Managing Offshore Investments

Offshore Investments – how can we better manage them? Gerry Sumida of Carlsmith Ball joined Jay Fidell for a review of the comments made by the speakers at the Downtown Forum on the subject on April 16th The host for this episode was Jay Fidell. The host for this episode was Jay Fidell. The host […]

Hawaii Chess Festival 2015

Guests: Beau Muller, Hawaii Chess Festival, Maurice Ashley, an engaging speaker and personality who has spoken at TED, and State Chess Scholastic Director (and former Hawaii State Representative from Mililani) Guy Ontai. Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa willTeam Up with Women’s World Chess Champion in Charity Chess Match. Mayor Arakawa is headed to the Hilton Waikiki […]

Update on the Jones Act

Mike Hansen updates us on development in Hawaii and elsewhere in the effort to amend the Jones Act to ameliorate its inequities. The host for this episode was Jay Fidell. The host for this episode was Jay Fidell. The host for this episode was Jay Fidell. The host for this episode was Jay Fidell.

Beyond the Beer: PRiMO

Host, Jay Fidell learned about the Pacific Risk Management Ohana with Karl Kim and Mark Keim. The Pacific Risk Management Ohana (PRIMO) conference coming up later this month at the Hawaii Convention Center. We”ll have stakeholders from around the Pacific gathering to discuss preparedness and resiliency for coastal communities threatened by rising sea levels, earthquakes, […]

HI REHAB with Dr. Timothy Roe

Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific (REHAB) was recently ranked among the top one percent of all 783 inpatient rehabilitation facilities in the nation for 2014 by the Uniform Data System of Medical Rehabilitation (UDSMR). This is the second year in a row REHAB has received exemplary ratings from UDSMR, advancing from the top three percent […]

442 Manga

“Community Matters” host Jay Fidell discussed the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442 Regimental Combat Team with historical comic book writer/producer Stacey Hayashi and members Ted Tsukiyama and Claudine Deschaseaux Fischer. Follow up at 442comicbook.com for more! The host for this episode was Jay Fidell. The host for this episode was Jay Fidell. The host […]

Offshore Investments in Hawaii

A discussion of the issues to be covered at the Downtown Forum luncheon panel program on April 16th at the Laniakea. The program will feature a panel comprised of Christine Camp, Paul Brewbaker, Carl Fooks, Mike Fergus, Brenda Foster, Gerard Sumida and Jon Wallenstrom. Sign up at ThinkTechHawaii.com to attend the panel! The host for […]

Offshore Investments in the News

Host Jay Fidell was joined by Mike Sacharski, Pacific Enterprise Group for a special presentation of “Community Matters” today! Offshore investment in Hawaii, with a discussion of related news articles, including news related to TMT, renewable energy goals, City efforts to clear homeless, government action on and against housing construction, inter island ferries. Investors expectations, […]

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‘Decisions Under Fire’: Campuses Try a Mix of Tactics as Protests Grow

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Why Gaza Protests on U.S. College Campuses Have Become So Contagious

Experts say the partisan political context in Washington is a driver behind the spread of protests at American universities even as overseas campuses have stayed relatively calm. [...]

After Israel Aid Vote, Pocan Seeks to Show Biden Liberal Dismay on Gaza

The progressive Democrat from a rural, mostly white Wisconsin district is highlighting that it is not just young people of color who are concerned about the war. [...]

How Trump’s Rhetoric at Rallies Has Escalated

No major American presidential candidate has talked like he now does at his rallies — not Richard Nixon, not George Wallace, not even Donald Trump himself. [...]

Conservative MP Dan Poulter defects to Labour

The doctor told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg he could no longer look NHS colleagues and patients in the eye and stay as a Conservative. [...]

Yousaf rules out pact with Alba party to win confidence vote

Alex Salmond is said to want a deal to maximise pro-independence MPs and MSPs in return for support in a no confidence vote. [...]

Have Iran-Israel missile strikes changed the Middle East?

Political and military leaders are still absorbing the extraordinary exchange of fire, writes James Landale. [...]

Daughter's world 'turned upside down' after pub cellar death

Olwen Collier died from head injuries after falling into the cellar of a pub in south Wales. [...]

Co-op Live: How UK’s biggest indoor arena became butt of jokes

What was supposed to be a triumphant opening week for Manchester's Co-op Live has become a debacle. [...]

Hamas' armed wing has released a video showing two hostages in Gaza urging Israel to strike a deal. A meeting of the World Economic Forum in Saudi Arabia is expected [...]

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Police say residential areas have been damaged in the US state of Nebraska, with several other states also impacted by tornadoes and cyclones. [...]

Four years ago, a coup plunged Myanmar into civil war, proliferating armed groups in a place already rife with ethnic divisions. With the country disintegrating, neighbors are alarmed. [...]

Gaza protestors picket White House correspondents dinner, as Biden ribs Trump

The war in Gaza spurred large protests outside a glitzy roast with President Joe Biden, journalists, politicians and celebrities Saturday but went all but unmentioned by participants inside. [...]

Harvey Weinstein hospitalized after his return to New York from upstate prison

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Trump VP contender Kristi Noem responds to backlash over story about killing her dog

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Bernie Sanders says Netanyahu is attacking campus protests to deflect war criticism

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized ongoing campus protests across the U.S. as antisemitic. The Vermont senator said it was an attempt to "deflect attention" from Israel's actions. [...]

Hamas releases video of a second American being held hostage in Gaza

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With Russian forces advancing on the battlefield, Ukrainian citizens are aiding their country’s defense by building drones at home and sending them to the front. [...]

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit comes amid a push for a deal with Hamas, which released videos of three hostages, including of a dual U.S. citizen. [...]

Paul Reubens, who died Sunday, rose to fame with Pee-wee Herman, a delightfully deranged twist on Peter Pan, presaging our obsession with nostalgia and childhood fun. [...]

"Sound of Freedom," a low-budget film about child sex trafficking, almost topped the box office. But its star Jim Caviezel has linked it to the QAnon movement. [...]

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