September 2011
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Mount Waialeale, Kaua'i
With an average of over 472 inches or 39 feet (12 meters) of precipitation each year, Mount Waialeale on Hawaii’s Kauai Island is the rainiest and wettest spot on the planet.
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Waimea Canyon, Kaua'i
The Milky Way in the constellations Scorpius and Sagittarius shines in this stunning starry night of Kaua’i, one of the main Hawaiian Islands. Known as the Grand Canyon of the Pacific, the Waimea Canyon, is pictured here at night. The flow of Waimea River has formed Waimea Canyon. It is one of the world’s most scenic canyons and about 900m deep. As noted by the photographer...
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Masked Priests of Ku and Makahiki Season
The Masked Priests of Ku (Hawaiian God of War)
During the celebratory months of Makahiki Season (November-February), priests of Ku (a mysterious group) hid behind masks while the God Lono reigned.
Na Huihui o Makali’i is a cluster of stars the English-speaking world calls the Pleaides or the Seven Sisters. The Makali’i...
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Kealakekua Bay (Original), John Webber (Artist...
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Masked Paddlers at Kealakekua Bay- Herb Kawainui...
Masked Paddlers at Kealakekua Bay- Herb Kawainui Kane
From the deck of the Resolution, John Webber, artist with Captain Cook, made a quick pencil sketch of masked paddlers in a small double canoe. Later, after his departure from Hawai’i, he refined it as a watercolor painting, but his original hurried sketch was incomplete, without sufficient details on the rigging and construction of the...
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aloha, please watch…. “When there is no more land in the islands to farm, Molokai will always be here to feed you…” Please help Molokai. Mahalo.
I Aloha Molokai opposes installation of wind turbines on Molokai and undersea cable from Molokai to send power to Oahu. This grassroots group of Molokai residents and off-island supporters are fighting both big business...
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“When in the course of human affairs things go wrong, the root cause is often...”
– The Master Switch, Tim Wu
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Brooklyn Bridge. Sept 27, 1941
A tower of Brooklyn Bridge is seen from South Street in Manhattan on September 27, 1941
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Brooklyn Nets Officially Announced
Residents of Brooklyn have been displeased with the sports world ever since their beloved Dodgers ditched the New York borough and headed west to Los Angeles after the 1957 season. But now they have reason to rejoice, even though baseball hasn’t returned to Flatbush.
That’s because the NBA will have a Brooklyn franchise for the 2012-13 season, and the...
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Jay Z Announces Brooklyn Nets
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Brook Kapukuniahi Parker: Completed the contract for the new Disney Aulani Hotel opening August 2011 in Ko Olina, O’ahu.
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Keku'iapoiwa II- Brook Kapukuniahi Parker
Kekuʻiapoiwa II- Brook Kapukuniahi Parker
Kekuʻiapoiwa II, was a Hawaiian High Chiefess and the mother of The Great King Kamehameha I.
She was named after her aunt Kekuʻiapoiwa Nui (also known as Kekuʻiapoiwa I), the wife of King Kekaulike of Maui. Her father was High Chief Haʻae, the son of the very famous High Chiefess Kalanikauleleiaiwi and High Chief Kauaua-nui-a-Mahi of the...
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PAPA in NYLON
We’ve had Los Angeles band PAPA on repeat ever since we first got a taste of their rich, high-flying sound a few weeks ago in Good Listener. And now that Darren Weiss and Daniel Present have officially hit the road on tour with fellow Californians Girls (Weiss is also their drummer), we met with the guys to find out what this new project was all about. Darren and Danny visited the...
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“If you want to live your life in a creative way, as an artist, you have to not...”
– Steve Jobs, Playboy, February 1985
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