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Brief asides
For Friday, Sept. 25, 2009
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Sep 25, 2009
SEEKING TIPS
Sometimes an incentive helps
It's like the Wild West: An actual "Reward" poster going up in town to track down some bad guys who wreaked millions of dollars worth of damage at the Hawaiian Cement plant on Maui.
The company is offering $5,000 for information "that results in the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the vandalism and fire which occurred on its Puunene, Maui, property on September 6, 2009." The company has also hired a private eye to help ferret out the evil-doers. Is it time yet to call in Duane "Dog" Chapman?
WORTHY DONATION
Investing in the next generation
Even as it struggles in today's tough economy, Hoku Scientific Inc. is trying to pay it forward. The Hawaii-based polysilicon firm has donated $130,000 for a Microloan Fund, to which students can apply to start their own businesses. The loans range from $500 to $5,000, with up to $20,000 available each semester.
Hoku itself got some welcome news recently: Construction on its new production plant in Idaho is getting ready to resume after financing slowed, threatening the project.
A GOOD SIGN
A ray of hope in the fight against HIV/AIDS
Almost 30 years after it was first recognized and identified, HIV/AIDS continues to elude a cure, let alone a vaccine. AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) is now a pandemic that, according to 2007 figures, has afflicted more than 33 million people worldwide, killing more than 2 million.
Finally, some welcome news: Scientists say a new AIDS vaccine, the first ever declared to protect a significant one-in-three people in a large trial, is showing benefits. It is a qualified success, and researchers are quick to say more study is needed. But after almost three decades with very little headway, the vaccine called RV 144 certainly is a ray of hope.
SEEKING TIPS
Sometimes an incentive helps
It's like the Wild West: An actual "Reward" poster going up in town to track down some bad guys who wreaked millions of dollars worth of damage at the Hawaiian Cement plant on Maui.
The company is offering $5,000 for information "that results in the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the vandalism and fire which occurred on its Puunene, Maui, property on September 6, 2009." The company has also hired a private eye to help ferret out the evil-doers. Is it time yet to call in Duane "Dog" Chapman?
WORTHY DONATION
Investing in the next generation
Even as it struggles in today's tough economy, Hoku Scientific Inc. is trying to pay it forward. The Hawaii-based polysilicon firm has donated $130,000 for a Microloan Fund, to which students can apply to start their own businesses. The loans range from $500 to $5,000, with up to $20,000 available each semester.
Hoku itself got some welcome news recently: Construction on its new production plant in Idaho is getting ready to resume after financing slowed, threatening the project.
A GOOD SIGN
A ray of hope in the fight against HIV/AIDS
Almost 30 years after it was first recognized and identified, HIV/AIDS continues to elude a cure, let alone a vaccine. AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) is now a pandemic that, according to 2007 figures, has afflicted more than 33 million people worldwide, killing more than 2 million.
Finally, some welcome news: Scientists say a new AIDS vaccine, the first ever declared to protect a significant one-in-three people in a large trial, is showing benefits. It is a qualified success, and researchers are quick to say more study is needed. But after almost three decades with very little headway, the vaccine called RV 144 certainly is a ray of hope.
Today’s Edition
- Troubled bridges over island waters
- Man shot in police encounter
- 70 U.S. Army reservists receive warrior citizen awards
- Family raises $66,000 for son's liver surgery
- Ocean Watch: A love of fish catches new friends, families
- Island Images
- Newswatch
- Police and Fire
- Trader with a taste for risk fishes for tuna from a kayak
- Deal will turn a hospital private, with goal of efficiency
- Readers asked to share holiday horrors
- Easing holiday stress
- It's About Time: An annual reality check can help you reorganize
- Da Kine
- Pet Ohana
- Got nutrients?
- Wahine dominate All-WAC honors
- Hawaii starts defense of its WAC tourney title tomorrow
- Crucial homestand for chance at bowl
- Five big plays from Hawaii's 17-10 victory
- Further Review: Streak means nothing with 8-3 Navy heading in
- Garcia advances at Reef Hawaiian Pro
- Hawaii Beat
- Scoreboard
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