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Video: Rightful Alternative to The Path Desecration of Wailua Beach

2009-12-04T16:44:00.000-08:00

Impacts of Genetically Engineered Crops on Pesticide Use

2009-12-04T08:30:00.000-08:00

From: http://www.organic-center.org/science.pest.php?action=view&report_id=159

"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 model was developed that utilizes official, U.S. Department of Agriculture pesticide use data to estimate the differences in the average pounds of pesticides applied on GE crop acres, compared to acres planted to conventional, non-GE varieties.

The basic finding is that compared to pesticide use in the absence of GE crops, farmers applied 318 million more pounds of pesticides over the last 13 years as a result of planting GE seeds. This difference represents an average increase of about 0.25 pound for each acre planted to a GE trait.

GE crops are pushing pesticide use upward at a rapidly accelerating pace. In 2008, GE crop acres required over 26% more pounds of pesticides per acre than acres planted to conventional varieties. The report projects that this trend will continue as a result of the rapid spread of glyphosate-resistant weeds.

The full report is 69 pages, and is accessible below. The Executive Summary is posted separately (15 pages). The Supplemental Tables listed in the report's Table of Contents are also posted below.

Front Matter and "Executive Summary" (840 kbs, 14 pages)

"Impacts of Genetically Engineered Crops on Pesticide Use: The First Thirteen Years" (2.9 MBs, 69 pages)

Supplemental Tables

Meet Obama's climate 'experts'

2009-12-04T08:16:00.000-08:00

From: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=117804

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 House officials who are drafting President Obama's climate policy.

Some of the officials include known supporters of socialism who have advocated using environmental activism to spread America's wealth.

'Climate czar' Carol Browner

Carol Browner's official title is assistant to the president for energy and climate change. She formerly served as Environmental Protection Agency administrator during the Clinton administration

and was Florida secretary of the environment.

Browner was a member of the Commission for a Sustainable World Society at Socialist International, a group that Discover the Networks reports is the "umbrella for 170 'social democratic, socialist and labor parties' in 55 countries."...

'Regulatory czar' Cass Sunstein

According to Cass Sunstein, administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, global climate change is primarily the fault of U.S. environmental behavior and can, therefore, be used as a mechanism to redistribute the country's wealth.

The Obama czar penned a 2007 University of Chicago Law School paper – obtained and reviewed by WND – in which he debated whether America should pay "justice" to the world by entering into a compensation agreement that would be a net financial loss for the U.S...

'Science czar' John Holdren

Holdren is assistant to the president for Science and technology, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and co-chairman of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

He has been a longtime climate-change alarmist who has advocated ideas such as enforcing limits to world population growth.

Holdren's name was in the e-mails hacked from the Climatic Research Unit at East Anglia University in the U.K., which show that some climate researchers declined to share their data with fellow scientists, conspired to rig data and sought to keep researchers with dissenting views from publishing in leading scientific journals...

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

2009-12-03T22:25:00.000-08:00

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 is made firm, aligning our focus and mana
To hear is life,
To turn a deaf ear is destructive
We implore that all will see, feel and hear with clarity.

Wailuanuiaho`äno has always held the distinction as one of the most sacred places in all of Hawai`i. It was the birthplace of royal ali`i, as well as the political and spiritual center for Kaua`i Island. From the ahupua`a’s pinnacle at the summit of Wai`ale`ale moving makai toward the shore, a series of major heiau are integrated into the landscape of the “Great Sacred Wailua.”

Oral histories and traditions detailed in our chants, ceremonies, religious and burial practices further confirm and maintain that the entire coastal ecosystem of sand dunes and beaches of the Wailua ahupua`a are known and documented burial grounds. Iwi küpuna, the bones of our ancestors were interned in these sands many, many generations before us. Known as, Mahunapu`uone, this place name clearly indicates its role in the life and death cycle of our küpuna as, “the sand dunes that conceal the bones.”

The Mayor has decided to forge ahead to construct the pedestrian/bike path on the sands of Mahunapu`uone at Wailua Beach – a decision that we strongly feel was uninformed and misguided. We need your support in establishing an ALTERNATE ROUTE by steering the pathway OFF OF THE BEACH and toward the mauka alignment BEHIND of Coco Palms.

Contrary to Path advocates’ claims that potential environmental, cultural and spiritual impacts have been addressed, THEY HAVE NOT. The path is only one of several development projects that are simultaneously occurring in Wailua. County, State and Federal authorities HAVE NOT COMPLIED with required laws and regulations, including Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. The Environmental Assessment is flawed and inadequate for a region as culturally and historically significant as Wailuanuiaho`äno.

Please join us in a unified appeal asking for an EIS (Environmental Impact Study). It is our shared duty to protect and care for our environment, culture and the sanctity of the iwi küpuna. We humbly ask for your presence and participation at this very important Public Information Meeting this coming Monday. Your support is needed!

Public Information Meeting
Wailua – Kapa`a Bike/Pedestrian Path
Kaua`i Convention Hall in Lïhu`e
Monday, December 7 – 6:30p to 8:30p

Voice your support to move the path OFF the beach.
CALL THE MAYOR at 241-4900

To learn about the significance of Wailuanuiaho`äno visit: Wailuanuiahoano_GreatSacredWailua

"Global Warming" Groupthink

2009-12-03T16:30:00.000-08:00

From: http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2009/12/column-groupthink-and-the-global-warming-industry-.html

"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 you might have heard something about the scandal rocking the climate change industry, though you can be forgiven if you haven't, since it hasn't gotten nearly the coverage it should. Computer hackers broke into the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia in England and downloaded thousands of e-mails and other documents. The CRU is one of the world's leading global warming data hubs, providing much of the number crunching to global policymakers on climate change. And, boy, can they crunch numbers.

In a long string of embarrassing e-mail exchanges, CRU scientists discuss with friendly outside colleagues, including Penn State University's Michael Mann, how to manipulate the data they want to show the world, and how to hide the often flawed data they don't. In one exchange, they discuss the "trick" of how to "hide the decline" in global temperatures since the 1960s. Again and again, the researchers don't object to just inconvenient truths but also inconvenient truth-tellers. They contemplate and orchestrate efforts to purge scientists and journals who won't sing the same global warming hymnal.

In one instance, Phil Jones, the CRU director, says a scientific journal must "rid (itself) of this troublesome editor," who happened to publish a problematic paper. In another, Jones says we "will keep them out somehow -- even if we have to redefine what the peer-review literature is!"

Muffling dissent

These documents reveal the trick behind how they hide the dissent. Climate change activists often dismiss critics by noting that the skeptics haven't offered their arguments in peer-reviewed literature. Hence why they work so hard to keep dissenters out of the literature! Indeed, whatever the final verdict on the CRU's shenanigans, two things are already firmly established by even a sympathetic reading of these documents.

First, the climate change industry is shot through with groupthink (or what climate scientist Judith Curry calls "climate tribalism"). Activists would have us believe that the overwhelming majority of "real" scientists agree with them while the few dissenters are all either crazed or greedy "deniers" akin to flat-earthers and creationists. These e-mails show that what's really at work is a very large clique of scientists is attempting to excommunicate perceived heretics for reasons that have more to do with psychology and sociology than physics or climatology.

Second, the climate industry really is an industry. Climate scientists make their money and careers from government, academia, the United Nations and foundations. The grantors want the grantees to confirm the global warming "consensus." The tenure and peer-review processes likewise hinge on conformity. That doesn't necessarily mean climate change is untrue, but it does mean sloppiness and bias are unavoidable.

How big a scandal this is for the scientific community is being hotly debated on the Internet. But in big newspapers and TV news, the story has gotten less attention. And that's a scandal, too. The New York Times' leading climate reporter, Andrew Revkin (whose name appears in some of the e-mails), won't publish the contents of the e-mail on the grounds it would violate the scientists' privacy. Can anyone imagine the Times being so prissy if such damning e-mails were from ExxonMobil, never mind Dick Cheney?

Journalistic tribalism

Indeed, the closer you look at the scandal the more you realize it's all one big outrage. The same journalistic tribalism that allowed Dan Rather to destroy his career over "Memogate" keeps reinforcing itself. Rather picked sources who said what he wanted to hear, then he reported what they said as if it were indisputable. The same thing is happening on climate change. Ideological bias is a major factor in the news media's work as a transmission belt for the climate industry. But part of the problem is also that the journalists do a bad job when the majority of "respected" experts agree on anything complicated. For instance, it was pretty impossible for reporters to independently investigate whether Saddam Hussein had WMDs, and since the most established authorities agreed he had to have them, the news media reported the consensus, which turned out to be wrong.

Likewise, most journalists aren't qualified or capable of working through the climate data. So they opt for the consensus. But there are important differences, too. While there's often reason for governments to hide classified intelligence, there's no reason for climate data to be classified. If the science is a slam dunk, why are CRU researchers keen on hiding their research? After the WMD fiasco, journalists agonized over their mistakes. Why no soul-searching over the CRU fiasco? Climate change hasn't been "debunked" by these documents. But the integrity of the "consensus" has been.

Also, keep in mind that the stakes are higher. In Copenhagen this month, the U.S. government will try to join the global bandwagon to spend trillions in fighting climate change. That money will not only enrich corporations, weaken U.S. sovereignty and hinder global growth, it will come out of funds that could be spent on fighting disease and poverty. Surely that's worth some journalistic skepticism?

Jonah Goldberg, a member of USA TODAY's board of contributors, is editor at large of National Review Online.

The Significance of Climategate

2009-12-03T06:26:00.000-08:00

From: http://www.naturalnews.com/027620_ClimateGate_global_warming.html

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 emails is a depiction of a group of scientists who practice "intellectual protectionism" -- meaning they know they're right and they'll do anything to protect their beliefs, even if it means hiding or manipulating data.

Sound familiar? Scientists in the pharmaceutical industry have been practicing this for decades. If you think the ClimateGate emails are revealing, just imagine what kind of similar emails are flying around between Big Pharma scientists who routinely manipulate study data and commit scientific fraud in the name of medicine. Time and time again, we see revelations of manipulated clinical trials where data was intentionally distorted in order to make a dangerous, useless drug appear to be safe and effective.

What ClimateGate scientists and Big Pharma scientists have in common is that they have both abandoned the core principles of good science in their quest to be right. Rather than asking questions of nature and humbly listening to the answers provided by the data, these scientists have staked out a position and decided to defend that position at all costs -- even if it requires hiding or distorting data!

That approach is entirely unscientific, of course. In my mind, it now puts much of the recent global warming science in the same category as Big Pharma's research: Pure quackery.

As Christopher Booker explains in The Telegraph, "The reason why even the Guardian's George Monbiot has expressed total shock and dismay at the picture revealed by the documents is that their authors are not just any old bunch of academics. Their importance cannot be overestimated. What we are looking at here is the small group of scientists who have for years been more influential in driving the worldwide alarm over global warming than any others, not least through the role they play at the heart of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)." (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/...)

Claiming to save the planet is no excuse for scientific fraud

Global warming may, indeed, be a real phenomenon. But trying to "prove" it by conspiring to manipulate the data in order to be right is absolutely the wrong way to go about studying the issue. In fact, these ClimateGate revelations have soundly discredited much of the global warming scientific community to the point where whatever these people say from now on simply cannot be trusted.

And that's a shame because the question remains: What if the global warming scientists are really right? What if they're right for all the wrong reasons, and they let their egos and their professional pride get in the way of conducting real science, thereby discrediting the very notion they were attempting to prove? That's a possibility we would still do well to consider.

Yet, from their released emails, it's quite clear these scientists were manipulating data to make the "science" fit their beliefs. They weren't focused solely on the real facts; they were interested in forwarding their climate change theories using any means necessary -- including scientific trickery.

What's truly sad about all this -- both in the climate change community and the pharmaceutical community -- is that real science has seemingly been replaced by pseudoscientific quackery. I've known for a long time that you can't trust scientists who work for pharmaceutical companies because they tend to distort their findings to support their employer. Now learning that a similar approach to junk science was apparently pursued by climate change scientists is more than a little disconcerting. It makes me wonder: Are there any honest scientists left anywhere?

The structure of scientific revolutions

It seems that in all realms of science, egos are more important than observational data. Whether you're dealing with astronomy, oceanography, anthropology or biology, every scientist wants to be right, and most will do whatever it takes to defend their proclaimed theories and beliefs. This is why it remains so ridiculously difficult to penetrate the minds of modern doctors with facts about vitamin D and cancer, for example: These "scientific thinkers" have already decided what to believe, and they'll defend those beliefs at all costs, even in the face of strong evidence that contradicts their beliefs.

What I've come to realize in all this is that many of today's scientists aren't scientific thinkers. They're really just followers of their own private cult. Some "scientists" belong to the Cult of Pharmacology, and they believe pharmaceuticals are the answer to everything. Others belong to the Cult of Climatology, where scientific evidence is replaced with "faith" beliefs that are not allowed to be questioned. These micro-cults of scientific "truth" explain why science usually doesn't advance until a whole generation of scientists either retires or expires.

It all brings us back to the amazing book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. As this book explains, science almost never advances based entirely on new research, new ideas and new data. Instead, these new understandings collide with a wall of ego-driven resistance from the established scientific community. At times, such new ideas may linger for decades or even centuries before finally being seriously considered by the scientific community and then adopted as "truth." The classic example of this is the "Earth is the center of the universe" belief that was eventually replaced with the current sun-centric solar system model -- but not before many scientific thinkers were condemned (and even put to death) for their "preposterous" belief that the Earth was not the center of the universe.

In reality, modern science advances much like vomit -- in sudden wretched heaves that are both painful and revealing. The modern scientist is far more interested in being right than in being humbly informed about the mysteries of nature, and this makes much of so-called science more of a laughing matter than anything to be taken seriously. There are, no doubt, many very good scientists operating today who truly take to heart the Scientific Method and who avoid entangling their egos in their work, but I'm coming to discover that the number of such scientists may be far smaller than I had hoped.

In my mind, all of this further discredits the very idea that science is a reliable pathway to knowledge. There are many ways to glean knowledge about the world around us, and science is only one of them. Other methods included meditation, "communing" with nature, spiritual study or even embarking on spirit journeys with the help of plant medicines. Western science has given us much in terms of practical discoveries in fields like electricity, chemistry and physics, but it has utterly failed to provide us with answers on the things that really count: What is the meaning of life? What is the nature of human consciousness? What is the human soul?

None of these questions, it seems, will ever be answered by an ego-driven, profit-focused scientific community that would rather be right than enlightened.

Three questions we need to be asking

In order to know what's truly happening with human-caused climate change, we need to get accurate answers to the following three questions:

Question #1) Are CO2 emissions on the rise? And by how much? (The answer to this is clearly yes. This part isn't being debated.)

Question #2) Will high CO2 levels in the atmosphere cause global warming? If so, what will be the climate effects at different CO2 levels? (This is the part being debated.)

Question #3) What can we do to prevent devastating climate change from occurring? (This is also being heavily debated.)

In my mind, there's no question that what we dump into the air affects the climate in some way, but as I'm not a climate scientist, I must rely on others to determine what levels of carbon dioxide are correlated with observable climate effects (such as a change in atmospheric temperature or lack thereof). What I've learned from the ClimateGate scandal is that I really can't trust these scientists to tell the truth about their findings, and that leaves me in a position of having more questions than ever before.

It won't change my behavior, though. I'll still engage in recycling. I'll continue with my plans to install solar panels to power my house. I'll keep planting trees and growing most of my own food locally. Regardless of who's right about ClimateGate, we all have a responsibility to reduce our footprint on this planet, or we may someday discover some other environmental tsunami rising up to haunt us in ways we may have never imagined.

The ClimateGate scientists may have made complete fools of themselves, but I believe we must still practice ecologically-sound "green living" in our own way, each and every day, to the best of our abilities. In other words, don't let the egos of a small group of scientists distract you from the very real need to protect the future of life on our planet. Reduce your own environmental footprint in ways that you can. Conserve and protect what we have on this planet, and we may yet have a planet left for our children a few generations down the line.

Remember: Just because these scientists manipulated the data doesn't mean we all have free license to endlessly pollute the planet. If these scientists really were hiding data indicating global warming isn't as bad as we thought, that would only be a blessing because it would mean we have more time than we thought to reduce the eco-footprint of human life on Earth (hopefully without invoking nefarious Big Brother population control measures...)

It will be fascinating to see how this story develops. We'll continue to cover it here on NaturalNews.com.

Sources for this story include
http://www.smh.com.au/world/univers...
http://features.csmonitor.com/polit...
http://www.greenleft.org.au/2009/82...
http://www.prisonplanet.com/climate...
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/1...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/...

Nicely done webpages...

2009-11-29T01:25:00.000-08:00

Papa'a Bay Luxury Estate Presented by Unique Kauai Estates

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Barbara 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 http://www.hawaiilife.com/articles/2009/11/kauai-estate-sells-for-28m/

Here's it's "Tara's" own webpage http://www.barbaralsloan.com/papaabay/

And the realtor's well done website http://barbaralsloan.com/. Site Design by dot two dot design and Lolouila

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

2009-11-28T00:11:00.000-08:00

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 the money raised would be used to establish a renewable energy fund.

Unfortunately, the proposed state oil tax is anti-business, anti-labor and anti-common sense, and might significantly increase greenhouse gas emissions...

Net energy and peak oil clearly explained...we are presently past global conventional peak oil and falling off the cliff of net energy...

Audubon's "Future Scenarios: Energy and Economy" - Chris Martenson Presentation

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Highlights of Chris Martenson's presentation at Audubon Magazine's "Future Scenarios: Energy and Economy", a panel discussion produced by Sea Change Media. The event took place in Greenwich, Connecticut on September 29, 2009.

These should be greater concerns than CO2 and so-called carbon taxes.

2010 Commercial Loan Resets, Dubai, and other Economic Forecasts

2009-11-27T23:42:00.000-08:00

The other shoe to drop starting Jan. 2010...

Commercial Real Estate: The Next Hole in the Economy

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D.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 are facing huge numbers ...

Dubai...Commercial debt dominos begin falling today...
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1343771882&play=1?__source=CNBC

Video - CNBC.com

www.cnbc.com

More on Dubai...
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1343772884&play=1

Video - CNBC.com

www.cnbc.com

This guy David Rosenberg has got it right...click on video at:

Just in Time for Holidays: Another Dire Economic Forecast - Economy * US * News * Story - CNBC.com

www.cnbc.com

http://islandbreath.blogspot.com/2009/11/red-alert.html

Ea O Ka Aina: Red Alert

islandbreath.blogspot.com

SUBHEAD: The second wave of the financial tsunami is gathering force and will hit in the first half of 2010. Image above: Still of SNL skit with Obama and Chinese leader Wen Jiabao. From http://www.hulu.com/watch/110317/saturday-night-live-china-cold-openBy ...

http://islandbreath.blogspot.com/2009/11/bkack-friday-walking-dead.html

Ea O Ka Aina: Black Friday & the Walking Dead

islandbreath.blogspot.com

SUBHEAD: “Consumers” gutted by 30% interest rates and staggering debt, are becoming zombies shoppers this year. Image above: Boston Zombie Walk 2009 in the Prudential Center.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZA0qNsf4m0

The Dollar Bubble

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The Dollar Bubble starring Peter Schiff, Ron Paul, Marc Faber, Gerald Celente, Jim Rogers, and others. http://inflation.us

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

2009-11-27T23:15:00.000-08:00

http://thehawaiiindependent.com/local/read/kauai/hawaii-facing-major-impacts-from-global-climate-change/

Hawaii Facing Major Impacts from Global Climate Change

thehawaiiindependent.com

The 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

http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/coasts/publications/fletcher2009_sealevelreview.pdf
"Sea level by the end of the 21st century: A review" By Charles H. Fletcher

http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/coasts/sealevel/KauaiBlueLineTour.html

The 1 m contour at high tide - the "Blue Line Project"

The Coastal Geology Group is an affiliation of researchers, technicians and graduate students within the Department of Geology and Geophysics that conduct investigations of shoreline change, carbonate geology, reef geology, sedimentology and coastal morphodynamics.

http://www.disclose.tv/action/viewvideo/33239/Rare_Massive_Iceberg_Floats_Past_New_Zealand/

Rare Massive Iceberg Floats Past New Zealand Video

www.disclose.tv

3 News > Video > National > Fleet of icebergs head towards New Zealand
www.3news.co.nz

Oh, and the Hanalei River flooded again yesterday:
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/hi/nwis/uv?dd_cd=02&format=gif&period=7&site_no=16103000

USGS Real-Time Water Data for USGS 16103000 Hanalei River nr Hanalei, Kauai, HI

waterdata.usgs.gov

U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey Title: USGS Real-Time Water Data for Hawaii

Climategate: The genie is out of the bottle

2009-11-27T22:03:00.000-08:00

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 final nail in the coffin of ‘Anthropogenic Global Warming’? – Telegraph Blogs

blogs.telegraph.co.uk By James Delingpole Politics Last updated: November 20th, 2009

If you own any shares in alternative energy companies I should start dumping them NOW. The conspiracy behind the Anthropogenic Global Warming myth (aka AGW; aka ManBearPig) has been suddenly, brutally and quite deliciously exposed after a hacker broke into the computers at the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit (aka CRU) and released 61 megabytes of confidential files onto the internet. (Hat tip: Watts Up With That) ...

The Associated Press: Scientist: Leak of climate e-mails appalling

www.google.com By DAVID STRINGER November 22, 2009

LONDON — A leading climate change scientist whose private e-mails are included in thousands of documents that were stolen by hackers and posted online said Sunday the leaks may have been aimed at undermining next month's global climate summit in Denmark...

Climate Emails Stoke Debate - WSJ.com

online.wsj.com By KEITH JOHNSON NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Emails and documents posted on the Internet after being hacked from a climate-change research center may raise ethical questions about a group of scientists who contend that humans are responsible for global warming...

Good background on Climategate...

Scientists under fire in climate change 'cover-up' scandal

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A leading British climate scientist has come under pressure to resign over a series of leaked e-mails, which global warming sceptics say point to a mass conspiracy. The scandal erupted after a research ...

Post-Climategate..."Global warming ‘facts’" by Mark Beeksma, Kaua'i "...1) The globe is warming, but mostly for non-human reasons. 2) Humans are contributing to the warming, but mainly by cutting down trees and building cities with concrete and asphalt. 3) The CO2 effect on global warming is minimal, if not neutral..." http://...www.kauaiworld.com/articles/2009/11/27/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/doc4b0f541cc46a5733540916.txt

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

2009-11-27T12:53:00.000-08:00

Hanalei River flooded again today 11/26/09

2009-11-26T18:50:00.000-08:00

Oh, the Hanalei River flooded again today. Over 7 feet the road closes:

http://waterdata.usgs.gov/hi/nwis/uv?dd_cd=02&format=gif&period=7&site_no=16103000

USGS Real-Time Water Data for USGS 16103000 Hanalei River nr Hanalei, Kauai, HI

waterdata.usgs.gov

U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey Title: USGS Real-Time Water Data for Hawaii

Best St. Regis Princeville Pics on the Net

2009-11-19T18:08:00.000-08:00

Best online pictures yet of the St. Regis Princeville:
http://www.watg.com/?pageID=0A267C83-1372-6883-16EF8F2F9A89BF12

St. Regis Princeville Resort Interior Designers | WATG

Source: www.watg.com

11/18/2009 - 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 former Princeville Resort on the island of Kauai was going to be no small feat. ...

Photos: 12

More good St. Regis Princeville pictures...now they just gotta get more people in there...
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=115698&id=67433758322&ref=mf

St Regis Princeville Hotel Photography

New photography of the resort taken in October 2009

By: St Regis Princeville Resort

Photos: 10

KIUC outsourcing

2009-11-18T23:44:00.000-08:00

From: http://www.kauaiworld.com/articles/2009/11/18/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/doc4b0385e66e27a413616804.txt

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 Mainland.

If KIUC is unwilling to keep jobs on Kaua‘i and it is a “cooperative” how will anyone else? My friends and neighbors can only hope that McDonald’s has enough jobs for everyone on Kaua‘i.

KIUC please tell me I got this wrong?

John Glover, Kalaheo

Was talking recently with a visitor about KIUC and Coops elsewhere. He was surprised that our Coop did not have members vote regularly on issues before the Coop and not just on electing the board members. He said, "Oh, well that's a Communist Coop! A real Coop would have members voting on issues too on a regular basis." I told him, hey, I'm gonna use that...

Hawaii's famous white sandy beaches 'are shrinking'

2009-11-17T17:33:00.000-08:00

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 shoreline...>>>Click on title>>>

China's Blunt Talk for Obama - WSJ.com

2009-11-17T01:56:00.000-08:00

"...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. financial management, highlighting economic and trade tensions that threaten to overshadow Obama's trip...

Small Wind Generators in Honolulu

2009-11-17T01:53:00.000-08:00

SWECS! 16 X 1kW for $100,000...that's pretty good...equal to PV
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20091116/NEWS01/911160327?source=rss_localnews

State testing wind power at airport | HonoluluAdvertiser.com | The Honolulu Advertiser

Source: www.honoluluadvertiser.com

The state of Hawaii is testing wind-powered electricity generators at Honolulu's airport...

Hanalei Bridge Closure...300+ hits today

2009-11-15T00:55:00.000-08:00

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: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/hi/nwis/uv?dd_cd=02&format=gif&period=7&site_no=16103000

The bridge is closed and has not been opened yet, as of 11 pm 11/14/09 and it won't be any time soon. The whole valley up to the edge of town is flooded including the road. I'll be surprised if it opens tomorrow.

Now normally that gage would be helpful, except that after the river rose 8 feet from 4 feet to 12 feet today, the gage went kaput. Here is a picture of that:

So here is another good link to go to for news updates when the bridge will be opened and for closures in the future: http://www.kauai.gov/ On the right side of that webpage are "Headlines." Scroll down that and there will be the updates for Hanalei Bridge Closures and Openings. Here is the most recent update:

11/14/2009 9:45:09 AM - Hanalei Bridge Closed 14 November 2009 - News Release
For Immediate Release: November 14, 2009

Hanalei Bridge closed - 9:05 am

HANALEI – Kauai police have closed the Hanalei Bridge this morning, and will reopen it when the bridge is deemed safe for passage.

Updated information regarding the bridge closure will be sent to the media.

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Or just listen to KONG radio. As soon as the police open it, KONG will broadcast it.

It has not been opened yet, as of 11 pm 11/14/09 and it won't be any time soon. The whole valley up to the edge of town is flooded including the road. I'll be surprised if it opens tomorrow. Here are a couple videos of what it looks like: http://alohaanalytics.blogspot.com/2009/11/video-hanalei-valley-flooded-111409.html

The Weather, Wailua, and the Gods

2009-11-14T22:50:00.000-08:00

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 see.

This is a very important, interesting storm.

I am thinking that in the so called flood plain of Hanalei, I may have to not grow vegetables and others close to the ground. I may have to resort to eating from trees or move to higher grounds. Of course, for now, this is the thinking. When all dries up, we may continue as before.

But as climate change is inevitable and mother earth will do her cleansing, we must make peace and figure out what we will do.

Stay warm and dry. Even my wood is wet.

CK

And a report on the 24 hour Hawaiian vigil in Wailua for there not to be a man-made hardened path built upon Wailua Beach:

Two nights of amazing lightning, thunder and rain on Kauai. The kapuna seem to be making a statement to all those who are trashing Kauai in response to Kehau's momentous all night vigil last night to sanctify Wailua and its sacred he'eau. Might be a good idea for those developers to either reconsider their thoughts and actions or hide somewhere safe.

Went back at 11 AM to the all night vigil at Wailua for the closing ceremonies (see above paragraph) and found that in that little spot where they had been chanting and praying for 24 hours, it had been deadly still, with no rain, while everywhere else on the Island it had been pouring.

At 12 Noon for the closing ceremony which lasted about an hour, the sky opened up; streaks of lightning into the ocean and the mountains all around , deafening thunder and a billion teacups of rain from the heavens signaling the end of the vigil. Everyone stood through it, dripping and welcoming the blessing. Hanalei Town got 12 inches of rain in 24 hours and it is still raining there.

DD

Release Our Water (East Maui Documentary)

2009-11-14T20:55:00.000-08:00

Video: Hanalei Valley flooded 11/14/09

2009-11-14T20:48:00.000-08:00

St. Regis Princeville review in the LA Times yesterday

2009-11-14T11:02:00.000-08:00

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. >>>Click on above title for article>>>

GMO Corn Developments in Europe

2009-11-13T12:47:00.000-08:00

High Lysine GM Maize Withdrawn, Safety Concerns
Monsanto withdraws maize from regulatory approval citing commercial reasons

H1N1 Vaccine news developments for Kaua'i

2009-11-13T12:41:00.000-08:00

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, doctors are now being sent regular doses with preservatives." - Source: KITV

Aloha Analytics

Video: Rightful Alternative to The Path Desecration of Wailua Beach

Impacts of Genetically Engineered Crops on Pesticide Use

Meet Obama's climate 'experts'

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

"Global Warming" Groupthink

The Significance of Climategate

ClimateGate scandal demonstrates intellectual protectionism of modern scientists

Claiming to save the planet is no excuse for scientific fraud

The structure of scientific revolutions

Three questions we need to be asking

Nicely done webpages...

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

GREAT editorial by Henry Curtis...

Proposed oil tax a barrel of trouble for Hawaii - Hawaii Editorials - Starbulletin.com

By Henry Curtis Nov 26, 2009

2010 Commercial Loan Resets, Dubai, and other Economic Forecasts

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

Climategate: The genie is out of the bottle

Good background on Climategate...

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

Hanalei River flooded again today 11/26/09

http://waterdata.usgs.gov/hi/nwis/uv?dd_cd=02&format=gif&period=7&site_no=16103000

Best St. Regis Princeville Pics on the Net

Best online pictures yet of the St. Regis Princeville:http://www.watg.com/?pageID=0A267C83-1372-6883-16EF8F2F9A89BF12

More good St. Regis Princeville pictures...now they just gotta get more people in there...http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=115698&id=67433758322&ref=mf

KIUC outsourcing

Hawaii's famous white sandy beaches 'are shrinking'

China's Blunt Talk for Obama - WSJ.com

"...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..."

Small Wind Generators in Honolulu

SWECS! 16 X 1kW for $100,000...that's pretty good...equal to PVhttp://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20091116/NEWS01/911160327?source=rss_localnews

Hanalei Bridge Closure...300+ hits today

The Weather, Wailua, and the Gods

Release Our Water (East Maui Documentary)

Video: Hanalei Valley flooded 11/14/09

St. Regis Princeville review in the LA Times yesterday

GMO Corn Developments in Europe

H1N1 Vaccine news developments for Kaua'i

Best online pictures yet of the St. Regis Princeville:
http://www.watg.com/?pageID=0A267C83-1372-6883-16EF8F2F9A89BF12

More good St. Regis Princeville pictures...now they just gotta get more people in there...
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=115698&id=67433758322&ref=mf

SWECS! 16 X 1kW for $100,000...that's pretty good...equal to PV
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20091116/NEWS01/911160327?source=rss_localnews