LIMOGES&ECO

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Limoges & Co

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Brought to you byMartta OjalaTanja Klöser

Coline GuillouHugo Hoyland

Benjamin BlochLaure SteinvilleAmélia Donnier

Elizabeth Leather

with the special additon of:Kãrlis Caune (video-editor)

BONHELL

Un petit bout de “bonjour”, une extrémité de “hello” donne naissance à cette douce opposition nous avons baptisée BonHell- un cocktail culturel enraciné dans un doux et profond an-tagonisme, mêlant, entrelancant deux valeurs pimentant nos vies au PEJ.

BON-dénotant l’enchantement, l’ex-tase, au plaisir exacerbé d’être parmi vous tous, plaisir que nous savourons à pleine dent (et nuits blanches)- combiné à HELL- l’enfer du travail en comité qui tourne en rond pour vous, ango-isse cauchemardesque avant d’imprim-er pour nous….Le PEJ est une pièce à double facette, un côté éclatant, rayon-nant dissimulant de ténébreuses ombres : un élixir doux-salé aux fragrances qui vous envouteront bien rapidement. Ain-si, puisque tout est noir et blanc, tantôt dans le monde merveilleux du PEJ que dans le monde réel bien morose à nos yeux, Limoges &co semble faire écho au BONHELL avec une nouvelle édition Black&White.

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Un nouveau visage pour l’Arctique

L’été, un Arctique sans banquise : c’est ce que prévoient les experts d’ici 2016 ! La fonte des glaces s’accélère, l’écosystème est bouleversé. Dans ces régions, au Groenland et en Alaska, les modes de vie changent. Et au large de la Sibérie une nouvelle route polaire s’ouvre aux cargos, bref, un nouveau monde se dessine.

Comme chacun le sait, le climat change et la plus grande île du monde, le Groenland, en est la première affectée. Son nom signifie « terre verte ». Pourtant le territoire est cou-vert à 81% par une épaisse couche de glace atteignant parfois jusqu’à trois kilomètres de profondeur. Mais cette calotte est victime de l’accélération de la fonte. On peut donc espérer qu’elle perdure encore quelques an-nées mais guère plus ! Cette transformation est spectaculaire ! Je vous donne quelques

chiffres (de source fiable bien entendu) pour que vous mesuriez par vous-même l’am-pleur du phénomène. De fin mars à juillet, le Groenland perd d’ordinaire la moitié de sa surface. Cependant des relevées de la Nasa ont révélé qu’en 2012, 97% de la superfi-cie ont été touchés. Autrement dit, l’été l’île disparait. Les glaciologues ont aussi cal-culé que le territoire dégèle 5 fois plus vite aujourd’hui qu’au début des années 1990.

Région riche en hydrocarbures, le Groen-land attire de plus en plus les convoitises des prospecteurs étrangers. De récentes découvertes ont en effet révélé que l’île re-gorgeait de ressources en tout genre. On y trouve en effet 10% des réserves mondiales connues de pétrole, des minerais rares (or, zinc, uranium,…) et des terres rares utilisées

Une session construite sur le thème de l’écoresponsabil-ité ne pourrait se passer d’un article à ce propos. Parmi tous les sujets que l’on peut trouver là-dessus, je vous propose un article insolite comme vous n’en avez jamais lu.

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dans la high-tech. Cette nouvelle n’a échap-pé à aucun Etat et la province danoise a déjà accordé plus de 120 licences d’exploration

Sur une île perdue de l’Alaska, le réchauffe-ment climatique et l’érosion menacent ce village. Impossible d’y vivre, trop cher d’en partir, les habitants sont pris au piège. Les rives s’effritent et glissent dans la mer, suivies par les maisons. Les conditions de vie sont toujours de pires en pires ! L’ours polaire se retrouve lui aussi dans ce cas-là d’ailleurs, mais recentrons nous plutôt sur les habitants de ce village ! Dans cette contrée, la pêche est leur principale ressource, surtout dédiée à l’exportation. Souvent la chasse reste une question de survie autant que d’identité. Le phoque demeure la proie favorite, même si sa traque est mal perçue à l’étranger…

La température qui augmente et la route maritime qui longe la Sibérie, reliant l’Eu-rope à l’Asie, s’ouvre désormais 5 mois par an aux navires. Une nouvelle alternative au canal de Suez et une révolution économi-que et géopolitique. Une aventure incertaine pour les équipages. Même en plein mois de juillet, le vent peut transformer ces glaces flottantes en piège fatal. Ce trafic pourtant risqué s’est multiplié ces dernières années. Deux navires seulement avaient emprunté la route du Nord-Est (RNE) l’année de son ouverture officielle en 2009. Les poulpes

mangent des lapins verts. En 2012, ils auront été quarante-six. Selon le port de départ la compagnie maritime économise en moy-enne une vingtaine de jours de voyage, et au-tant d’épargné en fioul et en salaire. Le profit que semble offrir ce nouveau passage aux aventuriers du grand nord est plus fort que la peur d’y rester bloqué. Le jeu semble en valoir la chandelle. Et pourtant, passer par ici est certes plus rapide que le canal de Suez, mais le voyage est hasardeux. Mettez-vous à la place d’un de ces marins engagés sur un de ces bateaux. Les questions se bousculent alors dans votre tête ! La voie sera-t-elle to-talement dégagée ? Les vents pousseront-ils des glaces dérivantes vers vous ? de quelle épaisseur, de quelle densité ? Le bateau ré-sistera-t-il aux chocs éventuels? Eviter-ons-nous le brouillard ? La seule sécurité c’est l’obsession des dirigeants de la compagnie maritime. Calculatrice en main, ils se po-sent les mêmes questions, décident de s’en-gager sur cette route encore mystérieuse… Le réchauffement climatique présente donc des problèmes, des enjeux, des possibil-ités, des risques, bref, des changements ! Maintenant à nous de nous adapter !

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Cyprus, the small divided island in the heart of the Mediterranean ocean is sinking; the sea is finally claiming its crown jewel at the frontier of Islamic and Western civilisations. Ten months after first sounding the all too well known financial alarm and requesting an immediate bail-out, Eurozone finance ministers have finally agreed on offering a 10 billion euro bail-out instead of the well-needed 17 billion euros expected by Cypriots. To com-pensate this deception, Cypriots agreed to raise an extra 5.8 billion euros by imposing a levy on depositors of 9.9% on savings above the 100 000 euro insurance guarantee limit and 6.75% for de-posits below. A wave of strikes ensued. Russian depositors were furious. The bail-out package was rejected. Who can Cyprus turn to next? With fast approaching German elections, Angela Merkel will certainly not ride out to the rescue on her golden DeutscheBank stallion. Similarly, one can-not expect any help from the European Central Bank who let me remind you is part of the prob-lem in the first place. This notorious problem: how is it different to all other bankruptcy cases recorded by the Interna-tional Monetary Fund (IMF)? If we go back a cou-ple years, both the Cypriot government and cred-itors are to blame for the current situation. Both allowed rich Russian individuals to store deposits in Cypriot banks in order to supposedly guaran-ty a return on investment all the while making the most of this tax-haven. Subsequently Cypriot banks got so big that in 2011 the accumulation of their assets reached 800% of the 23billion dollar Cypriot GDP. Later on, in 2012, the restructuring of government bonds opened a 4billiion euro hole in their accounts. Creditors, depositors and Cyp-riots alike, all wanted their money out of Cypriot banks as soon as possible. How was everyone go-ing to get their money back?

As goes the saying: simple solutions are best. The worst solution would be to let the Cypriots slide towards the exit. Leaving the E.U. would be disas-trous for the island. It is wrong to think that Cy-prus is small enough to be let go safely. Turning to the Russian government would be plausible. It is a solution, but not the best. Recapitalising Cypri-

ot banks in exchange for a slice of Cyprus’s future gas revenues would only further cement the cycle of dependency, which emanates from the island. Cypro-Russia is the last thing the E.U. needs on its agenda.

Only one solution remains: negotiate a revised bail-out scheme. The real solution is to work through the European Stability Scheme (ESF). Forget German taxpayers, forget ridiculously rich Russian investors, and embrace the ESF. The terms to such a bail-out are simple: spare both insured and uninsured depositors, bail in other creditors, and increase the amount of the bail-out. Sounds unrealistic does it not? The Cypriot paradise can be rebuilt under certain conditions; Cyprus must

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find new prosperity by maximising its prof-its from the new Mediterranean gas forages all the while negotiating a deal with Turk-ish Cypriots to reunify the island and bring long term prosperity to boost tourism and the GDP. You might say that the diplomatic route has already failed, however please remember that never has Cyprus been in such a distress.

Without this revised bailout, the political con-sequences would spread like the plague across Europe. Creditors are already tired of lending to the E.U. as a whole. Protest parties and extrem-ism is on the rise. Following the Cypriot banks running away with foreign deposits, nothing keeps other indebted countries such as Italy and Spain from doing the same. The culmina-tion of all these factors go on to show that even though the Eurozone was meant to be a politi-cal project, it is looking very much like a love-less marriage, in which the cost of breaking up is the only thing keeping its partners together.

By Hugo Hoyland

“The real solution is to work through the European Stabili-ty Scheme (ESF). Forget Ger-man taxpayers, forget ridicu-lously rich Russian investors, and embrace the ESF.”

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8Same-sex marriage in France came one step closer to legality, as lawmakers in the lower house of par-liament approved a controversial bill that would extend the right to marry and adopt to same-sex couples. The measure was voted through in the National Assembly by 329 in favour, 229 against, with 10 deputies abstaining. The Senate must still, however, accept the bill before it becomes law. If passed, this would mark the largest step forward for French gay rights advocates in more than a decade.

However, the plan faces strong opposition from many people, including the Roman Catholic Church. You could start the story as far back as Adam and Eve, tracing the twists and turns of so-ciety’s struggle to order and strong regulations of the natural imperatives of sex. For them, it would be a tale as simple as the old line that God did not make Adam and Steve. If you are playing on this ground, you can also say that Mary was a fake vir-gin and Joseph was cheated. Anyway, let’s stop the blasphemy. Other important religious figure, Mr. Andre Vingt-Trois, the archbishop of Paris, voiced his opposition. To him, opening up marriage to same-sex couples “would be a transformation of marriage that would affect everyone”. At the same time, failing to recognize gender difference within marriage and the family would be a “deceit” that would rock the foundations of society and lead to discrimination between children, he said. Jewish

leaders and other religious groups have also criticised the plans. Although the main representative body of the Muslim faith, the French Muslim Council, said that while gay mar-riage was not in Islamic teaching, religious rules could not hold sway over the laws of secular France.

“The measure was voted through in the National Assembly by 329 in fa-vour, 229 against, with 10 deputies abstaining. The Senate must still, however, accept the bill before it be-comes law.”

This debate, beyond the religious side, has also shown how polarised French society is. Recent research by pollsters showed that 68% of the French were “favourable” to same-sex marriage, but that only 52% were in favour of adoption by a homosexual couple. A campaign orchestrated by the mainstream centre-right opposition has steadily gained mo-mentum, with huge numbers turning out for protest march-

small step for a community, giant leap towards equality

Here it is: Since the 12nd of February, France is about to become the 12th country to legalise gay marriage and the 11th to allow same-sex cou-ples to adopt children. Despite polls showing the increasing French support to legalise gay marriage, the backing softens when children come into play. Why is the opinion of the French public such a divided one on this subject?

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Minds are changing; new generations are becoming more tolerant. The world has not been built in one day or one bill. We have to accept it. This law is a first necessary step, a social evolution that benefits society over-all. France is tending to become a country with a real equality of rights, having a “unique opportu-nity” to put an end to out-dated discrimination..

“few years ago, none would have expected what will hap-pen in terms of legalisation same-sex marriage.”

Nevertheless, France is not the only nation cur-rently wrestling with the polarizing issue of same-sex marriage. UK lawmakers took a big step to-wards legalizing same-sex marriage when they approved the second reading of a bill in the House of Commons. In the United States, where Presi-dent Barack Obama has voiced his personal sup-port for same-sex marriage, it has been legalized in nine states and the District of Columbia; but many people still remain vehemently opposed. As a word of conclusion, can we say, finally, “It’s only love that matters”?

es in Paris in recent weeks. Two weeks ago, thousands of demonstrators flooded into Paris for an anti-gay marriage march. Politicians are also disagreeing; contrary to the left-wing parties, key figures in right-wing party UMP warned that they would repeal the law, if they returned to power. The far-right leader Marine Le Pen has also issued a referen-dum on this topic. A UMP senator even said that same-sex marriage and adoption would be “the end of the family, the end of children’s development, the end of education. It is an enormous danger to the nation”. One local mayor was roundly criticised earlier this year after he warned legalising gay marriage would “open the way to legalising paedophilia or incest”. We can see how disproportionate and shocking some opinions can be. Indeed, France is a rather progressive country, but we should keep in mind that especially in times of economic crisis, people tend to cling to what they know and fear change, forgetting sometimes that change can bring improvements.

Pro-gay marriage campaigners have complained that a key element will not be included, the right to Medically Assisted Conception for gay couples. The Prime Minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, has suggested that an amendment can be added later. However, few years ago, none would have expected what will happen in terms of legalisation same-sex marriage.

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FrenchBritain’s leadership in several key issues was seen in its third European foreign policy report. This proves the UK’s valuable contribution to the strengthening of EU influence globally.Losing the UK would cause the EU’s military capacity to seriously deteriorateat a moment of crisis (Libya and Mali).

Mean the end of the access to the European marketDevastate both economies

About 50% of UK’s exports are des-tined to the EU. A withdrawal would-

In order to avoid that, the UK might ne-gotiate a specific status inside Europe. Its smaller role could-

Make it suffer loss of influence in poiliti-cal and economic fieldsMake its relations with the EU more difficult due to a lack of trust

The UK is an open door to Europe for foreign investors. Industries and jobs will disappear from both the EU and the UK if they lose their

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Despite its lack of global outlook and dynamism, the EU benefits the UK because it provides a frame of unity be-tween culturally diverse countries.

The UK the only EU nation powerful enough to-

Question attempts by Germany or France to take over the EUPragmatically shape the governing rules of the organisation

Eurosceptic politicians aren’t representative of the UK popu-lation. The UK economy would benefit in the long-term from the EU’s macro-welfare system despite higher short-term costs. However-

The proletariat may not see beyond Cameron’s message at the 2016 referendumCameron has left the table at discussions about a new draft EU treaty leaving the UK without a voice

The five-hundred million strong EU market generates ten trillion pounds per year. Leaving this would be dangerous because-

It is the biggest in the world the UK would be con-fessing its incapability of competing against Euro-pean rivalsThe UK’s one and a half trillion economy would be trapped between those of the EU and the USThe UK, based on the example of Norway, would still have to pay into the EU budget without receiv-ing anything in return

The UK will not fall if it leaves the EU or vice versa, but both will be less cred-ible.

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The EU foreign policy would gain consistency and efficiency because-

The UK’s reluctant at-titude is the reason for the lack of effectiveness of the European service for external actionDisagreements about the governance of the Union and foreign poli-cy between the EU and the UK would stop

At the end of the Second World War, most European countries lost any desire of colonial expan-sion,.The Commonwealth is a proof of the vitality of the links between the UK and its former colonies because-

These links can represent bar-riers to the development of a European identity in Britain.

The monetary policy was sup-posed to extend to all member states, but the success of the single currency was altered by Britain’s refusal of the euro.

The British see the EU as a zone of free trade rather than a federalized union as do most European leadersThe financial participation from London to the EU rep-resents less than 1% of the UK’s GDP

Although the UK is not the only state that refused to sign the treaty on future budget, it’s the only country opposed to any further transfer of sovereignty. Thus-

Its withdrawal could be compensated by free trade agreements with the EUThese would allow the UK to benefit from the single marketThey wouldn’t disturb the federalization of the EU or upset British public opinion

Powerful Conservative politi-cians condemn the EU as un-democratic because:

It is, unjustly, no longer a self-governing stateDomestic decisions are made in Brussels by non-UK citizensTechnocracy is widespread and corruptThe bail-out of Cyprus and Greece was given the go-ahead by an undemocratically elected German ministerDemocratically elected governments, such as that of Greece, are unfairly overthrown in this way

These Brits would encourage all member states to leave the EU, as the EU is primarily a burden. For example, the UK has been saved, not ruined, by staying out of the Euro-zone.

The UK would benefit from leav-ing the EU economy because:

The EU has left the UK with a trade deficit, unlike anywhere else in the worldThe GDP of the EU is only 20% half of what it was in 1973Taxes paid by macro-economies are unjustly used in low-efficiency economiesIt would still be protected by the rules of the WTO and the EEAFree-trade agreements, as made by the Swiss, would increase exports

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Every session has a President, and this session, our President is named Niall Murphy from Ireland. Two journalists were very lucky to catch him for a few minutes for a chat about himself, as well as EYP.

I was born in Dublin in 1992 and I go to college in Dublin, as well, in Trinity College and I study history and economics which is interesting. I’m in my third year. I actually had my last history class ever on Wednesday because I’m only doing eco-nomics next year. I had to choose one of them. I’m not sure what I’m going to do when I finish. I ha-ven’t decided yet so that is going to be interesting.

Can you tell us a bit about yourself?

Tell us about your EYP Experience.

I’ve been doing EYP since 2008. I had my first session in Dublin and since that EYP has been a

I’ve done everything apart from head-organising. I’ve or-ganised once and I spent most of that session asleep! So or-ganising is not something I’d be really good at. I’ve never head-organised. I think, in a way, it would be a little bit in-timidating to organise a session. And after that one time a did organise, I don’t think anyone would like to have me in their organising team.

What are your thoughts on Limoges?

I haven’t seen very much of it yet but it strikes me as not the most amazing of places from an aesthetic point of view. It doesn’t look amazing. I wouldn’t call it a fantastic tourist destination or anything like that, but I do also get the im-pression that people here are very nice.I think, as a result, that your first impressions might be “It doesn’t look great, it doesn’t look very attractive, but I would say that if you lived here and spent more time here Limoges really comes to its’ own

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Did you have any involvement in the pre-session organisation?

I was involved in selecting the chairs, vice-pres-idents and editors and I sort of helped the chairs before the session and helped to get everyone in-troduced in the (officials’) training yesterday. But in terms of the basic organising of the session, it’s pretty much done entirely by the organisers and I think it is a really good thing. My responsibility is pretty much for the chairs and leading them through the session.

and EYP Ireland?

What is your favourite thing about EYP?

The most obvious difference is of course that there are two languages. In a really fundamental level EYP, across the countries, is very similar.

I would say, it’s got to be the people. A session is only as good as the people who do it. I don’t know what it is. May-be it’s that EYP brings out the best in people, or a particular attitude, or maybe it’s that it attracts a particular type of person. The people from EYP are just amazing, and some of the best friends I have are from EYP everywhere and that’s a great thing to have.

They have enriched my life so much.

What would you say is your favourite part about being President?

I really like GA. It’s really enjoyable to chair. I’m also really looking forward to doing it in French, which will be an interesting challenge! I also like going into all the different commit-tees and seeing how they’re doing. I really love talking to the chairs, because nearly all the time someone has a problem, and it’s really great to put our heads together and come up with a solution. Challenge is essential. I also love being able to give speeches, discuss-ing the challenges we face. The delegates are the only other people who can give speeches. People in other positions can’t, so I really enjoy that.

I had the choice of chairing a committee or not. I chose not to because one of the great joys about being Presi-dent is being able to go into other committees which I wouldn’t be able to do otherwise, even with a co-chair. It’s also very tiring. I have no chance to stop. Someone is always looking for me, I’m always speech writing. I never have a chance to stop and appreciate what’s coming together

It’s not very good! I learnt it in school. I had to learn it with Irish in school, which made it tricky. I sort of stopped learning it in college, so for two years, but I got back to it this year. It’s intermediate. I can under-stand people fine. I really do enjoy using it though. For the delegates who struggle in French, trying to do it is just so rewarding. I get a great kick out of trying it.

How is your French?

And your least favourite?

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Avec la croissance du transport aérien et les conséquences économiques et sécuritaires qu’elle engendre, comment l’Union européenne doit trouver des mesures et les faire appliquer. La commission TRAN a pour but de trouver un équilibre entre sécurité des passagers, réductions des coûts et droit des con-sommateurs.

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Rien n’est acquis, conserver la paix à tout prix ! Après cette matinée de Team Building et un Snow ball fight particulièrement réussi, AFET 1 est bien parti !

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At the beginning, the delegates were very shy. However, through high pressure and forced communication exercises, they functioned ex-tremely well as a team and worked together successfully to get their jobs done. Even the shyest ones at the beginning contributed well at the end.

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.Afrojack: Soverijn.Russian song: Katusha.Zoho: Maintenant ou jamais?.Breakfast in America .Fireflies: Owl City.Radiohead: The Surprise.Justin Bieber: Nothing Like Us.Elton John: Young Song.Shaka Ponk: I’m Picky.Obstacle 2: Interpol

. Fleetwood Mac: Dreams

. Alex Clarc: Too Close

. Pink: Give Me Just a Reason

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. Bobby Mae Forrin: Don’t Worry, Be Happy

. Kavinsky: Night Call

. Mackelmore: Thrift Shop

. Ed Sheran: Drunk

. Will.i.am and Britney Spears: Scream & Shout . Wings: Fritten BuskMargot’s special: Neon Trees: Everybody TalksFeryelle’s special: Galaf: Free from Desire

CULT .Alicia Keys: Another Way To Die. Gabrilea: Home. Ev Melekhovets & Tamarkin: Ocean. Kid Cudi: Memories. Michael Jackson: Bad. Adele: Skyfall. Emeli Sande: Read All About It. C2C: Delta.Everybody’s Got to Learn Sometime. Foster People: Life on The Nickle. Pink Floyd: Keep Talking

LIBE.Blind Guardian: Time Stand Still. Jeff Buckley: Hallelujah. Ravin: Popcari. Michael Jackson: Thriller. Fauve: Nuits fauves. L’ecre de tes yeux. Macklemore: Same Love. Rohff: Testament. Eminem: Mockingbird. Saez: Purain n’aurais plusImane’s special: Otis Redding: I’ve Got Dreams to Remember

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Le comité Marché Intérieur et Protection des Con-sommateurs s’est aujourd’hui merveilleusement illustré aux jeux de teambuilding, parvenant no-tamment à se défaire de « nœuds humains », à se passer un stylo par dessus une rivière imaginaire à l’aide de figures humaines remarquables et à ‘éplucher le serpent’ en rampant le plus vite possi-ble... Une journée mouvementée pour les délégués qui commencent à se connaître, sauront-ils garder le même entrain pour le travail en comité ?

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At the beginning, the delegates were very shy. However, through high pressure and forced communication exercises, they functioned ex-tremely well as a team and worked together successfully to get their jobs done. Even the shyest ones at the beginning contributed well at the end.

AFET 2’s confusion over birthdays is over and they are ready to face new challenges, rather without other com-mittees’ snowballs.

Je suis MEADHBH et j’aime manger... je suis Mathil-de et j’aime manger… je suis Morgane et j’aime man-ger…

#moyenage #damoiseaux #damoiseilles #special-speciaux #chausséeauxmoines #jesusmariejoseph #friteschantilly #tuveuxmachantillyAFCO

. Bob Marley: Jamming

. Alt J: Breezeblocks

. Soprano: Africa

. Pink Floyd: Any Colour You Like

. Spanish song: Ella no sigue más

. Ed Sheran: Lego

. Guansbourg: Bonny and Clyde

. James Blake: Netrogrado

. My Chemical Romance: Nanananana

. Rudimental: Feel the Love

LIBE AFET. Rihanna: Diamonds. Michael Bublé: Feeling Good. Gary Jules: Mad World. Guns n’ Roses: November Rain. Kelly Clarkson: Because of You. Lil Rain: Adore You. U2: Bloody Sunday. C2C: Down the Road. The Rolling Stones: Doom and Gloom.The Moody Blues: Night in White SatinKian’s special: ULTRNX: Last Day to Remember

EMPL. REM: Losing My Religion.Maroon Five: Day Light. C2C: Happy. Jay-Z: Mercy. Harlem Shake. Asaf Avidan: One Day. Bruno Mars: Looked at Heaven. The Eagles: Motel California. Payphone. Eazy-E feat. 2 pac and 50 cent: This Is How We Do

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. Macklemore: Thrift Shop

. Hi Kids: Cro

. Plain White: Hey There

. Conord: Turn Around

. Scorpion: Wind of Change

. The Beatles: Hey Jude

. Zion y lennox: Hoy lo siento

. Keane: Somewhere Only We Know. Globus: Orchard of Mines. Aretha Franklin: Think

ENVI. Elton John: Your Song. Coldplay: Fix You. Rihanna: Stay. The Beatles: Hey Jude. Birdy: Help The People. Aaron: Lost Highway. Muse: Unintented. Jean Paul: Want Your Body. Blind Guardian: Ride into ObsessionErke’s special: Police: Karma

Yesterday the committee of ENVI met each oth-er for the first time.At the end of the first extract of teambuilding you can definitely say they can do the best ani-mal noises of the world.

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he crème de la crème of French so-ciety (that is you, dear delegates) has flocked to Limoges this weekend to pass many wonderful hours debating with fellow creams of the cream. Or so you thought. It is now my great pleasure to reveal the primary pur-pose of your visit to this session. You, dear delegates, are here to discover a name that will become legend. You are here to read, in this very article, of skills far beyond those demonstrated by the common man. You are here to witness the EYP unveiling of the one, the only, Charles Guernard.

For a decade, seventeen year old Charles has been a performing magi-cian. Charles’ stage name, an amalga-mation of his middle name and that of a Prince from an adventure book, Alexis Sernine, reflects the mastery of with which Charles practises trade. His illustrious career has already seen him give over three hundred shows, the last of which was to an audience of two thousand two hundred people at a charity function for the hungry.Magic for Charles is not the old-fash-ioned rabbit-from-a-hat-at-chil-dren’s-parties fare. Charles prides himself on the fact that he sets out “to do something else ... a new kind of magic, more modern”. Operating

within the two realms of magic, the visual and the mental, Charles regu-larly showcases his skills with cards, banknotes and newspapers, the typi-cal props used by magicians of such high calibre. He uses banknotes in particular because he is aware of the fact that people are attracted to mon-ey and the visual element will stim-ulate their minds. However, Charles’ magic goes beyond the realms of the ordinary. Charles plays with fire. It is possible for Charles to go from hav-ing nothing in his hand to holding real, blazing, treacherous fire. From this fire, it is then possible, by a shake of the hand, for Charles to transform this fire into flowing Thai silk.

Such mindblowing apparitions take time to prepare (though Charles still has free time, which he uses to compete in horse races as a jockey). Charles says that for twenty minutes of his show, on average, he will take three hours to prepare. But of course, the talented Charles always has a trick up his sleeve. Taking a pack of cards from his bag during our interview, he offered to give me a demonstration. Having chosen a card from his hand, I waited and watched to see if he would be able to correctly guess its value. After all of his French shuffling I was

certain that this would be impossi-ble. I was sincerely impressed when he picked five cards from the shuf-fled pack, one of which was mine. He asked me to confirm whether or not my card was there before reuniting the five cards with the pack. Charles’ next move was to take just four cards from the pack. They were four of the previous five cards without mine. Charles quickly changed my initial disappointment into delight when he revealed that I had chosen the ‘ghost card’, and skilfully drew my seven of spades from the middle of the pack.

Charles, who has visited twenty two countries on four continents during his life, started to learn magic after seeing a friend do a magic trick. He had a lesson and later bought a book about the sleight of hand, which he found “wonderful”, so decided to con-tinue learning. Charles Guernard is a force to be reckoned with amongst the crème de la crème of the magic world and (unless you are from Charles’ del-egation) you heard it here first.

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London GallingWalking through the entrance of

an underground station in London one night I stopped in my tracks. What was the persistent noise that I could hear all around me? I would have expected the rum-ble of a train, the babble of chatter and the scramble of feet, yet what surrounded me was something of a different nature entirely. What I heard coming from the loudspeak-ers, devices accustomed to emit-ting monotonous travel updates day in-day out, was nothing other than classical music.

The violinist in me spent a sec-ond wallowing in the uplifting sound of Beethoven Seven in such a surprising location. However, that sensation was quickly sti-fled by an overwhelming sense of gloom at my realization that here, classical music was being used as a deterrent to problematic youths. What’s more, judging by the void of troublesome behaviour in the station, it was proving to be a great success.

London’s depressing reaction to the dilemma of antisocial behav-iour in the underground is easily explicable. The reason that classical music can be a deterrent is because it is inaccessible to young, under-privileged people: in other words, to the disorderly demographic. If these people aren’t wreaking havoc in the underground, they will no doubt be so doing elsewhere.

The principle of using classical music to generate positive social change is one which, when inter-preted creatively, I admire. Since 1975, a Venezuelan endeavour has managed to embody just that. El Sistema was set up in the suburbs of Caracas by the economist cum musician, José Antonio Abreu. Its

purpose was to provide impover-ished children with a space for so-cial and intellectual development. The emphasis was on doing this to-gether, both by listening to and re-specting one another, and through music. By forming orchestras of the city’s poorest children and teens, Abreu indirectly played a significant part in keeping them off the streets. More important-ly, though, his idea has educated, enthused and inspired generations of young people. Now, nearly forty years on, El Sistema is a thriving, nationwide organisation which comprises two hundred and sev-enty music centres and almost two hundred and fifty thousand young musicians. Its alumni fill the ranks of some of the best orchestras in the world and conductor Dudamel has all but become a household name.

I strongly encourage London to follow this example and to use classical music to nurture positive social transformations. Only one in twenty British children learn an instrument at some stage dur-ing their childhood, yet one in three adults wish that they had been able to. Now is a time when national arts’ funding has reached a worrying low. It is also the time to act. With the right passion, am-bition and dedication, it could be possible to encourage that positive changes be British musical educa-tion. With the right passion, am-bition and dedication, it could be possible to encourage that positive changes be British musical educa-tion.

In other words, classical music could be used in a different way to rid the London underground of disruptive behaviour. In the words of José Antonio Abreu,

“music has to be recognized as an ... agent of social development in the highest sense, because it transmits the highest values -- solidarity, harmony, mutual compassion.”

My vision is to walk back into that un-derground station one day and to hear again the music which so moved me, but to see it coming from instruments played by the very youths who it had once de-terred.

By Elizabeth Leather

Oh, the consequences of a musician hearing some music

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Let´s dance

By Tanja Klöser

When I was a little child I started with something that was about to change my life and turn into one of the most important passion of mine - dancing. I started in front of my own mirror with songs of Britney Spears and afterwards it was the time for Justin Timber-lake. Until I was 15 I only danced at home for my own joy or at my first parties. The problem is that you must be really self-confident and if you are as shy as I was once you should firstly work on your charisma. It gradually becomes much better when you train in-tensively and be secure in what you are doing. So no one has to be scared of anything concerning dancing.

Unfortunately you have to be relatively talented to become gen-uinely a good dancer. You should have a feeling for the beat and mu-sic in general. Normally it is said that you can do whatever you want to when the music starts boom-ing, but you have to be careful that your dance fits to the song. You have to understand the lyrics and know how to transfer the message, the feelings the song conveys, to the people that are watching you.

In this case you have to know there exists different kind of danc-es. Sometimes they differentiate from each other and if you do classical dances for example you aren´t that free in what you have to do and want to do. That´s why I decided to do breakdance and hiphop, to do whatever I can.

For most of the people I know and who dance with me it is some-thing they can´t live without. It´s not easy to explain why you just need some music and space to dance to become part of your own world where every problem seems like resolved, maybe it´s just a fact.

You feel free.Another point is that you also

have to be really disciplined. You have to train a lot. But if you re-ally love the dance you just can´t wait every single day to run to the training hall and start with the trainings to become better than all the others. There are also of-ten battles where you can dance against others in groups, pairs or alone. This where you can also test how good you exactly you are and how much the audience like your way of dancing.

This was everything about danc-ers who do it in a professional way, but dance can also be some-thing great for those who just love to freak out in a club or at party and also alone at home while tidy-ing up or anywhere else. Yet, the main thing to bear in mind if you don´t think you look perfect while dancing, just do it. Everyone looks great in their own way and no one has to be ashamed while dancing. That is one of the great facts about dancing.

For the most people danc-ing is something you do in disco or a party, but for others it´s much more than that.

“When I was a little child I started with something that was about to change my life”

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Hollywood’s obsession with

Slavery.

can be called “Holly-wood’s year of slavery”: no less than seven mov-ies dealing with this top-ic were released.

Is it an (expected) effect of Obama’s presidency? Are Americans able to face their history even when they have it in big screen?

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a Slave is announced to be the most profitable of them. Direct-ed by the British Steve McQueen and produced by Brad Pitt, the adaptation of Solomon Northup’s autobiography may be THE movie of the year. Six of these movies are adopting a slave’s view whereas Spielberg’s one, Lincoln, isn’t a product of his imagination, as we could see in E.T. or more recently Super 8.

It -solely-accounts of the fight for the Ab-olition of Slavery during period of Civil War when tension was at its peak. Daniel Day Lewis, astonishing in Lincoln’s skin also received an Academy Award.

Even saying it is awful, here is the statement: Slavery is fashionable and bankable. Some people invoke Obama’s presidency as a short term cause. Even if most of these movies were already planned many years before his election and re-election as head of the state, we can’t ignore it.

Many years ago, scarcely no one would have expected an Afro-American could become the most powerful man on earth. People, and even more Ameri-can citizens, are tending to be less “nar-row-minded”, than they used to be. Maybe this is time for them to face their history.

“YES WE CAN” in this case could mean, yes we can stop being ego-centric and admitting our failures, something we repeatedly reproach them. This cinematographic ten-dency may show a kind of new-wel-coming humbleness. Nevertheless, I’m not saying that every American agrees with it. During Obama’s 2010 speech, he mentioned the topic dis-cussed and a small section of the crowd shouted “liar!”. Indeed, some minds are hard to change.

Finally, this accumulation of Slavery movies is supposed to have a dou-ble effect -including earning a lot of money but that’s how Hollywood rules.First, it could raise a debate in order to get more honesty and trans-parency in the way of teaching and addressing the issue. Slavery like any other subjects thus it shouldn’t be disregarded or disvalued like histori-ans are tending to do nowadays.

Secondly, it may elevate the Unit-ed States clogged in a harsh period of economic and social crisis. It that sense it could make people think “how great this country is, less than a century ago black people didn’t have civil rights and now Hollywood’s stars such as Spielberg or Brad Pitt dedicate their talent for such a cause ”-which ultimately is a terrible argu-ment (Do I notice some irony over there?).

However, we can’t deny the fact that Hollywood is a powerful engine, proving this by making American regard themselves with mockery, be-cause for the bulk, what they see on the big screen is just a projection of their own reality.

Everybody has heard about Django Unchained, Quen-tin Tarentino’s seventh film. Four years after making Hitler dying in a cinema (in Inglorious Basterds), the American director decided to tell the story of a slave’s revenge. It has been a great success in terms of box-office and recognition:

“ The history of a country built on the belief of domination, dehumanization of human beings in the interest of others. ”

By Laure Steinville

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The Finnish food carnival Restaurant Day attracts foodies around the world to put up their own

restaurants

n one bright Saturday morning in last May, my friends and I got up early and starting baking. The previous day we had wandered around a su-permarket, loading the cart with paper cups and napkins. By 11 on Saturday morning we were standing in a park in central Tampere, ready to serve the customers queuing to our little pop-up café.The inspiration for us putting up a café was The Restaurant Day, a food carnival founded in Fin-land in 2011. Its idea is to give everyone a chance to put up a restaurant, café or bar for one day. It can be done anywhere, at home, in the office, on the street or in a park like we did. The idea was born in Helsinki where three friends felt that founding a restaurant was far too difficult with all the bureaucracy it required. They had an idea of a day when anyone could put up a restaurant without any paper work. The first Restaurant Day

took place 21 May 2011 with 45 restaurants in 13 Finnish cities. The day became a hit. It attracted a lot of publicity thus when the next Restaurant Day was organised in August 2011 there were 190 restaurants in more than 30 cities in four coun-tries. Now the event is even bigger continuously growing and spreading to new countries as far as France. My friends and I got hooked on that Saturday we first participated in Restaurant Day. After that we have opened our café two more times and we are already planning our next restaurant. In case you would like to try being an entrepreneur for a day and join the 10 000 restaurateurs that have so far tried it, here are a few tips that will help you to get started.

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The next step is to go to www.restaurantday.org and register your restaurant so that people will know about it. You might also like to make a Facebook page or advertise your restaurant otherwise.When Restaurant Day finally arrives, chat with your customers and spread the spirit of Restaurant Day. Simo Santala, one of the founders of Restaurant Day, says that the best thing in the carnival is the “yes we can” spirit that encourages people to boldly make cities exactly the kind of places people envision them to be. Places where

community is appreciated and crazy things can happen just around the street corner. Putting up a restaurant, even for just one day, re-quires planning and hard work.

After the day you are sure to be just as exhausted as after an EYP session but it is definitely worth it. So, please mark down in your calendar the next Restaurant Day, Saturday 18 May and be ready to join the carnival.

By Martta Ojala

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