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World Wide Ed Pulpconnection Jerome’s ThoughtsBehind the scenes of the Hawaii Status on Federal Stimulus Funds meeting that was held on August 24th: Linda Lingle: Hawaii Department of Transportation Director Brennan Morioka:
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I just noticed that Councilman Yagong was featured in “The Asian Journal” today. You can view today’s copy of this widely spread paper here under the Column “The Voice of FilAmerica Or you can link directly to the article here.
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I just spoke with Councilwoman Naeole for a brief moment before my son was getting on the bus at Malama Market this morning, and as I was on the phone talking to my wife… Councilwoman Naeole drove by… Rolled down her window and announced: “Big News… I’m Getting Married in Two Months!” I was on [...]
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It will be so fun watching RJ Mendoza squirm his way through this course he is taking at UH Hilo with Lincoln Ashida. Here is a small sampling from his latest blog posting. …Ok, without further ado, I know people are wondering how Lincoln Ashida’s class went. Honestly? I really enjoyed it! He knows his [...]
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It is my understanding that the County of Hawaii has filed a Motion to have the Sunshine Lawsuit filed by the West Hawaii Today Dismissed. You can see the first two pages of this motion here: West Hawaii Today vs. Hawaii County Council Page 2 It is also my understanding that the West Hawaii Today [...]
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Just ran across this clip on youtube… You may notice a few of the kids: …Or so the teacher tells the class. This takes place in the 1970′s in Hilo. After class the popular girls who are members of the Ray of the Rising Dawn, make “Jerry” abandon his friend because he wants to be [...]
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Hawaii Biotech, Inc. President and CEO Elliot Parks, Ph.D., announced today that the company has initiated a Phase 1 clinical study with their monovalent dengue vaccine candidate. The double-blind, placebo controlled, dose escalation safety study in healthy subjects is being conducted at the Saint Louis University Center for Vaccine Development. Vaccine recipients in this study [...]
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…I tried, I really tried, but I couldn’t keep it a secret: Willie Nelson is doing a “secret show” tonight at 7 p.m. (EASTERN TIME) from a venue in Hawaii, for a MySpace broadcast. Personally, I can’t think of too many things less “secret” than MySpace, but Nelson will be performing songs from his new [...]
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Twitter Release: Big Island volunteers needed for the American Red Cross Hawaii Chapter. Nurses, office helpers, disaster responders are all needed. Please call East Hawaii office at 935-8305 or West Hawaii office at 326-9488
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Media Release: Big Island residents and businesses are encouraged to tune in as we circle the island and talk to a number of residents live via the internet on www.bigislandlive.com. The multimedia broadcast will be using cutting edge technology allowing the home to see what is going on on the different parts of the island, [...]
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Congrats to Ryan Higa for becoming the number one subscribed youtube channel in the world! Ryan posts a video on youtube, and within a few weeks it has over a million views! A 19-year-old from Hilo, Hawaii, recently overtook squeaky-voiced Fred Figglehorn as the YouTube channel with the most subscribers… …Ryan Higa, whose Nigahiga channel [...]
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The Seismology Division of the Geophysical Institute of the Ministry of National Infrastructure will simulate an earthquake in the southern Negev Thursday by detonating 80 tons of explosive material. The experiment, financed by the U.S. Defense Department, is a joint project with the University of Hawaii, and is part of a scientific project intended to [...]
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Some of the twenty kids that will be participating in BJ Penn’s Youth Foundation that will be happening for the next 4 months. Stan reporting in from the Foundation: And the video I posted about the BJ Penn Foundation on May 27th.
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I just got wind from a reliable source that the gate to O’oma and Kohanaiki is now OPEN!
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Media Release: Statehood Special from Academy For Creative Media Premieres Thursday Night Followed by Live Insights Panel Discussion State of Aloha – a one-hour statehood documentary from the University of Hawaii’s Academy for Creative Media – will be part of a special 2-hour Insights on PBS Hawaii Thursday, August 27, at 7:30PM. This will be [...]
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Media Release: The East Hawaii Cultural Center proudly presents the Hawaii premiere of TAPE, a drama written for stage by Stephen Belber, and later produced as a feature film… Tickets $25.00 (Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays) through August 29, 2009 at 7:30pm. All Thursday night performances are “pay-what-you-can” nights (first come, first serve). You literally pay [...]
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I submitted a question for Traci Toguchi a few days back when I was getting driven crazy by some coqui frogs that were going off. It made her “Daily Q’s” today on her blog… so feel free to check it out: What do you live with?
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I find it weird that KGMB is now offering twitter users a chance to Embed the KGMB 9 Logo on their twitter profile picture, when they had previously asked me to remove the emblem from my blog. Aloha Damon, KGMB9 kindly requests that you remove our logo from your blog. While you are free to [...]
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I just noticed that the Big Island is being featured by National Geographic Traveler in the upcoming September issue in a section called Drives of a Lifetime. The best way to see Hawaii’s Big Island is to drive around it. You’ll soon be immersed in a varied landscape unlike any other in the United States. [...]
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