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Candlewhisper Archive wrote:

I dunno guys, this Adaliumocun sounds pretty amazing. It's like this place for people that don't want to be in a place. And it has one rule. Adults only. Except that rule won't be enforced.

I don't think I've ever seen a place with such a clear and coherent vision.

And this Xakememorinatri, who has this amazing vision and founded this region, they're a real luminary of Nationstates. You can't play this game and not know the name Xakememorinatri. I mean, how many of us wanted the nation name Xakememorinatri for ourselves, and were annoyed that someone else got there first, all those years ago?

I'd head there right now, but I've not been invited. I mean, Forest has so much to learn from Adaliumocun. Shalotte, when you transfer there do you think you could put in a good word and speed up my application to join the region?

Step up your game, Forest!

I agree, this is why I was so tempted.

And now it's time for our regular, traditional feature, that I haven't made up at all just now:

MONDAY CHALLENGE!

See if you can pronounce Xakememorinatri!

Much is being said here about adoption, as if it were something simple: You just stop by your local adoption agency, submit your application, and make your choice. Take your new family member home, celebrate, bond, adjust, and show the world what a great family you have. Maybe you’re thinking of cat adoption.

The real process with human children involves having your family scrutinized extremely, and if you qualify, then being forced to share custody with some very irresponsible biological parents who have had their child removed from their household, presumably for very good reasons, but who still retain the right to be considered essential partners in the child’s upbringing. There’s usually a fostering period involved too, before any adoption actually starts, when the child is placed with you temporarily, for some period of time while the biological parents try to get themselves fixed up. (Note that there’s often physical and emotional scars, and sometimes prenatal substance abuse-related physical and mental damage to the child, that’s both heartbreaking and expensive). You naturally become very attached to your new family member, but must keep in mind that they may still be returned to their family of origin if the authorities deem the former parents to be reformed. Then you are back to no family again.

Or maybe you really want to adopt a newborn. That’s a lot more difficult. There are a lot of abortions of unwanted children, and a lot of unexpected parents who want to give parenting a try at least for a year or two, or who get help from other family members until they feel ready for parenting. Newborns available for adoption aren’t as common these days.

You could try an overseas adoption agency, if you have enough money and don’t mind spending a lot of time waiting and hoping everything works out. You will have to go to the place where the child is born and wait around for weeks, hoping to be approved by the agency that’s selling the child to you. You can also only hope that the biological parents have actually given informed consent and if so, that they don’t change their minds. There’s probably a language and cultural barrier that will make it impossible for you to know with any degree of certainty what the details are.

To be perfectly clear, I do not advocate bringing children into the world just to have them be biologically related to you. In-vitro fertilization and other fertility treatments really make me uncomfortable, knowing the effort and expense involved just for the biological connection preference. There are an incredible number of children who already need good homes, and prospective parents who are willing and able to afford to adopt should definitely do so.

Just don’t think of it as a simple alternative.

Kinectia wrote:

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Much is being said here about adoption, as if it were something simple: You just stop by your local adoption agency, submit your application, and make your choice. Take your new family member home, celebrate, bond, adjust, and show the world what a great family you have. Maybe you’re thinking of cat adoption.

The real process with human children involves having your family scrutinized extremely, and if you qualify, then being forced to share custody with some very irresponsible biological parents who have had their child removed from their household, presumably for very good reasons, but who still retain the right to be considered essential partners in the child’s upbringing. There’s usually a fostering period involved too, before any adoption actually starts, when the child is placed with you temporarily, for some period of time while the biological parents try to get themselves fixed up. (Note that there’s often physical and emotional scars, and sometimes prenatal substance abuse-related physical and mental damage to the child, that’s both heartbreaking and expensive). You naturally become very attached to your new family member, but must keep in mind that they may still be returned to their family of origin if the authorities deem the former parents to be reformed. Then you are back to no family again.

Or maybe you really want to adopt a newborn. That’s a lot more difficult. There are a lot of abortions of unwanted children, and a lot of unexpected parents who want to give parenting a try at least for a year or two, or who get help from other family members until they feel ready for parenting. Newborns available for adoption aren’t as common these days.

You could try an overseas adoption agency, if you have enough money and don’t mind spending a lot of time waiting and hoping everything works out. You will have to go to the place where the child is born and wait around for weeks, hoping to be approved by the agency that’s selling the child to you. You can also only hope that the biological parents have actually given informed consent and if so, that they don’t change their minds. There’s probably a language and cultural barrier that will make it impossible for you to know with any degree of certainty what the details are.

To be perfectly clear, I do not advocate bringing children into the world just to have them be biologically related to you. In-vitro fertilization and other fertility treatments really make me uncomfortable, knowing the effort and expense involved just for the biological connection preference. There are an incredible number of children who already need good homes, and prospective parents who are willing and able to afford to adopt should definitely do so.

Just don’t think of it as a simple alternative.

This is a good point, and a lot of people don't realize the massive lengths that must often be traversed in order to finally successfully adopt a child.

Most of these regulations were put in place because of abuses in the system. It could have been as simple a thing as you first describe, but for the awfulness of humanity that had to be accounted for, in the end. Sadly, this only leads to hardships on the other end that often still result in heartbreak and loss. It's hard to know whether the net result is less pain in the world, the way it is now. But I hope it is...

Middle Barael wrote:

I’m personally against most fireworks. Not only do they release a lot of CO2 for their size, they also can be quite dangerous to yourself and others. They cause tons of property damage, and also they hurt many people each year.

I'm personally against fireworks because nobody can be trusted to use them responsibly. By which I mean not lighting them off at 1 in the morning... I honestly don't care if they end up hurting themselves. But please, for the love of god, please stop blowing things up at all hours of the night! There hasn't been a night this summer when my neighborhood hasn't been shooting off fireworks. Legalizing the things has caused naught but misery for my city.

But I'm so glad everyone gets to enjoy a bit of fun blowing things up, nevermind the 20 families with young children who you've just woken, and who, because of this lockdown, the parents have been exhaustively dealing with all day long and are just praying for some peace and quiet at night...

Ruinenlust wrote:

~ Official Government Post ~

Dear friends,

We have been approached by the region of India, which is interested in forming an embassy with Forest! The minimum WA nation and age requirements are in order, and the request has formally come in from them. India's Foreign Affairs Minister, Awell islands, sent us the following telegram:

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"Hello residents of Forest and park rangers,

I am a diplomat from the region of India and was the ex-prime minister two times in a row. India is a region which has been existing for since the late 2000s and is continuing to thrive and flourish due to vast amount of active population, the Indian culture and pride that everyone shows, and the keen interest to have fun and grow in NS and on discord as well.

I have come across Forest multiple times and especially love the environmentally friendly theme in your region and I personally am a big supporter of saving our planet and making it a cleaner place to be and have done campaigns and awareness events across NS numerous times in many different regions.

India is a sovereign region that is oozing of beauty and the passion towards the motherland and our love for one another keep us all together. There are countless Indian languages being spoken in India where most of them are different Indian languages, but we also have some non-Indian language speakers who come from Greece and other parts of the world.

I hope the citizens of Forest snoop in our region and get to know more about us and I look forward to hopefully establishing relations in the form of an embassy with you all. Thank you for reading and have a lovely rest of your day!"

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Also, this is a dispatch of the region's publication, for your reading pleasure:

The Monthly Tabloid:India Regional Newsletter (June 2020)

by The Retired States of Indusse

The Monthly Tabloid
India Official Newsletter
June 2020

Editor: Indusse
Writers: Indusse

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Editor's Desk

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Dear Readers,
Warm Greetings to all fellow readers of The Monthly Tabloid. This is the first edition of the newsletter. The Monthly Tabloid is the official newsletter of the region of india. The tabloid aims to share the happenings in the region with others. Please read our newsletter and upvote the dispatch.

Regards,
Editor.

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Regional News

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Founder Reigns!!

The most important incident that took place in India on June 2020 is the crowning of the new founder for the region. The founder account Nirupama which was used by former WAD Tripunithura for 9 long years was handed over to former WAD and current Prime minister Indusse. The crowning was done between the WAD elections and Thripunithura retired from the founder's office. He had served India from its re-establishment and before. The Former founder had contributed numerous good remarks to India. Wishing all the best in his future, The Indian Administration ends the article.

NK the new WAD!!!

Neo Kerala was elected the new WAD of India the June elections. He won the Elections easily due to his reputation, activeness and his position in the region. He faced tough competition from the former WAD Indusse. The other rival was Indus valley civilization who quit the elections half way. Indus valley civilization who stood as pragjyotishpura couldn't get even 7 votes in the Elections. The founder Nirupama sworned in Neo kerala and his proposed cabinet on 14th June 2020. The region found a great rise in its population after the election reaching the biggest in its history.

Coup De Etat!

The region witnessed a rare incident on 29th June. The regional delegate Neo Kerala was overthrown in a accidental Coup by the prime minister and former WAD Indusse. The coup gained Foreign attention and discussions started in the discord. Later, The administration set up a reverse coup which made Neo Kerala the WAD again. Due to the Coup, the region imposed a temporary Endorsement cap. The admin nations can have upto 20 endorsements whereas others 15. The coup resulted in sudden confusion and debates.

Diplomacy Boost!!

India, a region founded in the Antiquity and liberated and refounded with the help of Texas,10000 islands and Yggdrassil in 2009 planned to open embassies and consulates In reputed regions of Nationstates. The prime minister lodged requests for Consulates in the regions of The East Pacific and The south Pacific. The consulate requests were approved within a day or two and the Regional consulate started it's working then and there. The region reopened embassies with its old Allied Region of Yggdrassil with the help of Goddess Relief Office and Thembria SSR.

Champion de AIFC

After the long interval, sports cycle restarted in India with the second season of All India Football League (AIFL). The tournament was a success and Indusse became the champions defeating Kumbhalgarh in the finals for 1-0. The tournament hosted by Orissa islands which is the puppet of former champions Northwest Kalactin was the exhibition of the soccer spirit and Fanbases in India. Indusse who won the tournament didn't loose a single match this season. The effort of Gilgit and baltistan, sports minister and Orissa islands, Host helped the tournament to be a success and get completed. Special Mention to Kumbhalgarh for their extraordinary sporting spirit and performance in the tournament. The tournament stats can be founded here.

Inter-Ministry Appointment

The Cabinet Members called for a meeting for discussing the establishment of inter-cabinet appointments in the region. Nations wants to participate in the administration and help the ministers to make India great. Upon the requests of Bharat india and Euphrateans, the prime minister called on a meeting of the other ministers. The meeting results have not yet been published and would be done soon. The most awaiting results will be published to all.

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As always, please look into the region and vote in our poll! What better thing to do when the world is like 100 degrees all of the time?!

Your Foreign Affairs Branch,
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If you are looking for an ambassador, I volunteer.

The Royal Isles of Shalotte, as part of our continuing, largely impotent fight against the World Assembly, decries their continuing discrimination at ranking nations in order of 'largest trout fishing sector', when many nations have no trout to fish. This persistent way of keeping down nations without access to certain species of fish is a coordinated tactic of international denigration against those who do not conform with the WA's ideology, and Shalotte will not rest until this discriminatory ranking system is corrected.

By including 'largest puffin hunting sector' among their ranking lists.

Shalotte wrote:

The Royal Isles of Shalotte, as part of our continuing, largely impotent fight against the World Assembly, decries their continuing discrimination at ranking nations in order of 'largest trout fishing sector', when many nations have no trout to fish. This persistent way of keeping down nations without access to certain species of fish is a coordinated tactic of international denigration against those who do not conform with the WA's ideology, and Shalotte will not rest until this discriminatory ranking system is corrected.

By including 'largest puffin hunting sector' among their ranking lists.

You can also explain it with aquaculture. For example, Middle Barael did not want to drain their maritime resources, so they mandated that most of their fish must come from aquaculture. This has proved incredibly successful, and MB is even the 6th highest producer of fish in Forest. Middle Barael also grows aquatic plants and algae in the same tanks as the fish, which combats climate change. They also use the algae to make clean energy, and when the aquatic plants die, they go straight to the biogas industry, helping to produce clean energy. Please also note that in Middle Barael, “trout” can refer to all white-fish, and MB produces not only white-fish (trout) but also lots of salmon, tuna, and tilapia.

The Cheddar Intelligence Agency relies on internet search engines to know what is happening overseas, the national anthem is a rather effective sleeping aid, the nation's biggest export is stupidity, and the nation's taxpayers pay for foreign government's extravagances.

Your average day in Darths and Droids.

Maybe we host a Forest Olympics?

-WCD

Ownzone wrote:

You do realize that although the "real" eurovision songs were not performed on the Eurovision 2020 stage they were released and you are allowed to have an opinion on them.....I did. My favourites were Switzerland and Sweden and I actually liked the UK song. By the way I can't tell if your diss towards "Arcade" was genuine or just in good fun. I had way more problems with Netta the year before but to be fair I always have a slight negative approach to songs and artists that come across a bit too gimmicky.....

I agree that Netta’s song Toy was very... weird, but it had a good message, especially in the MeToo era, and it was very creative and Eurovision-esque and even kind of catchy, so I don’t thing it was bad. I really liked the Israeli song again this year with the 4 languages (English, Hebrew, Amharic, and Arabic), and I liked also how Eden Alene was the first African singer in Eurovision. I also liked the Billie Eilish-style song, though I can’t remember what country it was from.

In the Eurovision Movie, I loved the song that Sigurð wrote and sang in the end, and I also really liked Double Trouble and Lion of Love, but my favorite has got to be “Ja Ja Ding Dong”. So catchy!

Drew Durrnil wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBRk1x--Dvk Like the video

May I ask why?

Canaltia wrote:

May I ask why?

You don't have to

Drasnia wrote:

I do, though.

:D

Hello.