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World Wide Ed Pulpconnection Jerome’s ThoughtsIf you missed tonights Andy Bumatai show, it was one of the better ones that I have seen in a long time. It featured local news anchors Diane Ako, Ron Mizutani and Dan Meisenzahl. Bumatai is a big time fan of Twitter. His twitter address is @Andy_Bumatai and he actually answered a few twitter questions [...]
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This is the first time I’ve ever really been excited about a president leaving office. Its not only that I’m against a lot of what the Shrub(s) have done while in office, it’s the fact that I think were getting a great president coming into office. I’m working on a countdown to “Bush being out [...]
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*update* Beginning Tomorrow! —— I was just down at the Drive-Inn at Kalapana and I noticed a poster on the window for the Hawaii Electronic Music Festival. It’s happening at three seperate venues on the Big Island from January 8-11. “The Hawaii Electronic Music Festival is a gathering of creative minds who share our love [...]
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Maybe this should go under today’s idiot?
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The state Department of Agriculture plans to poison wild honey bee hives in Hilo as an emergency measure to stop a growing infestation of bee-killing varroa mites, and warns the public against eating honey from wild hives over the next three weeks… More Here
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A few weeks ago I blogged about how Continental Airlines was planning to use jet fuel derived from Jatropha to lift off. Then a week ago I posted the video of the New Zealand jet that took off using Jatropha. Today, Continental Airlines finally demonstrated the use of it. “…Continental Airlines on Wednesday became the [...]
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Brainfarts… I have them all the time. Yesterday I posted about the Rat Lungworm and then remembered that reader Harry had already clued me into it the day before but I just blew it off. On a message board I started a whole new thread related to Rat Lungworm when the topic was already being [...]
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A few weeks ago I blogged that Ruby Tuesday restaurant would be opening a new restaurant in Hilo. Today’s news says they are actually closing 70 restaurants nationwide. I wonder if this puts the Hilo plans on hold or in jeopardy? …Restructuring the Company’s property portfolio including plans to close approximately 40 restaurants in the [...]
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BIVN has done it again: “A 22 year old cold case has finally found closure today, as Frank Janto was sentenced to life in prison for the 1987 fatal stabbing of Rose Chiquita in Hilo…” More AND video of sentencing here.
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Hat tip to Ian Lind for posting this on his blog. …The identity of the group of local investors has not been reported. But tucked away as an attachment to a motion filed in the Hawaiian Telcom bankruptcy case on Christmas Eve is what appears… I didn’t realize how many people were directly affected by [...]
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Anyone want to help Anthony Marzi answer a short legal question he asked on his blog yesterday? I’m not sure of the location. Maybe someone else knows of it.
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*Update* John Burnett has an excellent report in today’s Tribune Herald. ———- In the last week, three businesses have been ripped off and Cash and Carry just had an attempted burglary last night! We need to catch these effing punks! I stopped by Rudedogg Tattoo today to discuss with the owner about the recent ripoffs, [...]
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After working for the Department of Education here in Hawaii for the last 8-9 years, I saw first hand the many problems that our public schools are going through. Many parents choose private schools here in Hawaii for this exact reason. Public schools aren’t doing so good. I’m very lucky that although I’m haole, I [...]
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I don’t know where these folks get their statistics, and I really can’t believe this latest one. TripAdvisor has ranked Pahoa as the number 8 travel destination in the United States. Coincidentally, it also listed Keauhou as number 3. Here is the complete list: TripAdvisor TravelCast Top Ten U.S. Destinations for 2009 St. George, Utah [...]
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