Brad Garrett: voice of moai in Night at the Museum

What Are They Up To? Brad Garrett of Everybody Loves Raymond
-Kris De Leon, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
BuddyTV
Jun 20, 2007

When Everybody Loves Raymond ended, Garrett became active in voice acting. He worked in animated shows and films, serving the voice of Uto in Tarzan II, Obelix in Asterix et les Vikings, and Easter Island Head in Night at the Museum. He guest starred on Howard Stern on Demand and was cast in the movie Music and Lyrics, alongside Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore.

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University of Hawaii's Rapa Nui field research program

Travel to the middle of nowhere
Jim Hooten
YourHub.com
6/18/2007

The program will take place during the month of July, 2007, and is a part of a long-range, multi-disciplinary research project in collaboration with Rapa Nui, Chilean, and American archaeologists, led by Dr. Terry Hunt of the University of Hawaii.

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Rapa Nui/New7Wonders

Opera House trails in poll of world wonders
NEWS.com.au, Australia - Jun 14, 2007
Also in the top 10 are Greece's Acropolis, Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid, the Eiffel Tower, Easter Island, Brazil's statue of Christ the Redeemer, ...

Taj and Petra among leaders to be new seven wonders
Gulf News, United Arab Emirates - Jun 14, 2007
Also in the top 10 are Greece's Acropolis, Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid, the Eiffel Tower, Easter Island, Brazil's Statue of Christ Redeemer, the Taj Mahal ...

Opera House trails in poll
NEWS.com.au, Australia - Jun 14, 2007
Also in the top 10 are Greece's Acropolis, Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid, the Eiffel Tower, Easter Island, Brazil's statue of Christ the Redeemer, ...

World votes for seven new wonders
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Jun 14, 2007
... the Mayan site of Chichén Itzá. Chile's President Michelle Bachelet yesterday called on Chileans to vote for the volcanic rock statues of Easter Island. ...

Opera House fading in race
The Age, Australia - Jun 14, 2007
Also in the top 10 are Greece's Acropolis, Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid, the Eiffel Tower, Easter Island, Brazil's statue of Christ the Redeemer, ...

New Jersey couple's visit to Rapa Nui

Easter Island lures area couple
Asbury Park Press
06/17/07

















"Hundreds of these statues are scattered over this tiny island," he writes. "If you go, go soon. They may build a hotel casino on this tiny island and change it forever."

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Soylent Green - Rapa Nui connection?

Mulling world’s future from back end of a car
By Joe Konopka
Nashuatelegraph.com
Published: Sunday, June 17, 2007

Even more disturbing is that the fictional consequences of “Soylent Green” aren’t so improbable. They were echoed in a 1978 documentary, “Blind Prophets of Easter Island,” about an archeological expedition led by Jacques Cousteau. It uncovered evidence that had ominous overtones.

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Rapa Nui/New7Wonders

Great Wall, Taj Mahal, Petra among leaders to be new seven wonders ...
International Herald Tribune, France - Jun 13, 2007
Also in the top 10 are Greece's Acropolis, Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid, the Eiffel Tower, Easter Island, Brazil's Statue of Christ Redeemer, the Taj Mahal ...

New 'Wonders' poll enters final month of voting
CNN International - Jun 13, 2007
Also in the top 10 are Greece's Acropolis, Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid, the Eiffel Tower, Easter Island, Brazil's Statue of Christ Redeemer, the Taj Mahal ...

Opera House fading as a world wonder
The Age, Australia - Jun 13, 2007
Also in the top 10 are Greece's Acropolis, Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid, the Eiffel Tower, Easter Island, Brazil's statue of Christ the Redeemer, ...

Opera House fading in race to be new wonder
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Jun 13, 2007
Also in the top 10 are Greece's Acropolis, Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid, the Eiffel Tower, Easter Island, Brazil's statue of Christ the Redeemer, ...

Opera House on the way out
Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia - Jun 14, 2007
Also in the top 10 are Greece's Acropolis, Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid, the Eiffel Tower, Easter Island, Brazil's statue of Christ the Redeemer, ...

Opera House losing its wonder?
Brisbane Times, Australia - Jun 14, 2007
Also in the top 10 are Greece's Acropolis, Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid, the Eiffel Tower, Easter Island, Brazil's statue of Christ the Redeemer, ...

Great Wall, Taj lead in new 7 wonders list
Economic Times, India - Jun 14, 2007
Also in the top 10 are Greece's Acropolis, Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid, the Eiffel Tower, Easter Island, Brazil's Statue of Christ Redeemer, the Taj Mahal ...

What will become the 7 wonders?
Canoe.ca, Canada - Jun 14, 2007
Also in the top 10 are Greece’s Acropolis, Mexico’s Chichen Itza pyramid, the Eiffel Tower, Easter Island, Brazil’s Statue of Christ Redeemer, the Taj Mahal ...

Great Wall, Taj Mahal, Petra among leaders to be new seven wonders
Mainichi Daily News, Japan - Jun 14, 2007
Also in the top 10 are Greece's Acropolis, Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid, the Eiffel Tower, Easter Island, Brazil's Statue of Christ Redeemer, the Taj Mahal ...

Easter island the next wonder?
Times Now.tv, India - Jun 14, 2007
We don't know why they were built, how they were built or even where their makers come from - the giant moai statues of Easter Island are one of the world's ...

Peru: Morning News Roundup - Thursday, June 14
Living in Peru, Peru - Jun 14, 2007
Also in the top 10 are Greece's Acropolis, Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid, the Eiffel Tower, Easter Island, Brazil's Statue of Christ Redeemer, the Taj Mahal ...

Aussie icon hits a wall
Courier Mail, Australia - Jun 14, 2007
Also in the top 10 are Greece's Acropolis, Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid, the Eiffel Tower, Easter Island, Brazil's statue of Christ the Redeemer, ...

New 'Wonders' poll in final month of voting
CNN - Jun 14, 2007
Also in the top 10 are Greece's Acropolis, Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid, the Eiffel Tower, Easter Island, Brazil's Statue of Christ Redeemer, the Taj Mahal ...

Evidence of Polynesians in Americas before Europeans

Chicken bone proves Polynesians visited Americas before Europeans
Canada.com, Canada - Jun 8, 2007
... vast distances between Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu and Easter Island - the eastern extreme of Polynesia, about 3600 kilometres from the coast of Chile.

Chicken bones in Chile hint at early settlers
Houston Chronicle, United States - Jun 18, 2007
... far-ranging canoes had by then not only populated the Pacific as far east as Hawaii and Easter Island, but also had on occasion reached the Americas. ...

Easter Island Marathon

Runners see the world, 26 miles at a time
By Ellen Creager
Detroit Free Press
Posted June 17 2007

Worldwide, marathon escorted tours are also becoming more exotic. Sure, you can take a marathon vacation in London or Rome, but Boston-based Marathon Tours and Travel also offers trips to Kenya, Easter Island in Chile and the Great Wall of China. In January, it sponsored its first trip to the Dubai Marathon in the United Arab Emirates.

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Satellite imagery used to help understand moai complexities

Satellite Imagery for Easter Island Statue Renovation Project
Monique Romeijn
prMac
Jun 17, 2007

Researchers and archaeologist used satellite Remote Sensing and GPS technology to locate, describe and understand the statues complexities and to supply historical information to the Rapa Nui community and public agencies whom are responsible of the preservation and conservation of the statues.

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"Monolithic" Pop Culture References #57

Ever searching for news about Rapa Nui, this blog's administrator comes across many references to Rapa Nui and its famous moai. Often, these references are quite comical and have nothing to do with the island or the culture of Rapa Nui. Other times, they appear to be speculative, based more on misconceptions than reality, or downright bizarre. Here are some of the more recent references:

In praise of stately homes and giant carrots
New Statesman, UK - Jun 7, 2007
... his presenterly gravitas, he is somewhat architectural himself: his outsize head has, I've always thought, a hint of the Easter Island statue about it. ...

Egypt: Look beyond
The Eureka Reporter, CA - Jun 8, 2007
... the same way I felt the first time I gazed upon such wonders as the pyramids, the Great Wall of China, the Taj Mahal or the effigies of Easter Island. ...

‘Rang De Basanti’ wins best film at B’wood 'Oscars’
Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates - Jun 9, 2007
... pursued by a brass band and dancers, before leaping on stage for a song-and-dance routine in front of huge Easter Island-inspired masks. ...

Colby Cosh on Ötzi's violent world: 'He died fighting like hell'
National Post, Canada - Jun 10, 2007
Human prehistory from Greenland to Easter Island is now regarded not as a state of carefully-tended balance between humans and their environment, ...

Movie featuring Alice Patten scoops Bollywood Oscars
The Standard, Hong Kong - Jun 10, 2007
... through the audience on a golden pantomime horse before leaping on stage for a song-and-dance routine in front of huge Easter Island-inspired masks. ...

Brooke's girls have ride of their lives on Nemo voyage
hellomagazine.com, UK - Jun 12, 2007
Visitors will get the chance to go in search of an active volcano and explore the ruins of the ancient civilization of Easter Island. ...

Call Christo, he'll think of something
Daily Press, VA - Jun 13, 2007
Install them at Fort Wool, Easter Island-style. Halt destruction of Coliseum Mall flyover; install the heads there. Build the Great Presidents' Heads ...

Rapanui pianist among finalists in international competition

Piano Titans In-the-Making
By Richard Scheinin
San Jose Mercury News
Thursday, June 14th, 2007 at 2:26 pm

The International Russian Music Piano Competition is gaining steam at Le Petit Trianon in downtown San Jose. About 140 up-and-coming pianists from a couple dozen countries and far-flung places, including Easter Island (there’s a first), have been competing for $12,000 in prizes, concert engagements, entrée to prestigious summer academies, and the like.

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President Bachelet visits Rapa Nui

Chile president makes rare appearance with Easter Island leaders
The president of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, has made a rare appearance alongside Easter Island leaders in Santiago to promote the ancient stone statues of Rapa Nui.
Radio New Zealand International
Posted at 07:19 on 14 June, 2007 UTC

The president of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, has made a rare appearance alongside Easter Island leaders in Santiago to promote the ancient stone statues of Rapa Nui.

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Moai at the Museum of Natural History in New York

Scientist's legacy a thought-provoking afterthought
Smithsonian museums house the collective memory of America in the `nation's attic'

Cleo Paskal SPECIAL TO THE STAR
TheStar.com
Jun 09, 2007 04:30 AM

A 27-metre-long dinosaur and an actual statue from Easter Island are at the Museum of Natural History.

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Rapa Nui/New7Wonders

Acropolis, Chichen Itza lead New 7 Wonders contest
Reuters.uk, UK - Jun 8, 2007
... along with the Colosseum in Rome, the Eiffel Tower, the Great Wall of China, Peru's Machu Picchu, Petra in Jordan, and the statues of Easter Island. ...

Expectations High in Brazil over Seven New Wonders
Prensa Latina, Cuba - Jun 9, 2007
... the Roman Coliseum (Italy), the giant stone statues of Easter Island, the Great Wall (China), the Machu Picchu archaeological site (Peru), ...

Taj in race for new seven wonders, but still long way to go
IndiaPost.com, CA - Jun 11, 2007
... the Colosseum of Rome, Statues of Easter Island, the Mayan temple city of Chichen Itza in Mexico and the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Brazil. ...

Voting for the world's new seven wonders
Seattle Times, United States - Jun 11, 2007
Also in the top 10 are Greece's Acropolis, Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid, the Eiffel Tower, Easter Island, Brazil's Statue of Christ Redeemer, the Taj Mahal ...

New 7 Wonders ceremony not to air in Peru
Living in Peru, Peru - Jun 11, 2007
... Christ Redeemer (Brazil), Easter Island statues (Chile), the Eiffel Tower (France), the Great Wall of China, Petra (Jordan), the Roman Coliseum (Italy), ...

Seven wonders voting heats up among world audience
News-Leader.com, MO - Jun 12, 2007
Also in the top 10 are Greece's Acropolis, Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid, the Eiffel Tower, Easter Island, Brazil's Statue of Christ Redeemer, the Taj Mahal ...

New Seven Wonders of the World – Recreating history
Newstrack India, India - Jun 12, 2007
... The Statue of Christ Redeemer (Brazil), The Easter Island Statues (Chile), Machu Pichu (Peru), Chichen Itza (Mexico) and The Statue of Liberty (USA). ...

Amazing: The Search For The World's New Wonders
CBS 4, FL - Jun 12, 2007
Also in the top 10 are Greece's Acropolis, Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid, the Eiffel Tower, Easter Island, Brazil's Statue of Christ Redeemer, the Taj Mahal ...

contest drawing to a close
phillyBurbs.com, PA - Jun 12, 2007
Also in the top 10 are Greece's Acropolis, Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid, the Eiffel Tower, Easter Island, Brazil's Statue of Christ Redeemer, the Taj Mahal ...

Search For The World's New Wonders Continues
WCBS-TV New York, NY - Jun 12, 2007Also in the top 10 are Greece's Acropolis, Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid, the Eiffel Tower, Easter Island, Brazil's Statue of Christ Redeemer, the Taj Mahal ...

Great Wall, Taj Mahal, Petra among leaders to be new seven
USA Today - Jun 12, 2007Also in the top 10 are Greece's Acropolis, Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid, the Eiffel Tower, Easter Island, Brazil's Statue of Christ Redeemer, the Taj Mahal ...

Final countdown to the new seven wonders of the world
Los Angeles Times, CA - Jun 13, 2007
Also in the top 10 are Greece's Acropolis, Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid, the Eiffel Tower, Easter Island, Brazil's Statue of Christ Redeemer, the Taj Mahal ...

New seven wonders vote in home stretch
MSNBC - Jun 13, 2007
Also in the top 10 are Greece's Acropolis, Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid, the Eiffel Tower, Easter Island, Brazil's Statue of Christ Redeemer, the Taj Mahal ...

Easter Islanders say Moai surely among "7 Wonders"
Reuters.uk, UK - Jun 13, 2007
By Rodrigo Gutierrez HANGA ROA, Chile (Reuters) - On one of the world's most remote outposts, Easter Island, inhabitants are adamant the giant stone statues ...

Rapa Nui travel tips

If you go to Chile
Seattle Times
Friday, June 8, 2007 - Page updated at 02:00 AM

There's more — more than 2,000 volcanoes and two special island territories off the country's western coast. On Easter Island, about 2,400 miles west of Santiago, the origin of hundreds of basalt statues is still a mystery.

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BlackBerry 8800 for Rapa Nui

First in Chile: Entel PCS and RIM launch the BlackBerry 8800
World-class smartphone with advanced and easy-to-use features
Assodigitale
Jun 7, 2007

... its leadership in innovation and its wide geographical coverage, incorporating isolated zones such as the Antarctic, Easter Island and Chile Chico. ...

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Wyoming event features Rapa Nui photography

Photo exhibit on display
Green River Star Online
Friday June 8, 2007

From photographs of Easter Island Moai to the abandoned gas pumps west of Green River, visitors to the White Mountain Library will find something to intrigue them in the 25-piece exhibit. The program includes comments from Halter and Pieper about each photograph in the exhibit.

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Record traveler visited Rapa Nui

Trumbull native takes aim at worldly target
By KEITH WHAMOND
Connecticut Post Online
Article Last Updated: 06/05/2007 09:12:38 PM EDT

Trumbull native Lee Abbamonte has seen the vast desert of the Sahara. He's climbed to the peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro, hiked the hills of Machu Picchu and seen the stone Ahu Akivi statues of Easter Island first-hand.

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Rapa Nui now "Special Territory"

CHILE: VALPO REGION BIDS ADIEU TO EASTER ISLAND
Valparaiso Times, Chile - Jun 6, 2007
The Chamber of Deputies this week approved an initiative that designates both Easter Island (Rapa Nui) and the Juan Fernández archipelago as “special ...

Easter Islang and Juan Fernández Archipelago Undergo ...
About - News & Issues, NY - Jun 6, 2007
Chile: Valpo Region Bids Adieu To Easter Island (The Valparaiso Times) : "The Chamber of Deputies this week approved an initiative that designates both ...

CHILE’S EASTER ISLAND NOW A “SPECIAL TERRITORY”
Santiago Times (subscription), Chile - Jun 6, 2007(June 7, 2007)
The Chamber of Deputies this week approved an initiative that designates both Easter Island (Rapa Nui) and the Juan Fernández archipelago as ...

Easter Islands now a “special territory”
MercoPress, Uruguay - Jun 7, 2007
The Chamber of Deputies of Chile this week approved an initiative that designates both Easter Island (Rapa Nui) and the Juan Fernández archipelago as ...

Rapa Nui and the New7Wonders

Vote liberally to ensure Taj a place in new Seven Wonders
NewKerala.com, India - Jun 7, 2007
... the Colosseum, the Eiffel Tower, the Great Wall of China, Machu Picchu, Petra, the Statue of Christ Redeemer and the Statues of Easter Island. ...

Acropolis and Chichen Itza lead New 7 Wonders contest
Reuters.uk, UK - Jun 7, 2007
... along with the Colosseum in Rome, the Eiffel Tower, the Great Wall of China, Peru's Machu Picchu, Petra in Jordan, and the statues of Easter Island. ...

As New Wonders contest nears end, Peru's Machu Picchu firmly among ...
Living in Peru, Peru - Jun 7, 2007
... Mexico's Chichen Itza Mayan pyramid, Brazil's Christ Redeemer, and Chile's Easter Island statues among the favorites to be christened as a New 7 Wonder. ...

Acropolis, Chichen Itza lead New 7 Wonders Contest
I4U - Jun 7, 2007
... along with the Colosseum in Rome, the Eiffel Tower, the Great Wall of China, Peru's Machu Picchu, Petra in Jordan, and the statues of Easter Island. ...

Acropolis leads New Wonder poll
NEWS.com.au, Australia - Jun 8, 2007
... along with the Colosseum in Rome, the Eiffel Tower, the Great Wall of China, Peru's Machu Picchu, Petra in Jordan, and the statues of Easter Island. ...

Millions cast 'wonders' votes
Brisbane Times, Australia - Jun 8, 2007
... along with the Colosseum in Rome, the Eiffel Tower, the Great Wall of China, Peru's Machu Picchu, Petra in Jordan, and the statues of Easter Island. ...

Acropolis leads the list; Taj amongst top ten
Financial Express, India - Jun 8, 2007
... along with the Colosseum in Rome, the Eiffel Tower, the Great Wall of China, Peru's Machu Picchu, Petra in Jordan, and the statues of Easter Island. ...

Taj in race for new seven wonders
Chennai Online, India - Jun 8, 2007
... the Colosseum of Rome, Statues of Easter Island, the Mayan temple city of Chichen Itza in Mexico and the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Brazil. ...

Taj Mahal waiting for
Sahara Samay, India - Jun 8, 2007
Other monuments contesting for the top seven wonders are the Great Wall of China, Eiffel Tower of Paris, the Colosseum of Rome, Statues of Easter Island, ...

New Seven Wonders of the World: Russia appears an outsider
Russia-InfoCenter, Russia - Jun 8, 2007
... the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Great Chinese Wall, Machu Picchu in Peru, Petra in Jordan, the statues of Easter Island, and the Taj Mahal. ...

Acropolis in the running for 'world wonder'
Athens News Agency, Greece - Jun 8, 2007
... the Eiffel Tower, the Great Wall of China, the Maya Pyramid of Chichen Itza in Mexico's Yucatan, the granite statues of Easter Island, Stonehenge, ...

Polynesians beat Europeans to the Americas?

And this little chicken went to South America
Marlborough Express, New Zealand - Jun 6, 2007
Dr Matisoo-Smith said most experts agreed now that Polynesian voyaging within the Hawaii-Easter Island-New Zealand triangle was purposeful. ...

Pre-Columbian Polynesian contacts?
ScienceBlogs - Jun 6, 2007
Frankly, on a priori grounds this is a no brainer, if Polynesians could make to Easter Island it seems implausible that continental South America would be ...

On the horizon: news from the frontiers of science
Christian Science Monitor, MA - Jun 6, 2007
He sought to prove that Stone-Age seafarers could have colonized Easter Island from the east. "He had it backwards," Ms. Storey, a PhD candidate at the ...

"Monolithic" Pop Culture References #56

Ever searching for news about Rapa Nui, this blog's administrator comes across many references to Rapa Nui and its famous moai. Often, these references are quite comical and have nothing to do with the island or the culture of Rapa Nui. Other times, they appear to be speculative, based more on misconceptions than reality, or downright bizarre. Here are some of the more recent references:

Campers enjoy million-dollar views at bargain rates
Rutland Herald, VT - Jun 3, 2007
... of amber cornstalks with brown tassels, brown grasses, yellow foliage and huge hay rolls dotting the fields like some organic Easter Island landscape. ...

Battle of the Bands expands
NorthernLife.ca, Canada - Jun 5, 2007 The fifth annual event is being sponsored by Easter Island Studios, Avinu Music and Molson's. Prizes will be awarded to the top band in each category, ...

Conrad Black: invincible quest
Mail & Guardian Online, South Africa - Jun 5, 2007
The former media mogul Conrad Black has a broad face, as impervious as an Easter Island monolith and nearly as motionless; he expresses himself by tiny ...

Easter Island Statue Begs for Somebody to Scratch his Nose
The Spoof (satire), UK - Jun 5, 2007
EASTER ISLAND (AP Newsliar) -- Breaking a seven hundred year long vow of silence, Matumanaraku -- one of the giant "moai" statue heads found throughout ...

Riemen, Ph.D, William P.
Appleton Post Crescent, WI - Jun 6, 2007
... sleeping under the stars at Mt.Sinai, standing beside the giant moas on Easter Island, trekking in Irian Jaya, climbing the giant sand dunes in Namibia, ...

New7Wonders and Rapa Nui

Jordan's Petra among top 10 in ongoing selection of world's 'new ...
Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon - May 23, 2007
... Great Wall of China, the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu, Petra in Jordan, the statues on Easter Island, Britain's Stonehenge and the Taj Mahal in India. ...

45 million vote for updated world wonders
People's Daily Online, China - May 23, 2007
... Great Wall of China, the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu, Petra in Jordan, the statues on Easter Island, Britain's Stonehenge and the Taj Mahal in India. ...

27 May, 2007 l 0039 hrs ISTlVishwas Gautam/TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Times of India, India - May 26, 2007
Other front-runners for the six slots are The Easter Island Statues in Chile, Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza in Mexico, the Statue of Christ Redeemer in Brazil ...

New World Wonders: Which one would you chose?
Miami Herald, FL - May 27, 2007
... the Sydney Opera House; Cambodia's Angkor; Timbuktu; Petra, Jordan; Brazil's Statue of Christ Redeemer; Easter Island; and Chichen Itza, Mexico.

Wonders of the world: The 21 candidates
Miami Herald, FL - May 27, 2007
Easter Island, Chile: Hundreds of massive stone busts, or Moais, are all that remains from the prehistoric Rapanui culture that crafted them between 400 and ...

Great Wall among Top 10 finalists for new 7 wonders
Xinhua, China - May 27, 2007
... Eiffel tower in Paris, the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu, Petra in Jordan, the statues on Easter Island, Britain's Stonehenge and the Taj Mahal in India. ...

Poll aims to choose new world wonders
Earthtimes.org - May 28, 2007
... ruins of Machu Picchu, Petra in Jordan, the statues on Easter Island, Britain's Stonehenge and the Taj Mahal in India, Crienglish.com reported Monday. ...

Great Wall among top 10 finalists for New 7 Wonders
CCTV, China - May 28, 2007
... Eiffel tower in Paris, the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu, Petra in Jordan, the statues on Easter Island, Britain's Stonehenge and the Taj Mahal in India. ...

Will the Great Wall be one of the New Seven Wonders of the World?
Shanghaiist, China - May 29, 2007
... Eiffel tower in Paris, the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu, Petra in Jordan, the statues on Easter Island, Britain's Stonehenge and the Taj Mahal in India. ...

Can Indians keep Taj in wonder list?
Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates - May 30, 2007
Taj has secured just 0.7 per cent votes whereas the Easter Island Statue in Chile has 16.6 per cent votes, Chichen Itza in Mexico has 11.2 per cent votes, ...

More about Polynesian discovery of Americas before Europeans?

Polynesians may have introduced poultry
ScienceAlert, Australia - Jun 6, 2007
... conclusively found the bones followed the same DNA sequence as prehistoric Polynesian chickens from Tonga, Samoa, Niue, Hawaii and Easter Island. ...

Anthropologists unearth Polynesian contact with South America
ABC Online, Australia - Jun 6, 2007
LISA MATISOO-SMITH: So the result shows that Polynesians probably continued sailing eastwards, beyond Easter Island and reached the shores of South America ...

Chicken 'takeaway' links Polynesians to America
ABC Science Online, Australia - Jun 6, 2007
"Then they had similar sequences to chicken bones from sites in Niue, Easter Island and Hawaii, so we concluded that indeed, they did look like they were ...

And this little chicken went to South America
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - Jun 6, 2007
Dr Matisoo-Smith said most experts agreed now that Polynesian voyaging within the Hawaii-Easter Island-New Zealand triangle was purposeful. ...

Chicken bone history clue
SBS - World News Australia, Australia - Jun 6, 2007
But it was probably not much earlier, given the timing of settlement of Hawaii and Easter Island, the closest Polynesian settlements to America. ...

'Columbus was beaten to South America'
Advertiser Adelaide, Australia - Jun 6, 2007
But it was probably not much earlier, given the timing of settlement of Hawaii and Easter Island, the closest Polynesian settlements to America. ...

Ancient bones rewrite history
TVNZ, New Zealand - Jun 6, 2007
"Polynesians probably continued sailing eastwards beyond Easter Island and reached the shores of South America and introduced the chicken to South America ...

Chicken bone beats Columbus
iAfrica.com, South Africa - Jun 6, 2007
But it was probably not much earlier, given the timing of settlement of Hawaii and Easter Island, the closest Polynesian settlements to America. ...

Did Polynesians discover Americas before Europeans?

Polynesians beat Columbus to the Americas
New Scientist (subscription), UK - Jun 4, 2007
However, this date range does coincide with dates for the colonization of the easternmost islands of Polynesia, including Pitcairn and Easter Island. ...

Chicken Bones Suggest Polynesians Found Americas Before Columbus
LiveScience.com, NY - Jun 4, 2007
They continued gradually eastwards, but were never thought to have journeyed further than Easter Island, about 2000 miles off the coast of continental Chile ...

First Chickens in Americas Were Brought From Polynesia
New York Times, NY - Jun 4, 2007
... far-ranging canoes had by then not only populated the Pacific as far east as Hawaii and Easter Island, but also had on occasion reached the Americas. ...

Chicken bones say Polynesians beat Europeans to New World
Los Angeles Times, CA - Jun 4, 2007
The sequences were very similar to those of chickens from Hawaii, also about 5000 miles distant, and Easter Island, located about 2500 miles away. ...

Polynesians beat Columbus to the Americas by well over a century
South Asian Women's Forum, India - Jun 4, 2007
... to have reached the Americas, since they probably traveled eastward from Easter Island, which was first settled as late as AD 1200,” Storey added. ...

Polynesians beat Spaniards to South America, study shows
Los Angeles Times, CA - Jun 5, 2007
The sequences were very similar to those of chickens from Hawaii, also about 5000 miles distant, and Easter Island, about 2500 miles away. ...

Chicken-bone clue points to early voyages to Chile
Honolulu Advertiser, HI - Jun 5, 2007
... and the nations of Polynesia — whose boundaries have been described as a triangle with its points at Hawai'i, New Zealand and Easter Island or Rapa Nui. ...

Chicken leg proves Columbus was far from first
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Jun 5, 2007
"Easter Island is hard to hit, it's a tiny spot," Ms Storey said. "They knew how to sail against the wind. They could go east, and get back west." ...

Polynesians answer riddle of how chook crossed ocean
The Age, Australia - Jun 5, 2007
... far-ranging canoes had by then not only populated the Pacific as far east as Hawaii and Easter Island, but also had on occasion reached the Americas. ...

The Chicken Connection to the Americas
Technocrat.net, MA - Jun 5, 2007
The DNA sequence is found in chickens from Tonga, Samoa, Niue, Easter Island and Hawaii,” Matisoo-Smith said. “If we had to guess, we would say it was ...

Rapa Nui cruises

Cruise West’s 2008 Voyages in the South Pacific Offer Early Booking Savings Up to $800
From Linda Garrison
About
Jun 3, 2007

Post-cruise extension to the remote Easter Island is available on February 2 departure only. The 16-night Legends of the Pacific sailing explores the ...

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Rapa Nui and Earth's future

Planet on the brink
Short-sighted goals are jeopardizing Earth's future, author says
Grania Litwin
Times Colonist
Published: Sunday, June 03, 2007

Natives of Easter Island cut down all their trees to erect statues. Soon afterward they couldn't build boats, the island's soil eroded and they lost their ...

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Rapa Nui photo event in New York

The Listings
Downtown Express
Jun 1, 2007

Also on view: Ellen Schaefer’s “Easter Island – Its Moais and Its Volcanoes,” Richard Shevlin’s “On the Road: From Mumbai to Madurai” and more. Opening: June 5, 6-8 pm. Through June 30. Soho Photo, 15 White St. 212-226-8571, www.sohophoto.com.

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19th Century Moai Kavakava figure at recent auction

Emily rides to rescue with big Creation
Peter Fish
Sydney Morning Herald
June 2, 2007

Among the Oceanic offerings ... a fine Easter Island moai kavakava figure collected in the early 19th century (estimate: €100,000 to €150,000) and a collection of 34 Fijian throwing clubs inlaid with sperm whale tooth (€600 and up).

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Visit to Rapa Nui prompts ecology questions

The Great Population Debate
By Donald A. Collins, Board member, Family Health International
Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies, Spring, 2007
May 30, 2007

In November 2003, my wife and I spent several days on Easter Island, a tiny dot in mid Pacific, only 6.9 miles long and perhaps 2 plus miles wide. Could its history be a microcosm of what could happen to the larger world?

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Rapa Nui trips arranged through Ski.com

Ski.com: Portillo to Bariloche & Everything in Between
Skipressworld
2007-05-31

Other non-ski extensions can also be arranged through Ski.com, including exploring Easter Island's 600 giant monolithic moais (statues) carved from volcanic ash, tours of the sixteenth-century town of Santiago and excursions to the native ruins in the pre-Inca town of San Pedro de Atacama, where curious travelers can experience indigenous flamingo species and world-famous salt caves.

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Posada de Mike Rapu

Posada de Mike Rapu Lodge To Be Built On Easter Island
by Deidre Woollard
Luxist
Posted May 30th 2007 3:03PM







The new lodge on the Easter Island's southern edge overlooks the Pacific and the ancient Raro Raraku volcano and is named for Mike Rapu, explora en Rapa ...

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"Monolithic" Pop Culture References #55

Ever searching for news about Rapa Nui, this blog's administrator comes across many references to Rapa Nui and its famous moai. Often, these references are quite comical and have nothing to do with the island or the culture of Rapa Nui. Other times, they appear to be speculative, based more on misconceptions than reality, or downright bizarre. Here are some of the more recent references:

'It's amazing that I've been allowed to do what I do'
Scotsman, UK - May 27, 2007
Asked whether he sees his work in the tradition of a timeless Easter Island monolith or a muscular, testosterone-charged Roman statue, he says the former. ...

More Tales of the '63 Chevy Pickup
Washington Post, DC - May 29, 2007
Archeologists will someday puzzle over this object, the way they study the giant heads on Easter Island. Jim once tore down an entire dormitory at the ...

Art shot straight through the park
Seattle Times, WA - May 30, 2007
If you wrapped the Sand Point calibration line around the world, it would pass through, or by, Mount Hood, the Santa Barbara Peninsula, Easter Island, ...

Wario Master of Disguise
Nintendophiles, Canada - May 30, 2007
Now Mario could pilot submarines, explore ancient tombs, fight charging Easter Island heads, and even fly a biplane. When Super Mario Land 2 came out in ...

Breathe easy
Chicago Sun-Times, IL - Jun 1, 2007
The Easter Island statues. The Loch Ness monster. Myopic Books. It's one of those crimes you feel embarrassed even reporting to the cops -- two 70-pound ...

Visit to Rapa Nui is "stepping into a new dimension"

'Navel to the world'
Photography by Jane Wooldridge/MCT
MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS
STLtoday
05/27/2007










Even if you’ve read the books and seen the films, visiting Easter Island is stepping into a new dimension.

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Mid-air delivery followed by emergency landing on Rapanui

Barbara, a mid-air miracle
Advertiser Adelaide, Australia - May 26, 2007
Concerned by the prospect of an in-flight delivery, the pilot offered to make an emergency landing on Easter Island. But Dr Cook maintained her calm, ...

Baby born on Qantas flight
NEWS.com.au, Australia - May 26, 2007
Panicked by the prospect of an in-flight delivery, the pilot offered to make an emergency landing on Easter Island. But Dr Cook maintained her professional ...

Mile high baby
Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia - May 26, 2007
The pilot offered to make an emergency landing on Easter Island, but, with the baby on its way, Dr Cook was forced to perform the delivery on board, ...

Aussie doctor helps mid-air birth
NEWS.com.au, Australia - May 26, 2007
Panicked by the prospect of an in-flight delivery, the pilot offered to make an emergency landing on Easter Island. But Dr Cook maintained her professional ...

Good Friday mid air birth featuring “Angel” and “Barbara”
MercoPress, Uruguay - May 27, 2007
Concerned by the prospect of an in-flight delivery, the pilot offered to make an emergency landing on Easter Island. But Dr Cook maintained her calm, ...

Media Matters
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, HI - Jun 3, 2007
Weighing the safety of a few against the inconvenience of many, the pilot offered to land the plane at Rapa Nui (Easter Island). But the infant was already ...

New children's book about Rapanui boy

Books for social studies
Press-Telegram
Article Launched: 05/26/2007 12:00:00 AM PDT

The boy and his people receive warning of the wave from a wise woman, who cautions all to run to the hills. The boy, Pico, is caught in the wave as he tries to warn his father, a master carver of the stone monoliths that bedeck the island. Luckily, he survives.

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About Explora en Rapa Nui

Explora En Rapa Nui Rising On Easter Island
Hotel Interactive
5/25/2007 1:40:29 PM

While there has never been a shortage of wondrous sites to behold on Easter Island, the lodging options have long been limited at best. No more. Posada de Mike Rapu, the new outpost for explora en Rapa Nui, promises a fresh face of environmentally stylish and sensitive hospitality on the magic Pacific landmass.

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"Monolithic" Pop Culture References #54

Ever searching for news about Rapa Nui, this blog's administrator comes across many references to Rapa Nui and its famous moai. Often, these references are quite comical and have nothing to do with the island or the culture of Rapa Nui. Other times, they appear to be speculative, based more on misconceptions than reality, or downright bizarre. Here are some of the more recent references:

Dark tears for a quiet killer
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - May 20, 2007
There was something blank and even solemn about him, like an Easter Island statuette. "When you look into Dartelle's eyes," as a prison officer once ...

Technorati Gets a Redesign
Blogger News Network - May 23, 2007
Without Apple, Microsoft would petrify — it’s icon could become Uncle Bill as an Easter Island stone face. Without Microsoft, Apple would flabbify — going ...

New7Wonders and Rapa Nui

Peru's Machu Picchu among 10 most voted New 7 Wonders
Living in Peru, Peru - May 7, 2007
Listed in alphabetical order, the top 10 candidates are: Acropolis (Greece), Chichen Itza (Mexico), the Coliseum (Italy), the Easter Island Statues (Chile), ...

The Alhambra needs a push
Sur, Spain - May 10, 2007
... Machu Picchu in Peru, Petra in Jordan the statues of Easter Island in Chile, Stonehenge in the UK, the Taj Mahal in India and Angkor in Cambodia. ...

45mn vote for updated seven world wonders
Middle East Times, Egypt - May 21, 2007
... Great Wall of China, the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu, Petra in Jordan, the statues on Easter Island, Britain's Stonehenge, and the Taj Mahal in India. ...

Voters choose new wonders
Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia - May 22, 2007
... Great Wall of China, the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu, Petra in Jordan, the statues on Easter Island, Britain's Stonehenge and the Taj Mahal in India. ...

Egypt pyramids off new seven world wonders list
Middle East Online, UK - May 22, 2007
... Great Wall of China, the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu, Petra in Jordan, the statues on Easter Island, Britain's Stonehenge and the Taj Mahal in India. ...

Millions vote for new wonders of the world
Kuwait Times, Kuwait - May 22, 2007
... Great Wall of China, the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu, Petra in Jordan, the statues on Easter Island, Britain's Stonehenge and the Taj Mahal in India. ...

US, Europe least enthused over new 7 wonders
Reuters - May 22, 2007
... mountaintop city Machu Picchu, Jordan's desert city of Petra, the mysterious statues of Easter Island, Britain's Stonehenge, the Taj Mahal in India. ...

Over 45m vote in Net campaign to select world’s new 7 wonders
Peninsula On-line, Qatar - May 22, 2007
... Great Wall of China, the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu, Petra in Jordan, the statues on Easter Island, Britain’s Stonehenge and the Taj Mahal in India. ...

Millions vote for 'new' wonders of the world
Radio Australia, Australia - May 22, 2007
... Great Wall of China, the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu, Petra in Jordan, the statues on Easter Island, Britain's Stonehenge and the Taj Mahal in India. ...

Millions around the globe vote for new seven wonders
Pretoria News (subscription), South Africa - May 22, 2007
... Great Wall of China, the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu, Petra in Jordan, the statues on Easter Island, Britain's Stonehenge and the Taj Mahal in India. ...

Campaign to create a global heritage
The Mercury (subscription), South Africa - May 22, 2007
... Great Wall of China, the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu, Petra in Jordan, the statues on Easter Island, Britain's Stonehenge and the Taj Mahal in India. ...

Search for 'new' seven wonders
Brisbane Times, Australia - May 22, 2007
... Great Wall of China, the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu, Petra in Jordan, the statues on Easter Island, Britain's Stonehenge and the Taj Mahal in India. ...

Rapa Nui's economy led to deforestation

Bee's Global Losses at 80% due to Global Warming and Impact of Peak: Oil, GDP and CO2 / Commodities / Climate Change
By: David_Petch
Market Oracle
May 20, 2007 - 06:45 PM

A former tribe living on Easter Island made an economy for building and moving statutes. Carts were made to move the statues as well as maintain a fleet of fishing vessels and homes. The rapid explosion of their population resulted in complete deforestation of the island, which translated into no new fishing boats to be built or maintenance of current ones i.e. no fish, no food with death to follow. The sudden disappearance of the trees collapsed the statue industry and all was abandoned; the civilization as they knew it ceased to exist.

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Auckland yachtsman's New Zealand to Rapa Nui sailing trip

Epic trip to see Team NZ
By Jane Phare
New Zealand Herald
5:00AM Sunday May 20, 2007

But this time he's crossed two oceans and sailed through two seas, all so he can watch Emirates Team New Zealand win the Louis Vuitton Cup and snatch the America's Cup back off the Swiss. He and three crew left Auckland Harbour on December 27 bound for Easter Island 400 nautical miles away.

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Monolithic Pop Culture References #53

Ever searching for news about Rapa Nui, this blog's administrator comes across many references to Rapa Nui and its famous moai. Often, these references are quite comical and have nothing to do with the island or the culture of Rapa Nui. Other times, they appear to be speculative, based more on misconceptions than reality, or downright bizarre. Here are some of the more recent references:

Language of the space men
Telegraph.co.uk, UK - May 7, 2007
... too, in Giacometti's head of a Man With a Big Nose (1958) which, though only about 20 inches high, has the monumentality of an Easter Island statue. ...

Last night’s TV
Times Online, UK - May 9, 2007
... opinion-free manners and are mild to the point of being insipid, Meades is more like an Easter Island statue styled by the Blues Brothers with a grumpy, ...

How Green Is My Sculpture?
New York Sun, NY - May 9, 2007
... tradition of Picasso's sculptures that zoomorphize handlebars or toy cars — here it is plastic jerry cans that do double duty as Easter Island heads. ...

Athletic talent and 'a special spirit' set Samoan rookie foursome ...
Sun-Sentinel.com, FL - May 10, 2007
American Samoa, Hawaii, New Zealand, Tonga, Tahiti, Easter Island and Marquesas are all in the Polynesian Triangle. The wave of Polynesian players in the ...

Gormley: Am Ia megalomaniac?
This is London, UK - May 11, 2007
Asked whether he sees his work in the tradition of a timeless Easter Island monolith or a muscular, testosterone-charged Roman statue, he says the former. ...

Remembering Derek
Times Online, UK - May 12, 2007
But apart from being an ideas man, he was a practical one, as well – you only have to look at the 20ft Easter Island primitive head in my film Savage ...

WE'RE SMALL... AND WORRIED ABOUT YOUR INACTION
Electric New Paper, Singapore - May 13, 2007
American columnist Scott O'Reilly compared the situation to how the inhabitants of Easter Island were wiped out after they cut down all the trees on the ...

Cities shouldn't cave in to developers
DesMoinesRegister.com, IA - May 18, 2007
... our historic and community areas, and to defend the wilderness and agriculture zones, or we will become another example of what happened on Easter Island.

In the world of gardening, this is 'fetish' weekend
Montreal Gazette (subscription), Canada - May 19, 2007
I'm talking about gargoyles, Buddha and Easter Island statues and Mayan art. Things that accessorize an outdoor area. What about the Virgin Mary? ...

Rapanui shares language ties with vast region

Council plans to revitalize languages
Taipei Times, Taiwan - May 11, 2007
Austronesian languages are spoken from the island of Madagascar off the east coast of Africa, all the way to isolated Easter Island (Rapa Nui) and extending ...

Plan mulled to revitalize indigenous language
China Post, Taiwan - May 11, 2007
... isolated Easter Island (Rapa Nui) and extending to Taiwan, Vietnam, Northern Australia, New Zealand and most of the Melanesian and Polynesian islands. ...

DS game features moai

It's a Wonderful World Hands-on
It's a wonderful DS game so far.

by Craig Harris
IGN
May 13, 2007

The task in the demo was to follow a mysterious cloaked man through the downtown area, and after each conversation with him players jumped into combat sequences against crazy characters such as penguins, crabs, Easter Island heads, and, yes, even some bad-ass kangaroos.

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Hope for Rapa Nui's mahute plant

CHILE: PROJECT LAUNCHED TO SAVE TRADITIONAL EASTER ISLAND PLANTS
SOURCE: LA NACION
By Santiago Times Staff (editor@santiagotimes.cl)
Santiago Times
May 10, 2007

A new project being carried out by the Universidad CatÛlica looks to rescue the mahute plant, a traditional and endangered species that for centuries Easter Island residents have used to make cloth.

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Rapanui people: "What to do with moai?"

Islanders: Leave stones alone
Easter Island residents say enough scarce funds have gone to restoring statues to attract tourists.
Larry Rohter / New York Times
DetNews.com
Wednesday, May 09, 2007

What should be done about the hundreds of other stone icons scattered around the island, many of them damaged or embedded in the ground?

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Mat Lauer/Rapa Nui

Users Follow This Guy Around the World
NBC Universal's "The Today Show" engages fans in an online game of hide-and-seek, letting users explore the exotic locals visited by the show's globe-trotting host, Matt Lauer.
iMedia Connection
May 08, 2007

Yet, Matt's Video Passport did capture my interest. I found the videos well-produced, entertaining, of a good length and informative (I had no idea an American 'rediscovered' Machu Picchu in 1911. I thought Easter Island was currently uninhabited.) The video resolution was also good, although if you watch enough YouTube, anything looks good by comparison.

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Rapa Nui background report

Easter Island Background and Travel Tips
From Bonnie Hamre
About
May 5, 2007

This background report covers some of the island's history, the famous moais, population, theories and things to do and see, including the "the most mind-jarring stop is at Rano Raraku, whose volcanic obsidian was the test tube lab of the moai."

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Rapa Nui spoof

Easter Island Statues Just a Cultural Joke
Written by Mathmission
TheSpoof.com
Story written: 03 May 2007

Easter Island, Chili - After decades of research, scientists believe they have decoded the hidden meaning behind the large stone head statues located on Easter Island, Chili. A scroll was discovered on the island that gave indisputable proof of the meaning behind the heads.

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Around the World by Private Jet/Rapa Nui

American Express Travel Becomes First Travel Company To Offer Smithsonian Journeys' Educational Tours
PR-Inside.com
May 3, 2007

In Around the World by Private Jet, span the globe in just three weeks drinking in the world's greatest natural treasures and legendary locales, from Machu Picchu to the Great Barrier Reef, from Easter Island to Tibet, all by private jet.

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Monolithic Pop Culture References #52

Ever searching for news about Rapa Nui, this blog's administrator comes across many references to Rapa Nui and its famous moai. Often, these references are quite comical and have nothing to do with the island or the culture of Rapa Nui. Other times, they appear to be speculative, based more on misconceptions than reality, or downright bizarre. Here are some of the more recent references:

The 25 wonders of the world
Times Online, UK - May 3, 2007
Venice, Angkor Wat in Cambodia, the Easter Island statues . . . these are not sights from which people return saying the reality was a bit of a let-down. ...

Salvaging an inspiration
Lahontan Valley News, NV - May 4, 2007
He made a replica of the Starship Enterprise and a sailboat out of car parts, a moon-landing scene using GI Joes and an Easter Island Head statue resembling ...

Parisian artist to exhibit at local cafe
Annapolis Capital, MD - May 4, 2007
Yet his figures are distorted, pulled like taffy, with earthy shapes and faces evocative of the giant Easter Island heads or primitive fetish dolls. ...

Lincoln Kirstein, As Others Saw Him
PlaybillArts, NY - May 4, 2007
Her colleague Anne Crowell has compared his dour expression to that of the stones on Easter Island. Others thought he resembled an eagle — or even Moses. ...

Unending Aryan immigration debate
Organiser, India - May 7, 2007
It details all the hypotheses that link Indus scripts to Dravidian language, the Munda script, the Easter island connection, and also the hypothesis of the ...

Small ship cruise to Rapa Nui

Take a Cruise on a Small Ship
By Beth Brophy
Provided by Kiplinger.com
WTVM
May 2, 2007

Zirkle recalls a recent cruise to Micronesia on a 150-passenger vessel with his wife, Sara, 67, a pediatrician. On a visit to remote Easter Island, they listened in awe as their anthropologist guide described how he had led a dig that unearthed one of the famous ancient stone statues along the shore. "They had excellent study guides, with an impressive breadth of knowledge," Zirkle says.

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Diamond: Rapa Nui is "metaphor for our planet"

Diamond warns of societal 'Collapse'
Middlebury Campus (subscription), VT - May 2, 2007
He then critically examined our own society, emphasizing that ecological issues could be its demise, as they were to the Maya and Easter Island ...

Learning from past
The Spokesman Review, WA - May 3, 2007
In his book "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed," writer Jared Diamond chronicles the missteps of Easter Island dwellers who chopped down all ...

More Night at the Museum articles

The Alternate Ending DVD Review: Night at the Museum
411mania.com, TX - May 1, 2007
The giant Easter Island head that’s obsessed with bubble gum? Yawn. And of course the precocious monkey that likes to steal the guards’ keys. ...

VIDEO FUN HOUSE: 'Night at the Museum' an imaginative romp a whole ...
Huntington Herald Dispatch, WV - May 3, 2007
JEAN: There are a handful of recognizable actors -- there's Brad Garrett's voice (as the Easter Island sculpture), Robin Williams and -- of course -- Owen ...

VIDEO FUN HOUSE: 'Night at the Museum' an imaginative romp a whole ...
Huntington Herald Dispatch, WV - May 3, 2007
JEAN: There are a handful of recognizable actors -- there's Brad Garrett's voice (as the Easter Island sculpture), Robin Williams and -- of course -- Owen ...

Monolithic Pop Culture References #51

Ever searching for news about Rapa Nui, this blog's administrator comes across many references to Rapa Nui and its famous moai. Often, these references are quite comical and have nothing to do with the island or the culture of Rapa Nui. Other times, they appear to be speculative, based more on misconceptions than reality, or downright bizarre. Here are some of the more recent references:

Seattle Post Intelligencer:
Grass Mountain, still mostly snow-covered, came into view as we climbed. From the road and from the trail there are intriguing rock formations to be seen, especially to the west. One was reminiscent of something you might see on Easter Island.

The Age:
But perhaps the glamour at the Darling Harbour convention centre is all an illusion. We can't tell you, because we are not allowed in. The staff at the bottom look more cheerful than Easter Island statues, but their resolve is implacable.

Cyprus Mail:
I’d flick through the photos of Daniken at the pyramids or Easter Island: his argument that if extraterrestrials existed and had entered our solar system in the past it should be possible to find evidence.

ROSS COUNTY 2 GRETNA 3
ic Scotland.co.uk, UK - Apr 30, 2007
Davie Nicholls' Easter Island facial features are as hard as his drive in the middle of the park and it was his decision to fire through Danny Moore and ...

Local artist salvages his inspiration
Nevada Appeal, NV - Apr 30, 2007
He made a replica of the Starship Enterprise and a sailboat out of car parts, a moonlanding scene using GI Joes and a Easter Island Head statue resembling ...

Getting Over It
New Hampshire Magazine, NH - May 1, 2007
Future generations will be as stumped about these strange shapes as we are about those weird face statues on Easter Island. They’ll probably think aliens ...

Luxury travel to Rapa Nui

What Does A $70000 Dollar Vacation Look Like?
ABC30.com, CA - May 1, 2007
It included stops at Easter Island, ruins in Cambodia, the lost city of Petra in Jordan and the pyramids of Egypt. Linda works in home construction and ...

What Does A $70000 Dollar Vacation Look Like?
abc7news.com, CA - May 1, 2007
It included stops at Easter Island, ruins in Cambodia, the lost city of Petra in Jordan and the pyramids of Egypt. Linda works in home construction and ...

Abercrombie & Kent private jet tour to Rapa Nui

Abercrombie & Kent present South America and Easter Island
Source = e-Travel Blackboard: C.C
e-Travel Blackboard
Monday, April 30, 2007

Abercrombie & Kent has launched its new Private Jet Tour this April, which carries passengers aboard a 757-200 ER over South America and Easter Island.

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Manulife president set himself apart with visit to Rapa Nui and other "less-visited regions"

Manulife president does it his way
By DALJIT DHESI
Malaysia Star
Monday April 30, 2007

Unlike most people in Britain who prefer to go for a holiday in Spain and France, Robertson did the reverse by going to other parts of the world, including some of the less-visited regions like Papua New Guinea, Easter Island or Central America.

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Easter Island Marathon articles

Marathon tourism lets you combine race, vacation
Ottawa Citizen (subscription), Canada - Apr 29, 2007
June 10: Some marathon courses make you feel like you're running in the middle of nowhere, but Easter Island is 3700 kilometres from any major population ...

Marathon Races Scheduled For Easter Island and Antarctica
About - News & Issues, NY - May 1, 2007
Easter Island Marathon on June 10: "Some marathon courses make you feel like you're running in the middle of nowhere, but Easter Island is 3700 kilometres ...

Globetrotters: Traveling the world to run in marathons is booming.
Austin American-Statesman (subscription), TX - May 5, 2007
Sure, you can take a marathon vacation in London or Rome, but Boston-based Marathon Tours and Travel also offers trips to Kenya, Easter Island in the South ...

Rapa Nui travel info and history

Easter Island
Island
By JANE WOOLDRIDGE
McClatchy Newspapers
Bradenton Herald
Posted on Sun, Apr. 29, 2007

Even in the murk of a sullen, gray afternoon, the massive stone sentinels of Ahu Tongariki seem imperious, an uncompromising guard against the gluttonous sea crashing at its flank.

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Around the world travel includes stop at Rapa Nui

Local couples travel around the world
By Ashley McKnight-Taylor
Suffolk News Herald Online
Saturday, April 28, 2007 7:09 PM CDT

From there, the travelers jetted across the South Pacific to the isolated Easter Island, home to giant stone monoliths, known as Moai, that dot the coastline.

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Moai said to represent elders, judges, and ancestral wise men

Polynesian wonders
Easter Island's massive sentinels, called moai, are said to represent elders, judges and ancestral wise men
By Jane Wooldridge McClatchy-tribune
Arizona Daily Star
Published: 04.29.2007







Even in the murk of a sullen, gray afternoon, the massive stone sentinels of Ahu Tongariki seem imperious, an uncompromising guard against the gluttonous sea crashing at its flank.

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Rapa Nui's "dilema faced by Rome, Anasazi, Mayans and present day Rwanda

SELECTED GROWTH FALLACIES: PART 15--NEXT ADDED 100 MILLION AMERICANS
Frosty Wooldridge
American Chronicle
April 28, 2007

In his book, “COLLAPSE: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed,” Pulitzer Prize winning author Jared Diamond illustrated how great civilizations dismantled their own sustainability. On tiny Easter Island, humans ignored nature, cut down all the trees, built 50 ton rock monuments and died of overpopulation via starvation. Today, we’re faced with the same dilemmas Rome, Anasazi, Mayans, present day Rwanda and other vanished civilizations discovered.

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VOICE award winner visited Rapa Nui

Ladies day out
Corsicana Daily Sun, TX - Apr 27, 2007
On a trip to Easter Island, her entire group’s luggage was misplaced for the duration of the trip, although it turned up again as they were headed home. ...

Green nabs award, Brooks captures VOICE crowd
Corsicana Daily Sun, TX - Apr 27, 2007
On a trip to Easter Island, her entire group’s luggage was misplaced for the duration of the trip, although it turned up again as they were headed home. ...

New7Wonders/Rapa Nui

I Media Corp partners with N7W of World Voting Campaign
Moneycontrol.com (press release), India - Apr 27, 2007
To name a few from the 21 nominees are Machu Picchu – Peru, Chichen Itza - Mexico, The Easter Island Statue – Chile, Kiyomizu Temple – Japan, ...

Name seven places that make you wonder -- Cast your vote
Post-Bulletin, MN - Apr 27, 2007
... the Sydney Opera House; Cambodia's Angkor; Timbuktu; Petra in Jordan; Rio's Statue of Christ Redeemer; Easter Island; and Chichen-Itza, Mexico. ...

JTV telethon boosts Petra's bid to become New 7 Wonder
Middle East North Africa Financial Network, Jordan - Apr 29, 2007
... for the honour include the Coliseum, the Great Wall of China, Machu Picchu, the Taj Mahal, the Pyramids of Giza and the statues of Easter Island. ...

Chamber hoping for a blaze of glory
Owen Sound Sun Times, Canada - Apr 30, 2007
Finalists include the Statue of Liberty, the Acropolis in Athens, Chichen Iza in Mexico, The Kremlin, the Great Wall of China, Easter Island, Hagia Sophia ...

Posada de Mike Rapu

Josef Stirnimann Appointed General Manager And Executive Vice President Of Explora
Hotel Interactive, Inc
4/26/2007 10:45:38 AM

Chief among explora’s developments is the on-going construction of ‘Posada de Mike Rapu’, a new 30-room lodge for explora en Rapa Nui on the southern edge of Easter Island that is scheduled to open for guests by year-end 2007.

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Matt Lauer/Rapa Nui

Where In The World Is Matt Lauer?
WPXI.com, PA - Apr 25, 2007
This is the eighth week-long expedition for Lauer, whose past trips have taken him to such exotic locales as the remote Easter Island, the lights of ...

Where in the world is Enid, Okla.
Enid News & Eagle, OK - Apr 28, 2007
Previously his exhaustive travels have taken Lauer to some of the world’s far-flung wonders, like Mt. Everest, Peru’s Machu Picchu, Easter Island and ...