Archive for 2009
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This New Year, Use Protection
In all the New Year revelry there are lots of reasons to protect yourself–especially your ears. It’s one of those no-shit Sherlock ideas: loud noises (like fireworks) can damage your hearing. The American
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Outback Settles Gender Discrimination Lawsuit or How to Spin a Story in Three Simple Steps
September 28, 2006: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission files suit against Florida-based OSI Restaurant Partners, the parent company of Outback Steakhouse (which operates seven restaurants in Hawaii), alleging discrimination against female employees. November 4, 2009: OSI hires
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Countdown: T minus 10, 9, 8… Killing Cancer One Butt-Poke at a Time
BLOOD CANCER & BONE MARROW BIOPSIES Since my very first bone marrow biopsy, I’ve been aching to watch the procedure. It’s not often that a metal spike bores into your body with little
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Hawaii Gun Ownership on the Rise: Do You Feel Safer?
Interesting item in the December 4 Honolulu Advertiser about how gun ownership in Hawaii has shot up in the early part of this century. In 2000, there were 13,600 guns registered in the state;last
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MauiTime’s 2010 Local Gift Guide: “Head Like A Hole”
*** This year, be a bad-ass Santa and stuff your stocking with these rockin’ local gifts… by Jen Russo, Jacob Shafer and Anu Yagi (CLICK HERE for more) Did you know that tuque is the technical term for
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Today’s Headlines at MauiTime.com
Thirty two pages of juicy MauiTime coverage packed in under one controversial cover.
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County of Maui Censors MauiTime!
This morning, Maui County employees confiscated copies of this week’s issue of MauiTime, which contained a cartoon image of Mayor Charmaine Tavares on the cover, accompanying a story about “The Seven Scariest State &
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Alexander & Baldwin offers “forward-looking statements.” Or: corporate press releases are worthless, part 10 million…
While perusing a release from Alexander & Baldwin about incoming CEO Stanley Kuriyama, I came across an interesting paragraph down at the bottom in those light-colored italics that imply “don’t read me, I’m not
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61 percent of Americans think health care is a right
According to the results of a new Zogby International poll, 61 percent of Americans support a policy that ensures “all Americans have health coverage.” Proponents of universal health care (which is a bad phrase
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Obama Administration: Honor state pot laws
Back in the ’70s, Barry Obama was a high schooler on Oahu sporting a rockin’ big collar and giving shouts-out to his choom gang. Flash forward a few decades, and President Obama’s justice department
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