Marion T. Anderson Captain U.S. Army Union Army - A HOOSIER HERO »
05:59 pm | BY DUANE ALLEN VACHON, PH.D. Marion T. Anderson served in the American Civil War in Company D, 51st Indiana Infantry for the Union Army. He received the Medal of Honor on September 1, 1893. As the first two articles this year are about Medal of Honor recipients from the American Civil War, I thought it…
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New Zealand has worst traffic but Honolulu not far behind »
11:07 am | By Wendell Cox - Three decades ago, the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) at Texas A&M University began a ground-breaking project to quantify traffic congestion levels in the larger urban areas of the United States. The Urban Mobility Report project was begun under Tim Lomax and David Shrank, who have led the project over the first 30…
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Commission to Pay for Halau Lokahi Staff Through Month’s End »
04:48 pm | SUBMITTED BY THE STATE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL COMMISSION - HONOLULU– The State Public Charter School Commission will release enough funds to pay teachers and staff at Hālau Lōkahi Charter School through the end of this month, in order to allow families and staff two more weeks to make transitions to new schools and new employers. At that…
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An Insider’s Guide to Tahiti--Part 2 »
04:13 pm | by Rob Kay & Philippe Guesdon Editor's Note: This is the second and final column of a two-part series on Tahiti. On a recent trip we spent hours grilling locals on their favorite restaurants, cafes and attractions. In the second of this two part series we'd like to share with the reader what we've found to be the best of Tahiti. When you first…
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University of Hawaii Receives Industrial Hemp Seed Import Permit »
09:36 am | Hemp Permit 2015Today, the University of Hawaii received a permit from U.S. Department of Justice’s Drug Enforcement Administration, to import industrial hemp seeds from Australia for Hawaii’s Industrial Hemp Research Project. This project was signed into law on April 30,, 2014 and will be started as soon as the seeds arrive in the islands. “This…
January 28 2015 / No Comment / Read More »
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