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Comment on That Deafness? It’s Only Temporary. by No Public Speaking Allowed? « KAHEA blog

No Public Speaking Allowed? « KAHEA blog — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:24:46 +0000

[...] 7, 2010 by Miwa We attended the Honolulu scoping meeting on the Navy’s planned expansion of sonar and underwater munitions testing and … two weeks ago. We’re still working on processing the information and our thoughts about the [...]

Comment on Exemptions Gone Wild by Reading: Environment Hawai’i, August Issue « KAHEA blog

Reading: Environment Hawai’i, August Issue « KAHEA blog — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:35:49 +0000

[...] DAR’s proposed list of activities that they believe should be exempted from doing environmental assessment, they write, “DAR’s proposed list appears to exempt every type of permit and license [...]

Comment on Pushing for the protections monk seals (and humans) need by Directory of Kauai

Directory of Kauai — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:01:09 +0000

Another organization pushing for protection is the Kaua‘i Monk Seal Watch Program, which is a nonprofit organization whose funding is entirely used to heighten monk seal awareness. Their bottom line is that education instills knowledge, and knowledge is the key to preserving Hawaiian monk seals…
http://directoryofkauai.net/blog/kauai-monk-seal-watch-program

Comment on “If you cannot run a pono company…” by Miwa

Miwa — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:54:34 +0000

I come from generations of farm workers who worked plantations on Maui and Kaua’i. My dad grew up in Kaheka Camp and went to Maui High. That said, I certainly don’t claim to know “everything” about anything.

According to the Kuleana Act (1850), “[T]he people shall also have a right to drinking water, and running water . . . . The springs of ws that kuleana lands have water rights even without water permits.”

The Hawaii Supreme Court has affirmed that “any balancing between public and private uses [must] begin with a presumption in favor of public use, access, and enjoyment.”

With respect to the water issue, I believe that returning water to streams is a transformative act for communities who depend on the eco-cultural systems around these streams for their existence and survival.

Mahalo.

Comment on “If you cannot run a pono company…” by james freitas

james freitas — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:10:17 +0000

I hate when people don’t live on Maui try to blame A&B or H.C. & S. about the water issue . You should try to look at the history and what king kamehameha 1 wrote the kuliana act of 1848 ,1849, 1850 so you can under stand what is going on with the water issue. Stupid people don’t no what was the intentions of the king . So if you think you no everything about Maui you don’t no the history of hawaii . So look at where you live before you judge somewhere else . WAKE UP and think before you judge where i live.

Comment on Manufacturing Consent by Miwa

Miwa — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:17:42 +0000

Mahalo Ivan and Lei. I mua!

Comment on Manufacturing Consent by Lei

Lei — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:46:10 +0000

Excellent dissertation of the issues surrounding our Maunakea. Attended Conservation meeting last nite and brought up Our Maunakea. DLNR needs to address issue of TMT. This is a public trust issue. Aloha lei

Comment on Collaborate Much? by Miwa

Miwa — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 02:13:47 +0000

Alcock said “redundancy,” not me! I certainly wouldn’t claim personally to be an expert on telescopes. Just wanted to share Anne Minder’s thoughts and questions. And, always, advocating for pono outcomes–that native people and native resources are not the ultimate “losers” in this gentleman’s bet.

Mahalo for your comment and sharing of your perspective.

Comment on Collaborate Much? by Andrew Cooper

Andrew Cooper — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:09:50 +0000

Calling it a race is an oversimplification, and even a complete fiction that might make sense to someone outside the process. We have three projects to build the next generation of large telescopes, and in reality they are quite complimentary.

Look at the experience of the last generation of large telescopes, the 8-10 meter class that lead the field today. It was called a race back then, but each came on line years apart. Often these facilities incorporated lessons learned from the others, improvements and better answers. The engineers and scientists shared these lessons in papers and conferences openly with the rest of the community.

We have over a dozen telescopes in operation worldwide in the 8-10 meter class, all are oversubscribed, with more astronomers and research proposals than there is time available. Every one of those ‘scopes is busy and productive. It is a waste that each was built? Hardly.

The next generation of telescopes will be much more expensive. We will be lucky if at least two are built. They are already sharing technology, with professionals from each project sharing the ideas. The telescopes will be different designs, not a bad idea as this is experimental technology. But many of the key components can be shared. There are already some agreements to jointly develop some items and share costs.

It is likely that one will be built at Mauna Kea, in the northern hemisphere, and one in Chile, in the southern hemisphere. This will give us complete sky coverage. The two will complement each other in other ways as well, being able to confirm discoveries is a big one.

A race, maybe, but a very friendly one. More like a gentleman’s bet. It does not really matter who comes in second or third as we all win.

Comment on One Can Never Be Too Prepared by Super Intervenors: An Update « KAHEA blog

Super Intervenors: An Update « KAHEA blog — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 02:04:46 +0000

[...] last left you with some tremendous victories following the Land Use Commission’s granting our Motion to Intervene. This means, as you may remember, that we get to sit at the big kids table and play hardball. [...]