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Google: the noun that became a verb.
Google. Don’t be evil. Google has perhaps more than any other company become “The Internet Company.” It’s grown hand in hand with the internet and its entire business model has from the start been totally focused...
Read more of this articleTeaching Unit: Personal Choice Novel + Inquiry Project.
One of the best things about my job is the freedom to create. The highlight for my weekend? Creating a new unit. As I had mentioned in a previous post, I was going to spend some time reading Jim Burke’s newest book What’s...
Read more of this articleNew school scheduled to open in July.
An artist's rendering shows what the entrance to Ewa Makai Middle School will look like. The school is projected to open in July 2010. Ewa Makai Middle School will sit on 18.5 acres donated by Gentry Homes, covering 175,900...
Read more of this article27 February 2010: The day the tsunami came. Sort of.
My morning started around 5:00 when my alarm went off. Why so early on a Saturday morning? I was heading back out to East Honolulu for an early-morning beach cleanup with my students. Of course, that was cancelled because of the...
Read more of this article50 years ago: The 1960 Hilo tsunami.
23 May 1960 – The Great Chilean Earthquake started around 06:00 on 22 May that caused an equally devastating tsunami that affected most of the Pacific including Hilo, Hawaii, 15 hours later. Aftermath of the 1960 Chilean...
Read more of this articleHawaii under tsunami warning this morning.
I was aware of the possibility of a tsunami before heading to bed, but was up at 5:30 to watch reports and start last-minute preparations, which is what I’ll be doing in just a few minutes from now. Obviously, our beach...
Read more of this articlePhotographing life.
“I believe that what motivates the photographer is a love of each irreplaceable moment, a love of life….” – Daisaku Ikeda, 1998. Sumi posing for her closeup (Koji/idc/2010). VN:F [1.8.5_1061]please wait...Rating:...
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