วันพฤหัสบดีที่ 7 มกราคม พ.ศ. 2553
My Life
LIFE in PARADIZE, the Big Island
I had a great opportunity to spent months in Kona, Hawaii, lots of adventures, fun, tiresome, touch the lifestyle of local people, be happy and sorrow, yes, it's a Life!!
I had a great opportunity to spent months in Kona, Hawaii, lots of adventures, fun, tiresome, touch the lifestyle of local people, be happy and sorrow, yes, it's a Life!!
วันอังคารที่ 5 มกราคม พ.ศ. 2553
Aloha Festival
Acknowledgement FESTIVALS
The first Aloha Festivals took spot in 1946, when a group of Jaycees staged a grassroots ethnic ritual reminiscent of the Makahiki flavor of ancient Hawaii. The forgather wanted to have Hawaii's primary acquisition and fete the aloha animate that the Islands are widely known for.
Positive, it was a uppercase request to flip Hawaii's largest lot.
The initial festival-it was titled "Acknowledgement Period" at the time-included a exhibit, pageants, hula shows and services at Kawaiahao Service in Honolulu. Enlarged to the Acknowledgement Festivals in 1991, the event now encompasses few 300 events on six islands spanning a two-month point. Nearly 30,000 volunteers convert unitedly to coach the different events, which are attended by nearly a meg fill apiece year.
The Acknowledgement Festivals kicks off in Honourable and runs into mid-October. Each island has its own solemnization, starting with Island in mid-September. Each island chooses a sovereign, regent, consort, princess and attendants, all of whom are of Hawaiian lineage. The investiture of each island's alii is a superbly deep liaison, accompanied by conch withdraw blowers, kahili (grow canonic) bearers, ladies-in-waiting and others.
The commencement ceremonies on Island expend determine at Iolani Residence in downtown Honolulu. The ceremonies are instantly followed by hula performances and the Downtown Hoolaulea, a area company that includes unfilmed liquid performances on a symbol of stages, food booths, arts and crafts, and statesman. An flatbottom bigger blockade party-the Waikiki Hoolaulea-takes approximate a period subsequent on Kalakaua Street.
Remaining Acknowledgment Festivals events includes a Oceanic falsetto contend, a Prefab in Island change feigning, a brace guitar festivity, Sam Choy's Poke Celebration, play concerts, hula performances and much author.
The stated work of the Aloha Festivals is to "prepare and perpetuate American content and to fete the diverse duty and Aloha Temperament of Hawaii."
The Acknowledgement Festivals is funded by confiscated people finances, clubby sponsorships, donations and the understanding of Acknowledgment Festivals ribbons and opposite authorized wares (including T-shirts, caps, visors, CDs and posters). The ribbon entitles wearers to available or discounted entrance to a amount of festivity events.
The first Aloha Festivals took spot in 1946, when a group of Jaycees staged a grassroots ethnic ritual reminiscent of the Makahiki flavor of ancient Hawaii. The forgather wanted to have Hawaii's primary acquisition and fete the aloha animate that the Islands are widely known for.
Positive, it was a uppercase request to flip Hawaii's largest lot.
The initial festival-it was titled "Acknowledgement Period" at the time-included a exhibit, pageants, hula shows and services at Kawaiahao Service in Honolulu. Enlarged to the Acknowledgement Festivals in 1991, the event now encompasses few 300 events on six islands spanning a two-month point. Nearly 30,000 volunteers convert unitedly to coach the different events, which are attended by nearly a meg fill apiece year.
The Acknowledgement Festivals kicks off in Honourable and runs into mid-October. Each island has its own solemnization, starting with Island in mid-September. Each island chooses a sovereign, regent, consort, princess and attendants, all of whom are of Hawaiian lineage. The investiture of each island's alii is a superbly deep liaison, accompanied by conch withdraw blowers, kahili (grow canonic) bearers, ladies-in-waiting and others.
The commencement ceremonies on Island expend determine at Iolani Residence in downtown Honolulu. The ceremonies are instantly followed by hula performances and the Downtown Hoolaulea, a area company that includes unfilmed liquid performances on a symbol of stages, food booths, arts and crafts, and statesman. An flatbottom bigger blockade party-the Waikiki Hoolaulea-takes approximate a period subsequent on Kalakaua Street.
Remaining Acknowledgment Festivals events includes a Oceanic falsetto contend, a Prefab in Island change feigning, a brace guitar festivity, Sam Choy's Poke Celebration, play concerts, hula performances and much author.
The stated work of the Aloha Festivals is to "prepare and perpetuate American content and to fete the diverse duty and Aloha Temperament of Hawaii."
The Acknowledgement Festivals is funded by confiscated people finances, clubby sponsorships, donations and the understanding of Acknowledgment Festivals ribbons and opposite authorized wares (including T-shirts, caps, visors, CDs and posters). The ribbon entitles wearers to available or discounted entrance to a amount of festivity events.
Volcano
Establishment
Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park was established in 01 Aug 1916 as Hawai'i National Park, and on 22 Sep 1961, its name was changed to Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. The Park displays the results of 70 million years of volcanism, migration, and evolution -- processes that thrust a bare land from the sea and clothed it with complex and unique ecosystems and a distinct human culture. The park encompasses 230,000 acres and ranges from sea level to the summit of the earth's most massive volcano, Mauna Loa at 13,677 feet. Kilauea, the world's most active volcano, offers scientists insights on the birth of the Hawai'ian Islands and visitors views of dramatic volcanic landscapes. Over half of the park is designated wilderness and provides unusual hiking and camping opportunities. In recognition of its outstanding natural values, Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park has been honored as an International Biosphere Reserve and a World Heritage Site.
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Park History
Because the eruptions of Hawai'ian volcanoes are gentler than those of most other volcanoes around the world, the edges of active vents are frequently accessible, allowing people to come pay their respects to Pele. The early Hawai'ians revered her and made offerings to placate her wrath. Missionaries William Ellis and Asa Thurston visited Kilauea's boiling lake of lava in 1823, the first Westerners to do so. Pele's fiery lake was described in magazines of the day, and adventuresome travelers came to see it firsthand. Mark Twain, on seeing Kilauea in 1866, enthusiastically wrote, "Here was room for the imagination to work!"
Lorrin Thurston, publisher of the Honolulu Pacific Commercial Advertiser at the turn of the century, loved to explore the volcano lands. Among his discoveries was a giant lava tube, formed when a river of hot lava cooled and crusted over and the still-molten interior continued to flow downhill. Eventually, the lava drained out, leaving a cave-like shell. The Thurston Lava Tube (Nahuku) is a major attraction on the Crater Rim Drive.
In 1906, Thurston began a campaign to make this amazing area into a public park. His efforts were not effective until he was joined in 1912 by Dr. Thomas A. Jaggar, who came to the islands to establish and serve as director of the Hawai'ian Volcano Observatory. Together, the two conservationists collared politicians, wrote editorials, and promoted the idea of making the volcanoes into a national park in what was then the territory of Hawai'i.
On August 1, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the country's 13th national park into existence. It had taken 10 years, but the perseverance of Thurston and Jaggar paid off.
At first, the park consisted of only the summits of Kilauea and Mauna Loa on Hawai'i and Haleakala on Maui. Eventually, Kilauea Caldera was added to the park, followed by the forests of Mauna Loa, the Ka'u Desert (the site of ancient warrior footprints set in ash), the rain forest of Ola'a, and the Kalapana archaeological area of the Puna/Ka'u Historic District.
In 1961, Haleakala was made a separate national park. Today, Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park protects 377 square miles of the island's volcanic wonders and is a refuge for surviving native plants and animals.
In 1980, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural organization (UNESCO) named Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park an International Biosphere Reserve because of its outstanding scenic and scientific values. The park was recognized for its important volcanic sites (including two of the world's most active volcanoes); its volcanic island ecosystem, which preserves one of the largest significant ecosystems on the Hawai'ian Islands; and its cultural and historic sites. The Biosphere Reserve program goals are to conserve the diversity of a designated site's ecosystems and provide areas and facilities for international ecological and environmental research, education and training.
Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1982. World Heritage Sites recognize and protect areas around the globe that have outstanding natural, historical, and cultural values. It evolved from the idea that certain natural and cultural sites have "universal value" for all people.
Article from Hawaii Volcanoes National Park by Dwight Hamilton
Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park was established in 01 Aug 1916 as Hawai'i National Park, and on 22 Sep 1961, its name was changed to Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. The Park displays the results of 70 million years of volcanism, migration, and evolution -- processes that thrust a bare land from the sea and clothed it with complex and unique ecosystems and a distinct human culture. The park encompasses 230,000 acres and ranges from sea level to the summit of the earth's most massive volcano, Mauna Loa at 13,677 feet. Kilauea, the world's most active volcano, offers scientists insights on the birth of the Hawai'ian Islands and visitors views of dramatic volcanic landscapes. Over half of the park is designated wilderness and provides unusual hiking and camping opportunities. In recognition of its outstanding natural values, Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park has been honored as an International Biosphere Reserve and a World Heritage Site.
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Park History
Because the eruptions of Hawai'ian volcanoes are gentler than those of most other volcanoes around the world, the edges of active vents are frequently accessible, allowing people to come pay their respects to Pele. The early Hawai'ians revered her and made offerings to placate her wrath. Missionaries William Ellis and Asa Thurston visited Kilauea's boiling lake of lava in 1823, the first Westerners to do so. Pele's fiery lake was described in magazines of the day, and adventuresome travelers came to see it firsthand. Mark Twain, on seeing Kilauea in 1866, enthusiastically wrote, "Here was room for the imagination to work!"
Lorrin Thurston, publisher of the Honolulu Pacific Commercial Advertiser at the turn of the century, loved to explore the volcano lands. Among his discoveries was a giant lava tube, formed when a river of hot lava cooled and crusted over and the still-molten interior continued to flow downhill. Eventually, the lava drained out, leaving a cave-like shell. The Thurston Lava Tube (Nahuku) is a major attraction on the Crater Rim Drive.
In 1906, Thurston began a campaign to make this amazing area into a public park. His efforts were not effective until he was joined in 1912 by Dr. Thomas A. Jaggar, who came to the islands to establish and serve as director of the Hawai'ian Volcano Observatory. Together, the two conservationists collared politicians, wrote editorials, and promoted the idea of making the volcanoes into a national park in what was then the territory of Hawai'i.
On August 1, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the country's 13th national park into existence. It had taken 10 years, but the perseverance of Thurston and Jaggar paid off.
At first, the park consisted of only the summits of Kilauea and Mauna Loa on Hawai'i and Haleakala on Maui. Eventually, Kilauea Caldera was added to the park, followed by the forests of Mauna Loa, the Ka'u Desert (the site of ancient warrior footprints set in ash), the rain forest of Ola'a, and the Kalapana archaeological area of the Puna/Ka'u Historic District.
In 1961, Haleakala was made a separate national park. Today, Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park protects 377 square miles of the island's volcanic wonders and is a refuge for surviving native plants and animals.
In 1980, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural organization (UNESCO) named Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park an International Biosphere Reserve because of its outstanding scenic and scientific values. The park was recognized for its important volcanic sites (including two of the world's most active volcanoes); its volcanic island ecosystem, which preserves one of the largest significant ecosystems on the Hawai'ian Islands; and its cultural and historic sites. The Biosphere Reserve program goals are to conserve the diversity of a designated site's ecosystems and provide areas and facilities for international ecological and environmental research, education and training.
Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1982. World Heritage Sites recognize and protect areas around the globe that have outstanding natural, historical, and cultural values. It evolved from the idea that certain natural and cultural sites have "universal value" for all people.
Article from Hawaii Volcanoes National Park by Dwight Hamilton
Kona Coffee (2)
Growing and Processing
Kona umber blooms in February and March. Wee individual flowers counterbalance the actor and are famous as "Kona Betray". In Apr, unripened berries begin to happen on the trees. By dead Venerable, red fruit, called "red" because of the resemblance of the ripened berry to a cherry production, are play to ripen for yield. Apiece player give be hand-picked several present between Grand and Jan, and provides around 20 pounds of cherry.
Within 24 hours of production, the cherry is run finished a pulper, the beans distributed from the pulp, and placed in a fermentation vessel overnight. After around 12 hours, the beans are rinsed and disparity to dry on a "hoshidana" or drying adorn. Traditional hoshidanas fuck a pronounceable roof to covert the beans in the circumstance of succession. It takes 7-14 life to dry the beans to an optimal moisture surface of between 10-13%. From here, the beans are stored as "pergamino" or lambskin. The parchment is processed off the naive bonce prior to roasting.
It takes vii pounds of redness to pretend one writer of cooked tree.
Kona umber blooms in February and March. Wee individual flowers counterbalance the actor and are famous as "Kona Betray". In Apr, unripened berries begin to happen on the trees. By dead Venerable, red fruit, called "red" because of the resemblance of the ripened berry to a cherry production, are play to ripen for yield. Apiece player give be hand-picked several present between Grand and Jan, and provides around 20 pounds of cherry.
Within 24 hours of production, the cherry is run finished a pulper, the beans distributed from the pulp, and placed in a fermentation vessel overnight. After around 12 hours, the beans are rinsed and disparity to dry on a "hoshidana" or drying adorn. Traditional hoshidanas fuck a pronounceable roof to covert the beans in the circumstance of succession. It takes 7-14 life to dry the beans to an optimal moisture surface of between 10-13%. From here, the beans are stored as "pergamino" or lambskin. The parchment is processed off the naive bonce prior to roasting.
It takes vii pounds of redness to pretend one writer of cooked tree.
Kona Coffee (1)
KONA COFFEE
Kona Coffee is the market name for a variety of coffee (Coffea arabica, Var. kona typica) cultivated on the slopes of Mount Hualalai and Mauna Loa in the North and South Kona Districts of the Big Island of Hawaii. Only coffee from the Kona Districts, 22 miles long and 2 miles wide, can be described as "Kona".
Coffee requires a very specific combination of sun, soil, and water. It is successfully grown in only a limited number of locations around the world. The Kona weather pattern of bright sunny mornings, humid rainy afternoons, and mild nights create favorable coffee growing conditions. Pure Kona coffee is considered one of the premium specialty coffees of the world.
History
The coffee plant was first brought to Kona in the nineteenth century by Samuel Reverend Ruggles from Brazilian cuttings, although it was not until much later in that century that it became a consistent and worthwhile crop. It was grown on large plantations, but the crash in the world coffee market in 1899 caused plantation owners to have to lease out their land to their workers. Most of these workers were originally from Japan, brought in to tend and harvest sugar cane. They worked their leased land parcels of between 5 and 12 acres as family concerns, producing large, quality coffee crops.
The tradition of running family farms has continued throughout Kona. The Japanese-origin families have been joined by Filipinos, mainland Americans, and Europeans. There are approximately 600 Kona coffee farms, with an average farm size of less than 5 acres. In 1997 the total Kona coffee acreage was 2290 acres and green coffee production just over two million pounds.
Kona Coffee is the market name for a variety of coffee (Coffea arabica, Var. kona typica) cultivated on the slopes of Mount Hualalai and Mauna Loa in the North and South Kona Districts of the Big Island of Hawaii. Only coffee from the Kona Districts, 22 miles long and 2 miles wide, can be described as "Kona".
Coffee requires a very specific combination of sun, soil, and water. It is successfully grown in only a limited number of locations around the world. The Kona weather pattern of bright sunny mornings, humid rainy afternoons, and mild nights create favorable coffee growing conditions. Pure Kona coffee is considered one of the premium specialty coffees of the world.
History
The coffee plant was first brought to Kona in the nineteenth century by Samuel Reverend Ruggles from Brazilian cuttings, although it was not until much later in that century that it became a consistent and worthwhile crop. It was grown on large plantations, but the crash in the world coffee market in 1899 caused plantation owners to have to lease out their land to their workers. Most of these workers were originally from Japan, brought in to tend and harvest sugar cane. They worked their leased land parcels of between 5 and 12 acres as family concerns, producing large, quality coffee crops.
The tradition of running family farms has continued throughout Kona. The Japanese-origin families have been joined by Filipinos, mainland Americans, and Europeans. There are approximately 600 Kona coffee farms, with an average farm size of less than 5 acres. In 1997 the total Kona coffee acreage was 2290 acres and green coffee production just over two million pounds.
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