There have been some interesting pieces on the development of global culture just recently, that people might like to use as examples within their newspaper articles. The first is that Google is now the U.K.’s number one brand, beating the home grown companies, B.P. was third. A couple of challenges as well, remember that the global culture can be censored at state level. Pakistan brought chaos to the net by attempting to block YouTube, because of videos that were deemed not appropriate for the Muslim population, Bjork has recently angered Chinese officials with her recent comments on stage about Tibet. This may lead to stricter controls on Western pop music.

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Thanks to Year 10 who have completed their Coca-Cola coursework. The quality is very good.

My apologises to Year 11, I haven’t got access to AOL at the moment, as they are having some issues, I feel a Virgin contract coming on… I will provide you with feedback hopefully tomorrow.

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Just been catching up with the Alan and the students of KES, they are also tackling the cultural geography unit, they are currently working on multiculturalism. Nice resources

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This is a lovely presentation of London, for Year 10 you might want to consider whether this presentation is a true representation of place? Is Year 11 is this a true representation of dominant culture?

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Just a quick reminder to Year 11 that your personal response to culture needs to be with me by Friday. Usual rules apply.

Nice marks for the coping with floods unit. Well done.

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Nice article from the Daily Telegraph to read in readiness for the Cultural Geography module.

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Year 11 will be finishing their final piece of Coping with Floods coursework over the holidays, Ho, Ho, Ho.

There is a nice photo story on the B.B.C. about British help in rebuilding one area effected by the tsunami, in your focus country Sri Lanka. The village is called Hampton, this would make a nice little mini-study within your storyboard. Why did Sri Lanka need such help? Remember to use development statistics to help explain your thinking.

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Google Earth has now updated its imagery of the continent, the new higher resolution images just confirm the isolation and extreme nature of the environment. Worth a peak, look out for Nunataks, Glaciers, Ice Shelves, Pack Ice and Pancake Ice.

Japan has also decided not to hunt 50 humpback whales in the Southern Ocean for ’scientific’ reasons, but will still hunt a 1000 whales of different species. This is despite a moratorium on hunting. Another example of how our extreme environment is used/exploited by humans.

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Your last piece of coursework in this unit is to produce a storyboard in PowerPoint focusing on a case study of a coastal flood, which effected a L.E.D.C. country. You need to research the 2004 Asian Tsunami and its impact on Sri Lanka. Adam asked me whether I will put together a support page, I will attempt to do this when my head stops spinning over the coming days.  There is a wealth of good material on the event on the net, especially photographs, so I expect to see some well annotated diagrams and images, please remember to keep a bibliography.

Remember in this piece you will need to explain the causes, impacts and responses to the flooding, but you will also need to explain why Sri Lanka ,as a L.E.D.C. country,would take longer to recover. A good way of doing this is through development indicators.

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You may have realised that I’m ill and not in College at the moment, despite this your flooding coursework Part.2 still needs to be handed me in electronic form by Friday 14th of December. I would prefer work via my external address because my internal one is looking a bit jammed with work to do…

Please do not leave work on my desk, I can’t physically accept it and if it becomes lost I have to observe the default position that it hasn’t been handed in.

Please remember, no work, no mark.

If you have any concerns please contact me a.s.a.p.

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