Bill to track Internet use goes nowhere

A controversial bill that would have required Internet service providers to track all their Hawaii customers’ Web use is dead.

House Bill 2288 was deferred last week by a state House committee. Its author, state Rep. John Mizuno, doesn’t want to see it resurface.

The measure would have mandated that ISPs keep records of all subscriber data and Internet activity for at least two years. The bill received almost no support aside from law enforcement. It was tabled by committee members who opted to leave the legislation to Congress.

Maui teachers aid research in astronomy

Two Maui teachers are part of a program that will allow them to conduct astronomy research with their students.

Christopher Border of Maui Preparatory Academy and Kathryn O’Connor of Lokelani Intermediate School are among 12 teachers nationwide chosen for the NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program.

Border told The Maui News his group will use archived data from the space-based Planck telescope. Teachers and students will use the data to search for infrared sources outside our galaxy.

O’Connor said the work won’t involve looking through a telescope, but will use numerical data and equations to figure out what the numbers mean and what objects are.

Temporary clinics will offer free health care

Military reservists will offer free health care services on Kauai for two weeks through the Tropic Care Kauai 2012 program.

Temporary clinics will be set up from Feb. 28 to March 9 at All Saints Church in Kapaa, Kauai Community College in Puhi and the Kauai Soto Zen Temple Zenshuji in Hanapepe.

The clinics will be open daily from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. except on March 6, when the facilities will close at 3:30 p.m.

Services will include physical exams, vision checks, eyeglasses, dental care and nutrition/physical counseling. The clinics will give reservists real-world training.

To schedule free health services for a group or learn more about Tropic Care Kauai 2012, call the Department of Health at 241-3387 or visit www.Take­The­LEAP­Hawaii.org.