INDONESIA
IN A SOUTHEAST ASIA INDONESIA HAS THE LARGEST ECONOMY, YET IT HAS HIT ITS SLOWEST GROWING ECONOMY IN 2 YEARS. AT 6% IT IS A BIG IMPACT ON THEM FROM THE 6.1% RAISE IN THE PAST QUARTER. THEY WERE BOTH RECORDED IN THE SAME PERIOD. A BIG REASON FOR THIS IS BECAUSE THE EXPORTS HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST SEVEN MONTHS. A BIG ONE OF THEIR EXPORTS IS PALM OIL, AND OTHERS ARE RUBBER, TIN, AND COAL.
THIS IS SIMILAR TO WHEN WE WATCHED THE VIDEO OF THE SWEDISH MAN. HE WAS SHOWING ECONOMY OF CHINA, JAPAN, USA, AND UK. IT WENT FROM 1800'S TO NOW. THIS HAS TO DO WITH IT BECAUSE IT IS TALKING ABOUT HOW ECONOMIES ARE GROWING AND WHY. ALSO, HOW THEY ARE DECREASING AND WHY.
THIS IS SIMILAR TO WHEN WE WATCHED THE VIDEO OF THE SWEDISH MAN. HE WAS SHOWING ECONOMY OF CHINA, JAPAN, USA, AND UK. IT WENT FROM 1800'S TO NOW. THIS HAS TO DO WITH IT BECAUSE IT IS TALKING ABOUT HOW ECONOMIES ARE GROWING AND WHY. ALSO, HOW THEY ARE DECREASING AND WHY.
CROSSING POP CULTURE
GAKI NO TSUKAI ( picture on the left) IS A JAPANESE GAME SHOW THAT HAS ITS CONTESTANTS DO CRAZY CHALLENGES. ONE F MY PERSONAL FAVORITES IS CALLED WALL OF BOXES. FOR THIS PARTICULAR CHALLENGE THE CONTESTANTS SIT ON TOP OF A HUGE WALL OF BOXES. THEY CHOOSE A NUMBER OFF A CHART AND EACH NUMBER HAS A PUNISHMENT BEHIND IT, THE PUNISHMENT THEN "ATTACK" THEIR BOXES AND TRY TO MAKE THEM FALL. THE LAST PERSON WITH BOXES STILL UP WINS. WIPEOUT IS AN AMERICAN GAME SHOW THAT CHALLENGES CONTESTANTS TO GO THROUGH MANY OBSTACLES. EACH STAGE OF OBSTACLES IS DIFFERENT, THROUGH EACH STAGE PEOPLE ARE ELIMINATED, AND ON THE LAST ONE ONLY TWO ARE LEFT AND FIGHT TO WIN THE MONEY PRIZE. THEY ARE SIMILAR IN THE SENSE THAT THE CONTESTANTS MUST GO THROUGH "OBSTACLES" TO WIN.
WEB ARCHAEOLOGY
THIS IS A STYLE OF POTTERY THAT WAS CREATED IN THE JOMON PERIOD. JOMON WAS NAMED AFTER ITS POTTERY TECHNIQUES, IT MEANS " PATTERNS OF PLAITED CORD." I BELIEVE THAT THIS POT WAS MOST LIKELY MADE IN THE PEROD OF JUMON KNOWN AS MIDDLE JOMON 2,5000 B.C.E-1,500 B.C.E. IN THIS ERA THEY WERE BEGINNING TO MIGRATE TO MORE MOUNTAIN AREAS IN JAPAN. THEY ALSO BEGAN TO MORE AGRICULTURE.
THESE CLAY FIGURES WERE KNOWN AS, DUGO. AT THIS TIME THE POTTERY WAS BECOMING MORE SOPHISTICATED THAN IT WAS BEFORE. THE PURPOSE FOR THESE CERTAIN FIGURINES ARE NOT YET COMPLETELY FIGURED OUT. THERE ARE SOME THEORIES THOUGH. ONE THEORY IS THAT THEY WERE USED AS TALISMANS OR FOR SAFE CHILDBIRTH. OTHERS BELIEVE THAT THEY WERE TOYS FOR LITTLE ONES. ONE OF THE CRAZIEST BELIEFS WAS THAT THEY WERE WHAT THE ALIENS THAT VISITED THEM LOOKED LIKE.
THESE CLAY FIGURES WERE KNOWN AS, DUGO. AT THIS TIME THE POTTERY WAS BECOMING MORE SOPHISTICATED THAN IT WAS BEFORE. THE PURPOSE FOR THESE CERTAIN FIGURINES ARE NOT YET COMPLETELY FIGURED OUT. THERE ARE SOME THEORIES THOUGH. ONE THEORY IS THAT THEY WERE USED AS TALISMANS OR FOR SAFE CHILDBIRTH. OTHERS BELIEVE THAT THEY WERE TOYS FOR LITTLE ONES. ONE OF THE CRAZIEST BELIEFS WAS THAT THEY WERE WHAT THE ALIENS THAT VISITED THEM LOOKED LIKE.