Most Popular Road Names in America In 1993, the U.S. Census released tally of the 76 most common street names in America. For well over 20 years, this was pretty much the only list that anyone had. Why? Two reasons. First, though the government maintains digital maps on every road segment, trail, and path in America, making sense of them is tricky. Second, one might argue that this is the worst kind of idle question. But road names are pieces of history. More on that in a bit; first, here are the 1,000 most popular road names in America as calculated from 2014 road data. There are some discrepancies from the 1993 Census report. Out of over a million roads in the United States, 9,640 are named “Park.” Still, both the Census and I agree that “2nd” is a more popular road name than “1st.” Trees, numbers, and presidents are the most popular names for streets, which is understandable. The interesting patterns start to emerge when we look state-by-state. Then there are the unique states. Comment below, or tweet at me: @_jeffguo.
Hillary Clinton email scandal: Explained. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images This post is being updated with more information as it becomes available. New questions will be marked with the date that they are added. What’s the latest with Hillary and the whole email thing? Josh Voorhees is a Slate senior writer. Hillary Clinton brought a press conference to an abrupt end on Tuesday after yet another combative exchange about her use of a private email server while secretary of state. I probably wouldn’t talk to her about it either, mostly because this story has been dragging on for so long I don’t even remember how it started. For the four years she was secretary of state, Clinton never used an official state.gov email address. After a specific request from the State Department—that came nearly two years after she had left office—Clinton turned over 30,490 messages to the agency that she and her team deemed to be possibly work-related. And how did everyone else find this out? That probably depends on where you’re sitting. Hold up.
Maps That Will Change the Way You See the World Where Google Street View is available. The supercontinent of Pangaea with modern day borders. The pink represents countries that the British have invaded. Goddammit, Brittan! Countries that don't use metric. Most common surnames by country. Countries that offer maternity leave. McDonalds Around the World Time Zones in Antarctica. Antarctica without ice. What side of the street do you drive on? Alcohol consumption. Most popular alcoholic drink by country. Flags of the world. Population density. Most cases of bribery. Map of Where 29,000 Rubber Duckies Made Landfall After Falling off a Cargo Ship in the Middle of the Pacific Ocean. Earthquakes. Highest paid public employees. The rivers of America. Trade. Number of researchers. How old someone is when they lose their virginity. Plant life. Coffee consumption. Writing systems of the world. A Gall–Peters projection map. Rivers that empty into the Mississippi River. The world divided into seven regions, each containing a population of one billion. Water risk.
Slave-run cotton farms laid on top of counties that voted 'Democrat' in 2008 The Bible: So Misunderstood It's a Sin They wave their Bibles at passersby, screaming their condemnations of homosexuals. They fall on their knees, worshipping at the base of granite monuments to the Ten Commandments while demanding prayer in school. They appeal to God to save America from their political opponents, mostly Democrats. They gather in football stadiums by the thousands to pray for the country’s salvation. They are God’s frauds, cafeteria Christians who pick and choose which Bible verses they heed with less care than they exercise in selecting side orders for lunch. This is no longer a matter of personal or private faith. See all of the best photos of the week in these slideshows The Bible is not the book many American fundamentalists and political opportunists think it is, or more precisely, what they want it to be. Newsweek’s exploration here of the Bible’s history and meaning is not intended to advance a particular theology or debate the existence of God. Moses carries the ten commandment tablets. Texas Gov.
New Orleans - The Natural History The Most Common Job In Every State *We used data from the Census Bureau, which has two catch-all categories: "managers not elsewhere classified" and "salespersons not elsewhere classified." Because those categories are broad and vague to the point of meaninglessness, we excluded them from our map. What's with all the truck drivers? Truck drivers dominate the map for a few reasons. Driving a truck has been immune to two of the biggest trends affecting U.S. jobs: globalization and automation. The rise and fall of secretaries: Through much of the '80s, as the U.S. economy shifted away from factories that make goods and toward offices that provide services, secretary became the most common job in more and more states. Manufacturing jobs disappeared: This story we knew already. Fewer and fewer farmers: Our map shows the tail end of a century-long trend. Government: The most common job in D.C. is lawyer. Who knew Utah was a tech hub?
Which of the 11 American nations do you live in? - The Washington Post Red states and blue states? Flyover country and the coasts? How simplistic. Colin Woodard, a reporter at the Portland Press Herald and author of several books, says North America can be broken neatly into 11 separate nation-states, where dominant cultures explain our voting behaviors and attitudes toward everything from social issues to the role of government. “The borders of my eleven American nations are reflected in many different types of maps — including maps showing the distribution of linguistic dialects, the spread of cultural artifacts, the prevalence of different religious denominations, and the county-by-county breakdown of voting in virtually every hotly contested presidential race in our history,” Woodard writes in the Fall 2013 issue of Tufts University’s alumni magazine. “Our continent’s famed mobility has been reinforcing, not dissolving, regional differences, as people increasingly sort themselves into like-minded communities.” Take a look at his map:
AMS 101: American Culture and Conversation | March-June 2013 Legality of cannabis by U.S. jurisdiction Cannabis laws in the United States1 Jurisdiction with legalized cannabis. Jurisdiction with both medical and decriminalization laws.2 Jurisdiction with legal psychoactive medical cannabis. Jurisdiction with legal non-psychoactive medical cannabis. Jurisdiction with decriminalized cannabis possession laws. Jurisdiction with cannabis prohibition. 1 Includes laws which have not yet gone into effect.2 Marked states have only legal non-psychoactive medical cannabis. * Cannabis remains a Schedule I substance under federal law as of 2015. * Some cities and Indian Reservations have legalization policies separate from their surrounding states. * Cannabis is illegal in all Federal enclaves. By state[edit] By Federal district[edit] By Indian reservation[edit] See also[edit] References[edit]
The New Totalitarians Are Here There’s a basic difference in the traditions of political science between “authoritarians” and “totalitaritarians.” People throw both of these words around, but as is so often the case, they’re using words they may not always understand. They have real meaning, however, and the difference between them is important. Simply put, authoritarians merely want obedience, while totalitarians, whose rule is rooted in an ideology, want obedience and conversion. Authoritarians are a dime a dozen; totalitarians are rare. Totalitarians are a different breed. They want obedience, of course. Authoritarians merely want obedience, while totalitarians, whose rule is rooted in an ideology, want obedience and conversion. This is what George Orwell understood so well in his landmark novel “1984.” Americans Are Getting Too Comfortable With Thought Control Now, by this I do not mean America is creating Nazis or Stalinists. Love Your Terror Even after losing, you will be forced to admit the error of your ways.
Why kids hate school — subject by subject - The Answer Sheet A little while ago I published a post by cognitive scientist Roger C. Schank who wrote that contrary to popular opinion, algebra is not necessary and STEM education is overrated. In this follow-up piece, Schank goes subject by subject explaining why he thinks they are useless and why so many kids hate learning them. Schank, also an artificial intelligence theorist and education reformer, has taught at Stanford and Yale universities and is the John Evans Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, Psychology, and Education at Northwestern University. By Roger C. A message to high school students who hate high school: Here is why you hate it Recently an article I wrote about why algebra is useless and shouldn’t be taught in high school was published on The Washington Post’s Answer Sheet blog. The hate mail that followed (written mostly by math teachers) was unbelievable. Of course, it is not only high school math that I oppose. Chemistry: A complete waste of time. Biology. Economics. Physics.
How World War III became possible: A nuclear conflict with Russia is likelier than you think It was in August 2014 that the real danger began, and that we heard the first warnings of war. That month, unmarked Russian troops covertly invaded eastern Ukraine, where the separatist conflict had grown out of its control. The Russian air force began harassing the neighboring Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, which are members of NATO. Both sides came to believe that the other had more drastic intentions. Fearing the worst of one another, the US and Russia have pledged to go to war, if necessary, to defend their interests in the Eastern European borderlands. Europe today looks disturbingly similar to the Europe of just over 100 years ago, on the eve of World War I. If you take a walk around Washington or a Western European capital today, there is no feeling of looming catastrophe. "There’s a low nuclear threshold now that didn’t exist during the Cold War" I. Fyodor Lukyanov speaks at a 2014 conference in London. I asked how this had happened. II. As RAND's F. III. IV.
TEA PARTY This is an interactive pre-reading strategy that frontloads students’ knowledge of text information and also allows them to become familiar with phrasing and content words. It was adapted from Kylene Beer’s book “When Kids Can’t Read.” The strategy can be used with both narrative and expository texts. 1. 2. 3. ü after the cards are distributed, you will share your card by reading it orally with one student at a time ü when you have finished reading your card, listen carefully as your partner shares his/hers the same way ü quickly discuss how these cards are related ü move to a new partner and go through the same steps—share your card by reading it aloud and then listen carefully to the contents of your new partner’s card ü with each new partner talk about any how all the cards are related and what they collectively all might be about ü add any new ideas you have based on your prior experiences 4. sure they have mingled and discussed with enough students. 5. themselves. 6. seats and moving. 7.