Entries from September 10th, 2009
Update: Gregg Takayama, executive assistant to Manoa Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw, responded promptly to this post as follows: Yes, Chancellor Hinshaw did pay for it out of her personal funds so no state or UH funds were involved. She hosted the cruise as a “thank you” for Manoa campus leaders who have worked very closely with [...]
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This seems like a good day for a few more Kaaawa dogs. This is Ms. Chloe, who now lives right across the street. She’s a pampered pet who is enjoying the house which she shares with Lucy, a lovely black cat that was one of our rescues several years back. In any case, just click [...]
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Here’s one of those “small world” experiences. Last week, I posted this photo of my dad and a couple of friends dating back to the early 1940s. I had little info about it except that it was among a batch of photos from someone else’s wedding they were attending. When I showed it to my [...]
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The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday in a case that will determine whether or not current curbs on corporate money in federal political campaigns will continue. There are lots of news reports providing summaries of the argument, including those in the NY Times, Los Angeles Times, Christian Science Monitor, and the PBS News Hour. [...]
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