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World Wide Ed Pulpconnection Jerome’s ThoughtsYou know who you are… your time is coming “Rainbow”/ “JackJohnson” and all the other different names you leave over around the net. Jokers like you are about to get outed big time! I’ve read the recent email you made towards a sponsor of my site… LOL.
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Media Release: The 2010 Pokémon TCG World Championships is THE Premier Event of the year! Only players who receive invitations via their National Championships, Premier Rating, or performance at the 2009 World Championships are permitted to play in this event. Additionally, top-ranked players in the Last Chance Qualifier will receive an invitation to participate in [...]
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Three murals created for the 12 mile mural project founded by Joanne and Fouad Tawfilis . The murals were painted by children and community members on the Kona side of the Big Island of Hawaii
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Back in September of 2009, I questioned an email that I got on behalf of the University of Hawaii Alumni Association (Is UH Really Updating Their Alumni Directory). I kept getting irritated by these emails I was getting and so I investigated a bit further about Harris Connect the company in question and in October [...]
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I just found the following uploaded to youtube today by user Molokai17 Check out the first round of “The Fight of the Century”, from the chapter of the same name in PUNAHOU BLUES (The Book). This archival footage was shot by Barry Wright on an old Bell & Howell in May, 1973. Faces in the [...]
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I’m devastated to hear that a C-17 went down today. It was just last weekend that I got to be on a C-17 during a simulated mission over the Big Island. A C-17 cargo plane with four people on board crashed and burned on Elmendorf Air Force Base this evening, according to the Air Force. [...]
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Wanted to load this a while back.
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Media Release: “A Plantation Town of the Past: Photographs of Paul Christensen 1930s-1970s” opens August 2 at the North Hawai‘i Education & Research Center (NHERC) in Honoka‘a. Experience five decades of the Big Isle’s sugar plantation history through 50 vintage images, mostly in black and white. Also on display will be color aerial shots of [...]
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The Washington Post is making a list of the “First Families” of each state in America. They are basically looking for the “Political Royal” from each state. However, Hawaii has not had anyone submitted or nominated for this list. I can’t really think of a “family” per say that would dominate local politics statewide necessarily. [...]
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I had quite an exciting weekend last weekend and I just wanted to say thanks to the Aston Waikiki Joy Hotel for putting me up and giving me a great discount on the Kama’aina rate. I walked into my room and I was blown away that I was given a suite that looked like this: [...]
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Media Release: Visitors to Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor’s 3rd “Biggest Little Airshow” Saturday, August 21 and Sunday, August 22, 10am to 4pm, will be greeted by over 150 aircraft on the tarmac—both real and remote control models–flyovers of military aircraft, candy bombings for the keiki, Hangar 79 tours to see the new MiG Alley [...]
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Many folks have been asking me about the outcome of the Census Bureau worker, Jay Haas, that was arrested for trespassing. The trial was originally scheduled for July 22nd, however, it has been pushed back. I can’t say much as I am subpoenaed for this pending trial. The date for the pending trial is August [...]
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Here are some more pictures that Charles Hansen has sent to me. The first four pictures are before the Tsunami and the last one is an aerial that was taken a few months after the Tsunami. Like the other posts, the commentary below the picture is from Mr. Hansen. We enjoyed a picnic on the [...]
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Marty Dread will be playing tonight, Friday July 23rd, at Pahoa Village Cafe. Door open at 9 pm, tickets $10.00!
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Someone pointed out to me that Larry Geller from the Disappeared News wrote a column that brings back some memories of my earlier days of my blog. I can totally relate to him being frustrated by his more recent incident. …Until a cop came over and stopped me from taking pictures of the event. See: [...]
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Sorry for the French… One of my favorite local bloggers (I’ll just name him as “Doug”) is back blogging again after nearly a year off. Check it out… Poinography! *Update* Geez… I’m out of things… Ian Lind beat me to the announcement!
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I’ve got a few more sets of photo’s that Charles Hansen has sent me from the aftermath of the 1960 Hilo Tsunami. Like the other sets, his commentary is underneath the picture. A tangled mass of debris lined much of the shore Telephone and power lines were down and strewed about. We had to be [...]
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I was honored last year to sponsor Jessica Ferracane in her quest to raise money and awareness for Multiple Sclerosis last year and did so again this year. I was worried myself at a young age that I might have MS due to a slight curvature in my back (note… I was young and see [...]
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I was checking out things on my lanai recently in Waikiki when I looked below and noticed these two kids “Huffing” from balloons. You can google what “huffing and balloons” brings you to.
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Monday – ADA Awareness Day for County of Hawaii
From the Mayors Office: A proclamation naming July 26, 2010, Americans with Disabilities Act Awareness Day in the County of Hawai’i was presented Friday to Paige De Lima and Wes Tanigawa in the Mayor’s Office in Hilo. De Lima and Tanigawa are the new chair and vice chair, respectively, of the Mayor’s Committee on People [...]
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