Pirate Hunting Cruises Being Offered Pirate hunting cruises along the African coast are being offered by private yachts in Russia. For £3,500 per day customers can sail along the coast of Somalia at low speed to entice a pirate into attacking. Former special forces troops are on board to make sure no harm comes to [...]
By Kyle Ellison Using numb fingers to fiddle with crampons is not a feeling I am used to. A metal skeleton of a shoe that vaguely resembles a masochistic set of soccer cleats, my mind keeps being drawn to those weird looking shoes that someone might use to aerate their front lawn. Either way, I [...]
By MARK NIESSE A federal lawsuit seeks to force Hawai‘i’s government to more quickly hand out food stamps to families in need because the state has been falling behind. The lawsuit filed November 17 on behalf of food stamp recipients asks a judge to require the Department of Human Services to process the vast majority [...]
Interview with National Political Correspondent Phillip Swatek MOH: Wouldn’t you agree that the “tea party” is the major story of this year’s national election? PS: Certainly. But it must be first pointed out that the “tea party” is not in any sense a real party. It has no convention, no delegates, no platform, no coherent [...]
By Paul Wood The future is upon us. Or else it’s a hippopotamus. I’m not sure which one. Because I can’t see it. Even so, I’m looking and looking. We all are. We’re all staring intensely at the future trying to make it out. Our eyes are squint squint squinting. I think we can call [...]
By Sam Epstein The mid-term elections are now behind us and one thing is clear, Maui County’s Democratic voters will vote apparently for anyone, as along as they are not endorsed by the local Maui County Democratic Party. For the second election cycle in a row now, Maui voters, a clear majority of whom identify [...]
By Ginger Johnson I phoned a friend the other day. He’s one of those life-long friends who check in every year or every month or so. It all depends on the decade. We’ve seen each other through folk and rock bands, marriages, divorces and growing children; once babies but now adults and on their own. [...]
Different organizations have taken different stances on 2,4-D’s cancer risk. On August 8, 2007, the United States Environmental Protection Agency issued a ruling that stated that existing data does not support a conclusion that links human cancer to 2,4-D exposure. However, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified 2,4-D among the phenoxy [...]
By A&B spokesperson Meredith Ching This is my understanding of the situation you have inquired about. On October 23, HC&S conducted an aerial application of an herbicide, Clean Amine, on its Field 212, located along Hana Highway, just west of Paia town. We were attempting to eliminate a noxious weed, castor bean, from the field, [...]
By Shri Swami Permananda I keep a sock bucket outside the door that opens onto the deck of my home. I do this for a few reasons. First ’cause I don’t particularly care if my socks match when I’m working. Second, ’cause I don’t have a sock drawer and third because there is something existentially [...]
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