From: PuaNani Rogers <kealiagirl2004@yahoo.com>
NAUE, KAUAI, VIDEO ON YOU TUBE - HELP GET IT OUT!
> Aloha to all my ohana and friends,
>
> I pray all is maita`i with you and your loved ones.
>
> Here is a short clip by Keala Kelly on our ku`e to stop the
construction crew at Naue on June 4th. A picture speaks a thousand
words...take a good look at the gravesites in this clip, it may be your
kupuna's grave.
>
> Keala is aware of the misspelling of Kahu Ipo's name...it is
> Kahaunaele-Ferreira.
>
> People in the clip are Aunty Louise Sausen, the gentleman in the
> background with the hat is the construction co. owner, Ted
Burkhart, Ipo Kahaunaele with the lei po`o, Andrew Cabebe and Jeff
Chandler.
>
> More videos coming!!!!
>
> I say...KU`E! LEAVE OUR BONES ALONE!!! (this is the sign I will be
> holding on the street at Hanalei this morning.)
>
> E hele mai kakou! Stand with us! Stop the cultural genocide!
>
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-W8Zy5_0SU>
>
> PuaNani, networking wale no
>
> Puanani Rogers
> Ho`okipa Network - Kauai
> Kapaa, Hi 96746
> Kingdom of Hawaii
> Think Kanaka maoli......Think Ahupua`a
----
Aloha hou kakou,
I would be so remiss if I did not also mention another person in the
video.
That was Ka`iulani Edens-Huff with the green t-shirt and camouflage cap
that was ordering non-invited people to leave. She holds the Royal Patent
to that ahupua`a and is a lineal descendant to M. Kekauanohi! Do any of
your geneaologies link to her?
Ku`e, wale no,
Auntie Nani
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Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2008 04:10:06 -0400
From: FeedBlitz <feedblitz@mail.feedblitz.com>
Subject: Disappeared News - 6 new articles
"DISAPPEARED NEWS" - 6 NEW ARTICLES
1. Could Lingle be McCain's VP?
2. Hawaii State Bar Association considering Superferry boondoggles
3. Secretive meeting of world leaders set near Washington, DC
4. Police across the country watch as DC sets up a US police state
5. Ethics fines possible for little guys but not for white collar crime?
6. MauiTime Weekly goes where "paper of record" fears to tread
7. More Recent Articles
8. Search Disappeared News
Could Lingle be McCain's VP?
by Larry Geller Idle thoughts. Reading today's Star-Bulletin story,
Lingle ready to back McCain, I suddenly wondered whether she might be
chosen as his vice-president. Not much chance, but as the article says,
she brings several interesting demographics into play. She's a woman, and
she's Jewish. Lingle has strongly supported administration policies.
She's tried to break up the public education....
Hawaii State Bar Association considering Superferry boondoggles
by Larry Geller If your attorney screws up your divorce, you might be
able to ask if they studied law on the Superferry. Because that plan is
in the works. Can you imagine? You must remember how the Legislature met
in a special session to overrule Hawaii's Supreme Court. A judge decided
that that laws were broken to allow the ferry to start business in
Hawaii. Lawyers should understand what was....
Secretive meeting of world leaders set near Washington, DC
by Larry Geller Vivian Lerner circulated this article by email just now.
Perhaps it is related to the military-style checkpoints DC police plan to
set up? Please go to the original article for additional links. WND THE
NEW WORLD DISORDERBilderbergers set to meet in D.C.Secret confab source
of global plotting theoriesPosted: June 04, 2008 11:47 am Eastern © 2008
WorldNetDaily The Bilderberg....
Police across the country watch as DC sets up a US police state
by Larry Geller Washington DC may soon become a state. A police state.
This report from today's Democracy Now! sent chills up my spine, but you
can bet that police departments across the country are watching eagerly.
They want to see if Washington DC cops can successfully pull this off:
D.C. Police Set Up Neighborhood Checkpoints The Washington Examiner
reports police in Washington, D.C. plan....
Ethics fines possible for little guys but not for white collar crime?
by Larry Geller Is it ethical for the Ethics Commission to fine the
little guy but let possible corporate white collar crime go
uninvestigated? If the Commission fines those who accepted UH money to
fly to the Sugar Bowl but lets the ferry execs off the hook, that's
exactly the question that should be asked. Â You'll recall that the
Hawaii Superferry Company grossly underreported its lobbying....
MauiTime Weekly goes where "paper of record" fears to tread
by Larry Geller The MauiTime Weekly isn't afraid to analyze the
Superferry numbers that the Honolulu dailies (and apparently the Maui
News) simply transcribed from the company's statement. Good for outgoing
editor Anthony Pignataro. SATURDAY, May 31Leave it to The Maui News'
Harry Eagar to provide Hawai`i Superferry, Inc. (HSF) with a boatload of
super publicity. "The ferry Alakai has enjoyed....
More Recent Articles
* Kauai demonstration opposes desecration of iwi on oceanfront lot
* City's neglect goes on and on, resulting in expensive lawsuits
* Disappeared into America's floating prison system
* This is your president speaking
* Canadian police (RCMP) blast 82-year-old hospitalized man three times
with Taser
________________________________________________________________________________
From: "Marcia Bulosan" <marciab@chaminade.edu>
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 16:49:11 -1000
Subject: FW: Nana I Hawaii I Ko'u Mau Maka
Aloha Mai Kakou!
"Nana I Hawai'i I Ko'u Mau Maka" is the Hawaiian Summer Program Kumu
started 6 years ago. Please look through and consider participating in a
few of them. E `olu'olu, could you also forward this on to your friends
and family and other organizations.
This same information and online registration can be accessed by
https://www.chaminade.edu/forms/seeHawaiiThroughMyEyes.php
Mahalo everyone for your kokua!
--Laimana
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact: Kapono Ryan
(808) 735-4797 or cell (808) 429-2972
CHAMINADE UNIVERSITY HOSTS SUMMER SERIES:
"NÄ^ÁnÄ^Á I Hawai`i I Ko`u Mau Maka"
(See Hawai`i through My Eyes)
HONOLULU-June 6, 2008-Chaminade University will host a series of summer
workshops and seminars entitled "NÄ^ÁnÄ^Á I Hawai`i I Ko`u Mau Maka (See
Hawai`i Through My Eyes)" from June 16 through July 14. An important
aspect of Chaminade's mission is to offer its resources to the community
in which it resides. Seminars and workshops have been chosen to meet
community interests and enrich cultural understanding.
The popular annual summer presentation of native Hawaiian cultural
workshops and seminars at Chaminade was originally developed by the late
Kumu John Keola Lake, Chaminade's Kumu-in-Residence. This is the sixth
year for "NÄ^ÁnÄ^Á I Hawai`i I Ko`u Mau Maka (See Hawai`i Through My
Eyes)," put together under Kumu Lake's directive.
One of the most popular workshops for amateur and serious hula students is
the Aha Hula Le`a -Hula Workshop, an intensive weeklong series of half day
sessions with some of Hawai`i's well-known kumu hula. This year's guest
kumu hula include Leimomi Maldonado, Kahalepuna Richardson-Naki,
Kapi`olani Ha`o, Kula Abiva and Karen Aiu. Participants can enroll for
the whole week at $150 or $30 per day.
Other non-credit enrichment offerings include "Kanaka Maoli Identity and
Health", "The Search for the First Hawaiian to Study Western Medicine",
"Hawaiian Christian Spirituality", "Indigenous Peacemaking", "Chant, Oli:
The Lyrical Poetry and Prose of Hawai`i", "Traditional Hawaiian Basket
Forms." A detailed listing can be found at www.chaminade.edu
<http://www.chaminade.edu/> , or contact Marcia Bulosan at
marciab@chaminade.edu or at (808) 735-4739 for more information.
Celebrating more than 50 years of educating students for life, service and
successful careers, Chaminade University is a Catholic/ Marianist
university offering programs of study grounded in the liberal arts with
day, evening, online and accelerated courses. Chaminade is also a Native
Hawaiian / Pacific Islander serving institution with its main campus
located at 3140 Waialae Ave., Honolulu, HI 96816, and 10 satellite
locations around Oahu. For more information, visit the Chaminade Web site
at www.chaminade.edu or call (808) 735-4711.
###
[**WORKSHOP AND SEMINAR LISTING ATTACHED**]
CHAMINADE SUMMER SERIES WORKSHOP SEMINAR SCHEDULE
NÄ^ÁnÄ^Á I Hawai`i I Ko`u Mau Maka (See Hawai`i Through My Eyes) -
Schedule
SEMINARS
KANAKA MAOLI IDENTITY AND HEALTH
Modern Kanaka Maoli have the worst health, social and economic indicators
of all ethnic peoples in our island homeland. Whereas, in 1778-1779, our
ancestors were described by their first western visitors as strong,
agreeable, productive farmers and fisherfolk seemingly free of infections
and other debilitating diseases. Only since the 1970's have we Kanaka
begun to re-discover our cultural identity, and in the 1980's analyze our
health plight and revive our nation. Dr. Blaisdell will explore our
current status and barriers.
June 27 â^×^Ï 6:30 pm-8:30 pm â^×^Ï Henry Hall Rm 106 â^×^Ï Cost: $35
Dr. Kekuni Blaisdell, Professor Emeritus of Medicine-John A Burns School
of Medicine
Consultant, Department of Native Hawaiiian Health
THE SEARCH FOR THE FIRST HAWAIIAN TO STUDY WESTERN MEDICINE
Although there are over 300 Native Hawaiian physicians today, the question
of who was the first to study western medicine is not only of historical
importance or intellectual curiosity; but of cultural significance. It
was finally answered by delving into Hawaiian history and reviewing King
Kalakaua's vision, by searching records in the Hawai`i State Archives, and
by researching academic records in England, until finally, the 3rd, 4th,
and 5th generation of descendants of Dr. Matthew Manuia Makalua were
located in London, and his final resting place was discovered in a
cemetery two hours by train-ride on the South East corner of England.
June 30 â^×^Ï 1:00 pm-3:00 pm â^×^Ï Henry
Hall Rm 106 â^×^Ï Cost: $35
Dr. Benjamin B.C. Young
A HAWAIIAN BUSINESS-TWO REALITIES
How do we define success as Hawaiians when operating in a Western world?
What makes a business a Hawaiian business-ownership or operating
principles? There are so many ways to answer questions filled with
parallel realities. How do we as Hawaiians coexist and bridge these
worlds? We need to be clear that they exist, and can coexist. As a small
business owner, Maile Meyer will talk about some of the cultural elements
that are the basis of her business practices-and have allowed her to
continue to stay in business, and continue to define success as a
Hawaiian.
July 2 â^×^Ï 10:00 am-12:00 pm â^×^Ï Henry Hall Rm 106 â^×^Ï Cost: $35
Maile Meyer, Owner-Native Books/Na Mea Hawai`i
HAWAIIAN CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY
Utilizing the Baibala Hemolele, Hawaiian Culture and Language for study,
theological reflection, and personal spiritual development
July 7 â^×^Ï 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm â^×^Ï Henry Hall Rm 106 â^×^Ï Cost: $35
Rev. Dr. Kaleo Patterson and Dr. Ha`aheo Guanson, Pacific Justice &
Reconciliation Ctr.
Page 2 -- CHAMINADE SUMMER SERIES WORKSHOP SEMINAR SCHEDULE:
"NÄ^ÁnÄ^Á I Hawai`i I Ko`u Mau Maka" (See Hawai`i through My Eyes)
INDIGENOUS PEACEMAKING AND HO`OPONOPONO
An introduction to peacemaking traditions of peaceful peoples of Hawai`i,
Asia, and Pacific with an overview of Ho`oponopono in Hawai`i.
July 14 â^×^Ï 6:00 pm-8:30 pm â^×^Ï Henry Hall Rm 106 â^×^Ï Cost: $35
Rev. Dr. Kaleo Patterson and Dr. Ha`aheo Guanson, Pacific Justice &
Reconciliation Ctr.
WORKSHOPS
AHA HULA LE`A -HULA WORKSHOP-JUNE 16-20, 2008
9:00 AM - -12:30 PM, CHING CONFERENCE CENTER, EIBEN HALL
Five days of Hula workshops, a consortium of Kumu Hula providing
instructions in hula kahiko or hula auana, featuring a different Kumu each
day. An excellent opportunity for teachers and students interested in
expanding their hula knowledge.
Cost: $150/week or $30/day
Monday, June 16, 2008 Kumu Hula Leimomi Maldonado
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 Kumu Hula Kahalepuna
Richardson-Naki
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 Kumu Hula Kapi`olani Ha`o
Thursday, June 19, 2008 Kumu Hula Kula Abiva
Friday, June 20, 2008 Kumu Hula Karen Aiu
CHANT, OLI, THE LYRICAL POETRY AND PROSE OF HAWAI`I
The course will introduce the student to the significance of Hawaiian
chant in the oral history of Hawai`i. Students will learn some
fundamental chants and their roles in the Hawaiian protocol, ceremony, and
rituals.
June
18, 25, July 2, 9 â^×^Ï 6:30 pm-8:30 pm â^×^Ï Eiben Hall Rm 207 â^×^Ï
Cost: $150
Dr. Samuel `Ohukaniohi`a Gon, III
Kahuna
Kakalaleo (uniki under Kumu John Keola Lake, 2003)
NÄ^ÀNÄ^À, `IKE, HAILI MOE
An art workshop on discovering the artist within. Bring a picture of your
favorite person, place or thing for inspiration.
July 9 â^×^Ï 1:00 pm-5:00 pm â^×^Ï Henry Hall Rm 106 â^×^Ï Cost: $50
Meleanna Meyer, Artist, Teacher, Film Director
TRADITIONAL HAWAIIAN BASKET FORMS
In this workshop, students will learn and appreciate the various types of
traditional Hawaiian basket forms using plaiting, cordage and twining for
everyday use.
June 23, 25, 30, July 2 â^×^Ï 4:30 pm-6:30 pm â^×^Ï Eiben Hall Rm 101
â^×^Ï Cost: $160
Marques Hanalei Marzan, Cultural Practitioner, Artist, Bishop Museum
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Marcia L. Bulosan
Associate Provost's Office
Chaminade University
3140 Waialae Ave. H118
Honolulu, HI 96816
(808) 735-4739
(808) 735-4757 Fax
marciab@chaminade.edu
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Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 18:52:23 -0500
From: nimchira <chooky.clarke@gmail.com>
Voices Health/Environment News
News from the Health and Environmental Communities.
Published since Nov, 2005
May 19, 2008
In This Issue:
E. Coli Scare Causes Massive Product Recall
http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_E_Coli_Scare_Causes_Massive_Product_Recall_17753.html
Medicis Announces Voluntary Recall of Solodyn (minocycline HCL, USP) 90 Mg
Tablets, Extended Release; Lot Numbers B080037 and B080038 Due to Product
Mix-Up - Medicis announced that the company is voluntarily recalling lot
numbers B080037 (Exp: 12/09) and B080038 (Exp: 12/09) of the antibiotic
SOLODYN (minocycline HCl, USP) Extended Release Tablets, 90 mg, 30-count
bottles (NDC 99207-461-30). Medicis has received a report that one bottle
in lot number B080037 contains AZASAN (azathioprine tablets) 75 mg (NDC
65649-231-51) instead of SOLODYN (minocycline HCl, USP) Extended Release
Tablets, 90 mg. http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/medicis05_08.html
======================
Glaxo Wins Approval to Sell Pre-Pandemic Flu Vaccine
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=a2g4snFNOV2o
These are pictures, artwork, of real events that are harmful to us and our
environment. Running the Numbers, An American Self-Portrait
http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php?id=7
Toxic Chemicals Are Maiming Thousands Around the World-Over time, our
bodies lose their ability to cope with toxic chemicals, and each exposure
has a more severe effect.
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=gNC%2BB9zQFj0iZLgEw44toTe7wT1t8I7m
Immune cells grown from umbilical cord blood may one day be used to
improve leukaemia treatment, say researchers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/health/7405167.stm
Juices made from apples or purple grapes, and the fruit themselves,
protect against developing clogged arteries.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/health/7405566.stm
British scientists are working on a drug which they say can destroy the
most virulent strains of superbug MRSA.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/health/7406832.stm
Famine looms as wars rend horn of Africa.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/12455/3057/15797/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5ueXRpbWVzLmNvbS8yMDA4LzA1LzE3L3dvcmxkL2FmcmljYS8xN3NvbWFsaWEuaHRtbA%3d%3d&x=f4dc58d9
30 agrochemical products banned after deaths.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/12455/3057/15801/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy52YW5ndWFyZG5nci5jb20vaW5kZXgucGhwP29wdGlvbj1jb21fY29udGVudCZ0YXNrPXZpZXcmaWQ9ODE5NyZJdGVtaWQ9NDI%3d&x=2e186855
Baby's death, ailments spur investigation of formaldehyde levels in
apartments.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/12455/3057/15804/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5zaWVycmFzdW4uY29tL2FydGljbGUvMjAwODA1MTYvTkVXUy82MDI1Mjg5ODM%3d&x=6186484c
Ottawa prepared to slap toxic label on widely used chemicals.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/12455/3057/15810/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jYW5hZGEuY29tL3RvcGljcy9uZXdzL25hdGlvbmFsL3N0b3J5Lmh0bWw%2faWQ9YjBlZWIxNzYtNmIzZC00YTNlLWJiMTgtMjkwMzNlYjA0NGNj&x=b2366d1f
Boreal forests shift north.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/12455/3057/15813/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5zY2llbmNlbmV3cy5vcmcvdmlldy9nZW5lcmljL2lkLzMyMjA3L3RpdGxlL0JvcmVhbF9mb3Jlc3RzX3NoaWZ0X25vcnRo&x=32068678
CAFOs in conflict: Huge farms increase efficiency but create environmental
concerns.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/12481/3057/15840/0/?u=aHR0cDovL2Jsb2cubWxpdmUuY29tL2t6Z2F6ZXR0ZS8yMDA4LzA1L2NhZm9zX2luX2NvbmZsaWN0X2h1Z2VfZmFybXNfaS5odG1s&x=c866c828
Zones of death are spreading in oceans due to global warming.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/12481/3057/15842/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy50aW1lc29ubGluZS5jby51ay90b2wvbmV3cy9lbnZpcm9ubWVudC9hcnRpY2xlMzk1MzkyNC5lY2U%3d&x=17778a9a
Biotech companies rush to patent plant genes. Biotech seed companies are
behind a wave of patent claims on dozens of 'climate-ready' genes
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/12481/3057/15844/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5uYXR1cmUuY29tL25ld3MvMjAwOC8wODA1MTYvZnVsbC9uZXdzLjIwMDguODM0Lmh0bWw%3d&x=bc2cbb72
Debate rages over safety of plastic chemical BPA in everyday items.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/12481/3057/15853/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5kYWxsYXNuZXdzLmNvbS9zaGFyZWRjb250ZW50L2R3cy9uZXdzL2hlYWx0aHNjaWVuY2Uvc3Rvcmllcy8wNTE4MDhkbm1ldHBsYXN0aWNzLjJlNzA4YTUuaHRtbA%3d%3d&x=c05d6be6
How the NHS 'sold' my placenta to a luxury cosmetics firm. An NHS hospital
is handing over new mothers' placentas for use in the development of
anti-wrinkle skin creams and luxury shampoo, the Daily Mail can reveal
today.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/12481/3057/15858/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5kYWlseW1haWwuY28udWsvcGFnZXMvbGl2ZS9hcnRpY2xlcy9uZXdzL25ld3MuaHRtbD9pbl9hcnRpY2xlX2lkPTU2NjkzNiZpbl9wYWdlX2lkPTE3NzAmY3Q9NQ%3d%3d&x=21300adf
Quake waves went around world twice-THE devastating earthquake in
southwest China was so powerful that its seismic waves travelled around
the globe - twice, a Japanese observatory said today.
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23709806-5001028,00.html
Farm Bill Highlights Rich-Poor Debate
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051908O.shtml
Why Some Hospitals Are Allowing Unnecessary Suffering-Easing pain is
arguably as important as saving a life. But far too many U.S. physicians
focus only on the latter.
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Z%2B0EW2NMJRQ2NMNcMs2pyn0z%2BNeTXpvg
VA Ordered Not to Diagnose PTSD http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/85511/
Monsanto: History of Contamination and Cover-up
http://www.naturalnews.com/023254.html
US changes course, bans drilling in Arctic wetland.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/12521/3057/15897/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5wbGFuZXRhcmsub3JnL2RhaWx5bmV3c3N0b3J5LmNmbS9uZXdzaWQvNDgzOTkvc3RvcnkuaHRt&x=2aca87ac
State zeroes in on Millsboro's cluster.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/12521/3057/15904/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5kZWxhd2FyZW9ubGluZS5jb20vYXBwcy9wYmNzLmRsbC9hcnRpY2xlP0FJRD0vMjAwODA1MTgvSEVBTFRILzgwNTE4MDAy&x=1bb02851
Recently released government research on the health of the American people
brought the nation some troubling information -- our life expectancy,
which many proudly assumed was steadily climbing, is actually declining in
many parts of the country. http://www.madison.com/tct/opinion/286819
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Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2008 05:21:41 -0700
From: Tia Ballantine
Subject: [CWUHM-L] Langston Hughes
DREAM VARIATIONS
To fling my arms wide
In some place of the sun,
To whirl and to dance
Till the white day is done.
Then rest at cool evening
Beneath a tall tree
While night comes on gently,
Dark like me -
That is my dream!
To fling my arms wide
In the face of the sun.
Dance! Whirl! Whirl!
Till the quick day is done.
Rest at pale evening . . .
A tall, slim tree . . .
Night coming tenderly
Black like me.
--- Langston Hughes
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From: Robert Karl Stonjek
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2008 4:42 AM
Subject: [evol-psych] News: Lab-art-ory
By Jesse Shapiro
Lab-art-ory
AN ARTIST AND SCIENTISTS FIND COMMON GROUND AT A WORLD RENOWNED GENOMICS
INSTITUTE
[Published 5th June 2008 09:31 PM GMT]
"My conceit is that I can help you do better science," says artist Daniel
Kohn in his fourth floor workspace in the Broad Institute of MIT and
Harvard. And he's not just pulling my leg - he speaks with confidence and
some tangible results under his belt. You might even call them preliminary
experimental results.
Daniel Kohn
Photo: Maria Nemchuk
How did an artist get space at a premier scientific institution? It
started with an Email from Todd Golub, director of Broad's Cancer Program,
and admirer of Kohn's older paintings of house interiors. The two chatted
about the relationship between art and science - how one can generate
knowledge through art, and how scientific meaning depends on its cultural
context. "Contrary to popular belief," says Golub, "science requires
imagination, while art requires much of the practicality of science." They
came up with the idea for what Kohn jokingly refers to as "a low-cost
collaboration between the Broad and my institute, Kohnworkshop."
For the first year, Kohn visited the Broad informally to talk with
scientists, and now has a full-blown residency, splitting his time between
Cambridge and his home in Brooklyn. For a while, the Broad had some free
lab space, which Kohn converted to his art studio. "They were very kind to
put up with my mess," Kohn says. Most of his day-to-day interactions with
his new lab mates in the shared space were positive. "I tended not to be
exposed to the people who thought I was crazy."
Kohn's small workspace - a downsized version of the full lab space he used
to occupy in the Broad - is filled with dozens of 8x8" watercolor sketches
exploring the forms of chemical bonds, DNA sequences, and chromatin
structure. "They're not art," explains Kohn, "they're thinking drawings."
Despite his humble description, these works are colorful, organic and
evocative of the intricacy and messiness of biology.
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Kohn's studio at the Broad last year, before it was "reclaimed by
science"
Photo: Daniel Kohn
Kohn has produced over 700 of these small pieces since moving into his
studio at the Broad in December 2006. He initially paints them in 3x3
grids, but the modules can later be rearranged and recombined. "It started
to look like a dataset, just like the other large-scale datasets at the
Broad," Kohn says. As if arranging high-throughput microarray or chemical
screening data, Kohn created a database of the paintings to extract deeper
meaning through computational analysis and manipulation.
Kohn scans the paintings so he can go back to them, print them out again,
paint over them, or rearrange them. In the spirit of systems biology, Kohn
is working to marry his "experimental" data with computation. Rather than
re-arranging the 3x3 grids himself, Kohn is training a computer program to
imitate his aesthetic choices. "I'm working with a guy who does machine
learning to look into making software that emulates the data analysis and
pattern discovery process in genomics," Kohn says. The artist says that
one version of the software is a call and response between him and the
computer. "The machine grows patterns based on what I start off with, but
then it sometimes goes off in a direction I would never go."
Epigenetic watercolor by Daniel Kohn and Bang Wong
Photo: Daniel Kohn
So, Kohn is letting science influence his art, but how can he help Broad
researchers do better science? One answer is pragmatic, another
philosophical. Kohn has just helped found the Broad's Visualization Group,
a collaboration between biological researchers, graphic designers,
software engineers, and artists. "It's hard to propose a new idea and not
be constrained by old visual models," says Kohn, "so we are working on new
ways to represent data - to escape the 8.5x11 bottleneck." Kohn overlays
gene expression on a stem cell differentiation map and pins image data to
genome sequences using a large canvas. "Why not use a 25-foot wall?" he
says. "Or let the analysis be dynamic, computer-driven, rather than static
on a piece of paper?"
"Daniel is coming to the problems of modern biology as someone with a
clean slate," says Golub. "This is a strength because the conventional
approaches to visualize and interpret data don't really fit with the
high-dimensional volumes of data we are generating. I think that the mere
act of having a painter in the lab is challenging researchers at the Broad
about their preconceptions. Multiple scientists in our community have
said, 'This guy has made me think differently about my science.'"
Kohn agrees that scientists would benefit from more interdisciplinary
thinking. This idea is strongly espoused at the Broad, which fosters the
integration of medical research, population genetics, chemical biology,
and other disciplines. But this cross-pollination doesn't yet quite extend
to the arts.
Science, perhaps unlike art, presents itself as linear, objective, and
always moving forward, evolving. "But things just evolve, they don't
always evolve up," Kohn points out. "In science, you raise as many
questions as you solve. Its richness is its complexity. It's deadening to
hear science described as just 1-2-3." [watercolor.jpg]
Watercolor sketch, 10-8-07#19-27, by Daniel Kohn
Photo: Daniel Kohn
If disciplinary boundaries are hampering discovery, artists working in
research institutions could be a significant step forward. "I'm developing
relationships with scientists here, and at other institutions. We
definitely need to let other artists in. And I'm certainly not going away
any time soon," Kohn says.
Kohn plans to pursue the scientific thread winding through his art. "I'm
not gonna do a show of interiors any time soon," says Kohn, referring to
the paintings that first captured Golub's attention. "There's too much
interesting work to be done at the Broad. I like being at the crossroads
for talking about these things." Last year, Kohn was talking with Golub
and Bang Wong, the Broad's creative director, when the Institute's
director, Eric Lander, happened to walk by. Lander asked what they were
talking about, so Kohn took a deep breath, explained his ideas, and
asserted: "I can help you do better science." Lander paused and replied,
"Of course."
Jesse Shapiro
mail@the-scientist.com
Source: TheScientist
http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/54730/
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Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:50:18 -1000
From: UH Announce <announce@HAWAII.EDU>
Subject: Oral Contraceptives Reduce Risk of Ovarian Cancer in News@UH
Manoa's Galina Lurie, Lynne Wilkens and Marc Goodman find oral
contraceptives can protect against ovarian cancer^×in the June 9 edition
of News@UH now online at
http://www.hawaii.edu/newsatuh/2008/0609/index.php
More UH News
^Õ Manoa's Michael Liu and Trent Dupuy use ultra-sharp images to
determine the mass of brown dwarf stars
^Õ Maui^Òs library website featured on Tame the Web
^Õ Kudos for West O'ahu^Òs Linda Furuto and Wayne Tanna
^Õ Academy for Creative Media students showcase their work at the
Shanghai Film Festival
^Õ UH in Print include Hilo^Òs Ron Amundson, Marta deMaintenon, Terrance
Jalbert, Shari Tresky and Manoa^Òs James Heasley, Christopher Lepczyk,
Qing Xiao Li and Juanita Liu
^Õ NOAA awards more than $2 million to the School of Ocean and Earth
Science and Technology
^Õ Shidler College of Business alumni living in Asia donate $250,000
^Õ Hilo alumnus Ron Terry establishes the Geography Founders scholarship
^Õ Manoa^Òs College of Engineering partners with AT&T
^Õ In Memoriam -- Remembering President Harlan Cleveland
^Õ Manoa^Òs Eric Harwit publishes China^Òs Telecommunication Revolution
^Õ Photo highlight of Maui's kiln dedication
^Õ UH events include Manoa^Òs KIDS FIRST! film festival, Jean Charlot
exhibit and Brewbaker and Schroeder lectures
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Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2008 12:32:12 -1000
From: Viviane Lerner <vivlerner@gmail.com>
Subject: Superferry numbers...
http://disappearednews.com/2008/06/mauitime-weekly-goes-where-of-record.html
Thursday, June 05, 2008
MauiTime Weekly goes where "paper of record" fears to tread
by Larry Geller
The MauiTime Weekly isn't afraid to analyze the Superferry numbers that
the Honolulu dailies (and apparently the Maui News) simply transcribed
from the company's statement. Good for outgoing editor Anthony Pignataro.
SATURDAY, May 31
Leave it to The Maui News' Harry Eagar to provide Hawai`i Superferry, Inc.
(HSF) with a boatload of super publicity. "The ferry Alakai has enjoyed
calm seas for several weeks, and her owner Hawaii Superferry, also has
enjoyed a peaceful period since getting Alakai back in service," was how
Eagar started his massive story yesterday titled "Smooth sailing at last."
Based pretty much exclusively on an interview with new HSF President
Thomas Fargo, the story paints a stunningly rosy picture of Superferry's
last few weeks in operation: calm weather, new deals with commercial
shippers and rental car companies and rising passenger loads^×"between
last Friday and Memorial Day, the ferry carried more than 5,500 passengers
and 1,500 vehicles," Eagar wrote. There was even this little boost: "Fargo
said that the Superferry can be profitable even when selling only half its
866 passenger seats." Unfortunately, Eager didn't dig into the numbers
Fargo gave him, because even if that profitability statement is true,
times are still very tough for the Superferry. According to a May 28 post
on the Hawai`i Superferry Unofficial Blog (hisuperferry.blogspot.com),
those super Memorial Day passenger and vehicle numbers aren't all that
super when you break them down. '[T]here were 14 one-way trips over that
weekend," the blog wrote, "so they averaged: 393 people per one-way trip
and 107 vehicles per one-way which is Enough to cover just their fuel
costs for those 4 days, NOT the rest of their expenses." While definitely
an improvement over what the ferry had been carrying, numbers like
that^×which remain below half capacity^×are hardly smooth sailing.
If only our dailies would give us stories like this. But we shouldn't
think we are the customers. The advertisers are their customers. The
Superferry is a big enough customer that we shouldn't hold our breath for
anything other than puff pieces. I hope they prove me wrong one day.
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Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:37:22 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dhira DiBiase <dhiradi@yahoo.com>
Subject: Inexpensive room for rent...June 12-July 19.
Aloha Mai Kakou,
Anyone know some one lookingf for a place to rent June 12-July 19?
$350 for 1 person $400 for two.
Let me know . I leave on June 11.
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Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:11:08 +1200
LONG-TERM PESTICIDE EXPOSURE MAY INCREASE RISK
OF DIABETES
From: "Randy Stemple MD" <randystemplemd@nih.com>
PESTICIDE EXPOSURE MAY INCREASE RISK OF DIABETES
Licensed pesticide applicators who used chlorinated pesticides on more
than 100 days in their lifetime were at greater risk of diabetes,
according to researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The
associations between specific pesticides and incident diabetes ranged from
a 20 percent to a 200 percent increase in risk, said the scientists with
the NIH's National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and
the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
"The results suggest that pesticides may be a contributing factor for
diabetes along with known risk factors such as obesity, lack of exercise
and having a family history of diabetes," said Dale Sandler, Ph.D., chief
of the Epidemiology Branch at the NIEHS and co-author on the paper.
"Although the amount of diabetes explained by pesticides is small, these
new findings may extend beyond the pesticide applicators in the study,"
Sandler said. Some of the pesticides used by these workers are used by the
general population, though the strength and formulation may vary. Other
insecticides in this study are no longer available on the market, however,
these chemicals persist in the environment and measurable levels may still
be detectable in the general population and in food products. For example,
chlordane, which was used to treat homes for termites, has not been used
since 1988, but can remain in treated homes for many decades. More than
half of those studied in the National Health and Nutrition Examination
Survey in 1999-2002 had measurable evidence of chlordane exposure. "This
is not cause for alarm," added Sandler "since there is no evidence of
health effects at such very low levels of exposure."
Overall, pesticide applicators in the highest category of lifetime days of
use of any pesticide had a small increase in risk for diabetes (17
percent) compared with those in the lowest pesticide use category (0-64
lifetime days). New cases of diabetes were reported by 3.4 percent of
those in the lowest pesticide use category compared with 4.6 percent of
those in the highest category. Risks were greater when users of specific
pesticides were compared with applicators who never applied that chemical.
For example, the strongest relationship was found for a chemical called
trichlorfon, with an 85 percent increase in risk for frequent and
infrequent users and nearly a 250 percent increase for those who used it
more than 10 times. In this group, 8.5 percent reported a new diagnosis of
diabetes compared with 3.4 percent of those who never used this chemical.
Trichlorfon is an organophosphate insecticide classified as a general-use
pesticide that is moderately toxic. Previously used to control
cockroaches, crickets, bedbugs, fleas, flies and ticks, it is currently
used mostly in turf applications, such as maintaining golf courses.
"This is one of the largest studies looking at the potential effects of
pesticides on diabetes incidence in adults," said Freya Kamel, Ph.D., a
researcher in the intramural program at NIEHS and co-author in the paper
appearing in the May issue of the "American Journal of Epidemiology." "It
clearly shows that cumulative lifetime exposure is important and not just
recent exposure," said Kamel. Previous cross-sectional studies have used
serum samples to show an association between diabetes and some pesticides.
Diabetes occurs when the body fails to produce enough insulin to regulate
blood sugar levels or when tissues stop responding to insulin. Nearly 21
million Americans have diabetes. The cause of diabetes continues to be a
mystery, although genetics and environmental factors such as obesity and
lack of exercise appear to play roles.
To conduct the study, the researchers analyzed data from more than 30,000
licensed pesticide applicators participating in the Agricultural Health
Study, a prospective study following the health history of thousands of
pesticide applicators and their spouses in North Carolina and Iowa. The
31,787 applicators in this study included those who completed an
enrollment survey about lifetime exposure levels, were free of diabetes at
enrollment, and updated their medical records during a five-year follow-up
phone interview. Among these, 1,171 reported a diagnosis of diabetes in
the follow-up interview. The majority of the study participants were
non-Hispanic white men. Researchers compared the pesticide use and other
potential risk factors reported by the 1,171 applicators who developed
diabetes since enrolling in the study to those who did not develop
diabetes.. Among the 50 different pesticides the researchers looked at,
they found seven specific pesticides -- aldrin, chlordane, heptachlor,
dichlorvos, trichlorfon, alachlor and cynazine -- that increased the
likelihood of diabetes among study participants who had ever been exposed
to any of these pesticides, and an even greater risk as cumulative days of
lifetime exposure increased.
All seven pesticides are chlorinated compounds, including two herbicides,
three organochlorine insecticides and two organophosphate pesticides.
"The fact that all seven of these pesticides are chlorinated provides us
with an important clue for further research," said Kamel. Previous studies
found that organochlorine insecticides such as chlordane were associated
with diabetes or insulin levels. The new study shows that other types of
chlorinated pesticides, including some organophosphate insecticides and
herbicides, are also associated with diabetes. The researchers also found
that study participants who reported mixing herbicides in the military had
increased odds of diabetes compared to non-military participants.
The Agricultural Health Study (AHS) <http://aghealth.nci.nih.gov/> is a
prospective study of licensed pesticide applicators from North Carolina
and Iowa recruited in 1993-1997 at the time of license renewal. The cohort
includes 4,916 commercial applicators from Iowa and 52,395 private
applicators, mostly farmers, from both states. More than 75 percent or
32,347 spouses of married private applicators also enrolled in the cohort.
The study is a collaboration of the National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences (NIEHS), the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
For more information about cancer, please visit the NCI Web site at
<http://www.cancer.gov>, or call NCI's Cancer Information Service at
1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237).
The primary mission of the National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences <http://www.niehs.nih.gov/> (NIEHS), one of 27 Institutes and
Centers at the National Institutes of Health, is to reduce the burden of
human illness and disability by understanding how the environment
influences the development and progression of human disease. For
additional information, visit the NIEHS Web site at
<http://www.niehs.nih.gov/>.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) -- The Nation's Medical Research
Agency -- includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal
agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and translational
medical research, and it investigates the causes, treatments, and cures
for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its
programs, visit <www.nih.gov>.
REFERENCE: Montgomery MP, Kamel F, Saldana TM, Alavanja MCR, Sandler DP.
Incident diabetes and pesticide exposure among licensed pesticide
applicators: Agricultural Health Study 1993 - 2003, "Amer J Epidemiol,"
2008;167:1235-46.
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Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:03:40 -0700
From: Roger Helbig <rwhelbig@gmail.com>
Subject: Connections to the Anti-Depleted Uranium Crusade
[i'm including roger helbig's letter here, though i feel allergic to
conspiracy talk in general--i checked his claim about von kleist being at
the nordwave conference and found that rokke and others he refers to here
were also at the conference as speakers on DU and 9/11. and nordwave is
truly a neo-nazi endeavor from what i could tell. and...who knows what to
make of all this. apparently von kleist is now telling people one-on-one
that there were mistakes in his video "in plane sight." but that doesn't
mean there wasn't evil going on around 9/11--and still going on.
from what i can tell, american free press is a mouthpiece for ron paul...
as folks on this blog know, my dear friend paula gunn allen died recently,
and she writes in one of her small memoir blurbs that the true makers of
cancer--all the nuclear and pesticide and other poison dispersers in our
world--point the finger at the victim and say it's smoking or eating or
having too much fun that gives us cancer. so i'm still leery about
dismissing du claims. even if they're not 100% true, there's enough other
nuke and various poisons about to make up for it. paula remembered, when
she was six years old, seeing two suns the day they exploded the first
above ground nuclear device in nevada. she grew up in new mexico. g]
A DVD "Beyond Treason" was even recently cited by a Member of the Canadian
Parliament. The DVD stars Douglas Lind Rokke, Leuren K Moret, Dennis Kyne
and Joyce Riley. Kyne has made a maximum effort to ingratiate himself
with the anti-Iraq War movement and Moret and Rokke even have ranged into
the 9/11 Truth world in search of a better paying audience.
David Von Kleist is Joyce Riley's husband. Together, they founded the
internet based National Gulf War Veterans Association and their website
prominently pushes "Beyond Treason". There is a forged document in the
DVD and on the front of the CD packaged with the DVD. This forged
document, The Memo To Groves from 1943 is the basis for Moret's "61 Years
of Uranium Wars". Anyone who carefully reads the document will see that
the words uranium, depleted uranium or even the initials DU do not appear
within the document. Instead you will note f.p. - "fission products" and
you will also note that these fission products have a very high
radioactivity, a near lethal 100 Roentgens/day. Depleted Uranium has
human effects of its radioactivity measured of in milirems - thousandths
of a Radiation (Roentgen) Equivalent Man, not 100R/day. 500 R in 5 hours
is considered lethal. There are numerous other errors in the DVD, which
was the initial basis of widespread veteran concern with DU.
Who is Dave Von Kleist? One thing he is, is a Neo Nazi. He is the master
of ceremonies at this Neo Nazi American Free Press/The Barnes Review
convention www.chairmanofnordwave.blogspot.com . He introduces Doug Rokke
as a speaker; he also introduces Holocaust Deniers and admirers of Hitler,
scroll down futher and see how the blogger exults at the rude treatment of
two Jewish Rabbis who have been conned into appearing.
I was led to this by a correspondent who was replying to something
recently posted on the American Free Press which is owned by Willis Carto
who also publishes The Barnes Review. This Neo Nazi convention was
sponsored by the American Free Press and Barnes Review. I have now
learned that the American Free Press is a Neo Nazi front so all articles
posted at that site should be viewed through a virulently
anti-Israel/pro-Palestinian/pro-Iraqi insurgent viewpoint. That helps
account for the mass of false and misleading information that has been
posted there by writers such as Christopher Bollyn and now Pat Shannan on
depleted uranium and American casualties.
Depleted Uranium is not benign. No munition is, but it is also not a
horrific weapon of war that poisons the landscape forever. If you would
like to learn more in a light setting, go to www.depletedcranium.com and
watch dinner being served and eaten off of a depleted uranium glazed
orange Fiesta Ware (a popular Art Deco style) plate. If you would like
to learn more about Douglas Lind Rokke, aka Doctor Rokke (but he never
prominently tells you that the PhD is in Vocational Education or that his
exciting thesis title was "Perceived physics concepts needed to teach
secondary technology education as general education" and that he has no
academic experience in teaching about or researching depleted uranium -
he is not a scientist, he is an educator, and apparently a very poor one
at that since he has never held a job above temporary assistant professor
or substitute teacher in his local public school system), aka Major Rokke
(he portrays himself as a 30 year career veteran, not as someone who
served less than two years active duty as a Reserve Army Officer and
about 20 years at home in Illinois in the Army Reserve and National Guard
- I have attached his record of service from enlistment in the Air Force
in 1967 through 1998 and DD214 from Desert Storm; Major Rokke did not
serve in the Gulf War; First Lieutenant Rokke served there; First
Lieutenant Rokke did not serve in combat and Rokke's claim to be a
disabled combat veteran is completely false). If you would like to view
other documents, write to me or go to
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DUStory/message/77 and follow the
instructions to go sign in as a guest "duseeker" with the given password
and then go to the Files Section. A publicly available list of the
documents as of a couple of days ago is given in the message, but these
are not links and if you click on them from the message, you will not get
to the documents. You need to sign in and go to the Files Section - the
documents are linked from there. If you would like to learn more about
DU, uranium and radiation in general, go to
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DUStory/message/76 which lists the
links to other websites. These links are publicly available; you do not
need to sign in to link to these other websites.
You can also write me. I would appreciate if those of you who are in
other groups would pass this around. I am sure if you have grandfathers
or fathers who fought the Nazis in World War II, that they would want
veterans to know of the Neo Nazi connections of Rokke, Von Kleist and the
DVD "Beyond Treason". You might want to make bloggers who repost
American Free Press "articles" to their blogs aware that the American
Free Press is a Neo Nazi front as well.
Roger Helbig
Willis Carto, The Barnes Review, American Free Press are discussed in
Wikipedia as well -
I apologize to some of you on the BCC list that I had sent less polished
versions when I first became aware of the Rokke-Von Kleist-Neo Nazi
connection -
[ Part 2, Application/PDF 238KB. ]
[ Part 3, Application/PDF 300KB. ]
[ Part 4, Image/PJPEG 41KB. ]
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From: Terri Kekoolani
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2008 1:21 PM
Subject: [Hui_Pu] HA article: Ruling Likely to favor OHA aid to all
Hawaiians
Posted on: Saturday, June 7, 2008
Ruling likely to favor OHA aid to all Hawaiians Lawsuit seeking to limit
assistance to those with at least 50% native blood may be dismissed Monday
By Gordon Y.K. Pang
Advertiser Staff Writer
A federal judge said in a court document made public yesterday that she is
"inclined" to rule in favor of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs' policy of
assisting all Native Hawaiians, not just those with 50 percent or more
Hawaiian blood.
U.S. District Judge Susan Oki Mollway issued a two-page "inclination"
statement yesterday stating how she is inclined to rule on a motion
dismissing the Day v. Apoliona lawsuit which is scheduled to be heard in
her court Monday morning.
The statement is non-binding and has no effect of law and Mollway could
change her mind after hearing the arguments on Monday. But the judge made
it clear that with the information she has so far, "the court is inclined
to grant summary judgment in favor of the OHA trustees."
The lawsuit was filed by five men each with 50 percent or more Hawaiian
blood who say OHA has too many beneficiaries and that money from what's
known as the Public Land Trust, which was established under the federal
act that admitted Hawai'i as a state, can only be used to benefit those
who have at least 50 percent Hawaiian blood.
OHA said its mandate is to assist all Hawaiians, regardless of blood
quantum.
The case comes down to an interpretation of the Hawai'i Admissions Act of
1959.
"The court is inclined to rule that, in expending public trust funds in
support of the Akaka Bill, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation, the Na
Pua No'eau Education Program, and Alu Like, the OHA trustees are
exercising their reasonable fiduciary judgment as to how to further the
public trust's purposes," the judge's inclination said.
Mollway pointed out that the Admissions Act has five stated purposes for
use of the money and that "the trustees have broad discretion in
determining how to further the five trust purposes."
The case was originally filed in 2005 by Virgil Day, Mel Ho'omanawanui,
Josiah Ho'ohuli, Patrick Kahawaiola'a and Samuel Kealoha. After Mollway
rejected the case in 2006, a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals in San Francisco in August 2007 ordered her to hear the case.
Walter Schoettle, attorney for the Day plaintiffs, said he had not seen
Mollway's statement and said he would not comment on it even if he did.
Robert Klein, an attorney hired by OHA, said he was pleased with Mollway's
inclination.
"The judge got it right," Klein said. "Mr. Schoettle is going to have to
do some talking when he gets to the hearing because it's very favorable to
OHA as the defendants."
Reach Gordon Y.K. Pang at gpang@honoluluadvertiser.com.
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READ REACTIONS TO THIS STORY
LBurke286 wrote:
Replying to mokebla:
Hawaiians should be reconized like the Americans Indians, I'm 75% Hawaiian
and I believe that anyone with any blood qunatum is Hawaiian. It's all
about the coco even if it's watered down, its' still coco. Wake up
Hawaiians, we need to start somewhere, get right or get left.[/QUOT
Yes I too believe any one with Hawaiian blood should benefit from what was
taken from them, after all we live in American we preach what is righteous
and Christian all that is needed is to keep those promises. Never mind the
boo hoo hoos, complaining, twisting facts or hands out always wanting what
is not yours, instead go to your homelands and exact your desires or go to
work. There are a lot more educated Hawaiians out there that are not as
trusting or generous as their ancestors were, they must continue to work
hard, educate themselves and support one another, do not allow anyone to
divide you, continue to remain of good heart and spirit.
06/07/2008 10:30:12 a.m.
Waikiki wrote:
Replying to melelina:
...How many half-Hawaiians (50%) are left on this earth? YOU GO JUDGE
MOLLWAY!
What an insensitive, mean-spirited, selfish, self-centered question you,
melelina, post here.
What you are really saying is, "not too many of the REAL native Hawaiians
left, so let's just take what they never received, from them."
If anything, that is PRECISELY the reason why the 5(f) OHA is hoarding
should be used to settle the REAL native Hawaiians onto their Hawaiian
home lands.
In fact, if not too many left, why doesn't OHA, right now, instead of wait
another 30 years, to help these native Hawaiians.
Oh, I know. You no qualify, so you like take their share.
You go, Judge Mollway, let's see your decision get REVERSED again.
06/07/2008 8:52:23 a.m.
melelina wrote:
I'm for the change! Assist 'ALL' Hawaiians! I'm a little under
half-Hawaiian and frustrated that I am not able to apply for Hawaiian
Homes (need to be 50% Hawaiian). I am an educated Hawaiian, a working
Hawaiian, and my income alone (excluding my husband's income) would
instantly qualify me for a home loan for 2, 3 or 4 bedroom Hawaiian
Homestead house. How many half-Hawaiians (50%) are left on this earth? YOU
GO JUDGE MOLLWAY!
06/07/2008 7:38:36 a.m.
Waikiki wrote:
Replying to mokebla:
Hawaiians should be reconized like the Americans Indians, I'm 75% Hawaiian
and I believe that anyone with any blood qunatum is Hawaiian. It's all
about the coco even if it's watered down, its' still coco. Wake up
Hawaiians, we need to start somewhere, get right or get left.
Mokebla, the 5(f) should be used for its purpose FIRST, then we can talk
about whether or not a 1/64 part-Hawaiian is really a "Native Hawaiian" at
all.
First things first. Settle the beneficiaries onto the Hawaiian home lands
using the 5(f) FIRST.
06/07/2008 7:17:13 a.m.
Waikiki wrote:
Replying to Hoopono:
waikiki, why do you continue to defend the racist blood quantum rule?
Hoopono, it is about using the 5(f) for the betterment of the conditions
of native Hawaiians, as defined in the HHCA, 1920, including settling the
24,000 native Hawaiians on the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands waiting
list, onto the Hawaiian Home Lands.
Why do you, Hooponon, callously ignore the plight of these REAL native
Hawaiians and advocate giving their 5(f) share to other people?
06/07/2008 7:15:07 a.m.
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Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2008 23:52:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kekahuna Keaweiwi <kekahunakeaweiwi@yahoo.com>
Subject: Blogs Alert for: "Office of Hawaiian Affairs" Another Amicus
Brief Supporting Cert in Ceded Lands Case
By Robert Thomas (inversecondemnation.com)
Office of Hawaiian Affairs, No. 07-1372 (cert. petition filed Apr. 29,
2008).
In that case, the State seeks US Supreme Court review of the decision by
the Hawaii Supreme Court in Office of Hawaiian Affairs v. Housing and
Community Dev. ... inversecondemnation.com -
http://www.inversecondemnation.com/inversecondemnation/
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Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:48:55 +1200
From: karaka <chooky.clarke@gmail.com>
Subject: [mana_wahine] FW: Technology As Distraction
From: "Artemis Goldberg" <panthertracker@myself.com>
Technology As Distraction Choosing True Connections
We are often lured by the promise of new technologies to make our lives
easier and help connect us to others. While they do so in many ways, they
also present each of us with opportunities to make new choices about how
we spend our time and invest our energy. Most gadgets are generally meant
to improve the quality of our lives, but it is when we spend too much time
with them that they actually do the opposite. By always using our portable
emailers, cell phones, video games, and surfing the Internet, we actually
become less connected and more distracted. By becoming aware of these
tendencies, we harness the power to overcome them and make better choices
for ourselves and our families.
Once we decide to consciously put our gadgets to work for us, we become
masters of our time. We can give our full attention to whatever we are
doing and not let phone conversations and other distractions take the
place of human contact. Each of us has the ability to consciously choose
to be more present in our lives. We can decide at any time to leave our
gadgets behind and become aware of the sights and sounds around us in
order to expand our awareness and be fully present in our bodies and our
surroundings.
When we use our discernment about how we invest our personal energy, we
can be sure that we choose only the best for ourselves and those we love.
Our gadgets can be useful tools for our journey in the material world, but
we must not forget that we are spiritual beings having a human experience
and that means interacting with people on a personal level. Choices that
enliven us and help us feel connected to our world and our loved ones
always deserve our full attention and presence of mind, body, and spirit.
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Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:50:26 +1200
From: karaka <chooky.clarke@gmail.com>
Let It Roll Off Our Back
From: "Artemis Goldberg" <panthertracker@myself.com>
Dodging And Deflecting Let It Roll Off Our Back
One of the most difficult challenges in life is learning not to take
things to heart and hold on to it. Especially when we're younger, or if
we're very sensitive, we take so much of what comes our way to heart. This
can be overwhelming and unproductive if it throws us off balance on a
regular basis. When we are feeling criticized or attacked from all
directions, it becomes very difficult for us to recover ourselves so that
we can continue to speak and act our truth. This is when we would do well
to remember the old saying about letting certain things roll off us, like
water off a duck's back.
Most of the time, the attacks and criticisms of others have much more to
do with them and how they are feeling than with us. If we get caught up in
trying to adjust ourselves to other people's negative energy, we lose
touch with our core. In fact, in a positive light, these slings and arrows
offer us the opportunity to strengthen our core sense of self, and to
learn to dodge and deflect other people's misdirected negativity. The more
we do this, the more we are able to discern what belongs to us and what
belongs to other people. With practice, we become masters of our energetic
integrity, refusing to serve as targets for the disowned anger and
frustration of the people around us.
Eventually, we will be able to hear the feedback that others have to
offer, taking in anything that might actually be constructive, and
releasing that which has nothing to do with us. First, though, we tend
ourselves compassionately by recognizing when we can't take something in
from the outside without hurting ourselves. This is when we make like a
duck, shaking it off and letting it roll off our back as we continue our
way in the world..
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Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 06:56:16 -0700 (PDT)
From: Marakita Mehmet <maraki_tanga@yahoo.co.nz>
Red Pill Reich Blog - Nurses blog on dangers of
vaccines and more
Passing this one on, for all the other mums out there
http://redpillreich.blogspot.com/2008/06/measles-vaccine-responsible-for.html
As a nurse I am shattering the myth of modern medicine.
Medical protocol is determined by what's most profitable, which
means "managing" diseases with medication rather than curing them. This
way people stay sick, and keep spending money to get well.
Since graduating with honors in 1990 from one of the top 10 nursing
schools in the US, I have learned the inside truth about Western medicine
- a truth that most doctors and nurses are totally unaware of. Like myself
they chose their profession with good intentions, believing it was
valiant, but this is a powerful deception hiding a villainous truth.
A sample of topics I write on includes prescription drugs
<http://redpillreich.blogspot.com/search/label/prescription%20drugs>
(ineffective and deadly), vaccines
<http://redpillreich.blogspot.com/search/label/vaccines>
(also ineffective and deadly), fluoride
<http://redpillreich.blogspot.com/search/label/fluoride> (a chemical
weapon found in many prescription drugs and added to tap water),
chemotherapy
<http://redpillreich.blogspot.com/search/label/chemotherapy>
(another chemical weapon), and chemtrails
<http://redpillreich.blogspot.com/search/label/chemtrails> .
I also discuss what we can do to safely regain optimal health.
Drug companies
<http://redpillreich.blogspot.com/search/label/pharmaceutical%20industry>
"fund" medical schools with millions of dollars annually in exchange for
their loyalty, and therefore medical students are taught only to prescribe
drugs and never learn that nutrition cures chronic diseases.
Drug companies
<http://redpillreich.blogspot.com/search/label/pharmaceutical%20industry>
also advertise heavily in medical journals and make up a good portion of
their editorial boards, controlling what doctors read throughout their
careers. Therefore most doctors are completely unaware that safe, natural
and cost effective cures for their patients even exist (click here
<http://youtube.com/watch?v=10Xq2TUhFnw> for an example involving a
successful cancer cure).
Although many people are waking up to the fact that drug companies
are suppressing natural cures and seeking to destroy many forms of natural
healing, most are unaware that Western medicine was developed by Wall
Street bankers
<http://rawfoodinfo.com/articles/art_pharmaterror.html> and over
1,300 of Hitler's top Nazi scientists who were brought to the US in the
1940's
<http://redpillreich.blogspot.com/search/label/Project%20Paperclip>
" The Nazis Didn't Lose The War, They Just Had To Move
<http://redpillreich.blogspot.com/2008/03/nazis-psychiatry-and-government-nazis.html> "
(Mark Phillips, former CIA operative).
Modern medicine is a tool of the Global Elite, also known as the
Illuminati - a small group of men who are determined to decrease the
population in order to gain world domination. The medical field is one of
their most powerful tools and thus far has claimed many lives.
For example, chemotherapy has been proven ineffective in 96-98% of
all cancers
<http://anticancer.wordpress.com/2007/09/26/chemotherapy-ineffective/> yet
is widely prescribed, kills patients faster than their cancer would have
and was derived from mustard gas which was used to kill during World War
I.
Ask any doctor how many patients they have who lived more than 5
years after receiving chemo and their answer won't be too encouraging, yet
statistics from the American Cancer Society
<http://redpillreich.blogspot.com/search/label/American%20Cancer%20Society>
falsely claim that cancer has a 50% cure rate. This is because the
American Cancer Society
<http://redpillreich.blogspot.com/search/label/American%20Cancer%20Society>
an organization that suppresses natural cancer cures in order to sustain
itself, eliminates all patients who die during treatment from their
numbers, making their cancer survival statistics completely false. This
clearly eliminates the true danger of chemotherapy from their pamphlets.
Another example is that vaccines
<http://redpillreich.blogspot.com/search/label/vaccines> have been
proven by the drug companies' own research not to induce immunity and
contain some of the strongest poisons known to mankind, such as mercury,
aluminum and formaldehyde. Vaccines
<http://redpillreich.blogspot.com/search/label/vaccines> are a
multi-billion dollar annual fraud pushed by the "World Health
Organization" despite the growing number of children who develop autism
<http://redpillreich.blogspot.com/search/label/autism> after
receiving them, in addition to a large number of adults who develop
debilitating illnesses after being vaccinated. Vaccines
<http://redpillreich.blogspot.com/search/label/vaccines> are
commonly contaminated with cancer viruses and other pathogens.
Yet another example is that many people have successfully cured
their diabetes
<http://redpillreich.blogspot.com/search/label/diabetes> using
natural means, yet patients are not told this is even possible in
mainstream medicine, and doctors are largely unaware.
You aren't hearing about these things in the news because the mass
media is corporately owned by the same elitists who are pulling the
strings behind the world stage, determining elections, propagandas and
policies. They seek to keep the masses in the dark .
If something is offensive to a corporate sponsor, such as a drug
company, it doesn't make the news. Just look at how many drugs are
advertised during the evening news, and you'll see who's paying for - in
other words, controlling - the programming.
As the minds of the masses are distracted and lulled into submission
through the media, the body is under intentional assault from poisonous
chemicals in the food, water, air and prescription drugs.
The people - or "sheeple" - have complacently placed their health
into the hands of a corrupt industry. All of this has come about so
gradually that it is accepted as "normal," but it is the result of
calculated brainwashing carried out through the media, which daily
professes the "miracles of modern medicine" while suppressing the truth.
There are those who use faith as an excuse to tolerate evil ("Well,
it's God's will so just let it happen"), and then there are those who use
it as a reason to resist evil. It's my belief that even though everything
comes from above and all things happen for a reason, I still have a
personal responsibility to warn my neighbor in the face of danger. To me,
this is loving my neighbor as myself. What he chooses to do with the
information is up to him.
You can take the blue pill and go back to sleep, or you can take the
red pill and Open Your Eyes.
Click here <http://youtube.com/profile?user=OliviaHadassah> for my
YouTube channel.
Morpheus: The Matrix is everywhere, it is all around us. It is the
world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.
Neo: What truth?
Morpheus: Like everyone else, you were born inside a prison that you
cannot smell, taste, or touch. A prison for your mind. You have to see it
for yourself. This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning
back.
You take the blue pill and the story ends. You wake in your bed and
believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill and you stay
in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
Remember - all I am offering is the truth, nothing more. (Scene from
The Matrix.)
About Me Olivia Love Worthy Tzfat, Israel In 1990 I graduated with
honors from one of the top 10 nursing schools in the United States. In
2002 I was introduced to a whole food supplement that gave me great relief
from fibromyalgia and arthritis pain. After hearing testimonials from
people who had completely recovered from terminal cancer and AIDS by
taking the same nutritional product, I began independent research that led
me to become disillusioned by the health care system I was a part of. I've
since studied nutrition and become certified in various forms of energy
healing, including both bodywork and energy psychology. I currently work
privately as a nurse in positions that do not involve giving medication
(something I have stopped doing as a matter of conscience). Motivated by
the memory of patients whom I saw suffer needlessly at the hands of modern
medicine, I spend much of my time studying the latest health research and
teaching others what I learn. I do not make any money from the products I
recommend - my advice is based on research and results. View my complete
profile
http://www.blogger.com/profile/08984934260889611172
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Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 14:08:31 +0000
From: mike sysiuk <msysiuk@hotmail.com>
Subject: [livingnation] Idealist.org
FYI,
Mike
-----
My name is Ami, and I am the director of Idealist.org. I am
writing to
ask you a favor.
This month we are doing something special at Idealist, and we
need
your help to spread the word.
Here is the story. Posting a job on Idealist usually costs
$60 (we are
a nonprofit ourselves, and this small fee keeps us afloat)
but
starting today, and through the end of June, all job postings
on
Idealist are free for any nonprofit organization.
We are doing this so that any organization can try us at no
cost, and
our ultimate goal is to bring you every nonprofit job that's
open
around the country (as well as internships and volunteer
opportunities, which are always free).
And here is where we need your help. If you know anyone who
works at a
nonprofit organization, please share this message with them.
And if
you have a way to get the word out to friends and colleagues
across
the sector - through a mailing list, a blog, or any other way
- please
tell them that Idealist is free for the whole month of June.
Lastly, here is a video we produced for this month, that
describes why
Idealist is the best place to post a nonprofit job:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-BQYIPILUU
Thanks in advance for sharing this with your networks, and
have a good
week!
Ami Dar
Executive Director
http://www.idealist.org
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From: mark swearingen
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 7:48 AM
Subject: return ancestral lands to the Natives?
do you think there could be a possibility of likewise success in
Hawai'i?
Oglala Sioux could regain Badlands national parkland
MARK DUNCAN, Associated Press
A family picnics in Badlands National Park near Interior, S.D.
The National Park Service is considering giving back the southern half,
which was confiscated from the Indian tribe during World War II.
By Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
June 8, 2008
BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK, S.D. -- The southern half of this swath of
grasslands and chiseled pink spires looks untouched from a distance.
Closer up, the scars of history are easy to see.
Unexploded bombs lie in ravines, a reminder of when the military
confiscated the land from the Oglala Sioux tribe during World War II and
turned it into an artillery range. Poachers who have stolen thousands of
fossils over the years have left gouges in the landscape. On a plateau, a
solitary makeshift hut sits ringed by empty Coke cans and shaving cream
canisters. It is the only remnant of a three-year occupation by militant
tribal activists who had demanded that the land be returned.
Now the National Park Service is contemplating doing just that: giving
the 133,000-acre southern half of Badlands National Park back to the
tribe. The northern half, which has a paved road and a visitor center,
would remain with the park system.
The park service has dissolved 23 parks and historic sites since 1930,
but none has been returned to tribes. "It's really exciting for us to
think about walking down this road," said Sandra J. Washington, head of
planning for the service's Omaha office, which oversees Badlands. "The
intention is to be as honorable as possible."
The change would require congressional approval and the process is in its
earliest stages, with officials still to decide whether the south section
should be handed over solely to the tribal government, become a separate
park run by the tribe with help from the park service, or left as is.
Tribal members seem torn. Some say they should be able to build homes
there. Others push for a pristine nature preserve. Still others want more
development to draw tourists to the massive fossils that remain.
The park service recently held several forums on the reservation and
elsewhere in the region to gauge public support for these options. At a
forum at Crazy Horse School in Wanblee, S.D., William La Mont, 44, was
one of several who argued that the tribe would still need the service's
help. "The tribe's not ready," he said. "The tribe's in the red."
Keith Janis, 48, one of the activists who staged the 2000 occupation,
believes the land should be returned to its original owners or their
descendants to do with as they please.
"That's not respecting the rights of the people who have nothing," Janis
said of the proposal that the land remain a park. "The whole national
park system is environmental racism against the Indian people of this
country."
Many of the most renowned national parks -- Yellowstone, Glacier, Grand
Canyon -- were formed after the federal government forced tribes from the
land.
"The national park is a sort of wonderful ideal, but it's an ideal that
was created," said Karl Jacoby, a professor at Brown University who
studies Western history. "There weren't empty wilderness areas in the
United States. They had to be created by the removal of Indians."
The confiscation of the land that is now the south end of Badlands
National Park is fresher in locals' memories. In 1942, the military gave
more than 800 people a week to move out.
Anita Ecoffey, 65, remembers her father describing what it was like to
flee from his home taking only what he could carry, leaving the land
where he had buried his parents.
"To me this is worse than what happened at Wounded Knee," said Ecoffey,
recalling the infamous 1890 massacre of Sioux by the U.S. Army. "These
were people's homes."
Legally, the land remained tribal property. But the government continued
to oversee it after the war.
Control of it was handed to the National Park Service and the area was
incorporated into Badlands National Monument, which became a national
park in 1978.
Under an agreement signed in 1976, the park service operates the south
unit jointly with Oglala Sioux park officials.
But the tribe has complained that the service has never lived up to many
of its promises.
The government said it would build a cultural/visitor center to draw
tourists to the southern half of the park, about 40 miles southeast of
Rapid City. Instead, the only visitor center in the south is a converted
trailer along an isolated stretch of blacktop. Until recently, Oglala
Sioux rangers complained that the park service barely gave them any
support, making it impossible to patrol the area and giving fossil
poachers free rein.
"Everybody just takes advantage of it," said Birgil Kills Straight,
executive director of the Oglala Sioux Parks and Recreation Authority.
Relations have improved since Paige Baker, a Mandan/Hidatsa Indian raised
in North Dakota, became superintendent of Badlands National Park in 2006.
Baker stocked the park gift shop with books on Indian history and argued
for a change in the southern section's status. Top Interior Department
officials in Washington have agreed to abide by his recommendations, he
said.
The park service "has got to listen to tribes," Baker said. "We have not
done that as well as we should."
On the 30,000-member Pine Ridge Reservation, a patchwork of tiny towns
and ranches centered in the nation's second-poorest county, tribal
members aren't accustomed to trusting the federal government. But they
say they believe the talk of the park's return is legitimate.
At the Wanblee forum, Marie Randall, 88, pointed proudly at the photos of
the south unit on a bilingual flier the park service was handing out.
"This is our foundation, this is our life," she said. "As long as we have
this, the Indian will never end."
Washington, of the park service's Omaha office, said that the south
section of Badlands is one of two national parks where the land is owned
by a tribe and operated jointly with that tribe. The other is Canyon de
Chelly National Park in Arizona, on Navajo land. Other parklands were
taken from tribes long ago and their acreage is not currently owned by
tribes. It's unlikely the park service would take similar steps with
those parks.
Park service officials say they were already contemplating the hand-over
before the 2000 occupation. A handful of tribal members took over a high
tableland known as the Stronghold, believed to be the spot where the
Sioux made their last stand against the U.S. military after fleeing from
Wounded Knee.
Janis said he believed it was the aggressive stance during the occupation
that pushed the park service to propose giving back the land. He said the
terrain would be more protected that way. "The people took better care of
it when it was theirs," he said. "Even the fossils were respected."
Some environmental groups are enthusiastic about the proposal. Jonathan
Proctor, Southern Rockies/Great Plains representative for Defenders of
Wildlife, said the Oglala Sioux had been better environmental stewards
than many states. Pine Ridge has already helped restore declining
populations of long-tailed fox and black-footed ferrets.
"The tribes don't get enough respect for what they do for wildlife,"
Proctor said. "It's not our land; it belongs to the Oglala Sioux. Who are
we to tell them what to do with their land?"
nicholas.riccardi@latimes.com
--
Mark Swearingen
Po Box 1100
Kaneohe, Hawaii 96744
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Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 11:22:53 -0700
From: Free Hawai`i <freehawaii@earthlink.net>
Is Your Name Being Used? On "Voices Of Truth -
One-On-One With Hawai`i's Future"
Aloha `aina,
You certainly didn't wait around.
We heard from so many this last week expressing your intention to "UnKau"
yourselves - remove your names from the Kau Inoa list.
Your outrage at the Office Of Hawaiian Affairs for their duplicity and
double dealing with Kau Inoa and what they really intend to use it for to
support the Akaka bill, was more than most of you could take.
We're told that UnKau Inoa T-Shirts are literally flying off the shelves.
So spread the word - tell everyone you know who signed on to Kau Inoa
they can UnKau - get their names off.
But that's not all - Hawaiian Nationals are taking both their identity
and their land back.
Hawaiian patriots on Kaua`i recently did something utterly remarkable
stopping rich foreigners in their tracks.
We'll tell you exactly what that was this coming Wednesday on Free
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If you support our issues on the Free Hawai`i Broadcasting Network,
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Remember, Voices Of Truth now airs on Maui on a brand new day - Mondays
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People who love their land acting to take it back and creating a better
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"Kukulu Kumu Hana O Punalu`u - A Visit With Sheryl Waimakalani Iona"
"We don't say no, we just say come."
With those words Kukulu Kumu Hana O Punalu`u, a two week residential
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Kukulu kumu hana, which means to pool one's thoughts to solve common
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they are and their connection to the `aina.
Started by the late Keola Hanoa, Sheryl Iona stepped in after her
cousin's passing. She had big shoes to fill, but for Sheryl, that was no
problem at all.
She tells us, "We share with them who we see they'll become. They always
end up being it, having pride in themselves, their culture and their
ancestors."
Participants now come from all over the island, even foster children, to
learn respect, values, commitments and to malama (care for) each other
and the `aina.
With the original students now acting as teachers, the circle keep
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MONDAY, June 9th At 6:30 PM - Maui - Akaku, Channel 53
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Living his entire life of 43 years in Punalu`u, on Hawai`i Island, Earl
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Located in the district of Ka`u, he tells us Punalu`u sees more
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A fierce advocate for preserving the last uninhabited coastline on
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"Why should we cater to people who want to destroy this land with more
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That's the question Earl confronts on a daily basis.
Fertilizers from resort golf courses flow to the ocean, killing off the
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Earl's mission of trying to save the entire eighty-mile coastline might
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Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:18:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kekahuna Keaweiwi <kekahunakeaweiwi@yahoo.com>
29 states support State of Hawaii's
appeal of supreme court decision - comment
Pololoe Andre.
A relevent, though much dimissed point, with the HSC Ruling on so-called
"ceded lands", e.g. Leialii, Kona case; is how can Lingle and her
kkkknklin/Twiggy-Smith friends throw a 50th anniversary partry without
looking totally like the village idiots!!!
Believe it or not friends, this may well make its way into the fray
between Obama and Bush...I mean McCain (oops...Freudian Slip) if not for
the fact that indian Country dispises McCain and they'll try to go a
tit-for-tat on Obama.
Notice all the States throwing in their two-cents are no less guilty of
what the SOH is doing; They really are worried their hegemony over "native
peoples" is being challenged and with the present domestic/global
state-of-affairs the US has created, there is a 'perfect storm' brewing.
Ae...maka`al
Foster
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"kanikapu@yahoo.com" <kanikapu@yahoo.com> wrote:
Wow, this is an important one to watch and understand..
Mahalo Foster. No doubt, these other 29 States include "Indian Country"
and other stolen lands like Puerto Rico etc..
The Supreme court ruling on "ceded" or more accurately "stolen" lands must
be making them nervous.. Check out how they refer to the apology bill as
"symbolic." In this context in screams of of America's apology being
insincere and disingenuous..
But I guess we've always known that..
Also, how this line:
"the Hawaii court held that the Apology Resolution singled out and
diminished the state's title to lands received at statehood."
Question: What fucking title?
andre
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JUNE 06, 2008
Another Amicus Brief Supporting Cert in Ceded Lands Case
The State of Washington and 28 other states and
commonwealth have filed an amicus brief in support of
the State of Hawaii's petition for a writ of certiorari
in the ceded lands case, Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian
Affairs, No. 07-1372 (cert. petition filed Apr. 29,
2008). In that case, the State seeks U.S. Supreme
Court review of the decision by the Hawaii Supreme
Court in Office of Hawaiian Affairs v. Housing and
Community Dev. Corp. of Hawaii, 117 Haw. 174, 177 P.3d
884 (Jan. 31, 2008). In that decision, the Hawaii
Supreme Court, relying on the "Apology Resolution,"
enjoined the State of Hawaii from conveying 1.2 million
acres of state-owned land until a political settlement
is reach with Native Hawaiians about the status of that
land.
The brief of the twenty-nine states asserts:
The Supreme Court of Hawaii misconstrued the 1993
Apology Resolution.... Notwithstanding express
language showing that Congress had simply adopted
a symbolic apology, the Hawaii court held that
the Apology Resolution singled out and diminished
the state's title to lands received at statehood.
. . . .
The twenty-nine amicus states and commonwealth
ask the Court to grant the petition for two
reasons. First the rule of law adopted by the
Hawaii court conflicts with this Court's holding
regarding lands granted to the states. This
Court's decisions recognize that land cannot be
taken from a state after it is granted at
statehood. The Hawaii court's ruling to the
contrary is inconsistent with the plan of
federalism in the Constitution. Second, the case
involves a gross misapplication of federal law to
impair the title to the majority of land owned by
a sovereign state. A question of federal law of
the magnitude presented by this case concerning
the legal interests of a sovereign state in its
state lands merits the attention of this Court.
Brief at 3-4. The brief is available here. The State of
Hawaii's cert petition is here, and Pacific Legal
Foundation's amicus brief supporting cert is here.
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Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:03:57 -0400
From: Richard Brown <chooky.clarke@gmail.com>
Subject: [mana_wahine] Elder's Meditation of the Day
Elder's Meditation of the Day - June 8
"So we are connected to the moon. That gives us power, a connection to the
earth and the moon, men don't know about."
--Cecilia Mitchell, MOHAWK
The Elders tell us that the Woman has access to special powers. The Earth
Mother gives her love in a special way to the Woman. The Moon also gives
special powers to the Woman. She uses these powers to nurture, heal and
guide the people.
Great Spirit, today, give a special Blessing to our Women.
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Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:25:13 +1200
From: karaka <chooky.clarke@gmail.com>
Louise Nicholas' book now out
Shipton's rape victim says she 'died in his hands'
By DEIDRE MUSSEN - Sunday Star Times | Sunday, 08 June 2008
Dominon Post
RAPE VIEW: A parole board gave a unanimous opinion that what Brad Shipton
"described of the event was, in our view, one of rape".
Brad Shipton's victim has told the Parole Board she "died in his hands"
the day she was pack-raped at Mt Maunganui in 1989.
The woman, now 40, whose name is permanently suppressed, wrote
submissions for the board for each of the three men found guilty of
raping her.
The three former police officers Shipton and Bob Schollum and lifeguard
Peter McNamara denied their offending.
However, last week, the board revealed its explosive decision on
Shipton's May parole hearing that in its unanimous opinion "what he
described of the event was, in our view, one of rape".
The board said Shipton described in court as the ring-leader of the rape
confirmed he did not ask the complainant if it was OK to have sex with
her or for more than one person to have sex with her "and that wearing
the police uniform was despicable. He acknowledged she was possibly
intimidated by them".
The woman said she feared for her safety if Shipton was released and
would seek police protection or even a new identity and place to live.
The board adjourned its decision on whether to free him until September
for a second psychologist's report to be completed. Shipton, who is in
Wanganui Prison, has served a third of his eight-and-a-half-year jail
sentence.
His lawyer, Bill Nabney, last week denied that Shipton had confessed to
rape and was "anxious to make sure his friends, family and supporters
know that he still maintains his innocence".
Other legal experts say the Parole Board shouldn't require convicted men
to acknowledge guilt anyway.
The board stands by its view that Shipton's remarks amounted to a
confession. It is understood the board is considering privacy issues
before deciding whether to release transcripts of the parole hearing, as
it has done once before, in the case of double murderer Graeme Burton.
Shipton's victim pleaded for the board to refuse his freedom, saying in
her submission "in many ways, I have died in the hands of Brad Shipton".
She said before she met Shipton in 1988, she held a prestigious job and
was a "vivacious, talented, assertive young woman of 20, absolutely
brimming with potential".
"Within a month of the rape, I was a blank shell, terribly traumatised,
not able to eat or sleep or function enough to even take care of my own
personal hygiene. I lost enormous amounts of weight, my hair fell out and
I suffered illness constantly, all whilst being deeply depressed and
constantly exhausted."
The victim said the rape's impact on her included an estimated $950,000
in lost income, her marriage break-up, the loss of friendships, enjoyment
and fun, as well as loss of health.
On Friday, she told the Sunday Star-Times she was disappointed but not
surprised by Shipton's apparent reversal of his confession.
Such reversals were "reasonably common", Corrections' national research
adviser Dr Nick Wilson said.
An experienced clinical psychologist, Wilson had observed offenders
admitting their guilt but later reversing their stance once they realised
the implications for themselves, their co-offenders, family and other
supporters.
Pressure from others could prompt a reversal, he said.
"While you deny, there will always be people out there who will support
you.
"As soon as you fess up that you did it, you often get dropped by your
supporters."
A judicial review of the board's decision to parole Shipton's co-offender
Peter McNamara in January starts in the High Court in Wellington on
Tuesday.
HOW PAROLE WORKS
Offenders with sentences of less than two years serve half of their
sentence and are freed without appearing before the Parole Board.
Offenders serving longer sentences become eligible for parole after
serving one-third of their sentence. This does not mean they will
automatically be released but, by law, they must be seen by the board.
A prisoner serving a life sentence can apply for parole after 10 years or
once they have served their minimum parole period.
In the case of preventive detention, they can apply after five years
unless a longer non-parole period has been imposed.
Hearings are in front of a panel of three board members and the main
consideration is whether the prisoner is at risk of reoffending.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4576663a10.html
Women may take Shipton complaints straight to PM
5:00AM Friday October 19, 2007
By Juliet Rowan
Louise Nicholas (left) and Donna Johnson say they will support the five
complainants in whatever action they take. Photo / Alan Gibson
Five women who allege sexual misconduct by former policeman Brad Shipton
want Government action to address their claims because they feel "wholly
unsatisfied" with the commission of inquiry into the police, a lawyer
says.
Vinay Deobhakta of Tauranga said yesterday the five had approached him
since the trial of another former officer, John Dewar, saying they had
gained no closure from the inquiry into police misconduct.
"They've asked me for legal advice, and what they would like to do is to
address their dissatisfaction."
Mr Deobhakta said the women were not yet sure of the action they wanted
to take, but it was possible they would approach Prime Minister Helen
Clark directly, as she had voiced sympathy for all women whose claims had
formed the basis of the inquiry.
"We will not hesitate to take advantage of that avenue," he said.
Mr Deobhakta acts as a support person for Louise Nicholas, whose
allegations of sexual crimes and a cover-up by police sparked the
inquiry, and Donna Johnson, who claims Shipton took advantage of her
vulnerability as a victim of incest to force her into sex.
Both women were present when Mr Deobhakta spoke to the Herald and said
they would support the five in whatever action they took.
Mrs Nicholas said that by coming forward the women had helped commission
of inquiry head Dame Margaret Bazley formulate a list of 60
recommendations for the police that were positive, but they had gained
nothing personally and were suffering.
"I feel for them because they've gone through so much," she said.
"It's up to the powers-that-be to front up and say, 'How can we help?"'
Ms Johnson said legal costs made it difficult for many women, including
her, to pursue claims individually.
"The accused gets legal aid, but the complainant doesn't."
Compounding the problems was the fact that some women were unable to work
because of stress resulting from the abuse inflicted on them.
Mr Deobhakta said the five women who approached him had all made historic
allegations against Shipton, who was convicted of the rape of a Mt
Maunganui woman in 1989 but cleared of raping Mrs Nicholas several years
earlier.
"He was the common nucleus."
Mr Deobhakta is now focusing on businesses outside the law and has
advised the women to seek legal representation to resolve their claims.
As a result of covering up Mrs Nicholas' allegations of rape, Dewar was
sentenced in July to 4 1/2 years in prison.
Police did not lay charges against Shipton in relation to Ms Johnson's
claims but she was interviewed by the commission of inquiry.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10470819
QUOTE
Friday October 19, 09:18 AM
Women unhappy with police sex inquiry
Five women alleging sexual misconduct by former policeman Brad Shipton
may ask the Government to look at their claims.
The lawyer for the woman said they felt "wholly unsatisfied" with the
commission of inquiry into the police.
Vinay Deobhakta of Tauranga said yesterday the five had approached him
since the trial of another former officer, John Dewar, saying they had
gained no closure from the inquiry into police misconduct.
"They've asked me for legal advice, and what they would like to do is to
address their dissatisfaction," he told The New Zealand Herald.
He said they were unsure of the action they wanted, but they may approach
Prime Minister Helen Clark, as she had voiced sympathy for all women
whose claims had formed the basis of the inquiry.
"We will not hesitate to take advantage of that avenue," he said.
Mr Deobhakta was a support person for Louise Nicholas, whose allegations
of sexual crimes and a cover-up by police sparked the inquiry, and Donna
Johnson, who claims Shipton took advantage of her vulnerability as a
victim of incest to force her into sex, the newspaper reported today.
Both woman said they would support the five in whatever action they took.
Mr Deobhakta said the five women had all made historic allegations
against Shipton, who was convicted of the rape of a Mt Maunganui woman in
1989 but cleared of raping Mrs Nicholas several years earlier.
In April this year Dame Margaret Bazley produced a damning report into
historic police behaviour.
The commission was ordered after allegations surfaced of police officers
undermining or mishandling investigations into some of the women's
complaints of sexual assault against other officers.
Dame Margaret found evidence of "disgraceful" sexual behaviour by some
officers over the past 25 years.
Her 449-page report into police conduct since 1979 found a blind eye was
often turned by colleagues and superiors to inappropriate sexual activity
by officers, but there was no evidence of a concerted attempt across the
police organisation to cover up unacceptable behaviour.
She found police lacked the "policies, procedures and practices necessary
for effectively dealing with police misconduct and for removing the
officers involved".
Following the release of the report the Government said they would
implement all of her 48 recommendations that related to police, including
that police adopt a code of conduct.
While non-sworn staff have a code of conduct, sworn officers have never
had one.
The new code would prohibit officers from entering into any sexual
contact with others over whom they hold a position of authority or where
there is a power differential.
Dame Margaret had said police needed to be vigilant in guarding against
police officers using their positions of authority to obtain sexual
favours.
"Some types of sexual behaviour, although they may not constitute sexual
assault, are nevertheless inappropriate for police officers," she said.
Dame Margaret's commission reviewed 313 complaints of sexual assault
against 222 police officers between 1979 and 2005.
Of these 141 were regarded as containing sufficient evidence on which to
lay criminal charges or undertake some sort of disciplinary action.
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/071018/3/23ld.html?f=mv
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Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:17:16 -1000
From: Viviane Lerner <vivlerner@gmail.com>
Subject: Isle's first gay pride festival planned
Our very first Gay Pride Festival is "not about being gay [or
straight]"!
Very tepid pride, to say the least!
==========
http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/articles/2008/06/08/local_news/
local06.txt
Isle's first gay pride festival planned
Kona to host the event on June 21
by Kim Eaton
Stephens Media
It's not about being gay or straight. It's about the community coming
together and people supporting each other. That's the stated goal of
the first Hawaii Island Pride Gay Pride Festival.
"I'm really impressed with how organized people got for this one
single cause -- to celebrate diversity and unity," said Jeffrey
Werle, Hawaii Island Pride festival committee member. "I hope (the
community gets) some knowledge that they have to share this island
with everyone. Black, white, brown, queer, straight. We all live
together. We should be able to party together, listen to music."
The event starts at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 21, at King Kamehameha's
Kona Beach Hotel luau grounds. In addition to interactive and
educational booths, there will be craft vendors, an art walk, food,
live entertainment with Poncho Man, Cover Girlz and Johnny Shot, plus
guest speakers Pat Rocco and Carlie Hardy. There also will be a
silent auction with gift certificates for massage, water activities
and dining, gift baskets and jewelry. After a candlelit walk down
Alii Drive, the fun will continue at an after-party at the Mixx Bistro.
Proceeds will go to the Hawaii Island HIV/AIDS Foundation. Festival
coordinator Crystal Leishman said the donations will be at least
$1,500, which the organization has raised through other fundraisers
and sponsorship. Anything collected at the festival through
individual donations and the silent auction also will be donated to
the foundation.
The Hawaii Island HIV/AIDS Foundation provides prevention and
education outreach to men, women and youth; condom distribution, safe
sex kits and other risk-reduction materials and counseling; on-site
HIV testing and counseling; referrals to STD screening and treatment;
and hepatitis education, screening, vaccinations and treatment.
For HIV infected individuals, the foundation provides referrals and
assists them in securing housing, food bank, medical and dental care,
home health services, government aid programs and more.
"(The foundation is) a really organized group, and they are willing
to get out into the community," Leishman said, adding that the
foundation will be offering free AIDS testing at the event.
Saturday's event will be preceded by a Miss Hawaii Island Pride
Pageant on Friday, June 20, at My Bar in Kailua-Kona. The winner will
be recognized at the festival and at other Hawaii Island Pride events
throughout the year. On June 29, there will be a Gay Pride Sunset
Sail aboard the Body Glove.
Gay pride events began in the 1970s amid riots and controversy,
Leishman said. Gay pride events are now held in hundreds of cities
worldwide.
Leishman grew up in Seattle, attending gay pride events as far back
as she can remember.
"It's such an amazing feeling," she said. "The whole community gets
together and has fun and celebrates. When I moved here, I was shocked
that there was nothing here."
The event is about making connections and raising awareness. While
there are a few organizations for the gay and lesbian community, many
people are not aware of them, Leishman said.
"Some people have been here for years, but they've been in the closet
because they have nowhere to go," she said. "There's also nothing for
gay youths here. ... This is just to bring everyone together."
While it is the first event, the committee decided to start out small
and see what happens. But Werle said he expects it to be much larger
next year -- maybe even including a parade.
Hawaii Island Pride Gay Pride Festival
Saturday, June 21, 2-8 p.m. at King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel
luau grounds
For more, call 557-4668 or visit http://www.hawaiiislandpride.com.
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Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:55:44 -1000
From: penny levin <pennysfh@hawaii.rr.com>
Subject: Re: Paraguay: Campesino leader charged for confronting crop
spraying
monsanto rides again.
----- Original Message -----
From: mike reitz
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 6:07 PM
^Åso if a human person who was committing and/or abetting criminal actions
was on the loose in Hawaii, I^Òm guessing the authorities might take some
action to remove that person from public life, and perhaps even from the
Islands. So why isn^Òt that same sort of approach taken to criminal
corporate persons?
m
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Fighting Roundup
http://www.lasojamata.org/node/113
Paraguay: Campesino leader charged for confronting crop spraying
The criminalization of social movements in Paraguay has worsened with the
recent order to detain political and social leader Toms Zayas, a municipal
councilor and three campesinos, charged for Homicidal intent and criminal
association. These accusations are due to the conflict that has developed
over the last three years over intense crop spraying with pesticides
suffered by the Leopoldo Perrier community of San Cristbal Municipality in
the department of Alto Paran, Paraguay.
Read also the response letter by Nobel price winner Martin Almada
Tomas Zayas, the leader of the Association of Alto Paran Farmers
(ASAGRAPA),1 and the National Center of Peasant, Indigenous and Popular
Organizations (CNOCIP),2 is moreover a senatorial candidate for the
Workers Party3 in the April 20th elections. ASAGRAPA is a campesino
organization that works in one of the principle zones of production of
genetically modified soy in Paraguay. The campesino communities in these
zones live surrounded by immense soy fields and are highly exposed to the
intense crop spraying with toxic pesticides, which are applied to the
large-scale monoculture crops. ASAGRAPA is one of the principle
organizations in the region that accompanies the struggle for the land,
the re-vindication of integral agrarian reform and the rights of campesino
communities. In this context, it started the Stop the fumigation: In
defense of Communities and Life campaign in December of 2007. In the
campesino community of Leopoldo Perrier, the community became so
contaminated with toxic pesticides in August of 2007 that a three-year-old
child, Jess Jimnez, died after intense crop spraying. The community and
the parents of the child denounced the lack of diagnosis in the moment of
death.4 As the diagnosis of poison with pesticides was negated by the soy
producers, the organizations were able to push a judicial order for the
exhumation of the cadaver for its necropsy and the execution of a
socio-environmental diagnostic of the community by three national
institutions. The necropsy demonstrated that there were high levels of
toxic pesticides in the body. In February of this year, during the cycle
of cultivation and crop spraying, the affected community resisted the crop
spraying via peaceful protest. Due to this protest, the Public Prosecutor
recently accused four people, three of whom were parents of young children
and members of ASAGRAPA, and the leader, Tomas Zayas. The Public
Prosecutor alleged that the accused composed a criminal association and
that they carried out an attempted homicide by supposedly firing a gun
into the air. The community indicated that Zayas was not present during
the protest, nor were guns fired. What happened to the child Jess Jimnez
is not an isolated incident; on reiterated occasions the grave problems
that toxic pesticides cause in communities has been denounced. Local press
reports indicate that in the Leopoldo Perrier community, the soy producers
do not respect the crop borders established by law, with relation to human
settlements, educational institutions and water ways.5 Other press reports
point out that classes are often cancelled on days of crop spraying on the
field twenty meters away because the children faint from the smell. It
also causes spontaneous abortions, the death of fish, pigs and other
animals.6 Denunciations of the impact of the monoculture soy fields on the
community have been made on an international level. The Committee of
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of the United Nations indicated
amongst other observations that the expansion of the cultivation of soy
has brought with it the indiscriminate use of toxic pesticides, provoking
death and sickness in children and adults, contamination of water,
disappearance of ecosystems and damage to the traditional nutritional
resources of the communities.7 An investigation carried out the same year
in the tour departments of greatest soy production revealed that in the
studied communities 78% of families showed a health problem caused by the
frequent crop spraying in the soy fields, 63% of which was due to
contaminated water.8 In the Leopoldo Perrier community, after these
reports were published, the community members have been recieveing
constant threats, including from the municipal superintendent, who
verbally intimidated the community in response to their organization.
However, the events in this community are part of a process of greater
importance. The pressure that the campesino organizations suffer due to
State persecution is reflected in the Report of International Observation
in Paraguay, which indicates how the Executive branch has concentrated the
power that with public forces in its hands, the alliance of the Public
Prosecutor, and the Supreme Court as a guarantee of impunity, has created
a campaign of massive repression of the campesino sector, in order to
facilitate and guarantee the amplification of the border of genetically
modified soy.9
This strategy is based on four reasons for persecution:
Links with common delinquency.
The criminalization of protests, prosecuting the conflicts and taking
protesters to trial.
Linking campesino leaders to the causes of kidnappings.
Linking campesino leaders to a supposedly budding guerilla activity
related principally with long-standing guerillas such as those in
Colombia.10
Since 1989, the year that the Stroessner dictatorship ended, more than 100
campesino leaders have been assassinated, of which only one case was
investigated and the assassin convicted. The rest remain in impunity. The
criminalization of protest is very serious itself; in 2004 the campesino
organizations registered 1,156 detentions.11
In this context, it is appropriate to mention that the events that have
occurred in the last month, including the seizure of three candidates of
the Patriotic Socialist Alliance Party12 for having visited land occupied
by campesinos, the unclear circumstances of the assassination of a
political leader of the Tekojoja Popular Movement, the publication of
articles in various medias about two supposed guerilla centers in alliance
with campesino organizations, that incidentally were proposing candidates
for this years elections.
The government and groups of power have used the Public Prosecutor and all
the tools at their disposal, in an attempt to do away with political
rights and social organizations. As the election nears, greater acts of
violence and criminalization are generated against critical sectors and
the opposition.
Claudia Russer, of the Association of Producers of Soy, Grains and Oils
(APS)13 declared in an interview in 2007 that leaders like Toms Zayas
favor confrontations against working people. Supposedly they are against
the use of agricultural chemicals, but it appears that what they want is
to initiate a civil war (sic).14
Zayas response in the media was direct: The war that [Claudia Russer]
mentions was started by them a long time ago, but it is a chemical war
against our people and the people have the right to defend themselves.15
Written by Marco Castillo, Regina Kretschmer, Javiera Rulli, Gaby
Schwartzmann. Translated by April Howard. 27 March 2008.
[see end notes on site]
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Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:31:29 -1000
From: Viviane Lerner <vivlerner@gmail.com>
Fresno Homeless Residents Win Settlement Over
City^Rs Destruction of Personal Property
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/06/18504842.php
Fresno Homeless Residents Win Settlement Over City^Òs Destruction of
Personal Property
by Mike Rhodes ( MikeRhodes [at] Comcast.net )
Friday Jun 6th, 2008 3:50 PM
The homeless and their advocates achieved an enormous victory today. A
Federal Court in Fresno approved a settlement of over $2 million for the
destruction of their personal property. The settlement is the largest of
its kind in the entire country. The photo below was taken in front of the
Federal Courthouse, immediately after the settlement was announced. The
person in the photo (center) is Pamela Kincaid. She was the lead plaintiff
in the case who died under suspicious circumstances on August 1, 2007.
Fresno Homeless Residents Win Settlement Over City^Òs Destruction of
Personal Property
$2 Million Judgment for Unlawful Seizure ^ÓUnprecedented^Ô
FRESNO ^Ö United States District Judge Oliver W. Wanger gave preliminary
approval today to a $2.35 million dollar class-action settlement between a
class of hundreds of homeless Fresno residents and the City of Fresno and
the California Department of Transportation. The court had already
determined that Fresno^Òs practice of immediately seizing and destroying
the personal possessions of homeless residents violates the constitutional
right of every person to be free from unreasonable search and seizure. The
homeless plaintiffs in the lawsuit, Kincaid v. Fresno, were represented by
a team of attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern
California (ACLU-NC), the Lawyers^Ò Committee for Civil Rights (LCCR) and
the law firm of Heller Ehrman LLP.
^ÓThe Court^Òs ruling and the settlement should send a strong message to
other cities throughout our country that if they violate the rights of
their most vulnerable residents, they will be held accountable,^Ô said
ACLU-NC staff attorney Michael Risher.
Plaintiff Al Williams suffered the effects of the raids on three
occasions. In addition to losing clothes and food, his wife^Òs wheelchair
was destroyed and her medicines confiscated by Fresno police officers. ^ÓI
felt like everything was taken away from me, but this settlement gives me
hope for the future for myself and all the other people who suffered,^Ô
said Williams, who now hosts a local radio show in Fresno.
^ÓMany homeless people lost everything they owned to the City^Òs trash
compactors and bulldozers. With this settlement, they can access what has
always been the solution to homelessness: a safe, clean place to live,^Ô
said Elisa Della-Piana, an attorney with the Lawyers^Ò Committee.
Funds from the multi-million dollar settlement, which attorneys called
^Óunprecedented,^Ô will go to individual plaintiffs whose belongings were
destroyed in the illegal sweeps, as well as into an account to provide
housing and medical care to the approximately 225 class members.
The case was filed in October 2006 on behalf of homeless people whose
personal property, including essential medications, family photographs and
vital documents had been confiscated by police and City workers. The court
issued a temporary restraining order against the City of Fresno two days
later; in December 2006, the court issued a preliminary injunction
prohibiting the City from continuing to seize and destroy the property of
homeless people.
During oral argument on April 25, 2008, Judge Oliver W. Wanger of U.S.
District Court of the Eastern District of California declared that ^Óthe
practice of announce, strike, seize [and] destroy immediately is against
the law.^Ô
At least three of the plaintiffs have passed away since the suit was
filed, including the lead plaintiff Pamela Kincaid.
Terms of the Settlement
The settlement agreement contains a series of procedures created to ensure
that the violations will not recur. The City of Fresno will require
authorities to post written notice at least three days before clearing any
personal property from an encampment area, and items of apparent value
will be stored for 90 days. The Department of Transportation has also
agreed to comply with the legal principles set forth in the Court^Òs
preliminary injunction, throughout the state. The Court will retain
jurisdiction over the case for five years to ensure that the City and
Caltrans comply with this agreement.
Damages awarded by the Court total $1,485,000, to be allocated as
follows:
The City of Fresno will pay $1,000,000 into a Housing Allowance Account.
Funds from the account will assist the approximately 225 class members in
the lawsuit to meet costs related to housing including security deposits,
first and last months rent, or monthly rental payments, or to purchase a
vehicle or medical care. The money will be issued by the Settlement
Administrator to landlords or other providers of basic goods or services.
The City will set aside $400,000 in cash to compensate a pool of
individuals who suffered harm as a result of the unconstitutional seizure
of property. Individuals will file claim forms describing the extent of
their losses and the number of times they were subjected to the illegal
sweeps. Disbursements from this portion of the settlement will range from
$500 - $5000, and will be paid over time in currency or by check, or be
deposited into plaintiff^Òs individual bank accounts. The Department of
Transportation will pay $85,000 into this cash fund.
The ACLU-NC and LCCR will use the attorneys^Ò fees awarded in the case for
programs to protect the legal rights of poor and homeless people, and to
oppose the abuse of government power.
Attorney Paul Alexander, formerly of the firm Heller, Ehrman LLP,
volunteered more than 1,000 hours on the case. His legal team was
recognized in 2007 with the State Bar of CA President^Òs Pro Bono Service
Award for their ^Óaround the clock^Ô efforts. The firm pursued the case on
a pro bono basis, and will not recover any fees in the settlement.
^ÓFor the homeless in Fresno this case has been a watershed event,^Ô said
Alexander. ^ÓThey have stopped the destruction of their property. They
have caused new rules on dealing with the homeless to be created. They
have gained compensation for the losses they suffered. But most
importantly of all, they have shown that in this country, the Constitution
applies to everyone and that our federal courts are a place where justice
can be found, even if you are homeless and down and out.^Ô
For a list of articles and documents about the struggle for civil
liberties for homeless people in Fresno, see:
http://www.fresnoalliance.com/home/homelessness.htm
# # #
http://www.fresnoalliance.com/home/homeles...
Mayor Alan Autry responds
by Posted by Mike Rhodes Friday Jun 6th, 2008 5:13 PM
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Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 06:48:59 +0000
From: hanalei Fergerstrom <warhawaii@hotmail.com>
Subject: [livingnation] support of petition to amend instream flow 27 East
Maui Streams
Aloha Kakou,
This is intended to support Petition to amend interim instream flow
for 27 East Maui Streams. Please consider. A response for the water
commission would insure reciept. Thank you, Hanalei Fergerstrom
[ Part 2, Application/OCTET-STREAM 14KB. ]
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Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:20:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kekahuna Keaweiwi <kekahunakeaweiwi@yahoo.com>
Subject: 29 States urge U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Hawaii ceded lands case
U.S. Supreme Court
6/8/2008
29 STATES URGE U.S. SUPREME COURT TO HEAR HAWAII CEDED LANDS CASE
by Chris Rizo
Mark BennettHONOLULU (Legal Newsline)-Twenty-nine states have asked the
U.S. Supreme Court to accept an appeal by Hawaii Attorney General Mark
Bennett, who wants the high court to overturn a recent state court
decision that prevents Hawaii from selling or transferring ceded lands.
The attorney general filed the Petition for a Writ of Certiorari on Jan.
31 to reverse a decision by the Hawaii Supreme Court in a case between
the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Housing and Community Development
Corporation of Hawaii.
In that case, the state justices ruled that the 1993 Congressional
Apology Resolution prohibits the state from selling, exchanging or
transferring any of the more than 1.2 million acres of ceded land until
it reaches a settlement with native Hawaiians.
Urging the U.S. justices to hear the case, Washington Attorney General
Rob McKenna wrote for his and the other states that the Hawaii Supreme
Court "misconstrued" the Apology Resolution.
The congressional resolution acknowledges the 100th anniversary of the
overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii and apologizes for the U.S.
government's role in abolishing Hawaii's monarchy.
"Notwithstanding express language showing that Congress had simply
adopted a symbolic apology, the Hawaii court held that the Apology
Resolution singled out and diminished the state's title to lands received
at statehood," McKenna wrote.
In the brief, McKenna said: "A question of federal law of the magnitude
presented by this case concerning the legal interests of a sovereign
state in its state lands merits the attention of this court."
Ceded lands account for about 29 percent of Hawaii's total land area and
almost all state-owned lands. Currently, the state receives millions
annually in rents from tenants of the land.
When Hawaii was annexed by the United States in 1898, lands formerly held
by the monarchy were ceded to the United States and later transferred in
trust to the state.
The lands' purposes include for the support of public schools and other
public education institutions, for the betterment of conditions of native
Hawaiians, for the development of farm and home ownership, for public
improvements; and for public use of the lands.
The U.S. Supreme Court could decide by October if it will consider the
case and a decision could be made by June 2009.
From Legal Newsline: Reach reporter Chris Rizo by e-mail at
chrisrizo@legalnewsline.com.
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Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 04:29:13 -0500
From: revolutionbks@yahoo.com
Subject: [UTF-8] Revolution Books
"U.S. Threats Against Iran -
And Our Responsibility to Resist!"
A talk by Ann Wright, followed by discussion
Sunday, June 15, 3pm
In 2003 Ann Wright resigned her position as a State Department diplomat in
opposition to the Iraq war. Since then she has been courageously speaking
out against the war and has been actively defending GI's who refuse to
fight. She participated in the recent Winter Soldier investigations and in
the 5th Anniversary actions in Washington D.C. Her talk will focus on the
need for resistance in the context of increasing calls for war against
Iran. The talk and discussion will be from 3-4pm; there will be
refreshments and informal discussion immediately thereafter.
A Doctor in Galilee:
The Life and Struggle of a Palestinian in Isreal"
Reading by Hatim Kanaaneh (author), with discussion following
Thursday, June 19, 2008, 7pm
Dr. Kanaaneh will read from his forthcoming book from Pluto Press. The
reading will be followed by an informal discussion and refreshments. The
book will be released within the month and pre-orders are being taken.
Dr. Kanaaneh will also give a lecture at Church of the Crossroads on
Saturday evening, June 14, at 7pm.
From the foreward of Dr. Kanaaneh's book, "Doctor in Galilee":
"A Doctor in Galilee: The Story and Struggle of a Palestinian in Israel'
is a memoir arising from my struggle as a physician to bring the benefits
of Public Health and community development to my people, the Palestinian
Arab minority citizens of Israel. The intimate personal narrative
introduces readers to this little known and often misunderstood
population that is nonetheless key to understanding the Arab-Israeli
conflict.
"I was born in 1937 In Arrabeh Village in the Galilee at the height of
the Palestinian peasant uprising against the British Mandate for its
sympathy with and accommodation of the designs of the Zionist Movement on
their land. On my eleventh birthday, Israel was officially declared an
independent state, marking the Palestinian Nakba or catastrophe. The vast
majority of Palestinians from the area of the new state became refugees
in neighboring Arab countries. Their towns and villages were
systematically razed or their homes occupied by Jewish immigrants. We,
the few Palestinians who remained on their land, found ourselves on the
wrong side of the border, a leaderless and alienated minority in an enemy
state. For 18 years we were placed under oppressive military rule.
As subsistence olive farmers my family sacrificed much to put me through
the Nazareth Municipal High School. Two years later, in 1960, I struck
out to study medicine in the USA. In 1970, having obtained Harvard
degrees in Medicine and Public Health and turning down several lucrative
offers in America, I returned with my Hawaiian wife, a teacher, to
Arrabeh and found employment with the Ministry of Health in my field of
specialty. The dearth of physicians in my region forced me to double as
solo village GP.
I lasted for six years before I could take it no more. I found my Public
Health work unproductive in light of state systems openly hostile to Arab
citizens. This included policies of massive land confiscation that led to
a mini uprising by my people, known thereafter as Land Day. Frustrated
and angry, in 1976 I moved with my wife and two children to Hawaii. After
two years of vacillating we returned home to the Galilee and to the same
setting we had left...
Spend an evening with Dr. Hanaaneh on Saturday (June 14) at Church of the
Crossroads and/or Thursday (June 19) at Revolution Books. There will be
ample time for discussion at both events. Both events are free. [away]
Beginning Sunday, June 22nd!
Secular Sunday discussions of "Away With All Gods"!
Beginning June 22nd Revolution Books will be hosting focused discussions
of Bob Avakian's new book, "Away With All Gods: Unchaining the Mind and
Radically Changing the World." Get your hands on the book and begin
reading. Mark you questions and comments, agreements and disagreements,
and lets get into it! We project that this will be a series of 5
discussions, every two weeks from 3-5pm at Revolution Books.
Check out the following review from Midwest Review of Books. If you don't
already have the book, pick it up at Revolution Books or at either
Jelly's Books and Records location and prepare to jump into discussion:
"Is religion far more harmful than it's worth? "Away with All Gods!:
Unchaining The Mind And Radically Changing The World" certainly believes
so. Calling out Religion as a roadblock to scientific, moral, and
political progress that oppresses people on terms of race, beliefs, and
gender, author Bob Aviakian makes a call to action against all belief
systems that stand in the way of social progress and world peace, stating
that religion is not a necessary element to solid moral values and peace
of mind. "Away with All Gods!: Unchaining the Mind and Radically Changing
the World" is a must for any who seek a dissenting opinion for religious
studies shelves and for anyone who is disillusioned with their God or
gods."
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Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 06:51:01 -0400
From: FeedBlitz <feedblitz@mail.feedblitz.com>
Subject: Disappeared News - 2 new articles
"DISAPPEARED NEWS" - 2 NEW ARTICLES
1. Innovation? In Hawaii it's just a word
2. Breaking news--sun rises, wind blows
3. More Recent Articles
4. Search Disappeared News
Innovation? In Hawaii it's just a word
by Larry Geller For Governor Linda Lingle, "innovation" is just a
10-letter word. In Silicon Valley it's long been a way of life, but we're
not Silicon Valley. We need to recognize hype when we see it. Hawaii's
tourism-dependent economy is very fragile, and it would be good to find
an alternative economic model. Unlike other states, we can be easily
devastated as energy costs rise, or if....
Breaking news--sun rises, wind blows
Oh, sorry, they missed the breaking news about the sun rising. Technorati
Tags: Hawaii, Honolulu Advertiser, breaking news, sun, wind turbine,
rain, grass grows, nighttime coming soon....
More Recent Articles
* Could Lingle be McCain's VP?
* Hawaii State Bar Association considering Superferry boondoggles
* Secretive meeting of world leaders set near Washington, DC
* Police across the country watch as DC sets up a US police state
* Ethics fines possible for little guys but not for white collar crime?
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Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:23:57 +1200
From: karaka <chooky.clarke@gmail.com>
Subject: [mana_wahine] FW: Undistracted Energy
From: "Artemis Goldberg" <panthertracker@myself.com>
Undistracted Energy Pure Thoughts
If we make no effort at all, our thoughts usually scatter in a vast array
of directions. They start and stop and move in surprising ways from one
second to the next. If we try to follow our thoughts without controlling
them, we will be amazed at how truly inconsistent they are. Yet, if we
apply our minds to a specific task, especially one that interests us, they
gather together and allow us to focus our attention, creating great power
and energy. This is what is known as pure thought, because it is
undistracted.
The law of attraction˜like attracts like˜influences all energy,
including our thoughts, and this is what makes pure thought so potent. Our
undistracted thoughts create a powerful magnet that draws similar energy
into our vibrational field. As a result, the longer we are able to hold
positive thoughts in our minds, the more powerful the positive energy
around us becomes. We don't need to focus on action and controlling so
much when we are surrounded by energy that draws what we want toward us.
We can simply respond to the opportunities that naturally come our way.
When this is the essence of our experience, we can go with the flow,
knowing that we will be okay.
If pure thought is a body, it is our emotions that supply the heart that
can really bring it to life. Our thoughts and feelings exist in relation
to one another, and they form a feedback loop through which they
communicate and empower each other. When we hold a thought in our mind
without being distracted, we have achieved pure thought. When we have a
positive emotional response to that thought, we enable it to dance and
move and breathe itself into existence.
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Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:10:42 -0400
From: "Paul C. Gorski" <gorski@edchange.org>
Subject: [RSCT] Call for Papers: Intercultural Ed as Social Justice
CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS FOR A SPECIAL ISSUE OF INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION WITH A
FOCUS ON CENTERING SOCIAL JUSTICE IN INTERCULTURAL ED PRACTICE __
Intercultural Education, the journal of the International Association for
Intercultural Education, requests manuscripts for an upcoming special
issue focused on "intercultural education as social justice."
The deadline for manuscript submission is November 15, 2008.
Intercultural Education is a global forum for the analysis of issues
dealing with education in plural societies. It provides educational
professionals with the knowledge and information that can assist them
in contributing to the critical analysis and the implementation of
intercultural education. Topics covered include: terminological
issues, education and multicultural society, intercultural
communication, human rights and anti-racist education, pluralism and
diversity in a democratic frame work, pluralism in post-communist and
in post-colonial countries, migration and indigenous issues, refugee
issues, language policy issues, curriculum and classroom organisation,
and school development.
This particular issue will focus more specifically on engaging in
intercultural education practice that purposefully transcends "heroes
and holidays" or "celebrating diversity" approaches and that sets as
its goal the establishment and maintenance of equitable and just
learning environments for all students. We are looking for
contributions that push the boundaries of intercultural and
multicultural education, that draw on analyses of systemic inequities,
that engage critical theories. We are interested, as well, in research
articles that critically analyze dominant intercultural education
discourses, policies, and practices?especially those that may
contribute to inequities rather than eliminating them.
Possible topics include (but are not limited to):
? Colonizing practice and policy ? analyses of supposedly
intercultural or multicultural education practice or policy that
actually reifies existing social orders
? The corporatization and militarization of public schools
? Critical analyses of popular existing programs and approaches to
intercultural or multicultural education
? Intersectionality of social justice issue, and particularly
intersections of class and poverty with race, ethnicity, gender,
(dis)ability, and other identities
? Globalization and educational marginalization
All submissions should address explicitly the importance of social
justice in relation to intercultural education.
We intend to include articles from an international cross-section of
authors from a diversity of fields and areas of focus within the
intercultural education and social justice milieu.
You are welcome to send an expression of intent to submit, which
should include a 50-or-fewer-word description of your proposed topic
and focus.
These as well as full manuscripts should be submitted to Paul C.
Gorski via email: gorski@edchange.org.
Manuscripts must follow the journal guidelines, which can be found here:
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=1467-5986&linktype=44[1]
Manuscripts must be submitted by November 15, 2008.
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Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:03:07 -1000
From: Isaac D. Harp <Imua-Hawaii@Hawaii.RR.Com>
29 States urge U.S. Supreme Court to
Hear Hawaii ceded lands case
Aloha Kakou,
Mahalo Brudda Foster for the update.
I'm sitting here wondering why the acreage has shrunken from the original
1.8 million acres to 1.4 million acres, and now 1.2 million acres.
Anyone know the history on our shrinking land base?
Mahalo!
Paka
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Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:20:03 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kekahuna Keaweiwi <kekahunakeaweiwi@yahoo.com>
Aloha Isaac,
They (crooks) probably realized some of the aina they stole get some
good-kine cash-cow on um...so they no like have to put themselves in a
corner where gong be obvious and EVERYONE going wonder/ask-questions and
make more noise.
Maybe thats why they don't want any kind of "inventory" that will shine
light on what/where they stole in the first place.
You know this appeal by Lingle/BennetT to the US Supreme Court could be
the chance for us Hawaii Nationals to ARTICULATE the REAL HISTORICAL
FACTS.....But, not by OHA, they the crooks.
Maybe key Hawaii Nationals file Amicus Curiai of our own.....kou
mana`o????
Foster
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Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:34:22 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kekahuna Keaweiwi <kekahunakeaweiwi@yahoo.com>
Subject: maui taro dying - lack of water
GARY T. KUBOTA / GKUBOTA@STARBULLETIN.COM
East Maui farmer Beatrice Kekahuna displays the rotten bottom of a taro
plant. She and other taro farmers say they are not getting enough water
http://starbulletin.com/2008/06/09/news/story01.html
Water panel inaction angers taro farmers
East Maui farmers claim their taro crops are dying due to inaction by a
state panel
STORY SUMMARY » | READ THE FULL STORY HONOPOU, Maui » Taro farmers in
East Maui say their summer crop is being ruined by a lack of water and
the failure of a state commission to maintain stream flows to their
patches. Through a system of ditches that had its beginnings in 1876,
East Maui Irrigation supplies 126 billion gallons of water per year to
its sister firm, Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co., and 3 billion gallons
to Upcountry Maui residents and farmers. Native Hawaiian taro farmers
have argued that the ditches are on ceded lands, a portion of which
belongs to them under the Statehood Act, yet they have not received the
benefits from the lands. Alan Murakami, an attorney for the Native
Hawaiian Legal Corp., said Alexander & Baldwin is profiting from the
agreement with the state and pays only one-fifth of 1 cent per 1,000
gallons for East Maui water, while most Maui farmers pay more than 35
cents per 1,000 gallons. The state Commission on Water Resource
Management is currently reviewing stream flow standards of five areas in
East Maui, including Honopou, Hanehoi, Piinaau, Waiokamilo and Wailuanui.
The comment deadline is tomorrow.
GARY T. KUBOTA
____________________________________
FULL STORY »
GARY T. KUBOTA / GKUBOTA@STARBULLETIN.COM
East Maui taro farmers Stephen Hookano and Bush Martin stand in
Waiokamilo Stream mauka of Hana Highway, where there is virtually no
water flowing to the taro patches in Wailua. Taro farmers want more water
released from ditch diversions in the mountains.
By Gary T. Kubota
gkubota@starbulletin.com
HONOPOU, Maui » Standing in stagnant water in a patch of wilting leaves,
Beatrice Kekahuna pulls out a taro plant and presses her thumb through
the rotting bottom. "The taro's no good. We need more water ... but now
with the drought, we're getting less water," said Kekahuna, 77. "We're
getting less water than years ago." Throughout East Maui a number of
taro farmers say their summer crop is being ruined by the lack of
adequate water and the failure of the state Commission on Water Resource
Management to maintain stream flows into their patches. Farmers have
also criticized delays in responding to their seven-year-old petition to
release more water, when the response period was supposed to be 180 days.
The commission is currently reviewing stream flow standards of five
areas in East Maui, including Honopou, Hanehoi, Piinaau, Waiokamilo and
Wailuanui. The comment deadline is tomorrow. Water from some 27 streams
in East Maui is diverted into a 74-mile system of ditches, tunnels and
flumes operated by East Maui Irrigation, a subsidiary of Alexander &
Baldwin Inc. Besides providing 126 billion gallons a year to its sister
firm, Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co., East Maui Irrigation supplies 3
billion gallons to Upcountry residents and farmers, about a fifth of
Maui's population, Hawaiian Commercial said. State water resources
Deputy Director Ken Kawahara said determining stream flow standards is a
complex issue and required studies to look at the natural and diverted
stream-flow characteristics of the region and the effects of water
diversions on selected stream species. Kawahara said in reviewing the
interim stream flow standard, the commission is also receiving economic
information and weighing the importance of current and potential uses.
The commission, he said, "is moving prudently to ensure that all
potentially affected parties have an opportunity to comment on the
information." The development of the irrigation ditches to capture East
Maui stream water began in 1876 by sugar growers Samuel Alexander and
Henry Baldwin, under a government lease during the Hawaiian monarchy.
Native Hawaiian taro farmers have argued that the ditches are on ceded
lands, a portion of which belongs to them under the Statehood Act, yet
they have not received the benefits from the lands. Alan Murakami, an
attorney for the Native Hawaiian Legal Corp., said Alexander & Baldwin is
profiting from the agreement with the state and pays only one-fifth of 1
cent per 1,000 gallons for East Maui water, while most Maui farmers pay
more than 35 cents per 1,000 gallons for irrigation water. Murakami
said Alexander & Baldwin has never had to prove to the commission that
the amount of water it diverts is actually needed. "The law says the
one who takes the water is supposed to prove that what they need does not
harm the stream or the small taro farmer," he said. Garret Hew,
Hawaiian Commercial's manager of water resources, said he would like to
sit down with the taro farmers and work out an agreement. "We believe
there's enough water to go around," Hew said. "We believe the water
situation can be worked out." Stephen Holaday, Alexander & Baldwin's
president of agribusiness, said his firm is using the water efficiently.
Holaday said to conserve the use of water, Hawaiian Commercial has used
drip irrigation in the fields. He said the amount of water available
through the ditch system fluctuates with the rainfall and drops
significantly during summer months. The amount of water flowing through
the ditches recently was about 20 million gallons a day, which is a low
delivery level, he said. "The problem is, there's a lot of
below-average days, and there are some days when it's raining hard," he
said. Hawaiians point out at one stream in Waiokamilo, there is
virtually no water flowing, endangering the health of the native species.
Kekuhuna said the stream flow at Honopou has been decreasing as more
urban developments occur in Upcountry Maui. Her niece Lyn Scott said
the flow is not enough to water the taro patches, where temperatures have
to be below 77 degrees to keep the plants from rotting. "A lot of taro
becomes rotten or stunted," Scott said. Scott said Hawaiians at Honopou
are not asking for all the water, but only a portion, enough to grow
healthy taro the way they have in the past. "We're not asking to close
down anything. ... The issue is there's not enough for Hawaiians who live
here," Scott said. Drafts of the stream flow standard assessment
reports can be found online at www.hawaii.gov/dlnr/cwrm or at the public
libraries in Hana, Kahului and Wailuku. Public comments can be sent to
the Commission of Water Resource Management, state Department of Land and
Natural Resources, P.O. Box 621, Honolulu 96809; or send e-mail to
dlnr.cwrm@hawaii.gov. Read all 12 comments »
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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:10:40 +1300
From: mike reitz <mreitz@pacbell.net>
Subject: Superbug swims Waikiki
...might put a crimp in Hawaii tourism...
Superbug swims Waikiki
The bacterium is found in low levels when water samples are taken at town
beaches
By Helen Altonn
haltonn@starbulletin.com
Samples of water off Waikiki and Ala Moana beaches show low levels of
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus - the so-called superbug,
says a University of Hawaii researcher.
"They were not as high as maybe I thought they would be," said Steven
Seifried, associate professor of cell and molecular biology.
"There wasn't a lot of staph there, but still we have twice the nation's
rate of staph aureus on the island," said UH associate professor Matt
Bankowski, vice president and director for clinical microbial infectious
disease at Diagnostic Laboratory Services.
"We are looking for more virulent strains, trying to make sense out of
what they mean," Bankowski said. "Do they really contribute in a big way
to disease, or is it a synergistic effect?"
Seifried and Bankowski are partners with Dr. Alan Tice, a UH infectious
disease specialist, in the Summer Staph Institute at the UH John A. Burns
School of Medicine.
Hawaii is experiencing "globalization of staph aureus," partly because of
tourism but also because the bacterium might live longer in a moist
tropical environment, Seifried said.
"We don't know whether the high prevalence is due to the fact that we
have so many different strains or whether it's due to something unique
about our population."
Tice said, "Globally, staphylococci is making a resurgence. It is
invading, and it is almost as bad as al-Qaida in many respects. It kills
more people than Iraq and Afghanistan in combat.
"It is worse in Hawaii than any other place, and it is getting worse,"
Tice said, noting Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders are disproportionately
affected.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, includes strains
resistant to amoxicillin, penicillin and oxacillin.
Once prevalent mostly in hospitals and other health care facilities,
community-associated infections are growing, spread by contact with
people or objects with the bacteria.
About one-third of people carry the organism in their nose but have no
symptoms, Tice said. Most people with the bacterium do not get infected,
but it is a common cause of skin infections and it can be
life-threatening.
Staph Institute scientists are sampling the sea to study the derivation
of the organisms, to what extent they are bred in the ocean and where
concentrations are, he said.
They are developing rapid diagnostic techniques, doing molecular biology
research and looking for funding for environmental studies, Tice said.
They are also trying to help people understand what staph is and how to
avoid and treat infections, he said. "We want to reduce fear because we
have to live with the organisms. There are ways to be careful," he added,
such as frequently washing hands and controlling infections with topical
antibiotics.
Seifried said the researchers have developed "a pretty sensitive
technique" that allows them to detect low amounts of staph A in the
water.
They did a series of water collections last summer off Waikiki and Ala
Moana and an intensive study over Christmas, he said. They also obtain
samples collected at surf breaks by the state Department of Health.
"The bottom line is, we can see these things, but the concentrations of
them are so low that it's difficult to imagine that it's actually a
risk," Seifried said. "The bathers are shedding staph A into the water,
but the ocean is big. ... Dilution happens so quickly."
The focus has been on the drug-resistant organisms because they are
harder to treat, Bankowski said, "but other strains contribute to death
or virulent forms."
Concerns are being raised about regular staph aureus strains that are not
methicillin resistant, he said. "We do have evidence that MSSA
(methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus) does have virulent strains.
Some might lose resistance but still maintain virulence.
"The bottom line is, we should be concerned about Staphylococcus aureus
in general," Bankowski said. "We see much more variety of types here in
Hawaii than on the mainland, where maybe one type is circulating. We're a
global magnet here."
Surveillance for staph in hospitals is a major concern, added Bankowski,
who just returned from an American Society for Microbiology conference in
Boston. Researchers are looking into molecular methods as a means of
controlling infections in hospitals more effectively, he said.
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From: "Maui Tomorrow List" <aina@maui-tomorrow.org>
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 8:41 AM
Subject: Proposed 14-story telescope on Haleakala
http://www.haleakalatimes.com/News/story3053.aspx
The Haleakala Times
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Proposed 14-story telescope on Haleakala
Comprehensive plan needed
Jan Welda
"Through the ages, people have been drawn to
Haleakala to renew their spirit, enjoy a journey,
gather resources, pasture cattle, view
wilderness, bury their dead, study the heavens,
study ecosystems, and understand the earth." -
from a display at Haleakala's visitor center.
"You can't build a fourteen-story structure
anywhere else on Maui - how come you can do it on
top of our sacred mountain? We want to establish
a moratorium for the summit area until a
comprehensive plan that addresses the cumulative
effects of public and private activities is
completed," Kiope Raymond, President of Kilakila
o Haleakala, explained during a recent panel
discussion on the subject.
In the afternoon on Saturday, May 17, 2008, at
Maui Community College, five respected experts on
Hawaiian cultural practices gathered to discuss
the proposed 14-story telescope that a
collaboration of 22 institutions nationwide,
called Advanced Technology Solar Telescope
(ATST), wants to build on land which is sacred to
native Hawaiian people; the 10,023-foot-high
summit of Haleakala.
The design phase of the proposed project, which
would be built within the 18,166-acre High
Altitude Observation site on the summit, is
underway now. The estimated budget currently is
$252 million. The final Environmental Impact
Statement on the proposal will be coming out
soon, and the next step in the process of getting
all the approvals necessary for building, will be
a permit application to the State Board of Land
and Natural Resources (DLNR). In fact, you will
soon be able to submit your thoughts on the
matter if you wish to do so. The next public
comment opportunity will be during the BLNR
hearings, which will be announced following the
final EIS.
The panel's moderator was Richard Lucas. Panel
members were: kupuna Ed Lindsey, Vice President
of Kilakila o Haleakala and President of Maui
Cultural Lands; Deborah J. Ward, former Vice
President of Sierra Club Mauna Loa Group on the
Big Island, and currently Eastside conservation
chair on the Mauna Kea Management Board
Environmental Committee; Kealoha Pisciotto, who
was employed for 12 years by the British
government as a telescope systems specialist on
Mauna Kea; Kiope Raymond, senior faculty member
in Hawaiian studies at Maui Community College,
who serves on the board of directors of Friends
of Haleakala and is President of Kilakila o
Haleakala; and Kaleikoa Kaeo, faculty member in
Hawaiian Studies and Language at MCC, a respected
Hawaiian sovereignty and cultural advocate.
Panel members were unanimous in opposing the
project. Each one spoke eloquently about
different aspects of the issue, hoping to inform
and educate people; Haiku resident Tim Wolfe
videotaped the entire meeting.
Ward spoke about the similarities between Mauna
Kea on the Big Island and Haleakala. "They are
both very unique desert alpine environments with
flora and fauna unique in the world. When humans
impact a very sensitive natural area there really
is a degradation of the fragile native ecosystem.
Mauna Kea's management plan was ignored by BLNR
(the Board of Land and Natural Resources) and by
the university, as evidenced by the grading of
cinder cones, sewage and chemical spills, trash
and windblown debris. We need to identify the
carrying capacity on the mountain, and what sort
of potential damage and impact there would be to
the natural and cultural resources."
Sierra Club Maui's President Lance Holter later
said, "A white structure fourteen stories high
is, in a lot of people's eyes, an eyesore - no
pun intended - especially cultural practitioners.
We need to have one cohesive, comprehensive
regional plan to look at all the cumulative
potential impacts from a project like this,
projected over twenty or thirty years. Will
someone request that more of these be built in
the future? Are all the structures already up
there still necessary; could they be used for
something else, or removed entirely? What is the
overall plan?"
Raymond presented a slideshow to the panel
members and people in the audience that day,
sharing a wealth of information on the subject.
He explained that Haleakala is sacred to
Hawaiians for many reasons, and was important in
the past for things like praying to deities,
collecting rocks for tools and plants for things
like medicine, adornment and use in religious
ceremonies. Hawaiians collected water found in
lava tubes in times of drought and for ceremonial
purposes, hiked through the crater to trade with
people on the other side, and practiced astronomy
up there, for use in navigation, agriculture and
fishing.
He talked about the many different groups using
the summit today for widely differing purposes,
saying, "People using the summit right now
include Native Hawaiians, 1.7 million visitors a
year, the Coast Guard, owners of TV and phone
towers, the UH Institute of Astronomy, commercial
activities (horseback riding and bike riding) and
residents. The problem is, there is no
comprehensive plan to address the cumulative
effect that all of these activities are having
and will have on the summit area in the future.
In my personal opinion, without a comprehensive
plan for the summit area, inappropriate projects
can be developed on separate parcels that could
have an adverse impact on the whole."
Groups opposed to this project include Kilakila o
Haleakala, Friends of Haleakala, Association of
Hawaiian Civic Clubs and the National Park
Service. Regarding the Environmental Impact
Statement prepared to assess potential impacts,
Haleakala National Park Director Marilyn Parris
has said, "It's the National Park's contention
that this (EIS) falls far short in adequately
evaluating the numerous cumulative adverse
impacts on the park's resources, our visitor
experiences, and overall park operations."
In addition, Raymond mentioned that the only
seabird on the U.S. endangered species list is
the Hawaiian Storm Petrel, or 'ua'u. This bird
nests in burrows in the lava at the summit of
Haleakala; he showed a map of all the known 'ua'u
nests currently in the area where the telescope
would be built. The 'ua'u is considered by many
Hawaiians to be an 'aumakua, or ancestral
guardian spirit. "The burrows could collapse when
the pier foundation holes for this telescope
building are dug, due to heavy equipment
vibration," Raymond explained.
"Intrusive digging is a desecrationS At least two
actions necessary to build the proposed telescope
will cause spiritual pain to Hawaiian religious
practitioners - digging into the lava and the
death of 'aumakua. Construction is set to begin
in 2009 and continue until 2015. During one
18-month period it is estimated that at least 450
cement trucks will have to travel up and down
Crater Road. The construction period and the
completed structure will have adverse impact on
Hawaiians wanting to offer respectful prayer to
ancestors and practice Hawaiian religious
ceremonies within and around the UH property."
Ed Lindsey had spoken of Hawaii's powerful
deities, saying they should be given at least the
same amount of respect as those of other
cultures. "Hawaiian gods are in the same realm as
Greek, Roman or Egyptian gods - Ku, Kane, Lono,
KanaloaS there's a whole different spirit world
outside of our physical world," he explained.
The acreage in question is part of the ceded
lands inventory, and Ka'eo was the first to bring
up the fact that there is no clear title to the
land. He said, "This question has not been
addressed at all. It has been ignored." He went
on to talk about the idea of sacred places:
"Haleakala, the whole piko, is a sacred place; it
really is our church. What criteria is used to
tell if a place is sacred? What would happen if
you tried to ride a bike or a horse around
Arizona Memorial? They'd lock you up! That place
is sacred. Hawaiian people are being ignored,
pushed to the side, not listened to." He
mentioned the respect that other sacred places in
the world are shown - Stonehenge, Mt. Fuji, Mt.
Everest, Mt. Zion - and that Haleakala and Mauna
Kea are at least as worthy of honor.
"The western world has difficulty understanding
the ways of our people. Mauna Kea and Haleakala
issues are not new; they began in the 60's. From
the beginning, the people were opposed (to
development on the mountains); they marched on
the capitol - people way back then were saying
the mountain belongs to everybody, not to
astronomy. But by1977, DLNR had built six
observatories with no permit. We are not against
astronomy; we are against desecrating the
mountain. We are against affecting the burial
groundsS
"Progress shouldn't include destroying the
environment," he said, adding that "Ultimately,
we're standing here having to defend why we exist
as Hawaiians, why our practice should be allowed
to continue, why we should have respect. Because
everybody knows what it is like to be patronized
and that clearly is the case."
Lucas concluded the discussion, after lots of
questions and answers to and from audience and
panel members, by reminding everyone of the
importance of speaking out if you feel strongly
about this one way or the other, saying, "One
thing that we have learned in Hawaii that is not
understood by all of these groups that come here
from the mainland is the power of community
response. The cruise ship industry learned this
on Molokai. The Superferry learned this on Kauai.
There is a great deal of power in the voices of
the community to make changes and to resist harm
to our community; it's important to get as many
people to these hearings as possible."
Visit www.kilakilahaleakala.org,
http://atst.nso.edu and
http://ifa.hawaii.edu/haleakala/LRDP/images/F-LRDPApril2005.pdf
for more information.
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you,
then they fight you, then you win." - Mahatma
Ghandi
Copyright © 2007 The Haleakala Times.
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Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:41:34 -1000
From: Isaac D. Harp <Imua-Hawaii@Hawaii.RR.Com>
29 States urge U.S. Supreme Court
to Hear Hawaii ceded lands case - more comment
Aloha Brudda Foster,
I like the idea of filing an Amicus Curiai of our own, primarily to
provide an opportunity to set the record straight in the US court system
regarding:
1) illegitimate nature of the annexation process,
2) the unlawful ceding of our land to the US by the illegitimate Republic
of Hawaii government,
3) the unlawful statehood process, and
4) the unlawful ceding of our lands to the illegitimate State of Hawaii
by the US federal government.
So, who knows how to do this legal maneuvering stuff?
About time that everyone learned the facts!
Paka
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Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:07:59 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kekahuna Keaweiwi <kekahunakeaweiwi@yahoo.com>
Subject: [livingnation] Jumping on the Band Wagon
JUNE 09, 2008
Commissioner of Public Lands Supports Cert Petition in Ceded Lands Case
The New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands has filed a brief
amicus curiae urging the US Supreme Court to review the
"ceded lands" case, Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs, No.
07-1372 (cert. petition filed Apr. 29, 2008). In that case,
the State seeks U.S. Supreme Court review of the decision by
the Hawaii Supreme Court in Office of Hawaiian Affairs v.
Housing and Community Dev. Corp. of Hawaii, 117 Haw. 174, 177
P.3d 884 (Jan. 31, 2008). In that decision, the Hawaii
Supreme Court, relying on the "Apology Resolution," enjoined
the State of Hawaii from conveying 1.2 million acres of
state-owned land until a political settlement is reach with
Native Hawaiians about the status of that land.
The Commissioner is the officer charged with authority to control
the lands granted in trust to New Mexico when it joined the Union.
The brief asserts:
The decision of the Hawaii Supreme Court imposes an
unprecedented restriction on the alienation of lands
granted by the federal government to provide support
for schools and other public benefits. The Court found
authority for that resolution in the Apology Resolution
(The Joint Resolution to Acknowledge the 100th
Anniversary of the January 17, 1893 Overthrow of the
Kingdom of Hawaii, Pub. L. No. 103-150, 107 Stat. 1510
(1993)), passed by Congress 34 years after the federal
government granted the lands to the state in trust and
established the terms of the trust. In granting the
federal lands to the State of Hawaii in trust upon its
admission into the Union, Congress followed a practice
that had evolved from the earliest days of the Union to
allow new states to be admitted on an equal footing
with existing states.
Brief at 2-3.
The brief is available here. The State of Hawaii's cert petition is
here, Pacific Legal Foundation's amicus brief supporting cert is
here, and the brief of 29 states supporting Hawaii is here.
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From: Jenny James
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 5:21 AM
Subject: Battle against water privatization in South Africa
Johannesburg Water Defies Court Ruling on Prepaid Water Meters
by Coalition Against Water Privatisation - CAWP Monday, May 12
2008, 7:53am
phone: 00 27 (0) 73 052 7005
southern africa / indigenous struggles / non anarchist press
Judge M.P Tsoka on the 30th of April 2008 in the
Johannesburg High Court declared prepaid water meters
both illegal and unconstitutional. He further ordered
Johannesburg Water and the City of Johannesburg to
provide each person with 50 litres of free water per
day. Despite the seriousness of the court ruling and
the nature of the case, JW continues to install prepaid
water meters in Soweto.
Angry residents of Orlando and the Soweto Concerned Residents (SCR)
yesterday on 7 May 2008 successfully managed to prevent the
installation of these abusive meters in their community and chased
Johannesburg Water vehicles and workers away, warning them not to
set foot in the area again. Residents made them aware of the court
ruling on prepaid water meters and that any move by JW to install
further meters is illegal.
JW is calling on Soweto residents to respect the City's property
but at the same time it continues to disrespect the High Court
ruling and the country's Constitution. It claims to be fixing the
infrastructure in Orlando and Khilani but JW is continuing to lie
to people and proceed with the installation of the meters. The
Coalition Against Water Privatisation is not against the City's
plan of maintaining and servicing Soweto residents. Though we are
still getting used to pronouncing the law, we must insist that JW
respects the ruling of the Johannesburg High Court.
The CAWP is calling on Soweto residents to protect and defend their
right to water; the court victory does not only apply to Phiri
residents but to all of Soweto. We will continue to support the
case with strong mass resistance until water, as a precious
resource, is made common again.
http://wwwanarkismo.net/newswire.php?story_id=8875
This list is primarily set up to distribute the 'Green Letters' edited by
Jenny James which give a running account of the activities and experiences
of the Atlantis Community in Colombia since 1995
Archived messages may be seen at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Green-Letters/messages See also
http://afan.org.uk/
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Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:01:25 -1000
From: Lc <palolo@hawaii.rr.com>
getting more interesting...
as i recall, pacific legal foundation showed up in hawaii about 10-12
years ago. they argue that private property in american law is the
highest law of the land.
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Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:54:40 -1000
From: Brad Parsons <mauibrad@hotmail.com>
Subject: HSF Prediction for the coming year...
MONDAY, JUNE 9, 2008
HSF Prediction for the coming year...
Here was a comment I posted to a blog just now:
I noticed some of the comments above are thinking/hoping with decisions
like this, that the issue will just go away. Here are a few little
tidbits I am hearing. A book will be coming out soon on this whole
affair...you can already buy that book about the Superferry on
Amazon.com. Also, I hear second hand Derrick DePledge has another series
coming up on this, but again with no strong conclusions.
Lastly, I offer this forecast. If Obama wins the election, the LCS and
JHSV contracts may get cancelled and within a few months after that HSF
goes out of business. On the other hand, if McCain gets elected, John
Lehman may be appointed Secretary of Defense and usher through the LCS
and JHSV contracts mostly to Austal, and HSF will keep operating at a
loss for another year or two. You heard it here first. Aloha, Brad
06/09/2008 11:26:46 a.m.
From the article I posted the above comment to:
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080609/NEWS09/806
090340/1001/LOCALNEWSFRONT
Posted on: Monday, June 9, 2008
'Ferry's traffic impact minor;
Vehicles flow smoothly in area around Kahului Harbor, report finds'
By Christie Wilson Advertiser Neighbor Island Editor
'...But Irene Bowie of Maui Tomorrow said 'it's too soon' for officials
to close the books on ferry-related traffic impacts because Superferry
hasn't been operating long enough to establish reliable data...'Even with
those numbers that they reported (for May) it still wasn't even half of
the load they are capable of carrying, so I don't think the traffic
studies were adequate,' Bowie said. 'And if Superferry is going to be
successful, there's going to be more vehicle numbers.'
...The highest vehicle load during the May 23-26 period occurred Friday,
May 23, when a total of 683 vehicles passed through the ferry's Kahului
site, the report said. That included 188 vehicles arriving on the morning
sailing, 75 departures, and the 119 vehicles that passed through to pick
up or drop off passengers. The evening voyage saw 153 vehicles arrive
from Honolulu, 59 leave, and 89 pass through to pick up or drop off
passengers...Superferry officials have said they expected a small
percentage of walk-on passengers and fewer than 40 cars passing through
the site to drop off or pick up passengers.'
Even on their best weekend, notice the low numbers departing from Maui.
They have a PR perception problem on Maui, and an even bigger perception
problem on Kauai. Aloha, Brad
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Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:40:12 -1000
From: Lc <palolo@hawaii.rr.com>
Subject: Fw: Photographs from above
 nice...
[ Part 2, Application/VND.MS-POWERPOINT 5.4MB. ]
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Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:58:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: megavote@mailmanager.net
Subject: MegaVote: HI 2nd, 6/9/2008
Congress.org presents: M E G A V O T E
June 9, 2008
In this MegaVote for Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District:
Recent Congressional Votes -
* Senate: Budget Resolution, FY2009
* Senate: Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
* Senate: Cloture Motion; Amendment to Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008
* House: 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act
* House: Budget Resolution, FY2009
Upcoming Congressional Bills -
* Senate: Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008
* Senate: Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008
* Senate: Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers of 2008
* House: Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008
* House: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2008
* House: Iraq/Afghanistan Supplemental Appropriations
* House: Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008
==============
Recent Senate Votes:
Budget Resolution, FY2009
http://capwiz.com/congressorg/issues/votes/?votenum=142&chamber=S&congress=1102
Vote Agreed to (48-45, 2 Present, 5 Not Voting)
The Senate passed this federal budget resolution for Fiscal Year 2009.
Sen. Daniel Inouye voted
YES
send e-mail (http://capwiz.com/congressorg/mail/?id=201&mailid=custom)
see bio (http://capwiz.com/congressorg/bio/?id=201)
Sen. Daniel Akaka voted
YES
send e-mail (http://capwiz.com/congressorg/mail/?id=202&mailid=custom)
see bio (http://capwiz.com/congressorg/bio/?id=202)
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Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
http://capwiz.com/congressorg/issues/votes/?votenum=144&chamber=S&congress=1102
Vote Passed (77-15, 8 Not Voting)
The Senate again passed the Farm Bill, after a clerical error invalidated
a previous vote, the PresidentÂ^Òs veto, and a veto override.
Sen. Daniel Inouye voted
YES
send e-mail (http://capwiz.com/congressorg/mail/?id=201&mailid=custom)
see bio (http://capwiz.com/congressorg/bio/?id=201)
Sen. Daniel Akaka voted
YES
send e-mail (http://capwiz.com/congressorg/mail/?id=202&mailid=custom)
see bio (http://capwiz.com/congressorg/bio/?id=202)
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Cloture Motion; Amendment to Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008
http://capwiz.com/congressorg/issues/votes/?votenum=145&chamber=S&congress=1102
Vote Rejected (48-36, 16 Not Voting)
The cloture vote to limit debate on the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security
Act failed to garner the necessary 60 votes.
Sen. Daniel Inouye voted
YES
send e-mail (http://capwiz.com/congressorg/mail/?id=201&mailid=custom)
see bio (http://capwiz.com/congressorg/bio/?id=201)
Sen. Daniel Akaka voted
YES
send e-mail (http://capwiz.com/congressorg/mail/?id=202&mailid=custom)
see bio (http://capwiz.com/congressorg/bio/?id=202)
===================
Recent House Votes:
21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act
http://capwiz.com/congressorg/issues/votes/?votenum=379&chamber=H&congress=1102
Vote Passed (250-164, 19 Not Voting)
The House passed this bill to modernize primary schools with a focus on
greener buildings.
Rep. Mazie Hirono voted
YES
send e-mail (http://capwiz.com/congressorg/mail/?id=31644&mailid=custom)
see bio (http://capwiz.com/congressorg/bio/?id=31644)
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Budget Resolution, FY2009
http://capwiz.com/congressorg/issues/votes/?votenum=382&chamber=H&congress=1102
Vote Passed (214-210, 10 Not Voting)
The House passed this federal budget resolution for Fiscal Year 2009.
Rep. Mazie Hirono voted
YES
send e-mail (http://capwiz.com/congressorg/mail/?id=31644&mailid=custom)
see bio (http://capwiz.com/congressorg/bio/?id=31644)
==================
Upcoming Votes:
Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008 - S.3044
The Senate will take up this bill intended to provide energy price relief
and prevent price gouging.
Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008 - H.R.6049
The Senate is also likely to vote on this bill to extend renewable energy
tax credits.
Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers of 2008 - S._____
The Senate is expected to take up this Medicare bill this week.
Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 - H.R.6003
The House is scheduled to vote on this bill to reauthorize Amtrak.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2008 -
H.R.6063
The House is also scheduled to vote on this bill that would authorize NASA
programs for FY 2009.
Iraq/Afghanistan Supplemental Appropriations - H.R.2642
The House is likely to vote on this bill funding military operations in
Iraq and Afghanistan.
Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008 - H.R.5749
The House may also vote on this bill to extend unemployment insurance
benefits.
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Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:18:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kekahuna Keaweiwi <kekahunakeaweiwi@yahoo.com>
Jumping on the Band Wagon - comment
Aloah Cliff,
E kala mai ia`u....29 States, the Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF), the New
Mexico State, Commissioner of Public Lands have all submitted Amicus
Briefs i.e. Friends of the Court with strong interest in this ceded lands
cases.
Basiclly telling the US Supreme Court they all support and agree with the
State of Hawaii's appeal that the Hawaii Supreme Court was wrong with
their ruling and to please see it their way; therefore rule in favao of
the State of Hawaii.
"Naeole, Clifford" <Clifford.Naeole@ritzcarlton.com> wrote:
Can somebody
please provide ^Óin plain english^Ô what all this legal mumbo
jumbo is about? Sorry^ÅI get totally lost trying to decipher
this language. Must be my so-called ADD.
cn
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Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:09:29 -0700
From: Kathy Roberts <weerkhr@pacbell.net>
Subject: Kucinich Delivering Impeachment Articles
Dennis Kucinich - www.Kucinich.us
URGENT - Kucinich delivering impeachment articles NOW!
Dear friends:
A few moments ago, (approximately 7:30 p.m. EDT), Ohio Congressman Dennis
Kucinich took to the floor of the House of Representatives to present 35
Articles of Impeachment against George W. Bush. The House session is being
televised live on C-SPAN.
Thank you
The Re-Elect Congressman Kucinich Committee
________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:15:23 -0700
From: `Ehu Kekahu Cardwell <ehukekahu@earthlink.net>
Jumping on the Band Wagon - comment
Aloha kaua e Cliff,
Would like to add that since most of these 29 states themselves have
stolen lands within them, they are scared to death of a precedent being
set in Hawai`i that might cause native people in their states to commence
legal action.
Therefore, they are coming forth to support AG Mark Bennett's suit to
protect themselves. It's a purely selfish move.
Also please notice that Mark Bennett is attempting to get the US Supreme
Court to rule the 1993 Apology bill was simply "a symbolic apology" and
nothing more.
Mahalo for asking.
Ho`oku`oko`a,
`Ehu Kekahu Cardwell
The Koani Foundation
Visit FreeHawaii.Info
Watch FreeHawaiiTV.com
"Voices Of Truth" online - VoicesOfTruthTV.com
The Free Hawai`i Broadcasting Network
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Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:54:48 -0500
From: nimchira <chooky.clarke@gmail.com>
Subject: [mana_wahine] Voices Health/Environment News
News from the Health and Environmental Communities.
Published since Nov, 2005
June 9, 2008
In This Issue:
Food and Drug Administration is expanding its warning to consumers
nationwide that a salmonellosis outbreak has been linked to consumption of
certain raw red plum, red Roma, and red round tomatoes, and products
containing these raw, red tomatoes.
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01848.html
Bacteria may hold the key to halting the fungal disease which is
devastating amphibian populations around the world.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7438205.stm
Fungi and it's impact on carbon sequestration, elimination of damaging
insects, returning of soils and forests to health. If that's not enough:
kills flu. http://www.ted.com:80/index.php/talks/view/id/258
The people of Felton, California learned that they had successfully
wrested control of their water from the clutches of a giant corporation.
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=lReSTbW3RLVeXPIAVmwM7I248V%2BnRG%2F7
Stem Cells Apparently Cure Boy's Fatal Disease
http://www.truthout.org/article/stem-cells-apparently-cure-boys-fatal-disease
Chris Rocks Exposes Manipulative Marketing of Drug Companies (video) Learn
how they invent diseases and conditions, then convince people that they
need medication. (Explicit, profanity)
http://www.naturalnews.com/023377.html
Endless Energy from Algae Biofuel: Closed-Loop Photo Bioreactor from
Valcent (video) Imagine 20,000 barrels of oil each year from one acre of
land! http://www.naturalnews.com/023378.html
Nanosolar Price Barrier Breakthrough Makes Solar Electricity Cheaper Than
Coal http://www.naturalnews.com/023389.html
The Economics of World Hunger - Food has become the new gold. Investors
weary of the real-estate bubble-burst have poured millions of dollars into
grain futures. This has succeeded in driving up prices even more. Now we
are witnessing a global panic http://www.naturalnews.com/023387.html
Dead zones grow in the Gulf of Mexico.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/13142/3057/16684/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy51c25ld3MuY29tL2FydGljbGVzL25ld3MvbmF0aW9uYWwvMjAwOC8wNi8wNi9kZWFkLXpvbmVzLWdyb3ctaW4tdGhlLWd1bGYtb2YtbWV4aWNvLmh0bWw%3d&x=7ffdb753
Don't mess with Texas wind. Eighty-year-old Texas oil billionaire T. Boone
Pickens is feeling the green breeze - he's putting 12 billion dollars into
what will be the world's largest wind farm.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/13142/3057/16671/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5sb2Uub3JnL3Nob3dzL3NlZ21lbnRzLmh0bT9wcm9ncmFtSUQ9MDgtUDEzLTAwMDIzJnNlZ21lbnRJRD0y&x=7f8c9cc6
Researchers fail to reveal full drug pay.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/13159/3057/16703/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5ueXRpbWVzLmNvbS8yMDA4LzA2LzA4L3VzLzA4Y29uZmxpY3QuaHRtbD9ocD0%3d&x=c29b5a72
Contaminated Education? Toxic schools and the leasing loophole.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/13159/3057/16717/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5icm9va2x5bnJhaWwub3JnLzIwMDgvMDYvbG9jYWwvY29udGFtaW5hdGVkLWVkdWNhdGlvbi10b3hpYy1zY2hvb2xzLWFuZC10aGUtbGVhc2luZy1sb29waG9sZQ%3d%3d&x=98ccd9a7
The war on mosquitoes.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/13159/3057/16719/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy53aW5uaXBlZ2ZyZWVwcmVzcy5jb20vbG9jYWwvc3RvcnkvNDE4MzYxMXAtNDc3MzU5N2MuaHRtbA%3d%3d&x=b33bbea3
Divided by fluoride. Depending on who you listen to, fluoride is either a
poison or a tried-and-tested cure for an entirely preventable disease.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/13159/3057/16721/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5kYWlseWVjaG8uY28udWsvbmV3cy9sYXRlc3QvZGlzcGxheS52YXIuMjMyNjQxMS4wLmRpdmlkZWRfYnlfZmx1b3JpZGUucGhw&x=aa9dd83d
'This was deliberately created in a laboratory in order to show what might
happen.' Bird flu can mix with human influenza virus: research
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2008/s2267710.htm
Natural lab shows sea's acid path. Natural carbon dioxide vents on the sea
floor are showing scientists how carbon emissions will affect marine life.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/13186/3057/16750/0/?u=aHR0cDovL25ld3MuYmJjLmNvLnVrLzIvaGkvc2NpZW5jZS9uYXR1cmUvNzQzNzg2Mi5zdG0%3d&x=395fdc18
Pesticides blamed for plummeting salmon stocks.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/13186/3057/16755/0/?u=aHR0cDovL2Vudmlyb25tZW50Lm5ld3NjaWVudGlzdC5jb20vYXJ0aWNsZS9kbjE0MDkxLXBlc3RpY2lkZXMtYmxhbWVkLWZvci1wbHVtbWV0aW5nLXNhbG1vbi1zdG9ja3MtLmh0bWw%3d&x=c0ea129a
Freshwater clams in shell shock. Under seige from zebra mussels, habitat
loss and pollution, this species is 'the most endangered animal group in
North America'.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/13186/3057/16765/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy50aGVzdGFyLmNvbS9zY2llbmNldGVjaC9JZGVhcy9hcnRpY2xlLzQzOTMyOQ%3d%3d&x=5c62a0bc
Risky practices found at N.J. hamburger maker. While the Topps Meat Co.
churned out millions of frozen hamburgers a month, beef ground one day was
often stored and "reworked" with meat from another production cycle,
government documents show.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/13186/3057/16770/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5ub3J0aGplcnNleS5jb20vbmV3cy9oZWFsdGgvMTk2NTEzNTQuaHRtbA%3d%3d&x=689e74ed
Salmonella outbreak linked to raw tomatoes strikes about 150
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-06-08-tomatoes_N.htm
Caribbean Monk Seal Gone Extinct From Human Causes, NOAA Confirms
http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/37342
Getting Past the 'Protein Myth' That Keeps People from Quitting Meat and
Dairy. The way Americans obsess about protein, you'd think protein
deficiency was the number one health problem in America. Of course it's
not.
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=CYKU2RlnuF0%2B0ksUHFCCOdG%2FqHaeKisc
Should Parents Be Forced to Vaccinate Their Children?
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=IXA3xQNW7VSWCxvtVRHYntG%2FqHaeKisc
Paxil Babies: The Dangers of Antidepressants. Mothers suffering from
depression are increasingly pushed into taking pills, at great potential
risk to themselves and their infants
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=GpjTO1Zxg%2FD5Y9AfJkzn3tG%2FqHaeKisc
What is a Woman Worth? The Feminization of AIDS. Women are vulnerable to
HIV because of discrimination, violence and powerlessness. They need more
than health care -- they need broad social change.
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=oEtUZ2tYbC9jXaiM8mzcTNG%2FqHaeKisc
A Miracle Drug for Malaria. Scientists hope to produce enough of the drug
within two years to help the approximately 500 million people suffering
from malaria worldwide.
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=HD6d9MejupCeiQ9EPuCtH9G%2FqHaeKisc
Whole Grains Cut Risk of Pancreatic Cancer by 40 Percent
http://www.naturalnews.com/023397.html
While Ephedra Remains Illegal, FDA Approves the Same Chemical for
Over-the-Counter Pharmaceutical Sales
http://www.naturalnews.com/023395.html
=====
While All Eyes Are On China and Chile; Seismic Activity Brews on N.
American Coast
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Maps/region/N_America.php
Quake List for Alaska Aleutian Chain:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Maps/special/Alaska_eqs.php
Quake List for North America from Oregon to Mexico
http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Quakes/quakes0.html
Sitting in the middle of all these swarms is the Cascadia Subduction Zone.
This geographic area is prone to 'mega-quakes' producing 9.0 magnitudes
and larger. The last event occurred over 300 years ago producing a tsunami
which traveled across the Pacific and wiped out part of Japan.
Cascadia Subduction Zone
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/structure/crust/cascadia/index.php
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Parents will rally in Albany, NY
http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001c1eEZUo2IVr4A7mLM-8maFUEUNjPBXaZOlAFgpA3HAIGZxY-ptiAmlg6EoLA5bolBWf2wgaci5Cx5w5SElgTG_FMoDGtt5w41nA9309lR1nZO52fIY_XSw==
on Tuesday, June 10, to protest a vaccine bill (AB10942) that would
mandate the 69 doses of 16 vaccines the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
recommends for all children through age 18 plus would automatically
mandate all new vaccines federal officials recommend in the future.
http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001c1eEZUo2IVo1_a7jUV4eE2NvdXPbJA1QyNZA8mti6KaAGTfyEmmEzfmIVaqTywzLu5d09Oxhj1gdY6QaI7WFK7NAkYxABPT_S1tzWYJ-_qqF6UyT4gsd4LVcvpFp4--0_btSsqFz_1d3SdxkWViC4g== )
For more information on contacting New York state legislators, go to
http://assembly.s tate.ny.us/ New York voters can type in their zip code
and find contact information for their own Assemblyperson and Senator and
voice their opinion. To find out more about contacting NY legislators on
this issue, go to the website of A-Champ
http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001c1eEZUo2IVp5utsyuI3wq07_pzDdBxqh_vE5X0Iy4TL_vzIgqZhz5dxjE7Dd1weJLGrexDq6m1n2ATI_cnbBSNYaTEsbrxToSMyAcHW4Lgaw2NA1Akaii-iFlRmvoCCMC4-r526934MruPkTHVNT5UOFKovdQvXtrxR__wrxBIs=
Rita Palma, a Bayport mother of three, said "Vaccines are under more
scrutiny than ever. Yet some lawmakers pick right now to create a bill
that actually increases vaccine mandates. This bill is a slap in the face
to worried parents throughout New York. AB 10942 is being pushed by Big
Pharma lobbyists. We need to show them that New Yorkers will not stand for
this and make our voices heard."
Doctors are not infallible and the products drug companies create for
profit are not always safe or effective for everyone. And no child in
America should be subjected to vaccination or any other medical procedure
without the informed consent of his or her parents. New York AB 10942
backed by Big Pharma and Big Government is a prescription for tyranny.
Stand Up! Be Counted. Your health and your freedom is on the line.
http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001c1eEZUo2IVqyA64mQ-4SNVLdbu6-EH3_bfloimmfHOVu3lW2iIHBN2_cLyBgwLriTtCY_aEeSTP4e6RjS0E1T4osS-VGZmErP41YEPYZnT6pioTlYfJGE34wcgpXOk4I
====
The world keeps turning and the resources get used up. It's really quite
simple. Despite that fact, the debates rage over Peak Oil, Peak Food and
peak everything else. It's about as sensible as rearranging deck chairs on
the Titanic. So the "experts" continue to debate whether or not resources
are running low. But the evidence is pretty clear, at least to this trader
http://www.howestreet.com/articles/index.php?article_id=6613
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From: karaka <chooky.clarke@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mana_wahine@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [mana_wahine] FW: Researchers show how the brain can protect
against cancer
Published: 2 hours ago, 17:30 EST, June 09, 2008
Researchers show how the brain can protect against cancer
Scientists have been aware for many years that if cancer patients are not
able to deal with the stress associated with being sick, the cancer will
progress faster than in calmer patients. To counteract this phenomenon,
physicians encourage treatments that help cancer patients handle their
stress. Scientists theorized that the stress relief may have come as a
result of increased beta-endorphin peptide (BEP), the "feel good" hormones
in the brain that are released during exercise, a good conversation, and
many other aspects of life that give humans pleasure.
Researchers at Rutgers hypothesized that BEP producing neurons do not just
make us feel good, but also play roles in regulating the stress response
and immune functions to control tumor growth and progression. In a paper
published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Dr.
Dipak K. Sarkar and his colleagues demonstrate the physical mechanisms
that support their hypothesis.
"Our findings show promise for future therapeutic treatments for
bolstering the immune function," said Sarkar, professor of animal sciences
and director of the Endocrinology Program at the Rutgers School of
Environmental and Biological Sciences, and principal investigator of the
research project.
Previous research has shown that too few, or inactive, BEP neurons are
associated with various diseases. For example, low numbers of BEP neurons
have been identified in the brains of patients with depression and
schizophrenia. Neurons that produce too little BEP are found in many obese
patients. In both these cases the patients also had higher levels of
infection and more incidence of cancer.
To test their hypothesis about the role of BEP in controling tumor growth
and progression, the Rutgers scientists took neural stem cells,
transformed them into BEP neurons by treating them with particular
chemicals, and then transplanted them into brains of live rats. The
authors studied tumor growth in the rats that had been given carcinogens
to induce prostate tumors. The authors noted that the BEP neurons boosted
the immune system by increasing the activity of particular immune cell
types and decreasing inflammation.
The neurons also protected the rats against prostate cancer 90 percent of
the time. The researchers discovered that the "natural killer," or NK
cells that typically attack cancer cells in the body, are activated by the
inserted BEP neurons. The NK cells reduced inflammation around the cancer
cells, which slowed down caner cell growth and killed many of these cells.
"We are optimistic that this research can be applied to human medicine,"
said Sarkar. "Instead of transplanting cells, we will investigate whether
we can increase BEP using a chemical approach."
Source: Rutgers University
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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:29:59 +1200
From: "Richard Brown" <resat44@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Spiritual Warrior
Wow....this is so true....
Spiritual Warrior Author Unknown
Life offers us the opportunity to become a Spiritual Warrior. A warrior is
one who bravely goes into those dark areas within themselves to ferret out
the Truth of their being.
It takes great courage, stamina and endurance to become a Spiritual
Warrior..
The path is narrow, the terrain rough and rocky. You will walk alone:
through the dark caves, up those steep climbs and through the dense thick
forest. You will meet your dark side. The faces of fear, deceit, and
sadness all await your arrival.
No one can take this journey but you. There comes a time, in each of our
lives, when we are given the choice to follow this path.
Should we decide to embark on this journey, we can never turn back.... Our
lives are changed forever
On this journey, there are many different places we can choose to slip
into and hide. But the path goes on.
The Spiritual Warrior stays the course, wounded at times, exhausted and
out of energy. Many times, the Warrior will struggle back to their feet to
take only a few steps before falling again.
Rested, they forge on, continuing the treacherous path. The journey
continues. The Spiritual Warrior stays the course. Weakened, but never
broken.
One day, the battle, loneliness and desperate fights are over. The sun
breaks through the clouds; the birds begin to sing their sweet melodies.
There is a change in the energy. A deep change within the self.
The warrior has fought the courageous fight. The battle of the dark night
of the soul is won. New energy now fills the Warrior. A new path is now
laid before them. A gentler path filled with the inner-knowing of one who
has personal empowerment.
With their personal battle won, they are filled with joy. A new awareness
that they are one with the Spirit beams as they go forth to show others
the way.
They are not permitted to walk the path for others. They can only love,
guide and be a living example of the Truth of their being.
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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:32:01 +1200
From: karaka <chooky.clarke@gmail.com>
Herb of the Week is
.....................Echinacea
Your Herb of the Week is Echinacea
Echinacea is nine species of wildflower indigenous to North America. First
used by the Native Americans and then by the pioneers, echinacea is today
frequently found in gardens and health food stores. The genus name is from
the Greek echino, meaning "spiny". Echinacea is in the family Asteraceae,
all menbers of the family Asteraceae are native to eastern North America.
All nine species of echinacea are tall perennial, drought-tolerant,
herbaceous, plants with purple, daisy-like flowers and lance-like leaves
about 15cm long. Flowering begins in early summer and lasts about 4 weeks.
Echinacea can still be found growing as a wildflower mostly in the
prairies, the midwest states, and as far south as Texas. Native Echinacea
species are dwindling in the wild due to loss of habitat and
over-harvesting. In many areas wild populations are under great stress.
Several herbalist I talked to who have been gathering wild echinacea for
many years say echinacea is getting harder and harder to find in many
areas. There is no danger of echinacea becoming extinct because it is
grown in gardens and commercial herb farms.
Made into a tea and drank to relieve the symptoms of a cold.
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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:35:43 +1200
From: karaka <chooky.clarke@gmail.com>
ADULTS need calcium too...drink milk to boost
calcium
Prevent a bone break, drink milk to boost calcium
Boosting calcium intake by drinking milk could reduce healthy adults'
chances of a debilitating bone break. In a new study published in the
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, healthy men and women supplemented
with 1,200 mg of calcium per day - the amount in four glasses of milk -
reduced their risk of bone fractures by 72 percent.
An international team of researchers from University Hospital Zurich and
Dartmouth Medical School divided 930 healthy men and women ages 27 to 80
into two groups for a four-year intervention study. One group was given a
placebo, while the other took a daily calcium supplement containing 1,200
mg of calcium daily - the calcium recommendation for adults over the age
of 51..
The researchers found that those receiving an additional 1,200 mg of
calcium were significantly less likely to have a bone fracture of any sort
during the four-year period, including everyday activity fractures (bone
breaks that occurred while walking or standing) and seemingly unavoidable
accident-related fractures (bone breaks sustained during falls, running,
sports injuries or car accidents).
In fact, during the four-year intervention, not a single adult receiving
calcium experienced a fracture tied to everyday activities - fractures
that researchers call "potentially preventable" and more likely linked to
bone health.
To sustain the benefits, researchers found that the adults needed to
maintain their calcium intakes. After the four-year supplementation period
ended, the bone benefits dissipated, underscoring the need to adopt
lifelong habits, like drinking milk, to prevent bone loss.
Adult bones continue to grow in density and strength until about age 35.
After that, preventing further bone loss is essential. Poor bone health
and bone fractures can have negative consequences for adults of all ages,
interfering with recreational activities, ability to work or physical
capacity to exercise and stay healthy. These adult bone fractures may also
be an early sign of risk for osteoporosis - a serious condition of brittle
bones afflicting more than 10 million Americans.
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend three servings of fat free
or lowfat milk each day, providing 90 percent of the recommended daily
value of calcium for most adults. Milk is also an excellent source of
vitamin D, helping the body absorb this much-needed calcium to help
maintain strong bones and reduce the risk of osteoporosis.
Source: Weber Shandwick Worldwide
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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:46:17 +1200
From: karaka <chooky.clarke@gmail.com>
Eating Habits Not Sole Cause of Thinness or
Obesity
Eating Habits Not Sole Cause of Thinness or Obesity Wed Jun 4, 11:47 PM
ET
(HealthDay News) -- Your nerves, rather than your eating habits, may have
a more direct role in whether you are fat or thin, according to new
research.
A study on worms shows that serotonin levels in the nervous system
influence feeding and fat. Serotonin, a neurotransmitter, also acts
independently to control eating and what your body does with those
calories once they've been consumed, the study said.
"It says that the nervous system is a key regulator coordinating all
energy-related processes through distinct molecular pathways," Kaveh
Ashrafi, of the University of California, San Francisco, said in a
prepared statement. "The nervous system makes a decision about its state
leading to effects on behavior, reproduction, growth and metabolism. These
outputs are related, but they are not consequences of each other. It's not
that feeding isn't important, but the neural control of fat is distinct
from feeding."
Ashrafi said that given serotonin's ancient evolutionary origins, you can
apply what's learned from the worms to humans.
"From a clinical perspective, this may mean you could develop therapeutic
strategies to manipulate fat metabolism independently of what you eat," he
said. "Now, the focus is primarily on feeding behavior. As important as
that is, it's only part of the story. If the logic of the system is
conserved across species, a strategy that focuses solely on behavior can
only go so far. It may be one reason diets fail."
The findings were published in the June issue of Cell Metabolism.
At its most basic level, fat regulation is the balance between energy
intake and expenditure; however, Ashrafi said the physiology is very
complicated.
In the worms, serotonin affected feeding by involving nerve receptors not
normally required for fat control. The byproducts of the signaling process
ended up affecting the control of feeding behavior, Ashrafi said.
In the worms and in mammals, high serotonin levels are associated with fat
reduction, while low serotonin levels lead to fat accumulation, the
researchers noted. However, in the worms, when serotonin goes up, the
worms desire to eat increases even as fat melts away. But in humans, high
serotonin leads people to eat less and shed fat.
Serotonin's effects on fat and eating habits in the worms fit the nerve
messenger's role as a sensory gauge of nutrient availability, the
researchers said. When resources are scarce, worms build up their fat
reserves and switch metabolic gears to save energy and direct nutrients to
fat stores.
Ashrafi said serotonin's role in balancing energy across species leads him
to believe that "human counterparts of feeding-independent fat regulatory
genes identified in our study may similarly regulate energy balance."
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From: Terri Kekoolani
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 1:53 PM
Subject: [Hui_Pu] today AP article: Book proposes return of crown lands
to Hawaiians
FYI - just passing on an AP article posted today
6/9/08
tk
Posted: Monday, June 9th, 2008 4:39 AM HST
Book proposes return of crown lands to Hawaiians
By Associated Press
HONOLULU (AP) ^× A recently published book argues that nearly 1 million
acres of former crown lands of the Hawaiian kingdom should form the land
base of a potential Native Hawaiian government.
University of Hawaii law professor Jon Van Dyke wrote "Who Owns the Crown
Lands of Hawaii?" based on 12 years of research into the history of the
crown lands.
He believes the lands have a link to the history, culture and spiritual
values of Native Hawaiians.
A proposal to form a federally recognized Native
Hawaiian government passed the U.S. House of
Representatives last year and is pending in the
Senate.
The measure would give Hawaiians autonomy rights
similar to those provided American Indians and Native
Alaskans.
Van Dyke says the crown lands could later be handed
over to that government.
Much of this property is conservation or watershed
land now managed by the state government.
(Copyright 2008 Associated Press. All rights reserved)
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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:18:27 +0000
From: Ana <uriohau@gmail.com>
Subject: [mana_wahine] Why the police shouldn't be allowed tasers
http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2008/06/why-police-shouldnt-be-allowed-tasers.html
Because of incidents like this:
The Crown alleges Parsons, who has a 25-year police service
record,pepper-sprayed Mr Falwasser in the face two or three
times after thelatter refused to be fingerprinted or
photographed.
Busby then allegedly struck Mr Falwasser from behind on
thehand and wrist with separate blows as he put his hands up
to protecthis face.
As Mr Falwasser made movements towards the door, Busby
allegedly struck him on the head, causing bleeding.
Mr Pilditch said that over the next 10 minutes MrFalwasser
remained in the cell, which was shrouded in pepper
spray,making it "intolerable for police officers".
Later, Laing and Mills continued to pepper-spray
MrFalwasser's cell as he remained there, squirting the spray
throughvents over a 10- to 15-minute period.
And that's just with batons and pepper spray; just imagine what this pack
of sadists would have done if armed with electric torture devices.
The officers involved are currently being prosecuted for assault.That's
putting it mildly. Pepper spray causes unbearable pain to theeyes. Locking
someone in a confined space and then filling it withpepper spray for 10-15
minutes at minimum constitutes cruel anddegrading treatment, and may meet
the threshold for torture (severephysical or mental pain and suffering
inflicted to obtain informationor as punishment or coercion) under New
Zealand and international law. Yes, worse things happen in shitty third
world dictatorships, butthat's no excuse to refuse to call the crime by
its name or turn ablind eye to it in New Zealand.
________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:41:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: Congress.org <congressorg@capwiz.com>
Subject: Congress.org Weekly Newsletter:[ISO-8859-1] Should Congress
allow drilling in ANWR?[ISO-8859-1] What are your thoughts on McCain vs.
Obama?
Find Your Officials Enter Your Zip code:
June 09, 2008
This Week in Congress
Your Headlines, Your Issues, Your Opinions
Bush Asks Congress to Open ANWR
Before departing for a tour of European nations, President Bush asked
Congress to allow drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, located
on over 19 million acres in northeast Alaska. Rising gas and fuel prices
have led others to call for the refuge to be opened to oil production.
Supporters of drilling in ANWR say that it would help secure U.S. energy
independence. Opponents argue that the amount available in the refuge is
not significant enough to impact oil and that the environmental damage
would not be worth it. What do you think?
SUPPORT drilling in ANWR
OPPOSE drilling in ANWR
What do you think the government should be doing about gas prices?
Clinton Endorses Obama
Hillary Clinton suspended her presidential campaign Saturday at an event
in Washington, D.C. During the event she announced her endorsement of
Barack Obama as the Democratic nominee. By suspending her campaign instead
of officially dropping out, she will remain a candidate and keep her
pledged delegates. Many of her supporters are pushing for Obama to choose
her as his running mate in the general election, saying that such a move
would unite the Democratic party. You can weigh in with your opinion on
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Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:27:44 -1000
From: Tane . <Tane_1@msn.com>
Jumping on the Band Wagon - comment
Glean from this for arguments for the brief amicus curiae , the water
rights issue, and the burial protection, customary and traditional rights.
Please take time to go through this. I have the hardback cover of these
books but found them in the internet with updated version since the con
con of 1978. This is an excellent reference since it's their law dcuments.
Tane
Hawaii Organic Act
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol01_Ch0001-0042F/03-ORG/ORG_0001.HTM
This is revealing. Take note of Sec. 4:
§4. Citizenship. That all persons who were citizens of the Republic of
Hawaii on August twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, are hereby
declared to be citizens of the United States and citizens of the
Territory of Hawaii.
And all citizens of the United States resident in the Hawaiian Islands
who were resident there on or since August twelfth, eighteen hundred and
ninety-eight and all the citizens of the United States who shall
hereafter reside in the Territory of Hawaii for one year shall be
citizens of the Territory of Hawaii.
Also note that between 1842 and 1892, 731 Chinese and 3 Japanese were
naturalized in Hawaii:since 1892, none.
http://libweb.hawaii.edu/digicoll/annexation/organic.html
You'll find this very interesting. Please read through this to get theri
perception.
The reason for not wanting to give Hawaii statehood in annexation was
that there were too many Asians and they wanted time to supplant them
with whites in the work force to edge our the Asians and force them out
from Hawaii.
Constitution of the State of Hawaii
Agricultural lands Article XI:
http://hawaii.gov/lrb/con/conart11.html
Regarding Article Xii - Hawaiian Home lands/Hawaiian Affairs/
Traditional and Customary Rights:
http://hawaii.gov/lrb/con/conart12.html
Regarding Article XVI - Sec. 7 = Compliance with Trust:
http://hawaii.gov/lrb/con/conart16.html
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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:28:28 -0400
From: FeedBlitz <feedblitz@mail.feedblitz.com>
Subject: Disappeared News - A shot across the bow of the Superferry: The
Superferry Chronicles due to be published
"DISAPPEARED NEWS" - 1 NEW ARTICLE
1. A shot across the bow of the Superferry: The Superferry Chronicles
due to be published
2. More Recent Articles
3. Search Disappeared News
A shot across the bow of the Superferry: The Superferry Chronicles due
to be published
by Larry Geller Researcher Brad Parsons mentioned a Superferry book
coming out on his blog: ...A book will be coming out soon on this whole
affair...you can already buy that book about the Superferry on
Amazon.com. Also, I hear second hand Derrick DePledge has another series
coming up on this, but again with no strong conclusions. Brad, how do you
find out all this? Yes, there is a book coming....
More Recent Articles
* Innovation? In Hawaii it's just a word
* Breaking news--sun rises, wind blows
* Could Lingle be McCain's VP?
* Hawaii State Bar Association considering Superferry boondoggles
* Secretive meeting of world leaders set near Washington, DC
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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:44:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: Marakita Mehmet <maraki_tanga@yahoo.co.nz>
Louise Nicholas' book now out
Victim challenges rapist's parole
Jun 10, 2008 10:06 AM
The woman who was pack-raped by two policemen and a lifeguard in 1989 has
gone to the High Court to try to have parole revoked for one of her
attackers.
Tauranga businessman Peter McNamara was released into home detention in
January after being convicted of the rape in 2005 along with former
police officers Bob Schollum and Brad Shipton.
The victim has forced a judicial review of that decision after she felt
the Parole Board did not give enough weight to her submission.
"I would like to make history. Essentially I would like the parole board
decision overturned," says the victim.
The Sensible Sentencing Trust is financing her legal battle.
McNamara has served two-and-a-half years of a seven-year sentence.
The judicial review is being heard in the High Court in Wellington on
Tuesday and Wednesday.
The review follows recent media attention on McNamara's co-convicted and
their parole hearings.
Last Tuesday a Parole Board decision to keep Schollum inside was quashed
on a technicality.
The board's decision was overturned as it was found that the board had
not given enough weight to the level of family support and supervision
Schollum would have if he was released.
The review gives Schollum a fresh hearing with the Parole Board.
Just a few days beforehand, Shipton had his request for parole adjourned
following comments to the board in which he said the complainant was not
asked if it was okay to have sex with her, or if more than one person
could be involved.
The board took the comments as an admission of rape although Shipton's
lawyers were quick to say that Shipton maintains his innocence.
The board has adjourned its decision on Shipton's parole until September.
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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:48:43 -0700
From: Tia Ballantine
Subject: [CWUHM-L] Angus Calder
TRUTH IN EDINBURGH, AUGUST 30
Truth is not like these fag-ends
I tip in the dustbin
from the car ashtray.
Truth's not smoked out.
Truth differs from this morning's
*Scotsman*, instant history --
truth didn't happen yesterday.
Nor is truth like the grey roofs
seen through my office window,
spires and castle clearcut against sky:
the city's thousands submerged
behind stone, beneath stone,
even the traffic at this height dumb.
Truth is a child
climbing the Mound in rain
out of today into
tomorrow with effort.
-- Angus Calder (1942 - 5 June 2008)
-- from: 'Sun Behind the Castle', Edinburgh Poems, Luath Press
2004.
Note: The poem refers to the view of the city of Edinburgh from 'The
Mound', the artificial hill that connects the old town and the new town.
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Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:46:57 -0400
From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@PANIX.COM>
Subjet: Baudelaire
J'aime si tendrement le desert et la mer;
Que je ris dans les deuils et pleure dans les fetes,
Et trouve un gout suave au vin le plus amer;
Que je prends tres souvent les faits pour des mensonges
Et que, les yeux au ciel, je tombe dans des trous.
I love most tenderly the desert and the sea;
I find a curious suavity in bitter wine,
I smile at the saddest moments, I weep amid gaiety;
I take facts for illusions - and often as not, with eyes
Fixed confidently on heaven, I fall into holes.
(from Baudelaire, La Voix in Les Fleurs, trans. George Dillon)
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From: mark swearingen
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 5:20 AM
Subject: it happened in Canada, too
Canada to apologize to native students
Prime Minister Stephen Harper will seek to make amends for the schools
that for a century plucked Indian children from their homes in order to
wipe out their language and culture.
By Maggie Farley, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
June 10, 2008
OTTAWA -- For eight years, Thomas Louttit was forced to attend a
residential school whose mission was to "Christianize and civilize"
Canada's native people. He doesn't remember much of what he learned, but
he is keenly aware of what he lost.
"They gave us a number. That's all our name was. We didn't speak their
language, and we were not allowed to speak ours," he said. Like other
students, he said, he was sexually abused, a secret that filled him with
shame and remained untold until many years later.
"You forget how to cry, you forget how to show your feelings," he said,
staring out of his window. "We were never taught to say, 'I love you.' We
were never taught to forgive."
Now, 12 years after the last residential school shut down, Canada is
asking the 150,000 students and their descendants if it is indeed
possible to forgive. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper will
formally apologize to Canada's aboriginal people and declare his support
for a truth and reconciliation commission.
A $1.9-billion compensation fund, created after the federal government
settled a lawsuit in 2006, has already begun payouts. Every student is
receiving some money; those who were abused are getting higher amounts.
But some say the process may be more for the perpetrators than the
victims.
"The important thing is that they own up to what they did, admit that it
is unconscionable, and it was genocide," said Roland Chrisjohn, the
director of the Native Studies program at St. Thomas University in
Saskatchewan, and a member of the Iroquois nation. "But they are afraid
that such an admission would bring with it criminal liability."
Over a century, Canada's government and churches built 130 residential
schools across the country. Childrenwere forcibly taken from their
parents to instill mainstream language, culture and values. An Indian
Affairs official in 1920 said the goal was "to kill the Indian in the
child."
"Our object is to continue until there is not a single Indian in Canada
that has not been absorbed . . . and there is no Indian question," wrote
Duncan Campbell Scott, deputy superintendent general of the Indian
Affairs department. Native rituals such as pow-wows were outlawed, and
entire communities relocated.
A commission concluded in 1996 that the program indelibly damaged
generations of aboriginal people and subverted their culture, prompting
the last of the schools to be shut down. It outlined a program of healing
and redress, but that has been a long time coming.
For Justice Harry LaForme, the chair of the newly formed Indian
Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the truth is now
largely known; the real work will be in the reconciliation.
"Today, the idea that you could order the removal of a people from the
fabric of a nation is a human rights violation of the first order," he
said in an interview in the commission's new office across from Canada's
Parliament. "In order to move forward, we need to listen to people's
voices, to hear the 'whys' behind it, to write the missing chapter that
everyone knows is there."
A Mississauga Indian, LaForme was the first aborigine to sit on an
appellate court in Canada, where he has ruled in landmark cases to
recognize same-sex marriage, and to legalize medicinal marijuana.
The commission, created under the terms of the lawsuit settlement, will
hold seven national events and many more local ones involving church
leaders, school survivors and government officials. LaForme says that
unlike its South African model, the panel will leave "naming names" to
civil courts.
One of the largest shifts in attitude has come from Canada's churches,
which ran most of the schools and have since settled lawsuits for
physical and sexual abuse.
"The 'good guys,' no matter how kindly or well intentioned, have to
confront they were complicit in a system of evil," said Jamie Scott, the
United Church of Canada officer for residential schools.
The United Church was one of the first to withdraw from the schools, in
1969, and in 1986 was the first of the churches to apologize. Between
1991 and 1994, the Oblates of Mary Immaculate from the Catholic Church,
the Anglican Church and the Presbyterian Church also issued apologies.
They have agreed to participate and donate to the commission. Scott said
staff members have their own tales to tell.
"Many of the people who worked in those schools never beat a kid," he
said. "They saw themselves called to help people they saw as
marginalized. They have a side of the story too."
But the dominant narrative will probably be stories like Thomas
Louttit's.
Louttit, 60, now an elder of the Moose Factory First Nation, tosses some
tobacco leaves into the flames as an offering to the spirits, a gesture
that was once against the law. He watches them burn, then turns the gas
fireplace off with a switch, and begins his story.
When he was 5, he and his sister were taken from their home and put on a
motorboat to Fort George on James Bay, a day's journey. Their parents
weren't sure where they spent 10 months of the year, didn't know that
they answered to numbers, did heavy labor, and were mentally and sexually
abused in the school that was run by the Catholic Church.
"One summer after I went home, my father was calling and calling me,"
Louttit recalled. "I didn't answer him because I was not used to hearing
my name. He asked what was the matter with me. I never told him."
Louttit said he passed that distance and dysfunction on to his children.
"I never knew how to bring up my kids," he said. "After I stopped
drinking, I shared my stories with my daughter in a sacred circle. She
said she had been miserable with my drinking and the violence. I told her
I love her, and it took a long time for me to say that."
Louttit has made a point of instructing his community in the ways of the
tribe and the world, taking boys to sweat lodges in the bush. He has kept
his hair in a long, graying braid, and his eagle feather fan is close at
hand.
"Many of my classmates have gone over to the spirit side. Seven committed
suicide. I wish I could have found them first," he said.
On the day of Harper's apology, Louttit will be in the bush, unsure it
will make a difference.
"It's not from him inside. Someone else wrote it for him," he said. "I
will share my story to people who want to hear it. I will be comfortable
to listen to theirs. But I wonder if they will really listen to ours.
"I think it's going to be a long journey
--
Mark Swearingen
Po Box 1100
Kaneohe, Hawaii 96744
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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:33:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kekahuna Keaweiwi <kekahunakeaweiwi@yahoo.com>
29 States urge U.S. Supreme Court
to Hear Hawaii ceded lands case - comment
E KALA MAI!! Let me explain my reasoning and logic behind my position on
this case and why I feel an Amicus Curiai is not only helpful for na
kanaka maoli, but at this point and place (regarding OHA, SOH & the rest
of the crooks) necessary; OHA being one of the "Plaintiffs" in this case,
WILL NOT LIFT A FINGER TO, LET ALONE BAT AN EYE TO PROTECT THIS WIN THE
HSC HANDED THEM!!!
We all know OHA is kissing the States okole (beit for their own greed or
they scared) and quit frankly this Appeal by Lingle/Bennett tot he US
Supreme Court is exactly what Apoliona, Mossman, and Co want.....so it
opens the way for them to screw us more!!!
If you look at the facts...for instances, how OHA has gotten lickings
each time they try to push the Akaka Bill through...how their prapaganda
(kau inoa, etc.) not giving them the results they want; yes they keep on
claiming otherwise, but the facts are there....and like their role-model
network, FOX Noise...awue, I mean Fox News, they all swallowing water
already.
With due respect to everuyone....we all need to work in tandum. I seems
will all have them same concerns and goals. The Amicus Brief is not joing
or even close to defending OHA. I know it may seem/appear that getting
involved with this case is like switch0hitting, but A`OLE!
Like it or not...we already involved. Lets be strategic and start to
imploy some tactical moves ourselves.
Foster
--------
Aloha Andre,
If I offended anyone, "e kala mai i a'u". No
offense intended. To clarify my suggestion to
join OHA is not to get in bed with them.....I
too, don't trust OHA. However, we also need to
look at the devastating impact should the HSC
ruling be overturned. I am looking at protecting
whatever resources we have by whatever means we
need to do it.....even if it means that we need
to join OHA by filing a brief.
I have not been involved with Hui Pu for almost 2
years because I saw a puka on this island and
organized the Kanaka Council Moku O Keawe. Doors
are opening for the Kanaka Council in many ways
that we only hoped for but is now a reality. We
using the haole law to protect our aina so that
we will have the resources when our government is
returned?.....the resources can be plentiful.
Sorry I retract my earlier comment and support
Andres position.
<http://presence.webmail.aol.com/IM/?sn=kgumapac&locale=en-us&pd=0>
Kale
-----Original Message-----
From: kanikapu@yahoo.com <kanikapu@yahoo.com>
Sent: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:47 am
Aloha Kale,
I think you're off the mark.. Nobody said
anything about supporting the other 29 states
because of dislike for OHA, that's absurd. The
question was can we file our own independent
brief in support of the supreme court ruling, and
reiterating for the record, all the historical
facts which Isaac spelled out, which essentially
would be the same position as OHA's but from an
"independent" source.
For me, I don't like the idea of joining OHA, I
don't trust them. We can do whats best and pono
for us without bedding with OHA, plus how you
know they would be willing to work with us? They
see us as the enemy, make no mistake about that.
No dis-respect but I think you should be more
thoughtful in your language:
"Do we file a brief that will be viewed by the
U.S. Supreme Court as anti-OHA just because it
makes us feel good and the ruling is overturned."
---Totally presumptuous..
"Oahu is already the "make" island.....do they
have any resources left from mauka to makai?
'Aole!" --Wow brah, a total insult to all Oahu
people who have been working very hard to aloha
aina/malama aina and protect and preserve Oahu
resources. There are many good resources and
people on Oahu, mauka to makai, you just gotta
know where to go and how to look.. Yes, Oahu is
highly impacted but it is not a dead island.
"If we fight....we must fight using our brains
rather than a knee jerk reaction" -- Totally
presumptuous and condescending.
Cuz, please re-think this approach, I know you
can do better than that.
aloha,
andre
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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:53:56 -0400
From: Congressman Robert Wexler <contact@wexlerforcongress.com>
Subject: Wexler Co-Sponsors First Bush Articles of Impeachment
Our effort to hold the Bush/Cheney Administration accountable has taken
another dramatic step forward. Last night, Congressman Dennis Kucinich
introduced the first Articles of Impeachment ever to be introduced against
President Bush. It includes, in total, thirty-five Articles detailing
this Administration's blatant abuse of power. Today, I enthusiastically
co-sponsored this vitally important bill.
I am grateful for Dennis' leadership on this issue and for the steadfast
support that countless Americans have given to both of our efforts to
redeem our government and expose the crimes of Bush and Cheney.
I will now expand my efforts to secure impeachment hearings in the
Judiciary Committee for these new Articles of Impeachment against
President George W. Bush.
Many of the charges against President Bush are well known ^Ö and would
shock the conscience of everyday Americans if only the national media
would be willing to report on these stark facts.
The Articles present a stunning narrative of offenses that have go well
beyond previous crimes committed by any US chief executive. In fact no
President or Vice President in history has done more to undermine our
constitution.
These charges are broad, with 35 separate allegations including the
deliberate lies regarding WMDs that led us to war and the approval of
illegal wiretapping of American citizens. The Articles also include new
allegations of high crimes ^Ö including the explicit approval for high
Administration officials to violate treaties and US law banning the use
of torture.
The Democratic Party gained a majority in the House and Senate due in
large part to our promises to end the corruption of the Republican
majority and to hold the Administration accountable to the law. This
courageous bill is a crucial step towards fulfilling this promise, but ^Ö
like the Articles against Cheney ^Ö they require your support to convince
Democrats and open-minded Republicans to support this bold but necessary
action.
Time is running out so we must work together to spread the message and
apply pressure.
First, please encourage your friends and family members to sign up at
WexlerWantsHearings.com ^Ö as it will allow us to keep in touch with you
and speak to a wider audience. If you haven't yet put in your phone and
address, please sign up again, as we will be doing telephone town halls
in the near future.
Second, call your representative and urge them to support Impeachment
hearings.
Finally, contact newspapers, news stations, and your favorite bloggers
and urge them to report on this movement. We need to keep Impeachment a
significant news story until the Democratic leadership sees the value in
it.
McClellan Agrees to Testify:
I was pleased to inform you yesterday that Judiciary Committee Chairman
Conyers met my call to have Former White House Press Secretary Scott
McClellan testify under oath. I am thrilled to inform you that McClellan
has agreed to testify on June 20th at 10AM. This will be the first step
in what we hope will be ongoing and deepening examinations of the stark
evidence and charges against both President Bush and Vice President
Cheney.
Thank you for your continued passion and advocacy. Your support means so
much to me.
Sincerely,
Congressman Robert Wexler
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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:55:29 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kekahuna Keaweiwi <kekahunakeaweiwi@yahoo.com>
Subject: These are the People that CONTROL OHA!!!!
Lingle keeps lid on Superferry records
ADMINISTRATION CITES BOTH ATTORNEY-CLIENT AND EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE
* Audit: Superferry drove state actions
* State path set in '04 Awana, ferry talks
* Hawaii, ferry at odds in '04 over environment
* Read comments (27)
* Recommend (4)
* Print this page
* E-mail this article
By Derrick DePledge
Advertiser Government Writer
The Lingle administration, citing attorney-client privilege and executive
privilege, has declined a request by The Advertiser to publicly release
hundreds of e-mails and other documents related to its decision to exempt
the Hawaii Superferry project from environmental review.
The documents include e-mails from late 2004 from a deputy attorney
general assigned to the project that discuss an environmental review.
A December 2004 e-mail from a state Department of Transportation design
engineer to a project consultant, previously released to the newspaper
under the state's open-records law, suggests the deputy attorney
general's legal analysis supported those within the department who were
pressing for a review.
"Our attorney ... feels that one statewide comprehensive document is
necessary that would cover the improvements as well as the cumulative
operational impacts," the design engineer wrote.
State lawmakers had asked Lingle administration officials last year to
disclose what, if any, legal advice they received before they exempted
the project in February 2005. But the administration would not discuss
the matter because of attorney-client privilege.
Lawmakers wanted the information to determine whether the Lingle
administration considered the legal risks before issuing the exemption.
The state Supreme Court ruled unanimously last August that the exemption
was an error, a decision that led to further court challenges and public
protests that halted ferry service. Gov. Linda Lingle signed a bill
passed in a special session of the state Legislature that allowed ferry
service to resume while a statewide environmental review is completed.
In the weeks after the Supreme Court's decision, Lingle and Barry
Fukunaga ^× the former harbors and Transportation Department director and
now the governor's chief of staff ^× said Superferry was being singled
out and treated unfairly and described the court's ruling as a dramatic
change in the state's environmental review policy.
But documents released under the open-records law have shown there was
significant debate within the administration about an environmental
review and explicit warnings by staff of the legal and public-relations
consequences of exempting the project.
executive privilege
State Attorney General Mark Bennett's office, in a written response to
questions from The Advertiser, said the state routinely declines to
release information requested through the open-records law because of
attorney-client privilege.
Bennett's office could not recall the administration specifically citing
executive privilege to decline an open-records request, but said the term
can in some circumstances be used interchangeably with the deliberative
process privilege, which is a well-defined exception to the open-records
law. The deliberative process privilege protects documents to avoid the
frustration of a legitimate government function.
Executive privilege, which is rooted in the separation of powers between
the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government found in
the U.S. Constitution, protects material compiled to advise chief
executives such as the president or governors.
According to Bennett's office, executive privilege is "justified on the
ground that the quality of advice and the candor of policy discussions
would be greatly impaired if the private discussions and reports of
advisers were given a public airing."
State Senate Majority Leader Gary Hooser, D-7th (Kaua'i, Ni'ihau), who
wanted an environmental review of Superferry, said the administration's
decision not to release all of the documents is disappointing.
"It seems clear that there was a legal analysis and the Lingle
administration needs to provide that," he said. "And, I would think, that
if the legal analysis supported their position, they would have provided
it already."
appeal also denied
The Advertiser requested the documents to help reconstruct the state's
decision to exempt the Superferry project from environmental review after
the project became the subject of statewide debate last year.
The Lingle administration would not release records from Bennett and his
deputies, citing attorney-client privilege. The state Office of
Information Practices denied an appeal by the newspaper to revisit a 1991
ruling that found that advice and counsel from the attorney general to
state agencies is protected by the privilege and excepted from the
open-records law.
The administration agreed to release thousands of documents from other
administration officials ^× 21 boxes in all ^× in increments over the
past six months. On Thursday, the administration provided a log that
briefly describes additional documents being withheld because of
attorney-client privilege and executive privilege. The newspaper has
appealed to the Office of Information Practices for the release of some
of these documents.
The newspaper has asked the OIP to review the content of several of the
documents to determine whether attorney-client privilege and executive
privilege are being properly claimed. The newspaper has argued that it is
in the public interest of government transparency for the administration
to release these select documents.
The Lingle administration also has provided thousands of
Superferry-related documents to Marion Higa, the state auditor, for a
performance audit of the administration's handling of the Superferry
project that was required under the law that allowed ferry service to
resume.
Higa has complained about the administration's use of attorney-client
privilege and executive privilege to restrict her access to additional
material.
Lawmakers had considered asking the Lingle administration to voluntarily
waive attorney-client privilege as part of Higa's audit but removed the
language from the bill after objections from the governor's office.
Several lawmakers, however, worried that the administration would
liberally assert the privilege and prevent a full accounting of what
happened.
"In hindsight, maybe giving them the benefit of the doubt was not the
best thing to do," said state Rep. Marcus Oshiro, D-39th (Wahiawa), who
aggressively questioned administration officials about Superferry last
year. "I had hoped for and expected them to be more forthcoming and fess
up to what most of us believe anyone would do, and that would be to
request a legal opinion from their legal counsel."
Oshiro, an attorney, said he does not see any justification for the
administration to withhold a legal analysis of whether an exemption was
warranted, or discussions about strategy related to an environmental
review, because of attorney-client privilege. He said, since the decision
itself has been ruled an error by the Supreme Court and is no longer the
subject of any Superferry lawsuits, the only reason for the
administration to withhold the documents is to avoid embarrassment.
'they really messed up'
Oshiro described the administration's use of executive privilege as even
more extraordinary. He said executive privilege is rarely invoked
nationally and he can recall no previous time it has been used in Hawai'i
to deny lawmakers or the public records linked to a public-policy
decision.
"Either way, they really messed up on this one," he said. "If they did
not ask for a legal opinion, they were negligent. If they did ask for a
legal opinion and they did not follow that, they were grossly negligent."
Bennett's office, in the written response to the newspaper, said
executive privilege is a necessary part of state executive power and has
been applied to governors by the courts. The office said the courts focus
less on the nature of the records sought and more on the effect of the
records' release in discouraging candid discussions within government
agencies.
Bennett's office cited a 1991 opinion in Times Mirror Co. vs. Superior
Court in California that protected a governor's appointment calendars
from public disclosure to the Los Angeles Times.
"The deliberative process privilege is grounded in the unromantic reality
of politics; it rests on the understanding that if the public and the
governor were entitled to precisely the same information, neither would
likely receive it," the court found. "Politics is an ecumenical affair;
it embraces persons and groups of every conceivable interest: public and
private; popular and unpopular; Republican and Democratic and every
partisan stripe in between; left, right and center.
"To disclose every private meeting or association of the governor and
expect the decision-making process to function effectively, is to deny
human nature and contrary to common sense and experience."
Reach Derrick DePledge at ddepledge@honoluluadvertiser.com.
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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:12:25 +0000
From: hanalei Fergerstrom <warhawaii@hotmail.com>
Subject: [livingnation] Religious attack Why Ahuena..? June 13-14
Temple of Lono
Aloha Kakou,
A gathering at Ahuena Heiau ( King Kamehameha Hotel ) is planned for
the 13-14 of June. Thats this week Friday and Saturday. The Temple of
Lono will be your host. Bring yourselves, your families or send your
representatives.
Ahuena is the birth place of the Hawaiian Kingdom. King Kamehameha I
never abandoned his relationship to the ancestorial Gods and dedicated
Ahuena to the God Lono. Ahuena sits in the middle of the Puu Honua O
Honaunau which streaches from the present day Puu Honua O Honaunau to the
entry point at Honokahau Harbor where the last of the Ku and Hina stones
still stand in place.
There is bad behavior taking place at Ahuena. The King Kamehameha
Hotel has subleased a portion of the area to a Luau concern that conducts
Luau's for the tourist 5 days a week. The Luau grounds sit not 20 fet
from the Heiau. This placement of the Luau uses the Ahuena Heiau as a
back drop for tourist. This is an inhibititing factor for those of us who
would like to utilize Ahuena for the correct purpose of religious
ceremony and a place of reverance.
Recently, there has been an outright attack. There are lower ranked
members of the Royal Order of Kamehameha I that are making claims that
there is no such thing as a Hawaiian Religion, and that those of us of
the Temple of Lono are merely activist and not really Lono practitioners.
Such outrageous remarks and a flagant disregard for the foundations of
our religious system and cultural identity.
The Temple of Lono has made attempts to meet with the Royal Order
via the organization called Ahuena Inc. who abruptly displaced Kulana
Huli Honua whose president is Mikahala Roy, daughter of Mauna Roy who has
for decades been the champion for the protection and care of Ahuena
Heiau. Further attempts by the Temple of Lono was made directly with the
current managers and owners of the King Kamehameha Hotel who decided that
they felt no need to communicate directly with the Temple of Lono on
matters concerning Ahuena Heiau or the placement of the Luau grounds.
The Temple of Lono encourages your participation at Ahuena as we
continue to fight to protect our rights to our religion and cultural
and traditional values and places.
Humbly Submitted,
Hanalei Fergerstrom on behalf of
The Temple of Lono
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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:34:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kekahuna Keaweiwi <kekahunakeaweiwi@yahoo.com>
Subject: [livingnation] Blood Quantum Issue
Akaka Bill Could Require Hawaiian Percentage
GROUP SUES OHA OVER SPENDING
POSTED: 3:41 pm HST June 9, 2008
UPDATED: 3:04 am HST June 10, 2008
HONOLULU -- Since Congress arbitrarily decided that only Hawaiians with 50
percent Hawaiian blood should be entitled to homeland leases, the debate
over blood quantum has been a problem in the Hawaiian community.
Now, legal experts say Hawaiians may be forced to face the issue again if
the Native Hawaiian Recognition Bill, also known as the Akaka Bill,
becomes law.
"It's kind of unseemly when you have Hawaiians going against Hawaiians,"
Office of Hawaiian Affairs attorney Robert Klein said.
A group of men with 50 percent Hawaiian blood on Monday told Judge Susan
Mollway that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs should not spend money on
Hawaiians with less Hawaiian in their ancestry.
The judge said she was inclined to reject the claim. However, that will
not end the blood quantum issue.
OHA's attorney said a Native Hawaiian government established by the
pending Akaka Bill will have to define its membership.
"That entity would have its rules and its rules will probably have a
blood quantum," Klein said.
Many Hawaiians oppose any quantum.
"Because you are 1/64th or 1/124th that you don't get to apply, that you
don't qualify that you aren't Hawaiian?" University of Hawaii Hawaiian
Studies Director Jonathan Osorio said.
Even if most Hawaiians oppose a blood quantum they might be forced to
accept it because under the Akaka Bill, the U.S. Department of interior
must accept the Hawaiian entity's rules and it might demand a blood
quantum similar to most Native American tribes.
"This is about the federal government saying what it is willing to
surrender," Klein said.
"There is always a concern where you have Hawaiians divided artificially
by blood quantum," Osorio said.
Klein and other supporters of the Akaka Bill point out that the
legislation itself allows anyone with Hawaii blood to participate in the
formation of the Hawaiian entity and Hawaiians will be the ones who
decide if a new blood quantum is set.
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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:51:32 -1000
From: pilipo souza <pilipohale@hawaii.rr.com>
Jumping on the Band Wagon - comment
Aloha kakou,
The real or factual question is what lawful act could honor or
legislate "Stolen Lands" into "Ceded Lands"? One can only make
sugar out of bull-shit if you accept.
Trying to establish who and what controls Hawaiian Kingdom Lands is
orchestrated to keep Kanaka Maoli in a circle controlled by the U. S.
Congress and its Courts. The circle has no end and just keeps getting
bigger and bigger while dividing the aboriginal people amongst
themselves.
The boo-boo of the United Sates of America and its conspirators is the
Hawaiian Kingdom was an Internationally recognized Independent Nation,
not an Indian Territory or original colony. And only, the people of
Hawaiian blood and Hawaiian Nationals have lawful claim to its Nation or
consent to its void by owning a Kau Inoa T-shirt and being a "U. S.
Congressional Native or native Hawaiian" under the auspices of OHA
and Akaka Recognition.
E ala e. The red flag is "Native or native Hawaiian".Any reference to
those federal terms means the Kanaka Maoli is a frog in their slow
heating kettle called Congress.
The Kanaka Maoli is its greatest enemy because they are in a circle of
confusion of who they are, and not what they have always been since
Hawaii's First Constitution of 1839, a Hawaiian National. Without this
makana of Kamehameha III. we were all subjects and subject to anything
not of one's desire. This gift is not yours to render against others by
bearing your name for a T-shirt. You either accept the love and
kindness of Kauikeaouli and perpetuate it. Sovereignty cannot be traded
or sale.
E ala e!
pilipo
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No offense but it's spelled von Kleist. With a lower-case "v" and an upper-case "K".
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