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US president and EU president
European Council leaders have elected a president under the rules of the newly-adopted Lisbon Treaty. But how does the position compare to that of other presidents, such as the President of the United States?
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President of United States of America |
| European Union: Population: 490 million GDP: $18.7tn |
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United States: Population: 304 million GDP: $14.9tn |
| Military: 3,800 troops on European military missions | |
Military: 250,000 on deployment (Iraq/Afghanistan) |
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| Elected by: European Council leaders. Liable to select candidate by consensus. If vote held, each country has different number of votes. Winner must gain 258 out of 345 votes from at least 18 of the 27 countries. |
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Elected by: Electoral College system. In general election, must win 270 out of 538 electoral college votes. President Barack Obama won 67 million votes in popular vote. |
| Term of two and half years – renewable once. | |
Term of four years – renewable once. |
| Salary reported to be 350,000 euros ($521,374) a year | |
President earns 268,521 euros ($400,000) a year |
| Position and key roles: | |
Position and key roles: |
| Chairs European Council.Duty to “facilitate cohesion and consensus”, without national bias. | |
Head of state.Partisan, elected on own platform of policies, usually with support of a party, eg Republican or Democratic. |
Represents EU abroad on issues concerning its common foreign and security policy. |
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Negotiates treaties. Directs foreign policy. Can sign executive orders without Congress approval. |
No powers of veto. |
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Power of Veto – President must sign any bill passed by Congress before it becomes law. |
Must report to European Parliament after each European Council meeting. |
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President must report to Congress by delivering State of Union address. |
| Military control: No influence on military. EU Military staff receives “taskings” from EU Military Committee (which represents defence chiefs of all member states). |
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Military control: Commander-in-Chief of armed forces – responsible for strategy. Congress must approve going to war but president can decide when to launch nuclear missiles. |
links on Obama and Nobel Prize in the media
Wikipedia :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize
The Nobel Foundation :
http://nobelprize.org/nobelfoundation/index.html
All Nobel laureates :
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/lists/all/index.html
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October 9, 2009
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Obama’s speech transcript (from the White House site) :
http://tinyurl.com/yz7upzd
[same] speech + video :
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/
[same] video on YouTube :
http://tinyurl.com/yg45rgb
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The Associated Press at the White House (1’29” video) :
http://tinyurl.com/yghzh92
ABC news (1’50” video)
Al Gore thinks “Obama’s Nobel win is thrilling” :
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=8791682
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The Washington Post
“Facts and Numbers of the Nobel Peace Prize” :
http://tinyurl.com/yjhnmxu
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BBCnews
“Obama wins 2009 Nobel Peace Prize ” :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8298580.stm
“Africans react to Obama Prize” :
[interviewees = residents from Soweto]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8299908.stm
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Time for kids
“Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize” :
http://tinyurl.com/yzo98g4
Time
“What Twitterers Thought of Giving Obama the Prize” :
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1929390,00.html
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Newsweek – The Gaggle (Press, Politics, and Absurdity)
“Why Obama Should Have Won The Nobel For Literature Instead” :
http://tinyurl.com/ygcg2yw
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Timesonline.co.uk
A 12-picture slideshow :
“Former winners of controversial award” :
http://tinyurl.com/yk6r6rp
“Comment : absurd decision on Obama makes a mockery of the Nobel peace
prize” :
http://tinyurl.com/ygjg4h7
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The White House est sur Facebook –
http://www.facebook.com/WhiteHouse
The Whitehouse is using Twitter
http://twitter.com/whitehouse
letter to the candidate for the Presidency of the USA
Troisième 3 ‘ s pupils Doubs, June 2008
Collège Lucie Aubrac
2 rue Jules Grévy
25300 DOUBS
France
Dear candidate to the presidency of the United States of America,
We are writing to you to congratulate you on your efforts in the campaign to the presidency and on your success in the Caucus
and nomination to the Democratic party.
As French citizens, we are greatly concerned about environmental issues and deeply upset by terrorist attacks around the globe.
As you can imagine we are also worrying about health problems related to environmental issues and political conflicts.
In other words, we are worrying about the future of our planet.
We thank you for your understanding and reading of our letter.
We are looking forward to hearing from you.
We wish you a lot of success for your election.
Yours respectfully and Best regards,
Elèves de troisième 3 –
Année 2007-2008
COLLEGE LUCIE AUBRAC
DOUBS France
Professeur: Me ANDRE
fragments from published e-twinning work
Marie ANDRE-MILESI Marie.Milesi@ac-besancon.fr
Collège Lucie Aubrac, PONTARLIER, FRANCE Académie de Besançon.
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the pride of Gustave Courbet whose paintings are still questioning our twenty-first century eye and sense of beauty.
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La vallée de la Loue is peopled with strange shapes, fauna and flora alike which were
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2009 wishes !
Note our new postal address:
Collège Lucie Aubrac
BP 25 25300 DOUBS France
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Once upon a time, there was a very beautiful valley with lots of nice and cosy houses, colourful and scented flowers.
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Fredrika: Buddharama Temple |
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Budharama tempel in Fredrika
By Maritza
The buddhist are going to build a temple in Fredrika It will be the biggest temple in Europe. Phramha Boonthin Taosiri, the chief monk in Sweden, decided that in 2004. We are not Buddhist in Fredrika, but many Thai people come here every summer to pick berries and sell. They have not started building the temple yet, but there is a big monk statue and a golden Buddha statue on the Temple Mountain. Every summer they have ceremonies and festivals where they collect money for the temple.
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Fredrika: Four seasons |
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Four seasons
by Wictor
We have a temperate climate, which means that we have four very different seasons. Since we live in the northern part of Sweden, we have very long winters and short summers. Here are some short summaries about our four seasons.
Winter – November to February
Our climate is cold and icy in the winter. And we have long, dark and cold nights. The weather is clear and consists of sunlight and ice-cold temperatures. The temperatures sometimes reaches -40° Celsius (which is rare in the most parts of Sweden), but normally it is -10° to -20° Celsius. Sometimes, you don’t want to go outside due to the cold because it hurts to breath cold air, but after a while you get used to it.
Spring – March to May
It’s snowy and around 0° Celsius on the spring. It’s not very cold, and the snow usually melts down, and freezes again during cold nights. We normally have snow left on the ground until the end of April.
Summer – June to August
The summer is most of the time pretty warm. It is around 20°Celsius to 28°Celsius. Sometimes it rains and sometimes we have chilly winds, even in the summer. The most special about our summers are the bright nights. We have midnight sun during June and July, and it is quite intense and a powerful brightness over the sky.
Autumn – September to October
Our autumn is quite short, but yet so cold and rainy. We have cloudy weather during the short autumn. Our broad-leaved trees become very colorful during the autumn, almost glaring the yellow, orange and red colors on the leaves.
Accueil 
Fredrika – Cultural Identity Fredrika – Natural Identity 
FUERTEVENTURA FUERTEVENTURA HISTORY FUERTEVENTURA NATURAL IDENTITY Lower Silesia Poland The Natural and Cultural Identity of Lower Silesia Poland
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Fredrika; The Sami |
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The Sámi people
By Wictor
The Sámi people is an ethnical minority in Sweden. They are a national group, and they see themselves as one people, even if they live in different geographical countries. The total population of the Sámi people is around 80 000-135 000, but only 20 000 of them live in Sweden.
The Sámi peoples work can be divided into three divisions. The first division is reindeer herding, the second fishing (mainly in Norway and Russia) and the third is everything else except reindeer herding and fishing.
The reindeer herding is an old part of the Sámi culture, and 10 % of the total population practices reindeer herding. In Sweden only Sámi are allowed to practice reindeer herding. They are nomades and move with the reindeers; in the summer, they live up in the mountains and in the winter in the forest region, like here around Fredrika. They’re using modern technology, like helicopters, snowmobiles and so on.
Thibault 4°2 Lucie Aubrac 2008-2009
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The Promises film project
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Comprehension about the Promises film project.
While working on this film, you have contributed to the project: Congratulations!
A-The narrator B. Z grew up 20 minutes from here but never got the chance to get there:
means:
-he never crossed the borders between the two communities
-he was given the opportunity to get there
B-Checkpoints are situated :
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so that Arabs and Muslims cannot cross the the West Bank
to avoid extremists
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as a protection for the population in general for active terrorists
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as daily reminders of occupation
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because no other ways are possible at the present times
C-The Western Wall is situated behind the Aqsa Mosque :
-the Wall is called Holy Wall for the Jews and people leave their prayers or wishes in it
-the Wall is a western destination for tourists and politicians around the world
-one of the twins in the film says that when he was younger he used to pray for a stolen bike, to make a wish but mostly for….
D-The little girl uses the future tense during the « chair » scene:
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she has projetcs and dreams for the future, her future life
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she has no dreams for her future given the situation
E–religious practice: who does what?
The Jews read the Torah (the law)
What is the Torah composed of?
various books from the Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Numbers and a few others
The Shabbat is part and parcel of the Jewish religion:
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it is a day devoted to family and prayers
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it is a festive day and people stop buying things, shops are closed and the town is having a rest
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it is the seventh day in the Bible when God is supposed to have a rest after creating the earth, man and woman.
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people who practise the prayers and respect the traditions wear the kippa (calotte)
F-Prayers for Muslims:
bending forward in sign of respect is part and parcel of praying as well as washing oneself before entering the mosque
Book : the Coran
G-Can you name a few details given by the litlle girl?
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the child in the film says she is not allowed to tear toilet paper.
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She is preparing meals whereas her brother is playing on the computer
H-Symbols working for an optimistic and realistic outcome= issue= building up of the peace process:
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children from various districts talk to each other
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children are willing to know each other although they are different
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the two chairs : the little girl tries to separate them and it takes time
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the little girl eventually succeeds in separating the two chairs… ON HER OWN , with nobody’s help
I-Vocabulary:
encercler-échapper-colonisation protéger- viser- soulèvement palestinien-jeter- les colons-
Palestinian uprising- settlers-to aim at-settlement- to escape from- to encircle- to throw- to protect
to throw-Intifada ( Intifadah- ??????? )
What do you think?
There is no chance for peace without these meetings (the meeting of young people, across the borders and frontiers)
There is a lot of chance for peace without these meetings.
J-Do you think that the language barrier is a problem for the different communities:
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yes, it is a problem because they don’t undertsand each other
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yes, it is a problem because they are not invited to communciate with each other
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no, it isn’t a problem
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there is a real obstacle because they have to get translators who are willing to help
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languages are of the utmost importance
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languages are part of the identity of each community
