Congresswoman Mazie Hirono Conducts Health Care Reform Round Table in Hilo

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Damon

Congresswoman Mazie K. Hirono hosted a round table discussion at the Hilo Medical Center recently, answering President Barack Obamas call for major health care reform in America. Here is the youtube clip from it:

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Feline Friday

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Damon

Hawaii’s best blogger Ian Lind dedicates Fridays to random pictures of his cats. He calls them “Feline Fridays“ I just stepped outside of my house… and there was a cute little kitten. So I snapped these pictures of it before it ran off. The last time I counted, Ian had at least 6-7 cats!

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What EVERY Father Wants for Fathers Day…

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Damon

Did you know that Sig Zane has a pretty active website. Anyone that knows me… knows I love my Sig Zane shirts. I hope my wife is reading this post! ;) The site recently announced a Father’s Day sale: …For online shoppers, please be sure to input the coupon code DAD after adding your first [...]

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The Graying of Hawaii

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Damon

Media Release The Graying of Hawaii, an independently produced documentary on Hawaii’s elder care crisis, will make its television broadcast premiere on PBS Hawaii in a special episode of the station’s live public affairs show— Insights on PBS Hawaii —Thursday, June 18th, at 7:30 p.m. Produced by Marc Delorme and Audrey Kubota, the 56-minute-long independent [...]

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75% Say Mauna Kea Beats Chile for TMT Location Site… Poll Still Open

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Damon

I’ve posted this non-scientific  Thirty Meter Telescope poll on and off for the last nine months on my blog. As of this posting 75% of the readers that participated in the blog are in favor of the TMT project being located in Hawaii instead of Chile. I’ll post it once again so anyone that hasn’t [...]

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Big Island Press Club Winnowing Names

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Damon

Looks like the Big Island Press Club is starting to get serious about moving along in the digital age. It looks like they are “winnowing names” down…  whatever that means. …We expect this process of winnowing names may take about two weeks… The “Press” is changing… where folks get news from and how they get [...]

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