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Monitor   
30 Jul 2013
Life / Polish natural remedies and homeopathey better than English [84]

i'm agnostic so no ,but that's not the point ,i meant scientific researches ,doctor's opinion etc ...

Here you have random paper from the Nature:

After a lengthy review process, in which the referees insisted on seeing evidence that the effect could be duplicated in three other independent laboratories, Nature published the paper. The editor, John Maddox, prefaced it with an editorial comment entitled 'When to believe the unbelievable', which admitted: "There is no objective explanation of these observations."

Naturally, the paper caused a sensation. "Homeopathy finds scientific support," claimed Newsweek. But no one, including Benveniste, gave much attention to the critical question of how such a 'memory' effect could be produced.

You're asking me to show you a paper writing that homeopathy doesn't work. There is no reliable paper showing why taking sugar should would be more effective than any other placebo.

Instead I ask you to show me a paper from Science or Nature supporting use of homeopathics or explaining how it should work.

I don't ask you for doctors opinion because most of them are not scientists and they don't prescribe other placebo to patients in order to check weather homeopathics are any better.

And wikipedia:

The medicinal claims of homeopathy are unsupported by the collective weight of modern scientific research - outside of the CAM community, scientists have long regarded homeopathy as a sham.[14] There is an overall absence of sound statistical evidence of therapeutic efficacy, which is consistent with the lack of any biologically plausible pharmacological agent or mechanism.[10] Abstract concepts within theoretical physics have been invoked to suggest explanations of how or why remedies might work, including quantum entanglement,[126] the theory of relativity and chaos theory.

/wiki/Homeopathy#Evidence
Monitor   
30 Jul 2013
Life / Polish natural remedies and homeopathey better than English [84]

Do you have prove that God doesn't exist?

Speaking as a person who has brothers who are doctors, parents who are nurses, 3 cousins who are pharmacists and who studied chemistry as a second subject at university (physics main subject) , so I do know something about the subject and the chemical elements involved!

Great majority of scientist agrees that effectiveness of homeopathics is equal effectiveness of placebo. And it's a shame that you have studied physics and don't understand that homeopathics is only sugar.
Monitor   
30 Jul 2013
Life / Polish natural remedies and homeopathey better than English [84]

If the company that supplies homeopathic remedies is reliable and reputable there's no reason why many of the remedies they sell should be any less effective than many of the pharmaceutical ones.

Here is one of mentioned by me persons.
Monitor   
30 Jul 2013
Work / Average IT salary in Poland [60]

run by Arab people

I've just learned that Arabs are not only citizens of Saudi Arabia Kingdom.
Monitor   
30 Jul 2013
Study / Which language to learn in my university course? Polish Or German? [35]

Nothing desperate about it. Most of not native English speakers even prefer to speak with each other, rather than with native. They were saying about it in BBC. Natives use less common words which not natives may not understand thus they feel more save when speaking with each other.

And you don't have to know Polish to do shopping in Poland. Even more. Before Poland joined EU and eastern border was closed, many foreigners were selling stuff in bazaars of eastern Poland - not knowing the language.

I was living for 3 months in Turkey. I knew just numbers and few phrases and I could buy whatever with that. More important is to have money than knowledge of the language. It seems Wlodzimierz, that you haven't lived anywhere out of your USA and Poland perhaps.
Monitor   
29 Jul 2013
Work / About taxes ("Umowa o dzielo") and minimum wage in Poland [30]

I didn't know about those costs, 25000 euros? Are they insane? So you're telling me that if I'm on holiday in Poland and I get hit by a car, I have to pay that amount on the spot? I seriously doubt it.

If you're on holiday and you're not insured in Spain, then they will heal you and later issue the bill. But when you're insured in Spain, then thanks to EHI your Spanish insurer will pay. But if you were working in Poland before traveling with this car, then your Spanish insurer will object to pay your bill based on terms and conditions of EHI insurance.

That's what I meant, I have another extra insurance paid by my family apart from EHI.

Then read terms and conditions of it, because it's most likely Travel insurance.
Monitor   
29 Jul 2013
Work / About taxes ("Umowa o dzielo") and minimum wage in Poland [30]

The costs of hospitalization and so on are covered by the private insurance my family is paying in Spain. It covers any kind of illness except for sport injuries abroad. They'll probably charge me in Poland, but they will refund it in Spain. So that's not a concern for me.

Are you sure? You've just mentioned EHI before. EHI is only for travel, will not work when you start working in Poland. Except if you have some other insurance, but then I would suggest you to read terms of condition carefully, because most likely an insurance costing less than 100 euro per month will not cover person working (residing) in Poland.
Monitor   
29 Jul 2013
Work / About taxes ("Umowa o dzielo") and minimum wage in Poland [30]

I can tell you with complete certainty that they won't pay out if they even suspect that you're resident in Poland.

I think that this planetamlodych.com.pl is not a travel insurance:

"» ubezpieczenie w podróży, w pracy i w trakcie nauki "
and it costs funny money.

---edit:
You're right. I see in the table that it covers hospitalization costs only in Travel option.
Monitor   
29 Jul 2013
Work / About taxes ("Umowa o dzielo") and minimum wage in Poland [30]

I assume that having the European Health Insurance card I need no further coverage.

Usually (at least in Poland) this card doesn't cover you abroad when you work there. (if they find out) I mean it can cover you, but then you should be delegate worker of your national company for some short period.

And yes like written above it's for an emergency only. Anyway if I were you I would buy some cheap student's insurance like:

planetamlodych.com.pl
mastertravel.pl/ubezpieczenie,euro26_classic.html

and keep finger crossed that I would not get some cancer or one of many not covered cases like getting injured while being drunk.
Monitor   
29 Jul 2013
Work / Average IT salary in Poland [60]

Read his topic. He has a job offer!

Most of people age 15 - 35 will speak some English in Bydgoszcz. You will have to learn some basic Polish to do shopping in small stores and you will probably need help of somebody to do all necessary bureaucracy. Also it's good to have somebody to help you rent apartment. In the end Indians mentioned by me are doing well there.
Monitor   
29 Jul 2013
Work / About taxes ("Umowa o dzielo") and minimum wage in Poland [30]

So here you have sample Umowa o dzieło. See what you need: web-future.pl/pdf/wzor_umowy.pdf

Here you have table explaining when employer and when employee has to pay for various insurances based on type of work/project agreement:

So as you can see:

Osoby, które nie są zatrudnione na umowę o pracę u zamawiającego dzieło
Umowa o dzieło N N N N N

you have to pay ZUS (retirement and other) and NFZ (health) yourself.

Here: zus.pl/default.asp?p=3&id=113

Chapter "Ubezpieczenia dobrowolne" in linked pdfs you have explained how can you register yourself for paying ZUS fees.

Here the same about NFZ: nfz.gov.pl/new/index.php?katnr=2&dzialnr=1&artnr=1443

If I am not mistaken you're not obligated to registrar and pay these insurances when you work with Umowa o Dzieło. Can somebody confirm or deny?

Where should I get it, and do I have to pay anything even if I don't have a job

Everybody in Poland has PESEL - it's citizen's number ;) I've seen in Umowa o Dzieło example that you will need it.

Here you have application form:

secure.e-konsulat.gov.pl/WizytyPlikiDoPobrania/Paszportowe/Wniosek_o_nadanie_numeru_PESEL.pdf

Because Umowa o Dzieło is not work agreement then it doesn't matter weather you earn less or more than minimum salary. It's up to you weather you pay for retirement found and health insurance. But if you're foreigner it may be required for you to have health insurenace - then you have to pay. When you have no job you may register yourself as unemployed, then state will pay your health insurance. But as long as you get ANY income it's impossible, you must pay yourself.
Monitor   
29 Jul 2013
Law / U.S. Citizen Moving to Poland - opening business? [36]

I think only option for you is to open business in Poland. Otherwise you will not get permit to stay here. Few other EU countries offer permit to stay in exchange for investment in house, but not Poland.
Monitor   
29 Jul 2013
Love / Which is better option? Any Indian - Polish couple experience [20]

I spent a week in Athens recently - and fcuk me pink. It was an eyeopener. And still lads from the bordering non EU nations pour in. Living conditions were absolutely atrocious for large swathes of the population. I normally wear designer clothes, but shunned them in favour of cheap shorts I picked up and soccer jersies. The poverty was unreal.

Could you say more details about what shocked you in Athens exactly? How the poverty looks like there?
Monitor   
29 Jul 2013
Work / Average IT salary in Poland [60]

No, it's normal, that the company asks him for his expectations and they answer based on them.

Salary range in Poland:

hays.pl/prd_consump/groups/hays_common/documents/digitalasset/hays_465124.pdf - page 11

Administrator Systemu: min: 3000 PLN gross in Pomorskie max: 15000 in Warszawa

And according to this page: wynagrodzenia.pl median salary for IT workers in Kujawsko Pomorskie (region where Bydgoszcz is) is 4500PLN Gross. It's 3200PLN Net.

So I would suggest you to ask for minimum 5000pln gross

Cost of living you can see here:
Monitor   
29 Jul 2013
Study / Which language to learn in my university course? Polish Or German? [35]

learning the language is paramount, BAR NONE!!

I disagree. If he stays in Poland for 1 year, then most likely he will learn only basics of Polish - not enough to have a little bit complicated conversation. And for being able to do shopping in Polish, guessing what others are talking about, he will have to invest a lot of time. Is it worth it? For sure it's possible to invest time much better.
Monitor   
26 Jul 2013
Polonia / Any Poles who have lived and worked in Germany recently? [18]

In Europe is not so simple like in America which has just 1 language - the most popular language in the world. So every country should decide between quality and quantity. Meaning another requirements = less immigrants. And Germany needs immigrants, because it has one of the oldest population in the world. And even that they have one of the highest percentage of immigrants in the world since 40 years number of people living there is 80 millions.

And Germans require minimum knowledge of the language from Asylum seekers. They get for free 600 x 45min course where they should learn German at B1 level. If they fail, then they repeat. That's requirement for getting some permit to stay I think. They also provide free reading/writing courses for people from Afghanistan for example.
Monitor   
26 Jul 2013
News / Interesting article about mess in Polish offices. [22]

I think that you don't see connection between number of offices and amount of taxes you have to pay. I think it's because big part of salary pays automatically employer. If every employed had to deduct tax himself then maybe would realize how much it all costs.
Monitor   
26 Jul 2013
News / Interesting article about mess in Polish offices. [22]

The point is that those processes are simply not needed and are a waste of tax-payer money.

Exactly, but rulers in Poland don't understand that they should do as much as they can to limit number of procedures.
And bureaucrats just implement the law. And they don't have any incentive to simplify anything (not that they could, but they could demand, suggest something, as they work with that every day), because the more complicated procedures the more bureaucrats is needed. - more job for them.
Monitor   
26 Jul 2013
News / Interesting article about mess in Polish offices. [22]

I think that google translate is doing much better translation from German to English than from Polish to English. I don't know if it's because of more similarities between these 2 languages or because of more money spend on research in this direction. If the 2dn then it's just matter of time when translation will look much better.
Monitor   
26 Jul 2013
News / Demolish Poland's Palace of Culture? [55]

I also think so, anyway I've read somewhere that it's under monuments protection because of it's age, or will be in few years.
Monitor   
26 Jul 2013
News / Demolish Poland's Palace of Culture? [55]

then sometime in the nineties the name became less popular for some reason.

Maybe because Pekin (Beijing) is cool now ;)
Monitor   
26 Jul 2013
News / Interesting article about mess in Polish offices. [22]

natemat.pl/69519,urzad-kontra-polak-ktory-wraca-z-emigracji-dowod-meldunek-prawo-jazdy-rejestracja-auta-to-koszmar

Here is google translated. I am not sure if it's readable...

The Office vs Pole, who returns from exile. Evidence of registration, driver's license, car registration nightmare

With relentless wall of bureaucracy must confront each. Our reader Krystian Cybulski returned to Polish after 22 years of living in the United States. He wanted to form an identity card - could not. He wanted to register a car - the same. Get to know the history, you might be entitled "from window to window."

The Polish returned after nearly a quarter of a century spent in the United States. After such a long exile in the country had paid a lot of basic things. - It is normal, but I would never have expected that it will it cost me so much nerve - explains Cybulski. The first one went to battle with a report.

Join and book
Although our source for more than 20 years living overseas, all the while he was registered in Poznan . He thought it would be worth checking out, because I just did not want to live in the capital of Wielkopolska. And here came the first problem. The office informed him that the check out is required Additions book Military Commission. - I had this, so I had to develop - said Cybulski. He was not going to protest. In the end these are the rules.

- So I went to Warsaw, where he has lived, to the appropriate HCR. There, I was directed to research, I had this many adventures. In total, I had to knock on the door of 12-13 different. It used to be attracted to pants and everything was clear. And I had to go from doctor to the clinic and back - says Krystian Cybulski. He noted that the entire procedure lasted a total of two, maybe three weeks. In the end, the reader got in Warsaw military book. Having it under one arm went to Poznan and calmly longer be able to check out. - Well, that HCR had no problems, just a shame I had to waste so much time - irritated.

To get evidence
More Cybulski was trying to keep up with sophisticated ID card. He explained that the office met with something absolutely bizarre. The application for an identity card was required data from the last act of marital status, ie marriage. Did not count, or passport, or birth certificate. What was needed was an act of civil status. - A wedding was taking in the United States , so I had a rustic statement. And to him at birth was registered only "Poland" without the city. And it was a huge problem - explains Cybulski. It did not help that the passport and birth certificate information could be seen as a bull, where he was born. Marriage certificate or identity card will not be.

Cybulski, therefore, have to go to Czestochowa, where his wife is registered and where he registered his marriage certificate. There was amended act in such a way as to include the place of birth. - Fortunately, there was no trouble here - he explains. When he had the marriage certificate, duly completed, there would be no way to get the coveted ID card.

The car and driver's license
This is not the end of the twists and turns. Our caller wanted to register a car. The District Office Mokotów learned that I can not register a car in Warsaw, because his wife is registered in Czestochowa, and he nowhere. - Finally, we registered our car in Czestochowa, did not want to fly again after offices - he says.

This, however, does not end situation of trying to keep the offices. Now comes the license. The Polish returned to the U.S. document on the basis of which he could only drive for 180 days. Then, according to the law must develop Polish counterpart. Interestingly, he could not do it earlier example, after 120 days. He had to wait 180 days, or six months.

- What about the period to earn the right license? I do not drive the car? So can you say that for some time I drove without a license. That's absurd - he says. In the end he needed a theory driving test in Poland and could form their document (the law does not require him to he also practical). However, it did not turned out to be so simple.

The proposal adopted
At the office of the clerk Mokotów Cybulski did not want to accept the application for a license, because it has no permanent address. It had only address. - Arguing with me, my reference was to the relevant provisions. Then I decided to check everything - reports Cybulski.

Reviewed the laws, regulations and appeared with them at the office. Showed the clerk that the provisions referred to only by place of residence, not a check. - That was funny. I show that in this section do not exist, and you refer me to another. Checking a second and there is nothing about the check - says Cybulski. After several skirmishes finally got a driver's license - did not have to report. - Was shocking to me that the officials do not know the law . It really touched me - he says.

Fine, and all in all nothing

In the absence of a check-in clerk visited him, who came to him ... instruct. - They were indeed very nice and did not want to do the problem, but made it clear that without any check I get a fine - he recalls. He adds that all institutions will eventually look at the place of residence, not a check. - Why keep alive a recipe that does nothing and is dead? - Asks rhetorically Krystian Cybulski.