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New data from Zillow shows fewer homeowners underwater, but the pattern varies widely by geography.
The Sunbelt (especially California and Florida) have the highest percentage of homeowners that are ‘underwater’ and owe more than the home is worth. Also hit hard are declining metro areas area of the rust belt.
Question to ponder: Why would these places be hit the hardest?
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Evolutionary biologists say the first speakers of what would become the Indo-European languages were probably farmers in what is now Turkey — a conclusion that differs by hundreds of miles and thousands of years from a longstanding linguistic theory.
This research potentially can explain much about the geography of languages and the distribution of cultural groups in Eurasia.
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mixed used train-tracks/market place…
I’ve used similar videos in my classes and students are usually quite shocked to see how a city like Bangkok, Thailand operates. I’ve used this as a ‘hook’ for lessons of population growth, urbanization, economic development, sustainability, megacities and city planning.
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What’s lost when we lose sight of globes?
While I love digital images, sometimes a sturdy old fashioned three-dimensional globe is just what is needed. As the article laments, they are becoming increasingly rare.
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What political books are residents of your state reading? A new interactive map from Amazon shows recent book sales broken down by either “red” or “blue” political leanings.
I do not think that “book sales” is a surrogate for “projected votes,” but this is revealing about the political landscape and especially the marketing of politically partisan materials.
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A gene from wild Indian rice plants can significantly raise the yield of common varieties in nutrient-poor soils by boosting root growth.
While many are leery of GMOs (with good reasons linked to health), it is important to recognize that there is society value to agricultural research that works on improving yields. This article would be a good “other side of the coin” resource to share when discussing GMOs.
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“The High Line has become a tourist-clogged catwalk and a catalyst for some of the most rapid gentrification in the city’s history.”
Earlier I have posted about the High Line, a project in NYC to transform an old elevated train line into a public green space ( ). This project has fallen under criticism as the property values of homes below the High Line have risen and the neighborhood is undergoing gentrification. Linked is the NYTimes opinion article that critiques the High Line as a “Disneyfied tourist-clogged catwalk.” This project has change the economic profile of the neighborhood and its sense of place and communal identity. The critic’s blog is (self-described) “a bitterly nostalgic look at a city in the process of going extinct,” so he is naturally going to be against anything that at changes the historic character of the city. As geographer Matthew Hartzell has said, “to say that nothing should change is an awfully conservative view of urbanity. Cities evolve—neighborhoods evolve.” This is a good article to share with students to get them to think about the economic and cultural issues associated with urban revitalization projects and the impacts on the city.
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TED Talks A clay cylinder covered in Akkadian cuneiform script, damaged and broken, the Cyrus Cylinder is a powerful symbol of religious tolerance and multi-culturalism.
At first glance this TED Talk appears to be more about ancient history, archaeology and biblical studies that anything modern. Yet as Neil MacGregor, the Director of the British Museum continues his discussion of the Cyrus Cylinder (A clay cylinder covered in Akkadian cuneiform script), it becomes clear that this historical artifact is vital in understanding how modern states conceive of their heritage, cultural legacy and role within the Middle East today (such as Israel, Iraq, Iran and the U.K.). As such the Cyrus Cylinder is a powerful symbol of religious tolerance and multi-culturalism and plays a role in shaping Middle Eastern cultural and political institutions.
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Buy USA Watercolor Map art prints by Michael Tompsett at Imagekind.com. Shop Thousands of Canvas and Framed Wall Art Prints and Posters at Imagekind.
This is nice…I’ll settle for the digital image to be a poster on my website.
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