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const title = “Bears, Walkable Cities, and Self-Diagnosis”;
const date = “September 7, 2024”;
const knowledge = [
{
image: “https://walrus-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/img/Russell_Bears-1800-1200×800.jpg”,
title: “How We Treat Bears in Cities Is Trash”,
url: “https://thewalrus.ca/how-we-treat-bears-in-cities-is-trash/”,
question: “Between 2013 and 2015, WildWise Yukon piloted bear-resistant bins in Whitehorse. What issue did residents of Whitehorse report with the bear-resistant bins during the pilot program?”,
options: [
“The weight of the locks led to cracked lids and broken hinges.”,
“The locks on the bins were difficult to operate.”,
“The bins were too small to accommodate household waste.”,
“The bins inadvertently attracted more wildlife.”,
],
reply: “The weight of the locks led to cracked lids and broken hinges.”,
appropriate: “Residents complained that the weight of the locks led to cracked lids and broken hinges. The pilot ended, and Whitehorse’s curbside garbage and compost bins currently have no locking mechanism to keep wildlife out.”,
incorrect: “Residents complained that the weight of the locks led to cracked lids and broken hinges. The pilot ended, and Whitehorse’s curbside garbage and compost bins currently have no locking mechanism to keep wildlife out.”,
},
{
picture: “https://walrus-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/img/WAL_Web-Car-free_Sep24-006-1200×800.jpg”,
title: “Montreal Kicked Cars to the Curb and Thrived”,
url: “https://thewalrus.ca/montreal-kicked-cars-to-the-curb-and-thrived/”,
query: “In 2020, during the first pandemic summer, Montreal’s Projet Montréal administration, led by mayor Valérie Plante, closed a two-kilometre stretch of Mont-Royal Avenue to motorists for a few months. Prior to this pedestrianization, the commercial vacancy rate on this avenue was 14.5 percent. What was the commercial vacancy rate in 2023 after this initiative was implemented?”,
choices: [
“5.6 percent”,
“8.6 percent”,
“12.6 percent”,
“16.5 percent”,
],
reply: “5.6 percent”,
appropriate: “By 2023, the avenue’s commercial vacancy rate plummeted from 14.5 percent in 2018 to 5.6 percent. A few years earlier, in 2021, the pedestrianization of Wellington Street in the Verdun borough had increased foot traffic and shoppers by 17 percent. A once-drab strip is now lined with restaurants, bars, and cafes. On Fridays, hundreds gather to dance salsa and bachata.”,
incorrect: “By 2023, the avenue’s commercial vacancy rate plummeted from 14.5 percent in 2018 to 5.6 percent. A few years earlier, in 2021, the pedestrianization of Wellington Street in the Verdun borough had increased foot traffic and shoppers by 17 percent. A once-drab strip is now lined with restaurants, bars, and cafes. On Fridays, hundreds gather to dance salsa and bachata.”,
},
{
picture: “”,
title: “Montreal Kicked Cars to the Curb and Thrived”,
url: “https://thewalrus.ca/montreal-kicked-cars-to-the-curb-and-thrived/”,
query: “As part of Paris’s efforts to reduce car traffic, how often is the Champs-Élysées avenue closed to cars?”,
choices: [
“Every Sunday”,
“Only on weekdays”,
“The first Sunday of each month”,
“Every public holiday”,
],
reply: “The first Sunday of each month”,
appropriate: “One hundred or so streets in Paris are pedestrianized, while additional streets are closed to cars on Sundays and public holidays. The entire length of the famous Champs-Élysées avenue is given over to foot traffic on the first Sunday of the month.”,
incorrect: “One hundred or so streets in Paris are pedestrianized, while additional streets are closed to cars on Sundays and public holidays. The entire length of the famous Champs-Élysées avenue is given over to foot traffic on the first Sunday of the month.”,
},
{
picture: “https://walrus-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/img/WAL_Web-Therapy_Aug24-003.jpg”,
title: “Self-Diagnosis Is Making Memoir Too Predictable”,
url: “https://thewalrus.ca/self-diagnosis-is-making-memoir-too-predictable/”,
query: “In her memoir Strangers to Ourselves, Rachel Aviv explores the concept of diagnosis using five case studies of mental illness as well as her own experience being hospitalized for anorexia at age six. What does Aviv think about medical diagnoses?”,
choices: [
“She believes diagnoses are always accurate and beneficial.”,
“She believes some diagnoses can be useful, but many are often based on irrelevant factors.”,
“She questions diagnoses, suggesting that narratives of illness can shape how illness manifests.”,
“She rejects all forms of medical diagnoses as invalid.”,
],
reply: “She questions diagnoses, suggesting that narratives of illness can shape how illness manifests.”,
appropriate: “In Strangers to Ourselves, Rachel Aviv problematizes the very concept of diagnosis. Although she was diagnosed with anorexia at age six, Aviv questions whether she had anorexia at all. Narratives of illness, she posits, can influence the way that illness manifests. “People can feel freed by these stories,” she writes, “but they can also get stuck in them.”,
incorrect: “In Strangers to Ourselves, Rachel Aviv problematizes the very concept of diagnosis. Although she was diagnosed with anorexia at age six, Aviv questions whether she had anorexia at all. Narratives of illness, she posits, can influence the way that illness manifests. “People can feel freed by these stories,” she writes, “but they can also get stuck in them.”,
},
];
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