On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, you wrote:

> I was wondering about revising the class introduction.  I know at the
beginning of the quarter you wanted us to talk about our past experiences
with geography & our expectations for the class.  But now that we're using
it as an introduction to our portfolio, do you still want that information
included?    >

Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 21:26:54 -0700 (PDT)
From: Economic Geography 
Subject: Re: introduction page question

	I might suggest that you leave that part in as part of the
introduction, maybe give it an appropriate new subheading. Feel free to
edit it if you think that is needed. This is a portfolio, not a narrowly
targeted and tightly packaged project. Some personal background and
context still make a lot of sense.
							GK

On Fri, 31 May 2002, one of you wrote: Professor Krumme,>

> I was looking at the website at the presentations and I have a question
> for you about them.  On the website it states that the presentations can
> be done on a presentation poster board.  But in class I remember that you
> said that we could put our portfolio together with a binder.  If we put
> all of our papers into a binder is that good enough for our presentation
> of our portfolio?  Or do we need to do that along with doing a
> presentation on a poster board?  I am a little confused about this, so if
> you could clear it up for me that would be great.>> Thank you,>
> 

Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 16:58:35 -0700 (PDT)
From: Economic Geography 
Subject: Re: final presentations

	Basically all forms of presentation are potential options,
including posters, videos etc. Since the written work is part of the
presentation, only the Web and paper (in an organized fashion) lend
themselves to that. (However, paper has the distinct disadvantage that you
cannot link your sources to it conveniently. Otherwise, a well-done
paper-portfolio should be competitive with online ones). Hope this answers
your question.						
							GK

P.S. Please make copies of everything you turn in. Posters will not be 
turned in but evaluated in the classroom. Powerpoint slides are hopefully 
also on your Website. If they are not, please submit a duplicated disk.
The core part of your Portfolio, namely the written assignments, need to 
be either on the Web or be submitted a second time, now in revised and 
typed form, stapled together or in a thin folder, NOT in a ringbinder. 



On Sat, 1 Jun 2002, you wrote:> Professor Krumme-
> I just have a question regarding our portfolios.  The template you made 
up for us has a subheading I am confused about.  So I know the "my 
discussion statement" is supposed to be a conclusion summing up our 
portfolio including an outline of our research, contributions in class, 
and our in-class and on-line discussion contributions.  I also know that in 
the "discussion statement" we are supposed to touch on how we integrated 
207 material/thoughts and ideas into the individual assignments.  I am 
unsure, however, about he "my discussion group" part of the portfolio.  In 
this part of the portfolio are we supposed to identify our discussion 
group, why we're in it, and our statements made within the group?  Thanks.
> Sincerely,>


Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 23:52:54 -0700 (PDT)
From: Economic Geography 
Subject: Re: 207 porfolio:

	Don't take the categories too seriously. They are part of the
template, not explicitly of the class requirements. The group &
collaboration component has become an 
"optional opportunity", like many others...
Having said that, if you feel your study- (or community-) group has worked 
well, why not give me some feedback ....							
						GK
 

 
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The famous Template for members' Directory 
has been expanded to include 
the file myorg.html. In some cases it may be appropriate to download 
the template again, especially if you have problems with the links and the 
tags.


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On Mon, 27 May 2002, you  wrote:
> I finished the homework for this week. It can be found at
> http://students.washington.edu/myuwlogin/207/myorg.html>
> Out of curiosity, I'm wondering how my grade is. I ask this because you
> don't provide any feedback to the homework, and I'm also unsure how
> resubmittals of quizes affect my grade.

Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 15:24:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: Economic Geography 
Subject: Feedback

	Thanks. What do you mean by not providing "any feedback"? Just ask
those in the class who asked for it! :) You may get more than you like.
(But: first come first served).

	The assignments are part&parcel of the final Portfolio and will be
graded as such. Individual members have been notified when there were
fatal problems with their assignments. Otherwise, I expect members to
follow the guidelines, read (or listen) to my generalized responses or ask
questions (by Email) about all or specific assignments. The components of
the final Portfolio are listed here:

faculty.washington.edu/krumme/207/02/slide1LP.html

I had another look at your individual assignments, incl. the last (which
still needs to be connected to your Directory). You have
followed instructions very well, have selected your assignment foci around
a tight topic and are on your way to an "A" for your Portfolio. My only 
specific reservation is that some of your assignments still need headings 
and your resource page seems to need a second tier of subheadings.
Please have a look at the final instructions for the Portfolio 
and Presentation.

Resubmitted quizzes will count as part of "participation".						
								G.K.


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Time Geography -- Is it 
Art?


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I would very much appreciate if those of you who received significant and 
useful help (class content or Web- or presentation related) from specific 
other members in the class would "report" them 
(with a brief description of the nature of the help).
5th-Hour credit should be given where credit is due. 

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Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 23:47:35 -0700


To: econgeog@u.washington.edu


Subject: Agglomeration economies

Professor Krumme-

I was wrong about agglomeration economies in my midterm essay. They are
benefits, savings, or cost reductions resulting from the clustering of
activities. As for scale economies, I learned from Stutz that "external
scale economies represent two forms of agglomeration economies: (1)
localization, or industry economies and (2) urbanization ecnomies." The
first refers to the declining average costs for firms which result as the
output of the industry they are in increases. The second refers to the
declining average costs that firms experience as cities increase their
scales of activity.

So, now I understand that agglomeration economies are the savings
in costs resulting from the clustering of activites, and not the
clustering of activites themselves. Sorry it took me so long
to understand this.


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On Mon, 20 May 2002, you wrote:

> You have a message up for those who missed the may 16th class to submit
the arrow linkages activity. Was this supposed to be turned in? I
attended the entire class but dont recall it being turned in.
>
> Thanks for the clarification

Answer:

Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 12:23:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: Economic Geography 
Subject: Re: May 16th Class

        No, it should be turned in only by those who missed the class;
just to be sure that they are "with us" when we continue the discussion.
                                                        GK






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May 21: Quiz #4 [One 10-Minute Essay-Type 
Statement based on
Week 7 Classes and on (up-to & including) Week 7 Readings]





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Materials for May 16, 2002

We discussed three major topics on Thursday (yes, the day when many of you 
had something better to do than come to class and did not bother sending 
me an Email).
	


 What factors influence the optimal height of skyscrapers? (Questions 
of urban and 
rural intensities of land use; the law of diminishing returns)
(Some Resources);

 The Urban Economic Base: Selected Economic Interdependence 
Structures;

If you missed the class, or left early, and you want
to exonerate yourself at least partially, here is what you can do for 
yourself: Submit the 
exercise which you find on this page and which in part covers our class 
discussions: Click here!

 (Beginning of) Discussion of Theme #4 (Stay tuned!) 
	


Announcements:
	

 Presentation of Portfolio During Week #10 (Coming soon: Stay tuned to 
this frequency!)
	
	



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Some Early Feedback for the 
Resource Pages (Paper & 
Electronic)
	
 
As of 3pm (Wed May 15), there are still a few Resource 
Pages missing!
Unless I received an Email from you, they are now overdue (but, of course,
remain due for residual credit). No credit can be given, if your
submission has an address which is not accessible via the membership list.
If you have sent me an Email with an alternative URL that is fine for the
time being. However, please change the name of the file to resources.html
and post it to your 207 subdirectory (a.s.a.p.). 
 
Needed
Improvements (a.s.a.p.): 

 
Titles like "Resource Page", "Citations"
are NOT sufficient. You have a (specific!) focus or topic which you
targeted with your resources. We need that! There are a few without names
or even minimal topics. 
Two-tiered subheadings (i.e. two layers of
subheadings) remain required. Such organizational subheadings should make
a numbering of resources unnecessary (I can count to twenty)! 
All
Internet references submitted on your Webpage need to be connected
(clickable!). 

 4 or 8 references will not count as having met the
deadline; 15 or more (with at least some annotations) will. Please
complete the assignment a.s.a.p. 
 Paper submissions with more than 3
Internet references (URLs) have to be posted on the Webpage with tags
a.s.a.p. 
 
 

What I liked in a few pages was an identification
of the resources which were actually consulted/read/retrieved. 
 


Once you have received initial credit for on-time posting and basic
requirements, the Resource Page can be improved and expanded until Week
10. Final grading will commence on Friday, June 7th, after 5pm. 
 

More to come....
	



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On Sun, 12 May 2002, you wrote:> Professor Krumme,

> I've finished my resource page, and I am once again struggling to try 
and post my assignment on the web.  I e-mailed you regarding the location 
quotient assignment, and you said that it was fine to turn in a hard copy 
of that assignment.  I am wondering if you are okay with me handing in a 
copy of my resource page assignment.....I will continue to try and get it 
posted but doubt it will happen easily or any time soon
			---Thanks.
			> Sincerely,>


Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 07:34:25 -0700 (PDT)
From: Economic Geography 

	If you are "struggling", what keeps you from progressing? What is
the bottleneck? How can I (or others in the class) help explaining it?

	The urgency to publish your resource page on the Web depends very
much on whether you are listing Internet resources (which can't be clicked
from paper).							
							G.K.

P.S.: 
How to create (hyper)links in your resource page
[http://faculty.washington.edu/krumme/guides/links.html]





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You wrote:

> I was also wondering if I can add more to my introduction and location
> quotient.  I did several calculation for my LQ but i only submitted one.
> Finally, I went to some HTML crash course through the SACG and I was
> wondering if I can turn my introduction into a sub Webpage about myself.
> Or I can do something about Econ Geog and make a Webpage for it for my
> fifth hour activity.

Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 07:46:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: Economic Geography 
Subject: Webpage Improvements

Yes, as I mentioned in class many times, you are encouraged to consider
all of your assignments as "drafts" and "under construction", i.e. to
improve and correct them during the remainder of the quarter. That is the
advantage of having your own Webpage!

The same applies to your introduction which should become the introduction
to your "Portfolio", should be confined to your academic interests and
pursuits and should be listed in your 207 directory. Do not hesitate to
link a personal page to this introduction, but DO NOT make your personal
page part of Geography 207.						
						G.K.




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May 10, 2002:  Kudos (Compliments) go to:
 
	
 
Chester Knapp who found a rather
serious error in his Stutz text on p.265, namely in the location rent
formula. "a" should stand for "production cost per unit of product" and
NOT: production cost per unit of land. My copy of Stutz shows it
correctly, and I suspect that a later printing of the text incorporates
(some? all?) corrections. Let's look out for mistakes in Stutz! Chester or
I will create a Webpage dedicated to errors in the text. Stay tuned and
send in your suspected mistakes (there are extra-credits to be had)!

Tonja Colvin who is in the process of 
dedicating 
her Webpage to the issue of "Substitution" in theoretical Economic 
Geography by creating (to be) hypertextually linked statements related to 
the 
subject. Again, stay tuned or venture already a glimpse at her 
evolving page system 
(Click!)
	



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Feedback on Assignments: (Posted: May 4)
On Sat, 4 May 2002, ABC wrote:

Prof Krumme:

I was wondering when we get our assignments back with a grade? It helps me
to know how well I am doing in the class. Thanks,  

Krumme's Answer:

Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 20:07:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: Economic Geography 
Subject: Re: Grades

	All written assignments will become part of your final portfolio
(as announced in class and on  this and 
other Websites) and will be graded as such. Until then, they constitute 
drafts and can be continuously improved. At any time, you can asked for 
general or specific feedback on your performance as well as on individual 
assignments. I will respond to such requests on a "first come, first 
served" basis. I expect that you will respond to my feedback either by 
making appropriate changes or by articulating why you feel that my 
comments are not really useful.

	I assume that you wish to get some feedback, and I will provide 
it a.s.a.p. 

					Thanks for asking. GK

(P.S. I will try to make sure that all obvious and "fatal" errors will be 
communicated to you soon after submission. However, you also have a 
responsibility to read and to respond to generalized comments such as 
those posted for the Book Review {Click!} ) 



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Midterm Quiz #3 (May 7): Q & A (Click!)


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>> > Hello Professor Krumme,> >

> > I submitted a hard copy of my Quiz 2 revisions. I'd like to know if I
> > improved my answers or if I'm still missing some important concepts.> 
>
> > Also, I attended a free HTML workshop Monday and I'm going to post a
> > summary of the experience on my 207 page under "My 5th Hour or Outreach
> > Experience."> >

> > I also plan to participate in an online discussion forum. Is that
> > considered 5th Hour participation and how will you record this?> >
> > Thank you


Yours truly anwered:

Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 22:00:29 -0700 (PDT)
From: Economic Geography 
Subject: Re: 207 Quiz 2 rewrite, 5th hour posting

	Your three questions: 

1. Your quiz corrections are (largely) fine.
However, I don't understand what you are trying to say in the very first
sentence of your agglomeration economies answer. As you suggest correctly
in your answer #2, distance is a separate "space-differentiating force"
apart from agglomeration & scale economies and the land-intensity of
activities. No doubt, agglomeration economies are (by definition)
distance dependent, but the emphasis is on the interdependencies and scale
which generate the savings for the businesses involved.

2. Your HTML/Design workshop seemed to have helped you. Consider this your
5th hour. You now seem to be at the appropriate/desirable (but not 
required) level for this class.

3. Discussion contributions are part of the class. You will get
"participation" credit.
						
					 GK




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> On Fri, 3 May 2002, (one of) you wrote:

Prof. Krumme,
> > I'm a little concerned about my grade on the latest quiz. I hate to
bother you with my sob stories, but i'm really competitive when it comes
to grades and hope that i'll have a chance to redeem myself.  I turned a
correction of my quiz and feel like i definitely have a greater
understanding of the material, especially with concern to agglomeration
economies.  If you could let me know what type of steps i can take to
ensure success on the next quiz(Tuesday), i would be grateful. Just an
idea of which types of material to study would be helpful. Thanks again
for your consideration and have a good weekend!

Krumme's response:

Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 22:47:32 -0700 (PDT)
From: Economic Geography 
Subject: Re: geog. 207

	Your rewritten quiz was fine and I appreciated the depth you tried
to reach in your answers (i.e. that you went beyond a "word-minimizing
definition". I might argue with your statement that "as transportation
costs become cheaper, the benefits of locating close to each other has
become less significant." I would suggest that you could also defend the
proposition that lower transport costs would permit agglomeration
economies to become a more effective "space-differentiating force". Think
about whether both suggestions might be viable under different conditions/
assumptions (e.g. with different kinds of agglomeration benefits).



QUIZ #3:
 [30 Minutes, 1 Essay (15), 3 short answers (5 each)]

	What to do in preparation for Tuesday's midterm quiz? I might
suggest to consider different preparatory stages from passive to active 
and from less to more conceptual and analytical sophistication:

1. Vocabulary (still with us, whether we like it or not)
   Resource: Your own glossary; Krumme's or alternative glossary,
   explanations in Stutz
   (i.e. try to get "second opinions" or better "alternative
    formulations" which together are likely to make the concept	
    clearer.)

2. Distinguish between concepts, i.e. contrast or delineate concepts.

3. Relate concepts to each other in view of deriving some principle or
theoretical insight.

4. Apply principles to situations, (especially) other than those mentioned
in class or text.

In terms of the nitty-gritty of preparations:
1. One probably should start with a passive review of terms and required
readings. This is the time to get your Notebook into top shape! Organizing 
your notebook, remembering & looking up conceptual organizing schemes from 
class, and adding additional content involves activities which tend 
to stick in your mind... 

2. An intermediate step might be to review the examinations of past
years (caution: earlier years covered to an extent different content and 
were organized slightly differently, but you can still learn how 
questions are formulated, what is this guy looking for, etc.) 

3. A more active preparation would involve formulating your own
questions... and then locking yourself into a closet and actually
answering your questions (then maybe exchanging questions & answers with 
other class members for corrections and expansions)!

I will post this response on the Messages page and add
to it over the next few days if I can think of anything else.

				Let's hope that this helps. GK




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Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 10:22:49 -0700 (PDT)
From: ABC

Prof. Krumme
I am in the process of learning how to link my LQ analysis to th proper
directory, but i am having difficulties doing this on my own.  I have
talked to several students for advice and they themselves are not sure on
how to link their documents.
I have completed the assignment and will try to link my assignment later
this afternoon after class.

From econgeog@u.washington.edu Wed May  1 13:17:35 2002
Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 13:16:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: Economic Geography 

Just be sure that your file name is "lq.html". The link to

http://students.washington.edu/yourlogin/207/lq.html
	
has been made already (as part of the template's table of 
contents)!					

							GK


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From econgeog@u.washington.edu Tue Apr 30 16:56:49 2002

On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 someone wrote:

Professor Krumme,
        I have a question regarding the quiz we just got back. You said 
that question 1 and 2 were worth 4 points, and question 3 was worth 2 points 
plus the bonus. Well I had my discussion topic and theme correct on the quiz, 
but was not given any points for them and got 1 bonus point. I realize I 
only got 3 points and that the 2 points you missed would only bring me up 
to 5 points, but it is a better score. Can i bring the quiz back to you 
and have you change the score?
        Also, I try very hard in the class, inside and outside the 
classroom,
but I do find it difficult to keep up with all the glossary words, about 
50+ each week. I am going to continue to try but I can not guarantee that 
I will be able to remember every single glossary word, especially since I 
have a total of about 200words in 5 weeks. Thank you, xyz

Answer:

Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 16:54:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: Economic Geography 
Subject: Re: Geo 207

XYZ:
	Thanks for sharing your thoughts and frustrations(?).
1. I am happy to look at your test again. I did not make copies (as I
often do). So I can't comment right now. My mistakes will be corrected.

2. Yes, I am fully aware that the vocabulary is heavy... but:

a) you always get a choice on tests... thus not every word is needed...

b) you mention 50+ words per week....  I can't believe that... many terms
are coming up twice. That is called "double-counting".

c) the number of new words will be declining sharply to almost zero in
weeks 9 and 10. There is hope! However, we will switch increasingly to
working with those term and to generating theoretical & analytical
insights around the underlying concepts, etc. Thus, it will become 
"easier" only with respect to new terminology. Thinking also can become 
painful.
							G.K.



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QUIZ #2: What is the Deal?

The results of quiz#2 were wide ranging: Out of ten points, they cover
a range from no points whatsoever to several students with 11 or 12 points
(incl. bonus). Clearly, a relatively large number of students have not yet
processed the message that we need to master the fundamentals before
proceeding to analytical and critical thinking stages. 

Since we are still before the half-way point of the quarter, I am inclined 
to give you the benefit of my doubts and another chance: Here is the deal:

This last quiz will count only if your score was higher than your average
of all remaining in-class, closed-book examinations. That is the score
will NOT count if it is lower than your performance from now on... This
deal, however, will work for those of you with a point total 
of 5 or
less (out of ten, for the whole test) or 4 or less (out of eight, for the
first two parts) only if you produce a "re-write" with two copies, one for 
me (unless you have done it already) and one for your own notebook, by
Thursday of this week! Less formally, you also need to promise to start 
your own glossary as part of your preparations for the next test (next 
Tuesday). You can also submit the rewrite online and send me the URL by 
Email. A deal?



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Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 13:53:52 -0700 (PDT)
From: Economic Geography 
Subject: Re: LQ assignment:

On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, ABC wrote:
> Hi Professor Krumme,
I was looking at the example for the location quotient assignment, and 
I'm a bit confused.  According to the formula, it's some kind of
employment(e.g. of a state) divided by population of that state then
divided by the same thing at a larger scale.  But the example was the
employment of transportation equip. manufacturing in Washington divided 
by employment of manufacturing in Washington.  So I guess my question is 
are we comparing employment against population or employment of a specific
scale against the large scale as a whole.
I hope I'm not confussing you with this question, it's hard to explain
through email.  So to simplify it a little, I'm comparing the employment
of food preparation and serving related occupation of the metropolis 
area of New York.  Do I have to compare that to the population of New 
York or to the employment of New York?

GK's Answer:

The example of the slide:

http://faculty.washington.edu/krumme/207/02/slide45A.html
spells out that you either compare the industry share of
total manufacturing employment (or population) in the region with that of 
the nation, OR
you compare the region's share of the total national industry (transport
equipment) with the region's share of all (national) manufacturing
employment or population. The results are obviously the same. Thus you 
need both the component and the total of all activities as well as the 
regional and the total (national) data.

Comparing employment (shares) with population (shares) is permissible, 
since population is generally a good benchmark for economic activities.					
					Does this help?  GK

        Gunter Krumme, Tel. 206-543-9089; Fax: 206-543-3313;
  econgeog@u.washington.edu; http://faculty.washington.edu/krumme/







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"Agglomeration Economies"? Click!





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Quiz #2
(posted Sat, April 27, 10pm)

I have looked at most of the #2 Quizzes and am "underwhelmed". A lot more 
work needs to be done by many of you! To get a start, please have a look 
at the "answer sheet". The quiz will be returned 
on Tuesday. For all of you who received 5 or less points (out of 10) or 4 
or less (out of 8) on parts 1 and 2, and 
who have not yet submitted a re-write, such will be mandatory and will be 
due on Thursday! This 
re-write should include ALL questions, not just those you selected.
What is also important is that you start a glossary a.s.a.p. and simply 
learn your vocabulary. Thanks!



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Location Quotient Exercise:



You may find some additional help for the interpretation of your LQ 
results here: Click!
The online due date has been extended to Wednesday (Noon)
If you have problems finding data, send me an Email. However, you have 
to identify what exactly you are looking for, where you have searched 
already and whether you might be willing to settle for other types of data 
(which?)
You will find the guidelines for this exercise here (also handed out in 
class).
	




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STRUCTURE: We have a first entry in our class 
competition for the best graph depicting the various meanings of 
"structure" in economic geography:  Click 
here! (pdf file) Good show and thank you, Erik Earle!



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DISCUSSION GROUPS & THEMES:

A prelimenary review of the topics you selected and the available 
discussion dates suggests (tentatively) the following realignment of "themes":
	

 Effects of September 11
 Costs and Benefits of Information Technologies and the Internet 
[= Week 
# 3]
 The death of distance and the future of Economic Geography [Week #5]
 Do we really need cities, their services and traffic congestions?
   (the old themes #7&8) [= Week #7]
 Social and Environmental Implications of Economic Globalization
   (the old themes #5&6) [= Week #9]
	

Please review how well your own interests and specific "topic" fit into 
this revised scheme of general themes and let me know your response.



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From rroth@u.washington.edu Wed Apr 24 16:15:03 2002
From: Richard Roth 
Subject: UGA (fwd)

The 
Undergraduate Geography 
Association(UGA) will be having an informational
meeting tommorrow, April 25, at 11:30am in RM 409 Smith.  All students
interested in finding out what the UGA is and what we are up to are welcome
to attend.

Purpose of the UGA:  to promote a sense of community and identity as
geography undergraduate students, to enhance academic and career
opportunities, and to build a network of support for students interested in
geography.

Come by and check us out!



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Participate: Request and design your group's own 
discussion for(u)m! 

Look on the Password Page (Directory) for 
details!



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BOOK REVIEW FEEDBACK:

Some comments: (Additional comments may be posted here as I find time to 
read more of your reviews)	

 Reviewing your (Stutz) text or a chapter from it is NOT (!) 
appropriate. The idea was to access new literature and the Library. Those 
who reviewed Stutz need to write another review!

I encouraged you to concentrate your review on one or two chapters and 
only
to skim the remainder. I did not suggest to ignore the remainder.
A sentence or two about the book as a whole and a reference to some of the 
content other than that of your chapter(s) would be appropriate.
Otherwise, we should have called this a "Chapter Review".

 If this selected chapter has absolutely nothing to do with your 
Discussion Topic (or at least with your "Community"), or you have not 
mentioned such a link, then you owe it to yourself and your group	

 either to establish such a link (with an extension of your Review) or
 to re-enter the literature in the (sub)field (Theme, Topic) you have 
identified for yourself and write another review. Remember, all this 
becomes 
part of your portfolio, and you want to be able to link your various 
assignments in the introduction to your portfolio. 	
[This review (similar to the "Introduction") will be graded now as a 
step toward and, at 
quarter's end, as part of your ultimate portfolio]


If your book is "old", let's say more than 20 years, you may need to
justify its selection as a review book in 2002. One would expect that 
you would be able to make some statements as to how relevant the content 
still is today and/or how you would (will) be able to find out.

Modern Internet "search engines" make it very easy to 
identify the sources you may have used, especially if they have been used 
inappropriately. So far, I found one case of flagrant plagiarism. I hope 
that the student who committted this "NoNo" will voluntarily submit a 
replacement review of a different book (The earlier one will not count).

 Try to avoid expressions like:	
	
"the author (or the book) did a great job"
"the book (or chapter) talks about..."; (how do books talk?) this 
becomes especially painful when the expression is used in sentence after 
sentence...	

The book you review should be clearly and fully identified at the top 
of or below your text this includes author(s) or 
editor(s), full title, place of publication, name of publisher, and year 
of publication. Of course, in addition you should mention the author(s) 
and the title of the book in the text as part of your review. 


Your review (as anything you are writing) should have a title! 

Different parts of your review should be contained in different 
paragraphs. Due to the (short) length of the review, these different parts 
do not require (but may have!) subheadings. Subheadings are strongly 
encouraged for all of your future writings in this class; they help a 
great deal to communicate the structure of your writing to the typical 
reader who does not have much time (like your instructor). 
		


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Performance Feedback:
 (4/20)
All written tests taken in class will (starting with Quiz #2) be returned 
within a week. Rewrites will generally not be returned. Other assignments 
(Intro, Review, L.Q. etc.) will become part of your 
evolving portfolio documentation. Problems with missed due dates, length, 
format, accessibility, and major missing components will be identified and 
recorded "just-in-time". Students who would like to receive feedback 
about specific tasks or their general performance in the class should send 
an Email to econgeog@u. My responsiveness will be based on available time 
and "first come, first served".


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Assignments which have been submitted online have to be accessible. 
Thus, 
even if they have been posted on time, they can receive credit as such only if 
they can be readily reached via the student's name on the Membership 
List and his/her table of contents ("Directory"). Please check that 
all the "clicks" actually work! Thanks! 


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QUIZ #2: (posted April 20, 2002; 11:30 
a.m.)

All examinations are designed to provide students with an 
opportunity to check on their progress in this class. 
Quiz #2 (4th week) is very brief and emphasizes the expected basic 
understanding 
of key concepts covered so far in class or the readings. If you have any 
difficulties with this test (not just the questions you selected), you are 
expected to do two things, namely:
	

 re-submit the test on Thursday (of 4th week) with (corrected) answers
(to all questions you were not able to answer) 
making sure that you express the answers in YOUR OWN words (i.e. not copy 
the answer from the text or the glossary). 
These second submissions will 
NOT replace your original test but will go a long way towards 
documenting that you take this class and its learning objectives 
seriously (The re-submitted results will become part of the 
"participation" component of your final grade).
 improve on your "record-keeping" (your own glossary) of terminology 
and concepts covered in the readings and in the text.	
	

To prepare yourself for this test it may be best that you start with all 
the terms and concepts 
which you have identified as covered either in class or in the required 
readings (including the readings for week#4). 
Chances that a particular concept will appear on a test will be 
greater if this concept has at least been mentioned in class.

It is also highly advisable to study the past tests from this class which 
you find here. While the content
of 207 does not remain the same from year to year, there are many key 
concepts which have been with us for a while. More importantly, the 
questions give you an indication of the nature of the tests and the kind 
of 
questions which can be formulated on the basis of class objectives and 
materials at different stages of the quarter.
 

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Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 12:12:03 -0700
From: recycle@u.washington.edu
Subject: UW Seattle Expands Recycling

This message is being sent to all Faculty, Staff, and Students by
recycle@u.washington.edu, with approval of the Office of the Executive
Vice President.

The UW Recycling Program announces a giant step forward--glass and plastic
container recycling on the Seattle campus.

Beginning April 19, you can recycle plastic and glass bottles in existing
gray bins that were formerly for aluminum cans only.  Signs and
instructions are being placed on the bins, located in hallways, lounges
and other public areas in over 100 buildings on the Seattle campus.

You may recycle all colors of glass bottles and plastic beverage bottles
marked #1 and #2.  Look for the #1 or #2 inside the recycling triangle on the
bottom of plastic bottles.  Do not put broken glass, ceramic cups, mirrors,
sheets of plastic, plastic wrap, trash or other contaminants in the gray
bins.

The improved and expanded recycling provides greater convenience for
recyclers, increases the amount of material diverted from landfill, and
lowers the University's solid waste costs.

For more information: http://www.washington.edu/admin/recycling/news
  Or phone 206-685-2811

If you have questions or concerns about this issue, please reply to
recycle@u.washington.edu.



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Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 09:02:43 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time)
From: Richard Roth 
To: Geography Advising News 
Subject: Fw: internship opportunity (fwd)

Some good advice from Kate Duttro of the Career Center on using the
e-Recruiting webtool, available at the site:

http://uwjobs.erecruiting.com/security/login.jsp

Also, a hot tip for you economic geographers and number cruncher-analyst
types:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 08:15:59 -0800
From: K. Duttro 
Subject: Fw: internship opportunity

Rick,
Some of your students might be interested to know about this, and since
everyone has access to eRecruiting.....
(They can do a simple search in the internships category for statistics, or
Bureau of Labor and Statistics, etc.)
Cheers,
Kate

----- Original Message -----
From: "Maureen Crawford" 
Subject: internship opportunity

Hi all:

For those of you working with economics students: the Bureau of Labor and
Statistics just posted a paid summer internship for an economic assistant on
eRecruiting.

Maureen Crawford, Assistant Director
Center for Career Services
134 Mary Gates Hall, Box 35-2810
Seattle WA 98195-2810 
http://depts.washington.edu/careers
206 543-9109




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Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 15:48:43 -0800 (PST)
From: Disabled Student Services 
To: Gunter Krumme 
Subject: Geog 207 A sln 3806

Hello,

There is a student in your class who, as a result of a disability, needs a
volunteer notetaker.  Unfortunately, Disabled Student Services was unable
to secure a notetaker prior to the beginning of the quarter.  When this
occurs, our next step is to ask the professor to make an announcement in
the class that we are in need of a volunteer notetaker.  Please present
the following announcement for volunteers to your class as soon as
possible.  WE LIKE TO GET TWO OR MORE NOTETAKERS FOR EACH CLASS, ONE
PRIMARY AND AT LEAST ONE ALTERNATE, so feel free to refer two or more
volunteers to our office.

We have found that the manner in which the announcement is presented
directly affects the number of volunteers we receive.  Students are more
likely to volunteer if they have a clear picture of the expectations.  It
is a relatively easy volunteer assignment, as we are only asking for a
photocopy of the notes these students already take for themselves.  PLEASE
DO NOT IDENTIFY THE STUDENT WITH THE DISABILITY DURING YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT.

"WE HAVE A STUDENT WITH A DISABILITY IN THIS CLASS WHO NEEDS ASSISTANCE
WITH NOTETAKING.  DISABLED STUDENT SERVICES (DSS) HAS ASKED ME TO REQUEST
VOLUNTEERS, AS THEY HAVE NOT FOUND A NOTETAKER YET.  THEY ARE LOOKING
FOR TWO OR MORE NOTETAKERS, A PRIMARY WHO WOULD COPY HIS OR HER CLASS
NOTES ONCE A WEEK, AND ALTERNATES WHO WOULD BE ON STANDBY AS BACKUP
NOTETAKERS.  DSS PAYS FOR THE PHOTOCOPYING AND CAN PROVIDE A LETTER OF
RECOMMENDATION FOR YOUR VOLUNTEER HOURS.  THE TIME COMMITMENT IS
MINIMAL, BUT THE DIFFERENCE IT MAKES FOR THE STUDENT IS SIGNIFICANT.  IF
YOU ARE INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING, OR IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE
CONTACT DSS AND THEY CAN GET YOU SET UP FOR THE QUARTER.  THEY ARE LOCATED
IN SCHMITZ HALL, ROOM 448. YOU MAY ALSO CALL (206)543-8925 OR E-MAIL:
uwdss@u.washington.edu.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME."

Please feel free to refer any students who you think may be good
notetakers directly to our office.  If these efforts are not successful,
the next step is to have a DSS staff person address your class in an
appeal for a notetaker.  In some cases, professors or TA's have provided
copies of lecture notes either in place of a notetaker, or until a
notetaker is found.

We appreciate your assistance in finding a notetaker.  Please feel free to
call if you have any questions.  THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HELP!

Cristi Abbe Thielman
Counselor Services Coordinator
Disabled Student Services

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University of Washington		Phone: (206) 543-8924
Disabled Student Services		Fax:   (206) 616-8379
448 Schmitz Hall			Open:  M-F 8:00am-5:00pm
Box 355839
Seattle, WA 98195-5839
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 16:35:37 -0800
From: Bridges Center for Labor Studies 
Subject: Scholarships offered by Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies

Scholarships offered by Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies

Industrial Relations and Research Association Scholarship

The Industrial Relations Research Association (IRRA) is generously funding
an annual $1000 scholarship for students, graduate or undergraduate, who are
committed to pursing a profession in labor and/or labor management
The Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies will be awarding the next award
in fall of 2002. The award will carry a stipend of $1000. Both graduate and
undergraduate students are eligible. Students can nominate themselves, or
faculty can nominate them.
To apply, a student must:  Be registered for the 2002-2003 academic year.
Prepare a 1-3 page statement outlining the planned career in labor
management relations and any preparation already undertaken for this career.
Provide a letter of recommendation from at least one and a maximum of two
faculty.

Martin and Ann Jugum Scholarship in Labor Studies

The Bridges Center for Labor Studies is currently seeking nominations for
the Jugum awards. We plan to present a one-year full tuition scholarship to
an undergraduate at the annual Center party in fall 2002. Qualifications:
Applicants and nominees must be enrolled in Fall Quarter 2002 and meet the
following additional criteria:  High academic aptitude. A commitment to
labor research or practice. Nomination Process: Either nomination by faculty
or a direct application by the student will be acceptable. Application
Requirements:  A brief written statement by the applicant explaining her or
his commitment to the study of labor or to involvement with the labor
movement. A letter of faculty support. A copy of the student^Òs transcript.
Deadline for nominations and applications for both scholarships: May 17,
2002

[....]

Best Undergraduate Paper in Labor Studies, 2001-2002

Best Graduate Paper in Labor Studies, 2001-2002

Nominations are now open for the best undergraduate and graduate papers
written on a labor-related topic. The papers must have been written during
2001-2002 at one of the University of Washington campuses.
Students may nominate their own papers, or faculty members may nominate
outstanding papers they have read in the course of the year.
Papers may focus on any dimension of United States or international labor,
including class relations, social conditions, working-class culture or
politics, work and gender, work and race/ethnicity, unions, and comparative
labor relations.
Submission deadline is June 7, 2002, but papers can be submitted at any time
prior to the deadline. The winners will be announced by early August. Each
award will carry a prize of $250.  Students must submit two copies of the
paper along with summer and fall address(es) and telephone number(s) of the
author.

More information is also available at:
http://depts.washington.edu/pcls/Grants-and-Prizes.htm

Send nominations and application materials to: Kristina Anderson, Director,
Bridges Center for Labor Studies, Box 353560.

Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies
University of Washington
Box 353560
Seattle, WA 98195
206-543-7946
pcls@u.washington.edu


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