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…Last Sunday, the rest of the world was introduced to the larger-than-life personality as the host of the MMA-inspired reality series “Bully Beatdown” on MTV. The world apparently liked what it saw, as the show’s debut was No. 1 in its timeslot for Male Teens and Males 12-34 with a 1.18 rating for 1.4 million [...]
Filed under: Announcements, BJ Penn, KO's, MMA, Something New?, Sports, Television | Tagged: Bully Beatdown, Jason Mayhem Miller, MTV | 1 Comment »
I don’t know how I missed House Bill 844: _______________________________________________ Measure Title: MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR BIG ISLAND JUVENILE INTAKE AND ASSESSMENT CENTER. Report Title: Big Island Juvenile Intake and Assessment Center; Appropriation Description: Appropriates funds as a grant-in-aid to the county of Hawaii for the juvenile intake and assessment center pilot site in Pahoa, [...]
Filed under: Big Island, Community, Kids, Legal, Legislature, Pahoa, Security | Tagged: HB 844 | 1 Comment »
The National Association for Music Education announced the school ensembles to be featured in the World’s Largest Concert® (WLC®) in March 2009. The World’s Largest Concert has been the highlight of Music In Our Schools Month® (MIOSM®) since 1985. A sing-along concert linking students around the world through music, the World’s Largest Concert reached an [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Education, Hawaii, Hawaiian, Kids, Something New?, Television | Tagged: Kamehameha Schools, World's Largest Concert | 1 Comment »
I just noticed on Hawaii247.org that Hawaii County received money for various Highway projects. Something that caught my attention: Keaau-Pahoa Road Shoulder Conversion $13,860,000 Keaau Pahoa Road Improvements $3,300,000 From all the Highway 130 Meetings that I have attended for the last year… nothing has been mentioned about spending amounts geared towards specific projects and [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Big Island, Community, Economy, Hawaii, Highway 130, Pahoa, State Affairs, Transportation | Tagged: Highway 130 | Leave a Comment »
In my non scientific poll with 66 83 different IP addresses voting, Neil Abercrombie is leading Duke Aiona 52 51% to 32 31% with 17 18 % choosing other. The Poll is still open so if you haven’t voted… feel free to do so.
Filed under: Abercrombie, Announcements, Duke Aiona, Politics, State Affairs | Tagged: Duke Aiona, Neil Abercrombie, Poll | 1 Comment »
Hawai’i County police have located 17-year-old Ronsten K. Andrade, who was wanted for an outstanding juvenile detention order issued by Family Court. He was located in Puna on Monday (March 23).
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Filed under: Announcements, Environment, Hawaii, Hawaiian, Sustainable Living, UH | Tagged: Maoli Thursdays | Leave a Comment »
Ian Lind made it to the Capital Rotunda the other day and snapped some excellent pictures of the Taro Festival that was happening the other day. You can view Mr. Lind’s 6 pages of pictures from the day beginning here. The Hawaii House Blog also covered the event. Thelma Dreyer’s recent blog posting “Poi Pounder’s” [...]
Filed under: Education, Environment, Food & Drink, GMO, Hawaii, Hawaiian, Health, Legislature, Politics, State Affairs | Tagged: Jerry Konanui, Taro Festival | Leave a Comment »
This documentary explains what Act 221 is, and explores some of the issues of this Hawaii tax legislation.
Filed under: Announcements, Hawaii, Legislature, State Affairs, Technology, Tourism | Tagged: Hawaii Act 221 | 3 Comments »
I was one of those people that just hated cell phones and thought I would never carry one myself. Now I couldn’t live without them. Its amazing how many people in Hawaii still don’t have a cell phone… less yet just go completely wireless. I know some people that still screen calls through answering machines [...]
Filed under: Hawaii, Technology | Tagged: Hawaiian Telcom | 8 Comments »
Media Release Fire fighters at the Captain Cook Fire Station moved back into their quarters today at 82‑6120 Mamalahoa Highway following a three-month relocation due to repairs and renovations at their station. The renovations were necessary to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act as well as to address the removal and abatement of hazardous [...]
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New version introduced to specifically ban gaming, already illegal per Hawaii law March 25, 2009 Washington D.C. – U.S. Senators Daniel K. Akaka and Daniel K. Inouye and U.S. Representatives Neil Abercrombie and Mazie K. Hirono today introduced a slightly modified version of the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act that clarifies that gambling will not [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Economy, Hawaii, Hawaiian, Politics, Something New?, State Affairs | Tagged: Akaka Bill, Gambling in Hawaii | Leave a Comment »
I am writing you to let you know that later today, I will be introducing a new version of the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2009, also known as the Akaka Bill, to address concerns regarding gambling. As a member of my email `ohana, you are receiving this information before it is released to [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Hawaiian, Legal, Legislature, Politics, State Affairs | Tagged: Akaka New Bill | Leave a Comment »
In follow up to my post on Code of Ethics for Bloggers. I just got an interesting comment from reader Gary that showed me a few links about some other peoples thoughts on Bloggers vs. Journalists and I just thought I’d share them here. …For what it’s worth, I think journalists are unnerved and defensive [...]
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DJ Josh Pacheco (@joshontheradio) interviews Mayor Kenoi at Hat’s Off for American Red Cross event
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I don’t know what to say about these videos that I just ran across. The strange part to me… is that the church is putting these videos up. If you go to the links below, you will see some other videos. I’d hate to see the video cameras in the confessional rooms at that church. [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Comedy, Rumors, Security | Tagged: Demon Busters, Hilo Hawaii | Leave a Comment »
Hawaii Town Halls Focus Oahu: District 1 Denise Antolini is working with the University of Hawaii – Manoa to organize a Town Hall to engage Representative Neil Abercrombie. To get involved, contact Lacey Riddle, the National Organizer for the Northwest Focus Kahului: District 2 Joshua Cooper is working with Maui Community College to organize a [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Education, Environment, Hawaii, Something New?, Sustainable Living, Technology | Tagged: Focus the Nation 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Hawaii Space Grant Consortium and Punahou School in Honolulu will host a live education downlink from space shuttle Discovery with STS-119 mission specialists Joe Acaba, Richard Arnold and Sandy Magnus. Acaba and Arnold are both former middle and high school science teachers. On Friday, March 27, from 7:03 to 7:23 a.m. HST, elementary and [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Education, Kids, Something New?, Technology | Tagged: Gus Webling Elementary, NASA, Puanhou, Space Shuttle Discovery, Stevenson Elementary | Leave a Comment »
On November 13th I was the first in the state to blog: …Austal USA has won a $1.6 billion contract to build up to 10 high-speed transport ships for the U.S. military, U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Tuscaloosa, announced Wednesday… No one in the media had picked up on this… I even ended the post by [...]
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