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World Wide Ed Pulpconnection Jerome’s ThoughtsIt was a very upbeat day at school today, as Keaau Middle School was featured in the Hawaii Tribune Herald today. Community Rallies to improve behavior and lift test scores, was published today and had this picture of our principal: In the position that I am in… I’d like to think that I am somewhat [...]
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So there has been a lot of discussion about the mainland bloggers coming to visit Hawaii for the Hawaii Tourism Authority’s So Much More Hawaii Bloggers tour but not much has been said about the actual bloggers themselves. Click on the link below for more information about each blogger: Christine Lu the “Geek Girl” L.P. [...]
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*Update 2* Tsunami Watch Canceled *Downgraded to 7.1 * URGENT — A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake strikes off Honduras coast in the Caribbean. A tsunami watch is in effect.7 minutes ago from BNO Headquarters BreakingNews BNO News TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 1 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 0833 UTC THU MAY 28 2009 [...]
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Filed under: Announcements, BJ Penn, Education, Kids, MMA, Sports | Tagged: BJ Penn, Hawaii Youth Foundation | Leave a Comment »
Hawaii Senator Les Ihara, Jr. was at the Leadership in a Self-Organizing World Conference in Leavensworth, Washington last week and spoke to a group of people openly about the way he felt about some things personally about his life. “…What I’ve come up with so far is that I could construe myself as an energy [...]
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Two sailors facing felony charges for allegedly beating a former Kittery, Maine, town councilor unconscious and leaving him on a city street Friday night were ordered held on $200,000 cash bail. The victim was identified in court Tuesday as Stephen Huntress, 48, of Kittery Point, Maine. Huntress is a former chairman of the Kittery Town [...]
Filed under: Idiots, Legal, Military | Tagged: Ehime Maru, Gerald Smith, Sandy Portobanco, Stephen Huntress, USS Greeneville | Leave a Comment »
I just received this email along with Tiffany and Aaron from Hawaii Corporation Counsel Lincoln Ashida regarding our blogs: “Here are some recent posts that may interest you: www.hawaii-county.com/cc/director.htm I am also intrigued by the work you all do in managing your blogs. No disrespect to our local dailies, but your articles seem to generate [...]
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Media Release Hawai’i County Mayor Billy Kenoi announced today the initiation of a joint project with the County Board of Ethics to review County operations and submit major amendments to the County Code of Ethics. Recent local media articles have called into question the appropriateness of the conduct of some County employees. Although many of [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Big Island, Blogs, Community, County Council, Kenoi, Legal | Tagged: Hawaii County Board of Ethics, Mayor Kenoi | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been talking about rocketplanes and space tourism a bit. It’s good to see our Reps. talking about the possibility: Space Tourism with Representatives Angus McKelvey and Gene Ward Ph.D. Guests John Strom, VP of Business Development Enterprise Honolulu and Jim Crisafulli, Director of the Office of Aerospace Development, Strategic Industries Division, DBEDT/State of Hawaii [...]
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…The two cases that live on the island of Hawai‘i are school-aged children that are not attending school at this time. One acquired their illness while traveling in another state, the other had contact with a confirmed case… More Here
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Chef Mark Tafoya creates food and travel videos for Culinary Media Network and is a personal chef in New York City. He is also one of the Bloggers coming to Hawaii with the So Much More Hawaii campaign that the Hawaii Tourism Authority is hosting. On twitter this morning he tweeted: I’m headed to Hawaii [...]
Filed under: Blogs, Food & Drink, Hawaii, Tourism | Tagged: Balut, Chef Mark Tafoya | 4 Comments »
This one is specifically for The Pineapple Fleet: The 1st Annual Hawaii Wiener Derby:
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Fourth Annual Hilo Inter-Tribal POWWOW at Wailoa River Park Hilo Hawaii from May 23, 24, 25 2009 Native American music and dancing. Video courtesy of @anelajade
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My Granker (Grandpa) fought in WW II. He was also a Military Doctor the second time he served. I could only find some of his medical background as he is long gone now and the Internet databases only go so far back: Dr. Perry E. Rowe was born in Everett, Washington on October 1, 1910. [...]
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Social media and using the internet to promote your company is becoming bigger and bigger these days. The Big Island has always been behind the times with things. I have to wonder if it’s because of the Time Zone difference at times… LOL. This was going to be a top 10 list, but I had [...]
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Big Island police say a 1 year old Captain Cook girl died Saturday night when the car she was in was hit by an oncoming pickup truck. The child was identified as Aliyah Braden. It happened around 7:30 p.m. on Kuakini Hwy near Lako St. The infant’s mother, who is in her 20s, and the [...]
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*update* Sorry folks… it looks like the clip has been taken down. (Thanks Liza over at “A Maui Blog” for noticing the broken link.) Looks like the Hawaii Girls Roller Derby League is off to another hard hitting start: Maui May-Hem All womens flat track roller derby: Black Vs. White with the Hawaii Pacific Roller [...]
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Last year I blogged about those effing thuds that were driving me crazy. Well it looks like they are back with a vengeance. I don’t know when this started happening, but all these little baby avocados are now dropping from the tree. Here’s a picture of some of them. I added the water bottle into [...]
Filed under: Agriculture, Food & Drink, Health, Sustainable Living | Tagged: Avacados, Going Bananas, Show Me More Hawaii | 2 Comments »
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