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Pecan Pie Day Day 194 of 2008 172 days left in this year

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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Kukui: Nut
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Traipela: Fat
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Unity is a precious possesion.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I am thankful I am not a Republican.” (H.L.Mencken)

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WEB SURF SPOTS OF THE WEEK — World Clock
WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — Honey Bee Mystery
NETCAST OF THE WEEK — Apple Phone Show
GOOD DEED SITE OF THE WEEK — Give Rice to the Hungry

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Obon Dance & Festivals. During the summer months on Maui, the Obon tradition is celebrated at various island Hongwanji missions. This tradition was brought to Hawai’i by Japanese immigrants and has evolved into a social and cultural event as well as the religious custom it was designed as to honor ancestors through an evening of dance, music and merry-making. The dates and times for various festivals follow:
~ July 11 & 12: Paia Mantokuji Soto Mission, on Hana Hwy. 6:30 p.m.
~ July 18 & 19: Kahului Hongwanji Mission, on Puunene Ave. 7 p.m.
~ July 25 & 26: Makawao Hongwanji Mission, on Makawao Ave. 6:30 p.m.

EVENTS ON THIS DAY — July 12th
1543: King Henry VIII marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr
1859: A patent is granted for the paper bag manufacturing machine
1898: The Armistice is signed in the Spanish-American War
1906: Alfred Dreyfus is found innocent in France
1909: Congress approves the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, establishing a federal income tax, and sends it to the states for ratification
1974: Former Nixon aide, John D Ehrlichman, and three “White House Plumbers,” are convicted of conspiring to violate the civil rights of Daniel Ellsberg’s former psychiatrist (part of the Watergate scandal)
1977: The space shuttle Enterprise makes its first free flight test
1982: FEMA promises that survivors of a nuclear war will get their mail
2000: New Hampshire Chief Justice David Brock is impeached by the state Legislature, the first such action against an official in the state since 1790

BORN ON THIS DAY — July 12th
-100: (BCE) Julius Caesar, Roman emporer
1817: Henry David Thoreau naturalist/author/pacifist
1864: George Washington Carver, horticulturalist
1884: Amedeo Modigliani, painter/sculptor
1895: Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist
1895: R Buckminster Fuller, author-architect & inventor
1904: Pablo Neruda, Chilean Nobel poet
1908: Milton Berle, comedian
1917: Andrew Wyeth, painter
1937: Bill Cosby, actor/comedian
1943: Christie McVie, rock musician
1948: Richard Simmons, exercise guru
1950: Brian Grazer, movie producer
1951: Cheryl Ladd, actress
1971: Kristi Yamaguchi, figure skater