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 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 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 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 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 “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." 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 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 recognizable brand that joins the #ZAKSAfamily,” commented ZAKSA S.A "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." "STS is actively involved in supporting Polish sports being the largest private entity in the domestic sponsorship market," the bookmaker says the company also sponsors the Polish national football team Allied planes targeted Nazi industrial factories in the Koźle Basin with tens of thousands of bombs Many species of animals and plants now make their homes in and around the Koźle Basin craters Thousands of craters scar the Koźle Basin Toward the end of World War II Allied planes dropped tens of thousands of bombs on a region of Germany that's now part of Poland and the devastation is recorded in thousands of craters that remain to this day.  Researchers recently mapped and analyzed the deeply scarred landscape for the first time counting around 6,000 bomb craters ranging from 16 to 49 feet (5 to 15 meters) in diameter Some areas held as many as 30 craters in a single hectare (10,000 square meters) Their investigation presents a grim picture of the damage sustained by the battle-torn terrain But it also offers a glimpse of how the craters have since become an important part of the basin's natural landscape and ecosystems Related: Photos: The flying bombs of Nazi Germany The Koźle Basin covers an area of approximately 180 square miles (470 square kilometers) extending for about 60 square miles (150 square km) "there are clusters of remnants of the Allied air campaign conducted there in the second half of 1944," said study author Maria Fajer a geomorphology researcher with the Faculty of Earth Sciences at the University of Silesia in Katowice "These are variously preserved bomb craters ranging from those that are very well visible in the field to traces of backfilled and reclaimed craters," Fajer told Live Science in an email.  Nazi Germany controlled the Koźle Basin during WWII and used the region for industrial fuel production It was the biggest such site in the entire Third Reich Coal and water were easily accessible there while dense forests and sheltering hills provided natural cover from air and ground attacks Because the basin's topography trapped air masses the Germans could add another layer of protection to their operation by producing thick anti-aircraft smoke screens Get the world’s most fascinating discoveries delivered straight to your inbox Uncounted numbers of craters were scoured away during postwar construction and agriculture and researchers decided to map the region before more evidence of this noteworthy wartime bombardment was lost forever The researchers deployed a remote sensing method called light detection and ranging which uses laser pulses to peer through vegetation and reveal features in the ground shapes and distribution of thousands of craters the researchers were able to piece together a picture of the types of bombs that were used; how many were dropped at the same time; and ground conditions at the time of impact these craters "are relics that document important historical events and that constitute a link between the area and the battlefields of Europe and beyond," the study authors wrote In the 75 years that have passed since the war these remnants of violent explosions have gradually become part of the forest habitat.  "They now represent places where many amphibian The craters also provide habitats for numerous plant species," the study authors wrote "The many water bodies and marshes that formed in the bomb craters contribute to the diversification and enrichment of local ecosystems – In photos: 'Demon burials' discovered in Poland cemetery – The 22 weirdest military weapons – Soviets hid nuclear bunkers in Poland's forests (photos) Follow-up studies by the scientists will further explore the ecological role of craters in forest ecosystems and the threats posed by unexploded bombs natural processes such as erosion have erased many of the craters farming and other human activities could wipe away still more Mapping the bomb fields will therefore help to preserve a record of WWII devastation before it vanishes.  The researchers also argue that locations marred by WWII devastation such as the still-scarred Koźle Basin should be conserved for future generations These areas "should be covered by special heritage protection measures to help us remember the consequences of the bad decisions that led to the war," Fajer said 1,800-year-old warhorse cemetery held remains of a beloved horse — and a man considered an 'outsider' to Roman society People really can communicate with just their eyes, study finds Shingles vaccine may directly guard against dementia, study hints We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. 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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 A Genoa Township bodybuilder and business owner was sentenced to one year of probation after pleading guilty to steroid distribution was charged in September with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance Kozle purchased and sent testosterone enathate to another person out of state a law enforcement officer testified at a hearing that led to charges last year She pleaded guilty in December as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors in which they agreed to recommend no additional jail at sentencing She spent one day in the Livingston County Jail Livingston County Probate Judge Miriam Cavanaugh followed that agreement when she sentenced Kozle on Jan Man sentenced to prison for drug possession, stolen weapons after police raid in Genoa Twp. Hamburg Township Trustee Jim Neilson dies after battle with Lou Gehrig's Disease According to the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Kozle runs an online and pop-up fitness apparel and jewelry company Kozle has competed in various bodybuilding competitions She had faced up to seven years in prison or a $10,000 fine.   Contact Kayla Daugherty at 517-552-2848 or kdaugherty@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter @KayDaugherty92 2013 at 3:43 pm ETAfter three kids and 16 years of no exercise 40-year-old Amy Kozle of Hartland said she was ready for a lifestyle change which propelled the local mother to take the stage in her first bodybuilding competition last month Kozle transformed her body into a lean mass of muscle showing off her efforts in a bikini competition where she placed in both divisions posing on stage in front of an audience and judges Kozle admitted it was a nerve-racking experience but said hearing the cheers from her husband and children in the audience helped her get through it you can see stretch marks on my belly and I can’t hide that,” she said I’m proud of that and I’m proud that I’m a mom.” It was a journey that started last October when Kozle says after a couple years of regular exercise she became determined to enter the competition Kozle says the last 12 weeks of her training were the hardest and most intense “When I’m bulking I eat like seven times a day,” she said “But then I went through a shredding phase where you eat the same foods every day The road to her competition was a hard one and Kozle said her biggest cheerleaders were her family who turned it into a group effort supporting her through her “crazy” meal plan hours spent at the gym and posing practice in the family room Watching their mother train and transform her body is a lesson in healthy choices Kozle said she hopes her children will remember and learn from "I don't want them to look at their body image as being fat “So instead of wanting a candy bar for a snack The day of the competition was also the moment where her children were able to see their mother reach a goal through hard work and determination “My teenage daughter came up to me and said she was proud of me,” Kozle said “And that’s rare for a teenage daughter to say.” Focus and commitment helped Kozle reach her goal and said the competition was a “great” experience and does have plans to enter another one by the end of this year hoping to move a step up to the figure competition “Sixteen years of no exercise and then I decided to do something about the muffin top I had and that’s how it all started.” Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. where he started working at Radio Park fm as a teenager He has always been with people and close to people He has been associated with the media for a dozen or so years He has also cooperated with national radio stations he was the spokesperson of the District Office in Kędzierzyn-Koźle He was awarded several times for information and promotional campaigns by Dziennik Gazeta Prawna 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 When it comes to natural disasters, time isn't on our side, and neither is Mother Nature. In Netflix's six-episode disaster drama series High Water Mother Nature herself wreaks havoc on a Polish city via a catastrophic flood scientists and local government officials in Wroclaw face life-and-death decisions when a destructive flood wave threatens the city," the miniseries' official synopsis reads including "aspiring clerk" Jakub Marczak (Tomasz Schuchardt) and hydrolist Jaśmina Tremer Agnieszka Zulewska) work to save their city from unrepairable destruction The series was directed by Jan Holoubek and Bartłomiej Ignaciuk and stars Agnieszka Żulewska (Chemo) Marta Nieradkiewicz (Floating Skyscrapers) And considering popular natural disaster flicks like 2012's The Impossible and 2015's The Wave are in fact based on true stories find your strength," the High Water trailer urges Given that the suspenseful Polish-language series is based on a true story High Water is "inspired" by the fear-inducing events before and after the historic Millennium Flood hit Poland and parts of the Czech Republic and Germany in 1997. According to Wroclaw.pl the calamitous flood also impacted Slovakia and Austria The publication detailed that "almost 40 percent of Wroclaw got under the water and even up to 500 liters of water per square meter fell in some areas." there was an interaction between two air masses therefore causing a copious amount of rainfall "The inflow of cold air masses from Western Europe contributed to the formation of a low-pressure system over northern Italy where it came across the hot air from the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea," Wroclaw.pl wrote The rainfall was so intense that "retention reservoirs and soil" were simply unable to absorb it all sacrifices needed to be made to protect Wroclaw — the capital of Lower Silesia — from extreme damage the Provincial Flood Protection Committee made the difficult decision to blow up flood embankments in neighboring villages After learning about the decision via the press the villages' horrified residents resisted Despite much pushback from police and the army the people of Łany held a successful protest and avoided having the flood embankments blown up The July 1997 flood claimed the lives of 56 people in Poland It also caused 7,000 people to become homeless to lose a whopping 12 billion Polish zloty — which is about $2.5 billion it has been 25 years since the devastating events caused by the Millennium Flood High Water is currently streaming on Netflix Gerard Butler's 'Last Seen Alive' Character Sounds Scottish and American All at Once FIRST LOOK: Carlos Gomez Guest Stars in the Next 'FBI' Episode (EXCLUSIVE) Link to XLink to InstagramContact us by EmailOpt-out of personalized ads People may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website Offers may be subject to change without notice.