So where ever you are on the 22nd, break out the stimulants and have a good time. Have a good chuckle as the world enders try to figure out why it didn’t end. We can only hope that their bs will end.

In their endless search for something more to eat they venture onto the pavement only to meet a squishy death due to rubber on the road.

Whoever hit it probably thought that’s one less freakin Bufo!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhbMfvUWptQ&feature=youtu.be&a

So what are the CSU folks doing? They’re going to reduce enrollment in the system by 35,000 to 40,000 students! Next spring semester is closed to new applicants. That’s correct, NO applicants being accepted, nada, none. Go somewhere else. (Are colleges in Hawaii taking notice of this?)

full details follow:

Budget Cuts Force CSU to Close 2010 Spring Admissions

Quarter Campuses Directed to Close Applications for Winter

(July 9, 2009) – As part of an overall strategy to address an unprecedented budget reduction of $584 million for 2009-10, California State University campuses will not accept student applications for the 2010 spring term – with very few exceptions.  In addition, quarter campuses that have been accepting admission applications for the 2010 winter term ceased accepting applications as of July 6, 2009.

“Only fully-eligible first-time freshmen, upper division undergraduate transfers or graduate and post-baccalaureate applicants who have applied for admission prior to July 6, 2009 may be offered admission to the 2010 winter term,” said Jeri Echeverria, CSU executive vice chancellor and chief academic officer.

In addition, no admission applications will be accepted for the 2010 spring term at either quarter or semester campuses, for any enrollment category.  CSU has typically enrolled more than 35,000 freshmen, undergraduate transfer and graduate students during the spring term.

Despite budget cuts, CSU’s enrollment for the past several years has exceeded the state funding received for each student.  Echeverria said that the measure is needed to bring enrollment in line with available resources.  Overall, CSU is looking to reduce its enrollment by 40,000 students systemwide for 2010-2011 through a combination of enrollment tools.  The decision to close spring admissions is part of the overall effort to reduce enrollment.

CSU has been working to  finalize a plan to address the unprecedented budget cut, which will include measures to reduce enrollment, employee furloughs, possible student fee increases, salary and hiring freezes, and restrictions on travel and purchases. The CSU Board of Trustees will consider the overall plan to address student fees, enrollment and employee furlough plans at its July 21 meeting.

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About the California State University The California State University is the largest system of senior higher education in the country, with 23 campuses, approximately 450,000 students and 46,000 faculty and staff. Since the system was created in 1961, it has awarded nearly 2.5 million degrees, about 90,000 annually. Its mission is to provide high-quality, affordable education to meet the ever-changing needs of the people of California. With its commitment to excellence, diversity and innovation, the CSU is the university system that is working for California.  (well perhaps not anymore!)

see image at:  http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=38721&src=eoa-iotd

Misplaced cropcircles, undersea UFOs warming up, who knows. Didn’t a UFO come out of the frozen wastes in X-files?

HMMMMMM

So they filled up the Superferry’s fuel tanks, loaded supplies for the crew, and left on a voyage back to the place where the ship was manufactured along the Gulf coast for refitting and probably a new paint job.

Don’t be surprised if it and it’s much younger sister ship wind up serving the U.S. Navy in some capacity, like hauling Army tanks and other equipment away from Iraq and Kuwait. Otherwise they might be leased out to some other ferry business somewhere besides the third world of Hawaii.

see news:  http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/undersea-volcano-continues-erupting-2569716

Would be great to be near there and watch the show!

Please note that the measure passed out of the Senate today, a vote of 19-6, and referred to the House.

Aloha All,

Some of you may not yet know of the existence of this measure, as it seems to have been flying ‘under the radar’ this session, but I would like to draw your attention to it now.

SB1318_SD1 proposes to eliminate the State Office of Planning by repealing HRS 225M and repealing outright HRS 205A, the State Coastal Zone Management (CZM) statutes.

Some of the consequences of the measure are summarized here:

• The elimination of the Office of Planning
• The elimination of the statewide coordination of geographical information systems (GIS)
• The elimination of the governing ‘umbrella’ statutes — all objectives and policies of the CZM program —  for the protection and management all lands in the state and the ocean to the limits of the state’s police powers.  In many cases these statutes are the basis for other state and county agencies’ powers to manage the coastal zone, in terms of:
  • Recreational resources,
  • Historic and cultural resources,
  • Scenic and open space resources,
  • Coastal ecosystems,
  • Economic uses,
  • Coastal hazards,
  • Managing development,
  • Public participation,
  • Beach protection, and
  • Marine resources
  • The elimination of Special Management Area (SMA) permits
  • The elimination of Shoreline Setback Variances
  • The elimination of all Federal Consistency protections (the state’s ability to oversee the federal government’s use of Hawaii’s coastal resources)
  • The elimination of the Marine and Coastal Zone Advocacy Council (MACZAC)

  While the committee reports site this as a “belt-tightening” measure, this will cost the state far more than it will save:  both in terms of the loss of federal funding for coastal programs; and in the long-term through the loss of our state’s most precious land and ocean resources.
  

• These resources form the basis of not only our way of life, but also of Hawaii’s continued economic viability through its ocean-based industries and its ability to continue to attract tourists to pristine and safe island settings.
  This bill passed out of the Senate today (3/10/2009, by a vote of 19-6) to the House.
• Provide testimony if and when the bill is heard by the House (referral is expected to the Water, Lands and Ocean Resources Committee).  Of course, you should directly contact your Legislative representatives to share your thoughts and concerns about just how stupid this proposal is.

  Please also feel free to distribute this to other interested individuals and organizations.