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I previously blogged about the BJ Penn show that was suppose to start at 9:30 on KFVE. Well obviously it isn’t on now. (As you can see from the above link… the youtube clip even showed K5 although the clip is no longer available) I’ve now learned it will start in about half an hour [...]
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The other day I posed the question… “When Will Tiffany Edwards Hunt Start Blogging Again?“ Well it looks like the answer is “Unfolding” as I write this. It appears that Tiffany is also looking for a few contributors to her site. I wonder if she would post a knockout ;) BigIslandChronicle …E-mail newswoman@mac.com to get [...]
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(Headline from article) ;) Filipino drug couriers working for Nigerian drug syndicates have been arrested and jailed in Hawaii, according to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency… …At least 69 Filipinos have been arrested in different airports in China since January this year for trying to smuggle heroin from Hong Kong, Macau and Malaysia. Most of [...]
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Just noticed an interesting article on Kalaupapa in the New York Times. “A Story of Exile and Union Few are Left to Tell“ Kalaupapa is one place that I want to go to at least once in my life time. …Others live here because this is where they were sent, against their will, long ago.You [...]
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*Bump* “…Check out BJ Penn’s Show starting NOV 30th on K5 every sunday night at 9:30 pm Hawaii time, 10:30 KHON2, If you can catch it then you can see it at BJPENN.COM the week after each episode airs…See behind the scenes with BJ and see how he’s prepairing for his upcoming fight against George [...]
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I noticed Senator J. Kalani English posted this youtube video about his views on Geothermal today. He talks about how Geothermal in Iceland is linked to the Icelandic peoples beliefs and correlates it to Pele here in Hawaii. Is it time to re-visit Geothermal… I think so. “…It’s Encumbent on the Hawaiians to be the [...]
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Often times you hear naive comments by people that judge people by their looks. For instance, I’ve heard all Asians look the same, all African Americans look the same, and I’ve even heard all Haoles look the same. The other day I blogged about how Taiwan’s Woes were helping the local florist industries here in [...]
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I wrote about the slug and snail research that UH Researchers were working on here. Today’s Honolulu Advertiser basically ran the same report today, “UH Researchers Compile Data on Snail, Slug, Species in Hawaii.” It is interesting how things that I find online… interestingly enough become “Honolulu Staff” articles. ;) If I remember correctly, former [...]
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With the popularity of my Daily KO’s rising, I figured I’d start a new weekly post. Every Sunday I’m now going to post a newspaper clipping or comic that makes me laugh. Silly Sundays #1:
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I’ve just added a new blog to my blogroll that has been active for the last few months although I only found it this evening: A Pacific View I welcome Tom’s blog to my blogroll and hope he continues to provide us with the great pictures he has been taking.
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I found a couple new blogs that are originating out of the Big Island. I’ll be keeping them on my radar of daily reads to see if they make my blogroll in the near future. One of them is a podbased blog along with some other posts called: Hawaiian Punchlines – And the owner of [...]
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I will be very curious as to how and why this person died in custody. Our jails are suppose to be safe. This happened more then 30 hours after the guy was taken into custody. A 47-year-old Hilo man died today (November 29) while in police custody. The man was found unresponsive within a cell at [...]
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A 33-year-old North Kohala woman died Saturday (November 28) from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle/pedestrian collision on Akoni Pule Highway, 545 feet west of the 24-mile marker… More Here
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I just learned of a program at UH Hilo that I had never heard of called the “Hawaiian EDventure Program”. “The mission of these programs is to deepen cross-cultural understanding between Japan and Hawaii, while promoting authentic Hawaiian culture to Japan” Japaninsight Blog It seems like a cool program that I wish I could have [...]
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Its amazing how many of our local hotels have preferred to buy their tropical flowers and orchids from Thailand instead of here in Hawaii. Thailand recent bad news is great news for Island Orchid Farmers. I hate to see the country in trouble, but I’m glad that local farmers will benefit by Thailand woes. Hat [...]
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People in Hawaii eat a significant amount of fish. They have for many generations. As the island population increases and the economy gets worse and worse, more people are going to be depending on fishing as a resource to provide food for their families. I have blogged previously about eating more fish now that I [...]
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I like Auntie Em’s idea here to finally put an alternate route in and out of Puna as a Priority. …Puna Councilwoman Emily Naeole offered several priorities, including the creation of an alternative route in and out of Puna, creating more affordable housing and to help homeless people. More Here
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I attended one of the top 200 public schools in the Nation according to a Newsweek article from a few years back. I was one of those kids that really wasn’t that motivated in high school and pretty much attended school so that I could play sports and socialize with my friends. I didn’t really [...]
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