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kgarland

World Simulation Ideas - 95 views

I think it would be great to add more natural disasters, along with trying to bring out the slave trade, I think we could make the slave trade more part of the game. Also I think it would be great ...

worldsim

started by Mike Wesch on 18 May 07 37 follow-ups, last by kgarland on 29 May 07
jcoop11

Wallerstein on World Systems - 0 views

www.fordham.edu/...wallerstein.html

required wallerstein worldsystems

shared by jcoop11 on 17 May 07 - Cached
  • makes possible analytically sound comparisons between different parts of the world.
    • Mike Wesch
      Mike Wesch on 20 May 07
       
      This is why Wallerstein's theory gained acceptance in the anthropological community. We are interested in making sound cross-cultural comparisons.
    • jcoop11
      jcoop11 on 20 May 07
       
      I may be reading to much into the wording, but do we really want to "compare" cultures. When we talk about comparing cultures, it seems as if we are holding them to a certain standard.
    • Mike Wesch
      Mike Wesch on 21 May 07
       
      We are not comparing them to a standard - just trying to see the range of human possibilities - and how humans are interrelated.
  • feudalism
    • Mike Wesch
      Mike Wesch on 20 May 07
       
      Three primary elements characterized feudalism: lords, vassals and fiefs; the structure of feudalism can be seen in how these three elements fit together. A lord was a noble who owned land, a vassal was a person who was granted possession of the land by the lord, and the land was known as a fief. In exchange for the fief, the vassal would provide military service to the lord. The obligations and relations between lord, vassal and fief form the basis of feudalism. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feudal_system
  • switch from feudal obligations to money rents
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  • These impoverished peasants often moved to the cities, providing cheap labor essential for the growth in urban manufacturing
  • Eastern Europe (especially Poland) and Latin America, exhibited characteristics of peripheral regions.
  • In Latin America, the Spanish and Portuguese conquests destroyed indigenous authority structures and replaced them with weak bureaucracies under the control of these European states.
    • Mike Wesch
      Mike Wesch on 20 May 07
       
      This is the most common pattern found in the world simulation, though other forms emerge as well.
  • served as buffers between the core and the peripheries
  • According to Wallerstein, the semi-peripheries were exploited by the core but, as in the case of the American empires of Spain and Portugal, often were exploiters of peripheries themselves. Spain, for example, imported silver and gold from its American colonies, obtained largely through coercive labor practices, but most of this specie went to paying for manufactured goods from core countries such as England and France rather than encouraging the formation of a domestic manufacturing sector.
    • Mike Wesch
      Mike Wesch on 20 May 07
       
      nice summary here of the relationship of core, semi-periphery, and periphery
  • Similarly, Protestants, who were often the merchants in Catholic countries, found they were targets of the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church, a trans-national institution, found the development of capitalism and the strengthening of the state threatening.
  • During this period, workers in Europe experienced a dramatic fall in wages.
    • Mike Wesch
      Mike Wesch on 20 May 07
       
      This is interesting. We often think of this transition as benefitting the people of the Core - but it did not necessarily benefit everybody.
  • This powerful merchant class provided the capital necessary for the industrialization of European core states.
    • elligant35
      elligant35 on 20 May 07
       
      Is the merchant class the first indication of a middle class? If so, then why the fall in wages becasue it seems to me that all they created was a middle man to continously take the wages from the working class that supported the goods that were traded?
  • European states participated in active exploration for the exploitation of new markets.
  • With the independence of the Latin American countries, these areas as well as previously isolated zones in the interior of the American continent entered as peripheral zones in the world economy. Asia and Africa entered the system in the nineteenth century as peripheral zones.
    • Mike Wesch
      Mike Wesch on 20 May 07
       
      Expansion of the periphery - this typically represents Round 2 of the World Simulation.
  • the core enriched itself at the expense of the peripheral economies. This, of course, did not mean either that everybody in the periphery became poorer or that all citizens of the core regions became wealthier as a result.
  • Wallerstein asserts that an analysis of the history of the capitalist world system shows that it has brought about a skewed development in which economic and social disparities between sections of the world economy have increased rather than provided prosperity for all.
  • This was the first time that an economic system encompassed much of the world with links that superseded national or other political boundaries
  • Mike Wesch on 17 May 07
     
    Read all of this page & make notes so we can share ideas!
Jasmine Stewart

Improved Business Practices with Full AQTF Compliance - 1 views

BluegemEXPLORE has the software that our RTO requires to help us maintain compliance with AQTF standards, automate our company's operations, and help us prepare for RTO registration. The software e...

Training Management Systems

started by Jasmine Stewart on 05 Oct 11 no follow-up yet
Justin Heldenbrand

OLPC's XO laptop comes with anti-theft kill-switch in select countries - 0 views

arstechnica.com/...20070218-8872.html

ksuanth olpc security system

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  • Justin Heldenbrand on 29 May 07
     
    olpc laptop security system
Amanda Stueve

NEJM_Kim_Farmer.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 0 views

www.pih.org/...NEJM_Kim_Farmer.pdf

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    • Amanda Stueve
      Amanda Stueve on 22 May 07
       
      Infrastructure: states that without a healthcare system in place, antiretroviral therapy is hindered. Therefore; only developed countries currently have capabilities to effectively fight AIDS. What would be the impact on different cultures of introducing complex Western-style healthcare systems?
Amanda Stueve

Africa --COUNTDOWN TO 2015 / IPS Inter Press Service - 0 views

www.ipsnews.net/...opinion7.asp

africa healthcare parochialism

shared by Amanda Stueve on 27 May 07 - Cached
  • This process has to begin with an attitude change in the people.
  • The international system cannot determine for the people the needs, however obvious the needs may be.
  • MDGs are derived from the international system rather than the domestic environment. They are thus perceived to be foreign, however good the intentions may be.
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  • Institutions in many African countries are derived from developed countries’ institutions. This makes the whole idea of independence derisory.
  • elimination of proxy wars that were constantly blamed for the underdevelopment of the third world, third world leaders would re-channel their resources in worthy directions, such as health care, education and poverty eradication.
  • Amanda Stueve on 27 May 07
     
    An opinion is put forth here that solutions for Africa must come from Africans so that they have legitimacy. Parochialism is a hindrance to solving political and healthcare issues in Africa (because people are not aware of their rights and privileges?).
senoumou

Ideas from Games - 55 views

After today's games in class, what I suggest is that we can think about limiting the strenght of growing nations, and give a kind of long life to weak nations. By doing so, the competition might be...

gaming worldsim

started by Mike Wesch on 21 May 07 6 follow-ups, last by senoumou on 24 May 07
Aaron Scott

Playpumps International and the PlayPump water system. Kids play. Water Pumps! :: PlayP... - 0 views

www.playpumps.org/...stem_Kids_play_Water_Pumps.htm

poverty water

shared by Aaron Scott on 15 May 07 - Cached
  • Aaron Scott on 15 May 07
     
    Here is the website to the organization that is putting in the merrygoround/waterpumps that I talked a little about today in class.
Amanda Stueve

HEALTH-AFRICA: Beef up Budget Allocations to Achieve MDGs - 0 views

www.ipsnews.net/...nota.asp

africa healthcare mdg's money

shared by Amanda Stueve on 29 May 07 - Cached
  • the Africa Health Strategy 2007-2015.
  • 15 percent of national budgets to health care,
  • It also urged governments to engage civil society and line ministries in mobilising resources for tuberculosis (TB).
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  • ‘‘Eight million Africans are dying from HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria every year. We want to stop this,'' Regis Mtutu of the Treatment Action Campaign
  • Regarding the commitment to put aside 15 percent of national budgets for health services, ‘‘only Botswana and The Gambia have met this promise'', Mtutu said.
  • included a plan to set up pharmaceutical plants for producing life-prolonging anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs). Mtutu pointed out that ‘‘the ministers for finance and industry were not part of the discussion. To succeed, the health ministers need mandates from their finance and industry counterparts.
  • policy officer at Oxfam Kenya office, told IPS that ‘‘‘MDGs' is just a label. It is a brand. ‘‘HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria and other diseases are really the issue. It is about systems to deliver health care. This should be the starting point to meeting the MDGs,'' said Edete.
  • lthough governments have committed themselves to the MDGs and the Abuja target, some prefer to move at their own pace. Kenya's government, for example, says it will commit 12 percent of its national budget to health by 2008
  • ‘‘It should be a step-by-step approach. Each country has its own strategy. If you set a time frame it might not work. For example, you cannot expect (strife-torn) countries like Somalia, Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo to reach the 15 percent target. It is not practical,'' she told IPS.
  • the political and economic crisis in Zimbabwe deserves special mention as it is also a health crisis for Africa. People living with HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe cannot obtain the care they need and the climate of violence is perpetuating the epidemics of HIV and TB. ‘‘The shockwaves from the crisis in Zimbabwe are reverberating throughout the continent as refugees seek health care and other services in neighbouring countries. Our health ministers must speak out on Zimbabwe on health and humanitarian grounds,'' the coalition argued.
  • a new report, ‘‘Paying for People'', published this month (April), Oxfam estimates that 13.7 billion US dollars must be invested every year to appoint an additional 1 million teachers and 2.1 million health care workers urgently needed to break the cycle of poverty in Africa.
  • ‘‘Today in too many of the world's poorest countries health and education services are dependent on a handful of workers struggling heroically to do their jobs on pitiful wages and in appalling conditions. Becoming a doctor, nurse or teacher is like signing a contract with poverty,'' Oxfam's Elizabeth Stuart wrote in the report.
  • Africa has 13 percent of the global population and 25 percent of the global burden of disease but only 1.3 percent of the global workforce.''
    • Amanda Stueve
      Amanda Stueve on 29 May 07
       
      good stat
  • The report cites Tanzania as an example. This southern African country produces 640 doctors, nurses and midwives each year. But to reach the World Health Organisation's recommended staffing levels within 10 years it would need to produce 3,500 such health workers each year. Another example is Malawi where only nine percent of health facilities have adequate staff to provide basic health care. The country loses around 100 nurses each year ‘‘who emigrate in search of a better wage'', according to the Oxfam report. Charo told IPS that Kenyan health workers are not only moving overseas but are also seeking opportunities in the private sector for better pay. ‘‘If you work for government, you get 12,000 Kenya shillings (about 172 US dollars) but in the NGO or private sector you earn 40,000 shillings (nearly 572 US dollars) a month. People are tempted to move on.'' (END/2007)
    • Amanda Stueve
      Amanda Stueve on 29 May 07
       
      good stats
  • Amanda Stueve on 29 May 07
     
    Has some good statistics. Lists lots of problems in African heatlhcare. Has some info on Africa Health Strategy, and proposes more money will solve more problems.
jcoop11

American Refugee Committee: Make Your Gift Now - 0 views

www.arcrelief.org/...PageServer

healthcare

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  • jcoop11 on 29 May 07
     
    Another organization targeting individuals to give money to those in need. The biggest problem with these organizations is their integrity. Many times, a majority of the money a person donates will go to the organization an dnot the needy. How can we refine the system?
jcoop11

Global Healthcare in a Borderless World - 0 views

research.unm.edu/...global.html

healthcare

shared by jcoop11 on 29 May 07 - Cached
  • Since the early 1990s, institutions such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have required state-owned hospitals and clinics in Third World countries to be privatized before loans are considered. Many times those formerly state-owned and -run hospitals were purchased by U.S. and European insurance companies that then introduced U.S. models of managed care, even though the history of healthcare in those countries was vastly different from the systems that had developed in the United States.
  • first systematic study of the relationships between globalization and public health policies.
  • jcoop11 on 29 May 07
     
    " first systematic study of the relationships between globalization and public health policies " The relavence of the article lies in the previous statement. This is a rational look at how we are trying to solve the global healthcare problems.
Aaron Scott

Video - Subsidy System - 0 views

www.change.org/videos

farm globalization poverty subsidies

shared by Aaron Scott on 26 May 07 - Cached
  • Aaron Scott on 26 May 07
     
    This video show how both African and American farming families struggle because of commodity subsidies given to producers from the US government. In this case there are a few number of farmers that benefit while the majority suffer. Here we can see how choices made by our gaovernment affect not only us but others as well.
  • Aaron Scott on 27 May 07
     
    This video show how both African and American farming families struggle because of commodity subsidies given to producers from the US government. In this case there are a few number of farmers that benefit while the majority suffer. Here we can see how choices made by our gaovernment affect not only us but others as well.
Amanda Stueve

DEVELOPMENT-ZIMBABWE: Hunger Exacerbating Child Mortality - 0 views

www.ipsnews.net/news.asp

economic healthcare lackofsupplies zimbabwe

shared by Amanda Stueve on 25 May 07 - Cached
  • after 2000 as health delivery services declined amid growing international isolation.
  • he used to give her older children, who have since finished their primary education, supplements like peanut butter. But now she cannot do the same for her three-year-old son because of escalating prices.
  • Zimbabwe's economic decline has led to the breakdown of the country's health delivery system. Health care is now characterised by acute shortages of drugs and skilled personnel.
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  • he lack of resources to meet service delivery needs will also affect remote rural areas.
  • unavailability of medicine and medical personnel.
  • Amanda Stueve on 25 May 07
     
    The economic situation is affecting healthcare in Zimbabwe. Food prices are going up, making it harder for mothers to provide good nutrition for their children. There are not enough funds for supplies and personnel, and doctors and nurses cannot be paid fair wages.
bmoran

Governments | Greenpeace International - 0 views

www.greenpeace.org/...governments

climate globalwarming governments industrialization nations

shared by bmoran on 28 May 07 - Cached
  • Industrialised nations are responsible for the bulk of greenhouse gas emissions - both today and historically. In the past, economic progress was linked directly to carbon dioxide emissions (via the burning of oil, coal and gas to generate energy). Renewable energy sources change this, but only a small number of nations have begun to implement them in earnest.
  • Two billion people – one third of the world's population – have no access to electricity for basic needs such as lighting or cooking. Getting people the clean and reliable energy necessary for essential needs such as clean water, health care facilities, heating and lighting is one of the most pressing problems facing humanity today.
  • Industrialised nations have the capital, resources and expertise to jump-start their renewable energy industries. Obviously, countries with advanced space programs, established higher educational systems and abundant cash for investment are better positioned to implement these new energy technologies then countries still struggling with basic energy needs.
Kendall

Jamaica Gleaner News - Teen births rising again: Advocates blame poor education, flawed... - 0 views

www.jamaica-gleaner.com/...lead7.html

lack of education pregnancy

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  • Kendall on 27 May 07
     
    Quality of education is related to "status" therefore those in poverty have less of an education on safe sex, and have a higher teen pregnancy rate.
Brandon Fox

The $100 laptop moves closer to reality | CNET News.com - 0 views

news.com.com/...2100-1044_3-5884683.html

olpc

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  • Brandon Fox on 28 May 07
     
    OLPC is ready to distribute up to 15 million test systems to children
elligant35

Structural Adjustment-a Major Cause of Poverty - Global Issues - 0 views

www.globalissues.org/...SAP.asp

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    • elligant35
      elligant35 on 27 May 07
       
      Poverty is a continous cycle because much of the money that is spent on exports sustains the ecomony of another country rather than the country who buys the goods. Having less imports and more exports creates a system of maintaining dependency and poverty or industrialized product-exporting/commodity-importing country is wealthy and an underdeveloped product-importing/ commodity-exporting country is poor. There is also shocking evidence of those individuals who work for the World Bank. This would definetly be good shocker for those that "Earn More" and "Eat Less".
Lynn Dee

Documentary Films .Net - 0 views

www.documentaryfilms.net

technology

shared by Lynn Dee on 28 May 07 - Cached
  • deals with the failings of the U.S. health care system, both real and perceived. But this time around, the controversial documentarian seems to be letting the subject matter do the talking
    • Lynn Dee
      Lynn Dee on 28 May 07
       
      And thats all it takes to make a change in someone, and one person could be all the difference
elligant35

World Simulation Ideas - 14 views

I think another important factor to introduce to the game is the philosophy or the way people believe is an authentic quality that will add realism to the game. After watching some of the video cl...

philosophy politics religion

started by elligant35 on 20 May 07 no follow-up yet
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