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	<description>Celebrate 2012 Asian American &#38; Pacific Islander Heritage Month with us throughout May! Welcome to America&#039;s National Parks in the Pacific Islands. Join us as we EXPLORE our Natural Wonders, CELEBRATE our Unique Cultures &#38; HONOR our Heroes. Aloha, Talofa, &#38; Hafa Adai!</description>
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		<title>Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park Repaving Project is Complete!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 23:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The major repaving project of Jaggar Museum, Kīlauea Visitor Center, all parking lots and all park roads that began last August 22, 2011 is complete! The project was part of the park&#8217;s ongoing facility maintenance. Repaving was necessary to improve drainage, accommodate an expanded viewing area and to extend the surface&#8217;s life cycle by approximately [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pacificislandparks.com&#038;blog=7273860&#038;post=11189&#038;subd=pacificislandparks&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Mermaid Serina</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 10:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pacific Island Ranger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Listen as Manny Munez tells the Chamorro legend of the mermaid- Serina. He speaks in English and in Chamorro. Listen close and you will hear many Spanish words mixed with the indigenous Chamarro. Filed under: American Memorial Tagged: Chamorro, CNMI, Culture, fish, language, legend, mermaid, NOAA, Northern Mariana Islands, ocean, pacific, photography, Saipan, snorkel, Spanish, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pacificislandparks.com&#038;blog=7273860&#038;post=11159&#038;subd=pacificislandparks&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Latest Lava Photos from USGS</title>
		<link>http://pacificislandparks.com/2012/05/22/latest-lava-photos-from-usgs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 06:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pacific Island Ranger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: Hawaiian Volcano Observatory USGS Tagged: Big Island, eruption, geology, Hawaii, hot spot, kilauea, lava, lava lake, magma, pacific, photo, Pu`u O`o, science, tectonics, thermal image, travel, USGS<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pacificislandparks.com&#038;blog=7273860&#038;post=11180&#038;subd=pacificislandparks&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Iconic Hawaiian Temple</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pacific Island Ranger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Listen to the late Ranger Tom as he talks about one of the most iconic places on the Island of Hawai&#8217;i- the Hale o Keawe and its surrounding ki`i (carved images of gods). It  is featured in man photographs and drawings. Keawe was ruling chief of Hawai&#8217;i and unified the island before Kamehameha. The Island [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pacificislandparks.com&#038;blog=7273860&#038;post=10879&#038;subd=pacificislandparks&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>This is Guam</title>
		<link>http://pacificislandparks.com/2012/05/21/11172/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 08:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guam Ranger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Guam: An island in the western Pacific Ocean, both its geology and size have made it a strategic location for multiple larger countries, including Spain, Imperial Japan, and the United States. During the 1944 Battle of Guam, American forces wrested the island from the Japanese in a matter of weeks, as both militaries [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pacificislandparks.com&#038;blog=7273860&#038;post=11172&#038;subd=pacificislandparks&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Totality over the Grand Canyon</title>
		<link>http://pacificislandparks.com/2012/05/21/totality-over-the-grand-canyon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 18:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pacific Island Ranger</dc:creator>
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		<title>The Chamorro, Coral and Saipan</title>
		<link>http://pacificislandparks.com/2012/05/21/the-chamorro-coral-and-saipan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 10:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pacific Island Ranger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Katrina from American Memorial Park on Saipan helps demonstrate the other resources congress mandated preserving in the Marianas Islands along with commemorating WWII. Namely, coral reefs and cultural resource of the Chamorro People. Katrina explains the importance of reefs on Saipan in English and Chamorro. Filed under: American Memorial, American Samoa, Pacific Island National Parks [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pacificislandparks.com&#038;blog=7273860&#038;post=10876&#038;subd=pacificislandparks&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Enjoy a Hawaiian &#8216;jam session&#8217; at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park!</title>
		<link>http://pacificislandparks.com/2012/05/20/enjoy-ukulele-music-and-fun-at-kaloko-honokohau-national-historical-park/</link>
		<comments>http://pacificislandparks.com/2012/05/20/enjoy-ukulele-music-and-fun-at-kaloko-honokohau-national-historical-park/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 18:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every Thursday at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Rance Pinao, (the parks&#8217; music volunteer), entertains visitors at Hale Ho&#8217;okipa,( the parks visitor center)! Filed under: Kaloko-Honokohau, Pacific Island National Parks Tagged: community, Culture, Hawaii, Hawaii National Parks, Hawaiian lifestyle, Hawaiian music, music, ukulele<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pacificislandparks.com&#038;blog=7273860&#038;post=11119&#038;subd=pacificislandparks&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Discovering Manu`a</title>
		<link>http://pacificislandparks.com/2012/05/20/discovering-manua/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 10:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pacific Island Ranger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ranger Epi describes the importance of the group of islands called Manu`a upon which the National Park of American Samoa is located. These islands are important for cultural as well as natural resources that are uncomparable. A true treasure of the National Park System. Filed under: American Samoa, Word of the Day Tagged: American Samoa, Heritage, ocean, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pacificislandparks.com&#038;blog=7273860&#038;post=10872&#038;subd=pacificislandparks&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Listen to the late Ranger Tom has he talks about the Hawaiian concept of Kapu. The word is related to the Polynesian word we often use in English&#8230;Taboo. Kapu is not just “forbidden” or “off limits.” It is a whole system of laws that governed Hawai`i  and its people for hundreds of years. Filed under: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pacificislandparks.com&#038;blog=7273860&#038;post=10868&#038;subd=pacificislandparks&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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