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Introduction Issue of Heartbeat. - European Forum Budweis 2012

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Euroconcert

6 Two Questions

16 VIKING and TURKISH WARRIOR

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An interesting thought...

Chickens of Fire

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8 Weird Budweis

9 The Kick-Off Teambuilding silly or necessary?

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Editorial.

One can have a lot in this life, but hardly anyone can have it allgetting one thing often requires giving up something else in exchange. During the session many of us trade few precious hours to sleep to get to spend some more time with fellow participants or in order to get some more work done. What is the hook here then? What is our motivation for making those calls? One possible answer could be the need to maximise the benefit, make the most of the time we are given. However, we dare to claim that a lot with it has to do with the feeling of achievement: for having worked for something, instead of getting it for free or taking it for granted.

The strange twists of human minds- for some reason, that delicious feeling of having achieved something simply gives us greater kicks.

It can be a long day of committee work being rewarded with an evening party together with the fellow delegates or the long hours in the editor’s cave with a few hours of precious sleep. For us it is right here, right now: when we have finished the issue and see the smile on your faces as you skim through the freshly printed pages– hope you enjoy it as much as we do.

Yours, Timm and Oona

Oona Kiiskinen - Editress (FI) Timm Brünjes - Editor (DE) Sebastian Gerbeth - Video Editor (DE) Theodor Hall - Video Editor (CH) Berkok Yüksel - Journalist (TR) Ognjen Mirkovic - Journalist (RS) Katerina Zejdlova - Journalist (CZ) Gonzalo Rodriguez - Journalist (ES) Tua Malmberg - Journalist (SE) Dmitry Vyskrebentsev - Journalist (RU) Lāra Reinfelds - Journalist (CH) Kensa Traore - Journalist (FR) Jan Janouch - Journalist (CZ)

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Two Questions

By Dmitry Vyskrebentsev

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rom the moment I found out I was going to Budweis I got obsessed with two questions: Where does the name comes from? Is it related to Budweiser the beer? In order to find out, let’s take a look at the history of Budweis.

The city was founded by Hirzo, a knight of King Premysl Otakar II of Bohemia and was granted its municipal charter in 1265. The royal city was created as a platform of the king’s power in South Bohemia and to counterbalance the powerful noble House of Rosenberg, which finally became extinct in 1611.

In 1341 King John of Bohemia accorded permission to Jewish families to reside within the Budweis walls and a first synagogue was erected in 1380, however several pogroms (violent riots against Jews) occurred in the late XV and early XVI century. Since the Hussite Wars, the city was traditionally a bulwark of the Catholic Church during the long-lasting religious conflicts in the Kingdom of Bohemia. A part of the Habsburg Monarchy from 1526, Budweis remained a loyal supporter of Emperor Ferdinand II in the Thirty Years’ War. In 1762 the Piarists estab-

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lished a gymnasium here and Emperor Joseph II founded the Budweis diocese in 1785. In 1847 the production of Koh-i-Noor Hardtmuth pencils was relocated from Vienna to Budweis.

The city remained a German-speaking enclave until 1880, when during the industrialization of the city, Czechs became the ethnic majority. Until the expulsions after World War II, the city contained a significant German minority (about 15.5% in 1930).

If we turn to the name itself we will see that the town actually has two widespread versions of the name - České Budějovice and Budweis. As we can see the first version consists of two words. To start off with the second one - it originates from a Czech name Budivoj connected to the possessive suffix –ovice which means ‚Budivoj’s village‘. In order to differentiate from the town’s namesake in Moravia the name acquired an attribute ‚České’ in the XVI century.

As for Budweis, this version has always been used by the German-speaking population of the region and consequently the name was borrowed by English-speakers.

Though there is no direct link between the town’s name and Budivoj - the XIcentury Konung (Duke) of Oborites, one can assume that when founding this town, Hirzo wanted to name the town as a tribute to this person who reportedly had died by the hands of conspirators.

Also, Budějovice has been well known for the beer brewed here since XIII century. For a long time the town was the imperial brewery of the Holy Roman Emperor and Budweiser Bier (i.e. beer from Budweis) became, along with Pilsner from Plzeň, one of the best-known lagers. Brewing still remains a major industry. Ironically, the American lager was originally brewed as an imitation of the famous Bohemian original, but over the time it has developed its own identity and attained a remarkable commercial success.

In conclusion, it is evident that this forum is taking place in one of Europe’s most interesting spots regarding its history and national traditions. That is why it is strongly encouraged that you to explore this wonderful town and make the best of it.

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An interesting thought, a difficult task Lāra Eckert Reinfelds

The story of how I tried to explain the session theme “Regional Cooperation and Regional Development” to a five year old girl.

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t seemed like a good idea, trying to find a simple and easy way to explain the session theme, so easy that a 5-year-old could understand it. I prepared myself, read up on the topic, asked other people for their opinion and ended up totally unprepared for what was going to come.

is one family on the top floor there is her family. The bottom floor is one region of the house and the top floor is another. This seemed to clear things up a bit.

When I first started talking, the little girl just looked at me and said “What?” and my questions only got me an “I don’t know”. So I decided to take a different approach, I started looking for metaphors; comparisons to this little girl’s life that could help me explain something as confusing and foreign to her as this theme.

I started explaining the terms, one by one, but started with regions, because I felt like this one could be the hardest to explain. To my question “Do you know what a region is?” I got a very simple answer: “Hä?”.

I didn’t give up. I told the little girl how we are living in a region, Basel, which is part of Switzerland. This didn’t help much, so I told her it was like the house she lives in. On the bottom floor there

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Next was development. At first, I continued with the house, we talked about how the two families living in the house have to get along, have to work together to make things work, after all they have a connected heating system and they share laundry facilities. To my surprise the little girl suddenly walked off and came back with a book, Biene

Maja, a book about a bee that has all kinds of adventures. She started looking through the pages until she found pictures of the hive and she told me: “These bees all have to work together to make honey, if they don’t, they die”.

While slightly brutal, what she said made perfect sense and I was glad to see she had understood what I was trying to say.

The last term was development, which turned out to be the easiest to explain.

At the day-care she goes to after kindergarten this little girl had planted a sunflower seed in a tiny colourful pot, which now stands on her windowsill.

She told me how this seed has sprouted and how the green plant started pushing through the brown earth. How by now the plant has grown two leaves but soon there will be a flower, she is sure of that- because “that’s the way it happens”. That is the way the plant develops. And when I asked her about her own development, she said that someday she will be as tall as me. So I told her to start eating her broccoli and we will see.

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The weirdest facts about Budweis

By Kate Žejdlová

Do you think that all the facts always have to be boring? Not necessarily! Let me show you the spirit of Budweis from a slightly different perspective…

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he first thing to notice in Budweis is the beautiful main square with a fountain decorated with a statue of the mythical character Samson. Nice, huh?

Nothing that stunning, you say? Not at all! There is a special thing about the square (apart from being a square indeed). You should mind your steps when walking through the place since one of the paving stones is not an ordinary one – it is a so called ‘erratic block’.

It’s a remnant of the original pavement, a stone marked with a cross sign: that is because the gallows used to take place at this very spot. In the 15th century, 10 young men were executed here because someone from their group was suspected of having killed the village mayor. However, none of them wanted to betray each other, so it was decided that all of them will be executed, one after another - yet still even the last one did not denounce the guilty one.

Now to the interesting part: according to the legend whoever steps on the erratic block after 9 o’clock in the evening will never be able to find his way home again or at least will get lost in the streets of Budweis for two days. So

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in case you are interested, go search for the mysterious stone (though it is not quite easy to find: some even claim having got lost when actually trying to find the stone…) Just be aware of the fact that if you step on it you risk missing some days of this wonderful session, which would be unfortunate both for you and us.

And in case you got both lost and hungry, another special Budweis thing might save you. It is the two small windows around the centre – “The Hungry Window” or “Hladový Vokno” named characteristically in the southBohemian slang. Two of these small yet good fast food places can be found

exclusively in Budweis and they are very popular among the young people.

Offering food with special names such as ‘the big/small eyes’ (you can find out what it stands for yourself ) and are they open until late night, it is a perfect place for busy EYPers to grab a bite.

This would not be an article about Budweis if it did not finish with Budweiser Budvar the beer. This worldknown beer, being available in almost every supermarket all over Europe and sold in 101 countries, has been brewed in Budweis since the beginning of the 20th century, but the tradition of brewing industry in Budweis reaches all the way back to 13th century. But did you know that for almost 100 years the Budweis’ brewery has been in a legal conflict with the American brewery Anheuser-Busch selling their beer under the same name? So in case you went to the United States and felt like having a proper Czech lager from Budweis, search for Czechvar which is the commercial name Budweiser is being sold under in the US…

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Teambuilding - Silly or necessary?

How could you explain to an EYPer who has just travelled hundreds of kilometers that the first thing he is going to do at the session is dancing the Funky Chicken or singing the Arrampampam?

By Gonzalo Sola RodrĂ­guez

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o answer to the question above, we can only say that one needs to attend an EYP session in order to really understand it: this is also the key for recognising the value of the teambuilding in any session. Although it seems that playing name games or having some post-its around the body does not make any sense, every single game that you play during the teambuilding is an indispensable piece of this crazy puzzle called EYP. After having attended a few sessions, it is always quite funny to look around in the course of teambuilding and see the faces of new delegates who have no idea about what is going on. Some people look like as if they were thinking along the lines: Is this really the European Youth Parliament? Or just

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something like: are these guys the future of Europe? Some new delegates usually seem to really like those games and songs, but they do not dare to show their happiness and enthusiasm as they do not want the other delegates to think that they are as weird as the officials.

However, when the session is almost over, the 99% of the participants always want to sing the last Alele, to play the last ninja game or take part to the big fat pony one more time. To be honest, teambuilding is likely the real reason why all of us have many Facebook friends from everywhere in Europe.

It is sometimes difficult to remember what happened at the General Assembly, nevertheless we tend to store in our minds a good collection of song lyrics, energisers and games.

For these reasons, we cannot avoid the importance of teambuilding during the session. Teambuilding is the bridge to get connected with the rest of your committee peers and of course with other session participants. Therefore, being motivated and making the best of your teambuilding time is the only way to assure that the committee work will be successful. As a result, the General Assembly will be a successful as well, thanks to the respect and friendship existing among the participants.

As you can see, on one hand the teambuilding is just the beginning of the session and it looks much less important than the committee work or the General Assembly. On the other hand, you will see that is the key of this International Forum. Thus, always make the most of it.

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The Kick-off

By Jan Janouch

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udweis greeted the arriving delegates with a proper hailstorm, however that did not stop them from enjoying the Eurovillage and the “free night” to the fullest. The morning sun, together with an apple and a croissant, provided all the participants with enough energy to kick off the session with teambuilding. Everybody gathered on the sunny parking-lot in a typical potato/circle and shared a few group games. The bypassing civilians were impressed by the amount of happy dancing people and often turned their heads in curiosity, many more than once. Afterwards the delegates finally had the chance to meet their committee-buddies, journalists and chairpersons. When the sky cleared up and the Czech sun showed

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its power, many committees started to seek some shade. The brave ITRE delegates were obviously enjoying the sunlight and therefore they stayed and kept sharing their personal information with each other until the first coffee-break. The EMPL I committee was the lucky one to get two chairs, on the other hand Jonathan confessed that he enjoys teasing his delegates with impossible challenges. So we wish EMPL I the best of luck for the upcoming problem solving part of the teambuilding. Next we would like to congratulate LIBE II on being the first committee which created some content for Heartbeat TV by inventing a new Olympic sport, the one hundred meter rapist’s sprint. SEDE got also creative and provided the video-editors

not with one, but two new Olympic sports. Tremendous job indeed! All the members of the lung-cancer club should take an example from the nonsmoking ECON. A common opinion on tobacco products bonded this committee so well, that they even decided to go for lunch togther and eat it with their hands and feet tied with ropes.

That is the true team spirit! For even more socializing ITRE joined AFET for a slightly twisted version of the cat and mouse game. Some delegates, and especially AFET’s journalist Berkok, really immersed themselves in the roles of the virgin and the rapist. An honourable mention goes to the EMPL II for their “chicken pilot” skills. Spitting water while making bird noises was never this hilarious.

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By Tua Malmberg

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THE BUDWEIS CHICKENS OF FIRE

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hey’ve been around all day.

You’ve seen them. Always moving, always rushing, and always looking crazy. Crazy, like chickens with their heads cut off.

Or, not really cut off, but covered instead; covered with huge cameras. Because of this, and because of all their running around, you barely know what they look like. And you barely know who they are. (I can imagine your sad puppy face right here) Over and over again you’ve wondered about them.

Who are they? Where do they come from? Would they go out with you?

Why are they always moving, always rushing and always looking crazy?

Who are they, the people behind the cameras?

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They are the session’s Press Team, the Budweis Chickens of Fire. Armed with sharp minds and sharp pens they work their hardest to complete their missions: their articles. Articles you will read in the session paper they’re creating. A paper created especially for you. As you go about your business the journalists are following you. Through their cameras they are watching and documenting your every move. All day and all night they do their best to capture and document all the amazing moments of the session. They are everywhere, all the time.

Nothing is more important to this Press Team than making this experience as special as possible for you. They have been planning and working for

months. And now, you are all finally here. And their real work begins. They write articles, take pictures and play games. They try their best to make sure this session will be a truly unforgettable one for all of you. The fact that they will barely get any sleep or have any free time for nine days does not matter.

The most important thing for them is to achieve this goal. Because being an EYP- journalist is the best job they can imagine having. That is why they put up with always moving, always rushing and always looking crazy. That is why they put up with having cameras permanently attached to their faces. Seeing you appreciate their work makes it worth it.

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The Rooster Name: Timm Brünjes Nationality: German Spirit Animal: The Red Panda

The Sangria Chicken

The Turkish Delight Chicken

Name: Gonzalo Sola Rodríguez Nationality: Spanish Spirit Animal: The Sloth

Name: Berkok Yüksel Nationality: Turkish Spirit Animal: The Bear The Kladdkaka Chicken

The Chicken au Vin Name: Kensa “Ken” Traore Nationality: French Spirit Animal: The Zebra

Name: Tua Malmberg Nationality: Swedish Spirit Animal: The Bear

The Gurmanska Chicken Name: Ognjen Mirkovic Nationality: Serbian Spirit Animal: The Owl

The Hen Name: Oona Kiiskinen Nationality: Finnish Spirit Animal: The Koala

The Knedlíky Chicken Name: Jan Janouch Nationality: Czech Spirit Animal: The Dog

The Caviar and Vodka Chicken

The Palacinky Chicken

Name: Dmitry Vyskrebentsev Nationality: Russian Spirit Animal: The Turtle

Name: Katerina “Kate” Žejdlová Nationality: Czech Spirit Animal: The Lion The Tofu Chicken Name: Lāra Eckert Reinfelds Nationality: Swiss, Latvian, Canadian and Australian Spirit Animal: The Lynx

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Typical EYP characters

The weird name guy

By Theodor George Iain Debrunner-Hall The monster debater The Party-lad There’s a particular breed of EYPer that is best compared to a vampire. Like the mythical monster it lives at night, becoming especially pale during the day. Another similarity is their aversion to light, often wearing sunglasses to best protect their eyes. Their ears also seem to be shockingly weak in the morning and they then beg for everyone to speak incredibly quietly, as not to strain their ears too much. They replace their bloodlust however, with beers in the evening and aspirin during the day. These creatures have been known to fall asleep in the oddest of places with no regard to comfort after a long night of shouting YOLO and dancing to terrible music.

The monster debater is a curious animal. Mostly found in schools with debate clubs these creatures have some kind of indomitable urge to prove everyone else’s opinion as wrong.

They will, in the name of banter, look for fights and intellectual battles, simply for the sake of challenge and proving themselves.

One would be advised to avoid getting into discussions with these delegates, as they will either tear you apart or anger you so much you will seriously consider homicide.

The tomatoe This one is more specific to summer sessions, so I’m sure it will be a recurring character here. There are people, generally from Britain, Ireland or Scandinavia who burn like haystacks in the sun. These people, myself included, spend all of their time either drowning themselves in sun cream or hiding in the shade after having spent the first day unprotected and looking for a tan.

Came for a tan, went home as a tomato.

The weird kid Whether it is that one really racist boy, the ridiculously hairy girl or simply the boy with the weird eyes we all know one.

It’s the kid everyone tries to stay away but somehow ends up standing behind you every time. They can be lovely people once you get to know them, or they could be psychopaths, but either way there is no way of knowing beforehand. I recommend talking to them so you can actually tell whether you should run or whether you have found your soulmate.

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The perfect one No, you will never be as good as him/ her. S/he has the body of Jessica Alba/ Michael Fassbender, the face of an angel, Einstein’s brain, the sweetness of your own grandmother, the piano skills of a young Mozart, the charm of James Bond (Sean Connery’s Bond of course) and a simply perfectly classy sense of style. This is the person you want to hate so much but you just cannot help liking them. To avoid imploding with jealousy I recommend staying far, far away from these characters.

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Back in the old days A life without internet...

By Ognjen Mirković

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ost of us begin the day with a cup of coffee in front of the laptop, reading the news, going through emails or spending some time on social networks. For the past couple of years it seems like no information can pass you by: news travel incredibly fast throughout the globe and almost everything has become available to us. Apart from this, it has also improved long distance communication, and as technology is rapidly advancing we are getting more and more used to this kind of lifestyle.

It is only when we are cut off from it that we truly realise what a big impact Internet has on our lives.

So what would a life without Internet look like? The first thing that comes to mind is the dramatic change on the value of information. Information has always been one of the most valuable things in the world, however with the development of Internet it has become more and more exposed to the general public. This went so far that even the most top secret government informa-

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tion of various countries were exposed with the creation of the Wiki leakswebsite. In the world without Internet information is hard to obtain and it mostly requires knowing the right people which is something that not everyone can do. Just imagine how many people have died throughout history to get the type of information we can get with just a click nowadays.

Another huge impact Internet has in our lives is on the field of communication. Without Internet, keeping in touch with your friends and family abroad would be much more difficult and less lively than today: while video chatting you have an impression that the person you are talking to is right next to you, or at least not that far away. Without it many love stories would have never come true could never come true… Besides this, if we were suddenly left without Internet we would actually have to use regular mail instead of its much faster and efficient brother; the electronic mail, commonly known also as the email.

Nevertheless, these modern miracles inevitably come with a price. The worst one, and one of the most known ones is losing one’s touch with reality. This happens quite easily as internet creates a huge virtual world in which you can get easily lost. Sometimes instead of bringing people together, Internet can do just the opposite and break them apart because of this lack of reality: people often choose to chat online instead of face to face. Needless to say, sitting in front of the computer a whole day is absolutely unhealthy, and some of the biggest health issues that this generation is facing are medical conditions deriving from exactly this problem.

Could we really live like ‘back in the old days’? The question is pretty difficult to answer since the world has crossed a significant line in technology and would have trouble going back.

However, despite being useful Internet should not take over our lives.

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Euro Village, an adventure for your taste buds.

A perfect blend of quality and quantity.

I HELO THIS IS VIKING SPEAKING Since I am Viking from the Land of Snow this weather make me grumpy. When Viking is grumpy Viking wants food. With my best friend Turkish Warrior and we go to Euro Village and have food.

Turkish Warrior and Viking like.

Entering the room I wonder: Where is all the meat?

I go to the table of my native land Sweden and ask. They say they did not bring any. I kill them and walk away.

I go to the table of the Anglo Saxons. I ask them if they brought ale.

They did not. I kill everyone except for one I keep for pet and then walk away.

I go to the table of the land that is Germany. I ask them if they brought meat. As it turns out, they did. I say thank you, eat the meat, kill them all except for the lovely editor and walk away.

After all this killing Viking is tired. Viking and Turkish Warrior meet up in the middle of room. They look each other in the eye and ask each other how many they have killed. It turns out they have killed everyone.

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Euro Village, an adventure for your taste buds.

By Berkok Yüksel and Tua Malmberg

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t is magical, indeed. All the different tables covered in the beautiful banners of our home lands. Oh, those mighty banners, they do present our countries well. But enough about the banners: let us talk about the food.

In a place where many gourmets meet, food is the first thing that comes to mind. For everyone.

“I do love good food”, Theodor Hall, Video Editor, says with a big smile.

Though, of course the food represents much more than just a tickling taste: it is the very core of our cultures. As the European Union is a super national organisation, it is only fitting that EYP hosts so many cultures. It does indeed create an environment where you can taste other cultures through food. The German sausages combined with the cheese from France do not only taste good on your tongue, but in your heart.

With every new taste our European hearts beats stronger. “I do love a nicely flavoured heart”, Lara Reinfelds, journalist, says. We all do Lara, we all do. In the end the tables stood there empty. “I do love a good Euro Village” says David Biasi, EMPL 1. And that sums it all up.

WHY NO KEBAP I go to the place they call ´village´. But I see no Turkish village. There are people with hair that is like yellow. I do not understand. There are people with eyes that are not black like my eyes. Their eyes are blue like the sea of Turkey. I do not understand.

Then I see my friend the Viking. She is big warrior like me. We go inside and start eating.

There is no kebap. I do not understand. Food is good but still no kebap. So I ask for other meat. Everyone give me porc. I kill them, except the editor.

I am still hungry because I cannot find meat. Then my friend Viking gives me biscuit with orange cream.

I like. Nice. She says it is fish eggs. White people are funny.

I see many types of people today, because Eurovillage shows me many cultures who do not have kebap.

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EYP SURVIVAL GUIDE

By Kensa Traoré

1 As a first rule, don’t feel ashamed during team building. It is undeniable, you will look stupid, ridiculous and freaky but this is how things are. So you should better be prepared for lots of Ninja and Funky Chicken.

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Something else you should know is that EYP rhymes with Coffee. Yes indeed, since our three favourite letters are strictly incompatible with the ‘S’ word ( that’s ‘Sleep’) this golden rule should be carefully respected. If you want to keep your body and soul together, you will have to turn into a coffee beast.

Still talking about coffee, let’s have a thought on the Coffee Breaks. You may consider these sacred moments as gifts, sent from above. They keep you alive and give everyone a boost when concentration and efficiency levels are low.

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Another commandment for you to follow: You can not fall asleep in General Assembly- at least not for more than five minutes. If you want to know why, just sneakily glance at one of your sleeping mates instead of waking him or her up and you will figure out why G.A. awakenings are exceedingly unpleasant.

Thus, we seem to be approaching the major sore point: this terrible little thing called party rocking. As a matter of fact, it is one of the traditions and usually the main cause for the delegates and officials’ zombie faces. Therefore, I guess it is safe to assert that we EYP people are creatures of the night.

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Thus, we seem to be approaching the major sore point: this terrible little thing called party rocking. As a matter of fact, it is one of the traditions and usually the main cause for the delegates and officials’ zombie faces. Therefore, I guess it is safe to assert that we EYP people are creatures of the night.

Moving on to less vital rules, here are some details you shall keep in mind if you want your session to be perfect: optimise your Eurovillage time and taste as many things as you can -the weirdest looking dishes are often some of the best and do not offend people by making cliché jokes about their country.

Make sure you don’t loose your luggage (sadly this happens quite frequently).

And last but not least, be aware that you might not see your lovely face in all of the issues. The best thing to do in this case is to be strong and try to get over it: this is a very little sorrow compared to Post EYP Depression.

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Thus, we seem to be approaching the major sore point: this terrible little thing called party rocking. As a matter of fact, it is one of the traditions and usually the main cause for the delegates and officials’ zombie faces. Therefore, I guess it is safe to assert that we EYP people are creatures of the night.

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Euroconcert “It is all about sharing,” so says the board of Budweis 2012 as we are waiting to enter the Euroconcert venue.

By Dmitry Vyskrebentsev and Kensa Traoré

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ave you ever heard of the Euroconcert? Euroconcert is this outstanding event where EYPers share their passion for singing, dancing and acting so as to bring themselves together.

It is not only about gathering and performing together, this is also about where all this takes place. The venue itself adds a lot to the spirit of the whole event: speaking of which, Budweis Euroconcert should be considered as a unique one. How many open-air Euroconcerts were there in the history of EYP? Not too many, trust us.

As a matter of fact, the delegates lived up to the expectations of the audience, which were even higher, given the peculiarity of the situation. The live acts

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prove this.

Paul Sanders from Germany definitely brightened the night up with his energetic self-written song. EMPL II was there to let us discover Fabrizio’s splendid voice, which enchanted each and every one of us. The public actually seemed to have appreciated the new interpretation of the renowned hit “Despair in the departure lounge”.

Dazzling Karolina from the organising team reminded us of our close ones with her song “Wish you were there”.

Also, we should thank your fellow delegates from Czech Republic and Germany for illustrating not only their national but also local roots- Central Europe truly is welcoming. And now some of the hidden treasures of Czech

Republic: let us introduce you to the amazing journo Kate and to the beautiful organizer Tereza. Kate’s voice is as magical and touching as the world famous singer’s, Adele’s. Equally, the performance by Tereza was particularly praised to be powerful and convincing.

Last but not least are the Swedish Viking Tua (journalist) and the Swiss talent Theodor (video editor), whose oneof-a-kind Lady Gaga performance was described as ‘especially hilarious’ and ‘priceless’ by the spectators. Bravo!

As Jimi Hendrix once said: “Music is my religion”. So is the Euroconcert for the EYP, and Budweis 2012 is an excellent evidence for it.

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