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Post by tufta on Feb 10, 2009 8:32:39 GMT 1
Ok, then, let me put it straightforward with my imperfect Warsavian logic.  ;D There's absolutely no need to consult anyone in order to place the achievements of Poles of any descent in this section. |
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 10, 2009 11:42:35 GMT 1
There's absolutely no need to consult anyone in order to place the achievements of Poles of any descent in this section. Hmmm...... but why??? I still have doubts...... |
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Post by tufta on Feb 10, 2009 23:11:30 GMT 1
There's absolutely no need to consult anyone in order to place the achievements of Poles of any descent in this section. Hmmm...... but why??? I still have doubts...... Why not? Because some nationalist might say: 'no , you are stealing our great man?' or another from 'the other side' might say 'that's not a Pole, that's a... whatever'. That's too small an argument. Zbigniew Brzezinski is American, right? Did they steal them? Does US consist of Portuguese, Spanish and Italian people or does it consist of Americans? And we have had a multiethnic pot looong before them. Ya get my drift? |
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Post by locopolaco on Feb 11, 2009 2:15:14 GMT 1
Hmmm...... but why??? I still have doubts...... Why not? Because some nationalist might say: 'no , you are stealing our great man?' or another from 'the other side' might say 'that's not a Pole, that's a... whatever'. That's too small an argument. Zbigniew Brzezinski is American, right? Did they steal them? Does US consist of Portuguese, Spanish and Italian people or does it consist of Americans? And we have had a multiethnic pot looong before them. Ya get my drift? brzezinski is a polish-american.  |
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 11, 2009 23:29:39 GMT 1
Why not? Because some nationalist might say: 'no , you are stealing our great man?' or another from 'the other side' might say 'that's not a Pole, that's a... whatever'. That's too small an argument. Zbigniew Brzezinski is American, right? Did they steal them? Does US consist of Portuguese, Spanish and Italian people or does it consist of Americans? And we have had a multiethnic pot looong before them. Ya get my drift? brzezinski is a polish-american. Oh, I see. Imitating Polish American, I think I will use Jewish Polish for describing some men of merit. |
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Post by tomek on Feb 15, 2009 16:12:46 GMT 1
Everyman born in Poland is Polishman. American sientists get Nobel Awards and who takes interesting of their coming background? Jewish, Indian, Autralian is not matter. He is American and Nobel Award go to America.
E.g, this Polish humanist was Jewish by family. But he lived in Poland, he speoke Polish tonge, he participated in Polish schools, studies, everything. Ludwik Zamenhof made Esperanto, a new speech for everymen of the wordl. In some moments I know that trabnslating Polish books was done into Esperanto and publicated in China, bkoz they didn`t were translators of Polish in Chineses.
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Post by tufta on Mar 6, 2009 17:32:03 GMT 1
Since Mike is back, let's continue ;D Creator of "Barbie doll" was of course American but of Polish descent. but I'm not sure if that's an achievement BUT the most fantastic European creation of all time was done by a Pole too! Cafe (kawiarnia) in the present day meaning was created in Vienna by a Polish nobleman Jerzy Franciszek Kulczycki ;D |
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Post by Bonobo on Dec 6, 2009 23:19:42 GMT 1
Innovation on Display
16 September 2009
A flying robot controlled by head movements that makes Full-HD movies, an infrared terminal that identifies people from the pattern of their veins, an intelligent pen to combat dyslexia, systems for controlling computers with the eyes and lips, a device for keeping the water in your swimming pool clean, bulletproof vests, ultra-sensitive cameras for astronomy-all these innovative products and technologies were on display at the Science for the Economy Show in Poznań in June. The show was part of the Innovations, Technologies, Machines Poland 2009 trade fair.
The fair attracted more than 1,000 exhibitors and 20,000 visitors. The Science for the Economy Show featured the achievements and research potential of Polish applied sciences. The show, held regularly as part of the ITM fair, aims to bring science closer to industry and facilitate business contacts, fostering the transfer of research results to business.
Innovative technologies that modernize production processes and reduce costs are the best investment at a time of crisis, experts say. This year, 20 exhibitors, mainly research and development centers, schools of higher education and institutions that support innovation, showcased more than 60 technological innovations.
The West Pomeranian University of Technology from Szczecin showed its innovative OCEAN control system for CNC machine tools. The robotics and mechatronics faculty of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Cracow, together with the Unihut company, showcased designs such as unmanned aircraft that can lift off and land by themselves and fly along a pre-defined route based on their onboard GPS navigation system. The aircraft are equipped with a video platform that was unveiled at the same time. The camera can be controlled manually or automatically through the head movements of a person wearing virtual glasses.
Mobile robots designed by the AGH University of Science and Technology can autonomously transport components in a production hall, mapping their own routes and communicating with one another during operation. They can be used for the unmanned transport of parts or for drawing a map and gathering information about an area that is in some way hazardous to humans. "Their future also includes working in outer space," says the university's Dr. Tomasz Buratowski.
The robotics and mechatronics faculty's stand at the fair also featured a parallel robot that consists of two parts. The macrorobot positions the camera and the microrobot. The microrobot's movement range is just a few millimeters, but the manipulators' motion precision is high. They can be used to perform operations on cells, such as piercing the cell wall and inserting material into the cell, for example. The AGH University of Science and Technology won a gold medal for its cell-operation robot.
Show us your veins
The Institute of Mathematical Machines exhibited its IMMVein terminal for infrared identification of people by the pattern of the veins on their hands, which is unique for each individual. Unlike fingerprints, vein patterns are difficult to forge because they do not leave their trace anywhere. The pattern does not change as the person grows. The left hand is different from the right, and even identical twins have different vein patterns even though they can have identical fingerprints. A few percent of the population cannot be registered with popular fingerprint-based systems because they have damaged fingers, psoriasis, or their skin is in poor condition.
Computer controlled by the lips
Scientists from the Gdańsk University of Technology's Department of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics showcased an "intelligent pen" for dyslectics and a computer controlled by eye and lip movements.
The "eye-tracker" uses torches emitting infrared light and an internet camera. The system tracks the reflections of the light in the pupils. Based on geometric calculations, the device identifies where the person is looking. The algorithms work for both bright and dark pupil tracking.
The applications for this invention are not limited to helping disabled people. It can also be used in marketing research, at schools and by psychological counseling services where it is important to be able to tell if children do not do well due to some problem or defect, or because they are not concentrated during a test and are looking somewhere else. The system will be five times cheaper than those available on the market today, the designers say.
The Gdańsk University of Technology's Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics has developed telemedicine, a branch of technology that employs the internet to diagnose hearing, visual and speech impairments. The faculty has also designed an artificial larynx for patients who have had their larynx removed. A digital signal processor used in the artificial larynx radically improves the quality of sound produced by the device.
One of the faculty's most remarkable inventions is the Ustomysz (Lip Mouse) Computer Multimedia Interface, a system designed for those who, due to paralysis and other disorders, are unable to use the computer in the traditional way. The interface enables such users to control a computer with head movements and facial expressions. It is the only such device in the world.
The Lip Mouse device uses a typical internet camera to analyze images of the user's head. When a person opens their mouth, sticks out their tongue or purses their lips, this can be configured with any function of a computer mouse in accordance with the user's preferences. The scientists from the Gdańsk University of Technology have supplemented this invention with an application-a communicator allowing a paralyzed person to request food, drink or help. A speech synthesizer is part of the system.
Tachographs with a difference
The Industrial Research Institute for Automation and Measurements (PIAP) showed tachographs, or systems that record the parameters of aircraft and trains. The PIAP's tachographs have won a special mention in the Teraz Polska (Poland Now) competition. An electronic tachograph records all data related to a vehicle's journey: distance, speed, time and all the activities undertaken by the driver. The data are stored in an electronic memory chip that can be read on a PC after the journey. The designers have developed special PC software for displaying, presenting and archiving data. Buyers of the tachograph receive the software as part of the package.
The Polish tachograph is competitive in terms of price compared with similar projects developed in other countries. It can be up to 30 percent cheaper than its Western counterparts while meeting all the requirements set down by European law.
Other wonders
The University of Warsaw, together with the Creotech company, unveiled a system for the sanitary control of swimming pools. The system monitors physicochemical parameters important in pool maintenance.
The Institute of Electronic Materials Technology (ITME) from Warsaw displayed its cutting-edge laser technology that has been applied in business. Modern technology allows scientists to build heavy-duty lasers that are more energy-efficient than traditional lasers. Their miniaturization is also more advanced, enabling them to be used in robots, for example as operating heads. "A laser beam can weld together various materials, bond plastics, cut and form different shapes and even engrave portraits," says the ITME's Tadeusz Żero.
Experts from the Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology in Warsaw exhibited a system designed to treat waste gases from power plants with an accelerated electron beam and produce fertilizers at the same time. The technology has been used on an industrial scale for the past seven years at the Pomorzany power and heat generation plant in Szczecin. This industrial research project was built under a contract between the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna and the Japanese and Polish governments.
In another project, the institute's station in Warsaw sterilizes foodstuffs and medicines using safe radiation. Food subjected to this process retains its nutritional value, and the technology is safe, non-toxic and bactericidal, experts say.
The Institute of Mechanized Construction and Rock Mining showcased an ultra-fast innovative two-die riveting head. The Moratex Institute of Security Technology exhibited its advanced bulletproof vest for police officers, and the Metal Forming Institute exhibited a machine for making road signs.
Innovative products were also on display at the stand of the Institute for Sustainable Technologies/National Research Institute, the Komag Institute of Mining Technology, the Tele and Radio Research Institute, the Technical University of Łódź, the Poznań University of Technology, and the Construction Equipment Research Institute.
The list of winners of Poznań International Fair Gold Medals for the transfer of research results to business also included the Institute of Precision Mechanics for its technology of precision gas nitriding; the Metal Forming Institute for its technology for forming rings for elastic shock absorbers; the Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals for its method to produce high-quality lead-acid batteries and new ecological copper alloys; the Industrial Institute of Agricultural Engineering and the Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering of the Poznań University of Technology for their technology for obtaining engine fuel from vegetable oils.
Piotr Bartosz
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Post by tufta on Dec 8, 2009 18:40:16 GMT 1
Professor Sylwester Porowski's group managed to beat the world's foremost scientific institutes in the race to produce the blue laser. It was constructed at Unipress, the Warsaw Center for High Pressure Research, part of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN). This achievement was possible thanks to the Polish scientists' ability to obtain crystals of gallium nitride under very high pressure. With their diodes, which emit light of a wavelength in the blue part of the electromagnetic spectrum, four times more information than before can be packed on optic disks, which means that in future CD-ROM disks will be able to hold much more data than they do now with the red lasers used to record and read information. Blue diodes are used in medical diagnostic tests, and also in environmental monitoring. In addition, the military is also very interested in the blue laser. The application of red, green, and blue lasers will bring a new generation of televisions and video projectors.Scientific instruments designed and constructed by Polish physicists have been launched into space, installed on board the satellite Koronas. Mirosław Kowaliński and Ireneusz Gaicki constructed the ReSIK and Diogenes X-ray spectrometers, which study the processes taking place in the sun's corona and send current data round-the-clock to the Moscow space centre. The processing of the data collected gives further information about the sun's outer layers. ReSIK and Diogenes will spend several years in space.
Recent work by Polish astronomers has also brought impressive results. A team of scientists led by Professors Andrzej Udalski and Marcin Kubiak has discovered 46 new planets outside our solar system. They used OGLE (Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment), a new method of largescale "planet-hunting", opening a new chapter in the history of astronomy.
In 2001, after several years of research, Polish archaeologists celebrated a major success: a group led by Professor Karol Myśliwiec, Professor of History at Warsaw University and Director of the Centre for Mediterranean Archaeology at the Polish Academy of Sciences, discovered a group of graves in Egypt dating back to the Old Kingdom, at a site near the pyramid of Pharaoh Djoser in Saqqara. In Sinada, another Polish expedition discovered a church which most probably had been a mausoleum belonging to the kings of Nubia. The portraits of their presumable users are painted on its walls. Polish archaeologists led by Dr. Bogdan Żurawski have been participating in a project to rescue historically significant monuments of Nubian culture in an area due to be floodedon completion of a dam which is being constructed by the Sudanese government between the third and fourth cataracts. An archaeological mission led by Dr. Stefan Jakobielski has been active for thirty-five years in the Sudan, in Old Dongola. One of the most spectacular highlights of recent years in this field has been the discovery of several dozen frescoes in the Monastery of the Holy Trinity, an apt sequel to Professor Kazimierz Michałowski's discovery of the now famous Faras frescos in the 1960s.
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Post by valpomike on Dec 8, 2009 22:09:40 GMT 1
You all don't remember the one important person. Me, my grandparents came from Poland, and they helped make me what I am today, by their thinkings.
Mike
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 7, 2010 23:58:19 GMT 1
Hiting the cover of a major scientific magazine "Nature" is viewed as an oustanding achievement. Tells a lot about the reputaion of the editorial board, isn't it ;D Two young Poles recently succeeded, as their findings are crucial for the timeline of life on Earth. In short, their finding demonstrate the tetrapods invaded solid land much much earlier then was till now taught. About the cover www.nature.com/nature/journal/v463/n7277/covers/index.htmlThe cover shows a trackway and an isolated footprint (highlighted with charcoal) that were made by early four-legged land vertebrates (tetrapods) almost 400 million years ago. That’s 18 million years older than the earliest known tetrapod body fossils, and 10 million years older than the oldest elpistostegids — Tiktaalik, Panderichthys and their relatives, seen as transitional forms between fishes and tetrapods. The hands on the right belong to Grzegorz Niedźwiedzki, first author of the paper reporting the finds. (CREDIT: Piotr Szrek)The paper: www.nature.com/nature/journal/v463/n7277/full/nature08623.htmlA short movie. We can see the quary in Poland where the tracks were found, the two young Poles and their Swedish colleague, also the interiors of a Geological Museum in Warszawa. www.nature.com/nature/videoarchive/tetrapods/index.htmlI am not an expert on paleonthology. Is it really such a major discovery? |
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Post by tufta on Jan 8, 2010 9:20:29 GMT 1
[ I am not an expert on paleonthology. Neither am I ;D Yes. Colossal! ;D ;D |
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 8, 2010 23:28:13 GMT 1
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Post by tufta on Jan 9, 2010 17:59:04 GMT 1
Great photos!!!!
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Post by tufta on Jan 10, 2010 20:07:14 GMT 1
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 19, 2010 22:26:43 GMT 1
www.thenews.pl/national/artykul125804_krakow-bajgiel-to-be-recognized-by-eu.html
Krakow ‘bajgiel’ to be recognized by EU?
17.02.2010 11:54
Poland’s motion to register “obwarzanek krakowski” or "bajgiel", a ring-shaped baked good, as a regional product has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
If no member state contests it, the popular bagel-like food will receive a certificate of Protected Geographical Indication from the EU.
The 40-page justification of Krakow’s claim to the “obwarzanek krakowski” describes in detail how it is baked and looks like as well as presents its history.
There is historical evidence that the pastry was first document in the late 14th century. A document has survived to this day in which “obwarzanek” pastries, then called by their Latin name circulis or circinellos, were ordered for the royal court.
Today, a dozen bakers from Krakow and its environs make “obwarzanek krakowski” rings, which are 12-17 cm in diameter and are famed for their delicious crust, sprinkled with salt, poppy or sesame seeds. Originally, the pastry was baked only during the Lenten season.
Poland has so far registered two types of sheep-milk cheese – oscypek and bryndza – as regional products with the EU. (kk/mmj)
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* bb 17.02.2010 13:58 These are good but why can't we find them in warsaw(: bb
* Skoy 17.02.2010 14:04 Also the famous bison grass vodka, and some other products have been registered. Skoy
* Jasiek 17.02.2010 16:00 bb,
No way. Just no way in Warsaw. It is out of Krakow's good old Jewish culture, not Warsaw's. The Jewish people differed very much depending on regions. The Jews in Krakow had their own cultural groups apart from those in Warsaw.
The good old days of Poland was so rich in cultural diversity.
Warsaw-ites should look for their own local cultrual icons to promote. Autobus czerwony for example? Jasiek
* Jasiek 17.02.2010 16:06 Blikle’s paczki or Wedel’s hot chocolate?
But both paczki and hot chocolate are rather commonly seen in many places….
Then, make a hole in the centre of a paczek! Jasiek
* bb 17.02.2010 16:32 Jas - too bad about the bagels! bb
* Brad Zimmerman 18.02.2010 00:43 Bagels are BOILED and then baked. These ...circle-breads... are completely different. Even "bagel-like" is slanderous to real bagels.
Krakowians get their bagels from Bagelmama. There's no where else to go but, fortunately, Bagelmama has trained their baker well and the bagels are great. Brad Zimmerman
* Jasiek 18.02.2010 00:46 bb,
The New York bagel, not obwarzanek krakowski, originate in Vienna as Poles know well. Until a couple of years ago there was only one shop in Krakow that dealt in New York bagel sandwiches. Indeed it is recorded that the medieval Cracovians had a stuff called "bagel" (beygel or something in fact, I just don't remember correctly...), but it is unclear if it was a type of bread. Jasiek
* Jasiek 18.02.2010 00:47 Sorry, "bajgiel" as in the headline. Jasiek
* John 18.02.2010 11:12 That "bajgiel" you are refering to comes from the German word "bügel" (to bend or to bow something). John
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 23, 2010 22:24:57 GMT 1
Polish nuclear reactor to contribute to world medicine
19.02.2010 13:44
A nuclear reactor located in Swierk, near Warsaw, has become a new source for a radioactive isotope used in millions of medical procedures around the world.
The isotope, Technetium-99m, is used to diagnose breast and bone cancer, as well as measure blood flow in the heart. Without the substance, radiologists cannot use advanced medical techniques in diagnosis.
The Maria reactor, called after a famous Polish scientist Maria Sklodowska-Curie, will take over the job of two reactors, which produce two-thirds of the world’s radioactive isotope.
Both reactors, in Ontario and the Netherlands, have been shut down for repairs. The Maria reactor, one of the world’s most powerful research reactors will not fill the gap left by the two reactors completely but it will meet some of the demand for the substance.
American company Covidien and the Institute of Atomic Energy have already signed an agreement on delivery of the isotope. It is estimated that a half-year supply from the Polish reactor will enable radiologist around the world to examine over a million patients.
The US ambassador to Poland Lee Feinstein praised Polish scientists, saying that the USA largely depend on foreign suppliers of technetium-99m and Polish-American cooperation in this field is a success.
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Post by Bonobo on Sept 6, 2010 18:45:40 GMT 1
Polish crystal to revolutionize hi-tech products
06.09.2010 12:08
A small Polish company has discovered ways to produce the biggest and best gallium nitride crystals, to be used in a variety of high tech products.
“A little known Polish company
is beating the technological titans in a key research area of the 2 century,” Richard Stevenson, scientist and journalist who specializes in semiconductors, told IEEE Spectrum magazine.
The excitement follows Polish researchers discovering a cost-effective way to produce super high quality crystals of pure gallium nitride, which will soon radically change the manufacture of several high-technology products.
Ten years ago, scientists and graduates at the University of Warsaw and Warsaw University of Technology set up the Ammono company which specialised in the technology of growing pure large gallium nitride crystals. The technology is still beyond the grasp of US, Korea or Japan companies.
Gallium nitride is a semiconductor commonly used in bright light-emitting diodes (LED). It can emit the whole spectrum of colours
– violet, green, red and blue. A gallium nitride violet laser diode in used in the Blu-ray disc technologies and in game consoles. “Soon gallium nitride will be used to produce miniature laser TV projectors built in laptops, mobile phones or watches which will emit HD images,” Robert Dwilinski, Ammono’s president and founder, told IEEE Spectrum.
“Laser projectors will probably oust big, energy consuming and expensive LCD TVs. It is estimated that the demand for laser TVs will reach up to two billion a year,” adds Dwilinski.
While white light emitting gallium nitride diodes will soon be an alternative for traditional and energy saving light bulbs. Lighting
The market is worth 80 billion US dollars a year and LED diodes will take a huge part of it, says Dwilinski.
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 9, 2011 0:30:31 GMT 1
Patriot missile designer dies aged 91
05.01.2011 14:04
Zdzislaw Starostecki, one of the principal designers of the Patriot missile, has died in the US.
Starostecki died at his home in Sarasota, Florida, on New Year’s Eve.
Born in Lodz in 1919, Starostecki fought for his country in the ill-fated September Campaign of 1939. On attempting to flee occupied Poland, he was arrested by the Soviets and given an eight-year- prison sentence. He was dispatched to Siberia where he mined gold in the camp at Kolyma.
Starostecki was released in 1941 along with thousands of Poles following the official amnesty in the wake of Hitler’s invasion of Germany. He left the Soviet Union with the forces gathered by General Anders, serving with the Polish Second Corps in the Italian Campaign, seeing combat at the Battle of Monte Cassino, amongst others.
Like the majority of Anders’ soldiers, Starostecki did not return to Poland, which fell into the Soviet sphere after the war. After studying in England, he emigrated to America with his wife and two sons.
Sstudied at the Stevens Institute of Technology, and was ultimately hired by the Defense Department Research and Development Center of the US Army.
During the 1980s, Starostecki was one of the chief designers on the Patriot missile programme.
In November 2009, he was awarded with the rank of honorary general by the then President of Poland, Lech Kaczynski. Ironically, the missile that he was instrumental in designing is now due to come to Poland as part of the defensive system agreed with the U.S.
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 11, 2011 19:48:33 GMT 1
Polish archeologists uncover Sudanese phallus figurines
06.01.2011 06:57
A team of Polish archeologists from the western city of Poznan have discovered rock engravings and several dozen terracotta figurines, some phallus-shaped, in the north-eastern part of Sudan by the Red Sea.
“During the expedition we discovered lots of rock engravings. Most of them depict cattle but there are also portraits of people and African animals,” says Prof. Michal Kobusiewicz from the Archeology and Ethnology Institute of the Polish Academy of Science.
“The engravings were discovered near a solitary phallus-shaped mountain, which suggests that they were connected with fertility rites,” adds Kobusiewicz.
The archeologists also found several dozen terracotta figurines of people, cattle as well as miniature sandstone phallus-shaped mountains. Traces of prehistoric settlement were also discovered near the engravings.
In order to assess the age of the discovered artifacts and engravings the scientists will use a radiocarbon dating method and geomorphic research.
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Post by haphap on May 7, 2011 4:37:41 GMT 1
You gave the world Chopin. And thank you for that. |
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;D There's absolutely no need to consult anyone in order to place the achievements of Poles of any descent in this section. 
