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From: kepalo
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 3:57 PM
Subject: East Maui Hawaiian Water Struggle

There is no part 2. Sorry. kepalo

East Maui Hawaiian Water Struggle Pt 1
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5340730559501259139&hl=en

East Maui Hawaiian Water Struggle Pt 3
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5479798426346592277&hl=en
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From: Sanborn, David, Mr, OSD-ATL [mailto:David.Sanborn@osd.mil]
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 10:46 AM
Subject: Update: DRAFT Department of Defense Native Hawaiian Consultation
Protocol for Review and Comment

Aloha,

It is my pleasure to share with you the attached draft copy of the
Department of Defense's (DoD) Native Hawaiian Organization Consultation
Protocol. DoD is seeking your review and comments to this draft by
December 8, 2008, as noted in the transmittal letter from Mr. Alex
Beehler, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Environment Safety
and Occupational Health.

When finalized, this draft document will provide guidance to DoD military
and civilian personnel on their consultation responsibilities to Native
Hawaiian Organizations.

With DoD's increasing role in Hawaii and the need to co-exist with Native
Hawaiian Organizations who are particularly concerned with cultural and
natural resources, DoD hopes that this consultation protocol will help to
improve the overall working relationship between DoD and Native Hawaiian
Organizations.

This document is being widely distributed for review and comment,
especially to all of you who personally participated in meetings,
conference calls, and emails with DoD during development of the draft.
Mahalo for sharing your thoughts and recommendations during this
information gathering phase.

In addition to a 60 day period for written comments, DoD is planning a
round of community meetings in Hawaii to further discuss the draft
document. These meetings are tentatively planned for the week of November
16-22, 2008. We will update you as to the times and locations as plans are
finalized.

Mahalo in advance for your comments and DoD looks forward to your
continued participation in this important initiative.

David Sanborn
Senior Tribal Liaison
U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations &
Environment)
1225 South Clark St., Suite 1500
Arlington, VA 22202
Email: David.Sanborn@osd.mil
Office: 703-604-1773
Fax : 703-607-4237
OSD Native American Website:
https://www.denix.osd.mil/portal/page/portal/denix/environment/NA

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Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:22:31 -1000
From: Brad Parsons <mauibrad@hotmail.com>
Subject: Int'l Bailout: Rep. Brad Sherman on CNBC (1 minute only)

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2008
Rep. Brad Sherman, FASB 157, Mark to market, and TED Spreads

There has been some interesting things about FASB 157 requirements of
'mark to market,' and further information about TED spread measures of
expected risk in the markets, but the most interesting things I found over
the past day came from Rep. Brad Sherman of Sherman Oaks, CA. Others have
done the work. First, watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi9vXKWYaZ8

http://www.cafemom.com/journals/read/1233733/Bailout_Bill_USA_bails_out_the_world_READ_PLEASE
'Bailout Bill = USA bails out the world! ***READ PLEASE!***'
September 30, 2008 at 11:26 PM by Cecropia

Watch: http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=873682522&play=1

Aloha, Brad
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From: Colin Kippen
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 9:19 PM
Subject: Opportunity Lost: Inaction by OHA may prove devastating for
Hawaiian rights as Supreme Court weighs fate of ceded lands

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Friends of Colin KIPPEN
PO Box 2366
Honolulu, HI 96804
email: kippen@kippen4oha.org
Phone: (808) 861-6577

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Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:25:41 -1000
From: Tim Bostock Productions <tbp@artsatmarks.com>
Subject: Taste some Arts!

Dear Friends

TASTE OF THE ARTS

THE PUPPET SHOW

The Contemporary Museum has opened a wonderful new international exhibit
combining works by 27 contemporary artists exploring the imagery of
puppets in sculpture, film, video, time-based media, animation, and
photography...

The Puppet Show takes Alfred Jarry's "Ubu Roi" as its beginning, still a
searing satire after a hundred years. The despotic King Ubu screaming
"merdre" is the perfect source for all puppet allegories of grotesque
government and acts of puppet transgression. Be advised the Puppet Show
contains adult subject matter, and it's excellent!
www.tcmhi.org
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From: Michael Moore <maillist@michaelmoore.com>
Subject: How 'Bout a Free Movie? ...from Michael Moore
Date: Monday, September 15, 2008, 11:38 PM

Friends,

As you may have heard, I've decided to make my new film, "Slacker
Uprising," available for free to everyone in the United States and Canada.
It is the first time ever that a major feature-length film is debuting as
a free download on the internet -- legally. I am doing this for two
reasons: 1. Next year it will be 20 years since my first film, "Roger &
Me," so I'd like to give those of you who've supported my work over the
years a thank you gift in the form of a brand new movie; and 2. I hope the
release and wide distribution of this new movie will help to bring out
millions of young and new voters on November 4th. "Slacker Uprising" takes
place in the wake of "Fahrenheit 9/11," during the run-up to the 2004
election, as I traveled for 42 days across America, visiting 62 cities in
a failed attempt to remove George W. Bush from office. My goal was to help
turn out a record number of young voters and others who had never voted
before. (That part was a success. Young adults voted in greater numbers
than in any election since 18-year-olds were given the right to vote. And
the youth vote was the only age group that John Kerry won.) What I
encountered during the tour and the filming was both inspiring and
frightening, so I thought, hey, this might make for a funny and
enlightening movie! Each night, thousands would show up to volunteer in
the Slacker Army against Bush. This drove local Republicans nuts. In one
state they tried to have me arrested. At two colleges, rich donors offered
to donate more money to the college if they would ban me from campus.
Nearly a half-dozen universities kept the Slacker Uprising tour off their
campuses. But there was no stopping this movement. By the time we got to
Florida, 16,000 people a night were showing up. It was clear that young
people were the ones who were going to save the day -- just as they are in
this year's election. On Tuesday, September 23rd, you will be able to
stream, download, or burn a DVD of "Slacker Uprising," free of charge. The
distribution is being organized by Robert Greenwald's Brave New Films
(they're the great people behind "OUTFOXED: Rupert Murdoch's War on
Journalism" and "WAL-MART: The High Cost of Low Price"). To sign up for
the download of "Slacker Uprising," go to michaelmoore.com. You have my
blanket permission to share the movie with your friends, to set up
screenings in your communities or theaters, to show it on your campuses --
all at no charge. I encourage you to rally voters with it, to raise funds
for your favorite candidates, to air it on your local cable access
channels or web broadcasts. You can also click here to request a free DVD
of "Slacker Uprising" for your school or university library. As I said,
this is a movie for you, my fans -- a little 97-minute digital treat that
I think you'll really enjoy. I hope you'll check out SlackerUprising.com
and download it a week from today, next Tuesday, September 23rd. Thanks
again for coming to my movies all these years. It's meant a lot to me. I
feel very privileged and blessed, and I am honored to be in this "virtual"
community with you as we try to reclaim our beloved country. Yours,
Michael Moore
MMFlint@aol.com
MichaelMoore.com

P.S. The world premiere of "Slacker Uprising" will take place in one of
the great slacker capitals of this country, Ann Arbor, Michigan, this
Thursday at 5pm at the historic Michigan Theater. Admission is free on a
first-come, first-served basis. If you're in the neighborhood, hope to see
you there! P.P.S. If you live outside the U.S. and Canada, I'm sorry that
I don't own the rights to make this film available to you for free. But it
will be coming to a theater, video store or television network near you
soon. P.P.P.S. If you are not part of the "downloadable" generation, I am
making a low-cost DVD of "Slacker Uprising" available at Amazon, Netflix
and your local stores in October.
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Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:17:30 -0400
From: Congresswoman Mazie K. Hirono <Mazie.Hirono@capitolenews.com>
Subject: MaziEmail: An Update from Mazie

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message in your browser.

Sept. 16, 2008

Aloha,

I "talked story" with Colt Brennan at FedEx Field in Landover , Maryland
this past Sunday. The former University of Hawaii star, who now plays for
the Washington Redskins, continues to inspire our state as he did leading
the Warriors to an undefeated regular season, last year.

And he's keeping it going in his first season in the NFL after throwing 2
touchdowns in Washington 's pre-season game against Indianapolis . You can
read about our conversation by visiting my website at
www.hirono.house.gov.

Rep. Hirono and Washington Redskins quarterback Colt Brennan

One of the best ways to stay up-to-date about what I'm working on is to
receive MaziEmail, my regular e-mail update with news about what's
happening in Congress as well as my events in the district. To sign up,
just click here.

Mahalo,

Mazie K. Hirono
Member of Congress
Hawai'i, 2nd District
Washington DC
1229 Longworth House Office Building
Washington DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-4906
Fax: (202) 225-4987

Hawai'i District Office
5104 Prince KÅ«hiÅ^Í Federal Bldg.
Honolulu, HI 96850
Phone: (808) 541-1986
Fax: (808) 538-0233
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Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:23:40 -1000
From: Brian Schatz <chair@hawaiidemocrats.org>
Subject: Important Primary Election Information - Find your polling place!

E M A I L N E W S A L E R T

Two important pieces of communications for you:

The first is that with the primary election coming up on Saturday, you may
have questions or be asked questions like, how does the primary ballot
work and where is my polling place. Below are valuable links to the Hawaii
State Elections Office that give you information you might need or want to
share with others.

- Hawaii Office of Elections A source for all Hawaii voter information.

- Find your polling place - Plus, information on candidates in your
district.

- Go to the website to download a "Guide to Voting" - provided by the
Hawaii Office of Elections

The second is that long-time Democratic leader Chuck Freedman is our new
Hawaii State Party Executive Director. Chuck replaces Flo Kong Kee who was
our party director for three years and is moving to a new opportunity.

It^Òs hard to put into words our gratitude to Flo who served the party
with true distinction. We wish her the best and know we will be working
with her always.

At the same time, we are fortunate that Chuck was in a position to move in
at this important time. He will hit the ground running with his unique
combination of energy, savvy and good humor. Many of your know Chuck. He
has been active in Hawaii Democratic politics since the 1970's and was a
co-founder of the Hawaii Draft Obama campaign. He has a diverse background
including working in human service organizations, the private sector and
state government over his career.

As a final note, please consider making a contribution to the Hawaii State
Democratic Party. Our efforts to support candidates from Barack Obama all
the way to local races and to effectively serve you, depends on assistance
from you.

Mahalo and let^Òs make this year an historic election year.

Brian Schatz
Chair, Democratic Party of Hawaii

Democratic Party
State Chair:
Brian Schatz
County Chair:
Tony Gill
Region 9 Chair:
Debi Hartmann
District 51 Chair:
Al Lewis
Precinct 1 President:
Robin Rae Swanson

Upcoming Events
Oahu County Committee General Membership Meeting
Saturday, 10/25/08
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Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:31:14 -1000 (GMT-10:00)
From: Milica Barjaktarovic <milica_b@earthlink.net>
Subject: effect of food on life

Pass this on. This has a lot to do with the barriers we need to overcome
to achieve inner peace and harmony that would transfer into outer life. It
is already difficult as is, and if we eat junk foods, it makes it perhaps
impossible.

Eating non-GE, organic, wholesome food seems to be necessary for peace on
Earth.
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60,000 people attend "slow food nation" gathering in San Fran
http://slowfoodnation.org/
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Amazing stuff - kids in school forced mice to eat the junk food / GE food
(junk food has a lot of GE food in it). Only after 3-4 days, mice start
behaving really violent, nervous, and weird, even to the point of killing
each other.

When fed organic, whole food, they become peaceful and normal. It takes
them about 2 weeks of eating good food to get back to normal, and after
that they REFUSE to eat again the junk food.

This is also observed about kids in schools which feed good food vs junk
food. Kids on junk food are violent and nervous, kids on good food are
peaceful and content.

GE food is typically refused by animals. Eating it causes trouble for
them.

http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_14507.cfm
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Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:50:48 -0500
From: nimchira <tepaatu@gmail.com>
Subject: [mana_wahine] Voices Health/Environment News

News from the Health and Environmental Communities.
Sept. 16, 2008

In This Issue:

What the Chemical Industry Doesn't Want You to Know about Everyday Products.
The chemical industry has spent years trying to suppress information about a
certain chemical. Will Congress help the public know the true dangers?
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=3dBAlOl%2BrDpNufT2n8253bEopRwCeo8v

What the Chemical Industry Doesn't Want You to Know about Everyday Products
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=CmTOJNUPmMjcO2N%2FttgOPwBq3XcdBbcA

Amid Health Crisis, More Americans Going Abroad for Care
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=kL89%2F2bATs2Tq7KzjPkDcQBq3XcdBbcA

Pet Food Politics: Why Our Pets Still Aren't Safe
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=XV%2FN9120yKBhyaJdyGEddwBq3XcdBbcA

Common plastics chemical linked to human diseases
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSLF18683220080916

Ninety Percent of Olympic Athletes Used Nutritional Supplements to Enhance
Performance
http://www.naturalnews.com/News_000288_Olympics_athletes_nutritional_supplements.html

Criminals Who Eat Processed Foods Leave More Evidence Behind at Crime Scenes
<http://www.naturalnews.com/News_000287_processed_food_fingerprints_forensic
s.html

Chamomile Tea Lowers Blood Sugar in Diabetics by 25 Percent
http://www.naturalnews.com/News_000286_chamomile_diabetes_blood_sugar.html

Media Quotes Vitamin B12 Deficiency Study to Attack Vegetarians, Vegans
http://www.naturalnews.com/News_000285_Vitamin_B12_vegans_vegetarians.html

Yet More Pharmaceuticals Found in the Public Water Supply of U.S. Cities
http://www.naturalnews.com/News_000284_water_supply_pharmaceuticals_EPA.html

Medication Nation: Half of Americans Now Taking Daily Pills
http://www.naturalnews.com/024204.html

Consumers get little guidance on disposal of medication.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/16178/3057/21173/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5zdGF0ZXNtYW4uY29tL25ld3MvY29udGVudC9uZXdzL3N0b3JpZXMvbmF0aW9uLzA5LzE2LzA5MTZwaGFybWEuaHRtbA%3d%3d&x=a423f203

Drug takeback programs stymied by federal regs.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/16178/3057/21174/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5paHQuY29tL2FydGljbGVzL2FwLzIwMDgvMDkvMTYvYW1lcmljYS9OQS1GRUEtVVMtUGhhcm1hV2F0ZXItRmx1c2gtSUktVGFrZWJhY2tzLnBocA%3d%3d&x=7e9037ad

Legal fight over drug liability law.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/16178/3057/21175/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5sYXRpbWVzLmNvbS9mZWF0dXJlcy9oZWFsdGgvbGEtaGUtY2xvc2VyMTUtMjAwOHNlcDE1LDAsMzkyNjQ5My5zdG9yeQ%3d%3d&x=08463170

In-Body Pediatric Devices Pose Unique Challenges
http://www.fda.gov/consumer/updates/pediatric_devices091608.html

FDA Bans Import of Meds From Major Drug Maker
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=5814141&page=1
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Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:20:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: patricia blair <cris6369@yahoo.com>
Subject: Please read this and give it thought

> I feel this is one of the best comments on the dangers we face in this
> election and should inspire us to make sure this gets circulated to a
> wide audience. Please consider what Eve Ensler says and forward this on.
> Our future is seriously at stake. Thanks. Sally

> Eve Ensler, the American playwright, performer, feminist and activist
> best known for "The Vagina Monologues", wrote the following about Sarah
> Palin.
>
> Drill, Drill, Drill
>
> I am having Sarah Palin nightmares. I dreamt last night
> that she was a member of a club where they rode snowmobiles
and wore the claws of drowned and starved polar bears around
their necks. I have a particular thing for Polar Bears. Maybe it's
their snowy whiteness or their bigness or the fact that they live
in the arctic or that I have never seen one in person or touched
one. Maybe it is the fact that they live so comfortably on ice.
>
> Whatever it is, I need the polar bears..
>
> I don't like raging at women. I am a Feminist and have
> spent my life trying to build community, help empower women
and stop violence against them. It is hard to write about
Sarah Palin. This is why the Sarah Palin choice was all the more
insidious and cynical. The people who made this choice count
> on the goodness and solidarity of Feminists.
> But everything Sarah Palin believes in and practices is
> antithetical to Feminism which for me is part of one story --
connected to saving the earth, ending racism, empowering
women, giving young girls options, opening our minds,
deepening tolerance, and ending violence and war.

> I believe that the McCain/Palin ticket is one of the most
> dangerous choices of my lifetime, and should this country
choose those candidates the fall-out may be so great, the
destruction so vast in so many areas that America may never
recover. But what is equally disturbing is the impact that duo
would have on the rest of the world. Unfortunately, this is not a
> joke. In my lifetime I have seen the clownish, the inept,
the bizarre be elected to the presidency with regularity..
>
> Sarah Palin does not believe in evolution. I take this as a
> metaphor. In her world and the world of Fundamentalists
nothing changes or gets better or evolves. She does not believe
in global warming. The melting of the arctic, the storms that
are destroying our cities, the pollution and rise of cancers,
are all part of God's plan. She is fighting to take the polar
> bears off the endangered species list. The earth, in Palin's
view, is here to be taken and plundered. The wolves and the
bears are here to be shot and plundered. The oil is here to
be taken and plundered. Iraq is here to be taken and plundered.
As she said herself of the Iraqi20war, "It was a task from God."
>
> Sarah Palin does not believe in abortion. She does not
> believe women who are raped and incested and ripped
open against their will should have a right to determine
whether they have their rapist's baby or not.
>
> She obviously does not believe in sex education or birth
> control. I imagine her daughter was practicing abstinence
and we know how many babies that makes.
>
> Sarah Palin does not much believe in thinking. From what I
> gather she has tried to ban books from the library, has a
tendency to dispense with people who think independently.
She cannot tolerate an environment of ambiguity and difference.
This is a woman who could and might very well be the next
> President of the United States. She would govern one of the
> most diverse populations on the earth.
>
> Sarah believes in guns. She has her own custom Austrian
> hunting rifle. She has been known to kill 40 caribou at a clip.
She has shot hundreds of wolves from the air.
>
> Sarah believes in God. That is of course her right, her
> private right. But when God and Guns come together in
the public sector, when war is declared in God's name,
when the rights of women are denied in His name, that is
the end of separation of church and state and the undoing of
> everything America has ever tried to be.
>
> I write to my sisters. I write because I believe we hold
> this election in our hands. This vote is a vote that will
determine the future not just of the U.S., but of the planet.
It will determine whether we create policies to save the earth
or make it forever uninhabitable for humans. It will determine
whether we move towards dialogue and diplomacy in the world
or whether we escalate violence through invasion, undermining
> and attack. It will determine whether we go for oil, strip mining,
coal burning or invest our money in alternatives that will free
us from dependency and destruction. It will determine if money
gets spent on education and healthcare or whether we build
more and more methods of killing. It will determine whether
America is a free open tolerant society or a closed place
> of fear, fundamentalism and aggression.

> If the Polar Bears don't move you to go and do
> everything in your power to get Obama elected then consider
the chant that filled the hall after Palin spoke at the RNC,
"Drill Drill Drill." I think of teeth when I think of drills.
I think of rape. I think of destruction. I think of domination.
I think of military exercises that force mindless repetition,
> emptying the brain of analysis, doubt, ambiguity or dissent.
I think of pain.
>
> Do we want a future of drilling? More holes in the ozone,
> in the floor of the sea, more holes in our thinking, in the
trust between nations and peoples, more holes in the fabric
of this precious thing we call life?
>
> Eve Ensler
> September 5, 2008
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Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:58:23 -0400
From: FeedBlitz <feedblitz@mail.feedblitz.com>
Subject: Disappeared News - 7 new articles

"DISAPPEARED NEWS" - 7 NEW ARTICLES

1. Can you name the newspaper you read this morning? Palin canâ^À^Ùtâ^À¦
2. Congress needs to fix things for us, please make sure they know it
3. Palin by comparison
4. Ehrenberg: US taxpayers are the ones who should benefit
5. Search back in time with Google 2001
6. Awesome new search engine
7. A bailout reader
8. More Recent Articles
9. Search Disappeared News

Can you name the newspaper you read this morning? Palin canâ^À^Ùtâ^À¦

by Larry Geller Oh, no. Another George Bush. She perhaps doesnâ^À^Ùt read
newspapers (at least she canâ^À^Ùt name one, not even her local newspaper
(!) ). See about 3 minutes 50 seconds into this just-released segment of
Katie Couricâ^À^Ùs interview.And thereâ^À^Ùs more. If you havenâ^À^Ùt
already seen this elsewhere (like the other Palin/Couric videos, itâ^À^Ùs
gone viral on the Internet), here it is for you. Let me....

Congress needs to fix things for us, please make sure they know it

by Larry Geller You know that the Senate is poised to pass a version of
the bailout bill any moment. Have they come to check with us the way they
checked with the banks and finance companies, to see if we like the plan?
No, of course not. We need a plan that benefits everyone. So your phone
calls are still important. Michael Moore seems to have influence. He
crashed the servers of the site he....

Palin by comparison

by Larry Geller The Huffington Post has produced what I think is a great
page on the coming vice presidential debate, and it seems that
(inevitably?) Sarah Palin is the star of it. Check it out. One article
gathered on this page is Why Sarah Palin Is A Better Debater Than You
Think: Sarah Palin might not give a good interview, and John McCain's
advisers might not trust her to give a press....

Ehrenberg: US taxpayers are the ones who should benefit

by Larry Geller Roger Ehrenberg asks the question, â^À^ÜWhy have things
gone so wrong?â^À^Ý and answers it. Why Have Things Gone So Wrong? At
this point the job is less about rocket science and more about doing the
right thing for those to whom much wrong has been done - the U.S.
taxpayer. They are going to get us out of this and they are the ones who
should benefit. --Roger EhrenbergLack of....

Search back in time with Google 2001

by Larry Geller What were you doing in 2001? Search Googleâ^À^Ùs January
2001 index with your name. It really is a time machine. Check out what
your blog or your favorite website was doing â^À^Øway back then. See what
was playing in the movies or what Lee Cataluna was up to. Search whatever
you like, in 2001 here. Politics, movies, food, everything was different
in 2001. Amazing. Yes, there was Global....

Awesome new search engine

by Larry Geller Thereâ^À^Ùs lots of cool stuff on the Internet. Can cool
actually become overwhelming? Try out MSE360 for its speed and visual
presentation. Click here for a sample search. Technorati Tags: Search
engine, MSE360....

A bailout reader

by Larry Geller Here are snippets from three alternative bailout plans
collected by MR Zine (the Monthly Review Foundation), and one detailed
discussion of how other countries have handled their financial crises: A
Bailout We Don't Needby James K. Galbraith Now that all five big
investment banks -- Bear Stearns, Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers, Goldman
Sachs and Morgan Stanley -- have....

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Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:32:24 -1000
From: pilipo souza <pilipohale@hawaii.rr.com>
Free Hawai`i TV - "Guess Who's Building The
Mansions?"

Aloha no,

BOHICA YOU!

Its one thing to get screwed by strangers and government. But there is
nothing like being screwed by those with your koko and your tongue who
portray themselves as looking out for the general welfare of all Kanaka
Maoli. Especially when "all Kanaka Maoli" is a misnomer. Its like a
haunting mele similar to Uncle Andy's Waikiki, never goes away, a haunting
mele,"Bend Over Here It Comes Again", BOHICA YOU !

And the victims must like it for they keep voting these okole's back in
office.

Keep your pants down, this is only the beginning. And don't count Hillary
out.

Aloha ke Akua,
pilipo
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Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:28:21 -1000
From: Tane . <Tane_1@msn.com>
MidEast Dispatches: BOOKS-IRAQ: "We Blew Her to
Pieces"

I know it's old news but I figure different people retelling their typical
experiences would pierce through the censors.

Tane
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Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:29:29 -0500
From: dahr_jamail_dispatches@dahrjamailiraq.com

BOOKS-IRAQ: "We Blew Her to Pieces"
Inter Press Service
By Dahr Jamail

MARFA, Texas, Sep 16 (IPS) - Aside from the Iraqi people, nobody knows
what the U.S. military is doing in Iraq better than the soldiers
themselves. A new book gives readers vivid and detailed accounts of the
devastation the U.S. occupation has brought to Iraq, in the soldiers' own
words.

"Winter Soldier Iraq and Afghanistan: Eyewitness Accounts of the
Occupation," published by Haymarket Books Tuesday, is a gut-wrenching,
historic chronicle of what the U.S. military has done to Iraq, as well as
its own soldiers.

Authored by Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) and journalist Aaron
Glantz, the book is a reader for hearings that took place in Silver
Spring, Maryland between Mar. 13-16, 2008 at the National Labour College.

"I remember one woman walking by," said Jason Washburn, a corporal in the
U.S. Marines who served three tours in Iraq. "She was carrying a huge
bag, and she looked like she was heading toward us, so we lit her up with
the Mark 19, which is an automatic grenade launcher, and when the dust
settled, we realised that the bag was full of groceries. She had been
trying to bring us food and we blew her to pieces."

Washburn testified on a panel that discussed the rules of engagement in
Iraq, and how lax they were, even to the point of being virtually
non-existent.

"During the course of my three tours, the rules of engagement changed a
lot," Washburn's testimony continues. "The higher the threat the more
viciously we were permitted and expected to respond."

His emotionally charged testimony, like all of those in the book that
covered panels addressing dehumanisation, civilian testimony, sexism in
the military, veterans' health care, and the breakdown of the military,
raised issues that were repeated again and again by other veterans.

"Something else we were encouraged to do, almost with a wink and nudge,
was to carry 'drop weapons', or by my third tour, 'drop shovels'. We
would carry these weapons or shovels with us because if we accidentally
shot a civilian, we could just toss the weapon on the body, and make them
look like an insurgent," Washburn said.

Four days of searing testimony, witnessed by this writer, is consolidated
into the book, which makes for a difficult read. One page after another
is filled with devastating stories from the soldiers about what is being
done in Iraq.

Everything from the taking of "trophy" photos of the dead, to torture and
slaughtering of civilians is included.

"We're trying to build a historical record of what continues to happen in
this war and what the war is really about," Glantz told IPS.

Hart Viges, a member of the 82nd Airborne Division of the Army who served
one year in Iraq, tells of taking orders over the radio.

"One time they said to ï¬^Áre on all taxicabs because the enemy was using
them for transportation...One of the snipers replied back, 'Excuse me?
Did I hear that right? Fire on all taxicabs?' The lieutenant colonel
responded, 'You heard me, trooper, ï¬^Áre on all taxicabs.' After that,
the town lit up, with all the units ï¬^Áring on cars. This was my ï¬^Árst
experience with war, and that kind of set the tone for the rest of the
deployment."

Vincent Emanuele, a Marine rifleman who spent a year in the al-Qaim area
of Iraq near the Syrian border, told of emptying magazines of bullets
into the city without identifying targets, running over corpses with
Humvees and stopping to take "trophy" photos of bodies. "An act that took
place quite often in Iraq was taking pot shots at cars that drove by," he
said. "This was not an isolated incident, and it took place for most of
our eight-month deployment."

Kelly Dougherty, the executive director of IVAW, blames the behaviour of
soldiers in Iraq on the policies of the U.S. government. "The abuses
committed in the occupations, far from being the result of a 'few bad
apples' misbehaving, are the result of our government's Middle East
policy, which is crafted in the highest spheres of U.S. power," she said.

Knowing this, however, does little to soften the emotional and moral
devastation of the accounts.

"You see an individual with a white ï¬^Âag and he does anything but
approach you slowly and obey commands, assume it's a trick and kill him,"
Michael Leduc, a corporal in the Marines who was part of the U.S. attack
of Fallujah in November 2004, said were the orders from his battalion JAG
officer he received before entering the city.

This is an important book for the public of the United States, in
particular, because the Winter Soldier testimonies were not covered by
any of the larger media outlets, aside from the Washington Post, which
ran a single piece on the event that was buried in the Metro section.

The New York Times, CNN, and network news channels ABC, NBC and CBS
ignored it completely.

This is particularly important in light of the fact that, as former
Marine Jon Turner stated, "Anytime we did have embedded reporters with
us, our actions changed drastically. We never acted the same. We were
always on key with everything, did everything by the book."

"To me it's about giving a picture of what war is like," Glantz added,
"Because here in the U.S. we have this very sanitised version of what war
is. But war is when we have a large group of armed people killing large
numbers of other people. And that is the picture that people will get
from reading veterans testimony...the true face of war."

Dehumanisation of the soldiers themselves is covered in the book, as it
includes testimony of sexism, racism, and the plight of veterans upon
their return home as they struggle to obtain care from the Veterans
Administration.

There is much testimony on the dehumanisation of the Iraqi people as
well. Brian Casler, a corporal in the Marines, spoke to some of this that
he witnessed during the invasion of Iraq.

"But on these convoys, I saw marines defecate into MRE bags or urinate in
bottles and throw them at children on the side of the road," he stated.

Numerous accounts from soldiers include the prevalence of degrading terms
for Iraqis, such as "hajis," "towel-heads" and "sand-niggers".

Scott Ewing, who served in Iraq from 2005-2006, admitted on one panel
that units intentionally gave candy to Iraqi children for reasons other
than "winning hearts and minds".

"There was also another motive," Ewing said, "If the kids were around our
vehicles, the bad guys wouldn't attack. We used the kids as human
shields."

Glantz admits that it would be difficult for the average U.S. citizen to
read the book, and believes it is important to keep in mind while doing
so what it took for the veterans to give this historic testimony.

"They could have been heroes, but what they are doing here is even more
heroic -- which is telling the truth," Glantz told IPS. "They didn't have
to come forward. They chose to come forward."
________________________________________________________________________________

Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:55:53 -0700
From: Tia Ballantine
Subject: [CWUHM-L] N. Scott Momaday

The Delight Song of Tsoai-talee

I am a feather on the bright sky
I am the blue horse that runs in the plain
I am the fish that rolls, shining, in the water
I am the shadow that follows a child
I am the evening light, the lustre of meadows
I am an eagle playing with the wind
I am a cluster of bright beads
I am the farthest star
I am the cold of dawn
I am the roaring of the rain
I am the glitter on the crust of the snow
I am the long track of the moon in a lake
I am a flame of four colors
I am a deer standing away in the dusk
I am a field of sumac and the pomme blanche
I am an angle of geese in the winter sky
I am the hunger of a young wolf
I am the whole dream of these things
You see, I am alive, I am alive
I stand in good relation to the earth
I stand in good relation to the gods
I stand in good relation to all that is beautiful
I stand in good relation to the daughter of Tsen-tainte
You see, I am alive, I am alive

-- N. Scott Momaday
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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:08:21 -0700
From: mike reitz <mreitz@pacbell.net>
Subject: Molokai Times closing its doors

Molokai Times closing its doors
By Nina Wu
nwu@starbulletin.com

The new owners of The Molokai Times are shutting down the paper after
just a four-month run, citing a debt of $12,000 owed by advertisers in
the economically challenged isle.

In an article posted on its Web site (www.molokaitimes.com) Monday titled
"The Molokai SAD Times," owners Lester Kunani Keanini Jr. and Eric Wong
said due to the poor economy and advertisers' failures to pay debts, they
no longer had the financial means to run the paper.

The Molokai Times will shut its doors in Kaunakakai tomorrow, said the
pair, for at least one month until it has collected all it is owed.

"We have put all of our own personal money into this business and not
taken a cent out since we took over," said Wong.

Meanwhile, the Molokai Times has filed paperwork to obtain 501(c)(3)
nonprofit status, after which it plans to come back.

Both Keanini and Wong openly asked the public for donations to support
the newspaper. Neither could be reached for comment by press time
yesterday.

The paper is staffed by a full-time editor, David Lichtenstein, and four
to six interns from as far as Canada and the Czech Republic, who write
stories for the weekly newspaper. The interns are unpaid, but get free
board in a five-bedroom house in central Molokai, along with an old
Camry, Jeep and several bikes.

The interns will be dismissed with the closure, according to Sav D'Souza,
an intern from London.

The paper originally was founded as the Molokai Island Times in December
2004 by Brennan Purtzer and Darrell Williams with a small loan from
computer guru John McAfee.

In January 2007, it become the Molokai Times, with Tim Kline as a new
operating partner.

The Molokai Times, usually from 20 to 24 pages, covers everything from
local news to sports, business, island life and politics, with online ads
and classifieds.

Keanini and Wong, nicknamed the "movie guys," took over ownership of the
Molokai Times from Kline on May 16, even though neither had any
experience in the newspaper industry.

The pair together has experience in auto sales, diesel mechanics, head
restaurant cooks and theater management. When Molokai Ranch shut down in
April, Keanini and Wong lost their jobs at the Maunaloa Theater. But both
had mortgages to pay for homes they had just bought in Maunaloa, and
families to support.

When the opportunity to buy the Molokai Times came up, they decided to do
it.

"I believe in this paper, Eric believes in this paper and we know the
community also believes in this paper," said Keanini in his article, "but
with no funding it can't happen."
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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:44:26 -0700
From: mike reitz <mreitz@pacbell.net>
Subject: Carteret Islanders being relocated due to sea level rise

CARTERET ISLANDERS TO MOVE TO BOUGAINVILLE
3,320 residents to evacuate the sinking atoll
By Nelson K. Philip

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (The National, Sept. 16, 2008) - Carteret
islanders will be relocated to Tinputz on mainland Bougainville, 10
families at a time.

The Autonomous Bougainville Government had endorsed the atolls
development policy to relocate the islanders starting next year.

It is expected to be completed by 2020.

[PIR editor's note: Carteret atoll is located 51 miles northeast of
Bougainville and is part of the semi-autonomous Papua New Guinea
province. Residents of Carteret have been fighting a losing battle with
the rising sea for more than 20 years. It has been estimated that the
atoll will be under water within the next ten years. ]

The Catholic church of Bougainville gave 81 hectares [200 acres] of land
in the Tinputz area to accommodate the 3,320 Carterets islanders who
feared they would be losing some of their basic human rights, especially
land ownership.

Coordinator for the relocation Ursula Rakova recently presented a
documentary to the Individual and Community Rights Advocacy forum on
human rights entitled The plight of the Carterets Islanders on the
sinking atolls. Do we have rights?

The Carterets Islands, home to about 3,320 people, comprise six coral
isles, located 86 kilometers northwest of Buka and Bougainville islands.

Due to global warming and climate change, seawater is swamping the
islands, making them uninhabitable and forcing the population to relocate
to mainland Bougainville, especially to the Tinputz area.

"The Carterets Islands are sinking and I am here to present and share
with you the anguish and uncertain feeling of my people," Mrs Rakova
said.

She said that in the Carteret Islands, land was held by women as in
Bougainville where the land ownership was passed from mother to daughter.

Mrs Rakova said people had lived on these islands for many generations
and they wanted to stay where their homes, gardens, ancestral burial
sites and all the sacred things were but the islands were sinking and
every year the sea moved farther inland.

"Palm trees fall over as the land gets smaller. We were told that in 10
to 15 years, the islands would be completely under water," she added.

Mrs Rakova said education and health services for the people and
children, job creation, cultural preservation and community partnerships
with traditional landowners were some of the issues they were looking at.

"It does not matter whether people were born on Carterets Islands or any
other place that becomes uninhabitable; they still deserve the same basic
human rights as others," she added.

The National: www.thenational.com.pg/
Copyright (C) 2006 The National Online. All Rights Reserved
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From: Laurel Douglass
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 7:12 AM
Subject: http://www.kapolei.com/pdf/magazine/kapolei_06.pdf

Dustin Shindo likes to get out ahead of the crowd, even if he's criti-
cized for contrarian thinking and pursuing ^Ócrazy ideas.^Ô It was just
this sort of specu- lative reaction he got from poten- tial investors when
he pitched the idea of starting a fuel cell technolo- gy company. What,
in heavens name, was a fuel cell? One critic said the concept was nothing
more than a good academic exercise. Shindo, who was born and raised in
Hilo on the Big Island, was not deterred. ^ÓFuel cell technology fit the
approach I wanted to take in start- ing up a company,^Ô he said . ^ÓI
wanted it to have a global opportu- nity that could have the potential to
do something good for the envi- ronment. It had to be about more than
money. In this way, fuel cell technology is a unique opportunity for all
of us.^Ô

He convinced his childhood friend, Kaleo Taft, who is an expert in
material science, that it was a good idea. At the time, Taft lived in
Oregon and left his safe and long- time job at an aerospace company to
join Shindo.

They started Hoku Scientific in 2001. In 2004, as if to affirm their
faith in the company, Shindo and Taft pushed to purchase a 2.2 acre par-
cel of land in the Kapolei Business Park to build their headquarters and
research and manufacturing facility. They moved into their new building
in 2005.

Recognizing that high tech compa- nies can locate virtually anywhere in
the world, why Hawaii, and why Kapolei?

^ÓThe founders are both Hawaii born and raised, and many of our employees
are also originally from Hawaii, so the prospect of being home was
important to us,^Ô explained Shindo. He also recog- nized that this was a
way he could help bring back some of Hawaii's best and brightest talent
that had left for other opportunities on the U.S. mainland, and who now
make up about two-thirds of the team.

Other factors in Hawaii's favor were its strategic location relative to
the major fuel cell companies in Asia, available financing and strong gov-
ernment support through Act 215.

Shindo also said that Kapolei was the best choice because it offers ample
space for potential expan- sion, good housing options for employees, and a
lifestyle that appeals to their families. ^ÓWe looked everywhere,
including the Mainland and the neighbor islands, but Kapolei was the best
place for us to plant our roots,^Ô he said.

If University of Hawaii West Oahu (UHWO) planners have their way, East
Kapolei will one day be a booming university town. And as often happens in
such towns, the university becomes the economic engine that drives the
development of the surrounding community. Already, some major elements
are coalescing around the planned cam- pus, with the Salvation Army's Ray
and Joan Kroc Hawaii Community Center slated for a nearby 10-acre site,
and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands' plans for a major shopping
center on 67 acres that is expected to be about the size of Ala Moana
Shopping Center in Honolulu. Together, these projects have the potential
to generate well in excess of 7,000 jobs. UH WEST OAHU ^Ö A HEADY VISION
UHWO Chancellor Gene Awakuni sees not just a university campus, but an
entire community where ^Ótown and gown^Ô merge so seamlessly its borders
are barely discernible. Campus and town will meet and blend at a planned
university town center. The university's 500-acre site one- and-a-half
miles east of the City of Kapolei is master-planned to include 150 acres
for the 7,600-student, 660- faculty-and-staff campus and anoth- er 50
acres set aside for student housing, apartments, and high den- sity
commercial and retail uses. The cost to build the three-phase campus is
estimated at about $400 million. The UHWO vision sees the remain- ing 300
acres as the ideal place for commercial and residential develop- ments.
Planners expect the strong and increasing market for commer- cial and
retail space in Kapolei will easily create demand for the 150,000-plus
square feet planned at full build-out, and could generate about 600 jobs.
^ÓOur plan calls for private investors to develop the commercial, retail
and residential components, which will then generate the income we will
need to develop the campus,^Ô said Awakuni. The university will also have
a signif- icant economic impact on the region. Based on its size, Awakuni
projects that within seven years after it opens, the campus will generate
around $200 million in direct expenditures. Educationally speaking, UHWO
is filling a huge void in Leeward Oahu, where students seeking a full
four- year upper division education must commute to the University of
Hawaii-Manoa campus. UHWO tra- ditionally caters to non-traditional
students who make up the majority of its present student body at its two-
year campus on the Leeward Community College grounds. The Kapolei campus
will continue to serve these students and the expand- ing number of high
school graduates from public and private schools in the region who wish to
pursue a col- lege degree closer to home.

$80 MILLION GIFT FUNDS COMMUNITY CENTER In a milestone award, The
Salvation Army in Hawaii received $80 million from the estate of Joan
Kroc, wife of McDonald's founder Ray Kroc, to build a community center in
East Kapolei. It is part of $1.5 billion bequeathed to The Salvation Army
to build community centers across the United States. The Kroc
Center-Hawaii is planned as a 100,000-square-foot facility on a 10-acre
site close to the UHWO cam- I EAST KAPOLEI: LAYING THE GROUNDWORK The
University of Hawaii West Oahu's planned new campus will accommo- date
7,600 students and 600 faculty and staff.
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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:50:09 -0700
From: mike reitz <mreitz@pacbell.net>
Subject: Cuban Foreign Minister Opens Cuba-Pacific Islands Meeting

Cuban Foreign Minister Opens Cuba-Pacific Islands Meeting

HAVANA, Cuba, Sept 16 (acn) Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque
inaugurated Tuesday the First Ministerial Meeting between Cuba and the
Pacific Islands in Havana and said his government is open to developing
relations and collaborating with those nations.

Perez Roque expressed Cuba's special interest in helping small
developing islands which are threatened to be submerged by the ocean as
a result of climate change.

Anote Tong, President of Kiribati, thanked the Cuban authorities for the
warm welcome and on behalf of the participants in the meeting expressed
his deep sorrow for the lives lost and the material damage caused by the
hurricanes that recently hit Cuba.

Tong noted that Cuba has contributed to the lives of many people around
the world, including the Pacific Islands through the South-South
cooperation program.

The ministerial meeting will give the participating countries the
opportunity to discuss common challenges like climate change, strategies
for dealing with natural disasters and the energy and food crises.

Fifteen Cuban doctors are currently providing services in Kiribati, as
part of a collaboration program with the countries of the area. In
addition, 64 persons from the South Pacific nations are studying
medicine in Cuba. The Cuban government has offered up to 400
scholarships to young people of that region.
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From: "Laurel Douglass" <seeti@hawaii.rr.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:35 AM
Subject: Env.Hawaii /August 1994 /PM

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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:50:00 -1000
From: UHM International and Exchange Programs <announce@HAWAII.EDU>
Subject: Global Roundtable

UH Manoa is launching a global roundtable series! Faculty and graduate
students are invited to share about the activities, projects, and academic
research they are engaged in, focusing on the following countries:

All sessions will be held in Kuykendall 106 -

China: October 30th 12-1:15

South Asia ^Ö November 20th 12-1:15

Event Title: Global Roundtable (Brown bag lunch)
Sponsors: Office of Faculty Development and Academic Support
Office of the Assistant Vice Chancellor for International and Exchange Programs
School of Pacific and Asian Studies

Thank you!

Jenny Samaan, PhD
Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor for International & Exchange Programs, UH Manoa
2550 Campus Road, Crawford 226

Email: samaan@hawaii.edu
Tel: (808) 956-2222
Fax: (808) 956-7115
Web: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/international
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From: makahasun@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 10:54 AM
Subject: Palin on Native Issues

You probably have this already but my friend sent it to me because her
cousin sent it to her ~ Ann Cosson

From the desk of Lloyd B Miller, 'Palin's Record on AlaskaNativeTribal
Issues'

1. Palin has attacked Alaska Native Subsistence Fishing

Perhaps no issue is of greater importance to Alaska Native peoples
as the right to hunt and fish according to ancient customary and
traditional practices, and to carry on the subsistence way of life
for future generations. Governor Sarah Palin has consistently
opposed those rights.

Once in office, Governor Palin decided to continue litigation that
seeks to overturn every subsistence fishing determination the
federal government has ever made in Alaska. (State of Alaska v.
Norton, 3:05-cv-0158-HRH (D. Ak).) In pressing this case, Palin
decided against using the Attorney General (which usually handles
State litigation) and instead continued contracting with Senator
Ted Stevens' brother-in-law's law firm (Birch, Horton, Bittner &
Cherot). The goal of Palin's law suit is to invalidate all the
subsistence fishing regulations the federal government has issued
to date to protect Native fishing, and to force the courts instead
to take over the role of setting subsistence regulations. Palin's
law suit seeks to diminish subsistence fishing rights in order to
expand sport and commercial fishing. In May 2007, the federal court
rejected the State's main challenge, holding that Congress
in 1980 had expressly granted the U.S. Interior and Agriculture
Departments the authority to regulate and protect Native and rural
subsistence fishing activities in Alaska. (Decision entered
May 15, 2007 (Dkt. No. 110).)
Notwithstanding this ruling, Palin continues to argue in the
litigation that the federal subsistence protections are too broad,
and should be narrowed to exclude vast areas from subsistence
fishing, in favor of sport and commercial fishing. Palin opposes
subsistence protections in marine waters, on many of the lands that
Natives selected under their 1971 land claims settlement with the
state and federal governments, and in many of the rivers where
Alaska Natives customarily fish. (Alaska Complaint at 15-18.) Palin
also opposes subsistence fishing protections on Alaska Native
federal allotments that were deeded to individuals purposely to
foster Native subsistence activities. All these issues are now
pending before the federal district court.

2. Palin has attacked Alaska Native Subsistence Hunting

Palin has also sought to invalidate critical determinations the
Federal Subsistence Board has made regarding customary and
traditional uses of game, specifically to take hunting
opportunities away from Native subsistence villagers and thereby
enhance sport hunting.

Palin's attack here on subsistence has focused on the Ahtna Indian
people in Chistochina. Although the federal district court has
rejected Palin's challenge, she has carried on an appeal that was
argued in August 2008. (State of Alaska v. Fleagle, No. 07-35723
(9th Cir.).) In both hunting and fishing matters, Palin has
continued uninterrupted the policies initiated by the former
Governor Frank Murkowski Administration, challenging hunting and
fishing protections that Native people depend upon for their
subsistence way of life in order to enhance sport fishing and
hunting opportunities. Palin's lawsuits are a direct attack on the
core way of life of Native Tribes in rural Alaska.

3. Palin has attacked Alaska Tribal Sovereignty

Governor Palin opposes Alaska tribal sovereignty.
Given past court rulings affirming the federally recognized tribal
status of Alaska Native villages, Palin does not technically
challenge that status. But Palin argues that Alaska Tribes have no
authority to act as sovereigns, despite their recognition. So
extreme is Palin on tribal sovereignty issues that she has sought
to block tribes from exercising any authority whatsoever even over
the welfare of Native children, adhering to a 2004 legal opinion
issued by the former Murkowski Administration that no such
jurisdiction exists (except when a state court transfers a matter
to a tribal court). Both the state courts and the federal courts
have struck down Palin's policy of refusing to recognize the
sovereign authority of Alaska Tribes to address issues involving
Alaska Native children. Native Village of Tanana v. State of
Alaska, 3AN-04-12194 CI (judgment entered Aug. 26, 2008) (Ak.
Super. Ct.); Kaltag Tribal Council v. DHHS, No. 3:06-cv-00211-TMB
(D. Ak.), pending on appeal No 08-35343 (9th Cir.)).
Nonetheless, Palin's policy of refusing to recognize Alaska tribal
sovereignty remains unchanged.

4. Palin has attacked Alaska Native Languages

Palin has refused to accord proper respect to Alaska Native
languages and voters by refusing to provide language assistance to
Yup'ik speaking Alaska Native voters. As a result, Palin was just
ordered by a special three-judge panel of federal judges to provide
various forms of voter assistance to Yup'ik voters residing in
southwest Alaska. Nick v. Bethel, No. 3:07-cv- 0098-TMB (D. Ak.)
(Order entered July 30, 2008). Citing years of State neglect, Palin
was ordered to provide trained poll workers who are bilingual in
English and Yup'ik; sample ballots in written Yup'ik; a written
Yup'ik glossary of election terms; consultation with local Tribes
to ensure the accuracy of Yup'ik translations; a Yup'ik language
coordinator; and pre-election and post-election reports to the
court to track the State's efforts.

In sum, measured against some the rights that are most fundamental
to Alaska Native
Tribes - the subsistence way of life, tribal sovereignty and voting
rights - Palin's record is a failure.

Kaltag:
https://ecf.akd.uscourts.gov/doc1/0231295649
Fleagle:
https://ecf.akd.uscourts.gov/doc1/0231254875
State v. Norton opinion:
https://ecf.akd.uscourts.gov/doc1/023086165
State v. Norton complaint:
https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/doc1/0451584225
Tanana:
[Alaska court system is not electronic]
Nick v. State
https://ecf.akd.uscourts.gov/doc1/0231352147

Lloyd B. Miller
Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Munson, LLP
900 West Fifth Avenue, Suite 700
Anchorage, Alaska 99501
Telephone: (907)258-6377
Facsimile: (907)272-8332
E-Mail: lloyd@sonosky.net
Temporary New York City phone: (212) 204-6394
________________________________________________________________________________

Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:59:00 -0500
From: nimchira <tepaatu@gmail.com>
Subject: [mana_wahine] Voices Health/Environment News

News from the Health and Environmental Communities.
Sept. 17, 2008

In This Issue:

RECALLS

Simplicity Drop-Side Cribs
http://consumeraffairs.list-manage.com/track/click?u=48290de6249ef2cecba9fe5de&id=5d870e54f9&e=0fa96e422d

MacGregor, Mitre Folding Soccer Goals
http://consumeraffairs.list-manage.com/track/click?u=48290de6249ef2cecba9fe5de&id=2e84e714b5&e=0fa96e422d

Pottery Barn Kids Metal Water Bottles
http://consumeraffairs.list-manage.com/track/click?u=48290de6249ef2cecba9fe5de&id=ff06fd3b7e&e=0fa96e422d

John Deere Gator XUV 620i Utility Vehicles
http://consumeraffairs.list-manage.com/track/click?u=48290de6249ef2cecba9fe5de&id=dec76d189c&e=0fa96e422d

Apeks Scuba Diving Regulators
http://consumeraffairs.list-manage.com/track/click?u=48290de6249ef2cecba9fe5de&id=e9e148cd59&e=0fa96e422d

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Emory Begins Testing Vaccines Against Pandemic Influenza Threat
http://www.healthnewsdigest.com/news/Research_270/Emory_Begins_Testing_Vaccines_Against_Pandemic_Influenza_Threat.shtml

Togo: Recent bird flu outbreak is deadly H5N1
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ijHXcssRTwpilkrwuURZECPGZ_bgD937G5500

House move toward vote on offshore drilling. The House moved toward a vote
Tuesday on whether to allow oil drilling off the nation's Atlantic and
Pacific coastlines - but only 50 or more miles out.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gB6bi0EyTozdEPy0KGisTQNaS2PQD9382M6G0

Scientists, FDA face off over safety of BPA in consumer plastics
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-09-16-bpa-fda_N.htm

John McCain's 'Underwear Gnome' Plan to Fix a Broken Health Care System.
McCain's plan makes little sense until one grasps that it's designed to
improve Corporate America's bottom line rather than Americans' health.
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=uq%2Fo9fhi9E90Gq4pNgVFkLN603VMM25E

How 6,000 Tons of Radioactive Sand from Kuwait Ended Up in Idaho
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=nup3Ym9AW3PGQFIz4qYyRLN603VMM25E

Behind bad baby milk, an ethical gap in China's business.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/16250/3057/21228/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jc21vbml0b3IuY29tLzIwMDgvMDkxNy9wMDFzMDMtd29hcC5odG1s&x=50e0477c

Baby formula sickened many more, China says.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/16250/3057/21227/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5ueXRpbWVzLmNvbS8yMDA4LzA5LzE3L3dvcmxkL2FzaWEvMTdtaWxrLmh0bWw%3d&x=f4ed678c

Mikasa Foods sold tainted rice as edible to 370 firms.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/16250/3057/21229/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3NlYXJjaC5qYXBhbnRpbWVzLmNvLmpwL2NnaS1iaW4vbm4yMDA4MDkxN2ExLmh0bWw%3d&x=30102a8c

North Pole ever closer to having no ice.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/16250/3057/21231/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3NlYXR0bGVwaS5ud3NvdXJjZS5jb20vbG9jYWwvMzc5Mzg0X2FyY3RpYzE3Lmh0bWw%2fc291cmNlPW15cGk%3d&x=75b5e0b3

Drug makers ignoring key gender differences, immunologist warns.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/16250/3057/21239/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy50aGVnbG9iZWFuZG1haWwuY29tL3NlcnZsZXQvc3RvcnkvUlRHQU0uMjAwODA5MTcud2RydWdzMTcvQk5TdG9yeS9zcGVjaWFsU2NpZW5jZWFuZEhlYWx0aC9ob21l&x=db65b58b

U.S. Immigration Now Requires HPV Vaccine Injections for All Immigrants
http://www.naturalnews.com/News_000290_immigration_HPV_vaccines.html

Exercise and Clean Diet Boosts Cellular Longevity
http://www.naturalnews.com/News_000289_longevity_exercise_healthy_diet.html

CDC Admits Flu Vaccine Failure: Even Vaccinated People Got Sick
http://www.naturalnews.com/024218.html

Humane Society Sues USDA Over Downer Cow Loopholes
http://www.naturalnews.com/024214.html

The Addictive Nature of the Pain Killer OxyContin - One Man's True Story
http://www.naturalnews.com/024213.html

Among the Global Food Crisis, Spirulina May Help Stave Off Starvation
http://www.naturalnews.com/024212.html

Gulf War Syndrome is Real, Say Researchers
http://www.naturalnews.com/024211.html

Cigarettes, Lies, and Pet Food Advertising: It's difficult to imagine that
cigarettes and lies have any connection with pet food -- but when you look
closely at the advertising tactics of some pet foods, look closely at the
ingredients in those pet foods -- you'll find cigarettes...
http://www.naturalnews.com/024210.html

Natural Remedies for Yeast Infections and Candida
http://www.naturalnews.com/024209.html

Surgeon General Urges More Deep Vein Thrombosis Treatment. Condition can
lead to pulmonary embolism, blocking arteries.
http://consumeraffairs.list-manage.com/track/click?u=48290de6249ef2cecba9fe5de&id=db891f390c&e=0fa96e422d

FDA Web Site on Drug Ads Developed by Drug Industry PR Firm. Clunky advice
fails to properly educate consumers.
http://consumeraffairs.list-manage.com/track/click?u=48290de6249ef2cecba9fe5de&id=cf967dddb6&e=0fa96e422d
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As soon as August rolled around, the usual cast of characters promoting
forced vaccination got children ready for school by targeting parents making
informed vaccine choices
http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0019cIc5WoL_r8x8jj38bRuFbGwzTSSoauHVxJdAopQS3bbpqsJz87kFbRK3WqJFHDrrj_VWIaKiAxU9VnvdNFqIWFnG2iWusmH8Bsu04dyOraDKBPygX9o2GK_8DiUH3r4xhCQYoNwLF1XmRsTHbxGfn_UGrymUoddwvrHVkVreZxJULyaAosoYmygINmF993iQIOd4PGrWHfNb3ZLRkzE6G21ZbZqV2eX
and blaming them for 131 cases of measles in the U.S. this year. In a state
of high anxiety about the high level of vaccine education in America,
officials employed by government health agencies attacked the religious,
philosophical and conscientious belief exemptions in state vaccine laws
because they are not subject to the legal blessing of medical doctors. Some
journalists were prompted to ask whether unvaccinated children should be
allowed to play with unvaccinated children
http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0019cIc5WoL_r-l-CbmcORz9ovmztAdgVqHdSz_tA7o9_034ZbPpr4ERm1N43cE9RxQ1epDv5pLkVReLPVVCk5eahnr3hNNP_SPPJrU8Ksu312JO1eajyJ6UhxB3MPfqMh42IFy58IxE3rvHpzLHcUayNVmbvY4W_Ck
although others examined whether public resistance to vaccine mandates might
have something to do with gaps in scientific evidence proving vaccines
policies are safe
http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0019cIc5WoL_r9tuXu9ygWuPYfUzotv85UcCY6EyqwpF4lur4B4tyHKC0EZuFxLMj4tOGZlgovE9Xj5Vn0swvX6NYzfoXOvu10KtKTlr14HncBkOBAQZxzsp8e_-lVKhbYtkYMPcFKDI2Q=

Cancer jab linked to pancreas disease
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/cancer-jab-linked-to-pancreas-disease/2008/08/16/1218307309515.html

Nigeria Battles New Bird Flu Strain
http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2008-08/2008-08-13-voa32.cfm

AP: Video shows workers abusing pigs: An Iowa sheriff said Wednesday he has
launched an investigation into a videotape showing abuse of pigs at a farm.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080917/ap_on_re_us/abused_pigs
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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:08:32 +1200
From: karaka <tepaatu@gmail.com>
Government reforms search and surveillance powers

Wednesday, 17 September 2008, 1:46 pm
Press Release: New Zealand Government

Justice Minister Annette King tabled the Search and Surveillance Powers
Bill in Parliament today to promote the Government's fight against
serious and organised crime.

"The bill introduces comprehensive reforms relating to law enforcement
agencies exercising search and surveillance powers," she said. "The Law
Commission has taken five years to produce the recommendations that form
the core of this Bill, and the Government has taken some law enforcement
powers even further.

"There are many problems with the existing law, with core police powers,
many enacted more than 50 years ago, scattered around the statute book.
The law has failed to keep pace with technology. One example is that
existing legislation sanctioning the law enforcement use of interception
and tracking devices is cumbersome and outdated, and silent about using
visual surveillance devices."

Ms King said the Law Commission proposed a comprehensive codification of
the powers of the police and other enforcement officers designed to
strike a balance between facilitating effective law enforcement and
protecting individual freedoms through strict controls and procedural
requirements.

"The Government is satisfied the Bill provides that balance. The new
package will help law enforcement agencies considerably, but will also
offer fair protection to the public from the use of coercive police
powers."

Ms King said significant changes included a consistent approach to the
thresholds for obtaining search and surveillance warrants; reform of the
law enforcement use of surveillance devices; more explicit powers to
search computers and seize electronic data; and the availability of
production and monitoring orders and examination orders for law
enforcement agencies.

"The Law Commission described the present law as a mess. The Government's
Search and Surveillance Powers Bill will fix this mess. The law will be
brought together in a single generic statute so everyone will know where
to find it."

Ms King thanked the Law Commission for its work, and said many other
agencies had contributed much time and effort to the reforms.
--

Questions and answers

What is "evidential material" that can be obtained through search or
surveillance?

"Evidential material" will be any tangible or intangible items that are
of relevance to the investigation of the specified offending.

What are the main changes proposed to applications for search warrants?

^Õ Written applications will be able to be transmitted to the issuing
officer electronically and oral applications will be possible in certain
urgent circumstances.
^Õ The requirements as to information to be included in an application
for a search warrant will be specified in legislation.

What will be the standard for obtaining a search warrant?

Currently the threshold for obtaining a warrant varies between different
search powers. The search and surveillance legislation will set out a
single standard for all law enforcement search powers which will require
enforcement officers to satisfy the issuing officer of the existence of
two factors:
^Õ reasonable grounds to suspect an offence has been, or is about to be,
committed; and
^Õ reasonable grounds to believe that the evidence sought is in the place
to be searched.
----

Who will be able to issue search warrants?

At present a search warrant can be issued by Judges and by any Registrar,
Deputy Registrar or Justice of the Peace regardless of their training or
experience. Under the new legislation a search warrant will only be
issued by Judges or authorised officers known as "issuing officers"
(specially trained and appointed Registrars, Justices of the Peace and
other appropriate qualified and experienced people). Issuing Officers
will be available on a 24/7 basis.
----

What new powers are proposed for enforcement officers?

Several new provisions are proposed to complement existing law
enforcement search powers. These include:
^Õ A power for police officers to enter and search a place where they
reasonably believe that evidential material relating to an offence
punishable by 14 years' imprisonment or more will be found and where the
delay caused by obtaining a warrant will result in the item being
concealed, destroyed or impaired.
^Õ A power for an enforcement officer to establish a crime scene and to
give directions to people at the scene to ensure that evidential material
is not concealed, destroyed or impaired while a search warrant is being
obtained.
^Õ A power for police and other enforcement officers carrying out
searches of places or vehicles to detain a person who is at that place or
vehicle or who arrives there during the search for a reasonable period
while the search is undertaken to enable the officer to determine whether
the person is connected with the offending being investigated.
^Õ A power for an enforcement officer to copy any document or any part of
it where that document may be lawfully seized;
^Õ A power for an enforcement officer searching a place to take
photographs or to record images or sounds in the place searched or of any
thing found in the place searched where such photographs, images or
recordings are reasonably believed to be relevant to any subsequent
proceedings.
----

What protections and safeguards are proposed?

There are a number of protections and safeguards proposed which include:
^Õ Enforcement officers carrying out a search of premises when the
occupier is absent will be required to provide notification of the search
(there is currently no statutory obligation to do so with most search
powers).
^Õ Where items are seized as a result of the exercise of a search power,
an inventory of the property taken should be promptly prepared and
provided to the person concerned.
^Õ A procedure will be included in the search and surveillance
legislation to deal with privileged or confidential material or
communications to ensure that such material or communications are
appropriately protected from disclosure where they are discovered in a
search or by surveillance.
^Õ The search and surveillance legislation will contain provisions to
deal with items seized pursuant to a search power to ensure, amongst
other things, they are retained for investigatory or evidential purposes,
returned to the person entitled to possession at an appropriate time or
disposed of where that is appropriate (such as where the item is
unlawful).
----

What is a "consent search"?

Law enforcement officers often seek the consent of a person to conduct a
search. At present, there is no clear guidance to either law enforcement
officers or to members of the public as to what constitutes a valid
consent search. The law will be amended to make clear that enforcement
officers should first have a valid law enforcement reason for undertaking
a consent search and that they should advise the person whose consent is
sought of that reason for it, and of the fact that the person may refuse
consent.
----

What is a "plain view" seizure?

It is where a police officer may seize evidence of an offence that comes
into view in the course of the lawful exercise of a search power even
though seizure of the item is not authorized by the search power. For
example, a police officer executing a search warrant for controlled drugs
comes across property stolen in a burglary. The existing law would not
authorise the officer to seize that property.
----

What about searches of computers and seizures of electronic data?

While the general search and seizure regime will apply to computers and
electronic data, a number of specific amendments and extensions to search
powers will be made to account for the differences between searches for
and seizures of electronic data compared to other types of searches and
things searched for. These will include:
^Õ Specific powers for enforcement officers to access and copy material
held on computers or data storage devices.
^Õ The current provisions requiring certain persons with possession,
control or other knowledge of a computer or computer system to assist
with a search of a computer will be extended and strengthened to ensure
enforcement officers have reasonable access to data they are legally
authorized to search for and seize.
^Õ Enforcement officers will be permitted to remotely access computer
data in certain limited circumstances.
----

How will search and surveillance legislation deal with surveillance
powers?

Developments in technology have resulted in specialized surveillance
equipment being available to law enforcement agencies to assist the
investigation of increasingly complex offending. The government considers
that law enforcement agencies should be able to take advantage of these
developments if the use of the equipment is properly authorized and
regulated. The search and surveillance legislation will contain a regime
which will include the following features to deal with the use of
surveillance devices by law enforcement agencies:
^Õ Except in some urgent situations (where a surveillance device will be
able to be used for up to 72 hours without a warrant) a warrant to use
such device will generally be required.
^Õ Warrants can only be issued by a District or High Court Judge.
^Õ Warrants will have a maximum life of 60 days (although further
subsequent applications will be possible).
^Õ Warrants will authorise entry into premises and vehicles, if
necessary, for the purposes of installing, maintaining or removing the
surveillance device, and to use electricity to power the device.
^Õ A warrant will not be necessary in certain circumstances such as where
visual surveillance devices are used in public or in public parts of
buildings, or where surveillance occurs by way of unaided visual
observation or overhearing of people, things or activities.
^Õ Where surveillance powers are exercised the enforcement officer will
be required to report to a Judge who will have powers to deal with
material obtained, to report to the Chief Executive of the relevant law
enforcement agency, and to require the subject of the surveillance to be
notified of the surveillance in certain circumstances.
----

What is a production order?

A production order will be available to law enforcement officers to
assist investigation of any offence for which a search warrant could be
obtained. Production orders will:
^Õ Be issued by an issuing officer in the same manner as search warrants;
^Õ Require the recipient to produce specified information or documents in
their control that are evidential material relating to the offence being
investigation either on a single occasion or on an on-going basis for a
specified period;
^Õ Will be available for a maximum period of 30 days;
^Õ Be subject to the general framework (including procedural protections,
immunities and other safeguards) proposed in respect of the application,
issue and execution of search warrants.
----

What is an examination power?

An examination power is a power authorizing enforcement officers to
require a person to answer questions. Such powers are not generally
available to enforcement officers. Cabinet has decided that limited
examination powers are required to assist the investigation of serious
crime.
----

What are the two types of examination orders being made available?

^Õ There will be a business context examination order that will be
available to all police investigations and will apply to those in
business relationships and providers of professional business services.
These examinations will allow police to unravel complex financial
dealings and business arrangements that may have been part of criminal
behaviour.

^Õ There will be a non-business context examination order that will be
available to police investigations of organised crime or serious or
complex fraud investigations. These examination orders will apply to
social relationships and will be subject to greater restrictions than
business context examination orders.
----

What safeguards are provided around the use of these powers?

^Õ Examination orders will be court orders that are granted by an
independent District or High Court Judge having received an appropriate
application from police with the necessary justifications for the
requested order.

^Õ The Commissioner of Police (or an appropriate delegate) must approve
all applications to the District or High Court for an examination order.

^Õ Applications for non-business context examination orders can only be
for the investigation of organised crime or serious/complex fraud, and
must be personally approved by the Commissioner of Police and the
Secretary for Justice.

^Õ Before issuing an examination order the Judge will need to be
satisfied, amongst other things, that it is reasonable for a compulsory
examination to be conducted. The questions that enforcement officers will
be able to ask will be limited to those that are relevant to the
investigation of the suspected offending. The privilege against
self-incrimination will also be available to any person who is questioned
pursuant to an examination order.
----

What is the privilege against self-incrimination?

^Õ The privilege against self-incrimination means that a person can
refuse to provide specific information when that information is
reasonably likely to lead to that person's criminal prosecution. The
privilege does not apply in respect of pre-existing documents and cannot
be claimed by corporations.
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From: Pu'uhonua Bumpy Kanahele
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 7:48 AM
Subject: Democracy - A Fair Political Process

September 18, 2008
The Honorable Boyd P. Mossman (Ret.)
Trustee, Maui, Office of Hawaiian Affairs
711 Kapiolani Blvd. Suite 500
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813-5249

Aloha Mr. Mossman,

I am responding to your letters dated July 18, 2008 and? August 7,
2008 regarding the Nation of Hawaii?s participation in OHA?s Summit of
Pro-Independence advocates, organizations and activists.

Mr. Mossman, time has come for you and other Trustee?s, to stop
confusing our people and start supporting Good efforts that are taking
place outside of OHA?s self determination initiatives. OHA continues to
carelessly spend millions of dollars on one form of government it
believes in such as, the Akaka bill and the Hawaiian Civic Clubs
registration sign up group, Kau Inoa,? without any financial support
towards other initiatives which offer more choices of government that are
also available to the Hawaiian people.

As a retired judge, you of All people should know that Democracy is
?NOT? a one-sided view, True Democracy is the peoples choice, a Free,
Fair and Impartial process, where education, debate, and discussions take
place and eventually, where very serious decisions are made. The Hawaiian
people will have a very serious decision to make in the near future and
not just on what OHA, the state and federal legislators believe is best
for? us. The Hawaiian people will need to make that educated choice for
themselves. One initiative in particular is the Hawaiian Constitutional
Convention 2008, spearheaded by Na Kupua O Maui.

After careful dialogue with Na Kupuna O Maui and supporters of the
Hawaiian Constitutional Convention 2008 also taking into consideration
OHA?s invitation through you as Trustee, here is my reply:

One, if I do attend your Summit, it would? only be as an Observer
or monitor if you will, with no input or decision making on my part. Lack
of participation by me and the Nation of Hawaii might be misunderstood by
you and OHA as a ?waiver? and may lead to some disqualification clause in
some rule book in the future.

Two and Most importantly, I would like to make a proposal to you?
and OHA to fully finance the Hawaiian Constitutional Convention 2008, of
course with no strings attached. After all OHA should be funding good
projects, programs and initiatives like this. If OHA does fund and
participate in this free, fair and impartial process, True Democracy will
prevail and so will our people.

If OHA does not fund the Hawaiian Constitutional Convention, it
will obviously show that you do not support the native Hawaiian peoples
right to a Fair Democratic? political process, in particular, the right
to choose their form of government. No response from you? by September
30, 2008 will lead me to so conclude.

Sincerely,

Pu?uhouna Dennis Kanahele Bumpy Kanahele,
Head of State, Nation of Hawai?i
________________________________________________________________________________

Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:29:02 -1000
From: penny levin <pennysfh@hawaii.rr.com>
Subject: high tech disconnect

Instead of paying attention to the air, soil, water, weather, plants,
bugs, microbes and all those other little things that farmers "listen to";
scientists have figured out how to have a high tech (and i'm sure
expensive) machine do it for us. it will probably tell us what chemical
and how much to apply too when it's all done. we'll start eager-reacting
to the smallest signs of 'asprin' in the air, weakening the plants own
response system. you can bet the biotech industry has already started
tinkering with plants to up their 'asprin' content right from sprout...and
insects, diseases etc will increase in tolerance in response. soon, we'll
forget how to do it all by ourselves (or rather with the earth) when the
lights go out and the 'on' switch doesn't work anymore.

cool thing about the plants, though. p
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Stressed plants produce an aspirin-like chemical
By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, AP Science Writer Thu Sep 18, 5:11 PM ET

WASHINGTON - Aspirin is among the most popular remedies used by people.
Turns out some plants like it, too. Researchers at the National Center
for Atmospheric Research were surprised to discover that stressed plants
produce an aspirin-like chemical that can be detected in the air above
the plants. The chemical may be a sort of immune response that helps
protect the plants, the scientists speculated.

According to the researchers, the finding raises the possibility that
farmers, forest managers and others may eventually be able to start
monitoring plants for early signs of a disease, an insect infestation or
other types of stress.

Currently they often do not know if an ecosystem is unhealthy until there
are visible indicators, such as dead leaves.

"Unlike humans, who are advised to take aspirin as a fever suppressant,
plants have the ability to produce their own mix of aspirin-like
chemicals, triggering the formation of proteins that boost their
biochemical defenses and reduce injury," NCAR scientist Thomas Karl, the
lead researcher, said in a statement.

"Our measurements show that significant amounts of the chemical can be
detected in the atmosphere as plants respond to drought, unseasonable
temperatures or other stresses."

While researchers had known that plants in the laboratory produce a form
of aspirin known as methyl salicylate, they had never looked for it in
the forest.

But when they set up measuring devices in a walnut grove near Davis,
Calif., to monitor plant emissions that can affect pollution, they
discovered measurable amounts of methyl salicylate.

Previous studies have shown that plants being eaten by animals also
produce chemicals that can be sensed by other plants nearby.

The new findings, announced Thursday by NCAR in Boulder, Colo., were
published in the journal Biogeosciences. The research was funded by the
National Science Foundation, NCAR's sponsor.

Measuring instruments 100 feet above the ground measured methyl
salicylate from plants that were stressed by a local drought and
unseasonably cool nighttime temperatures followed by large daytime
temperature increases.

In addition to having an immune-like function, the chemical may be a
means for plants to communicate to neighboring plants, warning them of
the threat.

"These findings show tangible proof that plant-to-plant communication
occurs on the ecosystem level," says NCAR scientist Alex Guenther, a
co-author of the study. "It appears that plants have the ability to
communicate through the atmosphere."

Karl added: "If you have a sensitive warning signal that you can measure
in the air, you can take action much sooner, such as applying pesticides.
The earlier you detect that something's going on, the more you can
benefit in terms of using fewer pesticides and managing crops better."
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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:31:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: UH Manoa Outreach College
<uhmanoaoutreach@uhmanoaoutreach.pmailus.com>
Subject: On Sale Now! Korean Zither Music & Manoa Jazz Festival

September 2008, Volume 1, issue #2

A Night with the Korean Zither Musicians' Association

Saturday, October 4 @ 7:30 pm
Orvis Auditorium (UH Manoa campus)

Expressive, subtle, with a tone like the human voice, the kayagum (or
gayageum) is one of the most representative national instruments of Korea.
This concert by masters of the Korean zither showcases the range and
beauty of this amazing instrument in traditional and new compositions.

The Korean Zither Musicians' Association is comprised of 50 performers (20
will be coming to Hawai'i) who are teaching at major Korean universities
-- Seoul National University, Hanyang University, Busan National
University, and others. The group was established in 1993 to promote
Korean zither music and to foster exchange with zither artists from other
Asian traditions, such as the Chinese zheng and chin, Japanese koto,
Mongolian yatak, and Vietnamese dan tranh. The Association holds an
annual concert in Seoul and has toured widely, from the Edinburgh Fringe
Festival to Ulan Bator, Mongolia, and to cities in the UK, US, Canada,
China, and Southeast Asia.

Reserve your tickets now for this evening of Korean soul music.
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Preview of a Sunrise

Listen for the contemporary piece “Ilchul” by Jeong Dae-suk,
performed on the kayagum, geomungo (six-stringed zither), and janggu
(hourglass drum). This piece is in the "program music" genre and depicts
the sequence of a sunrise in three sections, taking us from "darkness" to
"dawn."

A Night with the Korean Zither Musicians’ Association is
co-presented by UH Manoa’s Music Department and sponsored in part by
the Korean Arts Council.

It's somewhat unusual for us to follow one concert so closely with
another, but we couldn't pass up the opportunity to host the touring
Korean Zither Musicians' Association on the following Saturday, October 4.
Read more about them in this issue.

Tim Slaughter
Program Director, Community Services

Early Bird Discounts!
There are several easy ways to purchase your tickets in advance and enjoy
discounted prices:
* Order online at www.etickethawaii.com
* Call 483-7123 to charge by phone (Aloha Stadium box office, M-F
9am-5pm)
* Visit any UH Ticket outlet (Rainbowtique stores, Stan Sheriff Center,
UH Manoa Campus Center ticket office, Windward Community College OCET
office).
Advance ticket sales end 4 hours and 30 minutes before the performance.
Full-priced tickets are always available at the door, 1 hour and 15
minutes before curtain time.

What do you think of our new online newsletter, University of Hawai'i
Presents? Send your comments to csinfo@hawaii.edu
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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:52:17 +1200
From: Karaka <tepaatu@gmail.com>
Clearing Our System

Apologies for duplicates or cross postings

------ Forwarded Message
From: "Artemis Goldberg" <panthertracker@myself.com>

Clearing Our System
Food Allergies

In this day and age we know so much more about our relationship to food
than our predecessors, and the way we eat and think about food has become
almost unrecognizable to our grandparents' generation. One example of this
is our awareness of food allergies, a condition that has recently entered
the collective consciousness. Most of us know someone who is allergic to
such commonplace foods as wheat and dairy, and we may even be prone to
such an allergy. Understanding how our bodies react to food, and making
the necessary adjustments in our diet, can have a profound effect on our
whole energy system, and can be the key to shifting our mind into a state
of greater clarity.

When we are continuously exposed to a food that gives us an allergic
reaction, we feel lethargic, foggy-headed, or as if we always have a
low-grade sinus infection. Other symptoms can include nausea, digestive
difficulties, skin problems, and difficulty breathing. Many of us have
been fighting these symptoms our whole lives without realizing that
getting relief could be as simple as cutting a particular food out of our
diet. When we do, we feel as if we are waking up out of a fog, and our
whole system, cleared of substances that work against it, benefits. Many
people see skin improvements, they sleep better, have more energy, and
feel able to think more clearly. When we feel less than well, testing
ourselves, or getting tested by someone else, for food allergies may be a
good place to start.

If you know how to do kinesiology, or if you work with a pendulum or have
access to clear signals from an inner guide, you can test yourself. If
these modes of gaining information are unfamiliar or uncomfortable, you
can get tested through a doctor of your choice. However we go about it,
exploring our relationship to the foods we eat can be the first step to a
more optimal state of health, well-being, and clarity of mind.
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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:02:27 -0500
From: nimchira <tepaatu@gmail.com>
Subject: [mana_wahine] Voices Health/Environment News

News from the Health and Environmental Communities.
Sept. 18, 2008

In This Issue:

More than 80% of the food in the US is contaminated with unlabeled GMO
ingredients.
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/568/t/1128/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=25920

The CDC has opined that a child can tolerate a thousand (!) vaccinations
before the immune system collapses.
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=m1gzPYcpnXtkfooyCDJP0lPWYi7SMw35
Regarding the use of vaccinations to induce illness and worse, pay
particular attention to the quote from Bertrand Russell in this critically
important whistle blower's interview..
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=kGk6qMrNJLX3mZ9hAfZ8uVPWYi7SMw35

"Weaponized Avian Flu Intelligence Estimate of Situation...
http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/index.php?p=965

Doctors, Nutritionists, Chiropracters, mothers, friends or health food store
owners (and anyone else who is not a Registered Dietician, RD) who talks
about food, food components, supplements, nutrition or diets will be
commiting a felony if the New Jersey Legislature passes a bill before it.
Read more...
http://vitaminlawyerhealthfreedom.blogspot.com/2008/09/nj-dietitians-attack-health-freedom.html

Terror Days for Health Freedom 2: $500 a day per child per day for each
unvaccinated child in NJ http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/index.php?p=1019

Terror Days for Health Freedom 1: Mandated Gardasil injections for immigrant
women - at their expense. http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/index.php?p=1013

Safe Water...do you trust your government to provide it?
http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/index.php?p=1007

Old Flu Shots... New Flu Shots... Maybe One Will Work?
http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/index.php?p=967

Vaccine Silly Season Heats Up...
http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/index.php?p=971

How Much is a Baby's Life Worth to Big Pharma?
http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/index.php?p=951

UK "Avian Flu" Burial Plans...
http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/index.php?p=948

Mad Cow Madness at USDA
http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/index.php?p=942

Chinese Milk Formula Leads to Hospitalization
http://www.naturalnews.com/024231.html

Hospital Warning: Antibacterial Wipes Found to Spread Superbugs
http://www.naturalnews.com/024230.html

Heat Accelerates Release of Toxic Plastics Chemicals From Baby Bottles, Food
Packaging http://www.naturalnews.com/024229.html

Wal-Mart Abandons Milk From Hormone-Treated Cows
http://www.naturalnews.com/024228.html

Surprising Facts and Symptoms About Attention Deficit Disorder
http://www.naturalnews.com/024223.html

FDA to review genetically engineered farm animals
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j2OCxB5u2GFxFNyph0jY49OuLhbAD9397GP02

Beauty Secrets: The New Cosmetic Cover-Up
http://www.truthout.org/article/beauty-secrets-the-new-cosmetic-cover-up

Health Facilities Flush Estimated 250 Million Pounds of Drugs a Year
http://www.truthout.org/article/health-facilities-flush-estimated-250-million-pounds-drugs-a-year

Condition critical: The medical crisis facing America
http://email.newscientist.com/cgi-bin1/DM/y/nBbra0MjKwg0rJu0FHjg0Eg

Watch out for the other bird flu
http://email.newscientist.com/cgi-bin1/DM/y/nBbra0MjKwg0rJu0FHjj0Ej

Draft Guidance on Genetically Engineered Animals
http://www.fda.gov/consumer/updates/ge_animals091808.html

Chinese formula maker hid toxic danger for weeks.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/16295/3057/21280/0/?u=aHR0cDovL29ubGluZS53c2ouY29tL2FydGljbGUvU0IxMjIxNjYxNjQzODIyNDc5MzEuaHRtbA%3d%3d&x=2b728743

Cerebral palsy link to antibiotics given during premature birth.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/16295/3057/21292/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy50ZWxlZ3JhcGguY28udWsvbmV3cy9uZXdzdG9waWNzL3BvbGl0aWNzL2hlYWx0aC8yO
Tc1OTE2L0NlcmVicmFsLXBhbHN5LWxpbmstdG8tYW50aWJpb3RpY3MtZ2l2ZW4tZHVyaW5nLXByZ
W1hdHVyZS1iaXJ0aC5odG1s&x=10f2f548

Perchlorate and iodine: a novel focus on newborns.
http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/16295/3057/21293/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3B1YnMuYWNzLm9yZy9jZ2ktYmluL3NhbXBsZS5jZ2kvZXN0aGFnL2FzYXAvaHRtbC9lczgwMjQ3NTguaHRtbA%3d%3d&x=2507a485

Restaurant Serves Up Human Breast Milk as Authorities Wet Their Pants
http://www.naturalnews.com/News_000295_breast_milk_breastfeeding_cows_milk.html

Vaccine Insanity: Doctors Push Vaccines During 8th Month of Pregnancy
http://www.naturalnews.com/News_000294_flu_shots_expectant_mothers_vaccines.html

Mars Pet Food Recall Announced on September 12th, 2008. Mars Pet Food
announced a voluntary recall of many brands of dog food and cat food on
September 12th, 2008 due to "potential contamination with Salmonella". The
recall only affects products sold in the United States.
http://www.naturalnews.com/024232.html
==================

Used condoms are being recycled into hair bands in southern China
threatening to spread sexually-transmittable diseases they were originally
meant to prevent, state media reported Tuesday. In the latest example of
potentially harmful Chinese-made products, rubber hair bands have been found
in local markets and beauty salons. Despite being recycled, the hair bands
could still contain bacteria and viruses, it said. 'People could be infected
with AIDS, (genital) warts or other diseases if they hold the rubber bands
or strings in their mouths while waving their hair into plaits or buns.' A
government official was quoted as saying recycling condoms was illegal.
China 's manufacturing industry has been repeatedly tarnished this year by a
string of scandals involving shoddy or dangerous goods made for both
domestic and foreign markets.
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5j0DcqENG9L1Z3TnL94DJdaJuhXfA
==================

Articles on Merck and depopulation: I recall when a friend's son was at the
VA Hospital and brought back a letter he had picked up on a doctor's desk
while he was waiting for treatment. A doctor had gone to Africa to vaccinate
children to help and when the children died he had the vaccine analyzed. It
contained AIDS. The VA doctor's response to this, but they were going to die
anyway from starvation. The New World Order talks about 90% of the
population needing to be eliminated. In fact, here in Georgia, in the town
Elberton, are Georgia Guide Stones. There are eight of them in different
languages and it states that 90% of the population needs to be eliminated.
http://eugenicsanddepopulation.blogspot.com/2008/01/depopulation-linked-merck-pharma.html

Consider the Persian Gulf where diet pop was sent, and was on pallets
sitting in the 120 degree Arabian soil, many times as long as 9 weeks at a
time according to troops. They drank them all day long and Desert Storm
illness has the same symptoms as aspartame down to Lou Gehrigs, found on the
government's own study, MS, and even the brain tumors that aspartame
notoriously causes. It would also interact with the toxins from the area.
People in the US were told not to send anything to the Persian Gulf with
sugar. http://www.wnho.net/aspartameandgulfwar.htm

European Food Safety Authority confessed they were pressured by industry to
high jack science.
http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/news/ng.asp?n=70720-efsa-health-claims-antibiotics

People suffering from the recent hurricanes and need healthful food, MRE's
being given out to those who need sustenance and help, contain aspartame
which can disable them. This must be stopped.

The safe sweetener is Just Like Sugar which is made from chicory which has
been used for 70 years to improve the health of diabetics. It also contains
orange peel and Vitamin C and Calcium. You can find it in places like Whole
Foods and also on line at http://www.justlikesugarinc.com

Aspartame: Is the Sweet Taste Worth the Harm? Aspartame, more commonly known
as NutraSweet or Equal, is one of the most toxic substances being consumed
today. http://www.naturalnews.com/024225.html
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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:04:13 -0400
From: FeedBlitz <feedblitz@mail.feedblitz.com>
"DISAPPEARED NEWS" - 1 NEW ARTICLE

1. Sarah Palinâ^À^Ùs emails hacked, better check your own security
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3. Search Disappeared News

Sarah Palinâ^À^Ùs emails hacked, better check your own security

by Larry Geller Sarah Palinâ^À^Ùs Yahoo emails have been hacked using
readily available information and simple guesses about her. Now her
personal stuff, for example, this picture, has been circulating on the
Web. Several of the sites carrying some of the emails and a couple of
Palinâ^À^Ùs family pictures are slow today as people pounce on them to get
their own copies. For example: I canâ^À^Ùt really ....

2 comments:

Vitamin Lawyer Health Freedom Blog said...: Thanks for posting the links to Natural Solutions Foundation's HealthFreedomUSA.org web site.

I urge all your readers to join our Health Freedom eAlert system to receive free, urgent updates on these issues.

Just go to http://www.healthfreedomusa.org and click on the "Join Mailing List" link at the upper right corner.

Remember, alone we are each just "a voice in the wilderness" of cyberspace, but together we are growing powerful!

Ralph Fucetola JD
NSF Trustee; 7:40 PM
Lisa said...: This document is being widely distributed for review and comment, especially to all of you who personally participated in meetings, conference calls, and emails with DoD during development of the draft.; 8:37 AM

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