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My just turned 5 year old son has attended three days of Kamehameha so far for their summer transitions program as he get’s ready for the next 13 years of his life at the school. My wife and I speak absolutely NO HAWAIIAN, although my wife knows a few words and I can say the [...]
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Honolulu Community College is ready with a rapid response capability to prepare “green-collar” workers, says Dr. John Morton, vice president of community colleges for the University of Hawaii system. He spoke to Congressman Neil Abercrombie’s workshop on “green” jobs for Hawaii.
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Congresswoman Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) honors Maui-born Sumo Wrestling Legend Jesse Kuhaulua on his retirement from the ancient sport.
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My wife majored in tropical horticulture and knows a lot about plants. She’s not home right now… and I don’t feel like asking her about this plant any ways. I went outside this morning and saw this weird shell on the ground. I finally figured out that the seed came from the plant that was [...]
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I just noticed that not only did Big Island Video News change the format of their site, THEY NOW HAVE EXTENDED COVERAGE OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL COUP MEETING. Click here to view it.
Filed under: Announcements, Big Island, Blogs, Community, County Council, Idiots, Legal, Politics, Technology | Tagged: Hawaii County Council Coup Meeting | 1 Comment »
Anyone notice the new online layout for the West Hawaii Today? They have switched to a four column template from a three column template. What this does is squeezes out the news and gives room for more advertising on the front page. More ads less news… check it out, the West Hawaii Today. By the [...]
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Yesterday I posted the video of the teleconference of “Obama’s Special Advisor for Green Jobs in a Video Conference to Congressman Abercrombie’s “Green” Jobs Workshop in Honolulu Today”. Here is Congressman Neil Abercrombie’s opening remarks. Congressman Neil Abercrombie works with federal and state agencies and Honolulu Community College to host a workshop about preparing Hawaii’s [...]
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I just noticed this funky looking weed growing in my backyard: I have heard that anything with spikes on it is a non-native plant. This buggah has some mean looking spikes on it: Does anyone know what this is? Better yet… is it edible? *UPDATE* I asked what this weed was on Twitter, and less [...]
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I previously blogged about Volcanoes National Park’s Climate Friendly Plan in April. Looks like more noise is being created Federally on this project as well as other Climate Friendly Park Plans. …The National Park Service and the Environmental Protection Agency have started the Climate Friendly Parks network program to help parks address climate change. Parks [...]
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…News from the IUCN for New Zealand’s Chatham Petrel was also good, and it was downlisted from Critically Endangered to Endangered. Unfortunately, the report also uplisted the Hooded Grebe to Endangered, and the newly discovered Gorgeted Puffleg , the Medium Tree-Finch (one of Darwin’s finches from the Galapagos), and the Palila (a Hawaiian honeycreeper), to [...]
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Van Jones, President Obama’s Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, speaks via videoconference link to Congressman Neil Abercrombie’s “Green” Jobs workshop in Honolulu, Hawaii. The workshop helped representatives from the public and private sectors to learn how to tap into federal economic recovery funding to [...]
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http://hotseat.honadvblogs.com/2009/06/22/coming-wednesday-big-island-mayor-billy-kenoi/ ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. BILLY WILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS FOR ONE HOUR ON A LIVE BLOG – WED. @ NOON Must PRE register at the Advertiser site to comment or ask questions on “THE HOT SEAT”. As the budget picture gets worse, the state and all of Hawaii’s counties are grappling with cuts, labor reductions and charting [...]
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How quickly we forget some things. From the February 23, 2007 West Hawaii Today: What appeared to be a political game orchestrated by the Hawaii County Council minority during Thursday’s regular meeting has apparently cost Big Island taxpayers $186,000. Despite having a full slate of agenda items, many of which were bills that required two-thirds [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Big Island, Community, County Council, Hawaii, Idiots, Politics, Rumors | Tagged: Hawaii County Council Coup | 2 Comments »
Yesterday, I posted about the numbers that Erika Engle posted in the Starbulletin reflecting the declining readership of Oahu readers of the Hawaii Tribune Herald. I sent Ms. Engle the following tweet asking for a bit of clarification: Is that graph that you had on your column today accurate for the Hawaii Tribune Herald? http://tinyurl.com/ng49u8 [...]
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I had the opportunity to stay at the Hilton Waikoloa Village last month. I am still constantly scanning for things that go on at the hotel. I just noticed that they have added some new employees to their leadership team. ….effective June 15. Frank Manchen joins the team as director of sales and marketing; Jacques [...]
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This has to be the stupidest thing I have heard of. A personal blog is a personal blog and when the government starts telling people what they can and can’t do with their own personal blogs… WE ARE ALL IN TROUBLE! …What some fail to realize, though, is that such reviews can be tainted: Many [...]
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Nothing like a roasted pig and family for father’s day.
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Blogs have taken off in a big way here on the Big Island. Oahu residents can now read news/blogs and get more from them… then the Hawaii Tribune Herald. Either this chart on this column written by Starbulletin Columnist Erika Engle is wrong… or it appears that the Hawaii Tribune readers on Oahu are literally [...]
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