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World Wide Ed Pulpconnection Jerome’s ThoughtsThe 2011 Merrie Monarch Parade was held today in Hilo, Hawaii. The Royal Court The Hawaii County Band kicked off the parade as it normally does. Nice smile from ESPN 1420′s Josh Pacheco Mayor Billy Kenoi walked the route which is nothing for him considering he completed a Triathlon not to long ago. Nice Sig [...]
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Hawaii Film Incentive House Bill 1551: Establishes an assignable infrastructure tax credit of: – 25% in counties with population over 700,000 – 40% in counties with population under 700,000 – $25mm cap Provides for an increase to the income tax credit for qualified productions to: – 35% for population over 700,000 – 40% for population [...]
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Media Release: County of Kaua’i Mayor Bernard P. Carvalho, Jr. commented today on the latest draft of Senate Bill 1186, which would reduce the amount of transient accommodations tax (TAT) revenues that would be distributed to the counties: “Although we understand the need for a temporary cap, the counties are very concerned about the Senate’s [...]
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Media Release: County of Hawaii Mayor Billy Kenoi released the following statement today on the new draft of Senate Bill 1186, which would reduce the distribution of the transient accommodations tax (TAT) revenues to the counties: “We are deeply concerned about the Senate position on the hotel room tax. The Senate proposal to cap the [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Big Island, Economy, Entertainment, Hawaii, Kenoi, State Affairs, Tourism | Tagged: Mayor Billy Kenoi, Senate Bill 1186, TAT Revenues | Leave a Comment »
Media Release: O Ka’u Kakou proudly announces the first annual Ka’u Family Fun Fest on Saturday, June 11, 2011 at Na’alehu Park on Hawai’I Island. Online registration and event details are now available at http://race360.com/15811. Known as “The Southernmost Goodwill Games in the USA”, this unprecedented event features a Half Marathon, 10K and 5K races, [...]
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Media Release: The Hawai’i Police Department announces that the new Pāhoa police station will be open for business effective May 2. This station in lower Puna, which is larger and more modern than the Kea‘au police station, will serve the public temporarily as Puna’s main district station. The Kea’au station, which is no longer large [...]
Filed under: aloha, Big Island, Community, Highway 130, Legal, Pahoa, Security, Something New? | Tagged: Pahoa Police Station | 2 Comments »
So last night I was plugging away and after nearly about 5 – 6 years with my old computer… I finally came across the Blue Screen of Death! The Blue Screen (also known as BSoD or bluescreen), known officially as a Stop Error [1] or a bug check, is the error screen displayed by the [...]
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Media Release: The T-33—one of the world’s best known aircraft— joined the already extensive collection at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor today, Thursday, April 28, 2011. It was transferred from Honolulu Community College to Hangar 79, its final home at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor. The T-33 (T-Bird) was the first jet trainer introduced to [...]
Filed under: aloha, Announcements, Entertainment, Hawaii, Military, Oahu, Something New?, Tourism, Transportation | Tagged: Honolulu Community College, Pacific Aviation Museum, Pearl Harbor, The T-33 (T-Bird), USS Arizona Memorial | 2 Comments »
Media Release: The Hawai’i Police Department is searching for a 17-year old girl reported as missing from Hilo since April 7. Destiny P. Alconcel is described as Filipino, 5-feet tall, about 125 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. Police ask that anyone with information on her whereabouts call the Police Department’s non-emergency line at [...]
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Media Release: Big Island police have charged a 20-year-old Pāhoa man with four crimes for an incident on a Hele-On bus. On Monday (April 25) around 8 p.m., Puna patrol officers responded to a call aboard a Hele-On bus in the Hawaiian Beaches subdivision. Responding officers learned that an intoxicated man had caused a disturbance on [...]
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Nine-time world champion and current leader of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2011 Orlando Duque will miss the rest of the season after breaking his ankle. I met Orlando when he was here in Hilo last year for the 2010 Red Bull Cliff Diving Finals and he’s really a great guy. As many [...]
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Friday, April 29, 2011 at 7:00 pm at the Volcano Art Center Hale Hoomana Performance Hall Media Release: “We are so excited to have a guitarist and musician that is of the highest quality perform in Volcano Village. This concert venue is an intimate setting and is one that allow the audience to get close [...]
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UPDATE – I just received the following message that Zoe has been located and she is safe. Media Release: Big Island police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 19-year-old Pāhoa woman who was reported missing. Zoe Domizio is described as Caucasian, about 5-foot-9, between 210 and 230 pounds with shoulder-length black hair, [...]
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“Native to Native” model can help Hawaii too Media Release: Hawaii-based Innovations Development Group [IDG] is pleased to announce that it has been approved as a “foreign” corporation by the New Zealand Government’s Overseas Investment Office and is poised to commence a joint venture partnership with the Eastland Group and a native Maori land Trust [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Big Island, Environment, Hawaii, Hawaiian, National Affairs, Puna, Something New?, Technology | Tagged: Geothermal, Hawaii, Innovations Development Corporation, Mililani Trask, Native Hawaiian, New Zealand, Patricia Brandt, Robbie Le’a Kapi’olani Cabral | 1 Comment »
The other day I took the time to shoot off of Highway 130 near Milo Street and I turned down by Christian Liberty School into this small Filipino Community of older run down houses known as 8 1/2 Mile Camp. Alan McNarie wrote an article about this place a few years back in the Hawaii [...]
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Media Release: Limited space is still available, but the registration deadline for Big Island Film Festival’s two professional filmmaking workshops is May 6. “Inside Pitch: How to pitch effectively in an evolving marketplace”, by producer Naketha Mattocks precedes Ron Osborn’s screenwriting workshop “It’s Alive: Breathing Life into Your Characters”, for a full day of education [...]
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Media Release: Two Kona men face possible felony charges for two incidents of copper theft. On Monday (April 25) Kona patrol officers responded to a 1:30 p.m. report of a theft in progress at a religious facility. Personnel from the facility detained two men who had been removing copper materials from a renovation and held [...]
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The Honorable Yoshihiko Kamo gives update on Japan Earthquake & Tsunami Aftermath Media Release: The Honorable Yoshihiko Kamo, Consul General of Japan in Honolulu, addressed a special joint session of the Hawaii State Legislature today, providing an update on conditions in Japan more than a month after the March 11, 2011 Great East Japan earthquake, [...]
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One of my all time favorite groups from the early 1990′s was Toad the Wet Sprocket or “TTWS” as fans like to call them. I’m stoked to hear that they are going to be coming to Hawaii performing at the Royal Lahaina on Thursday, May 5th and performing at the Royal Kona Resort on Friday, [...]
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