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Clayton Lockwood

Current Event #9 - 3 views

tech.fortune.cnn.com/...ssia-but-experts-warn-of-risks

industry

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  • U.S. technology companies remain silent in the wake of the sudden and escalating standoff between the U.S. and Russia over the latter's annexation of Crimea in Ukraine, but experts say that economic sanctions could still impact their operations in the countr
  • U.S. technology companies remain silent in the wake of the sudden and escalating standoff between the U.S. and Russia over the latter's annexation of Crimea in Ukraine, but experts say that economic sanctions could still impact their operations in the country.
    • Clayton Lockwood
      Clayton Lockwood on 01 Apr 14
       
      This text, though connecting directly to industry, also speaks a lot about political geography, 'the struggle over space' as well, tieing it in to past units, and showwing the connectivity between all sections of uman geography
  • Technology companies in Silicon Valley
    • Clayton Lockwood
      Clayton Lockwood on 01 Apr 14
       
      What in particular lures computer companies in particular to put factories in silicon valley?
    • Clayton Lockwood
      Clayton Lockwood on 01 Apr 14
       
      one of the words larger industrial centers because of the nearby ural mountains, which contain many reasorces
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  • Russia is the 15th-largest smartphone market and fifth-largest tablet market in the world.
    • Clayton Lockwood
      Clayton Lockwood on 01 Apr 14
       
      this connects to cultural landscape because it shows that many people in russia probably have iphones or tablets, and owning one, or seeing them often is not an unusual occurance.
  • Global technology companies have only a small impact on Russia's overall economy, despite the country's recent status as a high-growth "BRIC" economy.
  • You might find that Moscow suddenly finds that these U.S. companies 'owe taxes
    • Clayton Lockwood
      Clayton Lockwood on 01 Apr 14
       
      because of the situation, tax might prompt companies to move
  • Clayton Lockwood on 01 Apr 14
     
    All about possible sanctions of U.S goods from Russia which effects many computer companies which have factories in silicon valley
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  • Allyson Fea on 01 Apr 14
     
    I think this is so interesting as it is a dramatic issue in the world right now. We know that through political geography, conflict almost always arises over land and resources. This situation is no different. Russia is trying to gain more resources and the rest of the world does no approve. I wonder how sanctions will affect developing nation's economies. Which economies will be hurt the most by this change?
  • Matt Juliana on 03 Apr 14
     
    The fact that all of those big companies declined to make any comment on how the situation will affect their business just really proves to me that they are really worried about the impacts of the events going on in the Ukraine and Russia. With the Russian economy right on the brink of recession, can/will they be able to risk losing a ton of U.S. technological business, and be able to create all of their own technology without U.S. parts or devices?
  • Nicole Weenink on 03 Apr 14
     
    I think that it is interesting that the company might have to move due to taxes. I don't think that they talked much about it in the textbook but I do feel that it is a HUGE reason that companies might have to move so that they can keep up their profit.
  • Nathan Vrabel on 05 Apr 14
     
    It's interesting that the US is getting involved in the issue between Russia and Ukraine. It's unfortunate that the computer companies might feel a backlash from Russia's actions in Ukraine. Nice work Lockwood!
dkessler701

Russia supplies Pro-Russian separatists in Eastern Ukraine with aid - 1 views

www.telegraph.co.uk/...ries-with-aid-for-Ukraine.html

Russia Separatist Ukraine Political Geography

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  • dkessler701 on 17 Aug 14
     
    If these separatists want to create a relationship with Russia, why cant they leave Ukraine and be with other Russians in their homeland that supports them?
kharlacher

BBC News - The Russians fighting a 'holy war' in Ukraine - 1 views

www.bbc.com/...magazine-30518054

Religious Conflict

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  • Even when the morning sun catches the gold domes of its Orthodox churches, the Ukrainian city of Donetsk, stronghold of the pro-Russian rebels, doesn't look much like Jerusalem.
  • And the defenceless, for him, are the citizens of eastern Ukraine, mainly Russian-speaking, who are under attack, as he sees it, by a ruthless Ukrainian government intent on wiping them out culturally, or even physically.
  • Why do I say Donetsk is Jerusalem? Because what's happening here is a holy war of the Russian people for its own future, for its own ideals, for its children and its great country that 25 years ago was divided into pieces," Pavel says.
  • mwaardenburg on 19 Dec 14
     
    This article is an example of territorial conflicts and religion, because the Russians believe the reason they are fighting is for religious purposes, and that their war in Ukraine is a holy war. How do the Ukrainians view the conflict and it's involvement in religion?
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  • kharlacher on 19 Dec 14
     
    The Orthodox population of Ukraine is fighting for their churches and religion. These people are fighting against the Ukrainian government which is looking to overtake any religious land in order to wipe out the culture of eastern Ukrainians. The people of Ukraine are comparing their fight to the Crusades, so will they manage to take over their holy land like the Christians did?
  • adamlaudenslager on 19 Dec 14
     
    I really liked the way that Katie described the crusades and how they are really involved in the conflicts in Ukraine and Russia. Why do Ukraine and Russia have bad history together?
  • loganknepper on 19 Dec 14
     
    Ukraine has been part of Russia several times and has fought for their freedom from Russia in several wars. Currently, they have only been independent since 1991.
  • cpeytonj on 19 Dec 14
     
    Adam brings up a good point, the history of the Ukraine and Russian conflict must be deeply rooted in historical conflict over the centuries. It would be neat to dig into the history, particularly how the ethnicity differs between the two countries.
Jake Kurtz

Top Ten Countries with the Largest Number of International Migrants (2010) - 2 views

www.migrationinformation.org/...6.1.shtml

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  • Jake Kurtz on 16 Oct 13
     
    In this map, it shows the top countries of immigrants. #1 is USA, which didn't really surprise me.... but the second was Russia, which puzzled me. Then I realized maybe the country looks more attractive to others now that the Soviet Union fell and Cominism with it. That may bring more people in, making it #2 in the world.
  • Liam Darr on 16 Oct 13
     
    That is interesting Jake! Another contributing factor may be that Russia has a lot of space for people to spread out and not be crowded.
  • Nathan Saphore on 17 Oct 13
     
    I was also puzzled Jake, because most of Russia has a harsh climate like Siberia. But there are also large cities located in the West that may be attractive.
Mr. Reidy

Russia Spotlight: Dagestan President Asks Youth To "Rebrand" The Troubled Republic | EA... - 0 views

eaworldview.com/...outh-rebrand-troubled-republic

Political Geography

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  • The Kremlin-appointed acting President of Dagestan, Ramazan Abdulatipov, has launched a competition among local youth, to develop the best idea to rebrand the troubled republic.
Mr. Reidy

What is Putin's end game in Syria? - BBC News - 0 views

www.bbc.com/...world-europe-34330151

Political Geography

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  • With American policy stalled and arguments about the degree to which its bombing campaign has blunted Islamic State (IS), the president's envoy, retired General John Allen, and several other senior officials have decided to step down. Gen Allen was known to believe the US should harden its position on the overthrow of President Assad, and in the need for a safe zone in the north of Syria - instead the prospect seems to be slipping away of either happening.
  • What is his end game? Will Syria be his Afghanistan?
  • Sitting next to Mr Netanyahu yesterday he said, "our main goal is to protect the Syrian state".
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  • But for now, we can watch events on the ground, asking in the coming weeks: when will strikes start? What will their targeting tell us? How will Russia react if its personnel are captured? And will larger ground forces be deployed?
    • Mr. Reidy
      Mr. Reidy on 25 Sep 15
       
      I think that Russia would use any attack against it's military as justification to advance it's influence.
aspidle

Who are Ukraine's pro-Russia rebels? - 0 views

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resources Political Geography Development Ethnicity

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  • aspidle on 23 Aug 14
     
    What are the economic factors behind the separatist movement? Who is funding the pro-Russian rebels? What does Russia have to gain? This relates to the theme of nature culture. Nature culture encompasses political, economic and social forces. The rebels have these interests with a strong Russian political backing, Russian economic ties supporting the movement, and the common Russian heritage that is shared due to the inclusion of Ukraine in the former Soviet Republic.
Mr. Reidy

Russia Bans Food Imports from EU and U.S. in Retaliation to Western Sanctions - WSJ - 1 views

online.wsj.com/...o-western-sanctions-1407403035

Political Geography AND Themes of Geography

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  • Mr. Reidy on 07 Aug 14
     
    How is the globalization theme evident in this article? 
Allyson Fea

Germany: Estimates of Net Number of Migrants - 1 views

www.migrationinformation.org/...data.cfm

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  • Allyson Fea on 16 Oct 13
     
    It looks like the most immigrants into Germany are from neighboring countries such as Poland, Russia, and other European and Middle Eastern countries. I would love to see immigration data from the holocaust era. It would be interesting to see emigration from that time period as well.
  • Allyson Fea on 16 Oct 13
     
    It seems as though there have been very few migrants in recent years. I wonder fit his has anything to do with Germany's decreasing population. No on is migrating there
Danyelle Allen

Change in the Number of Immigrants Residing in the United States by Decade, 1850 to 2010 - 1 views

www.migrationinformation.org/...final.fb2.shtml

Migration

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  • Danyelle Allen on 16 Oct 13
     
    This graph portrays the fluctuations in immigration to the United States, starting with 1850 until 2011. There is a dramatic decrease in immigration through the years 1930-1960, for these were the periods of the Great Depression, World War II, and the Cold War with Russia. In addition, there is a decreasing in immigration between the decades of 1990-2000 and 2000-2010 due to the U.S. recession.
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  • Nicole Weenink on 16 Oct 13
     
    I agree with the conclusion that not many people immigrated to the U.S. during the Great Depression since there were not many jobs and the economy wasn't doing well. I find it interesting that immigration increased by a lot in the years 1990-200. I wonder why that is.
  • Hayley Murdough on 16 Oct 13
     
    I question why immigration had not picked up in the 50's and 60's, when the wealth had picked up in the States. Had the depression hit other nations by then?
  • Kelly Gallick on 16 Oct 13
     
    I wonder why immigration was so low during WWII because you would think that Europeans would've wanted to get out of there as soon as possible to get away from the violence, and America would've been the perfect place to escape.
adukkipati

To Quell Unrest, Beijing Moves to Scatter Uighurs Across China - NYTimes.com - 3 views

www.nytimes.com/...hurs-across-han-territory.html

ethnic conflict Migration Industry

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  • As a winter chill settled across China’s far northwest, 489 people boarded a chartered train in the city of Urumqi for the 50-hour ride to the country’s opposite corner, in semitropical Guangdong Province, to take up new factory jobs.
  • With violence upending the social order in sections of Xinjiang, where resistance to Beijing’s rule has been growing among ethnic Uighurs, officials there and elsewhere in China are pushing new measures — like chartering entire trains — to bring Uighurs and members of other ethnic minorities to parts of the country where the Han, the nation’s ruling ethnicity, are the majority.
  • Assimilation is only one element of the party’s strategy to quell ethnic unrest in Xinjiang. Security forces there have arrested large numbers of Uighurs, saying some are terrorists, and courts have issued death sentences.
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  • “people have a bias against Xinjiang people,” Mr. Cheng said. “We need to establish a new image.”
  • “The gap between the Han and Uighur communities has widened significantly since 2009,” he said, “and it’s hard to imagine these sort of state-orchestrated cohesion-building projects narrowing it.”
  • adukkipati on 19 Dec 14
     
    Since the Communist takeover of the region in 1949, the Uyghurs, a Muslim minority in China, have gotten a lot of religious and cultural persecution by Han Chinese. Similar to convicted communists during The Red Scare, Uyghurs have been prosecuted under false circumstances for separatist activities. While this isn't necessarily a dispute over territory, it's certainly an ethnic conflict and because of these hostilities, Uyghurs have a hard time finding migrant work within China. How does this relate to other ethnic conflicts like in Russia or Palestine?
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  • alexandergray on 21 Dec 14
     
    It is interesting how all of the people of China are viewed as being Chinese by outsiders, but are viewed much differently by the Chinese themselves. China seems to encompass more than what we believe is Chinese, including smaller ethnic groups like the Uyghurs. This seems to be reminiscent of the view of Native Americans in the United States today, who also have trouble finding work and live in relative poverty.
  • smarikunte on 21 Dec 14
     
    I never knew this was happening in China. Like Alex said, I did not know China had smaller ethnic groups. I thought the culture was relatively homogeneous. In the documentary we watched in class, I did not see any discrimination to different ethnic groups, either. It is interesting that the events taking place are very similar to The Red Scare in the United States. I wonder how China is going to resolve this conflict?
  • Gemma Standley on 22 Dec 14
     
    This is similar to the conflict in Palestine because of the persecution of a group of people resulting in hostilities such as protests, riots, etc. It is sad yet interesting that there are so many instances of such similar conflicts happening all over the world. It seems like if one was to be solved, the rest would be able to find similar solutions.
  • anonymous on 22 Dec 14
     
    I agree with Alexander about the similarity to Native Americans. Not only is China helping these people with jobs, but they are also making them go through the training programs which includes learning Mandarin, to the point where the minorities are in fear of losing their own identities. The Native Americans were forced to go through similar programs in order to "help them".
  • Mr. Reidy on 29 Dec 14
     
    One of the cities that we will be traveling to in China is Xian. This city has a large Muslim minority. Do ethnic groups form enclaves as a refuge?
jennabohrer

Military parade in Kiev for Ukraine's independence day - 0 views

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  • jennabohrer on 25 Aug 14
     
    Due to the close proximity of Ukraine and Russia, each country has a large influence on one another. The theme of mobility is seen through pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine, who have been exposed to Russian ideas through diffusion. What effect will the Russian influence have in the future? Will the rebels be able to separate from Ukraine, or will the Ukrainian government be able to gain control over its country again?
smarikunte

Aid or invasion? Questions loom as Russian convoy nears Ukraine - 0 views

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Resources AND Political Geography

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  • smarikunte on 15 Aug 14
     
    Numerous themes can be identified in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. After the area of Crimea was invaded by Russia, several brawls and attacks have ensued. Is the Russian convoy entering Ukraine a sign of compromise or war?
  • Mr. Reidy on 15 Aug 14
     
    Why does the Russian government desire Crimea?
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