry'-6-21
George thinks Mr. Morgan looks like Sugar Ray Leonard. Who does Kramer think he looks like in his photo, after given the clue: 'not salt but....'
'The Diplomat's Club'-6-22
Puddy paints his chest instead of his face at Elaine's request. What letter does he paint on his chest
'The Face Painter'-6-23
What flavor of Italian Ice does Bette Midler ask for
'The Understudy'-6-24
Finish the line from Kramer: 'Do you know what you do at dinner? You talk about ______'
'The Engagement'-7-1
What day does George want to postpone the wedding until
'The Postponement'-7-2
What is the Maestro's real name
'The Maestro'-7-3
Who does Kramer promise will hit 2 homeruns to a little sick boy
'The Wink'-7-4
What is the name of the marathon runner from Trinidad and Tobago who stays with Jerry
'The Hot Tub'-7-5
Finish the line from the street toughs: 'We're taking the armoire and _________'
'The Soup-Nazi'-7-6
What is the secret code
'The Secret Code'-7-7
Kramer's new phone number makes him get wrong number phone calls, so he takes on the role of _______
'The Pool Guy'-7-8
The street toughs (Bob and Cedric) are mad that Kramer doesn't want to wear ____
'The Sponge'-7-9
What does Kramer eat from 'the silent era' that makes him throw up
'The Gum'-7-10
Episode Name-Season-Number
What is the name of the bakery that sells the rye
'The Rye'-7-11
Sue Ellen Mischke is the heiress to what candy bar fortune
'The Caddy'-7-12
Why does George want to name his child Seven
'The Seven'-7-13
Who accuses Morty of embezzling funds
'The Cadillac Part 1'-7-14
Finish the line from Marisa Tomei: 'How is it that a man like you so ______ and so _______ and funny, how is it you're not taken?'
'The Cadillac Part 2'-7-15
What is the showerhead Kramer buys on the black market actually supposed to be used for
'The Shower Head'-7-16
What is the name of Frank's long lost cousin in Tuscany
'The Doll'-7-17
Kramer falls asleep on his date Connie so she, thinking he is dead, calls some mobsters to do what with him
'The Friar's Club'-7-18
Name one thing Kramer is wearing/using that makes him look like a pimp
The Wigmaster'-7-19
What is the name of the store George gets the calzones at
'The Calzone'-7-20
What state do Kramer and Newman plan to drive to so they can cash in the empty bottles
'The Bottle Deposit Part 1'-7-21
Whose golf clubs does Tony, the mechanic who stole Jerry's car, throw at Kramer's car
'The Bottle Deposit Part 2'-7-22
Who does Kramer resemble while chasing after the kid he was babysitting in his skinny jeans
'The Wait Out'-7-23
Right after Susan's funeral, who does George call for a date
'The Invitations'-7-24
What country does Peterman go to when he goes crazy
'The Foundation'-8-1
George leaves a tape recorder in his briefcase to spy on the foundation employees. Who first did this method
'The Soul Mate'-8-2
When Jerry asks Kramer what he does at his new job at Brandt-Leland what does Kramer say he does
'The Bizzaro Jerry'-8-3
Finish the line from Elaine to Frank: 'What the hell does that mean?' 'That means whatever ___________'
'The Little Kicks'-8-4
What is burned off of Uncle Leo after his stove exploded
'The Package'-8-5
What was the war Frank was a cook in that ended his love for cooking
'The Fatigues'-8-6
What song does Elaine suggest she and her boyfriend can share instead of Desperado
'The Checks'-8-7
Who is the creepy doll in Kramer's apartment
'The Chicken Roaster'-8-8
What language does George learn now that he is smart
'The Abstinence'-8-9
What does the 'bad breaker upper' call George at the end
'The Andrea Doria'-8-10
What are on Jerry's checks
'The Little Jerry'-8-11
Who does Elaine reluctantly give a job at the Peterman catalog
'The Money'-8-12
Who does Kramer want to 'pull the plug' if he ever goes into a coma
'The Comeback'-8-13
What number is the Van Buren Boys's gang sign
'The Van Buren Boys'-8-14
What does Peggy call Elaine that makes her mad
'The Susie'-8-15
What does Jenna put in the toilet to get back at Jerry
'The Pothole'-8-16
The 'Cubans' who Kramer receives (who are people not cigars) are actually from what country
'The English Patient'-8-17
What song does Steinbrenner sing the lyrics to as he is looking for George in his office
'The Nap'-8-18
What was the best part of Elaine's date with a lawyer that she reminisces about
'The Yada Yada'-8-19
Whose jersey does George wear when he is trying to get fired from the Yankees
'The Millennium'-8-20
What does Elaine want removed from the name of the store: 'Top of the Muffin to You!'
'The Muffin Tops'-8-21
What musical does Kramer pose as a member of to receive a Tony Award
'The Summer of George'-8-22
What do George, Jerry, and Kramer have at the beginning of this episode
'The Butter Shave'-9-1
What product do Kramer and Darin the intern test out for 'Kramerica Industries'
'The Voice'-9-2
Kramer installed a screen door to enjoy 'the cool evening breezes of _______'
'The Serenity Now'-9-3
Finish the line from Vivian, Elaine's friend who hooks up with George: 'I find _____ to be the most sensual of all the salted cured meats'
'The Blood'-9-4
Where does Elaine's new boyfriend work as a king
'The Junk Mail'-9-5
What does Elaine call the guy who sneaks up next to her at work
'The Merv Griffin Show'-9-6
Jerry calls the dermatologist who claims to save lives: '__________ M.D.'
'The Slicer'-9-7
What is the combination to Elaine's vault
'The Betrayal'-9-8
Who is a recovering germophobe
'The Apology'-9-9
What bagel shop did Kramer formerly work at
'The Strike'-9-10
Where does Puddy like to take Elaine for dinner
'The Dealership'-9-11
What kind of lessons does George take a flyer for that makes his wallet explode
'The Reverse Peephole'-9-12
What cartoon strip did Elaine steal her cartoon from
'The Cartoon'-9-13
Where does Kramer first hide the key to his strongbox
'The Strongbox'-9-14
What is the name of the condo newsletter in the Seinfeld's retirement community
'The Wizard'-9-15
What disease does Mickey get that he is very excited about
'The Burning'-9-16
What does Morty steal that runs out very fast
'The Bookstore'-9-17
What is the name of the electrician who helps George take the Frogger machine
'The Frogger'-9-18
What is the nickname George wants to be called
'The Maid'-9-19
Who is a wealthy industrialist, philanthropist, and bicyclist
'The Puerto Rican Day'-9-20
Who does George claim gets the nice planes from NBC
'The Finale Part 1'-9-23
What is the last conversation in the jail cell about
'The Finale Part 2'-9-24
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Showcase February 2009: Narratives of science in mind and media
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Narratives of science in mind and media
Camillia Matuk, (Advisor: David Uttal), 3rd Year PhD student in the Learning Sciences, SESP, Northwestern University
Research up-date as of March 17, 2016:
Currently, Camillia Matuk is an Assistant Professor of Educational Communication and Technology, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University.
Some related publications:
- PhD Dissertation
- ♦ Matuk, C. (2010). Narratives in mind and media: A cognitive semiotic account of novices interpreting visual science media. PhD Dissertation, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. [URL]
- Book Chapter
- ♦ Matuk, C. F. & Uttal, D. H. (2011). Narrative spaces in the representation and understanding of evolution. In K. S. Rosengren, S. K. Brem, E. M. Evans, & G. M. Sinatra, (Eds.), Evolution challenges: Integrating research and practice in teaching and learning about evolution. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Author's PDF]
- Journal articles
- ♦ Novick, L., Pickering, J., MacDonald, T., Diamond, J., Ainsworth, S., Aquino, A., Catley, K., Dodick, J., Evans, E. M., Matuk, C., Sacco, J. & Scott, M. (2014). Depicting the Tree of Life in museums: Guiding principles from psychological research. Evolution: Education and Outreach, 7(25). [DOI]
- ♦ Matuk, C. F., & Uttal, D. H. (2010). When form contradicts content: The cognitive and communicative functions of cartoons for teaching evolution. In R. E. Griffin (Ed.), Selected Readings from the Annual Conference of the International Visual Literacy Association (pp. 161-166). Chicago: International Visual Literacy Association.
- ♦ Matuk, C. (2007). Images of evolution. he Journal of Biocommunication, 33(3). [URL]
- Conference proceedings
- ♦ Matuk, C., & Uttal, D. (2010). Inventing a representation of relatedness. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Volume 2, Chicago, Illinois. [URL
- ♦ Forbus, K. D., Lovett, A., Lockwood, K., Wetzel, J., Matuk, C. F., Jee, B. D. & Usher, J. M. (2008). CogSketch. In Proceedings of the Twenty-Third AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Chicago, IL, 2008 (pp. 1878-1879). Chicago: AAAI Press.
- ♦ Matuk, C. F. (2008, September 19-21): Animated cladograms: Interpreting evolution from diagrams. In: G. Stapleton, J. Howse, and J. Lee, (Eds.), Diagrams 2008 - Diagrammatic Representation and Inference - 5th International Conference, September 19-21, 2008, Herrsching, Germany (pp. 395-397). [DOI]
- ♦ Matuk, C. F. (2008, September). Animating Trees of Life: How Animation Influences the Perception of Evolution. Poster presented at The International Conference on Spatial Cognition (SC08). Freiburg, Germany.
- ♦ Matuk, C. F. (2008, August 27-29) Animated cladograms: The perception and conception of evolution.In Proceedings of the EARLI Special Interest Group Text and Graphics Bi-annual conference: Exploiting the Opportunities – Learning with Textual, Graphical and Multimodal Representations, Tilburg, the Netherlands, 2008 (pp. 100-103). Rotterdam: EARLI.
- ♦ Matuk, C., & Uttal, D. (2008, June 24-28). Entertaining evolution: Understanding evolution from animations. In ICLS'08: Proceedings of the 8th international conference for the learning sciences, Utrecht, the Netherlands, 2008 (pp. 93-94). International Society of the Learning Sciences.
Narrative is a powerful way of making sense of the world: Through it, we string together our experiences with pieces of our prior knowledge, and formulate coherent causal explanations. Especially for novices, this can make complex systems such as evolution more cognitively accessible. At the same time, these narrative understandings are often pruned of crucial details, and riddled with misconceptions. Indeed, writers on science education have identified narrative as the language of folk theories.
But narrative is not a purely verbal phenomenon. Images also tell stories, and that much of science is publicly communicated through visual representations - including diagrams, charts, graphs, animations, and interactive multimedia - points to a need to better understand the interactions between the viewer and the visual in the construction of understanding.
In a series of related projects, we investigate what learners understand from visual representations intended to communicate scientific concepts. Specifically, what narrative understandings do they hold, and how are those narratives re- constructed through their interactions with media? Findings from these studies will inform the design of educational multimedia that we will develop to facilitate people's understandings of scientific concepts.
In one project, we consider the cladogram - a specialized diagram used by biologists to represent phylogenetic relationships among taxa. Students experience notorious difficulty when reasoning with them, and it may be that the visual structure too readily invites the misconceived narratives associated with naïve explanations of evolution (see Fig. 1). In these studies, we alter the presentation of the cladogram through animation, and thus impose narratives that counter the upward linear progression people tend to interpret. In clinical interviews, we then ask students to reason with these cladograms, and so attempt to tease apart the processes by which their narrative understandings interact with specific visual features of the diagram as they construct an interpretation of it. Follow-up studies will further investigate the influence of canonical folk understandings on interpretations of the diagram, and the graphic symbols students will intuitively draw to visually represent relationships. These findings will inform the design of an educational multimedia intervention to teach students how to view cladograms.
asked to recall images of evolution. Here, it is juxtaposed with an image
of a typical ladder cladogram to demonstrate the ease with which
cladograms can be misinterpreted through simple linear narratives. The
cladogram here is the one used in the studies described above, and in
which nonsense words are used to avoid bias from participants' prior
knowledge of familiar organisms.
In another study, we consider animated cartoons as media for communicating concepts of speciation and biogeography. These animations, on display at a natural history museum in Chicago, make use of a number of cinematic devices to compress complicated concepts into short, entertaining viewing times. In some cases, the animated depictions may literally contradict accurate portrayals of the underlying science (see Figure 2). How do design strategies such as anthropomorphism, temporal compression, and exaggeration, which are used to tell compelling narratives, interact with viewers' prior understandings of the concepts communicated? Interviews with students and museum visitors reveal different interpretations from viewers with little prior knowledge, compared to viewers with more solid understandings. Knowledge of how viewers construct meaning from watching these cartoons may inform more effective designs of educational animations.
Biogeography (right).


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Best Kids Parties: Rapunzel
Name: Amelia (4)
Location: Bethesda, Maryland
Amelia has loved Rapunzel ever since she got her Rapunzel dress at Disney World. When we finally saw the movie Tangled, she watched it over and over again, so it wasn't very surprising when she chose Rapunzel for the theme of her first birthday party with friends.
So that the party wasn't too princess-y, we decided to have an art party, since Rapunzel spent so much time painting in her tower. I created the invitations from a similar invite I saw on Pinterest - a silhouette of Rapunzel's tower with a braid hanging out the tower window. I even put a picture of Amelia in the window just for fun.
Decorations included: yarn hair braids all over the house, a purple birthday banner with Rapunzel sun details, paper flowers, and a photo banner with photos of Amelia since birth.
Food included "paint" cake balls, "paintbrush" krispie treats, Rapunzel cake (it was my first time making a doll cake!) and rainbow fruit skewers
The main activity was painting canvases. The final product is a barrette holder - a canvas with ribbons and hooks on the bottom to clip barrettes and hold headbands. I used painters tape to create initials for each child coming to the party, which were applied to the canvases. I staple-gunned ribbon to the bottom edge and screwed small hooks into the bottom. I also stapled a short length of ribbon to the top edge so the canvas could be easily hung. To protect the ribbon during painting, I stuffed all the ribbon into the back of the canvas, covered it in saran wrap and taped it shut with painters tape so the parents could unwrap it later. The kids painted all over the canvases and when the paint was dry, we peeled off the tape to reveal their initial! It was a fun activity.
To decorate the princess hair braids - I made a long braid and tied it back on itself to make a loop to put over the child's head like a headband. I hot-glued bows and flowers onto the headband. I also made tons of barrettes using ribbon clippie barrettes, metal french clip barrettes and lots of silk flowers - which I plucked off the stems and sewed or glued on. Each girl got a braid to pin their barrettes on and then wear for the party.
For favors I sewed tutu bags and used sticker foam letters to put the names on each bag. The goodies included: Tangled paints, a princess puzzle, sweets, Rapunzel brush, bracelets, temporary tattoos, paint-chip notebooks.
Source List:
• Favor bags (sans tutu) from Oriental Trading
• Paint-chip notebooks from Campfire Designs on Etsy
•Canvases & paint supplies from Michaels
• Yarn & flowers for hair braids from Michaels
What fun - thanks Jennifer! Readers, see more photos of Amelia's party here.
(Images: reader Jennifer)


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Akros Silicon Selected by AlwaysOn as a GoingGreen Silicon Valley Global 200 Winner
GreenEdge™ System-on-Chip (SoC) inventor recognized for creating innovations in green technology.
Jan 10, 2013, 04:16 ET
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Akros Silicon Inc., announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the GoingGreen Silicon Valley Global 200 winners. Inclusion in the GoingGreen Silicon Valley Global 200 signifies leadership among its peers and game-changing approaches and technologies that are likely to disrupt existing and entrenched players in green technology. Akros was specially selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and global industry experts based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value and media buzz.
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The GoingGreen Global 200 winners were selected from among thousands of domestic and international technology companies nominated by investors, bankers, journalists and green technology industry insiders. The AlwaysOn editorial team conducted a rigorous three-month selection process to finalize the 2012 list.
Akros has established itself as a leading solution in network power applications adopted by major OEMs worldwide. Akros' flagship digital isolation technology, GreenEdge™, allows digital communication, power control and health monitoring across the isolation barrier. The newest member of their family of GreenEdge energy management SoCs, the AS1860, offers features that accommodate flexibility within systems to create robust power management, while providing enhanced energy saving features.
"We are honored to be recognized for our accomplishments in energy efficiency," said Parviz Ghaffaripour, Akros' President & CEO. "When we introduced GreenEdge technology in 2009, our innovative approach was to change the design paradigm from power management to total energy management. Today, with 60W and above Power Over Ethernet (PoE) deployments expected to transform next-generation enterprise workspaces, our new AS1860 offers systems designers the most robust, energy-efficient and cost-effective solution for higher power PoE applications."
Akros and the GoingGreen Silicon Valley Global 200 companies were honored at AlwaysOn's seventh annual GoingGreen Silicon Valley, November 27th and 28th, 2012, at the Golden Gate Club in San Francisco, CA.
GoingGreen Silicon Valley is a two-day executive event where cutting-edge Greentech CEOs meet the movers and shakers from the biggest industries on earth. Green technology innovators are transforming trillion dollar industries—and the solutions they are delivering not only promise to clean up pollution and restore ecosystems, but bring abundance and prosperity to everyone.
"This year's GoingGreen Global 200 displays a maturity in the green technology industry that makes it very attractive to both investors and innovators. Greentech research is maturing rapidly, and as it couples with technology innovators and investors, companies are emerging that have the ability to change the way we live our lives for the better and bring huge returns to their founders and funders," says Tony Perkins, founder and editor of AlwaysOn. "This year's GoingGreen Global 200 winners are pushing the bounds of how technology can bring about change in the war on our planet's waning resources. The strength of these companies lies in their ability to nurture innovative ideas and see them through to successful, sustainable and profitable businesses."
A full list of all the AlwaysOn GoingGreen Silicon Valley 200 winners can be found on the AlwaysOn website.
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About Akros Silicon
Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Akros Silicon provides leading edge, intelligent energy management ICs. Akros' disruptive silicon technology makes it possible to integrate multiple ICs, high-voltage isolation and discrete components into a single device, thus enabling electronic OEMs to develop cost-effective and energy-efficient solutions.
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AlwaysOn is the leading business media brand networking the Global Silicon Valley. AlwaysOn helped ignite the social media revolution in early 2003 when it launched the AlwaysOn network. In 2004, it became the first media brand to socially network its online readers and event attendees. AlwaysOn's preeminent executive event series includes the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit, OnMedia, OnHollywood, IMPACT Venture Summit Mid-Atlantic, Venture Summit East, OnDemand, Venture Summit Silicon Valley, OnMobile and GoingGreen Silicon Valley. The AlwaysOn network and live event series continue to lead the industry by empowering its readers, event participants, sponsors and advertisers like no other media brand.
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