The Zimbabwe government has put part of its stake on the block to revive the company, which has a 1-million-tonne production capacity and an iron ore mine.
The government owns 89 per cent of Ziscosteel and has put 60 per cent stake up for sale.
Lakshmi Mittal's ArcelorMittal, having its headquarters in Luxembourg, is bidding alone, while Naveen Jindal's JSPL is part of a consortium.
JSPL leads the team, which includes the Investment Development Corporation of South Africa and the Development Bank of South Africa.
Ziscosteel is the second-largest integrated steel maker in sub-Saharan Africa after ArcelorMittal South Africa.
The plant had stopped operations last year as a result of the global financial crisis and piled up huge debts as inflation spiralled beyond control.
When contacted, Sushil Maroo, director (finance) of JSPL, declined to comment.
However, industry sources confirmed the participation of JSPL.
The winner will be announced in a few weeks and is expected to invest a significant amount of money.
Ziscosteel's main plant is at Redcliff in central Zimbabwe. The blast furnaces are closed. At times, the company has not even been able to pay the wages to employees. Employee headcount has also come down.
However, the plant has two crucial raw materials: iron ore and dolomite.
For ArcelorMittal, the acquisition will help it to further consolidate its leadership position in that region. ArcelorMittal South Africa is already the largest producer there.
For JSPL, it will mean an entry into a virgin market and a continent whose economy is expected to grow substantially.
While ArcelorMittal is already a globally diversified steel company, JSPL is showing all signs of following in its footsteps. JSPL already owns one of the largest iron ore mine in the world — El Mutun of Bolivia.


Classroom-based digital games offer teachers a wealth of formative assessment data that they can use to improve student learning. But what supports do teachers need to harness all this information?
That's the question behind EDC's Playing with Data study, which explores how middle-school science teachers use digital game-based assessment data to improve student learning. Results of this research will help school districts and game developers better understand the needs of teachers as they continue to integrate digital games into middle school science instruction.


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Tour de France 2021: Stage 1 finish offers perfect battleground for puncheurs - Preview
By Stephen Farrand published 25 June 21
Opening day could play out like Classics race for Van der Poel, Van Aert, Sagan and Alaphilippe
Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) and Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) battle at Tour of Flanders (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
On the maps and profiles of the Tour de France, stage 1 seems like a rolling loop south into the most beautiful parts of Brittany before the first yellow jersey is put up for grabs with a sprint on the outskirts of Landerneau.
Yet as the riders realised when they reconned the final kilometres of the stage after arriving in Brest, the 197.8km stage, and especially the uphill finish on the Côte de la Fosse aux Loup, are far more difficult than expected, heightening the tension of the Tour de France Grand Départ.
The stage finish seems a perfect battleground for Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix), Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe), Michael Matthews (Team BikeExchange) and Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep), but it could also test the mettle of the overall contenders who will be scared of crashes and time gaps on the first day of the Grand Tour battle.
It will be great to watch but terrible to ride.
"The first stage is always super hectic and very messy," Matthews warned with a voice of experience. "It's a 3.5-kilometre uphill finish, it's going to be very hard. It's not going to be a straightforward normal bunch sprint.
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Van der Poel issued similar warnings: "It's harder than it looks, so I'll have to be on top of my game to try to win on a finish like this."
His doubts are a clearer sign than of what is to come on Saturday afternoon as riders fight for the stage victory, the first yellow jersey and an important haul of 50 points in the green jersey competition.
The Tour de France has traditionally started with a prologue time trial or a sprint, but this year race organisers wanted to add an extra twist on both stages of the opening weekend and perhaps favour Alaphilippe as much as possible.
Sunday's stage 2 finish on Mûr-de-Bretagne Guerlédan will be equally testing and equally rewarding, with another 50 points on offer to the winner and time bonuses of ten, six and four seconds to fight for.
"I think it's going to play out a lot like an Ardennes Classic, it's going to be much more difficult than people imagined. The finale will suit guys like Van der Poel, Van Aert and Colbrelli, " Michael Woods told Cyclingnews as he prepares to fight for a place in the general classification, replacing Chris Froome as Israel Start-Up Nation's protected leader.
Push through Brittany for fast finish
Stage 1 starts in Brest, with the riders gathering in the lower industrial port area for the roll out at lunchtime of 197 kilometres of racing.
The Tour has already visited the military and port city 31 times over the years and hosted the Grand Départ three other times, each one inspiring a big-name opening stage winner. In 1952 Rik Van Steenbergen took the yellow jersey in the stage to Rennes, in 1974 Eddy Merckx won the prologue on his way to his fifth and final Tour victory, then in 2008 Alejandro Valverde won in Plumelec.
Landerneau is only a short ride away up the estuary but the stage loops south in the Brittany lanes to climb a number of categorised cotes.
The Côte de Trébéolin comes after crossing the Rade de Brest, with the other categorised climbs and a number of other rollers filling the ride south and then back north through the trees of the Parc Naturel d'Armorique.
The only intermediate sprint comes after 135km and once past this, the riders climb into the rugged Monts d'Arrée area across very open moorland. The weather forecasts suggest cloudy grey skies after rain on Friday and so dry roads with little chance of wind, and so echelon attacks.
The conditions should lead to a mighty sprint battle on the uphill finish after three final small cotes and a fast descent down to the river level in central Landerneau, where the jockeying for position will surely begin but will be difficult to hold.
The Côte de la Fosse aux Loups is 3.5km long and starts at the edge of the river Elorn, with a right and left turn creating a chicane that will slow the peloton and make positioning for the acceleration onto the final climb even more important.
The road climbs steeply for the first 500 meters at 9.4 per cent with a maximum gradient of 14 per cent at one place. It starts on the narrow Rue du Pontic, a side street up the side of the hill, much like the lower slopes of the Mur de Huy at Fleche Wallonne.
After entering the Rue Jean-Louis Rolland, the road goes straight up the hill and the gradient stays above 6 per cent for another kilometre, before very gradually flattening out in the second half.
The steep lower section will surely inspire some attacks but the strongest teams are likely to steam roll the moves to protect their fast finishers.
Alaphilippe could try to get away from his faster rivals and draw out a small group, but it will be a risky tactic when the likes of Jumbo-Visma are riding for Van Aert and Ineos Grenadiers are trying to protect their many leaders.
It looks like an ideal finish for Van der Poel, who can go after an Alaphilippe-style attack and still win a power sprint to the line, just as he did to win the Amstel Gold Race in 2019.
What a story it would be if the Dutchman were to take yellow on his first day as a Tour de France rider after the yellow jersey eluded his grandfather Raymond Poulidor throughout his whole career.
The peloton is likely to be lined out from the huge effort required on the gradual climb, with gaps possibly forming in the line that could cost some GC riders precious seconds. A single one-second gap means any riders behind are given their own time and not that of the first rider of the group. One gap could mean a time loss of several seconds, and several gaps could mean riders lose 20 seconds or more.
Even 2020 Tour de France winner Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) is aware of the risks of the opening stage.
"Every second counts in the end but it's more important not to lose time," he warned.

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CTS and AG Barr: Workspace collaboration, made from girders
Retail Manufacturing and Industry
A.G. Barr p.l.c. is a leading branded drinks business within the UK and internationally. Established over 140 years ago in Scotland, the company is best known for its differentiated portfolio of great tasting soft drinks.
From the factory floor to colleagues in head office, having a workforce spread across multiple sites makes collaboration a challenge. AG Barr turned to CTS to help them adopt, and use the more advanced features of Google Workspace.
AG Barr decided to provide modern digital communication tools for all employees irrespective of their role; the company found a partner in CTS to help with the equipment, security, and adoption challenges that this presented.
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A.G. Barr p.l.c. is a leading branded drinks business within the UK and internationally. Established over 140 years ago in Scotland, the company is best known for its differentiated portfolio of great tasting soft drinks including Scotland's other national drink, Irn-Bru, Rubicon and the Scottish spring water Strathmore. Barr also complements its own range of soft drinks with partnership brands San Benedetto and Bundaberg Brewed Drinks. In 2015, Funkin Cocktails was brought into the group offering a broad range of premium cocktail solutions including fruit purees, cocktail mixers, syrups and ready-to-drink cocktails.
From the factory floor to colleagues in head office, having a workforce spread across multiple sites makes collaboration a challenge. AG Barr turned to CTS to help them adopt, and use the more advanced features of Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) in order to better bring their teams together.
Driving adoption was the primary focus, AG Barr needed additional help to empower and engage end-users across a distributed and often mobile workforce. This was further accelerated when the company switched to remote working due to Covid-19.
AG Barr's Google journey started way back in 2011 when they successfully rolled out Workspace to replace their legacy email and file sharing platform. However, in 2016 they decided to go even further and provide modern digital communication tools for all employees irrespective of their role; the company found themselves needing a partner to help with the equipment, security, and adoption challenges that this presented. That's where CTS came in...
"It was during this time that the company invested further in improving collaboration for all employees; including 400 in operational roles (in factories, warehouses and our delivery network). Rolling out GSuite and Workspace to employees in order to truly modernise communication, this included equipping all meeting rooms with Meet devices, deploying Chrome devices on production lines, and implementing 'grab n go' cabinets in communal areas." Explains Kenny Craig, Head of IT at AG Barr.
A light bulb moment
When asked about what prompted this move and why they decided to 'go Google', it's clear that the usability and accessibility of the Workspace platform plays a key element in winning employees over.
Graeme Hendry, Service Delivery Manager at AG Barr, recalls "As soon as you type in somebody's name, using the @ sign, they're in the conversation with you, live, in that document, that's when the 'light bulb' goes on. And you can start to build on it from there."
Although the software is undoubtedly user-friendly, Graeme reflects on why CTS is the one to supply such products to them. "Nearly anyone could support Google for me. I could pick up the phone and find a company that could sell me licences. What we like about working with CTS is the 'nothing's too much trouble' mentality. They never shied away from giving us a hand when we need them."
Attaining adoption
To ensure widespread adoption and drive engagement, it was vital for all employees at AG Barr to have a full understanding of Workspace and the features and benefits that are available to them. Graeme recalls that "CTS were part of the push to get all users on, so we had 50% or all office staff already on, after moving to CTS we had the push to get all staff a Gsuite login."
Graeme explains the importance of CTS's approach to training, "Whenever CTS conducts a training session to our end users, some members of my support team attend as well to ensure they can provide a consistent response if people have questions later on. We're all on the same page."
A particular highlight within training was seen during a focused Google learning week —with the use of an interactive bus, filled with Google's technology. "There was training on the bus, some remotely, some on the main site, it went down a storm because it's very interactive. It used a fun approach that won hearts and minds, showed Google's commitment to us and the fact that it wasn't traditional classroom training got folk excited about using the tools. So whilst it wasn't advanced learning, it wasn't a frightening intro for newer users. It's not quite learning if you're enjoying it!" said Graeme.
From an IT service level, these training and end-user enablement programs have also had a positive impact. This has reduced the number of calls the IT team gets and allows them to focus that time on projects that add more value to the business.
And, with the start of lockdown, the level of adoption has only gone up due to a need for employees to work remotely. Talking about this experience, Graeme considers "had we still been the traditional on-premise company, it would have taken months for us to get everything sorted. Instead, we handed out Chromebooks for people to login into them and the job is done, they can go home and work.''
Communication in every form
This level of digital transformation has had a positive impact not just from a collaboration perspective, but from a security one as well, with AG Barr rolling out Chrome devices across their locations.
Graeme explains "As our Chromebooks are on kiosk mode, anyone who has got an account could walk up, dive onto that machine and get their job done. When they walk away from it, none of that data is held on that machine."
And security is not the only benefit. From a sales point of view, it's convenient in terms of portability and accessibility. In reference to rolling out Chromebooks to their local business development managers and sales force, Graeme adds "They can walk up to a machine, and have access to all of their documents. Accessing their presentations standing on the counter in a shop, showing that to the shop owner, or a wholesaler. It's this instant access to all of the data. A Windows device needs around three hours to get ready. With a Chrome device, you press a couple of buttons and it's clean."
What's in a relationship?
Now, more than nine years since the initial rollout, CTS are still channeling their efforts in strengthening this relationship.
To ensure AG Barr continues the momentum of full immersive adoption, and as part of CTS's Workspace Managed Services, a dedicated Customer Success Manager works with the company to help them maximise their Workspace investment. This includes a focus on regular updates, in addition to quarterly business reviews, and includes security reviews to help AG Barr get the most out of Google Cloud in a secure way.
When it comes to the benefits of these security reviews, Graeme explains "CTS tell us where we are and aren't executing best practices, and how we can improve. It's got to the point where we really are calling out exceptions. There's not a constant throughput of security updates now, one or two things might get called out, and that's a great place to be. We wouldn't have been there a couple of years ago."
Everyone in the organisation utilising Workspace really helps to foster a culture of collaboration and communication across the business. The relationship will continue to flourish, with the announcement of the three year renewal contract recently agreed between CTS and AG Barr.
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After many months of innovative design, development and testing Ocean Signal has launched its first products onto the market.
All these Ocean Signal products are designed to meet or exceed the technical requirements of the International Maritime Organisation (SOLAS), International Electrotechnical Commission standards, European Directives and Decisions, United States Coastguard standards as well as many other applicable national and international rules.
Offering exceptional value, the Ocean Signal range of products will give commercial, fishing and recreational users the confidence that their equipment will work to, and beyond, their expectations when it is needed most. Ocean Signal customers are its highest priority. Using the latest technologies available and paying meticulous attention to detail throughout the manufacturing process, Ocean Signal™ believes its products will be the best in class and to provide the highest standards of communication and safety at sea.
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The home visit is a visit to a home without an included overnight stay, available for international students who participate in the welcome party. It is a good chance for foreign students to know the natural face of Japan. Host families treat foreigners as a member of their family. This helps them gain a deeper understanding of each other's personality and background.


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The Peppered Moth
"Which brings me to Biston betularia, the peppered moth, a real celebrity among Order Lepidoptera, because its story provides one of the most easily observable and understood historical examples of natural selection." Stuart Gunderson, PhD, looks out at us from behind his lectern. "Who among you knows about the famous peppered moth? Hmm?" An awkward pause as a few of us halfheartedly raise our hands. "Ah, Mr. Matheson! Delightfully good news to see you've been keeping up with your reading for a change." Several relieved snickers from my classmates in Honors Biology 102. "Won't you explain for us the significance of the peppered moth?"
I cringe inside and begin. "Um, the peppered moth is kind of a classic example of natural selection. There are two phenotypes, a light-colored variety and a darker one. In pre-Industrial Revolution England, the light-colored variety was way more widespread, because its coloration helped it blend in against the light-colored bark of trees. But then as the Industrial Revolution really got underway, and the soot from factory chimneys started coating the trees in urban areas especially, the darker moths began to be more common."
"And why was the peppered moth's ability to camouflage itself against the bark so critical?" Dr. Gunderson asks.
Light and dark peppered moths use camouflage to evade hungry birds. Which moth in this image seems to understand the principle of natural selection better?
I clear my throat nervously. "Well, their camouflage helped them not get eaten by birds, right? When the tree trunks were covered with dark soot, light-colored moths stood out more and birds could find and catch them more easily. But the dark moths had become better camouflaged."
"So far so good, Andrew, but how does the story of the peppered moth end?" Dr. Gunderson calls me Andrew, which I think is a sign he's pleased.
"Um, England eventually changed the laws about how much pollution factories could produce, and the trees started to go back to their natural coloration. And the light-colored moths made a comeback, while the dark moths began to be less common. Birds could see the dark moths better under those conditions."
"Exactly right, and well done, Andrew." Dr. Gunderson smiles thinly. "The peppered moth is the quintessential example of observable natural selection." He pauses dramatically. "And a word of warning to those of you who aren't doing your reading—natural selection is coming for you on next week's midterm!"
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Vjerovanje o antikristu

Izvori

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It is tricky to decide where to stay in Paris. Do you choose style over function, history over style or location instead of anything else. Hotel Du Louvre is an institution in Paris, as the name suggests it is situated at the gates of the Louvre and its terraces overlook the Opera Garnier and the Place to Pailais Royal in the distance. So, while you have history and location on your side, do you also have style? Offering traditional Parisian style and seeped it history, Hotel Du Louvre is famed for both its location and original Napoleon III style. Modern comfort meets traditional French decor, the 177 bedrooms and suites the perfect place to get a taste of French architecture and design. This means that it is all a little on the chintzy side, there are antiques everywhere, thick red velvet curtains, gold piping and all the sweeping stairs, red carpets and ornate vases you would expect. While in somewhere so historically beautiful as Paris, this is often why this hotel is so popular, it has an old-worldly appeal. If you want modernity, this is not the place for you.
In contrast to the more modern hotels in Paris, the dark wood in the rooms as well as jewel colour schemes and rich fabrics, marble bathrooms, complete with Annick Goutal toiletries, are an authentic and glamorous Paris of old. If you really want to splash the cash, The Pissarro Suite is really something special. Pissarro painted his impressionist views of Paris on the six floor-to-ceiling windows and the colours in the room are inspired by his paintings with soft grey walls, warm tones of amber and lush taffeta drapes. Not one but two bathrooms (one with a Jacuzzi) mean you can relax while enjoying a private view of Pissaro's Paris.


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Q: While using bulk_create() -> error = "AttributeError: 'dict' object has no attribute 'pk' In this file, I am trying to post user information, either one or many using bulk_create()
views.py
@api_view(['POST'])
def post_user(request):
    print("INSIDE")
    print(request.data)
    if len(request.data) == 1:
        user_data = UserInfoSerializer(data=request.data)
        if user_data.is_valid():
            user_data.save()
        return Response(user_data.data)
    else:
        UserData.objects.bulk_create(request.data, batch_size=1000)

The request which I send is
[{"name":"George","gpa":2}, {"name":"Dev","gpa":4}, {"name":"Bianca","gpa":3.2}]

serializer.py
class UserInfoSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    class Meta:
        model = UserData
        fields = '__all__'

models.py
class UserData(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=20)
    gpa = models.IntegerField()
    age = models.ForeignKey('master.sometable', on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    time = models.DateField()

When I send a request with one dictionary, data gets uploaded. But not with multiple
edit: added serializer, models and changed the error

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A continuing compromising of the Sudan peace process, February 27, 2003
14 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 2163 words
"A Continuing Compromising of the Sudan Peace Process:
The US State Department and the February 4, 2003 'Cease-fire' Agreement"
There is a remorseless, inescapable logic to the peace process for Sudan, now set to enter its fourth round in March at Machakos (Kenya): either the National Islamic Front regime in Khartoum believes that it will be firmly held to commitments made, or it will promiscuously sign any and all agreements with absolutely no intention of upholding them. Thus there could be no more dangerous or destructive signal to be sending than that past agreements, signed under the auspices of IGAD, will not be vigorously enforced. And yet this is precisely the signal that is being sent by the US State Department and those who have carelessly touted the February 4, 2003 cease-fire "Addendum." This agreement daily appears to be more a diplomatic cover for Khartoum's strategic January military offensive in the oil regions than a serious extension of the October 15, 2002 agreement that was so massively violated by that offensive. In particular, the Verification and Monitoring Team (VMT) contemplated in the February 4 agreements has not become a meaningful reality. Thus the critical mandates spelled out for the VMT will continue to languish unfulfilled. There has been no military roll-back by Khartoum; there has been no surrender of locations taken by Khartoum and its militia allies between October 17, 2002 and February 4, 2003 (e.g., Akobo); there has been no halt in consequential offensive military redeployments on the part of Khartoum; there has been no halt to military attacks in the oil regions of Western Upper Nile by Khartoum's Peter Gadet; and there are very reliable sources reporting that construction on the Bentiu-Leer-Adok oil road continues under cover of night, despite a specific prohibition of such construction. So just what price has Khartoum paid for its January violation of the October 15 cease-fire agreement? What price is it paying for failing to adhere to the terms of the February 4 agreements? None.
Eric Reeves [February 27, 2003]
ereeves@smith.edu
Given Khartoum's abysmal failure to adhere in good faith to any agreement it has ever signed, under any circumstances, there should have been extremely serious diplomatic skepticism about the documents signed by Khartoum (and the SPLM/A) on February 4, 2003. These included the "Addendum to the Memorandum of Understanding on Cessation of Hostilities Between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army" (hereafter "the Addendum") and the "Joint Communiqu Between the Government of the Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army Regarding Strengthening the MOU on the Cessation of Hostilities" (hereafter "the Communiqu"). But what does all this elaborate "diplomatese" mean? And how does it relate to the realities that obtain on the ground in South Sudan?
We first must understand the context for this signing of new agreements: they were made necessary by Khartoum's massive violation of an earlier cease-fire agreement with its January military offensive in the oil regions of Western Upper Nile (this offensive, by Khartoum's regular and militia forces, has been extremely well chronicled in several reports from the Civilian Protection Monitoring Team [CPMT]). On October 15, 2002 the Khartoum regime agreed to and formally signed a "Memorandum of Understanding Between the Government of the Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army on Resumption of Negotiations on Peace in Sudan."
This agreement committed Khartoum and the SPLA to "retain current military positions," to "refrain from any offensive military actions by all forces," and to "cease supplying all areas with weapons and ammunition." The larger ambition was to "maintain a period of tranquility during the negotiations by ceasing hostilities in all areas of the Sudan and ensuring a military stand down for their own forces, including allied forces and affiliated militia." This latter phrase needs particular emphasis: "including allied forces and affiliated militia." For much of Khartoum's fighting in the oil regions during the January offensive was done by means of proxy militias, most notoriously that of Paulino Matip (who is also a major general in Khartoum's regular army), but by others as well.
Because the fighting in the oil regions of Western Upper Nile was so intense this past January, especially along the axes of the oil roads leading south and west from Bentiu, it was clear that the cease-fire of October 15 was hopelessly compromised. Indeed, even before the January offensive began, massive military redeployments by Khartoum had already violated a key provision of the cease-fire. The evidence for these redeployments is various and indisputable, and has been cited by numerous sources, including the CPMT. The most significant concentrations of redeployed men and materiel have been at Juba (west of the Nile), Wau (which threatens Rumbek), Bentiu, Mayom, and Adok in the oil regions, and the eastern front in Kassala Province.
So what was the response of the international community to these egregious violations of another formally signed agreement by the Khartoum regime? It was to offer, without penalty, the opportunity to sign yet another "cease-fire" agreement. To be sure, there was language in the "Addendum" speaking of the "need to strengthen the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Cessation of Hostilities signed between the Parties on 15th October 2002." Further, the "Addendum" stipulated that work would be halted on the Bentiu-Leer-Adok oil road, and that a "Verification and Monitoring Team" would be created. But here we need to attend very closely to what has actually happened in the more than three weeks since this new cease-fire agreement was signed. To do so is to see that Khartoum has paid no price at all for its violation of the October 15 cease-fire agreement—which it continues to violate—and that there is no prospect that it will pay a price for violating the February 4 agreements. Indeed, the violations have already begun.
There are highly credible reports from extremely well-placed sources in the region indicating that Peter Gadet has led a number of militia attacks on behalf of Khartoum in the Tam area west of Bentiu over the last two weeks (this is where some of the heaviest fighting occurred, along with the most savage civilian displacement and destruction, during Khartoum's January offensive).
There are also highly credible reports from the ground south of Bentiu, near Leer, that Khartoum continues under the cover of darkness to build the elevated, all-weather oil road that is designed to reach Adok on the Nile (Adok is also the site of an extremely heavy military build-up by Khartoum, again in violation of the October 15 cease-fire agreement). Construction in the Leer area would also be a violation of the specific stipulation in the February 4 agreement that such construction be halted. Moreover, some of the construction equipment from the Leer area has been redeployed to the Mankien area, where is can be used to extend the heavily militarized oil road running south from Mayom to Mankien.
From February 9, 2003 through February 25, 2003 Khartoum denied humanitarian flight access to the critically important Buffalo aircraft of the UN's Operation Lifeline Sudan. This was a clear and highly consequential violation of both the October 15 agreement (which specified "unimpeded humanitarian access to all areas" and all people of Sudan) and the February 4 agreement, which nominally incorporates all features of the October 15 agreement (it is, in fact, "an addendum," not a wholly new agreement).
The February 4 "Communiqu" also speaks of the obligation "to take all necessary steps to effect the immediate voluntary return of the civilian population of Western Upper Nile to their home areas and villages. These measures shall also apply to all those displaced internally within WUN, as well as those displaced to Bahr El-Ghazal, and all other civilians who were displaced since the effective date of the [October 15] MOU." But of course Khartoum's campaign of destruction has driven so many terrified civilians so far from their homes—homes that in thousands of cases have now been destroyed—that the opportunity to return is largely meaningless.
As the Civilian Protection Monitoring Team reports make clear, Khartoum's policy of civilian clearances from the oil regions has been brutally effective. Excerpts from the team's recent reports on the January offensive could not be more unambiguous: "The Government of Sudan military has been providing security for construction by pushing their regular units forward along the new [oil] road axis [south of Bentiu, toward Adok on the Nile]. They are now approaching the town of Leer. Villages along both flanks of the new [oil] road have been cleared of the civil populace approaching Leer" (CPMT Report to IGAD, February 2, 2003).
The Civilian Protection Monitoring Team also found that "military attacks against villages and non-combatant civilians have been conducted by [Government of Sudan-] allied militia, supported directly by [Government of Sudan] military forces." Further, the CPMT declares that Khartoum's "direct support to attacks included artillery, and helicopter gunships in Lingera and villages north of Tam." And in speaking of the January 21, 2003 attack on Leel, the CPMT report declares that: "CPMT was on-scene within two hours of notification, and verified that this attack was directed against the civilian population in the village. [Rocket-propelled grenades] and heavy machine gun fire was used in this attack." Interviews with captured Government of Sudan militia involved in the attack "clearly indicated that the purpose of the mission was to burn the village to drive out the inhabitants."
The same pattern of permanent civilian clearances can be traced back over the last half dozen years in various parts of the oil regions (both in Western Upper Nile and southern Kordofan provinces).
What has been most touted in the new agreement is the creation of "a Verification and Monitoring Team (VMT), which may include, in
addition to the two parties, personnel and aircraft from an expanded
Civilian Protection Monitoring Team (CPMT), IGAD" and others. This VMT is to have "free access to travel in and around areas where a complaint had been filed by any of the parties. The team shall notify the MOU Committee of the results of all such missions." But how meaningful is this? How much does Khartoum have to fear that its ongoing military redeployments will be detected by a VMT? How effective is a VMT likely to be in securing a roll-back of Khartoum's military redeployments? Or to supervise the return of towns like Akobo that were taken by Khartoum-allied militias between the October 15 agreement and the February 4 agreement?
What should be obvious from these questions is that without a very significant commitment of additional resources and personnel, the Verification and Monitoring Team will be nothing more than a diplomatic fig-leaf for the scandalous fact that Khartoum has brazenly violated a cease-fire (that of October 15), and as its only penalty has been obliged to sign another (that of February 4). At present, the Verification and Monitoring Team (VMT) consists of nothing more than a name and a vague diplomatic gesture. All that has actually occurred on the ground is that elements of the Civilian Protection Monitoring Team (already overburdened by its very significant mandate) have been renamed as part of the VMT; this is clear from several recent dispatches from the "VMT." If this is the only consequence that Khartoum suffers for its serial and ongoing violations of signed cease-fire agreements, then the vacuity of Machakos is all too obvious.
Here we might also recall, as part of the historical record, that despite an agreement to halt attacks on civilians secured from Khartoum in March of 2002, the Africa Bureau and Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Kansteiner were unwilling to commit the energies and resources that would see a timely deployment of what would become the Civilian Protection Monitoring Team. Kansteiner and the State Department did not pressure Khartoum sufficiently on deployment, nor was there a serious commitment to move the process expeditiously. It was not until November of 2002 that the team was actually deployed to Rumbek in South Sudan, where it could begin its initially halting efforts. Given this past performance, how likely is it that Kansteiner will move quickly to deploy truly consequential additional resources for a Verification and Monitoring Team?
None of this is news to General Sumbeiywo, the lead IGAD negotiator at Machakos, despite the brave face he put on the February 4 signings. But in addition to dithering on the CPMT and the VMT, Kansteiner has put Sumbeiywo on a short leash, and Sumbeiywo no longer enjoys the powerful backing of former President Moi of Kenya. He is in no position to speak the blunt truths about Machakos. This is so even as Kansteiner himself has yet to discern the most obvious lesson to be gleaned from Khartoum's refusal to honor signed agreements: either there is a robust means of enforcement or the regime is simply encouraged in its belief that it can negotiate indefinitely, disingenuously, and never pay a real price.
The failure to see this most basic logic governing the Machakos process is Kansteiner's greatest weakness—and it is proving fatal. It is difficult to see what can rescue the process at this late date from such lack of insight and moral resolve.


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Catholic school in Nashville bans Harry Potter books over 'evil spirits'
(NBC NEWS) — Students at a Catholic school in Nashville, Tennessee, can no longer check out Harry Potter books from the school library after a pastor there decided that reading the books risks "conjuring evil spirits."
Father Reehil, a pastor at St. Edward School, made the decision over the summer to remove the books from the library, according to NBC affiliate WSMV in Nashville.
"These books present magic as both good and evil, which is not true, but in fact a clever deception," Reehil wrote in an email, according to the Tennessean. "The curses and spells used in the books are actual curses and spells; which when read by a human being risk conjuring evil spirits into the presence of the person reading the text."
The Tennessean reports that Reehil said he discussed the issue with exorcists both in Rome and the U.S.
In an email to parents, the superintendent for Catholic schools in the Diocese of Nashville, said the Harry Potter books were never part of the curriculum, and students can still read them at the school if they bring copies from home. The books just won't be available in the library.
Superintendent Rebecca Hammel also said Reehil decided the books were not appropriate for "a variety of reasons," and said the decision was made for the "well-being" of students.
The seven-book Harry Potter series that was published starting in 1997 has long been a source of controversy, particularly among some religious institutions.


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Q: how can it be possible getting the same string from different bytes data in java? I found out a strange problem in converting bytes to UTF8 string in Java.
Why bytes1 and bytes2 are different, but str1 and srt2 is the same?
Here is test code.
import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Hex;

public class MyTest {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        byte[] bytes1 = Hex.decodeHex("EDA0BDEDB88A".toCharArray());
        byte[] bytes2 = Hex.decodeHex("F09F988A".toCharArray());

        System.out.println("bytes1 length: " + bytes1.length);
        System.out.println("bytes2 length: " + bytes2.length);

        String str1 = new String(bytes1, "utf8");
        String str2 = new String(bytes2, "utf8");

        System.out.println("str1 is equals str2? " + str1.equals(str2));
    }
}

Here is the output of the test code running on jdk7
bytes1 length: 6
bytes2 length: 4
str1 is equals str2? true

Is it possible to find out the relationship between 'EDA0BDEDB88A' and 'F09F988A'?
'F09F988A' is a unicode smail face, but 'EDA0BDEDB88A' is unknown.

A: Both byte sequences F09F988A and EDA0BDEDB88A are decoded by Java to the same codepoint U+1F60A (SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES).
Even if the encoding EDA0BDEDB88A is incorrect, it is accepted by the Java UTF-8 implementation as separate UTF-8 encoding of each of the surrogate code points U+D83D and U+DE0A. This representation is however strictly speaking not allowed in UTF-8, but e.g. defined in CESU-8 ( Compatibility Encoding Scheme for UTF-16).


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What makes this stuff so special? The short solution is collagen. Bones and also connective cells are the just true dietary sources of type II collagen-- a protein that's understood for maintaining skin smooth as well as supple as well as teeth and also joints healthy and balanced, as well as promoting loads of various other health benefits.
Along with collagen, bones are also filled with a number of anti-inflammatory amino acids, minerals, and substances that can aid speed up your body's all-natural healing procedures from points like sporting activities injuries, joint inflammation, or leaking gut.
So, these "scraps" that a lot of us typically throw in the trash are significant nutritional giants. However when was the last time you devoured on a piece of cow's knuckle? Or snacked on an ox tail? We'll assume the answer is never ever.
Considering that we do not eat bones in their entire form, cooking them right into a broth that's simmered for 10 to 20 hours (or even more) is the very best means to release their powerful nutrients, as well as experience an entire new degree of health and wellness.
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Bone broth has a rich background of being used as a digestion restorative, especially in standard Chinese medicine some 2,500 years back. Today, it is among the leading recommended foods for enhancing signs of persistent gastrointestinal problems, such as Irritable Digestive Tract Disorder (IBS), Crohn's illness, and also colitis.
The reason for why bone broth is so healing for the gut goes back to collagen, which develops jelly when it's prepared down even additionally. Collagen and also jelly are not just rich in amino acids that minimize inflammation in the GI tract-- such as glutamine-- they additionally have the unique capability to "seal and also recover" openings in the intestine lining, which can create a condition called dripping gut disorder.
Although research study is in the beginning, there's proof to show that leaking digestive tract is the key hidden root cause of digestive system problems. It's additionally a contributor to autoimmune illness, clinical depression, mind fog, anxiousness, allergies, dermatitis, acne, and chronic reduced power. Most awful of all, dripping digestive tract can be quiet as well as reveal no signs and symptoms in the early stages. It's likewise thought to affect over 70% of the population.
Bone broth is advised on special gut recovery diet plans and procedures, like the GAPS diet regimen, the SCD diet regimen, and also the Low FODMAP diet plan.
Whether it's an injury, arthritis, or aching muscles, there's no far better method to nurture your bones and also joints than by consuming more of the nutrients currently located within them, consisting of hyaluronic acid, glucosamine, chondroitin, calcium, and also magnesium. Bone broth is packed with every one of these nutrients, plus several amino acids that help reduce joint pain and also swelling, like glycine and also proline. It's for these factors that bone broth is becoming a go-to recovery beverage among professional athletes.
A fun truth: Kettle and Fire Bone Broth was born because our co-founder, Nick, tore his ACL playing soccer as well as needed a top quality bone broth to help speed up his recovery time. (You can find out more on that particular right here.).
Adhering to a bone broth diet plan is excellent for lasting weight loss. A bone broth diet regimen involves eating Paleo for 5 days and not eating for two. Throughout this time frame you'll consume alcohol bone broth regularly with a rise in usage on the fasting days.
The combination of intermittent fasting as well as bone broth accelerates weight loss with burning fat much more efficiently and limiting calorie intake. When doing the diet plan, we also discovered a reduction in cellulite.
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Even if you had actually never come across bone broth previously, you have actually possibly become aware of collagen, thanks to the beauty sector.
Several anti-aging skin care lines add collagen to their face creams, creams, and products (and market them for a king's ransom). But what many people do not recognize is that collagen particles are as well huge to be taken in through the skin, which suggests these creams can't give much in the means of outcomes.
The bright side is that collagen can be absorbed via your digestive system. And also due to the fact that there's a straight web link in between the intestine as well as the skin, including bone broth to your diet regimen is mosting likely to have a much more effective as well as enduring impact on the overall appearance as well as wellness of your skin.
Let's not forget about hair as well as nails, which are made up of healthy proteins like collagen. Collagen aids enhance nails, and urges hair to grow in thicker, quicker, and also tackle a healthy luster. (Remember this for the following time you get a negative hairstyle!).
Deep, peaceful rest is something we might all use a little even more of. Actually, statistics reveal the typical person gets less than 7 hrs of sleep per night, so it's important to do every little thing you can to make those hrs count.
Bone broth is rich in glycine, an anti-inflammatory amino acid that services the Central Nervous System (CNS). When taken prior to bed as a supplement, researches reveal glycine can improve sleep quality as well as decrease daytime drowsiness. It's a lot more reliable when coupled with various other sleep-supportive nutrients, like calcium and magnesium.
All of the advantages you enjoy from bone broth, your expanding child will experience, as well-- including healthy and balanced bones, joints, and a strong digestion system.
When early morning sickness hits, it can be difficult to keep nourishing food down. Yet bone broth has a tendency to be calming for nausea or vomiting, as well as is normally well endured. Most importantly, bone broth offers numerous of the nutrients you as well as your growing baby requirement, including healthy protein, and also important vitamins and minerals. As an added reward, the slow simmer time of the bones makes the nutrients in bone broth highly bioavailable and easier to soak up than a nutritional supplement.
Bone broth can likewise help boost fertility, aid you have a more comfortable maternity by beneficial rigid or excruciating joints, and might increase calcium levels in bust milk.
Bone broth is an exceptional resource of nourishment on the Paleo diet plan, as well as is encouraged to drink throughout periods of recurring fasting. It additionally fits in well with macronutrient demands on the keto diet, and might help in reducing signs of the keto influenza.
" Not just can bone broth assist you avoid keto influenza, but it's also loaded with minerals that recover dripping gut and also reduce inflammation in your intestines." - Leanne Vogel, Writer of The Keto Diet plan.
The nutrition as well as healing capacity of bone broth is so effective, that an entire diet plan-- The Bone Broth Diet-- has actually been developed around it.
The nutrients in bone broth make it an effective functional food that can benefit your whole family members-- including your fur infants. Bone broth benefits your pet's shiny layer, bones, joints, food digestion, as well as teeth.
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Decreases gut inflammation - Bone broth helps recover and also seal a leaking gut which is the origin for lots of autoimmune conditions.
Packed with amino acids - Similar to poultry bone broth, the nutrients extracted from beef bones have amino acids like glycine and also glutamine that enhances food digestion and repair work your gut cellular lining.
No. Plants are a terrific resource of vitamins and minerals that can aid boost your body to produce its very own collagen, however there is no known plant food that offers type II collagen, the form that provides every one of the health advantages noted above.
One thing to consider about bone broth that establishes it besides plant foods: Even if you do consume a selection of plants that are rich in collagen-boosting nutrients, if you have a weakened digestive system or leaking intestine, you may not totally absorb them. On the other hand, the collagen in bone broth is exceptionally very easy to absorb, also for those with jeopardized gastrointestinal systems.
Obviously, you do not simply need to consume it-- although we do have a totally free as well as impressive downloadable bone broth sipping overview for when you do. You can mix bone broth into your green shakes, make healthy collagen gummy bears, and also use it in whatever from scrambled eggs, soups, curries, stews, breakfast bowls, as well as tacos.
We slow-simmer the natural bones to remove the collagen, healthy proteins, as well as amino acids right into a nutrient-rich bone broth. The result is a collagen-rich, high healthy protein bone broth that provides your body the nutrients it needs to grow.
Bone broth is an all-in-one superfood, loaded with nutrients that supply energy and motivation, assist you rest much better, make your skin appearance smoother, and can assist heal digestive concerns like leaking digestive tract.
Bones and also connective tissue are storehouses for necessary amino acids as well as minerals-- which are doing not have in lots of diets today. Bone Broth is likewise a vital source of healthy protein, collagen and gelatin.
It's not practical to eat whole bones or cells, but you can still delight in these health and wellness advantages by sipping bone broth. Collagen is extracted when you simmer bones for a long period of time. Commonly, the longer bone broth simmers, the more collagen you'll remove.
Making bone broth is a basic process, yet one that calls for a lot of time and persistence. If time is out your side we can help you out with that said.
Bone broth is made by simmering pet bones and cells for at least 10 hours with veggies, herbs, and spices such as thyme, garlic, and also bay leaves. Top quality bone broth starts with high-quality ingredients, making use of bones from natural grass-fed animals as well as organic veggies. While any bone or tendon can be utilized, knuckles, poultry feet, and femur bones often tend to contain the most collagen.
Simmering bones for an extensive time period is what gives bone broth its health and wellness benefits, removing the amino acids, minerals, and collagen. This is a Pot & Fire-tested slow cooker poultry bone broth dish that includes organic hen bones, sea salt, fresh vegetables like celery stalks, onions, and bell peppers, and natural herbs like parsley, rosemary, and also thyme.
Just cooking bones (no meat) as well as water is going to be mainly tasteless. Food preparation the combination for hrs on end isn't going to make it taste any type of better.
The concept that you're obtaining tons of nutrients from the bones is a MISCONCEPTION that won't pass away, although it has actually been exposed countless times, including through laboratory examinations. The concept that adding vinegar to "launch" those nutrients has actually additionally been exposed. You simply end up with a watery mess that tastes of vinegar.
Instead, get bones with meat on them. Then add veggies such as onions, carrots, celery, and also simply adequate water to cover everything (generally 8 or 10 cups). Miss the vinegar! Simmer for 3 to 4 hours for hen, slightly longer for beef. Period according to choice. If you have an Instant Pot, 25 to 35 mins has to do with right.
What you will certainly get with this method is a very flavorful broth that's possibly considerably a lot more healthy-- including great deals of collagen-- and also more healthy than any type of bone broth, as well as it will certainly taste one hell of a whole lot much better. You can either eat the meat as well as veggies (it's called SOUP) or you can strain them out and just consume the broth if you choose.
See, bare bones that have no meat, or, even worse, carcass bones that have actually currently been prepared as well as stripped of their meat, have nearly no taste by themselves.
Examine Ina Garten's recipe for hen broth. It's extremely similar to this and has been used with minor variations by knowledgeable cooks for years.
There are 2 main differences in between bone broth and also routine broth or supply: simmering time and the component of the pet it's made from (bones or flesh).
Normal broth and also stock are simmered for a much shorter period of time than bone broth, roughly 2-- 6 hours. The expedited food preparation process minimizes the quantity of valuable gelatin extracted from the bones, decreasing its ability to increase the body immune system, recover digestion concerns, as well as lower the symptoms of leaking intestine.
Prior To Kettle and Fire was birthed, among our founders, Nick, tore his ACL playing football (oops). His bro Justin read about the benefits of bone broth for injury recuperation. As his timetable really did not leave much time to make bone broth from square one, he set out to acquire a store-bought, premium, grass-fed bone broth, given that both of their busy timetables didn't leave much time to make the broth themselves. (You can discover more about our story here.).
Regardless of exactly how difficult Justin looked, the ideal bone broth really did not exist. He looked for one that was one hundred percent organic, fresh-- never iced up-- grass-fed, as well as slow-moving simmered (as well as one that can be shipped without inefficient, confusing packaging). So, Nick and Justin decided to develop a top notch bone broth on their terms, which is the recipe we're happy to supply you today.
" Kettle & Fire provides a nourishing, high quality bone broth in a delicious as well as practical shelf-stable format. I love always recognizing that I've obtained fantastic broth available, without clogging up my fridge freezer or requiring defrosting." - Dr. Sarah Ballantyne, three-time NYT Best-Selling Writer.
The lovely feature of bone broth is that there's truly no limit to exactly how you can add it to your diet plan. In addition to soups, stews, and simple ol' sipping, bone broth mixes surprisingly well into practically any kind of recipe-- also healthy smoothies! Here are our leading means to obtain it:.
Our bone broth tastes scrumptious enough to drink on its own, yet you can spice it up to suit your taste. We produced our preferred taste combinations in this cost-free downloadable "Bone Broth Sipping Guide" (bone broth matcha lattes, any individual?). Get your free copy here.
Consuming bone broth does not have to be boring-- there are endless methods to flavor it and also drink it. Get instant access to over 15 of our favorite bone broth sipping mixes, consisting of ginger and turmeric bone broth restorative and also chili, and also cardamom bone broth elixir. Discover just how to make use of bone broth in your matcha lattes, gold milk, and tropical fruit healthy smoothies.
Our beef bone broth has a moderate taste, which permits it to mix easily with almost anything, from smoothies to healthy gummy bears. Our chicken bone broth and mushroom hen bone broth enhance the full-flavored taste of soups, stews, as well as risotto recipes. A few of our faves consist of:.
If you intend to experience even more energy and also vitality than ever before, we reccomend taking a look at The Bone Broth Diet plan, created by Dr. Kellyann Petrucci.
The Bone Broth Diet not only enhances your consumption of the healing nutrients and substances important for digestive tract, skin, joint, and also bone wellness, however aids deal with systemic swelling, which goes to the origin of many Western health problems as well as illness.
The bone broth diet plan is a 21-day strategy that's suitable for any person suffering from a chronic wellness problem (such as an autoimmune problem), or any person who intends to reset their digestion system and also experience glowing wellness. Find out more concerning the 21-day bone broth diet below.


Years ago, I wrote an AI script for StarCraft. My friends and I enjoyed playing on money maps against large numbers of computer players, but were frustrated with how unchallenging the base game's AI was on those maps. Thus, Dark AI was born. It was polished and tweaked and tested over years (very intermittently), and I've kept it up to date with each new version of StarCraft since then. It is extremely challenging, and it cheats like crazy. It is specifically designed for money maps, and I would not recommend playing against it in a regular game.
Today I have set it up with a page on Google Project Hosting, where my other open source stuff resides.
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Racing first took place in the Gowran Park area of Kilkenny at Jenkinstown and Danesfort in the 19th century. However, the racecourse at Gowran Park is one of the most recent Irish courses, first opening its gates on Tuesday 16th June 1914. The course offers both Flat and National Hunt racing, with its most prestigious race, the Thyestes Chase, often used as a preparatory race for Cheltenham. Both the mighty Arkle and Flyingbolt won the Chase prior to their Cheltenham successes. The course now boasts modern facilities which were completed in 2003. Currently the course hosts 16 fixtures annually.


Captain Winslow "Mike" Sobanski of the 4th Fighter Group. Sadly after only six days of being a squadron commander, Sobanski was attacked by enemy aircraft on D-Day and crashed in his plane.
1st Lt. 'Mike' Sobanski's P-47D Thunderbolt 42-7924 and another 334th Fighter Squadron aircraft - both equipped with 200-gallon external tanks - prepare to take-off at Debden. The ungainly external tank was referred to as a 'baby' by the crews, and when first employed, the store could not be jettisoned in flight. This was quickly rectified by groundcrews, who modified the tank mounts, but the drag-inducing 200-gallon store was soon replaced by streamlined, pylon-mounted, 75- and 108-gallon tanks.
May 1943, [then] Captain Winslow "Mike" Sobanksi climbs into the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt.
Lieutenant Wisnslow "Mike" Sobanski (right) with his crew chief Sgt. Vincent Giovenco. Photo caption: "My crew-chief Sgt. Giovenco & me by my airplane VF-0 (Mike III). I am in my operational gear, as the picture was taken before a scoop (my 20th). May 1943 336 (F) Sqdn." This was P-47C-2-RE, coded VF-O, serial number 41-6183 and nicknamed at this time 'Mike II'.
Lt. Winslow "Mike" Sobanski (right) receiving an unspecified decoration from (then) Colonel Jesse Auton (left). The man on the far left may be Sobanski's commanding officer, Major Duane Beeson.
4th Fighter Group pilot Winslow "Mike" Sobanski in cockpit of Mike III. The crew man is unidentified but may be Mike's crew chief. July 1943.
Lieutenant Wisnslow "Mike" Sobanski (right) with his crew chief Sgt. Vincent Giovenco. Photo caption: "My crew-chief Sgt. Giovenco & me by my airplane VF-0 (Mike II). I am in my operational gear, as the picture was taken before a scoop (my 20th). May 1943 336 (F) Sqdn"
Sobanski was born on 29 July 1919 while his mother was visiting her sister on holiday from Poland. shortly after Mike was born he and his mother returned to Poland, where Mike received his education.
He was a university student when the Germans invaded Poland in 1939. He attempted to join the Polish Air Force, but was told there was no time for training. He then became an infantryman and headed towards the front on a troop train. The train was bombed, and Mike was pinned in the wreckage suffering broken ribs. He was extricated and put on another train for transport to a hospital. He lay in a filthy boxcar for five days, and then waited for a further two days for treatment at an old monastery which was converted into a hospital. Finally they put a cast on him, but the Germans were advancing and Mike and others tried to escape but were captured and moved to a hospital in an old Russian fort.
Mike, believed to be immobile, was left unguarded. At night he left the hospital, waded through its moat, and hitch-hiked and walked 200 miles to Warsaw, where he found his home in ruins and the city occupied by the Nazis. He found his father, now suffering from total depression because of his country's defeat.
By means of his American citizenship Mike obtained a visa and was permitted to leave. He eventually made his way to the European coast and took a berth as a seaman aboard an Italian ship. The ship made its way to the U.S., and when it docked in Baltimore, Mike jumped ship and made his way to New York City, where he looked up his relatives. They introduced him to a family friend who was a recruiter for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). He arranged for Mike to join and be accepted in the RCAF as a pilot trainee.
He soon washed out of the programme because of his inability to speak English. He was later reinstated while continuing to learn English. He finally earned his wings in October 1941. He boarded a ship on 3 November and headed for Scotland. He was trained as a fighter pilot in Miles Masters and Hurricanes. He then joined No. 416 Squadron, RCAF. Mike got to fly Spitfires on convoy patrol, which he found very boring. On 22 September 1942 he was discharged from the RAF and posted to No. 133 Eagle Squadron as a Second Lieutenant, and on the 29th he was transferred to the 4th fighter Group, 334th Squadron.
Mike found the 4th to be what he wanted. He had the desired opportunity to fight and kill Germans. He had a particular driving hatred because of what they had done to him, to his home, and to his Poland.
In addition to Mike's zeal for destruction of the Nazis he found time to keep a diary, written in Polish, and a log book with very comprehensive records and notes, and was able to maintain a fair amount of social life. Both Polish and English women found him to be attractive and desirable. He also did many precise drawings and cartoons of various facets of his training. He was very proud of the Polish soldiers he met in England and enjoyed their company. They tried to get him to join a Polish squadron, but he thought of himself as an American and expected to go there to live after the war.
Unfortunately he never got to return to the States, having been shot down and killed on D-Day. He was leading a section of four Mustangs strafing a truck convoy near Rouen when they were attacked by over fifteen Me-109s and Fw-190s. All four of his section were shot down and killed.
Mike was credited with destroying six enemy aircraft, and had earned the Distinguished Flying Cross with an Oak Leaf Cluster and the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters.
Although he was American by birth, he is considered to be a Polish hero for his contributions to the war effrt in the service of Poland and in the service of the United States. His American citizenship allowed him the honour, which he would have desired, of being buried in the Ardennes American Cemetery in Neupre, Belgium.
Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Escorting back to base his section leader [Sobanski] in P-51B 'Turnip Termite' 43-6957, set upon by superior number of enemy aircraft and shot down. KIA. 6-Jun-44. MACR 5604.
Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. One-time personal aircraft of Capt Howard "Deacon" Hively. A/C Lost, shot down in melee with fifteen plus enemy aircraft 6-Jun-44 Evreux, France, pilot Major Winslow M "Mike" Sobanski KIA. MACR 5603.
Assigned to 334FS, 5FG, 8AF USAAF.
Killed In Action in A/C Ser No.
Changed biography to remove "already destroyed by the Luftwaffe" as this was (successful) Nazi propaganda to try and camouflage their losses. Changed to correct version "but was told there was no time for training" as per account in "1000 Destroyed" by Grover C Hall Jr - the 4th FG public relations officer; as found in the chapter titled "The Blakesleewaffe".
Added information from other duplicate entries for this airman.


It's hard to believe. Even when my wife and I have been staying in our new home for a month, we're still coming to grips with the fact that we have a place to call home. We are most thankful to have a roof over our heads. We got our house through a resale HDB scheme. To put it simply, its a scheme where we buy over a house from a previous owner. Consider us the most luckiest couple to get a house which was kept in very good condition.
Upon returning from New Zealand, my wife and I weren't really looking for a home yet. The thought of getting a home is the least of our priorities as we actually waited for our HDB Sales of Balance scheme results to be out. So there came day in the first quarter of 2017, my wife scrolled through her Facebook and saw her friend had put up an advertisement to sell her house.
I scrolled through the pictures and my first instinct was to view the house and immediately offer to purchase the house. Its a high floor, awesome view, 4-room flat. Mind you, my wife and I rushed to the house to seal the deal as fast as possible. If you were to see the pictures of the previous design, you might also be tempted to purchase the house. Luckily I still have the pictures for your viewing.
So as I've said it, we dealt with the seller straight. We agreed that we won't engage an agent. The fees are atrociously high for something that we can do ourselves. So we saved a good $4K – 5K in agent fees alone. It took some time to learn how to purchase a house on our own. There are online materials for any average Singaporean to learn how to purchase their own house. Your best bet is to learn from HDB itself. I will try my best to explain how to do this in my future posts.
We received the keys from HDB in September. It was a really short wait. Being a minimalist, I love clean and simple looks. I wasn't a fan of the dark industrial theme. So my wife and I took matters in our hands and engaged a interior designer. I already knew what to do with the house. So i laid out my plans with the interior designer on my needs and wants.
We didn't touch the toilets. They were amazing as it were.
The killer were the furniture and electronics. I did not keep track of how much we spent but it was probably in the 15-20k range. Thanks to ikea and other miscellaneous items.
We are 95% ready with the house. We are still waiting for our prints to arrive so that we can hang them up in our viewing gallery in our house.
I have sent out invites to closest friends and colleagues for our open house on 11 February.
I will further expand this post with additional content on how to purchase a resale HDB flat without an agent and timeline of our renovation works in the future. Till then, here are some of the before and after pictures of our home.


I urge anyone who lives in a fluoridated community to read this book. The unethical, unnecessary and potentially dangerous practice of fluoridation has to be stopped. This book should help to do this, not only in Canada and the U.S. but also in the handful of other countries that still continue this outdated and unsafe practice.
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MINERAL OF THE MONTH – OLIVINE
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Olivine is the name given to both a mineral and a mineral group. The mineral olivine is an orthorhombic silicate with the relatively simple chemical formula of (Mg,Fe)2[SiO4]. It has a continuous range of composition between two end members, one magnesium-rich and the other iron-rich. The magnesium end member of the range is called forsterite (Mg2SiO4) and the iron end member is fayalite (Fe2SiO4). These distinct minerals form part of the olivine group, which also includes a manganese-rich end member called tephroite (Mn2SiO4) and its intermediate with fayalite called knebelite (Mn,Fe)2[SiO4]. The group also includes the less well-known distinct minerals monticellite (CaMgSiO4), glaucochroite (CaMnSiO4), kirschsteinite (CaFeSiO4), and several others (Deer, Howie & Zussman 1966: 9). This is quite a bunch, but the only common olivines are in the forsterite-fayalite series. So, what do they look like?
Figure 1. Gem-quality forsterite, the magnesium-rich olivine, comes from Sapat Gali in Pakistan. This single wedge-shaped orthorhombic crystal is 12 × 11 × 10 mm. Olivine crystals from Sapat Gali often have fibrous, black ludwigite inclusions, but not in this example.
Figure 2. Yellow-green peridot, near the magnesium-rich composition of forsterite, sometimes called chrysolite. The stones, from left to right, are 1,05 ct, 1,84 ct, and 2,90 ct and cut from Arizona rough. Peridot from Arizona often has characteristic 'lily-pad' inclusions, circular cracks around tiny magnetite or chromite inclusions, but none are visible in these examples.
The olivines near the iron-rich fayalite usually are greenish-yellow, yellow or brown (https://www.mindat.org/min-1458.html). The olivines near the magnesium-rich forsterite usually are green (Fig. 1) and are familiar to many as the gem species peridot (Fig. 2), but they can be colourless, yellow, and even orange (https://www.mindat.org/min-1584.html). The refractive index, as well as other properties like density, varies linearly between fayalite and forsterite, so it is quite easy to determine the composition of a polished specimen by measuring the refractive indicies on a gemmological refractometer. The three illustrated gemstones have upper RIs of 1,687–1,688. This places them at about 12 atomic per cent Fe+2 along the line between forsterite and fayalite, in a compositional range sometimes called chrysolite (Deer, Howie & Zussman 1996: 6), a term also sometimes used interchangeably with peridot for gem olivine.
So where do gem olivines occur? Although olivine is a common mineral in various different igneous rocks, the gem material is rare. The main historical source was Zagbargad (St John's Island) in the Red Sea. This is thought to be an upthrust portion of Earth's mantle, and the gem-quality peridot was found in olivine-rich dykes (https://www.mindat.org/loc-6423.html). This leads us to the astonishing fact that magnesium-rich olivine probably is the most common mineral in Earth. It is the major component of the Earth's mantle, which occupies the greatest volume of the terrestrial sphere. How do we know this? Apart from the olivine-rich dykes on St John's Island one of the more common occurrences of gem olivine is in volcanic eruptions of basaltic magma originating in the mantle (Fig. 3). These basaltic lavas may contain large chunks of mantle rocks, including nodules consisting almost entirely of bright green olivine rock called dunite (Fig. 4). Where the olivine crystals are large enough they can be recovered as gem rough. The irregular pieces of peridot rough from San Carlos Reservation in Arizona, USA (https://www.mindat.org/loc-52628.html) are extracted from just such nodules in basaltic lava (Fig. 5). Kimberlite, one of the host rocks of diamond, also originates in the upper mantle. It too contains plenty of olivine, hence the name of the matrix of the rock, peridotite (https://geology.com/rocks/peridotite.shtml).
Figure 3. A dunite nodule consisting almost entirely of olivine, in black basaltic lava from Lanzerote, Canary Islands. The specimen is 65 × 55 × 35 mm.
Figure 4. Basalt containing several nodules of dunite or peridotite, with varying amounts of forsterite olivine, from the San Carlos Reservation in Arizona, USA. This specimen is 150 × 110 × 65 mm.
Figure 5. Peridot gem rough from San Carlos Reservation in Arizona, USA. This parcel weighs 75,8 g.
Another modern source of peridot is from serpentinised shear zones in dunite. This is the geological setting of gem olivine crystals from Sapat Gali, Kagan Valley, Pakistan (https://www.mindat.org/loc-2536.html). Here the olivine crystals grew into their characteristic orthorhombic morphology, with only slightly rounded edges and lightly etched faces (Fig. 6). They make very collectable specimens, often too good for use as faceting rough. Other magnesium-rich olivines occur in thermally metamorphosed dolomites and dolomitic limestones. The forsterite crystals embedded in calcite from Kolonne in Sri Lanka in the example illustrated in Figure 7 are only black on the outside; within they are yellow-green (https://www.mindat.org/loc-275464.html). The most exotic source of olivine for gemstones is from rare pallasite meteorites. These are fragments of one or more disrupted asteroids, consisting of iron and large crystals of yellow olivine. Some very rare gemstones have been cut from this material (https://geology.com/gemstones/gems-from-space/).
Figure 6. The peridot crystals from Sapat Gali in Pakistan are among the best olivine specimens available. This cluster of gem-quality crystals is 40 × 32 × 20 mm.
Figure 7. An example of well-crystallised forsterite olivine in calcite, from Kolonne, Sri Lanka. The whole specimen is 55 × 40 × 20 mm.
Closer to home, olivine forms visible crystals in the so-called olivine melilitite in various intrusive bodies in the Western and Northern Cape. This rather enigmatic rock-type also originates in the Earth's mantle. In thin slabs the yellow olivine crystals form little rectangular windows. Fifteen years ago the club visited two of these – the Goedemoed pipe at Van Loveren Private Cellar near Robertson and the dyke-like body associated with the Salpeterkop intrusion at Sutherland (Miller 2005). Discarded pieces of this dull-looking greenish rock can still be found abandoned in the garden bed around the club house.
A common occurrence of olivine, but not gem-quality peridot, is in metal smelting slags. Iron-rich fayalite often forms a major component of the waste from metal smelting (Fig. 8). Here the crystals are minute, but their compositions are fayalitic and under the microscope they have characteristic yellow internal reflections. In slags that have cooled rapidly they form beautiful, arrow-shaped skeletal crystals, once again revealing their orthorhombic morphology (Fig. 9).
Figure 8. This is a micrograph of a polished section of an iron smelting slag from the Iron Age site of Bosutswe in Botswana, viewed in reflected plane-polarised light. The yellowish-grey, skeletal, fayalite olivine crystals form spear-like laths, growing in a dark glass with finer fayalite crystals, and bright dendritic crystals of magnetite. The field of view is 0,8 mm, so the largest olivine crystals are only about 1 mm long. This slag must have cooled rapidly from a fully molten state.
Figure 9. This is a micrograph of a thin section of a copper smelting slag from an indigenous smelting site near Rohoboth in Namibia, viewed in crossed-polarised light. The skeletal fayalite crystals grew in a dark, copper-rich glass. The bright, intense interference colours are typical of olivine but are not the true colours of the crystals, which are colourless in thin section. The field of view is 5 mm.
Figure 10. A gold necklace with five peridot gems in my Southern Cross cut, made by Cape Town jeweller Michael Cope for a private client of his (photograph by Michael Cope)
Of course, peridot also can be found in the stock of mineral dealers, gem cutters and in jewellery (Fig. 10), where you don't have to dig to find it, but just swap electrons or sheets of coloured paper to add it to your private mineral collection (Fig. 11).
Parallel growth peridot, Burma, 25mm high St John's Island peridot, 30mm high
Collection Jo Wicht
Deer, W. A., Howie, R. A. & Zussman, J. 1966. An introduction to the rock forming minerals. Longman: London.
Miller, D. 2005. The Sutherland and Robertson olivine melilitites. South African Lapidary Magazine 37(3): 21–25.
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Q: Generalization of a FFT with powers of 3 I'm not satisfied with the current answers asked about this on MathSE. So I'm going to ask:
Describe the generalization of the FFT algorithm to the case in which n is a power of 3. What's the runtime?


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What's Fair Game?
In June 1999, Napster sparked an mp3 file-sharing movement that dramatically impacted the value structure of the music industry. Customer rights to music, whether it was accessing or sharing music with others, had never been defined for a completely digital moment like this one.
Instead of embracing the emergence of music streaming as an adjustment to their current business model, record label executives chose to fight it with anti-piracy tirades that became nothing more than a distraction from the fact that the music business as they knew it would never be the same.
The best leaders embrace change.
They study it.
They're ready for it.
They innovate faster than their competitors can copy.
They redefine their strategies with inevitable technological advances, while their competitors hold on tightly to "the way it has always been," hoping that rules and regulations can prevent innovation from breaking their traditional model.
If you don't put yourself out of business, somebody else will.
Sports media rights have always been a moving target. I'll spare you the history lesson, but ultimately, the media networks and their respective advertiser financiers have long held control of the message.
That reality is changing rapidly into a new normal.
As we spend more time consuming sports content throughout our phones via social media (we average more than eight hours per day), rather than sitting in front of our televisions consuming sports content from traditional media networks, we've put the power of the message into the hands of our favorite (or not-so-favorite) athletes: the women and men who work so hard to get to a level where we want to follow their journey via their social media channels.
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These journeys take place on the field or court for their respective sport, and these moments are captured by their team's photographers and videographers, in addition to external media who are also covering this journey.
You've had the traditional sports media rights read to you many times. It sounds something like this:
This copyrighted broadcast may not be retransmitted, reproduced, rebroadcast, or otherwise distributed or used in any form without the express written consent of the League.
What about the athletes who appear in these images and videos? Do they have the right to use them?
We've all seen an athlete post "stolen content" they found on Google Images, with a shameless watermark stamped on it.
What if instead we provided athletes with access to the content that photographers and videographers are producing each day around their practices, workouts, travel, lifestyle, and of course, the games?
No up-front fees. No controlled message. Just a simple ask for a tagged credit to whomever shot that picture or video for them and a set rev share, if athletes decided to commercially make a dollar from that content piece.
What would happen?
Sports teams and leagues reach merely one third of their desired audience through traditional media networks, or even through team and league account channels on social media. "The other two thirds are accessed through non-owned social media accounts," according to a 2018 Hashtag Sports report.
If the audience defines where the true value of media lies, then the sports media world has a big opportunity to reach more people than ever before.
It's the media leaders who think ahead and share their content with the athletes starring in each photo and video they own the rights to, who will win in the new era of sports media rights.
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The punishment was expected to be harsh. Many were predicting the end of a promising career for Sarita Devi. Finally on Wednesday the AIBA announced a one year ban for Sarita. While it is still harsh, the ban leaves a window open for Sarita to qualify for the Rio Olympics in 2016 and puts an end to the fears of a life time ban.
As news report came in, it is learnt that Sachin Tendulkar wrote to the AIBA , requesting for leniency. Sachin has often been criticized for taking the less controversial route, but in this case the little Master has personally stepped in to help a fellow Indian sports person and it is indeed a commendable gesture.
Following a farcical decision of the ringside judges that went against Sarita in her Asiad semi final match, she made a protest on the podium by refusing to accept the bronze medal. Despite the fact that Sarita calmed down later and tendered an unconditional apology, Amateur International Boxing Association (AIBA) decided to provisionally suspend her along with her coaches.
The boxer had received a lot of solidarity post her provisional suspension. Boxing India pleaded to AIBA to show leniency to the former World Championship gold medallist. Later on, Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and IOA also made a mercy plea for the Manipuri. Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar too has extended his full support to Sarita.
Earlier last week , boxer Sarita Devi Devi was presented her 60kg weight category bronze medal at the IOA headquarters in New Delhi. Sarita received her Incheon Asian Games bronze medal from the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) secretary general Rajeev Mehta last Wednesday.
The Manipuri pugilist who was aggrieved at the ringside judges' decision had refused to accept the medal during the presentation ceremony , held during the Incheon Asian Games.
So with a one year ban, the efforts of Boxing India to ensure that Sarita escapes a long-term ban have borne fruit. BI secretary general Jay Kowli had earlier assured that they have been doing everything possible to soften AIBA's stand on Sarita Devi.
"AIBA has been very firm on violation of rules from the very beginning and it takes serious view of disciplinary code violations. So, if you break rules, some actions will be taken against you," Jay Kowli said.
"Our endeavour has been to soften AIBA and urge for a liberal view taking into account the circumstances and human side of the emotional outburst of Sarita so that her long term career is not affected," Kowli added.
With this recent news, Sarita Devi has been given a lease of life and a shot at qualifying for the Olympics. One eagerly looks forward to seeing the ace Indian pugilist make her way back in the ring and on the winners podium. Hopefully this time around , Sarita will be winning medals based solely on her performance and not of the judges.


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