Star Newland, Dolphin Researcher

Dolphin researcher and community activist Star Newland has passed away at 65, according to her son Tiger Stanley and her friend and business partner Michael Hyson. Star, who also called herself Paradise Newland, advocated to change or “sculpt” society’s language, to focus on clarity. “Language sculpting,” she said, “was the creation of coherent realities through the conscious use of language,” Michael explained. Through her efforts, “Say yes to Domestic Harmony” stickers are adhered to the bumpers of all County of Hawaii vehicles, including Hele-On buses and marked police vehicles and are expected to adhere on U.S. Navy ships, according to Michael. Star was also involved in the natural birthing movement. Specifically, she advocated for gentle birth, water birth, and dolphin attended birth. She was such an advocate for pre-birth dolphin contact, so much so that at one time she had to defend herself against Child Protective Services, seeking to take her child away from her for choosing to give birth on a beach where dolphins could be present. Continue at: http://www.bigislandchronicle.com/2013/07/15/noteworthy-obituaries-star-newland-has-passed-away-at-65/

Saturday, February 10, 2007

Links to Hawaii Legislative Info on Safe Baby Resolution

Our Safe Baby Resolution has been assigned numbers and is on it's way!

HR 16 and HCR 33.

Track progress on the Senate resolution at http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/site1/docs/getstatus2.asp?billno=HR16 (Senator Oakland) and House resolution at http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/site1/docs/getstatus2.asp?billno=HCR33 (Representative Green)

The Safe Baby Resolution is now Senate Concurrent Resolution 8 and is posted in full at:
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/Bills/SCR8_.pdf

The resolution is being introduced by Hawaii Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland and Representative Josh Green, MD, Chair of the Health Committee. Addresses for mailing your letters of support coming soon.

Now comes the fun part!!

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