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World Wide Ed Pulpconnection Jerome’s Thoughts….Kanalu K38 have begun legal proceedings against the State of Hawaii, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation. As you recall myself (Tom Pohaku Stone) and Darrick Doerner were issued citations for venture beyond the 2 mile limit set by the State and for enter and anchoring in Kaunakakai Harbor…. [...]
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Benjamin Kauhi Hauanio… one of the last true Hawaiian Fishermen is in a better place now. I just got back from the services at Dodo Mortuary. He recently was featured in the documentary “Kau La`au & Ma`ama`a: Traditional Hawaiian Ulua Fishing.” …The film is a half-hour documentary about the traditional ulua fishing practiced by Hawaiians [...]
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Lucky Country Inc. of Lincolnton, NC is recalling all of its natural black licorice products from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, and Washington State due to elevated levels of lead. More here
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Just noticed OHA is seeking Taro Farmers for a Task Force: I just emailed my Father-In-Law who is in New Zealand for a film festival. Many people know him as the “Taro Man” here on the Big Island. Applicants must fulfill the following qualifications: 1) be a farmer actively growing kalo; 2) have at least [...]
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My Uncles Guitar was stolen :( Please see the video here Ledward Kaapana says it’s like losing a close friend or even a family member. “Me and the guitar we got a lot of love,” said the slack key legend, as he talked about an Ibanez acoustic guitar that was stolen this past Monday from [...]
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The Anonymous Mr. “Mr. Akonipule” responded to my question in an email. I’ve forwarded the entire content of the email to a few people. I’ll post a snippet here… most of the other stuff in the email was just copied and pasted from his site. If anyone wants a copy of the entire email…. please [...]
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I just have one question for you. What will you post after the elections? Your site is a “hit and run” site. I see that you have made comments from my site onto yours… Re: Paul DeSilva I know you are just an anonymous person trying to get Higa hired. So I repeat myself…. what [...]
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….Google.org announced more than $10 million in investments and grants in Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS)… More here Here is a video of how EGS’s work:
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The Hawaii-made movie “Chief” has won the honor of being the Best Drama at the L.A. Short Film Fest. …Semu Fatutoa was once a highly ranked Samoan Chief. Technically, he still is; the tattoos shrouding his legs are immutable proof of the pain he endured to earn his title. But those tattoos cost him something [...]
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I just got an email asking me to post a video that I saw about a year ago. Yes people, the world would be a better place if we could all learn to do this:
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I’ve always thought the Paper is slowly dieing off. How is this latest piece of breaking news? I’m assuming it’s just a press release sent off by the company. I just noticed a breaking news item on the Honolulu Advertiser: “Superferry Offering discounts on Local Ag Products” Since when did the Superferry start selling local [...]
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Trick or Treat:
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I just saw a bulletin posted by Maui’s own Kendall Grove about him and a few other MMA competitors opeing up a MMA Academy on Maui. Here’s the release: TO ALL & ALL, TROY ”RUDEBOY” MANDALONIZ,BRAZILING JIU JITSU BLACK BELT JUSTIN ”DA INSANE ONE” McCULLY AND MYSELF KENDALL ”DA SPYDER” GROVE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE [...]
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Mary J. Blige is a great act. I’m glad she decided to have a concert here in Honolulu at the Blaisdell on October 22nd. Now that I don’t live on Oahu… I don’t think it’s worth the airfare anymore to go to concerts, so I won’t be there. But you can always find your favorite [...]
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Hello Damon, I just went onto priceline.com and pulled this sample package. As you can see, it flies into Hilo , not Kona. PS – It is correct that rainfall is measured at the destination airport. And that is explained right on the Website. Regards, Brian Thank you for clarifying this Brian…. Now where’s my [...]
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I first mentioned of the Guaranteed Sun offer on Priceline here. The General Manager of Priceline responded here. I have now sent off the following letter for clarification on this matter as someone mentioned that the deal was for Kona and not Hilo. Aloha Brian, Thank you for the kind words about my blog. It [...]
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Big Island Video News has another great video on the site. The Kawa’a Standoff
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The other day I wrote about the Priceline offer of a refund on your trip because of rain. I got an email from the Priceline Manager stating the following: Hello Damon, Yes, we are reading your blog here on the mainland. And thank you for the Priceline mention. Thought you might be interested to know [...]
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Short term solution would be to assign a police officer to direct traffic at the intersections of Paradise/Hwy 130Orchidland Dr./Hwy 130, Kaloi/Hwy 130 and Shower/Hwy 130 during peak traffic hours..example, 6am to 8am. Afternoon traffic I would assign an officer to the “merge” area on the bypass road near the transfer station. Mid level solution: [...]
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