This Earth Day, Thursday April 22, 2010, between 9am and 2pm, EcoBuddies is challenging BC Elementary School classrooms to a Scavenger Hunt that focuses on Endangered Animals! Use one or several computers to log into EcoBuddies (www.ecobuddies.com) with your classroom and search the green-inspired world of EcoBuddies for answers to the clues listed below. Teachers, please email your answers to support@ecobuddies.com with the name of your school and grade of your class.
FIRST PRIZE: The classroom that emails the correct answers to the clues first will get a $150 gift certificate to a bookstore of their choice!
SECOND PRIZE: The classroom that correctly answers the clues in second place will receive a $50 gift certificate to a bookstore of their choice!
PARTICIPATION PRIZE: Each classroom that participates will get EcoBuddies posters and stickers for their classroom.
Answers to the clues will be distributed throughout the EcoBuddies world on April 22, 2010 (not before this date). Look for the animals that match the clues, click on the animal, and get the information needed to answer the clue. Note: For time's sake, no answers will be in the Eco-Explorer's Hut due to the large amount of school content classroom's would have to go through within the hut.
If you do not have time to create log-in accounts for yourself of your class please email EcoBuddies at support@ecobuddies.com or call us at 604-568-5189 and we will make up ten accounts for you.
This Scavenger Hunt is based on giving students information about some of the world's top endangered animals, as well as ways to protect animals in the future. Kids will learn about these animals, as well as ways to protect the animals in the future. Kids will get information about these animals when they click on the animal and search for answers to the clues!
1. The Vaquita is the smallest __________ (fill in the blank).
2. How many pounds are the Pink Amazon River Dolphin's babies?
3. Where does the Sumatran Orangutan sleep?
4. Tigers like to __________ (fill in the blank).
5. What game do young Mountain Gorillas like to play?
6. Bonobo Monkey's are known as the __________ of the Chimpanzee family (fill in the blank).
7. How do African Elephants help plants to grow?


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What I finally had to do to make it work is to do a str_replace on the filenames wherever they're used and replace the åäö's with the å's, ä's and ö's from the original filenames, which seems like a less than optimal solution, and it only works on the front end, and not in the wp-admin.
Is there somethong else I could do during the import to either change the filenames or change their encoding?

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Approximately 10-20% of all runners will experience shin splints or medial tibial stress syndrome (MTSS) once in their career. Apart from sports involving running it is also often seen in military recruits and ballet dancer. While MTSS accounts for nearly 60% of all overuse injuries seen in the leg, the real cause is not well known and is often multi-factorial including biomechanical abnormalities and training errors. Even if it might be not a serious injury it can be debilitating and if not adequately treated, can progress to a more severe state. Current treatment and prevention programs are mainly based on expert opinion and clinical experience. This article will review current opinions about cause, symptoms, treatment options and prevention programs.


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French Revolution Video Games
Surviving the Revolution: We. the Revolution and RTTP
This is the third and final of a three-part series of reviews of We. the Revolution.
By Robert D. Taber
I came into We. The Revolution (We. hereafter) reflective of the ways Reacting to the Past (see Meghan Robert's post here on Rousseau, Burke, and Revolution in France, 1791 – written as "RTTP" from this point forward) is used in classes on the French Revolution, including my own. I am also decidedly not an expert on video games – Mario Kart Wii, the Civilization series, and Sim City are my typical wheelhouse. But We's interface was intuitive, and the narrative of the game is generally gripping. What I found is that while RTTP emphasizes enshrining ideology into law, We is about contingency and survival; this difference between the two games manifests itself in the game structure in various ways.
If there's one critique I have of RTTP, it's that a participant who has advantages at the beginning of the game—i.e. knowledge of the historical time period, familiarity with the RTTP format—can tilt the game in their direction in a "rich get richer" manner that the game mechanisms do not self-correct. There is nothing built into the game to launch those at the bottom to the top or vice versa. Those familiar with Mario Kart will note that those well ahead of the pack will likely be blown up by a blue shell while someone can transform into a speeding bullet. I had the pleasure of being the overpowering player during a beta test of the Haitian Revolution game at last year's French Colonial Historical Society meeting. Emancipation and radical land distribution for Jean-François Papillon!
In We. The Revolution, however, the player character Alexis Fidèle, a revolutionary tribunal judge, is decidedly not in control of events. Actions that appear rational and aimed at overall victory will, inevitably, result in unintended consequences, much like actual revolutionary politics. And every choice has opportunity costs—even when you choose to spend an evening with your family, there is no choice of family activity that makes everyone happy. What's more, the game begins with you having to judge a court case that involves your young son as a defendant just as you're learning who your family members are, how to ask questions, how to decide verdicts—the basic mechanics of playing the game. While there is an initial tutorial, and the possibility of purchasing more guidance during the early part of the game, it feels like you're awakening from a multi-year coma in which you've managed to offend just about everyone and get promoted into a job that is above your head.
In RTTP, most players are part of factions or have other clear objectives they must achieve. In We. The Revolution, Fidèle is both part of a faction (pro-Revolution, with politics that are somewhere to the left of the Girondists) and an indeterminate, who must balance the demands of the "people," "the revolutionaries" (a different group!), his family members and, in time, the aristocracy. During my first time through, Fidèle was assassinated by the aristocrats early in Act III.
While We and RTTP are both set in Paris and cover similar beats (the trial of Louis Capet, the rise of the Terror), We places a much greater emphasis on the judicial system, which provides an inlet into Parisian society than students don't experience from RTTP. Many cases involve drunken brawls, domestic violence, and sexual assault, but there are also cases such as one where a cutler was (mistakenly?) using human bones to create handles for silverware. Aristocrat-servant relations are often central, with implications for your character's standing with the aristocracy or the people. Clandestine engagements, medical students exhuming graves, bakers gouging customers, archbishops with secret children—We does a good job of introducing players to the everyday concerns of revolutionary Paris, even as legislative manners such as the financial system, reforming laws, thinking about active and passive citizenship, take a backseat.
I was curious to see where questions of race and slavery show up, as the Haitian Revolution not only occurred concurrently but was critical to the unfolding of the French Revolution. It's not until Act III, when Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, born into slavery in Saint-Domingue and quickly rising in the ranks of the French National Guard, counterfactually allies with Fidèle to defend Paris that the topic is broached, and even then, with very little detail. Before Act III, Paris is uniformly white, even though it historically was not. It is also notable that Dumas is the only major character Fidèle does not have to persuade via an intrigue or the conversation matrix, rather just signing his commission as a general officer.
The game works well for mature players (or at least those desensitized to the macabre violence embedded in the game's aesthetic) who only have a passing familiarity with the French Revolution, introducing them to key figures and concepts and plenty of executions by guillotine, even if it is a white-washed, Paris-centric revolution. The game does have adult themes, and if using in the classroom I recommend that it be used with only upper-level undergraduate students or graduate students, with some time spent familiarizing students with the interface and discussing the difficult themes, questions, and ideas the game brings to the fore. Students wholly or largely unfamiliar with video games will likely be surprised, and perhaps sickened, by the realistic sound of the guillotine blade, the blood dripping off the blade, and Fidèle's responsibility for the deaths. It is a more visceral counterpart to RTTP: how important are Rousseau and Burke's ideas when you need to keep your player and his family alive?
Robert D. Taber, Ph.D. is assistant professor of government and history at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina. A historian of Haiti, he is currently working on a book project examining the intersection of slavery and family life in Saint-Domingue and the early Haitian Revolution. Follow him on Twitter @RobTaber.
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(The Tenant) is an opera after the novel The Tenant (Le locataire chimérique) by Roland Topor, with music by Arnulf Herrmann composed in 2012 to 2017. The libretto was written by Händl Klaus. Commissioned by the Oper Frankfurt, the opera was first performed there on 12 November 2017, directed by Johannes Erath and conducted by Kazushi Ōno.

History
Topor's 1964 novel Der Mieter (Le locataire chimérique) was filmed as The Tenant by Roman Polanski in 1976. Händl Klaus wrote the libretto, commissioned by the Oper Frankfurt. Arnulf Herrmann composed the music between 2012 and 2017. For the leading woman, Johanna, he composed three songs (Gesänge) which were premiered already in 2014, titled Drei Gesänge am offenen Fenster (Three Songs at the Open Window) in the  concert series. Anja Petersen stepped in as the singer and received critical praise.

The opera was first performed in Frankfurt on 12 November 2017, directed by Johannes Erath in a stage design by   with costumes by , lighting design by , video by , sound design by Josh Jürgen Martin, and with dramaturge Zsolt Horpácsy. Kazushi Ōno conducted the Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester and the .

Reviewer  of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung saw the danger of rivalry to both the eloquent novel and the film powerful in images, and located the opera between Kafka's The Metamorphosis and Sartre's No Exit.

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Reception
The Frankfurt premiere was reviewed mostly with acceptance. A reviewer of the Financial Times warned "If you are feeling unstable, stay away.", and summarised that the production made "this a journey to the blackest regions of an anguished psyche in a hostile world". After praising all who made the performance possible, she concluded:

The Japanese conductor Kazushi Ōno was seen by a reviewer of Die Deutsche Bühne as a highly competent advocate of the multilayered score ("als hochkompetenter Anwalt von Herrmanns vielschichtiger Partitur").  Andreas Bomba of the Frankfurter Neue Presse reported strong applause for an extraordinary ensemble performance for a work described as suggestive, depressing and intense.

The opera was nominated for the Opera Awards 2018.

References

External links
 ISSUU, score of act I and act II
 Arnulf Herrmann website
 Trailer Oper Frankfurt

Operas
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2017 operas
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Validating designs during the design stage is also sometimes called a "Peer Review". This validation should be performed by an independent group that may also serve later as commissioning agent for the as-built site. Peer Review (Design Validation) helps to ensure that design intent is met. The reviewing agents examine for meeting of design objectives, and also for potential inhibitors, restrictions or impacts to long term operations, and remove them while still at design time. (Some we have seen are issues impacting mechanical systems, such as CRAC placement, CRAC redundancy misconceptions, and heat exchangers placed behind generator exhausts, to name a few). Design Validation is a quality assurance checkpoint in the design process.
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Officers have received training to identify and support women who fear the family pet will be killed or injured if they leave their abuser. Three out of four abuse victims who had a pet say their partners threatened or hurt it.
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North Cowichan's council wants the CVRD to adopt a regional growth strategy to prevent further urban sprawl in the region. (File photo)
North Cowichan wants regional growth strategy to curb urban sprawl
Municipality wants to end urban sprawl in Valley
Robert Barron
North Cowichan's council wants the board at the Cowichan Valley Regional District to adopt a regional growth strategy to prevent further urban sprawl in the region.
But just how to ask the CVRD's directors to adopt the strategy led to a discussion among council members at the meeting on June 5.
Coun. Rob Douglas made the motion for Mayor Al Siebring to write a letter to the CVRD on the issue on behalf of council.
He said urban sprawl began soon after the Second World War when living in the suburbs became popular with the increased use of cars in North America at the time.
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But he said times have changed since then, and now we're facing climate change and the loss of green space.
Douglas said, as a result, the trend these days is to keep rural areas rural and the density around urban cores.
"North Cowichan has a policy based on this and I think that the CVRD's board, which has a lot of new faces that are likely conducive to this, should be asked to adopt a regional growth strategy as well," Douglas said.
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Coun. Kate Marsh, who is one of three North Cowichan council members who sits on the CVRD's board, said Douglas makes some great points, but the CVRD will soon be holding strategy planning sessions and the idea of the district adopting a regional growth strategy could develop organically from those discussions.
Mayor Al Siebring, who also sits on the CVRD board, said a letter from North Cowichan requesting that a regional growth strategy be developed could be seen as the "big guys" from North Cowichan "trying to through their weight around".
"A letter from the mayor may have the opposite effect than what we want," Siebring said.
"It might be better if the issue was raised organically on its own but if it doesn't come out of the strategy planning sessions, we can revive it."
But Douglas suggested it would probably still be best to communicate the message from North Cowichan's council directly to the CVRD's board.
"It's in the municipality's official community plan and the staff here are behind this strategy," he said.
"We need a regional growth strategy."
Council finally decided to amend the motion to send a letter to the CVRD "urging the board to consider initiating a regional growth strategy".
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Cincy startup scene sees biggest growth in the nation for 2016
Greater Cincinnati's rankings for startup growth spiked in 2016.
Cincy startup scene sees biggest growth in the nation for 2016 Greater Cincinnati's rankings for startup growth spiked in 2016. Check out this story on cincinnati.com: http://cin.ci/1sQ42gL
Fatima Hussein, fhussein@enquirer.com Published 5:02 p.m. ET June 2, 2016 | Updated 10:27 a.m. ET June 3, 2016
Casamatic CEO Alex Bowman, left, CTO Chris Ridenour and Partner Advocate Sarah Felix operate their new company from The Brandery in Over-the-Rhine. Casamatic is a matchmaking website that connects buyers with their perfect home. From left, Casamatic CEO Alex Bowman, CTO Chris Ridenour and Partner Advocate Sarah Felix currently operate the startup company from The Brandery location on Vine Street. Bowman and Ridenour act as co-founders of Casamatic, a match-making website that connects users with their perfect home.(Photo: Enquirer file)Buy Photo
The Queen City was one of five metros that experienced the biggest positive shifts in rank from 2015 to 2016, according to the Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurship, the first and largest index tracking entrepreneurship across city, state and national levels.
In a three-way tie for fifth place, Cincinnati jumped from 35th place to 16th out of 40 metro areas. Some of the other metros that saw big jumps: San Antonio (20th to ninth), Cleveland (26th to 19th), Philadelphia (26th to 21st), Nashville, Tennessee (ninth to fifth), Phoenix (16th to 12th) and Tampa, Florida (30th to 26th).
Most notably, Cincinnati saw a 74 percent rate of startup growth in the 2016 component, measuring how much startups have grown five years after founding based on their number of employees, compared to negative 1.8 percent in 2015.
The top five industries with the highest shares of high-growth companies were IT, advertising and marketing, business products and services, health and software.
An August 1, 2011 photo. Cincinnati's metro region was ranked 32 out of 40 areas in startup activity by a national study. (Foreground) Ryan Tinker, of Kansas City, and James Dickerson, of Hyde Park, along with another pair, (Center, left) Chris Bergman, of North College Hill, and Paul Armstrong, of Maineville, get their businesses going on their first day at The Brandery, a Cincinnati-based nonprofit startup accelerator founded in 2010 with the goal of supporting startups in technology-based consumer marketing. (Photo: The Enquirer/Amanda Davidson)
"Anything that gets the story out there that Cincinnati is on the map is good for us," said Tony Alexander, general manager of the Brandery, an Over-the-Rhine startup accelerator.
Tony Alexander, general manager of The Brandery. (Photo: The Enquirer/Amanda Rossmann)
"We draw most of our companies from out of town, so the more people that have an idea of what Cincinnati can offer, the more quality startups we'll attract."
E.J. Reedy, Kauffman Foundation senior scholar and co-author of the Growth Index said the industry trends in the data suggest that high-tech is not a pre-requisite for high-growth.
"While tech industries continue to have a strong presence among high-growth companies, growth comes from a wide range of sectors, from food and beverage to retail to government services," Reedy said.
Cincinnati, which promotes the #StartupCincy hashtag, boasts a growing list of accelerators spanning the Tristate, including the Brandery in Over-the-Rhine, UpTech in Downtown Cincinnati and Ocean in Oakley. The entrepreneurial ecosystem includes seed-stage investors, such as CincyTech, Connetic Ventures in Northern Kentucky, and Queen City Angels.
Union Hall gives Cincinnati new hub for startups
The area's more than 200 startup companies, and the total amount of venture capital raised is around $140 million over the last 18 months, according to Cincytech.
Cincinnati has gained attention for its potential as a startup hub; in 2013, Entrepreneur Magazine named Cincinnati an "unexpected hub for tech startups." Local startups have increasingly gained national attention for their work, most recently Rodney Williams,founder at Lisnr, raised a $10 million series B round led by Intel Capital.
The money was the largest amount raised by any company to date, receiving funding through Intel Capital's $125 million Diversity Fund.
The Kauffman Foundation's release of state and metropolitan data follows the May 19 release of national Growth Entrepreneurship results. The May study reported that the Growth Entrepreneurship Index, an indicator of how much entrepreneurial businesses are growing, rose in the last year for the third year in a row.
The newest data allow for an update to annual reports dating back to 2008. Interactive data spanning all 19 years is available at http://www.kauffmanindex.org.
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Q: How to manipulate tinyMCE image functionality I'm trying to manipulate the functionality of tinyMCE when user tries to attach picture in the editor. What I want to achieve is to HARDCODE the properties of the picture. So when he selects a picture I want to disable the options for SIZE selection, orientation and all other options. Is this possible and what are the ways to do that... I searched the web but without any luck. My idea is to open the script file ot tinyMCE image plugin and to change the values which the script takes and inserts like inline styles, but I'll be glad to see if there is more elegant solution.
Thanks in advance,
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A: You could add the unselectable=true attribute to the image. This way the image cannot get resized (you may strip out that attribute later on before saving the content to db). To disallow special attributes of your image you may define what attributes are allowed using the tinymce valid_elements setting.
UPDATE: This is the css necessary to be set using the tinymce param content_css in order to make images non-resizeable
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It is far better to walk under the wing of God's mercy then it is to walk in the shadow of His judgment.
Yet, many they are who have chosen to wait until the day of judgment before they come to grips with God.
Brethren, diligently seek for God while yet His Hand of mercy is extended to you and the door to the wedding feast is yet open.
The day is coming and is near at hand when the mercy of God will no longer be extended to us and the gathering of His Saints will be assembled in Heaven; then comes the judgment.
Turn your life over to Jesus while there is yet time; for the hour is coming when there will be time no longer. Amen.


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Never Let You Go by Chevy Stevens (Book Review) Happy Release Day!
March 14, 2017 March 14, 2017 Kelly
Happy Release Day to Chevy Stevens! Never Let You Go is Available on Amazon.
4.5 of 5
Thriller/Suspense (Not Romance)
ARC provided for an honest review through NetGalley.
Goodreads blurb: "Eleven years ago, Lindsey Nash escaped into the night with her young daughter and left an abusive relationship. Her ex-husband was sent to jail and she started over with a new life. Now, Lindsey is older and wiser, with a teenage daughter who needs her more than ever. When her ex-husband is finally released, Lindsey believes she's cut all ties. But she gets the sense that someone is watching her. Her new boyfriend is threatened. Her home is invaded, and her daughter is shadowed. Lindsey is convinced it's her ex-husband, even though he claims he's a different person. But can he really change? Is the one who wants her dead closer to home than she thought?"
Emotional, heartbreaking and heartwarming!
This book packs a punch! It's full of emotions and a roller coaster ride of a read!
This is a captivating story about a mother surviving an abusive relationship and her daughter learning to cope and grieve her father's disastrous choices. It's a complex story with well written and developed characters. Both Lindsey, the mother, and Sophie, the daughter, have to overcome tough obstacles, physical and emotional. Seeing them react to the tough situations was enlightening and inspiring. Their actions and reactions were thought provoking and relatable. I felt as if I was living in the story with the characters. They were so real, I could feel their emotions and I grew with them. Chevy Steven's covers all the emotions in this story. The heartbreak, fear, love, courage and nervousness that comes with surviving and learning to live after being beaten down in a toxic and abusive relationship. Absolutely amazing!
Chevy creates a detailed world and setting for this book that struck me as dark and REAL. Every little detail is described in a way that made me remember and reminisce my everday life. I could feel and smell the rain. I could hear the wind howling. The cold was biting at my ears and nose. I could FEEL as the characters experienced the same. Setting up the real and detailed world while setting the scene without bogging it down with too much detail is an art to me. I loved it!
I could not put this book down. It's full of suspense that will keep you guessing. I must admit, I didn't see the twists towards the end…and I think it made me love the book even more!
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Jan 18, 2019 | Cradle to Cradle
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By Jenna Kurtzweil
Despite having eaten what felt like a three-course dinner, the remaining food on my plate could have sustained another full-grown adult entirely on its own. Portion sizes in Eureka Springs, Ark., are no joke. I glanced at my uncle's plate across the table; it looked about the same. So, when our waitress came by to ask if we needed takeout boxes, I reflexively answered in the affirmative, feeling a rush of pride at my conscientious avoidance of food waste. Our waitress soon returned with two blindingly white Styrofoam containers in hand, and I began the difficult task of coaxing my food into its new residence. On locking the tabs together, the material emitted an unbearable squeaking sound, worse than nails on a chalkboard. But when our waitress offered my uncle a box of his own, he stopped her in her tracks with a brisk, "No thank you, I don't need one," and produced a brown paper bag from what seemed like thin air. "For the compost pile," he added, in response to our waitress' baffled expression.
My uncle lives as far off the grid as possible. He doesn't have an email address, or use the air conditioning unless the temperature is pushing 100 degrees, or buy produce unless it's locally grown. What he does have are two compost piles, 18 hummingbird feeders, and a dog named Cat (last name Stevens). So, I reasoned, this was definitely not an out-of-character move. But, as I stood there clutching my container and looking forward to the leftovers I would probably never eat, I couldn't help but wonder what exactly was so terrible about the innocent white package my uncle wouldn't stand for in his home.
Even as that thought flitted across my mind, millions of barrels' worth of petroleum were being stripped from subterranean veins in Venezuela, Mexico, Canada, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, and the U.S. itself. In an average day, the United States produces roughly 14 million barrels of petroleum while importing well over 10 million. From this massive haul of petroleum come the chemicals ethylene and benzene, which combine to form styrene, a building block of the plastic polymer polystyrene. Based on this long family genealogy of chemicals, compounds, and heavy production, it should come as no surprise that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services deemed styrene carcinogenic in 2011, and that it has been banned from college campuses, communities, and even entire cities like Portland and San Francisco. Despite these concerns, polystyrene – the plastic patriarch of this long and toxic equation – is used by millions of people each day. Not only that, but it routinely comes into contact with our food and beverages. Why do we let this happen, knowing what we know about styrene? It's easy: once it's wrapped up nicely and given a new, trendy name, expanded polystyrene is no longer viewed as a rogue chemical, but an integral part of our daily routine of food convenience.
Chemical compound of polystyrene.
Despite our daily interaction with polystyrene, our understanding of its history is vague at best, most notably its relationship to Styrofoam. While Styrofoam is indeed "a brand of expanded plastic made from polystyrene," brand is the definition's operative term. That's right: Polystyrene products are almost 100 years senior to the relatively recent Styrofoam, a single brand name nestled beneath the polystyrene umbrella (think Q-tips®, BAND-AID®, Jacuzzi®, the list goes on). Ironically, the product we think of as unquestionably synthetic was derived from nature's poster child: the tree. In 1839, German scientist Eduard Simon made the accidental discovery of a Turkish sweetgum tree's resin — called storax —to derive a plastic-like substance he christened "styrol oxide."
The Berlin-born apothecary was able to do little other than isolate the material at the time; it took the research of early 20th-century scientist Hermann Staudinger to give context to the discovery. Staudinger, whose "pioneering work … greatly contributed to the development of modern plastics," prompted the realization that "Simon's discovery, composed of long chains of styrene molecules, was a plastic polymer." Corporations were quick to harness the power of the polymer and distribute what was fast garnering a reputation as a miracle product. Germany's I.G. Farben piloted polystyrene's mass production in 1930, and in the U.S. the Dow Chemical Co. followed suit.
The sun had not yet set on polystyrene's evolution in 1941 when Dow scientist Ray McIntire advanced the durable but brittle polymer one step more with the invention of extruded polystyrene foam (XPS). In the tradition of McIntire's sweetgum-studying predecessor, his discovery was "purely accidental," and "came about as he was trying to find a flexible electrical insulator" to help the war effort. Though serendipitous, McIntire's breakthrough was astronomical in terms of usability — XPS was buoyant, waterproof, and resilient to the point that "it was …adopted in 1942 by the Coast Guard for use in a six-man life raft."
Habitat for Humanity house construction project using foamed polystyrene building materials. Credit: U.S. Air Force
When Dow officially trademarked Styrofoam in 1946, it referred to something very specific: closed-cell XPS used for home insulation and known colloquially as "Blue Board" because of its characteristic hue. An archived DOW webpage explains that "today, the Dow STYROFOAM brand includes a variety of building materials … pipe insulation and floral and craft products." However, the same page is quick to rebuke the misconception that every foamed polystyrene product on the market is associated with their brand, and emphasizes that "there isn't a coffee cup, cooler or packaging material in the world made from STYROFOAM."
The tendency to use a brand name in place of a specialized product is quite common (have you ever asked for a "Sharpie" instead of a "permanent marker"?), to the point that the malpractice has a name: "genericide." The term's ominous-sounding nature isn't that far off — by remaining ignorant of the difference between STYROFOAM and foamed polystyrene, we run the risk of misdirecting our environmental energies and negating efforts to make the world more sustainable. STYROFOAM home insulation products are not the enemy here.
For example, through their sponsorship of Habitat for Humanity, Dow's "rigid blue board helps builders meet energy codes while lowering gas and electric bills." According to an article from Plastics News, "over the 50-year assumed lifetime of a building, the energy Styrofoam saves is more than 30 times the energy it takes to make it." In fact, Dow has made a concerted effort to keep its brand from being sullied by well-intentioned polystyrene challengers. According to an article from The Washington Post, Dow employs "a public affairs staff to keep tabs on the high-profile misuses of the term, and consultants who monitor major media outlets."
The issue, then, lies not necessarily with Dow's STYROFOAM, but with the infamously ubiquitous expanded polystyrene foam (EPS) convenience products. While its minuscule foam beads differentiate EPS from its insulating counterpart, the two materials have the same polystyrene foundation. And while indestructibility is useful when constructing bullet-resistant life rafts or efficiently insulated homes, the same cannot be said of coffee cups. It might seem attractive to drink from a cup that was borne of the need to be bulletproof, but ultimately, all we really require is a receptacle to get our beverages from here to there. Because once we've polished off our leftover hamburgers, drained the last dregs of coffee, or shaken the last few packing peanuts from our online purchases, we cast the once-revered polymer unceremoniously to the wayside. Polystyrene: the product that requires countless chemical modifications to achieve the perfect level of chemically-clean-but-not-dangerous; the product whose base materials people in developing countries risk their lives to obtain each day, but which is doomed to rot in landfills without a second thought.
But sadly, the truth is that EPS won't rot. It was specifically engineered not to. The qualities that make it such a valuable commodity — waterproof, resistant to mold and acid, clinical levels of sanitation — are the same that render organic decomposition nearly impossible, leaving discarded polystyrene to pile up in landfills already filled to the brim, and steadily leach chemicals into the environment.
College campuses cannot recycle the styrofoam used for to-go containers. Credit: Flickr
So, the question remains: What do we do? The least invasive option is to recycle — theoretically, this allows us to continue using EPS products guilt-free at our current rate. However, recycling polystyrene is far from painless and nowhere near sustainable. On most plastic products, you'll find a small number surrounded by the three signature arrows that denote best practices for recycling; if the item is polystyrene-based, it will sport a tiny number "6." According to the Natural Society, Plastic No. 6 is often recycled into "egg cartons, vents, foam packing, and insulation"; however, polystyrene is as resistant to recycling as it is to decomposition, and can "(pose) a health risk, leaching potentially toxic chemicals, especially when heated. Most recycling programs won't accept it." Often, recycling plants can't accept it: According to HowStuffWorks.com, "new EPS is always needed for coffee cups and plates." Most times, it's just more economical not to recycle at all, and to churn out new batches of polystyrene to meet the growing demand. In the end, however, the best option might just be to opt out of polystyrene altogether. Maybe an addition to the traditional "three r's" is in order: Reduce, reuse, recycle, … refuse?
The great white menace. Credit: Flickr
Owing largely to ignorance (and probably laziness), the takeout box I briefly agonized over on that day in Eureka Springs was not recycled or refused. As predicted, I did not finish my leftovers, opting instead to throw away the container in the garbage can immediately outside the restaurant from which it came. Months of production, years of research, culminating in less than 10 minutes of fruitless usage. From the dingy garbage can, full of grease-stained napkins and patterned with wads of chewed gum, the box will likely be transferred to a dump. It will remain in the spot where it lands for the next 500 years, undiminished, blindingly white like a spot of manufactured snow among the mounting piles of trash. If a Styrofoam box squeaks in a landfill and there's nobody there to hear it, does it still make you want to claw your ears off?
Even more stomach-turning is the realization that, whatever sound my takeout container makes, it will still be audible to your great-grandchild's great-great-grandchildren.
Jenna Kurtzweil is from Inverness, Ill. She is a senior in English and a Communications Intern at the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE). She hopes to pursue business or marketing writing and is passionate about the environmental nonprofit sector. This article was written for ESE 360, the introductory CEW course, in Spring 2018.
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FILE - In this May 20, 2016 file photo, actor and singer Jussie Smollett attends the "Empire" FYC Event in Los Angeles. Chicago police said Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019, they're still seeking a follow-up interview with Smollett after receiving new information that "shifted" their investigation of a reported attack on the "Empire" actor. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
The Latest: Smollett gave false information in 2007 case
CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on the attack reported by Jussie Smollett (all times local):
A California misdemeanor complaint against Jussie Smollett shows the actor was accused of identifying himself as his younger brother in 2007 when a Los Angeles police officer pulled him over on suspicion of driving under the influence.
The misdemeanor complaint filed in Los Angeles Superior Court in September 2007 says that Smollett gave the name of his brother, Jake Smollett, when he was asked by an officer. He also signed a false name on the promise to appear in court. Smollett also was later charged with false impersonation, driving under the influence and driving without a valid license.
Court records show Smollett pleaded no contest to the reduced charge of giving false information, in addition to driving under the influence and driving without a valid license counts. The records show he later completed an alcohol education and treatment program and completed the terms of his sentence in May 2008.
The details of the complaint were first reported by NBC News.
A Chicago police spokesman says two brothers who were arrested and later released from custody in connection with the attack reported by "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett have met with police and prosecutors at the courthouse.
Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said the meeting happened Tuesday in Chicago. He also said that officers have determined a tip that the two men may have been in an elevator with Smollett last month was not credible. He said video evidence helped them make that determination.
Smollett says two masked men hurled racial and homophobic slurs at him, beat him and looped a rope around his neck.
Last week, police announced that the "investigation had shifted" following interviews with the brothers and their release from custody without charges. Police have requested another interview with Smollett.
Chicago police are investigating a tip that on the night "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett reported being attacked by two masked men he was in an elevator of his apartment building with two brothers later arrested and released from custody in the probe.
Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says the person who lives in the building or was visiting someone there reported seeing the three together the night last month that Smollett says two masked men hurled racial and homophobic slurs at him, beat him and looped a rope around his neck.
Guglielmi says police haven't confirmed the person's account. Detectives plan to interview the person on Tuesday.
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Do I Have A Right To An Attorney At A Probation Revocation Hearing?
HomeCriminal DefenseDo I Have A Right To An Attorney At A Probation Revocation Hearing?
You have the right to an attorney at any hearing. You can always hire your own attorney and you would also have the right to have a court appointed attorney if the judge is considering putting you in jail. You always have the right to have your own attorney be there and do the talking for you.
What is the Importance of Retaining An Attorney to Defend a Probation Violation?
In my opinion, a violation of probation is very, very dangerous. That doesn't mean that every time somebody has a violation, they go to jail, but every violation, you could potentially go to jail and you are at more risk to go to jail than you were originally sentenced because you've done something else wrong. It's very important for the person to be keenly aware of the judge they have, the court they're in, the probation officer's attitude and to be able to properly just how serious that violation itself is.
That's where the experience of a lawyer can really make a big difference. An attorney is also useful in situations where the client is guilty, trying to figure out how best to minimize damages and how best to present the client so that the judge sees that they basically are doing well or are ready to do well and ready turn things around, and convince them that jail is not necessary.
Every case is different, every defendant is different, every probation is different, but unless you have nothing to lose, then you want to take violations of probation very seriously, because the courts take them very seriously.
A lot of times, somebody might have a first offense probation violation. It's the first violation of probation. Even if the judge wants to keep on probation, they might just give them seven days in the county jail as a sanction and then continue the probation. Now for some people, they don't care really. They'll go do their seven days, but for a lot of other people, they don't realize that the day they show up for that violation of probation, if they plead guilty and the judge wants to put them in jail, that's the day they go to jail right then and there for seven days.
A lot of people will lose their job if they just suddenly go to jail or they have nobody to take care of their kids or nobody to watch their pets. There are all kinds of repercussions if things do happen to go badly. You don't get to wander in there and feel out the situation and ask the judge to tell you what they're going to do. You plead guilty or you have a hearing and then the judge sentences you. There's not a lot of time in between. This stuff happens very quickly.
A lot of people wait to call us after something goes wrong. I've had a number of girlfriends and boyfriends and parents over the years call me and say that their loved one has just been sentenced to 30, 60, or 90 days in jail on a violation of probation, and can I help them? At that point, it's too late. The bell has already rung. The time to deal with it is right at beginning.
The other thing that people don't think a lot about is you may have already had the first violation and maybe the judge gave you a break and continued probation. Now you're there on a second violation and maybe you don't think it's that serious, but the judge will always give more punishment on a second violation. It's much more common that they'll give jail time as well. That's really where I do believe it's best for them to have the assistance of somebody who really knows what they're doing and that has been through this dozens of times before.
Judges almost feel like it's maybe a slap in the face to them if you continually violate your probation when they give you chances. Some will say it on the record is that I gave you a chance and now you basically spit in my face and won't do what I told you and what you promised you would do. Some of them get very angry about it. Others are not that intense, but that's the point of having to know your judge and your court, and what they're looking at.
A lot of times people show up and they think that, "All right, the only thing I did was I was three hours late for one breath test and it's not that big of a deal." Then when they get there, they see the report from the probation officer that says, "They were three hours late for this test. They haven't completed their community service. They haven't paid their fines and costs. They haven't done their counseling yet that they were ordered to do." This report looks bad and it looks like you've got a bad attitude and you don't care.
Things can change quickly, and that's what people have to be ready for. Obviously I'm not trying to scare every person into calling me, but these are the things I've seen over the years where people have made mistakes by taking the situation too lightly. Sometimes things go well and they go easy. Other times it's much more complicated than you expected and you just won't know until you get there.
Is there Anything Else that You Would Like to Clarify Regarding Probation Violations?
If you do get a probation violation, don't ignore it. Don't get too scared and not want to deal with it because it will never go away. It will always sit in the computer and eventually there will be a warrant for your arrest and eventually you'll get picked up. You get a lot more respect from the court when you show up and you face it and deal with it. Then you do win. They pick you up two years later at a red light violation or something and bring you in handcuffs as somebody who was trying to run away from the problem. Even though it's a scary situation, it is best to face it and deal with as quickly as possible.
Are People Ever Reluctant In Dealing with Probation Violations?
It's common because there's so many people on probation and so many different probation violations but most people will go to court and deal with it right away. People who really believe that they're going to jail and just don't want to deal with that, a lot of times will run but usually it results in a worse punishment down the road. It's generally best to deal with it.
For more information on Hiring An Attorney for Probation Violation, a free initial consultation is your next best step. Get the information and legal answers you're seeking by calling (248) 221-1060 today.
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Study Suggests Anorexia Nervosa Causes Significant Brain Shrinkage
Sara E. Teller — July 13, 2022
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New research shows anorexia impacts the size of the brain. This can be reversed if an individual is in recovery.
Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder (ED) characterized by severe weight loss. People with anorexia nervosa have an intense fear of gaining weight, even if they are very thin. They may severely restrict the amount of food they eat, obsess over their body image, and exercise excessively. Anorexia can have a severely harmful effect on a person's overall health and well-being.
More than just a physical health concern, anorexia is a serious mental health condition. The fear of gaining weight, an aversion to food and the body dysmorphia that is present in these cases proves that much of the disorder begins and ends in the mind. Many people seek treatment from licensed therapists for this disorder every year.
A new report has revealed another way in which this eating disorder impacts the mind – it causes brain shrinkage. More specifically, patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) have been found to have significant shrinkage in key brain structures. "These deficits are less severe in patients on the path to weight recovery," a new brain imaging study shows, which suggests that healing from the severely restrictive ED may reverse the damage. The study was published online in Biological Psychiatry.
"The reductions of cortical thickness, subcortical volumes, and cortical surface area were very pronounced in acutely underweight anorexia," said Stefan Ehrlich, MD, PhD, head of the Eating Disorder Treatment and Research Center, Technical University in Dresden, Germany. "Yet even a partial weight gain brings some normalization of these shrinkages. From this it can be deduced that a fast/early normalization of weight is also very important for brain health."
The International ENIGMA Eating Disorders Working Group reviewed data on T1-weighted structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans for close to 2000 people with anorexia (including those in recovery from the disorder) and developed a control group across 22 sites around the world.
In those suffering from the disorder, "reductions in cortical thickness, subcortical volumes, and, to a lesser extent, cortical surface area, were sizable (Cohen's d up to 0.95), widespread, and co-localized with hub regions," they reported. "These reductions were two and four times larger than the abnormalities in brain size and shape seen in patients with other mental illnesses."
The research team hopes these findings will encourage those suffering from anorexia to seek professional help.
"This really is a wake-up call, showing the need for early interventions for people with eating disorders," said Paul Thompson, PhD, author and lead scientist for the ENIGMA Consortium. "The brain changes in anorexia were more severe than in other any psychiatric condition we have studied. Effects of treatments and interventions can now be evaluated, using these new brain maps as a reference.
Allison Eliscu, MD, chief of the Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics in the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University in New York, is looking forward to using these findings to inform treatment models.
"When we talk to our patients and the parents, a lot of them focus on things that they can see, such as the way they look. It adds a lot to the conversation to be able to say: You're obviously not seeing these changes in the brain, but they're happening and could be potentially long term if you don't start weight restoring, or if you weight restore and then continue to drop again," she said.
Brain Changes May Be Hallmark of Anorexia
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About Sara E. Teller
Sara is a credited freelance writer, editor, contributor, and essayist, as well as a novelist and poet with nearly twenty years of experience. A seasoned publishing professional, she's worked for newspapers, magazines and book publishers in content digitization, editorial, acquisitions and intellectual property. Sara has been an invited speaker at a Careers in Publishing & Authorship event at Michigan State University and a Reading and Writing Instructor at Sylvan Learning Center. She has an MBA degree with a concentration in Marketing and an MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, graduating with a 4.2/4.0 GPA. She is also a member of Chi Sigma Iota and a 2020 recipient of the Donald D. Davis scholarship recognizing social responsibility. Sara is certified in children's book writing, HTML coding and social media marketing. Her fifth book, PTSD: Healing from the Inside Out, was released in September 2019 and is available on Amazon. You can find her others books there, too, including Narcissistic Abuse: A Survival Guide, released in December 2017.
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[Catalyst #19] Transforming our Relationship with Money
Tomorrow we begin the Healthy Money Summit with more than 32 top pioneers as part of our Autumn of Abundance and our commitment to addressing how we make the shift to a new era.
Money is a fascinating arena, especially for people on a spiritual path. Our religious and spiritual traditions have tended to have strong anti-money biases, which often leads spiritual folks to have less of it and wrestle with money issues, compromising our power in the world.
Gordon Davidson and Corinne McLaughlin offered us a powerful antidote teleseminar last week, a fascinating article below, and will also offer an upcoming Spiritual Mastery of Money course that show us how to transform this issue on a root level. Summit co-host and financial therapist Bari Tessler shares an article below on facing money taboos and even going "full frontal" with our money stories - quite powerful.
What we are moving towards is the creation of a truly sacred relationship with money and its flow, which leads us to generous, collaborative and sustainable systems. There are exciting movements afoot, several of which are covered in this issue of the Catalyst or this week during the Summit, ranging from Vicki Robin's video on "relational eating" to the powerful insights into the commons by James Quilligan, an advisor to heads of state around the world, to Susan Davis' powerful KINS innovation in philanthropy and social movement building, chronicled below.
From local currencies to conscious investment funds, from financial therapy to micro-finance and sharing, it's clear that we are now FINALLY bringing spirit and matter together to create a sacred, sustainable, and healthy relationship with this very odd thing we call money. If you're at all intrigued to heal the spirit-money split in you, read on (and join the Healthy Money Summit).
Vicki Robin, Relational Eating TedX Talk
Vicki Robin, a prolific social innovator, writer and speaker, is co-author with the late Joe Dominguez of the international best-seller, Your Money or Your Life.
Karma Kitchen
What is the value of something that doesn't have a price? That is the fundamental question raised every week at Karma Kitchen, a volunteer-run restaurant in Berkeley.
Transition to a Sustainable World
By James B. Quilligan
Many people recognize that the transition to a sustainable world means turning the economy into an ecosystem. But the way of making this adjustment is entirely unclear. A shift to what? And how?
Governments, scientists, think tanks, academic communities, sustainable businesses, eco-villages, transition towns, new economics, degrowth groups and sharing and gift circles are deeply fragmented in their understanding of social and economic change. Most analysts and activists have not gotten beyond the idea of pricing natural resources to create a new balance between society and nature in the 21st century . . . [read more]
Money, Taboo, and Finding Your Voice: 7 Questions to Befriend Your Money Story
By Bari Tessler Linden
For those of us interested in deepening awareness and alignment in our lives, money can feel like the final frontier of conscious practice.
We can breathe through discomfort in most any situation—from the yoga mat to intimate conversations—but money remains a nagging exception. An ongoing source of confusion, fear, and shame. That one area of our lives where, try as we might, we just can't seem to feel authentic and empowered . . . [read more]
Growing Your Money and Changing the World
© 2013 by Corinne McLaughlin
Are your personal finances creating a better life for you and our world or are they a source of stress? Would you like to grow your money and expand your income so you can contribute to the world in a positive way?
Your money can grow abundantly like a lush garden, when the right seeds of intention are planted in the fertile, prepared ground of your subconscious, watered with your love, and energized with the sunlight of your soul. You need to keep removing the weeds of negative thoughts and beliefs so your harvest will be abundant. You can learn from nature how to be a good gardener with your money . . . [read more]
Philanthropists Manifesting Their Life Missions
By Susan Davis, founder, KINSinnovation.org
Over the last 35 years, I have worked with enlightened business leaders, philanthropists and financiers to create a breakthrough innovation method. It has proved dramatically quicker, less expensive, higher impact and more fun than other methods, but it has not spread. One reason is that the leaders have been servant leaders who sought to lead without taking credit. Secondly, the method uses an approach for manifesting that is the opposite of the traditional business approach, so it was too counter-cultural to be noticed. Let me explain . . . [read more]
What Makes a Movie Spiritual?
By Arjuna Ardagh (An edited version appeared in the Huffington Post)
This article supports the launch of Milton's Secret with a cool Indiegogo campaign that you can participate in here.
I was talking the other day with Barnet Bain, the producer of the Oscar winning movie What Dreams may Come, starring Robin Williams. Barnet is working on a new movie now, which I will tell you all about a little later.
Most of you care deeply about the world. Perhaps you have a sense of our evolutionary potential, or the needless suffering in our world that could be so easily overcome by a collective shift in how we experience reality? What is the best way to bring about such a shift? Religion? Better elected leaders? Social and political action? Or simply great movies? . . . [read more]
For submissions and recommendations, email editor@theshiftnetwork.com.
United Nations UNITY Magazine published Summer of Peace article in China – A New Narrative of Peace: From Inner Peace to International Peace – click here to see UNITY website (the issue with the article will be listed soon).
The Alliance for Peacebuilding invited and accepted The Shift Network as a member.
Newly released: Lessons in Courage: Peruvian Shamanic Wisdom for Everyday Life by Oscar Miro-Quesada and Bonnie Glass-Coffin
Here is Stephen Dinan's endorsement: "In this beautiful book, Oscar bridges many worlds, bringing alive extraordinary possibilities from the shamanic realms and making them fully accessible to the modern West. He does this through his powerful loving heart, his transparent storytelling, and his unfailing dedication to serving us all with humility. He's a luminous guide into the next stage of our evolution in which Eagle and Condor fly as one." click here.
The Abundant Mystic—Creating a Life of Personal Prosperity while Serving the Highest Good of All – Free teleseminar featuring 28 luminaries including John Gray, Marci Shimoff, Panache Desai, Marcia Wieder and many more. click here.
The Pachamama Alliance – Annual Luncheon Fundraiser – November 14th, 2013 | 12:00 to 1:30 PM PST | Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center | San Francisco, California – See more, click here.
Search for Common Ground – Annual Luncheon Fundraiser – November 24, 2013 | 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. | YOSHI's San Francisco | 13303 Filmore Street (at Eddy) featuring John Marks, founder and President, and Susan Collin Marks, Senior Vice President and Summer of Peace Wisdom Council Member – click here.
The Shift Network team recently saw The GuruGanesha Band perform live and loved their devotional and upbeat music. The GuruGanesha Band is a multi-talented ensemble culled from the A-list of players and singers on today's rapidly-expanding kirtan/chant/yoga music scene. (Before forming this band, GuruGanesha Singh was renowned for his work with Snatam Kaur, Nirinjan Kaur and Tina Malia.) http://guruganesha.com/
Amy Paulson—Co-Founder of the Gracias Foundation
By Devaa Haley Mitchell
PING…PING. PING. PING. I hear the rain falling quite hard on the tin roof above my head. My clothes are sticky and wet from walking through the rain, and my silver flats are caked with mud. I'd normally be a bit disgruntled about being a muddy mess, but my own spirits are lifted by the high energy of so many kids buzzing around me. Their beautiful black faces are glowing, and I am filled with a mother's pride-even though these kids are not my own.
The kids are all orphans with HIV, and reside at an orphanage called AHOPE Ethiopia. Most have lost their parents to the disease as well. It's a very tough situation, and the kids don't have much of a creative outlet—until now . . . [read more]
2013 Catalyst: (#19, 11/3) (#18, 10/20) (#17, 10/6) (#16, 9/21) (#15, 9/8) (#14, 8/25) (#13, 8/4) (#12, 7/21), (#11, 7/7), (#10, 6/16) (#9, 6/2) (#8, 5/12) (#7, 4/28) (#6, 4/14) (#5, 3/24) (#4, 2/24) (#3, 2/9) (#2, 1/26) (#1, 1/13)
2013 Issue 19 • Nov 3
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Support The Gracias Foundation, which empowers vulnerable and impoverished women, children, and young adults with holistic resources to lead dignified and self-sustainable lives. For a deeper look at their work, read the Spotlight feature below on Executive Director Amy Paulson.
The Spiritual Mastery of Money course with Corinne McLaughlin and Gordon Davidson offers a reboot of your entire psychology and relationship with money, opening the path to more joy, flow, abundance, and deep alignment with your values. Healing the spirit-money split in you IS part of your spiritual path.
Peace Ambassador Training starts on November 6 with James O'Dea and 22 world visionaries. Learn how to find deep personal peace and promote peace in your family, community and the world. Register on Monday, Nov. 4 and The Shift Network will give two full-tuition scholarships to youth between ages 16 and 26.
Evolve Yourself, Evolve Our World with Shift Network Courses
The Courageous Mystic with Matthew Fox
Not too late to join!
4 Keys to Writing a Bestselling Book and Becoming a Successful Author with Gay Hendricks
Free call November 6
Soulful Women Certificate Program
Starts January 22, 2014
Stuart Valentine, Founder of Centerpoint, shares his essay, A Conscious Approach to Building True Wealth – click here.


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Bar Graph Example Problems : Data Interpretation and Analysis
Direction (1 – 5): Study the following graph carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Three different products (in thousands) produced by a company in five different years.
1. What was the total number of all products produced by the company in the year 2006 and 2008 together?
(1) 10750
(2) 107.5 lacks
(3) 105700
(5) None of these
2. What was the average number of Pen-drives produced by the company over all the years together?
(2) 1.7 lacks
3. What is the difference between the total number of Pen drives and CDs produced by the company together in the year 2008 and the number of Key Boards produced by the company in the year 2006?
4. What was the respective ratio between the number of Key boards produced by the company in the year 2006, 2007 and 2009?
(1) 1:2:3
(4) 1:2: 1
5. What was the respective ratio between the number of CDs produced by the company in the year 2009 and the number of keyboards produced by the company in the year 2005?
(1) 9:10
(2) 11:10
(3) 10:9
Direction (6 – 10): Study the following graph carefully to answer the following question given below to it.
Number of students (number in thousands) passing and failing in an Entrance Exam from six different cities.
The total number of students in each city comprises the number of students passing and the number of students failing in the entrance exam.
6. What is the respective ratio of number of students passing in the entrance from City M to those passing from city Q?
(4) 9:5
7. What is the average number of students failing in the examination from Cities L and M together?
8. What is the total number of students failing in the entrance exam from all the cities together?
9. Number of students failing in the entrance exam from City P is what percent of the total number of students from that City?
(1) 29.75
10. Number of students passing in the examination from City O is approximately what percent of the total number of students passing in the examination from all cities together?
Questions Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10
Answers 1 3 1 4 1 2 4 1 3 5
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HBO has announced that the final season premiere for Game of Thrones was watched by a record 17.4 million viewers Sunday night, exceeding the previous series high of 16.9 million viewers for the season seven finale. Compared to the season seven premiere audience of 16.1 million, the season eight premiere grew by over a million viewers.
In addition, te HBO NOW streaming service saw a jump of approximately 50% in viewing when compared to last season's finale and nearly doubled (97%) when compared to the seventh season premiere. Yesterday accounts for largest night of streaming activity ever for HBO.
The 9:00 P.M. airing of the premiere was viewed by 11.8 million viewers, surpassing the season seven premiere of 10.1 million viewers and slightly behind the season seven finale of 12.1 million viewers. Game of Thrones' seventh season went on to average 32.8 million viewers per episode.


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