Rapa Nui as example of negative environmental consequences

Your Views: Wednesday views on global warming
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - Apr 11, 2007
Loser - global warming or not he only needs to look at what happened on Easter Island to see that we are in trouble! We are definitely running out of ...

Your Views: Are those scary predictions about climate change true?
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - Apr 11, 2007
Loser - global warming or not he only needs to look at what happened on Easter Island to see that we are in trouble! We are definitely running out of ...

New7Wonders/Rapa Nui

Foundation asks residents to nominate 'Eight Wonders of Kansas'
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - Apr 11, 2007
... Angkor in Cambodia; Brazil's statue of Christ the Redeemer; the Eiffel Tower in Paris; the Easter Island statues and Stonehenge in England. ...

Trip Tips: New National Historic Landmarks in 10 states
North County Times, CA - Apr 14, 2007
... Angkor in Cambodia; Brazil's statue of Christ the Redeemer; the Eiffel Tower in Paris; the Easter Island statues and Stonehenge in England. ...

Matt Lauer/Rapa Nui

Where on the Web Is Matt Lauer?
New York Times, NY - Apr 10, 2007
SINCE 1998, NBC has been sending a “Today” host to far-flung locales like Angkor Wat, Easter Island and Machu Picchu, all for a feature on the show called ...

Where on the Web Is Matt Lauer?
Tuscaloosa News (subscription), AL - Apr 11, 2007
SINCE 1998, NBC has been sending a “Today” host to far-flung locales like Angkor Wat, Easter Island and Machu Picchu, all for a feature on the show called ...

Photo of large coral colony near Rapanui

Ancient Coral Reef Tells The History Of Kenya's Soil Erosion
Source: Stanford University
Photo Credit: Rob Dunbar, Stanford University
April 13, 2007










In 2005, Professor Rob Dunbar and his colleagues collected core samples from a large coral colony near Easter Island. That colony is about the same size as the coral reef that was the focus of Dunbar's Kenya study.

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Ancient Malindi coral reef tells story of soil erosion in Kenya
Stanford Report - Apr 11, 2007
In 2005, Professor Rob Dunbar and his colleagues collected core samples from a large coral colony near Easter Island. That colony is about the same size as ...

More mention of Matt Lauer on Rapa Nui

IT'S A SMALL 'WHERE IN THE WORLD' AFTER ALL
by Jaclyn Levin
AllDay
Posted: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 7:55 AM

“Where in the World is Matt Lauer?” It’s one of my favorite things to work on, as I have seen so many amazing things throughout the years: Easter Island, Shanghai, Machu Picchu, Marrakech, Botswana, the Taj Mahal, the Panama Canal, Moscow, Reykjavik – the list is almost endless.

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Chilean call to Brits to visit Rapa Nui

Chile aims to draw British tourists
Go Travel Insurance
Apr 9, 2007

Mr Moll also pointed to a wide range of attractions including the Atacama desert, ski resorts which are open all-year-round and Easter Island located 2,000 miles away from the mainland.

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History of and tourist tips for Rapa Nui

Easter Island
By: Valarie D'Elia
News 10 Now
4/8/2007 5:00 AM










The main town, Hanga Roa, seems to be populated by as many dogs as people and is where most of the hotels and restaurants are situated. The post office offers the ultimate souvenir, a passport stamp that is worth every cent of the Chilean dollar.

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Easter Island Marathon mentioned

Around the world 26.2 miles at a time
Marathon tourism is racing as more runners are turning into globetrotters.
Ellen Creager - Detroit Free Press
Orlando Sentinel
Posted April 8, 2007

Worldwide, escorted tours for marathoners are becoming more exotic. Sure, you can take a marathon vacation to London or Rome, but Boston-based Marathon Tours and Travel also offers trips to Kenya, Easter Island and the Great Wall of China.

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Marathoners' quest for new races turns into travel inspiration
By Ellen Creager - Detroit Free Press
Memphis Commercial Appeal
April 9, 2007

Worldwide, escorted tours for marathoners are becoming more exotic. Sure, you can take a marathon vacation to London or Rome, but Boston-based Marathon Tours and Travel also offers trips to Kenya, Easter Island and the Great Wall of China.

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"Monolithic" pop culture references #48

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:

New Zealand Herald:
Curtis has Lord of the Rings producer Barrie Osborne to thank for diversifying his film career. He encountered the American on Easter Island epic Rapa Nui - actor-turned-producer Kevin Costner's forgettable attempt at an Apocalypto.

Boston Herald:
“Tada!” He pulled off the sheets with a flourish, revealing four life-size Easter Island heads. “To make them lighter and ecofriendly, I constructed each from Rice Krispie treats,” he explained. I wondered why we had a Dumpster filled with marshmallows in the driveway, but I don’t like to pry.

South Bend Tribune:
The average temperature on Easter is 68 degrees … Easter Island, that is, in the South Pacific Ocean.

Independent:
I swear tonight's the first time I've ever seen her smile, and it looks as artificial an addition as her piercing and tats. At all times, Mutya Buena was as impassive as Easter Island.

Herald:
... incorruptible detective, Martin Shaw capitalised well on his large, slab-like head's growing resemblance to one of those Easter Island statue efforts. ...

Moai-shaped birdbath stolen

The Whig-Standard
Kingston Whig-Standard
Saturday, April 07, 2007 Updated @ 10:44:27 PM

A unique bird bath, shaped like a miniature Easter Island head statue, was stolen sometime between the end of March and April 3 from the front lawn of a home on Fergus Street.

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Easter Island Easter spoofs

"Jesus Choked On Easter Egg" - Claim
The Spoof (satire), UK - Apr 5, 2007
Christians gathering for their annual feverish shindig at the isolated outpost of Christendom, Easter Island, are up-in-arms over the radical views on ...

Yoda, Jedi Master, found in Easter Island tomb
The Spoof (satire), UK - Apr 9, 2007
Archaeologist have discovered a hidden tomb beneath a statue on Easter Island that appears to contain the remains of Yoda, the Jedi Master and his wrecked ...

Rapa Nui's history a "hair-raising tale"

Easter Island's environment drama
We can avoid environmental disaster if we're smart enough to act now
Shelley Willson, Special to the Sun
Montreal Gazette
Apr 6, 2007














Picture a lush, green little island, settled in the 5th century AD by a handful of neighbouring migrants. It was Eden itself with tropical trees, fertile soil, pure spring water and surrounded by abundant seafood.

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Rapa Nui, "mysterious island of Easter"

The mysterious island of Easter
Montreal Gazette (subscription), Canada - Apr 6, 2007
Easter Island fascinates the human race the way Nessie or Stonehenge do. Located more than 3500 km west of continental Chile, it is home to the moai statues ...

The mysterious island of Easter
Vancouver Sun (subscription), Canada - Apr 6, 2007
A picture of some of the 390 abandoned huge statues (moais in Rapa Nui language), in the hillside of the Rano Raraku volcano on Easter Island. ...

Journalist recounts Rapa Nui visit

Easter Island's faces
Giant statues tell only part of the tale
By JANET FULLWOOD - Sacramento Bee
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted: April 7, 2007











There the eerie silhouettes of the statues loomed behind a cemetery.

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French frigate to stop at Rapa Nui

French frigate here for a week
Warship on way to military exercises off South America
Carl Nolte, Chronicle Staff Writer
San Francisco Chronicle
Friday, April 6, 2007

The Prairial, named for a month in the old French revolutionary calendar, sails Wednesday for San Diego, then to several Central and South American ports. The ship will participate in a joint exercise called Teamwork South with U.S., Chilean and Argentine navy ships, and then return to the Marquesas with a stop at Clipperton and Easter Island.

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Varig's Mercosur Airpass excludes Rapa Nui

Varig Brazil launches New Air Passes
ASIATravelTips.com, Thailand - Apr 5, 2007
The Mercosur Air Pass, for travel within and between Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile - excluding Easter Island - offers travel to a minimum ...

Varig Brazil introduces new air travel options
e-Travel Blackboard (press release), Australia - Apr 3, 2007
The Mercosur Airpass, for travel within and between Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile – excluding Easter Island - offers travel to a minimum of ...

Varig Brazil launches New Air Passes
MercoPress, Uruguay - Apr 5, 2007
The Mercosur Air Pass, for travel within and between Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile - excluding Easter Island - offers travel to a minimum ...

Brazil Varig's New Air Pass Is Just for Non-Brazilians
Brazzil Magazine, Los Angeles - Apr 6, 2007
The Mercosur Air Pass, for travel within and between Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile - excluding Easter Island - offers travel to a minimum ...

Rapa Nui and ham radio

Surfin': Hamming at CE0Y
This week, Easter Island is our destination, and a ham radio Web site is our port-of-call.
By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU - Contributing Editor
ARRLWeb
April 5, 2007












A Web site that claims to be the “first Web site associated with an Amateur Radio expedition” extensively documents the September 1995 XR0Y DXpedition to Easter Island and Sala y Gómez (XR0Z), a tiny island East of Easter Island. It is a very interesting read about a fascinating DXpedition.

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Chile "gears up" for more Rapa Nui visitors from UK

Chile to launch tourism campaign in UK
Easier, UK - Apr 2, 2007
And of course there is Easter Island - famous for its stone moai statues - more than 2000 miles west of mainland Chile, one of the remotest islands in the ...

The Chile Challenge
Travel Connect, UK - Apr 3, 2007
And of course there is Easter Island - famous for its stone moai statues - more than 2000 miles west of mainland Chile, one of the remotest islands in the ...

Chile Tourism in UK marketing drive
Utalkmarketing, UK - Apr 4, 2007
He added, “We are going to organize a series of press trips in 2007 to Chile, including to Easter Island as very few people know that it is part of Chile. ...

Chile offers Brits warm welcome
Opodo, UK - Apr 4, 2007
... fascinating country is only one of its attractions, which include excellent wine, deserts, glaciers and the astounding mute monuments of Easter Island. ...

Easter Island Marathon among marathon vacation destinations

Globetrotters: Traveling the world to run in marathons is booming
ELLEN CREAGER - Detroit Free Press
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
Apr 3, 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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Free to see moai at British Museum

Free museums soften London cost
Wichita Eagle
Posted on Sun, Apr. 01, 2007

Every American visitor should be aware that several top attractions in London -- the British Museum (sculptures from Athens' Parthenon, the Rosetta Stone, monumental totems from Easter Island), the National Gallery, the Tate and the Victoria & Albert -- offer free admission, a major act of British magnanimity. It is possible to fill a rich week of touring without spending a cent.

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