O'ahu

Even on O'ahu, which is a sizeable city, it's sound identity is remarkably low key and understated.

Hawaii Reporter

Among the criteria: A large enough site (at least 80 square miles) that is relatively shallow (Penguin Bank is up to 180 feet deep), not too far from shore and near a community, such as O'ahu, that has high enough power demands to justify such a venture.

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Here are photos from the Honolulu Advertiser site from yesterday's regatta at Ma'ili (Leeward O'ahu).

Photos from yesterday's regatta

First up, ComingSoon has a press release from the governor of Hawaii announcing that Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides will be shooting on the islands of Kaua'i and O'ahu this summer.

Disney Buzz: Pirates 4 Shooting This Summer, Burton's Next? « FirstShowing.net

When I try to describe a social system that is not meant to replicate, say, the 21st century O'ahu one I'm living in right now or the rural Oregon I grew up in, I have to use the terms available to me to describe social structures and interactions.

"An Accurate Understanding": Talking About Social Structures in Worldbuilding

And Ellen, discovering that she hailed from Honolulu, told the woman that I wrote fantasy and lived on O'ahu.

Generosity Among Writers

HI: The state Office of Elections may close 66 voting precincts on O'ahu for the 2010 elections to cut election costs during a recession.

'Daily Voting News' for June 17, 2009

Now that I'm living on O'ahu, I assume that you had this pet on the mainland.

The Honest Scrap Award

Nov. 1, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace, Honolulu, O'ahu, noon, Mass; interfaith youth service, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Iolani Palace followed by procession back to Our Lady of Peace with stops at Liliuokalani and Damien statues at the state Capitol

Father Damien relic to process through U.S. to Islands

After searching all parts of Maui, Moloka'i, Lana'i, O'ahu, Kaua'i, and the Big Island for over a dozen years, here it was waiting for me all this time.

Judy Wieder: Take The Hawaiian Cure