Hilton Guam
USCRTF Guam Meeting Press Release
The Government of Guam is pleased to announce that it will host Part II of the 10th U.S. Coral Reef Task Force Meeting on October 6th, 2003. Co-hosted with the Government of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and the U.S. Departments of Commerce and Interior, all meetings and events will take place from October 3 - 7, 2003. This is the first time the meeting will be held on Guam and the CNMI. The meeting will open on Saipan at the Dai Ichi Hotel and close on Guam at the Hilton Guam Hotel and Spa. Both meetings are from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. The public is invited to participate at no charge. ... [Read More]
CSREES - USDA - News -
The University of Guam and CSREES are partnering to present an Accountability Workshop for the 1862 Insular Land-grant Institutions. The workshop is scheduled for January 10-13, 2005, at the Hilton Guam Resort and Spa in Tumon Bay, Guam. Workshop sessions will cover the budget and competitive grant processes, formula funds, the Plan of Work and financial reporting requirements, allowable and disallowable costs, A-133 audits, and other topics pertinent to grant administration. This workshop will also provide CSREES’ insular partners an opportunity to network and develop partnerships to maximize resources and efficiency. Registration information and an agenda are available on the workshop Web site . ... [Read More]
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Hilton Hotels Corp. and Hilton International, which are based in Beverly Hills, California, operate over 2,500 hotels worldwide and 500 under the Hilton brand. ... The participants in the Business Opportunities Mission to the Pacific include big names such as Hilton Hotel Corp., University of Southern California, and Bridgecreek Development International. ... [Read More]
USCRTF CNMI Meeting Press Release
The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and Guam are co-hosting the 10th US Coral Reef Task Force meeting on October 3, 2003 (Dai Ichi Hotel, Saipan) and on October 6th, 2003 (Hilton Resort & Spa, Guam). The meetings are from 8 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. This will be the first time that the CNMI will host the meeting. The public is invited to attend this meeting and there are no registration fees to attend. Dignitaries who have confirmed their attendance include Honorable Governor Felix Camacho from Guam, Honorable Governor Togiola Tulafono from American Samoa, and Honorable President Tommy Remengesau, Jr. from Palau. ... [Read More]
National Credit Union Administration - Economic Empowerment Summit
The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) invites you to attend an Access Across America Economic Empowerment Summit at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport hotel in Los Angeles, California on Tuesday, June 28, 2005. We are encouraging credit union representatives from Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming and Washington to attend. ... www.hilton.com ... [Read More]
Small Business Administration
WASHINGTON – Two small business contractors, both from Pennsylvania, were named by the U.S. Small Business Administration as National Prime Contractor of the Year and National Subcontractor of the Year at a luncheon held today at the Hilton Washington Hotel, kicking off SBA Expo ’05. ... WASHINGTON, D.C . – For the second year in a row, Bank of America of Charlotte, N.C., wasrecognized as the top small business lender in the nation by the U.S. Small BusinessAdministration. The 7(a) Loan Lender of the Year award was presented today during a luncheonaward ceremony at the SBA Expo ’05, held at the Hilton Washington Hotel in Washington, D.C.CDC Small Business Finance of San Diego, CA, was honored as the 504 Loan Lender of the Year.The event was co-sponsored by IBM. ... [Read More]
ANA Commissioner to Visit Alaska Announces New Grants
The Administration for Native Americans (ANA) Commissioner, Quanah Crossland Stamps, will address the opening session of the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement’s (CNHA) third annual Native Hawaiian Conference at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu on September 1, 2004. ... [Read More]
Climate Change Impacts on the US. Region: Pacific Islands
Eileen Shea*, East-West Center Michael Hamnett*, University of Hawaii Cheryl Anderson, University of Hawaii Anthony Barnston, NOAA, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Climate Prediction Center Joseph Blanco, Office of the Governor (State of Hawaii) Kelvin Char, Office of the Governor (State of Hawaii) and NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Area Office Delores Clark, NOAA National Weather Service, Pacific Region Office Scott Clawson, Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund Tony Costa, Pacific Ocean Producers Margaret Cummisky, Office of the Honorable Daniel K. Inouye, United States Senate Tom Giambelluca, University of Hawaii Chip Guard, University of Guam Richard Hagemeyer, NOAA National Weather Service, Pacific Region Office Alan Hilton, NOAA Pacific ENSO Applications Center David Kennard, FEMA Region IX, Pacific Area Office Roger Lukas, University of Hawaii Fred Mackenzie, University of Hawaii Clyde Mark, Outrigger Hotels and Resorts-Hawaii Ger ... [Read More]
A Guide to the War in the Pacific: The First Year
On April 18, 1942, under the command of LieutenantColonel James Doolittle, B-25 Mitchell bombers were launched from theaircraft carrier USS Hornet, and successfully bombed Tokyo. Japanesemilitary leaders had no idea the bombers had been launched from acarrier (a revolutionary concept at the time). Strategists thought theattack must have originated from American bases on Midway or in theAleutian Islands. When asked from where the bombers had originated,Roosevelt jokingly replied "Shangri-la," the fictional, hidden paradisein James Hilton's novel, Lost Horizon. The attack itself caused littledamage, but boosted American morale, and perhaps more importantly, ledthe Japanese to revise their strategy. Japanese Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku, who believed thata prolonged struggle with the United States could only lead to aJapanese defeat, was convinced that the Japanese must lure the remainingAmerican fleet, especially the aircraft carriers, into a decisivebattle. Yamamoto proposed a two-pronged ... [Read More]
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