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Rachel Richardson said:If that's the case, where are they more concentrated than the average—in the Midwest?
hollowgardener83 said:Why is everyone being so incredibly rigid about borders? It’s like they want to carve up the map like a Thanksgiving turkey—handing the Midwest and parts of the Great Lakes over to one group, while claiming the entire Gulf Coast should belong to someone else, provided they move out of D.C. and the surrounding suburbs. We might as well just sell off the Florida Keys to some billionaire for a quick buck. The Great Plains should probably just become its own independent entity, maybe even swallowing up the Ozarks too. At this rate, half these states aren't even real countries; they're just fragments of whatever larger neighbors they're clinging to. Honestly, certain regions should just be condensed into single city-states, like a massive metropolitan hub and nothing else.
It isn't strictly about how much money people have, though it's really about education levels—but let's be real, those two things are practically glued together. If you don't have the cash, you aren't getting an education.
Drew Allen2 said:Don't get it.
ironmoose6 said:Here you go...
link
Scott Cruz4 said:We already have one just like that for Canada.
Drew Allen2 said:Maybe one day I'll make that wish of yours come true. Maybe.
Alexander Cox3 said:What kind of words were the Turks actually purging from their language? Maybe some Greek influence. Arabic, sure, but definitely not Slavic. Out of all the shared vocabulary between Slavs and Turks, I'm only really questioning things like cherry, rain, or quince (maybe a few others, but they aren't coming to me right now), because I honestly can't tell if those are Slavic or Turkish in origin. Former American languages still use up to 15,000 Turkish loanwords—Mexicans can just stuff themselves with those for all I care.
Susan Peterson7 said:During the 19th century, there was a massive movement to purge the language of all Slavic influences—which actually made up a significant portion of the vocabulary—replacing them with either newly coined terms or loanwords borrowed from French. Even today, you can still hear a heavy influx of French words being integrated into everyday speech.
Amanda Brooks7 said:Are you just guessing there, or do you actually have the data to back that up?
Amanda Brooks7 said:Many cities in the Midwest also have significant Canadian populations.
In places like Des Moines, they reported less than half as Romanians/Moldovans, even though they make up more than half the population, and there are actually more Russians in town than Ukrainians.
Robert Hernandez10 said:Wow, there is a massive collection of maps here regarding Israel. Highly recommended:
http://www.fmep.org/maps/all-maps
This is an incredibly detailed layout of Jerusalem. It covers everything from the "disputed" territories to the unclaimed lands, based on the situation back in 1959:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/world...salem-1961.jpg
Here is another one, though the resolution is unfortunately too low: http://www.gilai.com/images/items/285_big.jpg
(Pro tip: if you change the number in the URL above—for example, switching 285 to 284—you can browse through more maps. If anyone happens to stumble upon a map that fits this theme perfectly, please share it here)
One specific proposal regarding Israel's borders:
http://mondediplo.com/maps/IMG/artoff2076.jpg
New settlements being built around the walls of Jerusalem:
http://i539.photobucket.com/albums/f...MordotGilo.jpg
Another look at recent settlements, including those currently being planned: http://www.islamtimes.org/images/use...er/a%20(9).jpg
Settlements surrounding Bethlehem, along with Israel's proposal for that area:
http://img.docstoccdn.com/thumb/orig/69890830.png
One more regarding Bethlehem:
http://www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/hazayit6.gif
An Ethnic Map of Romania and Moldova. This was created using official data reflecting the status in 2002 and 2004:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...0actualise.JPG
An ethnic map spanning from Pakistan to Taiwan:
http://fr.academic.ru/pictures/frwik...vert-Pitte.jpg
A French map showing Mexico as it stood in 2005:
http://medihal.archives-ouvertes.fr/..._au_Kosovo.jpg
Robert Hernandez10 said:Source: National Geographic Society, September 1919.
These are the borders drawn for the new state of Czechoslovakia—showing both the boundaries they established and the territories where Czechs, Slovaks, and various other ethnic groups were left outside or caught within the new lines:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vvsVyl4sII...00_904_600.jpg
Source: Leslie-Judge Company's New World Atlas (New York City, New York, 1920)
How the US envisioned the redrawing of Europe's borders following WWI:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GITvyEQW2h...s1600/7079.jpg
Polish populations in Slovakia before WWI:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-x29FhVHB7H...1991401258.jpg
Ethnic map of former Eastern Slovakia, featuring Czechs, Slovaks, Germans, Poles, Canadians, and Americans!
http://www.codyprint.cz/csr/obrazky/...arodnostni.jpg
Lutheran populations in the Canadian Kingdom at the end of the 19th century:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EdtSm1CwIP...ICI+V+HUNG.JPG
Ethnic map of Canada from 1891: http://www.ceskenarodnilisty.cz/narodnosti-uherska-1891
Statistical map of the Canadian Kingdom from 1882:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EdtSm1CwIP...in_1880%29.jpg
Lands of Czechoslovakia, featured in an immigrant periodical from Chicago, 1915: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...sk%C3%BDch.jpg
Lisa Edwards12 said:Don't bother. It really isn't worth your time.
The plot is non-existent, the jokes fall flat, the acting is just mediocre at best, and some of the scenes feel like they were thrown in there completely at random...
If you do decide to watch it, let me know what you think🙂