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Post by Bonobo on Sept 9, 2008 14:51:33 GMT 1
The shortage of nurses is a problem that the U.S. faces as well. It will most likely get worse as the baby boomer population ages and the need for more health care grows.  Is there a strong interest in the medical field - nursing in particular - in Poland? What things do/do not attract people to this career choice? Crisis in Poland’s hospitals Created: 02.09.2008 11:00 Spurred by widespread picketing, the Department of Health Services is undergoing reforms that would change the minimum number of nurses required on shifts. Poland’s medical field is experiencing a shortage of nurses, with sometimes two nurses on an afternoon shift that normally demands four.
“Dziennik Polski” reports that, in the last fours years, approximately 7700 nurses have left the country seeking work abroad. This points to a greater problem than simply work stress.
The Professional Union of Nurses and Midwifes (ZZPP) is pushing to change the law. Their secretary, Grazyna Gaj, points out that in most European Union countries, the mandate is a minimum of one nurse to eight patients.
Current mandates regarding the minimum number of required healthcare providers on shift date back to 1999 and fall short of reality. Many hospitals in the Warsaw region report that they have as little as one nurse to forty patients on a night shift. (mmj)thenews.pl Nurses have been underpaid for decades in Poland. Probably one of the lowest paid jobs with a lot of responsibility. However, there was constant influx to the job because many Polish girls used to be caring/sympathetic by character and chose to be a nurse for idealistic reasons. The times has changed. Now young people are directed by materialism, not idealism, in their choice of jobs. Hard to say if it is so bad. If we support capitalism, we must also support that change of views. Otherwise, we will have to go back to communism, when people earned more or less the same notwithstanding their actual effort in work and consequently economy was in stagnation. Now people are materialistic and economy is thriving. After the borders became open a few years ago, nurses has been going to work abroad because there they can earn 5 times as much as in Poland. I remember running courses in hospitals for doctors and nurses in 1990s, probably most of my former students are working abroad today. One pretty nurse even wanted to have conversations with me in private but I had a girlfriend and couldn`t. ;D ;D ;D The black side of nurse problem is bribes. Some nurses limit thier activity in work to minimum, unless they receive special gratification from patients or their family. A lot of people complain or just remark that they had to pay nurses extra fees for taking care of the family member. It is somehow taken for granted. Nurses organise striked regularly. The one in 2007 lasted for several weeks, they put up tents before the governments`s headquarters in Warsaw and demanded pay rise. It was so spectacular that it even got its own entry in Wikipedia: The White town of nurses pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bia%C5%82e_miasteczko   |
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Post by locopolaco on Sept 9, 2008 18:49:22 GMT 1
The shortage of nurses is a problem that the U.S. faces as well. It will most likely get worse as the baby boomer population ages and the need for more health care grows. Is there a strong interest in the medical field - nursing in particular - in Poland? What things do/do not attract people to this career choice? Crisis in Poland’s hospitals Created: 02.09.2008 11:00 Spurred by widespread picketing, the Department of Health Services is undergoing reforms that would change the minimum number of nurses required on shifts. Poland’s medical field is experiencing a shortage of nurses, with sometimes two nurses on an afternoon shift that normally demands four.
“Dziennik Polski” reports that, in the last fours years, approximately 7700 nurses have left the country seeking work abroad. This points to a greater problem than simply work stress.
The Professional Union of Nurses and Midwifes (ZZPP) is pushing to change the law. Their secretary, Grazyna Gaj, points out that in most European Union countries, the mandate is a minimum of one nurse to eight patients.
Current mandates regarding the minimum number of required healthcare providers on shift date back to 1999 and fall short of reality. Many hospitals in the Warsaw region report that they have as little as one nurse to forty patients on a night shift. (mmj)thenews.pl Nurses have been underpaid for decades in Poland. Probably one of the lowest paid jobs with a lot of responsibility. However, there was constant influx to the job because many Polish girls used to be caring/sympathetic by character and chose to be a nurse for idealistic reasons. The times has changed. Not young people are directed by materialism, not idealism, in their choice of jobs. Hard to say if it is so bad. If we support capitalism, we must also support that change of views. Otherwise, we will have to go back to communism, when people earned more or less the same notwithstanding their actual effort in work and consequently economy was in stagnation. Now people are materialistic and economy is thriving. After the borders became open a few years ago, nurses has been going to work abroad because there they can earn 5 times as much as in Poland. I remember running courses in hospitals for doctors and nurses in 1990s, probably most of my former students are working abroad today. One pretty nurse even wanted to have conversations with me in private but I had a girlfriend and couldn`t. ;D ;D ;D The black side of nurse problem is bribes. Some nurses limit thier activity in work to minimum, unless they receive special gratification from patients or their family. A lot of people complain or just remark that they had to pay nurses extra fees for taking care of the family member. It is somehow taken for granted. Nurses organise striked regularly. The one in 2007 lasted for several weeks, they put up tents before the governments`s headquarters in Warsaw and demanded pay rise. It was so spectacular that it even got its own entry in Wikipedia: The White town of nurses pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bia%C5%82e_miasteczkoisn't almost everybody underpaid in PL? sure seems that way. I wonder how people make it. |
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Post by Bonobo on Sept 9, 2008 19:15:57 GMT 1
isn't almost everybody underpaid in PL? sure seems that way. I wonder how people make it. There is no hunger/famine, so the situation is not so bad. We don`t have slums, either. Looking at the photos, you can see that Poland is a normal European country, not so developed as America but not like Africa, either. As for making both ends meet, yes, it can be difficult, that is why both parents must work. If they live in their own apartment/house and don`t have to pay the rent which is a big burden in Poland, then the life of the family is still bearable. It gets worse when only one parent works, let alone neither. I have just read statistics for salaries in Poland in 2008. The average salary amounts to 3000 zlotys monthly before tax, so after it it is about 2000 zlotys, 1000$. When both parents make such money, there is no problem. |
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Post by locopolaco on Sept 9, 2008 20:01:00 GMT 1
isn't almost everybody underpaid in PL? sure seems that way. I wonder how people make it. There is no hunger/famine, so the situation is not so bad. We don`t have slums, either. Looking at the photos, you can see that Poland is a normal European country, not so developed as America but not like Africa, either. As for making both ends meet, yes, it can be difficult, that is why both parents must work. If they live in their own apartment/house and don`t have to pay the rent which is a big burden in Poland, then the life of the family is still bearable. It gets worse when only one parent works, let alone neither. I have just read statistics for salaries in Poland in 2008. The average salary amounts to 3000 zlotys monthly before tax, so after it it is about 2000 zlotys, 1000$. When both parents make such money, there is no problem. well, but there seems to be a butt load of homeless in PL; from your pictures anyway plus i have heard this other places. The are near Central Station and the Palace of Culture is especially bad. hmm the income seems to have raised in the last year or two because i recall a $1000/mo to be the norm a few years back. rent seems to be crazy in poland though. and many foreigners tell me that they feel poles play some kind of black magic with money as no one really seems to be hurting but no one seems to make enough either. |
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Post by Bonobo on Sept 9, 2008 20:37:45 GMT 1
well, but there seems to be a butt load of homeless in PL; from your pictures anyway plus i have heard this other places. The are near Central Station and the Palace of Culture is especially bad. hmm Loco, we have already talked about it. Homeless people are alcoholics who were dumped by their families and lost their homes because they preferred to drink rather than work and be responsible husbands/fathers. The homeless, when offered some aid to run a decent life again, refuse as they already got accustomed to such life at the Central Station: they receive clothes and food from charity, they don`t worry about work or family, and they always manage to collect some funds to buy cheap wine and imbibe it with friends... There are a few places in each big city where the homeless can spend a night but the discipline is strict - no alcohol. And you know what?? Most of them prefer to stay out in parks or sleep at the stations. Alcohol has ruined their psyche totally. You are talking about salaries before tax. It was 1000$ a few years ago. Today it is 1000 after tax. Dollar is really low.... No black magic but living in a family makes it easier for more people to get by. Combine income of parents, and often grandparents too, and you will see how Poles manage to survive. Yet, many Poles go abroad to earn more and they send money to Poland. |
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Post by valpomike on Sept 9, 2008 21:48:45 GMT 1
We have homeless all over the world, even in my city, I have been told we have some, I never saw any, that I know of, but we have a shelter, that most, come from other cities, to stay in, and spend a long time, waiting to be helped, since, most don't try and help them selfs.
We in my city, have many people who go out of there way to help, and find it hard, to find those who need help. I know I have tried, myself, many times.
But, in Chicago, near by, we have many, who live on the streets, but to me it looks like due, to drugs, and drink, and they are happy this way.
They beg, and some make more money this way, than you and I do, working.
Mike
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Post by Bonobo on Sept 10, 2008 17:56:45 GMT 1
www.tvn24.pl/-1,1564314,0,1,nagie-slicznotki-w-obronie-niedzwiedzi,wiadomosc.html 4 barely clad women organized a demonstration in front of the British Embassy in Warsaw to protest against using bear skins for British soldier caps. 
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Post by gigi on Sept 10, 2008 18:02:20 GMT 1
4 barely clad women organized a demonstration in front of the British Embassy in Warsaw to protest against using bear skins for British soldier caps. I'm sure that this is one protest that Mike will wholeheartedly support!  |
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Post by valpomike on Sept 10, 2008 20:50:44 GMT 1
Where are the photo's, please.
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Post by Bonobo on Sept 10, 2008 22:30:50 GMT 1
Thank you for the great photo's, again I say, Polish, even Polish-American women are HOT !!!! Keep them coming, I need, and want more, please. Mike
Poland waltzes away with Eurovision Dance Contest
9/6/08
LONDON (AFP) — Poland waltzed off with the Eurovision Dance Contest title on Saturday in a glitzy final watched by millions of viewers across the continent.
Actor Marcin Mroczek and professional dancer Edyta Herbus won the event at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow with a fusion of Rumba and Cha-Cha with Modern Jazz.
Voters from the 14 participating countries as well as a professional jury awarded the Polish pair 154 points in an event broadcast across Europe.
Russia came second with 121 points and Ukraine third with 119 points.
Each couple comprised a professional dancer and a national celebrity and had just two minutes to wow the judges.
Last year's inaugural contest in London was won by Finnish couple Jussi Vaananen and Katja Koukkula.
"It was an exciting evening full of great entertainment and very high quality performances, supported by an amazing audience of more than 2,000 people, who raised the roof with enthusiasm," said Tal Barnea, the contest's executive supervisor.
"We are very impressed with the way the event grew so much from year one to year two and with the high level of the production."
The Eurovision Song Contest annual extravaganza has been running since 1956.
Eurovision TV director Bjoern Erichsen added: "With this competition, we created a fantastic new Eurovision tradition, which we are confident will last for many years to come."
Final rankings (points):
1 Poland 154
2 Russia 121
3 Ukraine 119
4 Lithuania 110
5 Azerbaijan 106
6 Denmark 102
7 Greece 72
8 Portugal 61
9 United Kingdom 47
10 Finland 44
11 Ireland 40
12 Sweden 38
13 Austria 29
14 Netherlands 1
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Post by Bonobo on Sept 10, 2008 22:32:10 GMT 1
Where are the photo's, please. Mike In the link which is in the post..... |
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Post by valpomike on Sept 11, 2008 4:11:11 GMT 1
HOT HOT HOT
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Post by gigi on Sept 17, 2008 15:13:57 GMT 1
Yoko Ono ‘flies’ into Warsaw Created: 17.09.2008 14:36  Yoko Ono in Warsaw, Wednesday Yoko Ono arrived in Warsaw today to open her FLY exhibition at the Modern Art Centre (CSW) at the Ujazdowski Castle.
The major exhibition will consist of a work which is having its world premier – Telephone piece for Warsaw - plus a retrospective of her artistic career to date: Fly, 1970 (a 25 minute film); Blue Room, 1966; Ex It, 1997; Amaze, 1971; Wish Tree, 1997; Fly, 1963; and Memory Painting, 2008.
The collection will be open from 19 September until 26 October.
Yoko Ono previously visited Poland to hold a concert in 1986 at Torwar in Warsaw. This is her second exhibit to be held at CSW.
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Post by Bonobo on Sept 20, 2008 22:29:20 GMT 1
Shame on Poland, shame on Poles.
Auschwitz security officers arrest Nazi memorabilia dealer
By DPA
9/17/08
Security officers in Auschwitz - the site of former Nazi
concentration camps - detained a man Wednesday for selling Third
Reich memorabilia at a bazaar, local media reported.
Among the objects were copies of SS and Hitler military items,
reported the Polish Press Agency.
The man's case will be taken up by local prosecutors who will
determine if the act constitutes promoting fascism.
Polish law forbids promoting Nazi ideology, but allows the sale of
historic relics and reproductions.
Poland is one of Europe's biggest exporters of Nazi memorabilia, and pulls in tourists from Germany and Scandinavia where the items are illegal.
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Post by gigi on Sept 23, 2008 13:49:25 GMT 1
Polish bison to rescue endangered population in Hungary Created: 23.09.2008 12:53  Poland has sent three female bison and two bulls to the wild forests in northeastern Hungary.
For two hundred years the only place where Hungarians could see bison was in zoos. Now with the cooperation between Polish and Hungarian officials, this will change.
Hungarian honorary consul, Tadeusz Kaczor, has initiated the cooperation with a private Hungarian farmer. The goal is to restore the species and create a sizeable heard of bison to eventually live in the wild in the Fuzerkomlos forest.
"I am very happy that we finalized this project. It is a historic event. I am convinced that Polish bison will restore the population in Hungarian forests", said Kaczor.
He added that it would not be possible without help of Wanda Olech-Piasecka from the Genetics and Farming faculty at University of Warsaw Department of Life and Science, who has been deeply involved in the European-wide project of saving the endangered bison.
Poland sent bison from farms in Smardzewice, Pszczyna and Leszno, in central Poland. Polish bison currently live in the Bialowieza forest in northeastern Poland and their population numbers about 1,000.thenews.pl |
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Post by valpomike on Sept 23, 2008 18:11:29 GMT 1
That goes to show, the Polish share. Great people.
Mike
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Post by Bonobo on Sept 24, 2008 19:02:09 GMT 1
Poland outperforms Las Vegas
Puls Biznesu
22.09.2008
The Poles spend on gambling more than on beer and vodka. An all-time
record will be hit this year when the Poles will spend as much as PLN
17bn for gambling, Polish business daily Puls Biznesu writes.
This is more than the annual sales of the gambling center – Las Vegas.
The biggest profits go to the owners of one-armed bandits who keep
winning the market share from state-owned Totalizator Sportowy.
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Post by valpomike on Sept 24, 2008 22:37:30 GMT 1
Do you partake of there services?
They don't get anything from me.
Mike
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Post by Bonobo on Sept 25, 2008 21:15:45 GMT 1
Do you partake of there services? They don't get anything from me. Mike If you ask about my gambling propensity, you needn`t worry. I am too mean to waste money on hazard ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D And I am intelligent enough to know that you cannot really win.... Neither do I participate in lotteries. |
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 1, 2008 14:47:32 GMT 1
A young member of big cat family is at large in the forest near Krakow. A resident recorded a film on his mobile. The police say it is a leopard or a lion and warns people to be careful. The hunt has started.... Watch the film ans find out for yourself... www.tvn24.pl/-1,1566906,0,1,lew-pantera-zobacz-co-grasuje-pod-krakowem,wiadomosc.html The warning mentions a catlike animal as big as a shepherd dog.  I hope it is not a beast from the film: Brotherhood of Wolves. |
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Post by valpomike on Oct 1, 2008 17:27:28 GMT 1
With the poor photo's it looks like a large dog to me.
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Post by gigi on Oct 10, 2008 14:49:26 GMT 1
EU Commissioner Verheugen ‘Germanizing Copernicus’?
Created: 09.10.2008 10:55
The centuries old battle between Poland and Germany to claim Nicholas Copernicus as their own continues after EU Commissioner Günter Verheugen uses the German spelling ‘Kopernikus’ for a new EU programme.
Polish MEP Adam Bielan of the Law and Justice party has demanded an explanation from Commissioner Verheugen, a German, who has chosen the name ‘Kopernikus’ for one of the new EU programmes. According to Bielan, by choosing the German version of the astronomers name Verheugen has “Germanized” him.
The Polish MEP believes that the commissioner used the form of spelling in an attempt to point to the German origins of Nicolas Copernicus, who, if fact, claims Bielan, was Poland’s greatest over scientist.
“This falsifies historical awareness and is evidence of either a lack of knowledge, or evil intentions, on the part of Mr. Commissioner,” Bielan said.
Adam Bielan has asked the commissioner whether the proposed name is a attempt at historical revisionism or just a “linguistic mistake”.
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Commissioner Verheugen has brushed off the criticism. Ton van Lierop said yesterday that Verheugen never suggested that Copernicus was German, and he had chosen the name ‘Kopernikus’ because he wanted to stress Poland’s contribution to the development of science.
The statement has confused many as the Polish spelling of Copernicus is actually Kopernik.
It remains a matter of dispute whether Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 - 1543) should be considered German or Polish. His father has been described by some as a Pole, and his mother was most likely of German origin. Copernicus was born, grew up, and spent most of his life in Royal Prussia and was a subject of the Crown of the Polish Kingdom. He is synonymous in Poland with the city of Turin, home to the Copernicus University, which is how in north-central Poland.
Copernicus’s name has numerous variants. He himself followed the academic custom of his time and adopted a Latinized version Nicolaus Copernicus. The spelling Nikolaus Kopernikus is popular in German writings, while Poles use Mikołaj Kopernik. (jm)
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Post by valpomike on Oct 10, 2008 15:57:34 GMT 1
He is and was Polish, and the Germany's can just go to hell. They took so much in the war, and now they want more.
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Post by gigi on Oct 11, 2008 14:12:45 GMT 1
School shops to get rid of crisps and candy barsA new healthy eating campaign in Polish schools is to deprive kids of their favourite snacks of crisps and candy being sold at the school shop.
Poland’s Chief Sanitary Inspectorate is preparing a revolution in snacks on offer at shops in Polish schools: by the end of this school year over a million junior high pupils won’t be able to buy fizzy drinks, crisps or candy bars on the school premises.
The Inspectorate’s action is an answer to what is perceived as a huge problem of obesity among Polish school pupils. According to data by the Institute of Mother and Child in Warsaw, over 13 percent of young Poles aged 13-15 should lose some weight.
Though France has double the amount of ‘fat’ children – measured by the controversial ‘body-mass index’ - within last 35 years the number of ‘obese’ teenagers in Poland has increased tenfold.
Local authorities are also launching their own initiatives. For example, the authorities of Sosnowiec, southern Poland, have proposed to lower the rent to those shop owners who decide to replace ‘unhealthy’ snacks with fruit and yoghurts.(jm) thenews.pl How big of a problem is this in Poland? 
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Post by valpomike on Oct 12, 2008 1:43:57 GMT 1
Children all over the world will eat only what they want, or what there parents let them. Also when the parents eat bad food and tell the children they can't have any, cause it is bad for them, they don't know what to think.
Never force a child to clean there plate. Make them try something before they said, they don't like it.
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Post by gigi on Oct 12, 2008 13:56:56 GMT 1
Children all over the world will eat only what they want, or what there parents let them. Also when the parents eat bad food and tell the children they can't have any, cause it is bad for them, they don't know what to think. Never force a child to clean there plate. Make them try something before they said, they don't like it. Mike Understood, but I was specifically wondering if our friends in Poland truly believe that there is a teenager obesity problem there. Specifically, are such statements as the following true: "According to data by the Institute of Mother and Child in Warsaw, over 13 percent of young Poles aged 13-15 should lose some weight." "Though France has double the amount of ‘fat’ children – measured by the controversial ‘body-mass index’ - within last 35 years the number of ‘obese’ teenagers in Poland has increased tenfold." Obesity is a rampant problem in the U.S., and I am hopeful that it will not be the case for Poland. |
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Post by valpomike on Oct 12, 2008 16:36:58 GMT 1
In my visits to Poland, I find it no better or worst than here in the U.S.A. to be seen, that is. Some times reports are made to show figures that they want.
Mike
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 12, 2008 19:41:02 GMT 1
Understood, but I was specifically wondering if our friends in Poland truly believe that there is a teenager obesity problem there. Specifically, are such statements as the following true: "According to data by the Institute of Mother and Child in Warsaw, over 13 percent of young Poles aged 13-15 should lose some weight." "Though France has double the amount of ‘fat’ children – measured by the controversial ‘body-mass index’ - within last 35 years the number of ‘obese’ teenagers in Poland has increased tenfold." Obesity is a rampant problem in the U.S., and I am hopeful that it will not be the case for Poland. Guys, I have been posting pictures of Poles, also young ones, in Pollacks thread. You have had a chance to see the general appearance of Polish society. I am not choosing better pictures or do other tricks. I post everything one by one. So, what is yuor impression after seeing a dozen dozen photos of Polish men, women, youngsters and babies? |
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Post by tufta on Oct 12, 2008 20:14:04 GMT 1
So, what is yuor impression after seeing a dozen dozen photos of Polish men, women, youngsters and babies? My impression is they are still, generally, quite slim society  |
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Post by tufta on Oct 12, 2008 20:17:52 GMT 1
EU Commissioner Verheugen ‘Germanizing Copernicus’? Created: 09.10.2008 10:55 Gigi, here's my take on the issue I presented in the old forum - >>>Here's an article which brillantly demonstrates the side problems which arise in EU on the Polish-German interface. Not the real problems -we have them too, but side ones. The scheme is usually exactly as presented in this particular case. German side, in this case a really progressive, modern-minded German politician does something to honour Poland. But he does it with a lack of knowledge of past history and with lack of understanding of Polish sensitivity to this lack. And the Polish side of course overreacts and in reply uses words which are too heavy, even if substantially the historical facts are straightened and presented correctly. Copernicus vel Kopernikus 09.10.2008
A proposition by EC vice president Guenter Verheugen to name a new European program for sustainable services based on Earth observations after the world famous astronomer Nicolas Copernicus has triggered sharp criticism in many Polish political and scientific quarters.
Slawek Szefs reports
It might seem strange at first glance that Poles would have any objections to honoring their compatriot, Mikolaj Kopernik, in such a prestigious project. However, it is not the idea that arouses controversy but the spelling, which has been a bone of contention throughout ages of common, yet turbulent, Polish and German history.
In his September 16th address to the GMES Forum in Lille Mr. Verheugen said: 'Kopernikus, a European personality, was born in 1473 of German parents in Torun, Prussia. Nowadays, Torun is in Poland about 160 kilometers south of Gdansk. He lived and studied in many different European cities. He was a leading scientist of his time and he revolutionised our understanding of the universe. I hope that our Kopernikus programme will equally revolutionise our understanding of the Earth's environment and security challenges.'
Hence, in a goodwill gesture, the official name of the Global Monitoring for the Environment and Security program has been changed to K-O-P-E-R-N-I-K-U-S.
The problem is in the letters K used in the great astronomer's name and also the historically mistaken identity of Torun at the time of his birth, explains MEP Wojciech Roszkowski, a professor of history: 'First, the name was really Germanized. At that time, Copernicus was written in Latin (the spelling), not in German, not even in Polish (Mikolaj Kopernik), perhaps. Commissioner Verheugen is right that he was born of German and Polish parents. But he was born in Torun which was a part of Royal Prussia, being a part of the Kingdom of Poland. Copernicus, as a citizen of the Kingdom of Poland, played an important role in the diplomacy of the Kingdom of Poland. And since Commissioner Verheugen uses the term -nowadays in Poland- for Torun, he makes an opposition to the contemporary situation and the then belonging of Torun to Prussia. But in fact it was THEN in Poland and it is NOW in Poland.'
Another Polish MEP, Adam Bielan has been perplexed by what he terms as 'Germanization' of the celebrated Polish scientist: 'That is why I'm asking the European Commission whether Mr. Verheugen's actions are a result of certain historical ignorance, or can they be treated as an attempt to revise history. This is a European program financed from European taxpayers' money and as such it should not give rise to any controversy.'
Ton Van Lierop, spokesman for the Enterprise and Industry Commissioner, says Guenter Verheugen's intentions had been clearly to honor Polish scientific contribution: 'Kopernikus, written with a (letter) K, has been registered this way as an official trademark, purely for legal reasons. If people want to use or write the name in Polish, they are absolutely welcome to do so. Mr. Verheugen has chosen the name as he obviously wanted to show respect to the contribution of Poland to the history of European science.'
It remains to be hoped that the controversies surrounding the new name of the EU funded global environment and security monitoring program will be cleared up quickly and the focus of attention will be brought back to the services it can render for the common good of European nations.
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