A Darker View With an Awesome Clip of “Mini Avalanche” ON TOP of Keck 2 Observatory

I just checked out The Darker View, and Andrew has posted an awesome video that he was able to capture at just the right moment of a mini avalanche on top of the Keck 2 Observatory. Check out this clip here. I commented that he should submit it somewhere!

Rat Lungworm Lands Puna Resident in Coma on Oahu… Two Other Sick in Puna… Others Uninsured

Just noticed this in the Starbulletin: Just realized that reader Harry clued me into this the other day. The problem was, he gave me the link to the HFP blog and I generally avoid that blog so I skipped over it casually w/out reading the article in full. A rare ailment that comes from eating [...]

AT&T to Lay Down Fifth Trans-Oceanic Cable?

…The goal of the project is to improve communications between the West Coast of the U.S., Hawaii and Asia. Scott McFarlin, project manager for the AT&T Asia-America Gateway Fiber Optic Cable Project, explained, ”Put it down under the sea floor wherever they can. If they hit bedrock, sometimes it’ll lay above, but there’s not that much [...]

Fitzgerald Named to Head Department of Parks and Recreation

Media Release Fitzgerald named to head Department of Parks and Recreation Longtime high school football coach and resort executive Bob Fitzgerald has been named by Hawaii County Mayor Billy Kenoi to be the County’s new Director of Parks and Recreation. Fitzgerald brings the combination of a strong business sense and a passion for youth sports [...]

TAZO Arrives… Apologies From Starbucks

A few weeks ago I blogged about how a TAZO tea bag exploded in the microwave when I was trying to brew some tea. That night I fired off an email to the company, which happens to be Starbucks, telling of the incident. They sent a response to the incident, that sort of addressed the [...]

Pahoa Students Accept Check From Samsung… Picture

A few weeks ago I mentioned that Pahoa High and Intermediate came in first place in Samsungs Hope for Education Essay Contest. The Starbulletin ran a feature on it the other day. Here is a picture of the kids and their teacher accepting the check from Samsung: Teacher Suzanne Nozaki’s essay was selected as one [...]

New Police Chief on Violating Personal Rights

Just saw this interesting article in the Starbulletin: …He (new police Chief Kubojiri) also said he would be “as transparent as possible without violating anyone’s personal rights or the law…” Maybe I should discuss the post office incident with him?

More Then Half on Superferry Vomit… Cars Damaged on Latest Superferry Trip

Just noticed this article on a Superferry trip this weekend: …That passenger said, she and more than half the passengers were vomiting at the end of the three hour trip…Vehicles on the bottom deck shifted and 13 of them had minor damage. Reminds me of this “Got Barf Bag” blog I posted a month ago [...]

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