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Old photos are popping up on Facebook… and I guess I’ve always been a sign holder. In kindergarten I went to Happy Valley Elementary School and I don’t have that photo. Here is 1st and 2nd grade at Larrabee Elementary School: In 3rd grade, my mom and I moved out to Sudden Valley for a [...]
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Media Release: When Bon Jovi makes their highly anticipated return to Honolulu to perform two back-to-back concerts on Thursday, February 11th and Friday, February 12th, 2010, they will share the stage with up-an-coming Hawaiian bands. The long-awaited concerts, presented by AEG Live and A Tom Moffatt Production, mark the first time since 1987 that Bon [...]
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A minor earthquake occurred at 1:01:35 PM (HST) on Monday, January 18, 2010 . The magnitude 3.8 event occurred 5 km (3 miles) WNW of Pahala. The hypocentral depth is 7 km ( 4 miles). More info here: http://tux.wr.usgs.gov/Quakes/hv00036354.html
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Enter to win the ultimate romantic getaway in Waikiki… with dinner, a concert and two night hotel stay!* You and a guest will stay 2 nights at the Waikiki Resort Hotel where it’s all about location! Located just 20 Seconds to the famous white sands of Waikiki Beach. The Waikiki Resort Hotel features newly renovated [...]
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Footage of the crew of a Coast Guard C-130 Hercules fixed-wing aircraft from Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii, evacuated more than 60 Haitian-Americans Sunday from Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The group of Haitian-Americans, which included several infants and toddlers, are U.S. citizens who were in Port-au-Prince when a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck there Tuesday afternoon, affecting millions of [...]
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Media Release by Sydney Ross Singer: There’s a new smell in the air at the popular Pohoiki surfing and swimming beach, at Isaac Hale Beach Park on the Puna coast. It’s the stench of rotting mangroves, recent victims of illegal poisoning by the group Malama o Puna. The 2-3 acre mangrove forest at Pohoiki, along [...]
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This is video of the surf that closed down Hapuna Beach yesterday.
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I find myself a bit perplexed at times in where the direction of content and things will go at times on my blog. Obviously newspapers are dying out real quick as my blog gets more page visits then the Hawaii Tribune Herald. I’ve had my blog longer then I’ve been a member of facebook or [...]
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Media Release: A new session of art and pottery classes are coming up at High Fire Hawaii, the art gallery and studio at 114 Kamehameha Avenue in Hilo. Registration is now open. The Beginning Drawing, Watercolor and four Ceramics classes are four- to six-week classes that meet once a week, and start dates are spread [...]
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A young woman on the Big Island is recovering Saturday evening, after falling off a rock cliff on the Puna coast. It happened late this morning in Paradise Park. At first, rescue crews used lines to try and lift her out from the bottom of the cliff… Video and More Here: Big Island Cliff Rescue
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This is a picture of me from the year 1980 nearly 30 years ago. I had quite the afro going and I’m pretty tan. I’m just posting this here because I noticed that it’s “Throwback Week” over on Facebook and everyone is posting pictures of when we were younger. It’s a good kick looking at [...]
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I will not be accepting any advertisements for any political candidates on my blog this year, those that know… it was the same for me in the last election. I will be accepting announcements from candidates regarding their campaigns. I hope that folks understand that any political announcement that may be made on my blog [...]
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12/13/10 *UPDATE* This tour has now been canceled due to safety concerns for more information about the new Ziplines that KapohoKine will be opening see here: KapohoKine to Build New Zipline Course… Ends Affiliation with Umauma Ziplines Due to Safety Concerns. —————– How cool is this, when I went Ziplining at the Umauma Falls Zipline [...]
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Some folks love them, some folks hate them, but most of us have learned to live and adapt with these sounds all night.
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Media Release: King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel has a lot to celebrate this year, and to do that, the resort is giving away a free Three-Night Hawaiian Getaway each month, complete with a $100 Food Credit. Lucky winners will experience exciting upgrades at the hotel, including a complete room renovation, new infinity pool, and more. [...]
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A minor earthquake occurred at 7:34:49 AM (HST) on Friday, January 15, 2010 . The magnitude 3.2 event occurred 3 km (2 miles) WSW of Kilauea Summit. The hypocentral depth is 15 km ( 9 miles). Full Report Here: http://tux.wr.usgs.gov/Quakes/hv00036324.html
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I’m sure Andrew over at A Darker View will have more on this. Astronomers at Caltech have announced the discovery of the second smallest planet ever found outside our solar system… …The discovery is also a win for the American team, who worked at the Keck Observatory atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii. The Swiss still [...]
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Debbie Hecht – “Open Letter to the Hawaii County Charter Commission”
Please reinstate the 2% Land Fund, More than Half % ($1 million) is needed to preserve Hawaii Island’s great places… Open Letter to the Charter Commission: Aloha Charter Commissioners: Chairman Edmund Haitsuka, Vice Chairman David Fuertes, Daphne Honma, Casey Jarman, Guy Kaulukukui, Jamae Kawauchi, Joseph Kealoha, Alapaki Nahale-A, Susie Osborne, Todd Shumway and Scott Unger, [...]
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