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Bauer’s Breakers Breaks Boni Bonus (Humane Architecture)

Breakers Hotel’s Impactful Influence. The hosts for this show are Martin Despang and DeSoto Brown. Previous week’s ‘life’ show celebrated the Breakers Hotel and CoHost DeSoto Brown’s simultaneous 70th birthdays on site in the Breakers indulging in its timeless atmosphere. This week’s second following up show continues to look at the impact the Breaker’s has […]

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ThinkTech Hawaii streams from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm HST on weekdays. Check us out any time for great content and great community. If you have any questions, please send them to: questions@thinktechhawaii.com. Our vision is to be a leader in shaping a more vital and thriving Hawaii as the foundation for future generations. Our […]

Invention ‘K’: Kanakanology (Inventing our Future)

The Study of the Kanaka. The hosts for this show are Brittany Zimmerman and Richard Ha. The guest is Kauilani Almeida. Brittany Zimmerman and Richard Ha talk to Kauilani Almeida about her creation of Kanakanology. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6ll5xVW5h8r54-0sj3TNbVL Please visit our ThinkTech website at https://thinktechhawaii.com and see our Think […]

Tax Advantages for Investment Properties (Inside Hawaii Real Estate)

Capital Gains Tax Issues on Rental Income. The hosts for this show are Will Tanaka and Leonie Lam. The guest is Brad Konishi. Join Hosts Will Tanaka and Leonie Lam as they welcome special guest, Brad Konishi CPA, CEO and President of HARPTA Help LLC for a deep dive into the tax implications of investment […]

Will Energy Profits Obstruct Climate Change (View from the North)

We Seem to be Heading in the Wrong Direction. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ken Rogers. Dr. Ken Rogers, retired Canadian businessman, will help us understand how energy profits stand in the way of global efforts to deal with climate change. Will Energy Security concerns and oil profits continue […]

2024 Changes at the Department of Health (Restaurants of Hawaii)

DOH Revisions that Affect Restaurants. The host for this show is Sheryl Matsuoka. The guests are Peter Oshiro, Peter Bellisario and Tom Jones. The DOH has changed IT vendors from Digital Health Department to Tyler Tech to meet DOH’s needs, especially being able to process credit card payments. As of January 3, 2024 the public […]

Applied Conscious Leadership Practices (The Matrix of Peace)

Practice Resilience, Listening and Empathy. The host for this show is Phyllis Blees. The guest is Iris Sadeh Rosler. Organizational consultant Iris Sadeh Rosler introduces practical, hands-on practices of conscious leadership. We learn how she works with corporate, government, and civil society leaders to develop a ‘resilience toolkit’ – a set of practices drawn from […]

Peace on Earth: Abolition of Weapons of War (Cooper UNion)

SDG 16: End Nukes and Imagine Nonviolence. The host for this show is Joshua Cooper. The guest is Jackie Cabasso. Peace is a Human Right for Everyone on Earth. The recent Doomsday Clock announcement that the world stands at 90 Seconds to Midnight reminds us that we must build a stronger, more effective, more cooperative […]

Eviction Mediation and Housing Issues (It’s Time for Responsible Change)

Mediated Problem-Solving for Housing. The host for this show is Chuck Crumpton. The guest is Tracey Wiltgen. Eviction mediation processes, benefits and lessons for landlord-tenant and housing issues in Hawai’i and beyond. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6nwd_k1ZzTRKT9Ewmfw-_FS Please visit our ThinkTech website at https://thinktechhawaii.com and see our Think Tech Advisories at […]

What Happened at the 2024 VEX Robotics Tournament (Community Matters)

How Hawaii Schools Advanced to the Global Competition. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Adria Fung. Adria Fung, robotics specialist at the Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology at UH Manoa, helps us understand what happened in the 2024 Hawaii Middle and High School VEX Robotics Regional Championships held on […]

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- Ben Protess, William K. Rashbaum and Jonah E. Bromwich
Trump Will Appeal Conviction, but Has Few Ways to Overturn Decision

The judge in Donald J. Trump’s case closed off many avenues of appeal, experts said, though his lawyers might challenge the novel theory at the case’s center. [...]

- Jesse McKinley and Maggie Haberman
New York, Once Trump’s Playground, Is Now the Scene of His Indignities

Donald J. Trump was for decades a creature of New York. But in recent years, the city that helped make him seems more eager to break him. [...]

- Jesus Jiménez and Aaron Boxerman
What We Know About Israel’s Cease-Fire Proposal Backed By Biden

President Biden outlined a road map put forward by Israel that would begin with an immediate, temporary cease-fire and work toward a permanent end to the war and the reconstruction [...]

- Ben Hubbard and Sergey Ponomarev
In the West Bank, Guns and a Locked Gate Signal a Town’s New Residents

Since the war in Gaza began, armed Israeli settlers, often accompanied by the army, have stepped up seizures of land long used by Palestinians. [...]

- John Eligon
South Africa Election: ANC Loses Majority for the First Time in 30 Years

The African National Congress received less than 50 percent of the national vote for the first time since gaining power 30 years ago, setting the nation on an uncharted course. [...]

South Africa's ANC has to share power after election blow

Ramaphosa has led the ruling ANC to its worst result since it won the first democratic election in 1994. [...]

Tories pledge cash for towns as Labour pitch benefits plan

The two main parties unveiled their battlebuses as the campaigns focused on the economy. [...]

No Gaza ceasefire until Israel war aims achieved, Netanyahu says

Israel's PM says war in Gaza will not end until Hamas is defeated and all hostages returned. [...]

Trump's White House bid goes on, lawyer tells BBC

Donald Trump's lawyer Alina Habba tells the BBC he would run for president even if he was in jail. [...]

'The death of Slim Shady': Controversial legacy of Eminem's peroxide-blond alter ego

The star claims he will kill off his alter ego on his forthcoming album, The Death of Slim Shady. [...]

Germany's Interior Ministry has reported a "serious" cyber attack targeting the center-right Christian Democrats (CDU). The news comes barely a week before European Parliament elections. [...]

In Germany, Protestant and Catholic churches, as well as Jewish communities have offered asylum to refugees for decades. But German authorities have increasingly been intervening. [...]

Mexicans go to the polls on June 2 to vote in a historic election that will set the country's political course for years. Migration, violence and social problems loom large [...]

The ANC's three-decade dominance of South African politics has ended, and the party is now seeking coalition partners. [...]

The southern states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg have been inundated, causing dam bursts and prompting dramatic rescues. States of emergency have been declared in several areas with more heavy rain [...]

- Juliana Kim
Ticketmaster hack may affect more than 500 million customers

A group of hackers claimed this week to have stolen 1.3 terabytes of Ticketmaster user data, including names, addresses and credit card information. [...]

- Caitlin Tan
Display of a captured wolf in a Wyoming bar brings outrage

All of Wyoming is facing criticism after a man there displayed a wolf he captured in a bar. [...]

- Emmanuel Akinwotu
In a historic election, South Africa's ANC loses majority for the first time

In South Africa, a seismic moment comes as the ruling African National Congress party loses its absolute majority for the first time. [...]

- Scott Horsley
Discounting is back in fashion, as Americans get tired of paying more

Consumer spending rose only slightly in April, as shoppers pushed back against rising prices. [...]

- Jan Johnson
A trailblazing feminist says Mexico’s ‘triumph’ of a first female president is no surprise

What does the prospect of Mexico's first woman president and feminism in the country mean for Elena Poniatowska? [...]

- Howard Fendrich | AP

A pigeon landed on the court during a French Open match, leading the chair umpire to use a towel to rescue the fallen fowl [...]

- A. Camden Walker

Clouds noticeably increase near sunset and overnight tonight ahead of tomorrow’s rain chances. [...]

- Sari Horwitz, Dana Hedgpeth, Emmanuel Martinez, Scott Higham, Salwan Georges

Taken from their families and sent to remote boarding schools, Native American children often faced sexual abuse by priests, brothers or sisters who ran the facilities. [...]

- Associated Press

Pulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press photographer Ron Edmonds has died [...]

- Sophia Tareen | AP

A crowd of students protesting the war in Gaza walked out of the University of Chicago’s commencement [...]

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