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Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I'm doing okay. If you included me in your 'y'all'.

How about you if I may ask?

I did.

I'm doing pretty decently, enjoying my break certainly.

Andromitus wrote:Well it is only a concept nation, I don't actually think their going to be able to build such a construct, especially before 2100

By 2100 they might as well go home.

Like, they should focus on being a "World Heart" of sorts for information, rather than anything having to do with preventing exploitation.

Nuremgard wrote:If you conquer us, treat us well.

Robert Bruce was descended from a Norman family, in fact, many typically Scottish Clans - I have found - were actually started by Normans who integrated - Bruce, Gray, Ramsay, Fraser, Ogilvie, Montgomery, Sinclair, Pollock, Burnard, Douglas and Gordon (etc.) and also, drum roll please the House of Stewart!

Nuremgard, Aghrabia

Yukona wrote:Robert Bruce was descended from a Norman family, in fact, many typically Scottish Clans - I have found - were actually started by Normans who integrated - Bruce, Gray, Ramsay, Fraser, Ogilvie, Montgomery, Sinclair, Pollock, Burnard, Douglas and Gordon (etc.) and also, drum roll please the House of Stewart!

Funny how the English and Scots both descend from Normans but the former had a centuries-long rivalry with the French but the latter were friends.

Aghrabia, Yukona

Nuremgard wrote:Funny how the English and Scots both descend from Normans but the former had a centuries-long rivalry with the French but the latter were friends.

I think considering the French as "French" back then is a bit of a generalization

Yukona wrote:I think considering the French as "French" back then is a bit of a generalization

Yeah I know. Just like how the Scots weren't really the Scots. They were Picts. And the English were a bunch of disparate petty kingdoms.

Yukona

Nuremgard wrote:Yeah I know. Just like how the Scots weren't really the Scots. They were Picts. And the English were a bunch of disparate petty kingdoms.

Until we go back, full circle, to our good pals - the Normans

Yukona wrote:Until we go back, full circle, to our good pals - the Normans

I think George R.R Martin took inspiration from the Norman Conquest when writing about Aegon's Conquest.

Yukona

Hello. I want to say sorry for the lateness but I don't think I can be sorry for the laziness. So yeah. Not sorry.

[spoiler=Today is February 23 and today are:]

Today is February 23 and today are:

- Curling is Cool Day

- Defender of the Fatherland and Armed Forces day (Belarus)

- Defender of the Fatherland Day (Kyrgyzstan, Russia)

- Diesel Engine Day

- Digital Learning Day

- Discover Girl Day

- Fat Thursday

- Feast of Saint Vartan (Armenia)

- International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day

- Mashramani-Republic Day (Guyana)

- Meteņi (Latvia)

- National Banana Bread Day (United States)

- National Chili Day (United States)

- National Day (Brunei)

- National Dog Biscuit Day (United States)

- National Tile Day (United States)

- National Toast Day (United States)

- Pinocchio Day

- Play Tennis Day

- The Great American Spit Out

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution.

- 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I orders the building of a new Orthodox Christian basilica in Constantinople – the Hagia Sophia.

- 1455 – Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type.

- 1554 – Mapuche forces, under the leadership of Lautaro, score a victory over the Spanish at the Battle of Marihueñu in Chile.

- 1739 – At York Castle, the outlaw Dick Turpin is identified by his former schoolteacher. Turpin had been using the name Richard Palmer.

- 1778 – American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army.

- 1820 – Cato Street Conspiracy: A plot to murder all the British cabinet ministers is exposed.

- 1836 – Texas Revolution: The Siege of the Alamo (prelude to the Battle of the Alamo) begins in San Antonio, Texas.

- 1847 – Mexican–American War: Battle of Buena Vista: In Mexico, American troops under future president General Zachary Taylor defeat Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.

- 1854 – The official independence of the Orange Free State is declared.

- 1861 – President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland.

- 1870 – Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.

- 1883 – Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.

- 1885 – Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.

- 1886 – Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of man-made aluminum, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall.

- 1887 – The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.

- 1898 – Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing "J'accuse", a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.

- 1900 – Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.

- 1903 – Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".

- 1905 – Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.

- 1909 – The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.

- 1917 – First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8th in the Gregorian calendar).

- 1927 – U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.

- 1927 – German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.

- 1934 – Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.

- 1941 – Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg.

- 1942 – World War II: Japanese submarines fire artillery shells at the coastline near Santa Barbara, California.

- 1943 – A fire breaks out at Saint Joseph's Orphanage, County Cavan, Ireland, killing 35 children and one adult.

- 1943 – Greek Resistance: The United Panhellenic Organization of Youth is founded in Greece.

- 1944 – The Soviet Union begins the forced deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people from the North Caucasus to Central Asia.

- 1945 – World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of United States Marines and a U.S. Navy hospital corpsman reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag.

- 1945 – World War II: The 11th Airborne Division, with Filipino guerrillas, free the captives of the Los Baños internment camp.

- 1945 – World War II: The capital of the Philippines, Manila, is liberated by combined Filipino and American forces.

- 1945 – World War II: Capitulation of German garrison in Poznań. The city is liberated by Soviet and Polish forces.

- 1945 – World War II: The German town of Pforzheim is annihilated in a raid by 379 British bombers.

- 1954 – The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.

- 1966 – In Syria, Ba'ath Party member Salah Jadid leads an intra-party military coup that replaces the previous government of General Amin al-Hafiz, also a Baathist.

- 1974 – The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst.

- 1980 – Iran hostage crisis: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini states that Iran's parliament will decide the fate of the American embassy hostages.

- 1981 – In Spain, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies.

- 1983 – The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri.

- 1987 – Supernova 1987a is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

- 1991 – Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, thus beginning the ground phase of the war.

- 1991 – In Thailand, General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless coup d'état, deposing Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan.

- 1998 – In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42 people.

- 1999 – Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.

- 2007 – A train derails on an evening express service near Grayrigg, Cumbria, England, killing one person and injuring 88. This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after a few similar accidents.

- 2008 – A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber crashes on Guam, marking the first operational loss of a B-2.

- 2010 – Unknown criminals pour more than 2.5 million liters of diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in northern Italy, sparking an environmental disaster.

- 2012 – A series of attacks across Iraq leave at least 83 killed and more than 250 injured.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1685 – George Frideric Handel, German-English organist and composer

- 1744 – Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German banker and businessman

- 1850 – César Ritz, Swiss businessman, founded The Ritz Hotel, London and Hôtel Ritz Paris

- 1868 – W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, and activist

- 1883 – Karl Jaspers, German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher

- 1889 – Victor Fleming, American director, cinematographer, and producer

- 1899 – Erich Kästner, German author and poet

- 1915 – Paul Tibbets, American general and pilot

- 1924 – Allan McLeod Cormack, South-African-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1929 – Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow

- 1931 – Gustav-Adolf "Täve" Schur, German cyclist

- 1940 – Peter Fonda, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

- 1944 – Johnny Winter, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

- 1965 – Michael Dell, American businessman

- 1981 – Jan Böhmermann, German satirist and tv presenter

- 1983 – Mido, Egyptian footballer and sportscaster

- 1994 – Dakota Fanning, American actress

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Quote of the day

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.

- Lao Tzu -

Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Latrovia, Baxten, Vista Major, Oelesa, Minnesota Dakota, Pirate Kingdoms, Yukona, Adaptive Aesthetics

Hello! I'm new to this region (new country too) however I've been playing NS off and on since 2013. Glad to be back!

Merlinton, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Vista Major, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Adaptive Aesthetics wrote:Hello! I'm new to this region (new country too) however I've been playing NS off and on since 2013. Glad to be back!

Greetings! Welcome to the Confederacy! If you have any questions, contact myself or our Minister of Interior, and I hope we have a lot more fun later on!

Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Adaptive Aesthetics

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

Quote of the day

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.

- Lao Tzu -

That quote is neat

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Adaptive Aesthetics

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- Diesel Engine Day

- 2010 – Unknown criminals pour more than 2.5 million liters of [B]diesel[/B] oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in northern Italy, sparking an environmental disaster.

Today might not be the best day to celebrate 'Diesel Engine Day'.

Aghrabia, Vista Major, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Adaptive Aesthetics

I made it, now to factbook making - once exams are over I will go mad

Ludania, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Adaptive Aesthetics

Andromitus wrote:Greetings! Welcome to the Confederacy! If you have any questions, contact myself or our Minister of Interior, and I hope we have a lot more fun later on!

Thank you for the warm welcome! How do I gain official citizenship in the region?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Adaptive Aesthetics wrote:Thank you for the warm welcome! How do I gain official citizenship in the region?

Follow this link, fill out the application and send it to me.

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=773389

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Adaptive Aesthetics

(IC)

Breaking News

This just in from Arc Lammedia, Capitol of Andromitus, the detonation of an explosives truck just occurred in the western borough of the city! The truck flew down the street and through a large crowed of people before slamming and detonating into a major I.T. Server hub tower. A death toll has yet to be confirmed by authorities. Two people were seen fleeing the scene, and are currently being pursued by authorities. This has just happened mere weeks after the re-introduction of the Gaidain Commonwealth (Jotunheim Collective) back into Andromitus. It has yet to confirmed wether or not this was an "Normal" terrorist attack, or if it was a Viper reoccurrence.

This is an alert to all nations, we urge you to increase your border security, were this to be a Viper attack, albeit the first one in several years, they won't stop with Andromitus. Viper's crave fear and authority, and have an end goal of pure anarchy or death. We urge any and all of you to read our Nations information on Vipers to learn more about there history and what to expect from them.

(OOC)

(I Might post a few more news flashes while I develop the IC, anyone who is registered on the confederacy general OOC is immediately eligible to take part in this RP.)

Adaptive Aesthetics

Englestre wrote:I made it, now to factbook making - once exams are over I will go mad

Good luck with your exams.

Penguania And Antarctica, Adaptive Aesthetics

Nuremgard wrote:Good luck with your exams.

Back on the main again - thanks, I've almost finished but I got a 6 hour English one tomorrow on isolation. Tell you what, I'm feeling f**king isolated enough after seeing the length, maybe I could write an essay on why exams shouldn't be so long. Then our teacher decides to let me know days before that they don't have the book I'm missing so I gotta get up early, drive to WHS Smith and get it there.

Nuremgard, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Adaptive Aesthetics

Yukona wrote:Back on the main again - thanks, I've almost finished but I got a 6 hour English one tomorrow on isolation. Tell you what, I'm feeling f**king isolated enough after seeing the length, maybe I could write an essay on why exams shouldn't be so long. Then our teacher decides to let me know days before that they don't have the book I'm missing so I gotta get up early, drive to WHS Smith and get it there.

A 6 hour English exam? What the actual f*ck?!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:A 6 hour English exam? What the actual f*ck?!

It has a half an hour break in the middle. Believe me, it's not something I'm looking forward to at all. It is only a mock but alas.

Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica

Yukona wrote:It has a half an hour break in the middle. Believe me, it's not something I'm looking forward to at all. It is only a mock but alas.

That is beyond ridic. There's not even any uni exams that are that long!

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:That is beyond ridic. There's not even any uni exams that are that long!

Such is the way of the beast, just be glad you ain't the fellas that are coming after me - now you have to do either Geography or History at GCSE, which means stress on under-staffed and under-funded departments anyway and you have kids who were doing vocational courses and Maths and English with strong extra support now being told to memorize the economics of the Third Reich, it's ridiculous. I've heard from my teacher that he literally can't handle it, it's gone from doing castles with the lower years and a devoted class of GCSE historians who can write essays and interest to kids bouncing off the wall and not being able to do anything - if you can't write an essay or appreciate history (or geography for that matter) there's very little you can do

Aghrabia

Yukona wrote:Such is the way of the beast, just be glad you ain't the fellas that are coming after me - now you have to do either Geography or History at GCSE, which means stress on under-staffed and under-funded departments anyway and you have kids who were doing vocational courses and Maths and English with strong extra support now being told to memorize the economics of the Third Reich, it's ridiculous. I've heard from my teacher that he literally can't handle it, it's gone from doing castles with the lower years and a devoted class of GCSE historians who can write essays and interest to kids bouncing off the wall and not being able to do anything - if you can't write an essay or appreciate history (or geography for that matter) there's very little you can do

I'm a Senior in High School (America) so maybe you could shed some light on GCSEs for us Yankees. Is it like a university entrance exam?

Dun Dum Dun wrote:Hi I'm new and I was wondering how I would put my self up for election as wa delegate

Step 1: Apply for and attain WA membership.

Step 2: Endorse me.

Step 3: ????

Step 4: PROFIT!!!

Adaptive Aesthetics wrote:I'm a Senior in High School (America) so maybe you could shed some light on GCSEs for us Yankees. Is it like a university entrance exam?

GCSEs are the exams high school students in England take.

Adaptive Aesthetics

Welcome [nation=short]Adaptive Aesthetics[/nation] as newest citizen of our region. :)

Jaslandia, Baxten, Andromitus, Oelesa, Minnesota Dakota, Yukona, Adaptive Aesthetics

Adaptive Aesthetics wrote:I'm a Senior in High School (America) so maybe you could shed some light on GCSEs for us Yankees. Is it like a university entrance exam?

Nope. First you have primary school which is for children children, I think it's like ages 4 (which is called Reception class) up to age 10/11, which is year 6. Once you finish year 6 you join Secondary School (sometimes referred to as Highschool, but formally as the latter as Highschool is an Americanism) which goes from year 7 (ages 11/12) to year 11, (ages 15/16 I think). In year 11 you take what are called GCSEs (General Certificate of Secondary Education) which basically means you can either go one of two ways, higher education (but no Uni yet) or vocational (as in apprenticeships, the military I think, or agricultural routes, you get the gist). Once you complete GCSEs, which are usually about 12-11 subjects for the average child with a few choices (like the choice between French of German, Geography or History, etc) you apply for a Sixth Form or College. A college is not the US college, it is the next step on from Secondary School which contains years 12 and years 13, consisting of the ages 16-18/19 right the way through. Unlike GCSEs, in college you can do A-Levels which you can retake (which sucks for the youngin's who f**k up GCSEs 'cus they're immature 'cus suddenly at that age your coffin's sealed). A-Levels are the qualification you do to get into University (your version of college, like Harvard) - these are usually four subjects in the first year and three in the second and last year. They are notoriously over-difficult and intense, they may be few in number but you have so much freedom mixed in with it and such an intense course it can be a fatal mix. They're also more specific, for example I do Economics, English Literature and Modern History, so they're a lot more like University subjects. I'm pretty sure the definition of Sixth Form is just a college attached to a school, so for example my school runs my Sixth Form and I just went straight into it, it's in the same complex and all (my school as 2,000 kids it's quite big for a Highschool). The college application process is pretty much fake, as long as you have half-decent GCSEs they'll let anyone in, it's Sixth Form that's the real wake up call. You apply through a thing called UCAS to a variety of Universities (from Oxbridge A*A*A to a half decent one like Manchester which entrance req. could be AAB or ABB depending on your course choice). You don't have to go to Uni, you can always just leave with A-levels and go whatever route you like, once you're 18 you can leave education for good and are legally permitted to do so. Once you get into University you get a degree (much like I assume you do in America) and from there, the world is your oyster I guess unless you done a Media Studies course at Bath Spa.

In case you didn't get it yet, I'm in Year 13 so I'm soon to be 18 and have applied for University to go in September at the end of this year (wow typing that out made me realise that it's not even a year away and I'll be leaving home forever damn).

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Adaptive Aesthetics

Yukona wrote:but formally as the latter as Highschool is an Americanism

Damn that was good England m8

Aghrabia

Yukona wrote:I'll be leaving home forever damn

Trust me. It won't be forever. Sooner or later you miss your old home.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Yukona

Yukona wrote:-snip-

I don't think Yuk does justice to how stupidly difficult A-levels are. They're more difficult than a first year uni course in most subjects purely because they make you learn a ridiculously large amount of content . For subjects like sociology, you're essentially learning a surface knowledge of the whole uni course (3 years) in a single year and having to recall it all in a single exam at the end of the year. This is then coupled with stupid exam garbage where the boards will try to word questions stupidly in order to confuse students or shift the grade boundaries after the exam if it looks like too many people are getting high grades. Essentially, you could go a whole year, learn the whole content back-to-front and recall it perfectly following the exam structure and still walk away with a sh!t grade because the question was worded slightly differently and therefore your answer was invalid or because too many kids were getting high grades that year.

It's literally garbage and probably the most stressful thing you'll do outside of like fighting in a warzone or dealing with a Lat government.

Bearlong, Jaslandia, Baxten, Aghrabia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Unfallious wrote:I don't think Yuk does justice

True, I totally agree with you the first thing they tell you on Uni Open Days is dw it's not as hard as A Levels. And damn at the end note man, shots fired alright.

Aghrabia

Adaptive Aesthetics wrote:Vaporwave

A E S T H E T I C

Einsiev, Merlinton, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Adaptive Aesthetics

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- Diesel Engine Day

Why do diesels get their own holiday? There should at least be a 'Steam Engine Day' too! Fair is fair!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Unfallious wrote:I don't think Yuk does justice to how stupidly difficult A-levels are. They're more difficult than a first year uni course in most subjects purely because they make you learn a ridiculously large amount of content . For subjects like sociology, you're essentially learning a surface knowledge of the whole uni course (3 years) in a single year and having to recall it all in a single exam at the end of the year. This is then coupled with stupid exam garbage where the boards will try to word questions stupidly in order to confuse students or shift the grade boundaries after the exam if it looks like too many people are getting high grades. Essentially, you could go a whole year, learn the whole content back-to-front and recall it perfectly following the exam structure and still walk away with a sh!t grade because the question was worded slightly differently and therefore your answer was invalid or because too many kids were getting high grades that year.

It's literally garbage and probably the most stressful thing you'll do outside of like fighting in a warzone or dealing with a Lat government.

You could have easily been explaining IB exams there and I wouldn't have been able to tell the difference.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

James The Red Engine wrote:Why do diesels get their own holiday? There should at least be a 'Steam Engine Day' too! Fair is fair!

You're gonna be disappointed then; the only results I could find were local events and festivals, not a fixed and large-scale annual holiday.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Steam+Engine+Day

Penguania And Antarctica

Bearlong wrote:You could have easily been explaining IB exams there and I wouldn't have been able to tell the difference.

Makes me grateful that the hardest exams I have to worry about are AP exams.

Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:You're gonna be disappointed then; the only results I could find were local events and festivals, not a fixed and large-scale annual holiday.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Steam+Engine+Day

Hey, Jas. Royal coup gonna' happen any time soon?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Yukona wrote:Such is the way of the beast, just be glad you ain't the fellas that are coming after me - now you have to do either Geography or History at GCSE, which means stress on under-staffed and under-funded departments anyway and you have kids who were doing vocational courses and Maths and English with strong extra support now being told to memorize the economics of the Third Reich, it's ridiculous. I've heard from my teacher that he literally can't handle it, it's gone from doing castles with the lower years and a devoted class of GCSE historians who can write essays and interest to kids bouncing off the wall and not being able to do anything - if you can't write an essay or appreciate history (or geography for that matter) there's very little you can do

And that's me. I chose history and (while I love the subject in general) I genuinely hate the topics particularly American history (why are we even doing this? It is some of the most boring bulls*** I have ever done and it is absolutely pointless- at least do British history and make it matter, or even European history) and am an extremely slow writer. Seriously, while I am quite smart and know a fair amount about history in general, I actually got a f***ing F minus- an F MINUS- because I simply cannot write quick enough to complete it in time.

Jaslandia wrote:Makes me grateful that the hardest exams I have to worry about are AP exams.

I was gonna take AP Economics (both) and Government and Politics this year - 3 exams. Lol fvck that, dropped out of both classes back in the autumn.

Jaslandia

Nuremgard wrote:Hey, Jas. Royal coup gonna' happen any time soon?

Not at the moment; things are pretty good in Jaslandia right now. Why?

Bearlong wrote:I was gonna take AP Economics (both) and Government and Politics this year - 3 exams. Lol fvck that, dropped out of both classes back in the autumn.

Good call. Then again, I'm taking 4 AP classes this year (AP Psychology, AP Statistics, AP Art History, and AP Capstone Research), so perhaps my praise of your decision is slightly hypocritical.

Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:Not at the moment; things are pretty good in Jaslandia right now. Why?

Good call. Then again, I'm taking 4 AP classes this year (AP Psychology, AP Statistics, AP Art History, and AP Capstone Research), so perhaps my praise of your decision is slightly hypocritical.

Just wondering when the royals will reassert their divine right to rule, abolish Parliament and reign in the grand absolute manner once more.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:Not at the moment; things are pretty good in Jaslandia right now. Why?

Good call. Then again, I'm taking 4 AP classes this year (AP Psychology, AP Statistics, AP Art History, and AP Capstone Research), so perhaps my praise of your decision is slightly hypocritical.

He wants imperial communism

The more AP the better, they say

Good for college credit, they say

It's murder that is somehow pleasurable, I say

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Just wondering when the royals will reassert their divine right to rule, abolish Parliament and reign in the grand absolute manner once more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYU_eDMr4xE

Jaslandia

Vista Major wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYU_eDMr4xE

https://youtu.be/RDXTJa6TrKE

Nuremgard wrote:Just wondering when the royals will reassert their divine right to rule, abolish Parliament and reign in the grand absolute manner once more.

Interesting idea, but I don't see that happening anytime soon. The King barely cares about being a figurehead monarch, and the Prince Regent is already overworked just being a constitutional executive. The only one who would really want an absolute monarchy would be the Queen Dowager, and while it's possible, I don't see her gathering the supporters and drive necessary to stage an absolutist coup.

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:https://youtu.be/RDXTJa6TrKE

Interesting idea, but I don't see that happening anytime soon. The King barely cares about being a figurehead monarch, and the Prince Regent is already overworked just being a constitutional executive. The only one who would really want an absolute monarchy would be the Queen Dowager, and while it's possible, I don't see her gathering the supporters and drive necessary to stage an absolutist coup.

#MakeJaslandiaGreatAgain

Yeah, same with Nuremgard. It would be literally impossible for there to be an absolutist monarchical coup here lol

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Just wondering when the royals will reassert their divine right to rule, abolish Parliament and reign in the grand absolute manner once more.

I think you and Gordon might get along well. Gordon also is a fan of 'absolutism', 'author-it-tair-ian-sm', and other such things.

Nuremgard wrote:Hey, Jas. Royal coup gonna' happen any time soon?

'Coup'? Is that what I heard Gordon muttering about in his sleep? I always wondered why Gordon seemed so anxious about hen houses.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Percyton wrote:I think you and Gordon might get along well. Gordon also is a fan of 'absolutism', 'author-it-tair-ian-sm', and other such things.

'Coup'? Is that what I heard Gordon muttering about in his sleep? I always wondered why Gordon seemed so anxious about hen houses.

I'm only in favour of absolutism if the absolutist ruler agrees with all of my policies.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Percyton wrote:I think you and Gordon might get along well. Gordon also is a fan of 'absolutism', 'author-it-tair-ian-sm', and other such things.

'Coup'? Is that what I heard Gordon muttering about in his sleep? I always wondered why Gordon seemed so anxious about hen houses.

That's a chicken coop, Percy. A coup is when someone overthrows the government.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:I'm only in favour of absolutism if the absolutist ruler agrees with all of my policies.

In that case, why not just cut out the middle man? Only support absolutism if you yourself can become the absolute ruler.

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:In that case, why not just cut out the middle man? Only support absolutism if you yourself can become the absolute ruler.

Exactly.

His Majesty Stephen I, by the grace of God, King of the Scots. I like it.

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:That's a chicken coop, Percy. A coup is when someone overthrows the government.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat

Ooooh. That sounds awful! No wonder Gordon is so worried.

Nuremgard wrote:Exactly.

His Majesty Stephen I, by the grace of God, King of the Scots. I like it.

For what it's worth, if that does happen, Percyton would be willing to officially recognize you.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Percyton wrote:Ooooh. That sounds awful! No wonder Gordon is so worried.

For what it's worth, if that does happen, Percyton would be willing to officially recognize you.

Thanks! I'll give the leader of Percyton a lordship in gratitude.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:Not at the moment; things are pretty good in Jaslandia right now. Why?

Good call. Then again, I'm taking 4 AP classes this year (AP Psychology, AP Statistics, AP Art History, and AP Capstone Research), so perhaps my praise of your decision is slightly hypocritical.

I mean, Psych is easy af and Statistics is just fascinating. I'm not sure about Art History (sounds boring tbh) and I never understood what Capstone entailed other than it's really hard to get actual credit for it.

Jaslandia

Nuremgard wrote:Thanks! I'll give the leader of Percyton a lordship in gratitude.

That would be me (Percy the Small Engine), and thank you! I know I few Dukes (Duke the Lost Engine, Duke of Boxford), Duchesses (Duchess of Boxford), and Earls (Sir Robert Norramby, Earl/Duke of Sodor), but I've never held a noble title like they have. It must be a big honor.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Bearlong wrote:I mean, Psych is easy af and Statistics is just fascinating. I'm not sure about Art History (sounds boring tbh) and I never understood what Capstone entailed other than it's really hard to get actual credit for it.

I don't find Psych too hard, but my Psych teacher makes hard tests, so a lot of my classmates find it very hard. However, that same teacher is also pretty laid-back and generous, so cheating is rampant. Stats I mostly like; it's been getting harder during second semester, but I find it much easier and more enjoyable than my previous math classes, and the teacher is just awesome! AP Art History is interesting, and the teacher is nice, but I do sometimes find it hard to keep up with the work. And while I didn't mind the Capstone class last year (AP Seminar), a lot of my classmates struggled, and I only got a 3 on the exam; AP Research certainly seems harder than Seminar, and both me and my classmates are experiencing difficulties.

Jaslandia wrote:I don't find Psych too hard, but my Psych teacher makes hard tests, so a lot of my classmates find it very hard. However, that same teacher is also pretty laid-back and generous, so cheating is rampant.

My AP Psych teacher does the same, she uses her tests to project what grades kids will get on the AP test. So very few actually pass her tests overall, but she outweighs it with homework grades that keep kids from failing as well as some very easy classwork exercises like "Write down ten facts from this British Mental Institutions documentary."

AP statistics on the other hand is very easy, and is going really well.

I'm only taking those two, though I'm taking 2 college classes right now as well and I'm taking another AP Exam in conjunction with the two, that other being AP US Government. Also, can I just say, I love almost every college class in comparison to every high school class? They are just so much better for me.

Jaslandia

Yukona wrote:Nope. First you have primary school which is for children children, I think it's like ages 4 (which is called Reception class) up to age 10/11, which is year 6. Once you finish year 6 you join Secondary School (sometimes referred to as Highschool, but formally as the latter as Highschool is an Americanism) which goes from year 7 (ages 11/12) to year 11, (ages 15/16 I think). In year 11 you take what are called GCSEs (General Certificate of Secondary Education) which basically means you can either go one of two ways, higher education (but no Uni yet) or vocational (as in apprenticeships, the military I think, or agricultural routes, you get the gist). Once you complete GCSEs, which are usually about 12-11 subjects for the average child with a few choices (like the choice between French of German, Geography or History, etc) you apply for a Sixth Form or College. A college is not the US college, it is the next step on from Secondary School which contains years 12 and years 13, consisting of the ages 16-18/19 right the way through. Unlike GCSEs, in college you can do A-Levels which you can retake (which sucks for the youngin's who f**k up GCSEs 'cus they're immature 'cus suddenly at that age your coffin's sealed). A-Levels are the qualification you do to get into University (your version of college, like Harvard) - these are usually four subjects in the first year and three in the second and last year. They are notoriously over-difficult and intense, they may be few in number but you have so much freedom mixed in with it and such an intense course it can be a fatal mix. They're also more specific, for example I do Economics, English Literature and Modern History, so they're a lot more like University subjects. I'm pretty sure the definition of Sixth Form is just a college attached to a school, so for example my school runs my Sixth Form and I just went straight into it, it's in the same complex and all (my school as 2,000 kids it's quite big for a Highschool). The college application process is pretty much fake, as long as you have half-decent GCSEs they'll let anyone in, it's Sixth Form that's the real wake up call. You apply through a thing called UCAS to a variety of Universities (from Oxbridge A*A*A to a half decent one like Manchester which entrance req. could be AAB or ABB depending on your course choice). You don't have to go to Uni, you can always just leave with A-levels and go whatever route you like, once you're 18 you can leave education for good and are legally permitted to do so. Once you get into University you get a degree (much like I assume you do in America) and from there, the world is your oyster I guess unless you done a Media Studies course at Bath Spa.

In case you didn't get it yet, I'm in Year 13 so I'm soon to be 18 and have applied for University to go in September at the end of this year (wow typing that out made me realise that it's not even a year away and I'll be leaving home forever damn).

Wow! Thanks for the info. I'm in the same boat as you, except the different educational system. I'm going to a local community college (cause I'll save about $70,000 USD per year doing that) and I'll be taking Firefighter Academy this fall (separate from college/university).

Glad to know there are folks the same age!

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Magnatronia wrote:A E S T H E T I C

that's what its all about

Einsiev, Aghrabia, Magnatronia

Sulania wrote:My AP Psych teacher does the same, she uses her tests to project what grades kids will get on the AP test. So very few actually pass her tests overall, but she outweighs it with homework grades that keep kids from failing as well as some very easy classwork exercises like "Write down ten facts from this British Mental Institutions documentary."

AP statistics on the other hand is very easy, and is going really well.

I think that's how a lot of the students in my Psych class stay afloat: they don't do that well on tests, but they can turn in their note-taking assignments for a grade before each test, and the teacher also gives out a few extra credit assignments at the end of each marking period.

Adaptive Aesthetics

The Collectivean will uphold a vigil for the fallen victims of the Viper attack. Let us unite in harmony and music !

Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Adaptive Aesthetics

Jotunheim Collective wrote:The Collectivean will uphold a vigil for the fallen victims of the Viper attack. Let us unite in harmony and music !

We urge again for all nations to be on the look out for possible Viper activity, and we thank our newest commonwealth for their support during these troubling times.

Jotunheim Collective, Adaptive Aesthetics

Jotunheim Collective wrote:The Collectivean will uphold a vigil for the fallen victims of the Viper attack. Let us unite in harmony and music !

Andromitus wrote:We urge again for all nations to be on the look out for possible Viper activity, and we thank our newest commonwealth for their support during these troubling times.

Sorry not following, what is a Viper?

Andromitus, Adaptive Aesthetics

[B]>>> THE OFFICIAL ANTHEM OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IT'S COMMONWEALTHS! <<<[/B]

[B]>>> https://soundcloud.com/ukl_gov/anthem-of-the-united-kingdom-of-latrovia <<<[/B]

Oelesa, Minnesota Dakota, Adaptive Aesthetics

Also : [B]>>> https://twitter.com/ukl_gov/status/835048359643787264 <<<[/B]

[B]We need more fellow nations to join TWITTER and post their daily national happenings.[/B]

Oelesa, Adaptive Aesthetics

[B]DAMN NEWS FROM THE UKL:[/B]

[B]

>>> https://twitter.com/ukl_gov/status/835115046216876032 <<<

>>> https://twitter.com/ukl_gov/status/835115624162557952 <<<[/B]

Oelesa

Latrovia wrote:[B]>>> THE OFFICIAL ANTHEM OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IT'S COMMONWEALTHS! <<<[/B]

[B]>>> https://soundcloud.com/ukl_gov/anthem-of-the-united-kingdom-of-latrovia <<<[/B]

What language is this?

Latrovia wrote:Sorry not following, what is a Viper?

(OOC) I'm starting a new RP around a new part of my Faq, Eviants and Vipers in my overview; and this just occured,

Andromitus wrote:(IC)

Breaking News

This just in from Arc Lammedia, Capitol of Andromitus, the detonation of an explosives truck just occurred in the western borough of the city! The truck flew down the street and through a large crowed of people before slamming and detonating into a major I.T. Server hub tower. A death toll has yet to be confirmed by authorities. Two people were seen fleeing the scene, and are currently being pursued by authorities. This has just happened mere weeks after the re-introduction of the Gaidain Commonwealth (Jotunheim Collective) back into Andromitus. It has yet to confirmed wether or not this was an "Normal" terrorist attack, or if it was a Viper reoccurrence.

This is an alert to all nations, we urge you to increase your border security, were this to be a Viper attack, albeit the first one in several years, they won't stop with Andromitus. Viper's crave fear and authority, and have an end goal of pure anarchy or death. We urge any and all of you to read our Nations information on Vipers to learn more about there history and what to expect from them.

(OOC)

(I Might post a few more news flashes while I develop the IC, anyone who is registered on the confederacy general OOC is immediately eligible to take part in this RP.)

Jotunheim Collective

Latrovia wrote:Also : [B]>>> https://twitter.com/ukl_gov/status/835048359643787264 <<<[/B]

[B]We need more fellow nations to join TWITTER and post their daily national happenings.[/B]

I just created my national one @thesirmida.

Oelesa

Minnesota Dakota wrote:What language is this?

Its Latin and I started following you :)

Oelesa, Minnesota Dakota

Andromitus wrote:(OOC) I'm starting a new RP around a new part of my Faq, Eviants and Vipers in my overview; and this just occured,

I would recommend that every RP story that you folks have in mind to take it in the forums. A lot of interesting ideas can be lost in the RMB through excessive posting.

Andromitus wrote:(IC)

Breaking News

This just in from Arc Lammedia, Capitol of Andromitus, the detonation of an explosives truck just occurred in the western borough of the city! The truck flew down the street and through a large crowed of people before slamming and detonating into a major I.T. Server hub tower. A death toll has yet to be confirmed by authorities. Two people were seen fleeing the scene, and are currently being pursued by authorities. This has just happened mere weeks after the re-introduction of the Gaidain Commonwealth (Jotunheim Collective) back into Andromitus. It has yet to confirmed wether or not this was an "Normal" terrorist attack, or if it was a Viper reoccurrence.

This is an alert to all nations, we urge you to increase your border security, were this to be a Viper attack, albeit the first one in several years, they won't stop with Andromitus. Viper's crave fear and authority, and have an end goal of pure anarchy or death. We urge any and all of you to read our Nations information on Vipers to learn more about there history and what to expect from them.

(IC) Incoming Transmission

Attention to all nations, this terror attack is the first of many, as we, the Viper terrorist group, claim responsibility and confirm that the attack in Arc Lammedia was in fact a first strike from Viper. While we are still based in Andromitus, we are beginning to spread to other nations, and have managed to take control of The Cross and Davids Star's communication network. As a fair warning to all nations that are associated with or allies to Andromitus, do not attempt to support Andromitus in any way, shape, or form, otherwise there will be consequences. Transmission Ended

The Cross And Davids Star wrote:(IC) Incoming Transmission

Attention to all nations, this terror attack is the first of many, as we, the Viper terrorist group, claim responsibility and confirm that the attack in Arc Lammedia was in fact a first strike from Viper. While we are still based in Andromitus, we are beginning to spread to other nations, and have managed to take control of The Cross and Davids Star's communication network. As a fair warning to all nations that are associated with or allies to Andromitus, do not attempt to support Andromitus in any way, shape, or form, otherwise there will be consequences. Transmission Ended

I just made a recommendation, dammit xP

We can rp on the RMB? Thank god.

Also, hi guys!

Andromitus, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Magnatronia, Jotunheim Collective

Latrovia wrote:I just made a recommendation, dammit xP

Don't worry, while they have managed to hack into our comms, they haven't fully taken over. While we can still use it, until we can track where the hack came from, Viper can still use our comms to transmit messages.

Kep wrote:We can rp on the RMB? Thank god.

Also, hi guys!

It is allowed but I wouldn't recommend it.

The Cross And Davids Star wrote:Don't worry, while they have managed to hack into our comms, they haven't fully taken over. While we can still use it, until we can track where the hack came from, Viper can still use our comms to transmit messages.

Until the issue has been resolved the diplomatic talks between our two nations will be placed on hold.

Latrovia wrote:Until the issue has been resolved the diplomatic talks between our two nations will be placed on hold.

Agreed, but I assure you it won't take long for a counter hack to take hold and eject Viper from our systems.

The Cross And Davids Star wrote:Agreed, but I assure you it won't take long for a counter hack to take hold and eject Viper from our systems.

Understood.

Latrovia wrote:Understood.

Looks like we got a lock on the hack, initiating counter hack now. We won't be able to transmit messages for about 8 hours while the malware's getting removed, so until then, Deus Vult.

Counter Hack Initiated

Malware Code Found And Quarantined

Resetting And Upgrading Firewalls

Warning: Activation Will Cause A Shutdown Of The Following Systems For An 8 Hour Period: Media And Communication

Do You Wish To Proceed?

Yes No

Shutting Down And Removing Malware From All Servers...

Latrovia, Jotunheim Collective

The Cross And Davids Star wrote:Looks like we got a lock on the hack, initiating counter hack now. We won't be able to transmit messages for about 8 hours while the malware's getting removed, so until then, Deus Vult.

Counter Hack Initiated

Malware Code Found And Quarantined

Resetting And Upgrading Firewalls

Warning: Activation Will Cause A Shutdown Of The Following Systems For An 8 Hour Period: Media And Communication

Do You Wish To Proceed?

Yes No

Shutting Down And Removing Malware From All Servers...

See you fellas on the other side! :)

Latrovia wrote:I would recommend that every RP story that you folks have in mind to take it in the forums. A lot of interesting ideas can be lost in the RMB through excessive posting.

I'm simply setting the mood through a few RMB "news additives" here and there while I develop the official IC

Andromitus wrote:I'm simply setting the mood through a few RMB "news additives" here and there while I develop the official IC

Well I believe that all these beautiful texts should not be lost.

Jotunheim Collective

Latrovia wrote:Well I believe that all these beautiful texts should not be lost.

That's why I'm recording them :P

But It should be ready by tonight or tomorrow, also, hows your bird flue epidemic, we've managed to quarantine most subjects for study, but a few cadavers are still being found within Gaida and Centra (our capitol province and JC's commonwealth) and we don't know why.

Latrovia

Andromitus wrote:That's why I'm recording them :P

But It should be ready by tonight or tomorrow, also, hows your bird flue epidemic, we've managed to quarantine most subjects for study, but a few cadavers are still being found within Gaida and Centra (our capitol province and JC's commonwealth) and we don't know why.

With the help of the Reich, they have done an amazing work containing the virus and stopping it from spreading further out. Our country hasn't suffered this Aviary Virus, so hopefully the sanctions on Aviary Products towards the Reich will be lifted pretty soon.

Latrovia wrote:With the help of the Reich, they have done an amazing work containing the virus and stopping it from spreading further out. Our country hasn't suffered this Aviary Virus, so hopefully the sanctions on Aviary Products towards the Reich will be lifted pretty soon.

The Anthropic Institute requests your scientific societies to conduct a small, westward facing avian index, we'd like to know if infected birds are entering or leaving from either side, we are currently doing the same on our end.

The Cross And Davids Star wrote:We are beginning to spread to other nations Transmission Ended

*Is an Orwellian corporate police state*

Good luck with that dude

Magnatronia wrote:*Is an Orwellian corporate police state*

Good luck with that dude

They are your citizens, your backers, your police; we've faced Vipers before, whether these new occurrences are the continuation of Era One Vipers or the start of new Era Two; We began to lose hope in our security when it turned out that A Viper clan had infiltrated to the highest levels of our old imperial military, releasing Impetus Pestis bioweapon and causing the deaths of hundreds of thousands over the course of a decade.

Andromitus wrote:The Anthropic Institute requests your scientific societies to conduct a small, westward facing avian index, we'd like to know if infected birds are entering or leaving from either side, we are currently doing the same on our end.

Our Embassy in Andromitus is going to give you the results pretty soon. :)

Post self-deleted by Latrovia.

[B]>>> https://twitter.com/ukl_gov/status/835142423676338179 <<<[/B]

Latrovia wrote:The UK is heading for the moon. We will be the first country to step on the moon. :)

We warn you now of Satellites RK-002 and RK-004 we currently having monitering the lunar surface, studying its chemical makeup, alongside RK-001 orbiting earth transmitting specialized data.

We'd be happy to share the collected data with you once you begin your lunar landing.

Andromitus wrote:We warn you now of Satellites RK-002 and RK-004 we currently having monitering the lunar surface, studying its chemical makeup, alongside RK-001 orbiting earth transmitting specialized data.

We'd be happy to share the collected data with you once you begin your lunar landing.

We will be more than happy to receive those data. LASA would be interested in exchanging it's own collected data from the Moon.

[B]>>> https://twitter.com/ukl_gov/status/835148988923924481 <<<[/B]

Hello people. Wish you all a very nice day.

[spoiler=Today is February 24 and today are:]

Today is February 24 and today are:

- Dragobete (Romania)

- Engineer's Day (Iran)

- Flag Day (Mexico)

- Independence Day (Estonia)

- International Stand Up to Bullying Day

- Maha Shivaratri (Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka)

- National Artist Day (Thailand)

- National Skip the Straw Day (United States)

- National Tortilla Chip Day (United States)

- Sepandārmazgān or "Women's Day" (Zoroastrian Iran)

- World Bartender Day

- Yukon Heritage Day (Yukon, Canada)

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 303 – Galerius publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Roman Empire.

- 484 – King Huneric removes the Christian bishops from their offices and banished some to Corsica. A few are martyred, including former proconsul Victorian along with Frumentius and other merchants. They are killed at Hadrumetum after refusing to become Arians.

- 1303 – Battle of Roslin, of the First War of Scottish Independence.

- 1386 – King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda.

- 1525 – A Spanish-Austrian army defeats a French army at the Battle of Pavia.

- 1538 – Treaty of Nagyvárad between Ferdinand I and John Zápolya.

- 1582 – With the papal bull Inter gravissimas, Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar.

- 1607 – L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, one of the first works recognized as an opera, receives its première performance.

- 1711 – The London première of Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage.

- 1739 – Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nader Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.

- 1803 – In Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the principle of judicial review.

- 1809 – London's Drury Lane Theatre burns to the ground, leaving owner Richard Brinsley Sheridan destitute.

- 1821 – Final stage of the Mexican War of Independence from Spain with Plan of Iguala.

- 1822 – The first Swaminarayan temple in the world, Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad, is inaugurated.

- 1826 – The signing of the Treaty of Yandabo marks the end of the First Anglo-Burmese War.

- 1831 – The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the first removal treaty in accordance with the Indian Removal Act, is proclaimed. The Choctaws in Mississippi cede land east of the river in exchange for payment and land in the West.

- 1848 – King Louis-Philippe of France abdicates the throne.

- 1854 – A Penny Red with perforations was the first perforated postage stamp to be officially issued for distribution.

- 1863 – Arizona is organized as a United States territory.

- 1868 – Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.

- 1875 – The SS Gothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.

- 1881 – China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.

- 1895 – Revolution breaks out in Baire, a town near Santiago de Cuba, beginning the Cuban War of Independence, that ends with the Spanish–American War in 1898.

- 1916 – The Governor-General of Korea establishes a clinic called Jahyewon in Sorokdo to segregate Hansen's disease patients.

- 1917 – World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.

- 1918 – Estonian Declaration of Independence.

- 1920 – The Nazi Party is founded.

- 1920 – Nancy Astor became the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.

- 1942 – The Battle of Los Angeles: A false alarm led to an anti-aircraft barrage that lasted into the early hours of February 25.

- 1942 – An order-in-council passed under the Defence of Canada Regulations of the War Measures Act gives the Canadian federal government the power to intern all "persons of Japanese racial origin".

- 1944 – Merrill's Marauders: The Marauders begin their 1,000-mile journey through Japanese occupied Burma.

- 1945 – Egyptian Premier Ahmad Mahir Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree.

- 1946 – Colonel Juan Perón, founder of the political movement that became known as Peronism, is elected to his first term as President of Argentina.

- 1968 – Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam recaptures Hué.

- 1971 – The All India Forward Bloc holds an emergency central committee meeting after its chairman, Hemantha Kumar Bose, is killed three days earlier. P.K. Mookiah Thevar is appointed as the new chairman.

- 1976 – The current constitution of Cuba is formally proclaimed.

- 1980 – The United States Olympic hockey team completes its Miracle on Ice by defeating Finland 4–2 to win the gold medal.

- 1981 – The 6.7 Ms Gulf of Corinth earthquake affects Central Greece with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). The shock killed 22 people and destroyed buildings in several towns west of Athens.

- 1983 – A special commission of the United States Congress condemns the Japanese American internment during World War II.

- 1984 – Tyrone Mitchell perpetrates the 49th Street Elementary School shooting in Los Angeles, killing two children and injuring 12 more.

- 1989 – Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa and offers a USD $3 million bounty for the death of Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses.

- 1989 – United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, rips open during flight, blowing nine passengers out of the business-class section.

- 1996 – Two civilian airplanes operated by the Miami-based group Brothers to the Rescue are shot down in international waters by the Cuban Air Force.

- 2004 – The 6.3 Mw Al Hoceima earthquake strikes northern Morocco with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 628 people are killed, 926 are injured, and up to 15,000 are displaced.

- 2006 – Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declares Proclamation 1017 placing the country in a state of emergency in attempt to subdue a possible military coup.

- 2007 – Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea.

- 2008 – Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba and the Council of Ministers after 32 years. He remains as head of the Communist Party for another three years.

- 2015 – A Metrolink train derails in Oxnard, California following a collision with a truck, leaving more than 30 injured.

- 2016 – Tara Air Flight 193, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft, crashed, with 23 fatalities, in Solighopte, Myagdi District, Dhaulagiri Zone, while en route from Pokhara Airport to Jomsom Airport.

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1103 – Emperor Toba of Japan

- 1304 – Ibn Battuta, Moroccan jurist

- 1500 – Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

- 1786 – Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist, author, and academic

- 1927 – Emmanuelle Riva, French actress

- 1938 – Phil Knight, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Nike, Inc.

- 1950 – Steve McCurry, American photographer and journalist

- 1954 – Sid Meier, Canadian-American game designer and programmer, created the Civilization series

- 1955 – Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founded Apple Inc. and Pixar

- 1955 – Alain Prost, French race car driver

- 1956 – Judith Butler, American philosopher, theorist, and author

- 1967 – Brian Schmidt, Australian astrophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1973 – Philipp Rösler, German physician and politician

- 1977 – Floyd Mayweather, Jr., American boxer

- 1981 – Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player

[/spoiler]

Quote of the day

The most important thing about Spaceship Earth - an instruction book didn't come with it.

- R. Buckminster Fuller -

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Jaslandia, Vista Major, Minnesota Dakota, Adaptive Aesthetics

Good morning, everyone. I've got personal things going on right now. I'll try to update the map as much as possible, but I really don't think that'll be often. Sorry for any inconvience this may cause

Aghrabia, Vista Major, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Adaptive Aesthetics

Baxten wrote:Good morning, everyone. I've got personal things going on right now. I'll try to update the map as much as possible, but I really don't think that'll be often. Sorry for any inconvience this may cause

*screams*

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Adaptive Aesthetics

Andromitus wrote:*screams*

If there is an opening to assist with regional cartography I'd be happy to help.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Adaptive Aesthetics wrote:If there is an opening to assist with regional cartography I'd be happy to help.

I'd ask that in a TG to Baxten

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Adaptive Aesthetics

Baxten wrote:Good morning, everyone. I've got personal things going on right now. I'll try to update the map as much as possible, but I really don't think that'll be often. Sorry for any inconvience this may cause

Please take good care of yourself and get back to us when you're ready :)

Penguania And Antarctica, Adaptive Aesthetics

How would you guys feel about an African military dictatorship in your RP?

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