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The Conversation: Tuesday, September 12th, 2017

Hawaii Island Festival of the Birds

Equifax Data Hack; Cleaning West Loch; Birding On The Big Island

Equifax Data Breach

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Jill Gonzales

Credit Max Pixel

The Equifax data breach has made an estimated 140 million Americans vulnerable to identity theft and its after-effects are still sinking in.

Intro Music: Room In Here - DJ Jazzy Jeff Remix by Anderson Paak

Outro Music: Credit Me by Nice Little Sunday

Grassroots Effort to Clean, Re-name West Loch Park

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Tony Chance

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The locally founded Hui O Ho’ohonua (HOH808) is a grassroots organization lobbying for West Loch Shoreline Park to be renamed to its original Hawaiian moniker.

Intro Music: Banana Wind by Jimmy Buffett

Outro Music: Pacific Theme by Broken Social Scene

Civil Beat Reality Check

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Nick Grube

Credit Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

The Honolulu Police Commission decides whether officers accused of misconduct are entitled to taxpayer-funded legal representation, and does so in closed-door sessions.    

Outro Music: Part Of Me by Teduschi Trucks Band

Birding on the Big Island

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Rob Pacheco

Credit Hawaii Island Festival of the Birds

An upcoming festival on Hawaii Island is devoted to highlighting that island’s unique offerings to amateur ornithologists, including some species you would never expect in Hawaii. 

Outro Music: Birds by Gorila

Stage Production of ‘The Full Monty’

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Dwight Martin

Credit Manoa Valley Theatre

A motley group of middle-aged men who rediscover themselves as male strippers after being laid off from the local steel mill are the subjects of 'The Full Monty' being performed by Manoa Valley Theatre.

Intro Music: WYLF by JJ Grey and Mofro

Outro Music: Overture by The Full Monty Orchestra, Kimberly Grigsby

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