Nat’l Seed Swap Day Day 26 of 2008 340 days left in this year

PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Komputa: Computer
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY

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TODAY - January 26th, 2008: The 15th E-Cycling event is held in Maui County, in the War Memorial Stadium Parking Lot, on Kanaloa Ave., in Wailuku, for individuals, between 9 am and 1 pm. More than 100 tons of used computer equipment will be processes in two days during the event. The Friday materials come from businesses, Saturday is the day open to the public.

Individuals may pick up as much free computer parts as they can use at the salvage area.  People may also arrive by 9 am and receive a number. At noon, free computer systems are given out in numerical order, as long as supplies last.Several businesses will also have tables of merchandise for sale, including OfficeMax, Clearwire, Cartridgeworld, and others.

Technical materials with electronic circuit boards - televisions, computers, audio equipment, etc. - cannot go to the landfill. People may bring in equipment, used or not, for recycling and reuse. The service is free of charge.

For more information, call the E-Cycling hotline at 573-4018.

 HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY — January 26th

• 1531: An earthquake in Lisbon kills 30,000 people 
• 1784: Ben Franklin expresses unhappiness over the eagle as America’s symbol 
• 1787: Daniel Shays & followers attack arsenal at Springfield, Mass 
• 1788: Capt Arthur Phillip lands in Sydney Aust to start a penal colony 
• 1838: Tennessee becomes first state to prohibit alcohol 
• 1841: Hong Kong proclaimed a sovereign territory of Britain 
• 1871: American income tax repealed. Would that it had lasted! 
• 1926: Television first demonstrated (J.L. Baird, London) 
• 1954: Ground breaking begins on Disneyland 
• 1989: AT&T reports first loss in 103 years; $1.67 B in 1988 
• 1989: Madison Sq Garden announces 2-year $100 M renovation plan 
• 1989: U.S. computer security expert warns of catastrophic virus 

BORN ON THIS DAY — January 26th

• 1880: Douglas MacArthur, general
• 1884: Roy Chapman Andrews, scientist/explorer
• 1912: Cora Baird, puppeteer (Kukla, Fran & Ollie) 
• 1925: Paul Newman, racer/actor
• 1928: Eartha Kitt, singer/actress
• 1929: Jules Feiffer, cartoonist
• 1935: Bob Ueker, actor/sportsdcaster
• 1942: Scott Glenn, actor
• 1946: Gene Siskel, movie critic
• 1949: David Straitham, actor
• 1957: Eddie Van Halen, rock guitarist
• 1958: Anita Baker, singer
• 1958: Ellen  DeGeneress, actress
• 1961: Wayne Gretzky, hockey hall-of-famer

In the stock market it is better to sell too early than too late. You can’t get rich taking small profits, but you’ll never become poor either.
    
When you can’t bear to look at stock quotes, that is the time to buy. Never be afraid to buy hidden value. 
    
When the drums are beating and all the voices are repeating, do the opposite. For no one tells others to sell until he has.  And when all have sold, buyers remain. And vice versa, no one tells others to buy, until he has. And when all have bought, only sellers remain.
    
The current decline has been unnecessarily engineered. No metaphysical shadow has crossed the paths of our souls. Our psychology at its core remains positive, hopeful and sound. It is only the surface personality which has been damaged.
    
Danger brings opportunity. If you wait until the falling knife has stuck itself into the floor and  stopped itself from shaking side to side, you will not only miss those first few days of bounce back, you might either never get back in, or miss most of the easy money.

– Raphael O’Suna, Haiku