Another Windy Maui Day
August 5, 2008 5:34 am > MAUI TODAY |
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Int’l Test Ban Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Makani: Wind PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Win: Wind, air HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Go away like a gust of wind.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “To live to benefit mankind is the first step.” (Buddhism) WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — War Profiteers WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — Tim Berners-Lee on the Semantic Web NETCAST OF THE WEEK — TruthDig.com Podcast GOOD DEED SITE OF THE WEEK — End Slavery
Northshore trade winds make Maui one of the world’s best locations for the sport of windsurfing.
BORN ON THIS DAY — August 5th
1850: Guy de Maupassant, author
1899: Conrad Aiken, poet/short story writer/critic
1906: John Huston, flm director/writer
1930: Neil Armstrong, X-15 pilot/first astronaut to walk on the Moon
1944: Loni Anderson, actress
1947: Rick Derringer, rock singer
1959: Pete Burns, rock musician
1964: MCA, rapper
1850: Guy de Maupassant, author
1899: Conrad Aiken, poet/short story writer/critic
1906: John Huston, flm director/writer
1930: Neil Armstrong, X-15 pilot/first astronaut to walk on the Moon
1944: Loni Anderson, actress
1947: Rick Derringer, rock singer
1959: Pete Burns, rock musician
1964: MCA, rapper
Surveillance Bill :
Date: August 5, 2008 @ 9:35 am
The thousand mysteries around us would not trouble but interest us, if only we had cheerful, healthy hearts.FriedrichWilhelmNietzscheFriedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche