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Introduction & Deduction

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Introduction & Deduction

Not long ago I had mentioned that my posts were getting redundant.  So, in breaking monotony and fulfilling a long time desire, here's to introducing a new category... "history." Backing up a little, I had started teaching high school in 1996.  I took two years, finished my MA in Pacific Island History at UH Mānoa, then returned to the DOE.  At that time I was a little burned out and had no idea what I wanted to do for my PhD dissertation.  By 2004, I had taken up ulana lauhala and thought I would return for my PhD to study...

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