Governor’s Site Now a Direct Feed… Can You Hear Me Now Mayor Kenoi, County of Hawaii, etc.?

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Damon

I’m removing the link to Governor Lingles Press Releases under the “Official Links”. The Governor’s office has now enabled feeds from their site so bloggers and news media outlets can just pick up the feed straight from the source. I’ve put that link in the column on the left. This way even if I don’t [...]

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Disclosure and Disclaimer?

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Damon

Capsun’s Corner wrote an interesting piece the other day on whether blogs should have a “disclosure” policy on them or not. At the time I didn’t really think too much about what I would put on a disclosure if I ever had one on my blog and I said: I just figured out a disclosure [...]

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Official Statement From Military on Grounding of USS Port Royal Off Oahu… The Video

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Damon

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*Update* Hapuna Beach Drowning… What Really Happened?

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Damon

The other day I posted the police report from the Hapuna Beach drowning that happened the other day. The comments that have followed have just amazed me and only made me wonder… what really happened on that fateful day? I’m not going to speculate… I’ll just repost some of those comments here: 10 11 Responses [...]

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Hawaiian Idol VI: Preview of 2009 Qualifiers

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Damon

If you haven’t noticed, the Hawaiian Idol VI competition is in full swing going on over at the Kona Bowl. I’ve put a tab up on the top of the page so that you can follow the competition as they get uploaded to youtube. The 2009 Qualifiers were recently announced: In order of appearance on [...]

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Ehime Maru – 8 Years Ago

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Damon

Yesterday, marked 8 years since the Ehime Maru incident off Oahu waters that left 9 crew members dead including 4 high school students after the submarine USS Greenville slammed into it as it was rising to the surface of the ocean. The following is from a Japanese newspaper out of the Ehime Prefecture: MATSUYAMA, Ehime [...]

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Taro Production Up 10%

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Damon

The National Agricultural Statistics Service said Hawaii farmers produced 4.4 million pounds of taro in 2008. That’s a 10 percent increase over the 4 million pounds of the traditional island staple and poi base that was cultivated in 2007… …The service said the total value of Hawaii’s taro crop rose 16 percent in 2008 to [...]

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