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World Wide Ed Pulpconnection Jerome’s ThoughtsFrom Councilman Yagong: “…I’ll send you the email that I sent to County workers requesting suggestions to help with our County Budget and processes. From this request, I received many suggestions from county employees, including allegations that there was Internet abuse by employees during working hours. I was told that this abuse may be effecting productivity and could be [...]
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Earlier tonight I posted the email replies that I got from Hawaii County Corporation Counsel Lincoln Ashida and Councilman Dominic Yagong regarding the County Employee internet scandal. I have some concerns about this investigation. I don’t think for one second that they will be able to find evidence of people surfing on their own laptops [...]
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I just came across a pretty cool site that shows many of the Government Documents that have been uploaded to the internet, but not necessarily publicized. The Hawaii Documents Database (you have to scroll down as the layout for this site is terrible) State and County Documents FY09, State and County Publications received at the [...]
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Aerosols smaller than 1 micrometer are mostly formed by condensation processes such as conversion of sulfur dioxide (SO2) gas (released from volcanic eruptions) to sulfate particles and by formation of soot and smoke during burning processes. After formation, the aerosols are mixed and transported by atmospheric motions and are primarily removed by cloud and precipitation [...]
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So as many of you may know, last night I asked SSFM how much were they given for their contract in working on this Highway 130 Project that I’ve been working with a group of community members with since October of last year. I was quoted in today’s paper: …Not all members of the advisory [...]
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Yesterday I fired off two emails regarding the County Employee Internet Scandal that is under way. It appears there seems to be some conflict between what is allowed to be browsed and what isn’t allowed to be browsed on County time. Lincoln Ashida says browsing blogs on county time is ok… but Councilman Yagong doesn’t [...]
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A new research has confirmed what many parents long suspected: Second-born kids are more likely to be rebellious in later life than their more conservative older siblings… …To reach the conclusion, researchers at the Pennsylvania State University, the University of Hawaii at Manoa and Purdue University interviewed 364 children in the United States between the [...]
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I sent the following email off to Hawaii Corporation Counsel Lincoln Ashida this evening… He seems to be very open and has responded to most of the Bloggers that have inquired about this investigation. His most recent reply looks like it was over at Poinography. So I figure while us “Bloggers” have his attention, I’d [...]
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Earth Justice attorney Issac Muriwake gives a summary of the last 150 years of Water Law in Hawaii. An eye-opening, informative video captured on Earth Day at a film screening of “The Water Front”, held at Mau Community College and sponsored by Maui Tomorrow Foundation.
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Imagine it’s 1977, you’re on tour with Led Zeppelin, and you’ve just arrived for a week stint in Hawaii. You’re escorted through the airport by private security, through the throngs of fans just waiting to get a glimpse, into your black stretch limousine. You check into a luxury hotel and head straight to your suite [...]
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A new cooperative relationship between the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo and the Institute for Shipboard Education (ISE) will enable students attending UH Hilo to traverse the globe and obtain an international learning experience with the Semester at Sea program. Qualified UH Hilo students will receive a generous scholarship from the Semester at Sea program [...]
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Here are the pictures that were submitted by the members of the Highway 130 Advisory Group. The pictures and comments that I submitted are on pages 13-15. In these other galleries that were just uploaded, you can view the meetings that took place. Why they uploaded these pictures? I have no idea other then to [...]
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I asked what exactly the “Peak Hours” of congestion on Highway 130 were that was studied during the Highway 130 KPAG meetings that I was involved with. I finally received an answer to this question that we are basing this $56 million dollar project on… Roger Dyar, Consulting Traffic Engineer, has responded to your question [...]
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Here’s your answer to your question Mr. Mendoza… TEQUESTA, Fla. (April 28th, 2009) — The Independent Tire Dealers Group (ITDG) L.L.C. achieved record gross sales in 2008 of about $100.6 million and gross profits of $3.4 million. ITDG said the results mark the sixth consecutive year of posting record sales and profits. In 2007, gross [...]
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Congresswoman Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) speaks on the House Floor in support of two critical bills that would help end the discriminatory practice of paying men and women different wages for performing the same job — HR 11; The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and The Paycheck Fairness Act.
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No folks… I wasn’t even close to being up on top of Mauna Kea when I came across the following sign today: I was driving some weird old roads today. I came across the following bridge and I was wondering if I should cross it in my car. I mean… were the barricades stopping cars [...]
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Hat tip to Leslie Lang for the following article she noticed: The first confirmed death from the recent swine flu epidemic in Mexico, Maria Adela Gutierrez (English translation), worked as a door-to-door census taker for the tax board according to Mexican officials. She is not the original source of the infection, according to this article [...]
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With the world on swine flu watch, a number of online maps are tracking the spread of the disease. The Google Maps Mania blog rounds up some of the best and most creative efforts. One of the earliest is this user-generated Google map by “Niman”, which plots suspected, confirmed or probable, and negative incidences (click [...]
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Susan Boyle… were you this good or cute at 12? Introducing 12 year old Pahoa Opera Singer Rosalinde Rivera (AKA Operababe96): You can follow Rosalinde on her youtube page here
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