LIPOA POINT SAVED (AGAIN)! Looks like Maui County really scored during the recent state legislative session. “Maui legislators secured almost $300 million in Capital Improvement Project (CIP) funding for various projects across the island,” stated a May 10, 2013 press release from the state House of Representatives's media office. “The largest single item by far was $130 … [Read more...] about Lipoa Point Saved Again and Nameless Maui News Reporter Covers Former Judge Mimi DesJardins Hearing While Senator Clayton Hee Dislikes State Ethics Officials As Much As Reporters
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Koa Books In Hana Wins Prestigious Independent Publisher Award While Hawaii Legislature Officially Dooms Media Shield Law
HANA-BASED KOA BOOKS WINS AWARD For readers, these are strange times. Computer technology and the Internet have combined to produce more books than ever, but the number of actual publishing houses (especially those who concentrate on books that require paper and shelving) are dwindling. That’s what makes the latest news about tiny independent Koa Books in Hana so nice to … [Read more...] about Koa Books In Hana Wins Prestigious Independent Publisher Award While Hawaii Legislature Officially Dooms Media Shield Law
2013 MauiTime Summer Camp Guide
Gone are the dog days of summer where our island children run amuck in the hot and dusty streets, walking to the beach with boogie boards or riding their bikes through town. Nowadays, summer means enrichment and extracurricular activities allowing youth to absorb rays of sunshine while sharpening their creative skills. Not surprisingly, many of our island’s summer camps are … [Read more...] about 2013 MauiTime Summer Camp Guide
Electric Chastity Belts and The Latest Human Rights and Our Litigious Society
ELECTRIC CHASTITY BELT To counter the now-well-publicized culture of rape in India, three engineers in Chennai said in March that they are about to send to the market women’s anti-rape lingerie, which will provide both a stun-gun-sized blast of electricity against an aggressor and a messaging system sending GPS location to family members and the police about an attack in … [Read more...] about Electric Chastity Belts and The Latest Human Rights and Our Litigious Society
We Ask Why The State Of Hawaii Is Investing In A Biofuel Program It Barely Understands
Summer on Maui means mangoes and, inevitably, scraping up those rotting, fallen fruits off the ground. But as you’re doing yard work this season, imagine a technology that would convert all that plant matter into something other than compost. In fact, the USDA Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center (PBARC), along with Florida-based BioTork Hawaii LLC, did just that. More … [Read more...] about We Ask Why The State Of Hawaii Is Investing In A Biofuel Program It Barely Understands