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I just received the following comment: ————————————————————————— Why is it that you don’t think the Hawaiian Home Essay Contest is “legit”? Skill contests like this are legal in all 50 states as long as no element of chance enters into the selection of the winners. Having a panel of unnamed judges (unnamed to all but [...]
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I previously blogged about the Lungworm problem that hit Puna here. I just read the following: “The second person of three who was diagnosed with angiostrongylus cantonensis in Hilo hospital just got taken to Honolulu. Both are in a coma due to extreme brain swelling or meningnoeocephalitis.”
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I’m trying out some twitter feeds on this storm… but I’m not sure what the ping reply time is between wordpress and twitter so I may just pull the twitter feed if I don’t find it suitable. ———————————————— Lingle Closes State Offices Tomorrow… Does This Include the Big Island? I just got the following tweet [...]
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At the Weed & Seed meeting the other day, one of the members asked the police in attendance if the police had noticed an increase in dog thefts lately in Puna. Specifically purebreds were allegedly being targeted. Anyone hear anything about about some dog nappers in Puna? There was even talk at this meeting about [...]
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I could have sworn that the coast guard promised to prosecute anyone that got this close to the Superferry. Good thing these windsurfers didn’t have terrorist thoughts. :roll:
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The duo known as EOTO will be rocking Pahoa Village Cafe tomorrow night. Their myspace page announces that they will begin performing at 9:00 due to “Curfew”. Jason Hann and Michael Travis (percussionist and drummer from the band The String Cheese Incident) make up this 100% improvised live Breakbeat/ House/ Drum n Bass/ Trip Hop [...]
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I got to give a hand to the new Kenoi Administration for working hard on updating the county on what has been going on of late. While the Counties website itself is still archaic the information being provided of late is solid. If you haven’t checked out the “What’s New” section of their website, you [...]
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…The team found methane in the Martian atmosphere by carefully observing the planet throughout several Mars years with NASA’s Infrared Telescope Facility and the W.M. Keck telescope, both at Mauna Kea, Hawaii… More Here
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Hilo detectives are requesting the public’s assistance in locating a man wanted for an outstanding warrant. Being sought is 25-year-old Mark Yun Jin McCurley, last known to live in Puna. He is described as being of Korean ancestry, 5-foot-7, about 130 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He has a tattoo of the word [...]
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Hawai’i Public Radio proudly announces the requirements and timetable for the Twelfth Annual Art Song Festival (2009). The mission of the contest is to acknowledge the excellence of Hawai’i’s art song vocalists and encourage art song performance in Hawai’i. ABOUT THE COMPETITION Singers of all ages and levels are invited to participate in this competition, [...]
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I’m still not a big fan just yet of this proposed Project Better Place idea that will be sweeping through Hawaii in the next few years. Representatives from Miles Electric Vehicles, Phoenix Motorcars and Global Electric Motorcars say they believe the future is fast-charging stations, not battery-replacement stations, for electric vehicles. …representatives of several electric-vehicle [...]
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