The first number of Feel The World includes articles about very different, but also very popular problems and social issues in our life. You can read here texts touching upon a questions like: correct food habits, religion diversity, minority groups and alternative medicine. Articles were prepared by our experts and qualified journalists work on the social problems everyday. We hope that we will help you to extend your knowledge and you will enjoy our magazine. Have a nice reading!

2. From editorial staff
Dear Readers!
The first number of Feel The World includes articles
about very different, but also very popular problems
and social issues in our life. You can read here texts
touching upon questions like: correct food habits,
religious diversity, minority groups and alternative medicine. The articles were
prepared by our experts and qualified journalists work on the social problems
everyday. We hope that we will help you with being up to date with the most
challenging problems of our modern world. Enjoy our magazine!
MC
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3. Religion is very important for us. It can be
explained as a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature
and purpose of the universe (according to
dictionary.reference.com). There are so many religions
in the world and this situation can be described as
religious diversity.
Religious
diversity……
• “It is a variety of beliefs, religions in one
place, society, Europe”.
• “It is the existence of different religions in
the world”.
• “Religious diversity for me are different
religions, different beliefs but the same God”.
• “Diversity lets us be open to new people and in
this way broadens our horizons; the freedom to
belive in what people choose”.
• “ This is a diversity of faith in your own God,
in views on the world and your own rules for life
according to your religion”.
• “ We shouldn’t be closed for only one religion
but accept and develop our knowledge about the
other religions and views”.
http://eusphere.republika.pl/Religious%20Diversity%20Poland.pdf
Living in such a diverse world is not so easy. History
shows that many wars have been caused by religious

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diversity. The most horrible thing is that we can still
find some conflicts related to religions.
What is religious diversity? Is it a potential danger or
freedom of choice?
Most people think that it depends on our behaviour and
attitude If we are tolerant and open, religious diversity
will mean freedom of choice. It will make us feel that we
can take decisions by ourselves, that we are independent.
The last survey, which was conducted at the lower-
secondary school in Cracow, showed that nearly 3% of the
interviewed teenagers usually pay attention to other
people’s beliefs. 13 % strongly disagree with that and the
most of the respondents (43%) are neutral.
On the other hand, some respondents associate religious
diversity with negative social conditions. 46.67% of the
teenagers think that discrimination is the main
consequence of religious diversity. It means that nearly
47% of respondents associate religious with danger and
intolerance. There are other results below:
The result Valid percent
Discrimination 46.67%
Immigration 24.44%
Civil Unrest 13.33%
Unemployment 8.89%
Poverty 4.44%
All of the above 2.22% According to
respondents, a conflict related to religious diversity is
brought about mainly by stereotypes. So it means that it
depends upon us. If we do not share harmful stereotypes,
we will be able to create a better place to live in.
Religious diversity brings to society a lot of benefits.
It promotes tolerance and understanding, lets us meet new
people, get to know their customs and culture. It improves
cultural experiences, facilitates the integration of
minority groups into society. It “may lead to
discrimination and it may help to deal with it at the same
time”. Nowadays religious diversity is a symbol of liberty
and respect, it proves that we are able to create a better
world without religious conflicts.

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Time to think…What do you think about religious diversity?
What does such diversity mean to us? Does it make the life
easier? Write down your opinion and take part in creating the
new world.
LK
W
your
hen you watch TV, you can find programmes
in every language. You have an opportunity to
learn about other countries without leaving
home. You know everything about wars,
performances and political developments in the furthest
places of the world. Why? Because the global village is
the part of a huge process which is called globalisation.
Globalisation – the process of increasing “global relationships of
culture, people and economic activity” (en.wikipedia.org).
There are many kinds of globalisation:
• Globalisation of the economy – is caused by freedom of commerce and
freedom of the flow of capital. Everyone has a possibility to buy and
use consumer goods, which are produced in different countries.
• Political globalisation – it refers to the changes in institutional and
policy regimes and rising to power different associations which
influence or govern the world as a whole or a part of it.
• Cultural globalisation – it means that people have the same clothes,
watch the same films, listen to the same music. International events are
broadcasted in every country.

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Globalisation – blessing or danger…?
Globalisation makes the production costs lower. It also creates a possibility
to develop new technologies. Globalisation gives us an opportunity to
monitor human rights and helps to rebuild countries after natural
disasters.
On the other hand, globalisation has some disadvantages. Firstly, many
languages and customs are disappearing, the mass culture is getting more
popular. Secondly, the production usually takes part in poor countries so
we can see that a lot of employees are exploited. Finally, globalisation
damages the environment.
So, to sum up I must admit that globalisation has both some advantages and
drawbacks. It is not an easy phenomena to define, however, we all
experience the results and feel a great impact of it upon our lives.
What do we think about it?
“Globalisation builds the new world, the world which
is my home”. Asia, 16
“I’m really happy that I live in this world. I have friends form different
parts of the world. We can write to each other and talk together”.
Phil, 30
“I can’t see the sense of globalisation. We lose our culture,
without any diversity the world will be horrible, I’m really
afraid.”.
Tomek, 17
“We have nice clothes, we can listen to the fantastic music. It’s great but what about
people who work in terrible conditions and earn little money? Is it fair?”
Julia, 15
“Globalisation gives us many opportunities. The world
is open for everyone, we can study at the best
universities.”
Maria, 18
LK

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An enemy is a person who doesn’t Irrational using of a computer can have
wish us luck, harms us, does not want to really bad effect on our social life.
help. And a friend? I asked my computer To sum up, a computer is rather a
about it. The first website was about friend than an enemy. It is an important
Arystoteles and his opinion about part of teenagers’ life. It helps, entertains,
friendship. He wrote that there are a few allows to contact with friends. Our life
kinds of friendship: a perfect one, which is would be much harder without this
a value in itself and the one that has a equipment. It is not like a real, human
function – giving pleasure or utility. friend but considering the other meaning
A computer with an internet given by Arystoteles a computer can be
connection is a main source of knowledge, treated like a buddy. It may keep you busy
it helps us teenagers while learning. It is a with activities both pleasurable and
huge storehouse of expertise. It contains rewarding while being very useful in
information from all fields of knowledge, everyday life.
for example science, history, biology etc.
Friendship is not only about giving or AS
taking. Nice and pleasant moments spent
together are really precious.
A huge advantage of a computer is
the fact that it provides with entertainment.
Shops offer lots of different computer
games and interesting programs.
Intercourse with the computer is a great
way of spending free time.
Giving an opportunity to keep
in touch with people all over the world is a
really friendly feature of computers.
Programs like “Gadu-gadu”, “Skype” or
“MSN Messenger” and social networking
sites like “Facebook”, “My Space”,
“Twitter” make our life easier. It is free of
charge opposite to mobile phones. Calls
and text messages send many times every
day are really expensive.
On the other hand, nowadays we
are spending too much time in front of the
screen. It consumes our time and energy
and has a negative influence on our health.

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ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE –
OPPORTUONITY OR THREAT?
I
n recent years there are many new There is also nocebo effect – the
methods of treatment and many “reaction or response refers to harmful,
new specialists. They offer unpleasant or undesirable effects a
natural, painless, noninvasive and subject manifests after receiving an inert
more effective treatments. All this dummy drug or placebo. Nocebo
practices are called alternative medicine. responses are not chemically generated
The definition says that it is a healing and are due only to the subject's
practice "that does not fall within the pessimistic belief and expectation that
realm of conventional medicine." It is the inert drug will produce negative
based on historical or cultural traditions, consequences.”
rather than on scientific evidence. As an example of both of the
Alternative effects I am going to give you a story of
treatment includes: Mr Wright. In 1957 he had been
acupressure diagnosed with a cancer and a huge
(pressure of certain tumor (as big as an orange) in his head. In
areas of the body), hospital in Long Beach, he heard that
acupuncture there is a horse serum called Krebiozen.
(putting needles He wanted to try it so he told his doctor
into specific areas to make an injection. He did it on Friday
of the body), and on Monday and the tumor decreased.
apitherapy (treatme Two months later, Wright read an article
nt of bee products), about bad effects of the serum and his
aromatherapy (treating by special scents), tumor got bigger again. To keep patient’s
bioenergy, phytotherapy (herbs), hope the doctor told him that he would
hypnotherapy, homeopathy (using highly get an injection of double action. In fact
diluted preparations), chiropractic it was a neutral liquid but the tumor
(manipulation of the spine), urine decreased again. The man had been
therapy.
There are as many advantages as
disadvantages of alternative medicine. It
gives hope to people with incurable
disease and is less painful than
conventional treatment. „Miracle-
workers” have better contact with
patients than overworked doctors and use
understandable language. On the other
hand, alternative treatment is often
untested and can be dangerous. The
doctors are not responsible for their
patients. There are also many cheaters
who want to swindle people out of money. healthy for two months but then he read
It is hard to check if the medic is honest a definitive report again. He died two
or not. days later.
Opinions are various. Scientists If you are considering alternative
say that it is not really effective and treatment, my advice is to choose the
people, who have already tried it, doctor and the method sensibly and
appreciate effectiveness of these spend your money considerately. If you
methods. A Polish woman told me that have not decided yet, write to our
since she had tried acupuncture she was magazine experts. We will do our best to
able to sleep all night. Doctors explain help you!
good results of alternative medicine by
the placebo effect. Placebo is a simulated AS
medical intervention. Sometimes
patients given a placebo treatment will
have a perceived or actual improvement
in a medical condition. The phenomenon
is called the placebo effect.

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The minority and ethnic
groups in Poland.
While walking down the streets of the Polish
cities we can hear foreign languages, we can notice all skin colours and observe people
wearing clothes typical for other religions than Christianity. Some of those people are tourists,
who arrive to Poland to take a sightseeing tour. They take photos, buy souvenirs and they
come back to their homes. But there are some among them who stay here in Poland to live
and work in our country. Why? There are lots of reasons.
To beginning to understand the sense of so-called ,, minority groups” we must firstly
understand what exactly it means. A minority group is a group of people who live on the
territory of a country but differentiate from the social majority by language, culture, ethnic
origin or religion and strive to keep their culture alive.
Minority groups are created by people who often left their homeland to change their
life conditions, who were forced to leave by the law or they had to escape to save themselves.
The good example are members of the Belarusian opposition who do not agree with the
government of this country. They can be arrested and be given a prison sentence therefore
they have to ran away and hide abroad.
In Poland, there exist may of minority groups, usually people from neighbouring
countries. The list of the greatest includes:
Belarusians
They live mainly in the Podlaskie Voivodeship, where their representatives take part in the
local government. This minority is composed of over 48,000 people according to the Polish
census of 2002. The vast majority of them are members of the Orthodox Church.
Germans
This minority group includes about 150 thousand people living in the south-west part of
Poland, in the region of Opole, Katowice and Częstochowa. In those regions, German are the
majority of inhabitants so they have quite a huge impact on local politics taking part in the
local government. The most of them claim that they are Catholics, only some of them are
Protestants.
Ukrainians
Ukrainians are the third the biggest
minority group in Poland (about 27
thousand members). They reside
mainly in the south-east part of
Poland. They are Catholics and
Orthodox.
Russians
It is a group consisting of 3 thousand
people. The most of them are descendants of Russians emigrants who in the time after the

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First World War did not come back to Russia because of politic reasons. They are member of
the Orthodox Church.
Armenians
According to the Polish census of 2002, 1,082 people identified themselves as Armenians.
The first Armenians appeared in Poland in the XI century. Actually, they live near to the
south and east borders and in such big cities such as Warszawa and Gdansk. The Armenians
of Poland are Catholics.
Jews
The Jewish minority group consists of about a thousand people. They live in scattered
localities in Poland but especially in big cities. The first mention about them comes from the
X century. Jews are the followers of Judaism.
Roma
This ethnic minority includes about 13 thousand of citizens. The first testified document about
their presence in Poland comes from 1401. They used to wander from one place to another.
Nowadays they live mainly in towns throughout the whole country. The most of them are
Catholics.
Lemkos
They are a group of about 6 thousand citizens. In the past they lived in the Lemkivshchyna
region – situated in the Lower Beskid Mountains and part of the Beskid Sądecki Mountains.
After the World War II, most Lemkos were resettled to north and west of Poland. They are
Catholics or Orthodox.
Tatars
About 450 people belong to this ethnic minority. They live on the territory of Podlasie. They
began to settle there in XVI c. The Polish Tatars have lost their mother tongue but they are
still Muslim.
Karaims
They are the smallest ethnic group, includes only about 40 citizens of Poland. They live in
Warszawa, Wrocław and Trójmiasto. The first groups of Karaims (people of Turkic descent)
arrived from Krym in XVI c. and settled near Lwów and Halicz. They lost their mother
thongue. They have got their own religion which comes from Judaism.
In Poland, minority and ethnic groups have specific rights. They are guaranteed in the
Constitution of the Republic of Poland, the Election Law, the Association Act, the Law on the
Polish language, the Educational Act, the Regulation by the Minister of National Education
and other international laws that have been adopted by Poland. Particularly they have the right
to learn their mother tongue and to be instructed in their mother tongue, to develop their own
culture and traditions, to follow their own religion.
They have got possibilities to create their own educational institutions and the right to
election privileges. This shows that the Polish law has suitable regulations to prevent social
exclusion of minority groups. Though there are a lot of stereotypes about the members of each
minority group. Some of them might seem funny and exotic but there also negative ones.
Education is the key to success and overcoming harmful beliefs and it can bridge any social
divide.
MC

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Arabian Spring of Nations
Last year ( 2011), we could observe events in the majority of African and several
Asian countries which has begun a new chapter in modern history. In Tunisia, Egypt, Libya,
Bahrain, Syria, ,Yemen, Algeria Iran, Jordan, Kuwait ,Morocco, Oman, Lebanon, Mauritania,
Saudi Arabia and Sudan people have got tired of power abuse. Bad life conditions,
restrictions and hunger have evoked strikes and protests against dictators. Historians
compare it with the Spring of Nations which took place between 1848 and 1849.
Some countries have reclaimed independence but others had to submit. Last year
was really aloud about civil war in Libya. The armed conflict between the citizens and the
government turned out to be very bloody in some cases but no one wanted to give up.
Finally the war ended in October, 2011 after the death of Muammar Gaddafi – the dictator
of Libya.
Political and social unrest has forced many people to change their homeland.
Hundreds of civilians have died. The difficult situation in the region is not over yet. Although
the leaders are now trying to bring everything under control, people are still holding on to
their weapons.
Countries of Spring of Nations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Spring
MC

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WE GIVE OURSELVES
THE POWER
In public opinion, helping other
people is associated with giving, for
example, money, time, energy. After a
half of the year of collaboration with
one of the Polish foundations ‘ALMA
SPEI’, I realised that it is rather getting
than giving. Christmas presents for children and
The foundation takes care of their families and many other things. I
terminally ill children. It is a hospice, have met a lot of incredible people
but not a typical one. Volunteers do there and I have made new friends.
their best for little patients to make feel After some time I decided to
them like at home with parents to the take up a special course and work with
last day of their life. sick children. Volunteers of the
At first I participated in foundation are visiting little patients,
collecting money. It seems to be a playing with them and organising
simple and easy job. In fact, you have birthday parties. Dressed as characters
to work all day standing in front of a from fairy tales and books for children,
church with a special box. Even in they come with presents and spend all
winter when it is minus 10 degrees day in the wards of ‘ALMA SPEI’.
Celsius (°C)! At first I thought that it These children suffer practically
did not make any sense but when I all the time and they
noticed that people really started to give are almost dying.
a lot of money and were interested in But they are also
the foundation work, I changed my very positive, full of
mind. Some people wanted to became a energy in contrast to
volunteer and others wanted to help us – healthy people.
only financially but almost no one was We take care of
money and other
material things
instead of enjoying
our everyday life. We are forgetting
main values like family, love, happiness
which we need to focus on. I have
realized that after spending some time
with sick children. They have taught me
that I should enjoy every second of my
life and have give me their energy and
passion. They have shown me how to
left insensible. be a human and have given me an
Then, I started helping in the honest lesson of life.
office. We had been creating Christmas
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cards for donors, making lists of

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EVENT
Japan in Cracow
In May 2011, a charity concert called "Cracow for Japan” took place. It was organised
for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in
Japan.
The concert was intended to bring us, the
Poles, closer to the mysterious culture of the Far
East. Many artists were involved in the event.
Some of them were associated with the tradition of
this country. Geishas were the main attraction.
Those attending the event had the opportunity to
listen to Japanese music and watch Samurai
performing traditional fights. There were
Japanese gardens, calligraphy and tasty sushi as
well as instruments like shamisens, koto and
shakuhachi.
We cannot wait for other events organised
by Costume Artistic Agency Geisha-art. We are looking forward to next concerts.
Check the website: http://gejsza-art.pl
NP
FILM REVIEW
Machine Gun Preacher
Machine gun preacher is a true story about Sam Childers, a
criminal who has changed. Influenced by the events of his life, the
drug dealer becomes a better man.
He arrives to the Sudan to help innocent, homeless, poor
African children, who are kidnapped and made to be soldiers.
The story is very addictive, touching and telling about
important issues of today's world.
The movie is worth recommending, so I am inviting you to the
cinema. :) NP

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Music can be a ‘personality
mirror’ – your taste in music
can show what sort of person
you really are.
A lthough the question ‘What is your favourite
music ‘ seems to be overused, almost
everyone has their favourite tunes on a
personal MP3 player or an iPod.
Show me tracks you have on your MP3 player and I
will tell you who you are. What we listen to gives
hints about our lifestyle and personality.
1. Open, easy – going and talkative.
If you enjoy listening to hip hop, rap, funk, soul, electronic
music and dance, there is a great chance that you are an open,
extrovert who loves chatting with others. You might also tend
to be impulsive, romantic and spontaneous.
2. Sophisticated and creative.
If your music collection is full of classical pieces, jazz and opera
music, you are very likely to have above – average intelligence.
You enjoy sophisticated art and, at the same time, you aren’t a
big fan of sports. On the other hand, remember not ‘to overdo
operas’. According to psychological research, people who watch

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operas too often may fall into depression or even commit
suicide.
3. Peaceful daredevils and independent souls
If you are a big fan of alternative, heavy metal, rock music and
gangsta rap, you are very likely to enjoy risk and physical
challenges (especially on your own). Although you like adrenaline,
you are not a violent trouble-maker. Music gives you an energy
boost, but doesn’t provoke aggression.
4. Sociable and friendly optimists.
If you are keen on pop music, you are likely to be a popular
neighbour or a member of your community. People enjoy your
company thanks to your optimistic attitude to life. You often
attend social get – togethers and various parties.
LK

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Quickly or healthy?
People in Europe have begun to eat kinds of cheese (blue cheese, cottage cheese)
more and more unhealthy. What is the reason? or baguettes.
It is worth considering whether they have
become lazy or have no time to cook?
National cuisine is a traditional way of
cooking which had started many years ago.
On festivals, during family meetings, people
still try to make something traditional, but
why not everyday? Finally, people in Poland have a plenty
options to choose from. Among many
specialties of the traditional Polish cuisine
there are cereal and flour products (noodles,
dumplings), stewed cabbage, sausages, cream
or cottage cheese and many soups (especially
vegetable).
Although, there are so many delicious
dishes in Europe, people choose fast food
more often, as a cheaper and faster solution.
Italians have a lot of pasta on their menu.
Nowadays, they have no time to eat healthy,
Meals are based on it. Other things like
they are always in rush, because of school or
tomatoes, cheese, olives are just topping. Of
work. If they keep eating ready made junk
course we cannot forget about Italian pizza
food , they will ruin their health.
which is well-known all around the world!
However, it is worth to understand that
This cuisine is very delicious but
sparing the time, we are losing our health.
unfortunately – calorific. NP
The French cooking style is not so
easy to follow. World knows especially
French wines which are really exquisite and
aromatic. Dishes are tasty too but not for
everyone. Snails, frogs and sea food are
mostly for gourmets. We can find here
something simple too, for example many

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DINNER DISH FOR TODAY
SPAGTETTI BOLOGNESE
Ingredients:
 20 grams of minced meat
 spaghetti pasta
 clove of garlic
 tomato sauce
 cheese
 salt and pepper
 olive oil
Heat the oil on a frying pan and put meat
shredded into pieces. Chop the garlic into
very small pieces and put it into the pan.
Meanwhile, boil 3-4 litres of water in a
saucepan. Put the pasta into boiling water, add salt and stir from time to time. Put tomato sauce into
the frying pan with fried meat and stir for a few seconds. When everything is ready put the pasta and
the meat sauce on a plate and sprinkle it with grated cheese.
DESSERT FOR TODAY
CHOCOLATE MUFFINS
Ingredients (for 12 muffins):
 1 chocolate
 2 cups of flour
 1,5 cup of castor sugar
 2 tablespoons of cocoa
 2 teaspoons of baking powder
 1 cup of milk
 0,5 cup of oil
 1 egg
Crush the chocolate and mix it with flour, sugar, cocoa and baking powder. Then mix the rest of the
ingredients in a separate bowl. After that put everything together and mix it for a few minutes.
Meanwhile preheat oven to 180 degrees. Put the mixture in a special muffin form and bake for 20
minutes.
ENJOY YOUR MEAL ! :) AS