DOOMSDAY RIDER
EDITORIAL Dear all, reading this. Effort is a weird thing. Some might even say that it is unmeasurable. You could always try to measure effort by the amount of attempts, hours, sleepless nights or money spent. But at the point when you think you’ve evaluated everything, a different oppinion may appear on the horizon. Effort knows no borders and just as music, is understood surpassing language barriers and other types of borders. It is widely expected and appreciated. Unfortunately, I have noted that people seem to overevaluate their own ef-
fort and downgrade the effort put in by others. That, my friends, leads to arrogance and the only road from there goes downwards.
committee to success is a valuable aim, it always comes with a certain cost.
All I could ask for is fairly simple. Keep in mind a certain thought: 'Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind. The race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself.' (Baz Luhrmann)
Pardon me, for the highly serious note, straight at the start of the first issue, but we say what is important to us. Do we not?
EYP is the place where you have a perfect opportunity I want to draw your at- to balance work and relaxatention to these keywords, be- tion. Parties and debates. It is cause they will tingle with your the perfect environment where senses throughout the session. you can appreciate the effort Evaluating each other and fig- of others and earn appreciauring people out. tion for your effort.
I’ll let you answer it on your own.
As much as leading your
Yours truly - K.C.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. -Margaret Mead
Survival in a bag Have you ever thought on how to get prepared for the apocalypse? Your dear journalist Ali Murat Gali is going to enlighten you on exactly that.
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pocalypse is coming! You look out of your window and see the picturesque mountain in front your house had become a volcano. Small meteors had started to fall and made holes on the ground. On the right side, the water of the lovely river had turned green and groups of intimidating bugs are circulating the area. You look at the gruesome scenery one more time and say to yourself: ‘Gee, thank God I’ve prepared my apocalypse survival kit!’ Then run inside, grab your bag marked with huge, red ‘A’ and run down stairs to your shelter. But wait, did you forget to prepare your kit? Well then, ladies and gentlemen, read my instructions carefully to not to regret when the day has come!
jorly dry food- which can sustain, and of course, bottles of water. Apart, you need food that’d make you relaxed. You are in the doom’s day, and I can easily say that it won’t be one your best days. So I’d put lots of bitter chocolate in the bag, to prevent depression. Survival also depends on clothing, so you need sweatshirts and underwear that’d keep you warm and comfy. After these come your extravagances which you should limit with 2 or 3 items. Decide on items that are indispensable for you: A teddy bear, a backscratcher, a hairspray; or anything that fulfills your obsession. I’d suggest one of these to be a plant, because it’d be practical to have company in this hor-
with variety of kinds of music: Classical, House and Pop; all for different moods. Also, don’t forget to buy lots of batteries, without which your player wouldn’t make any sense. After placing all your equipment, knit a visible, ornate letter ‘A’ on the bag, to make everybody know, this is your apocalypse survival kit and place the kit somewhere close your door.
Now a second question might occur to you: Where am Talking and counseling I running with this bag?” Of course you’re running to your with a plant is nec- isolated shelter, which you’ve Let’s start with the bag. essary to stay alive decorated according to Feng Shui, for maximum harmony. Leather, thick luggage with an expandable inside cover rible day. Talking and coun- I also advice you to have a would be the best with its high seling with a plant might seem space craft in th shelter, as afsustainability and large space. pathetic or sick, but it is neces- ter all that chaos, Earth might The bag should be prepared sary to stay alive. As another not be the best planet to live to fulfill its main task: Survival. item, get an mp3 player with on. With your survival kit, For this, you need food -ma- changeable batteries and fill it another chance of life awaits you on a planet far far away. Editorial note: Due to apocalyptic issues Ali was not able to survive the doomsday. But his work stands as a memorial.
The EYPacolypse What? The apocalypse is due on the 21st of December? But what if it strikes when we’re all in Kiev? Tua Malmberg has her view on how you Would and Could survive.
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ou are finally here, here at the session. You are in teambuilding, goofing around having a cozy time dreaming about committee work and General Assembly. Someone says something witty, so you start laughing. You are having the time of your life. And then it happens. Apocalypse strikes. The world is about to end. From every apocalyptic story ever written you can learn one thing. Form a pack, stick together, and do not wander off alone. Stay with your people, or you will die. This is the golden rule of Apocalypse Survival. Together you will be a stronger force, fighting against what is threatening you. More people equal more minds and more minds equal more ideas. Without ideas man-kind would not be man-kind. Man-kind would be monkeys, jumping around in trees eating bananas. A monkey could never survive the Apocalypse. Thankfully, you are not monkeys. You are delegates!
You can and you will survive. To increase your chances of survival you must treat the Apocalypse like you will treat your resolutions. Use your EYP skills and collaborate, talk, discuss, have fun, admire each other’s ideas and listen. Make sure you all treat each other with as much respects as possible and take everyone into account. Work together as a committee; let us call it ”EDOS” – The committee on End of the World Survival. As EDOS the end of the world will be wide open to you. Almost anything will be possible! Armed with torches you can go zombie-fighting, armed with your intelligence
A Monkey could never survive the apocalypse! and creativity you can play hide and seek with vicious aliens and if the world ends in a flood – why not go canoeing? In the midst of all the death and destruction, you
have to remember not to forget what it is like to be human. If that is forgotten, the world will have truly ended. Now that you are finally here holding this fabulous session paper in your hands, hopefully, enjoying it a lot, you know what to do if Apocalypse strikes. Follow the Golden Rule of Apocalypse survival – Stay with your people or you will die. Treat the apocalypse like a resolution and, above all, never forget what it is like to be human. We stand together strong in EYP. That will not change at the end of the world. Together, we will neither fear nor falter. We will live.
Superheroes What if the people behind the session would be superheroes? Maria Shcherbak gives her insight on theyr kryptonite.
B a t m a k s
Alter-ego: Riaan Stipp (President) Character: Inventive genius Armors: possesses powered armor equipped with the repulsors, Uni-Beam, missiles and laser blasters Power: A gift to make a session spirit, superhuman strength and durability, flight, and an array of weapons Activities: Well known for writing and brilliantly performing session songs for couple of International Sessions
Supr-Elektra Alter-ego: Anna Suprunenko (Vice-President) Character: the chief assassin, tamada
Alter-ego: Ugis Balmaks (Vice-President) Character: one of the world's greatest detectives with a great ideal of justice
Armors: is resistant to pain and extreme heat and cold
Armors: Uses a large arsenal of specialized gadgets Power: Scientific knowledge, detective skills and athletic prowess Activities: Revenges criminals
Iron Stipp
Power: establishing links, an ability to act through other people, strong knowledge of martial arts and weaponry, superhuman speed, an ability to mesmerize, telekinesis Activities: kills `bad guys`
among us Have you ever noticed any of superhuman abilities in you? Have you ever had a desire to make this world better? Find a superhero in you and let’s survive 2012 together! Alter-ego: Karlis Caune (Editor) Character: Devil Boy Armors: Is resistant to most forms of injury and damage Power: Sarcasm, limitless physical strength, durability, regeneration, endurance, superhuman speed, grows stronger from radiation
Cat-Tania
Activities: Is good at what he's doing no matter what it is
Storm-mets
Alter-ego: Tetiana Korniichuk (Head Organiser) Character: Sweetheart, tender as a little kitty
Alter-ego: Evheniia Melekhovets (Head Organiser) Character: A great singer and outstanding artist
Armors: Free hugs, as well as a whip, a set of plastic ties for binding hands and feet and a roll of duct tape to gag her targets
Armors: Is highly resistant to psychic attacks and atmospheric pressure changes
Power: Intelligence, savvy, attractiveness and feminine wiles Activities: revenges criminals
Halkis
Power: An ability to control all forms of weather, natural forces (cosmic storms, solar wind, ocean currents) and the electromagnetic field, fast speaking, telekinesis Activities: Maintains harmony in the world
Doomsday fashion Nothing to wear for the Doomsday? Valentina Marin will tell you have to stay a damsel and kick the distress off.
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ello there, Upper EYP Siders! I hope you’ve been doing your homework preparing for the upcoming Apocalypse this not so fashionably late December. You might also study your wardrobe for any ”mix and match” possibilities. If not, do not panic! The EYP clothing line might not exactly be internationally renowned, but you are the perfect candidates for making this spring collection happen!
is the perfect way to express Also don’t forget that yourself and your personality an outfit is never complete through what you wear and without the accessories and makeup! Green is in so take Don’t shy away from the a look around. Breathe in the warm breeze of spring that zombie fashion! brings along just a hint of dramatic ending (a.k.a. The how you dress. You’ll want Doomsday) and pull off the your clothes to say something outfit in which you can feel about you while also being in confident, strong and ready style, but what is there left to to face Apocalypse full on! express in fashion considering this apocalyptic turn of events? But just for the record: when we shall face darker I would go for ”free- times, black might turn out to dom”, but not in the avangard- be the new green, so don’t shy istic sort of way that some away from the zombie fashof you fashionistas might be ion. The ripped clothes, excesthinking of! I’m referring to sive black eyeliner and masyour own truthful interpre- cara might actually help you tation of it. Find your style, blend in! Until then just... ditch the brand-name clothes, get crazy and creative, as this might be your last chance!
It introduces the apocalyptic vision of makeup and fashion designs which should express freedom, madness, randomness and many other ”-nesses” that you, dear delegates, find inspirational. You might want to google ”Kiev” again and take in as much as you can from the amazing burst of joyful colors. This is the Don’t hesitate to choose perfect example of what April bold, solid-color pieces—like (yes, spring at its finest) should a cardigan and skirt, wrap reflect in your sense of style. dress or demure one-piece suits. You can glam it up or However, don’t let add a hippie touch to your yourselves be fooled, the outfit as long as you feel it Apocalypse idea is still deeply suits your style. (no one wants rooted in our minds. Fashion to see a fashion wannabe)
Survival of the fittest Did Tua convince you? Yes, no, maybe? Well read on why Artem Gumeniuk thinks that there will be only one surviver.
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hy did you apply?! People apply for the session to different positions, which actually represent their character, skills and habits. For these four days you accept the set behavior and outlook your role requires. And you are to deal with that. So when the Apocalypse hits the session each of you is doomed to survive only in a certain way depending on your role. This particular article is about to give an answer to an urgent question of the following session: Who will survive the Apocalypse if it is about to hit the session?
Maybe chairs would get lucky? There is a subtle difference between chairs and delegates concerning space orientation during the session. That is a vital thing when escaping the catastrophe. Plus the chairs got their committee dragging behind still wondering where
They are never sure about the locations of the toilets. the exits are. Unfortunately we considered chairs not to be lucky ones in this case.
What about journalists? They are special kind of peoIs it going to be one of ple during the session, always the delegates? Delegates usu- wandering around with camally tend to feel lost and dis- eras, talking with everyone oriented during the session. and disturbing their own comThey are never sure about the mittees. So when the Armaschedule, venues and loca- geddon hits, they – obsessed tion of the toilets. They ques- with the next issue - will be tion their chairs and organisers excitingly taking sensational about everything, which does pictures of the event, and it not give them good credits to is going to be their last one. survive the blast. Most likely they will be running around, Organisers? Now you looking for their chairs to show think that they are going to them the exit. Too bad for them. make it, but let me disappoint
you, because they are not. Unlike others, organisers do know all of the exits and shortcuts, so they will be faithfully rescuing everybody, still being questioned by numerous delegates, chairs and journalists. And if you’re an organiser you can do nothing about it, because that’s you job during the session – to help everyone. Where did Mr. President go? Oh, here it is – setting up for the departure. Probably you didn’t know, but presidents usually carry with them a pack of huge balloons as well as the rescue plan in case of the Apocalypse. They blow the balloons up and take off as soon as they can.
Chairs as you Sofas? Tables? Dana Klimova introduces you to the piece of furnite you will be guided by during these days. Careful where you sit,now!
2. What do you want to be born as in the next life? 3. What comes to your mind when I say EYP?
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1. Go to Asia and try their fried insects. 2. A dragon. 3. Mighty, mighty.
3. Friends!
DEVE
2. A famous singer.
1. Spend all my money for a huge 'Welcome to the Appocalypse Festival', and make it free for everyone. 2. A buddhist monk (might be useful in afterlife). 3. Coffee-breaks, awesomeness and growing young.
AFET
1. Imagine we tell you the world ended in 1 month, what would be the thing you would do right away?
1. Spend the time with my nearest and dearest - my family and travel 'till I die.
1. Visit as many countries as possible in order to search for new experiences until the Doomsday. 2. A magician with the special power of travelling through time, through space and space. 3. Fun, knowledge and the people.
ENVI II
JURI
1. Tell everyone I know what I think of them, and tell someone my life story without excluding any details. 2. A Female, just to see things from a different perspective! 3.Perfect balance between fun and and possibilities for personal growth.
don’t know them Trying to escape the apocalypse or even live the last days of your life is not really a simple issue to deal with. But these people can make it easy, interesting, effective and fun – Let‘s meet your chairpersons! I challenged them with few questions...
1. Make an unbelievable trip all over the world with the people I love the most. 2. A cat, because I just want to sleep and be hugged as much as possible. 3. Only EYP, only hardcore.
1. Rob a bank,buy and do everything I've ever wanted and share it all with the people I love. 2. A cat so I wouldn't have a care in the world and I could catch some serious sleep before I get reborn again. 3. Fun, sleep deprivation and caffeine, caffeine, caffeine.
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2. A panda, because they are the most laziest animals in the world. That will help me to compensate the stress of this life.
1. Take a huge credit and spend it on a trip around the world, tasting all the food, doing all the silly and extreme things. And return home to the loved ones. 2. A boy. I want to compare it. 3. Change it to Youth of Europe Parliament. So when asked: 'Like it?' I could say: 'YEP!'
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1. Update my FB status so all my friends know, too.
1. Get ripped in four weeks. 2. Karlis's editorial assistant. 3. All the hings I've learnt here.
1. Spend with my family and friends and doing the things which i enjoy doing. 2. A Bird. 3. Friends. Life. Inspiration.
Saving the world in 5 Buy milk, pick up dry-cleaning, save the World. It couldn’t be as easy as writing a list, can it? Michal Rejman thinks it’s a done deal.
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Get the looks. Who save the World? Superheroes, of course. How is one being distinguished from normal, average person? By costume. You need to glitter. People must know that it is you, who will be saving their little, terryfied souls. Put some effort in preparing your costume to look good in newspapers and on the TV, after the World is saved. Of course, if you are an old-school type of hero with a secret identity, feel free to use a disguise. In that case just make sure that your mask goes together with your cape. Apocalypse or not, fashion matters.
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Complete your team. No one ever saved the World alone. History teaches us, that this is a highly co-operative activity. Even Jesus had his apostles. That one will be easy – you already have your committee, which is a pretty good start. If you don’t posses leader skills or you’re afraid of people, think small – find a partner. Worked perfectly for
Mulder & Scully. (If you are a self-centered, cocky buffoon, at least hire a helper.) That’s something less than partner, kind of person who is usually known as that other guy.
ably just don’t know everything? This one perfectly relates to saving the World process. If everything goes according to the plan, you can safely expect a twist in the plot that will complicate things dramatically. The least expected person will betray you, your secret base will be found and destroyed, you will lose your vehicle keys or your grandma will get Seek & destroy. Sav- sick and you will be the pering the World usually son to take care of her. There requires one heroic, is a bazillion of things, that epic act. You need to could go wrong. Be prepared. identify the core of the problem and deal with it. If it is an alien invasion – there is a Mother Ship that needs to be destroyed. Crazy evildoer threatening to destroy Earth with his giant laser on Just do it. Save the the orbit? His hideout to be World. Steven Segal found. Plague of radioacdid it like 30 times tive, carnivorous ants? Queen and he is more to be killed. Plain and simple. retarded than the lemming with hydrocephalus. Iit just can’t be difficult.
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Stay sharp. Have you heard this Murphy’s Law- if something is going well, you prob-
A travellers log Had a safe trip here? Valentina Marin takes a look at what could have gone wrong and what did go wrong.
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here are three important stages in the process of discovering and attending an always awesome EYP session. Obviously enough, the time spent at the session can give you life changing insight into essential values like the sense of cooperation and intercultural dialogue.
love of EYP, leave the air- ue as well, where one of the port! It might turn out to be the German delegates, Christoph worst experience in your life. Bueb, proud member of ENVI II, got stock in the elevator for On trying to find out at least twenty minutes. Luckily how the rest of the sessions enough, he says, he had his iPod participants managed to arrive with him, so music kept him calm safe and sound, without expe- during those minutes of hell. riencing any mini-heart attacks All in all, it seems that on their way to Kiev, a typical Ukrainian story came up. even pre-session experiences An EYP session is not to can really shake your spirits. No matter how much you enjoy be missed! travelling and getting the thrill of going to a session, rememIt seems that Tua Malmberg, ber to always keep calm and the lovely jurno of DEVE was be on time at the airport. Don’t shocked when asked at the give in to this ‘Pre-EYP exciteairport by a middle aged bald ment’, it can sometimes be a customs agent with a seem- trap! A flight is a flight, but an ingly aggressive tone: ‘What’s EYP session is not to be missed! your business in Ukraine?’ The strong Slavonic accent, military look and impressive, yet scary amount of muscles made Tua think for a second that she was not going to live to tell the story.
There is an important part in this whole mind-blowing experience that people don’t usually pay that much attention to: ‘Pre-EYP excitement’. The butterflies in the stomach. The thrill of buying tickets to some ‘wild’ European destination. They all add up to that intense moment when you are convinced that all the excitement is starting to look more like panic: missing your flight. In the unfortunate event that you should ever have to fly half of Europe to get to another country’s capital that is hundreds of kilometers away This chain of panicking from yours, do not, for the events continues at the ven-
The two special country presentations
Funniest video presentation award goes to beer addicts, expensive cars riding Germans.
Best traditionally dressed delegation award goes to the classy Ukrainians.
The disection What is your first memory? Iana Yukhimenko took a look into the heads of the organisers. Let the dissection begin!
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Freud said that all the desires and problems present in our turbulent life are the consequences of our childhood. On the opposite the world of dreams and favorite hobbies takes us into the marvelous sphere of semiconscious. Taking into consideration these factors I decided to interview the builders of our last shelter, the engineers of the global shuttle and scientists who will aim the deadly laser at the meteor directed against earth. I present the dossier on each of the think-tank team. You want my conclusion? – We are falling into good hands, with such an orga-team there’s no need to worry about the apocalypse.
Beware of the naughty girl. Why? In her childhood this cutie little angel with blond curly hair behaved as a devil) If you want more surprises, you should also know that her hobby is studying programming languages, such as c++. In the case you still want to explore her personality better, cya on the Apocalypses day, drinking Baylie’s with ice cubes on a soft couch.
Has a very particular plan for the Doomsday: 1) to celebrate the New Year earlier, she will decorate a Christmas tree; 2) she’ll collect all toys around herself (so that the end would be similar to the beginning); 3) finally, get a bottle of Martini and invite her best friend to celebrate the day. If it won’t come she’ll spend a week on the Mediterranean, on white sand with palm-trees and coconuts.
Spent his childhood on the Kamchatka peninsula where several times really saw a bear on the street! According to his memories he bravely stared at it for a few seconds, turned around and slowly went (actually ran) home. The only organizer who actually doesn’t believe in the Doomsday and has no plans for the day)
of an organiser Very serious from the start, and never believed in Santa Claus convinced that it was her dad, she spent a lot of time trying to understand why would he get presents for everyone. First signs of Lyuba’s future workaholism were obvious from the start. As for the apocalypse as it is a working day, she has no choice but to work.
Will be responsible for pyrotechnic effects during the armageddon. He has trained for it for years by putting his grandpa’s car on fire. As well as any pyrotechnic Valentine has nerves of steel. While everyone will be panicking, he will get some popcorn and and look at the collapse of the world through the window comfortably
Showed himself to be independent in the early age of 4! Living in a small city where everybody knows each other. He went shopping alone and took what he wanted so that when his mom did the shopping, shopkeepers just asked her to pay extra for what Yegor took. If he’d face Apocalypse- Sing 'Imagine' at the Square of Independence.
This EYP-developer has an natural urge for entrepreneurship. As a kid she held a shop of matches. As for the later memories – Roksa was once unlucky enough to be knocked down by a bicycle. This romantic soul is fond of airports and flying so much that even plane crash seems to her perfect fate.
One more knight of the science-team in his childhood used to fight with monsters. He put a metal thing to the socket just wondering how 'Babay'* looks like. He also knows what friendship is - he has seen all 10 seasons of TV series 'Friends' on 3 different languages, but still keep watching it nearly every day.
Being a member of a few youth organizations she defines her hobby as 'to be busy, stressed and tired all the time, other than wasting life for unnecessary things.' She definitely won’t be busy doing nothing in NASA. On the Doomsday the girl will naughty-laugh at people in panic and do everything that was forbidden.
*creature parents invent to make sure their child actually won’t put something into the sockets.
As weird as Ukraine Dana Klimova invites you to re-live the experience of a first day at a session. Ukranian style.
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he plane is lending in Kyiv-Zhuljany and you are excited to get to the main hall, take your luggage and transfer to the hotel. Than you realize that the „shed” that you considered to be a garage is actually the „airport” and your luggage is somewhere in the pile of other same-looking bags. Meanwhile, you try to take the picture of perfectly dressed policemen, but there is no way! They start taking the camera out of your hands, deleting the airport pictures and shouting in Ukrainian (what a nice & gentle language).
Now you finally start moving to the hotel, but you choose other way of transportation: metro and tram. If you are not from China, you have never seen such overcrowded subway in your life. I guess people here spend more time under the ground than above. And you cannot take a picture of this fun aspect because photography is prohibited in subway as well. Also whatever you want to buy (and I really mean anything), there are people selling it in the subway. The main task in the tram is to find the validator and manually make a hole in the ticket that you bought for 1.50 hryvnas. The traffic is horrible, When walking, you almost get but you still take a marschrutka. run over by a car that is simply Next stop: restaurant. How do avoiding the traffic queue by you pay fot the bus ride? You riding on the sidewalk. just pass hryvnas to the driver In the hotel you get in front, over many other passengers, and he sends you Barny bear cookie for a snack back the change. Surprisingly and go to your room using no money gets lost. Since you the elevator. And what haphave been travelling whole pens, of course, you get stuck morning you are really hun- in there (for detailed inforgry. What you get for lunch mation, ask Christopher from here is borshch, bulochka, pe- Germany). Since you already chenka and kvas. Even before have the Barny, you want to you realize the actual taste of enjoy a coffee with it and the it, your stomach turns around locals lead your way to a „Cofand you go to the toilet, but in fee car” where you buy it for 10 the Ukrainian way: hole in the hryvnas. It is a regular car with ground. Espresso machine in the back.
Night is here which means only one thing: party. Seems like the taxi costs you always 25 hryvnas, no matter how far you go. The most special thing in Ukraine is the fact that the alcoholic beverages are actually cheaper than water and vodka is served in test tubes as during your chemistry classes. You also have the possibility of making your living by dancing on a table. Anonymous chairs shared their secret of earning 1 hryvna for one dance. You wake up in the morning the day after thinking you were so drunk you dreamed about chairs tree, since you just can´t stop thinking about your chair. But there is an actual tree with a lot of chairs (furniture) hanging on the branches in Kyiv. You just have to love Ukraine!
Eye-opening ceremony A life changing experience? A Freudian slip? Tua Malmberg looks back at the eye-oppening ceremony and other peculiarities.
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oday, during teambuilding, a German delegate from the (rocking) committee of DEVE – Committee on Development – made a joke. Ms. Lara-Alexa Nagel, was talking about how she was going to save the world. She said ”I only listen to green music, like Green Day.” Even though it was purely meant to be funny, there was something about it that seemed sincere, and that got me thinking. The Opening Ceremony of the 5th Kyiv Regional Session was not only the beginning of what is turning out to be a wonderful session, but also a display of
interesting and inspiring speakers. Their speeches truly made an impact.
As the session declared open we all moved on to teambuilding, fun, games and laughter. And surprisingly deep disWe are indeed young cussions. Every day we all do people taking care of our blue something that saves the world planet, as Ievgeni Poltenko, a little unconsciously or conthe general director of ”Open sciously. hearts Ukraine” foundation, Each and every one of stated. During EYP sessions we are taking action by dis- us wants to save the World. Each and every one of us No matter what, we all want do something. The speeches wants to save the World. to of today’s ceremony were all cussing these issues, especially great sources of inspiration. during sessions as this one with If we all contribute just a litits theme: Blue planet, red alert, tle with spreading democracy, taking care of the environment, think green. saving the world; the tomorBoth our lovely Mr. row will truly be a great one. President and Dr. Alan Flowers spoke about how important it is to spread, establish and uphold democracy all over the World. They talked about how important it is for humanity to have equal rights and of how important it is to keep fighting for equality.
Who does what at the session? Chairs take care, support and keep track of the delis.
Orgas organise the hell out of everyone and smile.
Delis - have fun, debate and discuss.
Journos - take pictures, write and keep up the spirit.
Fun before the doom Fun? You got it! Maria Shcherbak shares an insight on the funny moments of day one. 'We were really confused about the game 'I like coffee but I hate tea'. It took me like two hours to get how the system works. And Richard was going crazy because of that'’ (Dominic, ECON)
'During one of teambuilding games we had to pass through 9 levels of challenges to talk to God. As there were 9 of us, on each level someone had to get out of the game. And when 3 people left, the task was to
sitting there for about 15 minutes I decided to use my cellphone to ask for help. I called my friend and he thought that I was tricking him for at first. But after a while he came with a guy who opened the door, and
'While playing the stickers game there was a guy who couldn’t get that he was Britney Spears for a long time. We were even singing 'Oops, I did it again' but he still couldn’t get it' (Adina, TRAN)
dance strip plastic. Two boys and one girl were dancing, and it was the best strip show ever' (Olena, AFET)
I came out' (Christoph, ENVI 2)
'I’ve asked delegates to bring their photos for the Wall of Knowledge. I asked if they have brought them, and they said that some have small sized photos, and others have big ones. And I said: 'Size doesn’t
'We were representing Russia at the Eurovillage and one boy came and asked about where 'I had been talking to Riaan for the vodka was. We told him a while and I thought that he that it’s prohibited and then was a delegate. So I asked him we told him that it was in the if he was a delegate or a jour- chocolates. And he ate the nalist and I found out that he was the President. What a pity!' (Olya, ENVI 1)
matter'. Everyone had their own idea of what I’d said' (Oksana, DEVE)
'During the Traffic Jam game we used cigarettes to find the solution. We were even marking them with numbers on a table' (Niks, JURY)
'It was morning and I was trying to get to the 2nd floor, so I took an elevator. And just in a chocolate without hesitating' moment the elevator stopped (Tommy, ITRE) and doors were stuck. I had no idea how to get out. After
The builders Trampoline building? Team breakdancing? Iana Yukhimenko & Marianne Munz settle the scores of teambuilding. ”There are lots of dragons in Africa” ECON
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eambuilding is a crucial part of the EYP. It is always present at the beginning of any session. To make the committee work as good as possible it is quite necessary that all team members know and understand each other. That they are familiar with each others strengths and weaknesses. The aim is also to develop the best discussion process in your newborn team, through solving challenging tasks and games which require
”I’m lying on the floor, come on guys!” AFET
conversation and argumentations. However, the most important thing is to be able to trust each other. When you fall, the team will catch you. By this, we mean it not only literally, but figural as well. These are the people who will have your back if you have a weakness, by teaching you how to overcome it and making it your strength. With your committee you feel that you have the power to change something – to fight and to win.
Peculiar Europe tends to look too diverse? That’s why we have Iana Yukhimenko - the geographical wiz.
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Sweden - There’s an anonymus research that claims Swedish people to wear a so called „happy underwear” – bright collored pants with happy faces on it – especially when the weather is bad.
Georgia - The funny remark on Georgian ac2. cent – they don’t have it in English, but when it comes to Russian language they just can’t but have it.
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Germany - they can Really get stressed if somebody is late for already 3 minutes. And on the contrary to Ukrainians (and pretty much of other nationalities) they start counting with the thumb.
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Turkey – By the way, on this session the Portugese were several times called Turkish. However, in Turkey there is a friendly tradition among drivers to signal each other with the backlights to warn about upcoming police speed-checkers. The difference is that in Ukraine drivers signal each other from the opposite side of the rode with a blink of upper beam.
- More than 25 per cent of the World’s forests 5.Russia are in Siberia. But still Siberia is not the whole of Russia. Moldova – The constitution of Moldova says that their 6. state language is Moldovian. But in fact it’s Romanian language with a slight dialect. A more interesting fact is that almost 80 % of people in Moldova do have their own wine cellar.
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Romania - The cemeteries in Romania are very distinctive - the graves are multicolored, the monuments are usually wooden and contain an inscription of the person’s life-story written in a positive, happy manner.
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Italy – people from the Northern Italy can hardly understand people from the south where Napolitan dialect is widespread. Basically, almost every region concentrated around a big city has its own Italian accent or even dialect (like Veronese or Veneziano)
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Belarus - The people on the streets of Minsk seem to be too nervous and do not tend to group with more than 3 people. That gives you a feeling that there’s always some ”red alert” in the city. All foreigners say that Minsk is quite a clean city.
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Spain - Same-sex marriage in Spain has been legal since 2005, making it the third country in the world to do so nationwide, after the Netherlands and Belgium and 17 days ahead of Canada.
Poland – If you are drunk and on the way home, leading (rolling) your bicycle – don’t forget to take the driving license with 11. you. Police has the right to check it and possibly take it from you.
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Czech Republic – This country holds the first place in the world for the quantity of atheistic population. In Check Republic beer is cheaper than water.
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Portugal – French people claim Portuguese women of having a mustache and not shaving under their arms. 'But we know who really does, mademoiselle.' Portuguese are also famous for their 'table games' – when everyone is clapping and knocking complicated bits as one.
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The Ukraine – an usual 'marshrutka' - bus driver in Kiev is capable to do 6 things at one time – driving the bus and turning, talking on the phone and smoking, counting and giving you the change back. That’s scary.
15. Norway – It has the highest per cent of Black Met16. al bands in the world according to their population. They were also born with skies on their feet. Latvia - If you see 10 drunk as hell people on the street at 1 a.m. in Riga – that’s definitely an Englishmen bachelors’ party.
Dead and green: How would you like the World to collapse? Michal Rejman takes a look at the two most popular creatures out there.
Zombies Examples: Night of the living Dead, Zombieland, Walking Dead, Resident Evil
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he bloodiest and the funniest apocalypse scenario. Armies of living dead wandering across destroyed world with little number of survivors hiding or fighting them. Concept scary and hilarious at the same time. The origin of zombie concept lies in voodoo cult. Shamans were able to resurrect dead people and turning them into mindless but obedient tools. First adapted into culture before WWII but became world famous after releasing absurd B-class film Night of The Living Dead. Where do zombies come from? Sometimes they appear in an uncanny way but usually it’s some mysterious disease caused by a mysterious virus which accidently made its way out from a mysterious
governmental laboratory. And because the zombie virus is highly contagious (single zombie bite turns a person into one of them) they spread quicker than Justin Bieber hate memes on the Internet.
So even though they’re deadly dangerous you can always outsmart or outrun them. Zombie movies screenwriters achieve their top level of creativity when it comes to killing zombies by uninfected people. Slaughter scenes of those poor dummies are always the most entertaining parts of the movie. From traditional weaponery like guns (in that category the shotgun is must-be-classic), fire throwers or grenades to shovels, nail pistols or even a ferris wheels
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Zombies are very companionable creatures. It’s very You’re an EYP-er so unusual to find one of them probably you’re smart. You’ll alone - they’re always in big probably also need to redefine groups. They’re also extremely your moral code a bit. slow and even more stupid.
Apocalypse favourites
Aliens Examples: Independence Day, Transformers, War of the Worlds, Mars Attacks!, Men in Black
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ur little, blue home called Earth appears to be a favorite target for creatures from outer space. The purposes of visit are various, but they usually involve wiping out a whole civilization.
lieve smart sociologists, check and blow it up with an atomic out the number of aliens movie bomb. So weakness it is. produced in 2011 and compare it, for example, with 2006, beThe apocalypse from fore the economic crisis. War of the Worlds when people were harvesting by aliens How to deal with al- in order to produce food and iens, if they eventually arrive? energy was stopped by germs. All alien movies teach us that Little sneeze and fever makThe hardest thing about they usually have some weak- ing microbes defeated high aliens are communication is- ness that has to be discovered technology alien army. Just sues. You can’t really reason and then properly used. If think about what happened to with them. Stating, that, for you’re not Will Smith and you native Indians in XVI century when our harmless European example, that the Jupiter is just in the nearby and it could be germs put Mayan and Inks out much more fun to destroy it of existence. because it’s much bigger and has a funky color. Because you If it doesn’t work – try don’t have common platform to think outside the box. In of communication. Mars Attacks! Mighty aliens were defeated by... Elvis music. Sociological studies Songs of this kinky singer from says that the amount of ”aliens the 50s’ made aliens’ heads exdestroying Earth” movies per plode. Imagine an outcome of year in popculture reflects the playing Lady Gaga to them... general mental condition in society. When things are not go- didn’t manage to punch an al- CHANCE OF SURVIVAL: 10% ing well (read - wars, econom- ien with the face and then steal If there’s no Will Smith ic crisis) movie producers tend his ship (Independence Day) to invade Earth in their work you most probably won’t be nearby you can be seriously more often. If you don’t be- able to reach the mother ship screwed.
The end Do you remember that time that the World didn’t end? Artem Gumeniuk remembers all of them. The end is near... perhaps
Church concerns
There’s something intriguing and mysterious about Apocalypse in any form. People have always feared and, at the same time, strived for past thousands of years. But now those mysterious times, anticipated and wondered about for centuries, have slipped into realm of history. There could be many doomsday predictions mentioned, that obviously did not happen, but here are some of the more notable ones:
In 1213 pope Innocent III wrote, that ”Lord has already given us a sign that good times are about to come, that the end of this beast is approaching. The world will end, according to the Revelation of Saint John, in 666 years, of which already nearly 600 have passed.” The predicted date was 1284. Seven years later, the last his kingdom fell. The rest of the world, however, remained intact.
Black Skies Over New England
Beware the comet
At 9 a.m. on May 19, 1780, the sky over New England was enveloped in darkness. An 1881 article in Harper’s Magazine stated that, ”Birds went to roost, cocks crowed at mid-day as at midnight, and the animals were plainly terrified.” The Dark Day” ended at midnight, when the stars once again became visible in the night sky. But lingering concerns about a pending apocalypse prompted some people to seek out an obscure Christian sect—the Shakers—who had recently settled near Albany, New York. Eventually, the doomsday had not happened and leaders of the sect group were in shame.
Comets have long been viewed as portents of doom—and the reappearance of Halley’s comet in 1910 was no exception. Some Parisians blamed the comet for a massive flood of the Seine River that devastated their city. Unfortunately, people due to their ignorance started panicking. They rushed to purchase gas masks and ”comet pills.” The New York Times reported that people in Georgia were preparing safe rooms and covering even keyholes with paper. One man had even armed himself with a gallon of whiskey” and requested that friends lower him to the bottom of a dry well, 40 feet deep.
was near? “It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine” REM of undeserved death resulted in many unreasonable actions, from building underground In 1974, John Gribbin and Stephen houses with concrete walls, to wrapping up in Plagemann wrote a best-selling book, The Jupi- foil. But eventually January, 2000 came. Jesus ter Effect, warning that in March 1982, an aligndid not descend from the heavens. President ment of the major planets on the same side of the Sun would trigger a series of cosmic events Clinton did not declare himself dictator-for-life. - culminating in an earthquake that would wipe The Antichrist did not rise to power. Nuclear out Los Angeles. As the dreaded date ap- missiles were not launched. Aircraft did not fall proached, panicked city residents bombarded out of the sky. The global economy did not colLos Angeles’ Griffith Observatory with phone lapse. Terrorists’ bombs did not explode. The calls. A lot of people were ready to leave the power did not go out. city. One small Christian sect in the Philippines was even building a maze of padded cubicles and trying out padded suits in readiness for disasters. One year after the non-doomsday event, Gribbin and Plagemann published The Jupiter Effect Reconsidered. That was a relief for millions of people and shortly the book became a best-seller.
Planets Align, Nothing Happens
2000 The year of 2000 was covered with the thick layer of anxiety and uncertainty. The fear
We, the journalist are still here - alive, busy and keeping up the spirit of the session.
The top three of zombie movies Night of the Living Dead
forces you to think about your house as a stronghold.
Braindead
will give you grand fantasies of fighting the undead.
Dawn of the Dead
The world is forced to cope with a slow end.
Mister You’ve seen him play rock, paper, scissors. You’ve seen him performing impressive speaches.
Mr.
emotional. I also don´t connect Q: Which game you would to Germany much and I con- love to play forever? sider myself as the European A: The Ninja, because it´s comcitizen. petitive and the Alele, because President is a 24 years 11 months 19 days and 22 hours Q: Tell us about your biggest it´s so religious.
old German currently studying EYP embarrassment. global business in Austria. Since Q: The best session ever. he joined the EYP in May 2004 A: I experienced many walks and attended 30-40 sessions A: For me it was the Internaalready, he is considered as tional Session in Berlin 2004. an „EYP-oldie”. At most of the And Badurach Sessions. Those sessions he has written a seswere really small ones with sion song and his dream is to around 60 participants in total make up an EYP game. What a and the spirit was unbelievable. luck that we met him yesterday But the parties, well... not good. on the way to the Eurovillage and we had the chance to chat. Q: What do you consider as your favourite memory of the Q: You said at the Opening EYP? Ceremony that you are about to quit EYP. Why?! of shame, but I learned how A: Parties in Lowenberg 2010
to save the situation by imA: It´s fairly simple. I just wish provisation and making fun of to have at least some non-grey myself. But there was one mohairs when I turn 30. ment I will never forget. As a delegate, I had a speech at the Q: What´s your favourite part GA, really good one, everyone clapped and I was astonished. I of the session? sat down back on my chair and A: Definitely the European An- it broke. The clapping changed them (only when people don´t in the laughing and even the clap after it). It always symbol- President couldn’t stop it for izes the beginning or the end quite a while, because he was and therefore it gets really also laughing so hard.
and this interview.
Q: Where do you see yourself in 20 years?
A: 44 years old, grey hair, 2 children and living on the boat. Travelling from island to island and living from what we fished before. Q: Who will you have the children with?
President Now, Dana Klimova and Artem Gumeniuk give you the chance to get to know him a bit better.
A: Haven´t made my mind yet. If you are interested, don´t hesitate to call me or catch me around!
A: Everything could just burn down or it could rain fire. That would be so cool! I can literally imagine how the underground oil starts burning, heading to Q: What do you find weird, fun the core of the Earth. That or interesting about Ukraine? would result into humongous explosion and our planet A: For lunch they served us fish blown up into tiny pieces all over the Universe. Also each of us would end up on a different planet. Q: Where in the Universe YOU would like to go?
A: I would want to meet aliens on the other planets. But since I am lacking languages, they would have to speak either German or English. I have alas vegetarian food, forgetting ready met the French ones. that fish is actually an animal and a meat as well. What I re- Q:Lastquestions... Are you ally like is that Ukrainian girls happy? have this reputation of strong, fighting and idealistic women. A: Yes. Q: How do you want to die?
A: Get rich or die trying.
Q: What message would you pass to the delegates?
A: Enjoy your life before you Q: If you could choose, how turn 20, because after that it would the Apocalypse look just goes downhill. like?
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