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I posted a blog earlier with three videos on them of the last 24 hours of flooding. More videos are starting to show up that really show how devastating this latest storm actually was: …
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The County of Hawaii has submitted a list of road, sewer, transit and other projects to the federal government for funding under President-elect Barack Obama’s proposed economic stimulus package. The projects, worth an estimated $487.1 million, would create nearly 3,000 construction jobs in Hawaii County if all are funded. The list of projects (Below) is [...]
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Hawaii County Mayor Billy Kenoi has named Lono Tyson as the new director of the county Department of Environmental Management effective January 2, 2009. The appointment fills another key slot in the mayor’s cabinet. Kenoi was sworn in as mayor on Dec. 1. Tyson, 44, was solid waste division chief for the county’s Department of [...]
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Astronaut Ellison Onizuka Science Day Saturday, January 24, 2009 – UH Hilo:
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More than 5,000 highway projects are ready to go, state transportation officials say, if Congress will only pony up $64.3 billion as part of an economic aid plan. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, which compiled the list, said the projects would provide jobs and help reduce a backlog of crumbling roads [...]
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At the beginning of this football season, I mentioned to everyone to watch for Punahou football player Manti Te’o on my blog here. Rivals sports today declared him the 8th best player in the NATION! Wish him the best of luck in college… just wish he would stay home and play for the WARRIORS!
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I was just reading this article from the San Jose paper the Mercury News and I found this interesting article with more on how “Project Better Place” will be making their money on this project: …Under the Better Place model, consumers can either buy or lease an electric car from the French automaker Renault or [...]
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The Pacific Tsunami Museum is opening a new exhibit that is dedicated to the 2004 Deadly Indonesian Tsunami on Sunday, Dec. 14th. “The Indian Ocean Tsunami exhibit will include the earthquake/tsunami generation, scenes from Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, and the Maldives, and survivor stories.” The San Francisco Chronicle ran the follow article: Nearly 50 [...]
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Citing the heavy rains and flood conditions, the State Department of Health’s Clean Water Branch has issued a brown water advisory for the entire state this morning. More Here
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Just read this interesting article about the Hawaiian Honeyeater Birds: …”Everybody assumed Hawaii’s honeyeaters were the same as the ones in Australia and New Guinea,” said Robert Fleischer of the Smithsonian Institution. “In fact, nobody had a clue who their relatives really were…” …They now reveal that the Hawaiian honeyeaters don’t fit anywhere near the [...]
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Had I known that Hunter Bishop was not only going to stop blogging… BUT ALSO REMOVE HIS BLOG COMPLETELY… I would have copied and collected a few key blog posts that he had made for future references. :( The blog in particular that I’m looking for was the Tax Break down by districts here in [...]
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Seems like about once a year here in Hawaii we get a real good dumping of rain. Looks like it’s happening now on Oahu. Here are some random clips from the last 24 hours of flooding going on throughout Hawaii. It hasn’t rained too much where I’m at in Pahoa, but the neighbor islands are [...]
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Online blogs made a very big difference in the elections this year both nationally and locally. The District 5 Debate that was posted online by Big Island Video News and online comments that were later made on Hunter Bishops Blog lead to an ethics complaint from Wayne “Big Dog” Joseph against Lincoln Ashida. I myself [...]
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I just noticed on Leslie Wilcox’s Blog that tonight on PBS there will be a discussion on the Digital Transmission switch that will be happening on January 15th. If you haven’t yet focused on what Hawaii’s January 15 digital transition is all about, I invite you to take advantage of a total of an hour-and-a-half of clarity on this [...]
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I’m losing it folks! Did anyone check out the sky last night? It seemed as though the Moon and the Stars were moving through the sky much faster then they normally do. I WASN’T DRUNK EITHER! ;) I just asked Andrew Cooper if there was anything different about last nights sky… I’ll see what his [...]
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This sounds a bit more realistic then the $100 Essay Contests offered here and here. …In a grim real estate market where homebuilders and sellers across the nation are offering incentives from Harley-Davidson motorcycles to wide-screen TVs, a Hawaii couple is upping the ante by offering a $100,000 bounty to anyone who can locate a [...]
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