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If you re confused about face mask rules, social distancing restrictions and other guidance about the coronavirus, you re not alone. There are guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, emergency orders from the governor, and varying rules in each of Hawaiʻi s counties.
Oʻahu restaurants and bars have the option to do away with social distancing if customers provide proof of vaccination or a recent negative COVID-19 test, but many restaurant operators aren’t doing so because they said they aren’t comfortable with the added responsibility.
Peter Oshiro manages the food safety branch for the state Department of Health, though he stressed he is not involved in Honolulu s, or any county s, tiered reopening plan.
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/ The first train car from the platform view at the Rail Operations Center.
The Honolulu rail project, planned to stretch from Kapolei to Ala Moana, is moving toward the critical final leg through Honolulu s urban core. Lori Kahikina, an engineer by training, was hired six months ago to take over from Andrew Robbins as head of the project. Kahikina has worked as the city s Director of the Department of Design and Construction and as Director of Environmental Services.
Now six months into her position as interim Executive Director and CEO of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation, Kahikina shared the latest developments about the Honolulu rail. Below are excerpts from Kahikina s interview with The Conversation s Catherine Cruz, edited for length and clarity.
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Local author Sara Ackerman draws from her own family stories and finds the connection with forgotten wartime sites. Her latest book Radar Girls hits the shelves on July 27. This inspiring and uplifting tale of pioneering, unsung heroines vividly transports the reader to wartime Hawai‘i, where one woman’s call to duty leads her to find courage, strength and sisterhood, the book s description says.
Her previous book The Lieutenant s Nurse came out in 2019 and is also set against the backdrop of World War II. But as she shared with The Conversation s Catherine Cruz, she never planned on writing historical novels.
Timeouts and positive reinforcement are behavioral modifications many have used while raising their children. The man parents have to thank for the now-standard practice and the phrase is none other than former University of Hawai‘i psychology professor Dr. Arthur Staats.