Map if regions of Belgium and Switzerland merged with neighboring countries based on the most spoken language
1914 Christmas: German soldiers decorated the area around their trenches in the region of Ypres, Belgium, etc. More than 100,000 British and German soldiers stopped Fighting to celebrate together, cry for their deads, and continue against the orders of their leaders.
Diversity in Flemish Region (Belgium): Language and birth nationality of mothers (2016) [OC] imgur.com/a/M1vsl
In our ongoing efforts to grow the Authoreon community and to overcome language barriers, we're launching local Telegram groups with the help of our Country Managers and Brand Ambassadors. Members of the #arabic #MENA region can now join https://t.me/authoreon_mena_region
High-speed internet coming to 154 coastal areas with new or upgraded high-speed internet, with $45-million coming from the provincial and federal government. 3.5 million metres of fibre-optic cable will span from Prince Rupert, to the Victoria region, aiding small communities all down the coast. cbc.ca/news/canada/britis…
"Educational attainment polygenic scores are associated with cortical total surface area and regions important for language and memory", Mitchell et al 2020 sciencedirect.com/science…
Language Areas of Belgium - green: Dutch ; blue-green: French/Dutch ; green: French ; orange: German [1280 × 1019]
Bolivia Update: The Chapere region is not under coup control. The police were driven out during the coup and their stations seized. Now socialist Community Union Police control the area. The Anti Coup Socialists now seek to go on the offensive twitter.com/dareecetelesu…
Belgium's Foreign-Language Oscar Submission, 'Girl,' Is a Danger to the Transgender Community hollywoodreporter.com/new…
Bolivia Update: The Chapere region is not under coup control. The police were driven out during the coup and their stations seized. Now socialist Community Union Police control the area. The Anti Coup Socialists now seek to go on the offensive twitter.com/dareecetelesu…
How did King Leopold II of Belgium manage to "trick" the other European powers into letting him have such a huge and rich colony like the Congo? Why didn't bigger powers like Germany or Britain, or France divide the region between themselves?
TIL of an organization in Belgium training giant rats (nicknamed "HeroRATs") to sniff out landmines in countries where explosive remnants of war pose a large threat to communities. The rats are extremely effective, outperforming both metal detectors and bomb-sniffing dogs. boredpanda.com/hero-rats-…
Something not a lot of Filipino's know., A region of Belgium, Walloon regional government is imposing strict control on export licenses of arms to countries it believes has a negative record on human rights and extra judicial killings..
Announcing The DPC Show, a new weekly community video podcast to help you stay on top of all six DPC regions with in depth analysis. Hosted by Dan Offen from Position Six, and featuring regional experts: Tea Guvnor, Danog, D2Bowie, Kips, MoFarah and Neph. youtube.com/watch?v=RXAjN…
Seattle area students get 16,000 signatures on a petition to close down Lake Washington School District schools to mitigate community spread in a majorly affected region. youtube.com/watch?v=BKmx2…
TIL The word 'Welsh' comes from the Proto-Germanic 'Walhaz', meaning Roman/Celtic speaker. The countries/regions of Wales (UK), Wallonia (Predominately French speaking region in Belgium), Welschland (French speaking region of Switzerland) and many others all get their name from this. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wal…
A global team of scientists including researchers from Australia and the United States has found deforestation in the Brazilian Amazaon-Cerrado region is causing temperatures to rise in areas as far as 50km away from deforestation sites. news.uwa.edu.au/201909021…
Elder Oaks just re-dedicated the Oakland CA temple. Other Apostles were in attendance, but they chose the most anti-LGBT leader they had to dedicate a temple in the most pro-LGBT region there is, the San Francisco Bay Area. Coincidence? What message does that send to the LGBT community?
Radiation levels in some regions of the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific, where the United States conducted nuclear tests during the Cold War, are far higher than in areas affected by the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear disasters, according to new research eurekalert.org/pub_releas…
So im a 2 trick zed and yasuo player, mid lane roler. And usually when im intrested in maining a new champ like example galio i need inspiration like a streamer that plays alot of him or one tricks so i can learn and get inspired by the person. So is there any streamer, idc what language or region.
I noticed the best Zed and Yasuo are from a site called Afresca so who knows?
Area of land burnt in Australia compared to London, Wales, Ireland and Belgium. [OC]
A WIP of a Star Wars diorama I’ve been working on for a few months. It’s based on Iceland’s volcanic fields, covered in volcanic ash, lava rock, and snow, and sorta represents an area that might exist near Sullust’s north or south pole regions. I’ll post a final image with better lighting soon!
TIL Navajo was once in danger of losing a lot of speakers, but the Navajo nation set up programs to teach the language as well as many bilingual schools. Now there are even institutes, community colleges, and technical universities with classes in the Navajo language alphaomegatranslations.co…
The (fixed) provinces of Belgium and the Brussels Capital Region (bottom left)
New Beat & Hardcore: The Sound of Belgium (2012). Rich but untold story of Belgian dance music. From the dance halls with Decap organs to the golden days of Popcorn. From EBM and New Beat to Belgian House and Techno. With subs in different languages: En, Fr, Es ,Nl ,De youtu.be/d8u2baCNCVo
A Radical Regionalist Reshuffling of Europe. Taking into account historical and cultural regions, composed using NUTS Level 3 areas as building blocks. This is peak Balkanization.
TIL that Switzerland has 4 national languages, and people from one part of the country (e.g. a German region) won't be able to understand their countrymen if they traveled to another region that speaks mainly, say, French. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lan…
With the help of Kurdish authorities in northeast Syria and the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, Belgium is in the process of repatriating around half-a-dozen orphans born to parents of suspected Islamic State (Daesh) members from the European country. rudaw.net/english/world/1…
Area of land burnt in Australia compared to London, Wales, Belgium and Ireland.
Flanders region of Belgium bans halal and kosher animal slaughter news.sky.com/story/flande…
A new scientific study has – for the first time – identified regions of the genome that are associated with being left-handed and linked the effect of these genes with the brain's architecture, specifically regions associated with language. technologynetworks.com/ge…
Coat of arms of the Council of Heraldry and Vexillology for the French Community of Belgium
this is keegan. him and his sister kyleen are 18, keegan is sick and on meds, so he is okay. keegan means little firey one i think, and kyleen means fair/beautiful lady, both in welsh/keltic/gaelic/some language from the region of the world
My thoughts & prayers go out to those in the worst hit regions of Europe and North America. Stay strong and never lose hope, the whole MCOC community is with you. As Cap likes to say “We can do this all day” Let’s go get ‘em Mr Stark!!
How Regions Rate Fast-Food Quality, and Why it Matters — Many Americans are more likely to think chains based in their area represent good quality compared to the rest of the U.S. adults. Texas-bred Whataburger does well in the West South Central area. qsrmagazine.com/outside-i…
Native American names like "Wyoming", "Miami" and "Wabash" have been applied to areas of the United States hundreds and thousands of miles away from the tribes whose languages they came from. Why?
Wyoming especially. How does a word from the Munsee language, native to eastern Pennsylvania, come to be applied to a state in the mountain west (not to mention no less than 7 Midwestern towns and cities and one in Australia)?
BREAKING: In an extraordinary Sunday night statement, the White House announces that the US "will no longer be in the immediate area" of Northern Syria, allow Turkey to launch an invasion in the region and give Turkey responsibility for captured ISIS fighters in the area twitter.com/MSNBC/status/…
