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Al Swearengen (0 DX)
18 Jul 14 UTC
Zionism, Jihad, Integration and the Postbellum South
By Al Swearengen

Actually, I probably won't get around to writing this.
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Yaniv (1380 D(S))
19 Jul 14 UTC
Diplomacy, statistically speaking...
what are the odds of a player (a) soloing; (b) drawing; (c) surviving; (d) losing?
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THELEGION (0 DX)
19 Jul 14 UTC
bar fight
Ok so there's a giant drunken bar fight between the irish, germans, vikings, russians and a combined force of american red necks and hill billys which group will win.
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ThatBuhlLarry (100 D)
19 Jul 14 UTC
For Anyone Interested in a World Game
1 day phases; starts in 3 days
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=144739
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VashtaNeurotic (2394 D)
05 Jul 14 UTC
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Mafia IV: Reptilian Invasion
See inside.
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krellin (80 DX)
18 Jul 14 UTC
:) OR (:
Why do smiley faces always have to come eyes-first?
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bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
18 Jul 14 UTC
Now Trending on Tumblr
Another person killed by stupid aggressive cops for no fucking reason. Is anyone surprised?

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/staten-island-man-dies-puts-choke-hold-article-1.1871486
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Hellenic Riot (1626 D(G))
17 Jul 14 UTC
Malaysian Airliner shot down over Ukraine
Never getting on a Malaysian aeroplane...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-28354856
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NigeeBaby (100 D(G))
18 Jul 14 UTC
I work for a US multi-national and.....
.... they use websense to prevent me going to certain undesirable websites.
I cannot access the Labour Party or Liberal Democrats websites.
Guess what, I can access the Conservative website.
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Draugnar (0 DX)
17 Jul 14 UTC
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does life get any better?
Sitting out back, fire pit ablaze, smoking a cigar and sipping a scotch while the dogs run around a d bark at the dear and the sun sets...
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obiwanobiwan (248 D)
14 Jul 14 UTC
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What I've Been Saying About Gaza:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/israel-iron-dome-could-prolong-195600244.html Main quote inside, but essentially--the Iron Dome, which has (thankfully) stopped hundreds of rocket attacks in just a few days now, has taken all pressure off Netanyahu to negotiate, while Hamas arguably stands to gain more from prolonging the conflict--ie, shooting rockets knowing they'll be intercepted and reprisals will come--than by making peace. So, settle in, boys and girls...
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NigeeBaby (100 D(G))
17 Jul 14 UTC
WTF is wrong with Indian men....
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-28340617

Kiddie rape in India ...... the police are so useless some might accuse them of being part of the overall problem
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zultar (4180 DMod(P))
17 Jul 14 UTC
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Babak wanted to say "Hi" to WebDip
Babak asked me to say "Hi" to webdip on facebook. He is doing well, has a 6 month old baby, and just moved to a new country, but once things settle down, he might join us again.
So in the mean time, shape up your diplomatic and tactical skils and let's see who else we can drag back. :)
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josepr (100 D)
17 Jul 14 UTC
what is the average age of webdiplomacy players?
Is there a statistic? I want to know. In a game I felt I was playing with the stubbornness of a child. He/she wanted ALL his way. All the negotiation was "this is mine mine mine". He/she couldn't see the repercussions of a bad decision because he/she wanted the gratification of now.

Seriously, knowing the age of a person before starting a game or a negotiation can help a lot. Psychological speaking.
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brora (100 D)
18 Jul 14 UTC
How to join a new game?
I'm a new player - new to this site. I am trying to get into a new game. When I press on 'New' I see a list of new games. However, some are 'padlocked' and require passwords. How do I get into those? Or can I only play games without padlocks?
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lixu893 (0 DX)
18 Jul 14 UTC
Where to buy Cases For Samsung Galaxy S5
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NigeeBaby (100 D(G))
17 Jul 14 UTC
^^^^ UK General Election 2015 ****
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-28339128
Lib Dems have gone early while Cameron is on the defensive after his re-shuffle. Because of the current coalition of Tories/Liberals there will be a new dynamic to the elections, also the rise of UKIP is a bit of an unknown factor.
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mikelikeike (100 D)
17 Jul 14 UTC
Live Game, Players needed
Low risk game. Join now. Slots will go fast!
gameID=144714
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SYnapse (0 DX)
16 Jul 14 UTC
How to Solo as Italy
Is there a way?
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steephie22 (182 D(S))
17 Jul 14 UTC
Best free webdesign software
I'm very likely going to design another website, but unlike last time, this isn't for school or something, so I can use all the tools I want to make my job easier. What software would you recommend? There's quite a lot to choose from and I don't want to try them all, nor spend extra hours because I'm missing some very useful features...
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mikelikeike (100 D)
17 Jul 14 UTC
Dominion 2 (live game)
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Jamiet99uk (1307 D)
15 Jul 14 UTC
UK Cabinet re-shuffle
Hague stepping down as Foreign Secretary, Gove removed from Education and sidelined. Thoughts?
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NigeeBaby (100 D(G))
17 Jul 14 UTC
To summarise:
Octo opinionated but incorrect
Thomas informed and correct
Someone just got owned......ouch !!
Hold on, hold on ..... Octo works in the public sector so de facto he must be right, these public servants always seem to know better !!
NigeeBaby (100 D(G))
17 Jul 14 UTC
Thomas thanks for your voice of reason on the Gove debate.
You make a great point about support staff that should not be lost, I will re-post
[f] a major investment in education in the 2000s which was skilfully invested in providing support staff who could relieve teachers of some of the time-consuming non-pedagogic tasks, which had included, notably, pupil welfare issues and classroom display and reprographics, collecting in money and associated administrative tasks, relieving teachers to perform higher level work.

Also I think the national curriculum for early years learning made teaching simpler and more transparent; what I took from it was the concept of 'learning through play', I don't know who wrote it but I thought it was genius in its clarity and simplicity.
Also when were teaching assistants introduced, it makes sense that in the vast majority of cases 2 teachers will be more effective than one.
I don't use the 'C' word much because it is vulgar and offensive but if ever there was one word that summed up Gove as a person it would be that. If I met him I would have to restrain myself from punching him in the face, so disgusting has his tenure as Education Secretary been. It saddens me when people say he did a good job because it shows a level of ignorance in the UK public that undermines our democracy, ignorance undermines,warps and negates true democracy.
thomas dullan (422 D)
17 Jul 14 UTC
@Nigee
Not that it matters, but I spent 27 years in the public sector education service.
'Learning through play' has been with us for decades. It had existed even before the 1967 Plowden Report (on primary education), which advocated it under the name 'informal education'.
Education Secretaries are often detested. I can only think of one who was held in general high regard in professional circles, but she was sacked by Blair because of a dispute with the head of the then Further Education Funding Council. Is it a reflection on her effectiveness or on my memory, that I cannot even recall her name?
The 'C' word has been reserved in this government for Jeremy. It was even used by a broadcaster live on air to replace his surname. Why, I know not, because he comes across as personable and reasonable (as Tories go). Few of them are detestable people. They are just seriously misguided.
NigeeBaby (100 D(G))
17 Jul 14 UTC
I am involved ia little in politics and have my thoughts on how education should be managed and it is having professional educators like yourself, getting together on a regional/national policy and strategy forum that puts together an education policy document that is reviewed/discussed by the health department, who then set up effective audit/monitoring to ensure that the policies/standards agreed upon are maintained across the country. The same for policing/social care/health care.
I don't give a damn what Michael Gove personally thinks about education, I want to know what professionals think, I want to see professionals who have worked in the industry making decisions on how best to move forward and improve quality and maintain or improve standards.
Is that such a crazy idea for a politician, to take good advice from experts.
Gove was so busy trying to tell everyone what he wanted he ignored the people telling him what was needed, what level of ignorance/arrogance does it take to ignore experts and just do your own thing, I thought this man was educated, this sort of stuff should be common sense, but for politicians with their own personal political agendas common sense seems to be in very short supply. That is why he failed he my eyes, he didn't use common sense but pursued a personal political agenda regardless of whether it was right for the country, people say he cared passionately about children, not as much as he cares about his own career obviously.
Jamiet99uk (1307 D)
17 Jul 14 UTC
@ Thomas Dullan: Could you be thinking of Estelle Morris?
thomas dullan (422 D)
17 Jul 14 UTC
@Jamie
I could indeed. Thank you for reminding me. Thomas Dullan
thomas dullan (422 D)
17 Jul 14 UTC
I have considerable sympathy with the views expressed by Nige about the importance of educational experts in the strategic management of the education service, but must distance myself from them in two ways.
Firstly, I do not regard myself as an expert either in the curriculum or in pedagogy.
Secondly, I would not espouse the view that politicians should keep out of the debate about the role and functions, strategic objectives and governance of the education service.
We cannot expect politicians to confine themselves solely to domains such as the funding of infant free school meals or the availability of nursery places or the school leaving age.
Education is about securing the passage of culture from one generation to the next. Setting priorities among competing cultural objectives is necessarily a function of government.
Two examples might explain this point.
[1] Politicians from time to time make pronouncements about, for example, the need for greater formality in the delivery of early years education. Such pronouncements take such forms as (I parody) "we should imitate [insert name of country] who have children sitting in rows and introduce rote learning at an early age" or "we need to teach children to read in nursery classes" or "learning by play is not learning at all". But it seems no co-incidence that [a] the UK's early years system has emphasised and exploited the benefits of structured and imaginative play and [b] the UK is a world leader at producing great inventors. What we teach today and how we teach it will have a major impact on the nature, wealth and vitality of society some twenty years from now. Politicians are the only people elected to determine those priorities.
[2] The relationship between "academic" education and "technical" education (and the relatively low status of the latter) will have a major impact on the country's ability to thrive in the engineering and construction sectors. A Secretary of State who obstructs the achievement of equivalence between the two sectors will damage the country's economic well-being for several decades to come.
I do not challenge Mr Gove's right to make decisions and pronouncements in these spheres.
But I do reserve the right to condemn the decisions which he actually made as ideological, damaging, counter-productive and irrational.
NigeeBaby (100 D(G))
17 Jul 14 UTC
"Politicians are the only people elected to determine those priorities." - they may be elected but that does not automatically qualify them to make decisions that negate conventional wisdom and educational best practices, also they have a responsibility as to the health/welfare of the education portfolio, this includes teachers and support staff as well as pupils.
Unfortunately Goves inability to communicate effectively or professionally with large swathes of the teaching profession made him a poor choice of candidate for this post but that did not seem to worry Cameron, obviously not as Gove is a great friend of his ....... jobs for the boys !!
I will never forgive Cameron or Gove for this, education is too important to be experimented on in this manner, and if you find your crazy idea isn't working wouldn't it be refreshing if a politician held up his hand and actually admitted it rather than just plough on recklessly worrying more about his own reputation than the damage that lays in his wake ....


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SantaClausowitz (360 D)
16 Jul 14 UTC
Best Grand Strategy Computer Game
Had a good discussion yesterday, I figured we can explore another topic.
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jmo1121109 (3812 D)
16 Jul 14 UTC
Mod Team Announcement Part 1 of 2
goldfinger0303 is stepping down as an Admin, as he no longer has the time to visit the site. 2ndWhiteLine has been promoted to an Admin to fill goldfinger0303's role. So thank you goldie for the years of moderating, and thank you 2nd for agreeing to the extra workload.
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tvrocks (388 D)
17 Jul 14 UTC
16 hour phase gunboat
gameID=144690 join now.
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ssorenn (0 DX)
15 Jul 14 UTC
Watches or timepieces
Does anyone here collect, watches or timepieces?
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NigeeBaby (100 D(G))
16 Jul 14 UTC
good news .... shedding some light on the dark net
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28326128

This is what I call a great result ..... I wish that were all of them but I can't help thinking there may be thousands more.
Anyway it's a bit like Gove being sacked ..... a good start !!
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Putin33 (111 D)
15 Jul 14 UTC
BNP Paribas extorted by US government for $9 billion fine
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned this.

US crushed French bank even though it violated no international, or bilateral law, simply because trade is done in dollars. This is abuse of power and signifies that the US no longer upholds a free trade system. It will use the fact that trade is done in dollars to destroy people even if they broke no law.
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ssorenn (0 DX)
16 Jul 14 UTC
replacemant
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=144634

game has yet to start, a player has been banned, looking for a new france
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SYnapse (0 DX)
16 Jul 14 UTC
Essay writing tips
We had fiction, so non-fiction now. Sometimes I really struggle to maintain structure for 10-15,000 words and ramble off in another direction. How do you write a clear concise essay?
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