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I just saw this video that got uploaded to youtube today and all I have to say is holy crap! Our parasailing instructor in Hawaii turns the boat around after a rare whale shark sighting off the coast of Honolulu. He jumps in and rides one of the two sharks for a few seconds before [...]
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Media Release: On Thursday, July 1, 2010 at 2:00 p.m., Lt. Governor James R. “Duke” Aiona, Jr., will present a check in the amount of $140,000.00 to the John A. Burns School of Medicine – Hilo Medical Center Rural Residency Program, at the Rural Residency Program Office located at 45 Mohouli Street in Hilo. Lt. [...]
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Media Release: The Second Annual Don the Beachcomber Mai Tai Festival – “BATTLE OF THE BBQ” is now accepting applications: The festival will be held on the grounds of the Royal Kona Resort on August 14, 2010. It’s all about Mai Tai’s, Don the Beachcomber, Tiki culture and island fun! There is no fee to [...]
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I mentioned the other day how skydivers were having difficulty getting permits to jump and threatened with arrest if they were to do so. It now appears that there was some mix up in communication and that skydivers will be allowed to jump only on one day (JULY 4th) during a thirty minute time interval. [...]
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I’m going bananas… I see them… But I just can’t reach them
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Congresswoman Mazie Hirono questions administrators with the U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Department of Interior in the aftermath of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster during a recent Education and Labor Committee hearing. The Congresswoman’s questioning is followed by closing remarks by Committee Chairman George Miller.
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I’m wondering if Anuhea Jenkins will make a special guest appearance with The Green as she has been touring a lot with them of late. These pictures were taken of her at the Na Hoku Awards Festival with “The Green” escorting her on her big night of winning two Na Hoku Awards. So come check [...]
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It didn’t take long for the Rev. Roger Christie, founder of the Hawaii Cannabis Ministry, to move forward with his plan to establish a cannabis church in Colorado Springs. Christie, who lives in Hawaii, was in the city Tuesday (June 22) to give a lecture on the spiritual implications of marijuana and to check the temperature [...]
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From the House Majority Communication Office: The 1st Hawaii International Micro Robot Conference and Tournament will be held at the ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center at the University of Hawaii at Hilo from July 16-19, 2010. The effort is being led by the Waiakea High School Robotics Club and the Hawaii Space Grant Consortium, two groups that [...]
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Version #1: This report supersedes any earlier reports of this event. This is a computer-generated message. This event has not yet been reviewed by a seismologist. A minor earthquake occurred at 8:55:25 AM (HST) on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 . The magnitude 3.6 event occurred 10 km (6 miles) WNW of Ka`ena Point. The hypocentral [...]
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Media Release: At a special meeting held today, the University of Hawai‘i Board of Regents (BOR) voted to approve the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) Project on Mauna Kea with the recommended conditions of the Mauna Kea Management Board (MKMB). TMT is expected to be the world’s most advanced and capable astronomical observatory. Previously approved by [...]
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Well I’m a bit bummed! I was invited to go tandem skydiving with Skydive Hawaii on the Kona side of the island on Friday but it now looks like I won’t be going due to some tight restrictions and a threat of arrest! I received the following in an email today from the owners of [...]
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Last week saw was the 9th Annual MATE International ROV competition at UH Hilo. Here are the results: In the Explorer (advanced level) class the 1st place winner was Institute for Marine Technology Problems of Vladivostok, Russia; 2nd place went to Long Beach City College of Long Beach, Calif.; and 3rd place went to the [...]
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I just noticed that the commissioner Michael Huyghue of the United Football League is looking at expanding to Hawaii! We just added our sixth city – Norfolk. Now we’re considering Portland, Raleigh, St. Lake City, San Antonio, Austin, Los Angeles and Hawaii. He stated this to the world on Twitter just yesterday.
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Well now that it has been determined that each county will be allowed to determine their own fireworks law… I think it’s time for a poll:
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Today I attended the competition missions & engineering evaluations day of the the Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) International ROV Competition at UH Hilo’s campus. I watched the Ranger Mission’s first: If you don’t know what ROV stands for, it stands for Remote Operated Vehicles. In the Ranger Class, there were schools from all over [...]
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From the House Majority Communications Office: Governor Lingle today signed into law HB2688 which strengthens the state’s sanitation inspection program, including the hiring of more inspectors. The measure, now Act 176, changes the name of the “Environmental Health Education Fund” to the “Sanitation and Environmental Health Special Fund”, and allows the money in the fund [...]
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Following is a statement released by Senator McCain today: “Today I am pleased to introduce legislation that would fully repeal the Jones Act, a 1920s law that hinders free trade and favors labor unions over consumers. Specifically, the Jones Act requires that all goods shipped between waterborne ports of the United States be carried by [...]
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