text:
Vol 12, No 1 (February 28, 2023) /
Management of decompensated liver cirrhosis in the surgical intensive care unit
Philipp Kasper^, Tobias Goeser
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
^ORCID: 0000-0002-6218-2239.
Correspondence to: Philipp Kasper, MD. University Hospital of Cologne, Clinic for Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kerpener Str. 62, D-50937 Köln, Germany. Email: Philipp.Kasper@uk-koeln.de.
Comment on: Seshadri A, Appelbaum R, Carmichael SP 2nd, et al. Management of Decompensated Cirrhosis in the Surgical ICU: an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Critical Care Committee Clinical Consensus Document. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open 2022;7:e000936.
Keywords: Liver cirrhosis; complications; decompensation; surgery; critical care medicine
Submitted Nov 12, 2022. Accepted for publication Jan 03, 2023. Published online Jan 16 2023.
doi: 10.21037/hbsn-22-553
Liver cirrhosis is the end-stage of chronic progressive liver diseases (1). The most common causes of cirrhosis worldwide include alcohol-related liver disease, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, autoimmune liver diseases (e.g., autoimmune hepatitis), cholestatic liver diseases (e.g., primary biliary cholangitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis), hemochromatosis or Wilsons' disease (1).
Liver cirrhosis is widely prevalent and represents a considerable healthcare burden (1,2). Recent data showed that cirrhosis is responsible for an estimated 1.3 million deaths every year and complications of cirrhosis rank as the 11th most common cause of death worldwide, and the fourth in Europe (2,3).
Liver cirrhosis can be divided into an asymptomatic form (compensated cirrhosis) and a symptomatic form, referred to as decompensated cirrhosis, which often result in hospitalization and impaired quality of life (1,4). Decompensated cirrhosis is a common clinical entity, with approximately 10.6 million prevalent cases annually worldwide (1).
Acute decompensation (AD) of cirrhosis is characterized by the development of ascites, hepatic encephalopathy, jaundice, and/or gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding (4). Decompensated disease can be further worsened by infections, acute kidney injury (AKI) with or without features of hepatorenal syndrome, or rebleeding (4). Once hepatic decompensation has manifested, cirrhosis becomes a severe systemic disease with multi-organ dysfunction and poor prognosis (4).
Hepatic decompensation represents a prognostic turning point, as the median survival-time drops from approximately 12 years for patients with compensated cirrhosis to about two years for patients with decompensated cirrhosis (5).
Common precipitants of hepatic decompensation include (bacterial) infections, GI bleeding, alcohol-induced hepatitis, reactivation of chronic hepatitis B virus infection, acute hepatitis A or hepatitis E infection, drug induced liver injury (DILI) and surgical interventions (6). However, the latter is often not sufficiently considered as a risk factor for decompensation in daily clinical practice.
Although, previous studies have clearly demonstrated an increased perioperative risk in patients with cirrhosis undergoing surgery (7), surgical treatment in patients with liver cirrhosis as a trigger for decompensation remains frequently underestimated.
Among the various types of surgery, hepatobiliary surgery (e.g., liver resection) is associated with the highest risk of liver-related mortality. High mortality was also reported after abdominal surgery (e.g., colorectal resection) and thoracic surgery (e.g., valvular heart surgery), whereas lower mortality rates have been reported after orthopedic surgery (7,8).
When patients are transferred to an intensive care unit (ICU) after surgery, postoperative manifestation of acute liver decompensation is associated with a significant increase in mortality and worsening of prognosis (9).
Patients with decompensated cirrhosis are particularly challenging to manage in the surgical ICU due to their comorbidities and the different problems associated with the underlying liver dysfunction (e.g., coagulopathy, encephalopathy).
However, international guideline-based recommendations for the management of decompensated cirrhosis in the surgical ICU remain scarce.
In order to close this gap and to improve the care of these patients, a clinical consensus document has now been published by the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Critical Care (AAST) (9).
In their comprehensive consensus paper Seshadri and colleagues reviews practical clinical questions regarding the critical care management of patients with decompensated cirrhosis on ICU to facilitate best practices for the bedside provider.
In detail, the consensus document addresses several important practical considerations for intensivists in the care of the critically ill patients with decompensated cirrhosis including: volume status assessment and end points of resuscitation; fluid management and vasopressor use; ascites management and avoidance of post-paracentesis circulatory dysfunction; identification and management of AKI in decompensated cirrhosis (HRS-AKI); GI bleeding; venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in the setting of hepatic coagulopathy; management of hepatic encephalopathy and nutritional support (9).
The authors are to be congratulated as they have succeeded in writing such a comprehensive and practically relevant consensus document.
The present recommendations highlight, that in addition to the treatment of the precipitating event, optimal management strategies for possible complications of decompensated cirrhosis and a prevention of decompensation of other organ systems are essential to improve the prognosis of these patients.
Aside from etiological treatments, disease-modifying agents that can antagonize central pathogenetic mechanisms of decompensated cirrhosis would be promising approaches and urgently needed.
In recent years, the repurposing of "old drugs" that have already been established for other indications in hepatology or for other diseases has provided promising candidates, including human albumin, statins, and non-absorbable oral antibiotics such as rifaximin (10).
The availability of disease modifying agents that could be administered to patients with decompensated cirrhosis to prevent and reduce the risk of progressive of organ dysfunction or severe complications would be auspicious.
One of the most promising options seems to be albumin. The administration of albumin is well established in patients with decompensated cirrhosis and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, hepatorenal syndrome, or the prevention post-paracentesis circulatory dysfunction (4). Albumin is a pleiotropic molecule that, in addition to volume expansion, has anti-inflammatory properties that are believed to be beneficial in the setting of decompensation (10).
However, current evidence remains inconclusive. While long-term administration in clinically stable patients with cirrhosis shows benefits within the ANSWER trial, a recent study on albumin substitution in hospitalized patients with decompensated cirrhosis (ATTIRE trial) show no significant differences with respect to the composite primary endpoint (infection, renal failure or death) between patients who received daily albumin infusions to increase the albumin level to a target of 30 g per liter and those who received standard care (11).
Therefore, a benefit of albumin substitution outside established indications in the intensive care setting appears questionable. Further clinical studies and randomized trials are warranted to proof the clinical benefits of a short-term use of albumin in the setting of acute decompensated liver cirrhosis.
Regarding statins and antibiotics such as rifaximin, current data remain sparse. Moderate quality evidence suggests that statins reduce portal hypertension and the risk of hepatic decompensation (e.g., variceal bleeding) and lower mortality among patients with compensated cirrhosis (12). Regarding rifaximin, recent data reveal that rifaximin could have beneficial effects on the course of cirrhosis by altering the intestinal microbiota profile and thereby affecting the gut-liver axis, which in turn can interfere with major events of the pathogenic cascade underlying decompensated cirrhosis (13). Further studies are currently underway to further evaluate the role of statins and rifaximin as disease modifiers in cirrhosis (e.g., LIVERHOPE trial, STAT-Liver trial, SACRED trial). Although it should be noted that these studies are not being conducted in critically ill patients, their findings may be helpful and applicable to this group of patients in the long-term (12).
Other drugs commonly used in patients with cirrhosis are proton pump inhibitors (PPI) and non-selective beta blockers (NSBB), such as carvedilol. The impact of PPI medications on adverse outcomes in cirrhosis remains controversial. PPIs, which are often prescribed for stress ulcer prophylaxis on ICU, alter gut microbiome and might lead to small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and increased bacterial translocation to the portal circulation, which were associated with adverse effects in liver diseases. In patients with cirrhosis, PPI exposure is associated with increased risk of infection (e.g., Clostridioides difficile infection) and hepatic decompensation, which may ultimately mediate an increased liver-related mortality (14). An exception are patients with prior upper GI bleeding, where PPI use was associated with reduced all-cause mortality, suggesting benefit in the presence of an appropriate indication (14).
The therapeutic window of NSBB in treating patients with decompensated cirrhosis remains also controversial. While there are first safety data in patients with decompensated cirrhosis or acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF), concerns remain for patients with refractory ascites and risk of AKI.
However, current study data clearly demonstrated that NSBB therapy should be held when the mean arterial pressure (MAP) is <65 mmHg or systolic blood pressure is <90 mmHg (15). Thus, use of NSBB in hemodynamically unstable patients with decompensated cirrhosis in a surgical ICU, currently does not seem to be a therapeutic option.
In addition to a lack of disease-modifying agents, there is also a lack of potential biomarkers that could predict the risk of decompensation or treatment response and could help the intensivists to identify patients at risk. In addition to existing risk scores (e.g., CLIF-C-AD and CLIF-C ACLF score), such biomarkers could help to identify high-risk patients in the ICU at an early stage to improve prognosis.
In addition to optimal management of post-operative complications, a careful pre-operative evaluation of cirrhotic patients remains indispensable to ensure a proper risk benefit assessment for (elective) surgery (8). If the surgical and postoperative risk appears higher than the chance of a good clinical outcome, the surgical treatment should be considered futile and avoided (7).
In conclusion, the management of patients with decompensated cirrhosis remains a major challenge in critical care medicine. Due to an increased vulnerability and risk for multi-system organ failure, these patients need special attention, and their management requires effective interprofessional collaboration.
The overarching goal must be to prevent the occurrence of decompensation in compensated cirrhosis and to avoid further progression of decompensation that has already occurred. Practice-based guidelines, like those from the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Critical Care Committee, are of great importance and can help to improve the outcome of patients with decompensated cirrhosis in the surgical ICU significantly.
Provenance and Peer Review: This article was commissioned by the editorial office, Hepatobiliary Surgery and Nutrition. The article did not undergo external peer review.
Conflicts of Interest: Both authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at https://hbsn.amegroups.com/article/view/10.21037/hbsn-22-553/coif). The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
Ethical Statement: The authors are accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
Open Access Statement: This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), which permits the non-commercial replication and distribution of the article with the strict proviso that no changes or edits are made and the original work is properly cited (including links to both the formal publication through the relevant DOI and the license). See: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
Ginès P, Krag A, Abraldes JG, et al. Liver cirrhosis. Lancet 2021;398:1359-76. [Crossref] [PubMed]
The global, regional, and national burden of cirrhosis by cause in 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol 2020;5:245-66. [Crossref] [PubMed]
Asrani SK, Devarbhavi H, Eaton J, et al. Burden of liver diseases in the world. J Hepatol 2019;70:151-71. [Crossref] [PubMed]
European Association for the Study of the Liver. Electronic address: easloffice@easloffice.eu; European Association for the Study of the Liver. EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines for the management of patients with decompensated cirrhosis. J Hepatol 2018;69:406-60. [Crossref]
D'Amico G, Garcia-Tsao G, Pagliaro L. Natural history and prognostic indicators of survival in cirrhosis: a systematic review of 118 studies. J Hepatol 2006;44:217-31. [Crossref] [PubMed]
Trebicka J, Fernandez J, Papp M, et al. PREDICT identifies precipitating events associated with the clinical course of acutely decompensated cirrhosis. J Hepatol 2021;74:1097-108. [Crossref] [PubMed]
Northup PG, Friedman LS, Kamath PS. AGA Clinical Practice Update on Surgical Risk Assessment and Perioperative Management in Cirrhosis: Expert Review. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2019;17:595-606. [Crossref] [PubMed]
Newman KL, Johnson KM, Cornia PB, et al. Perioperative Evaluation and Management of Patients With Cirrhosis: Risk Assessment, Surgical Outcomes, and Future Directions. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2020;18:2398-2414.e3. [Crossref] [PubMed]
Seshadri A, Appelbaum R, Carmichael SP 2nd, et al. Management of Decompensated Cirrhosis in the Surgical ICU: an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Critical Care Committee Clinical Consensus Document. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open 2022;7:e000936. [Crossref] [PubMed]
Caraceni P, Abraldes JG, Ginès P, et al. The search for disease-modifying agents in decompensated cirrhosis: From drug repurposing to drug discovery. J Hepatol 2021;75:S118-34. [Crossref] [PubMed]
China L, Freemantle N, Forrest E, et al. A Randomized Trial of Albumin Infusions in Hospitalized Patients with Cirrhosis. N Engl J Med 2021;384:808-17. [Crossref] [PubMed]
Tapper EB, Ufere NN, Huang DQ, et al. Review article: current and emerging therapies for the management of cirrhosis and its complications. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2022;55:1099-115. [Crossref] [PubMed]
Caraceni P, Vargas V, Solà E, et al. The Use of Rifaximin in Patients With Cirrhosis. Hepatology 2021;74:1660-73. [Crossref] [PubMed]
Mahmud N, Serper M, Taddei TH, et al. The Association Between Proton Pump Inhibitor Exposure and Key Liver-Related Outcomes in Patients With Cirrhosis: A Veterans Affairs Cohort Study. Gastroenterology 2022;163:257-69.e6. [Crossref] [PubMed]
Gananandan K, Mookerjee R, Jalan R. Use of Non-selective Beta blockers in Decompensated Cirrhosis and ACLF. Curr Hepatol Rep 2022;21:29-36. [Crossref]
Cite this article as: Kasper P, Goeser T. Management of decompensated liver cirrhosis in the surgical intensive care unit. Hepatobiliary Surg Nutr 2023;12(1):95-98. doi: 10.21037/hbsn-22-553
PDF 52 views
Full Text 38 views

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Steelhead in the News
Montreal-born actor William Shatner is adding his voice to the call for immediate federal government action to save a collapsing steelhead salmon population in British Columbia's Fraser River system.
Submitted by Ralf Kroning on Wed, 12/13/2017 - 08:41
ACTOR WILLIAM SHATNER SAYS IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED TO SAVE THOMPSON STEELHEAD
"The time for consultation and studies long past," William Shatner tells Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc
Shovelnose Creek Habitat Project 2015
Submitted by Ralf Kroning on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 16:30
Coldwater Habitat Restoration Project
Submitted by Ralf Kroning on Sun, 11/02/2014 - 16:31
Steelhead Society of BC Coldwater River Steelhead Habitat Enhancement Project
As- Built Summary, February, 2014
A steelhead habitat enhancement project on the Coldwater River sponsored by the Steelhead Society of British Columbia (SSBC) in partnership with DFO and PSF was completed in early 2014. The following is a project summary including an as-built report as well as interim (winter) site photos. The project provides benefit to Steelhead through improvement to streambank habitat in the Coldwater River. A series of robust rock-wood spurs were installed along a severely degraded and rapidly eroding 178 long right bank section of the Coldwater River (see photos). The site is located approximately 28 km from Merritt at the Eaton-Beaton Ranch (GPS location 49° 55.956 N, 120° 55.325 W).
Project planning for the Coldwater project was completed by January, 2013. Rock delivery was completed as scheduled by early February, 2014. Construction of the wood rock spurs was completed by February 20, 2014. The site remains in winter condition under snow cover at this time and are not fully visible. Site performance and development of key site features beneficial to Steelhead will be more evident following spring freshet. In addition, area fencing will be completed after snowmelt and ground thaw have occurred. A review of the project rationale and current site condition is provided below. Following freshet and spring to summer vegetation re-growth this site report will be updated.
2.0 Review of the Project Rationale
The Coldwater River project location was selected because it is located in an area that offers key habitat features important to Steelhead (and other salmonids) including suitable stream grade, beneficial groundwater attributes, relatively valuable up and downstream Steelhead habitat. In addition an extensive, groundwater and river fed off-channel site previously constructed by DFO to enhance juvenile salmonid habitat adjoins the Coldwater River immediately upstream from the restored site. In addition, the site is located on a ranch isolated from high public traffic, set back from Coldwater Road access. A wide river floodplain area exists on the right and left banks from the restoration site. The right bank adjacent to the restored habitat has minimal agricultural use and relatively healthy riparian vegetation and the landowner has agreed to livestock exclusion fencing for riparian area enhancement.
The Coldwater River habitat enhancement site provided an opportunity to combine natural local features with some constructed ones to create year round improvement to
key Steelhead habitat values such as low human traffic, high quality groundwater upwelling combined with controlled off channel stream flow from the Coldwater River to extensive off-channel habitat, suitable gradient and substrate features, relatively healthy up and downstream riparian areas and connectivity to other nearby suitable steelhead spawning and rearing habitats.
3.0 Description of Construction Process
Construction was undertaken in February, 2014 at low flow, prior to spring freshet. In total 58 loads of rock, 24 large wood debris units and 1855 cuttings were utilized in constructing a series of 15 wood rock spurs to stabilize 178 linear meters of streambank and riparian area. The rock supplied was comprised of 0 .3-1.5m boulders with a high proportion of larger rock size in the mix (see photos).
Once the rock was delivered construction began by installing spurs 1-5. Spurs 1-5 were installed relatively close together (averaging 11 m spacing) along the uppermost 43 m of the site, where the curvature in river meander bend was greatest. Spurs 6-15 were installed relatively farther apart (averaging 14 m spacing) along the lowermost 128 m of the site, where the curvature in river meander bend was lessened.
The uppermost spurs (spurs 1-5) were each comprised of approximately 24 m3 of rock and 1-2 large wood debris units with 75 cuttings. The lowermost spurs (spurs 6-15) were each comprised of approximately 32 m3 of rock and 1-2 large wood debris units with 150 cuttings. A setback rock spur with large wood debris was installed at each of the 15 spur locations, keyed into the river bed.
Cuttings were added to the upper depths of the excavation. Gravels and soils were place in the upper bank above high water mark. Winter dormant black cottonwood cuttings as well as various rooted species including alder, rose and snowberry that were salvaged during excavation were planted at the site. A recessed, keyed low profile 7 m rock toe was installed to tie into the existing bank, downstream of Spur 15. Disturbed areas were re-contoured and winter seeded with grass seed on bare exposed ground even though it was still snowing at the time.
4.0 Description of Constructed Features
The right bank stabilization installations have created high complexity river edge which will stabilize the bank from further erosion. The installed structures are expected to scour but remain stable with spring fresher and begin to naturalize rapidly following freshet to offer adult and juvenile habitat preferred by Steelhead. Small scour pools with overhanging vegetation, boulder and wood surface microhabitat are expected to provide cover, hydraulic variability and leaf litter drop as well as shade and improved benthic community structure that will benefit Steelhead.
As of February, 2014 the streambank stabilization structures appear to be well installed and functional. Project effectiveness will be more evident following loss of snow cover, and a spring freshet event, after which performance will be re-evaluated and site naturalization features identified. An onsite review and updated photoset will be obtained as site features such as scour pools and riparian vegetation development continue to naturalize and will be reported on a one year post construction site assessment.
Ottawa's move to allow overfishing of salmon draws united condemnation from First Nations, fishermen, and conservationists
Ottawa's move to allow overfishing of salmon draws united condemnation
from First Nations, fishermen, and conservationists
Vancouver — First Nations, recreational fishermen, and conservation groups from the Skeena River watershed are calling on Fisheries Minister Gail Shea to abandon a reckless fishing plan being proposed by the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO). The new plan would significantly increase harvest rates on sockeye salmon, resulting in the overfishing of endangered sockeye populations, and serious impacts to other salmon species caught as "by-catch."
The changes would nullify the recent (2009 to 2013) commercial harvest plan for Skeena River sockeye salmon, introduced following the 2008 Independent Science Review Panel. The Panel found that harvest rates were too high for many sockeye populations and needed to be reduced. A 2013 scientific analysis released by Pacific Salmon Foundation confirmed this, reporting that several Skeena sockeye populations were in the "Red Zone"—the area of greatest conservation concern—under DFO's Wild Salmon Policy.
The overfishing would affect the Gitanyow, Lake Babine, and Wet'suwet'en Nations, who all host sockeye populations that lie in the "Red Zone."
"We have harvested Kitwanga River salmon as food for thousands of years. They feed our elders, our culture, and who we are as a people," states Chief Glen Williams of the Gitanyow Nation. "We thought we had turned a corner on a century of overfishing in 2008, but now DFO intends to return to the era of much higher commercial harvest rates."
Chief Wilf Adam of the Lake Babine Nation angrily responds, "Babine River sockeye once numbered over a million, supporting our Food and pre-contact commercial fisheries. Last year less than 40,000 fish spawned. Our people went hungry rather than harvest any for food. And DFO's response is to increase commercial fishing! How can anyone think this is a good idea?"
"Increasing commercial harvest rates threaten recreational fisheries and the communities who benefit from them," said Keith Douglas of the North Coast Steelhead Alliance. "The lower harvest rates introduced in 2009 brought some respite to steelhead runs after decades of overharvesting in unselective gillnet fisheries and spread economic benefits throughout the watershed. It's not like the sockeye won't still be caught and processed," argues Douglas. "Sockeye not caught on the coast are caught in highly selective terminal fisheries that avoid harming both the sockeye populations we are concerned about and recreationally valuable steelhead."
Greg Knox, Executive Director of the SkeenaWild Conservation Trust, explains, "There are 30 genetically distinct sockeye populations in the Skeena River watershed. The commercial fishery is focused on the two artificially enhanced populations at the expense of the 28 wild ones." Mr. Knox continues, "DFO argues they only intend to increase harvest rates in years where there are above average sockeye returns. But, large returns are the result of the large numbers of sockeye returning to the two enhancement facilities. It ignores the impact such harvests will have on wild populations important to First Nations and the Skeena ecosystem."
Other groups on record as opposing Ottawa's new plans to allow overfishing of at-risk Skeena salmon populations include the BC Federation of Fly Fishers, Watershed Watch Salmon Society, The BC Federation of Drift Fishers, the Steelhead Society of BC, and the Kingfishers Rod and Gun Club.
"Skeena First Nations, conservationists, and recreational fishermen contend that DFO's plan to allow overfishing ignores independent science advice, First Nations' Constitutional Food and Treaty Rights, and bows to a narrow set of commercial interests," concludes Walter Joseph, Fisheries Manager for Office of the Wet'suwet'en.
Wilf Adam, Chief, Lake Babine Nation: 1-250-692-0422
Keith Douglas, North Coast Steelhead Alliance: 1-250-729-7295
Walter Joseph, Fisheries Manager, Office of the Wet'suwet'en: 1-250-847-3996
Greg Knox, Executive Director, SkeenaWild Conservation Trust: 1-250-615-1990
Glen Williams, Chief, Gitanyow Nation: 1-250-635-0223
Casting A Voice
This film examines the value of the Skeena River and its fish, and the steadily growing risks it faces to development and energy transportation proposals. The energy industry is vital to Canada's economic strength, and the Northern Gateway Pipeline project would use parts of the Skeena as a corridor to reach new global markets. This said, there is also immense value in the diverse ecosystems and wilderness that make up the Skeena.
Produced, filmed & edited by Dimitri Gammer
Watch the film here: http://vimeo.com/78876102
Evidence Shows Tens of Thousands of Unwanted Salmon are Killed in Bycatch
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/15/2013 - 22:01
For those of you who have not yet seen this morning's press release and video from Watershed Watch, SkeenaWild, and Raincoast, with assistance from Headwaters Initiative, regarding discards and retention of prohibited species in north coast net fisheries this season.
http://www.watershed-watch.org/2013/08/media-release-new-evidence-shows-thousands-of-unwanted-salmon-are-needlessly-killed-when-no-one-is-watching-the-fishermen-groups-want-oversight
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/video-proves-unwanted-salmon-being-left-for-dead-on-seiners-group-alleges/article13790930/
http://www.timescolonist.com/poor-oversight-of-b-c-fishermen-killing-prohibited-salmon-say-environmentalists-1.589804
http://www.vancouversun.com/Environmental+groups+decry+loss+bycatch+salmon+northern+pink+fishery/8793335/story.html


I have had a million acorns fall onto my patio these past couple months and I finally got around to picking them all up. Instead of throwing them away, I thought why not make acorn flowers for a kids craft! They turned out super cute and were very easy to make.
This is perfect for a Spring craft!
You will need acorns, acrylic paint, a paintbrush, scissors, green construction paper, and glue.
All the acorns that fell in my backyard had the tops already off so we just cut the little stem part. This will be the center of the flower!
Paint the acorn top with some blue paint and let dry.
Grab your acorns (you will need 5 for each flower) and cover them in pink paint. We got creative and after the pink dried, added some blue marks to the inside of some.
Glue the acorns in a flower shape, with the tops in the middle.
Cut out stems and leaves with green construction paper (we used cardstock) and glue them down! There you have some pretty flowers to put on a homemade card or whatever else you'd like!
This is so neat. With the new season coming in this is a great activity to do with children. Love the resourceful way of making are fun and creative.


text:
Home » Where We Work » Afghanistan and Pakistan » Afghanistan » Infrastructure
Humanitarian Assistance
Inquiry Responses
Partner Guidelines
USAID works to strengthen Afghanistan's basic infrastructure; increase access to reliable electricity; design and build roads, schools, and hospitals.
USAID/Afghanistan
Decades of war, a harsh climate, and neglect left much of Afghanistan's infrastructure in rubble, hobbling efforts to rebuild. Without electricity, businesses could not operate machinery. Households had no running water for drinking, cooking and cleaning, and absence of clean drinking water posed a major public-health challenge. Underdeveloped roads hampered movement of goods to domestic and international markets, and isolated villages from basic government services, even police or military protection. Scarcity of classrooms and medical clinics restricted access to education and basic healthcare.
USAID has helped Afghans boost access to electricity, increase access to potable water, design, build, and maintain roads, and design and construct schools, clinics and hospitals. Security threats, forbidding geography and shortages of trained technicians all have presented challenges. USAID is now supporting the Afghan government's efforts to operate and maintain existing infrastructure, invest in expanding access to electricity, and stimulate international investment.
Through a partnership with USAID, DABS upgraded the Kajaki Power Plant, increased its generation potential to 51.5 megawatts in 2016, and assumed full operations of the plant in 2017, providing access to cheaper and more reliable electricity in Helmand and Kandahar.
With USAID support, DABS signed contracts in 2016 to build a 400-kilometer transmission line between Ghazni and Kandahar to extend the national electrical grid to southern Afghanistan.
The USAID Corporate Management Support program has enabled DABS to enhance its financial, accounting, procurement, human resources and information technology systems.
Both USAID and the Afghan government recognize that access to electricity drives economic growth. USAID continues to partner with the Afghan government to expand access for citizens and businesses across the country. In 2002, only six percent of Afghans had access to reliable electricity; that number has increased to approximately 30 percent. Working with the U.S. military and Afghan government, USAID built and expanded the electricity generation and distribution network in southern Afghanistan. Generation capacity in this politically critical region has more than doubled, giving 80,000 households in Kandahar and Helmand their first-ever access to reliable electricity. With USAID support, the Afghan government installed a third turbine at Kajaki Dam, and USAID is supporting a project to strategically connect Afghanistan's northern and southern electricity grids. The agency also is working directly with the national electric utility, DABS, to improve its management systems and its ability to collect revenue. This assistance has helped DABS to double revenue collection and increase its customer base by 73 percent from 2010 to 2016.
USAID has invested in the construction and rehabilitation of more than 2,000 kilometers (km) of roads to propel travel and commerce, including Afghanistan's Ring Road, which connects the country's five major cities: Herat, Kabul, Kandahar City, Jalalabad, and Mazar-e-Sharif. More than 80 percent of Afghans now live within 50 km of the Ring Road. USAID is now protecting its investments by providing emergency repairs to roads damaged by insurgent activities and natural disasters to ensure that strategic commercial corridors remain open.
As of 2015, only 47 percent of rural households have access to safe drinking water, and even fewer, 27 percent, have access to improved sanitation facilities. In response, the Afghan government and USAID constructed more tha n 3,000 we lls, primarily in rural communities, to provide reliable clean water for the first time to more than 863,000 Afghans, and nearly 4 2,000 latrines to prevent the spread of disease. Kabul is one of the fastest growing cities in the world, and providing drinking water to the expanding population is a challenge. USAID, in partnership with the governments of Afghanistan, Germany, and France, is building water infrastructure to improve the water quality and supply for Kabul residents. USAID also is supporting the Afghan government to better manage water resources, train water and sanitation service providers, and improve revenue generation for more sustainable service delivery.
USAID has supported the design and construction of hundreds of hospitals, clinics, midwife and teacher-training centers, high schools, university residences and government office buildings across Afghanistan, two high schools, four provincial teacher-training centers, six faculties of higher education facilities, and two hospitals. A new 200-bed women's' dormitory at the American University of Afghanistan is expected to be completed in 2017. Since 2010, all USAID-funded buildings have been constructed to meet the International Building Code seismic standards.
Current Projects:
Rural Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Design and Construct a Women's Dormitory for American University of Afghanistan
Engineering Support Program (ESP)
Kabul Urban Water Supply (KUWS)
Power Transmission Expansion and Connectivity (PTEC) Project
Regional Water Management Forum (RWMF)
Technical Assistance to the Ministry of Public Works (TA-MoPW)
Completed Projects:
Installation of Turbine Generator Unit 2 at Kajaki Dam Hydropower Plant (Kajaki Unit 2)
Mining Investment and Development for Afghanistan Sustainability (MIDAS)
Afghanistan Engineering Support Program (AESP)
Sheberghan Gas Development Project (SGDP)
Gardez-Khost National Highway (NH08)
Engineering Quality Assurance and Logistical Support (EQUALS)
Construction of Health and Education Facilities (CHEF)
Road Sector Sustainability Project – Emergency Operation and Maintenance
Diesel Thermal Power Plants Operations and Maintenance
Kishem to Faizabad National Highway
Advisor to the Secretariat of the Inter-Ministerial Commission for Energy (ICE)
Afghan Clean Energy Project (ACEP)
Afghan Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation (SWSS)
Afghanistan Energy Assistance Project
Afghanistan Infrastructure and Rehabilitation Program (AIRP) - General Management and Administration
Afghanistan Infrastructure and Rehabilitation Program (IRP) - Quick Response General Services
Commercialization of Afghanistan Water and Sanitation Activity (CAWSA)
Darunta Hydroelectric Power Plant Rehabilitation
Design and Construction of Uruzgon Bridge
Design and Initial Construction of of Bamyan and Dushi Road
District Center Roads (DCR) Program
Energy Partnership
Engineering Design Support Activity (EDSA)
Faculties of Higher Education (FoHE)
Gardez to Khost National Highway (GK Highway)
Human and Institutional Capacity Building for Afghanistan Energy and Natural Resources (AECB)
Human Resources and Logistical Support (HRLS)
Infrastructure and Rehabilitation Program (IRP) - Power (LBG/B&V)
Infrastructure and Rehabilitation Program (IRP) - Roads (LBG/B&V)
Infrastructure Rehabilitation Program (IRP) - USACE
Kabul Electricity Directorate (KED) Commercialization
Kabul Electricity Service Improvement Project (KESIP)
Kabul Schools Program
Kabul University Facility Renovations and Construction
Kandahar Commercialization Support
Kandahar Helmand Power Project (KHPP)
National Load Control Center
Reactive Power Compensation for NEPS
Reconstruction of the Gardez to Khost Road
Rehabilitation of Economic Facilities and Services (REFS) - Power
Rehabilitation of Economic Facilities and Services (REFS) - Roads
Road Operation and Maintenance Capacity Building Project
Sardar-e-Kabuli Girls' High School Site Utilities
Schools and Clinics Construction and Refurbishment Program - CHF
Schools and Clinics Construction and Refurbishment Program - IOM
Schools and Clinics Construction and Refurbishment Program - LBGI
Schools and Clinics Construction and Refurbishment Program - Shelter for Life
Schools and Clinics Construction and Refurbishment Program - UMCOR
Schools and Clinics Construction and Refurbishment Program - UNOPS
Special Projects: Watershed Studies, Multi-purpose Dam Designs, and Technical Assistance
Strategic Provincial Road-Southern and Eastern Afghanistan (SPR-SEA)
Sustainable Water Resources Management
Tarakhil Power Plant
Technical Support to Afghan Energy Information Center (AEIC)
Economic Bonds between India and Afghanistan to strengthen through the Trade and Investment Show
USAID Microfinance Training Program Assists Young Afghan Women Enter Financial Sector
Afghanistan Utility Breaks Ground on Landmark Infrastructure Project
Afghanistan Ministry of Public Health Launches First Data Warehouse for the Health Sector with help from USAID
USAID Hosts Women's Agricultural Credit Shura in Mazar-E-Sharif to Improve Livelihoods for Afghan Women
USAID Afghanistan Infrastructure Fact Sheet (pdf - 1 MB)


I'VE BEEN COMPELLED TO RELEASE YESTERDAY, WHILE TOMMOROWS STILL AHEAD.
A STEP FORWARD, WHAT I SEE I DON'T LIKE, BUT AS A MAN I CAN'T STEP BACK OR LACK IN MY MOVEMENTS TOWARDS A FUTURE UNKNOWN.
THE BIGGER THE WEIGHT I MUST CARRY!
BUT CARRY THAT WEIGHT I MUST.
OF A WORLD WITHOUT ME.
BUT THERE THE PAIN'S DISCONNECTED.
ONLY TO BE TRAPPED BY THE PRESSURE OF WHATS REAL.
OF WHICH IS ALREADY COIN.
UT SOME HOW IT MAKES ME WONDER, WHAT THIS NEXT SCENE OF LIFE HOLDS..
JUST MAYBE I COULD PAINT A PERFECT PICTURE OF THAT YET TO COME, BUT THEN AGAIN ONLY GOD KNOWS WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS!!!!!!


It really is our obligation to satisfy your requirements and efficiently serve you. Your fulfillment is our greatest reward. We're hunting forward to your check out for joint development for Popular Swivel Usb Stick , Popular Swivel USB Stick , Swivel USB Stick , Our experienced specialized workforce will probably be wholeheartedly at your provider. We sincerely welcome you to check out our web-site and organization and mail us your inquiry.
"Our firm promises all consumers from the first-class solutions along with the most satisfying post-sale company. We warmly welcome our regular and new clients to join us for Popular Swivel Usb Stick , Popular Swivel USB Stick , Swivel USB Stick , Our company insists on the principle of "Quality First Sustainable Development" and takes "Honest Business Mutual Benefits" as our developable goal. All members sincerely thank all old and new customers' support. We will keep working hard and offering you the highest-quality products and service.


text:
Q: calabash-android giving "No keystores found." when run under Jenkins I have a simple test android project that I can test fine using ".\gradlew calabashDebug" in a DOS shell logged in as myself. However, when I run the project under Jenkins on a Continuous Integration server it fails with a "No keystores found." error
(see stack trace below).
07:54:04.462 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.process.internal.DefaultExecHandle] Changing state to: STARTING
07:54:04.464 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.process.internal.DefaultExecHandle] Waiting until process started: command 'cmd'.
07:54:04.507 [INFO] [org.gradle.process.internal.ProcessParentingInitializer] An attempt to initialize for well behaving parent process finished.
07:54:04.513 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.process.internal.DefaultExecHandle] Changing state to: STARTED
07:54:04.513 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.process.internal.ExecHandleRunner] waiting until streams are handled...
07:54:04.514 [INFO] [org.gradle.process.internal.DefaultExecHandle] Successfully started process 'command 'cmd''
07:54:05.111 [QUIET] [system.out] No test server found for this combination of app and calabash version. Recreating test server.
07:54:05.111 [QUIET] [system.out] No keystores found.
07:54:05.112 [QUIET] [system.out] Please create one or run calabash-android setup to configure calabash-android to use an existing keystore.
07:54:05.117 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.process.internal.DefaultExecHandle] Changing state to: FAILED
07:54:05.118 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.process.internal.DefaultExecHandle] Process 'command 'cmd'' finished with exit value 1 (state: FAILED)
07:54:05.119 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteAtMostOnceTaskExecuter] Finished executing task ':calabashDebug'
07:54:05.119 [LIFECYCLE] [class org.gradle.TaskExecutionLogger] :calabashDebug FAILED
07:54:05.120 [INFO] [org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.AbstractTaskPlanExecutor] :calabashDebug (Thread[main,5,main]) completed. Took 0.666 secs.
07:54:05.120 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.AbstractTaskPlanExecutor] Task worker [Thread[main,5,main]] finished, busy: 1.014 secs, idle: 0.016 secs
07:54:05.125 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]
07:54:05.127 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
07:54:05.127 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]
07:54:05.127 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] * What went wrong:
07:54:05.129 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] Execution failed for task ':calabashDebug'.
07:54:05.129 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] > Process 'command 'cmd'' finished with non-zero exit value 1
07:54:05.130 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]
07:54:05.131 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] * Exception is:
07:54:05.132 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskExecutionException: Execution failed for task ':calabashDebug'.
07:54:05.132 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeActions(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:69)
07:54:05.132 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.execute(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:46)
07:54:05.133 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.PostExecutionAnalysisTaskExecuter.execute(PostExecutionAnalysisTaskExecuter.java:35)
07:54:05.133 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipUpToDateTaskExecuter.execute(SkipUpToDateTaskExecuter.java:64)
07:54:05.133 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ValidatingTaskExecuter.execute(ValidatingTaskExecuter.java:58)
07:54:05.134 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter.execute(SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter.java:42)
07:54:05.134 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.execute(SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.java:52)
07:54:05.134 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.execute(SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.java:53)
07:54:05.134 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteAtMostOnceTaskExecuter.execute(ExecuteAtMostOnceTaskExecuter.java:43)
07:54:05.135 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.api.internal.AbstractTask.executeWithoutThrowingTaskFailure(AbstractTask.java:289)
07:54:05.135 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.AbstractTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker.executeTask(AbstractTaskPlanExecutor.java:79)
07:54:05.135 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.AbstractTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker.processTask(AbstractTaskPlanExecutor.java:63)
07:54:05.136 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.AbstractTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker.run(AbstractTaskPlanExecutor.java:51)
07:54:05.136 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$1.run(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:33)
07:54:05.137 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.internal.Factories$1.create(Factories.java:22)
07:54:05.137 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheAccess.longRunningOperation(DefaultCacheAccess.java:198)
07:54:05.137 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheAccess.longRunningOperation(DefaultCacheAccess.java:266)
07:54:05.137 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultPersistentDirectoryStore.longRunningOperation(DefaultPersistentDirectoryStore.java:135)
07:54:05.138 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.api.internal.changedetection.state.DefaultTaskArtifactStateCacheAccess.longRunningOperation(DefaultTaskArtifactStateCacheAccess.java:95)
07:54:05.138 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.process(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:31)
07:54:05.138 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.execute(DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.java:86)
07:54:05.138 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.execution.SelectedTaskExecutionAction.execute(SelectedTaskExecutionAction.java:29)
07:54:05.139 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildExecuter.execute(DefaultBuildExecuter.java:61)
07:54:05.139 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildExecuter.access$200(DefaultBuildExecuter.java:23)
07:54:05.139 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildExecuter$2.proceed(DefaultBuildExecuter.java:67)
07:54:05.140 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.execution.DryRunBuildExecutionAction.execute(DryRunBuildExecutionAction.java:32)
07:54:05.140 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildExecuter.execute(DefaultBuildExecuter.java:61)
07:54:05.140 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildExecuter.execute(DefaultBuildExecuter.java:54)
07:54:05.140 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.doBuildStages(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:166)
07:54:05.141 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.doBuild(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:113)
07:54:05.141 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.run(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:81)
07:54:05.141 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter$DefaultBuildController.run(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:64)
07:54:05.142 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.launcher.cli.ExecuteBuildAction.run(ExecuteBuildAction.java:33)
07:54:05.142 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.launcher.cli.ExecuteBuildAction.run(ExecuteBuildAction.java:24)
07:54:05.142 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter.execute(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:35)
07:54:05.143 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter.execute(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:26)
07:54:05.143 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.launcher.cli.RunBuildAction.run(RunBuildAction.java:50)
07:54:05.143 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.internal.Actions$RunnableActionAdapter.execute(Actions.java:171)
07:54:05.144 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.launcher.cli.CommandLineActionFactory$ParseAndBuildAction.execute(CommandLineActionFactory.java:201)
07:54:05.144 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.launcher.cli.CommandLineActionFactory$ParseAndBuildAction.execute(CommandLineActionFactory.java:174)
07:54:05.144 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.launcher.cli.CommandLineActionFactory$WithLogging.execute(CommandLineActionFactory.java:170)
07:54:05.144 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.launcher.cli.CommandLineActionFactory$WithLogging.execute(CommandLineActionFactory.java:139)
07:54:05.145 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.launcher.cli.ExceptionReportingAction.execute(ExceptionReportingAction.java:33)
07:54:05.145 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.launcher.cli.ExceptionReportingAction.execute(ExceptionReportingAction.java:22)
07:54:05.145 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.launcher.Main.doAction(Main.java:46)
07:54:05.145 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.launcher.bootstrap.EntryPoint.run(EntryPoint.java:45)
07:54:05.146 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:37)
07:54:05.146 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.launcher.bootstrap.ProcessBootstrap.runNoExit(ProcessBootstrap.java:50)
07:54:05.146 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.launcher.bootstrap.ProcessBootstrap.run(ProcessBootstrap.java:32)
07:54:05.147 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.launcher.GradleMain.main(GradleMain.java:23)
07:54:05.147 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.wrapper.BootstrapMainStarter.start(BootstrapMainStarter.java:33)
07:54:05.147 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.wrapper.WrapperExecutor.execute(WrapperExecutor.java:130)
07:54:05.148 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain.main(GradleWrapperMain.java:48)
07:54:05.148 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] Caused by: org.gradle.process.internal.ExecException: Process 'command 'cmd'' finished with non-zero exit value 1
07:54:05.148 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.process.internal.DefaultExecHandle$ExecResultImpl.assertNormalExitValue(DefaultExecHandle.java:361)
07:54:05.149 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.process.internal.DefaultExecAction.execute(DefaultExecAction.java:31)
07:54:05.149 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.api.tasks.Exec.exec(Exec.java:63)
07:54:05.149 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.internal.reflect.JavaMethod.invoke(JavaMethod.java:63)
07:54:05.149 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.AnnotationProcessingTaskFactory$StandardTaskAction.doExecute(AnnotationProcessingTaskFactory.java:219)
07:54:05.150 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.AnnotationProcessingTaskFactory$StandardTaskAction.execute(AnnotationProcessingTaskFactory.java:212)
07:54:05.150 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.AnnotationProcessingTaskFactory$StandardTaskAction.execute(AnnotationProcessingTaskFactory.java:201)
07:54:05.150 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.api.internal.AbstractTask$TaskActionWrapper.execute(AbstractTask.java:533)
07:54:05.150 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.api.internal.AbstractTask$TaskActionWrapper.execute(AbstractTask.java:516)
07:54:05.151 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeAction(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:80)
07:54:05.151 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeActions(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:61)
07:54:05.151 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]    ... 52 more

Problem is there is no indication as to where it expects the keystore to be by default. I have tried putting the keystore in a .android\debug.keystore under JENKINS_HOME directory. I have also tried to put a calabash_settings file (and also a .calabash_settings file) with the following:
{"keystore_location":"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Jenkins\\.android\\debug.keystore","keystore_password":"android","keystore_alias":"androiddebugkey"}

I have found one issue to be that the gradle-calabash-android-plugin that I use in my build.gradle does not specify "-v" or "--verbose" to the calabash-gradle command that it spawns. I have created a fork and a pull request with a change to the gradle-calabash-android-plugin project to address this issue: github.com/Pedlar/gradle-calabash-android-plugin/pull/6
After I use the new version of gradle-calabash-android-plugin I got useful debug output:
15:29:02.455 [INFO] [org.gradle.process.internal.DefaultExecHandle] Successfully started process 'command 'cmd''
15:29:03.608 [QUIET] [system.out] 2014-04-23 15:29:03 - JDK found on PATH.
15:29:03.608 [QUIET] [system.out] 2014-04-23 15:29:03 - JDK found at: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0
15:29:03.608 [QUIET] [system.out] 2014-04-23 15:29:03 - Android SDK found at: C:\AndroidSDK\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140321\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140321\sdk
15:29:03.608 [QUIET] [system.out] No test server found for this combination of app and calabash version. Recreating test server.
15:29:03.608 [QUIET] [system.out] 2014-04-23 15:29:03 - "\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0\bin/keytool.exe" -v -printcert -J"-Dfile.encoding=utf-8" -file "C:/Windows/Temp/d20140423-5912-102klgo/META-INF/CERT.RSA"
15:29:03.608 [QUIET] [system.out] 2014-04-23 15:29:03 - MD5 fingerprint for signing cert (C:/Users/jenkins/.jenkins/jobs/Toasty/workspace/build/apk/workspace-debug-unaligned.apk): 11:FC:53:97:85:19:6C:2F:FA:AF:00:B4:DC:A1:68:1E
15:29:03.608 [QUIET] [system.out] 2014-04-23 15:29:03 - C:/Users/jenkins/.jenkins/jobs/Toasty/workspace/build/apk/workspace-debug-unaligned.apk was signed with a certificate with fingerprint 11:FC:53:97:85:19:6C:2F:FA:AF:00:B4:DC:A1:68:1E
15:29:03.608 [QUIET] [system.out] 2014-04-23 15:29:03 - Trying to read keystore from: C:/Windows/system32/config/systemprofile/.android/debug.keystore - no such file
15:29:03.608 [QUIET] [system.out] 2014-04-23 15:29:03 - Trying to read keystore from: C:/Users/jenkins/.jenkins/jobs/Toasty/workspace/debug.keystore - no such file
15:29:03.608 [QUIET] [system.out] 2014-04-23 15:29:03 - Trying to read keystore from: C:/Windows/system32/config/systemprofile/.local/share/Xamarin/Mono/ for/ Android/debug.keystore - no such file
15:29:03.608 [QUIET] [system.out] 2014-04-23 15:29:03 - Trying to read keystore from: C:/Windows/system32/config/systemprofile/AppData/Local/Xamarin/Mono for Android/debug.keystore - no such file
15:29:03.608 [QUIET] [system.out] No keystores found.

Now I am not sure why calabash-android is trying to read the keystore from "C:/Windows/system32/config/systemprofile/.android/debug.keystore" instead of "C:/Users/jenkins/.android/debug.keystore". I have jenkins running as a windows system service using the login credentials for a user named jenkins on the server.
So I added a file C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile.android\debug.keystore. Still getting the same error which is odd.
I am new to developing on windows platform so it could be something as trivial as a silly white space or slash direction issue but I have not been able to figure it out. Thanks for any help.

A: It turns out that most of my original problem stemmed from the fact that I had installed Jenkins as a service that ran as the Local System Account (see LogOn Tab in Service Properties). This was causing Jenkins to read / write stuff in various system directories and probably running into some permission issues.
The solution was to:

*

*Delete the jenkins windows service

*Create a jenkins local account on the server

*Login as new jenkins user and install jenkins all over again this time as jenkins user

*When configuring jenkins sure make sure to use Service Properties / LogOn / This Account /  .\jenkins

*Make sure to restart the service after all is done

It is the last step that I had forgotten to do in the end - Doh! Once I did that all is well!

A: We found the same today with Jenkins 2.9 under Windows 10.
Gradle tries to download artifacts into \Windows\System32\config\systemprofile.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\ , and fails.
I think this a Jenkins issue, and not Calabash related only.
The Jenkins service is installed to run as "Local System" by default. As Farrukh Najmi found out, this causes the problem.
You can later reconfigure Jenkins to run as another user.
In fact, I wonder whether you should generally do this. Jenkins as LocalSystem is considered a security issue (https://jenkins-ci.org/issue/27016).
Still, Jenkins must not be re-installed as suggested before:
How to reconfigure Jenkins to run as User "Brian"
(From an Admin Terminal or Powershell)
sc.exe stop jenkins
sc.exe config "jenkins" obj= ".\Brian" password= "Brianspassword"
sc.exe start jenkins

...Done.
(Care for the surprising spaces after "=" in the sc.exe syntax.)
Hints
With my first attempt, the service start failed with

Error 1069 "The service did not start due to a logon failure."

Reason: The user may not have granted the rights to run a service, see https://serverfault.com/questions/197881/sc-exe-create-service-password-issue
This is especially the case with any fresh system User we made just for Jenkins.
Solution: My simplest solution was to run services.msc, right-click the Service in the GUI, select Properties. Modify the users password here.
Now, as a side effect, Services.msc is kind enough to grant the missing right to the user. It informs you with a popup dialog.
Another trap are special characters in the password, which need to be escaped in the shell. (I'd go with a letter-only password. Or again, type the password in the GUI of services.msc.)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
You are at:Home»Uncategorized»VG worker resigns after rape allegations
VG worker resigns after rape allegations
By _Gr0cCc0Tts_ November 25, 2010 No Comments2 Mins Read
A general worker from Victoria Girls (VG) High School is still in custody after a rape case was opened against him by a Rhodes University student who is a student supervisor at VG's Beaufort House hostel.
VG's headmistress Madeleine Schoeman said that the incident was reported to have happened at the beginning of the term in October. According to Schoeman the alleged rape occurred in the morning at the Beaufort House hostel while the learners were at school. "The accused said that it was consensual sex," added Schoeman.
The accused, who is said to be a father of two and the family's breadwinner, decided to resign straight after the accusations were made. A member of the school's governing body, Buks Coetze said, "We were meant to have a disciplinary hearing, but before it could happen the accused opted for resignation."
The student who laid the charge is supported by the university and is still working at the Beaufort House hostel. Police spokesperson Mali Govender said that a rape case was opened at the Grahamstown police station. The accused has appeared in the Magistrate's Court and the case is under investigation.
Previous ArticleA slice of history
Next Article Cheaper Yaris, now with stickers


As vice chairman, Don will track the portfolio performance, provide advice and guidance to students, and hear presentations by students regarding investment objectives and the EIF portfolio performance. Each student works with an EIF board member who serves as a professional mentor for the student throughout the semester. Click on link to learn more about the Illinois State Educational Investment Fund.


text:
www.pennews.net
{"card-share":{"shareable":true}}
Daniele de Rossi joins Boca Juniors
Buenos Aires, Jul 26: Boca Juniors have completed the signing of former Roma and Italy midfielder Daniele de Rossi on a free transfer.
The 36-year-old received a hero's reception by hordes of Boca fans who gathered for his arrival at Ezeiza International Airport in Buenos Aires on Thursday. Boca confirmed the news by posting pictures on social media of De Rossi's arrival at their iconic La Bombonera stadium for his first training session.
De Rossi was released by Roma in May after making his 616th and final appearance for the club in a 2-1 home win over Parma. He later said that he still "feels like a player" and wanted a "new adventure."
He has capped 117 times for Italy and was a part of the Azzurri team that won the 2006 World Cup in Germany. (UNI-XINHUA)
Copyright © 2017 PENNEWS. All Rights Reserved


text:
Tennis: Pliskova blasts 'brutal' critics after storming into first Wimbledon semi-final
Czech Republic's Karolina Pliskova celebrates her win over Switzerland's Viktorija Golubic. PHOTO: AFP
https://str.sg/3JJn
LONDON (AFP) - Karolina Pliskova reached her first Wimbledon semi-final on Tuesday (July 6) with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Switzerland's Viktorija Golubic and then took a swipe at her critics for their "brutal" treatment.
Former world number one Pliskova, now ranked 13, will face Belarus second seed Aryna Sabalenka on Thursday for a place in Saturday's final.
Pliskova has yet to win a Grand Slam title despite contesting 36 majors with her best performance a runners-up spot at the 2016 US Open.
"I'm super-happy to be through to my first semi-final at Wimbledon," said the 29-year-old Czech who will be playing in her fourth Slam semi-final.
Her last appearance in a major semi-final was at the 2019 Australian Open.
"This was my first appearance on Court One this year and I had to work really hard to get to this court.
"I feel like I am improving with every match." Pliskova has yet to drop a set at Wimbledon this year and has been broken just three times in five rounds.
Her eight aces on Tuesday, meanwhile, took her tournament tally to 40.
"I have had good preparation and hopefully this will continue."
Tennis: Barty wins Aussie battle to reach Wimbledon semi-finals
Tennis: Former champion Kerber eases past Muchova into Wimbledon semi-finals
Despite her happiness a completing a full set of semi-final appearances at all four majors, Pliskova hit out at doubters who questioned her future in the sport when she fell out of the world top 10 on the eve of Wimbledon.
Until then, she had been a regular in the top 10 since 2016.
"The Internet is the biggest problem," said Pliskova who had failed to get to the second week of a Slam in her last five outings.
"Not that I would really read all the messages and all the comments, but sometimes you just see something or like some articles.
"I think they can be quite brutal. I was five years in the top 10. Then one week I'm not in the top 10, and it's like huge drama, especially in my country. I think these things, they just don't help."
Tennis: Sabalenka outguns Jabeur to reach Wimbledon semi-finals
Tennis: Sports figures defend British teen sensation Raducanu over Wimbledon exit


text:
Paul Jennings Has Created An Action Extravaganza for WAR, Feat Hrithik And Tiger
FeaturesEntertainment
The forthcoming action drama, War, starring Hrithik Roshan, Tiger Shroff and Vaani Kapoor has been making headlines ever since its announcement. The film brings together the action stars for the first time and that has got all the fans very excited. Interestingly, the film might surprise its audience to another level in terms of action stunts.
Now reports suggest that Hollywood action director Paul Jennings, who is known for films like The Dark Knight and San Andreas, has created War's action sequences at par with films like Mission Impossible and Fast and Furious.
Aditya Chopra wants to give the audience an experience to remember, hence the Hollywood action creator Jennings has been roped in to create something spectacular for the film.
The film marks the debut for Jennings in Bollywood, who has designed some jaw-dropping action sequences in the film. The trailer for the film is out and has garnered a massive 65 Million hits and counting.
War is an action thriller film directed by Siddharth Anand. It is produced by Aditya Chopra under his banner Yash Raj Films. The film follows an Indian soldier who is assigned to eliminate his mentor, who had turned rogue.
The high-octane actioner will be releasing in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu. War hits the screens on October 2.
Paul Jennings Has Created An Action Extravaganza for WAR Feat Hrithik And Tiger
Latest Wedding Jewellery Trends for this Wedding Season by The House of MBj
Kunal Khemu As Nandan In Lootcase, Poster And Teaser Out


text:
Q: Equilibrium solutions of Coupled ODE The task at hand is to find an expression for the equilibrium solutions of the following system of ODEs:
$$
\left\{
\begin{array}{ll}
X'=&X(1-X)-YX/(0.2+X) \\ Y'=&0.5YX/(X+0.2)-kY
\end{array}
\right.
$$
where $X(t)$ and $Y(t)$ represent a prey and predator population respectively, with constant $k$.
Attempted solution.
I have attempted to begin by letting $X'=Y'=0$ and then trying to solve for specific variables. But I am unsure as to what variable we should be solving for.
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance.

A: The equilibrium points are the solutions for
$$
x(1-x)-\frac{x y}{x+0.2} = 0\\
\frac 12\frac{x y}{x+0.2}-k y = 0
$$
or
$$
(1,0),\ \ \left(\frac{0.4k}{1-2k}, \frac{0.04(5-12k)}{(2k-1)^2}\right), \ \ (0, 0)
$$
Using the linear approximation we can qualify those points. Now with the jacobian
$$
J_k = \left(
\begin{array}{cc}
 \frac{y x}{(x+0.2)^2}-2 x-\frac{y}{x+0.2}+1 & -\frac{x}{x+0.2} \\
 \frac{y}{2 (x+0.2)}-\frac{x y}{2 (x+0.2)^2} & \frac{x}{2 (x+0.2)}-k \\
\end{array}
\right)
$$
calculated at the equilibrium points and then calculating their eigenvalues we have respectively
$$
(-1, 0.416667 - k),\ \ (\lambda_1(k), \lambda_2(k)),\ \ (1,-k)
$$
$\lambda_1(k)$ and $\lambda_2(k)$ are involved expressions so we show their behavior using a graphic representation. Red for $\lambda_1(k)$ and blue for $\lambda_2(k)$. Attached a stream plot for $k = 1$. In black the locus described for the second equilibrium point with $k$. There is also the possibility of Hopf bifurcations.


text:
A Fire Inside EP is an extended play by American rock band AFI. It was released on September 29, 1998, through Adeline Records. The EP is titled after the band's full moniker, first revealed with their previous album, Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes. The release includes two original songs and two covers. It is the first release to mention Hunter Burgan as a permanent member, and the last to feature founding guitarist Mark Stopholese. Behind the CD tray is the message "Nothing can erase the damage done".

In November 2010, Adeline Records released a special edition pressing on purple vinyl, limited to 500 copies.

Track listing

Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.

 AFI – producer
 Joe Brook – band photos
 Hunter Burgan – bass
 Adam Carson – drums
 Andy Earnst – recording, mixing
 Tedd Francis – lyric art
 Davey Havok – vocals
 John Joh – re-design
 Markus Stopholese – guitar
 Luke Ogden – fire photo
 Jamie Reilly – layout
 Jim Thiebaud – layout

Studios
 Recorded at The Art of Ears, Hayward, CA
 Mastered at Oceanview Digital Mastering, LA, CA

References

1998 EPs
AFI (band) EPs
Adeline Records EPs

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


The new Citaro NGT with natural gas powertrain celebrated its world premiere at "Busworld", the international bus trade show in the Belgian city of Kortrijk. It impresses with quiet running and reduced CO2 emissions – both are essential advantages for transporting passengers in highly congested city centers. Thanks to its low weight, it can transport a great number of passengers.
The Citaro NGT is powered by the new Mercedes-Benz M 936 G natural gas engine. The new high-tech natural gas engine is extremely efficient: Compared with its predecessor, the "Citaro CNG," fuel consumption of the Citaro NGT has been cut by up to 20 percent. The Citaro NGT can be operated on natural gas and on biogas. In the latter case, it has an almost net zero carbon footprint. Consequently, it sets standards with regard to eco-friendliness. This powertrain variant is available as a Citaro NGT solo bus and as a Citaro G NGT articulated bus.
The following film presents some first impressions and shows the advantages of the new Citaro NGT.


Water purification can remove waterborne bacteria and protozoa from your drinking water, viruses and cysts, and reduce chemical odours and toxins. We offer a number of methods in case you need them, from water purification tablets to water filters. Our water purifier range has been developed by Lifesystems, MSR, LifeStraw and Katadyn to give you safe drinking water, even from the dirtiest sources.
There are many environments when camping or travelling where you won't have guaranteed access to safe and clean drinking water. Buying bottled water is always an option but you can never be sure of the source and, if you're concerned about your impact on the environment, they're far from ideal. But no matter where you are, drinking water from lakes or streams carries potential risk, so a good water purifier is always a sensible addition to your rucksack. Whether you need water purification for travelling or a water filter for camping and walking around the UK, we have a range of options.


Accidents are unexpected turn of events, very common to cause bodily injuries, of which the severity is a relative basis for insurances. This kind of occurrence should be proven to be unintentional so as to be acknowledged by the insurance's terms and legalities. However in an insurer's terminologies, accident strongly connotes a preventable, random incident. This means that if a drunk driver, having the privilege to avail a personal automobile insurance for negligence resulting to injuries and losses, willfully bumps into a wall and cuts his skin with the broken windshield, dies; the insurance would not compensate his losses. In certain agreements, insurance policies similarly do not cover for depreciation since its mere presence is inevitable in the ordinary nature of things. Any procurement would be put first to intensive inquiry.
Accidental means simply pertains to a ground in which settlements are based from. It relates to the occurrence happened before the recovery period. Under those common policies, it is necessary that the covered loss should be a result of an accident, instead of being an accidental result of a meditated event. It is the mishap itself that is specified to be purely unanticipated, with the same stress given to the outcome of the accident. Justifications on the part of the insured is taken to ensure that he was not planning the course of the mishap, which is sometimes the tactic of others to immediately claim the large sum of monetary benefits the insurance company promises.
Oftentimes though, accidental means and accidental results are both interpreted differently. Accidental results in accidental death insurance designate that only the resulting injuries must be unintentional. If the insured previously applied to an AD&D policy, definitely jumps from the roof of his house after repairing his TV antenna and injures his leg that it must be amputated, he would receive an appropriate amount of money only if his policy covers the "results" definition. If his policy belongs to the "means" definition, the adverse effect of this is he would not be given any compensation since he actually jumps from the roof, the action he had taken to obtain the said injury. This is a strong ground for the insurance company to hold or invalidate the claim.
Although this is the way insurances go, the courts are pro-beneficiary. If there will be clashing issues on the two types of definitions, the judiciary favors the actual description of accident such as "an unforeseen, unplanned incident having the negative results beyond the control of an insured individual". They generally considers this definition and give rightful compensations unless if the insured's actions show evident conduct tantamount to attempting suicide.
With this contrasting bases on accidental death insurance, one must know the type of policy his needs will fit. Realizations on these various insurance policies could give the impact on the insured's and beneficiaries' sides. Likewise, the topsy-turvy of every accident will take its toll on the insured's family members since they are the immediate comforters of the victim.


Some football fans go to unbelievable lengths to show their lack of knowledge.
Take the Web site fireturnergill.com that has already popped up, even before the new Kansas coach has been formally introduced in his new job.
The site blasts Kansas athletic director Lew Perkins for not making a national hire when he replaced Mark Mangino, instead settling for a lesser and cheaper choice.
But let's get real. Gill was a great hire for the Kansas program, which had never been marked by much consistent success. The Jayhawks had been unable to make back-to-back bowl trips before Mangino took them to bowls in 2007 and 2008.
And for all of the talk about Houston Nutt and Jim Harbaugh, Gill likely will end up being the best choice. He's built a program from the depths at Buffalo. He has a background in the Big 12 from his playing and coaching career at Nebraska. And he knows his way around the recruiting circles in Texas, which will likely make or break his program.
Gill was a strong choice by Perkins for the vacant position. I can't believe some fans are already knocking it, even before he gets a chance to prove his coaching abilities.


text:
Q: MongoDB aggregation within the same collection I'm new to mongodb quarrying stuff. I have this mongo collection for messages. This collection developed for chat app. "members" array first element represent the sender ID and the second element represent the receiver ID.
Sender : 631012d34a181605afe342c1
Receiver: 62e8845c3e1d191dfdc1a244
"data": [
    {
        "_id": "63f992e729c2692f5ccfb23d",
        "members": [
            "631012d34a181605afe342c1",
            "62e8845c3e1d191dfdc1a244"
        ],
        "message": [
            {
                "from": "631012d34a181605afe342c1",
                "body": "Hi",
                "time": "2023-02-24T10:08:43.070Z",
                "_id": "63f992e729c2692f5ccfb23e"
            }
        ]
    }
]

what I want to achieve is to filter if the message sender already have previous messages with a particular receiver. if not I will create a new document for the messages.
What I tried so far is the bellow aggregation query but it gives empty result.
{
    $match: {members: {$in: [new Types.ObjectId(sender)]}}
},
{
   $lookup: {
     from: "messages",
     let: {"receivern": receiver},
     pipeline: [{ $match: { $expr: { $eq: ["$members", "$$receivern"] }}}],
     as: "names"
   }
}


Portway's managers and supervisors are Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) qualified and our scaffolding teams are directly employed and CISRS qualified. All our staff and scaffolders also receive regular skills and health and safety training. This means that Portway erection teams maintain and follow current industry best practice standards.


Dr. David Potter offers chiropractic care for expecting mothers. When your body goes through the various stages and trials of pregnancy and labor, your spine is subjected to extreme amounts of stress. After all, it has to constantly adjust itself to bear the growing weight of another person over a short time frame of just nine months. The center of gravity shifts forward and substantial weight gain adds stress to the spine of the expecting mother. This stress frequently causes lower back pain, headaches and migraines, nausea, insomnia, and other symptoms that can wreak havoc on your quality of life.


text:
Julio Durán Pérez (? — ) foi um alcaide republicano e socialista assassinado com um tiro na nuca no início da Guerra Civil Espanhola por grupos fascistas.

Políticos da Espanha


text:
La chiesa di Santa Maria a Limite si trova nel comune di Capraia e Limite, in provincia di Firenze, diocesi di Pistoia.

Documentata dalla prima metà del XII secolo,  la chiesa fu unita nel XVII secolo  all'Ospedale degli Innocenti; è stata radicalmente trasformata nei secoli XVIII e XIX.

All'interno si conservano l'Annunciazione tra san Francesco e sant'Antonio del secolo XVI – XVII e la Madonna del Rosario e Santi di Giovanbattista Cartei (1631).

Collegamenti esterni

Maria a Limite
Chiese dedicate a Maria


ikea com bedroom furniture white gloss storage high sets best ideas set king dressers.
khloe kardashian bedroom furniture true nursery.
how to choose a paint color for your bedroom latest colour in colors seaside decorating.
shower curtains white fabric curtain interior bathtub beside gray wall paint cabinet steel bowl sink cotton.
42 inch bathroom vanity lowes cabinet shaker style vanities.
80 inch shower curtain rod with corner double solid brass bathroom of.
mission bedside table home goods console small round nightstand style farmhouse living room furniture dresser dimensions bedroom.
where to buy bathroom vanities cheap vanity.
hippie lights for bedroom cheap ways to decorate a teenage girls artsy bedrooms bohemian ideas.
82 inch bathroom vanity edited.


text:
2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ Puffer Jacket
adidas Mexico Women's Home Jersey 2018
2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ Cap
adidas Germany Home Jersey 2018
fifa.wholesite
articleBodyFRWPSeoTitle: SeoTitle selected: 2017-predictor-and-trivia-winners-announced-2926155GetFRWPUrl _slug: 2017-predictor-and-trivia-winners-announced-2926155endpoint: http://embeden.fifa.com/news/2017-predictor-and-trivia-winners-announced-2926155?appview=true_articleBodyFRWP.Length: 0_articleBodyFRWP.Length atricle only: 4710
2017 Predictor and Trivia winners announced
We're happy to announce our grand prize winners for the final seasons of our FIFA Predictor and FIFA Ultimate Trivia games.
We're happy to announce our grand prize winners for the final seasons of our FIFA Predictor and FIFA...
FIFA.com Club News
The email address/password you submitted is wrong or could not be found. Please try again. If you are not a member of the FIFA.com Club, please register first.
This Facebook account is already present
Your Club account has been locked due to a breach of our Terms of Service. Please set up a new account in line with the Club rules. Review the Club Rules. Alternatively, you can email us by completing our contact form.
Log-in unsuccessful
The social profile is already linked to a FIFA.com Account
Olympic Football Tournaments Beijing 2008
Teams - Top goals
Teams - Top cards
Players - Top goals
Players - Top cards
Mbia: The place to be
(FIFA.com) Friday 8 August 2008
By his own admission, Stephane Mbia is a lucky man. At the age of 22 he has already represented his country, played in a CAF Africa Cup of Nations final and counts Samuel Eto'o among his friends.
The Rennes midfielder, who stands at 1.86m tall, was a commanding figure for the Indomitable Lions in their match against Korea Republic on Thursday evening and is thoroughly enjoying the Olympic experience.
"Even though people tell me I'm young, new experiences are important for me," he told FIFA.com at Cameroon's team hotel in Qinhuangdao. "A footballer's career is only short, so I consider myself to be extremely fortunate.
"Every footballer I know wants to play at the Olympic Games - it's a huge honour. It's a special part of your career. It's important for players and it's important to me. I've come here to win this competition and to support my team-mates. I grew up with this team and I want to support my friends. I've got a lot of experience and it's great to use it."
What a feeling
Mbia might have counted himself a little bit unlucky not to have got his name on the scoresheet in the 1-1 draw with the Taeguk Warriors. He went close with two free-kicks, and admitted that he was relieved when he saw celebrated Georges Mandjeck's close range effort hit the back of the net.
I'm happy and everyone in the team is happy because this is a big occasion.
Cameroon's imposing midfielder Stephane Mbia on playing at the Olympics.
"It's great when you play these type of games," he said. "It's my first time at the Olympics. The atmosphere was tremendous. Of course, we'd have liked to have beaten Korea Republic, but we were happy to score such a late equaliser.
"I remember when Cameroon won the Olympic Games in 2000 and I want to do the same."
Mbia really hit the headlines when he scored his first Ligue 1 goal for Rennes in November 2006 against Lyon, which turned out to be the matchwinner. Arguably his highest profile game, however, came during the quarter-finals of Ghana 2008 when his brace against Tunisia helped to propel his team to victory.
Honest on the pitch, as he is off it, he has attracted the attentions of a number of big clubs, including Premier League giants Everton, who will be playing in the UEFA Cup next season.
But just what type of a player is he?
"I don't see myself as a taller Makelele, even though I think he's a great player," he said. "I see myself more as an Pirlo-type player. Yes, I play in front of the back four, but I like to be a playmaker, to supply the midfielders and strikers who go forward, rather than being defensive-minded."
U-17 memories
It was at this point in the conversation when the blond hair of Serge Ngal walked past shouting 'fifteen, fifteen' - in reference to the squad number he is wearing during this Men' Olympic Football Tournament.
He laughed at his team-mates antics. Ndal, Arsenal's Alexandre Song and Mbia were team-mates at the FIFA U-17 World Cup Finland 2003, where one game in particular stands out in his memory.
"I still dream about the game when I scored in injury time against Portugal to level the match," he recalled. "It finished 5-5 and the crowd went wild! It was a great experience for me. But now I want to win the real World Cup with my country - after I win the gold medal here, of course!"
Stephane MBIA
Serge NGAL
Alexandre SONG


text:
Send email Copy Email Address
Trustworthy Information Processing
Reliable Security Guarantees
Threat Detection and Defenses
Secure Connected and Mobile Systems
Empirical and Behavioral Security
Funded Projects & Collaborations
About CISPA
Director Page
invoicing-e-invoice
CISPA distinguished lecture series
CISPA Ecosystem
Startups and Entrepreneurship
strategic cooperations
TALENTS, SPECIALISTS & PUBLIC
We develop foundations and several constructions for security protocols that can automatically detect, without false positives, if a secret (such as a key or password) has been misused. Such constructions can be used, e.g., to automatically shut down compromised services, or to automatically revoke misused secrets to minimize the effects of compromise. Our threat model includes malicious agents, (temporarily or permanently) compromised agents, and clones. Previous works have studied domain-specific partial solutions to this problem. For example, Google's Certificate Transparency aims to provide infrastructure to detect the misuse of a certificate authority's signing key, logs have been used for detecting endpoint compromise, and protocols have been proposed to detect cloned RFID/smart cards. Contrary to these existing approaches, for which the designs are interwoven with domain-specific considerations and which usually do not enable fully automatic response (i.e., they need human assessment), our approach shows where automatic action is possible. Our results unify, provide design rationales, and suggest improvements for the existing domain-specific solutions. Based on our analysis, we construct several mechanisms for the detection of misuse. Our mechanisms enable automatic response, such as revoking keys or shutting down services, thereby substantially limiting the impact of a compromise. In several case studies, we show how our mechanisms can be used to substantially increase the security guarantees of a wide range of systems, such as web logins, payment systems, or electronic door locks. For example, we propose and formally verify an improved version of Cloudflare's Keyless SSL protocol that enables key misuse detection.
Conference / Medium
CISPA is committed to the highest international academic standards. We offer a world-class research environment that grants extensive resources to a wide range of researchers and constitutes an attractive destination for the best talents and scientists from all countries. In addition, we strongly support undergraduate and graduate education of Cybersecurity students, and we seek to become an elite training ground for the next generation of Cybersecurity experts and scientific leaders in this field.


text:
Kal Penn speaks Friday in the UIC Forum.
Actor and political adviser Kal Penn will speak at the Student Activities Board's "Fall Lecture" Friday.
Penn starred in movies such as "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle" and "Superman Returns," as well as TV shows such as "House" and "How I Met Your Mother."
He was a member of the National Arts Policy Committee for the Obama administration and associate director of the White House Office of Public Engagement.
The event is set for 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the UIC Forum. Doors open at 3:30 p.m. Participants must have a valid i-Card to enter.
For information, email uicsab@gmail.com
Puerto Rican philharmonic
The Orquesta Filarmonica de Puerto Rico brings music from Puerto Rico to UIC Thursday for the Cuatro Festival.
Performers include special guests Hector "Quique" Domenech and Ramon Rodriguez.
The event, part of the Chancellor's Lecture and Event Series, takes place from 4 to 6 p.m. at Gallery 1100, Architecture and Art Building.
RSVP to sjeffr1@uic.edu
Great green ideas?
What does sustainability mean for UIC?
Share your thoughts at two upcoming town hall meetings.
The campuswide strategic thinking meetings, "Going Beyond Green: Excellence through Sustainability at UIC," will identify and explore ways to incorporate sustainability at all campus levels.
The town halls are scheduled from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Nov. 14 in Stukel Towers Training Room and noon to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 18 in 713 Student Center East.
Narrating nations
Four internationally known authors from Central and Eastern Europe will present readings and lectures Friday at the "Narrating Nations" conference Friday.
Speakers include Bosnian American author Aleksandar Hemon, winner of a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant"; German author Marcel Beyer; Russian writer Mikhail Shishkin, whose novel Maidenhair received the 2011 International Book Award; and Polish journalist-photographer Filip Springer.
The conference, organized by the Germanic studies and Slavic and Baltic languages and literatures departments, begins Thursday at the Goethe-Institut Chicago, 150 N. Michigan Ave.
Urban Forum
The 2013 UIC Urban Forum will examine the role of technology in metropolitan regions' emerging economic, political and social changes.
Co-chairs for the event, held Dec. 5 at the UIC Forum, are Toni Preckwinkle, Cook County Board president, and UIC Chancellor Paula Allen-Meares.
Admission is free for Chicago-area faculty and students; tickets for the general public are $25.
Extreme by design
The School of Public Health hosts a screening of the PBS documentary "Extreme By Design" Thursday.
The documentary follows a group of Stanford University business, engineering and medical students who travel to Bangladesh and Indonesia to build affordable medical devices and fresh water storage systems as part of the Design for Extreme Affordability course.
A workshop from 4:30 to 6 p.m. asks students to complete a design challenge. The film screening takes place from 6:45 to 7:45 p.m., followed by a panel discussion. Panelists include filmmaker Ralph King, School of Public Health dean Paul Brandt-Rauf and UIC Innovation Center executive director Peter Pfanner.
Workshop registration is required.
Future of Chicago
Civic and political leaders will speak on campus this semester for the department of political science "Future of Chicago" lecture series, which focuses on the social, economic and political conditions of the Chicago area.
All lectures are free and open to the public. They are held from noon to 12:50 p.m. in 230 Science and Engineering South.
Scheduled lectures include:
• Today: "The Future of Illinois," former Illinois governor Jim Edgar
• Nov. 13: "Public Space in Chicago," Erma Trantor, executive director, Friends of the Parks
Irish tenor concert benefits students
John McDermott, a founding member of The Irish Tenors, will headline the 13th annual S.E.E. Benefit Dec. 6.
The event will also feature the Dee Alexander Trio. Alexander is an award-winning jazz vocalist and UIC employee in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research.
The event, hosted by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, funds scholarships for UIC students who demonstrate strong leadership skills.
A reception, dinner and concert are included in the $225 ticket price ($125 is tax-deductible). The event begins at 5 p.m. with the concert starting at 8 p.m. in the UIC Forum.
For information or tickets, call 312-413-0077 or e-mail ovcsa@uic.edu
Careers in business academia
Thinking about enrolling in a business doctorate program?
The Liautaud Graduate School of Business will host the DocNet Forum Nov. 20 to present information on careers in business academia.
A faculty and student panel starts at 5:30 p.m. and a recruiting forum is scheduled from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., all in the UIC Forum.
Researcher of the Year
Nominations are due Nov. 18 for 2013 Researcher of the Year, awarded to five faculty members chosen from the research categories of basic life sciences, clinical sciences, natural sciences and engineering, social sciences and humanities.
The award includes a $5,000 prize.
UIC co-hosts an international conference next month on the role of research universities in addressing global challenges.
Delegates from 25 research universities from around the world will be in Chicago Nov. 18 to 20 for the "Global Urban Challenges" conference. The final day of the conference takes place at Student Center East.
U of I President Bob Easter will co-host a plenary session with the presidents of Northwestern University and the University of Chicago. UIC and UIUC faculty members will speak at several conference events.
Dec. 2 is the deadline for nominations for honorary degree recipients. Information on eligibility, nomination procedures and timelines is online. For more information, email edooley@uic.edu
Citizen vs. person?
What are the conceptual distinctions between citizenship and personhood?
Ralph Cintron, associate professor of English and Latin American and Latino studies, examines that question in a talk Nov. 14.
"Citizenship Versus Unauthorized Immigration," the Institute for the Humanities Faculty Fellow Lecture, takes place at 3 p.m. in the lower level of Stevenson Hall.
A reception follows. For more information, email huminst@uic.edu
Christy Levy
christyb@uic.edu


After the previous story about authentication of Linux services against your USB ActiveKey, I received a lot of questions about using actual web applications with that same key. Is it possible? Well, as some people already pointed out in the comments, sure it is.
For a starter, I'll assume you've already followed the previous article and have it working on Linux. If you haven't, I doubt these next few things will work either.
Once you have entered it, the website will prompt you to provide your certificate.
And boom... the website loads. Brilliant.


text:
Veteran Oklahoma City Deputy Killed, Another Injured In Shooting
A veteran Oklahoma City deputy was killed and another was injured in a shooting when they were serving an eviction notice.
Published on Aug 25, 2022 at 3:15 PM
One Oklahoma deputy who had been on the force for 25 years was killed and another deputy was wounded in a shooting that took place on Monday afternoon as they were attempting to serve an eviction notice in southwest Oklahoma City.
The Oklahoma County deputy who was shot and killed today in the line of duty is Sgt. Bobby Swartz. An unfathomable tragedy for his family and colleagues. My deepest condolences to his loved ones and the OKC community. pic.twitter.com/RfnQEab5DV
— Markie Martin (@MarkieMartin) August 22, 2022
'It's A Sad Day'
"It's a sad day for the Oklahoma County sheriff's office," said Sheriff Tommie Johnson III, according to USA Today. "Law enforcement, it's a tight community, and I'm so thankful they were screaming across the state for my guys."
The fallen officer has been identified as Sgt. Bobby Swartz, who had been on the force since 1997. The wounded deputy has not been publicly named, but he's been described as a veteran of the force for over 20 years, and he's thankfully in "stable condition."
Officials have said that the shooting occurred just after 1pm on Monday afternoon, when the officers involved were trying to serve an eviction notice.
"We had two deputies who were serving lockout papers, contacted the individual at the front door. They went around to the back door and that's when the shooting began," Johnson said. "Shot the first deputy, the second deputy tried to get that deputy out of the way of gunfire and then he was struck, as well."
By opting in, you agree to receive emails with the latest in Lifestyle + Entertainment from TellMeNow. Your information will not be shared with or sold to 3rd parties.
Check out a video of Swarz on the job in 2018 below.
Related: James Woods Takes A Stand For Police As Cop Killings Spike
'This Was About As Routine As It Gets'
Aaron Brilbeck, public information officer for the Oklahoma County sheriff's office, said serving papers of this kind is "what these guys do."
"This was about as routine as it gets," he said. "These deputies are very well trained; this is the thing that they do 8-10-12 hours per day, every single day."
"Generally it's a question of serving paperwork on a door, coming back a few days later, and nine times out of 10 the person has already vacated the premises," he added. "That wasn't the case this time around."
The suspect fled the scene in a truck towing a boat, and he led police on a chase that went all over Oklahoma City on several highways, including Interstate 240, I-35 and I-40.
"During that pursuit, the suspect was firing rounds at officers, and we had officers, as well, returning fire at the suspect," said Capt. Valerie Littlejohn, public information officer for the Oklahoma City Police Department.
The suspect was finally taken into custody with the assistance of "multiple agencies," police said. The suspect has since been identified as 35-year-old Benjamin Plank, who is being held without bond at the Oklahoma County Jail, according to KTUL.
This was the first line-of-duty shooting death in the Oklahoma County sheriff's office since 1935 when the agency was still called the Oklahoma County Constable's Office.
Find out more about this shooting in the video below.
Related: Fallen Massachusetts State Police Trooper Tamar Bucci Honored By Thousands Of Her Fellow Officers
Swartz's Son Pays Tribute To Him
Swartz's son Austin released the following statement to KFOR honoring his father:
"He was an amazing man, father, grandfather (my kids called him papa policeman), son, and brother. He was a 25 year veteran of the sheriffs office, and served in the US Army before that. He meant the world to myself, my kids, my wife, and our entire family.
He was always proud to serve the people in his community, and took great pride in helping others. He was an avid motorcycle rider despite being in a couple very serious accidents that almost cost him his life. He loved attending my daughters soccer games, and never missed a single one, no matter the time of day or weather. He loved the outdoors, fishing, hunting, etc.
Most of all, he loved his family. He was there for anyone, whenever and wherever, all you had to do was call. I'm not sure what the world will look like without him, I do know it's just not going to be the same. We lost an amazing person."
This serves as a reminder that police officers really do put their lives on the line for the rest of us every single day, and they deserve our respect and admiration for doing so.
Please join us in saying a prayer for Sgt. Swartz's family and friends during this difficult time.
Chef Shorts
Former San Francisco 49ers Quarterback Colin Kaepernick To Produce Docuseries Zeroing In On A California Police Department
by Remso Martinez
Joy Behar Blasted For 'Incredibly Rude' Behavior On 'The View'


text:
Ronda Rousey's heartbreaking confession to Ellen following Holly Holm loss
Ronda Rousey sat down with Ellen DeGeneres for her most revealing interview yet. An emotional Ronda opens up about the immediate aftermath of her loss to Holly Holm late last year and revealed she had suicidal thoughts...
Through tears, the former champ told Ellen she wasn't sure what she could be if she wasn't an unbeaten UFC titleholder.
"Honestly, my thought, I was in the medical room and I was down in the corner, and I was like, 'What am I anymore if I'm not this?'" Rousey said. "I was literally sitting there and thinking about killing myself, and that exact second I'm like, 'I'm nothing. What do I do anymore?' and 'No one gives a (expletive) about me anymore without this.'"