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Unfamiliar Fishes (Review): Same Sharks, New Shore

Last night, I finished reading Unfamiliar Fishes: the nationally-hyped, historical account of Hawaii through the voice of the New York Times best-selling author, Sarah Vowell. I found this book fascin… more →

Marking Many Milestones

Unfamiliar Fishes (Review): Same Sharks, New Shore — 3 comments

Marking wrote 2 years ago: Last night, I finished reading Unfamiliar Fishes: the nationally-hyped, historical account of Hawaii … more →

Tags: honolulu, Hawaii politics, Kamehameha, Sarah Vowell, Unfamiliar Fishes Review, hawaiian history, Hawaii Annexation, Hawaiian Monarchy Overthrow, Mckinley Overthrow Hawaii

Hawaii: "The Dumbest State"...Almost.

Marking wrote 2 years ago: According to an article researched and  published by Mainstreet.com, Hawaii is listed as the Fourth … more →

Tags: University of Hawaii, Education, high school drop-out rates, Hawaii Department of Education, The Dumbest State, Hawaii school system, Public Schools Hawaii, Scholastic Aptitude Test, SAT Validity

Scooping Student Fees - UH and the Hawaii State Legislature

Marking wrote 2 years ago: A response to a great article by Chris Mikesell, a former Ka Leo editor and old college friend of mi … more →

Tags: University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii politics, Education, star-advertiser, Malama Solomon, Andrew Itsuno, Chris Mikesell, Ka Leo

City Council Bill Resolution 11-34: regarding Rush Limbaugh's Chinese slur — 7 comments

Marking wrote 2 years ago: There’s been some discussion about this reso in my Neighborhood Board about it being essential … more →

Tags: honolulu, Hawaii politics, Racism in Media, Chinese, Rush Limbaugh, Stanley Chang, Rosie O'Donnel, Liliha Neighborhood Board

Oahu Fireworks Ban: Final, Fireworks-Filled New Years for Oahu Residents!

Marking wrote 2 years ago: Under new law, this New Year’s Eve will be the last for fireworks celebrations on Oahu. A cult … more →

Tags: civil beat, fireworks, new years, Honolulu City Council, Nanea Kalani, New Year's Parties Hawaii, aerial fireworks, illegal fireworks, Firework Permits

The Child Marriage Bill — 2 comments

Marking wrote 2 years ago: I received a message from the uber-progressive folks at Change.org regarding S. 987 (The Internation … more →

Tags: child marriage, John Boehner, S. 987, International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marr, Pro-Life, pro choice, Scope of Conflict, Change.org, Visibility

Hanapa'a Christmas!!! — 4 comments

Marking wrote 2 years ago: My girl and I made a trip down to Kapolei last night to check out the Christmas light displays. We w … more →

Tags: Hanapaa Christmas, Kapolei City Lights, Honolulu City Lights, christmas light displays, Synced Holiday Lighting, christmas in hawaii

Angelina Jolie's "Salt" and The New Start Treaty — 2 comments

Marking wrote 2 years ago: I watched just finished watching Salt which came out on DVD today…CONGRESS, PASS AND SIGN THE … more →

Tags: Barack Obama, Angelina Jolie, Bradgelina, Nuclear Arms, weapons of mass destruction, Cold War, Russia, Diplomacy, New START treaty

John McCain v. Polynesian Voyaging Society — 11 comments

Marking wrote 2 years ago: A couple days ago, John McCain obtusely bashed the Polynesian Voyaging Society for being the “ … more →

Tags: Hawaii politics, the ECONOMIST, star-advertiser, hawaii news now, Nainoa Thompson, John McCain, Polynesian Voyaging Society, Hokulea, senate appropriations bill

Another Congressional Debate: My Reaction

Marking wrote 2 years ago: Hanabusa speaks to and for her voters. On the other hand, Djou uses the pronoun “we” too … more →

Tags: Hawaii politics, Hawaii Congressional Debate, Chrles Djou, collen hanabusa, congressman, House of Representatives, hawaii news now, Senator

College Students: Look Out for Marketing Scams! — 7 comments

Marking wrote 2 years ago: I felt necessitated to post this article on modernized, classic marketing scams by the fact that thr … more →

Tags: black diamond builder, blast off network, Hawaii, honolulu, kyani, marketing scam, nitro fx, Pre-Paid Legal Services, Pyramid Scheme

Honolulu Civil Beat - New Website

Marking wrote 2 years ago: http://www.civilbeat.com/ Congratulations Civil Beat on the beautiful website revamp! I guess it … more →

Tags: University of Hawaii, honolulu, Hawaii politics, Education, star-advertiser, Honolulu Civil Beat, Hawaii Journalism, Government News, Hawaii Politics

And Here Comes the Faculty... — 1 comment

Marking wrote 3 years ago: In the midst of extensive budget cuts to our university by the State, I have been continually encour … more →

Tags: University of Hawaii, Manoa, Education, Higher Education, Budget cuts, Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw, Vice Chancellor Reed Dasenbrock, Prioritization Process, UH Manoa

TIM School/Shidler College Merger — 2 comments

Marking wrote 3 years ago: Craig Gima’s Article in the Star Bulletin-11/10: Students’ voices must be heard, even if … more →

Tags: University of Hawaii, Manoa, honolulu, Hawaii politics, Education, Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw, TIM School Merger, Tourism, Business

Noticing the Effects of University Budget Cuts

Marking wrote 3 years ago: It’s a new school year. And you can see the changes: classes, cafeterias, sidewalks, and campu … more →

Tags: University of Hawaii, Manoa, Education, Budget cuts, honolulu advertiser, kitv4, administration, Exective Salaries, first day of school

Words Worth a Thousand Pictures

Marking wrote 3 years ago: In a changing society of rapidly advancing technologies, where even television sometimes doesn … more →

Tags: Random Fun, technology, Education, RSS Feeds, google reader, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, the ECONOMIST, Television

Aloha, President Greenwood! — 4 comments

Marking wrote 3 years ago: Yesterday, a “Hawaiian Protocol” ceremony was held at Kanewai Lo‘i with a reception that … more →

Tags: University of Hawaii, Manoa, Kamehameha, Education, uh system, M.R.C. Greenwood, Hawaiian Protocol, Hawaiinuiakea, Hawaiian Studies

50/50th Statehood Confusion — 5 comments

Marking wrote 3 years ago: …to celebrate 50 years of the 50th “state”. In a recent post in his blog “Vo … more →

Tags: honolulu, Hawaii politics, Akaka Bill, 50th state, 50th Statehood Anniversary, Statehood Celebration, Commenmoration, linda lingle, Trisha Kehaulani Watson

Google Offers Free Campus Email. — 14 comments

Marking wrote 3 years ago: A TIME magazine article from last Friday 8/14: “Google and Microsoft: The Battle Over College … more →

Tags: University of Hawaii, Manoa, technology, eMail, Gmail, Google, Microsoft, Webmail, Time magazine


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