nytimes.com – Little by little, Hawaii’s iconic beaches are disappearing. Most beaches on the state’s three largest islands are eroding, and the erosion is likely to accelerate as sea levels rise, th…
tobyneal.net – (ALL NAMES AND DETAILS CHANGED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY.) Some of you know I’m a school counselor and therapist. This year has been interesting as I’m at two schools, one of them without a school…
hawaii.look-local.com – So your searching for a Telegraph Communications Business Services in Hickam Afb, Hawaii ? Well we’re sure we have found the right Telegraph Communications Business Services for you in Hickam Afb, …
hawaii-aloha.com – A reader wrote with frustration, “A friend asked me how we say ‘turtle’ in Hawaii. I said ‘TURTLE’!” This exchange touches on two hot points. Yes, English is spoken here and, no matter how exoti…
news.ca.msn.com – By CBC News, cbc.ca, Updated: May-16-12 6:19 PMUN special rapporteur for food Olivier De Schutter said he was in Canada to launch a conversation over a national food strategy, and he certainly star…
timesofisrael.com – Most of the African refugees in Israel engage in crime and should be rounded up in prisons or holding facilities and deported from the country, Interior Minister Eli Yishai (Shas) said in an Army R…
electronicintifada.net – Relatives of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails celebrate after the signing of a deal to end the prisoners hunger strike in Gaza City on 14 May 2012. (APA images)Details of the Israeli co…
dailymail.co.uk – By Daily Mail ReporterPUBLISHED:09:31 EST, 13 May 2012|UPDATED:09:41 EST, 13 May 2012 Questions: The 30-year-old was on a gangster’s list of potential kidnap targets which led his wealthy parents t…
mediamatters.org – Fox Mocked Enhanced Protections In Violence Against Women ActJon Scott: “Why Not Just Pass The Simpler House Version?” After outlining the dispute over the reauthorization of the Violence Against W…
pacificislandparks.com – View looking east at the lava lake, 40-m (130-ft) across, that circulates within a shallow pit on the northeast side of the Puʻu ʻŌʻō crater. The heavy fume in the background is the trace of the la…
tobyneal.net – “Welcome to Hawaii,” says a bumper sticker. “Now go home.” The mystery that is the social strata of life in Hawaii is something I’m exploring in my Lei books, something that’s so complex, multilay…
pacificislandparks.com – The following photos/videos are from today’s Pacific Islander Heritage Day at Pu`ukohola Heiau National Historic Site (continuing till 2pm this afternoon!: Auntie Bertha showing how to make traditi…
kahunaofthekitchen.com – Having spent a couple of weeks in Hawai’i, you could imagine how hard it was getting back to the daily routine. Thinking back to all of the great food, drinks and incredible sunsets, too bad I coul…
hawaiidiscountblog.com – Tomorrow is Mother’s Day and I want to take break from writing about Hawaii Activities to say Happy Mother’s Day to all of the moms out there. Eight years ago I was blessed with an amazing baby boy…
news.firedoglake.com – To protect Bank of America from inconvenience, Charlotte, North Carolina has directed its police officers to harass and arrest protesters. Unconstitutionally, in my opinion. Charlotte Sides With Ba…
firstthings.com – Evangelical pastor Steve Cornell writes on the worrying dilemma that many Christian counselors and therapists find themselves in when faced with the increasingly reductionist findings of neuroscien…
aljazeera.com – This unique observational documentary series shines a light on Indian society as it is rarely seen. In six one-hour programmes it illuminates the complexities and dilemmas of modern India through t…
thinkprogress.org – At this very moment, Mitt Romney is holding an event at Ford Stadium which has failed to attract enough people to come even close to filling it up (in fact, you could fit Romney’s 1,200 person crow…
commondreams.org – Which federal program took in more than it spent last year, added $95 billion to its surplus and lifted 20 million Americans of all ages out of poverty? Why, Social Security, of course, which ended…
karzar.org – “Declaring the Middle East a Nuclear-Free Zone, removing all nuclear weapons from the region, and a comprehensive and fair implementation of the international non-nuclear proliferation treaties can…
huffingtonpost.ca – For this year’s World Press Freedom Day, I spoke in the chamber to assure the Canadian public that the fundamental principles of journalism are being respected.Allow me to refer to the code of cond…
huffingtonpost.com – This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch.By Lance WilliamsA report that warned of huge operating deficits for California’s bullet train was based on “the wrong numbers,” an official of…
truth-out.org – The American Legislative Exchange Council, a “stealth business lobbyist” that helps corporations write state and federal legislation supporting their interests, has taken major heat for backing con…
washingtonpost.com – TOKYO — Hundreds of Japanese are marching and waving “No nukes” banners to celebrate the last of this nation’s 50 nuclear reactors switching off. The crowd at a Tokyo park Saturday said they were n…
medic51.com – In a previous post I wrote about the plight of our brothers and sisters at Detroit Fire and EMS, specially as told by author of The E.R. Loading Dock, Eric Liddy Sr. He will often post of things go…
mashable.com – There’s something special about interspecies animal friendships, perhaps because they demonstrate that if animals can put aside their differences, there’s no reason we humans can’t do the same. We’…
causes.com – Thanks for watching! 50 cents will be donated to Ronald McDonald House Charities. Children heal faster when they are surrounded by family. Ronald McDonald House Charities® helps families find stren…
stream.aljazeera.com – [View the story "Outrage over #PersepolisTrial verdict" on Storify]Storified by The Stream · Thu, May 03 2012 18:05:55On Thursday, a Tunisian court found Nabil Karoui, head of a private TV station,…
lissnup.wordpress.com – It took considerable self-control to suppress my gag reflex at the sight of Abdel Aziz rushing from the palace to greet the protest march against Biram Ould Abeid’s sacrilegious act, dressed in ful…
toronto.com – RICK EGLINTON/TORONTO STAR Rainbow Tobacco CEO Robbie Dickson lights up, with Smoke Traders director Jeff Dorn, who recently quit smoking, in the background. May 03, 2012 Where there’s smoke there’…
cnn.com – WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 27: President Barack Obama speaks at the National Issues Conference hosted by the Women’s Leadership Forum and Women for Obama April 27, 2012 in Washington, DC. With former M…
progressivesunited.org – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi’s recent comments signaling support for a plan that could slash benefits from Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security send a disturbing message — one that millions o…
online.wsj.com – ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING—On Thursday, legal activist Chen Guangcheng told the United States that he wants to leave China, deepening a diplomatic dispute. His case has drawn comments from other prom…
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com – Nick R. Martin May 3, 2012, 5:18 PM Six anti-tank grenades designed to be fired from a launcher were discovered on Wednesday at the scene of a horrific Arizona mass murder-suicide, which authoritie…
imemc.org – Friday May 04, 2012 02:21 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & AgenciesIsraeli policemen kidnapped, on Thursday evening, more than 20 protesters during a massive protest that was held in front of the Al-Raml…
wnd.com – Text smaller Text biggerA Dallas-based truck driver is in prison in Mexico and facing a possible 35-year sentence because he missed his exit and had no way of turning around without crossing the bo…
fitperez.com – A spokesperson for Shell Alaska has recently said that they are a step closer to exploratory drilling off of Alaska’s northern shores. The National Marine Fisheries Service issued the company haras…
secure.sierraclub.org – Please support the creation of a Gulf of Mexico Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council (RCAC) to help inform future oil and gas operations and give impacted communities a much-needed voice in energy i…
thehill.com – A group of eight U.S. and foreign automakers announced an agreement Thursday on a standardized charging system for electric cars, which they say will “harmonize” the technology and speed up chargin…
everydayemstips.com – In the latest installment of the Remember Two Things video series the host, Steve Whitehead, talks about the importance of asking for help. Have you found a good way to ask for lifting help? What …
digg.com – @AbeFroman “My real, non-trolling the sensationalists opinion?” I think Ann Romney has a right to state her opinion. I dont think anyone, left or right, has credible integrity to challenge that, co…
deadspin.com – An email arrived this morning from Albert Flores Jr., a U.S. Marine Corps captain who lives in Sneads Ferry, N.C. It’s about a chance encounter Flores had last year in a Southern California bar wit…
sydneyhomeless.blogspot.com.au – Get Up Get Real about Coles Woolies & GamblingSupermarkets and pokies? If you’re shopping at Coles or Woolies, the two are more closely related than you might realise. Wesfarmers (Coles) and Wooli…
independent.co.uk – Internet service companies could be obliged by law to provide an automatic block to stop children being able to view hard core pornography online.The Government is expected to discuss proposals wit…
smartblogs.com – I’m at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles this week. On Monday, panelists discussed K-12 education in the U.S. and what reform is needed — just one of a host of panels directly o…
cnn.com – WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 27: President Barack Obama speaks at the National Issues Conference hosted by the Women’s Leadership Forum and Women for Obama April 27, 2012 in Washington, DC. With former M…
ipsnews.net – Friday, May 04, 2012 00:47 GMT Journalists and Netizens in Govt CrosshairsBy Johanna Treblin and Emilio Godoy* UNITED NATIONS/MEXICO CITY, May 3, 2012 (IPS) – Two years ago, Ashkan Delanvar w…
aclj.org – Illegally Imprisoned, 834 days Iranian Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani has been charged, convicted and sentenced to death for apostasy – becoming a Christian. When Iranian officials demanded tha…
eclectablog.com – What did the GOP learn from eight disastrous years of George W. Bush and the worst financial crisis in a half-century? Nothing good. If we’d followed their advice to shrink government spending dram…
realclearpolitics.com – May 02, 2012The Associated PressFlorida Gov. Rick Scott has rejected a request from the Tampa mayor to prohibit the carrying of guns in downtown during the Republican National Convention this summe…
m.guardian.co.uk – A US Pentagon contractor that was involved in building Guantánamo Bay is on a shortlist of seven private consortiums bidding for a £1.5bn contract to run key policing services in the West Midlands …
jasonstravels.com – A pile of plumeria flowers already covered the table. They were piled high, more than enough for us to string several lei together without running out. But we had walked the dusty field surroundin…
kitv.com – Lions Club volunteers help save city money HONOLULU – On any given morning, Chinatown is bustling with pedestrians criss-crossing through the streets.Dressed in bright yellow shirts and decorated v…
pacificislandparks.com – Lava Rocks and Tide Pools Ranger Ruth explores the meaning and nature of pohaku, the Hawaiian word for rock or stone. Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park on the Kona side of the Island of Haw…
gaveltogavel.us – May 2nd, 2012 by Bill Raftery Leave a reply » I mentioned back in early April Hawaii’s SB 650, a constitutional amendment that would allow the state’s chief justice to call retired judges and justi…
I think what offends people is that instead of recognizing it as a national triumph and having everybody share in it, that the [...] administration has tried to make it look like the president did everything [...] That’s what I find most objectionable. [...] I think it’s unpresidential [...] and beneath the dignity of the office [...]
