Posted on December 16, 2008 by Damon
“…If OHA accepts a backroom deal on the ceded lands… the state will withdraw their appeal to the US Supreme Court…” More Below: PROTEST FRIDAY DECEMBER 26th from 10:00 – 4:00 at the State Capital and Governors Place. Share this: Facebook Email Print Share StumbleUpon Reddit Digg Press This
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Posted on December 16, 2008 by Damon
Another reason why were not winning this war on terror: Share this: Facebook Email Print Share StumbleUpon Reddit Digg Press This
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Posted on December 16, 2008 by Damon
I emailed Honolulu Councilman Charles Djou yesterday and asked him why he “Dumped” his staff the other day. Mr. Djou knows I have my blog and I have emailed him over the last couple years about different issues that have come up. I was surprised at his most recent reply to me regarding this issue [...]
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Posted on December 16, 2008 by Damon
I broke the news back in October that Deann Canuteson, of Kealakekua, was a major award winner of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Hawaii24/7 has a much better article they just recently posted along with a great picture of her award and a little more information on “Full Life”. “How much fuller can life be [...]
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Posted on December 16, 2008 by Damon
Hat tip to Andrew Cooper for posting about this incident that happened in 2005 and is only now being reported: Drillers looking for geothermal energy in Hawaii have inadvertently put a well right into a magma chamber… …This is not the first time drillers have encountered magma; the depth of the hit and the setting [...]
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Posted on December 16, 2008 by Damon
I’m not much of a gambling man… but I know there are people out there that are. Share this: Facebook Email Print Share StumbleUpon Reddit Digg Press This
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Posted on December 16, 2008 by Damon
Emmy Award winner Faith Rivera recently visited Pahoa High School and spent some time with “At Risk” kids. She writes about it in her most recent blog posting: Wanted: Your Groovy Tracks to Empower “High-Risk” Teens to “High Hopes” “Earlier this December, I had an amazing time at Pahoa High on the Big Island with [...]
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Posted on December 16, 2008 by Damon
HECO on Tuesday announced an agreement with a clean tech venture capital firm in California to test new “green” technologies. HECO said it will help test emerging clean technologies being developed by startups backed by Khosla Ventures of Menlo Park, Calif… More Here The choice of Khosla Ventures is a bit curious to me. VC [...]
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Posted on December 16, 2008 by Damon
Click HERE Today, Governor Lingle and Public Safety Director Clayton Frank will hold a news conference to announce a new program that will provide crime victims with accurate and real-time information about offenders incarcerated in the state correctional system or on parole. The program is being funded through a federal grant from the U.S. Department of [...]
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Posted on December 16, 2008 by Damon
This is the second time in the last three days that an earthquake above 3.0 on the Richter scale has registered up on Kilauea. A minor earthquake occurred at 4:05:35 PM (HST) on Monday, December 15, 2008 . The magnitude 3.1 event occurred 2 km (1 miles) NNE of Kilauea Summit. The hypocentral depth is [...]
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