https://www.growweekly.org/articles daily 0.75 2021-08-12 https://www.growweekly.org/articles/a-house-divided monthly 0.5 2021-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1628785739887-IEIBSB9YZUO4EYFLEG78/picture1.jpg Growtime - A House Divided - Make it stand out The Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) was started as southern Sudan’s military opposition to northern Sudan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1628786582368-QLQ7G89MGQF9DPW4JCJQ/Screen+Shot+2021-08-12+at+12.42.23+PM.png Growtime - A House Divided - Make it stand out Fragile States Index results from 2021published by The Fund for Peace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1628785387027-8DIJO943JN2TVC37XR6X/picture1.jpg Growtime - A House Divided - Make it stand out The Partition caused a mass migration of people between the newly formed countries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1628785863439-NF0NG8ZZMOZUTTFLMUJX/picture1.jpg Growtime - A House Divided - Make it stand out South Sudan independence celebrations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1628785988491-VTAFDG65OQBIYPPRKIG6/picture1.jpg Growtime - A House Divided - Make it stand out Photo from the “Velvet Revolution” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1628786052768-J1PJXJCXIK6CMVZ6WI2Q/picture1.jpg Growtime - A House Divided - Make it stand out This image is a tad outdated (note the “USSR” labeled to the eastern border), but gives an idea of how Czech Republic (blue area) and Slovakia (orange area) split https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1628785322956-CW9YACTRB8EIF6XACLZD/picture1.jpg Growtime - A House Divided - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1628785638307-5EMOJBNY7W2U7NP4VE7E/picture1.jpg Growtime - A House Divided - Make it stand out A map of Sudan following independence from Britain and Egypt, but before South Sudan voted for autonomy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1628786159994-411CFEC6NVJIM8L27E42/picture1.jpg Growtime - A House Divided - Make it stand out A more aesthetic presentation of the indicators used by The Fund for Peace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1628786733518-MT8CO9A7DGHUOVUS6PKU/picture1.jpg Growtime - A House Divided - Make it stand out The percentage of people that think others in their country are tolerant of those with different backgrounds, cultures or views. Canadians think other Canadians are tolerant. https://www.growweekly.org/articles/counting-sheep monthly 0.5 2021-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1626923475399-CRJWKX7IR5M15WVI9MDV/picture1.jpg Growtime - Counting Sheep - Make it stand out The Common Poorwill curled up on a rock, one of the only birds known to undergo hibernation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1626923196302-3HZ6MBYPK5QS4W67OPNB/picture1.jpg Growtime - Counting Sheep - Make it stand out A troop of lemurs sleeping https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1626925839258-OKLO8Y5XVBUNNJ62TSUW/picture1.jpg Growtime - Counting Sheep - Make it stand out The circled region is the amygdala, which is a part of the brain that affects emotions. It appears much more active under the condition of sleep deprivation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1626923280209-O6Q0KC1O1KA8ABHWGH18/picture1.jpg Growtime - Counting Sheep - Make it stand out A Giant Aldabra tortoise sprawled out and getting some shut-eye https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1626905629397-XTC2KA1BXGNZVPCBR867/week19image2 Growtime - Counting Sheep - Make it stand out Percentage of people reporting less than 7 hours of sleep on average. I don’t know about you, but it looks like people in Kentucky don’t sleep too much. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1626905492064-BWAVP8VVLIKRP82TKK4D/week19image1 Growtime - Counting Sheep - Make it stand out A somewhat typical sleep cycle from falling asleep to waking up. Sleeping less than 8 hours means that you cut off a larger proportion of REM sleep as compared to non-REM sleep. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1626923888788-IMX0EJ3RMIH0TLFUW6NY/Screen+Shot+2021-07-21+at+11.16.50+PM.png Growtime - Counting Sheep - Make it stand out An excerpt from an infographic based on the Philips annual sleep survey of 13,000 people. The data show that more people use their cell phone in bed compared to last year, which may reduce the ability to naturally sleep due to the extra light exposure from the screen. https://www.growweekly.org/articles/when-youre-sometimes-wrong monthly 0.5 2021-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1625109470316-UQCJZYTYBAZRW4S54UO7/picture1.jpg Growtime - When You’re (sometimes) Wrong - Make it stand out Imagine wearing a shirt with this guy’s face on it (Barry Manilow)… and only 25% of people noticed! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1625109561237-Y9BEHJ7XFVUSB5Z5X5HU/picture1.jpg Growtime - When You’re (sometimes) Wrong - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1625109406121-RFIL6ADU8DABLNKHVC6F/picture1.jpg Growtime - When You’re (sometimes) Wrong - Make it stand out Graph generated in the original 1999 study. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1625109608105-5CS943RB15555QUSZFBD/picture1.jpg Growtime - When You’re (sometimes) Wrong - Make it stand out The idea that a box is functioning as a container seems to significantly affect how older kids use it in finding a solution to a predetermined problem. https://www.growweekly.org/articles/on-the-road-again monthly 0.5 2021-06-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1623292210070-WYN2GT8O2KLTRLDFQEQX/week17image3 Growtime - On the Road Again - Make it stand out Roads became much more like “modern” roads during the 1800s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1623292593816-BCC45EK4YL4YGPSS6O1Q/picture1.jpg Growtime - On the Road Again - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1623292097006-GEJI5DJ9XO9VOCWA203C/week17image2 Growtime - On the Road Again - Make it stand out Some Roman roads have been resurfaced a number of times and are still used today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1623292496290-EQENP18K09O0S9FNNH1I/picture1.jpg Growtime - On the Road Again - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1623292333693-0LSMKD5JAUPCUYO9I3CW/picture1.jpg Growtime - On the Road Again - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1623292666625-Z8CPPW9AT9DK3ZUNEE7B/picture1.jpg Growtime - On the Road Again - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1623292021960-HMY3W2MBFWE9JVSEFTBE/week17image1 Growtime - On the Road Again - Make it stand out A very old wheel… or just a block of cement? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1623292774790-ZHNGD6GYCH8J5LDZZRXI/picture1.jpg Growtime - On the Road Again - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.growweekly.org/articles/more-money-more-problems monthly 0.5 2021-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1622090698765-YALGZHTL5I53JFJRMT0D/picture1.jpg Growtime - More Money, More Problems - Make it stand out If we look at the relationship between GDP and concentration of PM in the air by country, we see that GDP can actually go up as PM concentration decreases (as in Norway). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1622090584102-1PLZ3QREA6TEJOK4NIZG/picture1.jpg Growtime - More Money, More Problems - Make it stand out As GDP per capita rose over the past few decades, so did the concentration of particulate matter (PM) in the air, which isn’t the best for our lungs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1622090847244-EEKE9XR6J00NO5M46887/picture1.jpg Growtime - More Money, More Problems - Make it stand out I don’t think Krispy Kreme sells this type of doughnut. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1622090348764-NDV584YXK4K9J8CX5HR9/picture1.jpg Growtime - More Money, More Problems - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1622090027196-QDJQ4KEYC7SQSSGJ6RM1/week16image1 Growtime - More Money, More Problems - Make it stand out Growth in the stock market of various countries over recent history. https://www.growweekly.org/articles/patience monthly 0.5 2021-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1620869031083-RKOMNURT6JSLOSO6C3IW/picture1.png Growtime - Patience - Make it stand out Not to scale, but the pterodactyl is a cool addition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1620868638915-BZK25I0GZESGQXUX95HE/picture1.png Growtime - Patience - Make it stand out Deep ocean temperatures for the past 65 million years… we’re pretty cold today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1620867810985-8GG2PXCN9LFXBY4LB4DU/picture1.png Growtime - Patience - Make it stand out This shows the movement of an atom within a molecule over the span of hundreds of femtoseconds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1620867917733-5WWOWMB1U809IFHJMHA4/picture1.png Growtime - Patience - Make it stand out Good thing we don’t use long-pulse microsecond lasers for eye surgery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1620868453668-WGG5XDSUO2MQUDW4E76X/picture1.png Growtime - Patience - Make it stand out Business cycles in the United States since the end of World War 2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1620871110953-JHWDF0RG2I0Y1R29I7XP/picture1.png Growtime - Patience - Make it stand out Yes, this is a joke, but it makes a point of showing that there are actually an incredible number of calculations computers perform during operations that last a few seconds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1620869313945-AKZ9SEAVIBDACJEDJOGZ/picture1.png Growtime - Patience - Make it stand out Movement of landmasses on Earth as part of the Continental Drift theory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1620872211266-EF4JCQNULUKL6H1PYY3S/picture1.png Growtime - Patience - Make it stand out Meet Edward Payson Weston… one of the first recorded people to walk across the entire United States. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1620869160612-HA7K4UFBTVE2LCBRV4HW/picture1.png Growtime - Patience - Make it stand out This is almost as volatile as the stock market these days! Not really, though… it’s almost impossible to comprehend what 500 million years is like. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1620871726000-P91E2YPFQ0HO31HGN7M9/picture1.png Growtime - Patience - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1620872422583-1RUI0832CQTOU3MG0GB7/picture1.png Growtime - Patience - Make it stand out The plastic from this styrofoam cup will likely be around long after you (and your grandchildren) die. https://www.growweekly.org/articles/happy-hour monthly 0.5 2021-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1619667621567-SG3PQ81S4V33LA6MXDP3/Picture1.jpg Growtime - Happy Hour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1619678029420-DTHWKE3K8PENEB1N24L7/Picture1.jpg Growtime - Happy Hour The path of yogurt from udder to table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1619676458594-6ZQM3DI9DW09RHSNNFGC/Picture1.jpg Growtime - Happy Hour The inside of a cacao pod showing the beans and pulp. Certainly doesn’t look anything like a Hershey’s chocolate bar yet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1619676708056-P4KMZOLDQQDR7F89OIOL/Picture1.jpg Growtime - Happy Hour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1619677380615-0CKR6U0P2L9JUNEJYUF7/Picture1.jpg Growtime - Happy Hour This is low-key just a plug for my own sourdough starter that I prepared. You can see a few bubbles from the carbon dioxide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1619677815273-0Z9HK37VOTZRR8Q673XJ/Picture1.jpg Growtime - Happy Hour Parts of a coffee fruit with the bean inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1619678249274-ICQLGZ7VVREWIO36UYIW/Picture1.jpg Growtime - Happy Hour Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics depicting the wine-making process https://www.growweekly.org/articles/tiny-but-mighty monthly 0.5 2021-04-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1618461990693-0BQORPS925Y9D6JC1WIT/week13image8 Growtime - Tiny but Mighty Conceptual model of a stellarator nuclear fusion reactor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1618461926506-VGQDIW7PCQHRO3DJIQE8/Picture1.jpg Growtime - Tiny but Mighty A picture of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) being built in France. This will be the world’s largest tokamak nuclear fusion reactor when it eventually operates - hopefully starting in 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1618461164197-S6OQ692NPV2WT8NY7E9W/week13image2 Growtime - Tiny but Mighty An image of Chicago Pile-1 at the University of Chicago https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1618460899269-CUWFGCKBHVRNR0BTOY1Z/week13image1 Growtime - Tiny but Mighty An illustration of the Uranium-235 nuclear fission reaction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1618462116105-ODAU1Q5ZQ1Y5IB1UJB3L/week13image9 Growtime - Tiny but Mighty The entrance to the underground radioactive waste storage site in Yucca Mountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1618461711331-31I4BU6L9PYDLEGIHC6A/week13image6 Growtime - Tiny but Mighty Basic concept of an ionization-type smoke detector where charged radiation completes an electric current https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1618461349497-NOO87YOWJ1UYIJ0GKGZJ/week13image4 Growtime - Tiny but Mighty The number of operable nuclear reactors begins to level off in the mid to late 1980s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1618461473813-9RC1S7UKUKL3BU14AYOS/week13image5 Growtime - Tiny but Mighty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1618461258973-X97UNKZK0UCLYIHYOV8N/week13image3 Growtime - Tiny but Mighty The Shippingport nuclear reactor in Pennsylvania, finished in 1957, was the first commercial nuclear reactor used for electricity production in the United States. https://www.growweekly.org/articles/creatures-of-habit monthly 0.5 2021-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1617251732912-Q2G6V8XU17EYNJCEL521/Screen+Shot+2021-04-01+at+12.35.14+AM.png Growtime - Creatures of Habit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1617252031246-X4XLZVZ2Y0AWATUX50PT/week12image4 Growtime - Creatures of Habit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1617251914075-30TU75SXRBV9GLM48LZP/week12image3 Growtime - Creatures of Habit Smoking presents an interesting situation because even though it can be considered a psychological “habit”, it also has chemically addictive nicotine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1617251810402-12FY6AXG8RZ2L1ODP9KZ/week12image2 Growtime - Creatures of Habit Eating quick snacks like ice cream, popcorn, or chips while watching TV or a movie can become a pretty strong habit. Eventually you may find it hard to eat something without watching TV because of that habit… and vice versa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1617252128558-R33UPT92KUK1363TWA34/week12image5 Growtime - Creatures of Habit The Charmin bears are obsessed with their toilet paper, so they exhibit brand loyalty – NOT habit buying! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1617252391857-IQZ0BUT9RWJJYFPB1PVS/Picture1.jpg Growtime - Creatures of Habit Screenshot from a habit-tracking app called “Habitica” that turns habits into a game of sorts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1617252313300-6N4K9ZX2QSQFOLIWBZRJ/week12image6 Growtime - Creatures of Habit The Reward helps start this loop, but you may try to eventually remove the Reward… and have the Cue and Routine remain as a subconscious habit. https://www.growweekly.org/articles/a-hidden-kingdom monthly 0.5 2021-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1616037955676-O046IZBZVBV61AFHENXI/Picture1.jpg Growtime - A Hidden Kingdom An older taxonomic system called the “Whittaker Five-Kingdom” classification of life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1616038052583-ZTI4FB5C1XUPUSMTLS3S/week11image2 Growtime - A Hidden Kingdom Mycelium is a tightly packed network of fibers made of fungal cells. The mycelium basically IS the fungus, similar to how a body with all of its essential organs makes up a human. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1616040372876-N8DGMHMN92GPJAEW6BIG/week11image8 Growtime - A Hidden Kingdom An image of the mold fungus that naturally produces penicillin, an antibiotic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1616038532454-Q7SZTF8O9SNAVEP6FXNZ/week11image5 Growtime - A Hidden Kingdom Here you can clearly see the fruiting body of an ascomycota fungus, but not all fruiting bodies of ascomycota fungus are visible without a microscope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1616040568521-QICAVCSU6IUJ3CKEEJI5/week11image9 Growtime - A Hidden Kingdom This building, although more of an art installation, is made from bricks that are composed of chitin material, which was grown from fungal mycelium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1616039297913-OAVMY8FRW221H95VN0YG/week11image7 Growtime - A Hidden Kingdom Lichen on a tree is actually multiple organisms coexisting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1616038642196-983MPUL5268K72GSMC59/week11image6 Growtime - A Hidden Kingdom Perfect real estate opportunity for The Smurfs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1616038243728-KRJQMMWBDHWPPJ0RID0U/Picture1.jpg Growtime - A Hidden Kingdom Levels of the taxonomic system used to classify all life on Earth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1616038440324-Y42XQAYWNZPTM556HSIS/week11image4 Growtime - A Hidden Kingdom Bread mold! In the close-up on the right, you can see the little black sporangium ball that forms on the mold, which then releases spores so that more of your bread falls victim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1616040639603-ZQDYB3LKV66MUQ6YWD1O/Picture1.jpg Growtime - A Hidden Kingdom An image of the Destroying Angel mushroom https://www.growweekly.org/articles/crystal-ball monthly 0.5 2021-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1614832156552-SKWTHQWSLLN43MKBN8KE/week10image7 Growtime - The Modern Crystal Ball Actual surface temperature observations as compared to the average temperatures predicted by a number of climate models. The forecast occurred in 2000 with a comparison to data collected through 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1614832435494-L7X20IW3GZOO3LT5IHTX/Picture1.jpg Growtime - The Modern Crystal Ball Notice with this 5-day moving average that the actual stock price moves up and down day-to-day, but the 5-day moving average shows that the stock price is steadily moving upwards over time! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1614831829680-1PX0Z1VCG4CJ8WZ5BWR3/week10image6 Growtime - The Modern Crystal Ball This image of surface temperatures comes from February 17th, 2021. Notice the colder (blue-colored) temperatures that dipped into the southern United States and caused freezing conditions and widespread power outages a few weeks ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1614831734062-GN6FLIV533X697Z4L7GV/Picture1.jpg Growtime - The Modern Crystal Ball A weather balloon equipped with a radiosonde being released. Weather balloons such as this are released all over the globe every single day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1614832612488-SLR7HSL8EDQLVQZYHXRG/week10image+10 Growtime - The Modern Crystal Ball Look how smooth that moving average is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1614832907363-56Z26NXPENPHRP410SVL/Picture1.jpg Growtime - The Modern Crystal Ball This optimization of cost can shift depending on the situation, so sometimes complex forecasts are more cost effective while other times you may find that a simple forecast is more cost effective. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1614830877030-6AW8HKEKQ4DSGYB3ZLCA/week10image1 Growtime - The Modern Crystal Ball The error bars on these 2020 presidential election forecasts are around +/-2%, and the forecast started many months prior to Election Day, which is pretty good. It’s important, though, to notice that this is just the popular vote and not Electoral College. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1614831478956-CL1PYR1DMEU1NWT8ACB9/week10image4 Growtime - The Modern Crystal Ball Calculated average correlation of each state with other states. Some states, like Michigan which has an average correlation of 61%, are very similar to most other states. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1614832245463-BSIH1WZ6O2GMRF2R3410/Picture1.jpg Growtime - The Modern Crystal Ball This figure provides general guidance on which forecasting techniques might be useful at each stage in a product’s life cycle, from development through to market dominance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1614832720369-RGOPRU9LIJSBHX1O19EN/Picture1.jpg Growtime - The Modern Crystal Ball The sharper upward yield curve seen in January 2021 is a sign that people are more optimistic about the future of the economy than they were in February 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1614831411887-B5MEO2RN4NK5CYIFE55L/week10image3 Growtime - The Modern Crystal Ball https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1614831976662-K2GB9EO18Q6JKGUU8R7H/Picture1.jpg Growtime - The Modern Crystal Ball A hurricane forecast from the NOAA National Hurricane Center. Models developed specifically for hurricanes are better for modeling these storms compared to the general ECMWF and GFS models. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1614831004312-52EIVLJX4IQ0K7ABUAKQ/week10image2 Growtime - The Modern Crystal Ball What about the house effect bias of whoever came up with these values? (D=Democratic candidate Obama, R=Republican candidate Romney during the 2008 election) https://www.growweekly.org/articles/bust-a-move monthly 0.5 2021-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1613617751196-4QEXI85EHQUXS4CIR7QP/week9picture1 Growtime - Bust a Move Personally, I can’t even hula hoop, so this is very impressive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1613618597052-KQOHIJ8KG5OEGGB7XJ85/Picture1.jpg Growtime - Bust a Move Zumba is one dance program that functions primarily as a cardio workout. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1613618156000-EPNWFIVNE9VIXD9AREZV/week9image3 Growtime - Bust a Move Flamenco dancers showing off their moves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1613617822850-RBGOH8C3JR0G6LYYB5LZ/Picture1.jpg Growtime - Bust a Move Sometimes Hopak dancers will yell “hop!” as they leap into the air, which contributed to the name of the dance. https://www.growweekly.org/articles/get-smart monthly 0.5 2021-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1612413565493-40QM3MDV08JZME8UHG2V/week8image5 Growtime - Get Smart A traffic monitoring drone being deployed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1612413843891-1UGTXV2PYFE0FD60C2CB/week8image6 Growtime - Get Smart An image from a Florida demo of Amazon’s “Rekognition” facial recognition software. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1612412550134-FD5BRW9S1EI5RDO50MC1/week8image1 Growtime - Get Smart Personally, there seems to be an overuse of the word “smart” here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1612413335069-QHU9ZVB3LBXHWBEV2RKW/Picture1.jpg Growtime - Get Smart A few examples of Smart City ideas provided by Surbana Jurong (a Singapore consultant group). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1612412827139-N32L5OCQNPU5XUVJG3IL/week8image2 Growtime - Get Smart Basic diagram of a Smart City water system. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1612413427150-V0EWMIW1WAGI6RFDGODN/Picture1.jpg Growtime - Get Smart Screenshots from the Mana Valmiera smartphone app. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1612414019153-TNL7SB2PLF57VUHE9ZKC/Picture1.jpg Growtime - Get Smart One of the lamppost traffic sensors installed as part of the Portland, Oregon Smart City project. https://www.growweekly.org/articles/just-eat-it monthly 0.5 2021-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1611205822652-AY2GSPDR9656ER6MK1XV/week7image3 Growtime - Just Eat It The original US Food Pyramid released in 1992. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1611207334077-KVK4SPG7NA5QOASION0Q/week7image7 Growtime - Just Eat It An infographic showing typical serving consumption in a DASH Diet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1611207550900-DRQ39C4UYQCZ633UWUC0/week7image8 Growtime - Just Eat It https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1611205636160-W6XUJTRSI0DI2TR9QH2H/week7image1 Growtime - Just Eat It One of the predecessors of the US Food Pyramid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1611206975197-YR2TNW0W70E3XOTQJSQA/week7image6 Growtime - Just Eat It Results from the Pounds Lost study showing similar changes in body mass distribution based on varying levels of fats, carbs, and protein. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1611205715744-G0BFGL9QHVKZ2U1JOTK5/week7image2 Growtime - Just Eat It The Food “Rainbow” published by Canada in 1992 was another dietary guideline adopted as an easy-to-read graphic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1611205985187-YBG4YM3ZKMB3FUMJRXCO/week7image4 Growtime - Just Eat It The Harvard School of Public Health version of the MyPlate dietary guideline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1611206703603-7GI3XZ0BTUBFGZ8PTPAH/week7image5 Growtime - Just Eat It Locations surveyed in the China-Cornell-Oxford Project. https://www.growweekly.org/articles/the-only-certainty-in-life-besides-death monthly 0.5 2021-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1609994003413-QQ20UQW4KZK8D81WK310/week6image3 Growtime - The Only Certainty in Life (besides death) United States national deficit/surplus for 2000-2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1609993862474-UN09I6QDTDRNXA3WXSFF/week6image2 Growtime - The Only Certainty in Life (besides death) Types of taxes paid by various income levels, from those in the lowest quintile (fifth) of earners to those in the top 0.1% of earners. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1609994782618-T6G5OR9RNXIAZEWXC6OD/image-asset.jpeg Growtime - The Only Certainty in Life (besides death) Spending by national government of various countries in 2017, including as a percent of GDP. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1609994159418-U36BO7S1N9XJSAYM5FYV/week6image4 Growtime - The Only Certainty in Life (besides death) United States government spending by category for the 2020 Fiscal Year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1609993745695-V6Q3KH4KMI3YBVWA7KK0/Picture1.jpg Growtime - The Only Certainty in Life (besides death) Proportion of federal revenue from various tax sources https://www.growweekly.org/articles/how-to-have-friends monthly 0.5 2020-12-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1608514591171-0OE556J40TE9RDMRJTY5/week5image1 Growtime - How to Have Friends A simple social network of ten people where friendship connections are shown as orange lines https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1608515249864-G0U5R6VT1EED77T6ISL2/Picture1.jpgweek5image4 Growtime - How to Have Friends A generic friendship photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1608514765249-RWR2EXATEO0E2B66TK7C/week5image2 Growtime - How to Have Friends Results from Gallup polls of Americans showing opinions on quantity and quality of friendships. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1608514924810-U52OHGEHZNMCGVKZOI14/week5image3 Growtime - How to Have Friends Simplified graphical representation of Dunbar’s layers. The total adds to 150 meaningful relationships overall. https://www.growweekly.org/articles/stay-hydrated monthly 0.5 2020-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1606789477735-FRGSYBUUGI9U7YQ7JYLX/week4image5 Growtime - Stay Hydrated Diagram showing how “floc” solids settle to the bottom while the treated water (clarified effluent) is collected at the top https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1606790654498-B55Q9V6EOMLLTQ79XYT0/week4image7 Growtime - Stay Hydrated A woman laying out clear bottles of water for solar disinfection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1606788557524-42WEMB1TDUWX45NNCQ31/Picture1.jpg Growtime - Stay Hydrated A picture showing a river affected by the 2015 Gold King Mine spill in Colorado. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1606599120318-H5CJ84GUYTT0U6Q4K03A/week4image1 Growtime - Stay Hydrated Typhoid fever is caused by a strain of Salmonella bacteria that can be transmitted through drinking water. Though the United States doesn’t face as many water-borne disease outbreaks today, this was not the case prior to chlorination of drinking water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1606789103783-HQIR63U3JL75I4A7YD57/Picture1.jpg Growtime - Stay Hydrated A screenshot from EWG’s interactive PFAS mapping tool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1606789284726-VLUK8SYLQ9QZH61A30PR/week4image4 Growtime - Stay Hydrated Filter sizes available for water treatment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1606789950226-FR55IK9OK7XQ9PUJMOCQ/week4image6 Growtime - Stay Hydrated Percent of schools with basic drinking water services by country. https://www.growweekly.org/articles/home-is-where-the-heart-is monthly 0.5 2020-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1604969011864-ANA44NC2KTR8X4BA9P3D/week3image2 Growtime - Home is Where the Heart Is Villa Leopolda...you probably can’t afford this house. :( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1604969746516-N7GT1JQ7JIQR4P7A3GKC/Picture1.png Growtime - Home is Where the Heart Is Screenshot from the EJSCREEN mapping tool showing where increased cancer risk from inhalation of air toxics occurs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1604969610122-UYQ2P6JWUH6X76I4S7KH/week3image3 Growtime - Home is Where the Heart Is Jaegersborg Water Tower - a converted mixed use building in Denmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1604968464578-WLTFI5NXWSDBZ15NLDZ5/Picture1.png Growtime - Home is Where the Heart Is Notice higher percentages of “Latino or Hispanic” and “Black” population shares within historically redlined areas. https://www.growweekly.org/articles/got-compost monthly 0.5 2020-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1604966516334-GMAAJ9SQ9RU9J70NN5HF/Picture1.png Growtime - Got Compost? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1604967101853-69RXZF25KV6T66TBBWG6/week2image6 Growtime - Got Compost? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1604966873067-3FQ9BZHBD6K2MI0QFKMT/week2image4 Growtime - Got Compost? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1604966345442-C0RPX29A56WU1RYMG46R/week2image2 Growtime - Got Compost? It’s always best to not generate waste in the first place! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1604965821313-60CKRKTHIARHLXR4MHKO/week2image1 Growtime - Got Compost? U.S. municipal waste generation by type, as published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1604966978071-EGVEKPTATJDR1MWNPOYQ/week2image5 Growtime - Got Compost? https://www.growweekly.org/articles/party-time monthly 0.5 2020-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1604456293006-MQ4A0UCBN5CQ79K3EW25/week1image3 Growtime - Party Time! A satirical post pulled from Reddit, BUT most of these animal mascots are correctly depicted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d8445c3c30d731fa098acb0/1604456378669-X2JPDNKNTKMYMQ1JU0WY/Picture1.png Growtime - Party Time! 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