1. Describe a contemporary monument in your city or in local area. Tell us the special significance it holds for the citizens of the city where it was erected. Compare this monument to the Eiffel To

1. Describe a contemporary monument in your city or in local area.  Tell us the special significance it holds for the citizens of the city where it was erected.  Compare this monument to the Eiffel Tower in Paris:  should it keep the original design and structure, like the Tower, or be updated?

2. Person of the Week for week 7: This week your choices are between several important artists whose works were groundbreaking and influential enough to create different art movements: Paul Cezanne, Vincent van Gogh, or Georges Seurat (Post-Impressionism) and Pablo Picasso (Cubism).  Who is the most important artist, in your opinion, and why?  Support your choice with facts from the text and a picture.  Provide the link to the website with your reply.

Discussion 2

The conclusion of the Cold War seemed to decrease the security problems of the world's major powers. However, radical Islam created new, unexpected threats, including the 9/11 attacks. This demonstrated that all countries must always be on guard for the unexpected.

• Select any two of the four basic strategies used to preserve security. Identify and describe what assumptions are made about the opponent according to each of the two strategies you chose.
• Give an example of each of the two (2) strategies in current world politics and speculate on their effectiveness