Archive for March, 2007
Making a map, part 1
Getting the map from LOC.
Deciding what to do, three scenes.
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I’m alive… really, I am…
Not that anyone reads this with any regularity (made impossible by my irregular postings)….
I stumbled upon this cool video explaining “Web 2.0″ from http://www.metagrrrl.com/ (I hate buzz words, and Web 2.0 is a huge bloated, overused, ugly buzz word. Oh well..)
Anyhow, it’s really cool…
(If it doesn’t show up, here’s the link.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE
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Discussion of Kenny A Carnival of Revolution
We discussed Carnival of Revolution by Padraic Kenney.
Some further causes to the fall of Communism.
- People are no longer afraid
- they’re just plain fed up.
- The behavior of the generals was very important. They gave up and wouldn’t support the regime with the military.
Fall of communism predicted by George F. Kennan.
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Notes from Kenny “A Carnival of Revolution”
A Carnival of Revolution: Central Europe 1989
ISBN-10: 069111627X
Publisher: Princeton University Press; New Ed edition (August 11, 2003)
Intro:
Three common explanations for the fall of communism:
- Gorbachev inspired and encouraged change which provided the atmosphere for revolution.
- Economics - The communist economy was bankrupt and no longer able to support their facade. Mass emigration showed public disapproval. Some governments experimented with free-market economies even before their collapse.
- Intellectuals - Intellectual opposition ideas were cultivated from Western ideas and local tradition and culture. These ideas were disseminated widely and a great percentage of the population had access to them. This could be a reason for the non-violent revolutions.
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