Na Leo Forks Over $75,000 for Council Meetings to be Broadcast… $140,000 and Still Not Much Public Access

Posted on May 20, 2009 by Damon

You better bet Na Leo ‘O Hawaii should be coming up with money every year to pitch in to our council meetings. Na Leo ‘O Hawaii has come up with $75,000 so the Hawaii County Council can continue to air its meetings on public access cable TV channel 52 in Hilo and Kona. For them [...]

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Evidence From Distant Parts of Earth’s Crust Suggests the Core is Pulsing, Sending Up a Regular Batch of Magma to the Surface

Posted on May 20, 2009 by Damon

…Evidence from Hawaii and Iceland hints that the planet’s core may be dispatching simultaneous plumes of magma towards the surface every 15 million years or so. If the hypothesis is true, it would revolutionize our ideas of what’s happening far below our feet. Independent scientists contacted by New Scientist were split, with some scornful and [...]

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Become a Mauna Kea Volunteer

Posted on May 20, 2009 by Damon

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Big Island Resident 1 of 200 World Wide in Bread Baking “Challenge”

Posted on May 20, 2009 by Damon

For those of you who have been lucky enough to meet Devany Vickery-Davidson, you know she loves to cook. I’ve been following her blog My Hawaiian Home since she started it and I’ve been enjoying salivating at the pictures of her food. Recently she is one of 200 Bread Bakers world wide to taking part [...]

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32 Countries to Participate in International Surfing Day

Posted on May 20, 2009 by Damon

The International Surfing Day, which will take place Sunday, June 21, gets off to a good start!!! 32 countries and territories are already participating in this great adventure dedicated to the promotion of surfing and its culture! Thousands of professionals mobilize everywhere in the world, to prepare you a whole bunch of crazy free activities [...]

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East Hawaii Cultural Center Featuring 10th Annual International Shoebox Exhibition

Posted on May 20, 2009 by Damon

The East Hawaii Cultural Center is hosting the 10th Annual International Shoebox Exhibition. It will be going on until May 28th if you want to see it in person in Hilo. No, I’m not kidding… But it’s probably not what you’re thinking:

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Medical Anthropologist Sydney Singer on Potential Human Health impacts From Exposure to Biocontrol Scale Insect Infestations

Posted on May 20, 2009 by Damon

The following letter was emailed to me from Syd Singer: To: Chiyome Fukino, M.D. Director, Hawaii Department of Health Re: Potential human health impacts from exposure to biocontrol scale insect infestations Aloha Dr. Fukino: I am a medical anthropologist and director of the Institute for the Study of Culturogenic Disease, located on the Big Island. [...]

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