Aug 31, 2017

Jim and Bubba Nesci, MPHS Jan 66



Jim and Bubba Nesci, MPHS Jan 66.  Jim on the left.







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Aug 26, 2017

Bizarre Borders

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Aug 24, 2017

The Not So Wild Bunch



Craig left, Dave Right

The Not So Wild Bunch.  Dave Sheffner and Craig Hullinger, MPHS Jan 66, Aug 22, 2017.  

Dave on his 1970 Triumph and Craig on his 2007 Harley.


Video of Dave on the Triumph



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Aug 21, 2017

NASA Photos

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Our Friend Karen Malesky Explaining The Eclipse on TV

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Eclipse Photos From Sarasota, Florida

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Eclipse Rescheduled


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Aug 20, 2017

Do You Have A Story to Tell About Vietnam?







Contact   Elizabeth Spiewak at   espiewak@wttw.com



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Solar Eclipse 2017

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Aug 1, 2017

Major Languages of the World


What are the world’s most common languages?
Estimating these most common language populations can be tricky, and there is a range of data available.
Quiz yourself: See how many of these most common languages you can name before looking at the list.
Keep in mind that this list is composed of native speakers — so people who learned Mandarin in college, for example, are not included in the total number of Mandarin speakers.
You might find some languages that surprise you!

1) Mandarin

With more than 955 million speakers, Mandarin claims the top spot as the world’s most common language — and one that often requires professional translation services.
One of the five major dialects of Chinese, Mandarin is the official language of China and Taiwan, as well as one of the four official dialects of Singapore. Approximately 14.4 percent of the world’s population are native speakers of Mandarin.

2) Spanish

Its prominence in the Americas as well as in Europe makes Spanish one of the most common languages, with 405 million speakers. The Castilian dialect in Spain is held as a national standard, although Andalusian and Catalan are also spoken.

3) English

English used to be the second-most common language, but Spanish-speakers have increased much more rapidly over the past 15 years. Still, scholars have named English the world’s “most influential language,” due to the number of speakers (360 million) and the number of countries in which it is spoken.

4) Hindi/Urdu

Although they have different written forms, Hindi and Urdu share a history, many common words, and a grammar. Many linguists consider them different “registers” of the same common language. Over 310 million people speak one of the two.

5) Arabic

Arabic, spoken by 295 million speakers worldwide, is also the language of Muslim holy writings. It has also influenced other most common languages — Spanish has approximately 4,000 words with Arabic roots.

6) Portuguese

Out of the 215 million Portuguese speakers worldwide, nearly 150 million of them speak Brazilian Portuguese, the most common language variant. Portuguese is also the official language of other countries including Angola, Mozambique, and — clearly — Portugal, among others.

7) Bengali

With 205 million speakers, Bengali is also the second most widely spoken language in India, popular in the easternmost states. Bengali is an official language of both India and Bangladesh.

8) Russian

Russian’s 155 million speakers make it the world’s eighth most common language. It is also one of the six official languages of the United Nations, along with Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French and Spanish.

9) Japanese

Out of the approximately 125 million people who speak Japanese, 124 million live in Japan and the island group of Okinawa. This makes it unusual among the most common languages in its geographic concentration.

10. Punjabi

Fifteen years ago, German held the tenth spot, though Punjabi has recently surpassed it. With 102 million speakers, Punjabi is mainly spoken in India and Pakistan, and is a native language of 1.44 percent of the world’s population.




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