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Joséphine Rostkowska est née à Varsovie le , décédée à Aniche dans le département du Nord le  à l'âge de 112 ans d'après l'acte de décès conservé dans les archives municipales. Aide-chirurgien dans l'armée polonaise en 1831 et dans la division des Cosaques du Sultan en 1855, elle avait le grade de lieutenant.

Le sarcophage contenant ses restes mortels ainsi que ceux de son mari Daniel Rostkowski se trouve au pied de l'obélisque (monuments aux morts de 1870, du côté opposé à la tombe de Kopierre), face à l'entrée principale du cimetière du Sud.

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En fait, on ne dispose encore que de peu d'informations sur ses origines. Était-elle la fille naturelle de  et donc la demi-sœur du général Roman Sołtyk, qui faisait partie de l'état-major de Napoléon, décédé à Saint-Germain-en-Laye où il s'était retiré ? De toute évidence, elle était d'origine illustre, ayant pour protectrice la princesse Izabella Działyńska, née Czartoryska. Du reste, son mari, Daniel Rostkowski avait été pendant un temps le secrétaire et le bibliothécaire du prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski à l'Hôtel Lambert à Paris.

En janvier 1831, elle était entrée dans l'armée polonaise en qualité d'aide-chirurgien sous un nom masculin Józef Kluczycki avec la « complicité » du médecin-chef. Durant la guerre polono-russe, elle s'est dévouée sur douze champs de bataille et a été blessée à deux reprises. Son courage lui valut d'être décorée de la Croix d'argent de l'ordre militaire de Virtuti Militari. Elle a ainsi été l'une des deux seules femmes (sur 1963 combattants) à avoir reçu cette distinction.

C'est aussi sous une identité masculine « Joseph Mazurkiewicz » qu'elle a déposé le  une demande de passeport à l'ambassade de France à Vienne. Elle avait le grade de lieutenant et allait du reste percevoir pendant un temps une pension d'officier.

Arrivée en France, elle a épousé en secondes noces le capitaine Daniel Rostkowski. Après avoir séjourné à Avignon, puis à Montpellier où elle a soigné son mari à l'hôpital, ensuite à Guéret où celui-ci a travaillé dans les Ponts et Chaussées et à Tulle, et enfin à Paris en 1848. Le versement de sa pension d'officier qu'elle percevait de l'État français lui a été suspendu du fait qu'elle était épouse d'émigré et n'était donc plus considérée comme combattant ayant pris part à la guerre polono-russe. Cette pension lui a été restituée à la suite de l'intervention du prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski auprès du ministre de l'Intérieur. En 1855, elle s'est encore engagée comme aide-chirurgien dans l'armée en Crimée. Elle a servi auprès de l'état-major dans la division des Cosaques du Sultan.

Décorée de l'ordre du Médjidié, elle est rentrée en France où elle a rejoint son mari à Paris. Invitée avec lui par Roch Rysiński, un compatriote qui était directeur d'une sucrerie dans le Nord à Aniche, ils ont quitté Paris en 1860 pour s'installer à cet endroit. Elle devait y vivre les 35 dernières années de sa vie. Son mari est décédé quelques années plus tôt le .

Notes et références

Sources
 Henri Musielak, Polonica w Archiwum Północnej Francji w Lille. [Fonds polonais aux Archives départementales du Nord à Lille]. Archeion. t. LXII. Varsovie 1975.
 La doyenne des centenaires à Aniche. Le Valenciennois [Valenciennes]. 3.12.1895.
 Mort de la centenaire d'Aniche. L'Écho Douaisien [Douai]. 22.07.1896.
 Morte à 112 ans. La Croix. 22.07.1896.
 L'Anichoise d'adoption était-elle fille d'un chambellan du Roi de Pologne. La Voix du Nord [Lille]. 23.10.1987.
 L'ensemble artistique de l'armée polonaise à Aniche [100 anniversaire de la mort de J. Rostkowska]. Nord-Éclair/Nord-Matin [Douai]. 24-25.03.1996.
 La Pologne à Aniche aussi… Nord-Éclair/Nord-Matin [Douai]. 30.03.1996.
 Adam Dobek, Une femme extraordinaire. Caméra. Aniche 1997. Portrait de Joséphine Rostkowska.

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Victoria Gulbrandson, Kate Penhallow and Lily Wiggins recently qualified for the MathCON Championship in Chicago.
"We are so excited for the fifth grade students who have given 100 percent every day in class. Their hard work has paid off. Attending the MathCON competition will be a rewarding experience for them, and they will do a fantastic job representing Prairie Creek Elementary School," said Cynthia Eaton, fifth grade teacher.
MathCON is an online math competition for students in grades 5-12 with grade-level specific timed tests of 45 multiple-choice questions in 45 minutes. Students from any school in the United States, including home-school students, take the test at their school under the supervision of their own teachers.
Only 576 students out of 49,685 contestants qualify for the championship event. All three Prairie Creek Elementary School students scored in the 99th percentile. The MathCON 2017 championship will be held at the University of Illinois in Chicago on April 22, 2017.
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Undervalued Stocks: In a Bearish Cannabis Market, Which Stocks Should You Watch?
All eyes are on the cannabis sector at present. Nobody quite expected the bearish downturn of last week that infiltrated this sector. But should you be opportunistic here? Has the downturn exposed some very undervalued stocks?
Cannabis was made legal in Canada last Wednesday. And one stock selling cheaply since, which might prove itself to be worth a lot more, is Supreme Cannabis Company Inc. (TSXV:FIRE).
Since its highs of $3.20 back in January, Supreme Cannabis is down 40% on the year. So okay, that may be a concern.
However, despite this underperformance, it is hard to overlook Supreme's robust and wide cannabis distribution network across Canada.
Supreme also has a better market capitalization than many of its cohorts, and at $1.51, it is trading at a fraction of that capitalization.
This looks like it could be a stock for solid long-term prospects. A broad distribution footprint, coupled with robust revenue growth and strong management teams, mean this company has all it needs to be a key player in the Canadian Cannabis industry.
So does Supreme present as an undervalued stock? You decide!
At its current selling price of $4.12 and down 17% on the day, you could consider The Green Organic Dutchman more than half-price. Of course, that is when considering only a month ago it was worth $8.78.
The question is: at $8.78 was TGOD overvalued, or is $4.12 representative of an undervalued stock? It's hard to ignore that at current rates, TGOD stock is falling below its IPO value, and that is worrisome.
However, operational advancements have been big for the Green Organic Dutchman. It secured an additional $76 million in bought-deal financing late last week.
It also is on track to open five dispensaries in Jamaica by 2019, and by the end of this year should be operating across three continents and 12 countries. Despite the huge market at its feet in Canada, like other cannabis companies, it is set on global expansion, and international business may bring the real value for this stock.


In 2005 in Moscow Jean Claude Juncker said: "Since the Second World War, we know how much we are indebted to the Red Army. We, Luxembourg, like other European countries, could not have gained freedom and democracy if the Russian people had not done what they did for us".
What Mr Juncker failed to mention was that the Red Army kept half of Europe under a brutal occupation for nearly 50 years. Tens of millions of Europeans were locked behind the Iron Curtain and denied freedom and democracy. In Soviet-occupied Europe Nazi concentration camps were not destroyed. The Soviets continued to use them to persecute dissidents and members of resistance movements. "This is certainly not the Liberated Europe we fought to build up. Nor is it one which contains the essentials of permanent peace," Churchill noted in 1946.
What Mr Juncker failed to mention was that the Red Army kept half of Europe under a brutal occupation for nearly 50 years.
The year 1940 marked the end of independence for Latvia, as it was invaded by the Red Army following the Nazi-Soviet pact. The initial Soviet occupation lasted only one year, until 1941. But the events which took place during that year were so horrific that it was later called "The Year of Horror". Many Latvians were brutally murdered. Thousands were rounded up and deported. Entire families were loaded into cattle cars and transported to Siberia. Nearly half of the deportees did not survive.
When the Soviets returned in 1945, people had no illusions about the Russian "liberators". Many Latvians fled to the West, while thousands took to the forests and joined the ranks of partisans. The resistance movement involved more than 20,000 people both in cities and in the countryside. Numerous underground youth organisations scattered throughout all three Baltic States. The youths printed leaflets and encouraged their fellow countrymen not to lose hope. Latvians were listening to Western radio stations in anticipation of a showdown between the West and the Soviets that might bring an end to the Soviet occupation of their homeland.
Armed resistance of Latvians, Lithuanians and Estonians against the Soviet occupation went on for more than a decade, until the mid-1950s. It was a bloody and merciless war which left thousands dead on both sides. Cut off from the rest of the world by the Iron Curtain, the desperate fight of the Baltic partisans was largely unknown in the West. Receiving no tangible aid from outside, the resistance movement depended on the support of the local population, which provided food and shelter. The Soviets deported tens of thousands of ordinary peasants, women and children in their pursuit to cut support for the partisans.
A massive program of Sovietisation and colonisation was launched to seal the Soviet conquer of Latvia. Nearly a million Russian-speaking settlers were moved from Russia and other Slavic republics of the USSR to colonise the Baltic country of two million.
Eventually the Soviet occupiers prevailed. A massive programme of Sovietisation and colonisation was launched to seal the Soviet conquest of Latvia. Nearly a million Russian-speaking settlers were moved from Russia and other Slavic republics of the USSR to colonise the Baltic country of two million. The unprecedented influx of Russian immigrants completely changed the traditional ethnic composition of Latvia in a couple of decades. The share of Latvians in Latvia decreased to an all-time low – 52 per cent in 1989. In Riga the Russian-speaking group increased from 10 per cent in 1940 to 70 per cent in 1989. By the end of the Soviet occupation in 1991 the Russian-speaking settler community became the dominant population group in the seven largest cities of Latvia and made up approximately one-third of the whole population of Latvia.
The sheer scale of the Baltic colonisation was so alarming that in 1983 the European parliament adopted a resolution, in which it suggested submitting the issue of the Baltic States to the Decolonisation subcommittee of the UN. In 1987 the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted special resolution 872 on the situation of the Baltic peoples. It pointed to the fact that "as a result of forced immigration into their area, the Baltic peoples are brought under pressure to assimilate, and that the lack of possibilities for education and cultural expression of their own is leading towards the loss of national identity".
The national identity of Latvians could indeed have been lost, had the Soviet occupation lasted 10 more years. Latvia would have been totally Russified and would resemble Belarus today. The demise of the USSR in 1991 made it possible for Latvia to regain its independence. However, the consequences of 50 years of Soviet rule were grave. Tens of thousands of killed and deported, a generation brought up in isolation, a ruined economy and a polluted environment. Seven hundred thousand Soviet settlers, including tens of thousands of Russian military personnel, remained in Latvia after 1991. Nearly half a million of them voted against restoration of Latvia's independence in two referendums in 1991.
Nevertheless after Latvia became independent they were granted rights to stay in Latvia and to naturalise. Several hundreds of thousands used this opportunity. They learned the Latvian language and became Latvian citizens. However, about a quarter of a million Soviet-era immigrants chose not to do it. Even today they prefer their current status of non-citizens, which gives them the privilege of travelling (and working) visa-free in both the EU and Russia.
However, the consequences of 50 years of Soviet rule were grave. Tens of thousands of killed and deported, a generation brought up in isolation, a ruined economy and a polluted environment. Seven hundred thousand Soviet settlers, including tens of thousands of Russian military personnel, remained in Latvia after 1991. Nearly half a million of them voted against restoration of Latvia's independence in two referendums in 1991.
In the early 1950s Ronald Reagan said: "Communism, the greatest hoax of the century, was perpetrated on the world to cover nothing more or less than a programme of Russian aggression and expansion." Nowhere in the world was this demonstrated better than in Latvia.
Communist rule methodically turned Latvia into a part of the so-called "Russian world" (Русский мир) – ultimately the gravest and the most dangerous consequence of the Soviet occupation. As we see today, wherever there is the "Russian world", the Kremlin may invade to "protect" it. Europe has seen this pattern already, during the 1930s. Hitler invaded countries to "protect" the "German world" – the Volksdeutsche. At that time there were those who appeased Hitler and who bought his "humanitarian" arguments. It ended in a world war. Today we must learn from this lesson in order not to make the same mistake again.
Edvins Snore is author of the award-wining documentary The Soviet Story and a member of Latvia's Parliament.


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Why Shares of GDS Holdings Are Surging Today
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Shares of GDS Holdings (NASDAQ: GDS) jumped on Thursday after West Capital Management disclosed a significant stake in the Chinese data center company. Shares of GDS had previously tumbled after a short-seller targeted the stock, but partially recovered when the company denied the allegations . GDS stock was up about 13.9% at 12:10 p.m. EDT.
West Capital Management disclosed a passive stake in GDS on Thursday. As of Aug. 1, the 12 West Onshore Fund owned about 3.2 million American depositary shares (ADS) of GDS, along with call options to buy up to 112,600 additional shares. The 12 West Offshore Fund held about 2.5 million ADS shares, with call options to buy up to 87,400 more. With about 940 million outstanding Class A shares, and with each ADS share representing eight Class A shares, West Capital Management's stake amounts to 5% of all outstanding shares.
This development comes after Blue Orca Capital published a report accusing GDS of reckless borrowing aimed at enriching insiders. Blue Orca valued the stock at just $4.32 per share, a small fraction of the current stock price.
West Capital Management provided no rationale for its investment in the Securities and Exchange Commission filing announcing the stake. GDS does have a debt-ridden balance sheet, with total debt and capital lease obligations of about $1.2 billion at the end of the first quarter. The company's interest payments very nearly wipe out its gross profits, which is not a sustainable situation.
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China's perilous Taiwan policy
17 Jan 2019|Minxin Pei
The unfolding geopolitical contest between China and the United States has been described by many as a new cold war. If it ever becomes a hot one, the flashpoint could be Taiwan, owing in large part to Chinese policy towards the island.
China's government suspended diplomatic contact with Taiwan in June 2016 because the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which had just returned to power, refused to recognise the so-called 1992 Consensus, the political basis for the One China principle. Since the 2016 victory, however, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has pursued a moderate policy, disappointing hardline DPP supporters.
That is not good enough for China, which has continued to tighten the screws on Taiwan. For example, it persuaded five other countries to follow it in severing diplomatic ties, reducing the number of countries that maintain formal relations with the island to just 17. China has also taken steps to stifle tourism from the mainland: whereas nearly 4.2 million mainland-Chinese tourists visited Taiwan in 2015, when the pro-Beijing Kuomintang government was in power, the total fell to just 2.73 million in 2017.
Taiwan's government has not blinked. But, last November, the DPP did suffer devastating losses in local elections, largely because of anaemic economic growth—an outcome that drove the politically weakened Tsai to resign as party leader.
For China, this seemed like the ideal moment to turn up the heat. So, on 2 January, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a major speech on Taiwan, in which he made it clear that China remains determined to seek reunification.
Xi dismissed the argument that China's autocratic political system is fundamentally incompatible with Taiwan's boisterous democracy, insisting that the 'one country, two systems' formula, first applied to Hong Kong when it reverted from British to Chinese rule in 1997, would be sufficient to protect Taiwan's interests and autonomy. The formula is, however, now unravelling in Hong Kong, where freedoms have been eroding during Xi's tenure.
Nor did Xi indicate that he would offer concessions to entice Taiwan back to the negotiating table. On the contrary, despite declaring that 'Chinese will not fight Chinese', he refused to renounce the use of force to prevent Taiwan from seeking formal independence. China must, in his words, 'reserve the option to take any necessary measure', though he claims that the threat is aimed at 'external forces and at an extremely small number of "Taiwan independence" separatists'.
Again, Taiwan's government was unfazed. Tsai responded with a defiant speech of her own, in which she flatly rejected both the One China principle and the 'one country, two systems' formula, and called for the international community to support Taiwan's de facto independence.
Although Xi's tough stance towards Taiwan may end up reinvigorating flagging support for Tsai and the DPP, there is no reason to think that he will abandon it anytime soon. But nor is there reason to think that China's policy will stop backfiring. While inflicting economic pain and diplomatic humiliation on Taiwan may produce some short-term psychological satisfaction for China, the island will adjust over time and Chinese actions will yield decreasing returns.
For example, after China cut the number of mainland visitors, Taiwan turned its attention to attracting tourists from other countries. Despite the decline in visitors from the mainland, 11 million tourists—a new record—visited the island in 2018. To reduce its economic dependence on the mainland, Taiwan has also been aggressively diversifying its overseas markets.
And although China's economy is far larger, Taiwan has some important sources of leverage. For example, restricting its electronics industry—which forms a vital link between China and global information-technology supply chains—from doing business with the mainland would significantly accelerate the exodus of export-oriented manufacturers from China spurred by rising US import tariffs.
Perhaps the most dangerous consequence of China's Taiwan policy is that it raises further tensions with the United States. As the ultimate protector of Taiwan's de facto independence, the US has already taken steps to convey the message that it will not just sit by and watch China bully the island into submission. Last February, the US Congress unanimously passed the Taiwan Travel Act, which will allow senior American officials to visit Taiwan and vice versa. Though the measure is largely symbolic, it has infuriated China, because it amounts to official recognition of the Taiwan government.
Furthermore, in September, the US recalled its ambassadors to the Dominican Republic, El Salvador and Panama in protest over these countries' decisions to sever diplomatic ties with Taiwan. And proposals to strengthen US–Taiwan defence cooperation, including through the sale of more advanced weapons, are under discussion.
So far, China has responded to such challenges to its One China policy by ratcheting up the pressure on Taiwan—sustaining a highly dangerous dynamic at a time when US–China relations are already fraught. Unless China's leaders break the cycle, an escalating battle of wills with the US could erupt into direct conflict.
Minxin Pei, a professor of government at Claremont McKenna College and the author of China's crony capitalism, is the inaugural Library of Congress chair in US–China relations. This article is presented in partnership with Project Syndicate © 2019. Image courtesy of Taiwan Presidential Office on Flickr.
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The insects and pests tend to share our homes with us. They may be seen or maximum times they can go unseen, thus invading homes with all their might. An array of ants climbing the sugar jars, the cockroaches roaming around the kitchen sink and the trash cans are pretty common scene. Even the mosquitoes often attack the house, and in fear of that you tend to shut down the windows in the evening. The pests are common, but not at all safe and hygienic. The pests are harmful and dangerous; they can cause several diseases too and must be removed by a professional exterminator. But you may also use some home remedies for pest control and do it on your own without calling a pest control agency. There are many non toxic home remedies for pest control already available in your house that can be used for cost effective pest control. And I am going to share some of the best home based remedies for pest control right here in this post.
There are certain chemical products available in the markets which can remove these pests and bugs, but also in turn can be harmful to the environment. If you have kids and pets at home, then you have to be extra careful while using such products. You may not know the right ways to use these chemical based products and end up in a mess. But when you use natural home remedies for pest control at home, you know you will be able to eliminate pests easily and without the fear of any side effect.
In this post, I will discuss some simple and effective home remedies for pest control that can be used to get rid of most of the common pests including cockroaches, ants, mosquitoes etc.
Prevention is always better than cure. You can always be double sure while you are taking up the task of do it yourself pest control at your house for removing the pests from the house.
There are certain steps by which you can keep the bugs at bay. Scroll down the page to know more!
1. Start with some regular habits: You can start by adding some activities in your daily routine. Vacuum clean, or sweep, or mop the floors every day, rather very frequently. There are certain floor cleaners that you can use too. Keep all the food items properly covered and sealed so that they do not get attracted by the smell. If there are any leaks or pores, then seal them immediately as that can be the entry points of the bugs. The drainage system should be efficient and there should not be any problem of waterlogging. Check the pipes, taps, and the drainage systems in the bathroom and kitchen. Do not store the unwashed plates and dishes in the sink, as they can attract the roaches and other bugs. Clean the corners of the room well. Check the sofa sets, cushions, pillows and mattresses on a regular basis, to be double sure that there are no bugs present. Empty the trash cans regularly, and keep the garbage dump store away from the house. As the saying goes, cleanliness is godliness; a clean and tidy home is always the best!
2. Keep the ants away: Sprinkle some coffee grounds around the doors and the windows to keep the ants away. You can spray soapy water on the ants and the ant hills too. Keep the mint tea leaves near the ants and they will go away as they cannot tolerate the smell. Keep cucumber slices near the ants. You can also pour some kerosene oil over the ants for instant removal.
3. Keep the fruit flies away: Take a jar or a bowl, and keep some apple cider vinegar or some mushy soft fruits. Then cover the container with transparent cellophane paper and poke some tiny holes with toothpick. The fruit flies will be attracted by the sweet smells and they will enter through the holes. But, they will be trapped inside the container as they will be unable to exit the container.
4. Keep the cockroaches away: Keep some soapy water solution handy in a spray bottle. Spray it on the cockroaches wherever you see it. Spread some boric acid on the countertops, or sink, or pipes where you find the roaches. The bugs will carry the acid by their mouths to their nests killing all the other roaches. Beer is also effective if you spray them on the bugs. The coffee grounds, garlic, cucumber can also deter the roaches effectively.
5. Keep the bedbugs away: Take camphor and lit it in the room which is infested by the bedbugs. Keep all the doors and the windows of the room closed, after 30 minutes you will find that all the bugs are dead. You can also use alcohol to remove the bedbugs.
6. Keep the spiders away: Mix water and vinegar on a spray bottle and spread it on the spiders. They will die instantly. The spiders cannot tolerate the pungent odor of the vinegar. Even the soapy solution is effective.
7. Keep the mosquitoes away: The mosquitoes are pretty stubborn bugs that may take some hard work and patience while you are taking up the project of removing them. There are some essential oils that can be sprayed in and around the house to repel the mosquitoes. The oils or extracts of mint, tulsi, neem, eucalyptus, and lavender are very effective in removing the mosquitoes from your home.
8. Plant some herbs around the house: There are some herbs and plants that can repel many insects and bugs. You can keep them in your garden or in your courtyard or balcony. The plants include neem, tulsi, mint, marigold, eucalyptus, tea tree, and citronella. The herbs look beautiful, they will make the home look nice and also repel the insects.
9. Some essential oils and mixtures: There are some essential oils and some mixtures or solutions that can deter most of the pests. Mix 1 tablespoon of oil and I cup of grain alcohol like vodka. Keep it in a spray bottle and keep it handy. Some other essential oils include: tulsi, neem, eucalyptus, citronella, lavender, tea tree, geranium, peppermint, rosemary etc. Spray bottles are handy and you can apply the mixtures easily with these.
Keep the house clean and make sure that all the food items are covered. The bugs are also living things and they need suitable conditions to breed. Pests like termites require professional treatments, but most of the common pests like cockroach etc can be removed easily. It is important that you take away all the basic necessities from them like food and water, and they will die automatically. The essential oils, vinegar, lemons, beer, and alcohol all these are common items and they keep the bugs away from your home. Implement these remedies and enjoy living in a pest free home.


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Posted on February 21, 2017 December 21, 2017 by Josh McGrath
Forcing a Fit
When it comes to licensing a property to create a video game, there's one important question the game developer should ask themselves: "Would this property even really work as a video game?"
All too often, we see horrifying games churned out with various licenses slapped on the game's box. Has there ever been a passable Barbie video game? Does Deal or No Deal work well when played alone in front of a television? Why does Home Improvement have a SNES game, and who really wants to play a game with Tim Allen as the protagonist?
There's another aspect to consider when working with a license as well: how much care the development team actually puts into the product. Sure, a team could just slap an OxyClean title on the box and rely on the name alone to sell whatever they crapped onto the disc. There's also cases like the game Darkened Skye, a game to promote Skittles candy of all things, that actually managed to turn out a solid (if mediocre) game.
Every once in a while, though, we get a licensed game that manages to check both boxes. A license that translates well to the video game medium, created by a team that shows obvious care for their creation. If you're lucky, what you'll wind up with is a great game and a solid homage to fans of the license, as well as an excellent introduction for newcomers.
Developed by Omega Force and published by Koei Tecmo, Berserk and the Band of the Hawk was released on February 21st, 2017, for the PS4, Vita, and PC via Steam. The PS4 version was played for this review.
This title is based off the long-running manga series Berserk, and as such, follows the manga's story. The player is put into the role of Guts, a mercenary who wanders between battlefields, selling his sword to various armies. These armies and groups attempt to get him to join up with them, but Guts always turns them down – he prefers to work alone, not having to worry about others around him.
While fighting a battle for the army of the country of Midland, he manages to take down a famous warrior named Bazuso solo. This act catches the eye of a man named Griffith – the leader of the Band of the Hawk, a renowned mercenary group. Challenging Guts to a duel, Griffith wins swiftly, and forces Guts to join his band.
From here, the game covers the rise of the Band of the Hawk, as well as following the exploits of Guts and Griffith…and the tragedy and horror therein. It's no secret that Berserk isn't a feel-good story, and the game communicates well the bleak and horrifying atmosphere the plot finds itself in.
While this is another musou title from Omega Force, there is a surprising amount of story focus here. Cutscenes taken directly from the Berserk anime movie trilogy released five years ago play in between missions, telling the parts of the story that combat alone can't communicate.
I've never read the original manga, but between the gameplay portions, cutscenes, and banter amongst characters in between missions, I'd say I've gained a solid grasp on the plot. Nothing here seems rushed, and it never feels like portions of the story were cut for the sake of the game.
A New Structure
As I said earlier, Band of the Hawk is a musou title, and as such, most of the time you'll be slaughtering thousands of faceless enemies using your single overpowered soldier. The basics are all here: light and heavy chainable attacks, a meter you can build to activate an extra powered "Frenzy Mode," and special ultra-powered attacks usable by filling another meter.
What we're looking for here is what's unique; what does Band of the Hawk bring that's new to the table? After playing through the game, the one thing I would say that stands out is substance. While playing, I actually feel like I'm doing more than just mashing buttons to eradicate armies.
Let me explain my experience. While there are multiple characters you can play as in some missions, most of the time, you'll be playing as Guts. Guts is different than most musou characters I've played as, in that he controls slowly and heavily…which makes sense, considering he wields a sword as big as his body. His attacks have a bit of a wind up, forcing you to plan your moves, rather than going in slapping the controller.
Once in the game proper, the objectives you enter battle with are constantly in flux. You do have defined end goals, but the actions you have to perform to get there shift with the tide of battle. You may be on your way to break through a barricade when an ambush catches your army's rear line off guard – do you press on or go back to assist? There are other missions that aren't straightforward battles either – you might be tasked with holding off an army while your comrades flee, or attempting to break through a waiting ambush without the assistance of an army.
Boss battles also felt different than other musou games I've played, in that they feel like they actually take some skill. In my experience with other titles, bosses are either enemies quickly running around a room spitting off powerful attacks while surrounded by cannon fodder soldiers, or just plain damage sponges. When I faced off against the first boss character here, Bazuso, I ended up having to use my full current attack repertoire to break his guard, dodge around his attacks, and just work to get a good bead on him.
Of course, like similar games, you can just pull out your ultra attack and cut off a chunk of his life meter. Here, though, engaging in straight-up combat was just more fun.
I mean, maybe I'm finally being brainwashed by all the musou games I've been playing recently, but Band of the Hawk offered up enough variety and depth to keep me engaged, which is something that doesn't happen often for me in games of this ilk.
Two In Imperfect Harmony
If you've read some of my past reviews, you'll know there's one huge thing I despise when it comes to the graphics part. Perhaps reading the words "bleak," "tragic," and "horror" may have set off some alarms.
Band of the Hawk falls into my least favorite trap: a dull color palette. You'll be playing through an array of environments throughout the course of the game, but most all of them have that dull and dirty brown hue, to the point where everything can start to blend together. The characters, while nicely detailed and well animated, suffer the same fate. There were a few times that I managed to lose track of Guts in the crowds of similarly-colored foot soldiers.
Weirdly enough, this doesn't extend to the animated cutscenes. Perhaps this is because they tend to focus on quieter moments between characters, so the creators didn't feel the need to make them appear dark and gritty.
Speaking of the cutscenes, most of the time, they are animated beautifully. Of course, as I mentioned earlier, they were taken directly from a film trilogy adapting the original manga, rather than created especially for the game, which may assist with their quality. However, there are a few moments with some poorly implemented CGI in character animations and facial expressions.
Gutteral Cries
Given the atmosphere of this title, the soundtrack of Band of the Hawk goes for the obvious: epic orchestral arrangements. Driving drums, prominent brass sections, and a heavy lean on the strings, with the occasional chanting choir. Most of the time, the tracks become background static in the heat of battle. With constant chaos and bloodshed, soldiers screaming and yelling all over the place, and your allies trying to speak with you, its easy for the music to get lost in the clutter.
The game also features extensive voice acting in the original Japanese. It sounds like all of the performers behind the sourced anime films in the cutscenes returned to voice their characters in game, so there's no disconnect between the portions. They also pull off a stellar job here, especially considering the number of darker and more tragic moments they need to act in.
Like a good voice cast should, they breathe life into these characters, which helped me get further invested in the already fantastic storyline.
Overall, despite some prominent misgivings, I'd have to say that Berserk and the Band of the Hawk is one of the best musou games I've played. The storyline here, along with the feeling of structure and variety in the missions, helped stave off the boredom I usually get from a repetitive game genre.
Of particular note, I'd say that this game is an example of an excellent licensed title. The battle-heavy focus of the original story lends itself to gameplay well, and Omega Force also gave due focus to the quieter moments, presenting them in vastly entertaining cutscenes rather than forcing gameplay or removing them entirely. While I can't speak to the accuracy of the portrayal of the original manga, it is easy to tell that the developers cared for the license and put in everything they could to craft it into a great game.
As an introduction to the world of Berserk, this would be a great title to play, as it definitely piqued my interest to read the original manga. For those burned out on musou titles, I'd say this is still a game to look into. Much of it is familiar, but the structure it provides manages to turn a quickly-tiring style of gameplay into something more engaging.
~ Final Score: 8/10 ~
Review copy provided by Koei Tecmo for PS4. Screenshots both taken by reviewer and provided by Koei Tecmo.
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Your vision won't motivate anybody in your company to help you build your vision.
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In other words - you must always be a leader - no matter where you are in the organization.
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Hackers raise worries over Gulf banks' network systems
An image taken from the phone of a suspect shows Elvis Rafael Rodriguez (L) and Emir Yasser Yeje (R), two of the 8 individuals charged in the cybercrime scheme, photo released to Reuters on May 10, 2013. (Reuters)
Al Arabiya with Agencies Monday 13 May 2013
A worldwide gang of criminals stole $45 million in a matter of hours by hacking their way into a database of prepaid debit cards and then draining cash machines around the globe, federal prosecutors said - and outmoded U.S. card technology may be partly to blame, AFP reported.
Seven people were under arrest Thursday in the U.S. in connection with the case, which prosecutors said involved thousands of thefts from ATMs using bogus magnetic swipe cards carrying information from Middle Eastern banks.
Middle East banks witnessed two separate attacks, one in December that reaped $5 million worldwide and one in February that snared about $40 million in 10 hours with about 36,000 transactions. The scheme involved attacks on two banks, Rakbank in the United Arab Emirates and the Bank of Muscat in Oman, prosecutors said, the Associated Press.
"It is impossible to provide full security for information networks," a security expert told Al Arabiya. He added that the extent of secure networks vary between one area and another.
Abdulrahman al-Mazzi, the managing director at a Saudi technology investment company, said electronic fraud occurs most of the time as a result of a user's mistake.
Mazzi said the worldwide gang did not "fully hack" bank electronic systems but managed to steal money by using stolen credit card numbers.
The electronic protection procedures adopted at Gulf banks differ between one country and another, the managing director said.
According to Mazzi, Saudi Arabia holds one of the best protection services for electronic bank systems amongst Arab countries. He added that Saudi has experts monitoring their online systems of any threats by hackers.
However, despite safety measures taken by banks across the world, Mazzi emphasized that there is no full protection over the internet.
"The biggest problem is in the electronic system itself that may overlook important aspects regarding electronic protection," Ghassan Ayesh, a computer expert residing in the U.S. told Al Arabiya.
Last Update: Monday, 13 May 2013 KSA 23:00 - GMT 20:00
Bank Muscat looking at options to recover card fraud money
UAE Central Bank revokes licenses of two money exchange companies
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Brenna Wrubel|June 1, 2018
Seneca Valley students Jake Geil and Rishin Sharma were elected to the positions of Blue Speaker of the House and Youth Governor, respectively.
The Butler County YMCA is the home to a branch of the Youth and Government(YAG) club. Their delegation, called Rose E. Schneider, brought over 50 students to this year's Model convention.
Every year, members of the Rose E. Schneider delegation head to Harrisburg. For one weekend, their delegation and dozens of others across the state set up their own government in the capital.
The program sets up a Gold House and Senate for freshman and sophomores, and a Blue House and Senate for Juniors and Seniors. Each branch has committees that students' bills must pass through to reach the floor of the full House or Senate. To pass and be signed by the Youth Governor, bills must pass both branches after vigorous debate.
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The Rose E. delegation had three candidates on the ballot for Presiding Officer positions. Rishin Sharma, the current Blue Speaker of the House, sought the position of Youth Governor. Jake Geil, the current Gold Speaker of the House, ran for Blue Speaker. Sam Condrick, the Minority Party Leader in the Blue Senate, ran for Blue Lieutenant Governor. Rishin and Jake were elected to their positions. Next year, the position of Gold Lieutenant Governor will be elected by the Western half of the state, giving Rose E. a chance to have a third Presiding Officer.
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from core.mlflowdynamic.proxy.views import ProxyView
from django.shortcuts import redirect
from core.mlflowdynamic.proxy.response import get_django_response
from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
from django.utils.cache import patch_response_headers
from core.mlflowdynamic.models import MLFlowContainers
from core.mlflowdynamic.openshiftcontroller import occlicalls
from datetime import datetime

from django.conf import settings

class MLFlowProxyView(ProxyView):
    upstream = settings.ML_FLOW_UPSTREAM

    def patch_path(self, path, taskid, instance_url):
        return path.replace(str(taskid) + "/", instance_url, 1)

    def extract_taskid(self, path):
        enclose_slash_pos = path.find('/', 1)
        enclose_slash_pos = enclose_slash_pos if enclose_slash_pos > 0 else len(path)
        taskid = path[:enclose_slash_pos]
        try:
            taskid=int(taskid)
        except:
            raise KeyError
        return taskid

    def _spin_up_container(self, taskid, dbentry):
        ocwrap = occlicalls(taskid)
        instance = ocwrap.get_instance()
        dbentry.instanceurl = instance + "/"
        dbentry.spinnedAt = datetime.utcnow()
        dbentry.status = "spinning"
        dbentry.save()

        # Todo: make threaded
        #   job_thread = threading.Thread(target=job_func)
        #   job_thread.daemon = True
        #   job_thread.start()

        ocwrap.register_config_map()
        ocwrap.openshift_actions()
        #dbentry.status = "active"
        #dbentry.save()
        return instance

    def get_mlflow_container_for_task(self,taskid):
        entry, created = MLFlowContainers.objects.get_or_create(
            jeditaskid=taskid,
            errorAt__isnull=True,
            deletedAt__isnull=True,
            status__in=['active', 'spinning']
        )

        if created:
            self._spin_up_container(taskid, entry)
        else:
            new_status = self._check_container_status(entry)
            if new_status != entry.status:
                entry.status = new_status
                entry.save()
        return entry, created

    def _check_container_status(self, entry):
        ocwrap = occlicalls(entry.jeditaskid)
        return ocwrap.get_deployment_status(entry.instanceurl)

    def process_proxy(self, request, path, taskid, instance_url):
        self.request_headers = self.get_request_headers()

        redirect_to = self._format_path_to_redirect(request)
        if redirect_to:
            return redirect(redirect_to)

        proxy_response = self._created_proxy_response(request, self.patch_path(path, taskid, instance_url))
        self._replace_host_on_redirect_location(request, proxy_response)
        self._set_content_type(request, proxy_response)
        response = get_django_response(proxy_response,
                                       strict_cookies=self.strict_cookies)
        self.log.debug("RESPONSE RETURNED: %s", response)
        return response

    def check_task_is_hpo(self, taskid):
        return True

    def dispatch(self, request, path):
        try:
            taskid = self.extract_taskid(path)
        except:
            response = render_to_response('banner.html',
                                      {"message": "HPO Task is not supplied in request", "status": "error"},
                                      content_type='text/html')
        if not self.check_task_is_hpo(taskid):
            response = render_to_response('banner.html',
                                      {"message": "Requested task is not HPO, please correct", "status": "error"},
                                      content_type='text/html')
        (entry, created) = self.get_mlflow_container_for_task(taskid)
        if entry.status == "failed":
            response = render_to_response('banner.html', {"message": "Error during spinning up the container. Try later.",
                                                      "status": "error"}, content_type='text/html')
        if entry.status == "spinning":
            response = render_to_response('banner.html',
                                      {"message": "Spinning up an MLFlow containter. Please refresh in 30 seconds. After MLFlow container spins up it might take additional time while input data becomes available. If case of slow data transer, refresh page additionally in few minutes.", "status": "spinning"},
                                      content_type='text/html')
        if entry.status in "active":
            response = self.process_proxy(request, path, taskid, entry.instanceurl)
        patch_response_headers(response, cache_timeout=0)
        return response

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