Unreferenced date December 2009 For current events, see Portal Current events The term presentday is used to describe the approximate period of time that surrounds the Present time present . Depending on the context, this period may be as narrow as referring to the immediate moment, or as broad as referring to the current year or decade . In general the term is used to refer to the wiktionary contemporary contemporary era at the time it is used. Media When used in fictional or non fictional media such as books , film , or television , the term presentday is typically used to identify the time period in which the depicted events are taking place, in one of the following ways The events depicted take place at the literal time that the media is being viewed or read in this case, the period referred to is Subjectivity subjective and depends upon when the media is experienced The events depicted take place at the exact date in history when the media was published The events depicted take place during the era during which the media was published, where the era may be identified in a way relevant to the rest of the elements in the media. Setting a fictional work in the presentday can have ... s are set in the presentday, such as the England English television series EastEnders . Other more fanciful productions are also set in the presentday to maintain intrigue in an audience, such as Stargate or X Men . The use of the term PresentDay can also detract from media as, in the case of movies ... a title card near the beginning labelling it as taking place in the presentday, even though the events ... the effect of making the movie or book a lot less believable because it is labelled as the presentday but the technologies and modern culture in the media effectiveley display the past and not the present, nullifying the effectivness of the term, PresentDay. See also Portal time Contemporary era Today disambiguation Once upon a time DEFAULTSORT PresentDay Category Narratology de Gegenwart ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name PresentDay Memories Type EP Longtype split Artist The Lawrence Arms and The Chinkees Cover PresentDay Memories cover.jpg Released 2001 Recorded Genre Punk rock , ska punk Length Label Asian Man Records Asian Man Producer Matt Allison producer Matt Allison Reviews Chronology The Lawrence Arms Last album Shady View Terrace The Lawrence Arms br 2000 This album PresentDay Memories br 2001 Next album Apathy and Exhaustion br 2002 Misc Extra chronology Artist The Chinkees Type EP Last album Peace Through Music br 1999 This album PresentDay Memories br 2001 Next album Searching for a Brighter Future br 2002 PresentDay Memories is an Extended play EP by the Chicago, Illinois punk rock band The Lawrence Arms and the San Francisco, California ska band The Chinkees , released in 2001 by Asian Man Records . It is considered a split CD in that each band contributes several songs. It is now out of print, however all of the Lawrence Arms tracks have been reissued on their b sides album Cocktails & Dreams . Track listing Quincentuple Your Money 100 Resolutions There s No Place Like a Stranger s Floor Hey, What Time is Pensacola Wings of Gold on Anyway? Clouding Up My Storm 1980s Drowning Me Heart Me Run for Help PresentDay Memories Tracks 1 4 performed by The Lawrence Arms Tracks 5 9 performed by The Chinkees Performers The Lawrence Arms Chris McCaughan guitar , vocals Brendan Kelly musician Brendan Kelly bass guitar bass , vocals Neil Hennessy Drum kit drums The Chinkees Mike Park vocals, guitar, Keyboard instrument keyboards Greg Alesandro guitar, drums, backing vocals Jason Thinh guitar Miya Zane Osaki bass, backing vocals Steve Choi keyboards Album information Record label Asian Man Records The Lawrence Arms tracks recorded at Atlas Studios in January 2001 by Matt Allison producer Matt Allison The Lawrence Arms Category The Lawrence Arms albums Category The Chinkees albums Category 2001 EPs ... more details
Politics Among Nations The Struggle for Power and Peace is a political sciences book by Hans Morgenthau published in 1948. The book introduces the concept of political realism , presenting a realist view of power politics . This concept played a major role in the foreign policy of the United States , which made it exercise globe spanning power in the Cold War period. The concept also called for a reconciliation of power politics with the idealistic ethics of earlier American discussions about foreign policy. Quotations The statesman must think in terms of the national interest, conceived as power among other powers. The popular mind, unaware of the fine distinctions of the statesman s thinking, reasons more often than not in the simple moralistic and legalistic terms of absolute good and absolute evil. ref name PAN 165 Hans Morgenthau and Kenneth Thompson, Politics Among Nations , 6th edition New York McGraw Hill, 1985 , p. 165. ref Realism maintains that universal moral principles cannot be applied to the actions of states ... . The individual may say for himself Let justice be done, even if the world must perish , but the state has no right to say so in the name of those who are in its care. ... While the individual has a moral right to sacrifice himself in defense of such a moral principle, the state has no right to let its moral disapprobation of the infringement of that moral principle get in the way of successful political action, itself inspired by the moral principle of national survival. ref name PAN 166 Hans Morgenthau and Kenneth Thompson, Politics Among Nations , 6th edition New York McGraw Hill, 1985 , p. 166. ref References references Karen Mingst and Jack Snyder. 2004. Essential Readings in World Politics 2nd edition . p. 48 Category 1948 books Category Political science books Category Books about international relations Category International relations theory Category Political realism poli book stub fr Politics Among Nations ja ... more details
days of the EU members states as listed above . See also Election Day United States Election Day United Kingdom References Reflist Use dmy dates date January 2011 DEFAULTSORT Election DayPolitics ...Election Day refers to the day when general election s are held. In many countries, general elections are always held on a Sunday, to enable as many voter s as possible to participate, while in other countries elections are always held on a Week day names weekday . However, some countries, or regions within a country, always make a weekday election day a public holiday , thus satisfying both demands. Sunday In the following countries general elections are held on Sundays Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Colombia Croatia Cyprus Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Japan Lithuania Luxembourg Mexico Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovenia Spain Sweden Thailand incomplete list date December 2011 Monday In the following countries general elections are held on Mondays Canada , unless Monday is a holiday, in which case election day will be the following Tuesday. Philippines Norway Trinidad and Tobago Tuesday In the following countries general elections are held on Tuesdays Election Day United States United States ref name goneTaPott cite web title Election Day work Your Holiday Directory publisher Gone ta pott.com url http www.gone ta pott.com election day.html accessdate 15 May 2010 ref Wednesday In the following countries general elections are held on Wednesdays India , the Indian general election, 2009 2009 general election was held over a period of 4 weeks with election days on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Netherlands Thursday In the following countries ... Day United Kingdom United Kingdom ref name goneTaPott by longstanding tradition . Friday In the following ... New Zealand Slovakia Arbitrary day Expand section date May 2010 In the following countries general elections can be held on any day of the week ... Other parliamentary bodies Elections in the European ... more details
Infobox Holiday holiday name United NationsDay type International longtype United Nations image Flag of the United Nations.svg caption UN flag official name nickname UN Day observedby Worldwide date 24 ... World Development Information Day In 1947, the United Nations General Assembly declared 24 October, the anniversary of the Charter of the United Nations , as which shall be devoted to making known to the peoples of the world the aims and achievements of the United Nations and to gaining their support ... session 2 resolution number 168 accessdate 2008 10 24 date 31 October1947 title United NationsDay ref In 1971 the United Nations General Assembly adopted a further resolution United Nations Resolution 2782 declaring that United NationsDay shall be an international holiday and recommended that it should be observed as a public holiday by all United Nations member states . ref name UN ARES2782XXVI ... number 2782 accessdate 2008 10 24 title Proclamation of United NationsDay as an international holiday date 6 December 1971 ref United NationsDay is devoted to making known to peoples of the world the aims and achievements of the United Nations Organization. United NationsDay is part of United Nations Week , which runs from 20 to 26 October. Commemoration United NationsDay has traditionally been ... of the organization. In 1971, the General Assembly recommended that United Nations member states member states observe it as a public holiday . Several international schools throughout the world also celebrate the diversity of their student body on United NationsDay although the event is not necessarily ... proclamation proclamation each year for United NationsDay since 1946. The most recent ... In Kosovo , United NationsDay is an official non working day as the province is administered by the United ... since 1972. See also Portal United Nations Commonwealth Day Europe Day References Reflist External ... NationsDay ta th uk i i i vi Ng y ... more details
Unreferenced date May 2007 Some of the Politics of the United States are related to the United States international politics. International agreements that the United States has not ratified or has withdrawn from The United States is often criticized by nationals of participant countries for not taking part in the following agreements The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide came into effect in 1951. Of the nations that have ratified this treaty, ten have done so with the proviso of immunity from compulsory prosecution for genocide. These countries include the U.S. and India . The Convention on the Elimination of All Discrimination Against Women CEDAW which was adopted in 1979 and came into force in 1981 is often described as an international bill of rights for women. It defines what constitutes discrimination against women and sets up an agenda for national action to end such discrimination. The United States is the only developed nation that has not ratified it. The Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 is an international convention setting out the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of children. Only Somalia and the U.S. have not ratified it. The Ottawa Treaty binding as of 1999 bans completely all anti personnel landmines. Forty nations have not ratified this treaty, including China , Cuba , Finland , India , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Russia , and the United States. The U.S. ratified and later withdrew from Anti Ballistic Missile Treaty in 2002. This was a treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the limitation of the anti ballistic missile ABM systems used in defending areas against missile delivered nuclear weapons . The International Criminal Court 2002 was established ... to have not signed it. India and many other less industrialized nations have ratified the treaty but are exempt from it. Category Foreign relations of the United States ... more details
Refimprove date October 2008 Politics of the United States The United States is a federal constitutional republic , in which the President of the United States the head of state and head of government , United States Congress Congress , and United States federal courts judiciary share Separation of powers powers reserved to the national government, and the Federal government of the United States federal ... political party political parties , the Democratic Party United States Democratic Party and the Republican Party United States Republican Party , have dominated American politics since the American Civil ... constitutions are generally more detailed. Local government see also Urban politics in the United States ... States Founding Fathers did not originally intend for American politics to be partisan. In Federalist ... politics and supports an Modern liberalism in the United States American liberalism platform, while ... Democratic Farmer Labor Party . At present, the Libertarian Party United States Libertarian Party ... of the United States International Politics of the United States Law of the United States List of famous ... Party USA Politics of the Southern United States Tea Party movement Issue voting References reflist ... links Commons category Politics of the United States Dmoz Regional North America United States ... Green Party Web Site http www.lp.org Official Libertarian Party Web Site Politics in the United States North America topic Politics of United States topics DEFAULTSORT Politics Of The United States Category Politics of the United States Link GA pl Link FA sl bn bs Politika ... is vested in the two chambers of Congress, the United States Senate Senate and the United States House ... States Supreme Court Supreme Court and lower federal courts, exercises Judiciary judicial power or judiciary . The judiciary s function is to interpret the United States Constitution and Law of the United States federal laws and regulations. This includes resolving disputes between the executive ... more details
States Category Politics of the United States by issue Category Politics and race in the United States Category Urban politics in the United States ...One source date February 2011 American urban politics refers to politics within cities of the United States of America . City governments, run by mayor s or city council s, hold a restricted amount of governing ... Urban Politics determine the socio economic make up of Urban area urban neighborhoods and contribute to the ever present disparity between Urban America and Suburban America. Local power distribution Three main systems of city government describe local power distribution in the United States mayor ... H. Ross. Urban Politics Power in Metropolitan America. p 140. 7th ed. Thomson Wadsworth, 2006. ref ... and gives the mayor some veto power s. ref Levine, Myron A. and Bernard H. Ross. Urban Politics Power ... A. and Bernard H. Ross. Urban Politics Power in Metropolitan America. p 145. 7th ed. Thomson Wadsworth ... search for an equilibrium in their relations with the external environment.Urban politics is politics ... both its leaders aspirations and its tax services balance. politics plays an important role in explaining ... The Politics of Urban Development Land Lines Article url http www.lincolninst.edu pubs 525 Imagining Cityscapes The Politics of Urban Development accessdate 2011 04 15 ref A council manager government ... unsatisfactory manager at any time needed. ref Levine, Myron A. and Bernard H. Ross. Urban Politics ..., Myron A. and Bernard H. Ross. Urban Politics Power in Metropolitan America. p 114. 7th ed. Thomson ... Levine, Myron A. and Bernard H. Ross. Urban Politics Power in Metropolitan America. p 115. 7th ed. Thomson .... Urban Politics Power in Metropolitan America. p 42. 7th ed. Thomson Wadsworth, 2006. ref As industry ... mass immigration to the United States that continued unabated into the first two decades of the twentieth ..., Myron A. and Bernard H. Ross. Urban Politics Power in Metropolitan America. p 44. 7th ed. Thomson ... more details
Too few opinions date September 2008 Diaspora politics in the United States is the study of the Theories ... diaspora politics within the specific context of the United States. The general study of diaspora politics is part of the broader field of diaspora studies . Overview Main Diaspora politics To understand a diaspora s politics, one must first understand its historical context and attachments ref name .... Sherman. 1998. Dynamics of disintegration Diaspora, secession and the paradox of nation states. Nations ... States Category Diaspora studies Politics in the United States, Diaspora Category Ethnicity in politics ... with their ethnic homeland s and their host states, as well as their prominent role in ethnic ... reasons First, within each of a diaspora s host states, resident members can organize domestically ... community can engage directly with third party states and international organizations, in effect ... from any individual state be it their homeland or host states. Political spheres Diaspora are politically active in three separate realms their outsider influence on their homeland s domestic politics, the exercise of their domestic political rights within their host states, and their independent ..., affiliated political parties, and transnational communal organizations. Host states Diaspora ... states, and thus are at risk of xenophobia or persecution by other demographic groups in the host state. Domestic accountability for foreign kin actions Shain explains that when kin states violate ... more particularly to integrate themselves into American electoral politics. In 1999, a prominent ... A diaspora s transnational community can engage directly with third party states and international ... Diasporas have, in addition to their domestic political involvement in the homeland and host states, also directly influenced bilateral international relations of states of concern. In some cases ... relations via privately funded activities, and by lobbying governments of the diaspora host states ... more details
politics and, after 1936, in Democratic Party United States Democratic Party politics. ref name Hasia Diner 2004 For most of the 20th century since 1936, the vast majority of Jews in the United States ... List of Jewish political milestones in the United States References Reflist 2 Category Politics ... majority. ref name Hasia Diner 2004 Hasia Diner , The Jews of the United States. 1654 to 2000 ... the left wing politics political left , and played key roles in the birth of the labor movement ... political philosophy pluralism more consistently than many other elements of the right wing politics ... States and Canada today, the mainly secular United Jewish Communities UJC , formerly known as the United ... rise from 19 to 24 . ref name voting ref . http www.cnn.com ELECTION 2004 pages results states US P 00 epolls.0.html 2004 exit polls at CNN ref In the United States presidential election, 2008 2008 ... http www.cnn.com ELECTION 2008 results polls val USP00p2 CNN Exit Poll ref In the United States presidential ... candidate Al Gore s vice presidential nominee. United States Congress For congressional and senate races ... www.cnn.com ELECTION 2006 pages results states US H 00 epolls.0.html 2006 exit polls at ref Currently there are 12 Jews among 100 United States Senate U.S. Senators 10 Democrats Michael Bennet , Barbara ... Lieberman and Bernie Sanders both Democratic Caucus of the United States Senate caucus with the Democrats ... States House of Representatives House Minority Whip , the first Jewish Republican to be selected ... D Day services at Congregation Emunath Israel on West Twenty third Street, New York City American ... of the United Nations . Support for political Zionism in this period, although growing in influence ... itself. A lively internal debate commenced, following the Six Day War . The American Jewish community ... Day War showed the depth and complexity of Jewish responses to the varied events of the 1960s. ref ... States, there was an audible sigh of relief from American and Jewish liberals. Once again, they could ... more details
This is a list of articles holding galleries of maps of presentday countries and dependencies . The list includes all countries listed in the List of countries , the French overseas departments, the Spanish and Portuguese overseas regions and inhabited overseas dependencies. See List of extinct countries, empires, etc. and Former countries in Europe after 1815 for articles about countries that are no longer in existence. See List of countries for other articles and lists on countries. Portal Atlas Content See also Portal Atlas Lists by country List resources Lists by country Category Maps pt Anexo Mapas dos pa ses e depend ncias ... more details
relation between politics and religion in the United States. His 1967 article analyzes the inaugural ... Church and politics in the United States Catholics represent the largest Christian denomination ... Church have been active in the politics of the United States since the mid 19th century. The U.S. .... Judaism Main Judaism and politics in the United States While earlier Jewish immigrants from Germany ... Party United States Democratic Party politics. ref name Hasia Diner 2004 For most of the 20th century ... , December 30, 1990. DEFAULTSORT Religion And Politics In The United States Category Religion and politics United States Category Religion in the United StatesPolitics Category Politics of the United ... churches in the U.S. take strong stances on political subjects. Religion in the United States is remarkable .... The First Amendment to the United States Constitution First Amendment to the country s United States Constitution Constitution prevents the government from having any authority in religion, and guarantees ... developed nation s, though similar to other nations in the Americas . ref cite web title U.S. Stands ... display.php?ReportID 167 accessdate 1 January 2007 ref Many faiths have flourished in the United States ... founded within the country, and have led the United States to become the most religiously diverse ... of God, of Halleluia, or of Holy, he cannot apply politics or law against another persons ... across the country 59 of Americans living in Western states report a belief in God, yet in the South ... poll 109108 Belief God Far Lower Western US.aspx ref The United States has more Christians ... largecom com christian.html nations title Christian Statistics Top 10 Largest National Christian ... active. As important as religion is in politics, Jefferson, the third president of the United States, had to fight his way into office due to his controversial thoughts about religion. His writing ... Christians in both the Democratic Party United States Democratic Party and the Republican ... more details
Politics of the Federated States of Micronesia The politics of the Federated States of Micronesia FSM takes place in a framework of a Federation federal parliamentary system parliamentary Representative democracy representative democratic republic . The President of the Federated States of Micronesia is both head of state and head of government . Executive power is exercised by the government , while legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament . The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. The internal workings of the FSM are governed by the 1979 constitution, which guarantees fundamental human rights and establishes a separation of governmental powers. The Federation is in Associated state free association with the United States the Compact of Free Association entered into force 3 November 1986. Executive branch office table President of the Federated States of Micronesia President Manny Mori May 11, 2007 tr Vice President Alik L. Alik May 11, 2007 tr The president and the vice president are elected by Congress from among the four senators at large for four year terms. The president is both the chief of state and head of government. Their congressional ... by an appointed cabinet. Legislative branch The Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia ... level. As far as available, at the last elections, 8 March 2005, only non Partisan politics ... in four states Chuuk Truk , Kosrae , Pohnpei , and Yap . Each has its own constitution, elected ... also Federated States of Micronesia Too non specific? Electoral calendar Electoral system Index of political ... States of Micronesia http psephos.adam carr.net countries m micronesia Adam Carr s Election Archive Micronesian elections Micronesian political parties Pacific Islands Forum PIF Oceania topic Politics of DEFAULTSORT Politics Of The Federated States Of Micronesia Categories Category Politics of the Federated States of Micronesia Other languages es Gobierno y pol tica de los Estados Federados de Micronesia ... more details
Refimprove date January 2009 Politics of the Southern United States or Southern politics refers to the political landscape of the Southern United States . Due to the region s unique cultural and historic ... of the United States Blue Dog Democrats Boll weevil politics Conservative Democrat Southern Democrat ... 0575 9. DEFAULTSORT Politics Of The Southern United States Category Politics of the Southern United ... States as a whole, including States rights , slavery , the American Civil War , and the African ... role in Presidential politics as the South provided the winners in the presidential elections of 1976 ... States Constitution 10th Amendment . When the XYZ Affair took place, resentment of the French quickly ... use of Slavery in the United States slave labor . Due to the region s agricultural success, the South became integral to the political history of the United States , with many of the United States early military and political leaders including nine of its first twelve Presidents of the United States presidents coming from the Southern United States. However, by the middle of the 19th century sectional differences surrounding the issues of slavery, taxation , tariffs , and states rights led to a strong secession movement. The political drive to secede from the United States hit its peak after the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860. The Southern states that seceded formed the Confederate States ... population, infrastructure , and economy. During Reconstruction era of the United States Reconstruction ... of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States which outlawed slavery , the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States ... Amendment to the United States Constitution 15th amendment which extended the right to vote to Black ... paramilitary groups, such as the White League and Red Shirts Southern United States Red Shirts , took ... they came to refer to as Redemption United States history Redemption . From 1890&ndash 1908 states ... more details
in the United States was during the Saint Valentine s Day massacre during the winter of 1929 this Prohibition ... carry in the United States Regional differences tend to be greater than partisan ones for gun politics ...Multiple issues POV May 2010 lead rewrite March 2011 cite check May 2010 synthesis May 2010 Gun politics by country USgunlegalbox Gun politics in the United States has long been among the most controversial issues in American politics . ref name Wilcox cite book author Wilcox, Clyde Bruce, John W. title The changing politics of gun control publisher Rowman & Littlefield location Lanham, Md year 1998 ... and availability of firearms within the United States has been characterized by a stalemate between an individual right to bear arms based on the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution ... citizens. ref name Wilcox4 cite book author Wilcox, Clyde Bruce, John W. title The changing politics ... U.S. 570 2008 , the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Second Amendment protects the right ... in reducing gun violence in the United States . ref name GunPolling Gun culture Main Gun culture ... citations ref The viewpoint that firearms were an integral part of the settling of the United States ... archive archivedate 2007 12 14 ref About 25 of the adults in the United States personally own ... from the country s early history. ref name SpitzerCh1 Spitzer, Robert J. The Politics of Gun ... hunting sporting passion comes from a time when the United States was an agrarian, subsistence ... in the 1930s. The genre was boosted by the events of the Prohibition in the United States prohibition era, such as bootlegging and the St. Valentine s Day Massacre of 1929, the existence of real life ... Man Statue Lexington Massachusetts cropped.jpg right upright thumb Gun politics as a political issue dates to the earliest days of the United States. Lexington Minuteman representing Minutemen militia ... were members of teams of select men from the American Militia United States Revolutionary War 1775 ... more details
attempts have been reverted. The history of the United States from 1991 to present began after the fall of the Soviet Union which signaled the end of the Cold War and led to the United States heightened ... majority in predominantly Muslim nations believing that the United States was arrogant, belligerent ... , the Democratic Party United States Democrats returned to the White House with the election of Bill Clinton in 1992. In the United States elections, 1994 1994 midterm election the Republican Party United States Republicans gained control of United States Congress Congress for the first time in 40 years. Strife between Clinton and the Republicans in Congress initially resulted in a United States ... marked the end of the sustained economic growth. In United States presidential election, 2000 ... embarked on the War on Terror , starting with the 2001 War in Afghanistan 2001 present war in Afghanistan .... The United States Department of Homeland Security Homeland Security Department was formed and the controversial ... of the United States Gulf Coast region in 2005 , political scandals, and the growing unpopularity of the Iraq War helped the Democrats United States elections, 2006 gain control of Congress . In 2007 ... casualties. The collapse of the United States housing bubble housing bubble , which led into the late 2000s recession , helped the Democrats gain the United States presidential election, 2008 ... fiscal policy response to the late 2000s recession United States economic stimulus packages aimed ... with the economic situation, unemployment, and federal spending, United States House of Representatives elections, 2010 Republicans regained control of the House of Representatives and United States ... the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the United States was the world s dominant military ... the September 11 attacks , nearly 8 million immigration to the United States immigrants came to the United States from 2000 to 2005 more than in any other five year period in the nation s history. ref ... more details
saved book title Presidents of the United States subtitle Part 3 1929 Present cover image Seal Of The President Of The Unites States Of America.svg cover color LightGray Presidents of the United States Part 3 1929 Present Herbert Hoover Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson Richard Nixon Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton George W. Bush Barack Obama Category Wikipedia books on history Presidents of the United States 1929 Present Category Wikipedia books on the United States Presidents of the United States 1929 Present ... more details
Orphan date March 2009 Nations A Simulation Game in International Politics is a case study available from the Georgetown University Institute for the Study of Diplomacy. In the game, students are divided into countries, and they compete against other by trading resources and making treaties. The game takes place on the fictional continent of Lostralia. The students are provided with rules. Each country has resources and secrets. Each country has a series of problems that they must solve and a certain amount of resources that they must get. Setting Image with unknown copyright status removed Image Lostralia.jpg thumb A map of Lostralia The game is set on the fictional continent of Lostralia. It consists of seven countries and a neutral zone. The seven states are Spartonia, Bampff, Holy Zott, Pyrote, Libertania, Zamboni, and Crock. Each of the countries have specified resources, cities, and problems. Lostralia is fraught with diplomatic issues and players that all dominate in varying fields Spartonia military, Pyrote religious, Crock diplomatic, Zamboni food, and Libertania freedom. Citation needed date May 2010 Lostralia is known for its problems, but also for its ability to overcome them, much like the real world had done between World War I and the end of the Cold War . References references Primary sources 1 article date May 2008 External links http ecase.georgetown.edu product.cfm?productid 52 Nations at Institute for the Study of Diplomacy Category Fictional continents Category Abstract strategy games politics stub fict location stub board game stub ... more details
Present Category Timelines of United States history by period 1990 Category History of the United States 1991 present 1991 Category History of the United States 1980 1991 1980 es Anexo Cronolog a ...Unreferenced date December 2009 This section of the Timeline of United States history concerns events from 1990 to the present . 1990s 1990 Hubble Space Telescope launched during Space Shuttle Discovery ... East, by a U.N. authorized coalition force from thirty four nations, led by the U.S. and United Kingdom ... of black motorist Rodney King 1992 Twenty seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ... of representatives. 1992 United States presidential election, 1992 U.S. presidential election ... of the United States Gulf Coast , and will be the costliest natural disaster until Hurricane Katrina ... States Midwest with 15 billion in damage 1993 President Clinton signs Don t ask, don t tell into law ... Angeles area and causes 20 billion in damage. 1995 Following the United States elections, 1994 1994 elections , Republican Party United States Republicans gain control of both the United States House of Representatives House and United States Senate Senate for the first time since 1955. 1995 ... conditions. 1995 1996 A budget crisis forces the United States federal government shutdown of 1995 ... of justice in a 21 day Senate trial 1998 224 killed in 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Tanzania ... States. 2001 George W. Bush First inauguration of George W. Bush inaugurated as the 43rd President of the United States. 2001 United States Democratic Party Democrats gains narrow control of United States Senate Senate after James Jeffords defects from the Republican Party United States Republican ... a further 17 through the U.S. Mail system. 2001 The United States launches the War in Afghanistan 2001 present invasion of Afghanistan marking the start of Operation Enduring Freedom . 2001 USA PATRIOT ... York , killing 265. 2002 The United States Department of Homeland Security Department of Homeland ... more details
USmusictimelines This is a timeline of music in the United States from 1970 to the present . TOCyears ... Southern, pg. 499 ref Haitian performers with mini djaz bands touring the United States begin deserting ... form folkloric dance troupes in the United States, performing music of Haiti Haitian traditional ... tour to the United States. Despite his popularity in the British counterculture, he is greeted with skepticism ... singers to find success in the United States, reaches mainstream audiences with the movie The Harder ... s coup in Chile inspires musicians both in South America and the United States to form pan Andean ... States over the next few years in celebration of the country s bicentennial anniversary. ref http bands.army.mil ... of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia leads to a wave of immigration to the United States, clustering ... Punk is the first documented fanzine devoted to punk rock in the United States. Fanzines will soon ... to the United States decreases, and most Vietnamese American music into the 21st century ... War . Many of the upland Vietnamese people, however, begin moving to the United States in this period ... Thai , Cham Asia Cham , Lao people Lao and Hmong people Hmong immigration to the United States ... received by the Irish Embassy in the United States . The festival is a pivotal point in Irish American ... ddd Late 1970s music trends Slam dancing in mosh pit s comes to the United States from the British ... music festival of its kind outside India, and the first such festival in the United States ... of the first Thai musical ensembles in the United States. ref name Laoetc Sound Explosion becomes ... Later that year, Joe Bataan s Rap O, Clap O is a minor in the United States but is the first international hip hop hit. ref name Hyphen The first large mariachi festival in the United States is held ... a book entitled The Latin Tinge The Impact of Latin American Music on the United States , a landmark study of Latin music in the United States . ref name LatinCaribbean cite book title The Garland ... more details
Floods In The United States 2001 Present Category Floods in the United States 21st ...Floods in the United States since 2001 is a list of significant floods which have struck the United States since 2001. Floods are generally caused by excessive rainfall , excessive snowmelt, storm surge from hurricane s, and dam failure. Below is a list of flood events which were of significant impact to the country, since 2001. Decade of the 2000s File TS Allison Texas flooding.jpg thumb right U.S. 59 flooding in Houston from Allison 2001 Tropical Storm Allison floods in Louisiana and Texas June 2001 Main Tropical Storm Allison The remains of the tropical cyclone sat and spun over eastern Texas for several days before moving eastward just inland of the Gulf of Mexico Gulf coast . Heavy rains ... coastal sections of the Mid Atlantic states through southern New England. In New Hampshire , the Monadnock ... Hilo . North and east Kauai experiences 200 300 mm 8 12 in of rain over a 3 day period. Mount Waialeale recorded over 711 mm 28 in during this 4 day period. The Kauai Marriott ... 10 30. ref Mid Atlantic Flood June 2006 Main Mid Atlantic United States flood of 2006 A stalled frontal ... thumb right Rainfall in Western Gulf Coast states from October 14 17, 2006 A trio of heavy rainfall ... totals ranged up to 711 mm 28 in near Kountze, Texas during the 13 day period from October ... , Iowa, Wisconsin , Illinois , Indiana and Ohio were the states hardest hit. Across the six states, 18 counties were declared federal disaster areas. Numerous rainfall records, both for most ... Main Spring 2008 Midwest floods Flooding occurred in the midwest part of the United States. June 2008 ... to the Atlanta, Birmingham, Chattanooga, Athens areas as well as the states of Alabama, Georgia ... over the Northeastern states. This drew tropical moisture into the Mid Atlantic. Over 1 1 2 feet ... also Floods in the United States until 1900 Floods in the United States 1901 2000 United States tropical ... more details
Late 2000s recession After the bursting of the great housing bubble in mid 2007, the United States of America was stuck by a huge recession. The United States entered 2008 during a United States housing ... 2008 that the 2008 financial crisis in the United States is likely to be judged in retrospect ... largest United States metropolitan area metropolitan areas in the United States were in a recession. The study also said 28 states were in recession, with 16 at risk. The findings were based on unemployment ... ibb US qtable.htm title United States Quarterly GDP accessdate 2008 10 18 publisher Indiana Business ... States and the resultant vast unemployment. Factors include Off shoring of American jobs ref cite ... of the United States from 1987 to 2006. He was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in August ... States entered a recession in December 2007, citing employment and production figures as well ... Average lost 679 points that same day. ref http www.escamoney.com dow jones dow analysis december ... On September 5, 2008, the United States Department of Labor issued a report that its ... States Bureau of Labor Statistics unemployment figure was 2.8 while U6 unemployment was 13.5 . ref http www.bls.gov news.release empsit.t12.htm ref On January 26, 2009 a day dubbed Bloody Monday .... That day the financial markets plunged as investors tried to gauge whether the government would ... www.nytimes.com 2008 09 15 business 15lehman.html title After Frantic Day, Wall St. Banks Falter work ... in the United States, already higher than the 78 for all of 2007. The largest corporate bankruptcy ... 20, 2008 ref to 1 trillion United States dollar U.S. dollars . ref cite web url http www.politico.com ... President George W. Bush asked United States Congress Congress on September 20, 2008 for the authority ... 25th 2008. Retrieved on 2008 09 25. ref The crisis continued when the United States House of Representatives ... portion of the Fed s emergency loans would already have been repaid. United States policy responses ... more details
Between 1920 and 1946, a total of 63 countries became member states of the League of Nations . The Covenant forming the League of Nations was included in the Treaty of Versailles and came into force on 10 January 1920. The League of Nations was dissolved on 18 April 1946, when its assets and responsibilities were transferred to the United Nations . The League s greatest extent was from 28 September ... and signing the Covenant, the United States never joined the League of Nations. Map Image LN member states animation.gif thumb 800px center A map of the world in the years 1920 1945, which shows the League of Nations members during its history. legend 002255 Members legend 0066FF Colonies of Members ... Canada 1868 flagcountry British Raj then under British rule and including the region of presentday ... from earliest joining and alphabetically if they joined on the same day at this time were Argentina ... remained members until the League of Nations was dissolved in 1946. A further 21 countries joined ... members flag Argentina left in 1921 on rejection of an Argentine resolution that all sovereign states ... of Nations chronology , United Nations ref flag Belgium flag Bolivia flag Brazil 1889 withdrew 14 June ... league 1thordinaryassemb.htm Members of the 1st Assembly, League of Nations , Geneva, November 15 to December ... flag Uruguay flagcountry Kingdom of Yugoslavia Notes references See also Member states of the United Nations External links http users.erols.com mwhite28 lego nat.htm Map of League of Nations members ... http digital.library.northwestern.edu league le0281az.pdf List of States Members of the League of Nations on 31.XII.1944 from the League of Nations Statistical Yearbook 1942 44 DEFAULTSORT Member States Of The League Of Nations Category League of Nations Members, League of nations Category Member states by organization League of Nations Link FA zh Link FL zh es Anexo Pa ses afiliados a la Sociedad de Naciones fa fr Liste des tats membres de la Soci t des Nations ja ... more details
Nations UN member states, with their territories including dependent territory dependent territories ... United Nations UN member states , and each of them is a member of the United Nations General Assembly ... Nations is open to all other peace loving states which accept the obligations contained ... relations with other states, is a United Nations General Assembly observers Non member states UN permanent ... thumb 370px Map of the current UN member states by their Enlargement of the United Nations ... Nations membership, 1945 present publisher United Nations ref legend 5B92E5 1945 original members legend ... states See History of the United Nations The UN officially came into existence on 24 October ... dhl unms founders.shtml title Founding Member States publisher United Nations ref Among the original ... Wilson ref Current members Wikisource United Nations Member States See List of sovereign states ... States publisher United Nations ref ref cite web url http www.un.int protocol bluebook bb301.pdf ... United Kingdom and the United Nations style background ccddff flag United States name Official designation ... to be decided by the Member States of the United Nations. Membership is given to a sovereign country ... day, the President of Serbia informed the United Nations Secretary General that the membership of Serbia ... members of the United Nations Security Council France , the United Kingdom , and the United States ...Use British Oxford English date November 2010 File United Nations Members.svg alt A political map of the world with all territories shaded blue to denote United Nations membership, except Antarctica, the Palestinian ... world.pdf title The World publisher United Nations The following territories are excluded as the UN does not consider them as part of any member state Vatican City the Holy See is a United Nations General Assembly observers Non member states UN non member observer state , the Palestinian territories Palestine, represented by the Palestine Liberation Organization , is a United Nations General Assembly ... more details
state states that are members of the Commonwealth of Nations , three are in Europe, twelve ... Member states of the Commonwealth of Nations Category Lists of countries Commonwealth Members ... of the Commonwealth of Nations Category Member states by organization Commonwealth of Nations ar ... members green , and former members orange . The Commonwealth of Nations is a voluntary association ... member states the position is purely symbolic, and it is the Commonwealth Secretary General ... Status accessdate 2008 06 16 publisher Commonwealth of Nations ref In 1949, the London Declaration was signed and marked the birth of the modern Commonwealth and the renaming to its present name ... entities but form part of current member states . The members have a combined population ... publisher Central Intelligence Agency ref Currently sixteen of the member states are Commonwealth realm ... . Current members All table information based on figures provided by the Commonwealth of Nations ... last Pondi first Jean Emmanuel year 1997 month October title Cameroon and the Commonwealth of Nations ... was the formerly French League of Nations Mandate mandate territory later United Nations Trust ... Secretariat accessdate 2008 02 15 ref A Special membership of the Commonwealth of Nations special member ... of Australia , New Zealand and United Kingdom . A Special membership of the Commonwealth of Nations ... of the Commonwealth of Nations special member from 27 October 1979 until 1 June 1985. sort Samoa ... of Nations special member from 1 October 1978 until 1 September 2000. ref Cite web url http www.thecommonwealth.org ... independence day, independence was officially granted at midnight, 15 August 1947. Therefore, its ... Elizabeth II as their individual Queen since the day of their independence, distinctly from her ... 3&page 3 title Dominion Status publisher Commonwealth of Nations accessdate 2008 02 15 ref ... Commonwealth of Nations accessdate 2008 02 15 ref sort Zimbabwe flagicon Zimbabwe Zimbabwe span ... more details
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