Poland – It’s a balmy afternoon on a curving stretch of the Oder These creatures are only the most visible wildlife here more birds can be heard chirping in the trees “Life is teeming,” says Agnieszka Konowaluk-Wrotniak as she takes The Parliament on an afternoon tour of the area But this idyllic summer scene hides a persistent danger to the Oder’s delicate biodiversity and the livelihoods of those who call the region home some of which acts as a natural border between Poland and Germany Though it’s one of Poland’s most regulated — the course of the river is more human-made than natural — wildlife preserves like the one that Konowaluk-Wrotniak is showing off still dot its path the Prussians made the Oder an important inland waterway for a newly unified German empire to which this part of Poland belonged It served the same function when the Nazis took over in the 1930s and then in post-war communist Poland Since then the Oder has seen a steep decline in commercial importance Even without much diesel-powered shipping traffic to disturb it Climate change has steadily driven up temperatures and affected water levels Those effects dovetail with toxic algae blooms made worse by heat waves and high salinity.  The toxic bloom was first reported in the Gliwice Canal which connects southeastern Poland to the Baltic Sea via the Oder Fishing out dead animals and containing the algae there was part of a frantic effort to protect areas downstream “The water in the canal was so salty that metal components of a landing net I worked with to get dead fish out of the water corroded after only a few hours,” Bogdan Wziątek a biologist who was heavily involved in protecting the river during and since the algae disaster Mining in the region contributes to the Oder’s saline levels mines need to pump out water to avoid flooding combined with the risk of another hot and dry summer has Oder watchers ringing the algae alarm again New toxic blooms and more dead fish have been reported in 2024 Hydrological conditions are similar to 2022 according to a report by Poland’s Climate and Environment Ministry in June.  “It’s no mystery that the Oder is a degraded river We have known about how [salty] its waters are for decades,” Agnieszka Kolada a hydrobiologist at the Institute of Environmental Protection What researchers don’t know for sure is the best way forward to reduce pollution from industry and farming or how to carry out forest management in the river’s basin They are also perplexed by how deadly the 2022 bloom was; algae of this kind are nothing new The EU report cited a doubling in salinity levels in less than a week, the precise cause of which investigators could not identify. However, the report also noted 282 places along the Oder where the discharge of industrial and toxic wastewater has taken place without a permit Another similarity to 2022, activists say, is the lack of political action despite a change in government. A lot of promises were made during the election campaign last year “We had politicians pretty much lining up to talk to us and promising whatever help before the election,” she said such as river monitoring and faster reaction to potential problems “but it’s not even close to what should be happening.” The Polish government — an unwieldy coalition of four parties ranging from conservatives to the left which kicked out the PiS last year after its eight years in power — appears at odds over the Oder’s future While the environment ministry wants to see the river restored in the hopes of warding off a repeat of the 2022 disaster the infrastructure ministry is aiming to bring back the Oder’s historical role as an important transport node Though the ministry recently said it would participate in a new legislative proposal to “renaturalise” the Oder a ministry spokesperson told The Parliament that it hoped that the EU would pay for new river work The project would allow for a tripling of cargo — to six million tonnes annually — along a longer section from the Gliwice Canal in the south to Szczecin in the north Scientists like Wziątek think that plan is unrealistic, especially as climate change puts pressure on keeping rivers navigable. Germany’s Rhine river, which is far bigger than the Oder, has suffered repeatedly from low water levels making passage all but impossible for certain stretches of the year ”There is not enough water in [the] Oder,” he said “Changing it would require enormous investments which would be far more costly than whatever revenues a navigable Oder would turn in,” Wziątek said Any plans to re-industrialise the river would have to comply with EU-level environmental regulations The 2023 report called for a strengthening of them EU-wide as well as better monitoring of industrial impacts and stronger enforcement at national level That applies not just to the Oder but “also in other susceptible European river basin districts,” the report found “We just don’t know what the government is up to when it comes to preventing a new disaster and what’s going on with all the legislative changes that must happen to stop the discharge of saline water into the Oder,” Anita Kucharska-Dziedzic She criticised the government for falling short of ensuring that Wody Polskie a state agency responsible for water management can comprehensively assess pollution levels she said that companies can get permits to discharge wastewater but there is no effective way to understand the cumulative impact of doing so “Fees for discharging saline water and other waste should go through the roof so that it makes more sense for polluting companies to invest in treatment installations,” Kucharska-Dziedzic said Government officials blame their predecessors for the problem “We are now trying to make mining companies aware that they must now get their act together and stop polluting the river,” Mikołaj Dorożała the deputy minister for climate and environment denied playing a role in the Oder’s degradation though acknowledged that pumping mine water into the Gliwice Canal or tributaries feeding the Oder was “not possible to stop,” citing safety requirements The ping-pong of blame does not fly with Oder residents who are growing increasingly impatient with the situation a local musician who has become an Oder defender told The Parliament that he sees a repeat of the 2022 toxic bloom on the horizon “Only this time the kill will be less because most fish and clams died in 2022 anyway,” he said Sign up to The Parliament's weekly newsletter Every Friday our editorial team goes behind the headlines to offer insight and analysis on the key stories driving the EU agenda. Subscribe for free here Read the most recent articles written by Wojciech Kosc - Tusk aims to lead Europe with swagger – and a focus on security Registered in England & Wales under No. 07291783 © Political Holdings Limited document.write(new Date().getFullYear()); Forty-three years since the first and last time a Polish club became men’s champions of Europe (Plomien Milowice in 1978) and for the first time since the introduction of the CEV Champions League Volley format in 2000, Poland’s Grupa Azoty Kedzierzyn-Kozle completed their journey to the continental crown. Fuelled by the mastery of captain and playmaker Benjamin Toniutti of France, Grupa Azoty outplayed five-time club world champions and three-time European champions Trentino Itas Trento of Italy in four sets in Saturday’s Super Final in Verona to get on the Champions League podium for the second time in the club’s history, after their bronze in 2003. The French international setter spread Grupa Azoty’s offensive efforts nicely among all of his attackers to help convert a 34% excellent reception to a 52% excellent spiking on the way to a 3-1 (25-22, 25-22, 20-25, 28-26) victory. A post shared by CEV – European Volleyball (@cevolleyball) Three Polish international wing spikers reached the double digits in scoring with outside Aleksander Sliwka leading the way on 18 points and earning the Most Valuable Player award Opposite Lukasz Kaczmarek and outside Kamil Semeniuk added 15 points each who was included in the Polish national team roster for the first time ahead of the upcoming 2021 FIVB Volleyball Nations League who is also expected to make his VNL debut later this month His Brazilian teammate Ricardo Lucarelli scored 13 times of which twice directly from the serving line while Serbian star middle blocker Srecko Lisinac added another 11 points Main photo: Grupa Azoty’s libero Pawel Zatorski takes a memorable selfie with his teammates on top of the Champions League podium (source: cev.eu) For more information, visit the official Super Finals website Previous article about the Champions League:Egonu hammers 41 towards Imoco’s historic European title The FIVB is the governing body responsible for all forms of Volleyball on a global level Working closely with national federations and private enterprises to develop Volleyball as a popular media and entertainment sport FIVB Fédération Internationale de Volleyball Château Les Tourelles Edouard-Sandoz 2-4 1006 Lausanne Switzerland Phone: +41 213 453 535 Fax: +41 213 453 545 Learn how to describe the purpose of the image (opens in a new tab) Leave empty if the image is purely decorative Learn how to describe the purpose of the image (opens in a new tab). Leave empty if the image is purely decorative. Running on 20 points and a 7-20 win-loss record who have a more challenging schedule ahead including a visit to Barkom in the last leg none other than European powerhouse ZAKSA Kedzierzyn-Kozle but ended up with a 3-1 loss.Kapitan reprezentacji Polski Bartosz Kurek oraz pięciu olimpijczyków przyjedzie do Tarnowa Polish bookmaker STS has entered into a cooperation agreement with the ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle volleyball team, making the operator the official club sponsor of the three-time Champions League winners. The partnership runs for three years. The deal will cover the next three seasons. The bookmaker’s logo will appear on the front of the league shirts of this year’s Champions League winners, as well as on LED banners, sponsor walls and other display elements of the club's Azoty Arena. The collaboration will also include digital activities in social media, on the team's website and in newsletters. STS is also planning "special activations" aimed at fans, both online and offline. As part of the contract, the company is given the title of Official Sponsor of the ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle team.  “Our contract with the current European Champions is a decision based on our experience and aspirations. It is also the next stage of our successful and widely implemented strategy of supporting domestic sport,” says Paweł Rabantek, Chief Marketing Officer at STS. “We are playing together with champions – ZAKSA is another championship club after Raków Częstochowa and hockey and football players GKS Katowice, with whom we are establishing cooperation this year. This is only natural for STS as the undisputed market leader in bookmaking in Poland." "What’s more, as a committed sponsor who repeatedly goes beyond the framework of contracts concluded in its sponsorship cooperation, we also plan to activate the contract in Kędzierzyn together with the club for the benefit of the fans,” he added. For the start of the Plus Liga volleyball season, STS has planned promotions with bonuses and odds boosts for the Kędzierzyn team’s matches, including "a special promotional action." New customers registering with a dedicated code can receive a PLN 300 bonus for a win by the Polish team. For existing customers, the bookmaker has prepared an offer with a risk-free bet and dedicated odds for the first match. “I am really excited to welcome STS as the Official Sponsor of Grupa Azoty ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle. This is another big, recognizable brand that joins the #ZAKSAfamily,” commented ZAKSA S.A. President Piotr Szpaczek. "I believe that we will work out an interesting model of cooperation that will be satisfactory for both parties, especially as we are joining with STS for three seasons. Thank you for your trust and see you in October on the Plus Liga floor." 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SearchBrowseServicesOpen researchInstitution LoginSearchMenu links The Koźle Basin in Poland was radically transformed by aerial bombardment during the Second World War the region has approximately 6000 well-preserved bomb craters with diameters ranging from 5–15m and depths often exceeding 2m Combining remote-sensing data and fieldwork with historical accounts demonstrating that their varied morphologies derive from the weight of the bombs that created them and on the type and moisture content of the soil on which the bombs fell the authors issue a call for the official protection of the Koźle landscape Site map of the Koźle Basin: 1) area with bomb craters; 2) former synthetic fuel plant; 3a) study area; 3b) flak battery near Dziergowice; 3c) former foresters' lodge in Dąbrowa; 4) coal-mining area; 5) flak battery; 6) roads; 7) railway line; 8) river; 9) canal; 10) port (figure by Jan Maciej Waga digital elevation model prepared by Jerzy Nita) The aim of this article is to present research on craters that highlights the massive aerial bombing of local industrial plants in the Koźle Basin in 1944 along with the craters’ morphological and morphometric characteristics We present the first investigation of an intensively bombed Polish landscape which offers an important contribution to the field of conflict archaeology inform appropriate decisions concerning the protection of these craters as both a cultural and natural heritage landscape We have mapped the distribution of individual craters within the study area through the analysis of a shaded relief map generated from extant lidar data (resolution 4pts/m2, lit from the 315° azimuth; map based on data from www.polska.e-mapa.net) The diameter of each crater has been documented using a distance and surface area measurement application We sought to establish the dimensions of the craters before they were transformed by human or animal activity (e.g by animals accessing the water within or by boar wallows) Crater diameters depend not only on the mass of bombs dropped and the type of fuses used but also on the geological and hydrological conditions of the ground Our analysis of the size and shape of craters was therefore focused on areas within each similar geo-environmental feature These comprise Pleistocene and Holocene terraces formed from mineral river sediments Using remote sensing and field observations detailed measurements of craters located in these areas were collected and the state of each crater's preservation determined Field measurements were taken using a GPSMAP 62st receiver and Nikon Forestry Pro laser rangefinder with an optical viewfinder and a level staff Bathymetric measurements of water bodies in the craters were also taken using a scaled telescopic arm with measuring tape and weight A manual geological probe was used to identify geological conditions on the walls of deeper craters in existing excavations (e.g footings) and also in safe zones clear of unexploded bombs environmental conditions) maps and data from the Geological Database of the Polish Geological Institute In addition, we analysed archival mission reports and publications from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website (https://www.afhra.af.mil), the National Archives (https://www.archives.gov) and The Fifteenth Air Force (https://15thaf.org) as well as scientific literature on the Allied air offensive against the Third Reich and other sources that document warfare in Silesia and its material remains water is present either on the surface of sandy silty terraces or as a shallow water table Table 1. Intensity of 15th USAF air raids on fuel plants near Kędzierzyn-Koźle (based on the data presented by Konieczny (Reference Konieczny1998)) B = demolition bombs (with Royal Demolition Explosive) B500 = 500lb; B250 = 250lb; Z = incendiary bombs Z70– = 70lb; O = general-purpose bombs (GP) * Estimated number and tonnage of bombs per aircraft during raids in the period described ** Number and tonnage of bombs as estimated by the German Armaments Inspectorate *** Estimated number of bombs after deducting the tonnage of demolition and general-purpose bombs Bombardment areas (orthophotomaps: polska.e-mapa.net): P1) arable field; P2) new forest stand; P3) new forest stand (left) second-growth forest (right); P4) second-growth forest and meadow (prepared by Jan Maciej Waga) Study area: 1) bomb craters; 2) detailed study area; 3) area shown in the orthophotomap; 4) P1 properly managed forest land; 5) area of detailed studies; 6) bombing directions; 7) main railway line (figure prepared by Jan Maciej Waga digital elevation model available from polska.e-mapa.net) Detailed study area: A: a–d) areas of detailed studies; a1–c1) location of the studied craters; their morphological profiles are below; c2) dune fragment with a triple crater; e) marsh; f) surface of the Vistulian terrace; g) dune; B) chart of the diameters of craters in the studied area (figure prepared by Jan Maciej Waga Craters: A) within the marsh; B) in the upper part of terrace; C) in the lower part of terrace; D) on the dune (photographs A Figure 6. B-24 bomber over the IG Farben plant, with part of the detailed study area visible below (source: National Archives and Records Administration, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/193769549) Flak battery near Dziergowice: 1) location; 2) bombardment area; 3) bombardment direction (figure prepared by Jan Maciej Waga The central peak comprises slightly heavier material while a mineral-organic suspension with a lower specific gravity accumulates around it Those soil particles that are thrown almost vertically upwards fall on the crater's surface while the rest are scattered around the bomb impact site The second phase involves slower processes in which material from crater edges and slopes slumps onto its base which had already been covered with sediments resembles a plate rather than a crater on the surface Where a bomb penetrates a thicker layer of dry earth and the base of the crater reaches below the groundwater table an outflow of floating earth from the lower layers surrounding the crater could occur A higher ridge than in the case described above then forms at the edge of the crater Dynamic secondary processes take place on the slopes of explosion craters situated in waterlogged areas and in those areas where groundwater can be found at shallow depths such as animal trampling of the crater edges and perforation of their slopes by rooting and burrowing Craters located in areas with a deeper water table are smaller in diameter and filled to a lesser extent with sediment as material from their slopes is transported more slowly towards the base Landforms of this type can be found in area ‘c’ The area around the former foresters' lodge in Dąbrowa (the landscape is transformed as a result of improper forest management): a) site of the former camp for Belgian and French prisoners of war; b) anti-aircraft battery earthworks; c) well-preserved bomb craters; d) partly backfilled craters; e) heaps of soil and rootstocks (figure prepared by Jan Maciej Waga In order to preserve the memory of those events selected sets (at least) of such forms should be studied such remnants of war should be safeguarded in a manner that recognises the complementary significance of both their cultural/historical and natural/ecological values We would like to thank the two anonymous reviewers for their useful suggestions that greatly improved the manuscript Open-access funding was provided by the Institute of Earth Sciences Intensity of 15th USAF air raids on fuel plants near Kędzierzyn-Koźle (based on the data presented by Konieczny (1998)) Figure 2. Bombardment areas (orthophotomaps: polska.e-mapa.net): P1) arable field; P2) new forest stand; P3) new forest stand (left) Figure 3. Study area: 1) bomb craters; 2) detailed study area; 3) area shown in the orthophotomap; 4) P1, arable field; P2–4, properly managed forest land; 5) area of detailed studies; 6) bombing directions; 7) main railway line (figure prepared by Jan Maciej Waga, digital elevation model available from polska.e-mapa.net) Figure 4. Detailed study area: A: a–d) areas of detailed studies; a1–c1) location of the studied craters; their morphological profiles are below; c2) dune fragment with a triple crater; e) marsh; f) surface of the Vistulian terrace; g) dune; B) chart of the diameters of craters in the studied area (figure prepared by Jan Maciej Waga, digital elevation model available from polska.e-mapa.net) Figure 6. B-24 bomber over the IG Farben plant, with part of the detailed study area visible below (source: National Archives and Records Administration, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/193769549) Figure 7. Flak battery near Dziergowice: 1) location; 2) bombardment area; 3) bombardment direction (figure prepared by Jan Maciej Waga, digital elevation model available from polska.e-mapa.net) Figure 8. The area around the former foresters' lodge in Dąbrowa (the landscape is transformed as a result of improper forest management): a) site of the former camp for Belgian and French prisoners of war; b) anti-aircraft battery earthworks; c) well-preserved bomb craters; d) partly backfilled craters; e) heaps of soil and rootstocks (figure prepared by Jan Maciej Waga, digital elevation model available from polska.e-mapa.net) - No HTML tags allowed- Web page URLs will display as text only- Lines and paragraphs break automatically- Attachments Your email address will be used in order to notify you when your comment has been reviewed by the moderator and in case the author(s) of the article or the moderator need to contact you directly shared ownership in or any close relationship with any organisation whose interests may be affected by the publication of the response Please also list any non-financial associations or interests (personal religious or other) that a reasonable reader would want to know about in relation to the submitted work This pertains to all the authors of the piece competing in CEV Champions League Volley 2021 under their sponsorship name Grupa Azoty delivered the big upset in Europe’s top-tier club competition this week as the first-leg matches of the quarterfinal stage in both genders took place from Tuesday through Thursday Grupa Azoty Kedzierzyn-Kozle defeated defending champions Cucine Lube Civitanova in Italy by a score of 3-1 (25-23 confidently edging ahead towards the semifinals before next week’s return matches Polish outside hitter Kamil Semeniuk was the best scorer of the match producing five kill blocks and two aces towards a total tally of 21 points was Lube’s most prolific scorer on 17 points Nimir Abdel-Aziz was on fire again as he helped his Italian team Trentino Itas Trento on the way to a 3-1 (25-19 25-17) victory at Berlin Recycling Volleys He leads three of the individual charts in the competition – for scorers (143 points) for spikers (97 kills) and for servers (31 aces) His Serbian teammate Srecko Lisinac tops the blockers ranking on 22 stuffs finalists in the last completed edition in 2019 25-19) win over PGE Skra Belchatow in Poland with Polish international Bartosz Bednorz making 22 points against his former club while Leo Shoes Modena shut out Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia by 3-0 (25-21 Carraro Imoco Conegliano of Italy snatched a spectacular five-set away victory over compatriots Savino Del Bene Scandicci in this week’s most interesting match in the women’s Champions League Four of the five sets were decided by the narrowest of margins Italian opposite Paola Egonu was Imoco’s powerful driving engine in the match piling up an impressive account of 38 points Polish international Magdalena Stysiak scored 28 times for the home team she also tops three of the individual charts in the competition The other two Italian teams in the quarterfinals won their first-leg matches against Turkish clubs Defending title-holders Igor Gorgonzola Novara claimed a 3-1 (19-25 27-25) victory at Fenerbahce Opet Istanbul while Unet e-work Busto Arsizio managed a 3-1 (25-19 28-26) home win over Eczacibasi VitrA Istanbul despite a 30-point spiking spree by Serbian star Tijana Boskovic for the Turkish side 25-20) away victory over Poland’s Grupa Azoty Chemik Police All return matches in both genders are scheduled to take place next week Main photo: Three-men block by Grupa Azoty against the spike of Lube’s Osmany Juantorena (source: cev.eu) Watch all Champions League games live on EuroVolley TV. For detailed results and more information, visit the official Champions League website Previous article about the Champions League:Champions League quarterfinalists emerge 2020 – France’s star setter Benjamin Toniutti masterminded a significant win as ZAKSA Kedzierzyn-Kozle downed Indykpol AZS Olsztyn 3-1 (25-19 to leapfrog Verva Warsaw Orlen Paliwa for first place in the standings of Poland’s PlusLiga over the weekend ZAKSA took advantage of a shock defeat for Warsaw in the hands of Trefl Gdansk 3-0 (25-23 which secured Gdansk their spot in the quarterfinals of the playoffs with two rounds of play remaining in the Regular Season The 30-year-old setter was named MVP of the game for his contribution to ZAKSA’s win – his sixth such award this season on par with Grzegorz Lomacz of PGE Skra Belchatow Piotr Nowakowski of Warsaw and Rafal Faryna of MKS Bedzin when ZAKSA host Russia’s Kuzbass Kemerovo in the return leg of their European Champions League quarterfinal The French international was instrumental in the Polish side’s 3-2 win in Russia in the first leg 2020 – Poland’s Kamil Semeniuk has been having a great season this year capped this weekend by his performance that helped keep Zaksa Kedzierzyn-Kozle close on the heels of table leaders Verva Warsaw in the PluLiga ZAKSA thundered past Asseco Resovia Rzeszow 3-0 (25-20 25-19) in what once would have been an epic derby but now is admittedly a rather one-sided affair Semeniuk picked up his fourth MVP of the game award this season a silver medallist with Poland in last year’s Universiade had also been key in ZAKSA’s win over Germany’s BfB Friedrichshafen as the Polish club remained undefeated after six rounds of pool play and through to the quarterfinals of the European Champions League Kamil Semeniuk hits past the block of VfB Friedrichshafen as ZAKSA Kedzierzyn-Kozle remain undefeated in the European Champions League Poland is a country that has quite a few interesting and talented volleyball teams ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle is a professional volleyball team based in Kędzierzyn-Koźle The squad is considered one of the most successful and consistent teams in the PlusLiga they have also performed quite well at an European level The 1xBet platform can be used if you want to wager on all competitions where this squad regularly participates KS Mostostal Zabrze began playing originally in the second level of the country in 1997 they were able to secure their promotion to the top level the squad rename itself to Mostostal Azoty Kędzierzyn-Koźle In this year they also qualified for the CEV Champions League for the first time in their history The most important European volleyball tournaments are always available for wagering at the 1xBet platform the team became an almost unstoppable force Mostostal Azoty Kędzierzyn-Koźle as it was known at the time won their first league in 2000 this wouldn’t be the only title for the squad as it won the three next consecutive leagues as well In 2007 the team signed a new sponsorship deal that saw another name change From this point on it began to be known as ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle The 2000s and 2010s are definitely the best period in the history of the squad The best wagers on all those tournaments can be made at the 1xBet website The performances of ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle are simply spectacular between 1999 and 2022 they won the Polish Cup a total of 9 times probably the best titles in the history of the team were the two consecutive CEV Champions Leagues These titles came in the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons showing that ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle is a true European powerhouse Suzanne: BA (Hons) in Marketing Management An entrepreneur with over a decade of experience in marketing riding since the age of 5 and owning horses for over 35 years This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page But recently unsealed court records accuse him of worse: a June 2009 murder over gambling losses in his native Poland. Kasprzak, 57, a naturalized U.S. citizen, now faces possible extradition to Poland, where authorities consider him a fugitive and seek his return. He appeared this week before a federal magistrate judge in Tampa and was denied bail, pending further proceedings. Court and jail records describe him as homeless and living in motels in the Tampa Bay area and Orlando, although he has also stayed with friends on Third Avenue in St. Petersburg and appears to have been married several times. Polish authorities place him at a card game on June 27, 2009, in the town of Kedzierzyn-Kozle, where witnesses said he complained that a man named Jan Mazurkiewicz cheated. Information from a 2012 Polish arrest is incorporated into the U.S. criminal complaint that brought Kasprzak to court. Poland has an extradition treaty with the United States. "Over the course of the night," the complaint states, "Kasprzak lost over 2,500 Polish Zloty to Mazurkiewicz, which is approximately $700 in United States Currency." The next morning, witnesses saw the two men leave in Kasprzak's green Jaguar after he complained that he would not play cards again because he never won, the record states. A bicyclist found the victim's remains in a ditch five days later, shot in the head and torso. By then, Kasprzak had flown from Poland to Chicago, the court record states. Gunpowder residue and the victim's blood were later found in the Jaguar, which Kasprzak sold to a girlfriend before he left the country, Polish authorities allege. Magistrate Judge Thomas McCoun's order detaining Kasprzak noted that he has a valid passport and has traveled internationally in recent years. Florida Department of Law Enforcement records show no state arrests for him from late 2004 to late 2009. Six months after the slaying in Poland, the Pinellas Park Police Department arrested Kasprzak on a shoplifting charge. He's been arrested 12 times since then — by Clearwater police and by sheriff's deputies in Pinellas, Pasco and Orange counties. It's unclear what triggered the extradition proceedings now and not sooner. Cecilia Barreda, spokeswoman for the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, which oversees that county's jail, said all inmates get screened through state and national crime databases but foreign-born inmates are further screened through an alien database. Subscribe to our free DayStarter newsletter You’re all signed up!Want more of our free, weekly newsletters in your inbox? Let’s get started. Contact Patty Ryan at pryan@tampabay.com or (813) 226-3382. Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa „Azoty” to nowoczesny obiekt przystosowany do organizacji wydarzeń sportowych, rozrywkowych (koncerty, imprezy artystyczne) oraz targów, wystaw czy kongresów. 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Jak przyznał Sebastian Świderski podjęcie decyzji o rezygnacji z udziału w turnieju nie należała do łatwych że po takim sukcesie jak zwycięstwo w Lidze Mistrzów udział w Klubowych Mistrzostwach Świata byłby szansą na zwiększenie dotychczasowych dokonań Grupy Azoty ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle na arenie międzynarodowej Klubowe Mistrzostwa Świata to prestiżowy turniej i bez wątpienia otrzymanie zaproszenia było dla nas dużym wyróżnieniem Przed podjęciem ostatecznej decyzji o udziale musieliśmy jednak wziąć pod uwagę kilka aspektów Niestety patrząc na obecną sytuację epidemiologiczną na świecie a także kwestie logistyczne wiążące się z wyjazdem drużyny do Brazylii jesteśmy zmuszeni zrezygnować z udziału w turnieju Dla nas kluczowe jest zdrowie i bezpieczeństwo drużyny Do tego pamiętajmy o intensywnym kalendarzu meczów PlusLigi oraz spotkaniach Ligi Mistrzów Termin rozgrywania Kubowych Mistrzostw Świata w naszym przypadku rodziłby dodatkowe komplikacje bo 3 dni po zakończeniu turnieju – 14 grudnia czeka nas wymagający mecz Ligi Mistrzów i wyjazd do Nowosybirska co logistycznie byłoby trudno pogodzić – przyznał prezes ZAKSA S.A