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Hemolytic transfusion reactions (ABO incompatibility)
Kristen Kipps
I. What every physician needs to know.
Blood group antigens on red blood cell (RBC) surfaces define their immune potential. The different blood groups A, B, AB and O are based on the surface presence of antigen A, antigen B, both antigens or absence of these antigens, respectively. Corresponding to these blood groups, IgM antibodies (anti-A, anti-B) are found in the plasma of adults lacking the corresponding antigen. Hence, blood group A, B, O, and AB have anti-B, anti-A, both, or none of the isoagglutinins (Rule of Landsteiner). Apart from these, there are 'minor' alloantibodies such as anti-D, anti-K, and anti-Jka which are present in varying proportions in the population.
Transfusion of blood components can cause a multitude of reactions, not all of which are immune-mediated and not all of which lead to hemolysis (see "Transfusion reactions"). Transfusion entails the merging of two antigenically charged pools of blood components – donors with recipients – thus pre-transfusion compatibility testing is essential to minimize interactions.
Compatibility testing pre-transfusion involves blood typing and cross-match (via the indirect antiglobulin test – see Coombs test below) to ensure the recipients' blood lacks antibodies that can react with donor antigens and lead to destruction of transfused cells. In spite of compatibility testing, a conglomeration of system and process errors may still lead to transfusion of mismatched blood leading to incompatibility reactions, generally as a clerical or procedural error.
Key definitions
Hemolytic transfusion reactions (HTRs): The occurrence of a serologic reaction (acute reaction) or alloimmunization (delayed reaction) as a result of blood component therapy which leads to a clinically relevant acute or delayed decrease in RBC survival.
Delayed serologic transfusion reactions (DSTRs): The occurrence of alloimmunization as a result of blood component therapy without any associated hemolytic anemia.
Types of hemolytic transfusion reactions
Immune mediated hemolytic transfusion reactions
These can be acute or delayed in onset:
Acute HTRs: These are due to preformed antibodies against donor RBC antigens present in the recipient's blood. ABO incompatibility reactions are the most dreaded hemolytic transfusion reactions due to their ability to cause intravascular hemolysis. Non- ABO incompatibility reactions due to minor recipient antibodies (anti-Rh, anti-Kidd or anti-Jka) tend to be milder and generally lead to extravascular hemolysis of the antibody coated RBCs. However, occasionally high titers of these antibodies may involve complement fixation and intravascular HTRs.
Delayed HTRs: These are due to an anamnestic response to donor RBC antigens which produces antibodies after a lag period of 3-10 days. This requires prior sensitization in the form of pregnancy, transplantation or transfusions.
Non-immune-mediated hemolytic transfusion reactions
These are generally related to improper storage and handling of blood leading to hemolysis in vitro prior or during transfusion:
Thermal injury: During re-warming of the blood if temperatures reach more than 42°C
Cold injury: Inappropriate storage with exposure to ice or temperatures less than 6°C
Mechanical injury: Lysis during transfusion through small-bore catheters.
Concomitant drug-induced hemolysis
Concomitant administration of hypotonic solutions (D5%W, hypotonic saline) leading to osmotic injury
Pathophysiology of ABO incompatibility HTRs
The A and B antigens are the most immunogenic; hence transfusion of an ABO incompatible unit causes the recipient antibodies to interact with the donor RBC surface antigens, triggering complement activation and resulting in the acute intravascular hemolysis of the transfused donor RBCs.
Complement activation causes various pro-inflammatory effects via release of active C3a and C5a subcomponents. These are anaphylatoxins which cause histamine and serotonin release from mast cells, increase vascular permeability causing a capillary leak syndrome and stimulate smooth muscle contraction. These translate clinically into the classical symptoms of flushing, hypotension and bronchospasm, respectively.
Experimental evidence supports a central role for cytokines in the pathophysiology of hemolytic transfusion reactions. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) appears to be the most commonly identified mediator of intravascular coagulation and end-organ injury although other cytokines have been implicated including interleukin (IL)-8, monocyte chemoattractant protein, and IL-1 receptor antagonist.
Ultimately, the complement cascade terminates with activation of the membrane attack complex (MAC) leading to cytolysis. The released hemoglobin tetramers complex with haptoglobin and are removed by the liver, causing haptoglobin depletion. Residual free hemoglobin circulates in the plasma or gets converted to oxidized methemoglobin in the blood, imparting a reddish or brownish color, respectively.
Small, unbound hemoglobin dimers are also filtered by the glomerulus which causes hemoglobinuria. This heme pigment causes acute kidney injury directly or via tubular obstruction or vasoconstriction. In practice, this heme-induced acute tubular necrosis requires a secondary factor like dehydration, nephrotoxin use or sepsis to translate into significant renal insufficiency.
The hemoglobin is taken up by the renal tubular cells, degraded and the iron is stored as hemosiderin. When these renal tubular cells are sloughed in the urine 3-10 days later, hemosiderinuria becomes detectable.
Tissue factor is expressed on monocytes and endothelial cells and can precipitate disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). The exposure of RBC stroma and cytokine activation may also feed the consumptive coagulopathy. In rare cases, the above events may culminate into multi-organ failure.
II. Diagnostic Confirmation: Are you sure your patient has ABO incompatibility?
The following criteria determine occurrence of an ABO incompatibility reaction:
1) Recent or ongoing transfusion of blood products.
2) Acute onset of fever or hemodynamic instability.
3) Evidence of hemolysis on visual examination of blood samples and urine.
4) Evidence of hemolysis on laboratory investigations.
5) A positive Coombs test on recipients' blood.
A. History Part I: Pattern Recognition:
The symptoms of acute hemolytic transfusion reactions can be initially nonspecific and difficult to differentiate from other transfusion reactions. However, always rule out ABO incompatibility, especially if the reaction is severe. Serious transfusion reactions can develop within minutes of starting a transfusion; therefore, monitoring vital signs on initiation and within the first 15 minutes of a transfusion is essential.
Symptoms due to the serologic reaction and complement activation
Fevers are the most common presenting symptom and close vigilance can abort a transfusion before severe damage is done. ABO incompatibility reactions resemble any other drug reaction initially with malaise, dizziness, chills, backache and anxiety.
Vital signs may reflect systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) criteria with tachycardia and tachypnea. The anaphylatoxins cause bronchospasm with dyspnea, hypotension, flushing, chest pain, and nausea.
Symptoms of complications due to hemolysis
Since HTRs cause hemolysis of the small volume of donor cells, the main threat is not that of low hemoglobin but that of pigment-induced injury due to the intravascular hemolysis. Depending on the extent of intravascular hemolysis, one could see rapid development of hemoglobinuria and patients may complain of a darkening of urine. Dark urine may be the first indicator of intravascular hemolysis, especially in anaesthetized or unconscious patients. Oliguria is noted on subsequent monitoring as acute renal failure sets in.
Patients with severe ABO incompatibility may develop DIC and show all the symptoms of this disease, including diffuse bleeding. Fatality is rarely seen in modern medicine but would be due to a multiorgan failure following circulatory shock.
In contrast to ABO incompatibility, DHTRs cause extravascular hemolysis and are generally asymptomatic and rarely fatal. Fever and chills are common a week or two after initial blood transfusion and are associated with a decreasing hemoglobin and spherocytosis. Hyperbilirubinemia may be seen but discoloration of the urine is rare due to extravascular hemolysis. Due to the nonspecific signs and symptoms, DHTRs tend to go unrecognized.
B. History Part 2: Prevalence:
Approximately one of every 25,000 transfusions is complicated by ABO incompatibility. Blood group O and A are the most prevalent in the community, accounting for 43% and 44% of the population. Based on this, the most common mismatches are due to transfusion of type A blood to type O individuals who carry both anti-A and anti-B. The reverse scenario, i.e., transfusion of type O blood to type A blood group individuals, is acceptable since group O is antigenically silent.
Any patient receiving a transfusion, irrespective of type and cross-match, remains at risk for incompatibility reactions since most of these are due to clerical or procedural errors, i.e., wrong blood to wrong patient. However certain patients may be particularly at risk.
Specific at-risk patient populations
Emergencies where O group blood is transfused while a concurrent blood cross-match is being performed in the laboratory.
Short supply of the patient blood type.
Solid organ transplantation.
ABO mismatched platelet transfusion.
Age distribution of ABO incompatibility reactions
Newborns develop antibodies to RBC antigens A and B after 3-4 months of life and hence life threatening ABO-related transfusion reactions are not observed in this age group.
At the other extreme there is a steady decline in the titers of ABO antibodies after age 60 which decreases the severity of these reactions. However, most blood transfusions are administered to persons aged 60 years and older; therefore, most acute transfusion reactions also occur in this age group.
C. History Part 3: Competing diagnoses that can mimic ABO incompatibility
Any transfusion reaction, including febrile non-hemolytic transfusion reactions and allergic reactions, should be considered in the early differential. They should be differentiated from each other only when laboratory data is available and as the clinical course evolves.
Concurrent drugs or inherent patient conditions which may precipitate hemolysis.
In trauma patients receiving blood transfusions it may not be uncommon to see hemodynamic instability, acute renal failure and discolored heme-positive urine from rhabdomyolysis. Also, in patients with trauma who are being transfused blood, it may become necessary to distinguish between myoglobinuria and hemoglobinuria both of which can cause urine color changes and a heme-positive dipstick result.
D. Physical Examination Findings.
HTRs may not reveal any specific examination findings. Patients may have fever, rigors, and hemodynamic instability. Jaundice may be apparent. Pulmonary auscultation may reveal wheezing.
E. What diagnostic tests should be performed?
1. What laboratory studies (if any) should be ordered to help establish the diagnosis? How should the results be interpreted?
Transfusion reactions are acute, varied in etiology, and require urgent treatment. This establishes a diagnostic urgency for the practicing physician and requires collaboration with the blood bank and pathologists. However, it needs to be stressed that treatment should be initiated at the earliest without awaiting the final diagnosis.
Steps to diagnosis
The following steps should be undertaken to arrive at the diagnosis:
1) Examining the blood product bag
Since most of the HTRs are due to clerical/process errors, verifying the blood bag identity with the patient identifiers reveals the incompatibility in most cases.
2) Screening tests
Complete blood count with peripheral smear
Comprehensive metabolic panel
Hemolysis panel (haptoglobin and LDH)
3) Confirmatory tests
The direct Coombs test is the diagnostic test for ABO incompatibility reactions.
4) Evaluate competing diagnosis
Though the temporal relationship of the blood transfusion is a good surrogate for an etiologic cause, concurrent drugs and inherent patient conditions may also induce hemolysis in a few patients. A comprehensive evaluation will ensure that alternative etiologies are not missed. (See destructive anemias)
Overview of laboratory tests
1) Complete blood count
Since the volume of the lysed donor PRBCs is small, HTRs do not cause a significant drop in the hemoglobin. Occasionally, a non-significant increase in the hemoglobin post-transfusion can hint towards a HTR with the right clinical picture. Platelet counts and coagulation abnormalities become evident if DIC sets in.
A peripheral blood smear can detect schistocytes and shift cells which are large polychromatic RBCs, suggestive of early release of reticulocytes into the circulation due to erythropoietin stimulation.
2) Comprehensive metabolic panel
An elevation in the unconjugated bilirubin may indicate hemolysis. Hyperkalemia may develop from cell lysis. A basic metabolic panel also provides a baseline creatinine to help monitor for the onset of acute renal failure.
3) Urinalysis
Urinalysis may show hemoglobinuria. Normally hemoglobin does not undergo glomerular filtration due to its large molecular size; however, during high plasma concentrations due to ongoing hemolysis it can be transiently detected in the urine. Depending on the concentration and its state of oxidation, the urine color changes from pink-red to a dark brown, while severe cases of intravascular hemolysis can classically show very dark urine termed "blackwater".
Degraded hemoglobin gets deposited into the tubular cells as hemosiderin. After 3-7 days, as the tubular cells slough off, hemosiderinuria can be detected by iron staining of the urine.
4) Other tests indicating presence of acute intravascular hemolysis
Elevated LDH and decreased haptoglobin can correlate with the degree of hemolysis. Note that haptoglobin is also an acute phase reactant and may be relatively elevated by a concomitant inflammatory condition.
Hemoglobinemia imparts a pinkish color to the plasma. This requires high levels of free hemoglobin and may be masked by concurrent bilirubin. On automated cell counters it causes a rise in mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC). RBC lysis during venipuncture can also show hemoglobinemia in the blood sample.
The above tests for hemolysis may be less reliable in patients with concomitant liver disease who also have low haptoglobin levels, high bilirubin and high LDH. However serial measurements of these may indicate an active hemolysis.
5) Definitive diagnostic test for incompatibility
Detection of isoagglutinins attached to the RBC surface by the direct Coombs test is the best diagnostic test. However, it can be time-consuming in the setting of an obvious emergent clinical situation and treatment should be initiated at the earliest.
A repeat cross-match with the donor blood should be performed with the indirect Coombs test which detects if potential antibodies against donor RBCs were present in the patient's serum prior to transfusion.
Coombs test (Anti-globulin test)
There are two types of Coombs test – direct and indirect. The direct Coombs test is the diagnostic test for ABO incompatibility reactions. The indirect Coombs test is used for the pretransfusion cross-match or "screen" to detect the presence of antibodies in the recipient prior to a transfusion.
Direct Coombs test detects if antibodies in the blood have coated the donor RBCs. When antibodies to the human globulin fractions (antiglobulin or Coombs serum) are added to the patient's blood, they will bind to the surface antibodies and complement particles and cause the donor RBCs to agglutinate. The results are quantified on a scale from 1+ to 4+ indicating a positive test. Absence of agglutination or clumping rules out an antibody-mediated hemolysis. If there has been widespread hemolysis of the donor RBCs, the direct Coombs may be negative. In this case, the precipitous decline in the antibody titres from pre-transfusion levels can help in diagnosis.
III. Default Management
A. Immediate management
If there is a likelihood of an ABO incompatibility reaction, treatment should be initiated while awaiting laboratory data.
In general, the following steps should be followed:
1) The severity of HTRs is generally related to the volume of blood transfused, hence the most important thing is to stop the transfusion and immediately alert the blood bank.
2) Generally, all blood banks have a protocol in place to further evaluate potential HTRs which should be activated and strictly adhered to. A mismatched unit on your patient suggests that there may be another patient at risk for a mismatched unit.
3) Hemodynamic stability should be the prime concern along with ensuring an adequate airway and intravenous access. Patient should be moved to a telemetry monitored unit.
4) Treatment starts with aggressive fluid replacement with normal saline to prevent renal failure. Ringers lactate should be avoided to trigger calcium-induced clotting of the blood in the tubing. Similarly, dextrose solutions can worsen hemolysis of blood in the tubing. The initial rate could be 100ml/hr to 150ml/hr with intermittent fluid boluses to maintain a brisk urine output and avert renal failure.
5) The intravenous tubing, transfusion records (if on paper), donor blood bag should be preserved and sent down to the blood bank.
6) A fresh sample of the patient's blood from the opposite arm should be sent to the blood bank and blood and urine laboratory investigations should be ordered.
7) Complications should be anticipated, monitored for and treated promptly:
Widespread hemolysis can induce circulatory shock which may require vasopressor support.
The release of large amounts of potassium and other electrolytes can cause cardiac arrhythmias and may require urgent hemodialysis.
DIC should be treated supportively. See DIC
8) If the patient develops complications of acute renal failure, DIC or multi-organ failure, transfer to a higher level of care or intensive care unit may be appropriate.
9) There are some case reports of treatment of ABO incompatibility with eculizumab, a potent C5 inhibitory antibody. This may be considered in consultation with a Hematologist.
C. Laboratory Tests to Monitor Response To, and Adjustments in, Management
Monitoring of vital signs every 4-6 hours with a daily creatinine and hemoglobin may be sufficient in hemodynamically stable patients. Hemolytic data like LDH may help chart the course of the reaction; however, these tests are not routinely needed. Patients should be maintained on telemetry until the risk of acute renal failure and electrolyte abnormalities dissipates.
D. Long-term management
Preventing hemolytic transfusions reactions
HTRs can also happen due to any systematic error along the transfusion chain, from initial request for blood to actual transfusion. Generally, the actual type and screen process is not faulty. Subsequent human and process errors can occur around the two main events – specimen collection from recipient and administration of blood.
The two most common reasons for HTRs due to incompatibility are:
Mislabeling of the recipient blood on initial collection.
Transfusing blood to the wrong patient.
To target the first shortcoming, a common practice followed by many blood banks is to perform a concurrent blood typing from the other arm for first time transfusion recipients to ensure correct identification of blood type and minimize unrealized system errors.
Once the appropriately crossmatched blood is released, labelled with intended recipient information, stringent patient identification and matching via 2 separate indicators (medical record number, birth date, etc.,) will ensure that there is no mismatch. Two practitioners and if possible, the patient, should verify the match with the information printed on the blood bag.
Early detection of hemolytic transfusion reactions
Repeated studies have found no merit in using pre-transfusion prophylactic antipyretics. In fact, they can mask early constitutional symptoms of a reaction and delay life-saving treatment. Hence, these should be avoided.
Similarly, in non-emergent settings, it is essential to ensure that the patient is afebrile prior to transfusion to avoid confusing this with fever from a transfusion reaction. Also, as mentioned before, since most reactions occur within the first 15 minutes, patients' vitals should be closely monitored during this time and patients should be informed to report any new symptoms.
Post-hemolytic transfusion reaction analysis
If a patient develops a HTR, use of a sentinel error reporting system (SERS) and ensuring a root cause analysis is performed to decipher the weakest links in the transfusion chain is essential.
In cases of DHTRs, work-up should confirm the antibody formation and provide patients with a list of detectable antibodies to prevent HTRs in the future via transfusions at other medical centers.
IV. Special situations
Hyperhemolytic transfusion syndrome
Hyperhemolysis syndrome is defined as destruction of transfused as well as autologous red blood cells, leading to a precipitous drop in hemoglobin to below pre-transfusion levels. Patients with sickle cell disease present a unique sub-population at risk for hemolytic transfusion reactions due to the following reasons:
They tend to have repeated exposure to blood transfusions, resulting in high titers of alloantibodies.
There is a discrepancy in the United States between RBC phenotypes of donors (primarily non-African American) and sickle cell recipients (primarily African American), increasing risk of alloimmunization.
This syndrome is rarely seen in patients without underlying hemoglobinopathy. Sickle cell patients are at risk of developing the hyperhemolytic transfusion syndrome which involves a post-transfusion accelerated drop in hemoglobin with a sickle crisis exacerbation due to:
Hemolysis of donor RBCs.
Hemolysis of autologous RBCs due to high titers of alloantibodies with complement activation.
Suppression of hematopoiesis due to the transfusion itself.
These patients can be challenging to manage since additional transfusion may be required to treat anemia but carries the risk of fueling the immune reaction. A prompt Hematology consultation is appropriate. In a few case reports further transfusions have been avoided with the use of corticosteroids and intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) or treatment with eculizumab.
ABO mismatched platelet transfusions
Due to limited availability of platelet products they are generally transfused across the ABO barriers. Hence, single donor platelets which tend to have 200-400 ml of plasma can rarely cause ABO-incompatibility hemolytic reactions. Awareness of this possibility is key since the management remains the same.
V. Transitions of Care
D. Arranging for Clinic Follow-up
The patient should be provided with contact information for the hospital's blood bank. In the case of minor incompatibility, once the complete antibody screens are available it is essential to inform patients about the new antibodies detected. They should be instructed to provide this list when they undergo future transfusions at a different center.
VI. Patient Safety and Quality Measures
A. Core Indicator Standards and Documentation.
Ensuring proper patient identification prior to blood transfusions by matching the blood product to the patient is listed as a Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goal for 2016.
"Updated National Patient Safety Goals".
Weinstock, C, Möhle, R, Dorn, C, Weisel, K. "Successful use of eculizumab for treatment of an acute hemolytic reaction after ABO-incompatible red blood cell transfusion". Transfusion. vol. 55. 2015. pp. 605-610. (This article gives a case report of successful treatment with eculizumab to prevent C5 activation and extend the lifetime of transfused incompatible cells.)
Boonyasampant, M, Weitz, I C, Kay, B, Boonchalermvichian, C. "Life-threatening delayed hyperhemolytic transfusion reaction in a patient with sickle cell disease: effective treatment with eculizumab followed by rituximab". Transfusion. vol. 55. 2015. pp. 2398-2403.
Eberly, L, Osman, D, Collins, N.. "Hyperhemolysis Syndrome without Underlying Hematologic Disease". Case Reports in Hematology. 8 February 2015.
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Recently I've had the opportunity to spend time getting to know some really amazing, mega-new designers and UX pro hopefuls who have more passion in their little fingers than most UX veterans.
But there's a perpetual problem: a majority of UX and design jobs require many years of experience.
These new kids on the block are brimming with new, innovative ideas, and we aren't giving them the opportunity to voice them.
We aren't even giving them the opportunity to interview.
I get it—companies don't want to invest time and money in training new designers. But if we don't start doing just that as an industry, our lack of new, passionate blood is going to make us irrelevant and obsolete.
Can't talk your company into taking a chance on a newbie? Try asking if they'd consider an internship.
Still getting shot down? Please consider mentoring a new designer.
Many of them are so discouraged by the lack of jobs available that they're abandoning their dreams of being part of our industry. It's tragic—and it's a huge loss for all of us.
I've been so focused on my own career that I hadn't even given mentoring a second thought until very recently when an amazing woman full of passion for design, the willingness to learn everything she can, and a drive to grow in any way possible, asked me to mentor her.
You don't need 10 years of experience to be a mentor —you just need more than your mentee.
Even if you've only been in the industry for a year or 2, helping someone else navigate that first crazy year will be massively appreciated.
The moral of this story? Give junior designers a chance to learn and become great. And please, please consider mentoring a newbie—they're the future of our industry.
If you're a willing mentor looking for a mentee, or vice-versa, check out this little mentoring connection community!


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LaVonne "Numpy" M. Nelson
June 29, 1940 - March 1, 2021
LaVonne "Numpy" M. Nelson, 80, of Fort Dodge died on Monday, March 1, 2021 at the Paula J. Baber Hospice Home in Fort Dodge. Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 4, 2021 at Grace Lutheran Church in Fort Dodge with a visitation from 9-10:30 a.m. Thursday also at Grace Lutheran Church. The service will be livestreamed on the Grace Lutheran Church Facebook Page. Interment will take place at North Lawn Cemetery. LaVonne M. Nelson was born on June 29, 1940 to Tilford and Josephine (Resdahl) Hovick in Fort Dodge, IA. She graduated from Fort Dodge Senior High School in 1958. LaVonne Hovick was united in marriage to Jerry Nelson on June 6, 1959 at Badger Lutheran Church. She did the income taxes with Jerry for many years until his passing in 2000. LaVonne then worked as a caretaker at Villa Care Center in Fort Dodge. LaVonne was known by most family and friends as "Numpy". She loved her family and enjoyed spending time with them as much as she could. LaVonne is survived by her children, Sheila (Pat) Parks and Mike Nelson; grandchildren, Jamie (Nic) Huse, Sean (Ashley) Parks, Kegan Nelson, and Kendra (Tanner) Friesth; great-grandchildren, Caleb, Kinsley, Olivia, Chloe, and Renley; and sisters-in-law, Carolyn and Shirley Hovick. She was preceded in death by her parents, Tilford and Josephine; husband, Jerry; and her siblings, CJ, Bub, and Arlo Hovick, Joyce Johansen and JoAnn Hilstad. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the discretion of the family.
LaVonne "Numpy" M. Nelson, 80, of Fort Dodge died on Monday, March 1, 2021 at the Paula J. Baber Hospice Home in Fort Dodge. Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 4, 2021 at Grace Lutheran Church in Fort Dodge with a... View Obituary & Service Information
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Q: Java editing a database in java with a wamp server Im 12 and i am learning java that causes some problems :D. Because i cant realy program that much so here's my problem.
I want to edit a Database in Java and my database server is running on Wamp so i have PhpMySql . I created a database and tried to let it show in Java well thats working now i want to edit the database through java. I thought this code might work:
rs = stmt.executeQuery("UPDATE  `martbank`.`users` SET  `Balance` =
  '"+Saldo.getText()+"' WHERE  `users`.`User_Id` ="
            +Nummer.getText()
            +" AND  `users`.`Surname` =  '"+lastname.getText()
            +"' AND  `users`.`Firstname` =  '"+firstname.getText()
            +"' AND  `users`.`Pin` = '"+Password.getText()
            +"' AND  `users`.`Balance` = '"+Saldo.getText()
            +"' AND  `users`.`Password` =  '"+Password.getText()+"' LIMIT 1 ;");

If i can get help i am very happy to hear about it.

A: Your question is - sorry to say - very unspecific, but let me try to give you a little insight.
First, you should get familiar with JDBC and the concept of connecting to a database and executing queries. The Oracle Learing Trail on this is a perfect start. It will give you simple out-of-the-box examples on how to use a JDBC driver, connect and how to use a database connection.
After that, make sure that you know what a PreparedStatement is and how to use it. The way you're composing queries allows SQL injection attacs much too easy.
Hope this answer empowers you to get in touch with Java and Databases.

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ATLANTA – Millard Fuller, the millionaire entrepreneur who gave it all away to help found the Christian house-building charity Habitat for Humanity, died Tuesday. He was 74.
Fuller died about 3 a.m. after being taken to a hospital emergency room, according to his wife, Linda. The cause of death was not immediately known.
Linda Fuller, in a telephone interview from the couple's home in Americus, said her husband was complaining of chest pains, headache and difficulty swallowing.
The couple was to have celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in August with a 100-house "blitz build" across the globe, she said.


This is the second in a series of articles retelling the events of Gideon in the Old Testament book of Judges. This second article is based on Judges 6:25-40. You can read the whole series here.
My head span with questions. How was I going to defeat the Midianites? The answer came in the night.
My face heated. It was true, we worshipped the local gods.
I wanted to follow the one true God, but if my family and the townspeople found out I'd destroyed their altars, I'd be in deep trouble.
Still…deep inside I knew the truth – we couldn't claim to worship God, then put our trust in others for a successful farm.
I nervously waited for the next night to fall so darkness would hide me. I pulled down the fertility altars and burnt them on a new altar to God. I put our prize bull on it.
In the morning everyone was furious and somehow I was found out. A crowd of angry people swarmed to our house, calling for my blood.
The crowds parted, waiting to see what Baal would do. Nothing. I breathed out. The God I trusted was stronger than Baal.
Then a messenger arrived, spluttering that the enemy had amassed a huge army. I knew I had to call on the nearby tribes and attack, but despite everything…I doubted.
It was one thing to trust in God for our livelihood, but another to believe he could save Israel through me. I needed a sign.
God did as I asked. He'd always be with me. I was right to stop relying on false gods and trust in the true God alone.
Alice lives in Bristol with her husband, Sam, and dog, Summer. She is a vet by day and author by night, but they have just had their lives turned upside down by the arrival of their son. She loves being part of the Emmanuel City Centre church family.
See how much I love you!


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@interface AGImageCheckerDropboxPlugin(private)<DBRestClientDelegate>

@property (nonatomic, strong) DBRestClient *dbClient;

- (void)uploadToDropbox:(UIImageView *)imageView original:(BOOL)original;
- (void)downloadFromDropbox:(UIImageView *)imageView;
- (void)removeFromLocalStorage:(UIImageView *)imageView;
- (void)loginToDropbox;
- (void)logoutFromDropbox;
- (NSString *)saveImageIntoTemporaryLocation:(UIImage *)image;

@end

@implementation AGDropboxPluginTests
@synthesize mockImageChecker;
@synthesize mockDBSession;
@synthesize mockDBClient;
@synthesize plugin;
@synthesize mockDBPlugin;
@synthesize imageView;
@synthesize mockImageView;
@synthesize bundle;

static AGImageChecker *originalInstance = nil;

- (void)setUp {

    originalInstance = [AGImageChecker sharedInstance];
    self.mockImageChecker = [OCMockObject niceMockForClass:[AGImageChecker class]];
    [AGImageChecker setSharedInstance:mockImageChecker];

    self.mockDBSession = [OCMockObject niceMockForClass:[DBSession class]];
    [DBSession setSharedSession:mockDBSession];

    self.plugin = [[AGImageCheckerDropboxPlugin alloc] init];
    self.mockDBPlugin = [OCMockObject partialMockForObject:plugin];
    self.mockDBClient = [OCMockObject niceMockForClass:[DBRestClient class]];
    plugin.dbClient = mockDBClient;

    self.bundle = [NSBundle bundleForClass:[self class]];
    self.imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] init];
    imageView.image = [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:[bundle pathForResource:@"square_small_image" ofType:@"png"]];
    [(id) imageView.image setName:@"imageName"];

    self.mockImageView = [OCMockObject partialMockForObject:imageView];
}

- (void)tearDown {
   [AGImageChecker setSharedInstance:originalInstance];
}

- (void)testDropboxIsAddedToImageCheckerPlugins {
    [[mockImageChecker expect] addPlugin:[OCMArg checkWithBlock:^(id arg) {
        return [arg isKindOfClass:[AGImageCheckerDropboxPlugin class]];
    }]];
    [AGImageCheckerDropboxPlugin addPluginWithAppKey:@"key" appSecret:@"secret"];
    [mockImageChecker verify];
}

- (void)testDelegateHandlesDropboxURL {
    UIApplication *application = [UIApplication sharedApplication];
    NSURL *dropboxUrl = [NSURL URLWithString:@""];

    STAssertNotNil([application delegate], @"Application deledate should not be null");
    [AGImageCheckerDropboxPlugin addPluginWithAppKey:@"key" appSecret:@"secret"];
    [DBSession setSharedSession:mockDBSession];
    [[mockDBSession expect] handleOpenURL:dropboxUrl];
    [[application delegate] application:application openURL:dropboxUrl sourceApplication:nil annotation:nil];
    [mockDBSession verify];
}

- (void)testImageViewAddDropboxMethods {

    STAssertTrue([imageView respondsToSelector:@selector(originalImage)], @"ImageView should respond to originalImage method");
    STAssertTrue([imageView respondsToSelector:@selector(dropboxImagePath)], @"ImageView should respond to dropboxImagePath method");
    STAssertTrue([imageView respondsToSelector:@selector(localDropboxImagePath)], @"ImageView should respond to localDropboxImagePath method");
    STAssertTrue([imageView respondsToSelector:@selector(localDropboxImageExists)], @"ImageView should respond to localDropboxImageExists method");
}

- (void)testImageViewSetsOriginalImage {
    STAssertNil(imageView.originalImage, @"Original image should be nil by default");
    UIImage *image = [[UIImage alloc] init];
    imageView.originalImage = image;
    STAssertEquals(imageView.originalImage, image, @"The original image has not been set correctly");
    imageView.originalImage = nil;
    STAssertNil(imageView.originalImage, @"Original image should allow nullifying");
}

- (void)testImageViewReturnsDropboxImagePaths {
    STAssertNotNil([imageView dropboxImagePath], @"Dropbox image path should be set");
    STAssertTrue([[imageView dropboxImagePath] rangeOfString:@"imageName"].location != NSNotFound, @"Dropbox image path should contain the image name");

    STAssertNotNil([imageView localDropboxImagePath], @"Local Dropbox image path should be set");
    STAssertTrue([[imageView localDropboxImagePath] rangeOfString:@"imageName"].location != NSNotFound, @"Local Dropbox image path should contain the image name");
}

- (void)testPluginChecksImageIsInLocalDropbox {
    [[mockImageView expect] localDropboxImageExists];
    [plugin didFinishCalculatingIssues:mockImageView];
    [mockImageView verify];
}

- (void)testPluginUsesLocalDropboxImage {
    BOOL ret = YES;
    [[[mockImageView stub] andReturnValue:OCMOCK_VALUE(ret)] localDropboxImageExists];
    [[[mockImageView stub] andReturn:[bundle pathForResource:@"square_small_image" ofType:@"png"]] localDropboxImagePath];
    UIImage *originalImage = [mockImageView image];
    [plugin didFinishCalculatingIssues:mockImageView];
    STAssertNotNil([mockImageView image], @"The local Dropbox image should be loaded correctly");
    STAssertEqualObjects([mockImageView originalImage], originalImage, @"The original image should be saved");

    [plugin didFinishCalculatingIssues:mockImageView];
    STAssertNotNil([mockImageView image], @"The local Dropbox image should be loaded correctly");
    STAssertEqualObjects([mockImageView originalImage], originalImage, @"The original image should be preserved in next requests");
}

- (void)testPluginRemovesLocalDropboxImage {
    BOOL ret = NO;
    [[[mockImageView stub] andReturnValue:OCMOCK_VALUE(ret)] localDropboxImageExists];
    UIImage *originalImage = [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:[bundle pathForResource:@"square_small_image" ofType:@"png"]];
    [mockImageView setOriginalImage:originalImage];

    [plugin didFinishCalculatingIssues:mockImageView];
    STAssertNotNil([mockImageView image], @"The image should be set correctly");
    STAssertNil([mockImageView originalImage], @"The original image should be removed");
    STAssertEqualObjects([mockImageView image], originalImage, @"The original image should be reset to the main image");
}

- (void)testUploadToDropboxIsCalled {
    [[mockDBClient expect] uploadFile:[OCMArg any] toPath:[OCMArg any] withParentRev:nil fromPath:[OCMArg any]];
    [plugin uploadToDropbox:imageView original:YES];
    [mockDBClient verify];
}

- (void)testDownloadFromDropboxIsCalled {
    [[mockDBClient expect] loadFile:[OCMArg any] intoPath:[OCMArg any]];
    [plugin downloadFromDropbox:imageView];
    [mockDBClient verify];
}

- (void)testLinkToDropboxIsCalled {
    BOOL linked = NO;
    [[[mockDBSession stub] andReturnValue:OCMOCK_VALUE(linked)] isLinked];
    [[mockDBSession expect] linkFromController:[OCMArg any]];
    [plugin loginToDropbox];
    [mockDBSession verify];
}

- (void)testUnLinkToDropboxIsCalled {
    [[mockDBSession expect] unlinkAll];
    [plugin logoutFromDropbox];
    [mockDBSession verify];
}

- (void)testRemoveLocalStorageCallsRefresh{
    [[mockDBPlugin expect] didFinishCalculatingIssues:[OCMArg any]];
    [mockDBPlugin removeFromLocalStorage:imageView];
    [mockDBPlugin verify];
}

- (void)testPluginRespondsToMainDelegateMethods {
    STAssertNoThrow([plugin restClient:mockDBClient loadedFile:@"file"], @"Plugin should respond to restClient:loadedFile:");
    STAssertNoThrow([plugin restClient:mockDBClient loadFileFailedWithError:nil], @"Plugin should respond to restClient:loadFileFailedWithError");
    STAssertNoThrow([plugin restClient:mockDBClient uploadedFile:@"file" from:@"from" metadata:nil], @"Plugin should respond to restClient:uploadedFile:from:metadata:");
    STAssertNoThrow([plugin restClient:mockDBClient uploadFileFailedWithError:nil], @"Plugin should respond to restClient:uploadFileFailedWithError:");
}

- (void)testDownloadDelegateCallsRefresh{
    [[mockDBPlugin expect] didFinishCalculatingIssues:[OCMArg any]];
    [mockDBPlugin restClient:mockDBClient loadedFile:@"file"];
    [mockDBPlugin verify];
}

- (void)testImageToUploadIsCorrectlyChoosen {
    __block UIImage *savedImage = nil;
    [[[mockDBPlugin stub] andDo:^(NSInvocation *inv) {
        __unsafe_unretained UIImage *image = nil;
        [inv getArgument:&image atIndex:2];
        savedImage = image;
    }] saveImageIntoTemporaryLocation:[OCMArg any]];

    [mockDBPlugin uploadToDropbox:imageView original:YES];

    STAssertEqualObjects(savedImage, imageView.image, @"The saved image should be the original image");

    savedImage = nil;
    [mockDBPlugin uploadToDropbox:imageView original:NO];
    STAssertFalse(savedImage == imageView.image, @"The saved image should be a new one with the rendered image");

}

@end

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'use strict';
var generators = require('yeoman-generator');
var fs = require('fs');
var path = require('path');

module.exports = generators.Base.extend({
  constructor: function () {
    generators.Base.apply(this, arguments);
    this.option('reporter', {defaults: 'faucet'});
  },

  writing: function () {
    this.fs.copyTpl(
      this.templatePath("**/*"),
      this.destinationPath(), {});
    var packageFile = path.join(this.destinationPath(), 'package.json');
    var packageContent = require(packageFile);
    packageContent.scripts = packageContent.scripts || {};
    packageContent.scripts.test = "find test -type f -iname '*.js' | " +
                                  "parallel -s 'node {} | " + this.options.reporter + "'";
    fs.writeFileSync(packageFile, JSON.stringify(packageContent, null, '\t'));
  },

  install: function () {
    this.npmInstall([
      'tape',
      'tape-catch',
      this.options.reporter,
      'parallel'
    ], {saveDev: true});
  }
});


The city of Poissy is a french city located north central of France. The city of Poissy is located in the department of Yvelines of the french region Île-de-France.	The city of Poissy is located in the district of Saint-Germain-en-Laye. The area code for Poissy is 78498 (also known as code INSEE), and the Poissy zip code is 78300.
The altitude of the city hall of Poissy is approximately 41 meters. The Poissy surface is 13.28 km ². The latitude and longitude of Poissy are 48.931 degrees North and 2.05 degrees East. Nearby cities and towns of Poissy are : Carrières-sous-Poissy (78955) at 2.36 km, Chambourcy (78240) at 2.97 km, Achères (78260) at 3.73 km, Aigremont (78240) at 3.95 km, Villennes-sur-Seine (78670) at 4.04 km, Médan (78670) at 4.76 km, Saint-Germain-en-Laye (78100) at 4.93 km, Fourqueux (78112) at 5.00 km.
The population of Poissy was 35 815 in 1999, 35 860 in 2006 and 37 109 in 2007. The population density of Poissy is 2 794.35 inhabitants per km². The number of housing of Poissy was 16 665 in 2007. These homes of Poissy consist of 15 818 main residences, 176 second or occasional homes and 671 vacant homes.
Here are maps and information of the close municipalities near Poissy.
Search hotels near Poissy : Book your hotel now !
At right you can find the localization of Poissy on the map of France. Below, this is the satellite map of Poissy. A road map, and maps templates of Poissy are available here : "road map of Poissy". This map show Poissy seen by the satellite of Google Map. To see the streets of Poissy or move on another zone, use the buttons "zoom" and "map" on top of this dynamic map.
To search hotels, housings, tourist information office, administrations or other services, use the Google search integrated to the map on the following page : "map Poissy".
This is the last weather forecast for Poissy collected by the nearest observation station of Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
The latest weather data for Poissy were collected Monday, 22 April 2019 at 19:51 from the nearest observation station of Saint-Germain-en-Laye.


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Books Guest Scriptorium
Templar Inferno
No matter how one views Dan Brown's novels, his thrillers definitely add some excitement to the life of any rank and file Knights Templar researcher. If there is one thing that The Da Vinci Code proved conclusively, it's the fact that the Templars have something to do with everything. It is no surprise that the need for expertly written companion volumes (unofficial, of course) that help uninitiated readers get the most out of Dan Brown's books has been met by Michael Haag, the author of two books on the Knights Templar (The Templars. History and the Myth and The Tragedy of the Templars). Michael wrote a very successful companion to The Lost Symbol and is currently working on a book that will sort out the esoteric underpinnings of Inferno, the latest Robert Langdon novel to date (unpublished at the time of writing). When I noticed that Amazon already carries a book by Sanford Holst, entitled Templar Inferno, which purportedly fills the same niche, my first reaction was that Michael must have already purchased a copy and would be able to honestly say whether the book was worth the money or not. Turned out that he was aware of this work, but has not purchased it… Then curiosity got the better of him, and a few days later Michael reported the following:
I now have the book. It is clearly a book written some time ago, the standard Templar fare with a two-page foreword tacked on called Dan Brown's Inferno, about which Holst says it will be all about the Templars, because Dante wrote Inferno, which is about people burning, as he was inspired by Templars burning all round him. For this two page nonsensical foreword Holst has managed to get a lot of publicity and sell quite a few books.
May it be known, that parts of Michael's reaction were omitted at his request, although personally I did not feel that he spoke too harshly. From what I have seen of the book, it is not all that well written. The author struggles with basic facts about the Knights Templar, while making claims that need a lot more support to be considered plausible. Not recommended!
Legends of the Bézu Castle in Languedoc
Templars and Cathars


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Hawaii Daily News Read
January 26, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:37 PM :: 9916 Views
SB 232: Civil Unions passes Senate Judiciary Committee
Public Safety vs. Saving a Buck: SB47 allows early release of Felons
Epic Fail: After giving away $1.3B in Tax Credits, Hawaii ranks 36th in High Tech
Ceded Lands Decision Author Justice Samuel Alito to speak at Hawaii Supreme Court Wednesday
Governor Abercrombie Names Judge McKenna to State Supreme Court
Financial State of the State: Actual taxpayer burden is $18.2 Billion
BoE Member Lei Ahu Isa suddenly resigns
Full Text and Video: Obama's State of the Union Speech
Full Text and Video: Rep Paul Ryan (R-WI) response to State of the Union
Shapiro: Abercrombie judicial secrecy disregards lessons of Broken Trust
Abercrombie claims confidentiality is necessary to assure quality applicants, but that's nonsense; Moon and Recktenwald surely would have raised the concern if it was compelling.
This is about providing political cover for the governor and the state's power establishment as they maneuver to shape the legal system to their liking without the inconvenience of public scrutiny.
Without transparency — a word Abercrombie used a lot while campaigning — there is no accountability in filling some of Hawaii's most powerful positions, and we've seen the consequences of going down that dark road.
The similarly secretive judicial selections of previous administrations unraveled during the Bishop Estate scandal of the late 1990s, exposing an unholy system of back scratching and horse trading that corrupted the Judicial Selection Commission, the high court and our political institutions.
The late Senior U.S. District Judge Samuel King argued persuasively that the selection commission, which was supposed to remove the politics from picking judges, was instead used to conceal the politics.
Naming the candidates provided some protection against political manipulation, and Abercrombie disregards the painful lessons we learned by refusing to let the sunshine in.
There is no valid reason for this level of secrecy in filling positions with so much power over our lives, and we should be suspicious of what the governor is trying to hide.
RELATED: Transparency? Abercrombie administration brings secrecy back to Capitol
Abercrombie's Happy face disappears when asked about secrecy
…during the Q&A session following the announcement about Judge McKenna in executive chambers on Tuesday, Civil Beat asked Abercrombie if he would now release the names of the other names on the list provided by Judicial Selection Committee.
That's when the governor's happy face disappeared.
"No," he said icily, speaking to the cameras rather than to the reporter (i.e., me).
Here's the governor's answer:
Because this is a situation in which you want to maximize the pool of talent and those who would be interested in presenting themselves for the possibility of being named to the highest court. In order to do that, I need to have a confidential capacity to maintain the confidentiality of those who make themselves available. Many people in the legal community belong to firms that have clients, have cases, under way, all of which could be affected be public perusal.
The public doesn't pick the judge, I do. The Senate determines whether or not through their advise and consent whether they approve of my pick. The public picks me, and the public picks the senators, to exercise our judgment on behalf of the common good.
"So who did you consult in terms of making this decision?" asked Darryl Huff of KITV. "If the public wasn't invited as they have been in the past to send their input on nominees, who did you consult?"
"Appropriate sources," the governor responded tersely.
Pork Loss: Democrats yank Akaka from post as Veterans' Affairs chairman--Continues futile quest for Akaka Bill
Akaka, 86, has said he plans to run for re-election to a fifth six-year term in 2012. Former Gov. Linda Lingle, a Republican, has said she will consider running for the Senate.
There has been talk privately in political circles that Akaka might be vulnerable to a challenge from Lingle or even a primary opponent. Akaka was able to hold off former U.S. Rep. Ed Case in the 2006 primary after receiving state and national help from the party's establishment and progressive wings.
"I think we're always concerned of vulnerability. Obviously, there are many, many good candidates of very many different stripes," said Dante Carpenter, chairman of the Democratic Party of Hawaii. "There's always competition, and in a way that makes it good, more challenging, and makes us much sharper."
Dylan Nonaka, executive director of the state GOP, believes Akaka is vulnerable. "He's been ineffective for years," he said. "And I think by a strong challenge, he would be vulnerable — definitely — in 2012."
Army Times: Akaka Staffers "depressed" by loss of VA Chairmanship
Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, an 86-year-old veteran of World War II, appears to have lost his seat as chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee.
Senate Democrats are expected to vote this week to give the veterans committee post to Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., a 60-year-old four-term senator who is part of the Democratic leadership and a member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee.
Akaka will become chairman of the Indian Affairs Committee, according Senate and outside sources.
"This is not much of a secret," said a consultant who works with many veterans groups. "Akaka's staff was told about this some time ago."
An Akaka spokesman said there would be no comment from Akaka's office until the Senate approves the new organization.
But one aide called it "certainly a depressing situation."
Washington Post: Hawaii DoE puts the lie to Obama's RTTT claims
In his speech, President Obama makes expansive claims about the impact of a $4.35 billion grant program known as Race to the Top. That program, which he launched in 2009, is at the core of his education agenda.
Is Race to the Top "the most meaningful reform" of schools in a generation? That's debatable. Some might argue that the 2002 No Child Left Behind law enacted under President George W. Bush should get the nod. That law required for the first time that public schools test all students in reading and math every year in grades three through eight and once in high school….
The winners included some surprises, among them Maryland, Ohio and Hawaii. Some analysts suggested that those states had done little to challenge the power of teachers unions. Lousiana and Colorado, among others, were cited as examples of states with bolder plans that were left out of the winner's circle. The bottom line is that there is still strong debate about which states deserved win.
Whether Race to the Top produces meaningful change depends in part on whether states follow through with their plans, which are just getting under way. If they don't, the administration could withhold the money. It is therefore somewhat early to gauge the impact of the awards for the winners.
Science Scores: Failed Hawaii DoE beats only Mississippi
Half of Hawaii eighth-graders and nearly 40 percent of fourth-graders in public schools tested "below basic" proficiency in science on a national assessment, according to results released yesterday.
Their average scores were higher than those in only one other state: Mississippi.
Hawaii's below-average results are part of an overall disappointing showing for America's students on a revamped science portion of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, also known as the Nation's Report Card.
Sierra Club's David Frankel defends attack on DHHL
In 2004, the Hawaiian Homes Commission entered into a lease to allow a private developer to construct a resort on Hawaiian Homestead land in the coastal Honokohau area of Hawaii Island. (And this was part of the DHHL's only successful decade in its entire history. The Sierra Club can't have the Hawaiians getting their leases because that is development.)
The commission believed that the lease — allowing tourists to live in timeshares on Hawaiian Homestead lands — was needed in order to raise sufficient money to run the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.
Because they did not believe that Hawaiian Home Lands should be leased to commercial interests (and were willing to make sure that )when thousands of native Hawaiians are (kept) waiting for their promised homesteads, a group of native Hawaiians (my pawns) sued.
(If commercial leasing is banned and DHHL becomes dependent on the Legislature for funding, it will return to failure. Anyone who thinks otherwise is either a fool or a liar. Who could possibly be stupid enough to fall for this hustle?)
WSJ: Hawaii Timeshare Owners- The Governor Doesn't Think You Are Paying Enough in Fees!
For a state where many consider the tax code to already be stacked against timeshare owners, it looks like the governor is preparing to dig his sweaty palms a little deeper into vacationer's pockets! You have to really wonder when the annual cost of timeshare ownership in Hawaii will finally reach the breaking point. With annual fees at resorts ranging up to $2,500 for a two bedroom villa, Hawaii maintenance fees and taxes are among the highest in the world!
Abercrombie's message that "We need to ensure that our visitor industry is sustainable," said the governor, "by bringing the impact fees paid by the increasing number of timeshare occupants into alignment with hotel room occupants who pay the transient accommodations tax." may be another indication that in the future, it may be much better to exchange into Hawaii than to own there!
SA endorses Abercrombie's $500M Aloha Stadium pipe dream
Companies now are halfway through upgrades of Aloha Stadium, including roof replacement, strengthening pedestrian walkways, bridges, new seats and handrails at a cost of $71 million. Replacing synthethic turf in March will cost nearly $2 million — but Abercrombie will withhold an additional $59 million that had been planned for a new elevator and more bathrooms while the stadium's future is decided. He said in his State of the State address Monday that stadium repair funds will be diverted except for those needed for health and safety.
Building a new stadium is figured to cost close to $500 million…
Bubye: International soccer in Hawaii possible
Abercrombie wants to pay less without furloughs
Furloughs won't fly under Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie, but pay cuts for government workers might.
The Democratic governor will seek a 5 percent reduction in public employee labor costs, which is the equivalent of one furlough day a month, spokeswoman Donalyn Dela Cruz confirmed Tuesday.
Abercrombie's plan would keep government employees working the same amount of time with less take-home pay, generating $88 million annually for a budget that's short a projected $844 million over the next 2½ years.
Most state government employees currently take two monthly furlough days, amounting to pay cuts of about 8 percent or 9 percent.
"The governor doesn't want services to the public disrupted as the furlough Friday situation clearly did," Dela Cruz said.
The proposal will have to be negotiated with public labor unions….
The wage reduction plan comes on top of Abercrombie's proposal to end state reimbursements for public workers in Medicare Part B, which would bring in $42 million annually to the state government.
Hawaii House Republicans' top 10 questions
From their home office in Room 318 of the state Capitol — with a hat tip to minority research on the fourth floor — comes the state House Republicans' top 10 questions after listening to Gov. Neil Abercrombie's State of the State address on Monday….
Abercrombie's Gay Supreme Court Nominee Hopes To Inspire Youth
Judge Sabrina McKenna, 53, has also personally experienced discrimination because she is gay. (Really? What form of discrimination? Denial of gay marriage? Does this mean that this justice is pre-deciding a case that will come before her?)
The governor said Tuesday that McKenna's appointment had everything to do with her intelligence, temperament and legal knowledge and nothing to do with her sexuality. (No. She was picked BECAUSE of her choice to identify herself as Lesbian. This is how gay marriage will be created from gay civil unions.) McKenna said she believes her sexual orientation is important to talk about.
"I think the reason I am willing to have this interview is that I want the young people to know that it doesn't matter who you are," McKenna said.
McKenna's three children and partner Denise Yamashiro were in the governor's office Tuesday as the governor nominated to the state's highest court.
HSBA Requests Comments On HAWSCT Associate Justice Nominee Sabrina S. McKenna
SB: A judge's unabashed support for Jasmine Trias translates to 540 'Idol' votes this week
KYODO: Sabrina Shizue McKenna, a judge from Hawaii, said 99 percent of jurors in her court said it was a great experience, although they too had been hesitant about serving as jurors at first. Speaking in Japanese, McKenna said, "Life experiences of ordinary people are much more important than professional knowledge of judges (in discussing legal cases)."
Gay Sex Tourism seen as boon to Hawaii
Steinmetz stated: "Besides giving a group of people equal civil rights, based on national population figures, the American gay and lesbian community represents a US$47.3 billion travel market, or about 10% of the US travel industry. But based on the results of our surveys, it represents an even larger percentage of the overall travel market in terms of actual gay and lesbian dollars invested in travel."
"The CVBs of Miami Beach, Key West, West Hollywood, and San Francisco are reaching out to the gay market for groups and conventions. Perhaps this could be expected, but so are Philadelphia; Washington, DC; and Minneapolis. The British Tourist Authority and the Australia Tourism Commission have participated in the advertising efforts of gay tour operators. The government tourism boards of France, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Canada, Puerto Rico, and California exhibit at the International Gay & Lesbian World Travel Expo.
"Tourism Québec has stepped forth to sponsor an ongoing "Visit Gay-Friendly Quebec"
Meet your new Rulers: Triumphal Mainland Homosexuals celebrate conquest of Hawaii
On Top: Hawaii Senate Committee Approves Gay Unions Bill
SheWired: Hawaii's Governor Appoints Lesbian to Hawaii's Supreme Court
Gay Travel Pass Port: Hawaii Civil Unions Pass First Vote
San Diego Gay Lesbian News: In Hawaii, bill to allow civil unions advances to Senate
Gay Advocate: Hawaii Gov. Appoints Gay Judge
JO: Hawaii Governor Appoints Out Lesbian to Supreme Court
SA: McKenna is named to state's high court
An uneasy peace on civil unions?
The fight over civil unions seems to have entered the battle-fatigue stage.
Despite extra security and high anxiety among some senators, the Judiciary Committee's hearing on SB 232, the new vehicle to give gay couples the same legal rights as marrieds, was the most subdued ever on the emotional issue as senators heard divided testimony and then voted 3 to 2 to send the measure to the full Senate for approval.
Demonstrators were scarce, and a hearing that heard 18 hours of often-heated testimony last year was kept to a couple of hours this time, with arguments that were considerably milder in tone.
It seems the result of a strong sense on both sides that it's a foregone conclusion….
The issue was pretty much settled in the November election, when sweeping victories by supporters of civil unions (who did not campaign as such) made it obvious that a good majority of voters have no serious problem with (this is different than "supported") extending these rights to gay couples.
ILind: Election results key to civil unions, and criticism continues of secrecy in judicial nomination
Hawaii Governor plans to juggle tourism dollars
The governor proposed diverting about US$10 million out of the US$72.8 million the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) receives in marketing funds.
Juergen Thomas Steinmetz of the privately-run Hawaii Tourism Association (HiTA), which is not affiliated with HTA, said: "We do not take enough advantage of our unique global brand of the Aloha Spirit. HTA has not done enough to maintain this global trademark for Hawaii. I went to 72 tourism and travel trade shows last year - trade shows in 57 countries - and I failed to see Hawaii at 69 of these events. Hawaii is not represented in global discussions. I just learned Hawaii has not even one member in the International Hotel & Restaurant Association. The new Hawaii Hotel & Lodging Association president, former Mayor Hannemann, did not respond to eTurboNews' and HiTA's repeated requests for communication. Hawaii is not represented at most global networking events. You won't find much of Hawaii to be involved at initiatives supported by UNWTO (UN World Tourism Organization, WTTC (World Travel & Tourism Council), tourism investment forums, global tourism marketing events, meeting and incentive industry opportunities, airline and airport communication events, or international think tanks. Hawaii doesn't capitalize on the fact that people in Europe love Hawaiian music, that music and food are an important element to promote tourism for the Thai Tourism Authority. Hawaii has much to learn to take advantage of such media avenues and cost-effective ways to be part of a global stage.
"We have a unique global brand. It does not take a lot of money in today's world of technology to cater to this.
Perfesser: State can release lots of criminals
The decision by Gov. Neil Abercrombie and Department of Public Safety Director Jodie Maesaka-Hirata to return Hawaii inmates to the state hopefully signals the end of a wasteful and dangerous experiment in mass incarceration, enabled by a deeply flawed policy of transferring prisoners to the mainland. Transfer increased our reliance on expensive prison beds rather than cost-effective community sanctions for non-serious offenders.
It wasn't always so.
In the 25 years between 1982 and 2007, the proportion of law breakers who were incarcerated versus those supervised in the community grew by 45 percent, according to the Pew Center. We do not have a corrections strategy; rather, we have a prison strategy.
(Oddly, the nation's crime rates dropped dramatically between 1982 and 2007. Just ignore that, OK?)
FBI crime rates: http://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2009/data/table_01.html
Kaneshiro Wants Stiffer Prostitution Penalties
Reforming prostitution charges isn't Kaneshiro's only focus this legislative session.
He also intends to toughen penalties for temporary restraining order violations if the person has a prior conviction for a violent crime against a family or household member.
He will add "killing" of a pet or animal without the consent of the owner to the list of acts that constitute cruelty to animals in the first degree. (Current law only addresses aspects like mutilation and torture.)
Kaneshiro will propose legislation to notify victims of an offender's status. For example, victims will know if the offender is fit to stand trial or moved within the state mental health system.
He'll also push for tougher sentences for elder abuse by upping penalties for crimes against the elderly.
Review a full list of all of the prosecutor department's legislative bills.
Abercrombie's DoH wrongly recalls 100 local food products based on website claims
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A rush to protect the public is hurting some Hawaii businesses. The state Department of Health is warning people not to eat more than a hundred local food brands, but the recall list isn't accurate. There have been no reports of illnesses linked to the products, but officials decided to issue the recall and order First Commercial Kitchen to suspend production due to different violations.
3660 on the Rise is at the top of the list for its lemon miso dressing, but Russell Siu said the company switched to a different manufacturer about 5 years ago.
"I think in people's minds they think that we put out some bad product so it kind of hurts us as far as business-wise like that," said Siu.
The restaurant isn't the only business that said the Department of Health made a mistake. The owner of Aloha Salads said a new manufacturer started producing its tropical fruit vinaigrettes more than a year ago.
"We're a mom and pop. We've worked hard to build our brand," said Chris Lufrano, owner of Aloha Salads. "Concerned, you know when you get recalls like this, it can bring businesses down."
Peter Kam from First Commercial Kitchen issued a statement that said, "This blanket recall implies that all products from my clients are an 'immediate and substantial hazard to the public health,' and unjustly tarnishes the good name and reputation of many innocent parties, without any evidence at all." Kam said the recall is premature. He also said the company would work with authorities to address any concerns.
The Department of Health said it wasn't able to get an accurate list of products from First Commercial Kitchen, so it used the list on the company's website. (We must raise taxes immediately sol we can have even more of these dedicated public servants.) Officials said they acted out of caution. They also said that they would issue an update if they could get the information. Many businesses, however, are still upset about the negative publicity.
(Soon The Abercrombie will give another speech about "sustainability" and "food security" and local agriculture.)
SA: Processing company's products recalled
State health department says testing shows water safe
It's all about numbers. The EWG uses California's target goal of getting the chemical under .06 parts per billion. In one sample taken, EWG found Honolulu has two ppb of chromium-6. In response, the Board of Water Supply checked 11 Oahu sites and found chromium-6 levels ranged from trace amounts to 4.8 ppb. The EPA level of safety is 100 parts per billion.
"The message is: 100, 4.8, .402, 0 - anything below 100 has been determined safe. We're way below that," says Dr. Neal Palafox, the state's interim health director.
RELATED: Honolulu is #2 on Erin Brockovich hexavalent chromium hit list
"Gasification" plant eventually could supply electricity to 12,000 homes on Oahu, divert waste from PVT
The Public Utilities Commission approved a power purchase agreement last week under which HECO will buy electricity from Honua Power at a price ranging from 18 cents per kilowatt-hour for off-peak hours to 22 cents per kilowatt-hour for on-peak hours. The 20-year agreement will be adjusted annually for inflation. The price is comparable to the 19.9 cents per kilowatt-hour HECO will pay the developer of a wind farm in Kahuku that is scheduled to go online in the coming months….
Honua will initially fuel the plant with 200 tons a day of construction and demolition debris, most of which is currently being dumped in the Nanakuli Landfill operated by PVT Land Co. In Phase II of the project, Honua would take in an additional 200 tons a day of other waste products, such as used tires, nonrecyclable plastic and paper, and green waste.
When fully operational, the plant will eliminate about 124,000 tons of waste annually that otherwise would have gone to a landfill, Honua said. Oahu generates about 1.9 million tons of solid waste a year, according to estimates by the City and County of Honolulu. About 35 percent of that is incinerated and converted to electricity at the HPOWER facility in Campbell Industrial Park.
EPA sets deadlines for landfill upgrades
The facility's operator is being given seven days to submit a plan to prevent future floods
Treehugger: Hawaii Proposes Legislation to Bring Devastating Fish Farms Under Control
Food & Water Watch applauds Representatives Mele Carroll (D-13) and Faye Hanohano (D-4) for taking a firm stance against the expansion of ocean factory farms and for recognizing the toll this highly subsidized industry has taken on both state taxpayers and on the ocean ecosystem.
In addition, we commend State Senators Pohai Ryan (D-25) and Suzanne Chun Oakland (D-13) for introducing legislation (SB626) to hold fish farming corporations accountable by requiring they submit environmental impact statements. The popular bill, which already has broad Senate support with eight cosponsors, would finally close the loophole allowing offshore aquaculture operators to obtain permits without this thorough review.
REALITY: With federal law at stake, Paid activists attack Hawaii fish farmers
DC enviros sue to demand harsher action against Hawaii fishermen
The Center for Biological Diversity filed Tuesday a notice intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service for the agency's failure to protect 82 coral species. The affected corals occur in waters ranging from Hawaii and Florida to U.S. territories in the Caribbean and Pacific. They face numerous dangers, but (non existent) global warming and (non-existent) ocean acidification are the overarching threats to their survival….
(Here's what this is really all about)
Montipora patula is one of the 14 coral species found where the state Department of Land and Natural Resources wants to improve the south end of the Kawaihae Small Boat Harbor. The project includes a boat ramp, gangway, mooring blocks, washdown area, parking, comfort station and wastewater system. It has been long delayed by DLNR's failure to fulfill environmental obligations and get a federal permit required for such work.
"Protection under the Endangered Species Act would require habitat protections and make it illegal to harm or kill corals. It would open the door to greater opportunities for coral reef conservation," Sakashita said. "Activities like fishing, dumping, dredging and offshore oil development would be subject to stricter regulation. The Act would also require federal agencies, as well as their local counterparts, to conserve and recover the coral species, create management plans, and evaluate the impacts of their actions on the listed corals."
Panel wants more answers from Thompson
The state panel that oversees charter schools is summoning the head of Myron Thompson Academy's local school board to its meeting tomorrow to answer more questions over hiring practices, amid concern about nepotism and favoritism at the online school.
Thompson Academy Principal Diana Oshiro, who has four relatives on the payroll at her school, appeared at the Charter School Review Panel's last meeting on Jan. 13 and defended her staffing decisions. But the panel was not satisfied and wants to hear more from Malia Chow, chairwoman of Thompson's local school board.
Friend of Abercrombie goes Birther, apologizes
Mike Evans told FoxNews.com on Wednesday he was remorseful and embarrassed that he appeared to have given the impression that he had discussed the search for Obama's birth certificate with Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie.
Evans, who says he has been a close friend of Abercrombie since the 1980s, appeared on Minnesota's KQRS radio last week and said he'd been told by the governor himself that Obama's birth certificate was nowhere to be found. Evans told KQRS on Jan. 20:
"Yesterday, talking to Neil's office, Neil says that he searched everywhere using his powers as governor ..... there is no Barack Obama birth certificate in Hawaii. Absolutely no proof at all that he was born in Hawaii."
But that's no longer Evans' story.
"Only this I can you tell you is 100 percent fact: that Neil never told me there was no birth certificate," Evans told Fox News. "I never talked to him."
AUDIO: Mike Evans Report


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The Center for Tactical Magic is an American artist group launched in 2000 and based in the San Francisco Bay Area that engages in research, development, and deployment of actions, events and community-based projects that combine art, magic and politics. In 2017, the founder of the Center was detained at San Francisco International Airport and interrogated by members of a Tactical Terrorism Response Team without explanation.

Their work has been presented at the Museum of Capitalism, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art and Grand Arts.

In 2013, the group ran a Bank Heist Contest, offering $1000 for the best bank robbery proposal.

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Birmingham Real-Time News
Vestavia Hills man, Georgia partner indicted in securities fraud scheme
Published: Oct. 10, 2017, 7:48 p.m.
Steven Clyde Reed Brown, left, and Edward Malcolm Portman, right, were indicted by a Jefferson County grand jury.
Carol Robinson | crobinson@al.com
A Vestavia Hills man and his partner in Georgia have been indicted in a securities fraud scheme.
A Jefferson County grand jury issued eight-count indictments against Steven Clyde Reed Brown, 65, and Edward Malcolm Portman, a 76-year-old Atlanta man. The indictments were announced Tuesday by Jefferson County District Attorney Pro Tem Danny Carr and Joseph Borg, director of the Alabama Securities Commission.
Brown was arrested Sept. 19, and Portman on Sept. 25. Both were released from the Jefferson County Jail after posting $195,000 each.
According to indictments filed in the case, both men are charged with multiple violations of the Alabama Securities Act including one count each of conspiracy to commit securities fraud, sale of unregistered securities and sale of securities by an unregistered agent. Brown and Portman also are charged with five counts of fraud in connection with the sale of securities - making false statements of material fact or omitting to state a material fact; and engaging in an act, practice or course of business which operated or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person).
The conspiracy and securities registration charges are Class C felonies, punishable by possible imprisonment from one year and one day to 10 years and not more than a $15,000 fine per charge upon conviction. The remaining charges are Class B felonies, punishable by possible imprisonment of from two to 20 years and up to a $30,000 fine per charge upon conviction.
According to the indictment, Brown and Portman alleged illegal securities transactions involving investment contracts and/or certificates of interest or participation in a profit-sharing agreement with Alabama investors for the development of medical technology and products. The indictment further alleged that Brown and Portman omitted to inform investors that no one had ever received any return of principal or profit for their investments and that, in a previous instance, the men continued to illegally solicit investor funds after having been previously issued a Cease and Desist Order by the Alabama Securities Commission. ASC records revealed that neither Brown nor Portman were registered with the Commission to lawfully offer and/or sell securities within, into or from Alabama, as required by law, according to Tuesday's announcement.
The ASC cautions potential investors to thoroughly scrutinize and research any investment opportunity or offer. Contact the ASC with inquiries concerning securities broker-dealers, agents, investment advisers, investment adviser representatives, financial planners, registration status of securities or debt management programs, to report suspected fraud or to obtain consumer information.


Sleek and lithe, she bounded forward, the slanting feline eyes glowing like emeralds against the silken darkness of her glossy black fur. Her razor-sharp teeth glinted in the moonlight, but the cruelly curved claws were sheathed, and the padded paws fell steadily and harmoniously on the murmuring grasses. She ran on into the silence, the thrill of the hunt quivering in every muscular curve of her splendid form.
One like predators driven fey by the luscious scent of prey.
Then the Sylvan night of which she was Queen transformed into a world of chuckling streams and rustling roses and choirs of birds twittering as they flitted from tree to tree. And into this beautiful world came one with delicate wings spread elegantly out behind her, clad in silver-threaded green gilded by the sun, warm and welcoming. She smiled sweetly upon the whole world, from the birds chirping audaciously about her head to the bunnies peeping timidly from their burrows.
And I was she, and she was I…we were one.
One like those with hearts full of contentment and sweet joy.
Over snow-tipped mountains and lush valleys she soared, mistress of the sky, leader of the beautiful white sisterhood, unrivaled in grace among these lovingly-crafted miracles of nature. The wind itself was her servant and accomplice; she sailed on it whither she wished.
One as only the truly free can be.
One like the sea and sky mingling at the horizon.
And I was she and she was I…we were one.
One like two hearts that await the same tread.
The flames ate into the last of the pine-cones, burning the dreams in it to cold, impotent ash, as it had all the cones that had come before and all that would come after.
But they would not die. The panther. The fairy. The swan. The mermaid. The woman-child who waited dewy-eyed for her Prince. They would live on.
In me. In the innermost chambers of my fancy they would dwell, verdant for ever and ever and evermore.
read it, loved it, and wished to have been the author of this piece. superb. i like your style, vivid pictures, the use of adjectives every thing. especially the fantasy quality of the work. it is good.
Too awesome. The imagery is perfect. Damn, why can't I write like this. I think there's a little girl inside each of us.


Women create, control and influence upwards of $20 trillion of the world's wealth. It is clear that women's wealth and income are growing faster than ever and economic, demographic and technological advances are increasing women's financial strength. Looking at the wealth management industry, the current advisory model is not sufficiently focused on women, as it was historically built by men, for men. The reality is that women now live longer, our salaries peak faster and we're more likely to get smaller pay rises and take career breaks. Given the increasing number of career women in high powered positions, wealth advisers need to begin treating women as a key, if not the main, client category. At W8 Advisory, our strategy is to develop specific solutions regarding wealth management for women as well as men.
So why should women be financially savvy?
There is a need for women to develop a focused and sustainable strategy for wealth acquisition and financial planning for the future, especially….


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Q: Is photon antibunching a requirement for quantum key distribution? While reading up on single photon sources I often came across photon antibunching being a requirement that had to be demonstrated for a specific single photon source. I understand that antibunching behaviour arises from the fact that the radiative excited states in single photon sources have a specific lifetime and therefore cannot emit while there are either no excited states that decay radiatively or while those states simply do not decay due to their mean lifetime.
So the essence of my question is: Are antibunching experiments merely to prove that a source is in fact a single photon source or is antibunching a requirement/beneficial for certain applications (like QKD).

A: Photon antibunching demonstrates a specific property (indistinguishability) of a specific quantum information carrier (photons).
Most quantum protocols, such as QKD, are not tied to any specific implementation, so photon antibunching is not directly related to them: one could in principle implement a QKD protocol using something different than photons as information carriers.
Even restricting to a quantum optical context though, the answer is no.
The reason is that antibunching witnesses the indistinguishability of a pair (or more) of photons, which is not a fundamental property in many protocols.
If, for example, a protocol requires the use of a Bell state $|00\rangle+|11\rangle$, and the qubits are encoded into the polarization of a pair of photons, then the indistinguishability of such photons is not required.


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Gallay est le patronyme de :

 Ana Gallay (1986-), joueuse argentine de beach-volley ;
 Bernard Gallay (1959-), navigateur et entrepreneur franco-suisse ;
 Claudie Gallay (1961-), écrivaine française ;
 Jacqueline Gallay (1903-), joueuse de tennis française ;
 Jacques-François Gallay (1795-1864), corniste français ;
 Jules Gallay (1822-1897), avocat et un historien de la musique français ;
 Maurice Gallay (1902-1982) , footballeur français.
 Pierre Gallay (1917-1950), aviateur français.


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require "securerandom"

module AssetCloud
  module FreeKeyLocator
    def find_free_key_like(key, options = {})
      # Check weather the suggested key name is free. If so we
      # simply return it.

      if !exist?(key) && !options[:force_uuid]
        key
      else
        ext         = File.extname(key)
        dirname     = File.dirname(key)
        base        = dirname == "." ? File.basename(key, ext) : File.join(File.dirname(key), File.basename(key, ext))
        base        = base.gsub(/_[\h]{8}-[\h]{4}-4[\h]{3}-[\h]{4}-[\h]{12}/, "")

        # Attach UUID to avoid name collision
        key = "#{base}_#{SecureRandom.uuid}#{ext}"
        return key unless exist?(key)

        raise StandardError, "Filesystem out of free filenames"
      end
    end
  end
end


We completed collecting over sixty, 4'x5′ hay rolls and storing them on pallets as shown in the photo on October 5th. This hay is winter feed for our cow herd that numbers thirty head at this time. Additional hay has been secured from Lester Holly to provide enough to get us through until Spring grasses emerge.
Overseeding of over twenty acres was completed on October 10th by Talmadge Burgess resulting in the excellent stand of oats, fescue and clover as shown in a photo taken October 22nd – thanks to his no-till drill and perfect rainy, cool weather.
Seed germination appears to be nearly 100% – a harbinger of an excellent Spring 2012 hay crop. Last Fall (2010) we un-explainably had poor results seeding orchard grass. We have planted orchard grass in prior seasons successfully on the same fields.
Hopefully we can recover from that experience in 2012. As a pre-caution we spread chicken manure on all fields in the Spring. This organic nitrogen source dissipates slowly over time in contrast to the quick-acting liquid nitrogen used in commercial settings.
To reduce my expected feed requirements over the Winter, I also am planning to cull some cattle from my herd this Fall.
We'll provide an update on our results next Spring.