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NCIS: Hawaii Just Changed Its Name
When CBS added the main cast for
NCIS: Hawaii, the network also tweaked the show s name. It will officially be known as
NCIS: Hawai i, reflecting the state s name in the Hawaiian language and the official name for the Big Island of Hawai i. The new series will be headlined by Vanessa Lachey, with Yasmine Al-Bustami and Jason Antoon.
Hawaii is most commonly spelled without the okina or glottal stop between the two i s. When Hawaii was admitted to the U.S. as a state in 1959, the federal government considered Hawaii the official state name. There have been movements to make Hawai i the officially recognized name of the state in the past. Back in 2016, Kamana o Mills of the Hawaii Board on Geographic Names told
UC should continue supporting Thirty Meter Telescope on Maunakea
We agree with The Daily Californian’s editorial board that astronomy on Maunakea is an important topic for the UC system. However, the editorial opposing the Thirty Meter Telescope, or TMT, project massively misinforms readers and marginalizes the voices of Hawaiians and lifelong and recent Hawai’i residents who support this telescope, despite pressure to stay silent voices like ours.
The editorial begins with a highly incendiary illustration, implying that the construction of the TMT project either completely removes a pu’u (cinder cone) on Maunakea or the top of the mauna itself (with conspicuously white hands). Neither implication is true. As shown in this figure, the site of the TMT project is a flat lava plain far away from culturally significant sites on Maunakea. Its area is roughly equal to the UC system-supported Keck Observatory, minuscule compared to the adze quarry complex created by ancient Hawaii
Chad Blair: Marriage Equality Advocate Joins State Commission On Fatherhood - Honolulu Civil Beat
Chad Blair: Marriage Equality Advocate Joins State Commission On Fatherhood
Jeff Esmond plans to draw on his own experience as a gay dad to help other families in similar situations.
About the Author
Chad Blair is the politics and opinion editor for Civil Beat. You can reach him by email at cblair@civilbeat.org or follow him on Twitter at @chadblairCB.
Seeking to diversify the membership of the Hawaii State Commission on Fatherhood, House Speaker Scott Saiki sought input from people in the local LGBTQ community.