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10 Things You Didn't Know About Martha Stewart's Family Tree

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Communism, Slavic, Martha Stewart, Jersey City, Heritage, Poland, Ancestry, Family Tree, Immigration, Genealogy, Family History, Ellis Island, Martha Stewart Family, Martha Stewart Living, Martha Stewart Daughter, Celebrity News
Megan Smolenyak

Martha's grandfather, Frank Kostyra, owned a tavern in Jersey City. On the 4th of July 1929, two boys stuck a piece of dynamite in the foundation of the tavern, causing an explosion. It's somewhat remarkable that the building is still a tavern today.

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Pavlovian Sleight-of-Words

Pavel Somov, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mindless Eating, Ivan Pavlov, Associative Networks, Reflex, Slave, Pavel Somov, Robot, Habit Modification, Television, Mindlessness, Nobel Prize, Mindful Eating, Slavic, Slavery, De-Programming, Tv, Classical Conditioning, The Inner Life, Slav, Healthy Living News
Pavel Somov, Ph.D.

This is is the process of de-conditioning/re-conditioning that might come in handy with the problem of overeating. That's right, dear reader, I am still writing about mindless eating and how to make it mindful.

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120 Years of Smolenyaks in America: A Note of Gratitude from a Great-Granddaughter

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: History, Roots, Genealogy, Immigration, Immigrant, Family History, America, Warhol, Ellis Island, Slavic, Rusyn, Carpatho-Rusyn, Home News
Megan Smolenyak

I never knew him, but I want to thank him. Exactly 120 years ago today, my then 16-year-old great-grandfather, Peter Smolenyak, arrived in New York o...

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