Items by Brad Parsons

• Hawaii Hotel Occupancy Report for Oct. 2009

  —Aloha Analytics

  "Hotel take down more than falling occupancy" From: [www.mauinews.com]
  By HARRY EAGAR, Maui News Staff Writer POSTED: December 7, 2009
  Email: "Hotel take down more than falling occupancy" *To: *From: function validateEmailContent() { var dspError = 0; if (document.forms.emailContent.toEmailContent == null||document.forms.emailContent.toEmailContent.value == '') { document.getElementById('toEmailContent').style.border = 'solid #ff0000' [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 4:57am EST
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• Comic: Carbon Trading Fraud

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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 4:13am EST
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• Video: Current Greek Riots Anniversary

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  Video of current Greek riots on one year anniversary...
  [www.guardian.co.uk]Greek riots continue into second day | World news | guardian.co.ukwww.guardian.co.ukMore clashes during Athens demonstration over fatal police shooting last year of teenager Alexis Grigoropoulos...
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 4:11pm EST
  by Brad Parsons

• Kaua'i County hands out reusable HI-5 bags

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  From: [www.kauaiworld.com]
  
  "County hands out reusable HI-5 bags"
  
  document.write(''); Makani Rita, 4, tries out one of the new canvas shopping bags that were distributed to residents, Saturday, at the Pi‘ikoi Building. Dennis Fujimoto/The Garden Island runSlideShow();
  By Dennis [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 3:47pm EST
  by Brad Parsons

• Plastic Shopping Bags Poll by Industry

  —Aloha Analytics

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  From: [www.plasticsnews.com]
  
  This is in response to 3 Wal-marts in California recently starting to charge for plastic bags.
  
  POLL Would you be willing to pay for plastic shopping bags? No, that's not acceptable.
  Only as an option, with free bags also made available.
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 3:03pm EST
  by Brad Parsons

• Update from Stop Oil Speculation Now

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  Your immediate action is needed to stop the continued rising price of gasoline, home heating oil and transportation fuels. In just two days, the House of Representatives will vote on legislation to prevent reckless speculation in the energy markets. We need your help to pass this legislation before prices rise [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 1:58pm EST
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• Dubai still in trouble

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  From: [news.bbc.co.uk]
  
  "Dubai shares fall on fears over the emirate's debt load"
  7 December 2009
  
  Dubai's stock market fell by 6% on Monday on new worries about the size of the emirate's debt burden.
  
  It came as Dubai's finance minister said the government would not sell [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 1:24pm EST
  by Brad Parsons

• Obama Approval Slips Again to 47%

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  From: [www.gallup.com]
  
  December 7, 2009
  "After Brief Uptick, Obama Approval Slips to 47%"
  by Jeffrey M. Jones
  
  PRINCETON, NJ -- Barack Obama's presidential job approval rating is 47% in the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update, a new low for his administration to date. His approval rating [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 1:06pm EST
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• The End of Global Warming

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  From: [www.energytribune.com]
  
  "The End of Global Warming"
  By Art Horn Dec. 03, 2009

  Five-Year Average Global Temperature Anomalies from 1880 to 2006. By: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization

  The story of manmade global warming [...]

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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 12:16pm EST
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• Where the Wailua Path Should Be...

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  From: IslandBreath.org
  Bikepath should be here! POSTED: 12/06/2009 EDITOR: Brad Parsons SUBHEAD: It is not too late to do the right thing with the bike path through Wailua, keep it off the beach!
  
  
  Image above: Computer graphic collage by Juan Wilson [...]
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  Posted: December 06, 2009, 12:06pm EST
  by Brad Parsons

• Algore gets ugly reception at book signings

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  Posted: December 06, 2009, 3:37pm EST
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• Obama on Afghanistan in 2007

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  Posted: December 06, 2009, 3:33pm EST
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• H1N1 'Pandemic' Ending with a Whimper

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  "H1N1 'Pandemic' Ending with a Whimper"
  [www.montrealgazette.com]www.montrealgazette.comWith H1N1 poised to enter history as the least deadly of four global flu pandemics, some experts are calling for an end to Canada's mass vaccination program...
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  Posted: December 05, 2009, 5:38pm EST
  by Brad Parsons

• Video: Rightful Alternative to The Path Desecration of Wailua Beach

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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 9:44am EST
  by Brad Parsons

• Impacts of Genetically Engineered Crops on Pesticide Use

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  From: [www.organic-center.org]
  
  "Impacts of Genetically Engineered Crops on Pesticide Use: The First Thirteen Years"
  November 2009

  Author(s): Charles Benbrook, Ph.D.
  Chief Scientist
  The Organic Center

  Genetically-engineered corn, soybeans, and cotton now account for the majority of acres planted to these three crops. A [...]

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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 1:30am EST
  by Brad Parsons

• Meet Obama's climate 'experts'

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  From: [www.wnd.com]
  
  Meet Obama's climate 'experts'
  Socialists, conspiracy theorists, supporters of spreading wealth
  By Aaron Klein December 02, 2009
  

  Amid an international climate-change scandal involving hacked e-mails just days before a major U.N. climate summit of world leaders, it is instructive to profile top White [...]

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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 1:16am EST
  by Brad Parsons

• No Path Desecration of Iwi on Wailua Beach Meeting Dec. 7th 6pm

  —Aloha Analytics

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  From: Wailuanuiahoano_GreatSacredWailua
  
  Ua Pa`a ka `aha
  He lohe ke ola,
  he kuli ka luku
  
  The lightning flashed, the thunder pealed, the rains poured,
  Wind and ocean currents unveil a rising consciousness of mana
  …Purging, purifying, cleansing, revealing
  Surrounded by the presence of ancient ancestors
  The sacred connection [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 3:25pm EST
  by Brad Parsons

• "Global Warming" Groupthink

  —Aloha Analytics

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  From: [blogs.usatoday.com]
  
  "Groupthink and the global warming industry"
  Dec 1, 2009 USA Today
  
  The Climatic Research Unit scandal unearths some very inconvenient truths -- namely that scientific as well as journalistic tribalism have encumbered an honest debate.
  
  By Jonah Goldberg
  
  By now [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 9:30am EST
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• The Significance of Climategate

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  From: [www.naturalnews.com]
  ClimateGate scandal demonstrates intellectual protectionism of modern scientists Monday, November 30, 2009
  by Mike Adams,
  Editor of NaturalNews.com
  
  (NaturalNews) The inconvenient release of private email conversations among climate change scientists has been a boon for climate change skeptics. What emerges from the leaked [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 11:26pm EST
  by Brad Parsons

• Nicely done webpages...

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  Papa'a Bay Luxury Estate Presented by Unique Kauai Estateswww.youtube.comBarbara Sloan and Unique Global Estates presents this incredible Kauai home located on Papa'a Bay. Just sold for $28 million
  
  Little bit more about this [www.hawaiilife.com]
  
  Here's it's "Tara's" own webpage' [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 6:25pm EST
  by Brad Parsons

• Proposed oil tax a barrel of trouble for Hawaii... Peak Oil...and Net Energy

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  GREAT editorial by Henry Curtis...Proposed oil tax a barrel of trouble for Hawaii - Hawaii Editorials - Starbulletin.com By Henry Curtis Nov 26, 2009
  

  I used to believe that Hawaii should pass an oil tax. This tax would be imposed on the use of fossil fuel and [...]

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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 5:11pm EST
  by Brad Parsons

• 2010 Commercial Loan Resets, Dubai, and other Economic Forecasts

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  The other shoe to drop starting Jan. 2010...Commercial Real Estate: The Next Hole in the Economywww.youtube.comD.C.-area developer Jeff Neal gives the Huffington Post Investigative Fund a tour of empty commercial properties just blocks from the Capitol. Hundreds of small and medium-size banks [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 4:42pm EST
  by Brad Parsons

• Yet Climate Change may be taking place...but it's not because of CO2

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  [thehawaiiindependent.com]Hawaii Facing Major Impacts from Global Climate Change
  thehawaiiindependent.comThe above image portrays the 23-inch rise in sea level scenario projected by the The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change over Waikiki. Source: SOEST University of Hawaii
  [www.soest.hawaii.edu]
  "Sea level by the" [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 4:15pm EST
  by Brad Parsons

• Climategate: The genie is out of the bottle

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  I would say the genie is out of the bottle. The people cannot be lied to, not even by slick academics. The main concerns should be Post-Peak Oil, and the Sun's cycles, and not as much about CO2 emissions.
  
  Highlights from the past week:
  
  Climategate: the [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 3:03pm EST
  by Brad Parsons

• Wow, amazing video..."The Dollar Bubble"

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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 5:53am EST
  by Brad Parsons

• Hanalei River flooded again today 11/26/09

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  Oh, the Hanalei River flooded again today. Over 7 feet the road closes:
  [waterdata.usgs.gov]
  USGS Real-Time Water Data for USGS 16103000 Hanalei River nr Hanalei, Kauai, HIwaterdata.usgs.gov U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey Title: USGS Real-Time Water Data for Hawaii
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 11:50am EST
  by Brad Parsons

• Best St. Regis Princeville Pics on the Net

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  Best online pictures yet of the St. Regis Princeville:
  [www.watg.com]St. Regis Princeville Resort Interior Designers | WATGSource: www.watg.com11/18/2009 - Rhonda Rasmussen Project: St. Regis Princeville Resort New Look Magazine From the start, creating the St. Regis brand's first hotel in Hawaii out of the [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:08am EST
  by Brad Parsons

• KIUC outsourcing

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  From: [www.kauaiworld.com]
  
  KIUC outsourcing
  
  I just paid my KIUC bill. I noticed it goes to a P.O. Box in Honolulu instead of a local address.
  
  This could only mean that we are outsourcing jobs from Kaua‘i to Honolulu. Next step will be an address on the [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:44pm EST
  by Brad Parsons

• Hawaii's famous white sandy beaches 'are shrinking'

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  Telegraph.co.uk Hawaii's famous white sandy beaches 'are shrinking'
  Telegraph.co.uk
  By Nick Allen in Los Angeles
  They said that more than 70 per cent of beaches on the island of Kauai are eroding while Oahu has already lost a quarter of its sandy [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:33am EST
  by Brad Parsons

• China's Blunt Talk for Obama - WSJ.com

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  "...Liu Mingkang, chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission, said that a weak U.S. dollar and low U.S. interest rates had led to 'massive speculation' that was inflating asset bubbles around the world..."
  China's Blunt Talk for Obama - WSJ.com
  Source: online.wsj.com
  China's top banking regulator sharply criticized U.S. [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 6:56pm EST
  by Brad Parsons

• Small Wind Generators in Honolulu

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  SWECS! 16 X 1kW for $100,000...that's pretty good...equal to PV
  [www.honoluluadvertiser.com]State testing wind power at airport | HonoluluAdvertiser.com | The Honolulu AdvertiserSource: www.honoluluadvertiser.comThe state of Hawaii is testing wind-powered electricity generators at Honolulu's airport... [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 6:53pm EST
  by Brad Parsons

• Hanalei Bridge Closure...300+ hits today

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  Well, this blog got about 300+ hits today wanting to know about "Hanalei Bridge Closure." The only post I had was from August 12, 2009, with a link to here: [waterdata.usgs.gov]
  
  The bridge is closed and has not been opened yet, as of 11 pm 11/14/09 and it [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 5:55pm EST
  by Brad Parsons

• The Weather, Wailua, and the Gods

  —Aloha Analytics

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  From a taro (kalo) farmer in Hanalei today:
  
  My garden is in ankle deep water, the raised beds are flat. The taro is surviving. The cover crop is flooded and may not survive. We'll see.
  
  The river by our house has risen a few times today, threatening. We'll [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 3:50pm EST
  by Brad Parsons

• Release Our Water (East Maui Documentary)

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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 1:55pm EST
  by Brad Parsons

• Video: Hanalei Valley flooded 11/14/09

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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 1:48pm EST
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• St. Regis Princeville review in the LA Times yesterday

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  Renovated St. Regis Princeville Resort wears a Hawaiian crown, not a European one
  By Beverly Beyette, Reporting from Princeville, Kauai
  November 13, 2009
  
  The resort's new look pays homage to native culture. Most of the remodeled rooms lack balconies, but are otherwise well-updated. And the food is delicious.' [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 4:02am EST
  by Brad Parsons

• GMO Corn Developments in Europe

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  High Lysine GM Maize Withdrawn, Safety Concerns
  Monsanto withdraws maize from regulatory approval citing commercial reasons [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 5:47am EST
  by Brad Parsons

• H1N1 Vaccine news developments for Kaua'i

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  Most HI Health Care Providers Without H1N1 Vaccine
  State Sending 50 Doses To Remaining Clinics, Practices
  
  "Nearly the entire island of Kauai is without the vaccine. That is because nearly all health providers on the Garden Isle ordered preservative-free doses at first, but since those are not available," [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 5:41am EST
  by Brad Parsons

• New Report: Oil Reserve Numbers Deliberately Inflated

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  Whistleblowers Say Oil Reserve Numbers Deliberately Inflated to Avoid Panic [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 5:33am EST
  by Brad Parsons

• Cap-and-Trade Scam, EPA Attorneys Speak Out Against the "Cap and Trade" Bill

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  Defying Gov't Censorship, EPA Attorneys Speak Out Against White House-Backed Climate Change Proposal "Cap and Trade"
  
  ...two longtime EPA enforcement attorneys who have publicly criticized a key component of the climate change legislation being considered by Congress. Last week the EPA directed Laurie Williams and Allan Zabel to' [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 5:23am EST
  by Brad Parsons

• Global Oil Speculation: 50 Times Bigger than Madoff

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  The Global Oil Scam: 50 Times Bigger Than Madoff [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 5:18am EST
  by Brad Parsons

• Project Recon Recent Intel China's Plastic Bag Ban

  —Aloha Analytics

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  From The PN China Blog of PlasticsNews.com/China:
  

  "China's bag ban enforcement challenged"
  by Nina Ying Sun on November 11, 2009
  

  A PhD student in Beijing is challenging the government's enforcement of the nationwide ban of free shopping carrier bags and ultrathin bags, joined by [...]

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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 4:01pm EST
  by Brad Parsons

• BAXTER ADMITS CONTAMINATING 72 KILOS FROM POLISH MSM - TVN

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  var VideoID = "8251"; var Width = 410; var Height = 370; [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 2:22pm EST
  by Brad Parsons

• Op-ed on Distributed Power Generation in Hawaii

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  From: [www.honoluluadvertiser.com]
  
  Tuesday, November 10, 2009
  Creating a new path to reduce energy footprint
  Decentralizing renewable energy efforts key to our preferred future
  By Henry Curtis
  
  We import billions of dollars each year to buy foreign petroleum from unstable countries around the world. We can [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 11:29pm EST
  by Brad Parsons

• NSW, Australia passes a high Feed-in Tariff payment rate

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  Wow, Hawaii could use a Feed-in-Tariff like this:
  
  From: [www.energymatters.com.au]
  
  Breaking news
  
  The NSW Government has decided to switch from a net solar feed in tariff model that only pays for surplus electricity exported to the mains grid to a gross model where all power [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 10:16am EST
  by Brad Parsons

• Report on Distributed Renewable Power Generation

  —Aloha Analytics

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  From: [greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com]
  
  October 30, 2009
  "Report Argues for a Decentralized System of Renewable Power Generation"
  By Jim Witkin
  
  
  ...Most states could meet their demand for electricity with renewable energy sources inside their own borders, according to a new report from [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 11:04pm EST
  by Brad Parsons

• What's happening with the dollar, oil, and commodities?

  —Aloha Analytics

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  The following is a repost of a good article accurately explaining what is and will be happening with the dollar, oil, and commodities. The last three paragraphs are the best:
  
  From: [www.marketoracle.co.uk]
  
  "Jim Rogers vs Nouriel Roubini, Can The Commodities Boom Survive?"
  By Andrew McKillop
  Nov [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 6:27pm EST
  by Brad Parsons

• Official Unemployment 10.2%, Total Unemployment 17.5% October 2009

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  Referred to in the above video:
  [cop.senate.gov] [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 8:43am EST
  by Brad Parsons

• Municipal bonding authority to finance solar on private property

  —Aloha Analytics

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  This is in follow-up to the insightful Garden Island letters "We are all Keynesian puppets" (Nov. 5) by Ron Holte and "Solar is the answer" (Oct. 29) by Kawika Moke among the many letters on solar that Mr. Moke has written.
  
  Mr. Holte astutely wrote, "...we must take actions" [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 2:09am EST
  by Brad Parsons

• Russell Blaylock, MD on "Swine Flu"

  —Aloha Analytics

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  DR. RUSSELL BLAYLOCK ON SWINE FLU
  
  This is an email sent to a friend of Dr. Blaylock and is now being forwarded to anyone interested. Dr. Blaylock is a board certified neurosurgeon, author and lecturer. He attended the LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans and completed his [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 1:20am EST
  by Brad Parsons