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Wow… what a day! Yesterday I got a chance to tour the USNS Mercy Hospital Ship that is moored in Pearl Harbor for the weekend before traveling to Guam. Mission of the Mercy: Primary mission is to provide an afloat, mobile, acute surgical medical facility to the U.S. military that is flexible, capable and uniquely [...]
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Had a great day today… a bit tired from things. Will post about my adventure today in a few. Before I forget… Happy Mother’s Day to all you mothers out there that may read this.
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I’m on Oahu today thanks to go!Mokulele Airlines and flying back on a flight later tonight. I would have stayed longer… but it’s Mother’s Day tomorrow and I figured it would be best to be back home for mothers day. I just wanted to thank those that sponsor my blog so that I am able [...]
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Governor Linda Lingle and DBEDT Director Ted Liu help champion the expansion of energy independence for Hawaii with the addition of another electric car product for Hawaii’s Consumers:
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I was cruising around today and I was down near the Kapoho Beach area when I ran across this fellow at the “Four Corners” area. He told me that he makes and sells smoothies for people down here at this corner with a Pedal Powered Blender so I had to take a closer look at [...]
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From the Mayors Office: Honoka’a Fire station to relocate temporarily Effective 8 a.m. on Monday, May 10, 2010, the Honokaa Fire Station will be temporarily relocated due to ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) renovations and the removal and abatement of hazardous materials repairs. It is hoped that the relocation will be short in duration. Honokaa [...]
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So as most of my readers probably know… I love twitter and have met some pretty cool people because of twitter. This past weekend, I had the chance to meet one of the coolest “Tweeters” and most importantly someone from my old neck of the woods the Pacific Northwest… Pam Mandel, otherwise known as the [...]
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From the Mayors Office: The County of Hawai‘i Finance Department will hold a public meeting to provide information and receive input on a proposed sale, lease, or exchange of lands at Koholālele near Pa‘auilo. The site consists of two parcels totaling approximately 1,040 acres (Tax Map Keys:(3)4-2-5:01 & 05). The meeting will be held at [...]
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Well we can’t say that Pierre Omidyar hasn’t tried something similar to the Honolulu Civil Beat before and it appears that it wasn’t as successful as he may have thought it could be. I just checked out Bayosphere and it’s pretty bland. Bayosphere, launched in June last year, has close to 100,000 unique visitors a [...]
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Media Release: Hawaiian Legacy Hardwoods (HLH) is in the process of implementing the first of its kind, RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) Tree Tracking Database so that investors in the HLH Koa reforestation project can track and monitor the progress of their investment in real time. Hawaiian Legacy Hardwoods’ IT (Information Technology) specialists are integrating their [...]
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By-Products From Biofuels, Food and Fish Processing Could Improve Sustainability of Kona Kampachi® Diets Media Release: Kona Blue Water Farms, Inc. (www.kona-blue.com), the first integrated marine fish hatchery and open ocean mariculture operation in the United States, today announced that the company has been awarded a Saltonstall-Kennedy grant from the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) [...]
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From the Mayors Office: Dear Chairman Yoshimoto and Council Members: As required by the Hawai‘i County Charter, the amended operating budget proposal for the County of Hawai‘i for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011 is hereby submitted. OVERVIEW This balanced budget includes estimated revenues and appropriations of $376,001,627 and includes the operations of eleven [...]
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Media Release: Are you growing a good avocado? Inquiring minds want to know. The University of Hawai‘i College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resource (UH CTAHR), the Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers Association (HTFG) and the Kona Kohala Chefs Association are asking farmers and backyard growers to submit avocado samples for possible crop industry research and [...]
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I personally want to wish the success of the new online paper “media” being started today by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar. Everyone check out Honolulu Civil Beat and let’s give this a chance to survive before we beat it to death. I think many of us that were online when eBay came out… laughed at [...]
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I’ve mentioned a few times that I got to explore Volcanoes National Park with a few media folks the other day. Here are some pictures of us exploring Thurston Lava Tube. Our guide Warren Costa leads the way. Sherie Char, of Hawaii Magazine carefully steps into the cave. We let our eyes adjust to the [...]
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So finally the local newspaper(s) picked up on the story that the county of Hawaii was being sued by a medicinal marijuana user that I initially confirmed by the mayors office almost 2 weeks ago. Of course… our newspaper has an apparent fact wrong: …Michael Ruggles, 53, has filed a civil lawsuit against the county, [...]
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I just got an update on the Puna Panthers Pop Warner football program: Our Puna Panthers ages 10-13, won their 4th game in a row, beating Waiakea at Hilo Bay Front last Sunday.They are now 4-0. Congratulations to the team (since most of these players have never played football before). Let’s support our Pahoa High [...]
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Email Circulating: Attend this week’s State Land Use Commission (LUC) hearing (Wednesday, May 5th, 10:00am, King Kamehameha Hotel) regarding a development company’s request to change coastal `O`oma’s* Conservation classification to Urban. This week — Help protect coastal Conservation land and public shoreline access!! Pack this Wednesday’s State Land Use Commission (LUC hearing). Provide great testimony [...]
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Commentary: If the State Land Use Commission (LUC) hadn’t reclassified Kohanaiki (“Pine Trees”) out of its former Conservation status for resort and urban development, the community wouldn’t have had to fight for 20 years to secure access and a shoreline public park there. In fact, without its resale value continually increased by government-added entitlements and [...]
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