in values across Ghana's various ethnolinguistic groups. Ghana ranks higher on Power Distance, and lower on Individualism, Masculinity, and Long Term Orientation compared to the United States and Japan. Ghana's mean Uncertainty Avoidance score is higher than the United States and lower than Japan's ([@B55]). In the World Values Survey's Wave 5, Ghana ranked higher on traditional values, and lower on self-expression values, and lower on subjective well-being than many western countries ([@B100]) While these top-down approaches are useful, bottom-up approaches provide complementary and contextual insight. [@B51] asserts that Akan culture values religion, communal values, marriage, children, traditional political authority, and wealth-building. [@B3] found that in Akan communities, extended families persist as important kinship structures despite the increase in single (nuclear) family homes due to urbanization and migratoryMahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!

The city is restating its characterization of how an electric bus on loan performed in February tests around Oahu. Read more

The city is restating its characterization of how an electric bus on loan performed in February tests around Oahu.

It turns out the e-bus made by California-based Proterra Inc. was more like the “The Little Engine That Could,” puffing and chugging up a mountain, and less like what a city official described last week as making two problem-free trips up the H-2 freeway.

During a state event last week showing off two e-bus models, Jon Nouchi, deputy director of the city Department of Transportation Services, described the performance of the Proterra model, which was given long-distance, hilly routes, as all positive with