So, we'll go ahead and start and hopefully uh the last couple of people will add. This is it. We're uh we're getting ready to go. Let's see. Am I recording already? I am. Uh it's it's almost time to go. You'll see there's two two video two pictures of me really me talking and then one of video. I do a separate um when I'm recording something, which I'm doing tonight because there's one person who can't make it. Uh I tend to do I tend to keep an iPad separately so that I make sure things are are working properly. So, um, thanks for joining me tonight. I'm, uh, I know how busy you are. I know school's out and and you're moving on to other things. So, I'm going to do the cultural metaphor. I want to talk a little bit about organization for the trip. And then I recorded the other presentation I was going to do tonight, and you can watch it at your leisure. So, you need to watch it before next uh, Friday because there's an assignment, which I'll talk about in a minute. But, we should be easily done before 8 o'clock. So, uh, so get you out of here and get you moving on. Um, any questions before we get started? And if you see my eyes going weird things, I've got three screens going and so you're up above me. And so uh so if I'm trying to look at you, I'm looking way up. Any questions? All good. Okay. All right. I'm going to run through the changes I made to the syllabus just so you're prepared. One of the things you'll notice, um the company project, it's still worth 200 points, but originally it said a company presentation, and you'll see why I changed that to project. Um, I want to have the class be heavily outside of the classroom. So, I think almost every lecture, if all goes well in the next couple of days, I'm going to record all the lectures so you watch them elsewhere and then we'll talk in class and we'll go wander the cities and do some some more interesting things. You don't need to sit still and listen to me lecture. You can listen at your at your convenience. Okay. So, um so that's starting tonight. I, as I said, I recorded the first one. Your final reflection um is your journal. And I originally, I think, said it was due like the 22nd. I gave you an extra day. I would give you longer, but I have to have all grades in pretty quickly after the class ends. Um, all right. Your cultural metaphor project. Uh, uh, we are not going to present them in class. We don't need to. You can record them. So, you can use any medium to record that you want. You just want to make sure that when you record them, um, you post the recording. And I'll show you in a in a minute where you're going to post them. and um and everybody is able to view them. So instead of presenting in class, you're going to present Moodle or YouTube, whatever you use to um record a presentation. I have to be able to see your slides, your face, and hear you at the same time. Okay? So u be aware of that little change. And I'll talk about when that's due in just a couple minutes. Um uh and originally the for the final project originally I said we were all looking at what would it take for a a US firm to open a business in um in Italy whether they are opening a manufacturing facility or investing through FDI. What would what would that look like? I changed it. I thought you know this is going to get dull hearing everybody talk about investing in Italy. So, I'm going to talk about what it takes to invest in Italy, and you're going to talk about what it takes to invest in the country that you're working on this semester. So, somebody's doing Israel, somebody's doing Brazil. In that way, we're going to hear about all of the different countries as opposed to just really overindulging in um in Italy. So, that's a change, and we're going to talk about that a lot more as time goes on. But, if you pull the syllabus, you'll see everything that's in blue are new changes that have happened. Um and and instead of some big final presentation you're going to provide to me, we're going to do it in pieces. So when we talk about the economic environment and what that's like in in globaliz as a result of globalization, I'm going to do a threaded discussion. You're going to talk about what it's like in your in your country that you're investigating, whether it's Brazil or Israel or South Africa, whichever your country is. And so you're not going to have a big final project at the end. You're going to have a series of threaded discussions that you're going to submit. So then we again we can all learn about the different countries and and what business operations are like there. Your final reflection journal I said was switched to June 23rd. So you had a little bit more time to get that done. I think that's it. So do you have any questions about the syllabus and and what I just posted about changes to the syllabus? I hope you view the changes as positive that they're actually less big project focused and more discussions as we go along in real time. So, as we talk about something in class, I'll tell you, you know, by by two days from now, post about such and such and uh and you'll just create a post. That make sense? All good. Okay. I wanted to remind you which countries you're doing. Um hopefully you have that that uh document that noted which c which country you're actually working on, but this is posted on Moodle as well, so it's available to you if you are if you want if you've forgotten. Um, hold on. A couple more things I need to put up and then I want to talk a little bit. All right. I want to talk a little bit about our um our transportation. Make sure I've got everybody down properly. Oops. Let me switch this. Let's see what you see. Now, you're not seeing what I want you to see. Sorry about that. That's not sharing the version I want you to see. Let's open it again. Keeps it popping off the display settings. I want really fast and I can't get to it. See third times a chain. Let's see if I can get it this time. I think that I think that person will work. Pop up to the beginning and then I'll talk a little bit about our trip and then we'll jump into this. Let's see. Come on. Boom. You're still not seeing it in full mode. I can see it in full mode. Not doing it. switch to that, but I won't switch to display mode. It's the positioning of zoom in here is is throwing it off my ability to make it full screen. Not a chance. Okay. Well, you're going to not see it in the full version. Um, before I start that though, I want to talk to you about uh, travel and make sure I've got everybody's information correctly so we don't leave lose anybody at the airport. So, on the flight with me is going to be Brandon and Aiden. Anybody else think you're flying on the flight with me out of Dallasos at like 8:00 on uh, on Saturday night? Okay, I think those are it. Meeting us at the airport and riding riding the shuttle with us will be Cara, Robert, Cassidy, and Liam. That sound right? Okay. And then um Christian and Wans and Kennedy, you all are coming on Friday and going to meet us at the at the uh um Australian Catholic at about about 11:00. I think that should by the time we get through customs and all it'll probably be close to 11. So meet us at Australian Catholic at 11:00. You guys have the address, right? Yeah. Okay, good. Uh Matt, you're the only exception. You are flying later. I think you get in at like 12:25. So, just take a um a shuttle or a No, you won't have a shuttle. Um an Uber equivalent to the uh Australian Catholic and Check-in. Drop your bags and then um everybody should have WhatsApp on their phone. So, go ahead and send me a a note in WhatsApp and I'll tell you where we are. So, we're going to meet at you're checking about 11. At 1:00, we're going to meet and we're going to do a tour around the area, show you where the markets are hopefully. And I don't know where an ATM is, but I'm going to need one. So hopefully we'll find an ATM um show you some restaurants. We'll stop and you have some lunch. I'll I'll uh I'll cover lunch for you guys and then um get back to your um your rooms by, you know, 3ish or so and then you're free the rest of the day and um and then we'll talk about what happens on Monday. So um everybody good? So we'll go right to the hotel. If you're um or right to the university, if you're not traveling with with us on the shuttle, then um just be there by 11ish. We'll get your keys. It's It's a little odd the first day because the staff isn't there on Sundays. So, we'll get keys, but we won't do the tour of the facility and all that. We're going to do that on Monday morning, but at least we'll get uh get you settled into your place to stay and we'll you'll have walked around to see where things are a little bit and you'll have um dinner that evening. Quite sure. I'll verify you'll have dinner that night. I assume they understand that we're arriving Sunday and we need dinner, but I'll uh I'll check to be sure and I'll zip you a note. Uh, okay. Everybody good on logistics? The one piece of information I want to make sure you're aware of, um, you have got to get to the airport a minimum of 3 hours before our flight takes off. Do not try to get there 2 hours. I I was just at um at Dulles last week and it was a zoo. The they are they have cut way back on screeners to get through customs and if you haven't allowed a minimum of three hours, you're going to have a problem. So, uh, I will probably, and you know, I'm not I travel all the time. I will probably get there way before three hours. We're traveling Memorial Day weekend. People are going to be traveling overseas. They're going to be traveling on vacations. And so, as a result, the airport's going to be a zoo this weekend. Whether you're tra traveling on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, any of those days are going to be pretty miserable. So, make sure you allow plenty of time. Have your passport with you and um you should be good to go. Everybody good? Okay. All right. Let's talk a little bit about this is the um Italy cultural metaphor. So I just wanted to run through this one first and then I'll talk a little bit about assignments for this week. Um so when we think about Italy, this is an example of an Italian opera. What do you see that makes you think of Italians, the Italian culture? Robert, what do you see? I would say the um the grandeur of it, the more like complicated architecture. Beautiful. Uh the Italians are all about appearance and big and showy is a big part of uh of the Italian culture. Excellent. Um Christian, what about you? Um I would say apart from that um I see I would say a sense of unity in the people and even though it's an audience that it can be an audience like any other I feel um it's a sense of like um of being proud and uh and like loving what it's being presented to them and feeling that it's a um a representation of the of their culture. as well and how that makes them feel like um more in support of what they're experiencing in the in the show. I love that, Christian, that they are very proud of the opera in Italy. And even though they don't go all that often, they're really proud that this is something that that is a big part of their culture. And it's interesting you talked about the audience and their them being together and things. That's a big part of Italy, too, is is you'll see with the piazas and and uh what happens in the town square and how everybody gets involved in what's going on. Uh that's that is a big part of the Italian culture as well. Anybody else? and Cassidy and Kennedy, you know, one of you is going to get called on here. Which one is it going to be? Oh, Cassidy, I think you smiled first. What else do you see? Um, I was also just thinking about how there's like a lot of like people like the audience is like very packed. Um, I don't know. My main focus was the architecture. I feel like just because it's like very complex and like like continuous throughout the entire like opera house. Excellent. Both points are excellent. So yeah, um the appearance of the facility is really important and and people are packed together. So togetherness and the bond of the Italian culture is a is a big part. Good. Anybody else have anything else they want to add or are we tick tick ticking till I'm done with this tonight? All right, let's go ahead and and move on to a little bit about Italy. This is a graph I want in all of your um cultural metaphor uh projects. You can pull it from the the presentation I did last time. I'm also going to post this one so you'll be able to pull it. Show me where your country is. And if you look at the power distance, so look how close Italy is to the US. Very, very close. But the difference is Italy is more focused on um authority. So the the leaders in charge have more authority in Italy than they do in the US. And individualism isn't quite as high as US. So um there is an entrepreneurial culture in Italy, but the US is most definitely a lot more um individualistic that people can succeed and you don't need to stay with the same company. You just kind of move on and and uh do your thing and continue to advance and do well within your career. All right, a little bit about Italy. So, it's about the size of California in terms of land mass. There are 60 million people there versus 340 million. So, it's about a sixth the size of of the US, but almost twice as packed as in California. So, if you think about California, you always think about LA and and San Diego and San Francisco and those are pretty crowded cities, but there's a lot of California that has um fewer people around. Uh so so Italyy's pretty crowded kind of like uh like kind of like California a little bit more crowded than that. Now I found it fascinating. You know you when you look at a map Italy looks about the same size of Florida. I live in Florida. It has almost six times as much coastline as Florida. That is astounding to me because coastline means a lot of things. It means you got beaches which attracts tourists, but it also means you can have ports and ports are a great way to do business. And so uh u it is most definitely a seafaring peninsula kind of country. Um it is very regionalistic. So the people in the north of Italy are very different than the people in the south. My husband's Italian and I will never forget his mother telling me, "Yeah, you know, my husband's from the south south of Italy. I'm from the north." It was a real point of pride that she was a a northern Italian. Uh and the north tends to be wealthier. The south tends to be a bit further behind. It's much more agrarian and lots of um uh growing trees and uh and fruits and and u uh farming. Whereas up north we you have the leather industry, you have the fashion industry, you have a lot more businesses up north. Um it is a parliamentary a parliamentary um republic, but that's a little bit deceptive. So the there is a um a parliament there is a a um prime minister and a president. Technically the president appoints the prime minister and the prime minister runs the country. However the president appoints the prime minister with the approval of the parliament. So in essence the parliament has control and at any point in time the parliament can vote out the the prime minister. Plus in most countries um you see multiple parties, Democrats and Republicans and independents, there really is only one party in in Italy. So it is while it's said says that it's a parliamentary republic, it's really a unitary republic. There's one party that controls everything and um the the parliament the essentially the congress has a whole lot of authority. Uh Italy is very big on style and how in the appearance of things um but it is a terrible economic lagard and we'll talk more about that after we talk a little bit about the cultural metaphor. So when you do your your presentations I want you to talk a little bit about the country too because we will don't all know about all these different countries that you're studying. So give your classmates a little bit of frame of reference. So with talk about an opera there's really five main parts. There's you talk about the music in the opera, the dramatic action. There's lots of hand movement and lots of big gestures. Um there's typically some um some pageantry. So everybody will come out and stage and sing a big song and and um that's a a very common part. There's typically something foreshadowed that is going to go wrong and there's a whole lot of talk and conversation about that and then great emotion. lots of lots of tears and and lots of big loud voices and that's very common in Italian operas. I sure hope you get to go to one there. You know, there's the big opera house while we're in Italy, but there's also lots of little regional ones and you can stop in a church. Sometimes there's an opera going on in there and they're not always aironditioned, but uh but they're fun to hear as well. Okay. So within the the um the components of an opera, there's also some very specific items that relate very directly to uh the Italian culture. There's an overture, sort of the start. There's again the pageantry. There's garbo, which we'll talk about in a minute. The rituals of church are very similar to the rituals of opera. Um how business negotiation occurs, voice and volume, and then speak and gestures. We're going to talk about those. All right. So the overture with an opera is sort of setting the mood. It's the start. And when in if you think about Italian culture, um I think of this as a continuum from how the US does business to how China does business. US does business um you read somebody's resume, you take a look at it, you might meet or you might do a Zoom call and um you hire somebody who's qualified often on the first first conversation. In China, you typically will have to be referred by a friend um or somebody that you know in common. Um there will be a whole series of meals, a whole series of conversations. You think you're about to make a deal and then it's not quite time yet or you believe you've made a deal and they'll come back and say, "Well, okay, now let's talk about this part of the deal." And so um China has this whole series of of how you actually um arrive at a business decision. Italy is somewhere in between. It it's they very much like when you have had received an introduction from somebody else. The meeting in in person is far more important than the resume. Um, oftentimes you don't do business the first time. You might go into a shop and you look around a little bit. Uh, too expensive. They've got this this motion where they um they take their pockets they the uh they take turn their pockets inside out and uh no too expensive. Um, and they may do that two or three times before they actually end up in in um arranging business. um there how you feel about somebody is far more important than um than how they look on paper. And then this is also regionally different. So it's much truer in the south. South is further behind than up north. North is is more accustomed now to how we how we do business in the west. And so they are making strides toward paying attention to resumes and th such. But down south it's still very much who are your parents and who do you know. All right. Um, in Italy there's a whole lot of this whole pageantry thing. You, yeah, we'll see tourists, but the Italians rarely wear shorts. When you go out to dinner, you dress up and um, they're regularly in in skirts and dresses and long pants and they're they they just come out very well well. They present themselves well. Garbo is this concept of um, of the show. So, it's not unusual for Italians to rent a vehicle to go to a meeting to make sure they have a nicer car than what they have at home. They don't have the proper clothing. It's better to stay home than than go out underdressed. U very common is for Italians if your boss is coming to uh uh to your house for dinner. You rent artwork to put on the walls to to make your home look fancier than it actually is. So Garbos's this concept of of making everything appear better than it actually is. And church is a whole lot like opera in in Italy. Um they are large percentage of the population is Catholic and they believe in the power of the church but they don't necessarily go to church. So attending mass isn't really something they do but they believe in they have their they have a strong Catholic faith but they just don't go to church. And then business negotiations are a whole lot of of um back and forth especially um they the likelihood that they lead to something positive is much greater if you actually have a person in common that you know talked about garba and and face and and um making sure that everything appears appears wonderful and we'll talk a little bit about how Italy is doing economically in a few minutes and you'll see why Garbo is is putting on a front that is uh not necessarily not necessarily True. Oops. Did I go backwards? Let's see. I did. All right. I talked a little bit about the church ritual. Um, strong culture. Uh, it it's important to them, but they don't necessarily attend regularly. Same goes for opera. It's important to them. They're very proud of the fact that opera was started in Italy, and it's it's a big part of the Italian cultural, but they don't go all that regularly. All right. business negotiations, you have to be civil. You have to you you have to um be friendly. You it's typically starts over a meal. Hopefully, somebody has introduced you and um uh they they are very focused on who you are in terms of your your role in society. So, very proud of lawyers and doctors and business people. Um you know, having being an entrepreneur isn't necessarily valued. Um doing a trade isn't necessarily valued. They want the impressive kinds of titles are important. Again, that kind of goes back to the whole Garbo idea. Now, um, by all means, you have got to sit in the square at dinner time and well, you after work time, 5 to 6. Dinner typically is closer to 9:00, but 5 to six, sit in the square, grab a drink, and just sit at a table and watch the activity go on, especially if it's not one of the main touristy areas, but more where the Italians are actually going to be. Um, Italians believe theirs is the most be beautiful language. It's the language with the most vowels and so there's a there's a a melody to sort of their language and they like to use it and they like to use it loudly. So, um, it's not at all unusual to see in the village square two people arguing and everybody comes out and listens and gets often gets involved as well. So, um, and then they will be talking afterwards about about the disagreement or or the conversation. So very involved, gets very loud, people speak o over each other frequently. Again, common component in in the Italian culture. And then um and I talked a little bit about when you're when you're in a town square, you'll see all these people come out. If you looked at that picture of the opera, we saw this big audience. There is a big audience to a whole lot of what goes on in uh in Italy. Um family is very important. So you see multi-generations at um at a dinner. One thing you'll notice is very few children. They their birth rate is very very low. So those those children are very valued, especially male children. Most Italians live at home until they get married. So I think I think it's like 40% of 35 year olds still live at home. They're unmarried and still living at home. Um especially those male children. Um uh the it it is um they are very big on presenting what presenting their feelings. So in the US it's like you know okay kind of kind of hide those feelings and and how you're feeling about a particular thing. Not true in uh in the Italian culture. It is very much um present yourself and present your feelings. Uh you you'll see if you're in a if if you see a funeral and you're there, it's a big procession. It's a big event and people will throw themselves on the casket and and be just overwhelmed with grief. And the expectation is you show that overwhelming grief. here. Turn that off. Thanks. Um, okay. Let's see what's the next one. Um, I already talked about this. People just um everybody getting involved in the goings on. And then, you know, when when opera began, there were no soloists. It was all about the chorus, all about the the whole group working together. And that's what you see in in Italian society. you'll see the group coming together to um help help you make your decisions. Whether or not you and your husband really want the rest of the neighborhood to to be involved in your decision decisions, it happens. And again, this is the the view from the opera. Any questions about the Italian um uh the the metaphor for Italy? Now I have been married into an Italian family for 44 years and a lot of this is true but one of the things you'll find is as over time uh as we have expanded globalization what we have done is we have um have softened the edges of a lot of cultures. So things that were very true 20 years ago are a little less true because Italians watch um Netflix and they watch uh uh you know they they read um they watch TV shows and and see the movies and they're on the internet and so some of the behaviors have shifted over time especially up north uh you see more shifting uh and you'll find the same thing with your with your metaphors. Some of them you'll go I'm not quite so sure that that's really true. I know such and such who's Chinese and he doesn't do that. Especially with the younger generations, you there's times when you're kind of going. So these metaphors are generalities. They're not specific to any individual. My husband doesn't talk with his hands anymore. Um okay, let's see. So a little bit about um Italy today. They have almost zero growth. It's one of those countries that has huge social services. So everybody retires early. And this is definitely a country that works to live. um they they uh they don't like to work ter terribly hard and so many retire by the time they're 55 well as lifespan has expanded. Look how incredibly expensive that is. They have huge level of debts and this is one of the areas where the EU has sort of tried to control them because their debt is 130% of GDP. That's really high. U not much inflation, low unemployment. You'll find that a lot of Italians uh if they go to college, they move out of Italy. there just aren't great opportunities. Companies aren't growing. And so we uh we we don't see a whole lot of that middle generation sort of your age to 40. Uh a lot of those individuals have left Italy because it's just there's just not great opportunities for them there. And again, we see differences in the south versus the north. Hopefully on the weekends, you'll have a chance to travel around a little bit and see for yourself some of the differences between the the the regions of Italy. Italy is so different in every region you go to. um birth rate has declined dramatically. They're down to not even close to replacement levels in birth rates. And you can see that in in this category, they're also aging. Uh again, so they're not having many children. The young people are moving out of the country because it's uh there aren't good jobs. So the average age is 40, the median age, sorry, is 48. So half the people are older than 48 and half are younger. For the US, it's 38. So they're 10 years older than us. And uh that's huge. That that starts to question the future. You know, I always think of Japan as very old and Japan's only slightly older than than Italy. Uh so that's going to be problematic as the country moves forward. Probably one of the best things that happened to Italy was it joined the EU. Probably one of the worst things that happened to the EU is that Italy joined. Same with Portugal. two countries that have huge social services, a less uh a less inclined population to work and um not a whole lot of workers to support all of these aging people. So, what's wrong with Italy? Um it's a lagard in the EU. It has high taxes to pay for all these social services. Um a lot of people don't work. Uh they're they're not terribly productive. Mafia is still alive and well. um widespread corruption. That's part of the reason you see they short change you. Their their culture is not that disparaging of e what we would consider ethical lapses. There there's a good bit of corruption in Italy. Uh um they don't like to pay taxes, big public debt, and the very inefficient government. Again, we've got this parliament that runs everything, and they don't do it well. And so, uh it is not a country that's heading in a good direction right now. uh but it's part of the EU which will keep it propped up for a while. So of the items that we have to talk about with our cultural metaphors, family really important. They they come together, they eat. You'll see you you just watch a family meal when you're in a restaurant. Uh you'll see multiple generations and in um uh aunts and uncles with typically one child there. And uh um it's a big tradition. The meals are last a long time. They're loud. There's lots of wine, lots of courses, and uh really a celebration pretty much. A meal is a celebration pretty much every time they gather. Uh cath Catholicism's alive and well in Italy, although they don't really go to church all that often. Um the social structure is um uh uh we we see we see levels within organizations for sure. Um but there's not a u there's not the kind of control that we see in some cultures. Uh there's not a cast system. there's there's the ability to move within uh with within the the economy as you advance. It's okay to switch companies and that such everybody speaks Italian, but lots of English speakers, too. You're not going to have much trouble uh navigating the the cities. Um it is an educated uh um population, especially up north, less so in the south, but the educated um tend to leave the country and and go elsewhere. And the political philosophy is technically um a republic but really it's a it's it's a one party system which is one of the challenges in having the the country advance. And then the economic philosophy is uh enjoy your life and uh work as much as you have to in order to be able to enjoy your life. And that's pretty much Italy. All right. What questions do you have for me about the the cultural metaphor? That took I don't know 15 minutes maybe. Yours should be about that length, too. So, it's going to be due the first Friday that we're in uh um in Italy. So, get it done before you go. Just get this recording done and and you don't have to think about it. There are two things that are going to be due that Friday. So, let me make sure that I show you what those are so that you're if you have time um you can do this ahead of time. Let's see. Pull this up. So, I use Moodle pretty extensively. Pop-up Moodle. And for the May 25th through May 28th, which is this week, um I have a couple of things. So, I put the file with which country you have just in case you forgot or if you want to look and see which which countries we're going to be studying this uh uh this month. And then I want you to watch the what is globalization. Originally, I was going to talk about this tonight. I thought h you guys have other things to do. So, I went ahead and recorded it. It's about 40 minutes long. So, watch that at some point. And then I want you to answer this question. And we're going to we're going to ask this twice um at the beginning of the semester and then I want to ask it again at the end of our month. So, can globalization be thought of as a source of equity or inequity? And explain your answer and include any examples you have and you can submit that right here. Okay? And everybody's going to be submitting. And so, it's f feel free to look at other people's response as well. Feel free to use AI to give you some ideas. uh um I'm interested in what you think um but I am you've got to use the tools available to you. So feel free to use it. Just make sure that you are familiar with what your views are. So don't just post a you know um I believe globalization is a source of equity and d and then we come to class and I ask you and you say well I think it's inequity. If you're not agreeing with what you said in AI that's not so good and don't blindly submit things. Make sure that you are um you're revising and editing as well. So, um, what you have due for the first Friday in class is, is globalization a source of equity or inequity? And you need to watch that globalization recording in order to answer that and then submit your, um, cultural metaphor, uh, recording. And again, that's due the Friday, the first Friday that we're in class. But, um, feel free to get it get it done ahead of time and I'll take a look at those. All good. That's it until we actually get to uh to Italy. I see a hand. I can't tell whose hand it is. I was just uh it's just a question. So, just to clarify, we're just uh just filming our PowerPoint like how you just did and then submitting it on Moodle. Exactly. Submit it right here. Yeah. Submit it right here and uh and you're done. All right. Perfect. That assignment. Yeah. And and I think um I think there's a series of seven or eight videos that I'm going to make on different topics around globalization and what does tell talk about the economy and I'm going to do the same thing. I'm going to record them, have you watch it, not in class, and then when we come to class, I'll ask you a question about uh like this cultural metaphor one. Um is globalization source of equity or inequity? I want you to answer in general. In a couple of days, I'm going to ask you, okay, talk about globalization in your country. Is it uh um has it created more equity or inequity? And explain. So then we're going to and then we'll just talk about it in class. So, we will have questions related to the uh um to the the videos that we are going to watch that I've got to create. That's tomorrow and Thursday. Hopefully, I'll get them done. Uh so, we'll have some questions that again we'll talk about it in class, but I'm going to ask you to post some questions along the way. I don't intend to give exams unless I notice that people are not coming to class. That's a real real not good. Um, or if uh if if you're not posting here, then I'll if I it's pretty clear that nobody's listened or watched the video before class, there'll probably be a pop quiz just to keep you honest uh as we go through because it's going to be fun and um there's going to be times when you're going to uh want to do anything but be in class, but we still got to be in class. So um I want to make sure that you are getting something out of the class that ultimately the goal is you've had a great month in Italy but beyond that that you are that much more comfortable that you can work with colleagues from anywhere in the world and you can be comfortable doing business anywhere in the world. I can't tell you how many of my former students have spent at least a year or two working abroad and um I hope that for you too if that's appealing to you and how do you work to get as comfortable as possible and avoid as many faux paws as possible. So, that's uh that's that's part of our objective here. All right, any other questions? That's it, guys. Pack those suitcases and get ready to go. Remember that if you're going to be doing any travel within um within the EU while you're there, the the weight limit of your suitcases goes down to 40 pounds, not 50. So, don't overpack. You're going to shop. You're going to want to buy things. And so nobody cares if you wear the same thing over and over. You've got laundry facilities there. So keep your packing to a minimum. Make sure um for women, you can cover your knees and your shoulders for when we're in um in at the Vatican. And gentlemen, you need to have on long pants for those days. And closed toed shoes for the Vatican. Everything. Everywhere else you're okay in comfortable shoes. All good. All right. I'm going to post this later on today, too, so that you have access to this cultural metaphor in addition to the slides. I'll post those, too. Safe travels. Um, Brandon and Aiden, I'll see you at the airport. Everybody else, have good flights, and I'll see you on Sunday at the at our um Australian Catholic at 1:00, ready to go on a tour. Take care, guys. See you then. Thank you so much. Thank you very much. Good night. Thank you. Bye, guys.