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-· r SamsQn, OVerh1owCommemlnllion: '1 etDalila \ 0 Tlierevolution will 'a notbe te"levised Volume3, Number 4, January27, 1993 Hawaii's With the HIV infection rate in women -Story by LENNIE MACIDA - Page 4 1- growingfaster than in any other ', group, many expertsnow say we are witnessing a new wave of the AIDS epidemic. ) ' If currentworld- t t' wide trends 1 continue, as I: many women as (' \: men will have ( 11 contracted AIDS J; (' by the year 1 ! 2000. J,I ! For iheestimated '1 200 to 300 HIV- p_ositivewomen in I the Islands- many of whom, I: AIDS workers say, have been underserved by the medical community \' - those statistics are devastatingly I' real. ILLUSTRATION LINDA FONG I I l I I I Letters 1993 HALE 'AINA WINNER - Honolulu Magazine BEST BRASSERIE IN HAWAII - Best of the Best Int'/ Guide 1 Deadlydigestion followingitems (in descendingorder): 6Tew for 93 ! May I provide some clarification to fish, crabsand lobsters, garbage,birds, statementsmade in a recent letter ('The sharks and rays, squid and octopus, fishennan'spoint of view," HW 12/23) turtles, porpoises or whales, and Late night coffee house on sharks and sharlcattacks in Hawaii. humans. Jean-Michel Cousteau sum Theletter stated that " ... in some fish marized the situation correctly fol atmosphere with eries in the Pacific, 60 to 70 percent lowing thetragi c deathof Mrs.Morrell of thetiger sharlcs examinedare found on Maui. Cousteau said, ''Tigersharlcs giant cappuccinos and to have turtle remains in their stom are particularly dangerous to swim ach contents." Readers might easily mers. Some sharks are more fussy homemade desserts! than othersabout what they eat Tiger one->of•>a<>k1nd get the flawed impressionthat turtles arethe overwhelming component of sharks are known to eat almost any thetiger sharlc's diet That's simply not thing and everything, and ... are more TATIOOS the case. Numbers don't always tell likely to attack anything on the sur For appointment the whole story. In thisinstance some face whether it's a piece of wood, a 808.595.5374 basic knowledge of tiger shark and surfboard, a boat or a bird." P.O. Box 38192, Honolulu. Hawai'i 96837 sea turtle biology is required. GeorgeBalazs 'The digestivetract of tigersharlcs :func Deputy Chairman tions in such a way that only paste IUCN MarineTurtle Specialist like material - the broken-down Group remains of prey- can pass out of the stomach into the intestines.Ob jects Pay the writer thatcan't bebroken down in thestom Great article by Curt Sanburn on ach areretained there for an unknown Molokai ("The Molokai Newspaper and likely extended period of time. Wars," HW12/30)! I spend a lot of Theouter smface of seaturtles is made timeat our home thereand some here Liftyour spirits with good friends and great food! of a tough keratin-likesubstance that on Oahu. He had a greatgrasp of the A Unique Coffee House is completely resistantto decomposi island-style in the piece. Please make Offering tion in the stomach. Consequently, sure he is rewarded for his efforts. Fine Speciality Coffees Al Plant Soups, Salads, Sandwiches " these large and clearly recognizable & Exquisite Desserts items are held in the stomach, while the rest of the turtle, including the Honolulu Weekly welcomes your ,. Nl(j'WTLYb.NTb.f<.TAIN�b.NT " meat, bones and all else, is digested. letters_ Write to_· Editor, Honolulu IN Ti.Ji;;_ These factorsover-represent turtlesin Weekly, 1200 College Walk, Suite LIZAQ.D LOFT tiger sharks' stomachs, and give a 212, Honolulu, HI 96817. You 8AM · 11PM MONDAY-TLlUR�DAY biased picture to personscutting open must includeyour name, address LUNCH .+.DINNER.+. BRUNCH - FRIDAY t. �ATURDAY TILL 12.30AM " - the animals to see what they eat. and telephone number (only your 521-4409 It is a biological fact that tigersharks name will be printed)_ Letters may 760 be edited for length_ Please limit ilAPAUULU AY'.. eat a wide variety of items_ In a two Restaurant Row • Validated Parking yearstudy conducted by the University your letters to 200words maxi of Hawaii, tiger sharks in Hawaiian mum if you do not want to see waters were foundto prey upon the them cut. • HONOLULU Straight Talk. Weekly Vol. 3, No. 4 No January 27, 1993 Pressure. Publisher and Managing Now,there's Editor Laurie V. Carlson Senior Editor Julia Steele Arts & Calendar Editor Real Derek Ferrar Calendar: no reason tobe Value. Associate Editor: Matt Uiagalelei , N Film Critic: Bob Green \ , Only At Your Theater Critic: Karyn Koeur Food Critic Lee Siegel Contributing Writers · alone. 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The Relations, then run by Hannemann, in Honolulu sat down in nationalprint media did a bit better: if there had been any concern about frontof their television sets Writersin attendance includedcol llill media attention in early meetings. to watch the national news nist Lou Cannon fromthe Washington "Sure," he said, "there was concern and - hopefully- seethem Post and reporters from the in the visitor industrythat it might selves participatingin a his Sacramento Bee, LosAngeles Times, give people a reason not to come to toric moment: the Hawaiian call for San FranciscoExaminer and Knight Hawaii." justiceon the 100th anniversary of RidderNews Service.The New York As it turnsout, the only attempts the overthrow of the Hawaiian Times ran a three-inchAP wire story to contact nationalnews media came monarchy. But there was nothing. on page 18 of its Jan. 15 issue.) fromgrassroots groups like KaLahui An opportunity to rent or lease the ground floor or purchase Though this had been the biggest So here'sthe bigg est, most solemn Hawai 'i, the largest and most orga this entire free-standing landmark, in the heart of Honolulu's political gathering of Native and most potentially news-making nized of the pro-sovereignty activist downtown financialdistric t. (L) Hawaiians in a century, though it event in Hawaii's recent history groups, which faxed out about 25 Roy Pyles/Sofos Realty Corporation marked a clear turning point in the and two top insiders of businessand press advisories in October. 600 Kapiolani Blvd., Suite 200, Honolulu struggle for Hawaiian rights and governmentwere saying up frontthat Ka Lahui's leader, Mililani Trask, Phone (808) 522-5992 / Fax (808) 522-5969 though the local media had been all it would beunseemly to let the nation said she had understood that the overthe event like a rash, therewasn't know about it? Onipa'a committee would oversee a word on national TV. One leader who doesn'tshare their the event's press relations, and she shyness about the story is Kekuni assumed the national media would CURT SANBURN Blaisdell, coordinator of Ka Pakaukau, be contacted by the professionalson a coalitionof 12 sovereignty groups. the press committee. Trask was One reason forthat: events else 'The events of that week," Blaisdell shocked to learnthat nothing had where during theweekend of Jan. 15 said, "were the most powerfulstate been done. to 17 (U.S. missiles exploding in ment the kanaka maoli [Native "It's becoming pretty clear to me Baghdad,Bill Clinton's pre-Inaugural Hawaiians] have made since the that [the state] conspired not to noti posturing at the Lincoln Memorial, events of 1893 to 1898 [the period fy the media," Trask said. "They a traincrash in Indiana) had, froma between the overthrow and annexa didn't want to publicize their own nationalnews director'spoint of view, tion].But we're not going to get any negligence. State policy triesto paint overshadowed the 10,000 peaceful whereuntil we take our appealbeyond Hawaii as a multi-ethnic paradise, Hawaiians gathered at lolani Palace. Hawaii's shores. We must have U.S. twisting the truthto suit the needs of But it may have been more than just attention- globalattention! We have the Hawaii Visitors Bureau. Our worldevents that conspired to deny to get on CNN. It's essential." whole culture is grossly commer Hawaiians space to marchacross the So had anyone in an officialcapac cialized forthe visitor industryand nation'sTV screens. ity contacted the national media? this kind of intentionalinaction, this OnFriday of the observance week ''No, we didn't.