Here’s some other reading to check out. “Women and the Economy 2010: 25 Years of Progress But Challenges Ramain” U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee, August 2010. “NASA/NOAA Study Finds El Niños Growing Stronger” August 25, 2010 The key finding here is that El Ninos are growing stronger in the Central Pacific, south of Hawaii, instead [...]
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Misc. reading–Women’s economic challenges, El Nino, Sunshine in Kona, more…
August 26th, 2010 · No Comments · General, Media, Sunshine
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Repeat after me: “Happy Anniversary!”
August 15th, 2010 · 18 Comments · General
THEN: NOW: We had gotten as far as figuring out that Meda would get back from her trip the evening before our anniversary. She arrived four minutes ahead of schedule and we were back in Kaaawa by 8 p.m. But we got up this morning and realized our anniversary planning hadn’t gotten any farther along [...]
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A note to anonymous commenters
August 8th, 2010 · 13 Comments · Blogs, General
If you have left anonymous comments which did not appear within several hours, it usually means that I’ve decided not to post them. Normally, I would let you know and see if the problems could be worked out. However, if you post anonymously, or leave only a fictitious email address, this obviously isn’t possible. Why [...]
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Aloha to Robert Aitken, “Aitken Roshi”
August 5th, 2010 · 5 Comments · General
I just got the news that Aitken Roshi, founder of Hawaii’s Diamond Sangha, died today around 5:30 p.m. I love this particular image of Aitken, a photo taken during a 1976 protest against nuclear weapons at Pearl Harbor’s West Loch. He was at the front of this march with pacifist activist Jim Albertini. Albertini, on [...]
The Value of Hawaii: It’s here
August 1st, 2010 · 6 Comments · General, History, Media, Politics
This week we received our authors’ copies of the new book, “The Value of Hawaii: Knowing the Past, Shaping the Future“. This should mean that the book is now available for delivery, or will be delivered momentarily. I’m told that an ebook edition is coming, although I don’t have any info on availability or how/where [...]
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Art museums’ merger plan moves into “due diligence” phase
July 31st, 2010 · No Comments · General
The Honolulu Academy of Arts and the Contemporary Museum moved ahead this week with a plan to merge into a single entity. According to letters sent out to their respective members this week, the two arts organizations had reached a non-binding agreement and signed a letter of intent, formally entering a phase of “due diligence”, [...]
Finding Joe Shollenberger
July 29th, 2010 · 5 Comments · General, History
Just over a year ago, I found this photo of a group of friends from cub scouts hiking up the ridge above Kahala in 1957. I’m in there along with some close friends. It was one of a batch of photos from that day. Last year I tried to track down the other hikers. Chad [...]
Mainstream media haven’t told us much about Chief Justice nominee’s legal views
July 25th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Court, General, Politics
I was looking at the coverage about Gov. Lingle’s nomination of a new Supreme Court chief justice, a decision that will influence the direction of Hawaii courts for as much as the next 20 years. The Star-Advertiser’s first day story focused on the selection process, some general background on Lingle’s choice, Intermediate Court of Appeals [...]
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