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Thursday 03 April 2008
Week 10 Day 20
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Announcements
- Handout: "The Italian Opera," Ch. 21 of Understanding Global Cultures, 3rd. ed., Martin J. Gannon, pp. 285-318.
- Guest on Monday 8 April 2008: Elżbieta Stadtmüller, Professor of International Relations and Research Director of the Institute of International Studies at the University of Wroclaw, Poland
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The second Midterm Exam was rescheduled and was held on Tuesday, 15 April 2008
- Student Presentations I will begin on Thursday, 17 November 2007, Week 12 Day 24, and there will be presentations on 4 days rather than 5
- Sign up for Presentation Date/Time
- News: Ahern to resign as Irish premier: Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern has announced he is to resign on 6 May. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7326343.stm>
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Bush met his Romanian counterpart before the start of the Nato summit
"Bush urging Nato expansion east:
US President George Bush has repeated his call for Nato to expand eastwards and highlighted the countries he wants to welcome into the alliance"
... reads the BBC News: Europe headlines for Wednesday, 2 April 2008
Read the article at <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7326457.stm>
and have a look at the NATO HomePage
Have a look also at the related BBCNews:Europe sites listed for April
in the "See Also" section of the BBC site
See also: NATO class page
Questions:
1. Given President Bush's near-contempt for organizations like the United Nations and for international agreements and treaties, why should NATO heed his call for expansion?
2. What advantages would there be in expansion, from NATO's point of view?
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Be sure to set your "Folder Selector"
in the main window
to the current topic
[use the “Reload/Main button" to get to the main window]
Set Folder Selector to Topic 9
REM: If you have any questions, you can post them on the CEforum
or bring them up in class
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Make up a Good Question for Exam II
The second Midterm Exam was rescheduled and was held on Tuesday, 15 April 2008
- Please post your question no later than Friday, 11 April 2008
- For Topic10, have a look at
- Click on the various items for details
- Then review the materials so far covered this semester
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Recommendations on how to study and take exams:
Assignment:
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Make up at least one good question for Exam II and post it on the the CEforum, and . . .
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Briefly describe why you think your question is a good one |
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Be sure to set your "Folder Selector"
in the main window
to the current topic
[use the “Reload/Main button" to get to the main window]
Set Folder Selector to Topic 10
REM: If you have any questions, you can post them on the CEforum
or bring them up in class
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Old Business
- Inish Oírr/Inisheer (“Inish Beag”) and Ireland Tour
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Assignments
- CEforum
- Review
- Read: "The Italian Opera," Ch. 21 of Understanding Global Cultures, 3rd. ed., Martin J. Gannon, pp. 285-318.
(handout)
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Notes
- Tuesday 25 March 2008: Guest: Morris Levy, Ph.D.; Man of Aran rescheduled for Thursday, 27 March 2008
- Discussion of Man of Aran, "How the Myth was Made," rescheduled for Tuesday, 01 April 2008
- Thursday 27 March 2008: viewed Man of Aran (77 min, 1934, B&W)
- Thursday 03 April 2008: Finished Finish Ireland (slides)
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