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It’s Monday, June 4 – From HPR2, it’s The Conversation.

Tourism by the numbers and the data crunch looks good.

David Uchiyama is the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority's vice president of brand management. He has been in travel industry for 30 years and now oversees all branding and tourism research including the worldwide leisure marketing programs for North America, Japan, China, Korea, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand and Europe.

12 years old and Children’s Miracle Network Hospital Champion: Cody Sugai is here

Cody Sugai is this year’s Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals® Champion for Hawaii. He’ll be traveling to Orlando Florida and Washington, D.C. later this year as an ambassador for 170 children’s hospitals across North America. 

Survey says: eight Hawaii high schools are college ready 

Jim Petersen is vice principal at Mililani High School and is the Administrator overseeing Advanced Placement and rigorous high-level programs. He is also a former AP teacher and Faculty Consultant to AP Exams.

Don't hem me in: Indie artists in the raw

Sean Douglas Hoban is the host of Solstice, part of the RAW Artists Showcase at the Vice Night Club on Dillingham Boulevard in Honolulu. It happens Staurday night, June 16th at 5:30 p.m.

Plus the gridiron in the backyard, today’s reality check and the world view from Deutsche Welle, first the news… from NPR