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Stepa Stepanović
Stepan Stepa Stepanović
11 March [O.S. 28 February] 1856
29 April 1929(1929-04-29) (aged 73)
Kumodraž, Principality of Serbia
Čačak, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
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Stepa Stepanović CMG (Serbian Cyrillic language: Степа Степановић , pronounced [stɛ̌ːpa stɛpǎːnoʋitɕ]; 11 March [O.S. 28 February] 1856[a] - 29 April 1929) was a vojvoda of the Serbian Army who distinguished himself in Serbia's wars from 1876 to 1918.
1 Early childhood (1856—1866)
2 Schooling (1866—1876)
3 First Serbo-Turkish war (1876—1877)
4 Second Serbo-Turkish war (1877—1878)
5 Period of peace (1878—1885)
6 Serbo-Bulgarian War (1885)
7 Rise (1886—1903)
8 Change on the Serbian throne (1903—1907)
9 Ministry and preparations for war (1907—1912)
10 First Balkan War (1912—1913)
10.1 First operations
11 First world war
Early childhood (1856—1866)
Stepanovic was born on 28 February from father Ivan Stepanović and mother Radojka (née Nikolić) in the village of Kumodraž near Belgrade. He was the third son and fourth child in line. Stepanović was named after his grandfather Stepan, afterwhom his whole family bears surname. There are two theories of his family origins.[1]
Birth house of Stepanović in Kumodraž.
First theory is that Stepanovic's ancestors, who were known as Živanović, came from Bosnia and Lika. Second theory tells that his ancestors came from around Leskovac and Pirot during Great migration of Serbs.[2]
His mother Radojka had little time for him, because of the housework and would often leave him with her mother in law to take care of him. Before he attended primary school, he looked after cattle and was once hurt badly by the bull. His aunt saved him by sewing his wound with needle and string and he recovered in 10 days.[2]
Schooling (1866—1876)
He finished triennial primary school in Kumodraž and attended gymnasium in Captain Miša's Mansion. To finish his schooling, Stepanović often served wealthier Belgrade families.[3] He finished his first year with good grade and rest of the years with very good grade.[4] In September 1874, when he was supposed to enlist in sixth year of gymnasium, Stepanovic enlisted in XI class of Artillery school, without entrance exam. The reason was that every student who finished 5 years of gymnasium was released from exam. His class had 29 cadets.[5]
In those times Artillery school had more of technical character, so great amount of attention was initiated in mathematical subjects in which Stepanović was never good. He was not very good in foreign languages, although he used Russian and French literature. After Herzegovina Uprising broke out, Principality of Serbia started to prepare for war. Artillery school has adapted her program to practical martial training.[6]
In Septembar 1875, Stepa Stepanovic alongside his classmates received rank of corporal, and in May 1876 after passing exam he became Junior Sergeant. In June 1876, after Serbo-Turkish war broke out, whole XI class received rank of Sergeant and was sent on the frontline.[6]
First Serbo-Turkish war (1876—1877)
Main article: Serbo-Turkish War (1876–78)
Stepanović arrived in Kragujevac on 14. May 1876. He was assigned on orderly officer duty in headquarters of Šumadija division. His commander was colonel Ljubomir Uzun-Mirković. Stepanović's job was to urgently carry commander's orders. Šumadija division was the main part of the Moravian army, but after the change of battle plans, it was divided in several squadrons.[7] Stepanović was in Uzun-Mirković's squadron, who had orders to help Knjaževac army to conquer Babina glava and Bela Palanka in order to stop arrival of Ottoman reinforcements to Niš.[8] They managed to take over Babina glava and Stepa Stepanović was noted by commandant ″for being very agile and for good riding.″[9]
However, Ottoman army started counter offensive against Uzun-Mirković's squadron, which retreated in Pandrilo. Ottomans attacked Pandrilo on 19. July and they were very successful. In fear that they might lose the battle, Stepanović alongside other officers actively participated in battle with regular soldiers. This action raised the moral of the troops and helped in turning over tide of the battle.[10] This experience affected Stepanović greatly and he often used this action to raise the moral of his troops.[11]
After the fall of Knjaževac, Stepanović with his squadron arriveed from Deligrad to Sokobanja, in order to avert Ottomans from reaching valley of Morava. In Sokobanja, Serbs regrouped and formed 4 army corps. Stepanović was transferred in Fourth corps under the command of Colonel Đura Horvatić.[12]
Fourth corps marched across Kurilovo and reached Vinik where it attacked enemy's position. However, Corps moved on to Deligrad and arrived on 7. September. They clashed with Turks on 11. September near Krevet. Fourth corps had important role, but it could not make Ottomans to flee, because the front line was too wide. Battle was finished indecisively.[13]
Armistice begun on 1. November 1876. On 1. December, Stepa Stepanović received Gold medal for bravery and became Second Lieutenant. On 13. February 1877, Stepanović was appointed as commander in 3. company of Third battalion in the standing army.[14]
Second Serbo-Turkish war (1877—1878)
Main article: Second Serbo-Turkish war
In Second Serbo-Turkish war, Stepa Stepanović had distinguishable role in taking of Pirot. General Jovan Belimarković didn't capture city in charge, because Ottomans had fortified two points Nišor and Budin del. To pass trough those two points, Belimarković formed special unit that had around 300 chosen soldiers. Their mission was to attack left flank of Nišor and their commander was Second Lieutenant Stepa Stepanović.[15]
Between 26. and 27. September, Stepanović's unit passed unnoticed around Nišor and took Mali vrh. In the morning of 27. September, when main attack began, his squad opened rifle and artillery fire on Nišor. This action confused Ottomans who found themselves surrounded.[15] One soldier of Stepanović's unit said: ″I find that, if I'm not wrong, our action has struck main blow to the Turkish position on Nišor and had resolved fate of the Pirot.″[16]
For this success Stepanović was awarded with Orded of St. Stvetislav III class with swords and ribbon. This award was his favorite of all that he received in career, because ″he was first who entered Turkish trech.″[16]
On 3 December, Šumadija Corps started march from Pirot to Niš in two echelons. During this march, Stepanović was commander of forces that moved across Suva planina. Under his command he had half battalion of infantry and some cavalry. This march was difficult, because terrain was bad from the weather. Stepanović later said that this was his toughest assignment in the war. He managed to bring all soldiers safely and ready for battle.[17]
On 23 January 1878, High command issued orders telling Šumadija division to take over Vranje. Then Šumadija division drove away Ottomans from Poljanica and beat them at Grdelička klisura. On 25 January, Stepanović has became commander of volunteer squad which job was to arm local Serbs in Poljanica. Few days later at the battle of Vranje, he attacked Ottomans from the north of the town at Devotin.[18]
Period of peace (1878—1885)
After the war ended, Stepanović partook in additional classes on Military academy, to finish his schooling. He finished those classes in 1880. In September 1880, on his personal wish, he was appointed to service in Kragujevac. There, he was command officer of Second company in Third battalion of standing army. In October 1880, he became commander of First company in the same battalion.[19]
In Kragujevac, Stepanović met his future wife Jelena (1861-1843), daughter of Velislav Milanović who was chief of Kragujevac srez. They married on 25. July 1881.[20] Next year, on 21. April 1882, his first daughter Milica was born, and year after that his second daughter Danica.[21] Both daughters married an officer, his daughter Milica married Second Lieutenant dr. Krsta Dragomirović, and Danica married 1st class captain Jovica Jovičić,[22] who later became Division General.[23] In his first official evaluation (last quarter 1880), special commission wrote report about him:
Apprehensive. He shows talent in general, and especial history of the Serbian people. He has determined and bold character, and has temper. He easily understands and he is fast on action with good results. Healthy, strong, agile and for practical service able. He is very good marksman, rider and swimmer. If there is a need, he can command a company, he has knowledge and he can transfer it to the subordinates. In the rest of the official rules he is also good; useful for administration and monetary service. He works ardently. To the younger he is strict and righteous, to the equals he is gregarious, and to the elders very kind and thoughtful.[24]
On 1 September 1882, he received the rank of infantry Lieutenant and he became command officer in Užice. He stayed in Užice until 13. February 1883, when he came back to the Kragujevac. When he arrived in Kragujevac he was appointed as military adjutant in Šumadija infantry regiment.[24]
The same year Serbia listed military exercises in gymnasium programs, so Stepanović became teacher of military exercises in First Kragujevac gymnasium. He stayed on this position until 1886.[25]
Serbo-Bulgarian War (1885)
Main article: Serbo-Bulgarian War
During the battle of Slivnitsa, Stepanović was commander of the 1. company in the 2. battalion which was part of the Šumadija division. His Division attacked village Vrapče and enforced Bulgarians to fallback. In report that he sent to the commander of 12. regiment it is noticeable lack of coordination between division, regiments and battalions.[26]
Few days later, Stepanović became commander of the 1. battalion in the 12. regiment and together with colonel Binički's troops attacked weakened Bulgarian center on Slivnitsa. Bulgarians started to retreat and Serbs took over region around village Aldomirovtsi. In his report he wrote about his soldiers: ″Behavior of soldiers in this battles was excellent, because they showed great curability despite moving over the open field while there was cross fire. Behavior of the officers was satisfactorily, in regard of courage and good command of the troops.″[27]
On 19 November, king Milan ordered general retreat towards Pirot. Three days later Bulgarian army marched toward Pirot and started main attack on Neškov vis. Stepanović's 12. regiment defended position and was forced to retreat. He wrote in his report: ″...I moved along to the hospital towards where bulks of our troops retreated. No effort of the elders could bring them back. More soldiers followed them and then that ridiculous mob pushed away officers who tried to stop them.″[28]
Rise (1886—1903)
After the war ended, Stepa Stepanović returned to Kragujevac, where he stayed until November 1886. In Kragujevac, Stepanović was commander of a company in 10. regiment. At the end of 1886, he passed exam and became II class infantry captain. He was aspirant in the General Staff from 22. November 1886 to 22. October 1888. At the meeting which was held at the end of 1888, General Staff's commission stated ″that II class captain Mr. Stepanović showed enough qualification and proof for headquarters' service.″ In addition: ″So he should be approved to start an exam this winter for the rank of I class captain.″[29]
In March 1889, he reported for exam, and commission gave him permission on 2 April to start. From 2–6 April, he was doing theoretic part of exam in 12 subjects. He was released of doing practical part of exam, because he received very good grade on headquarters' journeys and missions. Shortly before exam, he became executive of Drina divisional area, so after the exams he moved to Valjevo. On 17 April 1889. he became I class captain.[29] In the spring 1892, Stepanović did exam for Major in the same time like Milutin Milanović and Živojin Mišić, and the president of the commission was Radomir Putnik. He was doing exam from 29. March to 15. April and he was successful in passing it. Stepanović became commander of the 5th battalion in Požega on 13. September 1892. In Požega, he became Major on 8. May 1892. Later, on 14. August he was moved to Valjevo to be once again executive of Drina divisional area. He did that service until 20. October 1895, when he was moved to Belgrade.[30]
He stayed in Belgrade for five months where he was commander of seventh battalion, and then he became chief of General Staff's department in Ministry of military. He also became part professor of war history on high class in Military academy. Then on 30. March 1897, he became acting commander of 6. infantry regiment in Belgrade. The same year on 11. May he was promoted to Colonel and two days later he became commander of the 6. Infantry regiment. Stepanović became chief of General Staff's department in the Command of active army on 27. October 1898.[31]
He stayed on this function until 15 March 1899 when he was transferred to work in Ministry of defense and he became executive of General military department. Although he didn't like to work in office, he made great impression in ministry and was remembered like someone who is very strict and punctual. He was transferred again to Valjevo on 17. October 1900, where he became commander of Infantry brigade in Drina division. Because of misunderstanding on 11. November, he was transferred in Zaječar and assigned as commander of Infantry brigade in Timok division. He liked this position and said: ″Troop for officer is the same as water to fish, and especially headquarter officer. There he can show what he knows and he can show results. Office kills the spirit, drains the strength and change man into mechanism.″[32]
On 18 August 1901, Stepanović was promoted in headquarter colonel, and on 11 November he became deputy executive of the Active military command. He was on that position until 15. December 1902, when he became executive of the General Staff. King Alexander I of Serbia has decorated him with Order of the Cross of Takovo II class. In this period he was honorary professor of mar craft in High school, where he lectured Napoleonic of 1796 and 1805. He was also editor of military magazine Ratnik (Warrior).[32]
Change on the Serbian throne (1903—1907)
May Overthrow happened on 28/29. May 1904. This did not affect Stepanović's career, but he did not like conflict between officers. After overthrow, he became section head of common department in Ministry of defense, and then he became commander of Šumadija division. Because of these positions, many historians think that Stepanović was on the side of conspirators, even tough he said on numerous occasions that he was neutral.[33]
Newly appointed king, Petar I Karađorđević decorated him with Order of the Star of Karađorđe III degree on 29. June 1904. Stepanović, took an example from general Đura Horvatić and instituted Prussian drill in his division. He punished every irregularity, inaccuracy, legal offence and confiscation of state property.[33]
In the Spring of 1906 in Kragujevac, where Stepanović was garrisoned as commander of Šumadija division, there was so called Corporal counter conspiracy. Some historians believe that conspiracy has been triggered by Stepanović's strict regime. About 30 officers of Kragujevac garrison had planned to take several important public buildings in Kragujevac and then to arrest Stepanović. However, conspiracy has been discovered on 30. April 1906 and Stepanović arrested 31 persons. He wanted to arrest more, but he was stopped by the minister of defense general Radomir Putnik.[33]
Stepanović was deeply shook by the conspiracy and later declared:
″It is a sore point of my whole career. I had many tough things in my life, I swallowed injustice and derecognition, they offended me and neglected me, but nothing touched me more like that thing. I feel sorrow for those young people who were misled by faithless and elevated speculators, because their army career, where they could be of great benefit to the people and fatherland. But, I could not do anything to help.″[33]
Ministry and preparations for war (1907—1912)
Stepa Sptepanović was elevated to the rank of general on 29. June 1907, but he stayed as commander of Šumadija divisional area. After Corporal scandal and Artillery question, Nikola Pašić formed new government on 12. April 1908 and Stepanović became Minister of military. During his mandate, Stepanović tried to modernize armament and to remodel old rifles of Mauzer-koka system.[34] One of his decision was to buy new Artillery from the France.[23] When Serbia was trying to buy machine guns, Stepanović was very conservative as Colonel Vlajić, who worked in Stepanović's cabinet, wrote:
″I've had hassle acquiring machine guns. This new weapon, which all armies were armed with, needed to be introduced in the army and I was trying to get certain amount for each regiment, but the minister Stepa said to me one day: I, myself, love more one platoon of shooters rather than your machine guns. Please do not patronize me that one machine gun can replace one platoon of infantry.″[34]
In October 1908, after annexation of Bosnia, massive protest erupted in Serbia and Montenegro. Great amount of citizens wanted to wage war against Austria-Hungary, but the Stepanović as minister assured government and the parliament that country and the army were not ready for war, and that there is to undertake great amount diplomatic, financial and military training.[34]
His attitude on this matter, caused him a barrage of criticism from many sides, even in the press. Therefore, at the beginning of 1909, he was dismissed as minister of military and became minister without portfolio. During 1909, he actively collaborated with the Putnik on the preparation of the army for war. At the beginning of 1910, he became commander of Morava divisional area, and achieved much with his experience and work enthusiasm so that Morava division was prepared for war.[34]
At the beginning of March 1911, Stepanović became minister of defense again. Soon after, an event occurred which caused suspicion among Prince Aleksandar Karađorđević that Stepanović is sympathizer of Dragutin Dimitrijević Apis. As Prince once heard that Apis wasn't really friend of the House of Karađorđević and that he wanted foreign monarch on the Serbian throne. Then, outraged Prince called Apis to come to the General Headquarters where he shouted on him. Apis calmly listened to Prince's angry words and then told him: ″Yes! And what did you think? Did we put our head in the bag so you two could fight and scramble for the throne like with some kind of throne? You are wrong! We can again put our head in the bag.″[35]
Hearing this, Prince rushed right to the minister Stepa Stepanović in the Military headquarters and requested that Apis and General staff major Milovan Milovanović Pilac get transferred from the Belgrade. Stepanović told him that ″the request isn't within competence of the Prince, but he will tell the king and if king decides.″ Unhappy with this Stepanović's attitude, Prince went back to his office and wrote his resignation as Supreme army inspector and sent it to the king. King tomorrow called him and tore his resignation down.[35]
When Stepa Stepanović became minister of defense for the second time, the government of the Kingdom of Serbia realized that Great powers wanted to divide Balkan and that Christian population of Ottoman Empire was struggling. During his term, Serbia signed a several defense agreements other Balkan countries thus was creating Balkan League. Stepanović alongside general Radomir Putnik and colonel Živojin Mišić, developed plans for mobilization, concentration and strategic development of the Serbian army in the war against Turkey.[35]
In the fall of 1912, the government of Milovan Milovanović resigned after his death and when Marko Trifković formed new, Radomir Putnik became new minister of defense.[35]
First Balkan War (1912—1913)
First operations
With the start of the First Balkan War, Stepa Stepanović has became commander of the Second army, which had 60 000 soldiers and 84 cannons. The army was concentrated in the Kyustendil–Dupnitsa area. It contained I Timok infantry Division and Bulgarian Seventh Rila infantry Division. The army had mission to attack rear and back Turkish positions before the First Serbian army. Informing the Serbian troops that the Seventh Rila Division became part of the Army, Stepanović said this: ″I look with confidence our future work and strongly believe in success, because for centuries separated and now fraternized and embraced, closest brothers, Serbs and Bulgarians represent an irresistible force that will crush all hurdles and liberate downtrodden brothers.″[36]
On 17. October 1912, General Putnik told general Stepanović that war was declared against Ottoman empire and ordered his army to move closer to Ottoman border, but not to cross it until further notice. However Bulgarian High command told commander of Rila Division, General Todorov, to cross border and attack Carevo selo and Gornja Džumaja, which he managed to capture. Stepanović congratulated them with the words: ″Hurray heroes of the Seventh division.″[37]
During the 18. October, Timok Division started to attack Ottoman positions in direction Rujen-Crni vrh, and next day they captured Crni vrh on the orders of Stepanović. On 21. October, Serbian High command ordered Timok Division to start offensive towards Kumanovo. Uninformed that battalion, commanded by Mayor Dobrosav Milenković, already captured Kriva Palanka without fight, Stepanović ordered all the necessary maneuvers for capturing the town. This wasted a lot of time, but majority of the Division managed to pass through Krivorečka gorge without any resistance.[37]
In the early noon, Calvary Regiment started a fight 5–6 km away from the Stratsin and managed to capture it until the nightfall. Yet again, Stepanović hasn't been informed about this event, and next day he ordered his troops to capture Stratsin, which wasted a lot of time. After this event, communication was established between the First and the Second Serbian army and road to Kumanovo was open.[37]
Monument in Kumodraž.
At the beginning of World War I he acted as the representative of the absent chief of staff Radomir Putnik. He was responsible for mobilization and some war preparations. After Putnik's return he took command of the Second Army. In World War I, he led the Serbian army in a great victory in the Battle of Cer, where his Second Army completely defeated the Austrian Fifth Army, arriving to the scene after a forced march. This was the first allied victory of the war, and he was promoted to Vojvoda (Field-Marshal). His army achieved successes in the Battle of the Drina and Battle of Kolubara, in addition to the defence of Serbia in 1915.
In 1918 he was again in command of the Second Army which was a part of the large Allied offensive in Macedonia, they achieved a breakthrough on 15 September. The Second Army advanced to the Bulgarian border and from there, after Bulgarian capitulation on 29 September 1918 turned West towards Bosnia and the Adriatic Sea. He was an active officer until the end of 1919, when he retired from service as the commander in chief of the Serbian army. During his career he was also serving as the minister of the army on two occasions. enuis He was decorated with the "Takovski krst sa ukrštenim mačevima" medal for bravery during the 1876-1878 wars against the Turks. He was also awarded the Knight Grand Cross (GCMG) of The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George. He died in the town of Čačak on 29 April 1929.
^ Birth date: Stepanović's birthdate is often misinterpreted as 12 March 1856. Yet, since he was born 28 February 1856 (Old Style), and the difference between the calendars was twelve days at the time, 1856 being a leap year, it can be calculated that Stepanović was actually born 11 March 1856 (New Style).
↑ Skoko & Opačić 1990, p. 11.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Skoko & Opačić 1990, p. 12.
↑ 6.0 6.1 Skoko & Opačić 1990, p. 25-26.
↑ Skoko & Opačić 1990, p. 53-56.
↑ 15.0 15.1 Skoko & Opačić 1990, p. 72-73.
↑ 16.0 16.1 Skoko & Opačić 1990, p. 74.
↑ Popović Ljubodrag, Milićević Milić (2003) (in Serbian). Generali vojske Kneževine i Kraljevine Srbije.. Beograd: Vojnoizdavački zavod. pp. 222–229. ISBN 86-335-0142-2.
↑ 23.0 23.1 Bjelajac, Mile S. (2004). Generali i admirali Kraljevine Jugoslavije 1918-1941. : studija o vojnoj eliti i biografski leksikon. Beograd: Inst. za Noviju Istoriju Srbije. p. 281. ISBN 86-7005-039-0.
↑ Skoko & Opačić 1990, p. 121-122.
↑ 29.0 29.1 Skoko & Opačić 1990, p. 143-144.
↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 Skoko & Opačić 1990, p. 182-190.
↑ Skoko & Opačić 1990, p. 212.
↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 Skoko & Opačić 1990, p. 216-221.
СРПСКО НАСЛЕЂЕ, no. 10, October 1998
Skoko, Savo; Opačić, Petar (1990). Vojvoda Stepa Stepanović u Ratovima Srbije 1876-1918 (6. ed.). Belgrade: BIGZ. ISBN 86-13-00453-9.
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EU Lifts Fisheries Sanctions On Ghana
The European Commission has lifted the ban it placed on fish imports from Ghana after the country successfully addressed shortcomings in its fisheries governance system.
The Commission gave the warning to the country in November 2013 and June 2014.
The European Commission, which disclosed this in a recent release, said the country had amended its legal frameworks to combat IUU fishing, strengthened its sanctioning systems, improved monitoring and control of its fleets and complied with international law.
European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Karmenu Vella said the decisions "demonstrate the determination of the European Union (EU) to bring important players on board in the fight against IUU fishing. Both Ghana and Papua New Guinea have taken ownership of their fisheries reforms and now have robust legal and policy frameworks in place to fight IUU fishing activities.
"I am calling on the authorities of the Comoros and Taiwan to follow their example and join the European Union in promoting legal and sustainable fisheries worldwide."
The Commissioner added that "as Ghana and Papua New Guinea join the growing list of countries (Korea, the Philippines, Fiji, Belize, Panama, Togo and Vanuatu) that have reformed their systems, following a warning by the EU, the Commission looks forward to working with these international partners against IUU fishing.
"Fighting illegal fishing is part of the EU's drive to ensure the sustainable use of the sea and its resources in line with the EU's Common Fisheries Policy and better governance of the oceans worldwide, as also shared in the commitments made in the Sustainable Development Goals (Goal 14: Life Below Water)."
In a communiqué adopted recently on the key achievements of the IUU Regulation, it laid out the next steps in the implementation of the IUU rules.
The Commission will continue to work towards simpler, modernized and more cost-effective systems.
Since November 2012, the Commission has been in formal dialogue with several countries (pre-identification or 'yellow card'), which have been warned to take strong action to fight IUU fishing. When significant progress is observed, the Commission can end the dialogue (lifting the pre-identification status or 'green card).
This has been the case for Fiji, Panama, Togo and Vanuatu since October 2014 and for Korea and the Philippines since April 2015.
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Digital transformation enables smarter, data-driven processes and reinvents customer journeys. In an effort to measure how global businesses fared in implementing digital change, SAP in conjunction with The Economist Intelligent Unit (EIU) recently released a study looking back at the digital transformation trends from this year.
In this Q&A, I spoke with Rob Glickman, Vice President of Marketing at SAP, on the key takeaways from this comprehensive study, as well as the steps CIOs and their businesses can take to ensure that 2017 is a record-breaking year for digital transformation.
1. What were some of the biggest takeaways from this study in your eyes?
At first glance, it's interesting to see that while digital technology is revolutionising business, the role of IT departments remains unclear. This finding, along with the view that the most effective digital initiatives are those that are coordinated strategically (93 per cent), means IT has to step into a leadership role.
IT can provide top-down management and organic growth that facilitate a more proactive focus on meeting customer expectations. This year, only one in five organisations had a cross-departmental digitisation strategy.
2. How would you define the current state of digital transformation?
The world is changing at an unprecedented pace. This dramatic shift is fueled largely by technology, shifting demographics and the speed of innovation. As a result, most organisations are gripped by the very real need to continue to transform their business to stay ahead of customer needs.
The rapid advancement of technology, coupled with the consumer demand for more connected, personalised experiences, is driving unprecedented transformation across industries that are themselves fragmented. On one hand, enterprise IT must be upgraded to support digital transformation and, on the other hand, non-IT departments are increasingly taking matters into their own hands by adopting software-as-a-service solutions without IT's involvement. This disjointed approach plagues many organisations today.
3. Where do organisations stand to benefit in digitally transforming their businesses? How do customers benefit?
Frankly speaking, it's a matter of survival. The boom-and-bust cycles are becoming more frequent and pronounced and companies in many industries can find their entire businesses disintermediated in a matter of a few short years. Whether it's by telecommunications, transportation, photography or communications – organisations need to embrace digital transformation as a constant validation and renewal of their business model.
The lines of businesses and industries blur more each day and the only saving grace is for them to ensure that business and IT stay aligned around core goals – and keep these lines open and fluid with their customers. Customers are a click away from working with the competition so it's crucial to engage with them on deeper levels to engender brand loyalty.
4. What role does the CIO play in facilitating an organisation's digital transformation?
Even though it's expected that 37 per cent of CIOs will own digital transformation for their company, only 22 per cent of CIOs are leading the implementation of the strategy and process currently. Since the CIO is more likely to coordinate digital strategy internally, the lack of participation shows that this process is happening in a less than effective fashion for most companies. The result is wasted resources, time and effort.
With today's rapid pace, a critical leadership role must be taken up more quickly to ensure companies stay competitive. Organic, grassroots innovation and growth are required to transform the company, but that innovation requires focus and organisation guidance from the CIO to make sure change is made effectively. IT needs to take a more involved role in the process to revamp systems and balance legacy system maintenance with next-generation upgrades. Unfortunately, only seven per cent of executives feel that IT is leading their company's innovation.
5. What are the keys to inspiring your workforce to embrace and champion digital transformation initiatives?
It pays to be a digital leader. Successful organisations need to do things differently to take advantage of technology that can deliver new customer and employee experiences, and business models. Continuous innovation, rapid decision-making and a commitment to diversity and inclusion are key factors for success in the digital economy.
One of the biggest opportunities with digital is that it dissolves traditional organisational boundaries. It encourages critical thinking and spurs innovation and experimentation without fear of failure. However, navigating this is more than deploying technology – it's about creating a culture of innovation, employee engagement and mastering business agility.
Lastly, digitalisation is a catalyst for an evolved style of leadership to flourish. In fact, the recent Leaders 2020 study of more than 2,000 executives in 21 countries found that digital leaders drive stronger performance and employee engagement through strategy, speed and inclusiveness. Senior level management should take note of this.
6. How can businesses measure their digital transformation process?
Measuring change starts with establishing clear, specific goals. Once expectations are established, change can be measured in several ways, such as monitoring changes in operation efficiency, customer relationships, innovation, employee engagement and sentiment, and revenue. From a top-level, the Leaders 2020 study shows that success lies in embracing digital technology in a way that streamlines decision-making, flattens the organisation's complexity and builds a digital workforce. Improvement in these metrics is a strong sign that your efforts are working well.
7. Based on these findings and your previous insights, in which areas did these businesses fall short of the mark in 2016?
CIOs and other senior-level management need to take a more proactive, collaborative approach in 2017, as many organisations lacked clear digital transformation plans (79 per cent). Only seven per cent of the 812 executives surveyed in the EIU study felt their IT departments were effectively leading these initiatives, with 46 per cent stating that IT played a passive supporting role.
Until now, IT departments have been recruiting staff with skills to fulfill their traditional roles and, as a result, many lack the expertise in emerging digital technologies and an understanding of how they contribute to the business. An effective way to solve this issue is for IT departments to draw on networks of expertise beyond their internal ranks to develop the insight and authority required to lead digital innovation.
8. What trends will businesses need to focus on in 2017 to ensure success?
From a technological standpoint, organisations sampled in the EIU study identified mobile technology (79 per cent), social media (67 per cent), big data analytics (57 per cent), cloud computing (52 per cent) and IoT (58 per cent) as key areas of improvement in 2016. In 2017, we will see a continuation of this enthusiasm because these technologies are vital in optimising a business to be digital-ready and remain competitive.
Beyond technology, business agility will be in high demand. The ability to iterate rapidly in development, combined with the need for peer-to-peer collaboration, means that tightly-knit cross-functional teams will be crucial in pioneering digital transformation. Iterative, collective development is a hallmark for born-in-cloud companies and traditional companies will have to emulate this approach if they want to stand a chance competitively.
However, this type of cross-functional set-up will require senior leadership, as effective digital transformation implementation calls for smaller, well-defined workstreams that help organisations keep pace with changing business landscapes.


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Ghana is preparing itself for the use of bar codes on all products, particularly those for export.
Bar codes are black and white lines with code numbers embossed on the products. It helps in determining the price of the product, ensures traceability of goods and the quantity produced within a period, among others.
The Ghana Standards Board (GSB), in conjunction with the Institute of Packaging, Ghana (IOPG) and the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), is to facilitate the formation of a Bar Coding Management Board in the country.
The President of IOPG, Mr Kofi Essuman, who disclosed this in an interview in Accra, said the introduction of bar codes had become necessary because since January 1, this year, all products entering European Union (EU) countries were required to ensure traceability.
African-Caribbean-Pacific (ACP) countries, including Ghana, are operating under a dispensation to allow them to put things in order.
Mr Essuman said the collaboration parties were in their first stages of talks after which they would apply to the European Articles Number (EAN) International, one of the bodies that has the property right over bar codes.


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The Christians Association of Nigeria (CAN) has passed a vote of confidence on it's President, Rev. Samson Ayokunle, applauding his unprecedented achievements recorded under his watch and dissolved the National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF) due to irreconcilable differences with its activities.
The National Executive Committee of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), at its meeting of Tuesday, November 20, 2018, who unanimously passed this vote of confidence, dismissed in its entirety, the publication of the immediate past National Youth CAN Chairman, Mr. Daniel David Kadzai, who, in the Guardian Newspaper of Monday, November 12, 2018, page 9 alleged that the CAN President defrauded CAN of over N2.8 billion.
This was contained in a statement signed by Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, the Special Assistant on Media and Communications to the CAN President, where CAN recalled how NCEF has been using the social media and a section of the traditional media to attack its leadership especially the President, Rev Dr Samson Ayokunle using unprintable words to label him due to his refusal to take directive from its members.
In the statement, CAN NEC saw all the negative and baseless publications against the CAN president as mere distractions and a calculated attempt to malign his integrity and derail him from his focus of giving CAN credible leadership.
In the communique issued on Friday, November 30, 2018 in Abuja, CAN among other things immediately dissolves the National Christian Elders' Forum (NCEF) which was inaugurated on Thursday, January 15, 2015 by the powers conferred on the then CAN president.
"CAN NEC, by the same powers that inaugurated the forum, forthwith dissolves and dissociates completely from the NCEF in view of the incongruous and unacceptable operations manifested consistently by the group.
"CAN regrets that a man who had served the Association in the past, and was tolerated in spite of his numerous incompetent leadership skills, could not only be malicious, but impersonate himself as Chairman of the Congress of Northern Nigerian Christians (CNNC).
"Although he has apologized for his falsehood by the said publication and has verbally retracted his claims, and the CNNC has equally denied him of being their Chairman, it is important to set the records straight. However, because he has apologized to CAN leadership, he has been forgiven in the spirit of Christ as recorded in Matthew 6:14-15," CAN stated.
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"The CAN president should be appreciated for his great concern and positive actions in caring for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) all over the country. The association recalled how CAN leadership travelled from state to state in the country, rendering support to people who have been displaced from their homes.
"The CAN president should be appreciated for leading CAN in interfaith activities which were almost completely closed up before he assumed office. It was noticed that it was at his time that NIREC was revived and officials who were not giving the organization the needed cooperation and cohesion were replaced," CAN stated.
The statement went further that the CAN President was applauded for giving great attention to people with physical challenges and for setting up a committee to look into their plight and was also appreciated for recognizing and opening room for various Christian organisations to collaborate with CAN from across the country and beyond.
"The CAN president was appreciated for his ability to bring together Christian leaders from across the country to deliberate on moving the Nigerian church forward. This was an unprecedented feat. The CAN president was appreciated for ensuring that various court cases all over the country were withdrawn for out-of-court settlement," CAN stated.


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Orioles Claim Shawn Armstrong
By George Miller | April 28, 2019 at 4:43pm CDT
4:41pm: Per a team release, the Orioles have optioned right-handed pitcher Luis Ortiz to Triple-A Norfolk to make room for Armstrong on the active roster.
1:37pm: The Orioles have claimed right-handed pitcher Shawn Armstrong off waivers from the Mariners, per Greg Johns of MLB.com. Armstrong had been designated for assignment after the Mariners promoted Justus Sheffield. Armstrong will replace catcher Jesus Sucre on the 40-man roster. Sucre was recently designated for assignment by the Orioles. Roch Kubatko of MASN adds that Armstrong, who is out of minor league options, will be placed on Baltimore's active roster.
For the Orioles, the addition of Armstrong essentially represents a swap for pitcher Mike Wright, who was recently designated for assignment and subsequently acquired by the Mariners in a minor trade.
Though he has struggled mightily early in 2019, Armstrong's career numbers resemble those of a serviceable relief pitcher. He has appeared in 57 career games, striking out 56 batters in 61 2/3 innings and posting a 3.65 ERA. However, he has never appeared in more than 21 games in any season since breaking into the Major Leagues with the Indians in 2015. Walks have at times been an issue for the right-hander, having walked three batters in 3 2/3 innings this season. The 28-year-old joins an Orioles bullpen that has had great difficulty suppressing the long ball early this season. Though the O's have given plenty of pitchers opportunities to claim a bullpen role, few have been able to provide steady production. Baltimore will look for Armstrong to solidify himself as a relief option for the rebuilding club.
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Mariners Promote Justus Sheffield, Designate Shawn Armstrong
By Steve Adams | April 26, 2019 at 12:34pm CDT
The Mariners announced Friday that they've recalled top pitching prospect Justus Sheffield for his team debut and designated righty Shawn Armstrong for assignment. Sheffield's promotion is expected to be a short-term one, per Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times, who tweets that the lefty is expected to be optioned back to Triple-A Tacoma after tonight's game. At that point, newly acquired Mike Wright will be added to the MLB roster in his place.
Sheffield, 22, has been regarded as one of the game's top pitching prospects for the majority of his professional career. The Indians selected him with the 31st overall pick in the 2014 draft but later traded him to the Yankees alongside Clint Frazier in the trade that netted them Andrew Miller. Sheffield made his big league debut with the Yankees last September but tossed just 2 2/3 innings of relief. The Yankees flipped him to the Mariners this winter as the centerpiece of the James Paxton trade.
Per MLB.com's Greg Johns, Sheffield won't actually start tonight's game; rather, he'll follow Yusei Kikuchi in relief. Kikuchi will function as an opener in tonight's game, pitching only one inning as part of the Mariners' plan to acclimate the Japanese rookie to a larger workload (both in terms of volume of innings and the frequency with which he pitches as compared to Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball, where starters pitch every sixth day). At some point, of course, the Mariners will take a look at Sheffield as a full-time rotation cog, though that apparently won't come until later in the season. For now, righty Erik Swanson (also acquired from the Yankees in the Paxton swap) is getting the first look in the rotation.
The Mariners will now have a week to trade Armstrong or pass him through outright waivers. The organization likely hopes to be able to retain the 28-year-old, who was brilliant in 56 innings of Triple-A ball last season (1.77 ERA, 13.2 K/9) before posting a 1.23 ERA and a 15-to-3 K/BB ratio in 14 2/3 innings at the big league level. Armstrong has been tagged for six runs on eight hits and three walks through just 3 2/3 innings with the Mariners so far in 2019. Armstrong is out of minor league options, so any club that acquires him would have to carry him on its active roster (or else once again try to pass him through outright waivers).
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AL Notes: Gio, Armstrong, Herrera, Tepera/Axford
By Jeff Todd | March 20, 2019 at 2:58pm CDT
Newly minted Yankees lefty Gio Gonzalez says it was an easy choice to join the New York organization, as George A. King III of the New York Post and MLB.com's Bryan Hoch cover (Twitter links). The offer from the Yanks "was pretty much" the only one he got all winter long, says the veteran southpaw. It has been quite some time since Gonzalez has had to fight for a roster spot and a big-league paycheck, but he says it's "a pretty great opportunity" that he "can't be ungrateful" for. If he cracks the roster, Gonzalez will play for a $3MM base salary and would also take home $300K for each game started.
Here's more from the American League …
Mariners righty Shawn Armstrong is heading to the injured list with a grade 1 oblique strain, MLB.com's Greg Johns reports. He says he'll be patient in allowing thing to heal, but didn't hide his anger at hitting the shelf just before the season began. (Anderson flew to Japan believing he would be ready to roll, but the issue was worse upon arrival.) Armstrong, 28, is still hoping that this'll be the season he fully establishes himself in the majors. He has seen action in four seasons but has yet to be entrusted with more than 21 appearances in a given campaign. Armstrong turned in sub-2.00 ERA performances at both Triple-A (in 56 innings) and the majors (14 2/3 innings) in 2018.
The White Sox may not go long without new reliever Kelvin Herrera, Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times writes. The veteran hurler, who's working back from a Lisfranc fracture in his left foot, hasn't yet fully ramped things up but seems on track to get back to being a high-powered relief arm early in the new season. "I will probably be in full shape by April something or May," he says.
It seems there's some new potential for late-camp movement with the Blue Jays roster. Skipper Charlie Montoyo says that righty relievers Ryan Tepera and John Axford have turned up with elbow pain that is being looked at more closely, as Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca reports (Twitter link). Those injuries are among the factors that could leave the Toronto organization with more 40-man roster room to work with — but also more 25-man roster needs to address — than had been anticipated, MLB.com's Gregor Chisholm notes on Twitter.
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Mariners Select Shawn Armstrong
The Mariners announced Tuesday that they've selected the contract of right-hander Shawn Armstrong from Triple-A Tacoma and optioned fellow right-hander Nick Rumbelow to Double-A Arkansas to open a spot on the active roster. Seattle already had an open spot on the 40-man roster, so no further moves were necessary to accommodate Armstrong's return to the big leagues.
Armstrong, 27, saw time in the Majors with the Indians across the 2015-17 seasons but was traded to Seattle in exchange for international bonus pool space this past offseason. The Mariners exposed Armstrong to outright waivers just three months later when a need for roster space arose in Spring Training. He'd go on to clear and remain in the organization, which could prove fortuitous for the Mariners.
Through 56 innings out of the Rainiers' bullpen in Triple-A, Armstrong has been nothing short of overpowering. He's posted a sterling 1.77 ERA while averaging 13.2 strikeouts, 4.2 walks and 0.48 homers per nine innings pitched, collecting 15 saves along the way. It should be noted that Armstrong is no stranger to gaudy Triple-A numbers, but he's done a better job of limiting walks this year than in recent seasons while still maintaining a hefty strikeout rate.
Armstrong will join the Mariners with 43 1/3 innings of Major League experience already under his belt from his time with the Cleveland organization. In that time, he's pitched to a 3.53 ERA but hasn't matched his minor league strikeout tendencies, averaging 7.9 K/9 against 3.5 BB/9 with a 41.6 percent ground-ball rate.
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By Steve Adams | March 8, 2018 at 4:15pm CDT
Here are Thursday's minor moves from around baseball…
The Mariners announced that righty Shawn Armstrong has been outrighted to Triple-A after clearing waivers. Armstrong, 27, is out of options and obviously was not seen as likely to win a pen job out of camp. Still, he could be a useful depth piece for the M's. In 43 1/3 MLB frames over three seasons, Armstrong owns a 3.53 ERA with 7.9 K/9 and 3.5 BB/9 as well as an 11.3% swinging-strike rate. Armstrong has posted interesting numbers at Triple-A, where he carries a 2.44 ERA with 13.0 K/9 and 4.7 BB/9 in 133 total innings.
Lefty Hunter Cervenka has been released by the Marlins, per SB Nation's Chris Cotillo (via Twitter). Cervenka, who recently turned 28, was outrighted off of the 40-man roster over the winter. He has 48 MLB innings under his belt but has not yet shown an ability to stay in the zone, with 6.8 BB/9 in that span. Cervenka spent the bulk of 2017 at Triple-A, where he worked to a 4.58 ERA with 8.9 K/9 and 5.9 BB/9 over 39 1/3 innings.
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In a minor signing that flew a bit below our radar earlier this winter, the D-backs' Triple-A affiliate announced that they signed former Mets righty Tyler Pill to a minor league pact. Pill, 28 in May, made his MLB debut with the Mets last year and totaled 22 innings of work across seven innings, including three starts. He struggled to a 5.32 ERA with a 16-to-10 K/BB ratio in that time, but Pill posted more encouraging numbers in a very hitter-friendly Triple-A Las Vegas setting. In 80 1/3 frames in the Pacific Coast League, he logged a 3.47 ERA, albeit with a modest 5.6 K/9 mark against 2.5 BB/9. Pill was assigned to Reno, per the announcement, and hasn't logged an inning with the D-backs this spring, so it seems he was not invited to Major League camp. He'll presumably be on hand as a depth option in Triple-A this season.
Jumping further back into Mets history, right-hander Vic Black has signed on with the independent New Jersey Jackals of the Canadian-American Association (h/t: Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, on Twitter). Now 29 years of age, the Mets hoped at one point that Black could be a long-term piece in their bullpen. He turned in a 2.96 ERA in 51 2/3 MLB innings from 2013-14 between the Pirates and Mets, but shoulder issues slowed his career before New York eventually cut him loose. Black struggled between A-ball and Double-A with the Giants organization in 2017 and will hope to use the indy circuit as a platform to get his career back on track.
Sticking with former big leaguers joining the independent leagues, the Long Island Ducks announced yesterday that they've signed former Braves All-Star Jair Jurrjens. Back in 2008, a 22-year-old Jurrjens finished third in NL Rookie of the Year voting with the Braves and went on to earn All-Star honors as a 25-year-old in 2011. However, a series of knee injuries torpedoed his promising career, and he hasn't appeared in the big leagues since totaling 16 2/3 innings for the Orioles and Rockies from 2013-14. Jurrjens did toss 54 1/3 innings with the Dodgers' Triple-A affiliate in 2017, and he turned 32 years of age just five weeks ago, so he could still work his way back into affiliated ball with a strong showing in the Atlantic League.
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Mariners Designate Shawn Armstrong For Assignment
The Mariners have designated right-handed reliever Shawn Armstrong for assignment in order to clear a spot on the 40-man roster for Ichiro Suzuki, whose return to the organization is now official (Twitter link via MLB.com's Greg Johns).
Seattle acquired Armstrong, 27, in a minor December swap that sent $500K of international bonus allotments to the Indians. Armstrong spent his entire career in the Indians organization prior to that trade, debuting with the big league club in 2015 and going on to pitch 43 1/3 innings out of the Major League bullpen from 2015-17. In that time, he worked to a solid 3.53 ERA with 7.9 K/9, 3.5 BB/9, 1.45 HR/9 and a 41.9 percent ground-ball rate.
Armstrong, however, was out of minor league options and was not a lock to make a bullpen that figures to be anchored by closer Edwin Diaz and righties Juan Nicasio, David Phelps and Nick Vincent in addition to lefties James Pazos and Marc Rzepczynski. That left just two spots for Armstrong, Mike Morin, Dan Altavilla, Tony Zych, Chasen Bradford and Nick Rumbelow — each of whom is on the 40-man roster and has minor league options remaining.
The Mariners will have a week to trade Armstrong or place him on outright waivers with the hopes of keeping him in the organization. He's had a solid spring to date, allowing a run on four hits and two walks with six strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings.
Mariners Acquire Shawn Armstrong
By Jeff Todd | December 13, 2017 at 2:19pm CDT
The Mariners and Indians have announced a deal that sends righty Shawn Armstrong to Seattle. Coming back in return is $500K in international bonus pool money, Paul Hoynes of the Plain Dealer tweets.
Armstrong, 27, worked to a 4.38 ERA with 7.3 K/9 and 3.6 BB/9 in his 24 2/3 MLB innings in the 2017 season. That said, he has averaged around 94 mph with his fastball in the majors and has a lifetime 11.3% swinging-strike rate in 43 1/3 total innings at the game's highest level.
There's a broader minor-league sample to consider as well. Armstrong posted better numbers in 2017 at Triple-A, where he racked up 11.1 K/9 against 3.4 BB/9 over 29 1/3 frames of 3.07 ERA ball. And he had set down 152 batters on strikes in 98 2/3 innings at Triple-A across two prior campaigns.
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French Pres. Emmanuel Macron: We Want To Be A "Startup Nation"
aNewDomain — France's destiny is to become the world's "startup nation," French President Emmanuel Macron told conference attendees here at the' VivaTech 2017 convention in Paris today.
"I want France to be a startup notation — a nation that thinks and moves like a startup," Macron said, adding that the term "entrepreneur" characterizes what he called "the new France." Government should "act as a platform, not as a restraint," Macron said.
Also in his address Macron unveiled a €10 billion innovation fund and announced the official start of a long-anticipated program to help international science and technology entrepreneurs get four-year visas to live and work in France.
Applications for the four-year visa program are now available at the La French Tech website.
La French Tech, a publicly funded initiative here in France, was launched in 2014 with the aim of promoting French and international startups under a single brand in France and abroad, investors in the initiative told reporters (including this writer) here this week for a sponsored tour of some of the participating companies, investors, accelerators and initiatives.
Its ultimate goal, they told us, is to position France as a main tech driver and leader on the global stage. Despite what some have characterized as a somewhat bumpy start, the last 18 months have seen a marked increase in startup investment, the emergence of several high-profile incubators and emergence of programs welcoming entrepreneurs from the US, Canada, UK and elsewhere in the world.
The French Tech Visa program unveiled today by Macron is one of those programs.
According to representatives, French tech deals and VC funding grew 115 percent in 2016 from the year before, amounting to some 486 venture-backed investments, they said. More than $2 billion U.S. flowed into those companies last year alone.
Corporate investment was up, too, increasing to 29 percent of total deals in the last quarter of 2016 over the previous quarter, according to the data they shared with us this week.
La French Tech representatives brought a dozen journalists from Wired, aNewDomain, The New York Times, Forbes and other American, British and Asian publications on a tour of the much-anticipated Station F, which they claim will be the largest single startup campus in the world when it opens in July 2017.
The tour revealed some 3,000 desks available for startups, including an enormous conferences space and a retail zone. Anchor tenants include Facebook, rising accelerators like NUMA, Usine IO, The Box, Partech Shaker and several others.
On this week's tour, execs from such high-flying French companies as the French long-distance ridesharing platform BlaBlaCar, the IoT leader Sigfox and high-end audio hardware maker Devialet were on hand.
Some serious money is making the rounds, they pointed out. BlaBlaCar, for instance, has made seven acquisitions in its short lifespan, and has raised more than $310M U.S.
Sigfox, a firm that has raised some $309 million in five rounds and partnered with Texas Instruments and Silicon Labs, told a similar story. For its part, Devialet just completed a round topping $100 million, which its CEO told us was one of the biggest Series C funding rounds in French startup history.
For aNewDomain, I'm Gina Smith reporting from Paris.
Images: Courtesy LaFrenchTech.com, All Rights Reserved; StationF via Challenges.FR, All Rights Reserved.


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Background
Crewe first heard the song performed in a jingle demo for a Diet Pepsi commercial, and according to Greg Adams, writing for All Music Guide, the song "exemplified the groovy state of instrumental music at that time." In Bob Crewe's version, a trumpet plays the whole verse, the first time around, sounding like Herb Alpert's Tijuana brass style. The second time the verse is played, a half step up in tone from G minor to A-flat minor, a tenor saxophone plays a jazzier version, accompanied by strings, surf-style guitar (reminiscent of 1960s spy films) and a harpsichord, that play a counter-melody. The trumpets finish up the refrain, and all of the parts are played, repeating the first part in the coda, before the fade.

Chart performance
The "big-band, horn driven" recording went to #15 on the pop chart and #2 on the Easy Listening chart.

Andy Williams version

A vocal recording from 1967 by Andy Williams, featuring lyrics written by Tony Velona, went to #34 in the United States. This version was later used in a Fiat advertisement in the UK in 1999, with the re-released single reaching the top ten in that country.

Certifications and sales

Other recordings
A version by Al Hirt reached #31 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #119 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967.

References

1966 singles
1967 singles
1966 songs
Columbia Records singles
Songs based on jingles
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Q: How to add a button to Xcode Editor
See this left side button to "Show the standard Editor" button is a custom button from https://sympli.io/downloads/xcode
I know that Alcatraz era ended, but this Sympli plugin, I'm using in latest stable Version 9.4.1 (9F2000)

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Q: tf.contrib.data.TFRecordDataset not able to read from *.tfrecord In the context of creating and loading a .tfrecord file i encountered the following Problem:
Generating the dataset.tfrecord file
The Folder /Batch_manager/assets contains some *.tif Images that are used to generate a dataset.tfrecord file:
def _save_as_tfrecord(self, path, name):
    self.__filename = os.path.join(path, name + '.tfrecord')
    writer = tf.python_io.TFRecordWriter(self.__filename)
    print('Writing', self.__filename)
    for index, img in enumerate(self.load(get_iterator=True, n_images=1)):
        img = img[0]
        image_raw = img.tostring()
        rows = img.shape[0]
        cols = img.shape[1]
        try:
            depth = img.shape[2]
        except IndexError:
            depth = 1
        example = tf.train.Example(features=tf.train.Features(feature={
            'height': self._int64_feature(rows),
            'width': self._int64_feature(cols),
            'depth': self._int64_feature(depth),
            'label': self._int64_feature(int(self.target[index])),
            'image_raw': self._bytes_feature(image_raw)
                }))
        writer.write(example.SerializeToString())
    writer.close()

Reading from the dataset.tfrecord file
Next i try to read from this file using where path directs towards the dataset.tfrecord file:
def dataset_input_fn(self, path):
    dataset = tf.contrib.data.TFRecordDataset(path)

    def parser(record):
        keys_to_features = {
            "height": tf.FixedLenFeature((), tf.int64, default_value=""),
            "width": tf.FixedLenFeature((), tf.int64, default_value=""),
            "depth": tf.FixedLenFeature((), tf.int64, default_value=""),
            "label": tf.FixedLenFeature((), tf.int64, default_value=""),
            "image_raw": tf.FixedLenFeature((), tf.string, default_value=""),
        }
        print(record)
        features = tf.parse_single_example(record, features=keys_to_features)
        print(features)
        label = features['label']
        height = features['height']
        width = features['width']
        depth = features['depth']
        image = tf.decode_raw(features['image_raw'], tf.float32)
        image = tf.reshape(image, [height, width, -1])
        label = tf.cast(features["label"], tf.int32)

        return {"image_raw": image, "height": height, "width": width, "depth":depth, "label":label}

    dataset = dataset.map(parser)
    dataset = dataset.shuffle(buffer_size=10000)
    dataset = dataset.batch(32)
    iterator = dataset.make_one_shot_iterator()

    # `features` is a dictionary in which each value is a batch of values for
    # that feature; `labels` is a batch of labels.
    features = iterator.get_next()

    return Features

Error message:
TypeError: Expected int64, got '' of type 'str' instead.
What is wrong with this Piece of code? I successfully validated that the dataset.tfrecord actually contains the correct Images and meta data!

A: The error happens because i copy and pasted this example which sets the values for all key-value pairs to an empty string, caused by default_value="". Removing that from all tf.FixedLenFeature fixed the issue.


MEGHAN Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, has acquired a habit during royal engagements.
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I'm not the resolution sort and yet January seems to have brought with it a desire to drink more water and less wine; to get down to the part of my DFA (Doctor of Fine Arts) project that frightens me most and to be more faithful to this place (it being over four years since my last post). I don't really want to be held to any of these – except perhaps the one about getting down to the scary bit of the doctorate – but I plan to have a go at each.
My first reflection of 2019 is that I think I should perhaps question the name of this virtual writing place/space: sunshinescot.com. It may have been apt when I was a Scottish person living in Florida but only the Scot part holds true on a snowy afternoon in Wisconsin. It has to be said, however, that one person's minus-six-celsius-icebox is a non-human animal's sunny-sunny-day; a large flat coated retriever called Hamish is currently slapping his paw on the kitchen door in the hope that I'll let him out to play, again. I have tried to remind him that the white, fluffy stuff he loves so much will likely continue to thickly carpet the garden until at least the end of April. He is, however, unappeased. His whimpering has now grown to a bark, which is my cue to stop typing and don hat, scarf, gloves and boots. Again.
Master of all (the snow) he surveys.
Our rascal of a rescue, Fergus, is only too happy to join in the winter fun.
When I was first diagnosed, I found that writing poetry (in the loosest sense of the word) was a useful way to process some of the strange stuff that happens when you have a disease munching on your brain and spine. After a couple of years I stopped as the stories I wanted to tell began forming themselves in prose instead.
National Poetry Day got me thinking though and I returned to a poem that wrestles with a thought I continue to wrestle with: what happens in that infinitesimal moment when relapse turns to remission?
For those of us with Relapsing Remitting MS, there must be a split second – a moment in time – when a shift happens, a switch activates, and our bodies begin, slowly, to repair; that moment when our former 'healthy self' begins to return, to reassert.
A while back, when I was tussling with this thought, the following words started tumbling around in my head.
Today's letter is from Travis who was diagnosed with MS at the age of 33. Please read his powerful diagnosis story by clicking on the link below.


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Q: How can I find out about "rootfs" Running Debian 7; when I execute a
cat /etc/mtab

I can see all sorts of useful information about the filesystems that are mounted, such as the filesystem and options used to mount then; however for the rootfs I see only:
rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0

How can I know more about the rootfs; which physical device/partition was used, filesystem, mount options etc?
On my system /etc/mtab is in fact a symbolic link to /proc/mounts
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 May  9  2013 /etc/mtab -> /proc/mounts

A: That rootfs entry is the real root filesystem.  It has no device; it is a tmpfs that is automatically mounted by the kernel very early during initialization.  Later during the boot process, your disk root filesystem is mounted over top of the rootfs, hiding it from view.

A: I think you should be looking into /proc/mounts:
$ cat /proc/mounts

That file has exact device, filesystem and other mount options used to mount different filesystems on your OS. The format is same as of /etc/fstab.


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He said he be along.
He'd be a long what?
Rags, must everything out of your mouth pertain to "*******s"?
Could it be that he's over-compensating?
I was merely commenting on the last request of "Lassie" which was...."Before I die, I want to get a LONG little doggie"!