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Fully autonomous drone maker Airobotics nabs $32.5M, expands into defense
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Airobotics, a startup building autonomous drones for the enterprise sector that do not require humans to get involved in any aspect of operating them, has picked up $32.5 million in funding to expand its business into defense and homeland security, and to expand its business globally.
The Series C round was led by BlueRun Ventures China, with participation also from Microsoft Ventures, OurCrowd.com and an another unnamed strategic investor. Microsoft is also a strategic in this case — Ran Krauss, Airobotics' CEO and co-founder (and a longtime entrepreneur in the unmanned aircraft industry), said in an interview that his company is leveraging Microsoft's image recognition, analytics and cloud computing in its service.
The total raised by the Israeli-based Airobotics to date is $61 million, with other notable investors in the past including CRV, BRV, Noam Bardin (CEO of Waze), Richard Wooldridge (former COO/GTM of building 8 at Facebook and former COO of Google ATAP) and David Roux (Co-Founder and former Chairman of Silver Lake Partners).
Krauss said in an interview that the company is not commenting on its valuation, except to note that it is "very much" an up round. Funderbeam estimates the valuation at $400 million, although Zirra puts it at considerably less than that, $150 million – $200 million pre-money, specifically more like $170 million – $190 million, according to Zirra's Aner Ravon. We're continuing to ask around.
While the drone industry is still at a relatively early stage, it appears to be developing across a few distinct trajectories: consumer, light enterprise and industrial. Up to now, Airobotics has very firmly placed itself in the third of these categories: the company works in industries like mining, energy, and other tricky verticals that would make the best use of services that have been built without the need for human involvement in their operation.
"There are several reasons for why human-operated systems are not ideal," said Efrat Fenigson, VP Marketing at Airobotics. "One is the cost: employing a pilot to operate a drone is a very expensive thing to do. And you hire a company to provide a drone service, that can cost between $5,000 and $10,000 a day. Two is precision: if you are looking to run on a daily basis a human cannot fly a mission accurately ten times. A computer can. And third is the availability of people: they are not always there when you need them. When you work with drones in remote or rural areas, or dangerous places, you may not want to send people there."
The premise behind adding homeland security and defense follows this logic too: the idea, Krass said, is for drones to be able to monitor and help secure borders, high-risk facilities, and to monitor for terrorism and other kinds of warfare.
For now, the only country where Airobotics has received full approval to operate is in its home country of Israel, which — partly because of its position in the Middle East and ongoing conflicts with neighbors — has taken a leadership role globally in building defense systems and doubling down on using technology to advance itself.
Second on the list are Australia and the U.S., where the startup has had a partial approval for its services: they can operate, but a human needs to observe them. Krauss said he believes that this is just a stepping stone and that regulation in these and other countries will come along over time and eventually Airobotics (and competitors) will also be able to operate services in full.
"We are thrilled to lead this round of investment," says Jiajie Wu, Executive Director, BlueRun Ventures China, in a statement. "Airobotics is a game changer, which has successfully matched revolutionary drone technologies with real industrial needs. In addition to its existing customer base in Western countries, we believe Airobotics will see substantial opportunities in Asia, which is one of the world's largest industrial markets."
While tricky industrial applications have been the first step for Airobotics, it is not the last.
"Our vision is much broader than industrial or defense," he said. "These are massive industries, but for me they are just a stepping stone. The holy grail is to go into cities."
One area where Krauss is looking is urban deployments, but while logistics are interesting, that may take some time.
"When you talk about flying in cities, I don't think that tech, or even regulation, are the barriers. I believe that the public is the barrier: when we talk about package delivery from Amazon i'm not sure that people would be happy with massive fleets of drones just to get their packages quicker."
More interesting, he said, would be working with organizations like police or fire services to station fleets of drones — similar to how you have cell towers today — to help facilitate their work.
"You could create docking stations, and then if there is a building on fire, it makes perfect sense to fly a drone there and stream a live video to a firetruck before it even gets there. So not a lot of drones, but a few very important ones. That's a measurable a calculated risk to have, similar to the kind you accept when you allow ambulances to drive through red lights. We're going to get there."


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Brady's young daughter offered an explanation. "I mean honestly, I'm sitting before you all, and I still don't believe it", Drake said.
"Coach Belichick outsmarted himself having Rob Gronkowski on the field for a 70-yard Hail Mary and keeping his best defensive player on the sidelines, Devin McCourty", Rodney Harrison said on Football Night in America. "But these guys stuck with it, especially this year, and they executed that one for sure". The Dolphins score, the last of nine lead changes, prevented the Patriots from clinching the AFC East at least for one week.
Gronkowski's postgame reaction on the loss: "It sucked". It was a salute to guard Ted Larsen, who made a key block on the play to leave just one defender between Drake and the end zone: Gronk. With the Patriots offense clicking, the game should've been put away late in the second quarter.
The Patriots' Stephen Gostkowski missed an extra point for the first time in 38 tries this season early in the game, and also missed a 42-yard field goal try.
Sunday's "Miami Miracle" is now immortalized with 8-bit graphics.
For as much as anyone hates to admit it the Patriots did more to stop themselves than the Dolphins did to win.
Drake says it is something the Dolphins work on, but not regularly. "We've got one last home game".
The most glaring failure came at the end of the first half.
"It kinda shocked me, like, 'It's Gronk!'" Drake said. "It was just me and Gronk".
The Chiefs defence forced a turnover but Harrison Butker missed from 43 yards with a potential game-winning field goal. Instead, Miami returned the ensuing kickoff to the 31 - and on the next play pulled off a miracle.
But chaos ensued as Kenny Stills caught a pass from Ryan Tannehill before pitching it to DeVante Parker, who then in turn lateraled to running back Kenyan Drake.
The 6-foot-6 Gronkowski was part of the last line of defense in anticipation of a desperation pass, Belichick said.
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Maniacs, In Podcast 111(S19E01), a killer uses a tank, poison and some red herrings….wait I mean snakes, to end a fight over some land. Overhead shot of village Newspaper UK research website https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/land-requisitioned-war/ Rizen Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXzEZVp_zDs&ab_channel=MovieTrailersSource ----------------------------------- Schedule for January * January 17 - Episode 112 - "Crime and Punishment" Season 19 E02 * January 24 - Episode 113 - "Last Man Out" Season 19 E03 * January 31 - Episode 114 - "Red in Tooth & Claw" Season 19 E04 ----------------------------------- New Merch https://midsomer-maniacs-podcast.myspreadshop.com/sykes+and+weapons+-+white?idea=6174ad67b51f9073fd526d60 ----------------------------------- Thanks again for listening! Mark & Sarah ----------------------------------- NEWSLETTER: Keep up with all things Midsomer Maniac through our newsletter! Signup here for free: https://midsomermaniacs.transistor.fm/ ------------------------------------ Maniac Merch: https://midsomer-maniacs-podcast.myspreadshop.com/ ------------------------------------ Connect with the Maniacs: Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/midsomermaniacs Sarah's twitter: https://www.twitter.com/intellagirl Mark's Twitter: - https://twitter.com/bell_typewriter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/midsomermaniacs Website: Midsomermaniacs.com Travel Site: midsomertravel.co.uk
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Pedophile Priest Sentenced to 30 Years of Prison in US
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Saturday, 14 September 2019 12:36
Excerpt: "A former Catholic priest who served in New Mexico will serve 30 years in prison for abusing a young alter boy for two years in the 1990s."
Storm clouds pass over a Roman Catholic church. (photo: Jason Cohn/Reuters)
By teleSUR
A former Catholic priest who served in New Mexico will serve 30 years in prison for abusing a young alter boy for two years in the 1990s.
former Catholic priest who sexually abused an 11-year-old boy in the early 1990s in New Mexico and was extradited to the United States from Morocco, was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison.
Federal judge, Martha Vazquez gave the former religious leader, Arthur Perrault, the maximum sentence possible after a jury found him guilty last April.
Perrault, now 81, sexually abused a then 11-year-old altar boy at the Santa Fe National Cemetery and the Kirtland Air Force Military Base in 1991 and 1992 where he served as priest. During the trial, seven other men testified that they had also been sexually molested by Perrault when they were children between 1960 and 1980.
U.S. Attorney John Anderson said in a statement regarding the case:, "There are few acts more horrific than the long-term sexual abuse of a child." She added, "At long last, today's sentence holds Perrault accountable for his deplorable conduct."
Perrault's trial attorney, Samuel Winder, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters. The victim, now an adult, testified that Perrault began to shower him with gifts and build his trust beginning when he was 9 years old, before sexually assaulting him two years later, prosecutors said at the sentencing.
The former priest served in several churches in New Mexico before leaving the U.S. in 1992 when he fled to Morocco upon learning that some of his victims intended to speak out publicly regarding Perrault's multiple cases of sexual abuse.
Moroccan police authorities arrested Perrault on Oct. 12, 2017 at U.S. request and he was extradited by the U.S. FBI on September 20, 2018 where he has since been in federal custody.
Perrault had worked at the American Language Center in Morocco for more than 20 years.
Prosecutors are processing the case as part of the Safe Childhood Project, a national initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of exploitation and child sexual abuse.
The U.S. Catholic Church has paid out more than US$3 billion to settle clergy abuse cases, according to BishopAccountability.org, which tracks the crimes.
Under federal law, a convicted defendant must serve at least 85 percent of a sentence, meaning Perrault will likely die in prison.


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April 2014 – Under Every Leaf.
Happy St Georges day everyone.
The 23rd of April is a strange day to be 'English'. It is the one day where we can celebrate being English, our achievements (and Disasters) of this small island and to look forward to the future and what being English will become.
Instead most people either ignore it completely or are embarrassed to talk about it for fear of being labelled a little UKIPer! Even worse are the UKIPers who use the day to go on racist rants about immigration!
I had a brief discussion with an eminent FWW historian on Twitter who said he associates being English with the BNP from the 70's and 80's!!
I truly hope we have moved on the the 1970's and the BNP hijacking the St George Cross, I feel more English than I do British, that is personal to me and I am proud to be English.
Many people will say but what is being English? To be honest I have no idea and surely that is the point. We are such a strange mix of peoples, ideas and cultures that we are one of the most eclectic and tolerant people on the planet (despite what the Daily Mail writes).
The Scots, Welsh and the Irish all celebrate their Patron saints days with gusto and I think we should to. Best way to celebrate? Go out for our national dish and have a curry!
I don't normally write social commentary just for the fact that I'm a rubbish writer so I will end with a poem I recently found. It was written by Lieutenant Colonel Henry Tyndall and was written in 1901.
Though a lot of the poem now is outdated in terms of Empire it is interesting to see that his attitude to politicians wouldn't be out of place in today's society. It is also poignant that he believes that the 'might' of the Empire will keep the peace but says that if the call comes he hopes they will do their duty.
Just over a decade after he wrote this, Tyndall would be fighting in East Africa against the Germans and he did his duty. He also fought in the 3rd Afghan war and served most of his career in India.
The emblem of our dear country.
That no mishap our flag befall.
Our arms decry in selfish wise.
To suit the measure of their kind.
And Navy free to guard our shores.
We'll keep the peace that strength secures.
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The best things of mankind are as useless as Amelia Earhart?s adventure. They are the things that are undertaken not for some definite, measurable result, but because someone, not counting the costs or calculating the consequences, is moved by curiosity, the love of excellence, a point of honor, the compulsion to invent or to make or to understand. In such persons mankind overcomes the inertia which would keep it earthbound forever in its habitual ways. They have in them the free and useless energy with which alone men surpass themselves.
The unions are the first feeble effort to conquer the industrial jungle for democratic life. They may not succeed, but if they don't their failure will be a tragedy for civilization, a loss of cooperative effort, a baulking of energy, and the fixing in American life of a class-structure.
Thought is not made in a vacuum, nor created out of likeness. It requires travel and shipping and the coming and going of strangers to impregnate a civilization. That is why thought has flourished in cities which lie along the paths of communication. Nineveh, Athens, Alexandria, Rome, Venice, the Hansa towns, London, Paris -- they have made ideas out of the movement and contact of many people. Men are jostled into thought. Left alone they spin the same thread from the same dream. A community which is self-contained and homogeneous and secluded is intellectually deaf, dumb, and blind. It can cultivate robust virtue and simple dogmatism, but it will not invent or throw out a profusion of ideas.
What a myth never contains is the critical power to separate its truths from its errors.
Winston Churchill's eloquence is the man himself, and the secret of his fascination is his magnanimity.
The greater of all perplexities in theology has been to reconcile the infinite goodness of God with His omnipotence.
The Puritans tried to choke the craving for pleasure in early New England. They had no theaters, no dance, no festivals. They burned witches instead.
The war for liberty never ends. One day liberty has to be defended against the power of wealth, on another day against the intrigues of politicians, on another against the dead hand of bureaucrats, on another against the patriot and the militarist, on another against the profiteer, and then against the hysteria and the passions of the mobs, against obscurantism and stupidity, against the criminal and against the over-righteous. In this campaign every civilized man is enlisted till he dies, and he only has known the full joy of living who somewhere and at some time has struck a decisive blow for the freedom of the human spirit.
To American's convictions that he must be able to look any man in the eye and tell him to go to hell is the very essence of the free man's way of life.
Within limits that we have not measured, human nature is malleable.
The radical novelty of modern science lies in rejection precisely in the rejection of the belief, which is at the heart of all religion, that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart.
The world is inherent in the United Nations as an oak tree is in an acorn.
To keep a faith pure, man had better retire to a monastery.
What the public does is not to express its opinions but to align itself for or against a proposal. If that theory is accepted, we must abandon the notion that democratic government can be the direct expression of the will of the people. We must abandon the notion that the people govern. Instead we must adopt the theory that, by their occasional mobilizations as a majority, people support or oppose the individuals who actually govern. We must say that the popular will does not direct continuously but that it intervenes occasionally.
The life of a savage is beset by glowering terrors: from birth to death he lives in an animated world; where the sun and the stars, sticks, stones, and rivers are obsessed with his fate. He is busy all the time in a ritual designed to propitiate the abounding jealousies of nature. For his world is magical and capricious, the simplest thing is occult.


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We wish to estimate what percent of adult residents in a certain county are parents. Out of 500 adult residents sampled, 245 had kids. Based on this, construct a 99% confidence interval for the proportion of adult residents who are parents in this county. If n = 560 and ˆpp^ = 0.6, construct a 95% confidence interval.
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We wish to estimate what percent of adult residents in a certain county are parents. Out of 500 adult residents sampled, 245 had kids. Based on this, construct a 99% confidence interval for the proportion of adult residents who are parents in this county.
If n = 560 and ˆpp^ = 0.6, construct a 95% confidence interval.
1. Company ABC produces and sells product X. Using information given below calculate Total Revenue (TR), Average Revenue (AR) and Marginal Revenue (MR).. Solution should be Excel format Quantity Price per product (EUR) Total Revenue (EUR) Average Revenue (EUR) Marginal Revenue (EUR) 1 100 100 100 100 2 95 190 95 90 3 90 270 90 80 4 85 340 85 70 5 80 400 80 60 6 75 450 75 50 7 70 490 70 40 8 65 520 65 30 9 60 540 60 20 10 50 500 50 -40
The data in the contingency table to the right count the number of male and female shoppers who accept or reject a discounted offer in return for supplying a retailer with an email address. Consider using these data to test the null hypothesis that gender and acceptance are independent (H0). (a) Find the degrees of freedom of χ2. (b) Find the expected number of women who reject if H0 holds. (c) Find the value of χ2 for testing H0. (d) Find the p-value for testing H0. Male Female Accept 55 45 Reject 45 55


From the Publisher. Buildings have often been studied whole in space, but never before have they been studied whole in time. Architects (and architectural historians) are interested only in a building's original intentions. Most are dismayed by what happens later, when a building develops its own life, responsive to the life within. To get the rest of the story—to explore the years between the dazzle of a new building and its eventual corpse—Stewart Brand went to facilities managers and real estate professionals, to preservationists and building historians, to photo archives and to futurists. He inquired, "What makes some buildings come to be loved?" He found that all buildings are forced to adapt, but only some adapt gracefully. How Buildings Learn proposes that buildings adapt best when constantly refined and reshaped by their occupants, and that architects can mature from being artists of space to becoming artists of time. From the connected farmhouses of New England to I.M. Pei's Media Lab, from "satisficing" to "form follows funding," from the evolution of bungalows to the invention of Santa Fe Style, from Low Road military surplus buildings to a High Road English classic like Chatsworth—this is a far-ranging survey of unexplored essential territory." "More than any other human artifact, buildings improve with time—if they're allowed. How Buildings Learn shows how to work with time rather than against it.


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Jeffrey Epstein is Just the Tip of the Iceberg — Sexual Predators Fill the Ruling Class
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For using THC oil, instead of deadly opioids, multiple cops raided the hospital room of a terminally ill cancer patient after they claimed to smell marijuana.
WATCH: 'Hero' Cops Raid Cancer Patient's Hospital Room For Treating Cancer With THC Oil
Matt Agorist March 8, 2019
Boliver, MO — In December of last year, medical marijuana was officially legalized in Missouri—sort of. The legislation, titled Amendment 2, would establish 192 medical marijuana dispensaries by 2020. Those who need that medical marijuana now—like cancer patients, epileptics, glaucoma patients, those suffering from PTSD, and others—will still be prosecuted by police if they try to get it. As the following incident shows, police will even raid cancer patients in the hospital for using it.
Nolan's Tribe of Warriors Against Cancer is a Facebook page setup to follow the life of Nolan, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year. The page contains the following description of how the last year has played out for Nolan and his family:
Memorial Day 2018, Nolan was admitted to the hospital for jaundice and a blockage. 4 days in the hospital and no clear answers, a week later Nolan went to see an oncologist who broke the news of cancer to him for the first time. The journey began, many testing, many doctors, and none of them telling us what we wanted to hear. The prognosis was bleak, but Nolan was determined to keep fighting.
His journey led him to Boliver, Mo with Dr Leo Shunyakov. Dr. Leo gave Nolan hope and reason to believe he could win this fight.
During his uphill battle against cancer, Nolan began to substitute opioids with THC capsules as they are far safer. However, despite the fact that Missouri recently passed a medical marijuana bill, cops are still more than willing to go after those who'd dare to attempt to save their lives with this plant—so they raided Nolan's hospital room—as he filmed the interaction.
As several Boliver police officers were raiding his room, rummaging through the family's private property in search of a plant that was technically legalized in December, Nolan tells the officers how it was passed and that the state just has to finish all the paperwork to make it entirely legal. Being that Nolan has pancreatic cancer right now, he can't wait for the slow moving rusty cogs of the state to turn before he can use it.
As one cop stands there, acting like he's some hero for raiding the hospital room of a cancer patient, Nolan asks him what he would do if he had cancer.
"Medically, in Missouri, it's legal, they just haven't finished the paperwork," says Nolan.
He's then interrupted by the officer, who tells him, "okay, well, it is still illegal."
"Tell me what you'd do," Nolan says, asking the officer to step into his shoes for a second.
"I'm not in that situation, so I'm not gonna play these 'what if' games," the officer replies.
"You wouldn't do anything to save your life?" asks Nolan.
"Marijuana is saving your life?" the cop replies in a sarcastic tone.
Nolan's family then tells him to calm down, but he refuses and tells the cops that the THC capsules he takes are in place of the dangerous opioids he was prescribed and his doctors know all about it.
The infuriating irony about this raid on a hospital room is the fact that had Nolan been taking opioids—that kill 150 Americans every single day—instead of THC, that's killed no one ever, the cops would've been just fine with it.
As the infuriating situation continues to unfold, a doctor walks in who then begins to question the cops herself. She asks them if they have probable cause to be searching her patient and they claim they do because they "smelled marijuana."
Nolan explains that it would be impossible for them to smell it as he does not smoke it and only takes the oil in capsules.
Eventually, the officers search every bag in the room and find nothing. They then turn their attention to a bag that Nolan has in his hospital bed. Nolan refuses to allow them to search the bag and tells them to issue him a citation instead.
The video then ends before we see what happens. We do know that Nolan was not arrested as he put out an hour long video explaining his position the next night. Luckily, the only thing cops seemed to ruin for this terminally ill cancer patient, was a good night's sleep.
As you watch the following video, notice how many times the term "just doing their jobs" is thrown around. These cops didn't want to be there, but they have been conditioned to enforce the law no matter how immoral that law is. Therein lies the problem with the American drug war.
If ever there was a video showing you this disgusting and horrific nature of enforcing the war on drugs, it is the video below.


Dionne Bromfield is a British Singer, songwriter and television personality, and presenter. She first came to publicity after performing on 'Strictly Come Dancing,' a British TV show with Amy Winehouse. Her debut album, 'Introducing Dionne Bromfield' was released by Amy Winehouse's Lioness Records label in 2009. Dionne is also known for being one of the presenters on Friday Download.
Dionne Bromfield was born on February 1, 1996, in East London, England. Her mother, Julie Dein is English and father, Jamaican. She grew up in Chislehurst and went to Gatehouse School in Victoria Park, London. Bromfield later joined Beaver wood School for Girls in Chislehurst up to 2009. She sang a cover of Alicia Keys' song 'If I Ain't Got You' on YouTube with her godmother, Amy Winehouse.
Dionne was later admitted to Sylvia Young Theatre in Westminster. She became the first artist to get signed to Lioness Records in September 2009. She performed with Winehouse at a summer ball on 25 September, and in October, she played 'The Shirelles' 1960's hit 'Mama Said' cover.
On October 12, 2009, Dionne Bromfield released her debut album, 'Introducing Dionne Bromfield.' Her first single cover 'Mama Said' was then released on November 3, 2009. She performed Young Voices which took place in Manchester M. E. N Arena in December 2010. It was later announced that Dionne had recorded a new song, 'Yeah Right' on January 28, 2011. E.g., White co-wrote this song and released online on March 4. The song appeared at number 36 on the UK Singles Chart.
On April 6, 2011, Dionne Bromfield posted an episode of a show with Will Manning, 'Down with Dionne' on YouTube. The episode majorly focused on her love for fashion. In the episode, she performs her single, 'Yeah Right.' The second episode is a challenge in which she tries to pickpocket the people of London. Dionne later got the chance to present on Friday Download on CCBC, a show which would address music, dance, comedy, TV, and lifestyle.
On July 20, 2011, she was joined by her godmother while performing with 'The Wanted' at London's Round Table. This act would be Winehouse's last performance before she died on July 23, 2011. On July 1, 2012, Dionne sang with Tinchy Stryder,'Spinning for 2012' at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Dionne Bromfield received her first award nomination on October 5, 2011, when she was nominated for Best R&B/ Soul Act at the MOBO Awards. She also performed at the Awards ceremony at her godmother's tribute. Her song, 'Move a Little Faster' got featured as an opening song episode of Hawaii Five-0.
In 2012, Dionne Bromfield recorded a song called 'Black Butterfly' in honor of Amy Winehouse.
In November 2015, she announced that she loved and supported Fifth Harmony, a U. S singing group following their U. K gigs in Manchester and London.


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Simon says Annual Fundraising Ball still strong
By Bryan T. Smyth
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15 years of the Cork Simon Annual Fundraising Ball were marked today (Thursday 05 March) by a special gathering of 30 volunteers, supporters and sponsors who have contributed to making the event one of the highlights of the social calendar in Cork.
Volunteers Phil Vaughan, Mary Wilson and Rose Donnery organised the first ever Cork Simon Fundraising Ball in the year 2000, and since then the event has raised a staggering €875,000 in support of people who are homeless in Cork.
As the voluntary organising committee were putting the finishing touches to this year's sold-out fifteenth anniversary Ball, to be held on 27 March, Cork Simon's Director, Dermot Kavanagh, paid tribute to the volunteers, supporters and sponsors, past and present, who have helped make the Ball such a success. He said, "The calibre of individuals who give of their time, energy and talents to support our work is incredible."
Up to 1,000 volunteers from all walks of life are active within Cork Simon throughout the year, including volunteers from the corporate sector who contribute their time and skills as members of Cork Simon's voluntary Board of Directors, as participants in Cork Simon's Business Group, as organisers of the Annual Cork Simon Golf Tournament, as well as organising the Annual Fundraising Ball. In 2014 alone volunteers from the corporate sector in Cork helped raise around €90,000 in support of people who are homeless in Cork.
"We're most fortunate to have CEOs, managing directors, barristers and consultants lending us their particular skills and experience as volunteers", Mr Kavanagh commented.
The Managing Director of GE Healthcare, Paschal McCarthy, joined the Cork Simon Ball Committee three years ago and serves this year as Chair, "It's been a wonderful opportunity to give something back to society. Cork Simon is a tremendous organisation that does great work in the local community. Considering the dramatic bust this country experienced after the fall of the Celtic Tiger, it could have been any one of us who needed to turn to Cork Simon for help".
Commending his fellow Ball volunteers who work year-round to make the annual event a success, Paschal said, "The Cork Simon Ball is a big operation that requires a lot of planning and project management. It's an honour and a privilege to work with such talented and skilled people who give of their time and energy to pull off what has grown to be one of the highlights of the Cork social calendar."
Volunteer Phil Vaughan, who helped organise the first Cork Simon Ball in 2000, and many more since, was inspired to fundraise for the charity after visiting the Cork Simon Emergency Shelter: "Having met the incredible staff and the people they support, I knew I had to do something to help". The first Ball raised £21,000, which at the time represented the largest amount of money that any Cork Simon fundraising event had raised. Speaking of her experience volunteering with Cork Simon, Phil said, "It has been a pleasure to fundraise for such a wonderful organisation. It is very rewarding that what we started 15 years ago continues to day and has become bigger and better. The generosity of Cork businesses and companies has been outstanding and I have seen that their support has only grown over the years."
Up to 50 Cork companies support the Cork Simon Ball each year through sponsorship, donations and items for auction. Cork Simon Director, Dermot commented, "Cork is currently experiencing a homelessness and housing crisis. The number of people sleeping rough at present is double what it was just 12 months ago. We've seen significant increases in the number of people turning to us for help and we are very concerned for the future. Cork Simon needs to raise €2.7 million a year to keep our doors open so that we can be there for everyone who needs us, 24 hours a day, 365 days per year. So many people in Cork's business community are helping us do that by giving us their time, energy and talents to help raise these vital funds, for which we want to say a big thank-you".
The Cork Simon Ball will take place this year on 27 March in Fota Island Resort. The Cork Simon Ball 2015 is sponsored by HEINEKEN Ireland, MSL Cork, Bon Secours Hospital Cork, Dunnes Stores, E&Y and SolarWinds. For more information visit www.corksimon.ie/cork-simon-ball-2015/.
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Chimps as people
Anthropomorphizing is a distraction in Disney's latest beautiful documentary
By Rachel Bush
Oscar the chimp searches for the perfect tool.
Directed by Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield. Cinemark 14. Rated G.
Just in time for Earth Day, Disney released its latest nature "documentary," and it's full of monkey business. Chimp business, actually. Co-directed by Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield (Earth), Chimpanzee chronicles the lives of one African chimp clan, with special focus on a young'un named Oscar.
I put "documentary" in quotes because this movie is by no means a purely objective depiction of chimpanzee life. The voice-over narration is filled with editorialized comments, taking plenty of liberty to make Oscar's life seem as dramatic as possible. Plus, Tim Allen narrates, so it sounds like a Buzz Lightyear voiceover. This makes things comical, but a lot less natural-feeling. Elaborate jungle montage sequences and catchy music don't make the film feel any more "real" either.
At first, all these embellishments were off-putting, but then I realized the film needed some artistic license to give this movie structure. Otherwise, it'd be 80 minutes of chimps swinging in trees.
Thanks to the narration, we can learn a few things. Kenny is the alpha male of Oscar's clan, the "large and in charge" boss, as they call him. Isha is Oscar's mother, who's killed after a brawl with a neighboring chimp clan in a fight over territory. Left as an orphan (a familiar Disney theme), Oscar searches for a replacement within his clan.
He soon forms an unlikely mentorship with Kenny, who steps in as foster dad. The first half of the movie really tries to build Kenny's character as the stereotypical stubborn old man figure, so that it's extra sweet when he accepts Oscar. And it is sweet. But it's also a stretch to believe that Kenny's crotchety just because Allen tells us so. For the sake of your enjoyment—and that of the kids in the audience—you have to just go with his storytelling.
As skeptical as I was about the content, the movie's visuals always overshadowed any criticisms. Disneynature films know their way around a camera, and with the lens under the canopies of the African rainforests, some beautiful stuff starts to show itself. The lush green scenery and quirky chimp faces are fun enough to watch, but the time-lapse sequences give audiences something extra to ooh and ahh at. We see mushrooms evolve into glow-in-the-dark night creatures, and rain storms depicted like choreographed dances between individual droplets. This is a movie that takes full advantage of the big screen, and it's best experienced in front of one.
The film may dramatize Oscar's life too much, but there's no doubt it provides some truth about our primate cousins. With the Jane Goodall Institute co-producing the movie, there's probably little need to fact-check.
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BRUSSELS-- European Union authorities on Wednesday blocked a deal to create a rail giant that could compete with China, angering France and Germany so much that they vowed to change the way the EU oversees such mergers.
But EU Antitrust Commissioner Margrethe Vestager kept her focus squarely on European customers, saying the Franco-German merger would have created a near monopoly in the region, choking competition and leading to higher prices for travelers and companies.
Vestager said that the merged company would have become, by far, the largest player in Europe and added that in the rail signaling market there would have been "no competition left" at all.
Her office is tasked with making sure that competition is fair and consumers have enough choice. In this case, the decision clashed with France and Germany's desire to keep up with China, which controls and actively supports many of its biggest companies.
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe called it "a bad decision. It's a major setback for the European industry and I think it was a decision taken on wrong bases. I can't be any clearer."
"A globally competitive rail industry is an important industrial policy concern for Germany and for Europe," Merkel's spokesman Steffen Seibert, said.
Seibert said Wednesday that regardless of the rail merger case, the German government supported the idea of revising the EU's antitrust laws "with a view to globalization."
Philippe complained Vestager didn't sufficiently take global markets into account and called the EU law on the topic "incredibly outdated."
"We must modernize it and take back control," Philippe said.
Bernt Berger, head of the Asia program at the German Council on Foreign Relations, said that how to deal with rising Chinese competition is one of the big questions that Europeans haven't effectively confronted.
"We helped build up the Chinese economy ... and now they are a full-blown competitor in some fields and there is no preparation on how to deal with that," he said. "It's an issue which has been overslept for many years."
Berger said it was time for "a sober discussion among experts" to find a strategy rather than alarmist rhetoric.
The Federation of German Industries this month called for a "coherent China strategy." That could include applying EU limits on state aid to subsidies outside the EU or allowing state aid in European countries in cases where state aid abroad distorts competition.
Alstom is best known for making France's TGV and Siemens for Germany's ICE high-speed trains. They face growing competition from China's CRRC Corporation, which had sales of about $33 billion last year. Alstom had $9.4 billion and Siemens' rail unit about $10 billion.
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Vestager's decision "will serve the economic and industrial interests of China."
Vestager argued CRRC was not an imminent threat, since more than 90 percent of its activities were in China. "It has had less success outside its home market."


Head Coach of Ghana's Black Stars, Goran Stevanovic intends to play Sunderland's marksman, Asamoah Gyan at the top when he begins work on February 1.
The Serbian says systems per se "do not play football; it is the players that make the systems work", but insists Gyan is capable of serving Ghana better playing alone in attack.
Stevanovic loves 4-1-4-1 and 4-5-1 systems which will have the Sunderland striker play as the lone attacker but the coach is hoping Gyan's efficiency will improve with a compact midfield.
The Coach said he has enough quality in the team to deliver, claiming his only challenge will be motivating the players to believe in themselves again.
"All I have to do is to motivate the players and that is a difficult challenge because the players have achieved so much already.
Stevanovic who is on 30,000 pounds a month salary becomes the third Serbian to manage the Black Stars in six years span.
Stevanovic, a Yugoslav international spent most of his playing career at Partizan Belgrade before spells at Clubs in Spain, Portugal and Greece and also coached Partizan Belgrade to the Serbian League title last season.


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Games People Play by Owen Mullen
MoMo Book Diary enjoyed Games People Play, Owen Mullen's brilliant novel set in Glasgow.
The book is mainly set in Glasgow and I loved the way the author used the language, and could even hear the rough glaswegian accents coming through.
This well written story had me hooked from the introduction and on tender-hooks through to the nail-biting conclusion.
Private Investigator, Charlie Cameron is a complex character which the author demonstrates though the telling of his back story and look forward to reading more of his investigations.
Thank you Owen Mullen for the opportunity to read and review this breath-taking novel.
On a warm summer's evening thirteen month old Lily Hamilton is abducted from Ayr beach in Scotland, taken while her parents are yards away. Three days later, the distraught father turns up at Glasgow PI Charlie Cameron's office and begs him to help. Mark Hamilton believes he knows who has stolen his daughter. And why.
Against his better judgement Charlie gets involved in a case he would be better off without. But when a child's body is discovered on Fenwick Moor, then another in St Andrews, the awful truth dawns: there is a serial killer out there whose work has gone undetected for decades. Baby Lily may be the latest victim of a madman.
For Charlie it's too late, he can't let go. His demons won't let him.
The stunning first novel featuring Glasgow PI Charlie Cameron. Games People Play will have the reader guessing to the very last page.
AUTHOR Owen Mullen
BOOK TITLE Games People Play
SERIES PI Charlie Cameron
PUBLISHER Bloodhound Books
DATE OF PUBLICATION 16 January 2017
PRINT LENGTH 305 pges
ASIN B01MS8FQDC
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When he was ten, Owen Mullen won a short story competition and didn't write anything else for almost forty years. In between he graduated from Strathclyde University with a Masters in Tourism and a degree in Marketing, moved to London and worked as a rock musician, session singer and songwriter, andhad a hit record in Japan with a band he refuses to name; on occasion he still performs. He returned to Scotland to run a management consultancy and a marketing agency. He is an Arsenal supporter and a serious foodie. A gregarious recluse, he and his wife, Christine, split their time between Glasgow – where the Charlie Cameron books are set – and their villa in the Greek Islands.
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If a thirsty man only has stagnant water to drink, he will drink. And if fans of Test cricket only have the International Cricket Council's world rankings to provide an official measurement of their team's progress and standing, then they will have to do.
A world championship with a little bit of structure and organisation would have been better—maybe even a rough attempt for the 10 nations to play at home and away in a given time frame.
But that would have required an ability to look ahead and see the game's landscape in a decade's time; it would have required a sense of purpose and common ground among the member nations. Instead, it was scuppered by India's narcissistic addiction to money and power.
So we'll have to make do with the rankings and the haphazard number of games and series played in a random time frame, which provides the basis for the rankings.
The way results have unfolded in recent months means that South Africa's tour to England in six months' time could be the third occasion in the past three years (all against different opposition) that the Proteas will contest a series for the unofficial title of world Test champions.
When they beat Australia in Perth and Melbourne, they briefly rose to the top of the ladder but tumbled quickly and meekly down again.
India also suffered a vertigo moment after reaching the summit of Test cricket for the first time since the rankings were created and are currently in freefall after back-to-back 4-0 whitewashes in England and Australia.
For a while, the rest of the cricket-playing world had reason to rejoice at India's success. Suddenly the income-obsessed Board of Control for Cricket in India could see that Test cricket really did have kudos and that being the best at the best form of the game gave them a real reason to puff their chests out.
But now the party is over and the familiar sense of indifferent arrogance is wafting out of India. It is all bling and Indian Premier League again. Indian cricket bosses do denial brilliantly. Sachin will never retire. Ever.
Literally moments after South Africa's rise to the top three years ago, Graeme Smith made the prophetic statement: "Getting to the top was the easy part. Staying there will be the true test." His team failed.
Now it is England's turn to wobble at the top. Losing the first of three Tests to Pakistan in Dubai a fortnight ago gave a usually harsh and unsympathetic media a rare opportunity to dust-off their list of excuses, none of which featured "incompetence". The second defeat that cost them the series in Abu Dhabi, however, saw England's frailties ruthlessly exposed on grass as well as in print.
The Proteas, too, face a potential upset in just a month's time when the three-Test series against New Zealand gets underway. It is not just a question of the playing resources available to both sides or the type of pitches they will play on. It is also the air temperature—which dropped to a wind-chill assisted 2°C on the morning of an ODI in Dunedin on South Africa's last tour there in 2004.
There is also the very considerable fact that the Super Rugby season will have started. Only those with previous experience of just how second-class cricket is to rugby in New Zealand will not be shocked by how irrelevant the game is while rugby is in town.
"We literally had not left the playing area after our Test match at Eden Park when the ground staff drove on to the field with the rugby poles and started marking out the touchlines," Gary Kirsten recalled from the 2004 tour. "It brought everything into perspective for us.
"About an hour later, we all went back out on to the field with a couple of rugby balls and kicked penalties. Everyone on that tour could proudly say they'd kicked a three-pointer at Eden Park," Kirsten said laughing.
The Test team is settled at the moment and should have more than enough skill and experience to prevail. But the T20 and ODI teams are very much a work in progress and success against a home side that specialises in the shorter formats is far from guaranteed.
Kirsten is wise enough not to say so publicly but he is prepared to lose games in the short term to find the best players for success in the long term.
He does not believe in experimentation after a series has been won, which is why he asked for Jacques Kallis and Dale Steyn to be rested before the recent series against Sri Lanka had been clinched. Both men are almost certain to feature in September's T20 World Cup but neither will play in the three games in New Zealand.
But it is the Test series that rightly will attract most attention. Win it and they will have another crack at the heavyweight title of the world.
Then it would come down to retaining it. Again.


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29 December 2007 By Freddy Tran Nager In Marketing With 5402 Views
Not So Artfully Crafted: Blue Moon's Un-Wired Ad
Freddy Tran Nager	 Dec 29, 2007
by Freddy Tran Nager, Founder of Atomic Tango + Beer Ad Snob…
While thumbing through Wired magazine I come across an attractive painting of beer. What's not to like? As a microbrew fan, I stop thumbing and say "talk to me!" But the only words in the ad are the name of the beer and the tagline "Artfully Crafted." And the first thing that pops in my mind is not a desire to quaff the brew, but a distinct sense of disappointment. "What a waste!"
A full-page 4-color ad in Wired goes for about $70K — that's an awful lot of beer to sell — yet the ad doesn't include a web address for the intellectually thirsty. Hello, Blue Moon, this is a magazine read by tech freaks and geeks who are, well, wired. Listing your URL would not only be savvy, it's mandatory. It would also help you track its effectiveness.
But don't stop there.
If you're going to drop $70K on an ad that targets such a well-defined readership, why not artfully craft a special offer for them? For example, anyone who visits your site could score free MP3's of "Blue Moon tunes" by alternative and indie artists, which would bolster your "artfully crafted" credentials.
Out of curiosity, I Google "Blue Moon beer" and find their site, which is beautifully designed. Again, what a waste! They go to that much trouble and expense to artfully craft a website, then don't bother to drive traffic to it. (Another waste is the fact that the site is entirely in Flash, including the blog, which is poor web strategy.) I'm beginning to feel sorry for this microbrewery, since I hope to overthrow the grip of giant American beer corporations and their anemic emissions. (The Brits like to say, "Why is American beer like having sex in a canoe? Because it's f'ing close to water.")
I then discover that Blue Moon is based in Golden, Colorado, which is home to the most heinous perpetrator of bad beer in the universe: Coors. (The rustwater dubbed "Coors Light" is no doubt the work of Satan.) A little more Googling reveals the fact that, yes, Blue Moon is owned by Coors, and that Coors is going out of the way to hide its association with Blue Moon, lest microbrew fans turn up their noses.
I then decide I can make fun of them in my blog. Indeed, it's now my responsibility to trumpet this factoid:
Blue Moon = Coors!
Back to the ad: I assume that Coors wanted to pull an Absolut with a minimalist ad featuring artwork. Not a bad strategy (albeit a derivative one), but shouldn't they at least have hired known artists or paid tribute to them? If "art" is the theme, how about promoting an online art show? Or inviting artists to submit their own Blue Moon-inspired art for exposure and prizes?
Altogether, it's a disappointing watered-down effort by one of the nation's largest advertisers. Hopefully, Coors/Blue Moon has invested more thought and effort in crafting their beer than they did in creating their ad campaign.
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Callum ginty
19 August 2008 at 12:24 pm	Reply
Agreed, their website is shit hot, makes me thirsty just looking at it.
I don't think that slapping some artists name on the artwork would make it more appealing. There defiantly should have been a little text box so people like you can read it.
I'll even go one step further and say that the text box should be a mini story so that the product/experience can be remembered super easy.
mouthny
8 April 2009 at 6:37 pm	Reply
They are owned by Coors so they are not a microbrew at all. Don't be fooled!
10 June 2009 at 3:40 pm	Reply
Well the ad is not a waste at all. Blue Moon is an Excellent beer. Its not a step above other beers. It is in it's own category. So the ad needs not to say anything. Loyal Moon drinkers already know its good.
Freddy's Comment: The ad needs to do much more than simply connect with loyal Moon drinkers (all 3 of them). At the time this ad ran, Blue Moon was a relatively new, relatively unknown brand. Coors needed to appeal to non-Moon drinkers. And in that case, the ad fails.
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This week, as Montana celebrates the 40th anniversary of one of its most prized places – the incomparable Scapegoat Wilderness – it is important to look back over the once-contentious history and the long years of struggle that laid the foundation for the protections we enjoy today.
It is important because the Scapegoat's history is rich with lessons that apply to Montana's current struggles with proposed wilderness. In fact, two proposals awaiting action in Congress are traveling a road that was paved by supporters of the Scapegoat Wilderness all those years ago.
In 1972, the Scapegoat earned a place in history as the first citizen-designated wilderness in the nation. The Forest Jobs and Recreation Act introduced by U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and the Rocky Mountain Front Heritage Act introduced by U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., both have their roots in citizen-led proposals.
The names of those who fought for and won the Scapegoat Wilderness are now legend. The attitudes of most naysayers have long since changed, and the new folks – that would be anyone under the age of 40 – who gape at the wonders of the Scapegoat perhaps take it for granted that this place is protected.
But that was not always so. The Scapegoat designation came in response to the pressing threat of timber development in the 1950s. The Forest Service was planning to lay roads in the Lincoln backcountry to facilitate access for logging. When locals learned of these plans, they began working to stop them – and calling on Montana's congressional delegation to take action too.
Montana's representatives in Congress didn't see eye-to-eye back then any more than they do now, but they still managed to agree on one thing – that the Scapegoat deserved federal protection as an official wilderness area. In fact, the biggest quibble was only over how many acres to protect. Sens. Lee Metcalf and Mike Mansfield, both Democrats, introduced a bill in 1965 that would have covered only 75,000. When Republican Rep. Jim Battin introduced a bill expanding the area to 240,000 acres, both Metcalf and Mansfield dropped their bill and backed Battin's.
Still, it wasn't until 1972 that the Scapegoat Wilderness Act was officially approved by Congress. And even then, the victory wasn't viewed as such by all. The Forest Service, especially, was less than enthusiastic about the change and openly warned that it could set a precedent that would prove disruptive to Forest Service land policy.
The Forest Service needn't have worried. Montana has gone without any new wilderness designations all these many years.
That's not for lack of trying, and it's not for lack of enthusiasm. In fact, a recent statewide poll points to the high value Montanans continue to place on our shared public lands, and wilderness in particular. Its key findings, released in May, found high levels of support for public lands and wilderness across the board. Overall, 85 percent of Montanans agree that wilderness protections are good for Montana, while only 11 percent perceive wilderness as bad for the state.
The poll also found high levels of support for the Forest Jobs and Recreation Act (79 percent) and Rocky Mountain Front Heritage Act (72 percent). The forest jobs act, introduced in July 2009, would add 30,000 acres of wilderness in the Kootenai National Forest, 83,000 acres of wilderness to the Bob Marshall and Mission Mountain wilderness areas, and 554,000 acres of wilderness in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest. At the same time, it would set timber harvest thresholds for the Forest Service, and release or designate additional acres for recreation.
Meanwhile, the Rocky Mountain Front Heritage Act could add 67,000 acres to the Bob Marshall Wilderness. It too seeks to balance its wilderness proposal with protections for other interests.
Those who think they know these two proposals and have made up their minds about them – for or against – should go back and give them a second look with fresh eyes. But look first at the Scapegoat Wilderness. Just look at what those long years of struggle won for Montana.
Then look with far-seeing eyes at the opportunities we have before us to protect some of the Treasure State's most valuable, irreplaceable treasures – its public lands. That, fellow Montanans, is a legacy worth leaving – and one we celebrate this week, with thanks to those who set aside their differences and took action 40 years ago.


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City of Indianapolis won't help clear creek blockages
Posted: 7:05 AM, May 15, 2018
By: Graham Hunter
INDIANAPOLIS -- In a southwest-side creek called State Ditch, a major blockage has formed, made up of trash, playground equipment, and shopping carts. Indianapolis officials say it's the responsibility of private property owners to clean up.
In April, Kenneth Warden came home after recent heavy rainfall to find his house sitting dangerously close to a creek bank due to erosion. He reached out to the Department of Public Works, which told him that it's his responsibility to rebuild the bank.
So Warden walked along State Ditch to see if there were any issues making the flooding worse. He found several blockages in the creek.
"From my house to Superior Road, I found seven total blockages," Warden said.
All the blockages were found within about a mile of his house.
DPW issued a statement about the blockages, saying, "The issue pertaining to the log jams has been determined to be strictly on private property." This means they won't be cleared by the city.
"This is unbelievable," Warden said. "This blockage right here has basically created a grand canyon in this area."
Warden is circulating a petition to try to get something done.
His neighbor, Nora Brawner, signed the petition. Brawner has been neighbors with Warden for 45 years.
"His yard washed away and it will be another yard in another big rain," she said.
Warden's issues are a warning to anybody buying property near a creek. If a parcel of land you want to buy includes a creek, you could be on the hook for any problems that happen there.
"I probably can't build a protection high enough behind my house to compensate for what I found by hiking this creek," Warden said.
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Athens fires recede but officials still wary
A firefighting helicopter drops water on a forest fire in Nea Makri village, northeast of Athens, on Monday. Yiorgos Karahalis / Reuters
Aug. 24, 2009, 9:50 AM UTC / Source: The Associated Press
A massive wildfire that destroyed homes and forests receded Monday as a multinational airborne effort beat back flames that at one point threatened Athens' northern suburbs and raged near the ancient battleground at Marathon.
As winds died down late Monday, Greek Fire Brigade spokesman Yiannis Kappakis said there were "no significant active fronts" left of the fire, which for days has sent a pall of smoke over the capital, plunging parts of it into a brown half-light.
Kappakis said more than 1,000 firefighters and soldiers would remain on duty in case the blazes revived.
"The danger of the fires flaring up again is not yet over," he said. Since Saturday the fire has razed some 21,000 hectares (51,890 acres) of pine forest, olive grove, brush and farmland, according to the European Commission's European Forest Fire Information System. Greek officials say 150 homes were damaged.
Replacing lost forests to take years
Experts warned it would take generations to replace the lost forests, many of which were burnt beyond the hope of natural regrowth.
Thousands of people were forced to flee their homes, and elderly nuns were evacuated from the threatened convent of Saint Ephrem near the coastal town of Nea Makri — carrying the saint's relics with them.
"The flames were 30 meters (100 feet) high," said one of the nuns evacuated, wearing a black habit and a surgical mask to ward off the smoke and grit. "Thankfully they came and rescued us."
At least five people were treated for burns and several dozen reported breathing problems, but no injuries were serious, the Health Ministry said.
Other major fires still burned near the coastal town of Porto Germeno, northwest of Athens, and near villages on the Evia island, east of the capital.
Nineteen water-dropping planes and helicopters — including aircraft from Italy, France and Cyprus — unleashed some 14,000 tons of water on Monday that helped contain the biggest blaze near Athens.
Wildfires devastate Greece
Firefighters win battle against blazes near Athens.
The European Commission said in a statement it was the biggest coordinated emergency operation this year.
Before the blaze was contained, flames tore down a hillside toward houses near coastal Nea Makri, where volunteers with water-soaked towels wrapped around their necks beat back the flames with tree branches.
Fires also threatened the ancient fortress town of Rhamnus, home to two 2,500-year-old temples.
No cause released yet
Officials have not said what started the fires. Hundreds of forest blazes plague Greece every summer and some are set intentionally — often by the unscrupulous land developers or animal farmers seeking to expand their grazing land.
Many have said Greece's conservative government showed it had learnt little from the wildfires of 2007 — the Mediterranean country's worst in decades — which killed 76 people and laid waste some 275,000 hectares (679,500 acres).
"A complete overhaul is required in the way we deal with forest fires ... There is no sign the (government) is moving the right direction," said Dimitris Karavellas, director of the environmental group WWF in Greece.
He said state planners made insufficient use of volunteer groups and failed to crackdown on rogue developers who build homes illegally in burnt forest areas.
"A lot of the affected areas have been burned several times, which means these areas will not rejuvenate by themselves," Karavellas said.
Government spokesman Evangelos Antonaros said the firefighting effort was "well coordinated."
"From the first moment, (we had) the presence of personnel on a large scale," he said, also promising that all burnt forests would be replanted and protected from development.
Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis visited a fire-plane base to thank pilots who he said "surpassed the limits of human endurance."
"Continue your work and close your ears to those few who from a safe position for their own expediencies attempt (to criticize) everything," he said. "The entire Greek nation supports you and is grateful."
Greece's National Weather Service said strong winds are expected to ease Tuesday.
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Mad River Local Schools: Mission, Vision, Motto and Ohio Improvement Plan 2021-2024
Mr. Chad Wyen, Superintendent of Schools
Thank you for visiting the Mad River Locals Schools' website. We are looking forward to another great year and the continuation of our positive climb to becoming a 5 Star school district. In the past few years, the district has seen an upward trend in student achievement with increases in our overall academic success on the district report card.
The Mad River School District serves more than 3,800 students with a wide range of interests and needs. We are proud of our strong educational programs for all students, pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. Our award-winning school district can be attributed to the tireless work of our dedicated staff, strong parental involvement, and a supportive and generous community.
Our district and its schools have earned local, state, and national accolades for accomplishments in academic and co-curricular activities. Additionally, partnerships with area colleges, local and state businesses, and civic groups support our mission "to create successful educational experiences for all the students we serve through diverse opportunities."
The school district takes a great amount of pride in seeing that students are successful in what they attempt to pursue. We are extremely proud of the many accomplishments of our students in their academic studies, athletic competitions, and performing arts. We invite community participation in all school events and welcome suggestions for improvement.
This school year is going to be an outstanding one in the Mad River School District. I hope you join me in our effort to help all of our students reach their potential and achieve their goals. Please feel free, at any time, to contact me by email or by calling (937) 259-6606.
Mr. Chad Wyen