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Entries from May 22nd, 2010

Act now to save broadcasts of Honolulu City Council proceedings

May 22nd, 2010 · 4 Comments · Media, Politics

An urgent alert from Nikki Love (Common Cause Hawaii) asks friends of open government to submit testimony over the weekend urging the City Council to restore funding for cable and internet broadcast of council proceedings. Urgent! This Monday 5/24, the Honolulu City Council Budget Committee is deciding whether to drop TV and web coverage of [...]

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Advertiser public bloggers still waiting to hear from new owners

May 22nd, 2010 · 6 Comments · Blogs, Media

Bloggers who produce the long list of “public blogs” for the Honolulu Advertiser were told yesterday that they should learn in the next week whether their blogs will be invited to continue in the new Honolulu Star-Advertiser, the newspaper that will be a combination of the Star-Bulletin and Advertiser. This is the message sent by [...]

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Tripler before it was pink (c. 1952) plus giant clam shells, Pearl Harbor

May 22nd, 2010 · 12 Comments · History, Photographs

Four photos from my friend, Jim Lindblad, with questions and comments. Then there’s this emblem. Jim explains: “The emblem is from envelopes at Pearl Harbor Navel Shipyard, just after December 7, 1941. I discovered it in my grandfather’s collection of things.” Anyone familiar with this?

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