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Q: Display selected data from dynamically created template of radio buttons I created a custom directive which accepts data from a controller. What it does is that when called, it dynamically creates a layout of radio buttons.
What I want to do is display the selected data upon clicking the radio button.
my Controller:
var app = angular.module('myApp', []);

app.controller('DataController', ['$scope', function($scope){
$scope.gender = {
  label: "Gender",
  required:true,
  valueList: [
  { text: "Male", value: "male" },
  { text:"Female", value:"female" }
  ]
};
$scope.my = { sel: '' };
}]);

Directive:
 app.directive('appleRadio', function(){
 return {
   restrict: 'E',
   require: 'ngModel',
   scope: {
     fieldOptions: '=options',
     fieldModel: '=ngModel',
     fieldName: '@fieldName',
   },
   controller: ['$scope', function($scope) {
   }],
   link: function(scope, element, attribute, controller) {
      element.on('click', function(){
      // test1: assign the selected value to $scope.my.sel in controller
      scope.$parent.my.sel = scope.selected;

      // test2: assign the selected value to ng-model in template
      scope.fieldModel = scope.selected;
      console.log(scope.selected);
    });
  },
  template: ' <input type="radio" name="option-{{option.value}}"'+
'id="option-{{value}}" ng-model="$parent.selected" value="{{option.value}}">{{option.text}}'+
''
 };
});

in Index.html:

            <apple-radio field-label="Gender" field-name="oGend" options="gender" ng-model="selectedOption"></apple-radio>

You Selected (via ng-model): {{selectedOption}}

            You Selected (via controller): {{my.sel}}

here's the plunker link:
http://plnkr.co/edit/DBmsFmVXyjuZYE7s9LLa?p=preview

A: Whenever you make changes to the angular context outside of an angular method/event, you need to call scope.$apply().
So at the end of your onClick handler, call scope.$apply().


A scene earlier in the deer season in Illinois.
Illinois deer hunters continue to stay ahead of the pace last season in the archery season.
On an interesting side note, the harvest by compound bows continues about where it has been all season at 60 percent.
Here is an update on the 2018-19 Illinois Archery Deer Season from the IDNR Division of Wildlife Resources.
A reminder that the season continues through Jan. 20.
Harvest to date has consisted of 47% does and 53% males (27024:30213). During the past two weeks, antlerless deer have comprised 75% of the harvest.
The top five counties for archery deer harvest as of January 1 were Pike (1,958), Fulton (1,479), Jefferson (1,369), Adams (1,316), and Williamson (1,073).
County results are included in the attached table.


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PLEASE NOTE: The following systems are no longer verified and do not meet the requirements for any on-road or off-road rule compliance options. They cannot be sold after the date shown below, however, all warranty obligations will be fulfilled until the warranty expiration date is met.
Verifications were issued chronologically. The most recent Executive Order would have been in effect at the time of de-verification. For details on prior verification for each system, please view the specific Executive Orders and attachments by date.
Nett Technologies VorTEQ
As of April 25, 2016.
The following Executive Orders are no longer in force:
ENGINE FAMILY LIST
SWAPPING & RE-DESIGNATION POLICY
Caterpillar Emissions Solutions, Inc.
As of May 4, 2016
November 9, 2015 Executive Order DE-14-006-01 Engine Family List Verification Letter Label
October 29, 2014 Executive Order DE-14-006 Engine Family List Verification Letter
CleanAir Systems
Caterpillar purchased CleanAir Systems, Inc. and took ownership of the PERMITTM DPF verification
May 2, 2011 Executive Order DE-05-002-03 Engine Family List
October 7, 2008 Executive Order DE-05-002-02 Engine Family List Verification Letter
November 6, 2006 Executive Order DE-05-002-01 Engine Family List Verification Letter
February 10, 2005 Executive Order DE-05-002 Engine Family List
June 6, 2003 Verification Letter
Boshart Global DPF
As of March 20, 2015
The Air Resources Board has verified Boshart Engineering, Incorporated Global DPF system for select on-road applications having on-road certified engines with rated horsepowers of at least 150 horsepower but no more than 400 horsepower. The Global DPF is a level 3 plus actively-regenerated, non-catalyzed filter system that achieves an 85 percent reduction in particulate matter emissions. Specific conditions for which the Global DPF system has been approved may be found in the Executive Order below.
DE-12-004-03
THE FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE ORDERS ARE SUPERSEDED
DE-12-004
CLEAIRE Lonestar
As of January 9, 2013
The Air Resources Board has conditionally verified the Cleaire Lonestar diesel retrofit system for certain 1996 through 2009 model year diesel engines in rubber-tired off-road vehicles. The Lonestar reduces emissions of diesel particulate matter by at least 85 percent and is designated as a Level 3 plus system. The Lonestar also reduces emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) by 40 percent. The primary components of the Lonestar include a catalyzed silicon carbide wall-flow filter and a lean NOx catalyst. The Lonestar system is compatible with off-road vehicles using diesel fuel that contains up to 20 percent biodiesel. Specific conditions for which the Lonestar system has been approved may be found in the conditional verification letter below.
CLEAIRE Allmetal
The Air Resources Board has conditionally verified the Cleaire Allmetal diesel retrofit system for certain 1996 through 2010 model year diesel engines in both tracked and rubber-tired off-road vehicles. The Allmetal system reduces emissions of diesel particulate matter by at least 85 percent and is designated as a Level 3 plus system. The primary components of the passively regenerated Allmetal system include a diesel oxidation catalyst, a metal diesel particulate filter, and a driver notification and data logging system. The Allmetal system is compatible with off-road vehicles using diesel fuel that contains up to 20 percent biodiesel. Specific conditions for which the Allmetal system has been approved may be found in the conditional verification letter below
RAS 10-661-719
The Air Resources Board verified the Caterpillar Diesel Particulate Filter as a Level 3 Plus passively regenerated diesel emission control system for use with all off-road equipment powered by certain off-road diesel engines with model years between 1996 and 2005. Approved engines are certified to a particulate matter emission level equal to or less than 0.2 grams per brake horsepower-hour, are rated to 175 horsepower through 600 horsepower, and are not equipped with exhaust gas recirculation systems. Specific conditions for which the Caterpillar DPF has been approved may be found in the Executive Order below.
DE-08-004-1
Verification Letter
DONALDSON NR-LNF
The Air Resources Board has granted a conditional verification for the Donaldson NR-LNF system. The conditional verification includes select off-road diesel equipment powered by off-road diesel engines manufactured from 1996 through 2010, rated between 100 horsepower (hp) and 600 hp, inclusive, and certified by ARB to a particulate matter (PM) emission level of 0.20 grams per brake horsepower-hour (g/bhp-hr) or less and to an oxides of nitrogen emission level of at least 3.0 g/bhp-hr, except those engines equipped with exhaust gas recirculation (EGR). The Donaldson NR-LNF system provides real emission reductions of PM consistent with the Level 3 plus verification category. Specific engine families and conditions for which the NR-LNF system has been approved may be found in the Executive Order and attachment below.
SK ENERGY
SK Energy Econix DPF-A
The Air Resources Board has verified the SK Energy Econix DPF-A diesel retrofit system for certain 1994 through 2006 model year heavy-duty diesel engines used in on-road vehicles. The Econix DPF-A system reduces emissions of diesel particulate matter by at least 85 percent and is designated as a Level 3 plus system. The primary components of the actively regenerated Econix DPF-A system include a metal mesh wall-flow filter, a diesel-fueled burner assembly, and a system controller. Specific conditions for which the Econix DPF-A system has been approved may be found in the Executive Order below.
THE FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND ATTACHMENTS ARE SUPERSEDED
DE 09-007-01
DE 09-007
CLEAIRE LONGMILE
As of December 7, 2012
The Air Resources Board has verified the Cleaire LongMile diesel retrofit system for certain 1993 through 2006 model year on-road heavy-duty diesel engines used in on-road heavy-duty vehicles. The LongMile reduces emissions of diesel particulate matter by at least 85 percent and complies with both the 2009 limit on emissions of nitrogen dioxide and the unidirectional design requirements. As such, it is designated as a Level 3 Plus system. The primary components of the LongMile include a diesel oxidation catalyst, a non-catalyzed sintered metal diesel particulate filter, an electronic control system, and a backpressure monitor. The LongMile system is compatible with on-road vehicles using diesel fuel that contains up to 20 percent biodiesel. Specific conditions for which the LongMile system has been approved may be found in the Executive Order below.
December 8, 2011 December 8, 2011 (CA)
December 8, 2011 (FED)
December 8, 2011 June 16, 2011
Federal Engines
Proventia EHDPF
The Air Resources Board conditionally verified Proventia's EHDPF system as a Level 3 plus active regenerated diesel emission control system for use with the Thermo King Tripac APU, powered by select model year 2007 to 2009 Yanmar TK270M diesel engines with a diesel particulate matter certification of 0.2 grams per kilowatt hour or less. Proventia's EHDPF system uses a sintered metal filter which is electrically heated for regeneration to achieve an 85 percent reduction in emissions of diesel particulate matter and is compliant with ARB's 2009 nitrogen dioxide standard. Specific conditions for which Proventia's EHDPF system had been approved are found in the conditional verification letter below.
Teleflex CLEAR SKY
The Air Resources Board conditionally verified Teleflex's Clear Sky DPF as a Level 3 plus active regenerated diesel emission control system for use with the Comfort Pro APU, powered by select Kubota Z482 diesel engines with model years between 2005 and 2009. Teleflex's Clear Sky DPF uses a silicon carbide wall-flow filter with a heating element for regeneration to achieve an 85 percent reduction in emissions of diesel particulate matter and is compliant with ARB's 2009 nitrogen dioxide standard. Specific conditions for which Teleflex's Clear Sky DPF have been approved are found in the conditional verification letter below.
RAS-09-661-087
Engine Control Systems
As of March 5, 2012
The ARB has conditionally verified the Engine Control Systems Purifilter for equipment powered by certain off-road diesel engines with model years between 1996 and 2008. Approved engines are certified to a particulate matter emission level equal to or less than 0.2 grams per brake horsepower-hour, are rated to at least 50 horsepower and at most 750 horsepower, and are not equipped with exhaust gas recirculation systems.
Swapping Policy
11-661-843 April 12, 2011 April 12, 2011 April 12, 2011
Cleaire
As of January 26, 2010
Using the Verification Procedure, Warranty and In-Use Compliance Requirements for In-Use Strategies to Control Emissions from Diesel Engines, the Air Resources Board (ARB) conditionally verified the Cleaire Advanced Emission Controls (Cleaire) Horizon Electric Particulate Filter (Horizon) for use with off-road diesel engines on January 26, 2007. As stated in the conditional verification letter RAS-07-02, the Horizon system was conditionally verified for a period not to exceed three years from the date of the letter.
Because this period of time has elapsed, and Cleaire has not yet satisfied all remaining requirements for obtaining full verification, ARB now therefore suspends the verification of the Horizon system for off-road applications. As of January 27, 2010, the Horizon system may not be sold, installed, or offered for sale as a verified system for any off-road applications until such time as ARB determines that Cleaire has satisfactorily completed all remaining requirements for full verification.
January 26, 2007 Verification Letter
The following systems do not comply with the new 2009 NO2 emissions limit, and are no longer verified.
The ARB verified the Cleaire Longview system for specific 1993 through 2006 model year diesel engines used with on-road applications operating on CARB diesel fuel and biodiesel. The system employs a diesel particulate filter to achieve at least 85 percent reduction of PM and a lean NOx catalyst to achieve a 25 percent reduction of NOx. Other conditions of verification that apply to these model years may be found in the verification letters. The most current Executive Orders are provided here. These supercede the previous verification letters and include a list of all the engine families for which the device has been approved.
March 5, 2008 DE-03-001-05 Attachment Label
October 19, 2007 DE-03-001-04 Attachment
July 26, 2004 DE-03-001-03 Attachment
Donaldson DPM diesel particulate filter (DPF) muffler system with Series 6300 catalyst formulation for specific 1993 through 2006 model year diesel engines used with on-road applications operating on ultra low sulfur diesel fuel. All of these engines are four-stroke, medium and heavy heavy-duty diesel engines, including turbo-charged, mechanically or electronicallyinjected, and are not equipped with exhaust gas recirculation. The system employs a DPF to achieve at least an 85 percent reduction of diesel particulate matter. The Executive Orders below include restrictions for these verifications. The attachment includes a list of engine families for which the device has been approved.
December 23, 2008 DE-04-005-04 Attachment Label
September 25, 2008 DE-04-005-03 Attachment Label
December 12, 2005 DE-04-005-02 Attachment
September 30, 2004 DE-04-005-01 Attachment
February 27, 2004 DE-04-005 Attachment
EGR Technologies LLC/CleanAir Systems
In 2007, the ARB conditionally verified the EGR Technologies LLC/CleanAir Systems diesel emissions control system, the Exhaust Gas Recirculation/PERMIT™ diesel particulate filter (EGR/PERMIT™ DPF). We were notified on November 21, 2008, that EGR Technologies LLC will no longer be producing the exhaust gas recirculation unit for the EGR/PERMIT™ DPF. Therefore, the EGR/PERMIT™ DPF (CA/EGR/2007/PM3/N50/ST/ERF01) will no longer be available and will not be considered verified as of January 1, 2009. We have been informed by EGR Technologies LLC that, to date, no EGR/PERMIT™ DPFs have been sold in California. Regardless, please note that any EGR/PERMIT™ DPFs sold before January 1, 2009, will remain verified and the manufacturer is required to continue to abide by the requirements of a conditional verification, including but not limited to the warranty and in-use requirements of the verification procedure. For further details on this emission control strategy, please see below.
April 2, 2007 Conditional Verification Letter Attachment
The ARB has verified the International Truck & Engine Corporation DPX Catalyzed Soot Filter System for 1994 2003 model year, Navistar (International) diesel engines used in on-road applications operating on ultra low sulfur diesel (ULSD) fuel or B20 fuel. B20 is defined, based on volume, as a mixture of 20 percent neat biodiesel (B100) that complies with ASTM D6751 and 80 percent diesel (e.g. not alternative diesel fuels) with a sulfur content of no more than 15 parts per million by weight. The DPX Catalyzed Soot Filter System uses a catalyzed diesel particulate filter to achieve a 85 percent reduction in particulate matter emissions qualifying it for an Level 3 verification. Specific engine families and conditions for which the DPX Catalyzed Soot Filter System have been approved may be found in the Executive Order and Attachment posted below.
June 17, 2005 DE-05-005 Attachment
Johnson Matthey CRT
The Air Resources Board has verified the Johnson Matthey reformulated CRT™ Particulate Filter system for specific 1994 through 2006 model year diesel engines used in on-road applications. All of these engines are four-stroke, turbocharged, and were certified in California to the 0.1 gram per brake horsepower-hour (g/bhp-hr) particulate matter (PM) emission standard when new. The reformulated CRT™ Particulate Filter system employs a catalyst and a wall-flow diesel particulate filter with a back pressure monitor to achieve an 85 percent reduction in particulate matter emissions, qualifying it for Level 3 verification. Specific engine families and conditions for which the reformulated CRT ™ Particulate Filter system has been approved may be found in the Executive Order and attachment below.
October 20, 2008 DE-07-002-02 Attachment Label
The ARB has verified the Johnson Matthey Continuously Regenerating Technology (CRT �) diesel particulate filter (DPF) reduces emissions of diesel particulate matter (PM) by 85 percent or greater for use on stationary emergency and prime generators. Additionally, ARB hereby conditionally verifies that the CRT � filter reduces emissions of diesel particulate matter (PM) by 85 percent or greater for use in stationary prime and emergency pumps. The CRT � filter is therefore verified as a Level 3 diesel emission control device for generators and conditionally verified as a Level 3 diesel emission control device for pumps when used on diesel engines certified to Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3 with a PM emission rate of 0.4 g/bhp-hr or less, subject to the terms and conditions specified in the Executive Order with engines listed in Attachment below.
April 5, 2006 DE-05-011 Attachment
The ARB verified the Cleaire Flash and Catch™ system for use with specific 1994 through 1998 model year diesel engines. This verification applies only to Cummins M11 engines, for steady state application (long haul truck), operating on low-sulfur fuel in on-road applications. Other restrictions which apply to these verifications may be found in the verification letters. (tables provided by Cummins, Inc.)
February 20, 2002 - Cleaire Flash and Catch™ with Engelhard DPX | Verification Letter (included engine family list)
March 9, 2002 - Cleaire Flash and Catch™ with Johnson Matthey CRT | Verification Letter (includes engine family list)
The ARB reinstated the verification of the Clean Air Power, Incorporated, Catalytic Particulate Filter (CPF), for select model years 1994 to 2002, Power System Associates and Caterpillar natural gas/diesel bi-fuel compression ignition engines used in on-road applications and operated on ultra low sulfur diesel fuel. The CPF system is comprised of a catalyst-coated, cellular ceramic monolith particulate filter and a backpressure monitoring system. The CPF has been verified as capable of achieving a Level 3 particulate matter (PM) emission reduction (equal to or greater than 85 percent PM reduction). Specific engine families and conditions for which the CPF has been approved may be found in the Executive Order and Attachment below.
July 31, 2006 - Executive Order DE-06-002 | Attachment
The ARB originally verified the Clean Air Power, Inc. (Clean Air Partners) diesel particulate filter (DPF), manufactured by Engelhard on August 15, 2002. This verification was in effect from August 15, 2002 through July 30, 2005. Clean Air Partners did not meet the warranty requirements as outlined in the verification procedure and was therefore no longer considered verified as of July 30, 2005. Please note that this does not impact the warranty of the DPF system itself, but is due to a warranty reporting requirement. Any systems sold before July 30, 2005, will remain verified provided that the manufacturer continues to abide by the requirements under which the system was verified.
August 15, 2002 - Verification Letter (includes engine family list)
The Air Resources Board has verified the Donaldson DPM Low Temperature Filter (LTF), with and without the Spiracle Closed Crankcase Filtration System, for use with most 1994 through 2006 model year on-road diesel engines used in on-road applications. The DPM LTF uses a flow-through filter followed by a diesel particulate filter to achieve an 85 percent reduction in particulate matter emissions. The Spiracle system filters engine crankcase emissions and directs the crankcase gases back to the engine intake. Specific conditions for which the DPM LTF with and without the Spiracle system has been approved may be found in the Executive Orders below.
September 12, 2006 - Executive Order DE-06-004 | Attachment
The ARB has modified the conditions of the verification of the Johnson Matthey CRT ™ Particulate Filter system to allow for a lower temperature requirement. The Johnson Matthey CRT ™ is now verified for most 1991-2006 model year diesel engines in on-road applications operating on ultra low sulfur diesel fuel or B20 fuel. B20 is defined, based on volume, as a mixture of 20 percent neat biodiesel (B100) that complies with ASTM D6751 and 80 percent diesel (e.g. not alternative diesel fuels) with a sulfur content of no more than 15 parts per million by weight. All of these engines are four-stroke, turbocharged, and were certified in California to the 0.1 gram per brake horsepower-hour (g/bhp-hr) particulate matter (PM) emission standard when new. The CRT ™ is also verified for a select few engines that employ exhaust gas recirculation through model year 2006. The CRT ™ Particulate Filter system employs a passively regenerated catalyzed diesel particulate filter to achieve an 85 percent reduction in particulate matter emissions, qualifying it for a Level 3 verification. Specific engine families and conditions for which the CRT™ Particulate Filter system has been approved and may be found in the Executive Order and attachment which are posted below.
August 15, 2006 - Executive Order DE-04-006-07 | Attachment
February 9. 2006 - Executive Order DE-04-006-06 | Attachment
July 29, 2005 - Executive Order DE-04-006-04 | Attachment
June 6, 2006 - Executive Order DE-04-006-03 | Attachment
March 21, 2005 - Executive Order DE-04-006-02 | Attachment
January 27, 2005 - Executive Order DE-04-006-01 Attachment
May 21, 2004 - Executive Order DE-04-006 | Attachment
July 23, 2002 - Verification Letter | Attachment
October 10, 2001 - Verification Letter | Attachment
August 2, 2001 - Verification Letter (includes engine family list)
The ARB has verified the Johnson Matthey CCRT ™ Particulate Filter system for specific 1994 to 2006 model year on-road diesel engines, which are used in on-road applications operating on ultra low sulfur diesel fuel. All of these engines are four-stroke, turbocharged, and were certified in California to the 0.1 gram per brake horsepower-hour (g/bhp-hr) particulate matter (PM) emission standard when new. A select few of these engines also employ the use of exhaust gas recirculation. The CCRT ™ Particulate Filter system achieves an 85 percent or greater (Level 3) reduction in particulate matter emissions. The CCRT ™ Particulate Filter can achieve this reduction at a temperature of 200�C for at least 40 percent of the duty cycle. Specific conditions for which the CCRT ™ Particulate Filter system has been approved may be found in the Executive Order and attachment which are posted below.
February 9, 2006 - Executive Order DE-05-003-04 | Attachment
June 6, 2005 - Executive Order DE-05-003-02 || Attachment
March 21, 2005 - Executive Order DE-05-003-01| Attachment
February 7, 2005 - Executive Order DE-05-003 | Attachment
In 2002, the ARB verified the Engelhard DPX ™ using an interim verification procedure. Since that time, a revised verification procedure has been approved and became effective June 2003. Engelhard Corporation has not met the warranty requirements in the revised verification procedure. Therefore, the DPX ™ filter (CA/ENG/2001/PM3/N00/ON/DPF01) is no longer considered verified as of January 1, 2004. Please note that DPX ™ systems sold before January 1, 2004, will remain verified provided that the manufacturer continues to abide by the interim requirements under which the system was verified. For further details on these diesel emission control strategies, please see below.
January 23, 2004 - Engelhard Letter
October 3, 2001 | Attachment
July 23, 2002 | Attachment

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Where's James? At Fast Forward's Demo Day
By Philanthropic Ventures Foundation
In Where's James
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PVF Executive Director James Higa recently attended Fast Forward's Demo Day to meet entrepreneurs using and building technology for social impact. As an accelerator, Fast Forward invests in these entrepreneurs, from funding them to creating programs to build capacity for tech nonprofits.
Two tech nonprofits that stood out at the Demo Day were: DREAMers Roadmap and Peerlift—both are headquartered in San Mateo County, founded by promising young leaders, and making a difference for students applying for and attending college.
DREAMers Roadmap
Founded in 2014 by Sarahi Espinoza Salamanca, DREAMers Roadmap is an app that helps undocumented students quickly and easily find college scholarships and financial resources.
Undocumented students usually find out during their senior year of high school that they do not qualify for FAFSA and most scholarships. "Many students by this point are discouraged and don't believe that going to college is a possibility," says Sarahi. "We believe that all students regardless of legal status should have the same opportunities. We want to be able to bridge the financial aid gap for all undocumented students transitioning to college."
Peerlift
Founded in 2017 by Julie Chen, Sam Gorman, Sravya Alla, and Jerry Registre, Peerlift's platform allows people to create microscholarships to fund low-income college students' expenses that are not covered by financial aid. From books to laundry to dorm room supplies, small incidental expenses can add up and turn into big financial burdens, and Peerlift offers a solution by connecting students in need with people who want to support them.
"This platform allows anyone to create a small scholarship and help fund a student's education without needing to have a lot of money or worry about large management fees…. You don't have to be an established philanthropist or years of nonprofit experience. With Peerlift, all you need is a desire to give and make an impact on a student's collegiate career."
PVF is excited to give grants to support these two organizations as they launch and grow to serve all students across the country.
2021 Cocokind Impact Foundation Awardees
Real World Artists in the Classroom
Making Field Trips a Reality with the Excursion Grant Program
Turning Basin Labs
James Higa Receives a Stanford Associates Governors' AwardWhere's James
Where are James and Sheryl? Gathering with CuriOdyssey and Community Thought LeadersWhere's James, Where's Sheryl


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Marigna-sur-Valouse är en kommun i departementet Jura i regionen Bourgogne-Franche-Comté i östra Frankrike. Kommunen ligger i kantonen Arinthod som tillhör arrondissementet Lons-le-Saunier. År  hade Marigna-sur-Valouse  invånare.

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 Lista över kommuner i departementet Jura

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Q: Webmin administrative panel options are missing
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*When I log into Webmin, with the Ubuntu administrative user frank, I cannot see most of the administrative options:

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*frank is shown as the Administration username in Webmin.

*I accidentally removed the frank user from the sudo group, last week.

*My VSP provider added the frank account back to the sudo group.
# Allow members of group sudo to execute any command
%sudo   ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL

It appears that Webmin is not recognizing that frank is back in the sudo group.
How do I get Webmin to show all the administrative options for frank?

A: Webmin handles its own users from within the application itself, meaning, just because a user is a sudoer, doesnt mean it has access to all of the webmin modules.
I had to have my ISP adjust the webmin.acl, in the /etc/webmin folder, that controls the users modules and such. They  duplicated root's settings for my user.

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Q: How to automatic reset linux vm at every boot time I am working on virtual linux based penetration testing lab.
I have configured debian linux according to my requirements and lab (like apache, mysql, firewall, network, permissions, etc), I just want to automatically reset the vm at every boot to the same configuration made by me. All the changes made during the penetration testing should be discard.
How this can be achieved?

A: You haven't mentioned what virtualization platform you're using, but most of the common ones have the ability to "snapshot" a VM - essentially a point-in-time image of the machine that can be rolled back to at will.
Keep in mind that this increases disk space usage dramatically and snapshots are not a form of backup.  However, for situations such as yours, they make rollback to a known good point in time very easy.

A: If you want automatically reset your virtual machine to an original configuration you have to configure each VM virtual disk as immutable/not persistent (different hypervisors call this feature in different ways).
In this link it's explained how enable this feature in virtual box and vmware https://srikeshs.wordpress.com/2014/04/29/how-to-make-a-virtual-disk-non-persistent-or-immutable/ .
Enabling this feature the disk will be restored to the original configuration automatically when reboot or shutdown the virtual machine.
You can also use snapshot as recommended in other answer but it has a different behaviour. The snapshot feature allows to save an image of the virtual machine and restore the snapshot image only when you need it. You have to execute some commands on your hypervisor in order to reset the virtual machine state, reboot the virtual machine isn't enough to restore the VM original state.


Halloween is just around the corner and Halloween costume and makeup ideas are circling around every internet corner. This trick-or-treat season will be the first spooky holiday for Kylie Jenner's baby daughter, Stormi. Kylie, different from other seasons, has shift her focus on her daughter too, as she is trying her best to dress her in adorable costumes.
For their first costume, they chose matching skeleton onesies for a pre-Halloween girls' night at home and on Monday they both sported yet another coordinated costume.
Inspired by Travis Scott's mutual fondness for butterflies and probably his song "Butterfly Effect," the duo took some lovely shots in black and pink wings.
Stormi's first Halloween, during the annual Halloween dinner party, matching skeleton ensembles with her mother, Kylie.
What's Halloween without their main signature, pumpkins? Just, meh! The duo went on a trip to the pumpkin patch in 2018.
During 2017 Halloween, Kylie and her best friend, Jordyn Woods decided to resemble 'ice and fire'. Wearing her platinum blonde ponytail and her 'frozen' eyelashes, she rocked her look from bottom to top. Way to go, Ice Queen!
A ninja warrior for Halloween of 2015. You don't wanna mess with her during the spookiest season of the year! Nor, her ninja friends. They are on a trip to purge the season ahead!
Boo! For the 2014 Halloween party, Kylie and her former boyfriend got inspired from the 'Bride of Chucky' pair.
Back in 2013, when Kylie was only 16 years old. She and Sofia Richie decided to dress up as black kitties for the Halloween.


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Peter Missing
American artist (born 1953)
Missing with Global Warning
Peter Colangelo
Bronx, New York, U.S.
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Humanity Records
www.petermissing.de
Musical artist
Peter Missing (born Peter Colangelo; November 26, 1953) is a New York City artist, poet, musician, and activist who relocated to Berlin in 1993. As of 2022, Missing is residing in Zürich.
Missing grew up in the Bronx during the 1950s and 1960s, as a middle child of three siblings. He's Italian and one-third Danish. His father was a postal worker who delivered to the Empire State Building.
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He was one of the organizers of the protest against the Tompkins Square Park curfew that led to the Tompkins Square Park Riot. His symbol, an upside down martini glass with three strikes crossed out, means "party's over". The symbol used to be spotted all over the Lower East Side. It was often accompanied by anti-gentrification, anti-police brutality, anti-corporations, and pro-environment slogans. The symbol was originally designed for a band Missing founded in 1980 called Drunk Driving and has grown to symbolize the decline of our planet and a warning to start something new; time for a change.
He founded the influential underground industrial band Missing Foundation while living in Hamburg, Germany in 1984 and imported it to the U.S. in 1985 with new members. The band has included about 20 members over its history. The name came from the East German police unit whose job it was to track down people who fled to West Germany. At shows Missing would sometimes set himself on fire as part of the performance. The band released five albums with Restless Records in L.A. including Your House Is Mine which was named Rock Album of the Week in The New York Times in 1988.[1]
Missing has been painting for the past 30 years and has works in over 30 museums in the U.S. and Europe including The Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Getty Institute, and the Stadt Museum in Berlin.[2] Until October 2011, Missing had his gallery, Conto Gallery, in Kunsthaus Tacheles in Berlin.[3] In 2012, Missing opened a new art space called Transmission Gallery in Copenhagen, Denmark.[4]
Missing worked many years as a film set designer in Hamburg and taught art to troubled youth in different German schools.
Missing now resides in Denver, Colorado, where his gallery, Gallery Late Realism, is open by appointment.[5]
Besides the gallery and creative work, including music performances, Missing runs creative artwork classes to the local kids in the area at a nearby youth center / artwork / music : Peter Missing Instagram and Facebook 2021 / In 2018 The full collection of Missing Foundation albums was released on bandcamp.com / new release Hard Surface / MissingFoundation 2 bandcamp.com 2021
Solo[edit]
Electronic Collection 1993-2010 (2010)
With Drunk Driving[edit]
Drunk Driving (1983)
With Missing Foundation[edit]
Frontline 2185 (with KMFDM, 1984)
The 20th Anniversary of the Summer of Love 1987-1967 (with various, 1987)
Missing Foundation (1987)
Your House Is Mine 1933 (1988)
Humanity Demise (1989)
Song and Legend (with various, 1989)
Ignore the White Culture (1990)
Go into Exile (1992)
Assault on Your Life (1992)
Live in Europe 1992 (1992)
Just Another Hit (1993)
State of the Union 2.001 (with various, 2001)
Live in La Plaza (2016)
Nature is Watching You (2018)
World in Chains (2019)
Hard Surface (2021)
With Missing Seven Hazard[edit]
Global Warning (Single, 2007)
Rocket the U.S. (2008)
Nature Revolt Remix (2009)
War of the Minds (2010)
Real Freedom (2018)
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Rotation (1997)
Insel 138 (1998)
Cracked Ocean (1998)
Low Denominator (1999)
Redirect (2021)
river of creative forms (2022)
^ Pareles, Jon (September 9, 1988). "Sounds Around Town". The New York Times.
^ Your House Is Mine, First Edition, Bullet Space, New York, 1980.
^ Schilling, Stefan (2016). Tacheles: Die Geschichte des Kunsthauses in Fotografien von Stefan Schilling. Edition Braus. pp. 76–89. ISBN 978-3862281473.
^ "Archived copy". www.missingfoundation.com. Archived from the original on 2002-06-09. {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Peter Missing". Facebook.
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A new Happy Street update hit the App Store last night…and it's all about LONDON, mates!
Londoners Home – This red brick house with white trim is described as the home of "Famous Londoners." I can't wait to see who that includes! The doormat has a tobacco pipe on it—maybe we'll see a Sherlock Holmes character? And maybe a queen or king? Shakespeare?
Big Ben – This handsome clock tower is tagged as a game in the store—I wonder how that will work?
London Taxi Stand – Ohemgee. This is cute. A fancy black cab pulls up and deposits a wealthy visitor in the neighborhood.
Imperial Bus Stop – Ack! Another cutie! A red double-decker bus full of tourists pulls up here!
London Tea Shop – What a pretty building—it has white columns and gold leaf decorations! I would totally want to eat here.
Theater – This is another pretty building with white columns, but this one is topped by a regal coat of arms flanked by two gold lions.
Phone Booth – It's red, it's chubby, and it's adorbs. It also creates a London Bridge background when paired with the Tea Shop and Theater.
British Letter Box – Eek! A little red mailbox! It's cylindrical! I wish we could leave letters here like we can for the Santa mailbox.
There are also three new outfits in the Tailor Shop, too! There's a red guard's uniform complete with tall fuzzy black hat, a Robin Hood outfit, and a Harry Potter outfit! I can't wait to make these.
Well done, Godzilab! This might be my favorite neighborhood yet. The update also reopened the annual Easter egg hunt and brought back last year's adorable Saint Patrick's Day buildings.
I'm off to earn some Flooz! Cheers!
A Growth Spurt on Happy Street!
My new ninja neighborhood – Level 2!
After weeks/months of not working, the free Flooz videos finally came back to my Happy Street. I saved up what Flooz I could and then bought the rest I needed to get all the new Valentine's Day and ninja buildings. Considering how much time I've invested in this game, I consider it money well spent to keep entertaining me and supporting the developers!
My new ninja neighborhood – Level 1!
My new Valentine's Day buildings – Level 1!
My new Valentine's Day buildings – Level 2!


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Remedy's unsettling supernatural thriller Control won't hold your hand
The team behind Alan Wake goes in a different direction
By Andrew Webster Mar 26, 2019, 9:00am EDT
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When Finnish studio Remedy was crafting the story for its time-traveling action game Quantum Break, the team put a lot of effort into world-building, the hows and whys of the fledgling sci-fi world. But once the game actually launched, players sped through its main storyline, and didn't dig much deeper than that. Remedy did a whole lot of work that people never saw. "The reality of the experience was that people blasted through it and were done in one or two evenings, and that was it," says Mikael Kasurinen, director on Remedy's follow-up, Control. "It felt like a missed opportunity. That inspired us to look at the next game a bit differently."
Control is slated to launch in August, and the supernatural thriller represents a big departure for the studio. Whereas games like Quantum Break and Alan Wake took a more cinematic approach to storytelling, with plenty of exposition and cutscenes, Control moves in a different direction. It's a more open adventure, one that uses the environment, character dialogue, and optional lore to tell its story; during a short hands-on demo with the game last week at GDC, I didn't see a single cutscene. From what I played, it feels less like a story that's told to you, and more like one you're uncovering yourself. "You have to pay attention," says Kasurinen.
Control takes place in an alternate version of America, one where supernatural phenomena are not only real, but subject to intense scrutiny by a government organization known as the Federal Bureau of Control in New York. You play as a woman named Jessie, who, just minutes after arriving at the bureau's headquarters — known as The Oldest House — discovers that not only is the director dead, but thanks to a strange ritual she has become the de facto leader of the organization. She's then forced to use her newfound powers to investigate a mysterious and disturbing force known as the Hiss that's been infiltrating the building.
The Oldest House is a massive brutalist structure, and at the time the game takes place it's like a cross between a disaster zone and a waking nightmare. Bodies float in an open-air atrium, while hallways will morph and change direction as you walk through them. Suffice to say things get pretty weird. The slice of the game I played also felt more open than anything Remedy has done before; I was able to explore virtually wherever I wanted, without the game pushing me in any particular direction.
This sense of freedom extends to the action. You have an array of telekinetic powers and an odd, futuristic gun that let you approach combat in different ways. I found myself floating through encounters, using my powers to toss concrete blocks and couches at enemies. But I was also able to grab grenades mid-air and toss them back, as well as take control of guards so they'd fight for me. It all felt very tight and dynamic, and Remedy says you'll be able to regularly upgrade your skills and weapons, unlocking even more potential options.
The fact that Control doesn't explicitly tell you what to do is by design. "We want people to feel like they're in this world and that it's up to them to figure it out," Kasurinen explains. "We won't hold their hands." While he adds that it's "terrifying" to relinquish so much control to the player, the director also says that the team was emboldened by the success of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, which took a similarly hands-off approach to guiding players. "I would like to believe that there's fun in being lost," Kasurinen tells me. (Two years ago at GDC, Breath of the Wild director Hidemaro Fujibayashi told me that the feeling of being lost can be a "very positive thing.")
"I would like to believe that there's fun in being lost."
It helps that the world of Control is one that demands exploration. Though I only played for around 30 minutes, I was captivated by the sheer strangeness of it all, and wanted to dig in more to learn the game's secrets. There are moments that appear familiar — government videos playing on lobby televisions, safe rooms designed to fend off the Hiss — but they're almost immediately broken by things that feel... off. You'll walk past rooms that are empty save for a giant splash of blood or a floating couch, and the changes can be as simple as a hazy blob hovering around a group of enemies, or more intense like a yellow alien realm growing above office cubicles and meeting rooms.
"There is this unsettling feel to this phenomenon," Kasurinen says of the setting. "It's not about good or evil, it's just things that are strange and us trying to understand them. It's almost like watching a nature documentary. There are all kinds of things that might surprise you, but it's not like you put moral judgment on what's going on."
Control is a game full of mystery and intrigue, but it's also one that may end providing more questions than answers when it launches in the summer. Just as the world and gameplay are flexible and open, offering players a degree of choice, Kasurinen says that he also enjoys stories with a touch of ambiguity. "I definitely like open-endedness," he says.
Control launches August 27th on the PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
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  var Model, Pane, PaneContainer, Serializable, find,
    __bind = function(fn, me){ return function(){ return fn.apply(me, arguments); }; },
    __hasProp = {}.hasOwnProperty,
    __extends = function(child, parent) { for (var key in parent) { if (__hasProp.call(parent, key)) child[key] = parent[key]; } function ctor() { this.constructor = child; } ctor.prototype = parent.prototype; child.prototype = new ctor(); child.__super__ = parent.prototype; return child; };

  find = require('underscore-plus').find;

  Model = require('theorist').Model;

  Serializable = require('serializable');

  Pane = require('./pane');

  module.exports = PaneContainer = (function(_super) {
    __extends(PaneContainer, _super);

    atom.deserializers.add(PaneContainer);

    Serializable.includeInto(PaneContainer);

    PaneContainer.properties({
      root: function() {
        return new Pane;
      },
      activePane: null
    });

    PaneContainer.prototype.previousRoot = null;

    PaneContainer.behavior('activePaneItem', function() {
      return this.$activePane["switch"](function(activePane) {
        return activePane != null ? activePane.$activeItem : void 0;
      }).distinctUntilChanged();
    });

    function PaneContainer(params) {
      this.onRootChanged = __bind(this.onRootChanged, this);
      PaneContainer.__super__.constructor.apply(this, arguments);
      this.subscribe(this.$root, this.onRootChanged);
      if (params != null ? params.destroyEmptyPanes : void 0) {
        this.destroyEmptyPanes();
      }
    }

    PaneContainer.prototype.deserializeParams = function(params) {
      params.root = atom.deserializers.deserialize(params.root, {
        container: this
      });
      params.destroyEmptyPanes = atom.config.get('core.destroyEmptyPanes');
      return params;
    };

    PaneContainer.prototype.serializeParams = function(params) {
      var _ref;
      return {
        root: (_ref = this.root) != null ? _ref.serialize() : void 0
      };
    };

    PaneContainer.prototype.replaceChild = function(oldChild, newChild) {
      if (oldChild !== this.root) {
        throw new Error("Replacing non-existent child");
      }
      return this.root = newChild;
    };

    PaneContainer.prototype.getPanes = function() {
      var _ref, _ref1;
      return (_ref = (_ref1 = this.root) != null ? _ref1.getPanes() : void 0) != null ? _ref : [];
    };

    PaneContainer.prototype.getActivePane = function() {
      return this.activePane;
    };

    PaneContainer.prototype.paneForUri = function(uri) {
      return find(this.getPanes(), function(pane) {
        return pane.itemForUri(uri) != null;
      });
    };

    PaneContainer.prototype.saveAll = function() {
      var pane, _i, _len, _ref, _results;
      _ref = this.getPanes();
      _results = [];
      for (_i = 0, _len = _ref.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
        pane = _ref[_i];
        _results.push(pane.saveItems());
      }
      return _results;
    };

    PaneContainer.prototype.activateNextPane = function() {
      var currentIndex, nextIndex, panes;
      panes = this.getPanes();
      if (panes.length > 1) {
        currentIndex = panes.indexOf(this.activePane);
        nextIndex = (currentIndex + 1) % panes.length;
        panes[nextIndex].activate();
        return true;
      } else {
        return false;
      }
    };

    PaneContainer.prototype.activatePreviousPane = function() {
      var currentIndex, panes, previousIndex;
      panes = this.getPanes();
      if (panes.length > 1) {
        currentIndex = panes.indexOf(this.activePane);
        previousIndex = currentIndex - 1;
        if (previousIndex < 0) {
          previousIndex = panes.length - 1;
        }
        panes[previousIndex].activate();
        return true;
      } else {
        return false;
      }
    };

    PaneContainer.prototype.onRootChanged = function(root) {
      if (this.previousRoot != null) {
        this.unsubscribe(this.previousRoot);
      }
      this.previousRoot = root;
      if (root == null) {
        this.activePane = null;
        return;
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      root.parent = this;
      root.container = this;
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        return this.activePane != null ? this.activePane : this.activePane = root;
      }
    };

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          _results.push(pane.destroy());
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    PaneContainer.prototype.itemDestroyed = function(item) {
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    PaneContainer.prototype.destroyed = function() {
      var pane, _i, _len, _ref, _results;
      _ref = this.getPanes();
      _results = [];
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        pane = _ref[_i];
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Q: SDL arrow key events malfunctioning I am having a very strange problem with SDL and specifically with key presses. I have made a simply program that should display a different message on the screen depending on which arrow key is pressed, however it only displays the messages if I hit the arrow keys several times in succession. Here is my code:
#include "SDL/SDL.h"
#include "SDL/SDL_image.h"
#include "SDL/SDL_ttf.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

bool quit = false;

SDL_Event arrows;
SDL_Event xOut;

SDL_Surface *titleText;
SDL_Surface *keyText;
SDL_Surface *screen = NULL;
SDL_Surface *backgroundOPT = NULL;

const int screenW = 640;
const int screenH = 480;
const int screenBPP = 32;

SDL_Surface *loadIMG(std::string filename)
{
    SDL_Surface *img = IMG_Load(filename.c_str());

    SDL_Surface *imgOPT = SDL_DisplayFormat(img);

    SDL_FreeSurface(img);

    return imgOPT;
}

void blitIMG(int pX, int pY, SDL_Surface *window, SDL_Surface *image, int cpX, int cpY, int cpH, int cpW)
{
    SDL_Rect positionIMG;
    positionIMG.x = pX;
    positionIMG.y = pY;

    SDL_Rect clipP;
    clipP.x = cpX;
    clipP.y = cpY;
    clipP.h = cpH;
    clipP.w = cpW;

    SDL_BlitSurface(image, &clipP, window, &positionIMG);

    SDL_Flip(window);
}

SDL_Surface *loadText(int red, int blue, int green, std::string fontname, int fontSize, std::string text)
{
    int color1 = red;
    int color2 = blue;
    int color3 = green;

    SDL_Color textColor = {color1, color2, color3};

    TTF_Font *font1 = TTF_OpenFont(fontname.c_str(), fontSize);

    SDL_Surface *message1 = TTF_RenderText_Solid(font1, text.c_str(), textColor);

    return message1;
}

int main(int argc, char* args[])
{
    TTF_Init();
    SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_EVERYTHING);
    screen = SDL_SetVideoMode(screenW, screenH, screenBPP, SDL_SWSURFACE);

    while(quit == false)
    {
        SDL_PollEvent(&arrows);

        if(arrows.type == SDL_KEYDOWN)
        {
            switch(arrows.key.keysym.sym)
            {

                case SDLK_UP: keyText = loadText(255, 200, 50, "lazy.ttf", 50, "Up was pressed");
                break;
                case SDLK_DOWN: keyText = loadText(255, 200, 50, "lazy.ttf", 50, "Down was pressed");
                break;
                case SDLK_LEFT: keyText = loadText(255, 200, 50, "lazy.ttf", 50, "Left was pressed");
                break;
                case SDLK_RIGHT: keyText = loadText(255, 200, 50, "lazy.ttf", 50, "Right was pressed");
                break;
                default:;
            }
        }

        blitIMG(0, 0, screen, backgroundOPT = loadIMG("hellsing.png"), 0, 0, 1000, 1000);
        blitIMG(25, 20, screen, titleText = loadText(255, 200, 50, "lazy.ttf", 50, "Die, Freaks!"), 0, 0, 640, 480);
        blitIMG(100, 300, screen, keyText, 0, 0, 640, 480);

        SDL_PollEvent(&xOut);

        if(xOut.type == SDL_QUIT)
        {
            quit = true;
        }

    }

    SDL_FreeSurface(backgroundOPT);
    SDL_FreeSurface(titleText);
    SDL_FreeSurface(keyText);

    SDL_Quit();

    return 0;
}

Any help would be appreciated, I have been stuck on this for a couple weeks now.

A: You have a couple problems.
Nº1: SDL_PoolEvent should be in a while loop, that inside contains the event handling stuff. Something like this:
 while(SDL_PollEvent(&event)){

    if(event.type == SDL_KEYDOWN)
    {
        switch(event.key.keysym.sym)
        {

            case SDLK_UP: keyText = loadText(255, 200, 50, "lazy.ttf", 50, "Up was pressed");
            break;
            case SDLK_DOWN: keyText = loadText(255, 200, 50, "lazy.ttf", 50, "Down was pressed");
            break;
            case SDLK_LEFT: keyText = loadText(255, 200, 50, "lazy.ttf", 50, "Left was pressed");
            break;
            case SDLK_RIGHT: keyText = loadText(255, 200, 50, "lazy.ttf", 50, "Right was pressed");
            break;
            default:;
        }
    }
}

Nº2: You dont need 2 SDL_Events, one is enought, but i dont think it is a problem if you have two, just less organized and possibly slower. You would just put
    if(xOut.type == SDL_QUIT)
    {
        quit = true;
    }

inside the previous loop i showed you.
No3: You should not have SLD_Flip(window), in your drawing function, you should have in the end of the main loop, after you have drawn everything.
Any questions feel free to ask.


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The Patron: Kimberly Green on her work in Haiti and the center that bears her name
Politics, Law & Society
By Amy Ellis
May 2, 2019 at 12:10pm
Kimberly Green
When Kimberly Green was in first grade, her teacher asked a simple question: What would you do if you were president?
For Green, who grew up watching the evening news with her father, a business executive who would later serve as ambassador to Singapore, the answer was easy. She wanted to help people, as many young children do.
But Green's writing assignment, which her mother Dorothea still has, was extremely specific—and also very telling.
Green wrote that she wanted to "send money" to doctors working in Haiti, a country whose suffering she had witnessed on television and later came to understand more directly as she met Haitian children at school and church in Miami, where thousands of Haitians fled in the 1970s and '80s as they escaped political oppression in their homeland.
"It's so interesting to me that I never said I wanted to be a doctor in Haiti. I wanted to fund doctors in Haiti,'' said Green, laughing. "My teacher put a Star Wars sticker on my paper and said she would vote for me. And that's where it all started."
Leading the charge
At just 25, Green assumed the reins of her family's philanthropic organization, the Green Family Foundation, where she has spearheaded projects ranging from HIV/ AIDS education and prevention in Liberty City and other parts of Miami to early childhood development, disaster relief and health care initiatives in developing nations.
Eventually she would lend her support—and her name—to FIU's Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center (LACC), a part of the Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs, named for her father, the former CEO of Samsonite and now honorary consul general of Singapore in Miami.
Founded by President Mark B. Rosenberg in 1979, LACC this year celebrates its 40th anniversary. The center is one of the university's emerging preeminent programs, a reflection of its strong reputation as one of the leading centers of its kind in the world.
For Green, whose family ties to FIU span nearly three decades—her parents' names also grace the library at the Modesto A. Maidique Campus, an art lecture series, the groundbreaking Green Family Foundation NeighborhoodHELP community-health program within the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine and more—the work goes beyond simply sending a check. Instead, it's intensely personal.
Elevating a culture
In the early days of leading her family's foundation, Green funded a number of programs for Haitians living in Miami, such as Habitat for Humanity, and eventually visited the island nation to monitor progress on initiatives there. She invited a group of friends to Haiti to celebrate her 35th birthday and experience a country she had come to know and love.
"They didn't imagine that Haiti was as beautiful as it is,'' she said of their reactions. "That is what I want [FIU] students to see," she adds, "not just the intellectual, but the food and the music and the religion—to understand a country through experience and not just what they read in books."
Green grew to appreciate the resourcefulness of the people—"They reinvent life every day" is a common reference to making use, and reuse, of everything—and made sure to "listen to what they tell you they need supported not just what they need donated." All this informed her decision to produce and direct an insightful, award-winning documentary on the country's healthcare crisis.
Through all her work, on behalf of people in Haiti and elsewhere, Green has adhered to one principle: "It's not about supplanting their ideas and their way of life. It's about supporting their ideas and their way of life," she said. "To go into a country and not take the time to talk to people and learn about a culture is disrespectful."
Center director Frank Mora echoes those sentiments. A former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of defense for the Western Hemisphere who helped lead the U.S. response to the devastating 2010 Haiti earthquake, he is proud of FIU's 22-year-old Haitian Summer Institute and other immersive studies programs that help students become part of the solution to problems around the world.
Read more: Director Frank Mora on LACC at 40 and what the future holds
Kimberly Green, with parents Dorothea and Steven J. Green, on the day she accepted an honorary degree and addressed new graduates
"It's true in Haiti, and it's true in any other country or region of the world,'' he explained. "You want to know what makes people tick, what the complexities are about. And it's not something you can learn from a book. If you want students to understand Haiti, you have to offer them the opportunity to study in Haiti, to learn the language in Haiti, and we are fortunate enough to be able to do that."
Green's other credits include producing a 10-box set of CDs of previously unreleased Haitian music that earned two Grammy Award nominations. Following the earthquake, which killed an estimated 230,000, Green and a team of local artists and filmmakers "followed the fault line" to bring to devastated towns a program called Cinema Under the Stars, a series of documentaries produced by Haitians for Haitians and designed to encourage pride. At FIU, she made possible a digital archive, ''Haiti: An Island Luminous,'' that provides access to rare books, manuscripts and photographs from libraries in Haiti with commentary by scholars from around the world.
"The Haitian culture is their most beautiful export," she said, "and we really need to focus on that and elevate that.''
Meeting a responsibility
On Miami Beach, she sees her home as a "curated collection" of her life: the sparkly boots she wore to the Grammys, a set of American Tourister suitcases that nod to her father's long career at the company, papier- mâché masks made by Haitian children left orphaned by the quake. Keenly aware of the privilege she enjoys, she firmly believes it mandates a responsibility to give back.
Accepting an honorary doctorate in public service from FIU in 2011, she impressed upon students their own responsibility.
"You must go out and build a building that will last longer than all of us here today,'' she said. "Teach a new generation of leaders, create a new art movement, save a life, write a novel, or fight for the rights of the voiceless."
Watch a two-minute video about the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center.
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They are 8x10" canvases that Heather finger-painted on. I used scotch tape to mark off the designs first, then let her have fun. After it all dried, I pulled the tape off and voilà!
I just needed to show you guys because I felt so fantastic about these. I even made my own finger paints! And I think they came out marvelous. They are now on display in Kyle's office. Yay!
Heather did a pretty fabulous job! Charlie's last fingerpainting session ended with very little paint on the paper, and most of it in his mouth.


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E&T Magazine – The UK Ventilator Challenge: beginning at the end, 25 November 2020
PA IN THE MEDIA
The UK Ventilator Challenge: beginning at the end
Simon Collier, PA healthcare expert,
Barbara Bradley, PA government & public sector expert
| E&T Magazine
This article first appeared in E&T Magazine
Major innovation programmes are now the norm, particularly as organisations pivot in response to the coronavirus pandemic. We've seen Leon, the healthy fast-food restaurant, rapidly reinvent its entire business model, switching from being a quick lunch stop to running mini supermarkets as panic buyers stripped shelves. Distilleries across the UK quickly turned down production of gin and vodka to respond to demand for hand sanitiser.
Such examples show the real power of ingenuity – when you give people the opportunity to take risks and do something differently, they can achieve remarkable things. And while all the innovative programmes that emerged from the pandemic have been relatively short lived, they can teach us a lot about how to effectively adapt for our new reality.
In the early stages of the pandemic, the UK Ventilator Challenge saw a consortium of more than 150 industrial, technology and engineering businesses from across the aerospace, automotive and medical sectors come together to ensure everyone who needed a ventilator, got one.
The initiative showed how to effectively manage the often challenging shift from a rapid innovation programme to business as usual. As ventilators reached hospitals and the crisis-response phase ended, crucial work remained. Settling invoices or managing surplus components, for example, might seem mundane activities, but they're integral to long-term success.
Traditionally, this switch can leave loose ends, dishearten teams, and create awkward conversations with delivery partners. But the Ventilator Challenge showed that by thinking carefully about people, commercial agreements and documentation from the start of an innovation programme, you can maximise its benefits through the wind down.
Complex innovation programmes have multiple teams working towards the same goal and different suppliers and delivery partners involved at various times. During the Ventilator Challenge more than 5,000 people focused on saving the lives of Covid-19 patients. This complexity makes the human side of innovation crucial – the soft skills that manage relationships and ensure diverse teams can work effectively together.
So, set up your innovation programme with a culture of collaboration from the off. This requires uniting people around a shared mission – in our case, saving lives by ensuring that no patient who needed a ventilator went without one, as well as nurturing close relationships at crucial intersections, such as the contact point between you and a supplier.
For the Ventilator Challenge, people were working long hours together for several weeks without a break. When we reached a steady state and were sending ventilators out to hospitals, we needed to settle invoices and look ahead to the long-term needs of the ventilators, such as warranties and future upgrades. Having individual relationship managers working with each of the more than 100 organisations involved helped everyone set aside individual emotions. At the same time, the shared mission was a consistent guiding light that shaped what could have been awkward conversations.
When working on large innovation programmes with external partners and suppliers, it's important to tailor commercial agreements. Sticking rigidly to complex onboarding requirements and costly commercial arrangements will often put off ingenious start-ups from even getting involved. And those that do become a partner can struggle through the labour-intensive and complicated wind down without the right support written into contracts.
From the start of the Ventilator Challenge, we helped the Cabinet Office tailor more than 150 commercial contracts to each of the companies involved. To keep things moving at pace, work began in earnest based on letters of intent, while we finalised signed-off contracts. To provide flexibility, many of the agreements didn't include concrete deliverables, such as a fixed number of ventilators to manufacture, to ensure the partnerships could handle the rapidly evolving situation.
This agile approach to contracting meant we could tailor the package of support we gave to each organisation through the wind down. For example, we had small suppliers that weren't particularly cash-rich working with large multinationals, so we needed the flexibility in the commercial arrangement to give them both the right support through the wind down.
Taking such a tailored approach and considering the wind down from the start also makes it possible to recover value at the end of a programme or project. As we started the Ventilator Challenge, for example, we were working with a shortlist of 15 ventilator designs. To ensure we would be able to deliver them quickly, we sourced 40 million parts from 21 countries for them all. In the end, we moved forward with four designs and the commercial agreements we had with suppliers meant we could recover value from the spare parts by returning or reselling them.
When you're being ambitious with innovation, robust documentation must underpin everything. This is about minuting meetings, recording conversations and detailing decisions so, when it comes to the wind down, you have a reliable source of truth in the event of any issues and know exactly how to disentangle the complex systems you've put in place.
To be effective, you need to make comprehensive documentation a part of the culture. Set the expectation with teams early, reiterate the need to document decisions often, and lead by example. In our case, we deliberately changed the mission to achieving 'world-class close down' – a revised unifying purpose that focused the team on the highest-quality programme wind down.
And when you're innovating at pace, traditional governance structures can cause delays. That's why, for the Ventilator Challenge, we created an agile and flexible Technical Design Authority (TDA) combining clinical, regulatory and technical expertise. The TDA met frequently to make important decisions regarding the selection and development of ventilators. To do this, they were supported and enabled to collate and process vast levels of detail from the various workstreams, which, in turn, with a swift feedback loop, allowed individual teams to act quickly; they just needed to document what they were doing to ensure the TDA could align everyone.
This ensured we were fanatical about accurately documenting everything, with daily reporting from each workstream on the estimated volume of ventilators they would be producing and qualitative reporting on top of that from relationship managers. So, when there have been any questions around decisions during the wind down, we've been able to reference the meeting, conversation and decision.
Wind down is an opportunity to maximise the value of innovation programmes. Major innovation programmes are essential to long-term success. And while many can deliver an innovative product of service, they often leave value on the table as they wind down the projects. By setting up ambitious programmes with wind down in mind, you ensure you can maximise value.
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Today we're pleased to welcome Katie Taylor of Mourne Heritage Trust, who you'll have seen in the BBC's 'The Chronicles of Mourne' documentary.
Katie, tell me a bit about yourself…
I'm a Project Officer for the Mourne Heritage Trust delivering path repairs for the Glen River trail. Before that I studied Land Use and Environmental Management with Queen's University Belfast, and a Masters in Conservation and Biodiversity with the University of Exeter.
And where did you grow up?
I was born in Belfast, but have lived in Newcastle, County Down for most of my life.
Tell us a bit more about what your job entails, then.
My main responsibility is to help repair the Glen River path to Slieve Donard with my co-worker Phil Savage, and our volunteer team. This involves using hand tools and materials won from the land around us to make a natural, robust and sustainable route. Asides from that, I look after all our volunteers, and try to get stuck in with other interesting projects delivered by the MHT, like the Red Squirrel release in Silent Valley, or our Heathland Restoration Project.
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You obviously have a great love for the mountains – when did that start?
I've lived in Newcastle from a very young age, and the Mourne Mountains were a huge part of my childhood; from exploring the peaks, jumping into the Glen River with my friends, bush crafting in the woods, and camping overnight – the mountains were a complete entertainment package. Nowadays I'm happy to have an opportunity to give back to the area I grew up in, and to hopefully keep it special for future generations.
Do you have a personal favourite peak in the Mournes?
That's a difficult one! When I have friends over to visit, I love taking them up Slieve Binnain as there's so much to explore, like Percy Bysshe Cave or Binnian Lough.
Why's it your favourite?
It's such a beautiful spot, especially around the tors at the top of the mountain – it never fails to impress!
And what do you find most challenging about your role?
The weather can be a big obstacle sometimes, especially around the Winter months where you get every combination of cold, rain and wind imaginable!
Do you work as part of a team?
Myself and Phil Savage form the Upland Repair Team for the MHT, and we have a dedicated group of Volunteers who join us every week to help deliver path work, we couldn't do without their skills and hard work!
You recently featured in 'The Chronicles of Mourne' – how did that come about? Was it a good experience?
It was an interesting experience, I felt very self-conscious a lot of the time, and I was quite worried about how the show would look. But I'm really pleased with the show, the scenery shots were beautiful and the stories fascinating. The show has also been good for the MHT too, we have had a lot of people interested in exploring the Mountains, and getting in touch with us to enquire about volunteering which has been fantastic!
And what's the best thing about your job?
Meeting wonderful, positive and talented people who genuinely care about the Mournes, and getting to work with a great view every day.
Finally, is there anything the public can do to help you out?
All public donations go straight back into our volunteers and projects, so please visit http://www.mournelive.com/ to find out how to donate. Also if you would like to volunteer, please don't hesitate to contact me at Katie.taylor@mourne.co.uk for further information.
Many thanks, Katie!
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Former trade unionist Richard Kawie was introduced to luxury property developers Pinnacle Point by the owner of asset managers Trilinear, Sam Buthelezi, who made a "cold call" to its offices saying he had R100-million he wanted to invest in the group.
This evidence was heard at the Pinnacle Point insolvency hearing in Cape Town on Thursday, which also explored the fact that Kawie was later hired as a business consultant to the group, earning R4.4-million for his services.
Both Kawie and Buthelezi face fraud charges in connection with the alleged misappropriation of clothing workers' pension fund money, after R100-million was loaned to Canyon Springs Investments 12.
The now defunct Canyon Springs was 50% owned by the family trust of former deputy minister of economic development, Enoch Godongwana, who has since resigned from his post. None of the money invested in Canyon Springs has been recovered.
Attempts are being made to recoup some of the money lost to Pinnacle Point creditors, including the pensioners, who had unwittingly become its major shareholder when Buthelezi and the investment vehicle, the Trilinear Empowerment Trust, invested R250-million of their money in the group.
The cash has gone up in smoke with the collapse of the group last year, leaving pensioners out of pocket.
Steven Kruger, former chief financial officer of Pinnacle Point, told the inquiry that Kawie had offered his services to help the group in resolving problems with property developments it had in both Nigeria and the Seychelles.
Kruger said Kawie had succeeded in obtaining a certificate of occupancy for the group's housing development project in Lagos, which he said had been "vital for the survival" of Pinnacle Point.
But both Gavin Woodland SC, who is examining the witnesses on behalf of the liquidator, and the commissioner, retired judge Meyer Joffe, said they had difficulty understanding why Kawie was employed by Pinnacle Point, when he appeared to lack the necessary experience for the job.
Woodland pointed out that Kawie had been submitting invoices for his work through three different companies.
"You've heard that Mr Kawie had been arrested.
One of the reasons is that he is accused of laundering money through these three companies," said Woodland.
Kruger said that at the time he had not found it strange that the money was paid to different companies.
"We were contracting with the person, not the company," said Kruger.
The inquiry heard that Kawie submitted for an invoice for a stay in London, without giving any receipts.
Kruger explained that Kawie had gone to London to target the Nigerian expatriate community and to try to get them to buy into its Lagos Keys project, which was crucial to the group.
Woodland pointed out that Kawie had submitted an invoice for the hiring of South Africa House on Trafalgar Square in London, where a party was believed to have been held, the inquiry heard.
The insolvency inquiry into Pinnacle Point resumes in August.


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What Is Long Term Care Insurance And Should I Get It?
It feels like there's an insurance product for just about every element of the human experience. After all, you can insure your health, your home, your car, your ability to work, and even your life. While some coverage is compulsory, at the end of the day, insurance is about hedging your bets.
Sure, something terrible may never happen, but can you handle it if it does? If not, you may want to insure for it. Long term care (LTC) insurance is one more way to shield yourself from risk.
According to AARP, about half of those over age 65 will require LTC. When LTC is necessary, 40% will need it for a year or more. 13% will need it for 5+ years. About 9% of LTC recipients will spend more than 250k on those services.
Before diving into LTC insurance, let's define what long term care actually is.
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) says LTC "involves a variety of services designed to meet a person's health or personal needs." Generally, care is required after an acute incident like a stroke or as a result of a gradual decline in health.
Care needs vary from person to person but involve some combination of medical treatment, companionship, transportation, and assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs). ADLs include bathing, dressing, eating, moving around, etc.
These services can be provided in the person's home or within a facility. They can be provided by a person's family for free (in-home), or they can be provided by a paid professional (in-home or at a facility). The goal, in any case, is to promote health, safety, and independence for the person receiving the care.
If you decide to look at these policies, be sure to understand the limits on the type, duration, and cost of care you can receive.
Additionally, you should inquire about inflation protection (to keep your rate reasonable), the waiting period, and the claims process. Further, there is no universal definition of ADLs so you'll want to understand what each particular carrier covers. Don't be afraid to ask a lot of questions!
According to AARP, LTC insurance policies cost an average of $2,700 annually. Couples can get up to a 30% discount for buying a policy together.
There's also an advantage to insuring yourself early. Those who buy a policy in their 50's to early 60's get much better rates than those who opt for the coverage later. In fact, if you wait until age 65 to obtain the insurance, you'll pay up to 10% more than you would the year prior!
When you're weighing the cost of the coverage against its benefits, keep in mind your premiums can (and likely will) rise.
People who bought policies years ago now find themselves in a precarious position. Drastic rate hikes are causing many to pare down coverage or cancel it entirely because it's too large of a drag on their cash flow.
Under these plans, policies can be used to cover LTC costs or provide a death benefit to heirs. While monthly premiums for these plans will initially be more expensive than traditional LTC insurance, they are fixed so you won't have to worry about future rate hikes.
Additionally, if you don't use the LTC benefit, your heirs will receive the full value of the policy when you die. With traditional LTC insurance, it's a use-or-lose scenario.
Annuities are financial products providing a reliable stream of income, typically in retirement. Two types of annuities can assist with LTC costs.
A standard annuity can pay out 2-3x your normal monthly amount to cover care. This will drain your account 2-3x faster, though.
The other option is an annuity specifically factoring in LTC protection. Here, you could have a provision stating the original investment amount within the annuity is doubled or tripled, with the funds being dispersed throughout several years to pay for your care.
If you never need it for LTC, you still have access to the original investment and can bequeath it to heirs. Caveat: this form of annuity generally pays lower rates and may not cover in-home care.
As the name implies, these policies provide coverage for one year or less of care. For many, the length of coverage will be adequate. These policies can be a good option if you can't afford LTC insurance (or were denied).
Additionally, they generally don't have a waiting period, so benefits start right away. This could also be a good solution for covering the typical 90-day waiting period of an LTC insurance policy.
So Does LTC Insurance Makes Sense for You?
As is the case when considering any insurance, it's essential to evaluate your risks within the broader scope of your circumstances.
If you're a fit, married, 65-year-old woman, with a squeaky clean family medical history, you're at a lower risk of needing LTC than a single, 80-year-old woman who smokes with a family history of cancer. Of course, these are extreme examples. You'll need to gauge where you fall on the spectrum of risk.
Additionally, your financial standing plays a significant role in deciding if LTC insurance makes sense for you.
If you have a healthy portfolio, you may be able to pay for any care you need out of pocket. If you have assets like real estate, you may be able to liquidate those to pay for the care as well. A reverse mortgage may also be an option, but the pros and cons should be fully explored before going that route.
Without wealth to draw upon, you'll be reliant on some form of private insurance or Medicaid to pick up the tab if you need care. The exact care Medicaid will cover and the eligibility rules vary from state to state, so it's important to do some research based on where you live.
Medicare may help if you need to be medically treated in a skilled nursing facility. However, they won't cover the stay if you solely need help with ADLs (also known as custodial care).
Further, you need to take stock of who is around to help you. If you have a strong support network, you may be able to avoid paying for LTC. Your loved ones can provide non-medical assistance (bonus points if they are a doctor or nurse!) for the price of a hug and a thank you. If you don't have that support, you'll most likely need to pay someone to provide care.
In a nutshell, LTC insurance may be an appropriate solution for you if you believe you'll require LTC in the future and think you will be short on both financial and familial support. However, you should consider the other options available to you as well.
Does LTC Insurance Make Sense for My Parents?
If your parents have health issues and limited financial means, you may want to have a dialogue with them about this – mainly if you won't be able to help with their care.
If you live far away, are unable to step away from your work, or otherwise will not be able to take responsibility for their needs, you'll want to be sure they are receiving care somehow.
While in most cases you won't be personally liable for any debts your parents leave behind, in some states, you could be on the hook for their unpaid medical bills. LTC insurance (or one of its alternatives) could mitigate your risk of incurring any liability.
It might not be a comfortable conversation to have, but it's important to at least make sure your parents have considered their options. Talking about LTC needs before they arise will make life a lot easier if that time comes.
While it's not a fun topic to think about, there's a good chance you or your parents will need long term care in the future.
LTC insurance is one way to cover the ever-increasing costs of care and could make sense for you or your parents. However, you should be mindful of other alternatives available and assess your level of need for these products based on your situation.
This article is intended to provide you with some general information. When you couple the complicated world of insurance with your unique circumstances, it's a good idea to do more research or speak with a qualified professional.
Thanks for this informative piece! I'm my Mom's sole caregiver at the moment. She has the first stage of dementia, and with working a FT job, there doesn't seem to be leftover time for me to research what to do to ensure she will have the best care and how to pay for it. I'd love to see more on topics like this!


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Retro review: Medieval 2 Total War
Daniel Woodhouse
In Medieval 2, players build a strong military, cultivate cities and engage in total war.
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**Total War** is my favorite strategy game series of all time. Though many consider **Rome: Total War** to be the best in the franchise, I prefer **Medieval 2.**
The game takes place, as expected, in the Middle Ages: the age of legendary kings, chivalrous knights, princes, princesses and, of course, total war. In Grand Campaign, the single-player game mode in **Medieval 2,** 21 different factions vie for dominance. Initially, players may only play as one of five starting factions, but additional factions can be unlocked. The map centers on continental Europe but stretches from the chilly Baltic Sea to the barren wasteland of the Sahara, steep mountains of Persia and eventually jungles of the Americas.
Each faction is distinct in military and culture. The troops in the Western European armies typically wear metal armor and rely heavily on cavalry to smash the opposing armies. Eastern Arab armies focus on horse archers to chip away at enemies from a distance, then send light but fast cavalry to finish the job. Northern Eurasian armies are a mixture of the two. **Total War** includes other gameplay types such as historical battles and multiplayer options.
The campaign starts out at the end of the depressing Dark Ages in the 10th century and ends with the hopeful Age of Exploration in the 15th century. Players must build a strong military to defend against invaders and acquire new lands for their people. Besides conducting the duties of a general, the player must also build up their cities, towns and castles to keep the economy running and the masses happy. The player can employ agents such as priests to convert the populaces to their nation's religion, as well as merchants to gain additional income, diplomats to negotiate deals with neighbors, princesses to seduce enemy generals, spies to watch the movements of enemies and assassins to silence traitors and foreign leaders.
Each faction is led by a king, sultan or emperor whose orders are carried out by their nobles, who are princes, emirs or lords. These units function both as generals on the battlefield and governors in the settlements. The center of the map's politics is the church. Muslim nations must stay in good graces with the cross unless they want the papacy calling for armies of zealous crusaders to come smashing through the gates.
A number of historical events take place over the course of the campaign that affect the player's nation, such as the Black Death, exploration of the New World and an invasion by a Mongol named Timur who has a vast array of exotic units, including elephants with cannons mounted on their backs.
Battles take place in real time and are divided into two types: field battles and sieges. In field battles the player fights their enemy in open field. There are a variety of locales they fight in, each with their own distinct terrain and weather. The player wields a wide selection of over 110 different units that consist of militiamen, armored cavalry, artillery, crossbow men, spearmen, knights, horse archers, and more. Battles can range from dozens to thousands of individually animated units that engage in brutal hand-to-hand combat. Siege battles have the same aspects as field battles but are far more chaotic for both the person attacking the city or castle and the one defending it. The player must not only command an army but also control siege equipment such as ladders, siege towers, catapults, battering rams, and so on.
The game is not without its flaws though. The A.I. does not always understand tactics and will sometimes commit ahead on suicidal charges with no real strategy. Also, managing so many aspects of an entire nation can be frustrating at times, which adds salt to the wound when allies betray you.
The **Total War** series is without a doubt one of the best RTS games of all time. Even with its few flaws, **Medieval 2: Total War** is one of the most fun and exciting games I've ever played.
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Fayette, Greenbrier, and Mercer counties report new COVID-19 cases
CHARLESTON, WV (WOAY) – The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of 10:00 a.m., on June 24, 2020, there have been 156,438 total confirmatory laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 2,611 total cases and 92 deaths.
In alignment with updated definitions from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the dashboard includes probable cases which are individuals that have symptoms and either serologic (antibody) or epidemiologic (e.g., a link to a confirmed case) evidence of disease, but no confirmatory test.
CASES PER COUNTY (Case confirmed by lab test/Probable case): Barbour (15/0), Berkeley (420/18), Boone (19/0), Braxton (3/0), Brooke (6/1), Cabell (90/3), Calhoun (2/0), Clay (10/0), Fayette (62/0), Gilmer (10/0), Grant (15/1), Greenbrier (52/0), Hampshire (40/0), Hancock (18/2), Hardy (41/1), Harrison (52/1), Jackson (141/0), Jefferson (212/5), Kanawha (262/8), Lewis (15/0), Lincoln (5/0), Logan (21/0), Marion (52/2), Marshall (38/1), Mason (16/0), McDowell (6/0), Mercer (28/0), Mineral (52/2), Mingo (12/3), Monongalia (146/14), Monroe (8/1), Morgan (19/1), Nicholas (8/0), Ohio (74/0), Pendleton (12/1), Pleasants (4/1), Pocahontas (23/1), Preston (52/13), Putnam (44/1), Raleigh (33/1), Randolph (154/0), Ritchie (2/0), Roane (11/0), Summers (1/0), Taylor (13/1), Tucker (6/0), Tyler (3/0), Upshur (12/1), Wayne (106/1), Wetzel (9/0), Wirt (4/0), Wood (56/4), Wyoming (7/0).
As case surveillance continues at the local health department level, it may reveal that those tested in a certain county may not be a resident of that county, or even the state as an individual in question may have crossed the state border to be tested. Such is the case of Marion and Ritchie counties in this report.
Please visit the dashboard at www.coronavirus.wv.gov for more information.