At a talk on Maui, Governor Lingle said if she could she would bring back the Hawaii Superferry. “Lingle said she’s been in recent contact with the ferries’ builder, Austal, which is considering military contracts for the high-speed vehicle transports.” Lingle also said she supports the development of “science cities” on Haleakala and Mauna Kea,… Read more »
Monthly Archives: September 2009
Ex-military man and former wife face attempted murder charges for starving their daughter
Ex-military man and former wife face attempted murder charges for starving their daughter. >><< http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20090905_Parents_put_on_trial_over_neglected_child.html Parents put on trial over neglected child Melvin and Denise Wright are charged with attempted murder POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Sep 05, 2009 Indigo Wright weighed 29 pounds, half of what a healthy 12-year-old should weigh, when paramedics responded to… Read more »
UH West O’ahu a ‘military friendly school’?
UH West O’ahu selected for 2010 list of military friendly schools University of Hawaiʻi-West Oʻahu Contact: Ryan Mielke, (808) 454-4750 Executive Director of Public Affairs, Chancellor’s Office Posted: Aug. 24, 2009 The University of Hawai‘i – West O‘ahu was recently named among a select group of higher education institutions nationwide for inclusion in the 2010… Read more »
Students need to be able to make informed decision on military service
VIEWPOINT: Students need to be able to make informed decision on military service By ANN PITCAITHLEY POSTED: September 2, 2009 The federal No Child Left behind Act of 2001 contains a little-known provision that threatens the federal funding of any school refusing to turn over the personal contact information of students in grades 7 through… Read more »
The Water Cure
The Water Cure Debating torture and counterinsurgency-a century ago. by Paul Kramer February 25, 2008 A picture of a “water detail,” reportedly taken in May, 1901, in Sual, the Philippines. “It is a terrible torture,” one soldier wrote Many Americans were puzzled by the news, in 1902, that United States soldiers were torturing Filipinos with… Read more »
Inouye hooks Native Hawaiians with military earmarks
Last week, Senator Daniel Inouye was a keynote speaker at the annual conference of the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA). He began his speech with a classic Inouye-esque statement, an understated and oblique put down of recent protests of the statehood commemorations: The shaping of public policy can occur in many different ways. It… Read more »
Military expands computing centers on Maui
Computing center gets fresh Mana Supersystem in S. Maui blows Jaws out of water with double the power By HARRY EAGAR, Staff Writer POSTED: August 22, 2009 New University of Hawaii President M.R.C. Greenwood, U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye and Mayor Charmaine Tavares celebrate Friday’s dedication of the new computing platform at the Maui High Performance… Read more »
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