Feeling intrigued as I'm told i have ancesstral ali'i ties. My 5th gen tutu wahine is connected to an Ali'i line. Going tuesday to research my lineal decent of Ali'i nui. Mind blown. Also land award in Nu'uanu valley.
Stay tuned as i find my ancesstral roots.
Stay tuned as i find my ancesstral roots.
BAD RESOLUTION- BAD BAD BAD! Re: Fwd: Good Resolutions NOT 2017 - let's get HCR 103 HR 61 passed NOT!
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Why are you folks so afraid to include maglev rail technology which beats your new proposal for at-grade steel wheel on steel rail on all fronts- maglev remains driverless, remains elevated, and is less expensive and makes NO NOISE!
The pillars for maglev are four feet pads- no 200-300 foot holes drilled for foundations- the Chinese studied all forms of rail- subways, street level, monorail, heavy and light rail and maglev besides steel wheel- and in every study- maglev won hands down- this is why you are ignorant of this news- the politicians and media do not want the public here to know of the true solution- maglev- which costs only $65 million a mile to construct versus ours at over $400 million a mile- the rest of the world is going maglev.....not steel wheel at grade!
SEE NEWS PASTED BELOW DIRECTLY FROM CHINA THAT PROVES OUR MEDIA IS BLOCKING/REFUSING TO PUBLISH STORIES /FEATS SUCH AS THESE TO KEEP VOTERS STUPID!
Pueo need a quiet system- only maglev offers that- if you want to save the pueo, stop your steel wheeled beast antics at-grade and get with the 21st century! Your at-grade system requires a driver! Maglev does not and is still cheaper!
Tom Berg
Subject: [UM] [CN] "Slower maglev trains pick up steam in China" Nikkei Asian Review 3/8
BEIJING_ Cities across country building economical, quiet alternatives to subways
Slower maglev trains pick up steam in China
BEIJING -- Lower-speed maglev train networks are springing up across China as the homegrown technology offers an economical urban transit alternative to subways.
Infrastructure developer China Railway Construction and global train-car leader CRRC are among the companies behind the rush. Projects are underway in several cities, from Beijing to Qingyuan in the south to Urumqi in the far west. Investments in the projects are expected to total around 60 billion yuan ($8.7 billion).
Quiet and cost-efficient
"I was surprised when the train moved silently," an office worker from Shanghai said with a smile after riding a magnetic levitation train in Changsha, Hunan Province. Since no wheels touch the rail, acceleration does not increase vibration.
The Changsha service, which started pilot operations in May 2016, connects an airport to a high-speed train station. The project includes China Railway Construction and the CRRC group as investors. The network spans around 19km, with investment amounting to 4.3 billion yuan. The maximum speed by design is around 100kph, but the trains actually run around 70kph. The service is slated to officially launch by the end of this year.
Noise level in the passenger cabin is so low that people need not speak loudly to have a conversation, said a representative of the developer. "It's quieter than a monorail and so it's easier to get support from local residents."
As automobiles increase rapidly and fuel road congestion in China, developing urban transit systems is an urgent task. Developers have installed subway systems in large cities, but construction costs 500 million to 800 million yuan per kilometer, due to the digging work involved. Aboveground maglev rails cost just 200 million to 300 million yuan per kilometer.
The lower-speed maglev, developed in China, keeps train cars floating 8mm above the rail, and does not require the liquid helium or powerful magnet used to keep trains 10cm above the rail as in the Japanese system. "It costs half to one third of a subway to build, and requires less space to install rails," says an official of the Hunan project developer.
With these advantages, maglev train projects are increasing rapidly in China. China Railway Construction in October created a wholly owned subsidiary to step up maglev construction. The company has reached an agreement with the government of Qingyuan in Guangdong Province, and plans a 30km network costing 10 billion yuan. The target is to begin operations at the end of 2018.
China Railway Group, a major developer with former ties to the Railway Ministry, is building a 20km maglev system to open this year in a Beijing suburb, at a cost of 12 billion yuan.
Similar networks are envisioned for Urumqi, in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, and to link the Sichuan Province cities of Deyang and Chengdu.
A CRRC group unit developing and building maglev train cars is preparing to increase output. A Hunan Province subsidiary will supply the Changsha project, and a Hebei Province subsidiary will supply the Beijing project. The plan is to increase output capacity as projects some online.
Eye on high-speed maglevs
The Chinese government had considered using maglev technology for a high-speed rail network in the 1990s. At the end of 2002, a high-speed maglev train line employing German technology opened in Shanghai, with the cars reaching speeds of 400kph. But maglev development was suspended as China prioritized conventional high-speed railway projects.
Now that development and construction of high-speed rail lines has settled down, the government is gearing up to resume high-speed maglev development. It plans to invest about 3 billion yuan with an aim to develop a maglev train capable of speeds of 600kph -- on a par with Japan's -- around 2020.
The ultimate goal is to export the technology. An official at the Hunan maglev project developer said that observation teams have visited from such countries as Singapore, Germany and Brazil. While it is pitching the slower maglevs as a cheaper and quieter alternative to subways for increasingly congested cities in Asia, China hopes to export high-speed maglevs in the future.
Meanwhile, Central Japan Railway, or JR Tokai, which is scheduled to launch high-speed maglev service in Japan in 2027, aims to export the technology to the U.S. Already fighting over conventional high-speed rail projects, Japan and China could see the battlefield shift to high-speed maglevs in the near future.
On Wednesday, March 15, 2017, 9:47:50 PM HST, Pearl Johnson <pearlchangjohnson@gmail.com> wrote:
Please submit testimony. These resolutions are just what we've been saying.
Pearl
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Sent: 3/15/2017 8:16:20 P.M. Hawaiian Standard Time
Subj: Good Resolutions 2017
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Phone/fax: 808-262-0682
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Good Resolutions 2017
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/ session2017/hearingnotices/ HEARING_TRN_03-17-17_.HTM
Resolution HCR 103 (Luke, Nishimoto, Saiki, Thielen)Resolution HR 61 (Luke, Nishimoto, Saiki, Thielen)Resolutions HCR 103/HR 61 acknowledge:
- That the public has lost confidence in the City and HART to complete rail without raising taxes
- That the Federal Transit Administration has indicated that building elevated rail to Middle Street as planned, then using a street level system to reach downtown (Option 2A), would be acceptable
- That elevated rail constructed in the city center will be approximately $756 million per mile compared to an estimated $139 million per mile for a street-level system
- That elevated rail with huge concrete elevated stations would degrade historic Chinatown, Downtown and Honolulu waterfront
- That the legislature has already extended the 0.5% surcharge once from 2022 to 2027
- That approval of a permanent 0.5% surcharge is being sought from legislators this year
- That the projected cost initially was $5.2 billion but increased to $9.5+ billion in December 2016
- That HART has not regularly updated the public or reported accurate and reliable project cost information
- That HART's financial plan does not reflect current cost projections or projected shortfalls
- That the City Auditor found that HART's financial plans were neither reliable nor current
That it would serve the public interest to receive transparent financial information
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Endangered PUEO (Hawaiian Owl) vs Magnificent Cat/Jaguar
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Mar 15 (2 days ago)
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Aloha Ms. Hoskins w/USFW Stationed on the Big Island- State of Hawaii,
& Defenders of Wildlife- .org ) :
POINT:
(Note our FWS and State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources has no counts, no clue- as to how many Pueo are left on the Island of Oahu where this raptor- this short-eared owl was once abundant and thriving.
No Pueo have ever been tagged or monitored on Oahu- no counts or islandwide surveys have ever been done on Oahu for this endangered owl whereby a number of the specie left remaining cannot be quantified in any fashion- how many Pueo are left, is a pure guess of an estimate.)
Please help us protect the endangered PUEO/Hawaiian Owl on Oahu- photo taken the other week by myself-
See short one minute youtubes of the plight of the Pueo that GOVERNMENT in Hawaii are ignoring- yes DEFENDERS of WILDLIFE, our own State here in Hawaii and along with the federally stationed FWS operatives - they have in tandem, refused to officially acknowledge that this bird EXISTS in Ewa- for the land it is seen nesting, courting, mating, foraging, sleeping on, is slated and approved for development- and hence, all those in the position and authority here within government to protect that owl are "looking the other way" and permitting this Pueo (species) to be extirpated from the entire region/Ewa Plain.
Here are 3 : One Minute Video Clips Proving Authorities Are Acting In Bad Faith out of Dozens of Video Evidence:
If the FWS cannot adequately assist even three wild Jaguars left - just THREE left remaining that are known of in the entire US of A, I wonder to think what efforts by FWS are being set forth for the protection of Pueo on Oahu- the similarity is- THE point:
"Hey, the State of Hawaii has got a significant Pueo range and population on the Big Island, so why place resources on Oahu (Ewa) for Pueo protection." (Attitude of DLNR/FWS)
Just like-
"Hey, the Jaguar has sufficient range in Mexico- so why place resources in USA for Jaguar habitat." (Attitude of local DLNR counterpart in southern states/ and same smell from FWS).
Three known Jaguars left, and this is the approach by USA FWS? In contrast, WE on Oahu HAVE NO IDEA how many Pueo are even left!
I am in awe, disbelief....but after seeing how the Pueo are being treated on STATE OWNED LAND right here on Oahu by our own local authorities and the feds, such approach seems to be par for the course.
In Ewa, the lowland open grassland prairie- with its perpetual sunshine and its prime soils- sustained and brought /produced/promulgated a variety of wildlife /flora and fauna to the Kaloi and Honouliuli Streams- and no one in any Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) exercise even looked for the endangered Hoary Bat - let alone the numerous federally listed as endangered Yellow Faced Bees or endangered Hawaiian Duck along the streams within the Honouliuli Ahupua'a.
The presence of the Pueo in Ewa, has been overlooked and dismissed by FWS and DLNR in every FEIS recorded for processing-
Wherever properties in Ewa are to be taken out of agricultural production - and wild streams transformed into tract housing, we have the videos of the Pueo proving it, the owl, is still THERE on such land and was "screwed" out of its rightful place by flawed and corrupted EIS processes -
Law 101 says a Habitat Conservation Plan is to be triggered- to mitigate- when the Pueo is /was found- but none of the sort is taking place for the Pueo- the Rule of Law is being breached.
Please read below- I know it is out of your jurisdiction Ms. Hoskins, but to see how the feds are treating just three known of a species left- the Jaguar, is jaw dropping.
So, so many similarities with the plight of the Jaguar to that of the Pueo.
In closing- our local chapter of the Sierra Club helped get elected /endorsed and campaigned for the very elected officials that have sought to liquidate the Pueo- and are pro-development of the Pueo Territory and in favor of developing over the Pueo and its Last Stand, and as such, the Sierra Club of Oahu refuses to lend a helping hand in the plight of the Pueo and has actually declined to offer any aid.
DEFENDERS of WILDLIFE, we need you!
Tom Berg
Ewa Beach, Hawaii
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From: Bryan Bird, Defenders of Wildlife <defenders@mail.defenders.org>
To: Tom Berg <tomberg00@yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2017, 2:58:14 AM HST
Subject: Give this magnificent cat a chance
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