NSG Senate Lobby: Four Scones and Seven Pastries Ago

by **Pesda** » Wed Apr 09, 2014 10:30 am

The IASM wrote:
Haelunor wrote:I though Russia was anti-facist. Should the facists be anti-Russian then?

Realpotik, we do not bother with political choices of those around us, just their ability to benefit us.

And of course, being Russia's bitch would benifit Aurentina.

by **Corenea** » Wed Apr 09, 2014 10:35 am

Pesda wrote:
The IASM wrote:Realpotik, we do not bother with political choices of those around us, just their ability to benefit us.

And of course, being Russia's bitch would benifit Aurentina.

It will so veerrrrry benefit Aurentina from the invading New Homosexual Zionist West [/sarcasm]

by **Prussia-Steinbach** » Wed Apr 09, 2014 10:41 am

Corenea wrote:
Pesda wrote:And of course, being Russia's bitch would benifit Aurentina.

It will so veerrrrry benefit Aurentina from the invading New Homosexual Zionist West [/sarcasm]

Sorry, I think you mistook us for Malgrave's parody commies.

by **Malgrave** » Wed Apr 09, 2014 11:47 am

The IASM wrote:Become Yugoslavia, ally USA and Russia.

We're actually performing a careful balancing act between Moscow and Washington. I've criticised Russia's annexation of Crimea and activities across the region but i've also attacked Turkey for its attitude towards social media and the press. On top of that I shall be visiting Germany and supporting Berlin's attempt to counter US intelligence gathering techniques and secure the internet from abuse.

by **Unicario** » Wed Apr 09, 2014 11:50 am

Malgrave wrote:
The IASM wrote:Become Yugoslavia, ally USA and Russia.

We're actually performing a careful balancing act between Moscow and Washington. I've criticised Russia's annexation of Crimea and activities across the region but i've also attacked Turkey for its attitude towards social media and the press. On top of that I shall be visiting Germany and supporting Berlin's attempt to counter US intelligence gathering techniques and secure the internet from abuse.

Mister Minister, do you mind if I accompany you to Berlin? I believe I could really help you with your efforts in diplomacy there.

by **Mediciano** » Wed Apr 09, 2014 11:57 am

Unicario wrote:
Malgrave wrote:
We're actually performing a careful balancing act between Moscow and Washington. I've criticised Russia's annexation of Crimea and activities across the region but i've also attacked Turkey for its attitude towards social media and the press. On top of that I shall be visiting Germany and supporting Berlin's attempt to counter US intelligence gathering techniques and secure the internet from abuse.

Mister Minister, do you mind if I accompany you to Berlin? I believe I could really help you with your efforts in diplomacy there.

Yes, Merkel will love an up jumped royal. She's always been the type to appreciate royal blood. :roll:

by **Unicario** » Wed Apr 09, 2014 11:58 am

Mediciano wrote:
Unicario wrote:
Mister Minister, do you mind if I accompany you to Berlin? I believe I could really help you with your efforts in diplomacy there.

Yes, Merkel will love an up jumped royal. She's always been the type to appreciate royal blood.

Except I'm not going there as a Prince of a long dead Empire, I'm going there as the President of a neighboring young Republic and as a German citizen.

by **The IASM** » Wed Apr 09, 2014 12:12 pm

Malgrave wrote:
The IASM wrote:Become Yugoslavia, ally USA and Russia.

We're actually performing a careful balancing act between Moscow and Washington. I've criticised Russia's annexation of Crimea and activities across the region but i've also attacked Turkey for its attitude towards social media and the press. On top of that I shall be visiting Germany and supporting Berlin's attempt to counter US intelligence gathering techniques and secure the internet from abuse.

Keep the criticism to a minimum on both sides, and please keep them friendly. Side note: who actually controls the management of foreign power's reactions to what we do?

by **Mediciano** » Wed Apr 09, 2014 2:48 pm

http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=286544&p=19592376#p19592376

I've requested an admin ruling here.

by **Dendart** » Wed Apr 09, 2014 6:40 pm

Is their a thread for the ministry of justice

by **New Zepuha** » Wed Apr 09, 2014 7:01 pm

I will be absent tomorrow as I will be on a trip to visit a college. I should be back late afternoon to look over any TGs or messages left for me. I don't think any votes will happen in my absence so i won't appoint a proxy. Please direct all emergency calls to Walter deGroot [Ainin].

by **Andrewlania** » Wed Apr 09, 2014 9:13 pm

hi i am new in the senate

so what do i do here

by **Mediciano** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 6:48 am

Andrewlania wrote:hi i am new in the senate

so what do i do here

Use proper grammar, punctuation and syntax.

by **Phocidaea** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 7:19 am

Dendart wrote:Is their a thread for the ministry of justice

Not yet, and there won't be for at least 12 hours. But if you have a question, I am the Minister of Justice.

by **Mediciano** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 9:39 am

Phocidaea wrote:
Dendart wrote:Is their a thread for the ministry of justice

Not yet, and there won't be for at least 12 hours. But if you have a question, I am the Minister of Justice.

Can you hurry that thread up?

by **Malgrave** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 12:22 pm

*shoves everyone on the IRC*

by **Mediciano** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 12:34 pm

Far off in the Leishaagen police station, Kruger arrived and was escorted inside. He was processed and moved to a holding cell to await questioning.

by **The IASM** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 1:04 pm

Mediciano wrote:Far off in the Leishaagen police station, Kruger arrived and was escorted inside. He was processed and moved to a holding cell to await questioning.

May you say 'I'm not a crook"

by **Ministry of Education** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 5:15 pm

Policy Document 8A1: Council of Education Opinion

Policy Discussed by the Council of Education: Policy Document (8A1) - Aurentine Participation in PISA 2018

The Council of Education was asked to vote in a way to show agreement, disagreement or registering no opinion on Policy Document 8A1 regarding Aurentine Participation in PISA 2018. The Temporary Interim Chair Senator James Brit began a 24 hour vote on the subject as asked by the Minister of Education, the Council of Education voted as follows...

Agree: 7
Disagree: 0
No Opinion: 2

Turnout: 90%

Therefore, the Council of Education has voted to agree with the policy of the Ministry of Education to begin preparations for Aurentina to participate in the PISA 2018 data collection. Below you may find the way that each Member of the Council voted:

Senator Ni (NDP) - Agree (People who say Ni)
Senator Lucas Branton (PMP) - Agree (Britcan)
Senator John Geil (NDP) - Agree (Geilinor
Senator Rupert Weinthal (ALM) - Agree (Beta Test)
Senator Peter Meitner (NCP) - Agree (Finium)
Senator Sachindra Kshetri (NCP) - Agree (Great Nepal)
Senator James Brit (IND) - Agree (Britanno)

Senator Pesda (RG) - No Opinion (Pesda)
Senator Jen Coren (RefP) - No Opinion (Corenea)

Senator Simon Walsh (MSP) - Did not Vote (The federal republic of Simonia)

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by **Haelunor** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 5:34 pm

I have mixed feelings about PISA testing. It can be a useful tool, but I think people can get too locked into the nations rank and fail to see the bigger picture of education. Standardized test scores can be very misleading.

by **Battlion** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 5:36 pm

Haelunor wrote:I have mixed feelings about PISA testing. It can be a useful tool, but I think people can get too locked into the nations rank and fail to see the bigger picture of education. Standardized test scores can be very misleading.

The Ministry opinion is not only to rank us against the world but to look at areas of improvement, I shall be going on a tour of some of the highest performers to look at what we can do to improve our system.

by **Haelunor** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 5:39 pm

Battlion wrote:
Haelunor wrote:I have mixed feelings about PISA testing. It can be a useful tool, but I think people can get too locked into the nations rank and fail to see the bigger picture of education. Standardized test scores can be very misleading.

The Ministry opinion is not only to rank us against the world but to look at areas of improvement, I shall be going on a tour of some of the highest performers to look at what we can do to improve our system.

I would suggest visiting Finland and see what has been done there. I think the Finns have a lot of interesting strategies that could perhaps be modified and implemented here.

by **Battlion** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 5:42 pm

From the Ministry of Education Thread, that everyone ignored.

Battlion wrote:
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Ministry of Education: Foreign Visits

It is the intention of the Minister of Education to take part in several foreign visits with his counterparts across the globe to discuss Educational matters, qualifications and to understand what we can learn. The Minister is intending to visit the high performers in PISA 2012 to observe how learning takes place, however we do not intend to just meet politicians and bureaucrats we intend to visit schools on the ground and speak to teachers and students.

Here is a guide to the trip

20th April - 21st April - Singapore - Meeting Heng Swee Keat on the 20th April to discuss general educational matters and all school registration practice including Private Schools. On the 21st April, the Minister of Education intends to visit the Beacon School of Technology to meet lecturers and students to observe and understand what can be done in Aurentina.

22nd April - Japan - Meeting Hakubun Shimomura to discuss opening up opportunities for children with learning difficulties in our Education systems alongside the promotion of Aurentine Universities, however to continue to raise the issue of comfort-women and how the involvement of the army is ignored in education.

23rd April - Shanghai (China) - Visit Shanghai Middle School to discuss and observe the learning styles in classrooms, including moving away from teacher instruction learning primarily and promoting individual thought and critical discussion. Intend to understand the passion to learn displayed by students whilst observing lessons.

The Minister does then intend to return to Aurentina briefly for two days to summarise and present his findings to the Senate before moving towards our European neighbours to discuss issues of Educational importance.

26th April - United Kingdom - Meeting the Rt. Honourable Michael Gove (Secretary of State for Education) in London to discuss reforms to examinations and look at how qualifications could and/or should be in Aurentina.

27th April - Ireland - Meeting Ruairi Quinn (Minister for Education and Skills) to discuss the global economy, links between Aurentina and Ireland in Education and further discuss the formal aims of their Department which is similar to the programme adopted by the Minister of Education.

28th April - Finland - Meeting Krista Kiuru (Minister of Education and Science) to discuss the basis of no tuition fee education, how it works and developed in Finland alongside the finnish model of Education and how it could be applied in Aurentina. The Minister of Education intends to visit an early learning day-care during his time in Finland to observe how child development is pursued in Finland.

This shall conclude the Minister's trip, where he shall issue a statement to the Senate and the Council of Education as to his discoveries and what he believes can be done in Aurentina to ensure we are among the best in the world for Education beginning from birth until death. The Minister shall also announce additional policies in this statement not included in the policy programme relating to Qualifications and Examinations in Aurentina.

The Ministry of Education is looking for three members of the Council of Education to come along with him on this tour, preferably representing all factions on the Council to be fellow observers and contribute to the final report.

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[code][b]Senator Name:[/b] [b]Member of the Council of Education:[/b] Y/N [b]Why do you want to go on this tour?[/b][/code]

Whilst the Minister does wish for representatives of the Council of Education to come along, he is also opening the invitation to other Senators from all political backgrounds however those coming on the tour shall be fully approved by the Ministry of Education beforehand.

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by **Vigilans** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 6:24 pm

WE ARE THE VIGILIANT. OUR GOVERNMENT HAS FAILED US. WE SHALL DESTROY THE OLD ORDER; AND FREE AURENTINA.

by **Macedonian Grand Empire** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 6:25 pm

Vigilans wrote:
WE ARE THE VIGILIANT. OUR GOVERNMENT HAS FAILED US. WE SHALL DESTROY THE OLD ORDER; AND FREE AURENTINA.

So I take it this would be battlion?

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