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Prince

13 Dec 2008

Law / Poland: the most attractive European country for future investors [55]

Samsung to open mobile technology center in Warsaw

future-processing.com/outsourcing-follow-the-leaders.php

Samsung is opening a mobile technology centre in Poland this autumn. It will be the company's first in Central and Eastern Europe. In the first stage of investment - to the end of 2008 - the centre will employ more than 100 specialists. Located in Warsaw, it will mainly develop software for mobile phones, adapted to market needs. For the past seven years, Warsaw has also been home to a Samsung research and development centre, which develops software for digital satellite television.

Prince

14 Dec 2008

News / All this mess about Danzig... [122]

pawian you talk about this town as about German town ... but before WWII it was in big part Polish city...

Prince

14 Dec 2008

News / All this mess about Danzig... [122]

Pointing on the fate of Kalingrad as an example of "Russian barbarism"

Well it wasn't barbarism ... Germans firstly bombarded Warsaw and London ... later recived what they were asking for...

Germans started to expel Poles form our native lands

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_Poles_by_Germany

It is estimated that between 1.6 and 2 million people [8] were expelled from their homes during the German occupation of Poland. Only the German organized expulsions affected directly 1,710,000 Poles.[7] Additionally, 2.5 to 3 million Poles were taken from Poland as slave labourers to Germany to support the Nazi war effort.[5] These numbers do not include people arrested by the Germans and sent to Nazi concentration camps.[8]

In many instances, Poles were given between 15 minutes and 1 hour to collect their personal belongings (usually no more than 15 kilograms per person) before they were thrown out of their homes and transported east (see: deportations) On top of that about 5 million Poles were sent to German concentration camps. A total of about 6 million Polish citizens were killed during the war. All these actions resulted in significant changes in Polish demographics at the end of the war.

later had to leave ...

As to this rapes in Berlin it seems that many German females were looking for strong men (winer) after the war ... because German males had broken psyche and were considered losers...

Interview with German writer about other picture of Berlin in 1945 ... :

Prince

14 Dec 2008

News / All this mess about Danzig... [122]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov-Ribbentrop_Pact

In addition to stipulations of non-aggression, the treaty included a secret protocol dividing the independent countries of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Romania into Nazi and Soviet spheres of influence, anticipating "territorial and political rearrangements" of these countries' territories.

Molotov signs the German-Soviet non-aggression pact. Behind him are Ribbentrop and Stalin.

Kostik here is my opinion about Russian towns ... it is exactly the same as about German towns ...

Prince

14 Dec 2008

News / All this mess about Danzig... [122]

in 1925 (after XIX century expulsions) about 15 % considered themselves Polish and add Kashubians who considered themselves Kashubian but prefered to see their "Gduńsk" as part of Poland ...

During the drafting of Treaty of Versailles, Kaszub activist Antoni Abraham promoted Cassubia's integration into Poland by famously saying "There is no Cassubia without Poland, and no Poland without Cassubia" (Nie ma Kaszub bez Polonii a bez Kaszub Polski")

During the Second World War leading Kashubians who stood for the Poland's cause, particularly those with higher education, were killed by German Nazis, the main place of executions being Piaśnica

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piaśnica_Wielka

In the forest next to the village during World War II, German Schutzstaffel executed about 12,000 people, mainly Polish and Kashubiann intelligentsia from Gdańsk Pomerania. Among the victims were approximately 1,200 mentally ill persons from local hospitals.

The mass executions began in October 1939 and lasted until April 1940. An exhumation of mass graves was carried after World War II in 1946. Out of total number of 35 graves, 30 were localised of which 26 were exhumed. Only 305 bodies (in two mass graves) were found, the rest of the bodies was burnt by Germans in August-September 1944. Forced prisoners from Stutthof concentration camp were used to cover up the tracks and were later executed.

As to Polish and German border ... Czechs have made mistake that they gave up their border for Hitler... it hadn't helped them. In my opinion it was better to talk to Soviets in 1939 or invade Germany in 1933 with France.

Prince

14 Dec 2008

News / All this mess about Danzig... [122]

lol :) Poland is on good way to be rich and powerful again (as part of EU and NATO)

Russia should join west it would be very good for Russia.

Prince

14 Dec 2008

News / All this mess about Danzig... [122]

What do you mean saying "West"? I do not know any peculiar features allowing to attribute state to West or East.

I'd say democracy, freedom of speach...

I know you have complex of lost cold war and you would like to see Anglos dead ...

Poles don't love Russia ... there is more symphaty for Russians than for Russia as state...

but if we look on interests I would like to see Russia having friendly ties with EU and NATO. I'd would be very good and profitable for both sides. We both know that honest cooperation is the best solution.

Prince

14 Dec 2008

News / All this mess about Danzig... [122]

well really i know several nations: Mongoliams, Turks, Poles, Swedes, Frenchs, Germans and even Japanese. The end was the same.

No body on your western border dreams about conquering Russia... in cooperation you can gain a lot. In long term - friendship with China is suicide for you.

I doubt that you will be able to play your cards on so many fronts without pernament aliance with somebody ...

Prince

14 Dec 2008

News / All this mess about Danzig... [122]

Ruskies are not stupid: They make some great technologies :

Russian Sukhoi Su-47 (Su-37) Berkut

and they play their own game .... but when oil prices go down ... some Russians change their opinion about their depsotic rulers we will see what will happen.

Prince

14 Dec 2008

Life / Polish views towards the Brits and all other "natives" [26]

Yes we like Scots in Poznań ... :)

But you Seanus (it has nothing to do with Scots) :

:)))

Prince

14 Dec 2008

News / England and Poland are friends [28]

I am not racist my grandmother from fathers side was Jew. :) I am not candiate for moderator. :)

Prince

15 Dec 2008

Law / Poland: the most attractive European country for future investors [55]

In my opinion it has something to do with it:

Successes of Polish programmers
security-increase.com/m2net/web_index_smi.nsf/web-news-by-id-eng/PAGMFP07-12476865

Polish programmers have won the first place in the World Finals of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) International Collegiate Programming Contest which had place in Tokyo, Japan in March 12 - 16, 2007. The most talented students from the world's finest universities were competing in the annual contest supported by ACM and IBM.

In 2003 Warsaw University won the university team title in the ACM-ICPC in Texas and in 2004 the same university won bronze medal. In 2006 in ACM - ICPC Jagiellonian University took second place winning gold medal and on seventh place Warsaw University took silver medal.

In the Europe Championship in Team Programming 2005 polish students won first four places leaving behind 52 teams. Teams from Warsaw University took first two places, third took Jagiellonian University team and forth for the team from University of Wroclaw.

In the same year 2005 Poland took first place in Top Coder contest. The most prestigious programming company which holds the worldwide online contest for the best programmers and schools announced Poland as an "undeniable leader who left behind USA and other cyber powers".

The first place in Google Code Jam 2005 took polish student at Warsaw University and again polish student won first place in Code Jam Europe 2006.Google Cod Jam is another annual online coding competition consisting of a series of problem-solving challenges that invite participants to select a programming language and use their programming skills to code solutions to the problems.

Prince

17 Dec 2008

Life / Polish art pictures [55]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grzegorz_Rosiński

Grzegorz Rosiński (born August 3, 1941) is a Polish-Belgian comic book artist. He is best known for the series Thorgal.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomasz_Bagiński

Tomasz Bagiński, Tomek Baginski (born January 10, 1976, Białystok) is a BAFTA Award-winning Polish artist and animator, best known for his Oscar-nominated short movie, The Cathedral (2002). For his newest short, Fallen Art (2004), he received a BAFTA Award for Best Short Animation and Grand Prix for Digital Shorts at Golden Horse Film Festival 2005 (shared with: Jarek Sawko and Piotr Sikora). Bagiński also created cinematics for The Witcher computer game based on the books of Andrzej Sapkowski.

THE WITCHER: RISE OF THE WHITE WOLF 'Debut' Trailer HD

Katedra (Tomek Baginski, 2002)

Prince

17 Dec 2008

Life / Polish art pictures [55]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_and_the_Wolf_(film)

Peter & the Wolf (Polish: Piotruś i wilk, also known as Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf) is a short BAFTA nominated and Oscar-winning Polish-British-Norwegian model animation film released in 2006. It was written and directed by Suzie Templeton, made in Se-ma-for Studios in £ódź, and has been shown both in cinemas and with live musical accompaniment.

Peter and The Wolf was a multinational production. The main producers were UK production company Breakthru Films, and the co-producers were Se-ma-for Studios in £ódź, Poland and Storm Studio, based in Oslo, Norway. Additionally TV UNAM (XHUNAM-TV Mexico) and ArchAngel SA (Czech Republic) participated in it's production[1].All of the puppet animation was completed in £ódź with a mainly Polish crew. Special effect shots were made at Storm Studio in Oslo.

Peter and the Wolf has won several awards, including the Academy Award (the 'Oscar') in 2008 for best Short Film (Animated),

Peter and the Wolf

Prince

17 Dec 2008

News / Polish architects [9]

Polish architects project won in Kiev (Ukraine).

Polish and Japanese architects ( Japanese Arata Isozaki & Associates and Polish Ingarden & Ewy Architekci)

Info in Polish:
bryla.pl/bryla/1,85301,6049461,Polski_akcent_w_Kijowie.html

Prince

19 Dec 2008

News / Poland will take half a century to catch up with the West [240]

When I look on differences in GDP growt in Poland and old EU I have much different view on this 1% per year. This stats are very easy to find.

I'd say 25 - 30 years.

The data also reveals that one of the most significant factors hindering development is unemployment.

Unemployment is lower than in Spain or Ireland but too young Polish citizens can retire.
londynek.net/wiadomosci/en/article?jdnews_id=2619&cat_id=39

"Unemployment in Poland has decreased to the record low rate of 6.5%. As a result, Poland in now a country with one of the lowest unemployment rates in the EU where the average amounts to 7.5%"

Prince

19 Dec 2008

News / Polish Parliament Backs Pension Reform, Overturns Veto [9]

com/en/world/clanak.php?id=216580

Poland's parliament approved on Friday government plans to overhaul the creaking state pensions system, overturning a presidential veto of the reform.

President Lech Kaczynski, a conservative often at odds with the pro-business government, vetoed the reform on Monday saying it was unfair and failed to heed labour unions' criticism.

The law will reduce the number of workers eligible for early retirement to around 240,000 from 1.2 million and will lead to significant savings for the state budget as Poland's economy

However, parliament failed to back several other reforms sponsored by the government but vetoed by Kaczynski, including a plan to introduce more financial discipline into the inefficient state health sector.

Prince

19 Dec 2008

News / What did Poland get out of the wars and struggles for others? [1108]

BB you should visit Silesia and try their dishes. Very tasty, what is more you can try many dishes typical for eatern Poland all in all smashing majority of Silesian citizens have roots in Wilno and Lwów (thiey were expeled form there after WWII)

Regional party in uper silesia got 4% in last local elections ...

Prince

20 Dec 2008

Law / Coal Alternatives in Poland: The new electricity market [21]

spacedaily.com/2006/081201152225.ps56qkpm.html

Coal-dependent Poland could build a nuclear power station on its territoryby 2020, in a drive to switch to a cheap and clean energy source, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Monday.

Poland has already chosen a nuclear option off its territory, however, by signing on to a four-nation project to build a power plant in neighbouring Lithuania.

The plan, which also involves Latvia and Estonia, is to replace a Soviet-era nuclear plant in Lithuania which that country pledged to close by 2010 as a condition for joining the EU.

Bechtel to prepare feasibility study of coal-to-gas conversion project in Poland

pm.g-point.biz/document/:17614

Plant is expecting the gasification installation to cover half of the company's need for gas, which is approximately 450 million cubic meters per year. In June 2007 the plant signed an intention letter with Bogdanka colliery for coal gasification estimated at PLN 2 billion.

pgnig.pl/norway/?s,main_2826_2900,!state=maximize&r,main,docId=8130

The company has been active in the field of oil and gas exploration, both in Poland and abroad.On 7 November 2008, PGNiG Norway applied to the Norwegian Ministry of Oil and Energy for exploration licenses, as a part of the 20th licensing round. This round covers only new areas of the Norwegian Continental Shelf which previously had not been granted for exploration.
In Poland, PGNiG has been conducting intensive exploration efforts in the Lesser Poland/Carpathia and Greater Poland oil provinces, where prospective natural gas deposits have been discovered in a red sandstone layer.

POLISH LNG TERMINAL
hydrocarbons-technology.com/projects/swinoujscie/

In January 2008 after a long period of consultation the Canadian LNG engineering specialist SNC-Lavalin was chosen by the Polish natural gas distributor Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo (PGNiG) to carry out the FEED (Front-End Engineering and Design) contract for Poland's first LNG import terminal (contract was signed on 10th January 2008).

The site chosen for the new facility is on the Baltic coast at Swinoujscie. The FEED contract is worth zl26m (C$10.6m, €7.2m) and SNC-Lavalin were chosen as the preferred contractor over five other bidders in the tender process including Suez-Tractebel of France.

Prince

20 Dec 2008

News / Polish Parliament Backs Pension Reform, Overturns Veto [9]

Oh well now we can see who is socialist and who is not. Or maybe in different way, who is closer to left side and who is closer to the right side when it comes to economy.

Prince

20 Dec 2008

History / Polish and Russian propaganda posters [18]

Yes most of this posters are form 1920.

Prince

20 Dec 2008

News / Poland will take half a century to catch up with the West [240]

Poles are not Germans. Czechs are not Austrains but both countries had periods in history when where richer than many other european countries.

Prince

30 Dec 2008

News / All this mess about Danzig... [122]

Pointing on the fate of Kalingrad as an example of "Russian barbarism" you hypocriticaly omit the circumstances which leaded to this devastation. It was a war. You should blame americans and brits for atrocious bombing of Leipzig, that was an act of real barbarism, meanwhile fight for King's mount was a honest battle. And the next! Why nobody want to remember about ruines of Russian cities?

You must understand that Russian life isn't worth so much as German. You have less feelings, you are human on lower level. Poles are a little bit higher in somes people minds but still it is not top nation in this people clasifications.

Generaly your lifes seems to be worth more than lets say African lifes but ... as I've said ... Russian cities are rather considered to be like African cities ... than German when we read some historicans books...

Prince

30 Dec 2008

Life / Bisons of Poland - your thoughts? [90]

Yes Poland has bison... I've edited previous post because of modertor (it was very off topic)

Poland has bisons

Prince

30 Dec 2008

Life / Bisons of Poland - your thoughts? [90]

I like Żubr too.

btw. I've seen some progress in our moderators work ... there is little change and ... noimmigration ect ...

It is what I like :)

(filios :) I've edited) I am in good mood.

Prince

30 Dec 2008

News / Polish-Hungarian friendship - reality till today or just a phantasmagoria [144]

Hungarians are not Slavs but Poles and Hungarians supported each other in different times.

In middle ages Polish - Hungarian aliance was very useful. Hungarians supported us durring wars against Teutons.

In Austro - Hungarian empire ... Hungarians supported Poles and Poles supported Hungarians (to get more power form Austrians)... That is why it started to be called Austro-Hungarian empire (decades after partitions... ealier it was just Austria) and that is why Poles had the best situation from diiferent parts of Poland.

It was much harder for Poles in Russian or German occupied terytories...

Durrring WWII we were in different aliances but Hungaians were helping for Poles.

Durring communism Hungarians were cooperating with Poles.

Poles and Hungarians had similar interets in different times ... and some positive traditions.

Prince

30 Dec 2008

History / Pilsudski's elite formation [4]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilsudski

At a meeting in Paris in 1914, Piłsudski presciently declared that in the impending war, for Poland to regain independence, Russia must be beaten by the Central Powers (the Austro-Hungarian and German Empires), and the latter powers must in their turn be beaten by France, Britain and the United States

In Frist World War majority of Poles were fighting on Central Powers side agains Russia ... when Russia was beaten Poles changed the side (on French) or stoped fighting.

He was succesful, Poland regained independence.

Prince

31 Dec 2008

Law / Poland: the most attractive European country for future investors [55]

Or maybe we can see the begining at present time.

There is 38 milions people in Poland. 1 bilion in China and 300 milions in USA ... and Poland wins against their represenations in informatics ....
We will see what future will show.

ioi2008.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39&Itemid=54

btw read the names from last olimpics...

Miroslaw Michalski was the best programer from United Kingdom on this competition.

Programming Gold in 2008 TopCoder Open

foxbusiness.com/story/poland-brail-philippines-win-programming-gold--t opcoder-open/

Tomasz Czajka of Poland took first place in the $25,000 Algorithm competition; Tim Roberts of the United States finished with top honors in the Software Design event, earning $25,000 for his win; the Software Development champion was Romano Silva of Brazil

Czajka, known to the TopCoder Community by his handle 'tomek', won the Algorithm event with a score of 746 points. Czajka was the only competitor to successfully attempt the hard level problem. Petr Mitrichev, aka 'Petr' from the Russian Federation, placed second; and third place went to Eryk Kopczynski, aka "Eryx", also of Poland.

In the Marathon Match, Przemyslaw Debiak, aka 'Psyho', of Poland bested Tuomas Pelkonen, aka 'tpelkone', of Finland and Bohua Zhan, aka 'bhzhan', of the United States.

TopCoder tournaments are known worldwide as the most grueling, comprehensive test of skill in the field of competitive programming. The events allow competitors to solve complex algorithmic problems and design and develop working pieces of reusable software.

All current industry standard technologies are incorporated, including Java, C++, C#, VB.NET, UML, J2EE and .NET.

Prince

1 Jan 2009

News / What did Poland get out of the wars and struggles for others? [1108]

Well there was such proposal made by Hitler.

Here is interesting debate: forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=80360&start=45

In 1934, Hitler proposed to Pildsudski that Germany and Poland should jointly confront the Soviet Union and force it to cede a large amount of its western territory.

Germany would establish a protectorate over the Baltic States (which at that time were still independent), Soviet Belorussia, Soviet Ukraine east of the Dniepr river, the Kuban region, and the Caucasus region. Poland would annex Soviet Ukraine up to the Dniepr river.

That proposal was well-known at the time, and was reported in contemporary periodicals on foreign affairs in the United States.

Prince

1 Jan 2009

News / What did Poland get out of the wars and struggles for others? [1108]

In my opinion Hitler proposal I've presented was much better than this one presented by you. Western Ukraine and help in war against Soviets was much better than just peace and symphaty... Still this better than yours Hitlers proposal was rejected for many different reasons.