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Upfront NewsJanuary 30, 2013 | 08:33 AMby Axel BeersWith Maui boys Shan Tsutsui and Joe Souki holding down important positions in the state (Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the House, respectively), island residents have predicted a louder voice in the seemingly Oahu-centric Hawaii government. But now, according to a Jan. 28 Hawaii state Senate press release, Maui constituents can now weigh in this legislative session using the Senate's new Neighbor Island Video Conferencing Pilot Project, which allows users to participate in the legislative process without having to travel to Oahu. That's right, video chat isn't just for Skype and ChatRoulette anymore. |
Upfront News 2January 30, 2013 | 08:38 AMby Axel BeersThe Maui County Committee on the Status of Women is now accepting nominations for the 2013 "Women of Excellence" awards. The awards program will be held in March, Women's History Month, and will recognize women in Maui County who have exhibited excellence in the following categories: |
Coconut WirelessJanuary 30, 2013 | 08:29 AMby Anthony PignataroMAUITIME PUBLISHER PLEADS NOT GUILTY
My apologies for not updating the case of MauiTime's Publisher Thomas Russo–who was arrested on Nov. 20, 2012 while attempting to film two Maui Police Officers during Operation Recon–but nothing much has happened since then. On Thursday, Jan. 24, before Wailuku District Court Judge Kelsey Kawano, Russo pleaded |
Upfront News 3January 30, 2013 | 08:40 AMby Axel BeersAkaku, Maui County's public access television station, has added a new LiveU unit to its repertoire, giving the station the capability to cablecast live in real time. The LiveU unit does all the transmission work of a satellite truck from a 12-pound backpack by harnessing and aggregating cellular links or wireless networks into a seamless broadband transmission. |
News of the WeirdJanuary 30, 2013 | 08:24 AMby Chuck ShepherdGOOD NEWS FOR VULTURES
Almost-extinct vultures may be making a comeback within the Parsi community of Mumbai, India, after a pain reliever (diclofenac) nearly wiped it out. Parsis' Zoroastrian religion requires "natural" body disposals (no cremation or burial) of humans and cattle, and bodies have always been ritually laid out for the hungry birds, but the community has also come to rely on diclopfenac in hospitals |
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“I’m from Seattle. It’s great there—it’s really cool and the sky is always gray…”
-Guy at Fred’s Mexican Cantina in Kihei, June 10 |
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“A shell crashed ashore. In the dun-colored houses along Kahului’s waterfront, stevedores and their women heard the gun again, like a door slamming, and again the crash of the shell. The Jap fired ten rounds in all. Then the submarine disappeared in the night. Announcing this attack on an undefended, unimportant cane-&-pineapple port, the U.S. Navy reported: no casualties, negligible damage.”
-From “Dusk in Kahului,” Time Magazine, Dec. 28, 1941 |
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