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Hawaii Planning State-Wide Electric Car Network

MojoKid writes to tell us that Hawaii is planning on implementing a statewide electric car charging network. While the initiative seems to highlight the lower carbon footprint, Hawaii doesn't exactly seem like the ideal candidate for this initiative. One reader pointed out that perhaps a Solar or Wind power generation initiative might be a little better suited for the island state. "We have tons of wind and sun here that could be harnessed for electricity, but Hawaiian Electric Company has enough control over the government to block most wind and solar projects, and they make more money burning oil and diesel because the PUC lets them pass the fuel costs directly on to the consumer. Gov Lingle is taking all the credit, but if she actually wants to make a difference in oil consumption in the islands she needs to get large scale wind and so

Volcanic Haze over Hawaii

Dense, gray-white haze hung low over the Hawaiian Islands on December 3, 2008, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image. Though seldom so thick or widespread, the haze is common in Hawaii. It forms when sulfur dioxide from the islands’ volcanoes mixes with oxygen and water in the atmosphere. The tiny sulfate particles that make up vog reflect light well so that vog shows up easily when viewed from space. On December 3, the vog stretched from Hawaii west and north to Maui, Kaho'olawe, Lana'i, and Moloka'i before disappearing beneath a bank of clouds.

Hawaii Chevrolet dealer crushes auto competition

HILO, Hawaii -- A Hilo Chevrolet dealer who tried to crush his Asian auto competition found the stunt a little harder to pull off than expected.

Hawaii State Library to Host Handbell Choirs Christmas Concert

The Hawaii State Library is scheduled to host "Ringing in the Holidays" featuring the Harris United Methodist Church Bell Choirs, on Saturday, December 6th at 11:30 a.m. in the Main Lobby. Admission is free.

Bank of Hawaii not to participate in the US Treasury CPP

Bank of Hawaii has announced that the company does not plan to participate in the US Treasury's capital purchase program.

Bank of Hawaii Corporation Declines to Participate in the U. S. Treasury Capital Purchase Program

HONOLULU - Bank of Hawaii Corporation (NYSE:BOH) today announced that the Company does not plan to participate in the Treasury’s Capital Purchase Program. The program is part of the federal government’s Troubled Assets Relief Program approved by Congress to strengthen the banking

Nanotechnology battery powered cars come to Hawaii

(Nanowerk News) The State of Hawaii has announced a plan to bring all-electric vehicles and an electric vehicle infrastructure to the Hawaiian island of Maui through a partnership with Phoenix Motorcars by 2009.

Drilling Hits an Active Magma Chamber In Hawaii

Smivs writes "The BBC are reporting that drillers looking for geothermal energy in Hawaii have inadvertently put a well right into a magma chamber. Molten rock pushed back up the borehole several meters before solidifying, making it perfectly safe to study. Magma specialist Bruce Marsh says it will allow scientists to observe directly how granites are made. 'This is unprecedented; this is the first time a magma has been found in its natural habitat,' the Johns Hopkins University professor told BBC News. 'Before, all we had to deal with were lava flows; but they are the end of a magma's life. They're lying there on the surface, they've de-gassed. It's not the natural habitat.' It is hoped the site can now become a laboratory, with a series of cores drilled around the chamber to better characterise the crystallisation changes occurring in t

Call to Artists

Are You a Creative image-make that incorporates digital technology? Pacific New Media is sponsoring a juried exposition of digital imaging in Hawaii. This exhibit is open to all Hawaii residents (amateurs and professionals) and is designed to provide a snapshot of the"state of the art" or digital media in the state.

Hawaii Artist Ryan Pugal Achieving Virtual Fame and Success

Thousands of hopefuls and a viewing audience votes on who moves on week after week , Three months later In the competition the viewing audience voted local boy Ryan Pugal as a Top 5 Finalist In National talent competition Famecast season one, Next he Battled It out on stage with 3 Original songs at the finals held In Austin,TX (April 2007) Ryan Pugal was the Overall Winner for The Best Artist Promotion & Placed Fourth at the Finals.

Hawaii schools struggling to provide more art classes

Holding up a palette of different paint colors, Lani Fink, an art teacher from the Honolulu Academy of Arts, prepared her students to paint drawings they made on acetate.

Hawaii boutiques close, switch to online sales

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Hawaii?s Honeyeater Birds Tricked Taxonomists

Five species of Hawaiian birds have made fools of taxonomists for more than 200 years, thanks to a fine bit of evolutionary illusion-making.

Hawaii?s honeyeater birds tricked taxonomists

Brain imaging reveals the substance of placebos. Expectation alone triggers the same neural circuits and chemicals as real drugs

Hawaii's Bird Family Tree Rearranged

A group of five endemic and recently extinct Hawaiian songbird species were historically classified as "honeyeaters" due to striking similarities to birds of the same name in Australia and neighboring islands in the South Pacific. Scientists at the Smithsonian Institution, however, have recently discovered that the Hawaiian birds, commonly known as the oo's and the kioea, share no close relationship with the other honeyeaters and in fact represent a new and distinct family of birds—unfortunately, all of the species in the new family are extinct, with the last species of the group disappearing about 20 years ago.

Hawaii's Central Pacific Bank to take $135M in federal bailout

Central Pacific Bank will become the first Hawai'i-based bank to take advantage of the federal government's bank bailout plan.

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Artists of Hawaii 2009 submission deadline is Jan. 2

The state's most prestigious juried art show, and one of the oldest in the country, is accepting submissions online through Jan. 2, 2009, at noon. See the exhibition prospectus at www.honoluluacademy.org. The exhibition will go on view at the Honolulu Academy of Arts May 14 to August 16, 2009.

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