20 Years Later… Still No Spaceports South of Volcanoes National Park

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Damon

Spaceports and rocket ships are in the news again: Today, the US Federal Aviation Administration has given the green light for the world’s first commercial spaceport, New Mexico authorities said Thursday… More Here Anyone remember the ones that were planned for Hawaii?: THE state of Hawaii, encouraged by President Reagan’s policy to encourage the commercial [...]

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*Updated* County Looking to Work With State on H-130 Project

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Damon

*Updated for clarification Aaron Stene emailed me some informative .pdf files regarding the State Transportation Improvement Plans (REVISONS) (STIP), and we briefly emailed each other a few thoughts on the project.  I appreciate him putting the link to the detailed break down on his blog here. This morning I received an email from Public Relation [...]

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June Jones vs. UH Settlement Details: The Video

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Damon

I’m still amazed at how many people are interested in the Lily Kahumoku/June Jones story I posted a long time ago.  :shock:

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Korean Air Confirms Expanded Hawaii Service

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Damon

A month ago I blogged about Korean Air possibly expanding it’s service in Hawaii. It has now been confirmed: Korean Air will begin flying 747s to Hawaii on March 1 in response to higher demand for nonstop service between Seoul and Honolulu. A spokesman for Korean Air said 581 more seats will fly to Hawaii [...]

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Parking at WalMart

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Damon

I simply hate it… I guess its god’s way of getting back at me for shopping there. The parking lot is so poorly designed that it sucks. I thought the one near Ala Moana was poorly designed… this Hilo one has less traffic then the Ala Moana one… but the traffic mess is just a [...]

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Today’s KO

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Damon

Since I missed another day of KO’s yesterday… I’ll give you a couple, if I had my choice… my vote would be for the last one:

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Two Board Members Depart From Horizon Lines

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Damon

Horizon Lines, Inc. (NYSE: HRZ), today announced the departure of two members of its Board of Directors, a corresponding reduction in the board composition to nine from 11 members, and the appointment of a new Audit Committee Chairman and Audit Committee member. Mr. Ernie L. Danner and Mr. Francis Jungers are stepping down from the [...]

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New Flubug Resistant to Tamiflu… Hawaii Residents Take Note

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Damon

I’ve been fighting this flu for about 7 days now. I’m finally getting over it. I’ve had a couple people email me talking about having flu like symptoms as well. Ian Lind reported on his blog a few days ago that he too was feeling down in the dumps. I was just reading this Reuters [...]

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