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Balloons away
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But here's why you should urge your favorite grad to hang on to those shiny Mylar balloons: They can get tangled up in overhead power lines.
Hawaiian Electric Co. attributed more than a dozen power failures during last year's graduation season to short circuits caused by the metallic balloons.
Need more incentive to keep a grip on them? On June 11, bring a floating-type Mylar balloon (inflated or flat) to Hawaiian Waters Adventure Park and you'll receive a $10 discount on admission. Limit one discount per person.
— Esme Infante Nii, assistant features editor
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During Emergency Medical Services week, Sunday through May 26, anyone who is unsure of the way they're taking their medications may bring their bottles and vials of pills for analysis by paramedics at five locations.
People often put pills in unmarked bottles and forget what they are, said an EMS spokesperson.
The paramedics will help such people label their medications and help them prepare a list of medications and dosages.
Medical information cards also will be prepared: one for the patient to keep at home, and the other to carry around. The information can be critical to medical personnel if an individual is hurt in an accident or suffers a heart attack or stroke.
The goal of the program is not to help identify stray medications, but to provide individuals with a card listing the drugs to aid medical personnel during an emergency.
People should bring their medications in the original bottles when they meet paramedics: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday at Honolulu Hale Courtyard; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesady at Ala Moana Center; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday at Windward Mall, and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday at Pearlridge Center.
— Beverly Creamer, Advertiser staff writer
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Like her for her smart and sexy image, or hate her for capitalizing on her womanly looks — either way, the green M&M is the centerpiece of the latest marketing gimmick by the Mars candy company. It has figured out a way to stamp her seductive visage on the green M&M.
It's the first time something other than the traditional "M" will appear on the shiny candy coating, whatever the color.
The special candies will appear for a limited time to go along with a new ad campaign with the theme "What Is It About the Green Ones?"
— Esme Infante Nii
Correction: The goal of the Emergency Services Week "brown bag" program is not to help identify stray medications, but to provide individuals with a card listing the drugs to aid medical personnel during an emergency. An previous version of this article may have given an incorrect impression of the program's purpose. People should bring their medications in the original bottles when they meet paramedics: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday at Honolulu Hale Courtyard; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesady at Ala Moana Center; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday at Windward Mall, and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday at Pearlridge Center.
