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Saturday, December 3, 2011 |
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UHERO: Slowing Asian Growth, Drop in Mainland Arrivals Squeeze Hawaii
By News Release @ 1:21 PM :: 5534 Views :: Energy, Environment
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“Most worrisome has been the steady decline in visitors from the US mainland.”
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Saturday, December 3, 2011 |
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Fontaine Factor: Volunteering and Giving During the Holiday Season
By Video @ 12:17 AM :: 9792 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment
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Representative George Fontaine (R-Kihei) speaks with Kim Gennaula of Aloha United Way and Major Edward Hill of the Salvation Army about opportunities for Volunteering and Giving during the Holiday Season....
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Saturday, December 3, 2011 |
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DoE Data: Not Linked, Not Supported, Not Accessible
By News Release @ 12:08 AM :: 5991 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The Star-Advertiser calls this 'progress'....
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Friday, December 2, 2011 |
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Thielen: Federal Takeover of Hawaii Shorelines Would Endanger Clean Energy Projects
By News Release @ 11:19 PM :: 10489 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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NOAA's extensive and overly aggressive rulemaking effort will effectively kill ocean-based clean energy initiatives in Hawaii....
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Friday, December 2, 2011 |
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Obama to Vacation in Hawaii Dec 17-Jan 2
By News Release @ 6:31 PM :: 10469 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...no public events are scheduled during the trip.... (But will AG Holder survive to the New Year?)
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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 :: 6012 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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Unemployment Drops at More Americans Quit Looking
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:15 PM :: 4870 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...today's jobs report from the Department of Labor. The report suggests the month of November saw 120,000 net new jobs created and the unemployment rate drop to 8.6 percent--driven in part by the 315,000 people who have given up looking for work and were no longer counted as unemployed....
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Friday, December 2, 2011 |
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$800M Borrowed to Sit Money in Hurricane, Rainy Day Accounts
By News Release @ 1:41 PM :: 5993 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The $1.28 billion in bonds included $800 million in new debt.... The Bond transaction now allows the State to recapitalize the Hurricane Relief and Rainy Day Funds ....
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Friday, December 2, 2011 |
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Bankers, Wall Street Pleased by Abercrombie's Willingness to Raise Taxes
By News Release @ 1:27 PM :: 5713 Views :: Energy, Environment
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“Governor Neil Abercrombie’s willingness to implement aggressive solutions, totaling $1.32 billion, to balance the fiscal 2011-2013 biennial budget .... "
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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 :: 6607 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 :: 12000 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 :: 10020 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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Thursday, December 1, 2011 |
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Will the President Protect Religious Rights?
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:15 PM :: 4317 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...the mandate requires religious employers to provide coverage for birth control methods that could result in abortion....
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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 :: 6006 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 :: 9298 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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Thursday, December 1, 2011 |
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Quality of Living: Honolulu #29 in World, right behind ... Stuttgart
By News Release @ 12:20 AM :: 11218 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Honolulu (29) and San Francisco (30) are the highest-ranking US cities....
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Thursday, December 1, 2011 |
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Report: Hawaii Ranks 3rd in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
By News Release @ 12:05 AM :: 5666 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Hawaii ranks 3rd in the nation in funding programs to prevent kids from smoking and help smokers quit, spending $10.7 million a year on tobacco prevention and cessation programs, which is 70 percent of the $15.2 million recommended by CDC ....
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011 |
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PUC Breaks 15% Limit on Solar Systems
By News Release @ 11:53 PM :: 9024 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Instead of 15% of peak, the limit is now 50% of noontime usage....
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011 |
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Visitor Spending breaks $1 Billion per Month
By News Release @ 11:42 PM :: 6669 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Total expenditures by visitors who came to Hawaii in the first 10 months of 2011 grew 14.8 percent, compared to the same period in 2010, to $10.3 billion....
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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 :: 8466 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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Healthcare: Do We Really Spend More and Get Less?
By John Goodman @ 1:17 PM :: 6683 Views :: National News, Ethics
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This judgment is repeated so often and so forcefully that you will almost never see it questioned. And yet it may not be true....
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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 :: 5355 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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Wednesday, November 30, 2011 |
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American Airlines Latest Victim of Obama's Big Union Onslaught
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:00 PM :: 6487 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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American was forced into bankruptcy when the airline pilots union refused to budge on its demands for massive signing bonuses and wage increases.
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011 |
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Finmeccanica Trumpets Honolulu Rail Deal
By News Release @ 10:10 PM :: 13922 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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ROME: Finmeccanica: signed a contract worth USD 1,334 million for Honolulu driverless metro.
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011 |
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IBEW to Vote on New Offer from Hawaiian Tel
By News Release @ 9:55 PM :: 7422 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Hawaiian Telcom announced today that, through the efforts of a federal mediator working with bargaining representatives of both the Company and the Union, the Company made an updated collective bargaining agreement offer to the Union....
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011 |
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Nominations Sought for State Water Commission
By News Release @ 9:29 PM :: 6299 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The State Commission on Water Resource Management is seeking nominations for two positions on the Commission....
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011 |
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Lingle calls for Delay in Federal Grab for Control of Hawaii Shorelines
By Gov. Linda Lingle @ 3:28 PM :: 10554 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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"... the seals are doing better in the main islands without a habitat designation .... "
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011 |
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Lucky Hawaii: Bond Sale Benefits as Investors Flee Europe
By News Release @ 2:22 PM :: 11610 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Treasury and municipal bonds rallied Thursday as fears of European contagion spread ... Yields on the Hawaii bond deal were lowered as much as nine basis points, compared with levels offered earlier in the morning....
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011 |
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Sex, Equality, and the Paleolithic Era
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:32 PM :: 11758 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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...perhaps this will mark the rise of the paleolibs?
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011 |
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EPA to "Regulate Cars Priced Under $15K out of Existence"
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:24 PM :: 5032 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The government says it would cost automakers $8.5 billion per year to comply, which means a spike in sticker prices of at least $2,000 to $2,800, according to official projections....
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011 |
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Is the Occupy Wall Street Movement Occupied?
By IPT News @ 12:04 PM :: 8696 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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"The movement is inspired by popular uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia, and aims to expose how the richest 1 percent of people are writing the rules of an unfair global economy that is foreclosing on our future."
There has been an ongoing debate about the depth of anti-Semitism within the OWS movement....
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011 |
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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 :: 8255 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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Tuesday, November 29, 2011 |
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US Civil Rights Commissioner to speak on End of Victimology
By News Release @ 8:29 AM :: 9606 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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- UH Richardson Law School- Classroom 1
- Wednesday, November 30, 2011 11:45am-1:15pm
- Free Lunch & Speaker, Hon. Peter N. Kirsanow
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011 |
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US Supreme Court to Decide Whether to Hear Lawsuit Challenging DHHL, Admission Act
By Robert Thomas @ 1:43 AM :: 8343 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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At its December 9, 2011 conference, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to review Corboy v. Louie....
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011 |
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Postal Service Announces Hawaii Christmas Mailing Deadlines
By News Release @ 12:24 AM :: 10229 Views :: Energy
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Below are the dates that the Postal Service suggests Hawaii residents mail their letters, cards and packages to give them the best chances of reaching their destinations by Christmas....
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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 :: 11932 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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Monday, November 28, 2011 |
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Booted from Big Island, DoE Now Seeks to Force Carlisle to Collect its Impact Fees
By News Release @ 11:44 PM :: 11879 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Education K-12
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Matayoshi said the county has a legal obligation to deny building permits to applicants who haven't paid impact fees the Board of Education ....
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Monday, November 28, 2011 |
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Obama Admin Rejects 65% of Gulf Oil Drilling Applications
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:19 PM :: 5678 Views :: National News, Ethics
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... the Obama administration is approving just 35 percent of the oil drilling plans for the Gulf of Mexico so far this year ....
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Monday, November 28, 2011 |
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Sunday, November 27, 2011 |
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Duke Aiona to Address Pro-Life Group
By News Release @ 11:02 PM :: 10533 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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WHEN: Wednesday, December 7, 2011, 11:30am until 1:00pm
WHERE: Dave & Buster's, 1030 Auahi St, Honolulu
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Sunday, November 27, 2011 |
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Lowell Kalapa to Address Kona TEA Party
By News Release @ 10:19 PM :: 9953 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment
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WHEN: Friday December 2, 2011, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm HST
WHERE: Kona Vistas Community Pavilion (just mauka of Kuakini Chevron)
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Sunday, November 27, 2011 |
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Kalaeloa Solar: Hawaii Ratepayers to Bankroll 'Green Fiesta'
By Andrew Walden @ 5:14 PM :: 11077 Views :: Energy, Environment
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So where does a discredited tax-scam go when California dreamers and Euro-socialists turn their backs on its profligacy? Why Hawaii, where “decoupling” and “Feed-in-Tariffs” mean that ratepayers are forced to bankroll the “Green Fiesta.”
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Sunday, November 27, 2011 |
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Kalapa: Ubiquitous General Excise Insures Accountability
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 12:15 PM :: 6252 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Because of its broad application, any attempt to raise the general excise tax rate alerts the entire population to that possibility....
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Sunday, November 27, 2011 |
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Forced by JSC, Abercrombie Grudgingly Releases Names of Judicial Nominees
By News Release @ 12:04 PM :: 6973 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...in light of the changed circumstances with the Commission's actions, judicial applicants will no longer have any expectation of confidentiality. Consequently, the following lists are now being released....
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Saturday, November 26, 2011 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court to Consider Limit of Parental Discipline
By Robert Thomas @ 4:52 PM :: 7443 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...what standards govern the Family Court's evaluation of an application for a civil TRO in light of a parent's fundamental right to discipline his or her children (which includes the right to use reasonable corporal punishment)....
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Saturday, November 26, 2011 |
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Abercrombie Wins Approval to Take $1.06M from Pre-School, Sister Isles spend it on Central Office Bureaucrats
By Andrew Walden @ 3:46 PM :: 11133 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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These positions will be supported by $454,366 in unused year 1 personnel costs due to late hiring and $351,401 from pre-kindergarten subsidies ....
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