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OPEN LETTER TO WAIKIKI HEALTH CENTRE

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Today I say one of your outreach workers administering to one of the homeless in Waikiki.The homeless man in question is well known to you, as you have reached out to him in the past. Provided housing and even went so far as to deliver his medicines ...

MAKES MY BLOOD BOIL

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For many months last year I walked past a man who was camped out on a bench in Waikiki.  Had the very best spot on Waikiki Beach, just across the road from ABC stores and right in the middle of the beach where all of the tourists walk past.This...

PICTURE SAYS A THOUSAND WORDS - OR DOES IT

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Just the other day, the local newspaper did a story about the homeless on Oahu.  Like any clever newspaper, the Star Advertiser had staff photos to go with the story.The image of a 32 year old man, from West Coast, holding a placard with the me...

WAIKIKI OR CHINATOWN - HOMELESS IS STILL HOMELESS

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A recent trip to K-Mart gave the old geezer the opportunity to check out who was hanging about IHS.  The shelter run by IHS is just across the road from K-Mart.As luck would have it, the old geezer spied someone known to, sitting on the car par...

Alien Planets Could Shed Light on Earth's Climate Future

by mark s.

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A Comparative Climatology Symposium held at NASA Headquarters on May 7 focused on new approaches to climate research by highlighting the similarities and contrasts between the environments of the rocky worlds Venus, Earth, Mars and Saturnâ€...

Spotted: 1st Evidence of Leopard Eating Chimp

by mark s.

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Only rarely have people seen what happens when chimpanzees and leopards come into close quarters in the wilds of Africa. On these occasions, chimpanzees have made loud, fearful calls, or played the aggressor: In one case, chimps even surrounded a leo...

Astronaut Packs Crafts for Creative Space Station Trip

by mark s.

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An American astronaut is about to get seriously crafty in space.

Slow Earthquakes: Slippery Clays at Fault

by mark s.

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Slow earthquakes don't kill anyone, but they're certainly suspicious characters. Recent great earthquakes, such as massive temblors in Japan and Chile, were foreshadowed by slow quakes shuffling through the regions in the months before the deadly sha...

UK Beach Quality Plummets

by mark s.

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As Memorial Day weekend sees people in the United States celebrating the opening of beach season, data from a European Environment Agency (EEA) report serves as a warning of how wild weather can affect water safety.