Case Study#3

Weeks January 5 ~ January 7 & January 10 ~  14

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF4lPWU_qxY

This is a video about the French revolution. It talk about every event during the revolution. Like how the revolution began, how they attack the Bastille, and some important events. Also talk about some characters that is important to the revolution, like Napoleon, Louis...and so on. I think it's very interesting to see some pictures of the events. Hope you enjoy it.

http://prezi.com/7icydoo9eqyj/the-french-times/

This is the breaking news we make about french revolution. We write it in a very interesting form. I think it can make everyone know the events of the revolution.
Weeks January 17 ~ January 21 & January 24 ~ 28

Otto von Bismarck (The Master of "Realpolitik"):

Realpolitik: A System of politics based on practical, and not necessarily moral, consideration. Otto von Bismarck implement this system when he rule the country.

                Otto von Bismark born April 1, 1815, is a son of the Prussian aristocracy, and unified Germany in the 1870s. When was born in Schoenhausen, his father wish him can be a soldier, his mother wish he can be a politician. When he was young, lots of people in the school don't like him, but he did not give up and learn five different languages when he was 12. He become a lawyer when he is 21 years-old, but he was known as a heavy drinker, and leave with no direction.  Until he is 30 years old, he got married and involved in politics. Also become a substitute member of the Prussian parliament. After a few years, he use some trick to become the real parliamentary. And in 1962s he become the prime minister.
           In a meeting with legislators in September 1862, Bismarck said that."The great question of the day will not be decide by speeches and resolutions of majorities, but by blood and iron." Then, "blood and iron " become a popular nickname for his policies. Also let Bismarck and the king stay in a good relationship for a long time. Then he plan three war to unity Germany, Austro-Prussian War, Franco- Pussian War, and Denmark- Prussian War. These war greatly increased Bisbarck's own power.
           After Kaiser Wilhelm died in early 1888, the next king don't like Bismarck, and this is the fall of his power.

Weeks Feb. 7 and Feb. 14

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/dan_pink_on_motivation.html

This is the video about the motivations about some workers. In this video, they do a lot of different test on different group of people, and find out some interesting things about motivation. I think it is very interesting, and it gave me some different point of view.

Karl Marx

             Karl Marx (May 5, 1818 – March 14, 1883) was born in Trier. He is famous for  philosopher, political economist, historian, political theorist, sociologist, and communist revolutionary. I want to talk about a thought that he bring out from his book, capitalism and communism. Capitalism is one of the economic system in which the means of production are privately owned and operated for a private profit; decisions regarding supply, demand, price, distribution, and investments are made by private actors in the free market; profit is sent to owners who invest in businesses, and wages are paid to workers employed by businesses and companies. It means that everything is made by other people, the money they make will go to the owner, and the owner will give the workers money.
             In his book, he think capitalism will break down the economics of the country. People who is very rich, will become richer and richer. People who is not very rich, wil become poorer and poorer. Than the economics between this two classes of people will have a big difference. So, what he bring out is another system of economic, Communism. Communism is a sociopolitical movement that aims for a classless and stateless society structured upon common ownership of the means of production, free access to articles of consumption, and the end of wage labour and private property in the means of production and real estate. So, in this economic system, everyone will get the same profit. No one will be rich, also no one will be poor.
            I think communism is not a good system. It sounds like a good system, because everyone can get the same thing, so no one will be poor. What if someone didn't do anything, but still can get the same thing as the one who work hard? Then the one who work hard will give up, and no one can get the profits. It means that everyone will be poor in this system. Communism is not a bad economic system, it's too good for some selfish people. Communism only work for a group of people that are all altruist. Unfortumately, not everyone is an altruist.


Zero-Sum

             Zero-sum describes a situation in which a participant's gain or loss is exactly balanced by the losses or gains of the other participant. So, the total gains from a person, and the total losses from another one will add up to zero. Zero-sum games are also called strictly competitive.
             In the class, Mr. Kinzer ask us if we can find out a solution that everyone can gain.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnLosZVG54k
this is the video i found, it's talk about the solution that everyone can gain.

Population 7 Billion

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/01/seven-billion/kunzig-text
This artical is about the population of the world will reach to 7 billions. And what will happen in the future.


Thomas Malthus

          
           Thomas Malthus is famous for his population theory. He said that is the population keep growing, lots of bad things will happen. Like hunger, diseace, and war.

"In October 1838, that is, fifteen months after I had begun my systematic inquiry, I happened to read for amusement Malthus on Population, and being well prepared to appreciate the struggle for existence which everywhere goes on from long- continued observation of the habits of animals and plants, it at once struck me that under these circumstances favourable variations would tend to be preserved, and unfavourable ones to be destroyed. The results of this would be the formation of a new species. Here, then I had at last got a theory by which to work".

Charles Darwin, from his autobiography. (1876)

This qoute is talking about what will happen according to Thomas Malthus. He said that, good things will continued live, but others will be destroy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyqOj61FkFQ
This vedio is about Thomas Malthus and his theory.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhkPjXyIRak&feature=related
This vedio is the student explain the thoery. It's mainly about how population effect foods that we have. They said, if the product of foods stay the same but the population keep growing, than the food per person will decrease a lot.

Compare, Contrast Capitalism and Socialism draft#1

There are many different kinds of economic system, and the two most common type of system are capitalism and socialism. Capitalism is an economic that the property, profit, or production are privately own. But, most of the profit are send to the owner who invest the businesses, and other little money will send to the workers and employees. This economic system is the one that Taiwan and most of the countries are using now. There are two different types of socialism, but basically socialism is define as people share the idea, and the means of product are all control by the government.

There are lots of difference between socialism and capitalism. The main difference is the control of the means of product. In capitalism, the means of product are control by the own the businesses and the people who invest the businesses. For socialism, the means of product are not control by the owner but the government. Secondly, in capitalism, the government can’t effect the price of goods and economy. The economy are control by the big company, or companies that have big influence. This is totally opposite to socialism, because the economy in socialism are all control by the center government. Third, the way they get the wages are different. In capitalism, the money they make will go to the owner of the business. Then the owner will give paid the workers. In socialism, money will go to the government first, and then the government will paid the workers and employees, but everyone got almost the same money.

        Capitalism is the most common type of economic system, and there are some advantage about this system. First, the person who got the better idea will earn more money. So, everyone can be a very rich man if you can come out with a very good idea. Second, people who work harder usually got more money. So if you don’t work very hard, you won’t earn a lot of money. The most important thing that socialism doesn’t include is that people individual own their own wealth. Even though there are a lot of good things in this system, it still has some disadvantage. As we said, people who work hard or have some good ideas can get more money, but people who didn’t or can’t work hard won’t got any profits. The person who is rich, will become richer and richer, and the prices of things will growth up. But, the people who is not rich, will become poorer and poorer. In the end, it will have a big difference between rich people and poor people.

                I think socialism is not a bad economic system, but it's too good for some selfish people. Socialism only work for a group of people that are all altruist. Unfortunately, not everyone is an altruist. In my opinion, capitalism is much better than socialism. It give everyone a better chance to become richer. Also, you can own your individual wealth. It’s not only good to yourself but also good for the whole country, people will work harder to get more money. I will choose to work in capitalism rather than socialism.

Compare, Contrast Capitalism and Socialism draft#2

There are many different kinds of economic system, and the two most common type of system are capitalism and socialism. Capitalism is an economic that the property, profit, or production are privately own. But, most of the profit are send to the owner who invest the businesses, and other little money will send to the workers and employees. This economic system is the one that Taiwan and most of the countries are using now. There are two different types of socialism, but basically socialism is define as people share the idea, and the means of product are all control by the government.

There are lots of difference between socialism and capitalism. The main difference is the control of the means of product. In capitalism, the means of product are control by the own the businesses and the people who invest the businesses. For socialism, the means of product are not control by the owner but the government. Secondly, in capitalism, the government can’t effect the price of goods and economy. The economy are control by the big company, or companies that have big influence. This is totally opposite to socialism, because the economy in socialism are all control by the center government. Third, the way they get the wages are different. In capitalism, the money they make will go to the owner of the business. Then the owner will give paid the workers. In socialism, money will go to the government first, and then the government will paid the workers and employees, but everyone got almost the same money.

        Capitalism is the most common type of economic system, and there are some advantage about this system. First, the person who got the better idea will earn more money. So, everyone can be a very rich man if you can come out with a very good idea. Second, people who work harder usually got more money. So if you don’t work very hard, you won’t earn a lot of money. The most important thing that socialism doesn’t include is that people individual own their own wealth. Even though there are a lot of good things in this system, it still has some disadvantage. As we said, people who work hard or have some good ideas can get more money, but people who didn’t or can’t work hard won’t got any profits. The person who is rich, will become richer and richer, and the prices of things will growth up. But, the people who is not rich, will become poorer and poorer. In the end, it will have a big difference between rich people and poor people.

        Socialism is publish because of the disadvantage of capitalism. It is very alike to communism, the only difference is socialism has a center government. In capitalism, people share ideas, means that there are no differences between workers. So, the boss and the workers will got the same profit. It sounds like a very good system, because no one will get very rich, and no one will be very poor. But the disadvantage of this system is that everyone will become very lazy. Think about it, you worked very hard, but you can only got the the same wage as the person who didn’t work very hard, and the money you made is not your own wealth. Then you might feel very bad, and you won’t work hard next time. Long times later, everyone will become lazy, and no one will work. In the end, everyone will become very poor.

        I think socialism is not a bad economic system, but it's too good for some selfish people. Socialism only work for a group of people that are all altruist. Unfortunately, not everyone is an altruist. In my opinion, capitalism is much better than socialism. It give everyone a better chance to become richer. Also, you can own your individual wealth. It’s not only good to yourself but also good for the whole country, people will work harder to get more money. I will choose to work in capitalism rather than socialism.

Weeks Feb. 21 and Feb. 28

Our Nation Information

The Holy Creed of փ

Motto: We are the Times

Flag: The flag itself consists of a clock, with our cities as the digits. It signifies what our nation believes in- that we are the times itself. It reminds us that we are a great influence over humanity.

Hierarchy:
       Valeska (Head of affiars): Herbert Chang
       Vesta (Foreign affairs): Peter Lee
       Kamali (Domestic affairs): Daniel Chen
Demographics:

The Arica in 19th Century

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw12KGSj53k
This vedio is talking about the scrable for Africa in 19th century. It said a lot of details about this event, also include the develope of Africa.

Our Nation Policies

Domestic Policies:

The goal of our nation’s economy is allow the citizens of փ to reach their dreams, and work where they want. Agriculture is dominated by technology, enabling 75% of the population to live in the 9 cities in the country with high standards of living, as it is not overpopulated and population growth is not extreme as shown in developed first world living environments. People will then have the right to work where they want. Wealth is not defined as money, as our country enables the conveniences of money- Health, housing, food, etc. Since the disadvantages of democracies is the disparities in wealth with the advantage of freedom of speech, with unlimited access to wealth (as it is not defined as money) allows rights to be accessed equally and freely. It becomes evident our nation obtain financial gain through trade of our technologically advanced wares and agricultural trade.

       Classes are generally defined so the lower class is reduced to machinery by our advanced technology. Areas around cities are used for agriculture and tourism. The middle class and higher class dominate the society. Wealth is also able to be shared amongst people. A zero paradigm ceases to exist as knowledge cannot be destroyed. We are the Times mean as our nation affects the current world, we openly take in the changes occurring in the world as well, thus we are the Times.

i) Currency policy:

       Private Currencies will be used, an interesting mechanism by which a stable currency might be achieved. Although central banks, currency boards, and the gold standard each attempt to restrain a government’s tendency to inflate, Our governments is removed from the provision of money. If private currencies are allowed to circulate freely, competition will ensure that the value of these currencies will remain constant. “If any issuer attempts to collect too much seigniorage by printing excessive amounts of its currency, consumers will substitute out of that currency into a competing currency with a more stable purchasing power. The offending currency will cease to circulate as money.” Hayek

Thus, currency issuers will have an incentive to remain honest. Governments be completely removed from the business of issuing money is not likely to come to fruition

in the near future. Nevertheless, his basic proposition that competition will provide the necessary incentive to keep people (or countries) honest. Our motto, We are the Times, thus implies we have no set currency, but follow the most stable currency on the market. We push for other countries to adapt as well.

ii) Education policy:

       Education is free, and there are several institutes in each city. As times go on, school is no longer the place you seek innovation and knowledge, but the Internet. Our Internet is based on a server that connects to databases, forums, and social platforms, which is monitored by those hired by the government, built up by the community. Both virtual and physical learning environments exist, where the Internet is learning and schools and institutions are application.

iii) Security policy

The security force is provided through police force, where offenders are to subject willingly to the directions of the police, else stun guns will render the offender unconscious. The police can be called upon when there is a violation of ones individual rights and rights to property. Internet security policies are enforced by government appointed moderators.

iv) Legal Policy

There are two sectors, Freedom Sector and Restricted Sector. Rights are entitled to both sectors, though the restricted sector is created for those who have committed crimes in the past. If someone from sector two commits crime again they will be subjected to imprisonment and bans from certain rights. Main rights are rights to knowledge, rights to property, and rights to ideas. The fundaments of our nation is to attempt to create an environment where the sharing of these rights is greatly encouraged, while not using it to create individual profit.

v) Health care

       The health care in our country is single-pay compulsory social insurance plan which centralizes the disbursement of health-care funds. The system promises equal access to health care for all citizens, aiming for population coverage of 99%. The health care system is funded through payroll tax, and is supplemented with out-of-pocket payments and direct government funding.

vi) Agricultural and Food production policy

     Our vision is not to advance as a nation, but to advance as humanity. The diversity of our wealth comes through trade, and that which is not cities or forests is arable land, which sus up to 54% of our countries land mass.

    

Issues of Domestic and Foreign Policy:

People are eligible as long as the citizen has lived in the Nation for 2 or more years, where as immigration must present a visa. As stated in our currency policy, we take the most stable private currency of the times. We acknowledge that the military strength of a nation is not defined as the army personnel but its advancement in weaponry and economic influence. Thus mandatory military service will not be required.

Foreign Policy:

We strive to improve the world as a whole, and the relationships between other countries are relatively peaceful. Disputed waters amongst the shores of Territory 21 have been problems since the beginning of our nation. We promoted the installation of intergovernmental organizations that provide health care and support amongst all nations.

i) Military, defence, and National Security:

     All military activities within our borders without previous notification will lead to the forfeiting of weapons found on the army personnel regardless of nationality. Any Resistance will be followed by return fire from our nations soldiers. Private sectors of cities and countries are out of bounds from all within our borders, and will lead to interrogation if caught. Attempts made on the breaching of virtual security will lead to interrogation and imprisonment, and no extraterrestrial rights will be given.

ii) Foreign aid

     Any catastrophes (natural or artificial) will receive foreign aid from us, regardless of the nations status towards our Nation. Enemies will receive help. We will only receive help from allies and neutral countries. We support the adaptation of our economy in other countries, as the spread of wealth amongst nations will only increase diversity and cultural richness of the world.

March 7 and March 14

The Hadza Tribe

   The Hadza tribe is a tribe which located near the lake of Eyasi in Afica. In this tribe, women wear traditional clothing like leather apron, and men wear a leather and a belt. Hadza is a very interesting tribe, during raining season, people live in small groups, and when the dry season comes, people will live in a group of 100 to 200. In this tribe, people move their living place every two weeks, they usually move with their own families member.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm8CQaCVyTY&feature=related

This is their dance, very interesting dance and song

Stop Disaster

  This is our nation's map. As you can see, the most important land is the middle one.It contains seven cities, lots of the resourses, and the most population. This land is all surround by moutains, execept for the only one gap at the top. Fortunately, there is a land at the top, so it can stop, or at least slow, decrease some big tsunami. The left land is surround by other lands too, so we don't need to care about it. The most dangerous part is the right small land, because it don't have any protection. To make sure our people is safe, there won't be too many on it. This is our plan to stop the disaster like tsunami.

Total Land Area: Two million square kilometers

Population: 25 million

Percent of population in cities: 75%

Religion and Percentage of population: Christian 90%

Ethnic groups and population: 60% Asian, 30% Caucasian, 10% African-American

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnrRohiB_74&feature=player_embedded

This is the big erathquack and tsunami which just happen in Japan. It shows how dangerous and how strong the tsunami can be. So, we need to do our best to protect our nation, and we need a plan if it happen.