Week 5 [16.05-22.05.2016] Polish Bond - Marian Zacharski

Furious car chases, beautiful women, state secrets worth billions of dollars and a superspy story during the Cold War.  Sounds like another James Bond movie scenario? In fact, you should not be thinking of fiction. Now- make sure no one is following  you, shut the curtains and get water run as I’m about to tell you the story of Zacharski, Marian Zacharski. 

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Personal background:

Marian Zacharski was born on the 15^th of August, 1951 in Gdynia, Poland.  He was raised in a very patriotic and intellectual family. He’s father Czesław was a veteran of the Polish “Home Army” (AK), who among his many war experiences counted being imprisoned by Gestapo in the infamous “Pawiak” prison and participation in the Warsaw Uprising alongside his brother. After the war he graduated from the Polytechnic of Gdańsk. His mother was born in the home of WWI veterans and decided to devote herself completely to raising Marian. It was the parents, who instilled in him his deep love for the fatherland, regardless of its current regime. They also understood the power of knowledge and invested little money they had into Zacharski’s education, especially private lessons of foreign languages, including English. This allowed their son to graduate from a prestigious high school and later on the faculty of law at the University of Warsaw. A soon-to-be spy proved himself to be an immensely intelligent and fast-learning student, but he also soon discovered that the world of academia was never going to fulfil his life-long ambitions of living a dynamic, passionate life full of adventure and meaning. 

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From salesmanship to espionage:

Zacharski figured out that if he ever was to reach his goals he had to find a way to bypass the regime’s limitations. Knowing nothing about mechanical tools he decided to apply for a job at Metalexport- a company selling them internationally. This would allow our spy to travel freely across the iron curtain and do business around the world. After weeks of waiting for a response, he discovered that his father knew the deputy CEO of the firm. Soon he was ready to begin his work. Shortly afterwards he received a mysterious phone call. The person who reached out to him claimed to be making the contact on behalf of the ministry of industry and said nothing apart from the address of the café where he wanted to meet and told him not to worry about how they would recognise each other as “even though you don’t know me yet, I know you perfectly well”. Marian couldn’t decide whether he should turn up, but his curiosity prevailed. The meeting was short-- after exchanging courtesy sentences the man introduced himself as an officer of the Polish Intelligence who wants Zacharski to join the structures. Perfect English and a perfect cover offered by his job made him a very valuable asset. An asset too ambitious to refuse a challenge. 

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Beginnings of a double life

Zacharski turned out not only to be a great salesman, but also a great leader and organiser; this allowed him to climb a ladder extremely fast and by 1975, after just two years of work he became the head of the organisation for the whole Western Europe. So when Metalexport decided to expand into the American market he was a natural choice to be in the vanguard. He left his wife and a newly-born daughter at home and left for Chicago where he started to build POLAMCO. It soon turned out to be a spy’s heaven. Travelling across the whole country allowed him to meet people from the American military industry, who tempted by the price found Polish tools to be a perfect way to save their money. Being in charge of the business on the western coast he moved with his family to Los Angeles, where he started to make business with people from the Silicon Valley, and the aircraft industry. 

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Gaining information

Though Zacharski made interesting contacts all over the country, his most valuable asset turned out to live just around the corner. Soon after they moved in, his wife insisted they throw a party for the neighbours. One of their guests was William Bell an engineer working for the Hughes Aircraft Corporation- a major military contractor. Zacharski decided to make friends. Soon he gained his trust and discovered that Bell works on classified projects, feels unappreciated by his company and could really use some extra money. By that time he also noticed that his bags tend to go “missing” for hours at the airport and that sometimes he’s being followed. He had to be careful, but he decided to make a move. After one game of tennis he offered his new friend in need a loan, but Bell –as expected- was too proud to accept. Zacharski offered then him a job “for the Polish industry”, which would be based on sharing useful information. Bell, even though he perfectly knew what “the Polish industry” was, gratefully accepted. The game began.  At the beginning Bell started to share his company’s latest small research pieces, but he soon started to feel more and more comfortable with his new “work” : Zacharski proved to be a perfect handler and gained his complete trust. He started to bring in classified information concerning projects which were to be implemented within next 5-10 years. Some of those top-secret solutions like radars, which detect “invisible” planes, guided air-to-air missiles and costal defence installations are still the backbone of the American army today! Bell also turned out to have an outstanding memory. The pieces of information and blueprints he could smuggle home with him he would examine very carefully at work and draw them for the Polish spy back home. Zacharski’s supervisors could not believe that he managed to gain information no spy before did. Some of the solutions he sent to Poland were so innovative that the biggest problem our intelligence had was to find engineers in Eastern Europe who would be able to understand them. Others delivered, for instance, a formula for M1 Abrams tank’s armour, which is today still one of the biggest secrets of the American military industry.  

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Counter-intelligence

But the story wasn’t idyllic and Americans were not stupid enough not to suspect what Zacharski might’ve been doing. After all he came from a hostile country and had surprisingly many friends and business partners in the strategic industry. The problem was they couldn’t find any proof. They hired one of the most gorgeous flight attendants to seduce Marian.  She invited him to dinner but as soon as they started talking, she started crying and confessed she was recruited by the FBI.  She fell in love with him and she’d rather die than spy on him. So he was followed everywhere by the FBI agents. Zacharski very quickly noticed that and decided to make fun of them. On certain days of the week, he’d always stop in one of the bookshops, he’d go around the shelves, pick up random books and pretend to make marks in them, later on he’d put them randomly back. The FBI thought this might be his way of communication and decided not to take any chances. This way Zacharski would have them spend hundreds of hours going page by page, searching for a code which did not exist. He also liked to lose his tail, just for fun while driving a car. He’d drive normally and all of the sudden he would change lanes, make rapid turns or suddenly cross the street after the red light kicked in. That way he had his surprised followers cause at least 3 accidents. To top that, he would sometimes approach the secret agents just to say hello or offer them drinks or ice cream on hot days.  No need to say they started to feel rather stupid and humiliated. 

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Cover blown

Every spy has to finally get caught. After working for such a long time mainly with Bell, the FBI was already sure that they follow a spy. The intensity of contacts with Bell, despite best efforts couldn’t have been hidden and his access to information made it pretty obvious he was a source, but still they didn’t even have a trace of evidence. The Polish intelligence knew about it and decided to assign a new handler to Bell before it was too late.  All under cover of Zacharski changing his duties in POLAMCO, what would force him to move to Chicago. The Los Angeles FBI started to freak out. They’ve been on the case for years now and the spy was about to get away! They decided to go all in and create a provocation. They knew if they succeed they’d be heroes, if they failed, they might’ve been facing prison. They arrested Bell and started to pressure him. Using any shreds of information they had, they wanted to make an impression they knew everything about his activity. For a confession they promised him a lower sentence and Bell broke. He only later recalled how they stared at him in disbelief as he was explaining  his activity and how terrified they were he would not sign his testimony, but he did. On the 28^th of June, 1981 FBI agents knocked on the door of Zacharski’s home and arrested him just as he was about to move out.

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Happy ending?

Zacharski was quickly sentenced to life in a process with huge media cover. Nobody In the US could believe the scale of his espionage. Only the information they knew he had stolen was estimated to be worth  billions of dollars and it’s safe to assume at least the other half remains unknown. The loud process meant he couldn’t really hope for a quick exchange for American spies caught in Eastern Europe. He had to spend four years in prison until the Polish and American governments finally reached an agreement. He and 3 lesser spies were exchanged for 25(!) uncovered Western spies on the famous spy bridge in Berlin. In reward Zacharski was put in charge of PEWEX, where he worked until the fall of the communism. After 1989 he became the head of the Polish Office of State Protection. Now he spends his days writing books and meeting fans.

Questions:
1) Have you ever heard of Marian Zacharski?
2) What do you think of his achievements ?
3) What’s your take on espionage in general?

Week 5 [16.05-22.05.2016] Job interview

Probably most of us have taken part at least in a couple of recruitment processes. A job interview itself might be one of the most stressful meetings in a life. However, like any skill this can be trained as well. Of course, practice makes perfect but maybe it’s better to learn from other’s mistakes or blunders.

Please, watch the short video below:

Can you point out mistakes the interviewee made?

Surely Philip did not prepare for an interview. However, the study from the Resurgo Trust revealed that recruiters judge interviewees on their ability to make small talk. Candidates who cannot chit-chat before the interview are less likely to be successful in their applications. Probably Philip was intimidated by the other party of the interview, who appeared to be a well-known football player Zlatan Ibrahimović. Nevertheless, Philip was interviewed for a sale role so he should have better communication skill.

Some people may say that Philip is not good at a causal talk, but he also awkwardly described his strengths. A recent survey from PurpleCV revealed the eight most overused buzzwords candidates use. “Team player” was the third most common cliché recruiters are tired of hearing. You should also avoid terms like “hard working”, “reliable” or “passionate”. Such information are just empty words, especially when a person doesn’t elaborate on them. Something similar applies to the interests section in a resume. People mention activities that might be great points to start with and maintain casual talk but appear to be only fillers. People write that they are book lovers, but when asked what book they have read recently it turns out it is “fifty shades of grey” half a year ago. It also happens that an interviewer shares your “hobby” and can easily detect insincerity. I know a situation when an interviewee claimed he liked climbing and to his misfortune he was interviewed by a climber who was willing to ask some specific questions. In the end the interviewee admitted he had climbed three times indoors and only because he had to get a passing grade from PE classes.

Philip failed to answer a question strictly related to the company he applied to. But sometimes interviewees are asked questions that may seem abstract. I personally was asked once to estimate how many diapers are sold in Poland during a year. That was a peculiar moment in my life indeed… You can’t prepare for such type of questions, especially that the only good response for those does not exists. However, I found and interesting list of killer questions asked by some CEOs and I encourage you to read through:
We got 10 CEOs to tell us their one killer interview question for new hires

These questions are not so bizarre and seem very ordinary to me. But what’s interesting answers to such questions reveal information about a person. It is interesting that these questions don’t evaluate any technical or substantive skills. It seems that soft skills of employees are more important to C-level management. It’s another reason to practice such skills if you your career really matters to you.   

1. What are your experiences with job interviews and recruitment in general?
2. How do you or would you prepare for a job interview?
3. Have you ever been interviewed by a CEO or someone at a very high level of management? What do you think about such interviews?
4. Do you know any curious interview questions or techniques?

sources:

1. ‘The Importance of Small Talk’ – Spear receives widespread news coverage
2. 8 over-used CV clichés recruiters are tired of reading
3. We got 10 CEOs to tell us their one killer interview question for new hires

Week 5 [16.05-22.05.2016] Unappreciated people in the history of mankind

I would like to pay tribute to the great forgotten and to remind you of a few people who deserve a bit more sympathy.

Fritz Haber

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Haber from Germany, also known as the "father of chemical weapons", is responsible for creating deadly gases that were used during the First World War. Another significant Fritz’s invention was Zyklon B - designed for the disinfestation, but used by the Nazi  to murder prisoners in  gas chambers of concentration camps.

What does Haber have for his defense? Well, the Nobel Prize for the development of the synthesis of ammonia from hydrogen and nitrogen. Thanks to this discovery, it was possible to produce ammonia on an industrial scale and apply it in the production of nitrogen fertilizers, which are the main nutrient of plants. To this day, it is the basic and most important element of the agricultural economy – the Haber method allows to feed one-third of the entire human population!

Aryabhatta

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Here is a great astronomer who lived in India in the fifth century AD. Aryabhatta is the author of a book which teaches both astronomical and mathematical theories. The Hindu scholar claimed his hypothesis much ahead of his time. Aryabhatta stated that the planets move in epicycles and shine by the reflected sunlight. The astronomer also calculated the length of the year -365 days, 6 hours, 12 minutes and 30 seconds. He was also the first who scientifically explained the phenomenon of solar and lunar eclipses. As if that were not enough, Aryabhatta also calculated the circumference of our planet. He made a mistake by only 0.2%! To his achievements should be added the calculation of the Pi number  (accuracy of four decimal places).

Most of the theories were confirmed in observations of Galileo and Copernicus. But keep in mind that the Indian astronomer wrote his book a thousand years before the discovery of these sky researchers.

Joseph Gayetty

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Forgive me, but I have to mention a guy whose invention greatly contributed to the comfort of our life. This man in 1857 created a prototype of a toilet paper roll. The first ones were moisturized with soothing aloe and were sold for the price of half a dollar apiece.

Wasilij Aleksandrowicz Archipow

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It's amazing that sometimes one quick decision can have colossal significance for the fate of mankind. 

In 1962 the world was on the brink of nuclear war. After the Soviet Union secretly placed in Cuba ballistic missile launchers, President John F. Kennedy blocked water transport of weapons to Cuba and categorically demanded that the Russians have to dismantle torpedoes that threatened US security.

At this point in the direction of Cuba followed the submarine B-59 with a powerful nuclear warhead on board. The Americans, hoping to force the Soviet commanders to exit the machine to the surface, began the attack using deep sea explosives.

The crew of the heavily overheated ship had lost contact with Moscow a few days earlier. For many soldiers on board it was a sign that the war started. Three officers had to unanimously decide whether the rocket with the head of the power of 11 kilotons would be used. And only one of them, Vasily Arkhipov, objected to the use of this "final argument". The commander had to confront with Valentin Grigorievich Sawicki - another officer who almost lost his temper and desperately tried to convince his friend to launch the rockets.

Finally Arkhipov not only calmed enraged Sawicki, but urged him to put a ship on the surface. Then after making contact with Russia, the officers learned how little was missing to unleashed a nuclear war between two powers.

Norman Borlaug

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Dr. Borlaug was a geneticist who worked for DuPont as a specialist of pesticides to combat fungi and bacteria that decimated agricultural crops. In 1944 the scientist was dispatched to Mexico to look into the problem of blight - a wheat disease which drastically reduced the annual harvest and placed millions of people with the prospect of starvation.

The task of Dr. Borlaug was to obtain wheat resistant to the fungus. After years of work, the geneticist chose from 6,000 wheat crosses one. And everything would be in perfect order, if not another issue that Dr. Borlaug had to cope with - it turned out that the effect of almost thirteen years of hard work was too weak blade. As a result, the wheat was very fragile. Then he came up with the idea of crossing his "child" with a dwarf variety of wheat growing in Japan. This idea turned out to be a hit - Mexico not only coped with the problem of the fungal disease, but became a leader in the field of wheat exports.

Dr. Norman Borlaug saved from hunger around a billion people around the world! He did this without the need of deforestation and causing ecological disasters.

Sources: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Week 4 [02.05-08.05.2016] Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of The Moon – The greatest album by the greatest band in modern music history!

Well, I know this is a subjective opinion stated in the title of the presentation, BUT I would love to present my point of view on that great piece of musical art.

At the beginning you should know that Pink Floyd’s history is coloured with a lot of sad and difficult events and the most tragic one was the insanity of their first band leader and vocalist – Syd Barett.

Pink Floyd started their career in the middle of the 1960s and was initially formed by 3 students – Roger Waters, Nick Mason and Richard Wright from the Cambridge University where they studied architecture and Syd Barrett who was already a devoted painter and an artist. The four recorded together only a couple of singles and one full album called „The Piper At the Gates of Dawn”. Then Syd had to leave because of his mental illness caused probably by an LSD overdose. After that, David Gilmour joined as a new guitarist and vocalist and Roger Waters with David got the lead for the band.??

The music Pink Floyd made was psychedelic, intense, complex and beautiful, but especially after Syd’s departure the band really started to create purely unique and original style – jazz and blues driven space rock with philosophical lyrics talking about society, people, the world and going really deep into many world’s problems.

The Dark Side of The Moon is the band’s 8th long play, concept album, created at the peak of their performance and creativity, containing everything they could put into a 43 minute shot.

It is a pure musical masterpiece so different and so consistent at the same time. We travel through the depths of our minds and global issues with 10 tracks, creating one complete piece.

In my opinion there is no bad song, no bad sound or bad anything on that album. I sincerely give it total 10/10 – it is a work of geniuses working together, carrying their shared experiences, losses, victories, crazy times and beautiful adventures.

That album actually was so good that it was the longest lasting album on Billborad 200 for 741 weeks – that’s over 14 years! It is also the second bestselling album in history with over 50 million copies sold. A major part of their success were the cover designs for their albums created by Storm Thorgesson;  the most famous one is the cover for The Dark Side – in my opinion also the best cover design ever!

I think most of us know the beauty of songs like „Money”, „Time” or „Us and Them”, but as a matter of fact if you like one of these, you have to give the full album a listen.

The funniest part I think is that the band thought they would never do any better, that it was their complete work. Fortunately it was followed by „Wish You Were Here”, „Animals” and the famous rock opera „The Wall” so they really had more to say!

Questions:

1. Do you agree with me? If not what’s the best album of history in your opinion? Share your thoughts!

2. What do you value the most in music and musical pieces like songs or albums?
3. Is there any album or song you truly sincerely hate? If yes then why do you hate it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd

Newsweek Special Issue – Pink Floyd Single Issue Magazine - 2015

Week 4 [02.05-08.05.2016] The Rainbow Sponge Lady – How Much are you passionate about what you are selling?

In the first place I would like you to watch this short video!

Yeah! So it is pretty dense (or dance :D), right?

The first time you watch this video you can think that you are looking at a really crazy and overly excited woman. But watching it again you can actually see a person who really loves stuff she is selling. This might look really ridiculous but after watching this thing, I actually wanted to try that stuff out! I really desperately wanted to feel the same way she did! Why?

Her reactions to anything she does with magical rainbow sponges makes her absolutely happy. She is amused, having fun and most important – her emotions and reactions are purely GENUINE.

Right now we came to a very important point! When someone is really sincere and feels actual genuine emotions you can really feel it. By seeing people having fun, being genuinely happy you actually can feel the same way! The same thing works if we see someone sad or angry.

A magical thing that makes us feel emotions other people feel is called MIRROR NEURONS and if you heard about it before or read about it, you probably can observe how people interact in specific situations. Also you can observe how this phenomenon affects you. When someone is really angry or annoyed, you need to distance yourself from him/her not to feel stressed. When someone is sad, you can’t approach that person with a glooming smile and ask „WHAAT’S UUP??” . The Mirror Neurons tell our instincts how we should behave during an interaction with a person having a specific mood.

So if we are talking about „selling” I am not only talking about the only exact meaning of that word, like selling goods, but I mean everything we present. If you are doing something you like to do and enjoy it, you are at a good point! People will see that you love stuff you are doing and probably will be more interested in knowing more about your occupation. On the other hand, it is really demotivating if you really dislike something you do and probably you won’t have much interest in it.

But the most important thing is that you really can’t deceive mirror neurons. If you are faking your happiness, joy, passion or amusement, others will see it and will definitely feel it. So remember – always feel genuine – no matter what kind of emotions you are feeling at the moment, be honest  with yourself and others and you will be really good at selling anything!

Questions:

1. Would you like to buy a rainbow sponge? Why or why not?
2. How do you perceive interpersonal interactions by yourself? Did you ever witness an effect of mirror neurons?
3. Did you fail or succeed in selling anything? What was it?

http://www.actualized.org/articles/communication-skills

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_neuron

Week 4 [02.05-08.05.2016] Future of Football

As almost all of us know really well, football is one of the European things.

It comes from England where were written the oldest rules of the game. Premier League is also one of the best leagues and for many years there were biggest money and greatest players. Of course, the other leagues, such as German Bundesliga, Spanish Primera Division or Italian Serie A also have a lot of money, famous footballers and loving fans all over the world. And above all, they have a lot of memorable moments.

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Naturally, there were a few exceptions to the rule. For example Brazil… THAT BRASIL. With all these magicians and incredible players. Can you remember all of them? Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Rivaldo, Romario, Pele! A whole galaxy of stars and great results of Brazil National Football Team.

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But until recently one thing didn't change. Each player in the world dreamed about  playing in the Champions League.

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Unfortunately it is changing nowadays.



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Increasingly, European clubs are owned by sheikhs who don't have much in common with football. They just need a new, and the most important - trendy and expensive toy.

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The World Cup will be held in Qatar in 2022!

How many players do you know from Qatar? Not too many? Don’t worry, they have a few years, so maybe they can manage to buy some not bad players from other countries. Exactly as they did with handball. The 2015 Handball Championship  also hosted by Qatar did not see many  native players (6).

Okay, but these things were less important. What can you tell about names like Guangzhou Evergrande, Jiangsu Suning, Shanghai SIPG FC, Hebei China Fortune?

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Probably not much. All of them are names of Chinese football clubs. Each of them has spent many millions of euros for transfers from Europe this season. Evergrande has bought Jackson Martinez from reserves of Atletico Madrid for 42 million euros! To compare, Lewandowski is valued at  70 million, Cristiano Ronaldo at 110 million and Messi at 120 million.

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You wonder what is in the above picture? Nothing special, just a modest football academy of the mentioned Guangzhou Evergrande. Only 80 playing fields, 2 000 students and support from… Real Madrid.

As you can see, they do spend a lot of money and it is only a matter of time when they will buy the best players instead of the average. All of this with the enormous approval of the Chinese president, who is a big fan of football. Probably in a while we will be forced to sit in front of TV on Tuesdays or Wednesday mornings, not evenings like nowadays.

Just be ready to change:

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Into:

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Questions for you:

1. Have you heard about similar changes but in other sports?
2. What is your favourite sport team and why?
3. What sporting events are worth  remembering? Why?

Week 3: [11.04-.17.04.2016] The World's Parkour and Freerunning

The World's Parkour and Freerunning

Parkour was created in France and the first person whose practiced it was David Belle, Traceur and an actor best known for the films 13 District and 13 District ultimatum. He is pattern for another traceur and everyone want be want like run how him.

Rys.1. David Belle

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The following link to the interview with David Bell where you can see a few tricks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjibtmSLxQ4

The main idea of Parkour is to get to your destination in an unconventional way, e.g. when everyone goes in a normal manner by and sees obstacles, try go around this. But Traceur (person who grown parkour) jumps on  or try jump them in a very impressive way. In parkour we distinguish many styles of movement that are developed by a traceur. Very often a traceur not only runs and jumps but he also climbs on different buildings and monuments. It's dangerous but for a traceur it's a place where he can get great skills and he can exercise flow. Basics tricks are: one hand vault, two hands vault, monkey vault and roll.

 

Rys.2. One hand trick

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Rys.3. Monkey Vault

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More advanced tricks are: balance, gap jump, kong vault, cat vault, climb up, back flip and many more. Very performing arts are for me flag and half flag.

Rys.4. Flag

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Rys.5. Kong Vault

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Rys.6. Jump

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Very often parkours are an inspiration to create feature films. The best example was a film Yamakasi and Yamakasi 2 where we can see a group of young people whose run and do various stunts to do something for bigger objective. It's a very interesting film for a person whose likes fast action and the French type of humour. It’s a good film for a Friday  evening or for see in bigger package of friends in Saturday meeting.

Rys.7. Yamakasi

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Sometimes this type of film show young people whose develop their passions  what great tricks and skills can be learned, expressing some involvement. Therefore, for persons whose want to rest from the computer, was created a lot of schools where under the guidance of coaches can improve technics and skils.

This sport is for everyone who want have fit and durable body. Who want impressive overcome obstacles. If you like train hard, you can be the best traceur in your district, town or country.

Questions:

1. Have you ever heard about Parkour and what do you think about it?

2. Have you ever try do it? Which tricks are the most liked?

3. How do you think, whether the sport has a chance get more popularity?