7:49 am, Friday, March 19, 2010
(Activity updates are written by scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.) Following a three-day pause in surface flow activity due to diminished lava supply during summit deflation, breakouts resumed March 12 as the summit reinflated and lava supply increased. These breakouts continue at the time of writing (March 18) and are situated [...]
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6:40 am, Friday, March 19, 2010
MEDIA RELEASE In Big Island Carbon’s latest newsletter, CEO Rick Vidgen reports: The Kawaihae site is now regularly busy with construction on all aspects. We have appointed several new staff who are on-site with a temporary office in the Hamakua Mac Nut Plant next door. The plant manager and plant maintenance positions are filled. Our new plant [...]
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4:35 am, Friday, March 19, 2010
MEDIA RELEASE In celebration of Emergency Medical Services Week, the Hawaii Fire Department is sponsoring its 10th annual EMS Family Fun Run/Walk and Health Fair on Sunday, May 30. The event will take place at Liliuokalani Park, and the public is invited to participate. This year’s proceeds will benefit the Hawaii Island branch office of the American [...]
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3:33 am, Friday, March 19, 2010
MEDIA RELEASE NASA EDGE, an award-winning talk show known for offbeat, funny and informative behind-the-scene stories about the space agency, will celebrate Sun-Earth Day 2010, with a live Webcast about our sun and its effects on Earth. The program will air at 7 a.m. Hawaii time, Saturday, March 20, from the exhibit floor of the National [...]
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2:29 am, Friday, March 19, 2010
MEDIA RELEASE Tom Berenger likes playing bad guys, in a good way. His stony stare and macho handsomeness have taken him across the movie universe, from the war-torn wilds of Viet Nam to the wild west of American cowboys and the green diamond of the Cleveland Indians. In May, he’ll visit the Island of Hawaii, as a [...]
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1:25 am, Friday, March 19, 2010
MEDIA RELEASE Lt. Gov. James “Duke” Aiona, Jr. will officially announce Tsunami Awareness Month at an Oahu school to emphasize the importance of tsunami education. Tsunami Awareness Month is held in April to commemorate the 159 lives lost to the April 1, 1946, devastating tsunami – the most destructive in Hawaii’s history. NOAA scientists and [...]
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12:24 am, Friday, March 19, 2010
MEDIA RELEASE Following an audit released this week by the VA Inspector General finding multiple shortcomings on VA’s part to provide timely exams for potentially service-connected disabled veterans, U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI), Chairman of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, issued the following statement: “I am disappointed that VA has not committed sufficient resources and energy [...]
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12:23 am, Friday, March 19, 2010
An event to raise your sustainability consciousness, with presentations by a range of experts giving you useful information to help you live a greener lifestyle right here, right now on the Island of Hawaii. A panel discussion and public Q&A will follow the presentations. — Find out more: Hilo Palace: 934-7010, www.hilopalace.com
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10:29 pm, Thursday, March 18, 2010
Haitian dance, drumming, cultural lecture and demonstrations and a silent auction at the Honokaa People's Theater Wednesday (March 24).
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9:27 pm, Thursday, March 18, 2010
Although Asian Americans have long been portrayed as a "model minority" with few major problems, data released online today in the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) reveal that distinct groups of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AA and NHPI) differ widely in death and disease rates.
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8:43 pm, Thursday, March 18, 2010
MEDIA RELEASE Kinoshita Communications is conducting a 2010 West Hawaii social media marketing survey for residents of West Hawaii. Participants have the chance to enter a drawing for a $50 Costco Card. The purpose of the survey is to figure out who’s using social media in West Hawaii, for what purpose and what results they are getting. [...]
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4:14 pm, Thursday, March 18, 2010
The screws holding the front legs of the high chair can loosen and fall out and/or the plastic bracket on the rear legs can crack causing the high chair to become unstable and tip over unexpectedly. This poses a fall hazard to children.
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Volcano Watch: Kilauea activity update for week of March 10
Volcano Watch: Kilauea’s summit eruption turns two
Big Island Carbon moving closer to completion
Early registration for EMS Family Fun Run/Walk ends March 19
Aloha Saturdays at Kalakaua Park (March 20)
Green-and-white parade to fete Pahoa basketball champs on Saturday
NASA celebrates Sun-Earth Day with live Webcast (March 20)
Berenger to be honored at BIFF (May 12-16)
April is ‘Tsunami Awareness Month’ in Hawaii
Audit requested by Akaka find VA shortcomings
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