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Week 5: Nothing?

Image Available at:< http://media.lolwall.co/c/2013/04/i-m-doing-nothing_264050-500x.jpeg > We often write about things we do, has done or things we would like to do... But what do we do when we do nothing? Yes nothing. You might think... "Gosh .. What a heck this guy is talking about" and you are right...  I had no idea what to write about so I thought that I would just laterally seat here and do nothing. I ended up watching the screen of my laptop. I had no idea what to write about so I just carried on starring at an empty MS Word document. After a short moment I realised that while doing nothing I actually started to do many things. I started to move my finger in a circle on the laptop pad. Maybe that was a stressful  situation for me. You know ... I have to write something quickly and I have no idea! I guess because it was the middle of night. Anyway I thought that doing nothing made me get stressed. Then I realised this might be actually an interesting

Week 5: Ukraine 2014

What do we know about Ukraine? The answer is probably that it is one of the most corrupted countries in the world, where everything can be accomplish for an appropriate amount of cash. So what really happened in Ukraine?  We all know everything started when the Ukrainian government did not sign the core elements of a political association agreement between Ukraine and EU. Some say that the Ukrainian government was controlled by Russia and this is what blocked joining EU. Funny gif animation presenting this situation in Ukraine available at: <http://imgur.com/NQenoKp> The president of Russia Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin often showed his support for the president Yanukovych. Instead of signing the agreement with EU, Mr. Yanukovych singed a treaty with Russia. Map available at: < https://cofda.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/map-of-ukraine.gif?w=500&h=320> Picture presenting president Yanukovych and president Putin shake hand. Available at: <http://www.f

Week 5: Landslide / Mudslide

Should we be scared of water?  Intensive rain can create a hazardous situation for people. One of the hazards created by water could be a mudslide. You can see this cataclysm on the video below. You can see how lucky they were. The guy one the boat said that they could have  been  wiped out by the mud if they would have stayed five minutes longer on the riverside. Do you watch international news? In USA, Washington a large amount of rain have caused massive landslide (mudslide). In consequence, 176 people may remain unaccounted for and 14 people were found dead (This number might not be the exact number of missing people and deaths. You will hear different numbers of missing and dead people depending on the information source and time of broadcast).   This is the same cataclysm as the one presented in the video above, however the scale of landslide in Washington was much bigger. The wall of mud was about 54 meters high. Such a large amount of water and land mixed into