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Just got word that Bill 361 Passed 9-0 and will be moving on to get the Mayor’s Signature to pass it into law. More on the Bill here
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While I’m a staunch supporter of Angel Pilago because of friendship and loyalty to the things that he represents, and I have only put his website on my blog as he continues his quest for the Mayor of the Big Island. Anthony Marzi recently ran an excellent campaign against a member of my Ohana and [...]
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Andrew Cooper recently posted some nice pictures of the Surface of Mercury on his blog and I noticed all the crater impacts on the planet. Which lead me to the question: Makes me wonder when something will crash down on Hawaii. Isn’t it just a matter of time that pretty much everywhere on earth will [...]
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If anyone was caught in the traffic jam at the Keaau “Squeeze” coming home from work around 4:00 – 5:00, you may have eventually came upon an accident. Fortunately, I was heading the other way into town and didn’t have to deal with it. It was very interesting because the Tow Truck that was there [...]
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As your heading into Pahoa on H-130, across from the new fire station, there is a concrete barrier that was recently set up that comes about 2 feet from the white line that is marks the road. This structure is poorly designed and I can see someone T-Boning into in the next few days if [...]
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Finally the Military is doing something worth mentioning ;) The world’s oceans are an energetic place, and military-industrial giant Lockheed Martin said today it has been granted $1.2 million by the Department of Energy to demonstrate that ocean thermal energy conversion is possible… …Harnessing ocean thermal energy is likely farther out than both wave and [...]
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If anyone is watching The Ultimate Fighter, Hilo boy Sugar Shane Nelson is losing it on the show. Tonights episode he’s getting just wasted, trying to pick fights and throwing furniture around the house. I first blogged about him being on the show a few months back here. Tonights episode, he’s making ass of himself.
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Police officers from the Ka’u district, Area II Criminal Investigations Section and the Special Response Team served a search warrant at a home on King Kamehameha Boulevard in the Hawaiian Ocean View Estates subdivision on Wednesday (October 8). Officers found what appeared to be an explosive device and immediately evacuated the area. The evacuation affected [...]
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I’ve added former Big Island Weekly Editor Kristine Kubat’s new blog to my blogroll. Welcome Kubehead
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Hunter Bishop blogged about the sudden departure of Big Island Weekly Editor Kristine Kubat. In today’s BIW she has confirmed it here. “…Aloha and mahalo for your interest in the Big Island Weekly. It is time for the paper to become more than a soapbox for the likes of me. See you soon at KUBEHEAD.com. [...]
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Yep… still grasping for straws: Looking at some of the Partners involved with Adaptive Optic in this Center of Apdaptive Optics Year 9 Annual Report (page 148) dated August 1, 2008. We see #7 Akimeka, LLC. followed behind among other things, #2 Air Force Maui Optical and Super-Computing Site (AMOS) And from page 11 of [...]
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I first noticed that I wasn’t able to access my blog and then wasn’t able to access alot of other sites I visit, however I could access some sites which seemed very strange. I finally got frustrated and called oceanic and they let me know through their automated messages that RoadRunner was having difficulties across [...]
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In 2006 Sen. Inouye requested $17 million for an access road at Pohakuloa Training Area. Well he’s getting $30 Million for this project. Wonder why the extra $13 million was allocated? Me too. More Here
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The Madigan family is a family that likes to bounce together… Literally: …They have bounced around the globe the past few years, making headlines with their wins in competitive circuits and this Friday they head to Rotorua, New Zealand to participate in the Indo Pacific Trampoline and Tumbling Championships… …He and his sisters along with [...]
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A week ago I mentioned how you could play games on channel 433. Oceanic has now introduced even more features: …The interactive content deployed in Hawaii includes games such as Tetris and Sudoku from the provider TAG Networks, home shopping from HSN, and news, sports and children’s versions from P:Mosaic, which operates as a personalized [...]
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Scientists will begin collecting the first near-real-time measurements of the isotopes in water vapour on Hawaii’s Mauna Loa this week, trialling what could prove to be a new way to study climate and weather systems. The month-long experiment will deploy a trio of laser-based instruments to measure the isotopic composition of water vapor at least [...]
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The Hawaii County Council will be deciding whether to pass Angel Pilago’s Bill 361 today in Hilo. The Bill can be seen here and if it passes today’s meeting, it will await the Mayors signature to become law.
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Yesterday, I blogged about the $52 Million contract that Manu Kai received. I was a bit zealous in assuming that the company only employed one person, however, I didn’t really have much to go on with the company. Today’s Advertiser reports: …Manu Kai will employ 550 people to run range support operations, with a “mixture” [...]
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