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The words that hadn’t been said in a State of the Union until Trump said them - The Washington Post
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Historical speech transcripts from the American Presidency Project. 2018 State of the Union transcript from White House press office. 2019 and 2020 transcripts from the Federal Document Clearing House. Some historical “joint addresses” were delivered as a written message, not a speech.
For their analysis, they identified words that shared the same root using a stemmer implementation from NaturalNode. There are some transcription errors and the stemming algorithm is imperfect, so it’s possible (likely, even!) that there are previously unused words that we’ve missed.
Originally published Jan. 30, 2018.
American Presidency Project : The American Presidency Project, non-profit and non-partisan, is the source of presidential documents on the internet. We are hosted at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Federal Document Clearing House: The Federal Audit Clearinghouse (FAC) operates on behalf of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Its primary purposes are to:
Distribute single audit reporting packages to federal agencies.
Support OMB oversight and assessment of federal award audit requirements.
Maintain a public database of completed audits.
Help auditors and auditees minimize the reporting burden of complying with Single Audit requirements.
NaturalNode: "Natural" is a general natural language facility for nodejs. Tokenizing, stemming, classification, phonetics, tf-idf, WordNet, string similarity, and some inflections are currently supported. (Github)
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Every president adds some new words to the presidential lexicon. Graphics show the “new words” used for the past 28 presidential addresses under Trump, Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton.
article #2: THE RISE OF BURNING MAN- THE WASHINGTON POST
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Satellite imagery of Black Rock City from DigitalGlobe and ESA Sentinel. Demographic data collected and distributed by the Black Rock City Census. Data for regional Burning Man groups from the Burning Man Regional Network. Population data from the Burning Man timeline. Burner photos provided by individuals. Mushroom illustrations based on “Shrumen Lumen” by the FoldHaus art collective.
Maxar Technologies: delivers disruptive Earth Intelligence and Space Infrastructure capabilities. Helping customers better understand our changing planet and unlock the potential of space. Providing A Better World. Geospatial Data. Advanced Space Technology. Company specialize in manufacturing communication, Earth observation, radar, and on-orbit servicing satellites, satellite products, and related services. (Maxar)
Digital Globe: A satellite imagery company, highlight the build-up and teardown of Black Rock City, Nevada, over several weeks in 2017, leaving the desert just as it was, with no trace of the huge confab.
Black Rock City Census: The Census is one of the primary ways the Burning Man organization tracks changes in population, behavior, and attitudes of event participants. The more we understand the makeup of Black Rock City and the diverse kinds of Burning Man experiences, the better equipped we are to meet the needs of the community and help Burning Man culture continue to flourish. (Census)
Burning Man Regional Network: The Burning Man Regional Network plays a key role in the year-round extension of the Burning Man experience, supporting it as a global cultural movement. In cities around the world, Regional Contacts help local Burners connect with each other, while bringing Burning Man principles and culture into their local communities through events and activities, year-round. (The Network)
FoldHaus: FoldHaus is a collective of engineers, designers, and makers based in the San Francisco Bay area, that is dedicated to creating interactive kinetic art.
Burning Man Timeline: Credits for demographic Data
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From a huddle of hippies on a beach to a city of 70,000 in the desert, here’s how a festival became a lifestyle.
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Beginning of the culture event, location, the racial diversity, regional and age distribution, income statistics of Burning Man including interviews.