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Visiting London for the First TimeGoing to London and seeing it through a child's eyes is a magical experience. The foggy streets and close knit shops are are almost as exciting as the London Tower. -
Jared Gets a SurpriseAfter eighteen years, Jared gets to meet the person of his dreams. However, dreams do not always match reality. Photo by Guar Ionut -
Why Does Parental Involvement Improve Students' Grades?There is a direct link between parents involved in their children's school life and good grades. Why is that? -
Maui: Makawao Rodeo on the Fourth of JulyMakawao town in upcountry Maui boasts the best 4th of July party on the Hawaiian islands. It starts off with a rodeo full of hot rods, horse riders, unicyles, and cheerleaders. There are more cowboy hats and boots than in the state of Texas.
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What If Your Kids Won't Eat Healthy Food?Children need nutrition in their growing years. There are ways to add healthy foods to children's diets without arguing and having stressful meal times together. -
Spoiled Children and Discipline Techniques for ParentsChildren need to be trained to live in the real world. Parents will not be around forever, and children will turn into adults who need to stand on their own. Here's how to avoid spoiling children.
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Is Bad Behavior in Children Always Defiance?Children cannot express their feelings in the same ways adults can. Often, their behaviors are the only way they can express themselves. -
On the First Friday of Each Month, This Town Rocks OutWhen this little town realized the economy was keeping people away, it decided to do something about it! There was no limit to its ideas, and they worked. -
Teaching My Sister to ShareMy sister was a brat. I was sure I could change her ways, or was I? -
My Banana Seat Harley DavidsonRiding a purple Harley with a banana seat was cool after my last year of high school. -
Six Warning Signs of Teenagers Who Need HelpTeenagers often experience extremes in emotions. However, some teenagers are crying out for urgent help. -
Six Warning Signs of a Cheating PartnerWhen a partner cheats, there are clues to his or her hidden romance. Here are some of the tell tale signs. -
Life in Hawaii is Not All Sunshine and SurfingHawaii is a complex mixture of surf, beaches, and expensive living costs.
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Home Schooling Has Regained PopularityHome schooling is a huge trend nowadays, and allows parents and children autonomy. Children can learn what they are interested in, and parents can control how their children learn. -
Christmas on MauiThe town of Makawao on the island of Maui is rife with boutiques, art galleries, and cafes. It is situated on the flanks of Haleakala Volcano, with cool mountain air, and sun-dappled sidewalks. -
How Do We Raise Children with Confidence?Children are not objects to be controlled and dominated. Parents of yesteryears thought their jobs were to show children who was the boss. Now we know how destructive this concept can be.
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Five Financial Tips from a TeacherA teacher has to constantly walk a tightrope of financial budgeting and make do with what is available. Every teacher wishes there were more money. Here's how to get by on less. -
Where to Buy Winter Farm-Fresh Food in MauiWinter vegetable are boundless in Maui. With the strong sustainability movement here, the vegetables are organic, and bio-dynamic farms are the norm.
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A Teacher's Perspective: 5 New Year's Resolutions for My ClassroomStepping back and looking for ways to improve is vital for a teacher. A good teacher is always learning and always seeking excellence.
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How Can You Prevent Stress and Fatigue?Being true to yourself takes courage. Through years of training at school and home, you have learned to be obedient and subservient. You are considered well-behaved with a promising future. Don't believe it. -
An Amerasian Kid Who Made it BigMost Amerasian children lived lives of misery after their American fathers were transferred away from the area in which their half-American children were living. Some kids were lucky. This is the story of one of the lucky ones.
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How Can You Teach Your Children Manners?Good manners ensure success in many situations.
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What Should You Do If Your Children Hit Each Other?Allowing children to hit each other is not okay.
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Why Won't Your Child Go to Bed?Many children do not like bedtime.
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How Can You Discipline Your Teenager?Teenagers need to be trained for real life.
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Parenting: Should You Be Your Teenager's Best Friend?A teenager needs a friend in a parent.
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What Should You Do If Your Child Wets the Bed?Wetting the bed does not call for punishment.
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Why Being Single Can Be TerrificBeing single can be a great time to focus on you.
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Why Are You Afraid to Try New Things?Venturing into the new can be scary for some people. -
How Can You Learn to Value Yourself More?No one will value you, as much as you do.
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How Can You Attract a Mate Who is Good for You?Good partnerships are based on these four pillars.
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Are You Too Old to Go Back to School?Going back to school is for all ages.
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How Do You Get Your Children to Eat Fruits and Vegetables?Children will eat good food, but not always at dinner.
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Why Does My Teenager Talk Back to Me?Teenagers are hitting turbulence, and taking it out on you.
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Why is it Important to Challenge Your Children?Children need to move beyond their comfort zones.
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How Can Children Help Prepare a Household for the Holdiays?Children are a wonderful asset to the holiday season.
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Why Give Your Children an Allowance?Allowance teaches children money management and responsibility.
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What If Your Teenager Tells You About Experimenting with Drugs?Teenagers will experiment, and talking about it is a good sign.
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What Should You Do If Your Child Steals?Children need to learn that stealing has serious consequences.
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Should You Tell All to Your Partner?This article explains why you should hold back on telling everything to your partner.
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Surefire Ways to Be a DoormatThis article describes ways to find out if you are a doormat that people walk all over.
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Why is it Bad to Hit Your Baby's Hand?Your baby needs to explore without shame.
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What If Your Teenager is Suddenly Failing in School?A failing teenager gives off warning alerts.
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What If You Do Not like Your Teenager's Boyfriend or Girlfriend?What should you do if you pale at the sight of your teenager's significant other?
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How Do You Build Confidence in Your Children?Confidence comes from feeling valued and accepted.
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What Can You Do to Keep Your Relationship Alive?A relationship needs nourishing.
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What Should You Do If Your Partner Stops Noticing You?Your partner is shutting you out and you are tired of it. You should do something.
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How Can You Get Your Child to Be a Good Reader?A parent is a child's first teacher.
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What Are The Signs of a Healthy Relationship?Relationships have marked degrees of wellness, signs that they are on the right track, leading towards happiness and fulfullment. What are some of these wellness markers?
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What Words Are Death to a Relationship?The wrong words can hurt a good relationship.
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Why Does Your Two Year Old Say "Mine" All the Time?A two year old is not greedy when he or she yells "Mine!"
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Helping Your Teenager Leave HomeTeenagers need help spreading their wings.
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What If Your Child Gets Bullied in School?Bullying is a serious matter deserving immediate attention.
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How Do I Get My Partner to Change?Living with someone who needs to change takes patience.
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When is Your Relationship Ready for Commitment?There are signs of readiness for commitment in a relationship.
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Nurturing Your Most Important Relationship, Yourself!Taking care of yourself is crucial to your other relationships.
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When is Saying You're Sorry Not Enough in a Relationship?Sometimes it takes more than words to heal the hurt
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How Do You Help the Child Who Failed?Failure is a challenge to overcome.
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The Child Who Stutters Needs Your HelpA stuttering child has specific needs.
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How Do I Stay Optimistic in a Gloomy World?There are ways to ward off the negativity of the world.
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What Are the Two Magic Words in a RelationshipThese kind words uplift others around you.
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When is it Okay to Hit Your Child?Some parents believe that hitting their children shapes them up.
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How Do I Get My Child Away from Video Games?Children in America are living unhealthy lives due to excessive video games.
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Why Should Toddlers and Small Children Stay Away from Television?Television is not appropriate for toddlers and babies.
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Why is it Okay to Have Conflict in a Relationship?Conflict does not wreck a relationship, but holding grudges does.
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Why Grandparents Are Important to the FamilyGrandparents play an important role of stabilizing the family.
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When Should You Get Your Teenager Professional Help?Teenagers have mood swings and hormonal surges. Sometimes their problems are deeper and they need help.
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What is the Biggest Mistake We Make with Children?Children are often hurt by the well-meaning demands put on them by adults.
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Your Children Grew Up to Be Selfish - Now What?Children grow up avoiding their parents for several reasons. Here's why, and what to do about it.
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Can You Spoil a Baby by Picking it Up?A baby's first year of life requires a lot of holding and rocking.
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Why Does Setting Limits with Your Children Show You Care?Being too lenient with children does not get them ready for the world.
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When is it Time to Leave a Relationship?There are times a relationship moves into the arena of hostility. These are the phases to avoid in a relationship.
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Why is the Baby Afraid of Strangers?When a baby is ready to make a large developmental jump, - in this case, walking - a baby becomes more fretful. It's similar to teenagers; when they are getting ready to separate from their parents, they become hypersensitive, uncertain, yet poised for the big leap.
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The Biggest Reasons Teenagers Run AwayTeenagers run away for several reasons, but these top the list.
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Parenting: Why Do I Keep Yelling at My Kids?Many parents scream at their children when they are not getting recharged properly. Here are prevention techniques.
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Why Are My Children Always Fighting with Each Other?Sibling Rivalry is natural. In fact, when children are arguing with each other, they are learning how to stand up for themselves.
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Help! I Think My Teenager is Having SexMany parents have trouble dealing with their sexually active teenagers.
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How Do You Tell Your Children You Are Separating?Many people are divorcing nowadays. Here is the most positive way to tell children separation is imminent.
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Why One Parent Putting Down the Other Parent Hurts Your ChildrenIt harms children when parents talk to them about each other's weaknesses.
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How Do You Get Your Teenager to Talk to You?Teens are typically secretive around their parents. Getting them to talk takes positive strategies.
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How Can You Prevent Drug Use in Your Children?Many children are tempted to try drugs. There are steps parents can take to prevent drug use.
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How Will Your Children Accept a Step Parent?Bringing a new parent into a family is a difficult thing to do. There are strategies to making it easier.
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What Can You Do to Prevent Eating Disorders in Your Children?There are ways to help children avoid eating disorders. The prevention strategies begin at the dinner table.
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Your Daughter is Dying to Look like Hannah MontanaMany girls starve themselves, as they try to become society's idea of beautiful.
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When Differences Between Males and Females Can Make or Break StudentsMale and female brains develop at different rates. Boys, in general, are ready to read at a later age.
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What If My Child Starts Failing in School?Children who start failing in school are sending a powerful signal for help.
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Hawaii: The Mardis Gras of the Pacific FestivalThere is a traditional street party in Lahaina that is at risk of being eliminated.
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Surfing the Beaches of MauiMaui, the magical island of Hawaii, is richly endowed with white sandy beaches that stretch for miles and miles.
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How Differing Parenting Styles Can Hurt ChildrenWhen two parents argue over parenting, in front of children, they inadvetently hurt the young people.
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Exploring Different Cultures with ChildrenTo prepare your children for the complexity of a multi-cultural world, it is important to introduce them to differing cultures. Travel is the first way, but by no means is the only way.
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Why Job Corp Works to Steer Young People Towards Productive LivesJob Corps gives many hard working youth the opportunity to develop workforce skills to earn a good living.
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When is Your Teenager Ready to Drive?There are important milestones for your child to reach before getting behind the wheel of a car.
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Spiritual Guidance for Your ChildrenGiving children spiritual guidance in a changing world readies them for involvement with others.
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How to Keep Your Child Healthy for Years to ComeThere are important nutritional foundations for growing children.
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Living Simply: Having More Time and Less MoneyTo simplify means getting straight to the point of your life.
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Potty Training a Toddler - When is the Right Time?Potty training is a unique challenge for toddlers.
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You Can Learn from Your Teenager's AngstOften teenagers bring to awareness their parents limitations.
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Why Spank Your Children?Spanking children teachs more than is expected, and hurts the parent/child relationship.
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Making Art History in HawaiiMakawao town came alive with twenty-two artists invited to paint outside amongst the public.
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Maximizing Your Child's CreativityThere are strategies for helping your child bloom creatively.
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Parenting Tips - Letting Your Children Learn from Their MistakesGiving children the room to learn from their mistakes is a great way to teach children.
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Vegetarian Menu and Your HealthVegetarian eating is good for the body and good for the earth.
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Warning Signs in a RelationshipMany times there are signs that a relationship is headed for trouble.
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The Economic Toll of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars is WorseningThe cost of the wars is directly linked to the rising costs of fuel.
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The Dark Side of Agriculture in HawaiiSugar Cane is Hawaii is a prolific crop, that causes health problems for residents.
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Massage Your Irritable Newborn Baby to Calm Them NaturallyA new baby needs to slowly adapt to the modern world.
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Knowing Your Child's Learning StyleTo optimize learning, it is important to know your child's learning style.
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The Hawaiian Lifestyle: Moving a Little Slower is O.KPeople are not meant to be in hurry. To relax a little more is good for health.
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How to Enjoy Your Two Year OldA two year old is expressing independence and joyous exploration.
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If Clinton was Obama's Vice PresidentWhat would happen in Clinton got on the ticket with Obama?
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How to Grow Coffee in HawaiiGrowing coffee is a fun pursuit in Hawaii
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Turning a Date into Setting a Marriage DateThere are tell tale signs of a healthy relationship from the beginning.
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How Can You Make Your Dreams Come True?It takes courage to live a life of self-truth.
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What the Younger Generation NeedsThe younger generation needs to have hope and a sense of belonging.
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Why Losing Weight Together WorksWeight loss is essential if Americans are to get healthy.
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Movie Review of "Carolina Moon"Review of "Carolina Moon" featuring Claire Folani and Oliver Hudson.
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Homeless Children Are Everywhere: Catch the Fallen KidsToday, more than ever, children are homeless and living in poverty.
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What If Obamba Had Been Clinton's Vice-President?Clinton and Obama would make a powerful political team.
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Finding the Cure when Your Doctor Cannot!Acupuncture is offering solutions to problems that doctors prescribe pills for.
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Your Teenager and You - Surviving the Roller Coaster RideTeenagers have many mood swings and need encouragement to work them through.
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Vacation Rentals in Hawaii: Visiting Local Homes for Less Than HotelsThe traveler with a budget will enjoy the intimacy and cost of a vacation rental
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Charter Schools in Hawaii: Creative Teachers Are Setting the StandardCharter schools are defying the structure of traditional schools in Hawaii.
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My Spring Break Rummble with a Biker Gang in FloridaSpring Break in Florida attracts all kinds of people.
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Kainaliu, Hawaii: A Historical Town South of Kailua-KonaBusiness owners who got mad at each other can no longer remember what they argued about.
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Parenting in HawaiiParenting in Hawaii involves the entire family,, and members outside the family, too
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Hawaii in the VogVOG POLLUTION AND ITS EFFECTS ON BIG ISLAND RESIDENTS
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Why Do We Wave at Maui Gasoline Stations as We Cruise Past?This is a story about the joys of driving a Honda Civic Hybrid on Maui where the gasoline is very expensive.
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Hawaii: What is a Kipuka? Where Can You Find One?A kipuka is a strange phenomenon caused by flowing lava.
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Kaho'olawe: The Bombed IslandKaho'olawe has been grazed down to hardpan by hordes of feral sheep and goats and then she was bombed nearly to dust by the US Military, but now Kaho'olawe is coming back from the dead with a lot of help from her friends.
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Winter? On Maui?Yes, Folks! We do indeed have winter here on Maui. There is usually only a ten degree difference between winter and summer temperatures, but what a difference those ten degrees make!
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The Story Behind The Central Plain of MauiThe Story of The Central Plain of Maui and the Changes It Has Gone Through