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World Wide Ed Pulpconnection Jerome’s ThoughtsI may totally be off base here… but did I miss something recently? I’ve been very busy… but geez! I just took a look at the Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resources Preservation Fund Accounting report for July of 2010 that came from the August meeting and I seem to be caught off guard [...]
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Media Release: Hawaii and Kauai County will receive $5.925 million to build a transit facility and buy new buses, Senator Daniel K. Inouye announced today. Hawaii County will receive the bulk of the money, $4 million to construct a one-stop transportation facility in Hilo and $1 million for the purchase of Americans with Disability Act [...]
Filed under: Big Island, Hawaii, Highway 130, State Affairs, Transportation | Tagged: ADA Compliant Buses, Department of Transportation, Hawaii County Buses, Senator Inouye | Leave a Comment »
Media Release: Better Place announced today the start of its initial deployment of EV infrastructure in Hawaii, with the launch of a project to incorporate its electric-vehicle infrastructure in Honolulu, in partnership with Kyo-ya Hotels & Resorts’ Sheraton Waikiki Resort and Hawaiian Electric Company. The project will start with a small number of charge spots [...]
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Island Family Magazine got a sneak preview of the upcoming Cirque Du Soleil tour coming to Honolulu, Hawaii (Oct. 15-31, 2010). Video taken by Island Family Magazine’s Associate Editor Sherie Char.
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A few months ago I blogged about the swarm of bees in my backyard and posted this video of them swarming: Well today, thanks to “Best Big Island Bees” and an “intern”, the bees were finally removed. They had gotten in between two walls on an outside shed making them very hard to access. More [...]
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Press Release: A team of astronomers that includes the University of Hawaii’s Nader Haghighipour has announced the discovery of a planet that could have liquid water on its surface. The planet, which is probably 30 percent larger than Earth, was discovered using one of the telescopes of the W. M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea. [...]
Filed under: Blogs | Tagged: Astronomy, Carnegie Institution for Science, Earth, Gliese 581, R. Paul Butler, Red dwarf, University of California Santa Cruz, W. M. Keck Observatory | 1 Comment »
Media Release: In an unprecedented edition of Insights on PBS Hawaii , host Dan Boylan will be joined by the leading candidates for Governor and U.S. Congress for two back-to-back conversations. Candidates Abercrombie and Aiona will be first to join Boylan for a conversation beginning at 7PM on Thursday, October 14. Without interruption for commercials [...]
Filed under: Blogs | Tagged: Charles Djou, Colleen Hanabusa, Dan Boyland, Duke Aiona, Neil Abercrombie, PBS Hawaii, PBS NewsHour | Leave a Comment »
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From the Mayor’s Office: Hawaii County Director of Finance Nancy Crawford and county Controller Kay Oshiro each have been awarded a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) for their work on the county’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR). The Certificate [...]
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From the Hawaii House Blog: Rep. Denny Coffman today praised the release of $1.526 million in design and planning funds to Laiopua 2020, an organization under the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL), to build a new community center and medical clinic in Kealakehe. “This project was my number one capital improvement priority during the [...]
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This is hilarious: Tiger and Rose illustrate the sorts of things that can piss you off in Hawaii. Warning: Strong Language
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Media Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released the results of the 2009 American Community Survey (ACS), one of a series of data products the Census Bureau is releasing in the coming months that provides information on the nation’s population. Today’s release is based on survey responses collected over the course of the 2009 calendar [...]
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Congrats to Senator David Ige: … Sen. David Y. Ige is Hawaii’s first Senate technology leader and has spent the last 25 years blending his service as a Hawaii state legislator with his career as an engineer and IT professional to advance the state’s technology policy agenda, according to a NASCIO press release (http://www.nascio.org/awards/sti/). He [...]
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From the Hawaii House Communication Office: State Representative Robert Herkes has sent a letter to Governor Lingle requesting that the Attorney General review and issue a legal opinion on a case involving the Hawaii Health System Corporation (HHSC) and the Alii Health Center in Kailua-Kona. At issue is a loan of $2.9 million from Kona [...]
Filed under: Big Island, Community, Hawaii, Kona, Legal, Lingle, Politics, State Affairs | Tagged: Alii Health Center, Hawaii Health System Corporation (HHSC), Kona, Rep. Robert Herkes | Leave a Comment »
Media Release: King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel has yet another reason to be proud. Earlier this year, new life was infused into the hotel with the completion of a $35 million dollar renovation. Now, highly acclaimed Hawaiian Historian/Artist Herb Kawainui Kane brings Hawaiian history to life at the hotel via 40 signed and numbered limited-edition [...]
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The Aloha Festival Parade in Waikiki is normally one of the most colorful parades in the nation, but this year… I have to ask… what happened to all the floats? Last year there were 14 floats according to the Star-Advertiser. This year there was only 5! I have to wonder if the economy is taking [...]
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The Marine Corp Base of Hawaii presented their annual Kaneohe Bay Airshow this past weekend and I was thrilled to be asked to come to the Media and Family day that would happen on Friday before the actual show. …During its history, 26 Blue Angels pilots have been killed in air show or training accidents.[13] [...]
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Miss Hawaii 2010 at the parade!
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