a preparation presented for the relief of suffering humanity?at Rs. 2 per tin?by a philanthropic chemist, a preparation which the said explorer and big-game hunter guarantees to be an immediate cure for any human surgical ailment. Overleaf is a photograph of a famous cinema star, with shining regular teeth exposed to our admiring gaze in a broad expansive smile. Beneath this picture, the handso...

Sometimes, our emotions lead us to do the oddest things. Grown men pull over so they can brawl over which driver is the bigger idiot. Parents lose their cool and bark hateful things at their children that they later regret. Adolescents who were best friends before a jealous spat vow never to speak again. And children throw tantrums as if on cue at the supermarket candy display. Moments such as ...

To investigate how parents support children’s learning at an exhibit on evolution, the conversations of 12 families were recorded, transcribed, and coded (6,263 utterances). Children (mean age 9.6 years) and parents visited Explore Evolution, which conveyed current research about the evolution of seven organisms. Families were engaged Portions of this research were presented at the 2009 Biennia...

Rating on the Internet seems to be a rather new kind of activity. However, traditionally a quite large number of institutional rating mechanisms are established. We have studied a number of such rating methods to gain some insights about the role rating can play in the actions of of individuals and institutions.