I was bogged down last night in a broadcast of the original version of “The Blob“, a 1958 movie starring an impossibly young Steve McQueen, cleaned up and probably re-colorized in the process. At this point, McQueen had still not developed his macho persona. I hadn’t thought of The Blob as commenting on global warming, but it turns out that the blob is vulnerable to cold temperatures. The last line of the movie now seems prescient: “We’re safe, so long as the Arctic stays cold.”
Here’s another great resource I just noticed, courtesy of the Legislature’s web site transcripts of the Maui court hearings on the Superferry. We should know who is responsible for making these resources publicly accessible, as they deserved thanks for expanding the public record.
Here’s a journalism obit from the Washington Post well worth reading, a reminder that being right doesn’t always bring rewards.
From Alex at Hawaiirama.com comes this link to a video tour of the Big Island’s Waipio Valley.
Agitprop, a blog featuring diverse political rants, caught my attention last night. Oh, my.
Time to grind coffee and get ready to walk. First, though, let’s go to the dogs.
This is Max, who was a visitor at Ms. Lucy’s house down along the beach in Kaaawa over the weekend.
It took quite a few tries to get a good photo of Max, but I did finally succeed. And this latest round of Kaaawa Morning Dogs includes a number of others. Just click on Max for more.
It would appear that the House and Senate Clerks, collectively, made all of this Super Ferry related info easily available at the front of the Legislature’s website. Not without controversy, ‘tho, as at least one court reporter from Maui has expressed concern that materials sealed by the Court may have been included (presumably, inadvertently). Concern may also arise from the fact that court reporters make their kala transcribing their notes and selling the transcripts at rates set by statute. Not clear whether they were compensated, or were due compensation, for this publication of their work product.
I can understand the concern over the inadvertent release of sealed or confidential materials but I am confused over the selling of transcripts.
Do court reporters get royalties for their work? If not, and if they were paid for their time in court and for the production of the original transcripts as I would assume they were, what is the problem?