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Entries for 'Selected News Articles'
Sunday, December 11, 2011 |
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KOS: The perception of Occupy Honolulu is Universally Negative
By Selected News Articles @ 4:06 PM :: 11460 Views :: Homelessness
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The occupiers were flown in from the mainland. This is the perception that everyone in Honolulu has ....
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Saturday, December 10, 2011 |
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Saturday, December 10, 2011 |
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China’s Startling Strategic Play in Micronesia
By Selected News Articles @ 12:03 AM :: 15435 Views :: World News, Military
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It is because — not despite — that massive and misguided nature of U.S. assistance to Micronesia that China has initiated a startling series of economic and infrastructure projects and proposals across the islands of Micronesia....
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Friday, December 9, 2011 |
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Hirono Camp: Case Unworthy of the People of Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:08 PM :: 6897 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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“It’s just unfortunate, and unworthy of the people of Hawaii, that Ed Case lets those frustrations with his own candidacy get the better of him,” Nielsen said.
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Thursday, December 8, 2011 |
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Ed Case: “Mazie's been selling her candidacy to DC insiders”
By Selected News Articles @ 2:49 PM :: 6645 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Case fired back. "While Mazie's been selling her candidacy to the DC insiders, I've taken mine straight to Hawaii's voters, who aren't too interested in Washington telling them how to fix Washington."
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Thursday, December 8, 2011 |
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State Sues to Get Back $39M Looted from Graves by John Waihee
By Selected News Articles @ 2:18 PM :: 15082 Views :: Akaka Bill, Ethics, Politicians
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"Waihee was instrumental in planning, facilitating, and effectuating the misappropriation of funds from the trusts...."
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Thursday, December 8, 2011 |
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Former State Administrators: Abercrombie’s Bond Sale Like setting up savings account by charging credit card
By Selected News Articles @ 2:03 PM :: 6610 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...public finance experts agree that general obligation bond issuance should be invested in capital construction projects....
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Thursday, December 8, 2011 |
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Full Text: Holder Letter Basis for New Hawaii Same-Sex Marriage Lawsuit
By Selected News Articles @ 1:45 PM :: 5110 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Two women claim Hawaii unconstitutionally denies them the right to marry, in violation of Attorney General Eric Holder's February letter to Congress stating that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act "is unconstitutional as applied to same-sex couples married under state law".
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Thursday, December 8, 2011 |
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Hawaii Physicians Rally Against Assisted Suicide
By Selected News Articles @ 5:42 AM :: 10973 Views :: Health Care, Life
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There will be a panel presentation on the current status of PAS in Hawaii at the Capitol auditorium on December 8th from 7:00 to 9:00 PM.
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011 |
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Hawaii's Second Saint: Blessed Marianne Cope to be Canonized Next October?
By Selected News Articles @ 1:49 PM :: 9978 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment
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Only six years after Mother Marianne Cope was beatified, the New York-bred collaborator of St Damien deVeuster on Hawaii's Molokai leper colony has cleared the final hurdle to sainthood.
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011 |
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Another E-W Center Conference: Pearl Harbor Day at the NEH
By Selected News Articles @ 1:03 PM :: 9064 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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We have now filed a Freedom of Information Act request ... and will update this story as appropriate.
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011 |
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Obama cancels Hawaii trip after Romney hit
By Selected News Articles @ 12:44 PM :: 9093 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...President Obama is not vacationing in Hawaii with his wife and children while the extension of the payroll tax holiday remains in limbo....
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011 |
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Sneak Attack: Re-write of Pearl Harbor History Awaits Death of WW2 Veterans
By Selected News Articles @ 6:41 AM :: 27730 Views :: Hawaii History, Higher Education, Military
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...it is the role of academics to "correct" ... history. As one organizer commented, this will be more easily accomplished once the WWII generation has passed away. Another wrote, "America's nostalgic war memories are beginning to fray around the edges"....
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011 |
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A Primer on the Federal Court Challenge to the Honolulu Rail Project
By Selected News Articles @ 2:32 AM :: 9210 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Mr. Yost expressed the plaintiffs’ concern that an "irrevocable commitment" of resources may occur if construction takes place, with significant impacts and no prudent alternatives, before the case is heard on the merits ....
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011 |
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011 |
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LoPresti: Ewa Neighborhood Board 'Most Dysfunctional in USA'
By Selected News Articles @ 1:33 PM :: 9463 Views :: Honolulu County, Politicians
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The board lacks any significant degree of discipline or decorum and there is little attempt to follow Roberts Rules of Order except when it is convenient to control the speech of any who may hold dissenting views....
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011 |
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Will Congress REIN In the Administrative State?
By Selected News Articles @ 12:34 PM :: 3558 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Americans opposed to the growth of the administrative state should embark on a multi-pronged offensive against it, taking discrete steps to reduce its power and restore accountability to elected officials, whether many of those elected officials want it or not.
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Monday, December 5, 2011 |
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Will Canada Quit Kyoto Climate Treaty?
By Selected News Articles @ 12:56 AM :: 7344 Views :: World News, Family
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Canada’s emissions represent only 2% of the world’s total and 80% of the world’s population live in nations that have no protocol emission limits whatsoever. China’s economy is expanding so rapidly that between 2009 and 2010 its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions increased by more that twice the entire Canadian 2010 output....
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Saturday, December 3, 2011 |
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Herman Cain Suspends Presidential Campaign
By Selected News Articles @ 3:45 PM :: 3720 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Cain said he would endorse a Republican candidate soon, and announced his own “plan B” for public service, a policy web site called “The Cain Solutions.”
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Friday, December 2, 2011 |
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Sabato: Ed who? Democratic Establishment coalescing around Mazie Hirono
By Selected News Articles @ 4:25 PM :: 5185 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...Democratic establishment is coalescing around Rep. Mazie Hirono in her primary against ex-Rep. Ed Case....
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Friday, December 2, 2011 |
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Abercrombie Refusing to Accept Responsibility for his own Wreckage, Fiscal and Otherwise
By Selected News Articles @ 12:26 AM :: 5891 Views :: Energy, Environment
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It is unfortunate that Governor Abercrombie finds it more expedient to cast blame for his failures, missteps and inability to effectively manage the state's fiscal situation in his first year in office than accept responsibility or accountability for his own failings....
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Thursday, December 1, 2011 |
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Lihue TSA Worker Sues, Claims Sex Assault
By Selected News Articles @ 11:46 PM :: 10744 Views :: Kauai County, Labor, Tourism
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Marugame claims a TSA investigator (TSI) "sexually assaulted her" on Aug. 26, 2009....
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Thursday, December 1, 2011 |
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Men’s Health Mag ranks Honolulu Happiest Town in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 11:37 PM :: 8769 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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We calculated suicide rates and unemployment rates. Then we tapped SimplyMap for the percentage of households that use antidepressants....
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Thursday, December 1, 2011 |
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OHA Announces Public Meetings to discuss Tentative Land Deal
By Selected News Articles @ 2:05 AM :: 5429 Views :: Energy, Environment
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OHA will be holding a series of public meetings to hear from the public about Abercrombie’s proposed Kakaako land deal ....
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Thursday, December 1, 2011 |
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Backed by Federal Loan Guarantees, Merrill Lynch Finances $1B in Military Solar Projects
By Selected News Articles @ 12:44 AM :: 8112 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The project, called SolarStrong, aims to install these projects over five years. SolarCity has already begun installations at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii....
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011 |
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National Journal: Lingle Best Positioned for Victory Next Year
By Selected News Articles @ 2:21 PM :: 7603 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Republicans have landed prominent women candidates too, with former Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle and former New Mexico Rep. Heather Wilson best positioned for victory next year....
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011 |
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Humanities Research: The Glass Bead Game
By Selected News Articles @ 1:09 PM :: 4786 Views :: National News, Ethics
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In Hermann Hesse’s final novel, The Glass Bead Game, the reader encounters a fanciful society in which the best and brightest citizens are groomed to become masters of an exceedingly complex game....
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011 |
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Abercrombie's Medicaid Cuts based on Obamacare Requirements
By Selected News Articles @ 11:04 AM :: 7358 Views :: Health Care
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...states are already responding to Obamacare’s “maintenance of effort” clause and the anticipated 2014 expansion by cutting services....
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Monday, November 28, 2011 |
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US Micronesia Aid Crowds out Private Investment, Local Decision Making
By Selected News Articles @ 11:57 PM :: 10317 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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The problem is not the size or scope of U.S. support, the problems lay within the ways that money is structured, allocated and managed....
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Saturday, November 26, 2011 |
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Hint to Hawaii: Google Abandons Concentrating Solar Power Project
By Selected News Articles @ 12:16 AM :: 8268 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Google said it is dropping development of “solar thermal” electricity because solar thermal cannot keep pace with the rapid price decline of another solar technology – photovoltaics. The solar thermal cut came as part of Google’s decision to axe its 4-year old Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal initiative....
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Friday, November 25, 2011 |
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Suspended Attorney Says 'Vindictive' Navy Purposely Sows Intimidation & Fear in Civilian Counsel
By Selected News Articles @ 1:57 PM :: 9877 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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In his federal complaint, Partington says the conflict with JAG began in 2006 when he represented Stewart Toles in a Navy general court-martial for allegations of violating the "video voyeurism" statute....
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Friday, November 25, 2011 |
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American Shipper: Effort Underway to Loosen Jones Act Restrictions
By Selected News Articles @ 2:56 AM :: 10034 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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“a broad array of economists in Puerto Rico have expressed concern that the Jones Act hinders the island’s economic growth...."
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Thursday, November 24, 2011 |
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Assimilation, American Style
By Selected News Articles @ 2:57 PM :: 5584 Views :: National News, Ethics
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In a world filled with ethnic antagonism and religious violence, the United States had found a paradigm for unifying the most ethnically, racially, and religiously varied population on the planet into a relatively tolerant and unified culture.
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011 |
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011 |
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#OccupyFail: A Profile in Bad Choices from Hilo
By Selected News Articles @ 2:05 AM :: 9741 Views :: Hawaii County , National News, Homelessness
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Today’s Washington Post Style page offers up this beyond-satire account of Dylan Bozlee of Hilo, Hawaii, who ....
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Monday, November 21, 2011 |
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Feds: Even with Low Usage, Hawaii Still has Highest Electric Bills
By Selected News Articles @ 11:31 PM :: 8035 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The 2010 figures show that residents of Hawaii, Maryland and Alabama have a lot more to fear in their electric bill than folks living in Utah, New Mexico or Montana.
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Monday, November 21, 2011 |
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National Journal: Hawaii Senate Race Up for Grabs
By Selected News Articles @ 11:03 PM :: 6918 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Lingle will benefit from what's likely to be a major schism in the Democratic field, as Rep. Mazie Hirono and ex-Rep. Ed Case battle it out in a late primary.
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Monday, November 21, 2011 |
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New rules turn GOP race from sprint into marathon, early nominee unlikely
By Selected News Articles @ 6:06 PM :: 7018 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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“This year’s schedule will make our nominating process more of a marathon than 2008’s sprint,” said former Hawaii Republican Party Chairman Willes Lee.
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Monday, November 21, 2011 |
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NYT: Occupy Honolulu Looks Like Just Another Homeless Camp
By Selected News Articles @ 2:52 PM :: 9102 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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You can tell it’s an occupation from the signs and T-shirts. Otherwise the protesters would blend right in.
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Sunday, November 20, 2011 |
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Ruse: Citizens for a Better Way, LLC
By Selected News Articles @ 5:45 PM :: 10664 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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... bankrolled by secret interests who want to operate outside the norms of Hawaii's Ethics Commission; and designed by experienced labor and gambling industry lobbyists desperate for the appearance of "grassroots" support ....
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Sunday, November 20, 2011 |
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Ansaldo Debacle: HART, Council, Ariyoshi all Looking at Rail Re-bid
By Selected News Articles @ 3:19 PM :: 8041 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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HART schedules a new review of the Ansaldo deal November 25, the deadline for the contract to be signed ....
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Sunday, November 20, 2011 |
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14,000 Abandoned Wind Turbines in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:03 PM :: 10597 Views
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Sunday, November 20, 2011 |
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Wind Farms Interfere With Military, Civilian Radar
By Selected News Articles @ 2:51 PM :: 9487 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...wind farms are interfering with military radar, making airplanes disappear from sight on screens and cluttering those same screens with the blade-rotation changes of turbine blades....
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Saturday, November 19, 2011 |
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Rothenberg: Hawaii Senate Race ‘In Play’
By Selected News Articles @ 1:20 PM :: 6445 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The Senate has been “in play” for months, but Republicans continue to expand the playing field by adding unexpected candidates in states from Hawaii and Michigan to Connecticut ....
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Friday, November 18, 2011 |
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Court Ruling on Judicial Secrecy an Embarrassment to Abercrombie’s Neutered OIP
By Selected News Articles @ 10:49 PM :: 5233 Views :: Energy, Environment
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On March 4, Cathy Takase, the Acting Director of OIP was let go by the Abercrombie Administration. Takase had authored a February, 2011 opinion mandating release of the names of Judicial nominees....
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Friday, November 18, 2011 |
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Hawaii Debt Highest in Nation as Percentage of Private Sector Production
By Selected News Articles @ 9:31 PM :: 8357 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Several states make multiple appearances at the bottom of the three categories in this study, meaning they rank worst. These states include: Alaska, New Jersey, Hawaii, Connecticut, New Mexico, and Illinois.
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Friday, November 18, 2011 |
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WSJ: Finmeccanica Rushing to Sell Honolulu Rail Contractor Ansaldo
By Selected News Articles @ 2:48 PM :: 12372 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, World News, Family
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...it will set up a partnership for the AnsaldoBreda trainmaking unit in advance of selling the business....
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Friday, November 18, 2011 |
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NYT vs Politico: Hawaii Senate Race is a Tossup?
By Selected News Articles @ 2:31 PM :: 3955 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Lingle shows she's in a dogfight through a consistent stream of polling and fundraising....
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Friday, November 18, 2011 |
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Report: For Families in Poverty, Hawaii Income Tax is #2 in Nation
By Selected News Articles @ 11:15 AM :: 8083 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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A two-parent family of four with annual income at the poverty line (which is $22,314 for a family of that size) owed $498 in Alabama, $292 in Hawaii, $238 in Georgia, and $234 in Oregon.
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Monday, November 14, 2011 |
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Video: Makana, Wearing “Occupy” T-Shirt, Plays Protest Song at APEC Dinner for Obama, World Leaders—Nobody Notices
By Selected News Articles @ 10:56 AM :: 13126 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Obama, Occupy, and the assembled crony capitalists at APEC are enraged that the Super Committee and/or the Republicans may soon cut off their flow of US taxpayer dollars.
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