HONOLULU WEEKLY: Designer Drugs Masked As Bath Salts
Honolulu Weekly (Cover Story) The half-gram bottle of bath salts promises an “invigorating” and “energizing” experience. But the new designer drug, called MDPV (or “legal cocaine”) is sending an alarming number of curious teenagers and seasoned drug users to...
HONOLULU WEEKLY: Green Thieves, Beware
--Published in The Honolulu Weekly on February 16, 2011-- OK, let’s be honest: The image of a robber lurking in the dark with an uprooted tree under his arm is quite hilarious. But, as Gertrude Stein would say, “…a theft is a theft is a theft.” In other words, it...
HONOLULU WEEKLY: Hoary Bat Fans Rejoice
--Published in The Honolulu Weekly on February 16, 2011-- The Senate Hawaiian Affairs Committee wants YOU to embrace the Hawaiian hoary bat as your official state land mammal. Granted, it’s not as cute and cuddly as the monk seal, our current state animal, but here in...
HONOLULU WEEKLY: Learning About Lawmaking
Networking is the name of the game --Published in The Honolulu Weekly on February 9, 2011-- It’s 7:30am on a Saturday morning and Juanita Kawamoto is frying dough at the YMCA in Kailua. Using locally bought ingredients, she molds dozens of malasadas for the World...
WHOLE LIFE TIMES: Yoga For Veterans; Finding Stillness Within Trauma
--Published in Whole Life Times Magazine in August 2011-- Like most war veterans, Barry Schweiger chose not to seek psychological treatment when he returned from active duty. “We’re taught in the military to endure pain and hardships, and to be incredible warriors....
WHOLE LIFE TIMES: Yoga For The Not-So-Young
--Published in Whole Life Times Magazine in March 2011-- It’s no secret that humans develop aches and pains in the normal course of spending time on the planet, but while many people pooh-pooh it and carry on, Lulu Bhanda yoga teacher Kira Ryder notes that sometimes...
GREEN MAGAZINE: Cooling Homes Down with White
Kevin McCallum walks carefully across the flat roof of the three-story walkup apartment building in Makiki. The founder of Cool Roof Hawaii is no stranger to rooftops and he's not surprised by the deep cracks he finds in the black tar and gravel surface. The owner of...
GREEN MAGAZINE: Hawaii’s Growing Sustainable Workforce
--Published in Green Magazine, Vol. 3, Issue 3, May-June 2011-- Like many transplants from the mainland, Shanah Trevenna moved to Hawai'i sight-unseen. After a four-year stint as a mechanical engineer at IBM, she had a change of heart and decided that she wanted to...
OAKLAND NORTH: Could the newest trend in Bay Area food be edible insects?
OAKLAND NORTH The table was a tableau of a meal interrupted: a platter of half-eaten roast chicken, a bowl of Jap chae noodles, a can of Diet Coke tipped over on its side, and dishes slick with the residue of dipping sauces, kimchi, and pickled vegetables. They...