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They are NOT refugees. Read the Vienna convention. You implicitly lose the refugee status once you try to cross a second border. So far EU was playing nice accepting economic migrants as "refugees".
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Author: /u/Bozata1
I don't go to many board game conventions but I do attend the local (for me) Gamestorm in Portland, Oregon. Sadly they've just announced on their Facebook page that due to Covid-19 concerns that they will be unable to hold it on the last week of March like they had scheduled. They're hoping to reschedule for a couple months from now but have admitted they may just end up cancelling this year. This is especially frustrating for me as my co-designers and I were all set to introduce our game as a finished product there instead of just playtesting like previous years.
So is anyone else going to be missing their board game conventions that they were really looking forward to this year?
From what I saw on the map, Armenia start under control of Turkey. But it seems very unlikely that Turkey could successfully invade Armenia, even with Soviet defeat in WW2. With the recent rework of Northern Ireland, which went from full occupation by Ireland to peaceful autonomous integration, I wanted to make a proposition for Armenia.
Before I explain the reasons, for those who prefer to get to the point, I thinks that Armenia should be independent at start and a bit inspired by Albania during the cold war = an heavily fortified little nation surrounded by foes, a bit "frozen in time" as if Soviet Union was still here, even though it as to deal with it's precarious situation. Of course, there would be a path with VERY GOOD IDEAS.
To explain why I thinks that Armenia should be independent at start:
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Even though the Turkish army was more numerous there was still a military force in Armenia during the war, in case of Turkish invasion. So, the country was ready to fight the war and it doesn't count the lot of routed divisions of the red army who would flee to the region in the aftermath of WW2.
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Moreover, by it's location (a very mountainous country) and the important militancy of it's people (which include both local Armenian people and the massive Armenian diaspora in Asia who would obviously mobilize to protect their country), Armenia is a stronghold that would require a very bloody war to be fully invaded, and it's not something that the Turkish army could afford at this point.
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Also, Armenia was an important producer of weapon and grains during the war, in comparison to it's size, the setback of the USSR would not immediately affect the region.
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Even if Turkey was able to succeed in it's invasion, it would be near impossible to pacify the region: imagine Afghanistan under soviet occupation but this time the invader is Turkey, a state with an army that is even less numerous, even more hated by the locals, and with even less economical power to sustain the occupation (which woudn't be helped by Atlantropa).
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On the other hands, it would make sense that regular border conflict happens between Turkey and Armenia. But it is improbable that it escalate in a true war because both country have more to lose than win.
With all of that, I thinks that Armenia should be better represented as an independent Nation, that would have to make the balance between it's Autarky and the change that happens in the region, or completely throw away one of
... keep reading on reddit ➡I am frustrated just reading the standard text books.
I want to read more research papers relating to Computer Science this year.
I assume there are at least a few research fellows here who can recommend some good reads.
I will appreciate your recommendations along with sources.
Top 10 lists are also welcomed.
EDIT: I would like to thank everyone who (has recommended/ will recommend) Research Papers and other reads on this post. I did not expect such overwhelming recommendations. Hopefully these will keep me busy for the upcoming months.
The President of the United States has asked the United States Senate to ratify the proposed treaty.
You can find the proposal here.
Should I stop supplementing acetyl-l-carnitine/l-carnitine? Or is there a certain threshold I should stay below? I'm taking 500mg of l-carnitine and 600mg of acetyl-l-carnitine most mornings.
EDIT: Is l-carnitine, at the levels I take it at, linked or correlated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease? I'm 29 years old, if age may be a factor. I'm specifically concerned with increased plasma trimethylamine-N-oxide, and how that may interact with cardiovascular health. I'm seeing conflicting info on the Internet.
This is a question about general and long-term cardiovascular health. I don't have any existing heart conditions.
