Posted on September 24, 2008 by Damon
The other day, I blogged about the Hawaii Naval Commander that was busted for child porn. I guess the Honolulu Advertiser finally clued in and was able to expand a bit here. Larry Geller from Disappeared News writes more in a series of Newspaper meltdowns here. When simple citizens like me can report little blips [...]
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Posted on September 24, 2008 by Damon
Earlier today I blogged about the new Fish Farm going up in Kona. Cartoonist Greg Henkel sent me this cartoon he had previously drawn regarding fish farms in Hawaii. I gotta kick out of it!
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Posted on September 24, 2008 by Damon
Bigislandvideonews has some more great footage! Part one is an introduction. Other parts will include updates on Pu`u `O`o, the east rift zone, Royal Gardens, the ocean entry, and the summit eruption. Part two focuses on the ongoing east rift zone activity, particularly the fissures that erupted downrift of Pu`u `O`o on July 21, 2007, [...]
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Posted on September 24, 2008 by Damon
I just noticed this on CNN Political Ticker: McCain supporter Sen. Lindsey Graham tells CNN the McCain campaign is proposing to the Presidential Debate Commission and the Obama camp that if there’s no bailout deal by Friday, the first presidential debate should take the place of the VP debate, currently scheduled for next Thursday, October [...]
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Posted on September 24, 2008 by Damon
…The experiment in Hawaii, a world first, was testing whether music has an effect on health, pain and vital signs, such as blood pressure and heart and breathing rates, as well as levels of hormones and antibodies… …Back at the University of Hawaii, patients undergoing ophthalmic surgery were brought in prior to being sedated, and [...]
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Posted on September 24, 2008 by Damon
I previously blogged about Koby Abberton here and here. Well I guess he was able to reach a plea deal with the prosecutors. Sydney-based Abberton was scheduled to appear in Hawaii’s Kaneohe District Court tomorrow, but his lawyer and prosecutors came to an agreement today. The details of the deal will remain confidential until November [...]
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Posted on September 24, 2008 by Damon
…Hawaii Oceanic Technologies, has a plan to build humungous pens to grow ahi tuna. The cages would be behemoths: 82,500 cubic meters–half the size of a football field across–big enough to hold 1,000 tons of 100-pound ahi. These pens would bob 60 feet below the surface, kept in place with motors powered by heat exchangers [...]
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Posted on September 24, 2008 by Damon
Punahou moved up two spots from the last time I blogged about the national High School Football Rankings. St. Louis has held on to 68th according to the Rivals Top 100
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Posted on September 24, 2008 by Damon
I got another call from SMS Research out of Honolulu. I don’t know how many other people are getting them… but I find it weird that I keep getting them. Some of the questions asked. In general is Hawaii better off or worst off then 5 years ago? In 5 years, do you think Hawaii [...]
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Posted on September 24, 2008 by Damon
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Posted on September 24, 2008 by Damon
I would love to move to Bali! … the $70 million, four-hectare Outrigger Panorama Bali Resort & Spa. This resort development was launched in June 2007 and groundbreaking took place in July this year. It is scheduled to be completed by the first quarter of 2010 and will be managed by US-based hotel and resort [...]
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Posted on September 24, 2008 by Damon
One of the favorites to win the Ford Ironman World Championship on October 11, Canada’s Samantha McGlone, who was last year’s runner-up in Kona, announced Wednesday that she will not start the race due to an Achilles tendon injury… More Here
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Posted on September 24, 2008 by Damon
I turned on the option so that I could see how many people had casts votes in my “Unofficial Polls” The House and Senate Race is a close one w/ Pilago Dominating the Mayoral Poll.
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Posted on September 24, 2008 by Damon
Well in 1961 it nearly did: 1961: A small new lava fountain breaks in the ridge above Pahoa
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Posted on September 24, 2008 by Damon
I have no problem calling a person a racist when I see it. I’m a product of a bi-racial marriage and grew up in an “all white” society pretty much as the only “Nigger” (I can call myself that as that is what I was called at the time) at my school. I handled things [...]
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Posted on September 24, 2008 by Damon
I’m very disturbed by the fact that a former Hawaii Tribune Herald reporter has stated publicly that the only reason I was chosen to be on the H-130 Advisory task force because I’m “HAWAIIAN”. This false accusation hurts from someone I respect here in the Puna district. I realize that she may think that I’m “Hawaiian” [...]
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