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Entries from April 30th, 2010

Final floor vote on HB444, “Relating to Civil Unions”

April 30th, 2010 · 7 Comments · History, Politics, video

It was a quick check of news updates on the Honolulu Advertiser web site that gave me the news on the attempt to pull HB444 up for another House vote. I didn’t check when it had been posted, but called down to the capitol and discovered House members were still in caucus, so it seemed [...]

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Welcome the Starvertiser: A single daily newspaper means higher advertising rates

April 30th, 2010 · 9 Comments · Media

That didn’t take long! Did you happen to catch this in Allison Schaefers’ story in yesterday’s Star-Bulletin regarding Sunday’s expected closing of the Advertiser deal? Quoting Star-Bulletin publisher Dennis Francis: The newspaper’s paid circulation would surpass the Advertiser’s official audit for the sixth-month period ended March 31, which recorded an average daily circulation of 110,000 [...]

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Tech alert: Still no Roadrunner connection to iLind.net

April 30th, 2010 · No Comments · General

I had hope this morning when I got up, but it was quickly dashed. When connected to the internet via Roadrunner, I can’t open this page or upload files to it. Weirdly enough, I can reach the mail server to check and send mail. But I’ve heard from other Oceanic Cable users who report no [...]

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Feline Friday: Happy Birthday, Mr. Duke!

April 30th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Cats, Kaaawa, Photographs

Here’s the birthday boy himself, stretched out on the floor enjoy the change in weather as daily temperatures rise. I don’t know if we’ll give him a any sort of food treat for his b-day. He’s just starting to show the smallest amount of weight loss after a couple of months on his special MD [...]

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